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Invitation to Seminar on Footprints in the Sands of Info-Times
by Mouna 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Dear Friends: On the occasion of Informatics competing its 25th Year, we have organised a one-day seminar the details of which are given below. You are cordially invited. Please register for the seminar at www.informindia.co.in Thank you. N V Sathyanarayana Chiarman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ Footprints in the sands of Info-Times Informatics Silver Jubilee Seminar and InfoQuiz 2005 on 5-5-2005, at Taj Residency, Bangalore, 9.30 to 5.00 pm Inaugural Address Dr N Seshagiri Emeritus Scientist, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore (Former Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi) Looking Back to Look Ahead: A glimpse at 25 years of information revolution in India Guest of Honour Mr H K Patil Hon. Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs Govt. of Karnataka Right of Access to Information: Karnataka leads the nation Presided by Dr M S Thimmappa Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University, Bangalore Programme Schedule: 9.30 to 11.00 am: Inaugural Session 11.30 to 1.00 pm: Session-1: Information Times: Today & Tomorrow Speakers: Mr Terry MacManus, Director, Ovid Technologies,. Australia Information Access Paradigms Today Dr N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Information Sciences Division, Indian Instt. Of Science, Bangalore The Next Generation of Information Revolution Chaired by Prof. N Yathindra, Director, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore 2.00 to 3.15 pm: Session-2: InfoQuiz 2005 3.45 to 5.00 pm: Session -3: Google Vs Libraries - A Debate Panelists: Dr Jayant Haritsa Associate Professor, SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dr Gangan Prathap Scientisit-In-Charge, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore Dr T B Rajashekar Associate Chairman, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Moderator: Prof. Shalini R Urs, Chairperson, Dept of Library & Inf. Science, University of Mysore, Mysore Register for the seminar @ www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> or email to amit(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:amit@informindia.co.in> Phone: 91 80 23365940 Fax: 91 80 23344598

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Vacancy for the post of Project Technical Assistant for six months at ISEC Library
by T R B Sarma 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

ISEC Library invites applications for the post of one Project Technical Assistant for a period of six months in their Computerised Articles Database Project. 1. Essential Qualifications : M.L.I.Sc 2. Experience : One year computerised library working experience. 3. Salary : Rs. 6000/- per month. Suitable candidates please send their resumes to the undersigned immediately. For further details, please contact: TRB SARMA Librarian, ISEC Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. 560 072. E-mail : trbsarma(a)isec.ac.in Telephone: 080-23215468 Extn. 302 ISEC Library invites applications for the post of one Project Technical Assistant for a period of six months in their Computerised Articles Database Project. 1. Essential Qualifications : M.L.I.Sc 2. Experience : One year computerised library working experience. 3. Salary : Rs. 6000/- per month. Suitable candidates please send their resumes to the undersigned immediately. For further details, please contact: TRB SARMA Librarian, ISEC Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. 560 072. E-mail : mailto:trbsarma@isec.ac.in trbsarma(a)isec.ac.in Telephone: 080-23215468 Extn. 302

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InfoWatch Feb-Mar 2005
by M.R Lalitha 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Dear LIS-Forum member, The February-March 2005 combined issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Feb-Mar 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AllRefer Health [A medical and health information resource] 2. Chemometrics.net [Free information exchange for the analysis of chemical data] 3. CiteULike [A free service to help academics to build a personal library] 4. Center for Biological Sequence Analysis (CBS) 5. Environmental Technology Opportunities Portal (ETOP) 6. GetDP - A General Environment for the Treatment of Discrete Problems 7. Human genome - Advanced annotation tutorial 8. InterOperability Laboratory knowledgebase [A resource for networking and data communications products] 9. Mathematics awareness month April 2005 [Conducted by The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, US] 10. METLIN [A web-based data management system designed to assist in a broad array of metabolite research] 11. MGNet [ A repository for information related to multigrid, multilevel, multiscale methods] 12. NeatVision - An image analysis and software development environment 13. Networking pipeline [A resource for IT professionals] 14. OAIster [A collection of freely available, academic digital resources] 15. Online Macromolecular Museum (OMM) [A site for display and study of macromolecules] 16. Special Topics - Summarized publication and citation data from ISI for the analysis of research trends and performance 17. START - The global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training [Organization dealing with global environmental change] 18. Tiempo climate cyberlibrary - Global warming and the Third world 19. Top security software directory [A directory of information security software] 20. Tutorials directory [A directory of Internet services and technologies] 21. Webopedia [A free online computer and Internet technology dictionary] 22. Web's Biggest - The world's biggest directory search engine 23. X-bit labs [A source for PC hardware] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [LIS-Forum] RFID/Barcode Reader
by HENAG 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Dear Anita, RFID is the better option if you find affordable. This is better as it has control over theft & misplaced item, faster and bulk transaction possible, time saving and accurate result finding at the time of stock verification.These are the facilities in short provided by RFID. Barcode does not read bulkcopies in one short during transaction , it has to read each copy separately, hence is consuming more time. It cannot control over the Theft and give a check for misplaced book. Stock verification in this facility is a laborious job than that of RFID System. HenaS Gupta InfosysCentral Library, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560100 Board : (91)-(080)-28520261 Ext 52196 : Direct (91)-(080)- 51165196 Fax: (91)-(080)-28520742 We enable you to leverage knowledge anytime, anywhere! -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Anita Kumari Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:51 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] RFID/Barcode Reader Dear Colleagues As we all know RFID is more advanced technology than barcode reader. For our libraries - Which is the better option-- RFID or Barcode Reader? Kindly share your practical experience. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Librarian IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100 Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com RE: [LIS-Forum] RFID/Barcode Reader �Dear Anita, RFID is the better option if you find affordable. This is better as it has control over theft & misplaced item, faster and bulk transaction possible, time saving and accurate result finding at the time of stock verification.These are the facilities in short provided by RFID. Barcode � does not read bulkcopies in one short during transaction , it has to read each copy separately, hence is consuming more time. It cannot control over the Theft and give a check for misplaced book. Stock verification in this facility is a laborious job than that of RFID System. HenaS Gupta InfosysCentral Library, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560100 Board : (91)-(080)-28520261 Ext 52196 : Direct (91)-(080)- 51165196 Fax: (91)-(080)-28520742 We enable you to leverage knowledge anytime, anywhere! -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ] On Behalf Of Anita Kumari Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:51 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] RFID/Barcode Reader Dear Colleagues As we all know RFID is more advanced technology than barcode reader. For our libraries - Which is the better option-- RFID or Barcode Reader? Kindly share your practical experience. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Librarian IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100� Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com

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READIT-2005 - Revised schedule
by Jayakumar, C 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology - READIT-2005 13-15 July 2005 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India Pre-Conference Tutorial : 13th July 2005 Conference : 14-15 July 2005 Important Dates : Pre-registration (with Abstract) 14th May 2005 Intimation of acceptance of paper 24th May 2005 Receipt of completed papers 18th June, 2005 Last date for registration 30th June 2005 URL : http://www.readit-2005.org Mr. M. Somasekharan Convener, Organising Committee, READIT-2005 Head, Scientific Information Resource Division Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam - 603102 India (Tamil Nadu) Phone: +91-4114-280096/280281 Mobile: +91-9443375104 Fax: +91-4114-280096 Email: soma(a)igcar.ernet.in, readit(a)igcar.ernet.in Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology - READIT-2005 13-15 July 2005 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India Pre-Conference Tutorial : 13th July 2005 Conference : 14-15 July 2005 Important Dates : Pre-registration (with Abstract) 14th May 2005 Intimation of acceptance of paper 24th May 2005 Receipt of completed papers 18th June, 2005 Last date for registration 30th June 2005 URL : http://www.readit-2005.org http://www.readit-2005.org Mr. M. Somasekharan Convener, Organising Committee, READIT-2005 Head, Scientific Information Resource Division Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam - 603102 India (Tamil Nadu) Phone: +91-4114-280096/280281 Mobile: +91-9443375104 Fax: +91-4114-280096 Email: mailto:soma@igcar.ernet.in soma(a)igcar.ernet.in , mailto:readit@igcar.ernet.in readit(a)igcar.ernet.in

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LIBRARY SOFTWARE
by Rafiq 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Dear Manik, Sometime back, I have posted a list of library software vendors. The same is being reproduced below. Hope you will find the list useful. Rafiq L. Ansari Sr. Manager - Library The Times of India Group, Television Division The Times of India Building, 5th Floor Dr. D.N. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001 Tel: 22733234 / 56354516 Mobile: 9820667271 Email: rafiq.ansari(a)timesgroup.com List of Library Systems and Vendors with brief description Indian Vendors / Softwares: 1. Libsys LibSys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 633-A, Phase-V, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon-120016, (Haryana) INDIA Tel: 0124-2451119/20 / 0202 / 0203 0124-2397299 Email: sale(a)libsystech.com Mr. Anil Jain, Product Director 2. SLIM++ Algorithms Consultants Pvt. Ltd. 3, Pranav, Bhusari Colony, Paud Road Pune - 411038 Tel: 020-25284765 Email: slim(a)vsnl.com 3. Lib-Suite Soft-Aid A-209, II Floor, Kanara Business Complex, Laxmi Nagar, Ghatkopar (E) Mumbai - 400075 Tel: 022- 55988233, 55988234, 25004820, Fax: 022 25004842 Email: softaid(a)giaspn01.vsnl.net.in 4. Libris Frontier Information Technologies Ltd. D-18, Vikrampuri Secunderabad, A.P Tel: 040-784 8569 Fax: 040-781 5418 Email: frontier(a)helloap.com 5. Alice Softlink Asia Pvt. Ltd. 10, Ashoka Encalve Extension III, Second Floor, Sector -35 Faridabad - 121003 Tel: 0129-2257872/4/5 Fax: 0129-2257872/4/5 Email: softasia(a)del3.vsnl.net.in 6. Easylibsoft Easylib Software Pvt. Ltd., 45, 7th Cross, P R Layout, Murugesh Palya Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-5669-1051 / 2520-0271 Fax: 080-25200-271 Email: info(a)easylibsoft.com Mr. Ullas M N, Director: 98442-81710 7. Auto Lib AutoLib Software Systems B2-Solai Apartments (Opp.to MGR Garden) Chennai 600 089 - INDIA Tel: 044-22522234 / 22522448 Email: autolib(a)yahoo.com / autolib(a)vsnl.net 8. Libra2000 SOFTWARE GROUP (SWG) - ELECTRONICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF INDIA (ERDCI), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 033 Tel: 0471-2723333 Email: swg(a)erdcitvm.org 9. E-Granthalaya Granthalaya Services E 2/ 3:1, Sector 1, Vashi Navi Mumbai-400 703 Te; 022-27823719 Email: bmadhuwanti(a)rediffmail.com 10. NexLib NexEvolve Logic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. #401, Swastik Plaza, SR Nagar Hyderabad - 500038, India. Tel: 040-55368401 / 7401 Fax: +919849053507 Email: raj at nexevolve.com Mr. Rajasekhar Sajja, Director - Sales & Marketing 11. SOUL INFLIBNET (Information and Library Network Centre) Opp. Gujarat University Guest House, Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009. Tel: 079-26308528/4695/5971 Fax: 6300990 12. Edutech India Edutech India Pvt. Ltd. 8, Khadar Nawaz Khan Rd. Chennai 08 Tel: 044-28330999 Fax: 044-28331777 Email: ganesh(a)edutech.com Mr. Ganesh Kumar, Country Manager |-----Original Message----- |From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum- |bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum- |request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in |Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:00 PM |To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in |Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 25, Issue 15 | |Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to | lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in | |To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit | http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum |or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to | lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in | |You can reach the person managing the list at | lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in | |When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific |than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." | | |Today's Topics: | | 1. LIBRARY SOFTWARE (Manik Nand lal) | 2. ILS benchmarks/benchmarking (Carlos V?lchez Rom?n) | 3. Insanity: Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library | (Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) | 4. Will the internet kill the printed book? (asim kumar) | 5. Required Patent Writer (Madhuresh) | 6. "54.53.49..48..0 - Hello Friends, Are you ready for the | InfoQuiz?" (Mouna) | 7. Vandalism in Manipur (shantha venkatesan) | 8. Re: Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library | (Prafulla Chandra) | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Message: 1 |Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:54:33 +0530 |From: Manik Nand lal <maniknl(a)DABUR.com> |Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIBRARY SOFTWARE |To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in |Message-ID: <B8AC2183E7F8D711A74100065B8EDC0605EC207C@daburexch> |Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" | |Dear Colleagues, | |Can you please let me know the list of LIBRARY SOFTWARE ( alongwith the |Vendor's contact address, telephone, fax & E-Mail numbers) available in |India? | |Thanking you & with best regards, | |N. MANIK |DEPUTY MANAGER |LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE |DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION |22, SITE IV, SAHIBABAD |GHAZIABAD-201010 |INDIA | |http://www.dabur.com | |TEL. 91-20-2777901/2778501 EXTN.2761 | | 91-120-2772627 (DIRECT) | | 91-120-2959761 (DIRECT) | |FAX : 91-120-2777303 | | | | |------------------------------ | |Message: 2 |Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:01:32 -0500 |From: Carlos V?lchez Rom?n <adm1(a)viabcp.com> |Subject: [LIS-Forum] ILS benchmarks/benchmarking |To: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> |Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in |Message-ID: <1113415292.425d5e7ca85d6(a)correoweb.viabcp.com> |Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 | |Sorry if this has been posted before. | |Hi, my name is Carlos Vilchez-Roman, head of the |Automation Office of the UNMSM Central Library. |The Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos is |located in Lima, Peru. | |I am looking for some benchmarks to evaluate the |performance of our Integrated Library System (it |is called Sabini, an ILS developen in Spain), spe- |pecially the OPAC, but I have found nothing in the |LIS periodicals such as Computers in Libraries |or The Electronic Library. | |Anoyone knows an article or document (PDF/HTML) |related to ILS benchmarks/benchmarking? I mean |indicators such as: | |- Requests per second |- Response time |- Latency time | |and so on. | |Thanks for your time. | |Best, | |Carlos Vilchez-Roman |Head of Automation Office |Central Library - UNMSM | |--------------------------------------------------------------- |Banco de Crédito BCP - Dedicados a hacerte la Banca más simple. |Visita nuestra Banca por Internet http://www.viabcp.com |--------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |------------------------------ | |Message: 3 |Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:54:19 +0530 |From: <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> |Subject: [LIS-Forum] Insanity: Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest | library |To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> |Message-ID: <DBF3A0D52B21954A91869AF702D1A32C083CDB(a)ikpex01.ikp.com> |Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" | |Dear Friends | |Please read the sad news below. | |Should love for one script end up in destroying the other? THINK. |Vyasamoorthy |======================================= | |Regional The Hindu dated 13/4/2005 | |http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200504131903.htm |Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library |Imphal, April 13 (PTI): Valuable books and other materials were destroyed |when unknown persons set fire to Manipur's biggest library, 'Central |Library', here today, official source said. | |Sources said fire personnel took more than five hours to control the fire. | |Chief librarian H. Devendra Singh told media persons that books worth over |Rs 10 crore were destroyed in the fire. | |Activist of social organisation, MEELAN, which has been demanding |introduction of Manipuri script in schools had "earlier threatened to burn |the library if their demand was not accepted by the government", sources |said. | |At present Bengali script is in used in Manipur. | |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 | | | |------------------------------ | |Message: 4 |Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:30:18 +0100 (BST) |From: asim kumar <ashuasim1975(a)yahoo.co.in> |Subject: [LIS-Forum] Will the internet kill the printed book? |To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in |Message-ID: <20050414073018.41360.qmail(a)web8508.mail.in.yahoo.com> |Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" | | |Dear professionals, | | | |Of course Internet is a medium where authors can put their knowledge in a |form that is accessible easily, but the main question remains the same as |the authenticity of the source and more important users choice of the |source. As a professional my personal experience is that users ask for |documents from internet but for the purpose of consultation they always |prefer printed material. In our collection we have got more than 200 e- |books, but users have always asked for their printed version, they feel |more comfortable with that. So Internet will remain a platform for sharing |knowledge and easy retrieval of that, but rest all depends on users choice |and at the moment they are going for printed documents and driving force |will remain users only. | | | |Asim Kumar, | |Librarian, | |The Jain Group of Institutions. | | |Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. |

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RFID/Barcode Reader
by Anita Kumari 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Dear Colleagues As we all know RFID is more advanced technology than barcode reader. For our libraries - Which is the better option-- RFID or Barcode Reader? Kindly share your practical experience. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Librarian IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100 Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com Dear Colleagues As we all know RFID is more advanced technology than barcode reader. For our libraries - Which is the better option-- RFID or Barcode Reader? Kindly share your practical experience. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Librarian IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100 �Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com

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Loss of books in Libraries
by Benny 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Dear Colleagues This is to ask expert opinion about the loss of books in libraries. I know of an Engineering College in Bangalore where they charge the Librarian for the loss of any books. The poor man tried his level best to convince the Management, but they are asking for rules and written documents to support his argument. Is there some provision which states that a loss of 4 books per 1000 can be considered or any rules from UGC or NCERT in this regard?. Thanks and with regards Benny Librarian TISB www.tisb.org

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Fw: [eGovINDIA] Indian Language Processing Tools
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Friends (especially those in Africa): India has made some advances in local language software. Please see the material appended below. Africa can benefit from India's knowledge, rich experience and expertise. At the Africa Regioanla Meeting held at Accra (preparatory to the WSIS at Tunis), there was a session on language software and I drew the attention of Prof. Adama Samasekou to the possibility of Africa and India working together in this area. I also suggested that C-DAC and other Indian institutions could be contacted. Incidentally, as part of the Million Books project, Prof. N Balakrishnan of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and his team have developed some very good translation software. I-Network Uganda might wish to discuss these issues in one of its meetings. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "eindiagov" <eindiagov(a)yahoo.com> To: <eGovINDIA(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:32 AM Subject: [eGovINDIA] Indian Language Processing Tools > > > Indian Language Processing Tools > http://tdil.mit.gov.in/nlptools/ach-nlptools.htm > > Internet Tools and Technologies Developed by the respective > Institutes/Organizations > Sanskrit Processing Tools Developed by the respective > Institutes/Organizations > Sanskrit Authoring System > Desika Software > Shabadbodha Software > Spell checkers > > > Internet Tools and Technologies Developed by the respective > Institutes/Organizations > > Java based Solutions : IIT Kanpur > > Displaying Web Documents through Negotiation and Dynamic > Rendering : Web authors create documents in a variety of languages > using a variety of character sets and fonts. It is not possible for > the viewer of the document to have all those fonts and character > sets present on his system. Thus either the client is required to > download the fonts or install these on his/her system or install > some software on his system to help in the process. For a truly > portable solution, the client need not specially install any fonts > or software on his system. > The Java-centric solution for displaying the Devanagari > documents has been developed. Java Applet using public domain > font `Bhagwan' displays the Devanagari documents in true type font. > The applet and the font related information is around 100k. The > Server Java Applet encodes the glyphs and sends it with the document > so that Hindi Font is not required at the client side for browsing > the document. Hindi Search engine has been developed on Linux > platform. > > Automatic Font Installer : The users are required to generally > download the fonts for viewing the non-roman web sites or manually > install the fonts, which is a cumbersome task. A single executable > has been developed to carry out the process whenever the user > chooses the font installation option. The font installer program > runs on the server and installs the fonts on the client machine. > > URL Addresses in Devanagari : The current browsers don't allow > URL and filling of forms in HTML pages to be entered in Hindi. > Therefore, the world wide web needs to be multi-lingualised. It > involves conversion of URL in the local language to the > internationally agreed format, such as UNICODE, with UTF-8 encoding. > The user will be able to fill the forms in the document fetched in a > local language. Further, the user is allowed to choose between a set > of languages in which to view the document, if the document is > available in various languages. The solution is based on the Swing > components in JDK1.2 and assumes the font to be present on the local > machine. > > Indian Language Search Engine : The search engine should allow > indexing and searching of Devanagari HTML documents. The basic > components are gatherer, indexer, and Search processor. Indexer and > Search processor are being designed as these two modules deal with > syntax and semantics of the language of the text. Indexer will > perform processing such as keyword extraction, stop word removal, > stemming (handling different forms of a word), handling of word > synonyms, and term weight calculation. Search Processor looks up the > index to find the documents containing the query keywords, calculate > a relevance score, and ranks them according to the score. This > search engine will also search the keywords occurred in a composite > word (combined according to `SANDHI' rules, for example s/w will > give a match for keyboard `ram' if it finds `rameshwar' in the > document). It is assumed that the documents are in ISCII. > > Heritage Website : The website has been developed containing > material concerning traditional Indian texts centred around > the `Upnishads and the Bhaagwadgita'. The functionality provided is: > There are font-downloading applications (.exe) files. > Users can download any Indian language font and > install the font. > The commentaries include some technical words, which > have Sanskrit origin. The definitions for such > technical words are displayed with a mouse click. > Links between related shlokas within the same > Upnishad/Gita for cross referencing > Each hyperised text has a search mechanism by which > user can locate the occurrence of any word and view > that particular shlokas with it's translation and > commentary. > User selected language for viewing the Mool > Shlokas > > CD Authoring Tools for Indian Language Documents : The > technologies that are being used for publishing on the www viz. > HTML, XML, Java, Javascript etc. are also being increasingly used > for document delivery over CDs. These days the entire computer > related documentation is accessible using the web browsers. It is > expected that this trend will pervade into non-technical publishing > also. The development of Indian Language CD Publishers > ToolBox, `site management' tools and searches integrated with a > dictionary are underway. > > ActiveX based Solutions - C-DAC, Pune > > Web based E-mail :Hindi e-mail service, has been developed which > uses advanced ActiveX technologies available with Internet Explorer > 4.0 and later versions of browsers for enabling the keyboarding and > fonts for Indian languages on the client PC. This service provides a > facility to type the text in Hindi language for sending an e-mail in > Hindi which gets converted into HTML format. This converted Hindi > text in HTML and with font codes is delivered at the Email address > of the user, who can just place it on any Web Page using any > standard HTML editor like Netscape Composer. > The software components namely ActiveX Controls and > Hindi Fonts get downloaded and installed on the client's computer > when the user first time accesses the system. Every time the user > accesses the e-mail server, a check is made for the installed > components. > To be able to send/view mail, the user must first > create an account on the system by defining login name and password. > An account holder on the system can send a message to any other > account holder. The user types in the message using the Inscript > keyboard overlay. The message is stored in a database. The data on > the server is stored in ISCII. When a request for reading an e-mail > message is received, the server retrieves the message from the > database and creates a HTML file containing the message with the > Hindi font information on the fly and delivers it. > Microsoft Visual Interdev is the IDE, which uses the > power of ASP (Active Server Pages) to make web pages and connect to > the back end Database using ODBC drivers for MS SQL server. Using > ASP, queries have been made to the database from the webpage. > ActiveX technology based Hindi e-mail, search engine and Bulletin > Board System has been developed. Hindi e-mail also stores documents > in ISCII format. > > Hindi Bulletin Board System : It is under development. This web > based application allows users to create topics for discussion and > maintains threads within a topic. > > Hindi Search Engine : Development is underway which involves the > following: > > Manually surf the net and build indexes for > documents in Hindi > Invite the Hindi language document creator to submit > web pages URL with page description and keyword > in Hindi to the search engine i.e. build a web > based application to collect data in Hindi > Build special search techniques for Hindi based on > word morphology/thesaurus/sandhi etc. > Deliver HTML document index description in Hindi for > search result. > Define standards for Meta-tags etc. for Indian > languages such that future spiders can retrieve > documents for a particular language > > Multi-lingul E-mail Client : A working prototype has been > developed to facilitate the clients for sending and receiving e- > mails in Hindi without having need to have Internet connection > provided sender and receiver both have this s/w. The application > will use technologies like MAPI, Extended MAPI and COM to > communicate with the interfaces provided by MS Exchange. The > application downloads all the mails received via the POP3 server and > stores them locally on the machine. This storage of mails is taken > care of by the MS-Exchange. The application provides access to > various folders like InBox, Sent Mails, Deleted Mials and OutBox for > convenience of the user. > > Sanskrit Processing Tools Developed by the respective > Institutes/Organizations > > DESIKA - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), > Bangalore > > The Software package, DESIKA is a Natural Language > Understanding System for Sanskrit. This software incorporates > language generation and analysis modules for plain and accented > written Sanskrit texts. It is based on the principles of ancient > Indian Sciences. DESIKA aims to process all the words of Sanskrit, > includes generation and analysis (parsing), has an exhaustive > database based on Amarakosha, the most popular Sanskrit lexicon, > rule base using the grammar rules of Panini's Ashtadhyayi and > heuristics based on Nyaya & Mimamsa sastras for semantic and > contexual processing. This software can also analyse Vedic > (scriptural) texts. > The highlight of DESIKA is the analysis module which is a > general purpose Sanskrit parser currently being extended to handle > compound and combined word forms dissolution and identification. > Vedic analysis is also under way. Rigveda and Taittiriya branch of > Krishna Yajur Veda analysis using Taittiriya pratishakya and Vaidika > Prakriya of Ashtadhyayi. > The DESIKA software helps in understanding a natural language > input (typically an isolated sentence) through paraphrasing, voice > change, query answering or summarising, to develop a language- > independent knowledge representation scheme based on ancient Indian > Sciences, to develop tools for linguistic analysis and to assist in > analysis & presentation of scriptural (accented text) knowledge, > phonetic and language research, teaching etc., It was developed on > DOS platform and has now been ported on Windows platform. > > Sanskrit Authoring System - C-DAC, Bangalore > > Sanskrit word processor is under development which will even > handle special Sanskrit conjucts. The requirements which will be > catered by this s/w are: > > Word Processing in Sanskrit > Statistical Tools like concordance, thesauri, electronic > dictionaries etc. > Transliteration Facility > Search/Sort Algorithms > Word Split Programs for Sandhi and Samasa > Fonts for various scripts, web access, web hosting, publishing etc. > Poetry Analysis (Textual/metric/statistical) > Manual content for Amarakosha, Grammar rules, Derivations, Quotes > from Vedas (scriptures) > Epic like Ramayana, Mahabharata, other Puranas, Shastraic texts in > sutra and Authentic Reference > On-line readers/primers of Indian Shastraic texts > Tools for morphological, syntactic and semantic analysis > Tools for linguistic analysis like tagging, lemmatising, > statistical studies etc. > > Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of Sanskrit Sentences - Academy of > Sanskrit Research, Melkote > > Software for syntactic and semantic analysis of Sanskrit > sentences has been developed on DOS platform with GIST card and is > being ported to Windows platform. The sentence has been considered > the basic unit for analysis since it is the backbone of verbal > communication between the human beings. The importance of words will > be known only when the meaning of sentence is known. Systematic > classification of words and a robust grammar can help in deriving > the knowledge from Sanskrit and build a system which will help in > the development of Natural Language Processing Systems.The various > modules of the system are: > > Subanta: It can handle generation and analysis of all the > case inflected forms of more than 26,000 stems. > Tinanta: It can handle the conjugational forms of roots, in > two voices, ten lakaras and three modes viz. Kevala Tiganta, Nijanta > and Sannanta. > Krdanta: It is capable of handling generation analysis and > identification of case inflected forms of 11 types of krdantas of > 150 roots. > Databases: 690 Avyayas, 26, 000 Nominal stems, 600 Verbal > roots, krdanata forms of 600 verbal roots, 5 Taddhita suffixes. > > The parts of speech handled for analysing are nouns, pronouns, > adjectives, participles, Indeclinables, Indeclinable participle and > verbs. Sentences with multiple adjectives and participles can also > be analysed. Sentences constructed by picking up any words from the > database can be syntactically analysed. But semantic analysis is > done within a limited domain. For handling the semantic analysis, a > matrix has been prepared which consists of 52 sets of nouns with > their synonyms amounting to 300 nouns, 27 actions denoted by nearly > 200 verbs. Syntactic and semantic analysis of simple passage > consisting of not more than 10 simple sentences has been done > successfully. > > Computer Assisted Sanskrit Teaching & Learning Environment > (CASTLE) - Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi > > > CASTLE s/w on DOS platform with GIST card has been developed > for Sanskrit teaching and learning as a stand-alone application. > Under this project, the synthesis aspect of Sanskrit phonology and > word morphology has been handled. The various modules developed > under this system are: > > Pratyahara: It deals with the sound classes of Paninian > grammar. It may be described as a shorthand notation to refer to a > group of items. > Sandhi: Euphonic combination relating to sound units is > called `sandhi'. It is a common module for various types of word > formation. A sandhi type depends on the final phoneme of the first > word and the initial phoneme of the second word. It also includes a > program for internal sandhi called Natva-satva vidhana. > Subanta: This module deals with the nominal inflexion. The > System inputs are noun base with its attributes and the output is > the 21+3 inflected forms of the noun. > Tiganta: Verbal conjugation is called tiganta. This module > takes the verb and lakara (tense/mood) as inputs, and generates 9 > conjugated forms of the verb in each pada. > Kridanta: The primary derivatives are called kridanta. The > inputs to the system are the semantic condition, verb root and krit > suffix. The kridanta form is the output. > Taddhita: The secondary derivatives are called taddhita. > System inputs are the semantic condition, noun base and taddhita > suffix. Taddhita form is the output. > Samasa: Compound formation is known as samasa. Two or more > words are joined to form a new word. The inputs to the system are > two or more noun bases, which are characterized by a semantic > condition, and the normal suffixes. > Sri-pratyayas: These suffixes are added to primary verbal > roots to derive secondary verbal roots. The derived verb is again > sent to the tiganta module to generate 9 conjugated forms of the > verb in each pada. > > Following Demonstrative modules for learning/teaching of > Sanskrit have also been developed: > > Teaching Varnmala: This module deals with the teaching of > Sanskrit alphabet alongwith their > characteristics. Exercises for testing knowledge of Varnmala have > also been prepared. > Sandhi Viccheda: The system takes a word as input, and > returns the constituent words. > Subanta Viccheda: The input word is split into the root word > and suffix. Besides, the grammatical attributes associated with the > root word, i.e. the noun-base are also displayed. > Tiganta Viccheda: The input word is split into the root word > and suffix. Besides, the grammatical attributes associated with the > root, which is a verbal root, are also displayed. > > > Sanskrit Authoring System > > Sanskrit Authoring System including a Sanskrit word processor > for use by Sanskrit scholars in text processing etc is being > developed at C-DAC, Bangalore. > > Desika Software > > This Software package is a Natural Language Understanding > System for Sanskrit, developed at Indian Heritage Group of the > Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore, a > Scientific Society of the Ministry of Information Technology, > Government of India, Ramanashree Plaza, 2/1, Brunton Road,Bangalore > (Karnataka). This software incorporates language generation and > analysis modules for plain and accented written Sanskrit texts. It > is based on the principles of ancient Indian Sciences. DESIKA aims > to process all the words of Sanskrit, includes generation and > analysis (parsing), has an exhaustive database based on Amarakosha, > a the most popular Sanskrit lexicon, rule base using the grammar > rules of Panini's Ashtadhyayi and heuristics based on Nyaya & > Mimamsa sastras for semantic and contexual processing. This software > can also analyse Vedic (scriptural) texts. > > Shabadbodha Software > > Shabdhabodha is an interactive application built to analyse > the semantic and syntactic structure of Sanskrit sentences. It > works on MS-DOS Platform version 6.0 or higher with GIST shell. It > has been developed at ASR, Melkote. > > Spell checkers > > Spell checkers are useful for word processing and are > mostly integrated with the word processing softwares. Spell checkers > in few Indian Languages are available. The development of Spell > checkers is covered within the scope of the current projects for > corpora development. > Punjabi Spell-checker has been developed has been developed at > CEDTI, Mohali. > > > Special requirements for Indian Language Processing (ILP) > > India is a large multilingual society with as many as eighteen > constitutionally recognised languages including English and the > National language is Hindi. There are multiple scripts for these > languages. With increase in trade and development across the country > it becomes necessary for the people to communicate in more than one > language. In such circumstances, Information Technology(IT) appears > to be a promising tool for the development of ILP systems which aim > at overcoming the language barrier. These ILP tools could be > designed using many approaches such as : > > Natural Language Interface/Environment for Data Input/Output > support. > Operating System level support at the native level for the Indianl > languages. > Indian Language shell over the existing operating systems and > applications. > Localising existing applications. > Developing specific applications. > Designing language compilers in natural languages. > > ____________________________ > > Developed by CDAC,Noida > Maintained by Department of Information Technology > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. > Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/tSwplB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Yahoo! 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Future of LIS Education-India - A warning Bell?
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Dear Friends, It would be little harder stuff to digest for some people. If I am wrong I may be criticised. I will stand corrected otherwise I wish all of us should put some efforts in this direction and should see that we gain recognition from Govt. I appreciate the efforts of Prof Rath who has placed a very pertinent and timely professional issue before us. He has also cited several examples of different professional bodies recognized by Govt. of India. His question is right �Why not ours?� This question will not be answered by any one of us. It should be addressed by the Govt. For this Government needs some representation and an en masse cry from the entire profession so that they can hear us. For which we need PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. Unfortunately, our Indian Library Association has become a doll in the hands of some vested interest Librarians who play their games as per their whims and fancies. Some times they move their coins for South Indian Librarians also to show that they give good representation. But they see that these south Indian Presidents cannot implement their ideas. Till today we have never seen any effort of ILA fighting for the cause of its members. Their main fight with Government of India is to release IFLA conference money. So that, they can spend that money also. Very few of many burning issues of the profession have been listed bellow. None of the ILA presidents could take up these issues during their tenure. So-called caretakers of ILA who are enjoying power decades together can substantiate their efforts in resolving these issues: 1.Academic status for college librarians 2.Career advancement for college librarian 3.Protest against Non Professionals being recruited against professional positions in Universities & IISc etc. 4.60% of the posts of University Libraries are not filled up.Professors of different disciplines are managing the University Libraries as In charge University Librarians. There is no protest from any one of our professional Associations. 5.Many of the Universities are calling for tender for subscription of journals and purchase of books like other commodities. There is no interference of our Professional Associations. 6.Good Office committee is another scandle wherein our ILA is a party. Now coming to IATLIS. This organization was sleeping for decades till it come to Hyderabad. I agree that there were some vibrant initiatives shown in the beginning of this organization taken over to Osmania University, but year after year when the office bearers felt that there is no body to contest for taking care of this organization, they have also reduced their interest and initiatives except running an unattended discussion forum without having any administrator. Anybody including private non-professionals can subscribe to this forum and advertise their products. Sir, this is a warning bell. Let us all alert now. If we delay any more it will be too late for us to regain the control over our profession. Let us build up pressure on our professional Associations to work for us. If they cannot do so, let them step down. There are so many young professionals who are more capable of working for us. Though I have so many things to write, I feel it will cost lot of your patience. I request you all to excuse me if I have hurt some of your (who are very honestly working for the associations but I have generalized) sentiments. It was unavoidable. Hoping to draw all your attention and needful action. Thanking you, Yours Sincerely, Dr. P.V. Konnur. University Librarian Goa University, Goa. --- Pravakar Rath <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My Dear Colleagues > > I would like bring to your notice a very pertinent and > timely professional > issue which need to be considered for our survival and > existence in the > changing scenario. As on date there are as many as 90 > universities offering > LIS Courses at different levels (Certificate, Diploma, > BLIS, MLIS, M Phil > and Ph.D). Library and Information Science being a > professional education > definitely requires maintaining standards of excellence > to develop > professional knowledge and skills in this age of > information and to create > an appropriate job market to compete in national and > global level. There are > a number of Councils for other professional and technical > educations in the > country created to maintain professional standards of > that education. Some > of them are listed below. > > The Council of Architecture (COA) was constituted under > the provisions of > the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by the Parliament of > India. The Act > provides for registration of Architects, standards of > education, recognized > qualifications and standards of practice to be complied > with by the > practicing architects. > > The Central Council of Homoeopathy was established under > the Homoeopathy > Central Council Act, 1973. The Council prescribes and > recognizes all > homeopathic medicine qualifications. > > The Bar Council of India is empowered to make rules to > discharge its > functions under the Advocates Act 1961. An important > rule-making power is > with reference to laying down guidelines for the > standards of professional > conduct and etiquette to be observed by advocates. > > The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), also known as > Central council, was > constituted under section 3 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948. > The PCI controls > pharmacy education and profession in India up to graduate > level. The Council > prescribes the minimum standard of education for > qualification as > pharmacist. > > Dentists Council of India, constituted under the Dentists > Act, 1948, is a > Statutory Body incorporated under an Act of Parliament to > regulate the > dental education and the profession of Dentistry > throughout India > > The National Council for Teacher Education is a statutory > body set up under > the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 to > facilitate planned > and coordinated development of the teacher education > system in the country, > and for regulation and proper maintenance of norms and > standards in the > teacher education system. > > ICAR has established various research centers in order to > meet the > agricultural research and education needs of the country. > It is actively > pursuing human resource development in the field of > agricultural sciences by > setting up numerous agricultural universities spanning > the entire country. > > All India council for Technical Education has been > established under the > AICTE Act, 1987. The council is authorized to take all > steps that are > considered appropriate for ensuring coordinated and > integrated development > of technical education and for maintenance of standards. > > > Considering the reality of the situation and future of > LIS education in the > country, Our colleagues are requested to suggest what > should be the future > course of action to maintain professional standards of > LIS in the country. > Whether we should move an idea for establishing a > similar Council or any > other alternative propositions. But it is the high time > to think on this > issue and let IATLIS be requested to prepare a Blue Print > on this which > could be a basis for Brain Storming Session in the > coming IATLIS conference > in shaping the LIS education in India. > > My best wishes > > Dr Pravakar Rath > Professor and Head > Chairman, Board of Studies > Department of Library and Information Science > Mizoram University > (A Central University), > Aizawl, 796001,India > Phone-0389/2345228, 2342058 > (M) 9436154563-Aizawl > E-mail:prath@fulbrightweb.org > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Careers! http://www.timesjobs.com/MSN/ Sign up now! > > Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Goa University Library, Taleigao Plateau, Goa - 403 206. Phone: 0832-2456031 (O) 0832-2451008 (R) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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