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Professor H R Chopra Retires...
by P Venkata Rao 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Professor Hans Raj Chopra, Chaiman, Department of Library & Information Science, Panjab University retired on 28th February 2006 after putting in more that 40 years of active service committed to Librarianship.Prof. Chopra has been serving the Panjab University, Chandigarh since 1960-61 in various capacities. He served the Panjab University Library as a Library Professional for more than ten years before joining as full time teacher with the Department of Library & Information Science. As a tribute to his commitment and dedication to the profession, the Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA), Chandigarh organised a function in honour of Professor H R Chopra on 28th February 2006. On this ocassion a Felicitation Volume - "Vistas of Information Management: Professor H R Chopra Felicitation Volume" was realeased by Prof. Veer Singh, Dean University Instruction, Panjab University, Chandigarh. P Venkata Rao ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ P Venkata Rao Librarian M G State Institute of Public Administration,Punjab (MGSIPAP) Institutional Area, Sector 26 Chandigarh 160019, INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Phone: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 220 Fax: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 400 Email: pvrao(a)mgsipap.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

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Library Assitants at an Engineering College- Urgent
by Gopalakrishna Venkatappa 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Moderator, Kindly announce this. Post: Library Assistant Institution: BMS Institute of Technology - an engineering college Sex: Male only Job Resposibilities: Reference Section in-charge;such other duties as per the librarian's direction; evening shift till 8:30 extendable depending upon users response. Salary: Rs.3000pm for one year; if confirmed State Govt. Salary with allowances(appr. Rs.5000+) Interested can meet the undersigned at his own cost immediately. Address: BMS Institute of Technology, Avalahalli, Dodballapur Main Road, Yelahanka, BANGALORE-560064. Alight at Avalahalli, board any buses bound towards Doballapur / 285 series from KR Market. Contact No. 080-5536 9469 With regards, Gopalakrishna, BMSIT.

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ASC, Shimla: Orientation Prog/Refresher Course- 2006-07...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Orientaion Programme/Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Shimla, Schedule for 2006-07. Please visit: http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Orientaion Programme/Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Shimla, Schedule for 2006-07. Please visit: http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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UK universities map
by vimal kumar 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

A map of Universities and higher education institutions in IK. It helpful to locate the geographical location of academic institutions in higher education http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Request to Suggest a good RFID solution for our library
by mallikamh mallikamh 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear friends, Please suggest a good RFID Solution available for a college library. I need your help as we have decided to go for an RFID solution for our library. Thanking You, Mallika MH Librarian SSIT Maralur, Tumkur-572105 ssit_clib(a)yahoo.co.in mallikamh(a)yahoo.co.in cell: 9448748679 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear friends, Please suggest a good RFID Solution available for a college library. I need your help as we have decided to go for an RFID solution for our library. Thanking You, Mallika MH Librarian SSIT Maralur, Tumkur-572105 mailto:ssit_clib@yahoo.co.in ssit_clib(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:mallikamh@yahoo.co.in mallikamh(a)yahoo.co.in cell: 9448748679 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.

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Requirement of Project Assistants at IISc
by Geetha 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, ECE Department, IISc, Bangalore needs Project Assistants. Candidates must possess a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science; MLS/ MLISc. from Library Schools of repute/ ADIS from DRTC or INSDOC or NCSI. Job Title : Project Assistant Organization : Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore Experience: o 1+ years of experience. Expectations/Requirements o Good communication and presentation skills o Experience in Database Management o Internet Searching skills o Data mining from Bibliographical Databases and Patent Databases. o Essential skills - PHP, MySQL, o Technical Writing Skills o Knowledge of Patents Last Date: Candidates are advised to send their resume on or before 4th March 2006 Contact Details Geetha SALIS, Network_labs ECE Department Indian Insitute of Science Bangalore - 12 Email: geetha(a)ece.iisc.ernet.in geetha.veeraiah(a)gmail.com Regards Geetha *************************************** Geetha Project Assistant Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-12 Dear All, ECE Department, IISc, Bangalore needs Project Assistants. Candidates must possess a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science; MLS/ MLISc. from Library Schools of repute/ ADIS from DRTC or INSDOC or NCSI. Job Title : Project Assistant Organization : Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore Experience: o 1+ years of experience. Expectations/Requirements o Good communication and presentation skills o Experience in Database Management o Internet Searching skills o Data mining from Bibliographical Databases and Patent Databases. o Essential skills - PHP, MySQL, o Technical Writing Skills o Knowledge of Patents Last Date: Candidates are advised to send their resume on or before 4th March 2006 Contact Details Geetha SALIS, Network_labs ECE Department Indian Insitute of Science Bangalore - 12 Email: geetha(a)ece.iisc.ernet.in geetha.veeraiah(a)gmail.com Regards Geetha *************************************** Geetha Project Assistant Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-12 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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request for an article
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Members: Quite often, there are requests on this forum for full text articles. Most of such requests are being honoured by the fellow members. As long as the members or his/her colleagues make use of full text articles for educational/research purposes, there is no infringement of copyrights. However, If a similar request comes from a member working for a commercial organization then such requests should not be entertained on this forum. This is my view as the moderator of this forum. I welcome your views and comments. Thanks for your cooperation. - Moderator

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National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software
by Puna Das 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) aims to contribute to the growth of FOSS in India through Research and Development, Human Resource Development, Networking and Entrepreneurship Development, as well as serve as the reference point for all FOSS related activities in the country including the creation and maintenance of this national FOSS Portal. The National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is funded by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, and is being managed jointly by the Chennai division of the Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) and AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University,Chennai.C-DAC is an Autonomous Scientific Society of the DIT, Govt. of India and AU-KBC Research Centre is an Autonomous Research Centre of the Anna University. _________________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) aims to contribute to the growth of FOSS in India through Research and Development, Human Resource Development, Networking and Entrepreneurship Development, as well as serve as the reference point for all FOSS related activities in the country including the creation and maintenance of this national FOSS Portal. The National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is funded by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, and is being managed jointly by the Chennai division of the Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) and AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University,Chennai.C-DAC is an Autonomous Scientific Society of the DIT, Govt. of India and AU-KBC Research Centre is an Autonomous Research Centre of the Anna University. _________________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________________ 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.

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RE: [LIS-Forum] A Web Library of Research Output
by Aman Jha 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Dear all I wrote my views (given below) in the latest issue (18 February 2006) of Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) vide a commentary titled 'A Web Library of Research Output' dated 28 January 2006. You may find it useful. Best regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org EPW Letters --------------------- February 18, 2006 Web Library I am writing with reference to the article on a web library (January 28, 2006). One thing is certain that even in the age of Google, information is scattered and it is very difficult for researchers to track all work done on a particular topic through the various interfaces available in the country. This situation continues not only in India but in developed countries as well. Information professionals are working on digital libraries and open archive concepts worldwide. Hopefully this initiative will sort out many such problems. I agree that there is an urgent need for making all publicly funded research reports available for free online access. It is equally important for other private funded research reports to be made available, at least for reference work. This is very much essential for healthy research to continue in the country. V Srinivasan's initiative for hosting a web library may be a good platform for information seekers. However, there are already many web/internet libraries available on the net in the public domain. They have failed to integrate all the digital information available internationally. Recently, the government of India came out with a plan to create a national digital library. Let us hope that this proposal will fructify. Aman Kumar Jha Gurgaon Source: http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=02&filename=9699&file… -----Original Message----- From: Library [mailto:library@mssrf.res.in] Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 9:56 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] A Web Library of Research Output EPW Commentary January 28, 2006 A Web Library of Research Output Data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds should be in the public domain, their dissemination is in the public interest. Here are some initial ideas about setting up a web library that ensures open access to publicly-funded social research output. V Srinivasan A large amount of social science research is carried out in the country, much of it with government, bilateral or multilateral funding, that is, public funding. Such research usually results in the production of reports, many of which contain useful data, analyses, ideas, and recommendations. But only a small portion of this output feeds into policy-making or public debate; the bulk of it is hardly circulated. Indeed, most of it is treated as virtually secret, inaccessible to the public in whose name it is carried out. Unfortunately, it is not an accepted view that data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds are a part of the public domain, and that their dis- semination is in the public interest. A scan of the websites of various government bodies illustrates this well. The ministry of social justice and empowerment and the ministry of rural development list some research reports on their sites but do not provide access to the listed reports or supporting studies. The reports of the National Sample Survey Organisation or the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, to name just two important bodies, are not available via the internet. The government has commissioned 20 studies or reports on child labour but only two or three are available on the internet. The result is that a great deal of research work is duplicated, since there is no access to previous research in the same area. Today, even if the authors of these reports wished to disseminate them widely, they lack an effective mechanism for doing so. To address this problem, the innovation centre of a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation, Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA), has proposed a strikingly simple solution: the creation of an internet library housing all economic, social and political studies and reports prepared with government, bilateral or multilateral aid. Such access to previous research would prevent duplication of research work in the same area and check plagiarism. The quality of research would be improved by public scrutiny. Discussion on the themes covered could also be advanced considerably. Finally, the disseminated work could feed into policy-making or public debate. SOSVA proposes that electronic copies of any study, report or document prepared using government or international funds be submitted to the web library. This proposal is along the lines of the practice followed in the US whereby a copy of any book published in the country must be deposited with the Library of Congress to receive a Library of Congress Control Number. Unless this is done, no public grant, foreign or Indian, would be deemed utilised; indeed, the comptroller and auditor general or other appropriate agency would report that the funds are deemed unutilised. Steps need to be taken to make this legally binding and administratively effective. These studies would then be posted on the web library, which would have a standard classification system and easy search tools. The advantages of such a library are the advantages of the internet: At no cost, a huge wealth of information would be available to the public. Moreover, users would not need to know of the existence of particular reports or other materials in advance; they could discover them while browsing through the library, as it were. Not only would duplication of labour be avoided, and the quality of research improved by subjecting it to public scrutiny, but the quality of debate on questions of public interest could be enhanced. That, in turn, ought to spur genuine development. The same library could also host many documents that are available today but only as hard copies, that is, in printed form, and therefore in effect accessible only to a few. The idea could be developed further and the web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the web library could include doctoral theses, documents of international non-governmental organisations, and so on. Linkages can be provided to other electronic libraries as well, to constitute a core bibliography to be available on the websites. This idea could be extended further. The web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the documents of international non-governmental organisations or agencies could be put up on this site. Links could be provided to other electronic libraries to constitute a core bibliography available on the internet. Certain technical and legal issues involved in setting up such a site may need examination. Some reports (or portions of them) may need to be withheld on grounds of "national security"; others because they reveal confidential or copyright materials. However, these questions appear fairly easy to resolve. The costs involved for setting up the web library, either as a fully owned portal facility co-hosted in a data centre or as portal hosted in a private hosting service provider, are negligible (a few lakhs of rupees) compared to the public funds spent on such research. The potential social benefits of such a web library are huge. In a sense, it could be argued that providing such access is a legitimate extension of the current efforts under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the thrust of the act is towards transparency in decision-making by government, the fundamental principle of the act, that government must throw its books open, applies as much as to information dissemination and development benefits as to decision-making. Email: sosva(a)hotmail.com http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=01&filename=9634&file… Sincerely B. Murugan Library Services M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area Chennai - 600 113 Phone: 22541229 / 22542698; Extn: 208/209 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for article - Reg
by sushmita das 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Respected Sir, This is in response to your requirement.THe Union atalogue of Biomedical Serials of India (WWW.uncat.nic.in)gives a listing of all the biomedical journals available in Indian Medical Libraries. The required journal is available in a number of cities which you can check up with the catalogue like NIPER,POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES , chennai, CDRI, lucknow, etc.You can mail the concerned librarian also to send the copy to you. Regards Sushmita NIC, New Delhi On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Avinashilingam University wrote : >Dear All, > I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. >Thanking you >A.Dhanalakshmi, >Research scholar, >Avinashilingam Deemed University, >Coimbatore. >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… >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Respected Sir, This is in response to your requirement.THe Union atalogue of Biomedical Serials of India (WWW.uncat.nic.in)gives a listing of all the biomedical journals available in Indian Medical Libraries. The required journal is available in a number of cities which you can check up with the catalogue like NIPER,POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES , chennai, CDRI, lucknow, etc.You can mail the concerned librarian also to send the copy to you. Regards Sushmita NIC, New Delhi On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Avinashilingam University wrote : >Dear All, > I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. >Thanking you >A.Dhanalakshmi, >Research scholar, >Avinashilingam Deemed University, >Coimbatore. >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… >_______________________________________________ >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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