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Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyrights Laws ( Manju Naik )
by manju nayak 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

I would like to express few points about ongoing discussion on violation of copyright law by librarians? Whether librarian role is to protect copyrights on behalf of publisher, author etc ? When users are accessing library resources? Whether library professionals have to ask what purpose you are using whether is it for Academic or commercial use? What is commercial when R & D institutes are taking project, giving consultancy service earning revenue from this? Is it academic or commercial use? Is there any mechanism to check who is using for what purpose? Librarians are indirectly promoting publisher products in the name of copyright law? I dont understand what is the problem for some one ? if the professionals are sharing information on this forum? Whether he is taking too much care about publishers? Now days majority of the people are thinking about open access system. Copyright is hindrance to the progress of the society? It is very important to know the reason that who are sending article request? Even among government education institutes there is lot of disparity in distribution of resources? When all education institutions are run by public money why there is big gap between other institutes while allocation of finance? When each institute is subscribing for same journal is it not waste of public money? Why not they formulate uniform resources allocation for all government education institutes? Then everybody having similar resources question of requesting for particular article should not arise? Present day copyright law is not user oriented rather it is publisher oriented because all the terms and conditions are laid down by publishers are not in present copyright law. Thanks Manju Naik --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Register for NACLIN 2007
by Sangeeta Kaul 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

NACLIN 2007 DELNET is organising the 10th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2007) from November 20-23, 2007 at India International Centre, New Delhi. More than 300 delegates from different parts of India and abroad including USA, Australia, Oman, Sri Lanka and Botswan. The participation fee is Rs 2500 (for member institutions of DELNET), Rs 3500 (for non-member institutions), Rs 2000 (for individual LIS students/scholars). 25 % discount will be offered on more than one participation from the same Institute. Accommodation charges of Rs 1500 are extra. The details are available at www.delnet.nic.in or write to us. Thanking you, Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2007 _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 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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IGNOU Regional Centre at Pune & Mumbai for PGDLAN
by Mukesh Anand 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear Ms. Patil, IGNOU Regional Centre at Pune 1st Floor, MSFC Building, 270, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016 IGNOU centre for Navy in Mumbai HQ, Western Naval Command, Mumbai-1 U may navigate IGNOU's website www.ignou.ac.in for downloading the Prospectus & Application Form for PGDLAN Course Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyright
by Chandrima Roy 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear Professionals, I appreciate the way Dr. Manjunath has portrayed the present scenario in India. It is really ironical to know that even the existence of the Indian Copyright Act, which is compliant with most international conventions and treaties in the field of copyrights, the practice of copyright violation, still exists. Can't we together do something about it? With regards Chandrima Roy (Manager) Document Delivery & IndianJournals.Com [Products of Divan Enterprises] B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411/ 45055538 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: <mailto:croy@docdelserv.com> croy(a)docdelserv.com <mailto:croy@indianjournals.comW> croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: <http://www.docdelserv.com/> http://www.docdelserv.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> http://www.indianjournals.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Invitation for International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management-2008
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Managment will be held from Mar 24-29, 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Registration is limited to 200 people, and is filling up fast! If you are interested in attending the conference, please register and submit your payment as soon as possible to secure a place. For details visit our website: http://www.icikm-2008.com.np One of the special aspects of this conference is three days long Pre-Conference Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using the Open Source Software: Greenstone Digital Libraries (GSDL), Open Journal System (OJS) and Open Conference System (OCS) and Integrated Library System (KOHA). Participants will have the opportunity to learn software hands-on practice. Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan Member-Secretary mpradhan(a)healthnet.org.np -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Digital Library Project
by shriram pandey 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

dear all The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research. According to a recent UN press release, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United States Library of Congress have signed a pact paving the way for the creation of a World Digital Library which will digitize rare materials from libraries and other cultural institutions globally and make them available free on the Internet. for detail information click the fallowing link : http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org/project/english/about/ With regards, Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Creative Commons Content Licensing
by shriram pandey 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

dear colleagues : Creative Commons Australia has released a book focusing on Open Content Licensing issues with, of course, a special emphasis on Creative Commons licenses and projects. According to CC Australia, "As far as we are aware, this is the first case of a book being released independently by an Australian publisher under a CC license." Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, a new publication from Sydney University Press, brings together papers from some of the most prominent thinkers of our time on the internet, law and the importance of open content licensing in the digital age. Drawing on material presented at the Queensland University of Technology conference of January 2005, the text provides a snapshot of the thoughts of over 30 Australian and international experts on topics surrounding the international Creative Commons movement, from the landmark Eldred v Ashcroft copyright term decision to the legalities of digital sampling in a remix world. detail can be see at : http://creativecommons.org.au/ocl -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate
by Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

LIS-Forum members, Some thoughts on copyright related issues... Most of us know that, using copyrighted material without rights-holders permission for any purpose can be a violation of copyright. However, there are some exceptions like Fair-use. If organizations/Libraries and Librarians want to be copyright compliant, then they should have clarity on scope of the fair use before making use of the copyrighted documents. Otherwise, Librarians may be risking their organizations for a possible copyright violation. Relative to the ILL/journal articles sharing/distribution, CONTOU guidelines indicate that Libraries can share/provide a maximum of 5 articles from a subscribed journal in a given year. More info is available at: http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/CONTU.html Best Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:14:32 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyrights Laws To: "R.K.SHUKLA" <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <c13c85220710220444p4020c507t74c2d839ec9a8a2c(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Dr Shukla and LIS-Forum Members I feel it is an interesting topic, therefore I have changed the subject of the discussion. The question is whether a Librarian violates Copyrights Laws if he supplies an Article to his user for personal use and research? This is perhaps accepted because here he is only working on behalf of the user. Also, so far Inter-Library Loans are concerned, there should not be any problem because no "copies" are made. Original Book / Journal is borrowed and given to user. Copyright Laws restricts only making copies of literary works. However, what happens when a librarian makes a copy and transmits over internet to requesting Librarian? Requesting librarian takes that digital copy, makes a print copy and hands over to its user, hoping that it would be used by its user for personal and research work. To me, it appears, there is a violation by the initiating librarian as he is not acting on behalf of his user. What others feel about this? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 10/22/07, R.K.SHUKLA <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Though I agree with Mr. SukhdevSingh but I don,t agree with Ms Sen .It will > not be a violation of copyright if article is for personal use adnd research > . The demand for article shall be fulfilled by us if possible there is not > need of using the help of commercial services . commercial services should > be the last resort only. > r.k.shukla > librarian > DCE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gayathri sen > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:02 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Demand for service > > > Dear friends, > > I completely agree with Mr. Sukhdev Singh's mail regarding mention of the > efforts made to get a particular information before it is posted in Lis- > Forum. > > Example- article requests should be tried with DELNET or other commercial > provoiders of DDS or write to publishers and make payment for it, so that > you will not violate copyright, and if it is nowhere available, then it > needs to be posted to forum, as a last resort. > > Though we know the deficiency of written communication skills of few, effort > should be made to present in a proper manner by the person who is posting. > The moderator may decide not to post such requests basically to maintain the > dignity of our profession. > > Gayathri Sen > PESIT > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > ________________________________ > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

I don't see any violation of copyright in the case cited by Dr Sukhdev. We need not restrict the 'user' to a particular library/institution. In this case instead of one intermediary, there are two intermediaries to serve the user. The intension is to serve the user's academic or research information needs, apparently not for commercial purpose. -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Get the new Windows Live Messenger! http://get.live.com/messenger/overview -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Total restructuring of school education on cards - news report in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Dear All, In the news report there is NOT a single word about role of libraries or librarians. If anyone have the details of full report of Committee, please circulate. Role of libraries/ librarians in `encouraging self-study' cannot be ignored. Highlights: Muthukumaran Committee report outlines radical steps Other suggestions Other recommendations include evolving examination modules to test analytical abilities, encouraging self-study, giving physical education, health, environment, moral and peace education, vocational education a place in the syllabus and making computer education an integral part of the curriculum (1) Total restructuring of school education on cards http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/23/stories/2007102359510800.htm The second item below is for general information (2) Re-construction of college library in Pudukottai nearing completion http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/23/stories/2007102360960100.htm Regards Sankaran --------------------------------- Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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