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Discussion list for queries related to setting up of Institutional Repositories in India.
by Filbert S Minj 04 May '06

04 May '06

Dear Members, As part of ongoing project, Development of OAI-based Institutional Research Repository Services in India, sponsored by DSIR, Govt of India, at the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, NCSI has been helping several Institutions/Organizations in the country to setup their Institutional Repositories (IRs). We have also planned for conducting at least two workshops during the project duration to impart practical training to the participants in setting up and maintaining their IRs. The exact dates for the workshops will be announced on this and other lists shortly. In order to provide sustained help to setup and maintain IRs, we have started an exclusive discussion list called, Institutional Repositories of India Forum (IRI-Forum). Members of this forum can post queries related to IR software choices, Hardware requirements, installation of IR software, configuration, customization,administration, backup or any other problems related to IR. Based on our experiences and the experiences of the participating members this forum can be of mutual help to all the participants. You are welcome to join this mailing list if your Institution/Organization has already has an IR or is planning to have one in the near future. You can subscribe to this mailing list by visiting the site http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/iri-forum. Once you subscribe, you can pose the queries by sending an email to iri-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in. Looking forward to your active participation to make this forum a useful one. -- Filbert and Francis Dear Members, As part of ongoing project, Development of OAI-based Institutional Research Repository Services in India, sponsored by DSIR, Govt of India, at the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, NCSI has been helping several Institutions/Organizations in the country to setup their Institutional Repositories (IRs). We have also planned for conducting at least two workshops during the project duration to impart practical training to the participants in setting up and maintaining their IRs. The exact dates for the workshops will be announced on this and other lists shortly. In order to provide sustained help to setup and maintain IRs, we have started an exclusive discussion list called, Institutional Repositories of India Forum (IRI-Forum). Members of this forum can post queries related to IR software choices, Hardware requirements, installation of IR software, configuration, customization,administration, backup or any other problems related to IR. Based on our experiences and the experiences of the participating members this forum can be of mutual help to all the participants. You are welcome to join this mailing list if your Institution/Organization has already has an IR or is planning to have one in the near future. You can subscribe to this mailing list by visiting the site http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/iri-forum . Once you subscribe, you can pose the queries by sending an email to iri-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in . Looking forward to your active participation to make this forum a useful one. -- Filbert and Francis

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Regarding Weeding of books
by Mailing List Manager 04 May '06

04 May '06

Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:00:54 +0530 From: pramod babu <pramodhbabu(a)gmail.com> Dear all Could anyone inform regarding UGC norms for weeding old and out dated books from library or any other information related to weeding of books. Thanks & regards Pramod Library Assistant M.S.Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore e-mail:pramodhbabu@gmail.com

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Fw: digital repositories roadmap: looking forward
by Mailing List Manager 04 May '06

04 May '06

Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 07:42:24 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> ----- Original Message ----- From: Amber Thomas To: JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Colleagues, You may be interested in this new document discussing the future of UK academic repositories. Digital Repositories Roadmap: Looking Forward JISC has funded a Digital Repositories Roadmap document to present a vision for 2010. This has been undertaken by Rachel Heery from UKOLN and Andy Powell from the Eduserve Foundation. This is a discussion document that provides context for project and programme work. It is available from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/rep-roadmap-v15.doc The vision is one where there is a rich scholarly communications and learning environment that is supported by an extensive network of repositories, where content is widely available and re-used. The repositories will allow sharing, collaboration, a record of activity and so on and will be enhanced by value added services that support manipulation, interlinking and personalisation among other things. The Digital Repositories Roadmap concludes that it is cultural and policy issues that lie at the heart of achieving success for a digital repository network for learning and research.

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BLISc & MLISc admission
by Mailing List Manager 04 May '06

04 May '06

Date: 3 May 2006 11:15:40 -0000 From: jyoti shreeram bhabal <jyotibhabal(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear All BLISc and MLISc admission forms are available at SHPT School of Library Science. Duration of course: 1 year Medium: English only Eligibility: Female graduate candidate from any discipline(candidate awaiting for their result may also apply.) Admission Procedure: as per merit, based on Entrance Test form fee: Rs. 50/- (form & prospectus) Address: SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University New Marine Lines Mumbai 400020 Tel: 22072792 email: shptsndt(a)gmail.com Mrs.Jyoti Bhabal Lecturer SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020. Tel: 22072792 22081879 ext.274 or 263

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Alumni Association of Dept. of LIS, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
by Mailing List Manager 04 May '06

04 May '06

Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 02:36:40 -0700 From: Samarendra Dash <samardash(a)gmail.com> Dear All, An Alumni Association of the P.G.Dept. of Lib.& Inf. Sc, Utkal University was formed on 28.04.2006 to create a platform for interaction among the students, faculty & professionals who are associated with the Dept. of LIS, Utkal University. The office bearers for the first term i.e. 2006-07 were unanimously elected as follows 1. Dr. P.Padhi President 2. Dr. B.D.Panda Vice President 3. Sri Byomajit Mohanty Secretary 4. Sri M.Biswal, Treasurer All Alumnae of the Dept. of Lib.& Inf.Sc are requested to contact Head of Department LIS, UU or Sri Samarendra Dash for further details. Regards Samarendra Dash 09437558100

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Reaction to "Everybody has a librarian inside." blogged.
by Sukhdev Singh 04 May '06

04 May '06

Atleast someone liked my thought - "Everybody has a librarian inside." Check out - http://libtechbytes.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-like-this-thought.html Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Why OA makes sense
by Mailing List Manager 03 May '06

03 May '06

Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 03:23:15 +0530 (IST) From: arun(a)mssrf.res.in >From Peter Suber's blog EURASIP President on OA Sergios Theodoridis, Presidents Message, EURASIP, March 2006. Theodoridis is the President of European Association for Signal, Speech, and Image Processing (EURASIP), which publishes four OA journals through Hindawi Publishing. Excerpt: Since EURASIPs major decision to adopt the Open Access (OA) model for all its new journals, I have developed an interest in trying to keep up with related publications and adopted policies and actions by various scientific organizations and bodies concerning the OA philosophy....In a world of an unprecedented complexity, information and knowledge access models that transcend professional classifications, national boundaries, and social barriers are timely and necessary. The OA philosophy affects not only the publication of scientific research, but also the way large databases, such as the genomes of animals and plants, can be accessed. Recently, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) released version 5.0 of the NSFs Cyberinfrastructure Vision for the 21st century. The report states that 30 nations, including the United States, declared their commitment to work together towards the establishment of common access regimes for research data generated through public funding. Currently Germanys Max-Planck Society, the UK Wellcome Trust, the French CNRS, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute all encourage their funded researchers to make their peer-reviewed articles publicly available. It is worth pointing out that the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee considered the OA issue and the report was in favor of open access.... Concerning publications, there are two major motivations in favor of open access. The first refers to ethics. Research funded by the public should be available to the public. The second motivation refers to the research impact. Internet technology and powerful search engines make it possible to mine any publications of interest that reside in an open access repository. This will no doubt increase the impact and the citation of published articles. Furthermore, the OA model complies with the above-mentioned synergy and cooperation rationale, since it is a way of minimizing the gap between scientists living and working in the developed countries and those who are working in less developed countries and have very limited accessibility to published results....

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Indianjournals.com - Statistics
by Mailing List Manager 03 May '06

03 May '06

Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:23:11 +0530 From: Chandrima Roy <croy(a)docdelserv.com> Dear All We are proud to share the overall Statistics of Indianjournals.com as on date since its launch on 30th May 2005 as follows: No. of Publications: 34 Societies Associated: 28 Issues Archival: 127 Subject Areas Covered so far: 8 Visitors So far as on 1st May, 2006: 64,101 Latest Journal (Issue) uploaded: International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research, Year 2006, Volume-2, Issue-1 (January) TOC Link: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijcir <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=3Dijor:ijcir&volume=3D2&issu e=3D1&type=3Dtoc> &volume=3D2&issue=3D1&type=3Dtoc To access the full text of free Journals, Online Subscriptions or Package deals, kindly log on to http://www.indianjournals.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> or send your queries to info(a)indianjournals.com. 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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Document Delivery Service
by Mailing List Manager 03 May '06

03 May '06

Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:22:10 +0530 From: Chandrima Roy <croy(a)docdelserv.com> Dear All, For all your requirements for full text articles, Conference Proceedings, Reports, Patents & others, please contact us to obtain Copyright compliant articles at very reasonable rates. Articles in Pdf or Tiff format are made available via email within 4-5 days upon receipt of the order (s). For more information please log on to http://www.docdelserv.com <http://www.docdelserv.com/> or contact us at info(a)docdelserv.com . 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=0D

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Intel to provide low-cost Internet access
by Mailing List Manager 03 May '06

03 May '06

Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 17:27:52 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> The New York Times Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access By JOHN MARKOFF Published: May 2, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 - Aiming to help close the so-called digital divide, the Intel Corporation plans to announce a design for a sub-$400 educational laptop and a five-year, $1 billion program to train teachers and to extend wireless digital Internet access worldwide. Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/technology/02chip.html for full story

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