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request for a book chaper (springer)
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

dear all If anybody has access to the following book chaper, please provide a copy Genetic improvement of sugarcane (saccharum spp) as an enery crop IN Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops 2008, Part 2, 273-294, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70805-8_9 Thanking you Yours sincerely technical officer (library) Sugarcane breeding institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for article
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

dear all: if anybody has the following article, I request you to kindly provide a copy. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Volume 55, Issue 2, March 2008, Pages 213-228 The role of pest resistance in biotechnology R&D investment strategy Thanking you Sincerely Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICAL-2011 Announcement and First Call for Papers
by M KOTESWARA RAO 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

2nd International Conference on Academic Libraries – ICAL-2011 “Planning for Globalizing Academic Libraries” 27-30 November 2011 University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India Conference Objectives: In order to realize the vision of academic library for 2020, it is essential to address the issues pertaining to technologies, standards, programmes, systems and services required for repositioning libraries into next generation libraries, related manpower development issues, and milestones to be achieved. As an outcome of the ICAL-2009, the ICAL-2011 plans to come up with an action plan for repositioning academic libraries into next generation libraries. The action plan will comprise new programmes that should help realize the academic library vision 2020, change management strategies and policy changes as required for implementation. The ICAL 2011 offers all stakeholders in the academic enterprise an international platform to address and debate major issues on the theme and topics of the conference. Who Should Participate? • Academic fraternity in teaching and research • Library and Information Science professionals • Information Technology professionals and Service providers • Students and Research Scholars • Management Professionals, Policy makers, Archivists • Content and knowledge managers including corporate world • Electronic publishing, scholarly communication and virtual communities • Information providers and representatives from Information Industry • Professional Associations and Learned societies • All stakeholders in the knowledge management Call for papers: Original papers focusing on the following themes are invited from all library & information science professionals from all over the world. Authors can register and submit their papers at the online paper submission website: Microsoft Conference Management Tool(http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICAL2011). For author guidelines and format for submitting the papers, please visit the conference website under (http://igmlnet.uohyd.ernet.in/ical2011/author-guidelines.htm" target="_blank">)' Conference Theme: Technologies, Standards, Systems, Programmes and Services for change management of academic libraries into global academic libraries with a global reach. Sub Themes: Current Status of Academic Libraries in the Higher Education System Models, Technologies, Systems and Programmes for Globalizing Academic Libraries Next Generation Academic Library Services Information Standards and Best practices National Policy for Globalizing Academic Libraries Talent Development for capacity building & Library Research programmes Strategies for Change Management Economic Impact on Libraries and Return on Investment (ROI) 1. Current Status of Academic Libraries in the Higher Education System: Discuss and debate issue related to comparative evaluation of academic library performance and monitoring progress over time. Understand comparative status of development of academic libraries in India and in the West, Understand comparative status of development libraries in the central and state universities India Parameters for determining status of development libraries for comparative evaluation 2. Models, Technologies, Systems, and Programmes for Globalizing Academic Libraries: Discuss and debate models, technologies, systems, and programmes as required for globalizing academic libraries. Address issues related to systems polices, and implementation plans as required for operationalising global academic library. Models for globalizing academic libraries, networking libraries at global level Systems and technologies required for globalizing academic libraries User end technologies for access to common resources Policies and programmes for system development and implementation 3. Next Generation Academic Library Services Discuss and debate new dimensions in academic library services in the context of global library model; what strategic roles academic libraries and professionals ought to play to improve academic library image, and what needs to be done to add value to library data, library service and to the academic enterprise. Faculty-Library collaboration in building course reserves; Collaborative modes and models of library services including analytical information and content evaluation services Library Advocacy, Information Marketing Academic roles of the academic libraries and professionals Information Literacy 4. Standards and Best practices at Consortia Level and at Client Level Discuss and debate standards and best practices for data accessibility, data storage, interoperability, data security, and data preservation in the context of global library model. Standards and best practices for data interoperability, data storage, data security, data validation, data preservation, data migration, and backward data integration Standards and best practices for content development Standards and best practices for developing common library collections and resources, production and delivery of library services Best practices for quality upkeep and maintenance of library facilities Best practices for procurement, up-gradation, replacement and maintenance of ICT infrastructure at Consortia and Client Level Guidelines for staffing global academic libraries at Consortia Level (the National level) and at Client Level (The University level); Norms for budget allocation at Consortia and Client Level 5. National Library Policy for Globalizing Academic Library Discuss and debate policy measures that could benefit academic libraries to overcome barriers to their participation in the global library environment. Discuss and debate with corporate world on how to overcome the barriers in building national e-resource model. National Policy for collection building and services at national and university level; Collaborative models for building e-resources for globalized library services; Policy for creation, development & adoption of open source software at consortia and client level; Institutionalizing framework for un-interrupted maintenance support to libraries for OSS Model MOUs between libraries for pooling and sharing resources, undertaking collaborative programmes for education, training, and research. 6. Talent Development & Library Research Programmes Discuss and debate specific issues on skill development in library and information science, ICT areas for library applications, and management topics of interest to libraries. Also address issues relating to programmes development for collaboration in library education, research and training. Also take into cognizance, the recommendation of National Knowledge Commission where in it has emphasized that, libraries must assess as soon as possible the manpower requirements of the country in the area of LIS management, and take necessary steps to meet the country’s requirement through LIS education and training. Specific subject areas and strategies for skill development for different levels of staff in the university library hierarchy Collaborative in library education, training and research at state, national, and global level Institutional Framework for education, training and skill development; Incentives for training and skill development; Revamp LIS education, training and research facilities 7. Strategies for Change Management Discuss and debate strategies for programme implementation, for change management; strategic, financial, and technical issues relating to shift for a global academic library model. Institutional framework as required for the purpose; Feasibility studies on globalizing academic libraries Institutional frameworks required for operationalising global academic library. Procedures and policies as required for the purpose. Budget implications for global academic model; Cost sharing formula for managing funds from agencies at consortium level and client libraries ICT infrastructure at consortia and client level; Open source Vs proprietary solutions Policy framework required Strategies for Improving library ambience; 8. Economic Impact on Libraries and the Return on Investment (ROI) It is increasing becoming important that the libraries start examining its investment on the human resource, content building, provision of library services, infrastructure and evaluate the libraries with a view to analyze and compare returns on such investment. Value for Money (VFM) in Libraries; Return on Investments (ROI) in Libraries Programme Structure: The actual schedule of the 4 day programme will be notified in due course of time. However, tentatively it has been decided to divide the proceedings of the Conference as follows: Day-1 Morning - TUTORIAL ON CLOUD COMPUTING; Evening – INAUGURAL FUNCTION Day- 2 to 4 - MAIN CONFERENCE IN FOUR PARALLEL SESSIONS The Conference will be held in several Parallel / Technical Sessions including Plenary Session and Panel Discussions. ICAL-2011 opens the registration for the one day tutorial/workshop to be held on 27th November 2011 as a prelude to main Conference. Kindly register for the Tutorial and the Conference separately. Registration Details: Registration Closes on September 30, 2011. Registration Includes Conference Kit including Conference Volume; High Tea, Lunch, Dinner (if scheduled); Internet Service. Participants are Welcome to register separately for both Main Pre-Conference Tutorials and Main Conference. The details of Registration Fee etc will be made available shortly on the conference website. Important Dates: Last date for Submission of paper : 15 July 2011 Confirmation of Acceptance : 1 September 2011 Last date for Author Registration : 30 August 2011 Last date for Registration : 30 September 2011 Conference Website : http://igmlnet.uohyd.ernet.in/ical2011 Online submission of papers : http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICAL2011 For further details contact: ICAL- 2011 Conference Secretariat: Dr. M. Koteswara Rao, Organising Secretary IGM Library, University of Hyderabad P.O. Central University HYDERABAD-500046, India Tel: 40-23132600; 23010318; Fax: 40-23010193 Mob: +91-9949953399 e-mail: ical2011.uoh(a)gmail.com Dr S M Dhawan Library & Information Consultant Formerly Scientist F, National Physical Lab, New Delhi Address :# 114 Dayanand Vihar, Delhi 110092, India Res: +91-11-22374535 Mob: +91-9990339279 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Universal Decimal Classification in Indic/Dravidic langauges
by Aida Slavic 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear colleagues At the beginning of 2010 we started translation of UDC Summary online (over 2000 classes) into Indic languages. The project was undertaken by volunteers from a number of Indian universities and was initiated and coordinated by DRTC in Bangalore. The Coordinator for the UDC Indian Languages Translation is Prof. Devika Madalli (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/dpmcv.html) Translated schedules are available for free use, downloads and distribution. We are pleased to inform that this abridged schedule with notes and examples are now completely translated in Bengali courtesy of Dr Bhaskar Mukarjee and Prof. Subal Biswas and can be browsed online http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=bn. As soon as the proofreading is completed we will make text available for download. Hindi translation, courtesy of colleagues from DRTC and Banaras Hindu University, coordinated by Prof Aditya Tripathi is completed 50% http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=hi Also 100 top classes are translated in Tamil by Preedip Balaji B (DRTC) http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=ta As soon as these translations are completed we will inform Indian library community. We would like to invite colleagues from other language communities in India and Indian Subcontinent if they are interested to contribute texts in their languages or help with the ongoing translations to contact us at udcs(a)udcc.org -- Dr Aida Slavic UDC Editor in Chief UDC Consortium Email: aida.slavic(a)udcc.org ===== Web: http://www.udcc.org blog: http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ twitter:http://twitter.com/UDCC = New! = Multilingual UDC Summary: http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php 2011 Seminar Classification& Ontology:http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Depot
by Shamprasad Pujar 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

** Sorry for Cross Posting, if any ** Dear Members, OpenDepot.org an initiative of EDINA ensures that all academics worldwide can share in the benefits of making their research output Open Access. For those whose universities and organisations have an online repository, OpenDepot.org makes them easy to find. For those without a local repository, including unaffiliated researchers, the OpenDepot is a place of deposit, available for others to harvest. It technical terms, OpenDepot.org does the following: - accepts deposit of e-prints from researchers at institutions that do not currently have an Institutional Repository (IR). The principal target is postprints, that is articles that have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. - as Institutional Repositories (IRs) are established, OpenDepot.org will support the transfer of relevant content to help populate those new IRs. - an OAI-compliant interface, so, like other open access repositories, its contents is available for harvesting. - re-directs depositors to an appropriate Institutional Repository (IR) Fore more information, please check at: http://opendepot.org Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations
by TANYA 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear Library Friends, It gives great pleasure to informing all of you that Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay defended his PhD thesis in an open viva-voce on 27 November 2010 at the seminar library of the Department of LIS, Aligarh Muslim University. Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay conducted his research entitled “Retro conversion of Documents in Central Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: An evaluative study” under the supervision of Prof. M. Masoom Raza. The examiner of Ph.D viva was Prof. Varalakshmi, DLIS, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam. "Congratulations to him on getting this degree and pray for his long life and committement to library field". With best wishes from DLIS AMU, Aligarh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Institutional/Subject Repositories - Status
by Madhan, M (ICRISAT-IN) 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Dear All: When we tried to list active institutional repositories in India, we could find only the following repositories which are currently active. We used ROAR (http://roar.eprints.org <http://roar.eprints.org/> ) as source of information. I have also listed a few active repositories which are not listed in ROAR. We request LIS-forum members to see the list and if we had missed any repositories, please inform us <mu.madhan(a)gmail.com>. We would also like to know about the repository initiatives in Indian institutes which are in progress. I would be grateful for your help. This is to prepare a status report on "Open Access in India" Thanks Madhan ICRISAT mu.madhan(a)gmail.com Repository Name Institution Name Eprints@IISc Indian Institute of Science CMFRI Digital Repository Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute RRI Digital Repository Raman Research Insititute DRS@NIO National Institute of Oceanography NAL-IR National Aerospace Laboratory IIA Prints Indian Institute of Astrophysics Eprints@NML National Metalurgical Laboratory Dspace@NITR National Institute of Technology Rourkela Dyuthi Digital Repository Cochin University of Science and Technology Dspace@INFLIBNET Information and Library Network Eprints@MDRF Madras Diabetes Research Foundation DKR@CDRI Central Drug Research Institute Eprints@IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute Eprints@SBT MKU Madurai Kamarajar University Eprints@IMMT Institute of Mines and Minerals Technology Dspice@IISR Indian Institute of Spices Research Dspace@IIT Bombay Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ICRISAT - Institutional Repository International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics Dspace@IIMK Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode SARAI Multimedia Digital Archive SARAI Subject Repositories Repository Name Institution Name Openmed@NIC National Informatics Centre Catalysis Database National Centre for Catalysis Research IIT Chennai Librarians Digital Library Documentation Research and Training Centre DRTC Bangalore Open Agri Indian Council of Agricultural Research Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository (Dedicated) etd@IISc Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Ethesis@NITR National Institute of Technology Rourkela Explorations _ Open Access Repository of Indian Theses Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Vidhyanidhi University of Mysore Online Thesis Library Mahatma Gandhi Univ Inactive repositories Eprints@IITD IIT Delhi Dspace@NCL National Chemical Laboratories Dspace@BMA Bangalore Management Academy Dspace@National Centre for Antartic Research, Goa Dspace@MDI, Management Development Institute Dspace@ICFAI Business School Dspace@Delhi University Delhi College of Engineering -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations Mr Nihar Patra for being best Alumni of DLISSU, 2010
by Dr Swain 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

We congratulate Mr Patra for this achievement. Genius like this(in the field of LIS) is always recognized. Keep it up and achieve many more distinctions in the field! Dr. Dillip K Swain KIIT University, Bhubaneswar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Classification & Ontology, The Hague 19-20 September 2011
by Aida Slavic 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** ==== FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ==== Classification& Ontology - Formal Approaches and Access to Knowledge International UDC Seminar 2011 VENUE: The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) DATE: 19-20 September 2011 WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/ CONTACT: seminar2011(a)udcc.org The difference between bibliographic knowledge classifications and ontologies resides in their particular purpose/function, and levels of formality. However, they are both based on observation and reasoning (ontological analysis) and share some structural principles and elements. In principle, automatic processing of knowledge classifications is significant whenever there is a need to support intuitive services. For instance, ontology-like representations of classifications are recognized as potentially important facilitators in creating a web of linked data (the semantic web). The objective of this conference is to promote collaboration and exchange of expertise between the bibliographic, the semantic web and the AI domains. We hope to learn more about methods in ontology modelling and whether these may be used to improve and formalise the data models of bibliographic classifications and enhance their value in information discovery. Papers are now invited covering the following topics: 1. Modelling and representation of knowledge classifications 2. Standards and solutions for innovative and high-quality classification data processing 3. Applications and implementations of classification structures as ontologies 4.Theoretical considerations of the role of knowledge classifications The proposals should be of interest to academic and research communities dealing with conceptual modelling, information systems design, knowledge organization, knowledge engineering, semantic interoperability& information integration, and natural-language processing. Read more and download the full text of the CFP at the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/. Contributions may include conference papers and posters. Authors should submit a proposal in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words including references, for papers, and 500-600 words for posters). To submit proposal online go to the conference website. Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: 30 Jan 2011 Paper proposal submission deadline 28 Feb 2011 Notification of acceptance 01 Apr 2011 Paper submission ORGANIZER: Classification& Ontology is the third biennial conference in a series of UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the UDC and to support its use and development. UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. === UDC Consortium PO Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague The Netherlands Tel: (+31) 70 314 0509 Fax: (+31) 70 314 0450 attn UDCC E-mail: mail(a)udcc.org Web: http://www.udcc.org ______________________ --> Multlingual UDC Summary: http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php --> Classification& Ontology: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ***************** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 in association with National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (28) (2010) on SCIENTOMETRIC INDICATORS, WEBOMETRICS AND POLYREPRESENTATION by Dr. Peter Ingwersen Professor, Danish School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen on 8th, 9th and 10th December 2010 at 6.00 p.m. each day at Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Dr. I.K. Ravichandara Rao Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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