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RE: [LIS-Forum] statues of German Thinkers in India
by theresa.williams＠wipro.com 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hello Seth St.John's medical college,Bangalore (college block) is named after Rober Koch,German scientist. Regds Theresa Williams Wipro Technologies,E-city Bangalore -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Seth, Renu Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:27 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] statues of German Thinkers in India Dear Colleagues, A german researcher is looking for memorials, monuments, statues of the German Thinkers, Authors, or other well known German personalities in India. May I request you to kindly let me know, if you know about any such memorials and statues which may exist in your city, state etc. Even if you are aware of any publication, which could give this kind of information it will be a great help. Any information in this regard will be highly appreciated. With best regards Renu Seth Librarian In-charge Regional Information Centre Max Mueller Bhavan 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi-110001 Tel: 91-11-23329506 E-mail: seth(a)delhi.goethe.org _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the fourth Science Circle Meeting
by Puna Das 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the fourth Science Circle Meeting Lecture by: Prof. Dr. K. Schilling, Robotics and Telematics, Würzburg University, Germany Topic: Robotics: "The European Huygens Mission to Explore the Saturnian Moon Titan and Technology Spin Offs for Tele-Education" Date, Time: November 23rd, 2005, 6.30 p.m. Venue: Casuarina, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi. The Lecture shall be followed by informal discussions and a get together. For details please contact wiss-20(a)newd.diplo.de, Tel: 011-24199164 --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the fourth Science Circle Meeting Lecture by: Prof. Dr. K. Schilling, Robotics and Telematics, Würzburg University, Germany Topic: Robotics: "The European Huygens Mission to Explore the Saturnian Moon Titan and Technology Spin Offs for Tele-Education" Date, Time: November 23rd, 2005, 6.30 p.m. Venue: Casuarina, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi. The Lecture shall be followed by informal discussions and a get together. For details please contact mailto:wiss-20@newd.diplo.de wiss-20(a)newd.diplo.de , Tel: 011-24199164 Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here

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Tempere archive - universal; what about OpenMED?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Peter Suber has recently said that the Tempere University archive is the first to provide archiving facility to others (outside the university). OpenMED in India does that too, but only for biomedical research. Arun --- Universal repository at U of Tampere The OA repository at the University of Tampere in Finland is open to deposits by scholars anywhere. The repository instruction page puts it this way: "You can also offer your scientific material for publication on the internet to the University of Tampere, whether you belong to the personnel of the University or not." (Thanks to Kimmo Kuusela.) (PS: This is an excellent idea. It makes the Tampere repository the first universal repository --or the first that I know of. The current draft of the RCUK OA policy mandates the deposit of all RCUK-funded research in an OA repository, but makes an exception for grantees who don't have deposit rights at any OA repository. The Tampere repository should plug this loophole even if the universal repository I'm building with the Internet Archive is not ready in time.)

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OA is becoming popular with the LIS community
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

More people are using OA repositories in LIS Andrew Waller reports that usage is up at the two major OA repositories for library and information science. The number of visits and hits on two library and information science open access repositories, E-LIS and DLIST have greatly increased over the past year. E-LIS experienced 135,861 visits and 1,176,937 hits as of Octber 2005, up from 33,864 visits and 287,390 hits a year ago; looking just at hits, this is a 210% increase over what had been accumulated by a year ago. The number of hits on DLIST is 112,728, up from 41,146 in February 2004. Simply, these tools are being used more and more.

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OA self-archivng is a must, says Blaise Cronin
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

OA is part of new reality for scholarly communication Blaise Cronin will give a public lecture next week (November 22) at the U of California at San Diego, Publish and/or Perish: Changes in Scholarly Communication. Excerpt from his abstract, w hich is already online: 'Publish or perish!' Generations of scholars have lived with this crude exhortation. Forget the romanticized image of the lone wolf scholar --a pensive Wittgenstein pacing his rooms at Cambridge, Einstein ambling to and from his office at the Institute for Advanced Studies. The quotidian reality is rather different, as authors jostle to bring their intellectual wares to the attention of their peers and libraries struggle to deal with the 'crisis in scholarly publishing'. The era of the gentleman-scientist and independent scholar has ceded to Big Science. Here globally distributed collaborations and hyperauthorship are the norm. The 'author-function' is being recast in an age of 'post-academic science.' In fact, 'Publish or perish!' is beginning to sound passé; it is quite possible these days to publish and perish, given the flood of books and articles. Publish in a third-tier journal and you'll be damned; publish conventionally when your peers are placing their work in open access journals and you may just be ignored. Want to grow your citation count? Just try self-archiving....

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[Fwd: [Sigiii-l] [Fwd: [GKD] Online "Open Content" Initiatives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

NEWS RELEASE: NOVEMBER 16, 2005 FREE ONLINE "OPEN CONTENT" INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED New Web Portal Connects People in Developing Countries to Course Materials from Universities Worldwide Hewlett Foundation Announces $900K Grant to African Virtual University for Teacher Training Program TUNIS - A new Web initiative launched today at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), will connect anyone with Internet access and the desire to learn to a world of free, high-quality open educational materials. The Development Gateway Foundation's "Open Educational Resources" portal aims to equalize access to education and help people in developing countries improve their chances for a better life. The portal features free course materials and other educational content offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Chinese Open Resources for Education and other institutions around the world. The initiative is launched in partnership by the Development Gateway Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. While content on the Open Educational Resources portal is particularly geared to educators, students and self-learners in developing countries it is available for everyone. The portal will also facilitate communication among the growing online community of providers and users of free, online educational resources. Alan J. Rossi, Chief Executive Officer of the Development Gateway added, "Our goal with this new portal is to encourage more citizens and universities in the developing world to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future." The Hewlett Foundation also announced a $900,000 grant to support the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) initiative, an "open content" resource bank of educational materials to train teachers in basic curriculum areas including literacy, numeracy, science and life and health skills. TESSA is a consortium of African and international organizations. It is led by the African Virtual University (Nairobi) and the Open University (UK). "We launched the teaching the teachers program to directly address the enormous challenge of educating and training the millions of teachers needed in sub-Saharan Africa," said Rector Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo of the African Virtual University, which is the hub for a network of African universities working together to support open, distance and eLearning initiatives via 57 learning centers in 28 African countries. TESSA will initially be implemented in Tanzania and South Africa. Funding for the new Open Educational Resources portal and for TESSA is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Foundation supports a wide portfolio of Open Educational Resource initiatives, including MIT's OpenCourseWare to publish course materials from virtually all MIT courses and Widernet eGranary to improve digital access in developing countries. "These two innovative activities will provide access to high quality content drawn from throughout the world," said Marshall Smith, Educational Director of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. "This is critical in areas such as Africa, where lack of infrastructure and the high cost of education prevent millions of people from raising the quality of life in their communities." The new OER portal can be found at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation ______________________________

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[Fwd: [Sigiii-l] [Fwd: [GKD] Online "Open Content" Initiatives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

NEWS RELEASE: NOVEMBER 16, 2005 FREE ONLINE "OPEN CONTENT" INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED New Web Portal Connects People in Developing Countries to Course Materials from Universities Worldwide Hewlett Foundation Announces $900K Grant to African Virtual University for Teacher Training Program TUNIS - A new Web initiative launched today at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), will connect anyone with Internet access and the desire to learn to a world of free, high-quality open educational materials. The Development Gateway Foundation's "Open Educational Resources" portal aims to equalize access to education and help people in developing countries improve their chances for a better life. The portal features free course materials and other educational content offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Chinese Open Resources for Education and other institutions around the world. The initiative is launched in partnership by the Development Gateway Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. While content on the Open Educational Resources portal is particularly geared to educators, students and self-learners in developing countries it is available for everyone. The portal will also facilitate communication among the growing online community of providers and users of free, online educational resources. Alan J. Rossi, Chief Executive Officer of the Development Gateway added, "Our goal with this new portal is to encourage more citizens and universities in the developing world to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future." The Hewlett Foundation also announced a $900,000 grant to support the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) initiative, an "open content" resource bank of educational materials to train teachers in basic curriculum areas including literacy, numeracy, science and life and health skills. TESSA is a consortium of African and international organizations. It is led by the African Virtual University (Nairobi) and the Open University (UK). "We launched the teaching the teachers program to directly address the enormous challenge of educating and training the millions of teachers needed in sub-Saharan Africa," said Rector Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo of the African Virtual University, which is the hub for a network of African universities working together to support open, distance and eLearning initiatives via 57 learning centers in 28 African countries. TESSA will initially be implemented in Tanzania and South Africa. Funding for the new Open Educational Resources portal and for TESSA is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Foundation supports a wide portfolio of Open Educational Resource initiatives, including MIT's OpenCourseWare to publish course materials from virtually all MIT courses and Widernet eGranary to improve digital access in developing countries. "These two innovative activities will provide access to high quality content drawn from throughout the world," said Marshall Smith, Educational Director of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. "This is critical in areas such as Africa, where lack of infrastructure and the high cost of education prevent millions of people from raising the quality of life in their communities." The new OER portal can be found at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation ______________________________

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CALIBER 2006 February 2-4, 2006 ... Reminder
by K Prakash 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Dear All, This is a reminder about the forthcoming 4th International Convention CALIBER-2006, "Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems February 2 - 4, 2006 Jointly Organised by INFLIBNET Centre and Gulbarga University. Venue: Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India Who Should Attend The convention provides unique opportunity to the following University librarians and their professional colleagues, Academicians and researchers looking for enhanced access facility, Professionals working in the areas of Web based information systems, digital information management, digital libraries, networking, globalization, localization, development and deployment of technical solutions, globalization of software and Internet. The convention will also witness cross-disciplinary participation by library and information professionals, policy makers, managers, software engineers, systems analysts, content developers, web designers, web administrators, technical writers, information scientists, knowledge managers, electronic publishers, content developers and product marketing personnel. Students of library, information and computer sciences are also encouraged to attend the event. Call for Papers --------------- Programme committee solicits high quality technical papers related to the theme and sub-themes listed below Theme: Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems Sub theme 1:Open Access and Interoperability ------------------- • Integrating electronic information through Web • Dynamic Web applications for libraries • Interoperable Web services using open source software (OAI initiatives/OAI publishing) • Metadata harvesting • Quality control on Web • Open source and risk management Sub theme 2: E-Information literacy ------------------- • Information literacy teaching • Creating Web courses – case studies • Web technologies for user education • Changing role of Librarian in the light of interoperability • Assessment or measurement of online resources using UGC-Infonet program • Evaluation of electronic services • Integrated information retrieval Sub theme 3:Semantic Web and Ontology ------------------- • Semantic Web standards • Wi-Fi Applications in Libraries • RFID Applications in Libraries Ontology Sub theme 4:Information Portals ------------------- • Portals – Role of Libraries • Portals in Consortium Environment • Dynamic Web applications or Libraries • Institutional repositories case studies PAPER SUBMISSION -------------------------------- Dr. T.A.V. Murthy Editor-in-Chief, CALIBER 2006 Director, INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/002 Fax : +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-mail : tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in OR caliber2006(a)inflibnet.ac.in Dr. V.S. Cholin Joint-Convenor, CALIBER-2006 Scientist-B (LS), INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/002 Fax : +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-mail : cholin(a)inflibnet.ac.in REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Ravi B. Gaddagimath Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2006 Librarian, Gulbarga University Jnana Ganga , Gulbarga-585106 Karnataka, India Phone : 08472-245724 Fax : 08472-249683 E-mail : rbggug(a)rediffmail.com QUERIES MAY ALSO BE SENT TO ----------------------------------------------------- Mr. B. Ramesh Convenor, CALIBER-2006 Scientist-B (CS), INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/002 Mobile: 09427001466 Fax : +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-mail : ramesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in Dr. V.S. Cholin Joint-Convenor, CALIBER-2006 Scientist-B (LS), INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad-380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone : +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/002 Mobile: 09427000762 Fax : +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-mail : cholin(a)inflibnet.ac.in Pre-Conference Tutorial In view of the increasing demand from the professional colleagues, INFLIBNET will be organizing one tutorial on February 1, 2006 at 14.00 hours on Building Digital Libraries using D-Space- by Mr. Yatrik Patel, Scientist-B, INFLIBNET Centre. This tutorial will focus on practical aspects of installing, configuring and operation. Duration of the tutorial will be from 14.00 – 17.30 hrs. The tutorial charges is Rs. 500/- and to be paid in advance by DD to the Organizing Secretary, CALIBER - 2006 on or before January 15, 2006. The numbers of seats for the tutorial are limited and the admission will be on first come first served basis. International delegates need not pay additional charges for tutorial but they should indicate, in advance, their intention to attend the tutorial. Important Date --------------------- Receipt of full papers December 30, 2005 Intimation to Author(s) January 15, 2005 Last date of Registration January 15, 2006 Pre-Conference Tutorial February 1, 2006 Convention Dates February 2-4, 2006 Registration ----------------- The conference registration fee is Rs. 800/-. The delegates will be provided with convention kit, proceedings volume, lunch and tea (on two convention days only). TA/DA and accommodation charges will have to be borne by sponsoring organizations/participants. Please send your completed registration form along with the registration fee through Demand Draft drawn in favour of Organizing Secretary, CALIBER-2006, payable at Gulbarga to Dr. Ravi B Gaddagimath, Organizing Secretary, CALIBER-2006 not later than January 15, 2006. DD should be drawn on nationalised banks only. Please note that delegate registration fee of Rs.800/- for the CALIBER, does not include accommodation fee. Extra fees of Rs.100/- will be charged for spot registration For more details and updates please visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2006/ With best regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - K Prakash Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India Phone: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 Mobile: 9427 000 758 Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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Google Print....
by Poornima Narayan 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Dear All, STAT WATCH: A Look At Google Print for Libraries 18 Million: Books held by five libraries whose books Google is scanning 10.5 Million: Unique books held 49%: unique books in English 30%: unique books in German, French, Spanish, Russian and Italian 50%: unique books published after 1974 66% - 82%: unique books under copyright Numbers are estimates. Compiled from 'Anatomy of Aggregate Collections: The example of Google Print for Libraries by Brian Lavoie, Lynn Connaway and Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Office of research, D-Lib Magazine, September 2005. www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/lavoie/09lavoie.html Source: Library Journal, October1, 2005, 130(16) -- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072

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Fwd: [iatlis] Refresher Course in Library and Information Science
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Naushad Ali <pmnaushadali(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Subject: [iatlis] Refresher Course in Library and Information Science Dear All I write this to say that the Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh has been assigned the organization of Subject Refresher course in Library and Information Scinece for university and college librarians/ teachers. This refresher course on the theme of "Library and Information Management in Electronic Age" is scheduled to be held from 8-28 December 2005. Interested persons may contact the undersigned or the director ASC ( at asc_amu(a)yahoo.com) for more details and application forms. Naushad Ali Course Coordinator Dr. Naushad Ali P.M Reader Deptt. of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India-202002 Tel:0571-2720119 (Res), 098972-58855 (Cell) Email:pmnaushadali@yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here SPONSORED LINKS Music education Music production education Teacher Music education degree Degree education music online Music business education --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "iatlis" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: iatlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. Naushad Ali <pmnaushadali(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Subject: [iatlis] Refresher Course in Library and Information Science Dear All I write this to say that the Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh has been assigned the organization of Subject Refresher course in Library and Information Scinece for university and college librarians/ teachers. This refresher course on the theme of "Library and Information Management in Electronic Age" is scheduled to be held from 8-28 December 2005. Interested persons may contact the undersigned or the director ASC ( at mailto:asc_amu@yahoo.com asc_amu(a)yahoo.com ) for more details and application forms. Naushad Ali Course Coordinator Dr. Naushad Ali P.M Reader Deptt. of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India-202002 Tel:0571-2720119 (Res), 098972-58855 (Cell) Email:pmnaushadali@yahoo.co.in Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here SPONSORED LINKS http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Music+education&w1=Music+education&w2=M… Music education http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Music+production+education&w1=Music+edu… Music production education http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Teacher&w1=Music+education&w2=Music+pro… Teacher http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Music+education+degree&w1=Music+educati… Music education degree http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Degree+education+music+online&w1=Music+… Degree education music online http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Music+business+education&w1=Music+educa… Music business education YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group " http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iatlis iatlis " on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mailto:iatlis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe iatlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Terms of Service . 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 To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/security_centre/*http://uk.… Yahoo! Security Centre .

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