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Indian books on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Friends: There is a culture war brewing in Europe! The French are mobilizing Europeans to bring all their books on open access, as they feel the Google project is favouring English language books. We have a rich heritage of literature and scholarly work in many Indian languages such as Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam. And we have abundant computing and software talent. Should we in India not mount a similar initiative to provide open access to all that is graet and wonderful in ALL Indian languages? Will Balki at IISc, Ramki at C-DAC, and Badri and Satya at Kizhakku Pathipagam and many others from different parts of India take up the challenge? Will the Ministry of HRD, Sahitya Akademi and similar other organizations come forward to support such a projet. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- French response to Google library project When we left off, Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former French secretary of state for communications and the current President of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF), had criticized the Google library project for Anglo-American bias and called on France to launch a comparable program. His words are having an effect. Reuters reports that French President Jacques Chirac has asked the BNF to draw up plans for a similar digitization program. Quoting Reuters: 'Chirac asked Jeanneney and France's culture minister to look at ways "in which the collections of the great libraries in France and Europe could be made more widely and more quickly accessible by Internet," Chirac's office said in a statement. Chirac would seek support among other European countries in the coming weeks for a bigger, coordinated push to get Europe's literary works online....Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said the French move was not a direct challenge to Google's project. "It is simply the wish for a diversity of influence," he said.' The BBC is reporting the same news. Quoting the BBC: '[Chirac] held a meeting in Paris with Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and Mr Jeanneney on Wednesday to discuss the project...."Because of France and Europe's exceptional cultural heritage, they must play a key role" in the development of the internet, Mr Chirac said.' More coverage. (PS: Google's library project was already admirable. If it starts a new code war, sending files across the globe and developing digital arsenals ready for launch at a moment's notice, then it will be even more admirable. France is right to fight bits with bits, to recognize a digitization gap, and to escalate its cultural scan. Who's next?)ct? Friends: There is a culture war brewing in Europe! The French are mobilizing Europeans to bring all their books on open access, as they feel the Google project is favouring English language books. We have a rich heritage of literature and scholarly work in many Indian languages such as Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam. And we have abundant computing and software talent. Should we in India not mount a similar initiative to provide open access to all that is graet and wonderful in ALL Indian languages? Will Balki at IISc, Ramki at C-DAC, and Badri and Satya at Kizhakku Pathipagam and many others from different parts of India take up the challenge? Will the Ministry of HRD, Sahitya Akademi and similar other organizations come forward to support such a projet. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- French response to Google library project [A] When we http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/03-02-05.htm#jeanneney left off , Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former French secretary of state for communications and the current President of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF), had https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1675.html criticized the http://print.google.com/googleprint/library.html Google library project for Anglo-American bias and called on France to launch a comparable program. His words are having an effect. Reuters http://news.com.com/Paris+match+for+Googles+library+plan/2100-1025_3-562285… reports that French President Jacques Chirac has asked the BNF to draw up plans for a similar digitization program. Quoting Reuters: 'Chirac asked Jeanneney and France's culture minister to look at ways "in which the collections of the great libraries in France and Europe could be made more widely and more quickly accessible by Internet," Chirac's office said in a statement. Chirac would seek support among other European countries in the coming weeks for a bigger, coordinated push to get Europe's literary works online....Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said the French move was not a direct challenge to Google's project. "It is simply the wish for a diversity of influence," he said.' The BBC is http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4358871.stm reporting the same news. Quoting the BBC: '[Chirac] held a meeting in Paris with Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and Mr Jeanneney on Wednesday to discuss the project...."Because of France and Europe's exceptional cultural heritage, they must play a key role" in the development of the internet, Mr Chirac said.' http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004… More coverage . (PS: Google's library project was already admirable. If it starts a new code war, sending files across the globe and developing digital arsenals ready for launch at a moment's notice, then it will be even more admirable. France is right to fight bits with bits, to recognize a digitization gap, and to escalate its cultural scan. Who's next?) ct?

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Scholar Monitor
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Scholar Monitor Are you looking for research papers? Go http://scholar.google.com. Have you ever wanted to monitor research papers of particular authors, research groups, or research areas? If you have, Scholar Monitor is what you want. The program was inspired by and reused source code from Persistent Searches to Gmail. Scholar Monitor allows a user to set particular keywords, and monitors the result counts of keywords. If there are new papers, it shows a new! mark with counts. For example if a user is interested in monitoring a Jim's paper about WebDAV, she can add a keywors, "author: jim WebDAV" for Scholar Monitor. How to install (reused from Persistent Searches to Gmail.) a.. If you are not using Firefox yet, download and install one from Firefox homepage. b.. If you haven't already, install the excellent greasemonkey Firefox extension. c.. Open up this Scholar Monitor user script in Firefox . You can exam the source code. d.. From the "Tools" menu, select "Install User Script .." and confirm all of the various prompts. e.. Go to http://scholar.google.com (some refreshing may be necessary). f.. There should now be a "Scholar Monitor" box in the middle of the page and the result page. g.. Clicking on a search executes the saved query. To refresh result counts, click on the refresh icon in the upper right corner. h.. Use the "Edit monitor item" link to customize your Scholar Monitor. i.. Enjoy! We welcome any participation to improve Scholar Monitor such as adding Bibtex import button. Please send me a patch or join our project group. If you want to know how this works, read the script code or visit the Persistent Searches to Gmail page. The source code is distributed under a Creative Commons license. I have no affiliation with Google. This script is hijacking the whole HTML from Google Scholar and adds a monitor box. This program is not endorsed by Google. If you have any problems with Scholar Monitor, please contact Sung Kim, hunkim(a)gmail.com. Scholar Monitor A re you looking for research papers? Go http://scholar.google.com/ http://scholar.google.com . H ave you ever wanted to monitor research papers of particular authors, research groups, or research areas? If you have, Scholar Monitor is what you want. The program was inspired by and reused source code from http://persistent.info/archives/2005/03/01/gmail-searches Persistent Searches to Gmail . S cholar Monitor allows a user to set particular keywords, and monitors the result counts of keywords. If there are new papers, it shows a new! mark with counts. For example if a user is interested in monitoring a Jim's paper about WebDAV, she can add a keywors, "author: jim WebDAV" for Scholar Monitor. H ow to install (reused from http://persistent.info/archives/2005/03/01/gmail-searches Persistent Searches to Gmail .) If you are not using Firefox yet, download and install one from http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Firefox homepage . If you haven't already, install the excellent http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ greasemonkey Firefox extension. Open up this http://scholar.dforge.cse.ucsc.edu/scholar.user.js Scholar Monitor user script in Firefox . You can exam the source code. >From the "Tools" menu, select "Install User Script .." and confirm all of the various prompts. Go to http://scholar.google.com/ http://scholar.google.com (some refreshing may be necessary). There should now be a "Scholar Monitor" box in the middle of the page and the result page. Clicking on a search executes the saved query. To refresh result counts, click on the refresh icon in the upper right corner. Use the "Edit monitor item" link to customize your Scholar Monitor. Enjoy! W e welcome any participation to improve Scholar Monitor such as adding Bibtex import button. Please send me a patch or join http://dforge.cse.ucsc.edu/projects/scholar/ our project group . If you want to know how this works, read the script code or visit the http://persistent.info/archives/2005/03/01/gmail-searches Persistent Searches to Gmail page. The source code is distributed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons license . I have no affiliation with Google. This script is hijacking the whole HTML from Google Scholar and adds a monitor box. This program is not endorsed by Google. If you have any problems with Scholar Monitor, please contact Sung Kim, hunkim(a)gmail.com.

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MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor (fwd) > From Reuters..... -ac > > MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor > > The director of MIT's Media Lab has recommended that Brazil install > open-source software on thousands of computers that will be sold to the > poor, saying proprietary software programs like ones offered by Microsoft > Corp. may be less attractive. > > "We advocate using high-quality free software as opposed to scaled-down > versions of more costly proprietary software," Walter Bender, director of > the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a > letter to the Brazilian government obtained by Reuters on Thursday. "Free > software is far better on the dimensions of cost, power and quality." > > President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and several ministers may decide as > early as this week whether free software or a simplified version of > Microsoft Windows will be installed on computers for a new effort called > PC Conectado, or the Connected PC. The effort aims to sell up to 1 million > computers, with costs partially subsidized by the government, to lower > middle income Brazilians this year. > > <snip> > > http://www.reuters.com/audi/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7… >

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Scotland favours open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Scottish universities sign open access deal Polly Curtis, education correspondent (The Guardian, UK) Monday March 14, 2005 Scottish university heads have agreed to make their academic research more freely available to one another in a bid to bypass the costly fees for publishing in journals. The new Scottish Declaration on Open Access is the latest in a series of challenges by universities to break the stranglehold of the major academic publishers which costs taxpayers millions of pounds a year. Publicly funded universities have to pay to have their academics' work assessed for publication, then again to read the journals. The declaration commits each of its 16 university signatories to setting up online libraries of research findings and doctorate papers which all academics can access. Universities will also look into developing a joint repository for academic work and some will make it mandatory for academics to publish their work on an open access basis. Funders of research are also considering how they can encourage recipients of their grants to publish their work on an open access basis. Timothy O'Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said: "The University of Edinburgh wants to ensure that its research is as visible as possible within Scotland, the UK and the world. This open access initiative provides an important route to deliver this." Sheila Cannell, the director of library services at the university, added: "We would like to see publicly funded research being publicly available rather than locked up in academic journals." Derek Law, university librarian at the University of Strathclyde said: "There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will by definition be read more. "The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base." Last year MPs on the Commons science and technology committee select committee condemned the rising costs to the taxpayer of publishing and accessing research. They backed new methods whereby the author pays a one-off fee and access is free. But the government rejected this method after what was believed to be a concerted lobby effort by journal publishers. Scottish Declaration on Open Access signatories: Glasgow Caledonian University Heriot-Watt University Napier University National Library of Scotland Open University Queen Margaret University College Robert Gordon University Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Scottish Agricultural College Scottish Crop Research Institute Scottish Library and Information Council University of Aberdeen University of Abertay Dundee University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Paisley University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde Scottish universities sign open access deal Polly Curtis, education correspondent (The Guardian, UK) Monday March 14, 2005 Scottish university heads have agreed to make their academic research more freely available to one another in a bid to bypass the costly fees for publishing in journals. The new Scottish Declaration on Open Access is the latest in a series of challenges by universities to break the stranglehold of the major academic publishers which costs taxpayers millions of pounds a year. Publicly funded universities have to pay to have their academics' work assessed for publication, then again to read the journals. The declaration commits each of its 16 university signatories to setting up online libraries of research findings and doctorate papers which all academics can access. Universities will also look into developing a joint repository for academic work and some will make it mandatory for academics to publish their work on an open access basis. Funders of research are also considering how they can encourage recipients of their grants to publish their work on an open access basis. Timothy O'Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said: "The University of Edinburgh wants to ensure that its research is as visible as possible within Scotland, the UK and the world. This open access initiative provides an important route to deliver this." Sheila Cannell, the director of library services at the university, added: "We would like to see publicly funded research being publicly available rather than locked up in academic journals." Derek Law, university librarian at the University of Strathclyde said: "There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will by definition be read more. "The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base." Last year MPs on the Commons science and technology committee select committee condemned the rising costs to the taxpayer of publishing and accessing research. They backed new methods whereby the author pays a one-off fee and access is free. But the government rejected this method after what was believed to be a concerted lobby effort by journal publishers. Scottish Declaration on Open Access signatories: Glasgow Caledonian University Heriot-Watt University Napier University National Library of Scotland Open University Queen Margaret University College Robert Gordon University Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Scottish Agricultural College Scottish Crop Research Institute Scottish Library and Information Council University of Aberdeen University of Abertay Dundee University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Paisley University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde

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First publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

"First publisher(IOP) to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking" " In September 2003, we announced that papers in our Electronic Journals had been enhanced by links to citing articles from The American Physical Society and NASA's Astrophysical Data System. I'm pleased to report that our 'Articles citing this article' tool has now been developed further. In keeping with our tradition of innovation, we have become the first publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using CrossRef's Forward Linking service. We have made 'cited-by' links available for papers published in the last 10 years. Over the coming months, we will be working our way through our entire journal archive, back to 1874. To take a look at forward linking in action, go to the following paper from New Journal of Physics and select the 'Articles citing this article link' on the right hand side: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 New Journal of Physics is our open-access electronic-only title (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) so the 'cited-by' links are available to all. For our other journals, this facility is limited to subscribers." Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. "First publisher(IOP) to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking" " In September 2003, we announced that papers in our Electronic Journals had been enhanced by links to citing articles from The American Physical Society and NASA's Astrophysical Data System. I'm pleased to report that our 'Articles citing this article' tool has now been developed further. In keeping with our tradition of innovation, we have become the first publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using CrossRef's Forward Linking service. We have made 'cited-by' links available for papers published in the last 10 years. Over the coming months, we will be working our way through our entire journal archive, back to 1874. To take a look at forward linking in action, go to the following paper from New Journal of Physics and select the 'Articles citing this article link' on the right hand side: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 New Journal of Physics is our open-access electronic-only title (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) so the 'cited-by' links are available to all. For our other journals, this facility is limited to subscribers." Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Unesco Training in Information Management- Asia- Pacific- at ISIM@IIITB- five fellowships available
by Mailing List Manager 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:59:37 +0530 From: Shalini R Urs <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> UN4IM- UNESCO Training Program in Information Management is being organised at ISIM@IIITB This Programme is supported by UNESCO and other organisations. There are five fellowships available for information workers from India. Those interested may apply for the same. The last date for receiving applications is March 30,2005 Details of the Programme available at the website- <http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/un4im> www.vidyanidhi.org.in/un4im Details below- ----- UN4IM -The UNESCO Training Programme for Information Management is envisioned to be a training programme with a difference- * Blending onsite ( face to face) with distance education mode. A unique six-month training programme based on a 1-4-1 month model- the first (May-June) and final month (November-December) face-to-face and the in-between four months distance mode. * Course Content- focused on ICT tools and technologies for Information Management. * Adopting/adapting different learning modes-lecture based theory, practice oriented hands on. Achieving a balance between discourse and demonstration; teaching and training, perception and performance * This programme is scheduled from May 9 to December 2, 2005. The first phase of the one-month face-to-face training is scheduled from May 9- June 3, 2005. The final face-to-face training programme is scheduled from November 7- December 2, 2005. o The Training Programme will have 20 participants from different parts of Asia-pacific. This will be held at the International School for Information Management @ Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India ( ISIM@IIITB) * The participants are required to be attending the UN4IM at the ISIM@IIITB during period of May-June and November-December. The intervening four months, they will go back to their workplace and work on the projects through the distance mode. ----- Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm

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GeoScienceWorld Full-Text Collection Now Available online
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

GeoScienceWorld's GSW Millennium Collection and GSW Literature Archives are now available through CSA.These collections offer a comprehensive Internet-based resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals. (Complete list available at http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml) The journals will be delivered through HighWire Press's Internet platform. One to five years of backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Millennium Collection; complete backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Literature Archives. Additional information about the Collection and GeoScienceWorld is available at the site- http://info.csa.com/gsw C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. GeoScienceWorld's GSW Millennium Collection and GSW Literature Archives are now available through CSA. These collections offer a comprehensive Internet-based resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals. (Complete list available at http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml ) The journals will be delivered through HighWire Press's Internet p latform. One to five years of backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Millennium Collection; complete backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Literature Archives. Additional information about the Collection and GeoScienceWorld is available at the site- http://info.csa.com/gsw http://info.csa.com/gsw C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Datastream by Thomson Financials
by Anagha Agharkar 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Dear Friends, I am looking for the vendor/representative of the Datastream service by Thomson Financials. If anyone knows the details, please mail across the same. With regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian/Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel #: 022-56377438 Regards, Anagha P Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel: 91-22-56377438 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Friends, I am looking for the vendor/representative of the Datastream service by Thomson Financials. If anyone knows the details, please mail across the same. With regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian/Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel #: 022-56377438 Regards, Anagha P Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel: 91-22-56377438 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Sad loss of Library
by venky 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

I was saddened to read that "One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told Inter Press Service (IPS)." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html S. Venkadesan I was saddened to read that "One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told Inter Press Service (IPS)." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html S. Venkadesan

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Congrats to Ms Vijaya C Menon, International Travel Grant Winner - SLA DAM
by JK Vijayakumar 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

----- Original Message ----- From: <gvillamora(a)brightresearch.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:35 AM Subject: [sla-kiie] International Travel Grant Winner - SLA DAM > Please excuse the cross-posting -- > > The Advertising and Marketing Division (DAM) of SLA is pleased to announce > the winner of our International Travel Grant for SLA Toronto conference this > year. > > Vijaya C. Menon is the first recipient of our International Travel Grant. > She is Head of Knowledge Management at Grey Worldwide India. Vijaya manages > information services and dissemination to all ten offices in India, > including Srilanka and Bangladesh. She provides liaison work on information > queries with Grey Europe and the Americas. Vijaya has over 15 years of > library management work at Grey, J. Walter Thompson India, Accenture and the > Reserve Bank of India. > > Initiated at the Nashville June 2004 conference, the Travel Grant is open to > international SLA and DAM members. Application requirements were announced > in our 2004 Fall Bulletin and posted in various SLA discussion lists. The > Grant consists of $1,500 (US) plus conference registration fee and ticketed > DAM-sponsored events. > > Jo-Ann McQuillan, DAM chair and Director of Information at the Institute of > Communications and Advertising/Canada, will present the Grant to Vijaya at > the division�s business meeting on June 6, 2005. > > �I appreciate the overwhelming support and look forward to developing > global networking initiatives at SLA,� said Vijaya to the International > Relations Chair. > > We are happy and privileged to have her onboard. See you in Toronto. Grace > > > Grace Avellana Villamora > Advertising and Marketing Division (DAM) > International Relations Chair > Special Libraries Association (SLA) > > Information Strategist, Principal > brightresearch llc > Chicago, IL USA > Phone 773.973.4260 > Fax 773.761.7135 -------------- JK Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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