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IR practices and YOUR experiences !
by Satish Munnolli 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

It is known fact that few Indian institutes have set up their own institutional repositories (IR's) and depositing their institutional publications for open access. There are many factors need to consider while setting up IR because achieving policies differ from publisher to publisher viz., a.. Publishers versions/PDF can not be used. b.. Publishers versions/PDF can be used. c.. Must link to publisher version or journal home page. d.. Author's own version can be deposited. e.. Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged and linked. f.. Published source must be acknowledged. g.. Should not appear before publisher's publication. h.. Pre-referred only can be deposited. May I know from the faculty of experimenting institutes about their experiences faced while executing IR practices in their set ups viz., What are the LEGAL MAJORS one should consider while setting up an IR. Is there any OFFICIAL DOCUMENT published by the GOVT. OF INDIA for setting up IRs - Reference Manual. Is there any article / paper that states on status of IRs in Indian context and degree of success in Indian conditions. How many institutes in India (in numbers) have successfully set up IRs for their institutes. Has any institute received a LEGAL NOTICE from the publisher. Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in It is known fact that few Indian institutes have set up their own institutional repositories (IR's) and depositing their institutional publications for open access. There are many factors need to consider while setting up IR because achieving policies differ from publisher to publisher viz., P ublishers versions/PDF can not be used. Publishers versions/PDF can be used. Must link to publisher version or journal home page. Author's own version can be deposited. Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged and linked. Published source must be acknowledged. Should not appear before publisher's publication. Pre-referred only can be deposited. May I know from the faculty of experimenting institutes about their experiences faced while executing IR practices in their set ups viz., What are the LEGAL MAJORS one should consider while setting up an IR. Is there any OFFICIAL DOCUMENT published by the GOVT. OF INDIA for setting up IRs - Reference Manual. Is there any article / paper that states on status of IRs in Indian context and degree of success in Indian conditions. How many institutes in India (in numbers) have successfully set up IRs for their institutes. Has any institute received a LEGAL NOTICE from the publisher. Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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request for articles
by SCKumaresan 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

Dear friends, Greetings! please find below details of journal articles which is required by one of our faculty for his research. Kindly send me if u have these in your library. Thank you, Regards S.C.Kumaresan 1.Electrochromism in sputtered V2O5 thin films: structural and optical studies M. Benmoussa, , A. Outzourhit, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 405, Issues 1-2, 22 February 2002, Pages 11-16 2.ITO films sputter-deposited using an ITO target sintered with vanadium oxide additive M. Suzuki, Y. Maeda1, M. Muraoka2, S. Higuchi3 and Y. Sawada* Materials Science and Engineering B, Volume 54, Issues 1-2, 12 June 1998, Pages 43-45 3.Vanadium pentoxide thin films used as positive electrode in lithium microbatteries: An XPS study during cycling A. Benayada, H. Martineza, , , A. Giesb, B. Pecquenardb, A. Levasseurb and D. Gonbeaua Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 28 February 2006, 4.Optical and structural properties of vanadium pentoxide films prepared by d.c. reactive magnetron sputtering Li-Jian Menga, b, , , Rui A. Silvaa, Hain-Ning Cuib, Vasco Teixeirab, M.P. dos Santosc and Zheng Xud Thin Solid Films, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 January 2006, 5.XPS investigations achieved on the first cycle of V2O5 thin films used in lithium microbatteries A. Benayada, H. Martineza, , , A. Giesb, B. Pecquenardb, A. Levasseurb and D. Gonbeaua Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Volume 150, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 1-10 6.Electrochemical and structural properties of V2O5 thin films prepared by DC sputtering C. Navonea, J.P. Pereira-Ramosa, , , R. Baddour-Hadjeanb and R. Salotc Journal of Power Sources, Volume 146, Issues 1-2, 26 August 2005, Pages 327-330 7.Effect of total gas and oxygen partial pressure during deposition on the properties of sputtered V2O5 thin films A. Giesa, c, B. Pecquenarda, , , A. Benayadb, H. Martinezb, D. Gonbeaub, H. Fuessc and A. Levasseura Solid State Ionics, Volume 176, Issues 17-18, 31 May 2005, Pages 1627-1634 8. RF sputtered electrochromic V2O5 films L. Ottavianoa, A. Pennisia, c, F. Simone, , b, c and A. M. Salvid Optical Materials, Volume 27, Issue 2, November 2004, Pages 307-313 9.Effect of silver co-sputtering on amorphous V2O5 thin-films for microbatteries Jae Myung Leea, Ho-Sung Hwangb, Won-Il Chob, Byung-Won Chob and Kyoo Young Kim Journal of Power Sources, Volume 136, Issue 1, 10 September 2004, Pages 122-131 10.Electrochromism in sputtered V2O5 thin films: structural and optical studies M. Benmoussa, , A. Outzourhit, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 405, Issues 1-2, 22 February 2002, Pages 11-16 11.Sputter deposited ceriumvanadium oxide: optical characterization and electrochromic behavior E. Masetti, , a, F. Varsanob, F. Deckerb and A. Krasilnikovaa Electrochimica Acta, Volume 46, Issues 13-14, 2 April 2001, Pages 2085-2090 12.Structural, electrical and optical properties of sputtered vanadium pentoxide thin films M. Benmoussa, E. Ibnouelghazi, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 1 September 1995, Pages 22-28 S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 00971508829462 Dear friends, Greetings! please find below details of journal articles which is required by one of our faculty for his research. Kindly send me if u have these in your library. Thank you, Regards S.C.Kumaresan 1.Electrochromism in sputtered V2O5 thin films: structural and optical studies M. Benmoussa, , A. Outzourhit, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 405, Issues 1-2, 22 February 2002, Pages 11-16 2.ITO films sputter-deposited using an ITO target sintered with vanadium oxide additive M. Suzuki, Y. Maeda1, M. Muraoka2, S. Higuchi3 and Y. Sawada* Materials Science and Engineering B, Volume 54, Issues 1-2, 12 June 1998, Pages 43-45 3.Vanadium pentoxide thin films used as positive electrode in lithium microbatteries: An XPS study during cycling A. Benayada, H. Martineza, , , A. Giesb, B. Pecquenardb, A. Levasseurb and D. Gonbeaua Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 28 February 2006, 4.Optical and structural properties of vanadium pentoxide films prepared by d.c. reactive magnetron sputtering Li-Jian Menga, b, , , Rui A. Silvaa, Hain-Ning Cuib, Vasco Teixeirab, M.P. dos Santosc and Zheng Xud Thin Solid Films, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 January 2006, 5.XPS investigations achieved on the first cycle of V2O5 thin films used in lithium microbatteries A. Benayada, H. Martineza, , , A. Giesb, B. Pecquenardb, A. Levasseurb and D. Gonbeaua Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Volume 150, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 1-10 6.Electrochemical and structural properties of V2O5 thin films prepared by DC sputtering C. Navonea, J.P. Pereira-Ramosa, , , R. Baddour-Hadjeanb and R. Salotc Journal of Power Sources, Volume 146, Issues 1-2, 26 August 2005, Pages 327-330 7.Effect of total gas and oxygen partial pressure during deposition on the properties of sputtered V2O5 thin films A. Giesa, c, B. Pecquenarda, , , A. Benayadb, H. Martinezb, D. Gonbeaub, H. Fuessc and A. Levasseura Solid State Ionics, Volume 176, Issues 17-18, 31 May 2005, Pages 1627-1634 8. RF sputtered electrochromic V2O5 films L. Ottavianoa, A. Pennisia, c, F. Simone, , b, c and A. M. Salvid Optical Materials, Volume 27, Issue 2, November 2004, Pages 307-313 9.Effect of silver co-sputtering on amorphous V2O5 thin-films for microbatteries Jae Myung Leea, Ho-Sung Hwangb, Won-Il Chob, Byung-Won Chob and Kyoo Young Kim Journal of Power Sources, Volume 136, Issue 1, 10 September 2004, Pages 122-131 10.Electrochromism in sputtered V2O5 thin films: structural and optical studies M. Benmoussa, , A. Outzourhit, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 405, Issues 1-2, 22 February 2002, Pages 11-16 11.Sputter deposited ceriumvanadium oxide: optical characterization and electrochromic behavior E. Masetti, , a, F. Varsanob, F. Deckerb and A. Krasilnikovaa Electrochimica Acta, Volume 46, Issues 13-14, 2 April 2001, Pages 2085-2090 12.Structural, electrical and optical properties of sputtered vanadium pentoxide thin films M. Benmoussa, E. Ibnouelghazi, A. Bennouna and E. L. Ameziane Thin Solid Films, Volume 265, Issues 1-2, 1 September 1995, Pages 22-28 S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 00971508829462 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Greenstone Digital Library Software
by rupesh kumar 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Dear Ms.Veena, As regards the selection of digital library software, the purpose for which you want to build the digital library matters a lot. But you can have a look and feel of many digital libraries built using Greenstone Digital Library Software. Please visit the "Examples" Section of the Greenstone site http://www.greenstone.org/cgi-bin/library?e=p-en-examples-utfZz-8&a=p&p=exa… And some Indian Digital Libraries like those of IIMK, IISc, are also listed. It's always good to browse and use some digital libraries before planning to build a new one. Thanks & Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com Blog:http://lislog.blogspot.com --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. As regards the selection of digital library software, the purpose for which you want to build the digital library matters a lot. But you can have a look and feel of many digital libraries built using Greenstone Digital Library Software. Please visit the "Examples" Section of the Greenstone site http://www.greenstone.org/cgi-bin/library?e=p-en-examples-utfZz-8&a=p&p=exa… http://www.greenstone.org/cgi-bin/library?e=p-en-examples-utfZz-8&a=p&p=exa… And some Indian Digital Libraries like those of IIMK, IISc, are also listed. It's always good to browse and use some digital libraries before planning to build a new one. Thanks & Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com Blog: http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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Accepting documents as gifts
by Saji S. Nair 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Dear Friends, I would like to seek opinion on a situation that you may perhaps be encountered. In a special library set up accepting documents as gifts is not uncommon. Suppose a very distinguished person/well-wisher of your library is so happy to donate his collection. It is noted that the person is so important for you and you can’t disregard him. But you noticed that the collection that he wants to hand over is entirely different from the subject area that you have and never comes in the ‘APUPA’ pattern, as envisaged by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan. More over chances of consulting that documents by your clientele in the foreseeable future is so bleak. In such circumstances, will you accept it? If it is no, then how can you pacify him? If it is yes, then what is the strategy to incorporate it in the collection? As part of the core documents OR a separate collection OR anything else…….. Thanks in advance for your comments. Bye for now. Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala www.rcctvm.org _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Research centre for Library professionals
by gayathri sen 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

I completely agree with Mr. Koteshwar Rao. There is no need to have more Research centres and more universities. It is better to maintain quality in the existing places. Gayathri Sen PESIT --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. I completely agree with Mr. Koteshwar Rao. There is no need to have more Research centres and more universities. It is better to maintain quality in the existing places. Gayathri Sen PESIT New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman5/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

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Re: Re: [LIS-Forum] Digital Library Software
by Sourav Chakraborty 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear Shri Jadhav, If one is looking for a Digital Library which is intrgrated with an eLearning engine then "LearnITy Digital Knowledge Library" is the prefered solution. The advantage is that it has got an ILS (Integrated Library System)in -built with the Digital Library.One can access both the electronic and print media from a single sign-on. Last but not the least,the technical architecture is such that one can access eLearning(LMS/LCMS),Digital Library,ILS,Virtual Classroom,Online Assesment,CMS & TMS as a one stop shop. You may log on http://www.aunwesha.com to know more about eLearning and Digital Library. Regards, Sourav Chakraborty Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Fax:+91 33 2357 1739/7183 -------------------------------- On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 Sharad Jadhav wrote : >Dear Madam, > >Selection may be based on the purpose of the digital library you are going to set up. Whether it will be used to support e learning or will work as institutional repository (where published/ unpublished material by faculty/students can be archived). Any way any digital library software will definitely serve the purpose of distributing digital documents over a network. > >Some popularly known Digital Library/ Repository Software are listed at http://www.infolibrarian.com/soft.htm http://www.infolibrarian.com/soft.htm > >Digital library resources can be found at >http://www.infolibrarian.com/dlib.htm http://www.infolibrarian.com/dlib.htm > >Hope this info works for you. > >Sharad Jadhav >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >National Insurance Academy >25,Balewadi, Baner Road, >NIA PO, >Pune 411 045 >India >http://www.niapune.com/ http://www.niapune.com >Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) >Mobile: 09890369266 >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >veena bhat <veenabhatkudbail(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: >Dear Sir/ Madam, >Our institution is purely Academic. We want to build a Digital Library. Which Digital Library software is best for Academic Library? On which basis I need to select the software? Plz, suggest me. >Thanks and Regards, >Veena Bhat >International Institute of Information Technology, >Pune >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less._______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile >Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Dear Shri Jadhav, If one is looking for a Digital Library which is intrgrated with an eLearning engine then "LearnITy Digital Knowledge Library" is the prefered solution. The advantage is that it has got an ILS (Integrated Library System)in -built with the Digital Library.One can access both the electronic and print media from a single sign-on. Last but not the least,the technical architecture is such that one can access eLearning(LMS/LCMS),Digital Library,ILS,Virtual Classroom,Online Assesment,CMS & TMS as a one stop shop. You may log on http://www.aunwesha.com to know more about eLearning and Digital Library. Regards, Sourav Chakraborty Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Fax:+91 33 2357 1739/7183 -------------------------------- On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 Sharad Jadhav wrote : >Dear Madam, > >Selection may be based on the purpose of the digital library you are going to set up. Whether it will be used to support e learning or will work as institutional repository (where published/ unpublished material by faculty/students can be archived). Any way any digital library software will definitely serve the purpose of distributing digital documents over a network. > >Some popularly known Digital Library/ Repository Software are listed at http://www.infolibrarian.com/soft.htm http://www.infolibrarian.com/soft.htm > >Digital library resources can be found at >http://www.infolibrarian.com/dlib.htm http://www.infolibrarian.com/dlib.htm > >Hope this info works for you. > >Sharad Jadhav >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >National Insurance Academy >25,Balewadi, Baner Road, >NIA PO, >Pune 411 045 >India >http://www.niapune.com/ http://www.niapune.com >Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) >Mobile: 09890369266 >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >veena bhat <veenabhatkudbail(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: >Dear Sir/ Madam, >Our institution is purely Academic. We want to build a Digital Library. Which Digital Library software is best for Academic Library? On which basis I need to select the software? Plz, suggest me. >Thanks and Regards, >Veena Bhat >International Institute of Information Technology, >Pune >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less._______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile >Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Libraries and Librarians' Blog
by Sukhdev Singh 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear Friends, Amit Thapar's post on best blogs reminded me that a number of libraries and librarians also write blogs. Here is an entry in the LISWIKI listing such blogs. http://www.liswiki.com/wiki/Weblogs Well it includes mine as well. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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2006 Bloggie Awards
by Mailing List Manager 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:30:12 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> 2006 Bloggie Awards http://2006.bloggies.com/ "Millions of blogs. Thousands of nominees. 151 finalists. 31 winners." This is your chance to find out what their readers consider to be the best blogs in a variety of subjects including best weblogs for crafts, food, politics, teens, humor, computers or technology, and more (including best blogs from Canada, Latin America, Britain or Ireland, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia). Not all of them are safe for work. Loomia http://www.loomia.com/ "a podcast and videocast search engine plus much more. Our goal is to help you discover, share, and manage things of interest to you. We make use of the likes and dislikes of an ever-increasing community to filter through thousands of channels to help you find good stuff." It invites you to add your own tags to the content. Librarians should check out some of the podcasts filed under the tag "library." National Biological Information Infrastructure: Your Home for Biological Information on the Web http://www.nbii.gov/index.html You can browse by major categories like Current Biological Issues, Biological Disciplines, Geographical Perspectives, or Teacher Resources; you can explore Data and Information Resources like reference works, tools and images; and you can simultaneously search databases of species information, maps & data, images, organizations, tools, journal articles, references & publications amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." "Life is just Fun, like a scoop of Ice Cream, - Enjoy it before it melts ! "

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New ways to call over Internet
by Samarendra Dash 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

*Two Internet telephone services debut Monday with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition. * *Lycos, the Internet portal owned by Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica SA, is launching a Windows-based program that provides free calls to phones when the user signs up for promotional offers for credit cards or Netflix's DVD service. The software also shows banner ads. * *Users who don't sign up for offers will pay 1 cent a minute for domestic calls when they exhaust their initial 100 free minutes. * *Some European Voice-over-Internet companies, like Voipdiscount, have been providing free calls to countries including the United States. They don't however, provide free US phone numbers for incoming calls, which Lycos does. * *The Lycos Phone application also offers movie previews, PC-to-PC video calling and text messaging. * *The other new service seeks to radically simplify Internet calling, which works by breaking voice calls into data packets just like e-mail, sending them over the Internet and reassembling them into sound at the recipient's end. * *Roman Scharf co-founded Jajah, a company that released a for-pay PC-to-phone calling software last summer. He soon found that users were attracted to the service only because it was cheap, and he worried about his future given cheap and free options elsewhere. * *"It's no good if you have a service that only works because it's cheap," Scharf said. "There's always somebody who is cheaper." * *So the company took another tack and decided to compete by making it simpler to place calls. * *Users go to the company's Web site and enter two phone numbers - their own and the number to call. The company rings the caller's number, and after the user picks up, it dials the other number. If the call is answered, Jajah connects the two lines. * *There's no need to install software or get a microphone for the computer, and it's not restricted to Windows. The call goes from phone to phone, with Jajah's site and the Internet as the intermediary. Domestic US calls cost about 1.7 cents a minute. A US-France call costs 1.9 cents. * *A "beta," or trial version of the site has been up since early February. Scharf would not say how many users have signed up already, but said that 59 per cent of visitors to the site have signed up for service, and the company is "well on its way" to 1 million subscribers by the end of the year. * *Jajah, which is based in Austria, is funded by US venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. * *The services add to a competitive field. Yahoo Inc. last week officially added a dial-out capability for US users of Yahoo Messenger, matching a feature of eBay Inc.'s Skype software. * *The software-based VoIP providers are also competing with companies like Vonage Holdings Corp., which provide hardware that connects ordinary phones to a broadband Internet connection.* Source : FINANCIAL EXPRESS Dt.28.03.2006 Two Internet telephone services debut Monday with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition. Lycos, the Internet portal owned by Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica SA, is launching a Windows-based program that provides free calls to phones when the user signs up for promotional offers for credit cards or Netflix's DVD service. The software also shows banner ads. Users who don't sign up for offers will pay 1 cent a minute for domestic calls when they exhaust their initial 100 free minutes. Some European Voice-over-Internet companies, like Voipdiscount, have been providing free calls to countries including the United States. They don't however, provide free US phone numbers for incoming calls, which Lycos does. The Lycos Phone application also offers movie previews, PC-to-PC video calling and text messaging. The other new service seeks to radically simplify Internet calling, which works by breaking voice calls into data packets just like e-mail, sending them over the Internet and reassembling them into sound at the recipient's end. Roman Scharf co-founded Jajah, a company that released a for-pay PC-to-phone calling software last summer. He soon found that users were attracted to the service only because it was cheap, and he worried about his future given cheap and free options elsewhere. "It's no good if you have a service that only works because it's cheap," Scharf said. "There's always somebody who is cheaper." So the company took another tack and decided to compete by making it simpler to place calls. Users go to the company's Web site and enter two phone numbers - their own and the number to call. The company rings the caller's number, and after the user picks up, it dials the other number. If the call is answered, Jajah connects the two lines. There's no need to install software or get a microphone for the computer, and it's not restricted to Windows. The call goes from phone to phone, with Jajah's site and the Internet as the intermediary. Domestic US calls cost about 1.7 cents a minute. A US-France call costs 1.9 cents. A "beta," or trial version of the site has been up since early February. Scharf would not say how many users have signed up already, but said that 59 per cent of visitors to the site have signed up for service, and the company is "well on its way" to 1 million subscribers by the end of the year. Jajah, which is based in Austria, is funded by US venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. The services add to a competitive field. Yahoo Inc. last week officially added a dial-out capability for US users of Yahoo Messenger, matching a feature of eBay Inc.'s Skype software. The software-based VoIP providers are also competing with companies like Vonage Holdings Corp., which provide hardware that connects ordinary phones to a broadband Internet connection. Source : FINANCIAL EXPRESS Dt.28.03.2006

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LISTA with Full text
by Mallikarjun 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts With Full Text From EBSCO When EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) released Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts(tm) (LISTA), and made it available free to everyone, the response and subsequent use was extraordinary, says the company. Now, EBSCO has introduced LISTA with Full Text. While the index-only version of LISTA will continue to be made available free of charge to all interested users at www.libraryresearch.com, LISTA with Full Text is made available for an additional annual subscription cost. LISTA with Full Text provides users with the same comprehensive indexing found in LISTA including more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. In addition, the full text of more than 100 titles is provided. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Typically, the cost of a full-text database takes into account the value of the index itself as well as the full-text information included. LISTA with Full Text, however, is a special circumstance where the index (without full text) is provided free of charge to any interested library or individual. As such, the full-text version is provided at a lower rate than it would be otherwise. In essence, customers subscribing to LISTA with Full text pay only for the full text attribute. EBSCO Publishing's intention is to provide access to the index-only version of LISTA on a continual basis at www.libraryresearch.com. Customers currently subscribing to other EBSCOhost(r) databases may elect to have LISTA added to their EBSCOhost profile. EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO's 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) Library and Information Center Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode IIMK Campus, P.O Kozhikode-673571 Kerala contact-+91-495-2809143 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts With Full Text From EBSCO When EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) released Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts(tm) (LISTA), and made it available free to everyone, the response and subsequent use was extraordinary, says the company. Now, EBSCO has introduced LISTA with Full Text. While the index-only version of LISTA will continue to be made available free of charge to all interested users at www.libraryresearch.com, LISTA with Full Text is made available for an additional annual subscription cost. LISTA with Full Text provides users with the same comprehensive indexing found in LISTA including more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. In addition, the full text of more than 100 titles is provided. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Typically, the cost of a full-text database takes into account the value of the index itself as well as the full-text information included. LISTA with Full Text, however, is a special circumstance where the index (without full text) is provided free of charge to any interested library or individual. As such, the full-text version is provided at a lower rate than it would be otherwise. In essence, customers subscribing to LISTA with Full text pay only for the full text attribute. EBSCO Publishing's intention is to provide access to the index-only version of LISTA on a continual basis at www.libraryresearch.com. Customers currently subscribing to other EBSCOhost(r) databases may elect to have LISTA added to their EBSCOhost profile. EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO's 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) Library and Information Center Indian Institute of Management,Kozhikode IIMK Campus, P.O Kozhikode-673571 Kerala contact-+91-495-2809143 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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