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Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture
by Nandhan Ravi 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture held on 3rd June, 2006 at Choksi Hall, IISc, Bangalore. The event began at 5:45 pm with a cup of tea. The speaker, Prof. N. J. Rao and the presider, Prof. N. V. Joshi inaugurated the event by lighting the lamps. Mr. Francis Jayakanth gave a brief background of the association of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar with NCSI-NET and about the memorial lecture series. Ms. Anitha introduced the guest speaker. Prof. N. J. Rao spoke on 'E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research'. He gave a history of the methods of teaching and learning. Earlier models considered the brain as a black box. But with research on how the brain acts to stimulus, newer models have evolved. Traditional classroom teaching is teacher centric and is also limited in interactions with the students. A learning environment should be focused on the student instead and allow extensive interaction with the teacher. He focused on how 'Problem Based Teaching' can be very effective in forming a new generation of professionals who need to be very competitive in their work environments. He identified the characteristics of a modern and ideal teaching and learning environment. It should be possible to take advantage of the developments in ICT, like Internet and E-mail, and build a teaching-learning system that possesses all these characteristics. He explained the features of Moodle, open source e-learning software and also gave the screen shots of the system. The CD "Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar's Academic Contributions'' was released by Prof. N J Rao. This digital collection comprises of the academic works, presentations and tutorials of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. The collection has been built with the latest version of Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software, and has search and browse features. The same collection is also available online at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Suvarsha Walters, and the event ended with high tea at 7:30 pm. A request to the LIS-Forum Members: If you are aware of any of Late Dr. T B Rajashekar's publications, which have not been included in the above mentioned collection, please bring this to the notice of either Ms. Anitha (anitha_m(a)aurigene.com) or Mr.Ravi Nandhan (ravinandhan(a)gmail.com) This will enable us to keep the collection as complete as possible. With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha M NCSI-NET Coordinators V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco t: +91 80 41997351 f: +91 80 41997201 v: 6-7351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: www.capco.com ************************************************************************ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultant, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************ Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture Minutes of the First Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture held on 3rd June, 2006 at Choksi Hall, IISc, Bangalore. The event began at 5:45 pm with a cup of tea. The speaker, Prof. N. J. Rao and the presider, Prof. N. V. Joshi inaugurated the event by lighting the lamps. Mr. Francis Jayakanth gave a brief background of the association of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar with NCSI-NET and about the memorial lecture series. Ms. Anitha introduced the guest speaker. Prof. N. J. Rao spoke on 'E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research'. He gave a history of the methods of teaching and learning. Earlier models considered the brain as a black box. But with research on how the brain acts to stimulus, newer models have evolved. Traditional classroom teaching is teacher centric and is also limited in interactions with the students. A learning environment should be focused on the student instead and allow extensive interaction with the teacher. He focused on how 'Problem Based Teaching' can be very effective in forming a new generation of professionals who need to be very competitive in their work environments. He identified the characteristics of a modern and ideal teaching and learning environment. It should be possible to take advantage of the developments in ICT, like Internet and E-mail, and build a teaching-learning system that possesses all these characteristics. He explained the features of Moodle, open source e-learning software and also gave the screen shots of the system. The CD "Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar's Academic Contributions'' was released by Prof. N J Rao. This digital collection comprises of the academic works, presentations and tutorials of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar. The collection has been built with the latest version of Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software, and has search and browse features. The same collection is also� available online at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Suvarsha Walters, and the event ended with high tea at 7:30 pm. A request to the LIS-Forum Members: If you are aware of any of Late Dr. T B Rajashekar's publications, which have not been included in the above mentioned collection, please bring this to the notice of either Ms. Anitha (anitha_m(a)aurigene.com) or Mr.Ravi Nandhan (ravinandhan(a)gmail.com) This will enable us to keep the collection as complete as possible. With warm regards, V. Ravi Nandhan and Anitha M NCSI-NET Coordinators V. Ravi Nandhan. Knowledge Coordinator Capco t: +91 80 41997351 f: +91 80 41997201 v: 6-7351 e: ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com w: file://www.capco.com www.capco.com ************************************************************************ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultant, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Presentations of U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology
by J. K. Vijayakumar 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

With reference to the earlier announcement pasted below, the presentations of the U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology are available at http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html ---------- J.K.Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ "Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar" <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: On May 31, 2006, an audience of 150 invited officials from industry, academe, government and non-governmental organizations in India and the United States will meet to explore strategic issues in high-tech research and education as they apply to the worlds two largest democracies. The U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology is organized by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), and will take place on the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California. The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum will play an essential role in promoting and facilitating the collaborative research activities arising from the UC-India agreement. Visit http://us-india.calit2.net/ or http://www.amrita.edu/ for more details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com With reference to the earlier announcement pasted below, the presentations of the U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology are available at http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html http://us-india.calit2.net/archive.html ---------- J.K.Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ "Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar" <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: On May 31, 2006 , an audience of 150 invited officials from industry, academe, government and non-governmental organizations in India and the United States will meet to explore strategic issues in high-tech research and education as they apply to the worlds two largest democracies. The U.S.-India Summit on Education, Research & Technology is organized by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), and will take place on the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California. The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum will play an essential role in promoting and facilitating the collaborative research activities arising from the UC-India agreement. Visit http://us-india.calit2.net/ http://us-india.calit2.net/ or http://www.amrita.edu/ http://www.amrita.edu/ for more details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Investing the "public" in the Public Library of Science
by Saiful Amin 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Greetings! There is an interesting article in the current issue of First Monday Investigating the 'public' in the Public Library of Science: Gifting economics in the Internet community by Charlotte Tschider http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_6/tschider/ Abstract: Countless critics of the open access movement have cited the Budapest–Bethesda–Berlin open access principles as responsible for unsustainable business models and a dilution of the efficacy of scientific scholarship or "impact." Impact factors measure a journal's primacy in academic scholarship, and it reflects how frequently a journal's articles are cited. Much to the surprise of open access critics, PLoS Biology recently achieved a high impact factor of 13.9 after only two years of publishing, a feat rarely accomplished even in more traditional print journals. The Public Library of Science (PLoS) employed the most liberal interpretation of the Budapest–Bethesda–Berlin (BBB) open access (OA) principles when creating its inaugural journal, PLoS Biology, after extensive OA advocacy efforts. BBB principles encourage open access for all individuals with an Internet connection and free use of all information for any educational purposes, including the creation of derivative works. ----- This current issue of First Monday also has a number of selected papers on Open Access from the First Monday Conference, 15–17 May 2006. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_6/ Happy reading! Regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 2/2, Union Street Off Infantry Road Bangalore 560001, India Tel: +91 80 4112 3437 M: +91 93438 26438 Fax: +91 80 4151 7801 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Amsterdam named World Book Capital 2008
by vimal kumar 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear Professionals, Amsterdam has been chosen as the 2008 World Book Capital by a selection committee, comprised of representatives of UNESCO and the three main international organizations representing the book industry, that met at UNESCO on 8 June. Further reading http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22376&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. Start your league today! Amsterdam has been chosen as the 2008 World Book Capital by a selection committee, comprised of representatives of UNESCO and the three main international organizations representing the book industry, that met at UNESCO on 8 June. Further reading http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22376&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=33539/*http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com?o… Start your league today!

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Collapse Of Wikipedia?
by vimal kumar 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear professional, An interesting news about Wikipedia appeared in EFY newsnetwork. Collapse Of Wikipedia? Swapnil Bhartiya, EFY News Network Wikipedia is shifting from its core policy by restricting the users' power to edit the online content. 'If you want to see the true character of a person, give him power,' is what Abraham Lincoln said, and Wikipedia has just proved it right. Another statement that goes true for Wikipedia is that 'with the increase in power, democracy gives way to dictatorship'. Why is there so much of criticism of Wikipedia? There has to be: Wikipedia, which became the world's third most popular information hub, is shifting from its core policy -- free information 'which anyone can edit'. But Wikipedia has its own reasons for the shift from 'open editing' to 'not so open editing' of the content online. Wikipedia said that there has been an increase in vandalisation in the recent weeks, especially about the sensitive issues, like George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Iraq, etc. And they want more control to avoid this. According to the New York Times, "[Wikipedia] is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some trade-offs...it's an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts one that, in response to well-publicised problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate." Wikipedia now has a clear power structure that gives volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control, delete unsuitable articles and protect those that are vulnerable to vandalism. Owing to its policy only, Wikipedia succeded in creating such a huge database of information; now the shift could be seen through two glasses -- its inability to fight vandalism, or it's a strategy to take over full control over the content? Will democracy give way to dictatorship? Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. An interesting news about Wikipedia appeared in EFY newsnetwork. Collapse Of Wikipedia? Swapnil Bhartiya, EFY News Network Wikipedia is shifting from its core policy by restricting the users' power to edit the online content. 'If you want to see the true character of a person, give him power,' is what Abraham Lincoln said, and Wikipedia has just proved it right. Another statement that goes true for Wikipedia is that 'with the increase in power, democracy gives way to dictatorship'. Why is there so much of criticism of Wikipedia? There has to be: Wikipedia, which became the world's third most popular information hub, is shifting from its core policy -- free information 'which anyone can edit'. But Wikipedia has its own reasons for the shift from 'open editing' to 'not so open editing' of the content online. Wikipedia said that there has been an increase in vandalisation in the recent weeks, especially about the sensitive issues, like George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Iraq, etc. And they want more control to avoid this. According to the New York Times, "[Wikipedia] is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some trade-offs...it's an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts one that, in response to well-publicised problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate." Wikipedia now has a clear power structure that gives volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control, delete unsuitable articles and protect those that are vulnerable to vandalism. Owing to its policy only, Wikipedia succeded in creating such a huge database of information; now the shift could be seen through two glasses -- its inability to fight vandalism, or it's a strategy to take over full control over the content? Will democracy give way to dictatorship? Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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KALA LECTURE
by I.R.N.Goudar 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Dear Professionals, KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KALA) Cordially invites you to the following Special Lecture TOPIC : Dissertations and Global Open Access Initiatives SPEAKER : Mr. Terry Robinson Vice President, International Sales, PROQUEST Information & Learning, UK DATE & TIME : Wedenesday, 21st June 2006 at 6.00 pm VENUE : Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Near BU Library (Central College),Dr Ambedkar Veedi Central College Campus, Bangalore-1 Tel: 22961975 (Mrs. Adilakshmi, Librarian) ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME, PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES Dr. IRN Goudar President, KALA Head, ICAST National Aerospace laboratories Bangalore -560 017 Tel: 25086080

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IndianJournals.com - Latest Update
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:01:41 +0530 From: Chandrima Roy <croy(a)docdelserv.com> Dear All, Greetings! We have uploaded two new issues of Open Access Journal "Fire Engineer" on our website www.indianjournals.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> the details of which are given below along with the links. Hence, overall Statistics of Indianjournals.com as on date since it's Launch on 30th May 2005 becomes: No. of Publications: 36 Societies Associated: 30 Issues Archival: 151 Subject Areas Covered so far: 9 Open Access Journals: 6 Visitors So far as on 16th June, 2006: 72,177 Latest Journals (Issues) uploaded: 1) Fire Engineer Volume 30, Issue 4, 2005 (October-December) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe&type=3Dhome> &type=3Dhome For TOC & Full text, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe&volume=3D30&issue= =3D= 4&type=3Dtoc> &volume=3D30&issue=3D4&type=3Dtoc 2) Fire Engineer Volume 30, Issue 3, 2005 (July-September) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe&type=3Dhome> &type=3Dhoe For TOC & Full text, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:fe&volume=3D30&issue= 3&type=3Dtoc> &volume=3D30&issue=3D3&type=3Dtoc 3) Indian Journal of Microbiology Year 2006, Volume-46, Issue-1 (March) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijm <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijm&type=3Dhome> &type=3Dhome For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijm <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijm&volume=3D46&issu= e =3D1&type=3Dtoc> &volume=3D46&issue=3D1&type=3Dtoc To access the full text of other free Journals, kindly log on to http://www.indianjournals.com Wish you a great time ahead! 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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XXIII IATLIS National Conference-2006- theme
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 03:36:39 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, Prof CR Karisiddappa, President of IATLIS (Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science) has proposed the following theme for the ensuing XXIII IATLIS National Conference to be organised in Nov 2006. As we are already delayed in finalising the theme, may i request all the concerned to react and suggest the changes to the thme. even it will be gret, if u can suggest something new, but shd be related to the LIS education. Earlier we have already organised three conferences relating to curriuclum. in the light of the earlier background, may i request all professional friends to suggest the the theme earliet to enable us to finalise the same. the same may also be sent to Prof Karisiddappa to his mail id karisiddappa(a)yahoo.com thanks laxman rao "Dr. C R Karisiddappa," : THEME: Building Curriculum of Difference: Defining the vision for LIS education Sub themes: - Constructing integrated curriculum for the present and future - new approaches - Modularisation of the curriculum - Web-based learning, learning through experience, hidden curricula, cross curricular key skills etc. - International LIS curricula - case / comparative studies - Emerging digital realities- reflections on LIS curriculum and their integration - Instructional improvement - Powerful pedagogies and innovative learning environment - Changing student demographies - massification challenges on curriculum development - Leadership in the next generation LIS professionals - Curriculum assessment and reinforcing subject - Sustenance of LIS Departments - funding (economic) issues - Role of associations academies in the promotion of curriculum building. ================================== Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Workshop on "Applicatin of Instructional Technology to Information Literacy Programmes"
by ravija srivastava 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Dear Sir, This is in continuation to my previous mails regarding workshop being conducted by the Dept. of Libray & Information Science, University of Mumbai. By mistake the title of the workshop was deleted frommt he posting. Kindly include the title as following : " Application of Instructional Technology to Information Literacy Programmes" I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience. Thanking you. Yours sincerely Ravija Srivastava --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. Start your league today! Dear Sir, This is in continuation to my previous mails regarding workshop being conducted by the Dept. of Libray & Information Science, University of Mumbai. By mistake the title of the workshop was deleted frommt he posting. Kindly include the title as following : " Application of Instructional Technology to Information Literacy Programmes" I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience. Thanking you. Yours sincerely Ravija Srivastava Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=33539/*http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com?o… Start your league today!

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SALIS Awards for the 2006 presented - Congrats to the winners
by Arunachalam Hariharan 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Dear Professionals, We are happy to inform that SALIS Awards for the year 2006 were presented to the following professionals for their OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION and SERVICE to the LIS profession. These awards were presented during the inaugural function of SALIS 2006 National Conference on Initiatives in Libraries and Information Centers at Karunya Deemed University, Coimbatore on 9th June 2006 at 10.30 A.M. Dr. P.V. Konnur , University Librarian, Bangalore University (Former University Librarian, Goa University was selected for the Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level). Dr. V.S.Prasad, Director, NAAC presented the Award and Citation to Dr. P.V. Konnur. Dr. J.Dominic, Librarian, Karunya Deemed University was selected for AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award . Dr. V.S.Prasad, Director, NAAC presented the Award and Citation to Dr. J. Dominic Mrs. K. Vinitha, Librarian, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti was selected for the AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award. Prof. Dr.P.K.Phillip,Vice-Chancellor. Karunya Deemed University, presented the Award and Citation. Congratulation to all the AWARD WINNERS !!! On behalf of the Award Committee Convener SALIS Award Committee __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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