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by Sanjay Singh 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Dear Friends, We are deeply shocked to know the unexpected death news of Dr. T B Rajashekar. Myself and my department would like to express our deepest condolences and sympathies to the family of Dr. T B Rajashekar. May God rest his soul in peace. -- --- Sanjay Singh Scientific Officer / 'D' Scientific Information Resource Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu 603102 (India) Email: sanjjay(a)igcar.ernet.in, sanjjay(a)gmail.com Phone: 0091 4114 280096 (O), 09443237155 (R) Fax: 0091 4114 280096 ---

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OpenISIS is Dead:: GNI is the next generation
by Saiful Amin 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hi, Well, I was shocked to read the first few lines, you might be too... http://openisis.org/Doc/ OpenISIS project is 'finished', and will not be in development. GNI would be based on it. GNI, true to it's OSS tradition is a recursive acronym, stands for "GNI is NOT ISIS"! Best regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 www.edutechindia.com <http://www.edutechindia.com> "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong." Well, I was shocked to read the first few lines, you might be too... http://openisis.org/Doc/ http://openisis.org/Doc/ OpenISIS project is 'finished', and will not be in development. GNI would be based on it. GNI, true to it's OSS tradition is a recursive acronym, stands for "GNI is NOT ISIS"! Best regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 http://www.edutechindia.com www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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TBR: a tribute
by harinarayana＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

It is extremely sad to know a very shocking news on the Saturday morning. One of my colleagues informed me. I know T.B. Rajashekar, popularly known as TBR, since I passed my master's degree. He invited me to attend an interview for some post in INFLIBNET, way back in 1989. Later, TBR helped me a lot in my research project also. Whenever, I had some technical issues to be solved, invariably I depended on him. Recently he helped one of my students also to choose the area for his Ph.D research. I find short of words to express my grief. An information professional par excellence is no more with us. May the almighty rest the soul in peace. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore

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Sad demise of Dr.T.B. Rajashekhar
by prakash gouda 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Dear Professionals, Library & Information Science profession have lost a great personality, eminent information scientist and a dedicated teacher.It is a biggest loss for LIS profession. My heartfelt condolences to his family and NCSI. May God rest his soul in peace. PRAKASHGOUDA SU LIBRARIAN S.NIJALIGAPPA MEDICAL COLLEGE HSK HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE NAVANAGAR, BAGALKOT-587102 gouda_prakash(a)rediffmail.com Dear Professionals, Library & Information Science profession have lost a great personality, eminent information scientist and a dedicated teacher.It is a biggest loss for LIS profession. My heartfelt condolences to his family and NCSI. May God rest his soul in peace. PRAKASHGOUDA SU LIBRARIAN S.NIJALIGAPPA MEDICAL COLLEGE HSK HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE NAVANAGAR, BAGALKOT-587102 gouda_prakash(a)rediffmail.com http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Sad demise of Dr T B Rajasekhar
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

I am pained to inform you that Dr T B Rajasekhar, Associate Chairman, NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore died in a road accident yesterday night in Bangalore. We are extremely shocked to know about the sudden, untimely demise of a young bright professional whose contributions to the profession will be remembered forever, this listserv through which I am informing you about his sad, tragic demise was one of his early contributions to the professionals in the country. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. with prayers Sangeeta Kaul

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{Blocked Content} Digital divide not librarians divide
by mohanck1 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed Warning: (msg-23089-485.html). Warning: Please read the "NCSI-Attachment-Warning.txt" attachment(s) for more information. Dear Sir/Madam, Information and Communicatin technologies(ICTs) have affected the library and information science and the profession emmensly.Today we have to implement and practice the habit of uising new technologies in capturing , storage and organising informatiom.Yes the benefit of ICT in capturing and dessimination customer.These are all disscused over the years and we have been trying to adopt/adapt to the present web scenario.And most of the Educational and research Instititution have automated their libraries and they have their own digital library to satisify their internal and external clientele. But at the same time the penetration of IT into the library proffession has slowly creating a gap within LISC profession.Today we have all witnessed that plenty of discussion, seminars, conferences are taking place all over the world to modify and train the library profession ,eventhough the gap seems to be widen over the years. The employment structure of library profession is very diffe! rent one comapre to other profession.Libraries are the house of knowledge ,to capture, organise and to dessiminate information skilled library professionals are very much required there is no doubt it. Educational institutions , corporate firms and other organisations have providing enormous opportunities for Library and Information graduates.But the thing is, if once we get into the job as a school librarian or college librarian it is very difficult to keep up abreast with new developments ,the lack of infrastructure, willingness of librarians, lack of mangement support and all plays a crucial role to keep abreast with new developmets, today high proportion rate of schools and colleges have not provide any facility to librarians to learn and perform his work using new technologies.And most of the seminars and conferences are all centered to corporate and well known institutions not for school are college librarians. this is slowly creating a huge problem that is Librarians di! vide.Today we have to address this issue and carry the LIS profession to more hiegts with providing equal opportunity to everyone. Regards mohanck Indiatimes Email now powered by APIC Advantage. Help! Help

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XML and MS-Office
by Jai Haravu 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Dear List emmbers Mr. Farooque Shaheen has informed us of an important development that MS-Office will now have XML as its underlying format. I think Microsoft has at long last realized that using a proprietary format is no longer sustainable in a fast changing and globalized world. Incidentally, Microsoft is not doing anything new. Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice already uses XML as its format and so is tnerefore considered to be future proof. In this connection, I would like to let members know that in our library automation software, NewGenLib, we already have integrated OpenOffice as the software for all form letters and reports that are possible to be produced from within its functional modules. Best regards. Haravu On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. XML will be the default file format for next MS > Office > (Mailing List Manager) > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:45:08 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] XML will be the default file > format for next MS > Office > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0506021144460.6498(a)ncsi.iisc.- > ernet.in> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:43:56 +0530 > From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> > > Microsoft Corp. announced that the next version of its > Office software > will use Internet-friendly XML technology as the > default file format for > documents created in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. > The new format will make it easier for other programs > to read Office > documents, an improvement the software titan says is > aimed at boosting > workers' productivity. > XML, short for eXtensible Markup Language, is designed > for sharing diverse > data across different systems with a uniform > appearance. Previously, > Office saved files in a format that doesn't always > translate well when > opened in other programs. > The current version, Office 2003, already supports XML > but some users have > complained that it is clunky and documents don't always > translate well > from that format either. > A full dig on this matter can be found here. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/200- > 5/06/01/AR2005060101974.html > > Thanks & Regards, > Farooque Shaheen, > Caritor India Pvt Ltd. > Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 > Mobile-9342507449 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 27, Issue 2 > ****************************************

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Sad and Unfortunate demise of Dr T B Rajashekar
by Navin Soni 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Sir, Its really painful to hear that Dr T B rajashekar is no mre with all of us. I had never met him only heard about his dedication to his work and i make a great image in my mind and always try to met him personally and want to talk to him. My many friends are his students. I can only image his great personalty and expertise in his work by seeing his students work in digital enviroinment. Its really a great loss to Indian Digital Library Movement which i think take a lot time to fill the gap. My deep condolance to his Family and also to NCSI family and praying God may his soul rest in peace Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 Sir, Its really painful to hear that Dr T B rajashekar is no mre with all of us. I had never met him only heard about his dedication to his work and i make a great image in my mind and always try to met him personally and want to talk to him. My many friends are his students. I can only image his great personalty and expertise in his work by seeing his students work in digital enviroinment. Its really a great loss to Indian Digital Library Movement which i think take a lot time to fill the gap. My deep condolance to his Family and also to NCSI family and praying God may his soul rest in peace Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4
by rose shee 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

my warm hello to all the members i m a new member.i hv got many useful inf by this system .i want to thank mr. rashid for his valuable inf on MINDSET. mlis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Automation and networking of all Government College Libraries in AP (Mailing List Manager) 2. New .xxx domain will be reserved for porn (Mailing List Manager) 3. Yahoo! comes out with intelligent search tool (Mailing List Manager) 4. Sad demise of Dr. T B Rajashekar (Jobish P) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:21:39 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] Automation and networking of all Government College Libraries in AP To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:28:48 +0530 From: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Dear All here is a good news for Government College students of Andhra Pradesh. INFLIBNET is funding the automation and networking of all College Libraries of Andhra Pradesh. Read this news item at following URL: http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060317570500.htm Ramshirish Mamidala Library and Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1, Software Units Layout Madhapur Hyderabad 500 081 Ph: 040 - 5567 2533 / 2531 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:23:21 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] New .xxx domain will be reserved for porn To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:38:41 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday approved a plan for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses that end with ".xxx," something numerous groups and U.S. political leaders have been seeking to try to prevent sexually explicit content from landing on the screens of young Internet users. ICANN, the nonprofit organization that oversees technical matters related to the Internet, said it will begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc. to resolve commercial and technical issues associated with operating the .xxx top-level domain (TLD). The decision in favor of establishing a virtual red-light district for providers of pornographic content and their customers represents a U-turn for ICANN, which rejected ICM's first application for the .xxx TLD in November 2000. Reasons for the objection are published in a document available on ICANN's Web site. A full dig on this matter can be found at.. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,10… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:34:09 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] Yahoo! comes out with intelligent search tool To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 02:16:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Rashid Hussain Yahoo! introduced a new search tool, Mindset, which enables users to search and to sort the search results on the basis of commercial or informational value. The beta version, available as an online tool, allows the users to view what they want unlike existing search tools that give mega piles of unorganized information. In Mindset, search queries can be adjusted by moving a slider located on top of the search page, to the left or right to determine the nature of results wanted -- commercial or informational. It is significant that Yahoo! has quietly come out with this innovative tool after the much-publicized personalized Google home page was launched a couple of days back. Mindset is located on the Yahoo Research Labs' site Yahoo Next. The default setting of the slider shows results based on Yahoo's normal listing, while moving it to the right will make the results arranged on an informational basis and to the left on a commercial basis. Yahoo said Mindset is based on machine learning process, which carries out the search through algorithms developed so that the results are thrown on a continuous scale raging from "very commercial" to "very non-commercial". = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research & Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore : 560059 Phone No. : 080-28483975 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 10:15:44 +0530 (IST) From: Jobish P Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Dr. T B Rajashekar To: broadcast(a)iisc.ernet.in Cc: ncsi-net(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII We are very sad to inform you that Dr. T B Rajashekar, Associate Chairman of NCSI expired on 3-6-05 in an accident. His body will be brought to his residence at 10.15 A M today(4-6-05). The funeral is expected to take place by 3 PM today. Residence Address #676 4th Cross, Near Swimming Pool Mahalakshmi Layout Bangalore Burial Ground : Chamarajpet Near TR Mills (Left turn after the end of 5th main) CHAIRMAN NCSI ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4 **************************************** --------------------------------- Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com my warm hello to all the members i m a new member.i hv got many useful inf by this system .i want to thank mr. rashid for his valuable inf on MINDSET. mailto:mlis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in mlis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Automation and networking of all Government College Libraries in AP (Mailing List Manager) 2. New .xxx domain will be reserved for porn (Mailing List Manager) 3. Yahoo! comes out with intelligent search tool (Mailing List Manager) 4. Sad demise of Dr. T B Rajashekar (Jobish P) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:21:39 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] Automation and networking of all Government College Libraries in AP To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:28:48 +0530 From: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Dear All here is a good news for Government College students of Andhra Pradesh. INFLIBNET is funding the automation and networking of all College Libraries of Andhra Pradesh. Read this news item at following URL: http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060317570500.htm Ramshirish Mamidala Library and Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1, Software Units Layout Madhapur Hyderabad 500 081 Ph: 040 - 5567 2533 / 2531 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:23:21 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] New .xxx domain will be reserved for porn To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:38:41 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday approved a plan for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses that end with ".xxx," something numerous groups and U.S. political leaders have been seeking to try to prevent sexually explicit content from landing on the screens of young Internet users. ICANN, the nonprofit organization that oversees technical matters related to the Internet, said it will begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc. to resolve commercial and technical issues associated with operating the .xxx top-level domain (TLD). The decision in favor of establishing a virtual red-light district for providers of pornographic content and their customers represents a U-turn for ICANN, which rejected ICM's first application for the .xxx TLD in November 2000. Reasons for the objection are published in a document available on ICANN's Web site. A full dig on this matter can be found at.. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,10… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:34:09 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager Subject: [LIS-Forum] Yahoo! comes out with intelligent search tool To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 02:16:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Rashid Hussain Yahoo! introduced a new search tool, Mindset, which enables users to search and to sort the search results on the basis of commercial or informational value. The beta version, available as an online tool, allows the users to view what they want unlike existing search tools that give mega piles of unorganized information. In Mindset, search queries can be adjusted by moving a slider located on top of the search page, to the left or right to determine the nature of results wanted -- commercial or informational. It is significant that Yahoo! has quietly come out with this innovative tool after the much-publicized personalized Google home page was launched a couple of days back. Mindset is located on the Yahoo Research Labs' site Yahoo Next. The default setting of the slider shows results based on Yahoo's normal listing, while moving it to the right will make the results arranged on an informational basis and to the left on a commercial basis. Yahoo said Mindset is based on machine learning process, which carries out the search through algorithms developed so that the results are thrown on a continuous scale raging from "very commercial" to "very non-commercial". = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research & Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore : 560059 Phone No. : 080-28483975 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 10:15:44 +0530 (IST) From: Jobish P Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad demise of Dr. T B Rajashekar To: broadcast(a)iisc.ernet.in Cc: ncsi-net(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII We are very sad to inform you that Dr. T B Rajashekar, Associate Chairman of NCSI expired on 3-6-05 in an accident. His body will be brought to his residence at 10.15 A M today(4-6-05). The funeral is expected to take place by 3 PM today. Residence Address #676 4th Cross, Near Swimming Pool Mahalakshmi Layout Bangalore Burial Ground : Chamarajpet Near TR Mills (Left turn after the end of 5th main) CHAIRMAN NCSI ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4 **************************************** Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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Sad demise of Dr Rajasekhar
by Shahab 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

How shocked I am to hear of Dr. T B Rajasekhar's sudden demise! I met him once at our Foundation. It was Open Access Workshop in May 2004. He was very good in teaching. He was calm and patient. He listened to all the issues patiently and replied with clarity. I found him a man who was very clear in what he did. His demise is an irreparable loss to the information profession and the cause of Open Access in India. S M Shahabuddin M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai How shocked I am to hear of Dr. T B Rajasekhar's sudden demise! I met him once at our Foundation. It was Open Access Workshop in May 2004. He was very good in teaching. He was calm and patient. He listened to all the issues patiently and replied with clarity. I found him a man who was very clear in what he did. His demise is an irreparable loss to the information profession and the cause of Open Access in India. S M Shahabuddin M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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