- LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Re: Query from Dr Manjunath
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 28 May '03

28 May '03

Dear Dr Manjunath: According to INFLIBNET current serials db, the following three institutions are subscribing to the journal Resource Sharing and Information Networks: Univ of Calcutta IIT, Kanpur IIT, Kharagpur Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

[lisnet] SIS-2004 at IIT Chennai: Call for Papers
by JK Vijayakumar 27 May '03

27 May '03

SIS-2004 Announcement 22nd ANNUAL CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE OF SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE on "Digital Information Exchange: Pathways to Build Global Information Society" (21-23 Jan 2004) Jointly Organized by Society of Information Science, New Delhi & Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Chennai -------------------------------------- Call for Papers -------------------------------------- Papers are invited from the potential authors pertaining to the main theme as well as on the sub themes as listed below. The complete papers (Microsoft Word Format) should reach to "Dr. Harish Chandra, Organising Secretary SIS 2004, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 36" through email "hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in" with one hard copy duly signed on or before "30th November 2003". Main Theme : Digital Information Exchange: Pathways to Build Global Information Society Sub-Themes: Access Management: Metadata Strategy, Web Search Engines, Information Access Channels and Control, Web Monitoring and Tracking, Information Overload, Information Filtering, Information Ethics, Content Searching, Analyzing and Retrieval Current Issues and Future Directions in Digital Libraries: Capabilities and Properties, Digitization, Data Security, IPR, Authentication, Rights Management, E-Commerce Applications, User Training and Needs Assessment, Management and Economic Issues, Role of Librarians, Teachers, Curriculum Planning, Digital Information Infrastructure, User Interface, e-Learning Formats and Standards: RDF, SGML, XML, MPEG, Dublin Core, Mare, Z39.50, TIFF, MP3, WAP Web based Services for Selected User Groups: Disabled People, Industries, Multinational Corporations, Tourism and Travel E-Publishing : Policy and Standards, Trends and Developments, Impact on Libraries, Research, Teaching, Models, Tools, Techniques, Publishing Industry, Pricing and Marketing Strategy, Wireless Publishing, e-Books, Print-on-Demand, Web Publishing, e-Ink Digital Resources: Buy Vs Build, Open Source Materials, Cataloguing and Indexing, Delivery, Consortia Based Subscription, Preservation and Management, Major Issues and Initiatives, Strategy, Policies, Guidelines, Copy Rights, Collections Management, Work Flow, Quality Assurance and Fair Use E-Prints Archives: Importance, Developments in India and Asia Pacific, Requirements for it�s Establishment, Collaborations and Partnerships Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Current Status and Strategy with specific Reference to India & Developed World Webometrics: Scientmetrics, Web of Science, Citation Analysis Best Practices on the above Issues or any other related Issues ------------------------------ Please contact the following professionals 1. For Registration, Accommodation, Papers submission, Sponsorships. Dr. Harish Chandra Organising Secretary (SIS 2004) and Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras IIT Campus. Chennai-600 036 E-mail: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in Tel: 044-22578740 (Office) 044-22579740 (Residence) Mobile : 9840336854 www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/librarian 2. SIS Officials Dr. TAV Murthy President, Society of Information Science and Director, INFLIBNET, Information and Library network Centre POB:4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009 Phone 91-79-6305702 (O) 6732889 (R) Fax 91-79-6300990/7816 (O) E-mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in www.inflibnet.ac.in N V Sathyanarayana Vice President, Society of Information Science and Chairman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd P Box 360, Bangalore 560003. INDIA. Phone : 91-80-3365940 www.informindia.co.in Ramesh Kundra Secretary, Society of Information Science and Scientist, NISTADS (CSIR) New Delhi � 110012 Ph : 91-11-25863179 (O) 0124- 2325988 (R) Email : r_kundra(a)yahoo.com r_kundra(a)hotmail.com ---------------------------------- For more information visit the websites 1. http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/sis2004/index.html 2. http://sis-india.netfirms.com ------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/CNxFAA/_o7wlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lisnet-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

1 0

Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science.
by ramshirish mamidala 26 May '03

26 May '03

Respected all, Here is an Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science. Some of you might be knowing about it, in that case duplication is regretted. URL: http://www.wcsu.edu/library/odlis.html With regards, M.RAMSHIRISH, Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College PO, Bangalore 560 059 email:ramshirish@hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in _________________________________________________________________ Technical writer?. Earn more now! http://server1.msn.co.in/msnleads/tis/index.asp Find out how.

1 0

Query
by G. K. Manjunath 26 May '03

26 May '03

Dear Friends, Does any library have subscription for the below mentioned journal: Resource Sharing and Information Networks thanks g.k.manjunath ************************************************** CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm(a)igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************

1 0

by SRELS 24 May '03

24 May '03

Dear Sir/Madam : Please arrange to announce the following special lecture programme to the lis-forum members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Office of the Public Affairs U.S. Consulate General for South India in association with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and National Center for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Cordially invite you to a Seminar On Creating Web-based LibraryResources in Women's Studies by Dr. Phyllis Holman Weisbard Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin System, Madison, USA. and Dr. R. Poornima Editor, Udayavani, Bangalore On Tuesday, May 27, 2003 from 10:30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Venue: National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 RSVP: Tel: 3305109 Email: srels(a)vsnl.com LUNCH: 12.45 PM

1 0

invitation
by SRELS 24 May '03

24 May '03

Dear Sir/Madam : Please arrange to announce the following special lecture programme to the lis-forum members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad ________ Office of the Public Affairs U.S. Consulate General for South India in association with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and The Mythic Society, Bangalore Cordially invites you to attend a Special Lecture on DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH OF WOMEN'S STUDIES RESOURCE SERVICE by Dr. Phyllis Holmon Weisbard Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wiscosin System, Madison, USA. on May 27, 2003 at 6.00 pm at The Mythic Society, Opp. Reserve Bank of India, Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore 560 001. Tea at 5.30 pm

1 0

Internet search tool with advanced management features
by ramshirish mamidala 23 May '03

23 May '03

Dear all, Here is a Internet search tool with advanced management features which may be useful for all of us. It is available in three versions 1.Copernic Agent Professional (for purchase) 2.Copernic Agent Personal (for purchase) 3.Copernic Agent Basic(free of cost) Copernic Agent takes Internet searching to a whole new level: it doesn't leave you only with search results, it's loaded with advanced management features like filtering, grouping and summarizing. You can even get e-mail alerts when Web sites change or when new pages relevant to your searches are found. Details are availabe at: URL: http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html with regards M.Ramshirish DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College PO Bangalore 560 059 email: ramshirish(a)hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in _________________________________________________________________ Attention NRI! Send money home easily. http://server1.msn.co.in/msnleads/citibankrca/citibankrca2.asp Just sign up!

1 0

impact factor
by afsar bukhari 22 May '03

22 May '03

Dear friends, It is an interesting feature published in Nature magazine. Scientific papers that are not widely read and that lack any great influence can end up being classed as high-impact, claim researchers in California the full text is as follows Copied citations give impact factors a boost TOM CLARKE Scientific papers that are not widely read and that lack any great influence can end up being classed as high-impact, claim researchers in California. The mistake occurs because citations are often just copied from the reference list of one paper to another. A largely unremarkable or unread paper can therefore end up becoming highly cited, the researchers suggest. "Simple mathematical probability, not genius, can explain why some papers are cited a lot more than others," says Vwani Roychowdhury, an electrical engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles. The assertion hinges on a previous analysis by Roychowdhury and his colleague Mikhail Simkin. Last year, they tracked identical errors in reference lists citing a seminal 1973 paper and concluded that almost 80% of authors had not read the paper in question before citing it (see Nature 420, 594; 2002). The pair have now built on that finding to generate a mathematical model to predict citation levels. They tested their prediction in an analysis of about 24,000 articles from the journal Physical Review D stored on SPIRES, a database of high-energy physics papers. The database sorts papers into six categories according to the number of citations that they receive those receiving 500 or more are classed as 'renowned'. Roychowdhury and Simkin's model closely matched the real distribution of citations. In results posted on the arXiv preprint server, they predicted that 40 papers would be cited 500 times or more. In reality, 44 articles in Physical Review D are renowned. "If people cite randomly, the citation distribution would be the same as in reality," says Roychowdhury. Given that citation patterns are similar in other sciences besides physics, the outcome of the model should be similar for biology or engineering papers, he argues. The idea is "fascinating, unorthodox and inspiring", says bibliometrics expert Anthony van Raan of Leiden University in the Netherlands. But although van Raan's research also suggests that copying is rife, he believes that citations levels generally reflect a paper's true impact. Researchers tend to copy references rationally, rather than randomly, and do so from papers that they have read, he says. Ben Martin, director of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, points out that the new model is important, even if it only partially reflects reality. "Citations are a surrogate for quality," he says. "Some departments look at these when making decisions in recruitment or tenure. Even if this is just a quirk, it's one that is worth airing." http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0305150 Happy reading warm regards Bukhari Librarian Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd Medchal, Hyderabad. email:- bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com quickinfo(a)rediffmail.com ___________________________________________________ Impress your clients! Send mail from me @ mycompany.com . Just Rs.1499/year. Click http://www.rediffmailpro.com to know more.

1 0

Article request...:
by Nirupama Bawdekar 22 May '03

22 May '03

Dear Colleagues, One of our scientists is in need of the following reference not available with us. Article by S. Molau entitled : The AKM Video Meteor Network, page 315-318. which has been published in: Meteoroids 2001 : Proceedings of an international conference, Kiruna, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden, August 6-10, 2001, European Space Agency- Special publication --------------------------------------------------------------------- edited by B. Warmbein. --------------------- I shall appreciate receiving a photocopy of the article. Please send the same on the following address: Mrs Nirupama Bawdekar S/T Officer-Library Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Post Bag No. 4, Ganeshkhind Pune 411 007 India Sincerely, Mrs Nirupama Bawdekar S/T Officer-C, Library

1 0

EinsteinEinsteinEinstein - Caltech Press Release
by Library 22 May '03

22 May '03

Dear everyone, This may interest you. Use updated versions of netscape or IE. Girija Srinivasan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:16:46 -0500 From: Robert Michaelson <rmichael(a)northwestern.edu> To: PAMnet Discussion List <slapam-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Subject: Re: FYI: EinsteinEinsteinEinstein - Caltech Press Release / AMNH Symposium Just as an update to Jane's message, the Einstein Archive online is now up at <http://www.alberteinstein.info/> and it is beautifully done. There is an article in today's NY Times: <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/20/science/20EINS.html?ex=1054430676&ei=1&en…>. Bob Michaelson Northwestern University Library Evanston, Illinois 60208 USA rmichael(a)northwestern.edu At 06:53 PM 5/14/2003 -0400, Jane E Holmquist wrote: >For Immediate Release >May 14, 2003 > >Einstein Archives to Be Available Online > >PASADENA, Calif. -More than 900 scientific and nonscientific >documents of one of the most influential intellects in the modern >era, Albert Einstein, will soon be available online for the first >time. > >The Einstein Archives Online website, at >http://www.alberteinstein.info, will also be accompanied by an >extensive database of archival information. It will be launched on >May 19 during a daylong symposium on his life and work, to be held at >the American Museum of Natural History in New York. > >The new website is the result of an ambitious cooperative effort >between the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of >Jerusalem and the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute >of Technology. It will enable access to some 3,000 high-quality >digitized images. Thirty-nine documents will also be provided (in PDF >format) as they appear in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, >published in German by Princeton University Press, with historical >and scientific annotations in English; some of the documents are >accompanied by English translations. > >An extensive archival database and finding aid will allow for the >direct searching and browsing of more than 40,000 records of Einstein >and Einstein-related documents. These concern his scientific and >nonscientific writings, his professional and personal correspondence, >notebooks, travel diaries, personal documents, and third-party items. > >The website was developed in collaboration with the Information >Technology and Photo-Reprography Departments of the Hebrew >University's Jewish National & University Library (JNUL), the David >and Fela Shapell Digitization Project at the JNUL, and with Princeton >University Press. The archival database will present records for all >items that have been edited and annotated by scholars, and that have >appeared since 1987 in The Collected Papers. These will include some >500 items that were not part of the original collection, but that >were uncovered during the past 25 years. The eight volumes that are >available so far contain Einstein's writings and correspondence from >his youth to age 40. They include his major papers on the theory of >special relativity, general relativity, the quantum theory of light >and matter, as well as a wealth of lesser-known contributions to many >aspects of science, education, international reconciliation, Zionism, >and pacifism. > >Einstein's personal papers were bequeathed to the Hebrew University >in his last will and testament of 1950. The Albert Einstein Archives >has been housed at the Hebrew University's JNUL since 1982. > >The Einstein Papers Project at Caltech is a multidisciplinary >research and editorial team engaged in the collection, selection, and >scholarly annotation of The Collected Papers, an edition of 25 >planned volumes of Einstein's writings and correspondence. > >The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was envisaged by its founders as a >"university of the Jewish people." Its foundation stone was laid in >1918, and its doors opened in 1925. Today, its student body totals >around 23,000 and its tenured academic faculty numbers 1,200. The >university is Israel's leading academic center for research and >postgraduate study. > >Founded in 1891, Caltech has an enrollment of some 2,000 students, >and a faculty of about 280 professorial members, 65 research members, >and some 560 postdoctoral scholars. Over the years, 30 Nobel Prizes >and four Crafoord Prizes have been awarded to faculty members and >alumni. > >The Jewish National & University Library is the central library of >the Hebrew University and the national library of the Jewish people >and the State of Israel. Founded in 1892 as a world center for the >preservation of books relating to Jewish thought and culture, it >assumed the additional functions of a general university library in >1920. > > >Contact: Mark Wheeler > (626) 395-8733 > wheel(a)caltech.edu > >Visit the Caltech Media Relations Website at http://pr.caltech.edu/media >

1 0