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Job Opportunities at the British Council, Mumbai
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:57:27 +0530 From: Bhojaraju Gunjal <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> *Job Opportunities at the British Council, Mumbai* The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. We are inviting applications for the following posts that form part of our managerial team in Mumbai. *Public Relations Manager* You will have a minimum of 2 years work experience in corporate communications/journalism. Excellent writing and editing skills are essential. ** *Education Projects Manager * You will have a good first degree in any subject with a minimum of 3 years work experience with excellent communication and management skills. An overview of the Indian and British education system is desirable.** ** *Marketing Manager � Corporates & Educational Institutes* You will have a postgraduate qualification in Marketing and a minimum of 2 years marketing management experience. An overview of the British education system is desirable. ** *Education UK Partnership Manager * You will have a good first degree in any subject with a minimum of 3 years work experience with excellent communication and management skills. An overview of the Indian and British education system is desirable.** Recruitment will be based on the competencies listed in the job description/person specification, which is available along with the British Council application form and organisation profile at the *About Us � Job opportunities <http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-careers.htm>** *section in our website *www.britishcouncil.org.in<http://www.britishcouncil.org.in/> * Please note that no other application form will be accepted. The completed application form should be sent to Head Resources and IT, British Council, C Wing, II Floor, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021. The last date for receipt of applications is *4 July 2005. *Only shortlisted candidates will receive a reply. Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju Gunjal, Librarian � Knowledge Management, Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com KM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ************************************************************************************************ ICICI OneSource Ltd. 148, Bhaskara Plaza, R.V.Road, V.V.Puram, Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA. Tel:+9180-2650 2540 Ext:103 Fax:+9180-2650 2086 Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************************************************ Keep in Touch Always !!! ************************************************************************************************

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Libraries resist FBI move
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:44:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Rashid Hussain <ras_botlib(a)yahoo.co.in> Now FBI is focusing on the people who borrowed the book or any information related to Osama Bin Laden after the terrorists attack in US. for detail please have a look on the following article by Jamie Wilson. Focus on people who borrow books on Osama bin Laden The bookish calm of a public library might not seem like the most obvious place to hunt for terrorists, but according to a report the FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies involved in counter-terrorism have made more than 200 requests for information about borrowers from libraries since September 11. A list of people who had borrowed a book on Osama bin Laden was among the information to have been demanded since the introduction of the Patriot Act, the legislation that has enhanced the Government's powers to investigate alleged terrorist activity after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. The power to subpoena library records has been fiercely resisted by the American library association, which believes it could put people off reading certain books or subjects. It commissioned the study after the Justice Department sought to play down the likely number of requests for library records. ``What this says to us is that agents are coming to libraries and they are asking for information at a level that is significant, and the findings are completely contrary to what the Justice Department has been trying to convince the public [of],'' Emily Sheketoff, the executive director of the library association's Washington office, said. The use of the Patriot Act to request information from librarians came to public attention last year when a library in Washington State received a demand for information after a user took out a book on Osama and found a handwritten note in the margin saying: ``Hostility toward America is a religious duty and we hope to be rewarded by God.'' The borrower went to the FBI who in turn went to the library seeking names and information on borrowers who had taken out the biography since 2001. The library turned down the request and fought a subsequent subpoena. Critics claim that the Act is an infringement of civil liberties and that it has increasingly been the subject of debate in Congress. � � Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004 Source: http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/22/stories/2005062200191700.htm Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib(a)gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. � Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football

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Library Website
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:46:10 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> You can find each and every component which are necessary and desirable in a Library website in the Panjab University Library website. The URL is : www.library.puchd.ac.in <http://www.library.puchd.ac.in> -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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Request for articles
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: 21 Jun 2005 05:41:11 -0000 From: Navin Soni <navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Professionals, One of our research fellow wants to have the following articles: 1 UAVs & Ucavs, Vayu aerospace & defence review, IV/2004, p 61. 2 Eurosatory 2004,Vayu aerospace & defence review, IV/2004, p 81. Anybody who have above articles may have please send us a copy on urgent basis With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805

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Re library website its content
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: 21 Jun 2005 10:29:07 -0000 From: Sharad Jadhav <email2sharad(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Badan, A good library website may contain one or all of following items, described lucidly. A library website should work as a "One Point Access to Library Info". The design of Website should be simple, navigation between pages should be easy. A sitemap provided will helpful for users. Online Catalogue Search Journals Articles Resources Facilities Services Library Forms Library Personnel Library Timings Online Journals New Arrivals Current Awareness List Borrower's Entitlement AV Resources Info Library's F.A.Q. Library Contact Info Any other info may be added as per requirement. Yours sincerely, Sharad Jadhav National Insurance Academy, Pune 411045 Maharashtra sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in

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Re: library website its content , design and uses in providing services to user
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:39:08 +0530 From: vishal mali <vishalmali2(a)gmail.com> Dear all The below is a list of some useful articles on Library Website/homepage, which may be solve query of Mr.Badan Barman in some extent. http://www.mardiros.net/design-guidelines.html http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/paper3.htm http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html with warm regards. -- VISHAL MALI PROJECT ASSISTANT II NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY PUNE-8

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LIS Alumni of Panjab University, Chandigarh
by Sukhdev Singh 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Dear Friends, If you are an Alumni of Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, then consider becoming member of PU LIS eGroup. Some of us can meet our lost and forgotten Batch Mates here virtually. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulis/ to become member or email to pulis-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com --Sukhdev Singh. An Alumni of PU LIS Year - 1986 & 1987

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Even Graduates Can Pursue PhD Now !!!
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:08:35 +0100 (BST) From: Anand Dodamani <anand_karuni(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends, Exciting news! Even a graduate can pursue Ph.D. now ! Yes. A graduate may now be able to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy from Mumbai University. The University apex body, the Management Council, has decided to make graduates eligible for pursuing PhDs from this academic year. However the candidates will have to clear an Aptitude Test conducted by the University Department or Research Centre from where they want to pursue the Ph.D. Earlier graduates were not eligible for the course. Only a post graduate with minimum 60% marks could opt for research. Managing Council has now also decided to relax the eligibility criterion for post graduates. Now a post-graduate with 55% will also be eligible for research. Only Mumbai University has implemented the new PhD guidelines and it was done by vice-chancellor Dr. Vijay Khole. Thanks to the University Authorities for this remarkable decision. Regards, Anand. Mr. Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors Colony, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 Cell. 0 + 9821301585 "Good librarians are costly, but bad librarians cost more."anand.

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Fwd: Open Access to Oeuvre of Bosc and of Chanier on Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

--- Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:58:25 +0100 > From: Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> > Subject: Open Access to Oeuvre of Bosc and of > Chanier on Open Access > To: > AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG > > (1) There has been dramatic Open Access Progress in > France > > > http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all&country=fr > http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php > > This progress owes a great deal to its earliest and > most dedicated > Hexagonal champion, Helene Bosc (who is reputed to > be retiring > this year, but of course such rumours can never > really be given > much credence de facto even if true de jure when > they concern such > indefatigable individuals). > > Below is a list of some of HB'S pertinent work. See > especially > her recent chapter in Aubry & Janik (2005) and her > website: > http://www.tours.inra.fr/prc/internet/documentation/communication_scientifi… > > (2) Another formidable Open Access champion in > France is Thierry Chanier, > whose work is on the Technology of Information and > Communication > in Education (TICE). His specialty is scientific > publication in the > humanities and social sciences, he has founded > several Open Access > Journals, and now he has written an excellent and > very up-to-date book > on Open Archives and Open Access: > > Chanier, T. (2004) Archives ouvertes et > publication scientifique: > Comment mettre en place l'accès libre aux > résultats de la recherche? > [Open Archives and Scientific Publication: How > to Provide Open Access > to Research Results?] L'Harmatan, Paris. Open > Access Full Text: > http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/documents/archives0/00/00/14/86/index_fr.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bosc, H. (2005) Archives ouvertes : quinze ans > d'histoire [Open > Archives: Fifteen Years of History]. In Aubry, > C. and Janik, J., > Eds. Les Archives Ouvertes : enjeux et > pratiques. Guide à l'usage > des professionnels de l'information, pages pp. > 27-54. ADBS, Paris. > Open Access Full Text: > http://cogprints.org/4408/ > [In French] English Summary: Both the idea and > the benefits of > providing open access to scientific publications > are now coming to > be understood by a growing number of researchers > who publish in new > open access journals. However, the potential of > the complementary > strategy of self-archiving in Open Archives -- > which could provide > immediate open access to all scientific articles > -- is still > under-utilized. This chapter describes the > various attempts in the > last fifteen years to generalize the > self-archiving practice first > adopted by physicists, who have been providing > open access to their > work since 1991. The benefits of self-archiving > and open archives > are explained. The adoption of the practice of > self-archiving by > researchers and their institutions is still too > slow. The reasons for > this delay are discussed. The official policies > adopted by various > institutions following the Berlin 3 meeting in > Southampton (UK) > now makes it more likely that the practice of > self-archiving will > spread considerably in 2005.The open access > thereby provided will > increase the scientific impact of research > worldwide > > Bosc, H. and Harnad, S. (2005) In a paperless > world a new role > for academic libraries: Providing Open Access. > Learned Publishing. > http://cogprints.org/4200/ > > Bosc, H. (2004) Pour une plus grande visibilité > des travaux des > chercheurs : l'exemple de l'archive ouverte > PhysiologieAnimale > http://cogprints.org/4412/ > > Bosc, H. (2003) La Budapest Open Access > Initiative (BOAI) > pour un libre accès aux résultats de la > recherche. Terminal. > http://cogprints.org/4409/ > > Bosc, H. (2003) Le droit des auteurs à mettre en > accès libre leurs > propres résultats de recherche [Authors' right > to provide open access > to their own research results.]. > http://cogprints.org/4411/ > > Bosc, H (2002) Mise en service d'une archive > numérique. Launching > an archive. > http://cogprints.org/4415/ > http://cogprints.org/4416/ > > Bosc, H. (2001) Partager et utiliser des > connaissances scientifiques: > de la responsabilité individuelle à la > responsabilité collective. INRA > mensuel. > http://cogprints.org/4410/ > > Stevan Harnad ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Institutional Repositories - Aggregation?
by M. Paul Pandian 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Hi, I was looking for a source that may list all the institutional repositories across the world including India. I could not find one. If there is one, please do let me know. We witness quite a few institutional repositories across the globe including India in the last few years. However, the number of articles archived are not very encouraging particularly in India. This is one problem. The other problem is that there is no comprehesive listing of archives that exist today. Even if there is one, searching across archives is another issue. In order to promote the OA, we may have to do the following: 1. Promoting the concept of OA and its benefits in our own organisation ( - aggressively being carried out by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and others so that more archives can be setup. More people must join them). 2. Populating the archives that are already setup -- is a very difficult task. There needs to be continous efforts in pursuading the research and academic community for this. 3. A Common aggregated database of all the archives that will harvest metadata from the individual archives and provide a common search interface. May be the individual archive can register with this common aggregated database with harvesting details. This will also enhance the reach out of OA articles. Just a thougt. Thanks. M. Paul Pandian ========================================================================= Scientific Officer (Library) | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences | 4th Cross Road | Cable: MATSCIENCE Central Institutes of Technology Campus| Phone: +91-44-2254 1856 Tharamani | Fax: +91-44-2254 1586 CHENNAI (Madras) | E-mail: pandian(a)imsc.res.in TAMILNADU - 600 113, INDIA | URL:http://www.imsc.res.in/library/Index.php =========================================================================

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