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by I.R.N.Goudar 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Dear Professionals, Following news item which appeared in The Times of India (12-08-2004) needs attention of LIS Community: We have to be very cautious even if we plan to destroy print books and journals after buying e-version/digitising of concerned documents. In this case reason mentioned is not digitising. ICSSR `transforms' itself: Dumps burns journals, books By Akshaya Mukul/TNN New Delhi: Prospective researchers beware: Do not venture anywhere near the documentation centre and library of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), for it has dumped - some say even burnt - thousands of Indian and foreign academic journals, books, dissertations, census reports and gazettes from its priceless collection. Also, a piece of advice to President APJ. Abdul Kalam, who on Thursday delivers the ICSSR's prestigious Vikram Sarabhai memorial lecture on 'Dynamics of Societal Transformation'. Pause for a while and ask ICSSR if transformation means cutting off old ties. For ICSSR has done precisely that. Rationale: Its National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) has been transformed and moved to an ultra-modern building which presumably had no space for these works. In real terms, insiders in NASSDOC say, the loss has been immense. It had a collection of nearly two lakh Indian and foreign periodicals/journals of which barely 15,000 to 20,000 have survived. NASSDOC also had a collection of nearly 40,000 books of which barely 10,000 are left. From its collection of thousands of PhD dissertations collected from all over the country, barely 800 have made it to the new building. A large number were burnt and the remaining are in an advanced state of decay in ICSSR's godown. How has it affected ICSSR's standing as a repository of all knowledge in social science? From its collection of journals/periodicals, it used to cater to researchers all over the world. Any researcher could ask for a photocopy of articles which ICSSR used to send on a small payment. Similarly, dissertations were bought from all over the country by ICSSR after paying a small amount to the researcher. In turn, these dissertations became reference material for others. But for the past few months, scholars from India and abroad have been doing the rounds of NASSDOC only to be told to come later. ICSSR has even stopped buying dissertations. ICSSR chairman VR. Panchamukhi who, despite having a questionnaire from this reporter, dwelt for more than an hour on how he has changed everything for good, is an acquaintance of PM Manmohan Singh. He was unsure about the crucial question and asked ICSSR's directors, in front of this reporter, on what had happened. Panchamukhi then repeated what they told him: "Nothing has been burnt. There was very little space ... so may be books, journals and dissertations were dumped here ... Some even gifted to our institutions in Allahabad and Mhow." But he added: "I will set up an inquiry to find out who did it." The answer came from one of his senior associates who opposed the dumping move and drew the parallel from the burning of the library of Alexandria: "The mystery would exist not for lack of suspects but from an excess of them." -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-5086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-5235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-5268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road http://www.icast.org.in/staff1.htm BANGALORE-560 017 India

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Mails Importing
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

I carefully went through Yahoo!Mail Help information. It is clearly stated that transfering messages from one Yahoo!Mail Account to another yahoo!mail account is NOT possible. Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 5:19 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Mails Importing Date: 12 Aug 2004 07:03:46 -0000 From: Dimple Patel <dimplerp(a)rediffmail.com> hi, choose the Addresses tab, on the right side of the screen you will find the export/import option...rest of the steps are pretty easy to follow... i have found this option really very useful many a times... regds, dimple. On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 Mailing List Manager wrote : > >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:33:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: Sheshadri K.N <sheshu150(a)yahoo.co.in> > >Dear Professional colleagues, > Is it possible to import all mails from one Yahoo account to another > Yahoo account? If possible,can any of you help me in this comcern? > >With regards > >SHESHADRI.K.N >Assistant Librarian >ETA-NET >Bits-Pilani Campus >Dubai, UAE >E-mail:sheshu150@yahoo.co.in > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Urgently needed infn
by Mailing List Manager 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:37:10 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] vijaykumar nayak" <vijay_vtulib(a)yahoo.co.in> Sir/madam, I need the article on Library Networking and Consortia Development Please fowrd the same Regards Vijay

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Mails Importing
by Mailing List Manager 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Date: 12 Aug 2004 07:03:46 -0000 From: Dimple Patel <dimplerp(a)rediffmail.com> hi, choose the Addresses tab, on the right side of the screen you will find the export/import option...rest of the steps are pretty easy to follow... i have found this option really very useful many a times... regds, dimple. On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 Mailing List Manager wrote : > >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:33:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: Sheshadri K.N <sheshu150(a)yahoo.co.in> > >Dear Professional colleagues, > Is it possible to import all mails from one Yahoo account to another > Yahoo account? If possible,can any of you help me in this comcern? > >With regards > >SHESHADRI.K.N >Assistant Librarian >ETA-NET >Bits-Pilani Campus >Dubai, UAE >E-mail:sheshu150@yahoo.co.in > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Institutional Repositories as a research topic
by Mailing List Manager 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Date: 11 Aug 2004 12:36:19 -0000 From: Sanjay Kataria <lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Information Scientists Kindy advise me that the topic mentioned below could be research topic or not. "Design & Development of Insitutional Respositories with some of special reference". I am looking your valuable suggestions and comments. Best regards Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10,Sector-62, Noida (UP)201307 Ph. 0120-2400971 to 978 Ext. 251 Ph. 9810503341 E-mail: katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com sanjay.kataria(a)jiitindia.org

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Re:Infn on tech.Uni in foreign countries
by Mailing List Manager 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:31:39 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] vijaykumar nayak" <vijay_vtulib(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Colleagues, I need the Information on Technological Universities list in Austrelia,Indonesia,U.K,USA,Netherlands. And also I need Organsation Structure and Goverance In These Universities. Please send me web address for the same Regards Vijay Nayak

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FW: [LIS-Forum] ATTENTION - MESSAGE FROM LIS-FORUM MODERATOR
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Dear Members I hope you have gone through this message sent yesterday (given below) - else I request you to kindly go through the same. We seek your cooperation in making LIS-Forum a useful mailing list. Mr. Francis Jayakanth, who was moderating LIS-Forum all these days, is now away on Fulbright Fellowship in USA. Ms. K. Thulasi, another technical staff member of NCSI, has taken over the role of moderator. There could be minor glitches during the transition period - please bear with us. Thanks and regards Rajashekar ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-23600271, 23601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-23601426, 23600683 Information (NCSI) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science URL: http://144.16.72.189/raja/ BANGALORE-560012 (India) ------------------------------------------------------------- SciGate: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ The IISc Science Information Portal -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:53 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] ATTENTION - MESSAGE FROM LIS-FORUM MODERATOR Dear Lis-Forum user, We appreciate your interest in making use of the lis-forum to meet your professional needs. However, we would like to bring the following points to your attention in order to make lis-forum reach a wider audience. 1. Since many lis-forum members use text-based e-mail clients to read their e-mails, we request all members who wish to send messages to lis-forum for distribution, to send them in plain text form only. Messages in html and other non-text formats require editing by the moderator to convert these to plain text. Since number of postings to lis-forum is increasing, we find it very difficult to spend time on this. Henceforth, messages, which are not in plain text format, will be returned to the sender and will not be approved for distribution. If you are using web-based mail clients, please configure them to format and send messages in plain text format, when you send messages to lis-forum. 2. We also request you not to send any attachments with your message. Sometimes we receive messages also as attachments! Since attachments may carry viruses and since we cannot be opening each attachment to check the contents, we request you to ensure that the body of your mail contains your message in plain text form and that there are no attachments. You may request interested forum members to contact you directly to receive any attachments. Henceforth, messages with attachments will be returned to the sender and will not be approved for distribution. Increasingly many organizations use spam mail filter programs on their mail servers. Many of these are configured to eliminate non-text messages and messages with attachments. This is another good reason why you should avoid these in your mails! And finally, please post messages only to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in since this account is basically meant for lis-forum owner for administrative purpose. Please co-operate for the smooth and efficient running of the lis-forum! Thanks Moderator _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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ATTENTION - MESSAGE FROM LIS-FORUM MODERATOR
by Mailing List Manager 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Dear Lis-Forum user, We appreciate your interest in making use of the lis-forum to meet your professional needs. However, we would like to bring the following points to your attention in order to make lis-forum reach a wider audience. 1. Since many lis-forum members use text-based e-mail clients to read their e-mails, we request all members who wish to send messages to lis-forum for distribution, to send them in plain text form only. Messages in html and other non-text formats require editing by the moderator to convert these to plain text. Since number of postings to lis-forum is increasing, we find it very difficult to spend time on this. Henceforth, messages, which are not in plain text format, will be returned to the sender and will not be approved for distribution. If you are using web-based mail clients, please configure them to format and send messages in plain text format, when you send messages to lis-forum. 2. We also request you not to send any attachments with your message. Sometimes we receive messages also as attachments! Since attachments may carry viruses and since we cannot be opening each attachment to check the contents, we request you to ensure that the body of your mail contains your message in plain text form and that there are no attachments. You may request interested forum members to contact you directly to receive any attachments. Henceforth, messages with attachments will be returned to the sender and will not be approved for distribution. Increasingly many organizations use spam mail filter programs on their mail servers. Many of these are configured to eliminate non-text messages and messages with attachments. This is another good reason why you should avoid these in your mails! And finally, please post messages only to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in since this account is basically meant for lis-forum owner for administrative purpose. Please co-operate for the smooth and efficient running of the lis-forum! Thanks Moderator

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Request to post it in LIS-FORUM
by Mailing List Manager 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:19:54 +0530 From: D. B. Ramesh <dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in> Dear LIS-FORUM Memebrs, A new book entitled "Information Technology Applications in Libraries - = A Textbook for Beginners" edited by Prof. M. Mahapatra and myself has = been released on 3rd July.=20 The brochure is attatched hetrewith for your kind perusal and reference. = We sincerely hope that the book will be quite useful to our = professionals. It includes 60 topics with 11 extended notes written by = 37 experts in the field. It has xii, 644 pages, hard bound and = moderately priced at US$60.00 (inclusive of postage). I shall be highly obliged to you if could kindly procure the book for = your organisation from the publisher address mentioned below: M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., N-5/44, IRC Village, BHUBANESWAR- 751 015, Orissa, India Payment should be made in favour of M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., = Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. Regards. DB Ramesh Head Library & Documnetation Regional Research Laboratory BHUBANESWAR-751 013, Orissa, India

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Our new magazine for children
by Mailing List Manager 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:55:21 +0530 From: sumita panse <sumita_panse(a)hotmail.com> Bharatiya vidya Bhavan Mumbai has launched new magazine for children called DIMDIMA which is aimed at the age group betn 8-16. We also have website www.dimdima.com This magazine is informative as well as entertaining becau it carries jokes, puzzles, comics stories also. This can be good reading for schools, college libraries. Subscription details are available on request or on our website. Thanks sumita Panse Librarian Amrita bharati, Bhartiya vidya bhavan

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