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IndianJournals.com - New Initiative - "Governing Power"
by Chandrima Roy 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Dear All, Greetings! We are proud to announce that after our successful approach towards both open access and paid journals, we have tried to explore books also. And now our first initiative towards the same "Governing Power - by S.L. Rao" Published by The TERI Press is on the web on www.indianjournals.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> URL : http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:gp <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:gp&type=home> &type=home We are awaiting your comments on the same. This will help us to move ahead with our objective of converting the Indian contributions in the Publishing world online and hence make these available worldwide. Thanks & Regards Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: croy(a)docdelserv.com croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: http://www.docdelserv.com http://www.indianjournals.com  Dear All, � Greetings! � We are proud to announce that after our successful approach towards both open access and paid journals, we have tried to explore books also. And now our first initiative towards the same “Governing Power – by S.L. Rao ” Published by The TERI Press is on the web on http://www.indianjournals.com/ www.indianjournals.com � URL : http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:gp&type=home http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:gp&type=home � We are awaiting your comments on the same. This will help us to move ahead with our objective of converting the Indian contributions in the Publishing world online and hence make these available worldwide. � Thanks & Regards Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, “A” Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi – 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: � croy(a)docdelserv.com �� croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: http://www.docdelserv.com �� http://www.indianjournals.com �

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Whom does the corporate librarian report to ?
by kishore.ingale＠tcs.com 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Dear Colleagues, "Corporate Librarian" is now a well established role in our profession. Many of us playing this role, have been contributing greatly to respective organisations. However, there are few organisations where the role, responsibilities and reporting pattern of corporate librarian is still evolving.. Out of academic interest, I would like to know the reporting pattern of Corporate Librarians. Whom does the Corporate librarian report to ?? Is it the CEO ? . MD ? CIO ? CKO ? CTO, ? R&D head, Admin head ?, I will be grateful if those working in industrial / IT / corporate sectors could share this information. What is needed is just a sentence like, for eg, " At TCS the corporate librarian reports to the HR head " The data will be used only for academic purposes and treated as confidential. With regards Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Limited Ph:- +91-22-6750 5998 Cell:- 9226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Dear Colleagues, "Corporate Librarian" is now a well established role in our profession. Many of us playing this role, have been contributing greatly to respective organisations. However, there are few organisations where the role, responsibilities and reporting pattern of corporate librarian is still evolving.. Out of academic interest, �I would like to know the reporting pattern of Corporate Librarians. Whom does the Corporate librarian report to ?? Is it the CEO ? . MD ? CIO ? �CKO ? CTO, �? R&D head, Admin head ?, I will be grateful if those working in industrial / IT / corporate sectors could share this information. What is needed is just a sentence like, for eg, �" At TCS the corporate librarian reports to the HR head " The data will be used only for academic purposes and treated as confidential. With regards Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Limited Ph:- +91-22-6750 5998 Cell:- 9226711630 Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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CET for Ph.D Degree
by yekanath kamble 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

BANGALORE: Get set for another CET. This test is for PhD applicants! Tired of receiving inane dissertation papers and approving them simply because a candidate would have put in five or six years, and also faced with the dilemma of approving thousands of applicants for PhD, all state universities have decided to conduct an entrance test to screen applicants. The move which will come into effect this academic year will, however, be university-specific. A candidate has to make a presentation about his project to a doctoral panel once in three months. At its last meeting, the BU academic council meeting suggested that candidates be assessed on their performance in two papers of the CET.A merit list will be prepared by allotting 50% marks for entrance test and 50% for PG marks. The CET format has been left to the discretion of each university. "This has been done since the generic aptitude and exposure of candidates vary in different parts of the state," university sources said. Candidates, who have passed examinations like NET/SLET/GATE/JRF or M Phil or belonging to FIP/QIP programmes, are exempted from the CET. Also, candidates selected to work under specialised-funded projects and government-sponsored foreign students can directly register for a PhD programme. It is also mandatory that before applying for a PhD, a candidate has to have had at least two articles published in a recognised journal. The move has evoked mixed reactions from vice-chancellors. "We used to conduct a CET a few years back, but there was not a single failure. So the test was redundant," said Mysore V-C Shashidhar Prasad. Mangalore V-C K M Cauveryappa feels it is not possible to judge the ability of a candidate of study by a generic test. "Instead, it will be better if the guide interviews the candidate," he said. However, universities cannot escape the CET as it is an Inter-University Board decision. BU has suggested that candidates be tested on general aptitude and on techniques of research methodology. "The aim of the CET should be to assess the aptitude of the candidate towards research and not just his knowledge," said former BU VC M S Thimmappa. Source: The times of India 23 June 2006 Bangalore Edition Page.01 YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. BANGALORE : Get set for another CET. This test is for PhD applicants! Tired of receiving inane dissertation papers and approving them simply because a candidate would have put in five or six years, and also faced with the dilemma of approving thousands of applicants for PhD, all state universities have decided to conduct an entrance test to screen applicants. The move which will come into effect this academic year will, however, be university-specific. A candidate has to make a presentation about his project to a doctoral panel once in three months. At its last meeting, the BU academic council meeting suggested that candidates be assessed on their performance in two papers of the CET.A merit list will be prepared by allotting 50% marks for entrance test and 50% for PG marks. The CET format has been left to the discretion of each university. "This has been done since the generic aptitude and exposure of candidates vary in different parts of the state," university sources said. Candidates, who have passed examinations like NET/SLET/GATE/JRF or M Phil or belonging to FIP/QIP programmes, are exempted from the CET. Also, candidates selected to work under specialised-funded projects and government-sponsored foreign students can directly register for a PhD programme. It is also mandatory that before applying for a PhD, a candidate has to have had at least two articles published in a recognised journal. The move has evoked mixed reactions from vice-chancellors. "We used to conduct a CET a few years back, but there was not a single failure. So the test was redundant," said Mysore V-C Shashidhar Prasad. Mangalore V-C K M Cauveryappa feels it is not possible to judge the ability of a candidate of study by a generic test. "Instead, it will be better if the guide interviews the candidate," he said. However, universities cannot escape the CET as it is an Inter-University Board decision. BU has suggested that candidates be tested on general aptitude and on techniques of research methodology. "The aim of the CET should be to assess the aptitude of the candidate towards research and not just his knowledge," said former BU VC M S Thimmappa. Source: The times of India 23 June 2006 Bangalore Edition Page.01 YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 Want to be your own boss? Learn how on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Yahoo! Small Business.

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Mind-reading' computers next
by Farooque Shaheen 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and US scientists will be able to estimate an individual's thoughts by analysing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings. Applications of the computer could range from improving people's driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people's moods. It could also be useful for online teaching ? to show whether someone understands what is being explained and in improving road safety by determining if a driver was confused, bored or tired. A full dig on this matter can be found at: http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,19590439-31037,00.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Astt. Manager- Information Services Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and US scientists will be able to estimate an individual's thoughts by analysing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings. Applications of the computer could range from improving people's driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to people's moods. It could also be useful for online teaching – to show whether someone understands what is being explained and in improving road safety by determining if a driver was confused, bored or tired. A full dig on this matter can be found at: http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,19590439-31037,00.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Astt. Manager- Information Services Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Seeking information about Indian Journal in fulltext databases
by Chitra P Rao 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

Hello: Indianjournals.com and NITIE are co hosting a seminar on E Journals and the Global promotion of Indian Journals on 1st July 2006 in NITIE Mumbai. Those who are keen to attend may get in touch with me. It is planned to be a one day seminar. While trying to collect information about the total number of journals published in India and the total number hosted on any foreign fulltext database I have come accross only two Journals Finance India and The IIMB Management Review Journal. I would like to know how many other indian journals are published and how many hosted other than the above. Kindly let me know at the earliest. Any help will be highly appreciated. Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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Fwd: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site
by J. K. Vijayakumar 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

FYI. Alex Byrne <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:22:44 +1000 From: "Alex Byrne" <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> To: <Ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Subject: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } We hope you will be pleased to learn that members of the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a committee to address the current and long-term shortage of academic librarians. We are particularly interested in advising scholars and teachers with foreign language training and advanced degrees that careers in academic librarianship provide additional options for using their training in an academic setting. The WESS Committee on Recruitment to the Profession would like to call your attention to our Web site and ask you please to share the URL with your members in whatever way you feel is most appropriate: http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ Many thanks for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. Sincerely, Karen Green -- -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 klg19(a)columbia.edu J. K. Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. FYI. Alex Byrne <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> wrote: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:22:44 +1000 From: "Alex Byrne" <Alex.Byrne(a)uts.edu.au> To: <Ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Subject: [IFLA-L] Librarian recruitment site st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }  We hope you will be pleased to learn that members of the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a committee to address the current and long-term shortage of academic librarians. We are particularly interested in advising scholars and teachers with foreign language training and advanced degrees that careers in academic librarianship provide additional options for using their training in an academic setting. The WESS Committee on Recruitment to the Profession would like to call your attention to our Web site and ask you please to share the URL with your members in whatever way you feel is most appropriate: http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/ Many thanks for your consideration, and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have. Sincerely, Karen Green -- -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 mailto:klg19@columbia.edu klg19(a)columbia.edu J. K. Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ http://libinfospace.blogspot.com Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Article Request
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:19:18 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Professionals We need following Article for our Institute : 1. From semi-conductors to the rhythms of sensitive plants: the research of J. C. Bose by V. A. Shephard, Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol. 51, 607-19 (2006). Regards. Arun DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 Ph(Res): 33-2672 1192, 3892, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006)

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Excellent Job Opportunities with TCS Libraries.
by bp.prakash＠tcs.com 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 86 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at five locations: Designation: ?Officer - Library & Information Centre? Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Mumbai (Clearly mention the preferred location in application) Last Date to Receive Applications: 3rd July 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.LI.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Those who have appeared for the qualifying examinations in 2005-06 and are awaiting results are also eligible Canditates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred Job Description: The person would be a member of the corporate / branch library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services and housekeeping operations. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the corporate / branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Application Form: Interested candidates may email / post their resumes as per the format (see after contact details) to any one of the branch heads mentioned below , based on their location preference. The applications should reach us not later than 3rd July 2006. Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre" Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now Contact Details: Bangalore Branch Head: Ms. Geetha V, Mail: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services SJM Towers, 18, Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Chennai Branch Head: Ms. Githanjali C, Mail: githanjali.chandrasekhar(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Insurance Solutions Centre, 1, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Vadapalani Chennai ? 600 026 Hyderabad Branch Head: Mr. B Nagappa, Mail: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Deccan Park, Plot No.1, Software Units Layout, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500081 Kolkata Branch Head: Ms. Sanjukta Ray, Mail: sanjukta.ray(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Auditorium Building, 3rd & 4th Floors, Plot C, Block EP & GP, Sector V Saltlake Electronics Complex, Kolkata 700091 Mumbai Branch Head: Ms. Banalata Das, Mail: mumbai.library(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Plot No. 64(ODC), SEEPZ, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 096 For any queries & clarifications, please contact: corporate.library(a)tcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Format Application for the Position of Officer ? Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services ******************************************************************************************** Location Applying for: ___________________________________________________________ (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai) (In case candidate is willing to work at any location, please mention order of preference) Name: __________________________________________________________ (Surname First) Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY): ___________________ Age: ________ Yrs Address for Communication: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin Code: ___________________________ Contact Nos: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Educational Qualifications: (Please give details for all examinations SSC / 10th onwards) Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Additional Qualifications (Certifications, Diplomas), if any: Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Professional Experience, if any: Employer Period of Service Designation Work Profile in Brief Salary Drawn References (Name & Contact Details): 1. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Sign: __________________________ Date: _____________________________ Place: _____________________________ ForwardSourceID:NT00002E66 ForwardSourceID:NT0000B742 ForwardSourceID:NT00046D92 ForwardSourceID:NT0000C77A ForwardSourceID:NT00046DDE =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 86 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at five locations: Designation : “Officer - Library & Information Centre” Locations : Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Mumbai (Clearly mention the preferred location in application) Last Date to Receive Applications : 3rd July 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.LI.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Those who have appeared for the qualifying examinations in 2005-06 and are awaiting results are also eligible Canditates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred Job Description: The person would be a member of the corporate / branch library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services and housekeeping operations. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the corporate / branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Application Form: Interested candidates may email / post their resumes as per the format (see after contact details) to any one of the branch heads mentioned below , based on their location preference. The applications should reach us not later than 3rd July 2006 . Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre" Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now Contact Details: Bangalore Branch Head: Ms. Geetha V, Mail: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services SJM Towers, 18, Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Chennai Branch Head: Ms. Githanjali C , Mail: githanjali.chandrasekhar(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Insurance Solutions Centre, 1, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Vadapalani Chennai – 600 026 Hyderabad Branch Head: Mr. B Nagappa, Mail: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Deccan Park, Plot No.1, Software Units Layout, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500081 Kolkata Branch Head: Ms. Sanjukta Ray, Mail: sanjukta.ray(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Auditorium Building, 3rd & 4th Floors, Plot C, Block EP & GP, Sector V Saltlake Electronics Complex, Kolkata 700091 Mumbai Branch Head: Ms. Banalata Das, Mail: mumbai.library(a)tcs.com Address: Library & Information Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Plot No. 64(ODC), SEEPZ, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 096 For any queries & clarifications, please contact : corporate.library(a)tcs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Format Application for the Position of Officer – Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services ******************************************************************************************** Location Applying for: ___________________________________________________________ (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai) (In case candidate is willing to work at any location, please mention order of preference) Name : __________________________________________________________ (Surname First) Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY): ___________________ Age: ________ Yrs Address for Communication: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin Code: ___________________________ Contact Nos: ____________________________ Email: ______________________ Educational Qualifications: (Please give details for all examinations SSC / 10th onwards) Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Additional Qualifications (Certifications, Diplomas), if any: Degree Institute/College Yr of Passing Marks Obtained Percentage Division / Class Professional Experience, if any: Employer Period of Service Designation Work Profile in Brief Salary Drawn References (Name & Contact Details): 1. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 2. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Sign: __________________________ Date: _____________________________ Place: _____________________________ ForwardSourceID:NT00002E66 ForwardSourceID:NT0000B742 ForwardSourceID:NT00046D92 ForwardSourceID:NT0000C77A ForwardSourceID:NT00046DDE =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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2 interesting news items
by Krishnan 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

(1) From the Financial Times, June 20, 2006: Royal Society tests new system of free access to papers By Jon Boone in London The world’s oldest learned society will on Wednesday tear up its 340-year-old business model with the launch of an “open access” journal allowing people to read its new scientific papers free of charge. The Royal Society in London virtually invented the subscription-based system of peer-reviewed scientific journals when it started the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665. But in a trial that will be closely watched by researchers and journal publishers around the world, it will allow authors to pay for costs of publication themselves. Authors, or their research sponsors, who choose to pay to make their papers immediately available online will be charged £300 ($553, €439) per A4 page... The Royal Society hopes to test the viability of the scheme by charging the full economic cost of publication. ... The open access movement has been helped by recent developments, including the decision by the Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s biggest research granting bodies, that all articles produced through work it has funded will have to be published on an open access basis from October. The Royal Society’s first paper published on Wednesday is being financed by the trust... News Item (2)..... It seems that open access journal publishing, known as the "gold" version of OA, isn't paved with gold. In an eye-opening analysis in the journal Nature, the Public Library of Science (PLoS), which launched its first open access journals in 2003, is said to be facing a "looming financial crisis." According to Nature, which analyzed the non-profit PLoS's publicly available records on file with the Internal Revenue Service, PLoS ran a deficit of almost $1 million last year, and its total income from fees and advertising currently covers just 35 percent of its costs. While revenue is increasing slightly, spending is increasing at a greater clip, up to $5.5 million over the past three years combined. In response, with its grant funds being steadily depleted, PLoS has announced that it will raise author fees, effective July 1, for its open access journals from $1500 to $2500 for flagship journals PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine; and to $2000 for its community journals PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. In a release, officials from the non-profit PLoS said that, with three years of operational experience to draw on, it was "time to adjust this model so that our publication fees reflect more closely the costs of publication." Still, even with the increased fees, Nature reports that PLoS will have to rely on "philanthropy" to survive for the foreseeable future, including its funding from the Sandler and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundations. PLoS director of publishing Mark Patterson downplayed the financial situation, noting that the fledgling publisher is only in its fourth year. Still, more than a few commercial publishers may be saying "I told you so." In the early days of open access publishing, commercial publishers repeatedly suggested that author fees for PLoS, at $1500, and for-profit open access publisher BioMed Central, then $500, were unsustainably low. Last year, BioMed Central increased its author fees, from $525 to as much as $1700. Commercial competitors, meanwhile, including Springer, Blackwell, and most recently Elsevier, have begun offering open-access-like publishing options, for fees closer to $3000. Dr. S.Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Road PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: s.krishnan(a)ncl.res.in Tel: +91-20-25902650

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College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources
by Thapar, Amit 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources <http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm> Academic librarians and college administrators will find these survey results valuable for their planning. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ College Students' Perceptions: Libraries and Information Resources < http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm > Academic librarians and college administrators will find these survey results valuable for their planning. mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/

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