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InfoWatch - February 2004
by M.R Lalitha 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The February 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Feb 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Achievement for all - Solving crucial problems through education 2. Acronym Finder 3. Atmospheric Optics 4. Bitpipe.com [A library of white papers, webcasts, case studies and product information in IT] 5. CACHE - A post-relational database 6. Coatings Guide [A pollution prevention tool for paints and coatings users] 7. DESY - The ZEUS experiment 8. ECOLEX - A gateway of environmental law 9. Free schematic diagrams from Glolab 10. Indian National Academy of Engineering 11. Material Data Network 12. NASA's Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) 13. Opening Gateways - The guide and online workbench 14. Photonics dictionary 15. RESID Database - A protein information resource 16. SAIL-eprints [Search, Alert, Impact and Link] 17. Science-A-GoGo [Latest science news and discussion forum] 18. SiD Design Guides - Accessible ideas for designers 19. SyntheticPages - An interactive database of chemical procedures 20. WSEAS [World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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President Speech on INAUGURATION OF ICDL - 2004
by Mailing List Manager 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:11:09 -0800 (PST) From: Mr.G.Bhojaraju <bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, Pl refer to the following link for the speech on INAUGURATION OF ICDL - 2004 given by Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, President of India, today at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=492 INAUGURATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES - 2004 24-02-2004 : New Delhi Digital Library and its Multidimensions ...... with regards Bhojaraju.G www.bhojarajug.cjb.net Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA), (ISO-9001 Certified), B-88 Road No. 24/ U-2, Wagle Industrial Estate,Thane - 400604. INDIA. Ph:022-25811348, 25803753 Fax: 25823910 Mob: 9892380905 E-mail : bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com www.irmra.org Homepage : http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. --0-412874553-1077635469=:51244 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>Dear Professional Colleagues,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Pl refer to the following link for the speech on INAUGURATION OF ICDL - 2004 given by </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, President of India, today at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=subheading><STRONG><A href="http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=492">http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=492</A></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=subheading><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=subheading><STRONG>INAUGURATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES - 2004</STRONG> </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=subheading>24-02-2004 : New Delhi</SPAN> <BR> <BR><SPAN class=sep></SPAN><SPAN class=lean>Digital Library and its Multidimensions</SPAN><SPAN class=sep></SPAN> ......</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>with regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bhojaraju.G</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net">www.bhojarajug.cjb.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <ADDRESS><FONT color=#c00000 face="times new roman" size=3>Please acknowledge the receipt of the mail !!!</FONT></ADDRESS> <ADDRESS><FONT color=blue face=verdana>G.Bhojaraju.</FONT></ADDRESS> <ADDRESS><FONT face=verdana><FONT color=#ff00ff><FONT color=#00407f>Library-cum-Information Officer,<BR>Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA),<BR>(ISO-9001 Certified), B-88 Road No. 24/ U-2, <BR>Wagle Industrial Estate,Thane - 400604. INDIA.<BR>Ph:022-25811348, 25803753 Fax: 25823910 </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=verdana><FONT color=#ff00ff><FONT color=#00407f>Mob: 9892380905<BR><FONT color=#ff00ff>E-mail :</FONT> </FONT><A href="mailto:bhojarajug@yahoo.com">bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com</A>     <A href="http://www.irmra.org/">www.irmra.org</A>   Homepage : http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/  </FONT></FONT></ADDRESS></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailtag_us/*http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools?tool=1">Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard</a> - Read only the mail you want.</a> --0-412874553-1077635469=:51244--

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Video Conference
by DRTC General 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Association of British Scholars (Bangalore Chapter), British Library, Bangalore and Documentation Research and Training Centere, Bangalore invite you to a VIDEO CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES on 3rd March 2004, Wednesday at British Library Prestige Takt, 23 Kasturba Road Circle Bangalore 560001 at 6.00 PM Speakers Topic Dr. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems Digital Libraries & Meta Middlesex University, London Data Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, ISI/DRTC, Bangalore Digital Library: Indian Scenario K.T. Rajan I.H Jahagirdar Secretary, ABS, Karnataka Chapter Manager, British Library I.K Ravichandra Rao Prof. & Head, ISI/DRTC

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Seminar on Digital Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

University of Mysore Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore And Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association MyLISA), Mysore Jointly presents Seminar on Digital Libraries March 1, 2004 "Keeping Memories Alive: Digital Technologies for Cultural Heritage" By Prof. Ching-chih Chen (Graduate School of Library and Information Science,Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA) & "DSpace: An Open Source System for Content Management" By Mr. Mick Bass (Manager, Research and Business Development,Hewlett Packard Labs , USA) All are cordially invited

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Fw: RRC Monthly Meeting
by Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hi! During the presentation, I am going to share my experiences on following topics: 1. Digital Video Libraries 2. ETDs /NDLTD 3. LOCKSS Program of Stanford University 4. Open Digital Libray initiatives at Virginia Tech, USA 5. National Science Digital Library (NSDL), USA Programs and policies 6. INDO-US Digital Library Collaboration- Potentials and benefits For professional outside Delhi:- I would be happy to share my experiences via e-mails too!! Best, Ramesh Gaur ----- Original Message ----- From: "deshmukh" <deshmukh(a)cdotd.ernet.in> To: "Ramesh Gaur" <ramesh_c_gaur(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 6:09 PM Subject: RRC Monthly Meeting > RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE > (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) > J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi > > Head > Program Committee > SUBHASH DESHMUKH > F-46 A > DDA Flats, Harinagar > NEW DELHI- 110 064 > Ph. 25496916 > > Date : 19th February, 2004 > > We have the pleasure to announce the 105th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 28th > February 2003 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. > > Venue : Central Library > Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi > > Topic : Fulbright Felloship Experience : > Information Science and Technology > > Speaker : Dr. Ramesh Gaur > Librarian, TFIR, Mumbai > > Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit > the group by discussions. > > Thanking you, > > Yours sincerely, > > > SUBHASH DESHMUKH > > > > > > > > > >

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10th Annual Lecture on Informatics
by Mailing List Manager 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:34:23 +0530 From: Mouna Raju <mouna(a)informindia.co.in> Informatics (India) Limited - Bangalore cordially invites you to the 10th Annual Lecture on Informatics On February 29, 2004 (Sunday) 10.15 am to 12.45 pm Venue The Leela Palace, (Grand Ball Room) Airport Road, Bangalore Lunch 1.00 pm Lectures By Prof. P Balaram, Editor, Current Science Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on "Science and the Scientometrics" Dr (Ms) Ching-Chih Chen, Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, USA on "Past Forward - Digital Media for Cultural Heritage" Presided by Padmavibhushan Dr K Kasturirangan, MP, Rajyasabha Former Chairman, ISRO, Bangalore RSVP: email: mouna(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:mouna@informindia.co.in> phone: 91 80 23365940 ( Priya ) fax: 91 80 23344598 About Annual Lecture Series on Informatics We instituted this Annual Lecture Series on Informatics on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of our Company. The Lecture Series was inaugurated by Dr N Seshagiri the then Additional Secretary & Director General, NIC, with his Lecture on " Database Production and Distribution Technologies for 90s. Subsequent Annual Lectures were delivered by eminent speakers like Shri N Vittal, Vigilance Commissioner, Govt of India, Shri. T H Chowdary, Information Technology Advisor to Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Padmashri, Dr R A Mashelkar, Director General, CSIR, Dr Alan Gilchrist, Editor of Journal of Information Science, UK, Prof. R Natarajan, Chairman, AICTE, Dr Geo Wiederhold, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University, USA and the likes... The Lecture Series is intended to focus on current issues and emerging trends in Information Science. Followed by the Lecture, you are also invited to A Workshop on D-SPACE Open Source Software for Content Management) Informatics (India) Limited., Bangalore And HP Labs India, Bangalore Jointly Present Workshop on DSpace (Open Source Software for Creation and Management of Content Repositories Jointly Developed by Hewlett-Packard Labs and MIT) Presented by Mr Mick Bass Manager - Research and Business Development, HP Laboratories Hewlett-Packard Company, USA Presided By Prof. J Shashidhara Prasad Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore At The Leela Palace ( Grand Ball Room), Airport Road, Bangalore Date & Time February 29, 2004 2.00 to 4.30 pm Registration: Email: soji(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:soji@informindia.co.in> Phone: 91 80 23365940, Fax: 91 80 23344598 About DSpace DSpace (www.DSpace.org <http://www.dspace.org>) is an open-source institutional repository system developed by HP Labs and MIT. Mr Mick Bass, HP's Research Manager responsible for DSpace, will provide an overview of the DSpace system and describe a range of supporting efforts to which HP and MIT are contributing. Mick will describe the functionality of the current and upcoming 1.2 release of the DSpace system, and the DSpace Roadmap beyond the 1.2 release. He will also describe SIMILE (web.mit.edu/simile) a current research activity which aims to augment DSpace using Semantic Web Components and Techniques to provide end-to-end support for capturing, navigating, browsing, and searching heterogeneous community-specific schemes, metadata, and content types.

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MDPI open access chemistry journals
by Mailing List Manager 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:36:49 +0530 From: ramshirish mamidala <ramshirish(a)hotmail.com> Respected Professionals, MDPI (Molecular Diversity Preservation International ) molecular and biomolecular diversity preservation project is providing MDPI open access chemistry journals at the following url: http://www.mdpi.org/ with regards, M.RAMSHIRISH (Student ADIS), Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institue, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College : PO, Bangalore 560 059 phone:080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002 Ext:495(ABC Lab) email:ramshirish@hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Re: Re:[LIS-Forum] Question of Full Text Request
by Mailing List Manager 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:42:51 +0530 From: murari <murari(a)darya.nio.org> I support Dr Ratnakar's argument. Murari P Tapaswi National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275 (Direct); 91-(0)832-2450450 (Institute) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602

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Re:[LIS-Forum] Question of Full Text Request
by Mailing List Manager 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:09:58 +0530 (IST) From: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in Really it is a very good suggestion, I am strongly supporting Dr.A.Ratnakar's statement, we should plan for a policy for commercial users which should not effect to researcher, and academic user. Because the lis-forum is one of the best media where we can share our resources in a very short time. Yashwant Kanade CES, IISc, Bangalore-12

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Access Initiative
by Mailing List Manager 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

Dear Member: Sorry for the delayed approval of the following message from Anita S Coleman. - moderator Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:59:37 -0700 (MST) From: Anita S. Coleman <asc(a)U.Arizona.EDU> Sanjay, DLIST, http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/ is an OAI-PMH compliant repository for LIS materials that are openly available. OISter is more along the portal lines that I think you're inquiring about - it currently harvests metadata from DLIST and more than 200 other OAI repositories in all disciplines. One stop searching of all these repositories of freely-held (open access) is also available through OAIster. URL: http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/. To see the complete list of institutions from which OAIster harvests, visit, http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/viewcolls.html. Best, Anita Coleman > ************************************************ > On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Mailing List Manager wrote: > > > > > Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:02:31 +0000 (GMT) > > From: "[iso-8859-1] Sanjay Kataria" <katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com> > > > > Dear Professionals, > > > > Firstly, I am thankful to LIS-Forum team and all participant > > professionals for discussions on great profession. > > > > I have a query in regard of OAI (Open Access Initiative). Any one tell > > me or explain about OAI or any model/portal of OAI which is providing > > the Open Access effectively. > > > > I look forward to your valuable advise. > > > > With kind regards. > > > > Sanjay Kataria > > Librarian (Acting) > > Learning Resource Centre (Library) > > Jaypee Institute of Information Technology > > A-10, Sector-62, Noida-201307 > > Uttar Pradesh > > Ph. 09810503341 (Mobile) > > 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251(Office) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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