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Google Print and EU Digital Library
by Mailing List Manager 11 May '05

11 May '05

Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 05:17:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Eapen <jackachachan(a)yahoo.com> Google Print is a new service from the search engine giant.They partnered with publishers and major libraries to put the books online.Google entered into agreement with Oxford, Harvard,Stanford and the University of Michigan to digitizetheir library collections so that they are available online. The project, whichintends to mark a revolution in the information age, is expected to take up to10 years, with cost estimates ranging from $150 million to $200 million,comprising some 4.5 billion pages of text, would help researchers and give poornations access to global learning. So next time when you search for something,the first links will show a book icon next to them, if your search terms arerelated to a book. If the book is out of copyright, you can read it for free;otherwise, you can read excerpts and will be directed to the publisher�swebsite. Try this for example http://print.google...com/print?q=siddhartha European Union is up-in-arms against this move as they fearthis will create a US-centric knowledge base and downgrade Europe�scultural heritage. Jean-Noel Jeanneney _ who aspresident of the French National Library presented a vision of Googlepotentially hijacking "the thought of the world" in a book hepublished this week entitled, "When Google Challenges Europe.". So 6heads of state of Europe lead byFrench President Jacques Chirac have come forward supporting the creation of a"European digital library" They asked the EU to launch a European digital library after19 national libraries signed a motion urging action against the plans by Google. With Regards, Jack Eapen Environmental Health Project (EHP India) F-9/4, Vasant Vihar New Delhi-57 Ph:011-5101 0920,2614 9771/81 (Ext.245) Fax:011-5166 9281 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EHP India is the USAID Supported Urban Health Program in India Visit me at http://www.jackeapen.org

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Fw: [LIS-Forum] forum for school librarians
by Mrs. Vaishnav 10 May '05

10 May '05

Dear All, I am surprised that I have not recd. a single reply to this query, So am repeating the request, may be there is really no platform for this category of Libraries. With regards, Vaishnav ----- Original Message ----- From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:38 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] forum for school librarians > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:34:59 +0530 > From: Mrs. Vaishnav <ytv(a)godrej.com> > > Dear All > > Here , in this forum we hv lots of interactions amongst Uni./corporate > Libr= arians. Is there a forum/group interactive for school Libraries? > > if so, pl. send the info. > > Regards, > Mrs. Vaishnav > (Consulting Librarian-Godrej) > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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RE: [LIS-Forum] InfoQuiz 2005- Grand Finale
by Babu Rajendra 10 May '05

10 May '05

Congratulations to all the winners of the event-:) It was a wonderful experience to attend such an event. All the day, I have enjoyed the insightful talks, expert opinions, Prof. Shalini Urs's open question for the further debate on PMEST (I guess this is the only event which was not planned-:), next came the Quiz, it's simply great (except some noise, which might have triggered hearing problems) and the final winners. To be honest, I was not been able to answer/guess not more than 30% of all the questions (though, I was not there on the stage). The Panel discussion: The real joy started there, as most of my contemporary Library professionals were confused about the topic "Library v/s Google", initially all the speakers started looking like they were favoring Google (adding to my confusion...) later turned the coin towards profession (with a lot of interesting observations such as glamorizing the profession by a statement saying all the Librarians are pretty, hence people walk into the Library and so on, later with a serious justification). The case studies, Examples, Personal experiences, in-depth analysis with numbers provided by Dr. Rajashekar of NCSI, IISc were very insightful and thought provoking. This is another great occasion for me to learn more on the issue. At the end of the day, I felt my day, worth spent for such an eventful occasion. Over all it was nice time we/I had during the event. Thanks again for the organizers for creating such a wonderful occasion for professionals to meet, discuss and learn. Regards, H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mouna Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 3:31 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] InfoQuiz 2005- Grand Finale InfoQuiz 2005- Grand Finale Congratulations to the winners and the runners up! The Garfield Team of Satya Prasad Acharya of InfoSys and Krishan Kumar of IISc walked away with the beautiful InfoQuiz 2005 trophy and the big bonanza of Rs.50,000 presented by Informatics and other sponsored prizes. The runners-up were the Dewey Team of Nabonita Guha of DRTC, ISI and Prasanna T S of Intel Technologies and they went home with cash prize of Rs 20,000/- (presented by Springer India and Annual Reviews, USA) and other sponsored prizes too. The 2nd runner up - Ranganathan Team of Manpreet Grewal from Infosys and Amar Harish from HP Labs did not have to go back empty handed(though naturally were a little disappointed). Each of the contestants received attractive gifts. The days of anticipation and waiting were finally over on May 5th as the curtains came down on the InfoQuiz 2005. The InfoQuiz was the keenly awaited event of the one day Informatics Silver Jubilee Seminar on "Foots prints in the sands of Info-Times' organised at Hotel Taj Residency, Bangalore. The event that was the talk of the information profession since its announcement on April 6th was a cliff hanger- with the Garfield Team and the Dewey Team racing neck to neck till the very end. By the time of the final Rapid Fire round, there was palpable tension and anticipation in the air, with both the contestants and the audience sitting literarily at the edges of their seats. The InfoQuiz trophy along with the big bonanza of prize monies and other of sponsored prizes added to the excitement and the passions of everyone. Prizes Won: Winners: 1. Trophy from Informatics India Ltd 2. Rs. 50,000/- ( Rs. 25,000 each) cash award 3. A 128 MB Flash Drive with a Digital Camera from Thomson Scientific 1st Runners-Up Team: 1. Rs. 10,000/- ( Rs. 5,000/- each ) cash award from Springer India 2. Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. 5,000/- each) cash award from Annual Reviews Inc 3. A 128 MB Flash Drive with a Digital Camera from Thomson Scientific 4. A Silver Pen by Informatics 2nd Runners-Up Team: 1. A 128 MB Flash Drive with a Digital Camera from Thomson Scientific 2. A Silver Pen by Informatics We thank everyone for their participation and support The InfoQuiz Team and Informatics _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Library open for Students & Researchers
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 10 May '05

10 May '05

Dear Friends: Please read the News (extract) below. Kudos to Librarian Shaheena. How about pressurising other State Assembly Libraries to join the good move? Vyasamoorthy, P =================== Library of Assembly open for students http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?ItemID=4069&cat=21 Srinagar, May 9: Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Tara Chand accompanied by the Secretary,Legislative Assembly, Mohammed Iqbal Ganai,Deputy Secretaries M.Ramzan and Sami Ahmed and other senior officers, the speaker inspected a well- equipped Library in the Assembly premises. Tara Chand expressed satisfaction over the clean environment in and around the library and also the facilities being provided to legislators and officials of Assembly. On this occasion , the Speaker directed the Librarian , Shaheena to allow the student community, lawyers and other enthusiastic readers to avail the facilities of this library for research work and higher studies . Shaheena informed the speaker that around 25,000 books on constitution , law, science, politics , various religions , social science and languages are available in the library. She informed that several modern and latest dictionaries and encyclopedias have also been kept available for the enthusiastic readers. =========sent by ============ Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Fwd: ASC- refresher course in LIS at University of Hyderabad
by Mailing List Manager 10 May '05

10 May '05

Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad is organizing a "Refresher Course in Library & Inoformation Science". We are inviting applications from the eligible staff members working in the Depts. of LIS or Libraries. can you please place this information on the lis-forum, nmlis etc. for wide publicity. Participants can use our University URL to download the application from www.uohyd.ernet.in click on the Academic Staff College to open pdf document of Academic Staff College and the application form. They can print the form and send it ot the Director, Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad alongwith Rs.500 DD payable to Finance Officer, University of Hyderabad. The program schedule is May 20th to June 9, 2005. with regards, Dr.E.Rama Reddy -- Dr. E. Rama Reddy I.G.M. Library University of Hyderabad Central University P.O. Hyderabad - 500 046 (A.P) India Telefax : (O) 91-40-2301 0318 (R) 91-40-2351 2877

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News for all googlers
by Ayesha Taranum 10 May '05

10 May '05

Hi, After the interesting debate on Google and libraries on 5th May 2005...here's a bit for the google fans. Regards, -- Ayesha Google Releases Web Accelerator http://www.personaltechpipeline.com/news/162800050 Google Inc. has launched in beta software that the company says will speed up the time it takes to search the Internet and to load web content. Web Accelerator, which is available at no charge, runs alongside a browser and directs all searches and page requests through Google's servers. The software supports Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browsers. In improving performance on the web, the application makes use of a cache, or data store, on the local computer, as well as caches on Google's servers, Marissa Mayer, director of consumer web products for Google, said Thursday. The software is only available for broadband users. The desktop cache is for web pages that are pre-loaded based on a person's web activity. The software uses mathematical formulas to try to determine what web content the person is most likely to seek, based on prior behavior. The cache on Google's server is populated with popular web content based on the activity of Web Accelerator users as a whole. Feeding web pages either from a desktop cache or a Google server is normally faster than getting the content from the public Internet. In addition, Google compresses the data for faster movement to the browser. Google estimates that people who spend 20 hours to 30 hours a week on the Internet, could shave off about two to three hours a month in the time spent searching and loading web pages. Privacy advocates, however, expressed concern over storing people's web browsing activities. Such information could be subpoenaed later by law enforcement agencies investigating criminal cases or by lawyers in civil cases. "Google promises never to rent or sell the information to third parties, but it's still subject to handing over information through the subpoena process," Kurt Opsahl, staff lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy-rights group in San Francisco, said. For consumers, the question is whether use of the software is worth the privacy risk, Opsahl said. Under Google's privacy policies, the company does not track an individual's web activity, but does collect aggregated data from people using its services. Data collected from Web Accelerator users as a whole won't be used in Google's advertising services for now. The company, however, could decide to use it later. "When you proxy your web surfing to Google, it does mean we will see the requests (for web pages and content)," Mayer said. "We have to, in order to optimize your web experience." The software does not cache encrypted secure web pages, which, for example, are used in online banking sites and retail sites. The application also can be shut off, and users can clear its desktop cache at anytime. Mayer argues that the benefits of the software outweigh any privacy risk. "It's a product that can save you minutes everyday, and that adds up to hours over time," Mayer said. Ayesha Taranum Executive - Information Services DSL Software Ltd. The Senate, #33/A Ulsoor Road Bangalore - 560 042 Ph: +91 80 51906790 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Library science -universe of knowledge
by shantha venkatesan 10 May '05

10 May '05

Dear Jaya Library science is pertaining to knowledge management as we all know. However, I feel the answer to your question lies in the book: Foskett: Subject approach to information Even Dr.S.R.Ranganathan has brought out this aspect in his book, I do not recollect the title exactly - but concerning "facets". Subject background does make a difference. You could have seen subject specialists without library science background are also managing their libraries very well when compared to library science graduate without subject knowledge. The other way is also possible. Around 15 years back I got the opportunity to visit CFTRI library Mysore. I could see library science graduates with social science background could give excellent service. In my opinion it all depends on the interest, dedication with which one works. One cannot put hard and fast rule. There are cases where a person has NET,SET,M.Lib.Sc and all qualifications that UGC, AICTE require as per rule. But they are not able to provide the service to readers. Don't you agree with me? -- Shantha Venkatesan. Senior Librarian Prof.M.M.Sharma Library U.I.C.T.Matunga (East) Mumbai400 019

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Visual Search from Grokker
by Farooque Shaheen 10 May '05

10 May '05

Groxis, Inc., the pioneering search visualization company, today announced the launch of Grokker.com the first Web-based version of Groxis's award-winning "search and research" software tool. Powered by Yahoo!, the site gives users with a new way to search the internet and to manage search results.Grokker gives you a single summary view of an entire search space, providing a breakdown of automatically generated categories for search results that lets you find the needles in the haystack in a fraction of the time it takes with a pure-textual representation of search results." Results from Grokker.com can be saved and passed on to other users by selecting the GrokMail key. This feature saves Grokker.com search results, which can be shared with friends and business partners. http://www.grokker.com . Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Groxis, Inc., the pioneering search visualization company, today announced the launch of Grokker.com the first Web-based version of Groxis's award-winning "search and research" software tool. �Powered by Yahoo!, the site gives users with a new way to search the internet and to manage search results.Grokker gives you a single summary view of an entire search space, providing a breakdown of automatically generated categories for search results that lets you find the needles in the haystack in a fraction of the time it takes with a pure-textual representation of search results." Results from Grokker.com can be saved and passed on to other users by selecting the GrokMail key. This feature saves Grokker.com search results, which can be shared with friends and business partners. � http://www.grokker.com . Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Digital Library of India
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 10 May '05

10 May '05

Dear Members: Please see the website : Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/ May be useful. Thanks Guna Dear Members: Please see the website : Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/ May be useful. Thanks Guna http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Reg.CLARIFICATION
by Mailing List Manager 09 May '05

09 May '05

Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:22:48 +0100 (BST) From: jaya kgowda <jaya_kgowda(a)yahoo.co.in> QUESTION: WHY SOME OF THE LIBRARIES RESTRICT ONLY SCIENCE BACKGROUND LIBRARIANS. EXAMPLE: ISRO,ASTRO PHYSICS NAL E.T.C Library Science is a universal of Knowledge. Jaya

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