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save british libraries
by thushanth tl 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

*Save British council libraries* ** ** British council has decided to close British libraries at Bhopal and Trivandrum by the end of February, 2008. It is shocking news for the library patrons. They have asked employees to take VRS or transfer. If this trend continues it will affect British libraries all over India. As library professionals we must do something to stop it. I invite every one in the forum to have a discussion on it and suggest some ways to stop it. Please sign the petition at the below link http://www.petitiononline.com/bcl64lib/petition.html Below are the links to some news regarding the closure http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shutters-to-fall-for-british-councils-libraries… http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=91074 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/004200712181710.htm http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/24/stories/2007122454720300.htm Please visit the following websites http://www.saveourbritishlibrary.org/ http://savebclbhopal.blogspot.com/ Thushanth T L Librarian ICFAI Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eGranthalaya Ver 3.0 Workshop , 9-11 January 2008 at NIC Bangalore
by Veena 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

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Mysore University Library Website
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:13:51 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Best wishes for New Year. On behalf of University Librarian and Staff of Mysore University Library, I am happy to inform you that, we have launched our Library Website on the Internet. You may access the same through the following URL:http://mul.uni-mysore.ac.in Most of the links, like online journals, open access are connected. One can also access the UGC-Info net online access journals. Prof P.Ishwar Bhat, Acting Vice Chancellor Inaugurated the virtual Zone, and he said "It is a big leap by the University library for having launched its own website. Students, research scholars and lecturers will be benefited through this website", he was speaking after inaugurating the virtual zone of Mysore University Library. The launch of this website will help many students in their research, information gathered such websites will be of great use to the students and the teaching faculty. Students should use more the facility in their endeavor towards success�, he added. On this occasion the University library website was inaugurated by journalist, Rajashekar Koti. Inaugurating the website, he said, "The Library is like a brain to any university or institution. University grant commission has been granting crores for the development of libraries in various universities".Mysore University Registrar B.G .Hosmat, I.F.S, launched the Data Base and University Finance Officer M.K.Sannaswamy released the "Outline of Library Website and Database" on this occasion. Your suggestions are most valuable to us. Thanking You, Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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What is the status of Children Libraries in India?
by Aman Jha 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear Forum Members I am writing a status paper on Children Libraries in India. Grateful if you could provide me useful information (statistics, legal status, NGOs/private initiatives, central/state govt. initiatives, public library status) on this. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World newspapers just at the touch of a button
by Mukesh Anand 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear Members', World newspapers just at the touch of a button / Kannal Achuthan (A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions via satellite transmission) CHENNAI: International tourists and frequent business travellers who seek the familiarity of reading their hometown newspapers in print can now do so right in Chennai. Thanks to satellite technology, about 200 newspapers from 55 countries in 32 languages are available at the touch of a button on a vending kiosk. "At present, our main customers are star hotels who buy foreign newspapers for their guests," said K. Ramasundaram, a resident of Chetpet, who runs the enterprise. The technology is offered by a Dutch firm. How it works A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions of a network of newspapers via satellite transmission. A copy is printed on demand. Some of the newspapers in the network include USA Today (USA), The Observer (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain) and Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia) and Sports Nippon (Japan). "The price is about $ 5 (Rs. 240) a copy. The vending machine prints the copy within three minutes of a customer's request," said Mr. Ramasundaram. The copies are tabloid-sized and available in black-and-white format. Colour printing is to be soon available. Mr. Ramasundaram said his regular customers including Swiss guests residing in the Taj liked to read the print versions of newspapers from their countries on the same day of publication. Once the idea becomes popular, the vending machines can be installed in malls, airports and other public places where customers can print their own copies and pay by credit card, Mr. Ramasundaram said. The satellite newspaper service in Chennai can be reached at 28363447. Online Access :- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007122858120300.h… Print Access :-The Hindu dated 28th Dec., ' 07 (Friday) Page # 3 (Chennai City Edition) Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for journal article
by M KOTESWARA RAO 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear colleagues, One of our faculty member wanted an article from the following journal, which is not available in our library. We would appreciate it if anyone can kindly send a xerox copy of the same to us at the earliest. "The Great Sage in literary translation: Transformations for equivalent effect" By Di Jin (Source: BABEL Vol.35, No.3, 1989, pages 156-175) Dr. M Koteswara rao Librarian University of Hyderabad P.O. Central University Hyderabad-500 046 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Content Management System"
by Smita Srinivasan 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear All, We are planning to implement a "Content Management System" to manage the content in our organisation. Please let me know of any good CMS application that we can use. Please also indicate its user-friendliness, cost, ease of implementation, if ready-to-use tutorials are available, size of content it can handle, number of users. etc. Kindly share your experiences with the same. Smita Srinivasan Information Executive QMed Knowledge Foundation Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright Law Violation
by Rajan 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Dear Ms Hena Gupta, The chapter XI of the Indian Copyright Act clearly indicates that a copyright is infringed when anyone distributes anything either for trade or in a way affecting prejudicially the owner of the copyright. Copyright protection has never been and cannot be applied rigidly to avoid hampering of progress in the society particularly in academic and research frontiers. A balance is always maintained between the interest of the creator and of the community while applying the law by the executive and judiciary. Most of the social purpose activities are exempted from the operation of the act. Research and private study are specifically among them. So there is no much to guard against any act which you are convinced as bonafide and can prove to be a non-commercial academic activity. The word distributes is not much important, but the resultant effect of the action of distribution is more important when somebody looks through the eyes of the law. The law is now being carefully looked upon as the copying is an easier task and digital world permits copying and distributing anything easier than ever before leading to so frequent violations. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message: Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:43:33 +0530 From: HENAG <HENAG(a)infosys.com> Subject: Re: [- Does it Violate Copyrights Laws Hello Ms Vasumathi, I need a clarification of your point number 3 below. You said librarian from a commercial organization can make copy of an article from a subscribed journal or library book for an employee of the same organization. However not allowed by the same or anyone else to get several copies of the said article or pages to distribute. Is there any line that we can draw between the word DISTRIBUTE and SERVE to the user of library? I am bit confused for the word fair use / single use, and I think specially when we librarians in a profit making organizations are concerned the copyright laws are not very transparently/ clearly expressed . It is somewhat vague or not thought of us while written them . If you have better way or explicitly written authorised document please name it , I would like to go through that . Best Regards Hena S Gupta ( Sr. Librarian) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET announces Workshop on KOHA, March 10-13, 2008
by Sangeeta Kaul 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

DELNET announces An Interactive Workshop on Koha An Open-Source Integrated Library System (ILS) : An ideal opportunity for Indian Libraries March 10-13, 2008 Venue : DELNET, New Delhi To DOWNLOAD e-Brochure click on the link below : www.delnet.nic.in/kohaws.pdf OR www.delnet.nic.in/kohaws.doc You are most welcome to write to us for details. With kind regards Sangeeta ______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011, 9810329992 (M) Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free email Search Tool From IBM
by Farooque Shaheen 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

IBM unveiled "smart" search software designed to help people find information buried in email. The software is powered by advanced algorithms that can interpret incomplete queries and find information such as phone numbers, people, meetings, presentations, documents, images, and more. Called IBM OmniFind Personal E-mail Search (IOPES), the semantic search tool is available at no charge on IBM alphaWorks. (www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/emailsearch) The email search tool is available as plug-ins for IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook. Common search concepts, such as dates, times, and phone numbers, are built into the software; additional search parameters, such as meeting requests or specific locations, can be defined and used on-the-fly without any programming expertise. Such user-defined concepts can be shared between individuals and can be used to build a more personalized search system. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=40490 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane International (India) Private Limited +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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