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(Fwd) "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Lit
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:07:23 -0600 Send reply to: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group <LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)IASTATE.EDU> Subject: "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" To: LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" "An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good" [ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml ] I am pleased to inform you that my chapter on "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" written for a volume on _E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities _ (edited by David C. Fowler. New York : Haworth Information Press, 2004) has been officially published [http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/sampletext/4879.pdf] Chapter 10. Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature 197 Budapest Open Access Initiative 197 New Generation Journals 199 Self-Archiving 200 EPrints 201 Open Archives Initiative 206 Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 208 Roles and Responsibilities of Self-Archiving 212 "The Future of Ideas" 215 FROM THE CONCLUSION: Whether the self-archiving model becomes the new paradigm for scholarly publishing as envisioned by its proponents will depend not only on improved archiving and retrieval software and systems but also, and more importantly, on the degree to which all stakeholders endorse and embrace its potential as a viable and sustainable publishing alternative. I have self-archived the article at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Open.pdf Season's Greetings! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Open Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." [ http://www.sric.org/voices/2003/v4n2/ ] ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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_Library Knowledge Bases_
by Gerry Mckiernan 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

_Library Knowledge Bases_ For a new registry (and future presentations and articles), I am greatly interested in identifying library-created or library-related Knowledge Bases that have been applied to any and all venues (Acquisitions, Cataloging, Collection Development, Reference, or Library Systems, etc.). A Knowledge Base / Knowledgebase may be defined as a database with a focus on empirical or practical knowledge. In recent years, Knowledge bases have become common components for many businesses and services. The RealNetworks "Customer Support" Knowledge Base. [ http://service.real.com/kb/ ] is an excellent example of a technical support knowledge base. I am interested in library-created OR library-related Knowledge Bases Perhaps the most sophisticated Library Knowledge Base was the one planned as part of the OPAL Project. " The OPAL (Online Personal Academic Librarian) [ http://library.open.ac.uk/aboutus/opal/intro.html ] started as an eighteen month research project based at the Open University Library which is exploring the development of a fully automated online 24/7 reference service for distance students. The project began in November 2000 and was a partnership between the OU Library, the OU Knowledge Media Institute, and the libraries of the University of Leicester and the University of London's Birkbeck College." SEE ALSO: "The OPAL Project: Developing An Automated Online Reference System For Distance Learners" in the June 2001 issue of D-Lib Magazine. [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june01/06inbrief.html] Another innovative library-based Knowledge Base is EARS (Electronic Access to Reference Services), a service available from the Learning Resources division of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. [ http://library.unn.ac.uk/ears/ ] The *Most* impressive general knowledge base that I've discovered in a recent Quick-and-Dirty search is START, [ http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/infolab/index.html ] "the world's first Web-based question answering system, has been on-line and continuously operating since December, 1993. It has been developed by Boris Katz and his associates of the InfoLab Group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Unlike information retrieval systems (e.g., search engines), START aims to supply users with "just the right information," instead of merely providing a list of hits. Currently, the system can answer millions of English questions about places (e.g., cities, countries, lakes, coordinates, weather, maps, demographics, political and economic systems), movies (e.g., titles, actors, directors), people (e.g., birth dates, biographies), dictionary definitions, and much, much more... ." As Always, I Welcome Any and All contributions, queries, comments, nominations, Cosmic Insights, Etc. Etc. Etc. [I am NOT, however, interested in corporate Knowledge Bases per se] Articles, reports, studies, school papers or projects regarding Library Knowledge Bases are also of major interest for a planned General Bibliography. [I am NOT, however, interested in literature about Knowledge Bases per se] The registry is titled: KBL(sm): A Registry of Library Knowledge Bases and will be located at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/KBL.htm ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan, KnowledgeBased Librarian Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." [ http://www.sric.org/voices/2003/v4n2/ ]

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Two Useful Articles
by Saiful Amin 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear All, I recently came across two interesting articles in the First Monday magazine, which might interest library professionals. 1. The Internet and the right to communicate by William J. McIver, Jr., William F. Birdsall, and Merrilee Rasmussen http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/mciver/ 2. Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing countries by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/ Best regards, Saiful -- [Please http://remember.to/edit_messages ] Saiful Amin c/o, Learning Resource Center Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com

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Regarding research work in India on"Time and cost analysis of technical services in libraries".
by Mr. Mukesh Saikia 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear Friend, I shall be grateful if you kindly inform me about the research work on the following topics: 1."Time and cost analysis in technical services in libraries "or 2. "Technical services in india" and 3. " Ranganathan's library staff formula" ------------------------ M.Saikia ( Mukesh Saikia) Tezpur University Napaam: Tezpur-28 Assam: India Pin-784028 Phone: 91-03712-267092(Off), 267184(Res),03621-286301(Res) Fax: 91-03712-267006,267005 E-mail:m_saikia03@yahoo.co.uk

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RE: [LIS-Forum] best sites in LIS
by Mailing List Manager 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

This is a good question. I hope many members answer your question. You may write to Dr S Krishnan of NCL, Pune, and Mr S Gunasekaran of CECRI, Karaikudi. Also ARD Prasad of DRTC. They are pretty good at such sources. Arun

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Senior scale of University Asstt.Librarian
by Mr. Mukesh Saikia 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear Friends, I shall be grateful if you kindly send the latest UGC circular for senior scale of Asstt. Librarian of University and Carrer Advancement programme for University Asstt.Librarian. With regards, ------------------------ M.Saikia ( Mukesh Saikia) Tezpur University Napaam: Tezpur-28 Assam: India Pin-784028 Phone: 91-03712-267092(Off), 267184(Res),03621-286301(Res) Fax: 91-03712-267006,267005 E-mail:m_saikia03@yahoo.co.uk

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UK S&T Committee is to conduct an inquiry into scientific publications
by Mailing List Manager 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:10:25 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (CORP, GEITC)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> This may be of interest to you... Regards, Anand The Science and Technology Committee(of the UK House of Commons)is to conduct an inquiry into scientific publications. The Committee will be looking at access to journals within the scientific community, with particular reference to price and availability. It will be asking what measures are being taken in government, the publishing industry and academic institutions to ensure that researchers, teachers and students have access to the publications they need in order to carry out their work effectively. The inquiry will also examine the impact that the current trend towards e-publishing may have on the integrity of journals and the scientific process. The Committee is inviting written evidence on the following points: *What impact do publishers' current policies on pricing and provision of scientific journals, particularly "big deal schemes", have on libraries and the teaching and research communities they serve? * What action should Government, academic institutions and publishers be taking to promote a competitive market in scientific publications? *What are the consequences of increasing numbers of open-access journals, for example for the operation of the Research Assessment Exercise and other selection processes? Should the Government support such a trend and, if so, how? *How effectively are the Legal Deposit Libraries making available non-print scientific publications to the research community, and what steps should they be taking in this respect? *What impact will trends in academic journal publishing have on the risks of scientific fraud and malpractice? The Committee would welcome written evidence from interested organisations and individuals addressing these points. Evidence should be submitted by Thursday 12 February 2003. The oral evidence sessions will begin in March. In announcing the inquiry, the Chairman of the Committee, Ian Gibson MP, said "Journals are at the heart of the scientific process. Researchers, teachers and students must have easy access to scientific publications at a fair price. Scientific journals need to maintain their credibility and integrity as they move into the age of e-publication. The Committee will have some very tough questions for publishers, libraries and government on these issues." Evidence should be sent in hard copy to the Clerk of the Science and Technology Committee, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Please send an electronic version also, in Word format, via e-mail to scitechcom(a)parliament.uk or on disk. Guidance on the submission of evidence can be found at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm Further information on the work of the Committee can be obtained from Committee staff on 020 7219 2793/4. Previous press notices and publications are available on the Committee's internet homepage: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_and_technology_committee… Notes for Editors *Under the terms of Standing Order No. 152 the Committee is empowered to examine the 'expenditure, policy and administration of the Office of Science and Technology and its associated public bodies'. The Committee was appointed on 12 November 2001.

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Fw: [IAMSLIC:3729] Publisher Copyright Policies
by murari 13 Dec '03

13 Dec '03

Following may be of interest to the users of this group too. Regards, -Murari Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: Pauline Simpson <ps(a)soc.soton.ac.uk> To: <iamslic(a)ucdavis.edu> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: [IAMSLIC:3729] Publisher Copyright Policies > The ROMEO listing of Publishers Copyright Policies has now been converted > to a database > > http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php > > also provides the opportunity to add publishers > > Pauline > > Pauline Simpson, > Head of Information Services, Southampton Oceanography Centre > and > Head of Engineering, Science and Math Faculty Library Services > and > TARDIS (Univ Southampton e-Prints) Project Manager > > University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, > Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England > > Tel: +44-(0)23 8059 6111: Fax +44-(0)23 8059 6115 > email: ps(a)soc.soton.ac.uk ; ps2(a)soton.ac.uk > Web : http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Fw: Library Security System
by Mailing List Manager 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:38:32 -0800 (PST) From: gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> Dear friend, We have library security system called EAS electronic article survillence system. Does not mean you can compleatly avoid loss of books. It will only alert the Personnel at check point. So think twice before you purchase. here is the address. Monitor electronics pvt ltd Pune e-mail magic(a)giaspn01.vsnl.net.in India Satcom Ltd. B'lore e-mail rajesh(a)indiasatcom.com Essae Technologys Pvt. ltd, B'lore e-mail essaebir(a)vsnl.net Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT, B"lore

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best sites in LIS
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Dear Professional Colleagues: Could you please recommend around 25 best web sites relating to LIS which enable a professional to keep himself up to date or provide an overview of the electronic resources/tools available in LIS such as listserves, bulletin boards, alert services, new books, reference tools, cataloging and classification resources, etc.? Many thanks for your help Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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