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RE: [LIS-Forum] Open Access to S. R. Ranganathan at dLIST
by Mailing List Manager 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:18:46 +0530 From: "Nellameghan, A" <anm2002(a)vsnl.net> Dear Dr. Sukhdev Singh: We are glad that you appreciate the effort taken on open access to Dr.SRR's works and other information sources related to him. The Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) has given permission to dLIST to digitize Dr.SRR's books and make them accessible to users. The first book taken up is the Five Laws of Library Science. After preliminary tests, other books will be taken up. Kindly note that the contacts with and permission given to dLIST (Prof. Anita Coleman) precedes the meeting of Dr.Raghavan, Dr. Prasad, Prof Arunachalam at Mr. Satyanarayana's daughters wedding date. Perhaps you are aware that Anita Coleman of the Univ. of Arizona, who initiated the Dr SRR project was a student of Dr. Raghavan and that was connection as to how it all started. The other project is a joint effort of SRELS and the ISI Library, Bangalore. (Dr. Krishnamurthy). Best regards Sincerely A. Neelameghan -----------Original message follows-------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:51:37 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> I can predict that people would be citing Dr. Ranganathan's Online works more often now. People working in non-LIS areas will also discover by "googling" that ideas on which they are working now were already in the minds of Dr. Ranganathan. {truncated]

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Sub: Required “SOUL Coordinator” for different regions of the Country
by K Prakash 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Information and Library Network Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Ahmedabad – 380 009 Announcement Date: July 12, 2006 Sub: Required “SOUL Coordinator” for different regions of the Country Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) located at Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad. It is directed towards modernization of libraries and information centers for information transfer and access, to support scholarship, learning and academic pursuits by establishing a national network of libraries and information centers in universities, institutions of higher learning and R&D institutions in Indian. It is basically a co-operative endeavor in resource development, sharing and its utilisation at national level. Over the years INFLIBNET Centre has developed library management software, which is called SOUL (Software for University Libraries). To facilitate automation functions of the participating libraries, SOUL software has been developed. This software works in Client/ Server mode in Windows environment using MS-SQL server as back end tool. SOUL is attracting many libraries and till date 1062 installations have been done and more than 100 installations are in pipeline. This software is capable of handling in house operations of any type of libraries. INFLIBNET Centre is looking for “SOUL Coordinators” Incumbent person should be retired librarian of university or from academic sector to take up the challenge for activities of Library Science and automation through our SOUL software. He will be responsible for promotions of SOUL software and providing after sales support to the college/institute/university under his jurisdiction of states. INFLIBNET Centre is looking for four (5) SOUL Coordinators for the following regions: 1. North Eastern Region 2. West Bengal and Orissa 3. Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal 4. Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh 5. Gujarat and Rajasthan Terms and Condition of the appointment: 1. Educational Qualification: Incumbent should have minimum Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc) with IT exposure and literacy in Computer is must. 2. Experience: Retired librarian of University/College with sound experience in Library Automation 3. Age: Incumbent should be below 65 years. 4. Period of Contract: One year from the date of appointment as a SOUL Coordinator 5. Remuneration: Rs.3000/- per month as honorarium and Rs.1000/- per month towards the incidental expenses to the SOUL Coordinator. 6. Other terms and Conditions: A) The Coordinator will be authorized to appoint two qualified graduates each from Library Science and Computer Science on consolidated salary of Rs.5000/- per month respectively as Technical Assistants for period of 1 year. B) Travel expenses towards the promoting, installation, training and maintenance of SOUL in their assigned geographical area will be borne by INFLIBNET Centre, maximum limit will be Rs.25000/- per annum for self and for two technical assistants on production of travelling vouchers for each journey. For travelling purpose the TA/DA rules will be applicable as per INFLIBNET Centre’s rules. C) SOUL Coordinator as well his two technical assistants will be given orientation and hands on training free of cost by INFLIBNET Centre. 7. Targets for the SOUL Coordinator The Coordinator will be responsible for minimum 50 installations in one year in their assigned geographical area. 8. How to Apply Applicants should send the typed application in the below mentioned format to The Director, INFLIBNET Centre, PB No.4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad – 380009. The envelope containing the application form should be superscribed by “Application For the post of ___________________________”. A) Name, Father's name, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Nationality, Marital Status, Category. B) Address: Permanent & Present. C) Educational Qualification-Exam. Uni./Board, Main Subjects, Year of Passing, Marks Obtained, Class/Div. D) Professional Training: Organisation, Period, Details of Training E) Experience: Name & Address of Employer, Date of Joining/Leaving, Designation, Nature of Job, Salary, F) Any other information. Further information can be had from the Director, INFLIBNET Centre, P.B. No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad – 380 009 (GUJARAT) for necessary clarification. Note : The INFLIBNET Centre reserves the right to fill or not to fill any or all posts advertised. (Manoj Kumar K) Acting Director, INFLIBNET Centre Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 9 Phone: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 Email: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/

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ISBD - 2006 Consolidated edition
by Indira K. 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Dear Professionals, Invitation to : Worldwide Review ISBD -- 2006 Consolidated Edition http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/Invitation4WWreview07-2006.htm A consolidated edition will make it possible to make changes that are applicable to different types of resources and that previously could be made in only one ISBD at a time to apply to all types of resources at the same time. The consolidated version of the ISBD is now available at: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/ISBD-consolidated-July2006.pdf deadline given to respond to this draft - no later than 15 October 2006, in order to give time for preparation of a revised text that will then be sent on to the ISBD Review Group for approval. Indira K. Dear Professionals, Invitation to : Worldwide Review ISBD -- 2006 Consolidated Edition http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/Invitation4WWreview07-2006.htm http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/Invitation4WWreview07-2006.htm A consolidated edition will make it possible to make changes that are applicable to different types of resources and that previously could be made in only one ISBD at a time to apply to all types of resources at the same time. The consolidated version of the ISBD is now available at: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/ISBD-consolidated-July2006.pdf http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/ISBD-consolidated-July2006.pdf deadline given to respond to this draft - no later than 15 October 2006, in order to give time for preparation of a revised text that will then be sent on to the ISBD Review Group for approval. Indira K.

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Agricultural Statistics
by Tanika Chakraborty 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Dear Friends, I am a doctoral researcher at Washington University, St Louis. My area of interest is development economics with emphasis on technoIogy for agriculture. For the purpose of my research, I am looking for district wise agricultural statistics of India 1998 onwards to the latest year available. I checked the Databook on Agricultural Resources at IASRI website which lists data on yields, production and several other information on different variables. The data are mainly time series and in some cases state wise data are also available. I also checked The Statistical Abstracts that are available online at http://mospi.nic.in/cso_rept_pubn.htm are given 2002 onwards and state wise. I am looking for the same data at the district level which I think are published in the annual Statistical Abstracts. Online, I could only find the Season and Crop report for the districts of Tamil Nadu that are listed at http://www.tn.gov.in/crop/ and I need the same data for the all other states from 1998 onwards. Can anyone tell me from where and how to get those statistics? Thanks in advance, Tanika. Dear Friends, I am a doctoral researcher at Washington University, St Louis. My area of interest is development economics with emphasis on technoIogy for agriculture. For the purpose of my research, I am looking for district wise agricultural statistics of India 1998 onwards to the latest year available. I checked the Databook on Agricultural Resources at IASRI website which lists data on yields, production and several other information on different variables. The data are mainly time series and in some cases state wise data are also available. I also checked The Statistical Abstracts that are available online at http://mospi.nic.in/cso_rept_pubn.htm http://mospi.nic.in/cso_rept_pubn.htm are given 2002 onwards and state wise. I am looking for the same data at the district level which I think are published in the annual Statistical Abstracts. Online, I could only find the Season and Crop report for the districts of Tamil Nadu that are listed at http://www.tn.gov.in/crop/ http://www.tn.gov.in/crop/ and I need the same data for the all other states from 1998 onwards. Can anyone tell me from where and how to get those statistics? Thanks in advance, Tanika.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Access to S. R. Ranganathan at dLIST
by Mailing List Manager 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:51:37 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> I can predict that people would be citing Dr. Ranganathan's Online works more often now. People working in non-LIS areas will also discover by "googling" that ideas on which they are working now were already in the minds of Dr. Ranganathan. In my view - "Open Access" of this Internet Age is actually "First Law" of Dr Ranganathan's times. Thanks to Dr. Sathya, Prof. Neelameghan, Prof. Raghvan, Dr Prasad of SRELS and Prof. Anita of dLIST. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in On 11/07/06, Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> wrote: > Yes, Sukhdev, you are right. The work is in progress. Anita Coleman, the key > person at dLIST is temporarily unable to devote much time to dLIST as her > son took ill. > > Apart from the names mentioned by Michael May, I would add the name of > Sathya of Informatics. It was at his daughter's wedding reception I met > Prof. Neelameghan, Prof. Raghvan and Dr Prasad of SRELS, all of them > together and took their collective consent for Anita to go ahead with the > digitization of Prof. SRR's work! Till then things were moving pretty slowly > for more than a year. > > I have suggested to Anita that after digitising Prof. Ranganathan's works, > she should start digitising the works of all great information scientists of > his era. As far as I know, the only information scientist, whose entire opus > (or almost all of it) is available free on the web is Gene Garfield. [Please > correct me if I am wrong]. And the wide range of subjects Garfield has > covered is simply amazing. > > > > Best wishes. > > Arun > [Subbiah Arunachalam] >

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1st Announcement - International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries
by Nabonita Guha 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

**************Apologies for cross postings, if any************** Indian Statistical Institute Platinum Jubilee Events INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Semantic Web and Digital Libraries (ICSD 2007) http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, INDIA February 21-23, 2007 As part of the Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. Themes include: (but not limited to) * Digital Libraries * Digital Resource Organization * Technology issues in Digital Services * Design of Digital Information Services * Retrieval issues in digital environment * Standards and Specifications for Digital objects * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies * Semantic Web Technologies and Digital Libraries * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval * Architecture for Semantic Web * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services * Vocabulary and Taxonomy development * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories * Digital Resource Management Strategies * Content Development: Policies * Content Development: tools and techniques * Technology issues in Digital Services * Resource Media and formats * Multilingual Digital Libraries * Patron interaction and facilitation tools * Digital Library applications and case studies * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies CALL FOR PAPERS Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also on the conference website. IMPORTANT DATES * Expression of interest to submit paper with abstract: August 15, 2006 * Submission of full papers: September 15, 2006 * Notification of acceptance of paper with comments: October 31, 2006 * Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments: November 30, 2006 REGISTRATION * Early Bird Registration: December 15, 2006 (Last Date) Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * After December 15: Rs. 6000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * Tutorial: Rs. 1500/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) CONTACT & ENQUIRIES: (with CC to gmail address) Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) Associate Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 Fax : 91-80-28484265 email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in icsd2007(a)gmail.com _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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Support executive needed - Lib Sci background
by L J Haravu 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Dear List members We are looking for a M.L.I.Sc fresher or someone with M.L.I.Sc and experience of 3-4 years in a library. The candidate we are looking for must have good communication skills in English and one or two Indian languages. The candidate must be able to take active part in the training and support work for our library automation software, NewGenLib. Ideally the candidate should have had exposure to computer-based systems and should be willing to travel. The position is in Hyderabad. Interested professionals may send their CVs on or before 14th July. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at Hyderabad and they should be willing to come for the interview at their expense. Thanks L J Haravu

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Computer Science Journals
by Mahesh G T 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Dear Friends, Thanks for the reply to the query that i had posted yesterday,actually @ present we got a subscription for these magazines, 1) PCQuest, 2) DataQuest 3) Voice & Data 4) Express Computer 5) IT 6) Digit 7) DeveloperIQ 8) Linux for You 9) Electronic for You 10) Network Computing 11) Chip 12) Network Magazine 13) PC World could you please suggest me some more titles (preferably Journals)other than mentioned above, Regards, ========================================================== "Knowledge is of two kinds,We Know a subject ourselves, or,we know where to find information on it" ========================================================== Mahesh G T Librarian Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore-68 Off No - 080-26684369 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Adavnced cources and M.Phil in Library and information science
by reshma toraskar 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hello All, I need your guidance. I am working as Librarian in private college Goa on Probation. Pass out M.L.I.Sc 2003 from Goa University working Experience 2years. I want to do M.Phil and advanced courses (specialisation in automation ) in library science. Please suggest any university nearby Goa which conduct this courses and details like:- - Admission procedure -Course Period - Fees - Admission date Other facilities like Accommodation. You can also suggest any distance courses in this fields. you can directly contact me on my E-mail Thank You Reshma Toraskar __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Access to S. R. Ranganathan at dLIST
by MichaelMay.10726764＠bloglines.com 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

At this time, dLIST has only posted a preliminary scan of the Prefatory Matter and Chapter 1: The First Law of Dr. Ranganathan's Five Laws. We are currently working to complete the full text of Five Laws and other works listed below. We are pleased to note that in just over 24 hours these preliminary files have been downloaded more than 640 times by users across the world, evidence of the enduring and universal importance of Dr. Ranganathan's work: Five Laws Statistics http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1220 Respectfully, Michael May dLIST Classics Editor --- Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com wrote: Many thanks to SRELS, dLIST and other great professionals for taking > the initiative of making works of Dr. SR Ranganathan openly > accessible. > > Somehow, I could find only First Chapter of Five Laws in dLIST. But I > do hope that the work is under progress and would be completed soon. > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > http://openmed.nic.in > > > On 10 Jul 2006 12:02:47 -0000, MichaelMay.10726764(a)bloglines.com > <MichaelMay.10726764(a)bloglines.com> wrote: > > The editors of dLIST, the Digital Library of Information Science & Technology, > > are pleased to announce that the dLIST Classics Project has received permission > > from the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) to provide > > open electronic access to the following works by S. R. Ranganathan: > > > > Five > > Laws of Library Science, 1931. > > New Education and School Library, 1973. > > Philosophy > > of Library Classification, 1950. > > Prolegomena to Library Classification, 3rd > > ed., 1967. > > Classification and Communication, 1951. > > Documentation: Genesis > > and Development, 1973. > > Documentation and Its Facets, 1963. > > Library Book > > Selection, 2nd ed., 1966. > > Reference Service, 2nd ed., 1961. > > > > Shiyali Ramamrita > > Ranganathan (1892-1972) was a pioneer in the field of Library and Information > > Science. S.R. Ranganathan's The Five Laws of Library Science, the main premise > > of which is "books are for use," is arguably the most influential work in > > LIS to date. A preliminary scan of the prefatory matter and first chapter > > from the original 1931 edition of S.R. Ranganathan's Five Laws is now available > > at dLIST: > > > > http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ > > > > dLIST editors thank the > > following individuals for making open access to S.R. Ranganathan's works possible: > > A. Neelameghan, K. N. Prasad, and K. S. Raghavan (SRELS, Bangalore, India, > > and Documentation Research & Training Centre, Bangalore), and S. Arunachalam, > > dLIST Advisory Board Member (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, > > India). > > > > dLIST is a cross-institutional, subject-based, open access digital > > archive for the Information Sciences. dLIST Classics is a new project that > > is making fundamental and leading Library and Information Science texts openly > > accessible in dLIST. For more information, please visit dLIST at: > > > > http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/ > > > > > > Michael May > > dLIST Classics Editor > > michael.p.may(a)earthlink.net

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