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SERIALS is now freely available on the Web
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Dear Professional, The UK Serials Group (UKSG) exists to encourage the exchange of ideas on printed and electronic serials and the process of scholarly communication. In a dynamic environment, the UKSG works to: 1) promote discussion and the free flow of information on serials matters and associated technology 2) develop links between all parties in the serials information chain 3) encourage professional awareness, stimulate research and provide a programme of training and education The UKSG is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is the only organisation spanning the wide range of interest and activity between serials producers and readers. With a membership of nearly 600 organisations, a third of them based outside the UK, the UKSG engages a broad cross-section of people concerned with the publication, distribution and use of serials. Members pay an annual corporate subscription which offers everyone in their organisation a range of valuable benefits. including papers from the United Kingdom's Serials Group (UKSG) Open Access seminar, November 2005. SERIALS is now freely available on the Web. SERIALS is the international journal for the serials community, published three times a year by the UK Serials Group and is available in print and online. It contains topical articles written by librarians, publishers, aggregators and other experts within the global serials industry, as well as conference reports, editorial comment and people in the news. C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Professional, The UK Serials Group (UKSG) exists to encourage the exchange of ideas on printed and electronic serials and the process of scholarly communication. In a dynamic environment, the UKSG works to: 1) promote discussion and the free flow of information on serials matters and associated technology 2) develop links between all parties in the serials information chain 3) encourage professional awareness, stimulate research and provide a programme of training and education The UKSG is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is the only organisation spanning the wide range of interest and activity between serials producers and readers. With a membership of nearly 600 organisations, a third of them based outside the UK, the UKSG engages a broad cross-section of people concerned with the publication, distribution and use of serials. Members pay an annual corporate subscription which offers everyone in their organisation a range of valuable benefits. including papers from the United Kingdom's Serials Group (UKSG) Open Access seminar, November 2005. SERIALS is now freely available on the Web. SERIALS is the international journal for the serials community, published three times a year by the UK Serials Group and is available in print and online. It contains topical articles written by librarians, publishers, aggregators and other experts within the global serials industry, as well as conference reports, editorial comment and people in the news. 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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NCSI-Net Meeting on 19th March 2005
by Madhuresh 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Dear All, You are cordially invited for next NCSI-NET meeting, which is going to be held on Saturday 19th of March 2005 by 11:00 AM at NCSI. The speaker will be Mr. Francis Jayakanth from NCSI. Tea/Coffee will be served at 10.45 AM. Title: My experiences as a Fulbrighter Through this informal talk-cum-demo, he will share his recent experience as a Fulbrighter in the US in general and at the Old Dominion University (ODU) in particular. The talk-cum-demo will mainly revolve around the work he did at the ODU. Title of his Fulbright proposal: Approaches to make CDS/ISIS Databases OAI-Compliant. Abstract -------- One of the biggest obstacles for information dissemination to a user community is that many Digital Libraries or bibliographic databases use heterogeneous technologies that inhibit interoperability. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) addresses interoperability by using a framework to facilitate the discovery of content stored in distributed archives or bibliographic databases through the use of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Though the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is becoming the de facto standard for digital libraries, some of the old bibliographic databases, for a variety of reasons, are still not OAI compliant. One such system is CDS/ISIS, which was designed specifically for handling bibliographic/textual information efficiently. CDS/ISIS is quite widely used by the LIS community. There is a need for making CDS/ISIS databases OAI-compliant to enable sharing of metadata and thus leading to better federated discovery services for the end users. In this talk-cum-demo, I'll describe two approaches for making CDS/ISIS databases OAI compliant: Static and Dynamic. In the static approach, CDS/ISIS records are exported and converted into an OAI static repository format. The static repository file is made OAI-compliant either by importing it into the Kepler archivelet, a light-weight, easy-to-install OAI compliant archive for the individuals or static repository file becomes OAI-compliant through the intermediation of static repository gateway. This approach has certain limitations. These limitations are overcome in the dynamic approach. In the dynamic approach, an OAI layer makes CDS-ISIS databases OAI-compliant in the real time. During the demo, a federated search on a few sample CDS/ISIS databases will be shown. Please confirm your presence to me (madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com) or Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) Regards NCSI-Net Coordinator Team Note: NCSI-NET is a network of National Center for Science Information (NCSI) employees and alumni and organizes presentations/talks every month for its members.

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ASIST 2005 International Paper Contest
by Shyam Prasad pujar 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Apologies for cross posting. Liwen Vaughan, PhD Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada 2005 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries More information is available from the Paper Contest page at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/papercontest.htm The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its sixth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2005 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 28-November 2, 2005. The theme of the paper is: "Bringing Research and Practice Together - the Developing World Perspective." The paper topic may address either the country or regional level issues. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of this theme, such as, but not limited to, the following: a.. Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic and cultural issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. b.. Information organization, management, access, and retrieval. c.. Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. d.. Information technology, social equity and development: IT and governance, IT & and the new economy, including the future of work and implications of technological hardware and software developments; the role of ICTs in conflict management, etc. There will be six winners. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges including Liwen Vaughan (chair), Yunfei Du, Yin Zhang, Duncan Omole, Merlyna Lim, Julian Warner, and Nathalie Leroy. The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising this year, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 28-November 2, 2005. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for posting on the SIG III web site as pre-publications. In addition, they will also be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by June 30, 2005, to Duncan Omole at domole(a)worldbank.org . Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) for more information about the SIG III International Paper Contest, including Frequently Asked Questions, past CFPs, previous winners and winning papers, and successful stories from previous winners.

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Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry - an open access journal
by Krishnan 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

------- Launch of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry announced ------- San Diego, CA.: The prestigious Beilstein-Institut today announced the launch of the first major Open Access journal for organic chemistry. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry will be published by the Beilstein-Institut in co-operation with BioMed Central, the Open Access publisher. The peer-reviewed online journal will begin publication during 2005, and a call for papers, providing full information for authors, will be issued in May. Director of the Beilstein-Institut Martin Hicks made the announcement at the American Chemical Society 229th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. Professor Jonathan Clayden, of the University of Manchester, has been confirmed as the Editor-in-Chief, and an international editorial advisory board is also being appointed. The Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry will publish outstanding original research on all aspects of organic chemistry and related disciplines. Areas covered in the journal will include: organic synthesis, organic reactions and mechanisms, natural products chemistry and chemical biology, organic materials and macro- and supramolecular organic chemistry. As an Open Access journal, the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry will offer the international community of organic chemists the opportunity to make their research results freely available immediately on publication, and permanently available in the public archives of science. The journal will publish full research articles and short communications, as well as occasional reviews and commentary articles. Supplementary data will also be published. There will be particular emphasis on speed of publication and on presentation of the articles in a chemically intelligent way. The journal will be made freely available online, while an annual print archival edition will be available for purchase at cost. The Beilstein-Institut is committed to improving communication among chemists and will support the journal financially, including the publishing costs, to enable the journal to be open access without charge to authors. Just as Beilstein has been synonymous with high quality scientific publishing for over two centuries, so BioMed Central has become synonymous with high-quality, online Open Access publishing in the biomedical disciplines, and is now making its publishing expertise available to new fields. BioMed Central now publishes over 130 Open Access journals, and will provide the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry with a complete publishing system, maintain and host the journal. Together these two organizations will ensure that the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry offers authors, readers and libraries the highest quality service. For more information: For Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry http://www.beilstein-journals.org/ For the Beilstein-Institut bjoc(a)beilstein-institut.de or Tel: +49 (0) 69-716732-0 For BioMed Central Grace Baynes Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 9988 E-mail: press(a)biomedcentral.com About the Beilstein-Institut The Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften (Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences) is a non-profit foundation located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Beilstein-Institut pursues its purpose in particular in chemistry and its related areas and disciplines, especially information and communication. About BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent online publishing house committed to providing open access to peer-reviewed research. This commitment is based on the view that immediate free access to research and the ability to freely archive and reuse published information is essential to the rapid and efficient communication of science.

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Prof. Ghosh becomes SC Member of IFLA Secion
by Dinesh K. Gupta 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Dear Professional collegaues, I have just come to know that Prof. S. B. Ghosh, IGNOU, New Delhi, becomes Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Asia and Oceania for the term 2005-2009. I whole heartedly congratulate Prof. Ghosh and wish for a very successful tenure at this very important Section of IFLA. With kind regards, Dinesh K. Gupta (Member, Standing Committe, Management & Marketing Section, IFLA) Associate Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. V M Open Univ. Kota Ph. 0744-2471412 M. 9828131412 Dear Professional collegaues, I have just come to know that Prof. S. B. Ghosh, IGNOU, New Delhi, becomes Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Asia and Oceania for the term 2005-2009. I whole heartedly congratulate Prof. Ghosh and wish for a very successful tenure at this very important Section of IFLA. With kind regards, Dinesh K. Gupta (Member, Standing Committe, Management & Marketing Section, IFLA) Associate Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. V M Open Univ. Kota Ph. 0744-2471412 M. 9828131412

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Vendor Details
by basu mudakappa pujar 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Dear Friends, Good Morning! The below mentioned book is out of print but it is available with the vendors in USA. We are in need this book very much. So if you know any vendor in USA who deals with the Technical books please let me know his address. One of Colleague is coming back from USA. I will purchase this book through him to my library. J2EE Performance Testing with BEA WebLogic Server./ by Peter Zadrozny, Philip Aston, Ted Osborne Thanking in advance. Basavaraj.M.Pujar CGI Dear Friends, Good Morning! The below mentioned book is out of print but it is available with the vendors in USA. We are in need this book very much. So if you know any vendor in USA who deals with the Technical books please let me know his address. One of Colleague is coming back from USA. I will purchase this book through him to my library. J2EE Performance Testing with BEA WebLogic Server./ by Peter Zadrozny, Philip Aston, Ted Osborne Thanking in advance. Basavaraj.M.Pujar CGI 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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Documentation Research Center/Information Centers or Special libraries
by Mailing List Manager 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:44:06 +0530 From: Seshu Sripada <seshu.sripada(a)softprosys.com> Dear colleagues Please provide Url link of Documentation Research Center/Information Centers or Special libraries list in the world. Seshu

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Newsletter for Publishers and Booksellers from the Max Mueller Bhavan, Regional Information Centre
by Seth, Renu 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre (MMB RIC), New Delhi welcomes you to the first issue of its newsletter aimed at Publishers and Booksellers. This will apprise you of the latest happenings in the field of books and publishing in Germany as well as in the other parts of Europe. To access the newsletter please click on the following link: http://www.goethe.de/su/ned/bib/newsletters/publ/march_05/news.htm If you would like to continue receiving the next issues of this newsletter please subscribe by clicking on the following link: mailto:info.manager.mmb@delhi.goethe.org?subject=subscribe-Publnews Yours sincerely, Renu Seth Librarian In-Charge Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre & Library 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110001 Telephone +91-11-23329506 librarian.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi

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Re : Russian Patent
by Lakshmi Ravishankar 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Dear Ms. Jayalaxmi, Following are the websites for purchasing Russian Patents. http://PatentsFromRU.com - Russian patent and trademark search services http://www.iliac.org/production/patent.html http://www.delphion.com (subscription required) http://www.mospatent.ru/ (Moscow Patent Bureau) This site is in Russian Language. You can contact at info(a)mospatent.ru Hope this info is helpful to you. Regards Lakshmi Ravishankar Manager - Information & Knowledge Services Jubilant Biosys Limited 450, 12th Cross, 4-D Cross Mahalakshmipuram, Bangalore - 560 086 Ph : +91 80 2349 5461 - 65 (O) 98458-31382 (M) Fax : +91 80 23449 4118 E-mail : Lakshmi_Ravishankar(a)jubilantbiosys.com www.jubilantbiosys.com ================================================== Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:40:03 +0000 (GMT) From: jayalaxmi m <jayalaxmim(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Procurement of Russian Patent To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <20050311044003.77577.qmail(a)web8510.mail.in.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sir, We are looking for one Russian Patent, it will highly appreciated if you can suggest us the source from where it can procured. Please guide at your earliest. Details of the Patent: V.A. Smirnov, I.E. Crasnitscaya, Patent of Russia, 2066892.6.09 1993 Regards, Jayalaxmi. M MTRDC,DRDO Bangalore Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Query
by Mailing List Manager 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:02:34 -0800 (PST) From: vani rao <vanimysore(a)yahoo.com> Dear Mrs. Vishnav, The Psychometric testing evolved trough time and experience used by Ma-Foi HR Consultancy company (http://www.mafoi.com/)is by far the industry accepted norm and method. Vani P Rao Librarian St.Joseph's college of Education Mysore --- Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:03:51 +0530 > From: Mrs. Vaishnav <ytv(a)godrej.com> > > Dear All, > > A guidance needed -Has there been standardized norms > for psychological > Testing in Indian industries? Please guide at your > earliest, With > regards & thanks, > > Mrs. Y.T.Vaishnav=0D > (Consulting Librarian-Godrej-Mumbai)

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