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eJDS -The Free electronic Journals Delivery Service Programme
by JK Vijayakumar 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Sorry for Cross Postings! eJDS -The Free electronic Journals Delivery Service Programme The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics /TWAS Donation Programme, Italy in collaboration with the ICTP Scientific Computer Section and ICTP Library, is developing a prototype information retrieval system called `eJournals Delivery Service'. The goal is to distribute individual scientific articles via e-mail to world scientists who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection. Providing scientists with current literature will support their ongoing research. eJDS is geared to facilitate the access to current scientific literature for free. Several publishing companies have enthusiastically adhered to this programme, with rules which depend on the publisher. Visit the site at http://www.ejds.org/ ------------------ J. K. Vijayakumar INFLIBNET Ahmedabad __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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New version of MDID, open source digital image database software
by Shyam Prasad pujar 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:45:45 -0400 From: Sandy Maxfield <maxfiesl(a)jmu.edu> To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: [DIGLIB] New version of MDID, open source digital image database software MDID 2 NOW AVAILABLE! We are very pleased to announce that the initial release of the new version of the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID 2) software is now available to the general public. Developed at James Madison University, the MDID system brings the digital image library into the teaching and learning process. Visit the MDID web site (http://mdid.org <http://mdid.org/> ) where you can have some fun playing with the MDID 2 online demo, find more information about MDID 2, and download the software. Continuing the tradition of a shared educational software resource, MDID 2 is distributed free of charge under an open source license. New Features in MDID 2 . Multiple collections and custom catalogs . Cross-collection searching . Personal collections and favorites . Enhanced light table . Flexible slideshow management . Enhanced slideshow viewer . Packaged slideshows for offline viewing . Data exchange through XML MDID 2 development was funded in part by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Enjoy! Sandy ---------------------------------------- Sandy Maxfield Director of Library Public Services, Instructional Technology, and Distance Learning James Madison University, MSC 1703 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Email: maxfiesl(a)jmu.edu Phone: 540.568.6923 Fax: 540.568.6339

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Help Needed
by HENAG 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Hello Tejasvi, Please try at IIMB [Indian Institute of Management Bangalore], Bannerghatta Road. Send an application to the Librarian for apprenticeship. You will be getting good exposure to the traditional work alongwith online database services and online jounal article retrieval process. Regards Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd. -----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 04, 2004 11:50 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Help Needed Date: 3 Aug 2004 09:48:24 -0000 From: thejasvi tv <tvthejasvi(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Professionals, Can any of you guide me as to where I can get some professional training in Bangalore? I very much require this training as I have graduated in LIS through the distance education mode. Thanking you all and awaiting your responses/advise. Regards Thejasvi. Thejasvi.T.V Statistical assistant and SDI Nexant Inc. Bangalore. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Master of Information Management course at University of Mysore-call for applications
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:05:37 +0530 (IST) From: Shalini R. Urs <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> Applications are invited for the Master of Information Management Programme at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore.The last date for receiving filled in applications and admissions is August 9th, 2004.This is a new 4 semester Programme offered by the DLIS of the University of Mysore. For course content and other details visit our Website- http://www.lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in You can also contact the undersigned for more information 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

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Help Needed
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Date: 3 Aug 2004 09:48:24 -0000 From: thejasvi tv <tvthejasvi(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Professionals, Can any of you guide me as to where I can get some professional training in Bangalore? I very much require this training as I have graduated in LIS through the distance education mode. Thanking you all and awaiting your responses/advise. Regards Thejasvi. Thejasvi.T.V Statistical assistant and SDI Nexant Inc. Bangalore.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] need information
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:08:49 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] chandrakant gangurde" <gangurdechandrakant(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Salman, There is website useful and gives relevant information about library. You can go through it http://www.information-professional.com this websites by which you can search choosing by search engine like yahoo/Google/MSN. etc. Chandrakant Gangurde Sir Dorabji Tata Memeorial Library Deonar Mumbai-88 -------------Original Message------------------------------------ From: salman haider Dear All, I like to know if there is any other website like "www.inforlibrarian.com" which has more information for LIS professionals. Thanks & Regards Salman Haider Consultant Indian School of Business Library Hydrerabad _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Robot Librarians
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:40:40 +0530 From: HENAG <HENAG(a)infosys.com> Dear All, Similar to this there is an article in a magazine called "Technology Tomorrow" published by ICFAI University, Hyderabad, the article is about a 'snakebot' - a robot like a snake will enter in your room when your door is closed and will work on your computer. It does not require the door to be open, it can move through the space available between the door and the floor. How strange ? Now even the computer engineers will be jobless if this is the way technology going to improve ( a joke apart). Probably I may give you the exact issue date & No of the publication if anyone wants it. Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd, Hosur Road, Electronics City. ---------- Original message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:36:38 +0530 (IST) From: Poornima Narayan <poornima(a)css.nal.res.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Robot Librarians Dear Professionals Came across an interesting article which has appeared in today's (30th July 2004) Indian Express (Youth Express). If Robots are going to manage the future libraries, what is the future of L & IS Professionals? Robot Librarians ******* A group of robotics researchers at University Jaume I in Spain is working on a robot librarian. The prototype has cameras, sensors and grippers so it can locate and collect a book. The hope is that one day, teams of service robots could work in libraries.....

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by Mailing List Manager 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:35:44 +0530 "Shalini R.Urs" shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in Dear friends, Please read the complete report before jumping to conclusions- the Sabo bill and the NIH policy is still in the 'debate' stage and there is no conclusive evidence to say that 'NIH research to be open access'. If you read the whole piece, you will understand the undercurrents of the issues.This is a case of typical 'double speak'. The article begins with the usual brouhaha bait by Zehrouni, Director of NIH, about 'public needs to have access to what they have paid for', but he is quick to add - let me quote > But Zerhouni tried to assure participants that the government was not yet > creating a mandate and that their views would be taken into account before > the policy was finalized. He also distanced himself from the House report, > saying that NIH did not prepare it, even though the wording was "inspired" > by deliberations within the agency. ---- > Zerhouni said that individual repositories tend to fade out. He also told > participants that NIH had no intention of becoming a journal publisher and > the public is aware of the value of journals' peer reviews. ---- The issue of scholarly publishing, copyright , etc cannot be resolved by rhetorical positioning alone but by dispassionate understanding of the implications and realities.Let us understand the basics of copyrights, right. The first copyright act-the Statute of Queen Anne of 1710 introduced the concept of author being the owner of copyright. The original purpose was to exercise central authority to control publishing and generate tax revenue for the government! But then soon copyrights evolved and the aim of copyrights is to provide stimulus for creativity Copyright is not just about economic rights but about also about paternity rights. The copyrights also cover the right of paternity by which authors have the right to claim authorship of their works ensuring that their names are mentioned in connection with it. The right of integrity is another dimension of the copyright. It is not without reason that the word 'author' etymologically means father. If 'copyrights' are banned then what incentive will a scientist have to publish? The forces and incentives that help produce creative or intellectual works are diverse. In the end, if bills like Sabo bill if passed then few scholars would spend their time and efforts to publish. One critical difference between the Government 'banning copyright' and authors assigning / transferring certain rights to publishers is- while the latter is voluntary the former is not. Actually it amounts to 'taking away' the rights and potentially has all the ingredients of governments hegemony over academe. Second and more complicated issue is of paternity rights. Like all rights copyrights also have the 'responsibility' dimension. Can the government own responsibility for everything that is written and published by the scientists/scholars? Imagine a scenario like this- Salman Rushdie were to be a Professor at some university and publish 'The Satanic Verses' , will his university be held responsible for his writings ? Will the university be banned and face the death threat from Iranian clergy ? Organisations cannot own up the responsibility for one scholar's writings. Do not think that the scenario of 'Satanic Verses' is only in literature but it could well be in sciences as well. Imagine the classic case of Galileo's treatise 'Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems' proving the logical superiority of the Copernican theory for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Roman Catholic Church, and eventually died a recluse under house arrest.Would the University of Padua where Galileo served as a professor of Mathematics would have been held responsible for his writings and served a life sentence? Finally friends- this piece is written as part of my professional interests to air my views on the topic by me-Shalini Urs- a professor at an Indian University and these are my views and I not only own copyrights but also am liable to be held responsible for these views. My university's views on this issue if and when decided will only be expressed as an official policy statement with the authority and official seal of the University of Mysore! Shalini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr.Shalini R.Urs Director Information & Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore- 570006 India Ph : 91-821-2514699 Fax: 91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Dear LIS-Forum members I am giving below details of a new journal in the area of metadata. Many of you may be interested in this. 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 ===================================================================== International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO) Inderscience Publishers - ISSN (Online): 1744-263X - ISSN (Paper): 1744-2621 First, preliminary call for papers, July 2004 https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=152 ===================================================================== IJMSO aims at publishing research advances and discussions about meta-data in a broad sense, and about their associated semantics and ontological structures. IJMSO takes a multi-disciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on domain-specific ontologies and organisational, human interaction and social issues regarding metadata annotation, use and assessment. IJMSO also intends to cover Semantic Web research, as a concrete metadata-intensive technological framework in which shared and standardised semantics are a critical issue. Objectives ----------- The main objective of IJMSO is to provide an open forum in which several disciplines converge and provide their perspectives regarding the complex topic of metadata creation, use and assessment. Those disciplines include Digital Libraries, the Semantic Web, Library Science and Knowledge Management, among others. Readership ----------- IJMSO aims at being an open forum for researchers, practitioners, managers and policy makers in the field of metadata,informing current practices with recent innovations. Contents --------- IJMSO publishes original research papers providing significant results, and also short communications about innovative ideas and news, announcements and reviews regarding the topics of the journal. Articles describing schemas or ontologies for concrete applications or domains are also welcomed, provided that a digital version of the final artefact is submitted to be made publicly available. Subject Coverage ----------------- Subjects covered include, but are not limited to: Metadata design and semantics Quality of metadata Evaluation and applications of metadata standards Metadata annotation practices Ontological and knowledge-based approaches to metadata Ontologies and standard catalogues specific to business or professional domains Semantic Web and Ontologies in Library Science and Digital Libraries Metadata-based information retrieval and browsing Organisational and social aspects of Semantic Web and related technologies Submissions ------------ Visit http://www.inderscience.com for information on submission. Contributions synthesizing existing knowledge and clearly describing research directions are sought for the first issue. Deadline for submission for the *first issue is October 1st 2004*.

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Proceedings of SPIE
by noufal palliparamban 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Dear friends May I know about libraries subscribibg proceedings of SPIE please? Looking forward to hearing from you soon, please Noufal.P.P Computer Aided Reference Service IIT Kanpur ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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