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Grants for International Training Programme on Information, 2007
by Shamprasad Pujar 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

Dear Members, STIUMULATE: International training programme for 2007 has been announced. Under this programme, total 12 participants from developing countries will receive full grants with return air-fair to attend this programme. The last date for applying the grants is: January 31, 2007. Interested members may apply for this programme. The details of the programme is available at: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate7/stimulate7-announcement.htm Regards, S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in

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Manpower Planning
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, I would like to know the details about manpower planning in Academic libraries (U G & PG) programmes asper UGC or AICTE If any body have details, kindly send us as earliast With regards Janardhana Rao A.N Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore-560054 Dear Professionals, I would like to know the details about manpower planning in Academic libraries (U G & PG) programmes asper UGC or AICTE If any body have details, kindly send us as earliast With regards Janardhana Rao A.N Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore-560054

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Citation/Reference Management Software
by rupesh kumar 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Sir, These links may be of some use to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software http://www.biblioscape.com/download.htm http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technic… http://refdb.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikindx/ (also http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/) Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. These links may be of some use to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software http://www.biblioscape.com/download.htm http://www.biblioscape.com/download.htm http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technic… http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technic… http://refdb.sourceforge.net/ http://refdb.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikindx/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikindx/ (also http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/ http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/ ) Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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Free full text access to New Scientist
by Maruthu Pandian 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Professionals This is to inform you all that Science Direct is offering free full text access to "NEW SCIENTIST" for 2 months (till December end) to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. New Scientist is the world's leading scientific current affairs magazine, Covering news, ideas and innovations from every field, New Scientist is essential weekly reading for people who want to know what's happening, why it's happening and what the effects will be. Every week 680,000 people consider it essential reading for the latest science and technology news from around the world. If you are intrigued by how advances in science and technology impact on everyday society and culture, then New Scientist is an indispensable read. Please go to http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02624079 to access the journal. Regards Maruthu Pandiyan, B Asst. Research Scientist, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, Bangalore.

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Need information about mental health organizations in West Bengalurgently
by Susmita Chakraborty 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues We are in the process of writing a research paper on the facilities and services available in the mental healthcare systems in West Bengal. If you come across any document, report, statistics, directory and profiles of mental health organizations in West Bengal, such as, mental healthcare centres, hospitals, counseling centres, day-care centres, NGOs, institutions, etc., kindly share with us. With warm regards Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Librarian Maharaja Manindra Chandra College 20, Ramakanta Bose Street Kolkata - 700003 Email: susmita3chakraborty(a)gmail.com, lalijyoti(a)gmail.com Telephone: 09830710918 Dear Colleagues We are in the process of writing a research paper on the facilities and services available in the mental healthcare systems in West Bengal. If you come across any document, report, statistics, directory and profiles of mental health organizations in West Bengal, such as, mental healthcare centres, hospitals, counseling centres, day-care centres, NGOs, institutions, etc., kindly share with us. With warm regards Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Librarian Maharaja Manindra Chandra College 20, Ramakanta Bose Street Kolkata - 700003 Email: mailto:susmita3chakraborty@gmail.com susmita3chakraborty(a)gmail.com , mailto:lalijyoti@gmail.com lalijyoti(a)gmail.com Telephone: 09830710918

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"Economy " by C.T. Kurien
by vimal kumar 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Friends, I would like to know the details about below mentioned book ( Publisher and distributor details) Economy: An introspective introduction By C.T. Kurien (Madras Institute of Development studies). If any body have details of this book, kindly give the details. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com  Dear Friends, I would like to know the details about below mentioned book ( Publisher and distributor details) Economy: An introspective introduction By C.T. Kurien ( Madras Institute of Development studies). If any body have details of this book, kindly give the details. � Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark� Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com

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INDIA'S FIRST LOCAL INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE LAUNCHED
by Farooque Shaheen 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

INDIA'S FIRST LOCAL INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE LAUNCHED Bangalore The Economic Times |The Hindu Business Line www.guruji.com, founded by two Delhi IIT graduates, on Thursday launched country's first local Internet search engine. Aimed at the Indian web consumer, Guruji.com is focussed on providing better search results by leveraging proprietary algorithms and data in the Indian context, its Co-Founder and CEO Anurag Dod said. Crawl technology used by Guruji.com is a complex computing system that crawls the web identifying Indian content using sophisticated algorithms. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2160055.cms Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 INDIA'S FIRST LOCAL INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE LAUNCHED Bangalore The Economic Times |The Hindu Business Line www.guruji.com, founded by two Delhi IIT graduates, on Thursday launched country's first local Internet search engine. Aimed at the Indian web consumer, Guruji.com is focussed on providing better search results by leveraging proprietary algorithms and data in the Indian context, its Co-Founder and CEO Anurag Dod said. Crawl technology used by Guruji.com is a complex computing system that crawls the web identifying Indian content using sophisticated algorithms. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2160055.cms Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Announcing the creation of the International Information Literacy Resources Directory
by Susmita Chakraborty 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

********************Please excuse duplicate listings******************************************** *Announcing the creation of the International Information Literacy Resources Directory, www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco *, Have you developed information literacy resources, created a course, developed standards or assessment tools or written a thesis on the subject? Would you like to give international visibility to your information literacy work? Then, we invite your to participate in an exciting new web directory, the International Information Literacy Resources Directory. This web repository has been designed by the Information Literacy Section of IFLA in a UNESCO-funded project. The aim of the directory is to enable sharing of information literacy experiences around the world. Access to the database is free to anyone. Visit the website www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco, and contribute entries for the resources that you have found most useful in your own information literacy endeavors. It is your participation that will enrich this website so that it can serve as a global clearinghouse for Information Literacy resources. You can begin submitting your records immediately. Please, help us to promote this project by sharing this message with relevant listservs and colleagues. Jesus Lau General Project Coordinator Chair, Information Literacy Section / IFLA Director, Universidad Veracruzana, USBI VER Library Veracruz, Mexico ********************Please excuse duplicate listings******************************************** Announcing the creation of the International Information Literacy Resources Directory , http://www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco , Have you developed information literacy resources, created a course, developed standards or assessment tools or written a thesis on the subject? Would you like to give international visibility to your information literacy work? Then, we invite your to participate in an exciting new web directory, the International Information Literacy Resources Directory. This web repository has been designed by the Information Literacy Section of IFLA in a UNESCO-funded project. The aim of the directory is to enable sharing of information literacy experiences around the world. Access to the database is free to anyone. Visit the website http://www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco , and contribute entries for the resources that you have found most useful in your own information literacy endeavors. It is your participation that will enrich this website so that it can serve as a global clearinghouse for Information Literacy resources. You can begin submitting your records immediately. Please, help us to promote this project by sharing this message with relevant listservs and colleagues. Jesus Lau General Project Coordinator Chair, Information Literacy Section / IFLA Director, Universidad Veracruzana, USBI VER Library Veracruz, Mexico

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Free Access to more than 100 Springer Computer Science Journals and 35 LNCS Books
by girish kumar 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Members, Springer providing Free Access the entire contents of more than 100 computer science journal until the end of November. To access the journals you visit and follow the following instructions. Log in at: www.springer.com/readingroom SpringerToken: 2Q6x5N4GGPZbnp3 N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Springer providing Free Access the entire contents of more than 100 computer science journal until the end of November. To access the journals you visit and follow the following instructions. Log in at: www.springer.com/readingroom SpringerToken: 2Q6x5N4GGPZbnp3 N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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US DEVELOPS SOFTWARE THAT COULD TRACK GLOBAL PRESS
by Farooque Shaheen 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

US DEVELOPS SOFTWARE THAT COULD TRACK GLOBAL PRESS Washington, DNA The US Department of Homeland Security plans to develop software that analyses and summarises opinions expressed in articles, providing a possible tool for better monitoring what is written about the United States in the global press. The department says it will spend 2.4 million dollars over the next three years supporting research at three US universities using computer science to analyze human language in texts. "The work is really designed to get information extraction that would help the DHS review statements for sentiments or beliefs contained in statements, and to provide intelligence analysts within DHS," said Homeland Security spokesperson Christophe Kelly. Kelly said the software would offer the department staff "another resource to conduct their work" -- even though the project has raised eyebrows among press freedom advocates. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1057937 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 US DEVELOPS SOFTWARE THAT COULD TRACK GLOBAL PRESS Washington, DNA The US Department of Homeland Security plans to develop software that analyses and summarises opinions expressed in articles, providing a possible tool for better monitoring what is written about the United States in the global press. The department says it will spend 2.4 million dollars over the next three years supporting research at three US universities using computer science to analyze human language in texts. "The work is really designed to get information extraction that would help the DHS review statements for sentiments or beliefs contained in statements, and to provide intelligence analysts within DHS," said Homeland Security spokesperson Christophe Kelly. Kelly said the software would offer the department staff "another resource to conduct their work" -- even though the project has raised eyebrows among press freedom advocates. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1057937 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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ISO standards for Library Building
by nbar＠iitg.ernet.in 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear All, I would like to know whether there are any ISO Standards on library building and how can I find them. With Regards Niraj barua Central Library IIT-Guwahati ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent from IIT Guwahati Webmail. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated. http://www.iitg.ernet.in

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Final call for registration: Workshop on Digital Libraries
by N Deepa 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Workshop on Digital Libraries, New Delhi 31 October ? 3 November 2006 The Workshop on Digital Libraries is being organized by TERI with support from Technology Information Facilitation Programme of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop Objectives: · Familiarize participants with the concepts of digital library and institutional repository · Facilitate understanding of digitization and practical knowledge on the digitization process · Offer hands-on experience to develop digital libraries and use of open-source software such as DSpace and GSDL (Greenstone Digital Library) · Help participants develop practical skills in the installation of open source software for creation and implementation of digital libraries Programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: · Issues and challenges of developing digital libraries · Role of institutional repositories in open access movement · Understanding the digitization process: scanning, OCR (optical character recognition), and conversion · DSpace: overview, installation, and administration · GSDL: overview, installation, and administration · Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL · Dublin Core metadata standards · OAI?PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have an interest or are involved in setting up digital repositories in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 4000/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% discount. Please note that registration closes on 25 October 2006. Registration can be done online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop . Alternatively, please download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop on Digital Libraries, New Delhi 31 October – 3 November 2006 The Workshop on Digital Libraries is being organized by TERI with support from Technology Information Facilitation Programme of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop Objectives: · Familiarize participants with the concepts of digital library and institutional repository · Facilitate understanding of digitization and practical knowledge on the digitization process · Offer hands-on experience to develop digital libraries and use of open-source software such as DSpace and GSDL (Greenstone Digital Library) · Help participants develop practical skills in the installation of open source software for creation and implementation of digital libraries Programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: · Issues and challenges of developing digital libraries · Role of institutional repositories in open access movement · Understanding the digitization process: scanning, OCR (optical character recognition), and conversion · DSpace: overview, installation, and administration · GSDL: overview, installation, and administration · Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL · Dublin Core metadata standards · OAI–PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have an interest or are involved in setting up digital repositories in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 4000/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% discount. Please note that registration closes on 25 October 2006. Registration can be done online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop . Alternatively, please download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library—South Asia’s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop

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Web-based citation/bibliographic manager
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear Members: Is there any web-based citation/bibliographic manager (free)? I have already seen such a website in one of the LIS Forum mails. Kindly inform me if anyone knowing the website. Thanks S.Gunasekaran CECRI, Karaikudi Dear Members: Is there any web-based citation/bibliographic manager (free)? I have already seen such a website in one of the LIS Forum mails. Kindly inform me if anyone knowing the website. Thanks S.Gunasekaran CECRI, Karaikudi http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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EPrints User Group meeting : Call for Presentations
by Mailing List Manager 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:48:30 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> > You are invited to participate in an EPrints User > Group meeting at > the Open Repositories conference (San Antonio, > January 2007) at which > EPrints v3.0 will be formally launched. A wide range > of potential > themes and topics (technical and managerial) is > suggested below. > Proposals for presntations, panels and discussions > are invited for > submission by ** Monday, November 13 **. > > For full details, including submission instructions, > see http:// > www.openrepositories.org/call/eprints > --- > Les Carr >

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SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD
by Mailing List Manager 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:35:26 +0100 From: "Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL)" <P.Muralidharan(a)elsevier.com> Dear Librarian/Information Scientist, Recognizing India's contribution to world science, ScopusTM has instituted the SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD to recognize and reward the Indian researcher's talent, knowledge and expertise. This award will be given away in eight major scientific disciplines : Biological Sciences :Chemistry :Earth & Oceanographic Sciences : Engineering : Mathematics : Medicine : Physics :Social Sciences We are extremely happy to be inviting nominations from your institution to be considered for this award. The award carries a plaque and a cash award of at least Rs. 50,000. The criteria for award selection are as follows: * Must be an Indian citizen and not be over 40 years of age as of 31.12.2006 * No. of Papers published in peer-reviewed (Indian & foreign) journals will only be considered * No. of Citations received * No. of Patents filed The selection committee will consist of subject experts in the eight areas. The application forms can be downloaded from <http://asia.elsevier.com/htmlmailings/india.doc> http://asia.elsevier.com/htmlmailings/india.doc and the last date for recieving nominations is 10th November, 2006. Please do circulate this information to your faculty/researchers to enable them send in their applications. More information about Scopus can be had from <http://www.scopus.com/> www.scopus.com Further information can be had from Padma Muralidharan, Account Development Manager, Elsevier India (Science & Technology) at <mailto:p.muralidharan@elsevier.com> p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com Ph : +91-11-42890202; +91-9810739993 Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Account Development Manager Elsevier India (Science & Technology) 274, Capt Gaur Marg Sriniwaspuri New Delhi - 110 065 Ph : 011-42890202; 9810739993

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Implications of mass digitization
by Mailing List Manager 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:39:59 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is a 24-page report on the implications of mass digitization of librar= y holdings as is being promoted by Open Content Alliance and Google. =0D http://www.nclis.gov/digitization/MassDigitizationSymposium-Report.pdf=0D I thought you might be interested to read it. =0D Regards.=0D Arun=0D

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[Call for Papers] KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC)
by Saurabh Kudesia 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Hello, Here is your chance to submit articles for peer review and publication in the coming editions of the KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC). Short columns, letters, reviews (book/product/technology),short technical releases, and study abstracts are also welcome. Articles are accepted on the basis that they will make a lasting contribution to the technical literature. About KnowGenesis IJTC ---------------------- KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines under Technical Communication. KnowGenesis is proud to have authors listed from prestigious institutes like NISCAIR, University of Mississippi, University of Calcutta, STC IIT, IIIT, TIFR, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, National Informatics Centre (India), Lenta (Russia), Chabot-Las (California), Washington State Department of Information Services, GE Research and STC Chapters, to name a few. Focus and Scope -------------------- KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication publishes both refereed papers and working papers. KnowGenesis invites submissions of high quality papers on all areas of technical communication, including but not limited to the areas listed below. - Agenda setting in communication - Ancient documentation practices - Automation techniques in documentation - Collaborative writing - Communication history - Communication psychology - Convergence - Curriculum design - Documentation practices - Documentation strategies - Effect of information design decisions - Engineering writing - Ethics of business communication - Eye-tracking, qualitative data analysis tools and other technologies as usability research tools - Fuzzy logic, neural networks, Fractals and chaos - Information and communication technology for development - Information and technology management - Information ethics, principles and policies - Information science - Information systems - Instructional designing - Intelligent interfaces - International communication - Internet based research - Knowledge base architecture - Knowledge-based systems, genetic algorithms - Managerial communication - Medical documentation - Open source initiatives - Qualitative data analysis - Rapid prototyping in documentation practices - Single sourcing mechanism - Technical communication - Technical writing pedagogy - Visual communication How to Submit? -------------- Submission can be done anytime using the online submission system available at (http://www.knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=about&op=submissions). You can also send your contribution for consideration directly to the IJTC editorial team at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org. Submission Preparation Checklist -------------------------------- - The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). - The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. - All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click. - All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. KnowGenesis IJTC in News ------------------------ KnowGenesis IJTC became the first Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. UNESCO and Digital Curation Centre (DCC) UK have also included KnowGenesis IJTC in their list of International journals. Recently, KnowGenesis IJTC was reviewed by none other than Dr. Taher, Information Researcher, Canada (visit http://mtindias.blogspot.com/2006/06/new-e-journal-knowgenesis.html) Previous Issues --------------- Previous issues of the Journal are available at http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=issue&op=archive and at http://www.knowgenesis.org/tc. One time FREE is required to access the Journal content online. Please note that you cannot use your KnowGenesis Online library (www.knowgenesis.org/tc) credentials for getting access to the Journal site. For FREE registration to the Journal, visit http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=user&op=register or send the request to editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org or admin(a)knowgenesis.org. More Information ---------------- For more information on KnowGenesis Journal, visit www.knowgenesis.net/journal or mail us at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org with your queries. Volunteering for IJTC --------------------- Interested in volunteering for KnowGenesis? We are always looking for volunteers to support our activities. If you think that you have the right blend of enthusiasm, talent and approach, write to us at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org along with your profile, for consideration. We are looking forward for your active participation in adding more values to the KnowGenesis IJTC. -- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org www.knowgenesis.net/journal

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Fwd: Promoting reading habits- Suggestions required
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

K Prasanna M-A16694 <A16694(a)motorola.com> wrote: Hi Amar & others, What has worked for us at Motorola are: Information Fair: We have two day book fairs twice a year. During the two days, we also have InfoTalks - a few in the morning, afternoon & evening each. Each InfoTalk(technical or general) is an introduction to a concept ot forum or resource- technology; tool; a website; an investment idea; a hobby...in 10 to 15 minutes. Each speaker gets a token momento. There is also a Library Quiz about those topics or the Library or Books, where winners get token prizes. One or the other would be interesting to most users. Book Club: Is a monthly hobby club, actually. Each month we had a theme- Music; Poetry; Linux; Photography; Gardening. It is calenderized and held in the Board Room. There are presentations; audiovisuals; discussions; all over the premises. Lessons learnt- the event has to be focussed. It has to be approached in all possible ways- means of presentation. It should be attractive and inviting. It is teamwork- not just library effort. One needs to know the users as people & network with them. Don't leave out anyone (it may sound as if one is pestering busy guys...no problem. They'll thank you after the event) Plenty of publicity- through Managers of each team; Library Committtee Members; other committees Best Regards, Prasanna Information Officer Motorola Plot No. 12 HiTech Layout Madhapur, Hyderabad Tel: 40- 2347 1335 --------------------------------- Recent Activity 4 New Members Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Professional employer organization Professional keynote speaker Professional home inspection Professional services automation Professional answering services Yahoo! 360° Start Now Your place online Share with friends Yahoo! Photos Upload & Order Same-day pickup at Target Y! 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During the two days, we also have InfoTalks - a few in the morning, afternoon & evening each. Each InfoTalk(technical or general) is an introduction to a concept ot forum or resource- technology; tool; a website; an investment idea; a hobby...in 10 to 15 minutes. Each speaker gets a token momento. There is also a Library Quiz about those topics or the Library or Books, where winners get token prizes. One or the other would be interesting to most users. Book Club: Is a monthly hobby club, actually. Each month we had a theme- Music; Poetry; Linux; Photography; Gardening. It is calenderized and held in the Board Room. There are presentations; audiovisuals; discussions; all over the premises. Lessons learnt- the event has to be focussed. It has to be approached in all possible ways- means of presentation. It should be attractive and inviting. It is teamwork- not just library effort. One needs to know the users as people & network with them. 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DSpace and its supporting files in one Download
by swaroop s 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear Library Professionals, I am hereby sending this URL for downloading a single zip file which contains all the supporting files of DSpace. So download and even foreward this to all your friends... http://rapidshare.de/files/36336032/Dspace_and_its_appended_Softwares.zip With Regards, Swaroop.S Library Asst(e-Library) SDM-IMD Mysore Karnataka INDIA http://swaroops1.googlepages.com Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keep u Strong, Sorrow keeps u Human, Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u Glowing, But only God Keeps u Going..... Keep Going..... Dear Library Professionals, I am hereby sending this URL for downloading a single zip file which contains all the supporting files of DSpace. So download and even foreward this to all your friends... http://rapidshare.de/files/36336032/Dspace_and_its_appended_Softwares.zip With Regards, Swaroop.S Library Asst(e-Library) SDM-IMD Mysore Karnataka INDIA http://swaroops1.googlepages.com Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keep u Strong, Sorrow keeps u Human, Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u Glowing, But only God Keeps u Going..... Keep Going..... http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Workshop on Total Quality Management
by Gowri Ravindranth 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear Friends: Workshop on Total Quality Management 18-11-2006 Organizers Madras Library Association (MALA) & Madras Library Association Kalpakkam Chapter (MALA-KC) @ Anupuram Convention Centre DAE Township , Anupuram - 603109 Quality is everybodys business The most significant development in India s information environment in the last decade is the realization that in order even to merely survive in todays cost conscious customer driven world, all business strategies and proc-esses have to be built around what the customer really wants. Unfortunately, quality which at various levels and in various contexts has assumed different shades and nu-ances, has really not been understood, assimilated and internalized at the front end of any enterprise. Quality continues to be a buzzword which is bandied around at seminars and conferences, a status symbol used by Chief Executives of companies, or a distinguishing mark proudly displayed on stationary and signages. So has been with the so called Quality revolution. While the number of compa-nies in sectors ranging from manufacturing to support services, who have acquired the prestigious ISO9000 certi-fication has increased exponentially over the years, the trickling down of quality consciousness to the worker at the shop floor, the salesman in the market place, or the receptionist at the front office has really not taken place. The significance of Quality Management in the knowledge industry needs particular attention. MALA intends to de-mystify the concepts of Total Quality Management and arouse the confidence amongst entry and mid level execu-tives in general and the library professionals in particular, that he os she can play a crucial role in the management of total quality of his/her enterprise. Scope and Objective The proposed one day workshop envisages providing the target group with the necessary background to the evolution and emergence of Total Quality Management (TQM). The beneficiaries of the programme are likely to be but not restricted to Library and Information professionals at entry and mid level positions who have always been curious but too shy to ask about the determinants of Total Quality Management and its effect on not only their day to day professional life, but their future careers as well. Workshop Content and Conduct The following modules will be discussed and deliberated in the context of Library & Information environment in the changing scenario: 1. Leadership and organizational culture 2. Resource Management 3. Management of support services 4. Application of tools and techniques 5. Key speakers initiate discussion on each of the above modules followed by interaction, Participative case studies and simulations. Workshop Expertise Commodore S. Shekar , Managing Director, Sanjeevini Human Resource Institute, Chennai Workshop Fee Those interested are invited to register for the workshop onor before on payment of Rs.300/-(Members) and Rs.500/( Non-Members) by DD or local cheque drawan in favour ofMadras Library Association, Chennai. The duly filled & completed registration Form shall be forwarded to the under mentioned address on or before 4-11-2006 Dr. G. Krishnamurthy (Treasurer, MALA) No.15, Nehru Nagar, 3 rd Main Road Adyar, Chennai 600 020 Workshop Coordinators: Mr. Somasekharan President MALA, Kalpakkam Chapter Head, Scientific Information Resource Division Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam 603 102, Phone 044 27480281 Fax 044 2748009 e-mail: mailto:soma@igcar.gov.in soma(a)igcar.gov.in & Prof A. Amudhavalli President Madras Library Association mailto:amudha75@yahoomail.com amudha75(a)yahoomail.com È9443952474 Workshop Contact: Ms. L. Gowri- Secretary, MALA 304, Sylvan Castle , 13, Nerkundrum Main Rd. Chinmya Nagar, Chennai 600 092 Phone: 2477 0056 / 9382338822 e-mail:madraslibraryassociation@gmail.com Transportation: Free transporation will be provided from the University of Madras , Guindy Campus Library to the venue and back. The vehicle will leave the Guindy Campus Library by 8.00 a.m. on November 18 th , 2006 Workshop Websites: http://www.malakc.org/ http://www.malakc.org http://www.accel-india.com/mala/0700.htm http://www.accel-india.com/mala/0700.htm Introduction Workshop on Total Quality Management (November 18, 2006) Registration Form Name:__________________________________________ Designation:_____________________________________ Parent Body:____________________________________ Contact Details: Address:_______________________________________ Pin Code:______________________________________ Phone:________________________________________ E-mail:________________________________________ Payment Details: Amount:_______________________________________ DD/Cheque No.:_________________________________ Bank Name & Branch: ____________________________ Date: Signature Please Note: The Registration closes on 4 th November 2006. Need be; photocopy this form for multiple applications. Looking forward to your participation Best, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Call for papers for the theme issue of the Online Information Review
by Jagtar Singh 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

*CALL FOR PAPERS* *Online Information Security** * *Call for Papers*** *Online Information Review* *<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/oir.jsp>* * * *About Online Information Review (OIR)* *Online Information Review* is a refereed journal devoted to research in the broad field of online information, including both transactional and transformational aspects, in the academic, corporate, scientific and commercial contexts. It addresses issues related to online resources, systems and services, information quality, content and software evaluation, with a primary focus on online and digital information creation, storage, retrieval and applications. Coverage is intentionally international, with contributions from both developed and developing countries. *About the special issue* *Online Information Review* invites the submission of articles that address aspects of the theme, "Online Information Security". In recent times there has been considerable popular interest in such issues as identity theft, denial of service attacks, and worms that thrive on the anonymity of the Internet. Behind these more dramatic issues lies considerable research activity, and it is this work that *OIR* seeks to bring to the fore. Accordingly, this issue of OIR seeks original research and critical thinking that provides a basis for understanding the dangers of and possible solutions to online information security across the spectrum of online activity. Although all perspectives are welcome, papers that offer strong theoretical foundations and empirical focus will be preferred. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, Online shopping security Secure online banking transactions Personal security in the online environment Online trust Maintaining digital document integrity The world of hacking Controlling viruses and worms Online lures and scams Scam Websites for stealing personal information New information security threats Submission information All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed. Author guidelines for prospective contributors are available at <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/notes.jsp>. Papers will be reviewed in accordance with *OIR* guidelines. Papers will be reviewed within two weeks of the submission deadline, and all authors informed of decisions within a month of the submission deadline. The accepted papers will be published in *Online Information Review* Vol 31, No 4 (July-August 2007) * *Authors should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript as a Word file to the Editor, Professor G E Gorman, via e-mail attachment: gary.gorman(a)vuw.ac.nz* * Submission deadline: 1 April 2007 * Acceptance decision: 1 May 2007 * Date of publication: July-August 2007 Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) CALL FOR PAPERS Online Information Security Call for Papers Online Information Review < http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/oir.jsp http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/oir.jsp > About Online Information Review (OIR) Online Information Review is a refereed journal devoted to research in the broad field of online information, including both transactional and transformational aspects, in the academic, corporate, scientific and commercial contexts. It addresses issues related to online resources, systems and services, information quality, content and software evaluation, with a primary focus on online and digital information creation, storage, retrieval and applications. Coverage is intentionally international, with contributions from both developed and developing countries. About the special issue Online Information Review invites the submission of articles that address aspects of the theme, "Online Information Security". In recent times there has been considerable popular interest in such issues as identity theft, denial of service attacks, and worms that thrive on the anonymity of the Internet. Behind these more dramatic issues lies considerable research activity, and it is this work that OIR seeks to bring to the fore. Accordingly, this issue of OIR seeks original research and critical thinking that provides a basis for understanding the dangers of and possible solutions to online information security across the spectrum of online activity. Although all perspectives are welcome, papers that offer strong theoretical foundations and empirical focus will be preferred. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, Online shopping security Secure online banking transactions Personal security in the online environment Online trust Maintaining digital document integrity The world of hacking Controlling viruses and worms Online lures and scams Scam Websites for stealing personal information New information security threats Submission information All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed. Author guidelines for prospective contributors are available at < http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/notes.jsp http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/oir/notes.jsp >. Papers will be reviewed in accordance with OIR guidelines. Papers will be reviewed within two weeks of the submission deadline, and all authors informed of decisions within a month of the submission deadline. The accepted papers will be published in Online Information Review Vol 31, No 4 (July-August 2007) * Authors should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript as a Word file to the Editor, Professor G E Gorman, via e-mail attachment: mailto:gary.gorman@vuw.ac.nz gary.gorman(a)vuw.ac.nz * Submission deadline: 1 April 2007 * Acceptance decision: 1 May 2007 * Date of publication: July-August 2007 Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India)

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Springer collabrated with Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore (fwd)
by Library 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear Dr Singhal, Ms Girija of RRI forwarded to me a copy of your e-mail. This is to clarify that the journals of the Academy will continue to have free and unrestricted access worldwide through its server. SpringerLink will also have free access to many countries in the developing world. Regards, G. Madhavan Executive Secretary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Library wrote: > Forwarded by girija > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 > C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 > Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:58:12 +0530 > From: madhuresh.singhal <madhuresh.singhal(a)advinus.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr, > nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Springer collabrated with Indian Academy of Science, > Bangalore > > > Springer signs cooperation agreement with Indian Academy of Sciences > > SpringerLink soon to include renowned Indian publications. Springer has signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with the prestigious Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore (IAS). From January 2007, Springer will publish, jointly with the IAS, their ten renowned journals and will provide access to their content worldwide in an online full-text database on SpringerLink, the publisher's electronic platform. Springer will also distribute the print version of the journals outside of India. The agreement follows Springer's moves in China, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in 2005 to bring high-quality, non-Western scientific information to the global research community. > > Please click here to read the complete news article, > http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21430 > > Definitely this agreement will provide greater visibility internationally and promote the global dissemination of scientific work published in India. Presently, journals published by the Indian Academy of Sciences are "OPEN ACCESS". The concern is will it remain "OPEN ACCESS" while implementing this cooperation agreement with Springer? There is no clue about this in the press release. > > > Regards > Madhuresh Singhal > Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. > Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. > 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 > Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 > E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com > http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ====================================================================== Indian Academy of Sciences Telephone : (080) 2361 4592 extn. 201 C.V. Raman Avenue Telephone : (080) 2341 7960 (Residence) Post Box No. 8005 Fax : (080) 2361 6094 Sadashivanagar Mobile : 98440 79282 Bangalore 560 080 Email : madhavan(a)ias.ernet.in Website : http://www.ias.ac.in =====================================================================

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Fwd: EPrints User Group meeting (OR07): Call for Presentations
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

> You are invited to participate in an EPrints User > Group meeting at > the Open Repositories conference (San Antonio, > January 2007) at which > EPrints v3.0 will be formally launched. A wide range > of potential > themes and topics (technical and managerial) is > suggested below. > Proposals for presntations, panels and discussions > are invited for > submission by ** Monday, November 13 **. > > For full details, including submission instructions, > see http:// > www.openrepositories.org/call/eprints > --- > Les Carr > > EPrints has a reputation for ease of building a > repository, whilst > maintaining enough flexibility to be adaptable to > many different > requirements Äî scientific data repositories, image > collections, > teaching and learning repositories as well as Open > Access peer- > reviewed research publications. These isues are > reflected in the > themes that we suggest covering: > > Embedding EPrints within an Institution > - Interoperability between EPrints and Other Systems > - Portals > - Management Information Systems > - Research Assessment Procedures > - Realistic Costings: how many people does it take > to run an EPrints > repository? > - Policy Development and Enforcment > > Marketing Your Organisation and Its Research > - Branding Your Repository > - Tracking Article Usage (e.g. Google Analytics) > - Co-ordinating Deposits with Press Releases > > Practical Experiences and War Stories > - Content Growth: how to stimulate regular deposits > - Gaining Support from Faculty and Senior Management > - Mandates and Recommendations: what works where? > - Best Practice and Otherwise > - Repository Management > - Optimizing Workflows > - Versioning > - Keeping Data and Metadata Fresh and Relevant > - Implementing Achievable Preservation Policies > - Technical Solutions for De-duplication, Metadata > Improvement and > other Information Updates > > Critical Success Factors: what makes a good > repository > - Diversifying your EPrints Repository > - Extending the EPrints biodiversity: image > collections, theses, data > collections, e-portfolios, teaching/learning > collections > - Managing diversification > > Technical Issues and Enhancements > - Web 2.0: Social Tagging and Social Networking? > - Better User Interfaces and Improved User > Experience > - Repository Architectures > - Your Improvements and Your Wish List for future > features > - NB: EPrints Version 3 will be launched on the > second day of the > workshop. > > The above themes are not exhaustive - presentations > on other issues > relevant to EPrints users are welcomed > ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Sad demise of Prof.Pangannaya
by d.v. patwardhan 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I was shocked and felt sorry to learn that Prof. Pangannaya expired on 1-10-2006. He was an eminent librarian at Poornaprajna college when I was a student there (1967-69).He was my affectionate teacher in Univ.of mysore in 1971-72. Prof.Pangannaya was a teacher of par excellence, a good dramatist & yakshagana artist. He has efficiently managed his role in K.S.O.S. He was humane in nature and treated his students equally.Prof.Pangannaya's death is a great loss to our Profession. May his soul rest in peace. d.v.patwardhan Librarian Global Academy of Technology, bangalore-560098 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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You are invited
by Gowri Ravindranth 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Connemara Public Library (CPL) Cordially invite you to a talk by Mr. S. Muthiah Author and Editor on The Early Libraries of Madras at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Venue: The Connemara Public Library Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008 The Programme 5.30 p.m. Tea 5.55 p.m. Welcome - Prof. A. Amudhavalli, President, MALA 6.00 p.m. Thematic Address Mr. S. Muthiah 6.40 p.m. Interaction 6.55 p.m. Vote of Thanks Mr. N. Avadaiappan, Director, Connemara Public Library, Chennai ________________________________________________ S. Muthiah Mr. Muthiah worked as Foreign News Editor and Features Editor of The Times of Ceylon , besides being in charge of the Sunday Times , the Groups magazine publications and The Times of Ceylon Annual . Represented in Ceylon , the London News Chronicle , the London Daily Mail, The Observer , London . He was in charge of TT Maps & Publications Ltd, Chennai. Retired as President of the Company in October 1990, but continued as President Emeritus till 2005. Taught Journalism and Print Production (1972-1997) at the Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Madras (for Government-recognised diplomas), Anna Technological University and the University of Madras . An office-bearer of the Madras Printers and Lithographers Association, the All India Federation of Master Printers, the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India, the Federation of Indian Publishers, the Indian Geography Association, the Indian National Cartographic Association and the Public Relations Society of India (Tamil Nadu Chapter), he is also a Co-convener of INTACH Tamil Nadu Chapter. Awarded in March 2002, the MBE by the Queen of England for work on Heritage and Environment Conservation in Madras . Authored 18 books with historical backgrounds mainly on Madras . Mr. Muthiah works as an Information Consultant and freelance editor for various institutions and publishers through his editorial consultancy service, Madras Editorial Services. Since 1991, have edited Madras Musings , a city fortnightly concerned with the Citys heritage and environment. Besides an active member of the Madras Book Club, he is a regular columnist with The Hindu, Madras , writes mainly on the Citys heritage, particularly of people from the past. _______________________________________ Looking forward to see you on the 18th With regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Promoting reading habits- Suggestions required
by amar mane 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear All, To promote reading habits, I'm/ Faculty suggesting users (who are not using regularly)some interesting & good books/ Non book materials, asking them to write book/ chapter reviews & displaying them on our E-news letter, notice boards, Giving incentives to best users, doing surveys etc. Faculty too giving them assignments etc. But the results are not not upto the expectations. I need ur valuable inputs to enhance the same. Thanks & regards, Amar Mane Librarian Russell Square International College, Gulmohar Cross Road No.9, J. V. P. D., Juhu, Mumbai-400049, India Tel : 91-22- 26241670 Fax: 91-22-26237263 --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear All, To promote reading habits, I'm/ Faculty suggesting users (who are not using regularly)some interesting & good books/ Non book materials, asking them to write book/ chapter reviews & displaying them on our E-news letter, notice boards, Giving incentives to best users, doing surveys etc. Faculty too giving them assignments etc. But the results are not not upto the expectations. I need ur valuable inputs to enhance the same. Thanks & regards, Amar Mane Librarian Russell Square International College, Gulmohar Cross Road No.9, J. V. P. D., Juhu, Mumbai-400049, India Tel : 91-22- 26241670 Fax: 91-22-26237263 Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Article Requires
by narayan ghosh 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

I need the following article: "Lipid peroxidation in human spermatazoa as related to midpiece abnormalities and mobility" - published in Gamete Research, 1989;Oct 1. Vol-24, Issue - 2: 127-134. Helps in this regard would be highly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation. Narayan C Ghosh Head Library & Documentation Division Indian Institute of Chemical Biology CSIR, Govt. of India 4, Raja Subodh Mullick Road, Kolkata - 700032 Phone: (033)2473-3491/3493 E-mail: librarian(a)iicb.res.in ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Springer collabrated with Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore
by madhuresh.singhal 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Springer signs cooperation agreement with Indian Academy of Sciences SpringerLink soon to include renowned Indian publications. Springer has signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with the prestigious Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore (IAS). From January 2007, Springer will publish, jointly with the IAS, their ten renowned journals and will provide access to their content worldwide in an online full-text database on SpringerLink, the publisher's electronic platform. Springer will also distribute the print version of the journals outside of India. The agreement follows Springer's moves in China, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in 2005 to bring high-quality, non-Western scientific information to the global research community. Please click here to read the complete news article, http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21430 Definitely this agreement will provide greater visibility internationally and promote the global dissemination of scientific work published in India. Presently, journals published by the Indian Academy of Sciences are "OPEN ACCESS". The concern is will it remain "OPEN ACCESS" while implementing this cooperation agreement with Springer? There is no clue about this in the press release. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ Springer signs cooperation agreement with Indian Academy of Sciences SpringerLink soon to include renowned Indian publications. Springer has signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with the prestigious Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore (IAS). From January 2007, Springer will publish, jointly with the IAS, their ten renowned journals and will provide access to their content worldwide in an online full-text database on SpringerLink, the publisher’s electronic platform. Springer will also distribute the print version of the journals outside of India. The agreement follows Springer’s moves in China, Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in 2005 to bring high-quality, non-Western scientific information to the global research community. Please click here to read the complete news article, /exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21430 http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21430 Definitely this agreement will provide greater visibility internationally and promote the global dissemination of scientific work published in India. Presently, journals published by the Indian Academy of Sciences are "OPEN ACCESS". The concern is will it remain "OPEN ACCESS" while implementing this cooperation agreement with Springer? There is no clue about this in the press release. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com /exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************

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Re: [LIS-Foru]Urgrent : State Library act query. (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear Members: The following response from Mr. Mohanty was received when the discusson thread related to State Library act query was raised. But, before it could be circulated, it was accidentaly deleted from the message buffer. The same message is being circulated now FYI. Thanks for your cooperation and sorry for the delay. - Moderator ----------- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:37:31 +0530 From: Basudev Mohanty <basudev_mohanty(a)infosys.com> FYI -------------- Hi, ORISSA (2001)has been missed out from the list. Thanks & Regards! Basudev Education and Research Library Infosys Technologies Limited, Bhubaneswar Board: (91)-(0674)- 2320032 Extn:42510; VOIP-87126 We enable you to leverage knowledge anytime, anywhere! -----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, September 27, 2006 2:58 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: [LIS-Foru]Urgrent : State Library act query. Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:57:29 +0100 (BST) From: latha krishnaprasad <lkp7405(a)yahoo.co.in> Hello Sir Following states have enacted Public library act: 1.Tamil Nadu (1948) 2.Andhra Pradesh (1960) 3.Karnataka (1965) 4.Maharashtra (1967) 5.West Bengal (1979) 6.Manipur (1988) 7.Kerala (1989) 8.Haryana (1989) 9.Goa (1993) 10.Mizoram (1993) With warm regards Latha Krishnaprasad Librarian SBM Jain College,SGS Bangalore.

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Workshop on DSpace and GSDL
by Arunachalam Hariharan 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, SALIS Madurai Chapter Organising a two day Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL at Madurai. The details of the workshop is given below. A.Hariharan SALIS ---------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL Jointly organised by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science(SALIS), Madurai Chapter & Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai Date: 27-28 Oct 2006. Venue: Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai Objectives The objective of the workshop is to provide ï§ Overview of the Metadata Standards ï§ Overview of the Open Archives Initiatives ï§ A first hand knowledge of the GSDL and DSpace ï§ Training in building digital library collection using DSpace and GSDL ï§ Training to build Institutional Repositories Coverage Digital Library, Digitization and OCR, Metadata Standards, Dublin Core, Overview of Open Access Archives and OAI-PMH, Over view of GSDL and DSpace (on windows), installation, configuration, collection building and Institutional Repositories/Archives Methodology Lectures, Presentation, Demonstration, Hands on Experience Resource Persons The workshop will be conducted by experts in the field. Target Participants: Practising Librarians and Information professionals. Registration Fee Non-Members Rs. 425 SALIS members Rs. 375 Students Rs. 250 The registration fee includes workshop kit, working lunch and tea for two days. Intending participants are requested to fill-up and send the attached form along with bank draft drawn in favour of âThiagarajar School of Managementâ, payable at Madurai, towards the registration fee. No. of Participants: Limited to 50 on first come first served basis. Last Date 21st Oct 2006 Completed registration form can be sent to: Mr. S. Sridhar Librarian & Organizing Secretary Pamban Swami Nagar, Thirupparankundram, Madurai 625 005 Phone : +91 (452) 2483099, 2484099 Email : library(a)tsm.ac.in salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in For further information about the workshop, pl contact A.Hariharan SALIS salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in or visit SALIS website http://autolib-india.net/salis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Salis_info __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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IIM Ahmedabad and Indore are Looking for Librarians
by J. K. Vijayakumar 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

01. IIM, Ahmedabad Qualification & Experience: M.Phil./Ph.D. degree in Library Science /Information Science/ Documentation Archives and relevant publications in professional journals. Minimum 20 years of professional experience. Selected candidates will be offered a contract appointment for two years on a monthly consolidated salary depending on the qualifications, experience etc. Depending on the performance of the candidates will be considered for further extension of the contract or permanent absorption in the Institute's services in the appropriate pay scales. There is provision for campus housing on a nominal license fee. For more information visit: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in 02. IIM, Indore Librarian (1 Vacancy) and Library Professional Assistant (1 Vacancy) in the scale of pay of Rs. 12000-375-16500 & Rs. 5000-150-8000, respectively. For details, please visit Institute's website: www.iimidr.ac.in or Directly at http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iim/pages/news/libstaff.jsp Regards Dr. J K Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. 01. IIM, Ahmedabad Qualification & Experience: M.Phil./Ph.D. degree in Library Science /Information Science/ Documentation Archives and relevant publications in professional journals. Minimum 20 years of professional experience. Selected candidates will be offered a contract appointment for two years on a monthly consolidated salary depending on the qualifications, experience etc. Depending on the performance of the candidates will be considered for further extension of the contract or permanent absorption in the Institute's services in the appropriate pay scales. There is provision for campus housing on a nominal license fee. For more information visit: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in http://www.iimahd.ernet.in 02. IIM, Indore Librarian (1 Vacancy) and Library Professional Assistant (1 Vacancy) in the scale of pay of Rs. 12000-375-16500 & Rs. 5000-150-8000, respectively. For details, please visit Institute's website: http://www.iimidr.ac.in/ www.iimidr.ac.in or Directly at http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iim/pages/news/libstaff.jsp http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iim/pages/news/libstaff.jsp Regards Dr. J K Vijayakumar http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com Want to be your own boss? Learn how on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Yahoo! Small Business.

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Change of Email address
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

A personal request. My email address vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com is not valid as I have left that company ayear ago. Messages fro friends keep going there! I can now be contacted at: vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631 My email address mailto:vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com is not valid as I have left that company ayear ago. Messages fro friends keep going there! I can now be contacted at: mailto:vyasamoorthy@gmail.com vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Automobile Industrial data
by K A. Sardesai 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Dear all, > Kindly let me know the libraries related to automobile industries.(mainly 4 wheelers) The researcher is interested incollecting data to the period 1980-2005 on the ares mentioned below. > > Liabilities and Assets > Income, Expenditure Appropriation Accounts > Balance sheets of individual companies > Sources and Use of Funds and > Exports imports. > > CMIE is not having archival data. > > kshipra sardesai

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Sad demise of Prof. N B Pangannaya
by Mailing List Manager 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:06:45 +0530 From: L J Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> I was very sad to learn of the sudden passing away of Dr Panganayya. I had met him a month or so ago. His dedication to introduce the KSOU's library science course was exemplary. I convey my condolences to the beraved family. Haravu

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ICIDM-First IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management (Bangalore, INDIA)
by J. K. Vijayakumar 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

Sorry for Cross postings. The ever First IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management - ICDIM will be organised by Digital Information Research Foundation (DIRF) at Christ College, Bangalore, INDIA during 6-8 December 2006. This is the first of its kind in India, as a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, computer science and technology. There will be several Workshops and Tutorials being organised as a part of this conference. Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess from University of Munich, Antony Satyadas from IBM USA, Prof. Ajith Abraham from Chung-Ang University Seoul and Prof. Charles A. SHONIREGUN from University of East London will be the Plenary Speakers of ICDIM. ICDIM Program Chair Dr. P. Pichappan from DLIS, Annamalai University (DIRF President and Editor of JDIM) reports that there are around 95 papers accepted for presentation, out of 225 submissions. The team under his guidance are working hard to make ICDIM a grand success. Attending this conference is going to be an entirely different experience for professionals and researchers. For latest updates, visit ICIDM site at http://www.icdim.org/ Thanks, J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Jasmine Court, Post Box W-1451 St. Johns, ANTIGUA, West Indies HQ: 501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10017, USA --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Sorry for Cross postings. The ever First IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management - ICDIM will be organised by Digital Information Research Foundation ( http://www.dirf.org/ DIRF ) at Christ College, Bangalore, INDIA during 6-8 December 2006. This is the first of its kind in India, as a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, computer science and technology. There will be several Workshops and Tutorials being organised as a part of this conference. Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess from University of Munich, Antony Satyadas from IBM USA, Prof. Ajith Abraham from Chung-Ang University Seoul and Prof. Charles A. SHONIREGUN from University of East London will be the Plenary Speakers of ICDIM. ICDIM Program Chair Dr. P. Pichappan from DLIS, Annamalai University (DIRF President and Editor of http://www.dirf.org/jdim/ JDIM ) reports that there are around 95 papers accepted for presentation, out of 225 submissions. The team under his guidance are working hard to make ICDIM a grand success. Attending this conference is going to be an entirely different experience for professionals and researchers. For latest updates, visit ICIDM site at http://www.icdim.org/ http://www.icdim.org/ Thanks, J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Jasmine Court, Post Box W-1451 St. Johns, ANTIGUA, West Indies HQ: 501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10017, USA http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

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Portable Apps Directory
by Maruthu Pandian 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Dear friends Consider the Possibilities... Carry your web browser with all your favorite bookmarks Carry your calendar with all your appointments Carry your email client with all your contacts and settings Carry your instant messenger and your buddy list Carry your whole office suite along with your documents and presentations Carry your antivirus program and other computer utilities Carry all your important passwords and account information securely Yes it is possible with Portable Apps. A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind. This portability allows you to use programs on a computer that doesn't have them installed. For example, you may love using Mozilla Firefox at home, but your office's computer policies forbid installing it. You can get around the problem by running Firefox at work from a thumb drive. Portable programs also allow you to surf without leaving too many tracks. This is useful on a public computer. Portable Apps Directory is the directory of the applications available for portable use. URL of the Portable Apps Directory is http://portableapps.com/ Maruthu Pandian, B Dear friends Consider the Possibilities... Carry your web browser with all your favorite bookmarks Carry your calendar with all your appointments Carry your email client with all your contacts and settings Carry your instant messenger and your buddy list Carry your whole office suite along with your documents and presentations Carry your antivirus program and other computer utilities Carry all your important passwords and account information securely Yes it is possible with Portable Apps. A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind. This portability allows you to use programs on a computer that doesn't have them installed. For example, you may love using Mozilla Firefox at home, but your office's computer policies forbid installing it. You can get around the problem by running Firefox at work from a thumb drive. Portable programs also allow you to surf without leaving too many tracks. This is useful on a public computer. Portable Apps Directory is the directory of the applications available for portable use. URL of the Portable Apps Directory is http://portableapps.com/ http://portableapps.com/ Maruthu Pandian, B

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Web Curator Tool 1.1 Released
by ryerna＠iitk.ac.in 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Dear Friends, Kindly share the following information Web Curator Tool 1.1 Released on (22 September 2006) The National Library of New Zealand, the British Library, and Sytec Resources Ltd are pleased to announce the official launch of the Web Curator Tool as an open-source project. The release was announced on Friday at The 6th International Web Archiving Workshop in Alicante, Spain. Steve Knight (National Library of New Zealand) and Philip Beresford (British Library) spoke about the development of the tool and their future plans, and Arun Persad gave a live demonstartion of the tool in action. Version 1.1 of the Web Curator Tool can be downloaded from http://webcurator.sf.net/. The source code is also freely available under the terms of the Apache Public License. With regards, Ramesh Yernagula Central Library IIT Kanpur

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[Call for Volunteers] KnowGenesis International Journal
by Saurabh Kudesia 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Dear All, As you must be aware that KnowGenesis is a volunteer effort that brought some of the finest International minds at one place. Thanks to the overwhelming support and hard work of our volunteers from across the world, KnowGenesis IJTC is achieving new milestones and accolades in the demanding International technical writing community. KnowGenesis is the first and only Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research in the field of technical communication. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. Not only this, UNESCO and Digital Curation Centre (DCC) UK have also included KnowGenesis IJTC in their list of international journals. KnowGenesis is proud to have authors listed from prestigious institutes like NISCAIR, University of Mississippi, University of Calcutta, STC IIT, IIIT, TIFR, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, National Informatics Centre (India), Lenta (Russia), Chabot-Las (California), Washington State Department of Information Services, GE Research and STC Chapters, to name a few. KnowGenesis IJTC is subscribed by more than 1000 individual users and more than 50 institutes worldwide. The actual circulation of the journal is much more than that. In order to continue our best efforts and to match the journal quality expectations at par with international standards, we are growing our editorial panel. We are looking out for more volunteers with skill sets listed below to help us further improve the quality. Layout Editors (Total number 2) ------------------------------- Responsibilities: - Responsible for the presenting the journal in both printed and online format. - HTML/website design experience is encouraged but not necessary. - Should be proficient with tools like Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker and Corel Draw. If you are interested in presenting your skills to the whole world, send us your brief profile along with some samples of your work to editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org. For further information, feel free to contact me at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org or visit www.knowgenesis.net Best Wishes, ----- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org www.knowgenesis.net/journal

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Discovery magazine from Hyderabad
by Mailing List Manager 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Date: 6 Oct 2006 10:28:46 -0000 From: Abhilash P P <abhi_skcet(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear friends We are in need of the contact details of Discovery magazine published from Hyderabad. if anyone knows the details (email or website etc.. please mail me, thanks & regards Abhilashan P Asst Librarian Sri Krishna College of Engg & Tech Coimbatore - 641 008 Tamilnadu abhi_skcet(a)rediffmail.com

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RE: Position announcement - Assistant Librarian
by Aman Jha 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Dear applicants Thanks for overwhelming response for the position of Assistant Librarian at CII. We are in the process of screening out your applications received. Sortlisted candidates will be contacted via email/phone for interview shortly. Sorry for those who missed out the opportunity, as we are not accepting any more applications. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) http://www.ciionline.org DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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Current Science!
by Mailing List Manager 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Dear Members: An email from Mr. Riki Krishnan of Indian Academy of Sciences has been appended to this message. Any library / individuals who are in possession of the first few issues (cover to cover) of Current Science journal are requested to get in touch with Mr. Krishnan (riki(a)ias.ernet.in) directly. Thanks, - Moderator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:16:21 +0530 (IST) From: Riki Krishnan <riki(a)ias.ernet.in> To: Mr Francis <franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Current Science! Dear Sir The year 2007 would be 75 years of Current Science jouranl. In this connection I would like to know if any one has the first few issues July 1932,(cover to cover). Thanking you. Yours sincerely Riki Krishnan -- *************************************************************************** Riki Krishnan * Indian Academy of Sciences * C.V. Raman Avenue, P.B. No. 8005 * 121 AECS Layout Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080 * Between 14th & 15th Cross Tel: +91-80-361 2310/222 * Sanjaynagar Fax: +91-80-361 6094 * Bangalore 560 094 E-mail: riki(a)ias.ernet.in * Tel: +91-80-334 3812 (Res.) rikikrishnan(a)mailcity.com * ommriki(a)yahoo.com * ***************************************************************************

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Web journals threaten peer-review system
by madhuresh.singhal 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Next month PLoS is launching an open peer-reviewed journal called PLoS One, focusing on Science and Medicine. Read more about open peer-review process in the article entitled "Web journals threaten peer-review system" at USA Today. "Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online. Instead of having a group of hand-picked scholars review research in secret before publication, a growing number of Internet-based journals are publishing studies with little or no scrutiny by the authors' peers. It's then up to rank-and-file researchers to debate the value of the work in cyberspace................." Read this article at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-10-02-peer-review_x.htm?POE=TECIS… Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 51172085, Ext. 25; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************ Web journals threaten peer-review system Next month PLoS is launching an open peer-reviewed journal called PLoS One, focusing on Science and Medicine. Read more about open peer-review process in the article entitled "Web journals threaten peer-review system" at USA Today. "Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online. Instead of having a group of hand-picked scholars review research in secret before publication, a growing number of Internet-based journals are publishing studies with little or no scrutiny by the authors' peers. It's then up to rank-and-file researchers to debate the value of the work in cyberspace................." Read this article at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-10-02-peer-review_x.htm?POE=TECIS… http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-10-02-peer-review_x.htm?POE=TECIS… Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 51172085, Ext. 25; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com /exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************

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Library Use Value Calculator
by Thapar, Amit 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Library Use Value Calculator http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm The Maine State Library offers this handy tool which helps library patrons understand the monetary value of the library materials, programs, meeting rooms, computers, and reference services they use. Library Use Value Calculator http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm The Maine State Library offers this handy tool which helps library patrons understand the monetary value of the library materials, programs, meeting rooms, computers, and reference services they use.

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Google Launches Search Service for Computer Code
by Farooque Shaheen 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Google has introduced a new search service -- strictly for computer programmers only. Google Code Search, a site that simplifies how software developers search for programming code to improve existing software or create new programs. Similar to how a consumer might type a few words into a standard Google search box to find an answer, programmers can seek out relevant lines of code at http://google.com/codesearch and find a range of search results that link them to answers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR200610050… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Google has introduced a new search service -- strictly for computer programmers only. Google Code Search, a site that simplifies how software developers search for programming code to improve existing software or create new programs. Similar to how a consumer might type a few words into a standard Google search box to find an answer, programmers can seek out relevant lines of code at http://google.com/codesearch and find a range of search results that link them to answers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR200610050… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Research Assistance
by K A. Sardesai 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Dear Shaji, > Our forum and DRTC guidance are so alert that they will never allow this profession to die in this IT savy age. > We librarians are nowadays support the researchers to browse their desired references through the net with the help of Library softwares,browsing softwares and the awarenessof databases.This is because of sharing and network via electronically or by manual.The searches are more accurate and good in numbers which might not be possible at their end. We are not Librarians but cyberians who knows management, preservation, and cooperation. We have Librarian's ethics which always direct us to help the users irrespective of category,age, sex etc. > > Kshipra > Asst Librarian, RBI, Bandra

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UNESCO supported Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for LISProfessionals and Special Educators
by Arunachalam Hariharan 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for Library and Information Science Professionals and Special Educators Organised by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) (www.autolib-india.net/salis) in collaboration with Madras School of Social Work(MSSW), Chennai Supported by UNESCO (www.portal.unesco.org) Date 6-10th Nov, 2006 Venue MSSW, Chennai - 600 008 Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for Library and Information Science Professionals and Special Educators About the Workshop: Information Literacy (IL) and lifelong learning have been described as the beacons of the Information Society, illuminating the courses to development, prosperity and freedom. IL empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion in all nations. Information literacy enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information sources, as well as to become producers of information in their own right. Information literate people are able to access information about their health, environment, education, work and empowering them to make critical decisions about their lives (portal.unesco.org) Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals have the task of handling the information explosion and deliver the right kind of information services to the right users. LIS professionals are expected to guide the users for using the right information to develop the skill of users. IL facilitates to seek and evaluate right sources of information and acquire it. This workshop is designed for special educators and LIS professionals working in special institutions for the disabled people covering all major aspects of IL Competency Development. Hence this workshop will enable the delegates to provide better services to the disabled persons in their institutions. Objectives of the Workshop: â¢ To give awareness and overview about IL, its needs and uses, ICT, IL models and standards to LIS professionals working in special institutions for the disabled people. â¢ To facilitate LIS professionals and special educators to provide better information services to the disabled people â¢ To give an overview about the right to information act and freedom of information â¢ To develop IL programs for the disabled people. Content of the Workshop: â¢ IL Overview and Lifelong Learning â¢ ICT Literacy and ICT Technologies â¢ IL Models and Competency Standards â¢ LIS Services for the Disabled People â¢ Assistive Technologies for the Disabled People â¢ IL and Learning Assessment â¢ Right to Information Act - Freedom of Information â¢ Development of IL Programmes for the Disabled People â¢ UNESCO/IFLA School/Public Library Manifesto â¢ Case Studies Methodology: ï§ Lectures/Presentations ï§ Practical sessions ï§ Field Visits/ Case Studies/Discussions Resource Persons: Experts from reputed academic institutions, Govt. and IT field. Target Participants: Special Educators those who are managing the Library/ Library professionals working in special schools/ special institutions/vocational centers and NGOs for physically challenged, visual/hearing impaired or physically challenged (PH) library professionals No. of Participants: The number of participants is limited to 30. Mode of selection: The participants will be selected from nominations received from the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry(formerly Pondicherry), and Andaman & Nocobar Islands and Tamil Nadu based on the experience, profile of the institutions, and so on. Fee: No fee Last Date: 23.10. 2006 Intimation of Selection: 25.10.2006 by Phone/E-mail/Letter Traveling Allowance(TA): Selected candidates will be paid TA of Rs.500/- or actual by II Class Train (by shortest route) on production of original ticket, whichever is less. Accommodation: Outstation participants will be provided free accommodation on twin-sharing basis for 5 days from 6th to 10th, November 2006 only. About the Organisers: Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS): SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science and Technology by organizing various programmes. It has various chapters located at different parts of the nation to provide services. Some of the objectives of SALIS are: ï§ To organize various programmes like lectures, seminars, conferences, workshops and training for the benefit of LIS professionals in the country ï§ To train the LIS professionals to handle the latest ICT and other tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently in order to provide quality based services to the users. ï§ To serve the society by organizing awareness programmes such as IL, promoting the reading habits of the public , etc. Madras School of Social Work (MSSW): MSSW was founded by Mrs.Mary Clubwala Jadhav in the year 1952 under the joint auspices of the Madras State Branch of the Indian Conference of Social Work (renamed the Indian Council of Social Welfare) and the Guild of Service (Central). The College is now run under the aegis of the Society for Social Education and Research formed in 1960. It is a pioneer institution offering quality higher education in the fields of Social Work, Counselling and Human Resource Management. The institution is NAAC accredited and was recently conferred with autonomy status. About the Sponsor â UNESCO: UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16th November 1945. Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. UNESCO also serves as a clearinghouse â for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge â while helping Member States to build their human and institutional goals. The Information for All Programme of UNESCO is the only intergovernmental programme exclusively dedicated to promoting universal access to information and knowledge for development. UNESCO organises and supports many programmes across the world to promote IL to enhance the quality of human life and standard besides its other programmes. Workshop Conveners: Dr. S. Muralidhar (Cell: 9444081729) saramurali(a)yahoo.com Scientist 'E', Head TIRC, CVRDE Chennai - 600 054 Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha (Cell: 9841148865) Librarian, MSSW, Chennai - 600 008 vsakthirekha(a)yahoo.com Workshop Co-ordinator: Mr. A. Hariharan (Cell: 9841601901) Salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in President SALIS For more details of the programme and to download the application form, please visit: http://autolib-india.net/salis http://en/wikipedia/user:salis_info Registration Form Name : Qualification: Designation: Name & Address of the Institution: Type of the Institution: (Govt./Aided/Private/NGO/Others) Address for communication: Tel: (O) (R) Cell: E-mail: Whether PH: Yes/ No Profile of the institution including Library Collection & Services should be attached in a separate sheet. Signature of the Signature of the Participant Head of the Institution Last Date: 23.10. 2006 Intimation of Selection: 25.10.2006 by Phone/E-mail/Letter Completed nomination/registration form should be sent to: Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha Workshop Convener Madras School of Social Work 32, Casa Major Road, Egmore Chennai - 600 008 Tel: 044-28195126 vsakthirekha(a)yahoo.com salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in ---------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Sad Demise of Prof Pangannayya
by Purushotham M 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, Dakshina Kannada and kodagu Library Association mourns the sad demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannayya. He served Department of LIS, University of Mysore for more than Thirty years and also served for the Mangalore University as University Librarian. For the last few years he worked very hard to prepare course material for LIS of Karnataka State Open University as well organised contact programs and he was widely travelled man. We have lost an efficient humble and kind hearted man in the profession. May his soul rest in peace. DR. PURUSHOTHAM GOWDA M SECRETARY on behalf of all the members of D K & KODAGU LIBRARAY ASSOCIATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR. PURUSHOTHAM GOWDA M SENIOR ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN MANGALORE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MANGALORE UNIVERSITY MANGALAGANGOTRI - 574 199 KARNATAKA, INDIA Tel. [Office] +91-824-2287361 [Residence] +91-824-2287454 Fax: +91-824-2287289 [E-mail] purushotham2(a)rediffmail.com

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CONDOLANCE
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear professionals I myself astonished and shocked after hearing sad demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannayya. He was noble person and helped especially to BLISc and MLISc. Students in organiising contact programmes at his age actively like young person answering all the queries smoothly. It is really great loss for the Library department of KSOU. He visited our M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT on26th September 2006 for MLISc Contact programme to be conducted during October/Novemember2006 at MSRIM,Bangalore. He was spent with us for more than two hours to help the students. We pray Almighty for his soul to be one with him. M R Venugopal MLISc Student (KSOU) Dept of Library MS. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE-560054 Dear professionals I myself astonished and shocked after hearing sad demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannayya. He was noble person and helped especially to BLISc and MLISc. Students in organiising contact programmes at his age actively like young person answering all the queries smoothly. It is really great loss for the Library department of KSOU. He visited our M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT on26th September 2006 for MLISc Contact programme to be conducted during October/Novemember2006 at MSRIM,Bangalore. He was spent with us for more than two hours to help the students. We pray Almighty for his soul to be one with him. M R Venugopal MLISc Student (KSOU) Dept of Library MS. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE-560054

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OA in Europe picking up momentum
by Mailing List Manager 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 17:21:25 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> More on DRIVER SURF has issued a press release on the DRIVER project, October 3, 2006. Excerpt: The successful SURF DARE project (Digital Academic Repositories) has resulted in a European successor under the name DRIVER. For details, visit, http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/index2.php?oid=64

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CONDOLENCES
by SHEELA V 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

On behalf of all the J S S Institutions Librarians , Mysore. I convey our condolences on the sudden demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great teacher for us and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. by: Sheela V Librarian, J S S Law College, Kuvempunagar, Mysore. --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. On behalf of all the J S S Institutions Librarians , Mysore. I convey our condolences on the sudden demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great teacher for us and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. by: Sheela V Librarian, J S S Law College, Kuvempunagar, Mysore. How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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Information for IATLIS-2006 participants
by harry＠pbi.ac.in 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

This message is being posted to several mailing lists. Kindly excuse cross postings. --------------------------- This is to inform the potential participants to the XXIII IATLIS National Conference (IATLIS-2006), being organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) from 23-25 November 2006. The invitation and call for papers for this conference has been posted on several national and international mailing lists. We are receiving encouraging response from LIS professionals in India and abroad for participation in the conference. In view of this, there is going to be fierce competition for accommodation. The intending participants are requested to confirm their participation, need for accommodation, and send their registration fee to the Organizing Secretary latest by 04 November 2006. This will help us in making arrangements for lodging of participants. It will be very difficult for us to arrange accommodation for those participants whose registration fee and confirmation for participation is received by the Organizing Secretary after 04 November 2006. In that case, participants will have to arrange for accommodation on their own. For more information on accommodation in Patiala, visit http://patialaheritage.in/in/hoteltype.html For other details, intending participants can contact: Prof. Jagtar Singh, Organising Secretary XXIII IATLIS National Conference, Dept of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) India. Telephone: 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com<Jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------- Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Kalra Lecturer (Senior Scale) Department of Library & Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA. Tel: +91-175-3046179, 3046180 (work) Fax: +91-175-2283073 (University Registrar's Office) Email: hpskalra(a)gmail.com, Web: www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/dlis.htm ----------------------------------------------------

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Comment on "Blogers predict extinct of libraries."
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

I would like to react to the following lines. [Commenting on our Library Associations is not worth it.] > Blogers predict extinct of libraries. > It is the habit of IT professionals, when they start clicking the mouse, they consider >themselves as "Bill Gates". We would be cutting our own roots if we keep on ignoring the warning signals expressed in blogs of common citizens. We can level them insane - but let me stress again here - Perception is more important than the product. For example look at the perception of a citizen of Lawrence: "Libraries are limited, obsolete" <http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/oct/02/libraries_are_limited_obsolete/> "As a long-time resident of Lawrence, and one who has devoted his entire life to education, I have followed the debate concerning a new library for Lawrence with great interest. As a parent of three students, two in college and one teenager at Southwest Junior High, I have witnessed a stunning transformation in the way kids access and use information technology. All that I see as a parent reinforces what I see at work every day" He continues - 1. Libraries are inefficient. 2. Libraries are limited. 3. Libraries are obsolete. "...ask yourself a few questions. When was the last time you were at the library? When was the last time you logged on? Why is that?..." On the other hand people like Michael Stephens, who is technology and web 2.0 savvy and promoting the concept of Library 2.0 are defending the role that libraries could play in the online scenario. Check out his reaction to the above perception - "why libraries are important to all communities" <http://tametheweb.com/2006/10/ten_things_i_know_about_librar_1.html>. He has Ten points in his argument: -Libraries are not going away. -Online Social Libraries Build Community -Libraries do need to focus on emerging trends, tech or otherwise, to be nimble and viable -Libraries need better marketing strategies and a re-invigoration of the brand -Technology changes, but libraries don't -Libraries will benefit from the next wave of MLIS grads -Libraries need to serve all users and offer them materials and access of their liking -Librarians can be guides, counselors and teachers -Libraries need to share their stories -It's up to us I do agree with him that ultimately "IT'S UP TO US" whether we sense an opportunity in the next generation libraries or keep feeling insecure and get extinct. But I have high hopes from fresh MLIS Graduates. "DILLI AB DOOR NAHI". --Sukhdev Singh. http://sukhdev.blogspot.com On 04/10/06, sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear friend, > > We wish u success in ur new project. > > Blogers predict extinct of libraries. > > It is the habit of IT professionals, when they start clicking the mouse, they consider themselves as "Bill Gates". > > As ur topic is Intenet, first try to locate the official websites of Indian Library Association,( ILA), and Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC). The links available in different websites, search engines lead to some online library services and not to the websites of Associations. For the past two months I have been trying to locate them without referring any print medium source. > > It is very sad the associations are not aware that their website address is misused by some others. Don't they check their websites now and then. > > Some of the websites i checked: infolibrarian.com, harishchandra., american library association. > > This is the status of our associationswhich issupposed to take care of the welfare of library professionals. > If it is so, > why not bloggers predict the extinct of libraries. > > If u get the correct website address, please inform me. > > Thanks & Regards > > Sankaran A > Dy. Librarian > THE HINDU > Chennai - 2 > shaji joykutty <sjoykutty(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > Dear fellow companions > I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs > lovingly > your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession > saramma shaji > ethiraj college for women > chennai > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business._______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Yahoo! Small Business. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >

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Google Launches Literacy Portal
by Farooque Shaheen 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Google has launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. Users can search for information in digitised books and academic articles, and share information through blogs, videos and groups. The tool also allows people to find literacy organisations around the world using a searchable and zoomable map. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5403456.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt. Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Google has launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. Users can search for information in digitised books and academic articles, and share information through blogs, videos and groups. The tool also allows people to find literacy organisations around the world using a searchable and zoomable map. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5403456.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt. Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Sad demise of Prof. N B Pangannaya
by gayathri sen 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

I had the fortune of co-ordinating with Prof. N.B. Pangannaya, for the M.Lib. Sc., Distance Education Practical Training Programme for the Bangalore Centre. I met him many times during this programme held from 10th to 25th July, 2006. On 26th September, 2006 the entire day was spent with him in Bangalore at PES Institute of Technology. Never in my dream did I think he will become dear to God so soon. Myself and my colleagues at PESIT are extremely grieved at this demise and pray that his soul rest in peace. Let his untiring energy be passed on to some able selfless person to carry on the Karnataka State Open University Distance Education Programme. Mrs. Gayathri Sen Chief Librarian PES Institute of Technology 100 Ft. Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE 560085 www.pes.edu --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. I had the fortune of co-ordinating with P rof. N.B. Pangannaya, for the M.Lib. Sc., Distance Education Practical Training Programme for the Bangalore Centre. I met him many times during this programme held from 10 th to 25 th July, 2006. On 26 th September, 2006 the entire day was spent with him in Bangalore at PES Institute of Technology. Never in my dream did I think he will become dear to God so soon. Myself and my colleagues at PESIT are extremely grieved at this demise and pray that his soul rest in peace. Let his untiring energy be passed on to some able selfless person to carry on the Karnataka State Open University Distance Education Programme. Mrs. Gayathri Sen Chief Librarian PES Institute of Technology 100 Ft. Ring Road , BSK III Stage, BANGALORE 560085 http://www.pes.edu/ www.pes.edu How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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One Year Library training cum Apprenticeship Programme
by dvk library 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear Friends, Greetings from DVK central Library, Bangalore! We are happy to inform you that we are conducting a One Year Library Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers of library and information science. It is a unique formation to the modern librarianship. Interested candidates can send their resume on or before 1st November 2006 . for more details email to: dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Fr. John Neelankavil CMI Chief Librarian DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 41116353 --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. Dear Friends, Greetings from DVK central Library, Bangalore! We are happy to inform you that we are conducting a One Year Library Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers of library and information science. It is a unique formation to the modern librarianship. Interested candidates can send their resume on or before 1 st November 2006 . for more details email to: http://us.f571.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dvklibrary@yahoo.com dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Fr. John Neelankavil CMI Chief Librarian DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 41116353 Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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research assistance
by shaji joykutty 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Dear fellow companions I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs lovingly your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession saramma shaji ethiraj college for women chennai --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. Dear fellow companions I have registered for my doctorate, the broad topic is Internet, growing preference of WWW google among students faculty research scholars, new roles for librarians. I would like to have your scholarly inputs in this regard. Specially when blogers are predicting the extinct of libraries to the like of dodo and dinosaur, we should prove that libraries and librarians can never die but they are going to evolve yet again with redefined roles and competencies. Kindly put in your scholarly inputs lovingly your fellow companion in the race to reinvent our profession saramma shaji ethiraj college for women chennai Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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MyLISA Lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website
by SUNIL M.V. 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Dear Friends, MyLISA (Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association), Mysore Cordially invite you for the lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website BY Mr. Mohamed Minhaj HOD, Department of Computer Science St. Philomena's College, Mysore On Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 4.00pm Venue: Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore MyLISA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Friends, MyLISA (Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association), Mysore Cordially invite you for the lecture on Designing and Implementing Library Website BY Mr. Mohamed Minhaj HOD, Department of Computer Science St. Philomena's College, Mysore On Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 4.00pm Venue: Vidhyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore MyLISA Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Call for Participation: ICADL2006 The 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries in Kyoto, Japan
by Taro Tezuka 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

**** FYI. Apologies for cross postings **** Call For Participation The 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2006) November 27-30, 2006, Kyoto, Japan The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) is an annual Asian event of international participation focusing on digital libraries and related technologies. Inaugurated in Hong Kong in 1998, ICADL has since been hosted in Taipei, Seoul, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and Bangkok. The 9th ICADL (ICADL2006) will be held in Kyoto, Japan in the late November. It will provide an international forum for sharing experiences and up-to-date technologies among researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines. ICADL2006, as well as the previous ICADL conferences, focuses on the use, adoption and adaptation of digital libraries, which include work surrounding digital libraries and related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and social issues. This year, we will have the following invited talks. (in the order of presentation). The Age of Content and Knowledge Processing Makoto Nagao (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan) Cyber Science Infrastructure and Scholarly Information for the Promotion of e-Science in Japan Jun Adachi (National Institute of Informatics, Japan) Working Together in Developing Library and Information Science Education in the Asia Pacific Schubert Foo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (To be announced) Daniel Clancy (Google, USA) One Billion Children and Digital Libraries: With your help, what the $100 laptop and its sunlight readable display might enable Mary Lou Jepson (MIT, USA) Dr. Nagao is one of the most famous information science researchers in Japan, who is also well-known for his contributions to digital libraries. Professor Adachi is one of the leading researchers of digital library systems. His talk will be on promoting e-Science using digital libraries. Professor Foo is a leading researcher of digital library systems in Singapore. He will talk about library and information science education in the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore is well known for their advanced education on information science. Dr. Clancy is the engineer director who is in charge of Google Book Search Project (originally known as Google Print), which is attracting much attention recently. Dr. Jepson is one of the leading members of the $100 laptop project, which aims to provide inexpensive but effective laptop computers for children's education. She will talk about the architecture that enables children to read books through their laptops. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.icadl2006.org/ Early registration is available on or before October 27th. The final deadline for registraion is 18:00 of November 13, 2006, Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Kyoto, which is globally known as the historical city and the heart of Japan, will welcome you to ICADL2006 in a very beautiful autumn. We look forward to seeing you at this invaluable occasion. Taro Tezuka Publicity Co-chair of ICADL2006 (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya
by sathya 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Prof. Pangannaiah was my beloved teacher, very special to me. In my first job as Librarian, I was his proud successor at Udipi, a college library he had build and developed on a very modern line. He made my entry into profession so good and enjoyable that I owe him my success in the first leg of my career profusely to him. He is no more, a very sad feeling indeed. A fine human being, always helpful, he worked for the profession till his last days. I was lucky to have him as my teacher. We miss him. Let us pray for the departed soul. Sathya ----------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003. -----Original Message----- From: N.S. Harinarayana [mailto:ns.harinarayana@gmail.com] Sent: Mon 10/2/2006 9:04 PM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya Here is my tribute to my beloved teacher Prof. N. Balakrishna Pangannaya who died due to multiple organ failure on October 1, 2006. He was quite active and had no sign of any illness. He attended to the professional work at his office at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) even on the Friday, September 29, 2006. It is evident that he was contributing richly to the good cause of the profession till his last breath. NBP, as was called fondly by his students, was a teacher par-excellence. Like many of his students, his teachings have a great influence on my professional careers. What I like most in his teachings is his discussions on any topic based on logic and practical utility. He had excellent command over language and the subject. He had the ability to teach any difficult topic with great ease and make even the average students to understand the essence of the topic. His discourse on Information Processing and Retrieval (IPR) still rings in my ears. Prof. Pangannaya is one of the main pillars on which Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore was built. He served the Department for more than three decades. He joined the Department as Lecturer in early 1970s and retired in 2000. For a brief term in-between he served Mangalore University as librarian. I had the fortune of associating myself with him in developing self instructional materials (SIM) for BLISc and MLISc programs of KSOU. He had undergone severe stress during the process of developing the course. In fact, SIM development of MLISc course is half through and he was trying his best to complete the assignment by December this year. It goes to his credit that he alone, single handedly, was able to coordinate the design and development of SIMs both in English and Kannada for BLISc in a record time of just one and half years. It may be noted here this achievement is a record of its kind in KSOU. No other Department was able to develop the SIMs in both the languages. His contributions were recognized and acknowledged by Prof. Sudha Rao, the present Vice Chancellor of KSOU in her key note address during the MLISc contact program held recently. The Department of Library and Information Science has organized a condolence meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 4 PM. It will be attended by his students and colleagues in and around Mysore. If you want to send your condolences it may be sent to me before 3 PM. I will pass on your message to the concerned for reading them during the meeting. I pray the Almighty to rest Prof. N.B. Pangannaya's soul in eternal peace. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393

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Call for proposals for UN-Family "21st Century" News Magazine
by Puna Das 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

This project aims at putting ICT to the use of media content development on major societal and development issues such as human rights, peace, tolerance and the fight against discrimination by providing developing countries with training, production and distribution opportunities in these areas. The show consists of feature segments, most often 3 pieces per show, each an estimated six to eight minutes in length. The stories should deal with gripping human problems that have not been widely reported. The programme will feature character-driven, human interest stories that reflect some of the most important issues affecting the world, and our lives, today. Balanced thematically and geographically, each episode will reflect UN priorities for the new millennium. Stories should be targeted to all publics and aim at increasing understanding of the development and societal issues identified as priority fields by UNESCO, namely: * Millennium Development Goals, particularly poverty-alleviation, basic education, gender equality and women empowerment; * Human Rights; * Peace and Tolerance; * Fight against discrimination, based on race, gender or other issues (e.g. HIV status); * Freedom of Expression; and * Intercultural communication and cultural diversity. This project falls within the framework of UNESCO’s project "Harnessing ICT for the audiovisual industry and public service broadcasting in developing countries" and is in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and the UN family. Submission criteria: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22842/1159427733921_Century_-_Submissi… http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34889&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION… __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Condolence message
by srels 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, I convey our heartfelt condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great friend of the Endowment and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. K.N.Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, I convey our heartfelt condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Pangannaya. He was a great friend of the Endowment and we cherish his memory for a long time to come. May his soul rest in peace. K.N.Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.

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Sad Demise of Prof Pangannayya
by I.R.N.Goudar 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association mourns the untimely and sad demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannayya. He served Department of LIS, University of Mysore for more than three decades with a small stint at Mangalore as University Librarian. For the last few years he worked very hard to prepare course material for LIS of Karnataka State Open University aswell organised contact programs. I too had the opportunity of being part of KSOU programs as Guest Lecturer. A very down to earth person. We have lost an efficient professional and a good teacher. May his soul rest in peace. Dr.I.R.N. Goudar President KALA on behalf of all Members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Paul Ginsparg on arXiv, OA, and the future
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:14:32 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Here is an excellent article on arXiv, the central archive for physics and related fields, by its founder Paul Ginsparg. He highlights the value of arXiv (and all open access archives) for developing country researchers. Unfortunately, developing countries themselves are doing very little to adopt open access, in spite of the fact most countries have the necessary infrastructure and competence. Subbiah Arunachalam Paul Ginsparg on arXiv, OA, and the future Excerpt: The e-print arXiv, initiated in August 1991, has effectively transformed the research communication infrastructure of multiple fields of physics and could play a prominent role in a unified set of global resources for physics, mathematics, and computer science. It has grown to contain >375,000 articles (as of July 2006), with >50,000 new submissions expected in calendar year 2006 and >40,000,000 full-text downloads per year. It is an international project, with dedicated mirror sites in 17 countries and collaborations with United States and foreign professional societies and other international organizations, and it has also provided a crucial lifeline for isolated researchers in developing countries... For more details, visit: http://www.mysyndicaat.com/myfeed/blog/default/baileycw_Open%20Access%20Upd…

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OA Educational resources from Univ Calif., Berkeley
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:55:39 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >From Francis Muguet of ENSTA. A new step for Open Educationnal Resources Video, for sure... with Google ??? that is probably going to be discussed at the "e-learning" WSIS action line meeting at UNESCO in October ? http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/09/26_google.shtml

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Scholarly Communication in Engineering Blog
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:28:58 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> --- Jay Bhatt <jay_bhatt_98(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The Engineering Libraries Division > <http://eld.lib.ucdavis.edu/> of > the American Society for Engineering Education > <http://www.asee.org/> > has recently created a blog on the Scholarly > Communication in > Engineering. > > To access, go to: Scholarly Communication in > Engineering > <http://eldsc.library.cornell.edu/> > > Any suggestions, ideas and projects dealing with > Scholarly Communication > in Engineering, please send them to me at > bhattjj(a)drexel.edu > <mailto:bhattjj@drexel.edu> > > Looking forward to see your feedback and ideas to > promote awareness > about scholarly communication issues (such as Open > Access, Institutional > Repositories, publishing, etc) among scientists and > engineers, > > Sincerely, > > Jay > > Jay Bhatt > Information Services Librarian (Engineering) > Hagerty Library, Drexel University > TEL 215-895-1873 > AOL IM jaybhatt59 YAHOO IM jay_bhatt_98 > EMAIL bhattjj(a)drexel.edu <mailto:bhattjj@drexel.edu> >

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e-Bookstore, e-Reader Next Month
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:22:11 +0100 (BST) From: sandeep bhavsar <sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: e-Bookstore, e-Reader Next Month Dear all Sony is reportedly going to launch an electronic bookstore on the Internet and start selling a device that displays e-books purchased from the store, starting October 1 this year. For details, visit, http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=76181&cat_id=643 Kind Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 email : sandeep(a)vpmthane.org Mobile : 09870484626

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Condolence Meeting - Prof. N.B. Pangannaya
by mkumbar＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

I am sad to inform you the unfortunate demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya, Retired Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore on October 1, 2006 around 4.30 pm. A condolence meeting in this regard is organised at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore today at 4 PM. I am to inform you that you may send your condolence message to me immediately which will be communicated to the gathering and to the family of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Reader and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Mobil: 9844355929

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Position Announcement - Assistant Librarian
by Aman Jha 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear all We want to recruit Assistant Librarian for CII-Central Library (Gurgaon). We are looking for following profile. Qualification and Experience - M.A.(Economics) - MLIS - Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking - 2/3 years experience of working in a special library (Social Science) Age - 30 years Required skills - Good Computer/IT skills - Good communication skills - Good Cataloguing and Classification skills - Good library marketing skills - Knowledge management skills - Database search and retreval skills Job Responsibilities: - Query handling from Staff and Members - Knowledge management coordinator - Database (CMIE) Search and Retrieval - Technical processing of the documents - Bringing out Monthly Alerts - Subscription and circulation management - Library website management Interested candidates may send their resume to library(a)ciionline.org. Salary will match industry standard. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) http://www.ciionline.org DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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NACLIS 2007
by Puna Das 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Sri Lanka Library Association National Conference on Library and Information Studies (NACLIS 2007) Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 March 2007 Call for Papers/Participation General Theme: Information Management in the Digital Environment The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) invites members, practitioners, academics and other interested parties to participate in the National Conference on Library and Information Studies to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 March 2007. The main objective of this conference is to provide an ideal forum to the library professionals and information providers to come together and interact on subjects of mutual interest, leading to the professional development of the information community in the country. Although the SLLA is particularly interested in papers on the main theme, following sub themes will also be considered · Digital Library Initiatives: Concepts, Policies, Plans, Services, Achievements, Expectations, Lessons Learnt · Promoting the implementation of Open Access · Institutional Repositories: policies, implementation issues, technologies · Libraries and Life Long Learning · Community Information Services in the Digital Environment · Library Co-operation and Networking in the Digital Era The SLLA wishes to receive expressions of interest from potential presenters on the above themes and encourage submissions on practical rather than theoretical aspects of the themes. The intention is for members of the information community to have a chance to hear about ‘best practices’ that is emerging within the country/region. Papers may address policy or practice, technology applications, case studies or principles involved in. 1. The deadline for submitting a detailed, one-page abstract and full author details is 15 November 2006. Selection of papers is based on the abstract, and presenters will be informed of the outcome of the review panel by 15 December 2006 2. The full paper is due on 28 February 2007 and must be an original submission not published elsewhere 3. Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted by e-mail 4. Papers should be of 20 pages maximum, double spaced 5. Papers should be in English with a one-page abstract 6. 20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper in the Conference 7. The author(s) should indicate his/her personal full contact details and include summary curriculum vitae with the paper. Also, a digital photograph would be useful. Selection: Full abstracts (1 page, or at least 400 words) should be prepared indicating the purpose of the paper, methodology/approach, findings, research limitations, practical implications and original value of paper. Each abstract will be blind reviewed by a panel of experts. Late submissions will not be considered. Please send your abstract by 15 November 2006 to: NACLIS 2007 – Publication Officer (lilamani(a)mailcity.com) Registration: For details about the conference registration fee for all presenters and participants and other registration information, please refer to the conference website – http://www.slla.org.lk Sponsorship – Please contact – premila(a)ips.lk OR "Anton Nallathamby" <anallathamby(a)sl.asiafound.org> Premila Gamage Secretary - IFLA/RSCAO Vice-President - Sri Lanka Library Association Librarian Institute of Policy Studies 99, St. Michael's Road Colombo 3 Sri Lanka Phone: 94 11 2431368 Fax: 94 11 2431395 http://www.ips.lk __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Revised message on genisis manual with right URL
by Rajan 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear Friends, We are happy to inform that a draft Manual for Creation of Digital Archives has been put at http://www.kilaonline.org/html/library.htm to seek your response on its deformities such as grammatical/spelling mistakes, lack of clarity in expression, conceptual mistakes etc. so as to enable us to bring out the final copy without errors. The manual deals with creation of digital library equivalent archives with Winisis, GenisisWeb & GenisisCD, for less resourceful libraries in the developing countries. We have plan to add an annexure to the manual explaining the advance features of the Genisis software.Kindly inform us such innovative experiment you had done with Genisis so that we can add them to the new annexure. A web page containing links to the download sites of the software (winisis, genisis & apache) required for digital archiving of this sort will also be launched in our site for easier and convenient download by new user soon. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian Kerala Institute of Local administration Mulagunnathu Kavu Thrissur 680 581, Kerala State, India Email librariankila(a)hotmail.com Ph +91-487-2204097 Website www.kilaonline.org Dear Friends, We are happy to inform that a draft Manual for Creation of Digital Archives has been put at http://www.kilaonline.org/html/library.htm http://www.kilaonline.org/html/library.htm to seek your response on its deformities such as grammatical/spelling mistakes, lack of clarity in expression, conceptual mistakes etc. so as to enable us to bring out the final copy without errors. The manual deals with creation of digital library equivalent archives with Winisis, GenisisWeb & GenisisCD, for less resourceful libraries in the developing countries. We have plan to add an annexure to the manual explaining the advance features of the Genisis software. Kindly inform us such innovative experiment you had done with Genisis so that we can add them to the new annexure. A web page containing links to the download sites of the software (winisis, genisis & apache) required for digital archiving of this sort will also be launched in our site for easier and convenient download by new user soon. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian Kerala Institute of Local administration Mulagunnathu Kavu Thrissur 680 581, Kerala State, India Email mailto:librariankila@hotmail.com librariankila(a)hotmail.com Ph +91-487-2204097 Website http://www.kilaonline.org www.kilaonline.org

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Sad Demise of Prof. N.B. Pangannaya
by N.S. Harinarayana 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Here is my tribute to my beloved teacher Prof. N. Balakrishna Pangannaya who died due to multiple organ failure on October 1, 2006. He was quite active and had no sign of any illness. He attended to the professional work at his office at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) even on the Friday, September 29, 2006. It is evident that he was contributing richly to the good cause of the profession till his last breath. NBP, as was called fondly by his students, was a teacher par-excellence. Like many of his students, his teachings have a great influence on my professional careers. What I like most in his teachings is his discussions on any topic based on logic and practical utility. He had excellent command over language and the subject. He had the ability to teach any difficult topic with great ease and make even the average students to understand the essence of the topic. His discourse on Information Processing and Retrieval (IPR) still rings in my ears. Prof. Pangannaya is one of the main pillars on which Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore was built. He served the Department for more than three decades. He joined the Department as Lecturer in early 1970s and retired in 2000. For a brief term in-between he served Mangalore University as librarian. I had the fortune of associating myself with him in developing self instructional materials (SIM) for BLISc and MLISc programs of KSOU. He had undergone severe stress during the process of developing the course. In fact, SIM development of MLISc course is half through and he was trying his best to complete the assignment by December this year. It goes to his credit that he alone, single handedly, was able to coordinate the design and development of SIMs both in English and Kannada for BLISc in a record time of just one and half years. It may be noted here this achievement is a record of its kind in KSOU. No other Department was able to develop the SIMs in both the languages. His contributions were recognized and acknowledged by Prof. Sudha Rao, the present Vice Chancellor of KSOU in her key note address during the MLISc contact program held recently. The Department of Library and Information Science has organized a condolence meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 4 PM. It will be attended by his students and colleagues in and around Mysore. If you want to send your condolences it may be sent to me before 3 PM. I will pass on your message to the concerned for reading them during the meeting. I pray the Almighty to rest Prof. N.B. Pangannaya's soul in eternal peace. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 Here is my tribute to my beloved teacher Prof. N. Balakrishna Pangannaya who died due to multiple organ failure on October 1, 2006. He was quite active and had no sign of any illness. He attended to the professional work at his office at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) even on the Friday, September 29, 2006. It is evident that he was contributing richly to the good cause of the profession till his last breath. NBP, as was called fondly by his students, was a teacher par-excellence. Like many of his students, his teachings have a great influence on my professional careers. What I like most in his teachings is his discussions on any topic based on logic and practical utility. He had excellent command over language and the subject. He had the ability to teach any difficult topic with great ease and make even the average students to understand the essence of the topic. His discourse on Information Processing and Retrieval (IPR) still rings in my ears. Prof. Pangannaya is one of the main pillars on which Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore was built. He served the Department for more than three decades. He joined the Department as Lecturer in early 1970s and retired in 2000. For a brief term in-between he served Mangalore University as librarian. I had the fortune of associating myself with him in developing self instructional materials (SIM) for BLISc and MLISc programs of KSOU. He had undergone severe stress during the process of developing the course. In fact, SIM development of MLISc course is half through and he was trying his best to complete the assignment by December this year. It goes to his credit that he alone, single handedly, was able to coordinate the design and development of SIMs both in English and Kannada for BLISc in a record time of just one and half years. It may be noted here this achievement is a record of its kind in KSOU. No other Department was able to develop the SIMs in both the languages. His contributions were recognized and acknowledged by Prof. Sudha Rao, the present Vice Chancellor of KSOU in her key note address during the MLISc contact program held recently. The Department of Library and Information Science has organized a condolence meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 4 PM. It will be attended by his students and colleagues in and around Mysore. If you want to send your condolences it may be sent to me before 3 PM. I will pass on your message to the concerned for reading them during the meeting. I pray the Almighty to rest Prof. N.B. Pangannaya's soul in eternal peace. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393

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Open course ware in higher education
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Dear Prof. Vijay Kumar: Here is one more item from Peter Suber's blog. Openness in higher ed The October/November issue of Innovate is devoted to open source and open courseware in higher education. Although none of the articles focuses on OA to research literature, David Wiley has a section on it in his piece, Open Source, Openness, and Higher Education. How do we persuade Indian universities to make their courses available via open access course ware? They can make available not only textual material but also video of lectures as the University of california in Berkeley is doing. Best wishes. Arun ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Commons of science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Friends: Here is an interesting lead from Peter Suber's blog. Vision papers for science commons conference Twelve strong vision papers for the Commons of Science Conference (Washington, D.C., October 3-4, 2006) are now online. (Thanks to Peter Murray-Rust.) All are on open data, open access, or open science. Please look up: http://www.spatial.maine.edu/icfs/papers.html http://informationcommonsforscience.org/ ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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open course ware
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Dear Prof. Vijay Kumar: Here are two items of interest from Prof. Peter Suber's blog. Arun More on PLoS ONE and Philica Alicia Chang, Online journals challenge scientific peer review, Mercury News, October 1, 2006. A glimpse at PLoS ONE and Philica, focusing more on their methods of peer review than on their access policies. New portal of open courses Open-Of-Course is a new portal for open courses. Since its launch in July 2006, it has posted 18 courses, some of them in more than one language. From the site: Here you will find a growing amount of free online courses and tutorials. By "free" we not only mean free as in "free beer" but also published as open content. Our focus is at the start mainly on open source software courses but as we grow more will be added. Our goal is to create a multilingual platform for free quality educational information. You can help realize this in several ways: * Tip us on free available courses and tutorials on the internet * Become a coordinator for your language section * Add free online courses or tutorials to our platform * Translate available courses into other languages... ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Open access at CALTECH
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Friends: Caltech, home to many Nobel laureates and one of the world's leading research and higher education centres, is moving forward with progressive open access policies. Indeed, Caltech Library has digitized all faculty and student papers from 1914 onwards. When will Indian universities and research institutions adopt such progressive OA policies? Best wishes. Aru [Subbiah Arunachalam] OA at Caltech's CODA Growth of the CODA Repositories, Caltech Library Services News and Updates, September 15, 2006. (Thanks to STLQ.) Excerpt: The Caltech Collection of Online Digital Archives (CODA) has been receiving a lot of publicity in the Open Access Authoring @ Caltech blog site.... When asked to give a brief description of CODA, George Porter, a Technical Reference Librarian in the Sherman Fairchild Library for the last 9 years, first responded that CODA is a number of things. It is primarily a digital collection of all Caltech authored technical reports, books, conference papers, and oral histories from the Caltech archives, as well as a repository for Caltech dissertations and electronic theses (ETDs). The repository was launched in 2000, and as of 9/5/06 we have 2,884 dissertations on file. It has been mandatory, since 2003, for all graduate students to submit their theses electronically....[PS: Reluctantly cutting a photo of George Porter here.] George further notes a major benefit of having [open] access to Caltech authored research information is the visibility and easy access by multiple users to this data. Prior to this 24-hour-a-day on-line availability, only one hard copy of a paper was available, and it was kept filed away in the Archives. Library staff is currently involved in scanning all pre-2003 theses into CODA. Papers typed over 50 years ago can be digitally enhanced to be clearer than the originals. Geological maps can be saved in high-quality color, with the ability to zoom in and out.... Papers from as far back as 1914 have been scanned and stored in CaltechAUTHORS.... The Caltech community is truly benefited by having such a rich body of work accessible on-line. CODA not only allows students, faculty, and staff to view research material, but, almost by default, we are also able to read about our shared cultural history. Peter Suber: Congratulations to George, who was the most regular of my co-contributors here at OAN before I converted it to a solo blog in May 2006. ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Need DDS contact details
by sankar 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

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Indian Pharmacy Journals
by Sheetal Tank 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Dear Colleagues, I need the subscription details and contact addresses of some of the journals in the field of Pharmacy of Indian Origin.   We have started with the Diploma in Pharmacy Institute in our campus and I need the develop the library of the same.     Please help me. Regards, S.D. Tank Librarian AITS-DS, rajkot Dear Colleagues, I need the subscription details and contact addresses of some of the journals in the field of Pharmacy of Indian Origin. We have started with the Diploma in Pharmacy Institute in our campus and I need the develop the library of the same. Please help me. Regards, S.D. Tank Librarian AITS-DS, rajkot http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Call for Papers for Dr. Ravinder N. Sharma Felicitation Volume
by Puna Das 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

CALL FOR PAPERS Dr. Ravinder N. Sharma Felicitation Volume Dr. Ravindra N. Sharma, Dean of the Library at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey (USA), is an outstanding Asian American library professional. Since last 30 years, he has worked in various capacities in a number of academic libraries in United States. Dr. Sharma earned a Masters in Arts (History) from the University of Delhi, India. He received his M.L.S. from North Texas State University, and was conferred Ph.D. in Information and Library Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Since 1982, he has presented 25 papers at various conferences and has served on more than 30 committees of ACRL and ALA. Dr Sharma has sustained a distinguished record of writing books and journal articles as well as presentations which have made Americans and others more aware of global issues in librarianship. He has served ALA, ACRL and the International Federation of Library Associations admirably by chairing and serving on many committees dealing with international issues. It was a great honor for the Librarians of color in North America that for the first time in the history of ACRL, the award for the year 2005 was given to Dr. Ravindra Nath Sharma for his significant contributions to the profession of academic librarianship. Dr Sharma is the only librarian of color to achieve this distinction so far. As tribute to this dedicated professional, his friends, colleagues and well wishers have proposed to bring out a festschrift volume in his honor on the topic: "Challenges for South Asian Resources & Information Services". The Felicitation Committee will highly appreciate if you kindly submit an article/research paper or your tributes/ comments for inclusion in this volume by 31 st October 2006. Following is a tentative table of contents: ·Library Services & Information Centers in South Asia ·Information Resources on South Asia- Printed, Online & Digital ·Problems in Collection Development in South Asian Studies- Bibliographical Resources, demise of South Asian Bibliographer, Bibliographical control of South Asian languages publications ·Issues of Cataloguing in South Asian Languages Material ·Education and Training for South Asian LIS professionals ·Role of South Asian Institutions- American Institutes of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc ·South Asian Professional Associations- CONSALD, SALG, AAMES ·Information & Resource Sharing among South Asianists ·South Asian Collections and Library Services in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden and Others ·Future of South Asian Information Science & Services Contact: Rajwant Singh Chilana, Ph.D. Asso. Professor of Library Admn & South Asian Librarian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801, USA Tel: 217-333-2492 E-mail: rchilana(a)gmail.com http://www.slla.org.lk/CALL%20FOR%20PAPERS.htm __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Need for investment in Research Studies
by rupesh kumar 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Need for research studies stressed (Deccan Herald, 29 Sep 2006) Bangalore, UNI: Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda on Thursday called for more investments in research studies at the university level as India was at the top in terms of growth and position in the global economy. Mr Pitroda addressing aKnowledge Summit here, said that there was a need for students to take up research in human sciences but the latest trend showed that they opted for high salaried jobs just after completing their degree courses. Even the best brains are busy solving the problems of the rich and not of the poor, he said. They are interested in developing latest watches for the rich and solving the problems of high class banks, he added. "Our scientists with global knowledge should concentrate on solving the problems of the poor and the down trodden to improve the quality of their life," he said. Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju in his inaugural address said India was well positioned to grab the opportunities and take up the challenges in the field of knowledge management. Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. (Deccan Herald, 29 Sep 2006) Bangalore, UNI: Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda on Thursday called for more investments in research studies at the university level as India was at the top in terms of growth and position in the global economy. Mr Pitroda addressing aKnowledge Summit here, said that there was a need for students to take up research in human sciences but the latest trend showed that they opted for high salaried jobs just after completing their degree courses. Even the best brains are busy solving the problems of the rich and not of the poor, he said. They are interested in developing latest watches for the rich and solving the problems of high class banks, he added. "Our scientists with global knowledge should concentrate on solving the problems of the poor and the down trodden to improve the quality of their life," he said. Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju in his inaugural address said India was well positioned to grab the opportunities and take up the challenges in the field of knowledge management. Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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Current awareness discovery tools
by vimal kumar 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Dear Friends, Here is a useful guide " Current awareness discovery tools on the Internet" by Marcus Zillman. This guide is a very informative one and I hope that very useful for librarians while digging for information in the World Wide Web. http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Current%20Awareness%20Discovery%2… Marcus Zillman is the editor of Current Awareness Watch email newsletter. Best wishes, Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Here is a useful guide " Current awareness discovery tools on the Internet" by Marcus Zillman. This guide is a very informative one and I hope that very useful for librarians while digging for information in the World Wide Web. http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Current%20Awareness%20Discovery%2… Marcus Zillman is the editor of Current Awareness Watch email newsletter. Best wishes, Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Need information about Librarians working in special institutions urgently
by Arunachalam Hariharan 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Dear Professionals and friends, SALIS(Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science) is going to organise an UNESCO sponsored one week Sub-National Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for Special Educators and Library Professionals at Chennai from 6th-10th Nov 2006. There is no participation and other fee for the selected candidates. Boarding and lodging also will be arranged. We are in the process of inviting/nominating thirty Librarians working in Special institutions for Physically challenged( Visually handicapped, deaf/blind, etc) institutions/organizations/schools /Colleges under Govt/NGO/Private sectors in the southern states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Andaman Nicobar Islands and Tamilnadu. We are also collecting information about such special institutions and also Librarians working there. We have also collected addresses of special institutions. We found that qualified Librarians are working only in a few such institutions. We need more addresses of Librarians working in such special institutions immediately for selecting/nominating them. Therefore, we request you to kindly send name and addresses of Librarians working in such special institutions near to your place, etc if you know. Thanking you A.Hariharan SALIS (Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science ) B2-Solai Apartment (Opp to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai â 600 089 Salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Cell: 984160 1901 044-22522448, 42014772 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Digital archiving gains new tool -- Web Curator
by Indira K. 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Dear Professionals, The National Library of New Zealand and the British Library have developed 'Web curator' tool that makes it easier to gather and store digital content. The new tool automates the process of harvesting online content and storing it. The Web curator tool will be available to other organisations as an open source release by the end of the year. Source: BBC News, 2006-09-26 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5382144.stm Indira Dear Professionals, The National Library of New Zealand and the British Library have developed 'Web curator' tool that makes it easier to gather and store digital content. The new tool automates the process of harvesting online content and storing it. The Web curator tool will be available to other organisations as an open source release by the end of the year. Source: BBC News, 2006-09-26 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5382144.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5382144.stm Indira

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ICSD-2007 : Submission Deadlines Extended
by Nabonita Guha 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

================================= Apologies, if you've received multiple copies ================================= INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMANTIC WEB & DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ICSD 2007), February 21-23, 2007 ___________________________________________________________ Dear Colleagues, On popular demand, the FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31, 2006. Other revised dates are: => Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 => Submission of the final papers after incorporating comments: December 31, 2006 -- A.R.D. Prasad Convenor, ICSD 2007 DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore, Karnataka (India) PS: Send your queries/papers to: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, icsd2007(a)gmail.com __________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Find a local pizza place, music store, museum and morethen map the best route! http://local.live.com

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lecture Programme by two celebrities of the Information World
by Mailing List Manager 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

You are cordially invited for the following lecture programme. - Moderator British Council Library, Bangalore and Informatics (India) Ltd, Bangalore Present a lecture Programme by two celebrities of the Information World Mr. Jimmy Wales Founder, Wikipedia and Chairman, Wikimedia Foundation, USA and Prof. Peter Johan Lor Secretary General, IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) Netherlands All are cordially invited Date & Time: Saturday, the 30th September,2006: 10.30 -12.30 hours Venue: Conference Hall, British Library, Prestige Takt 23, Kasturba Road Cross, Bangalore - 560 001

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Re: [LIS-Foru]Urgrent : State Library act query.
by Mailing List Manager 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:57:29 +0100 (BST) From: latha krishnaprasad <lkp7405(a)yahoo.co.in> Hello Sir Following states have enacted Public library act: 1.Tamil Nadu (1948) 2.Andhra Pradesh (1960) 3.Karnataka (1965) 4.Maharashtra (1967) 5.West Bengal (1979) 6.Manipur (1988) 7.Kerala (1989) 8.Haryana (1989) 9.Goa (1993) 10.Mizoram (1993) With warm regards Latha Krishnaprasad Librarian SBM Jain College,SGS Bangalore.

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Request to all - Urgent
by sarita wadekar 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Dear all, Myself Mrs, Sarita Ajit Wadekar enrolled myself MLISC. For MLISC my project is "COMPARETIVE STDUY OF LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF CIRCULATION MODULE" For this project I need your help - I have chosen 5 Library software they are as follows : (only circulation module) 1. Libsuite 2. Slim 3. Libsys 4. Soul 5. Granthalaya / Librarian Nalanda (not yet decided) I want to know Limitations of this software and also the full version of the software of those institute they are using this software (name and address of the institute in Mumbai only ) I request you to all. The information which you are providing is really useful for me for the completing my project and also MLISC. This information is also beneficial to me in future. Thanking you, MRS. SARITA AJIT WADEKAR A/401., Takshila, Siddeshwar Garden, Dhokali Naka, THANE (w) - 400607 mob- 9869025699 E-Mail ID - saritawadekar(a)yahoo.co.in srtwadekar(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear all, Myself Mrs, Sarita Ajit Wadekar enrolled myself MLISC. For MLISC my project is "COMPARETIVE STDUY OF LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF CIRCULATION MODULE" For this project I need your help - I have chosen 5 Library software they are as follows : ( only circulation module ) 1. Libsuite 2. Slim 3. Libsys 4. Soul 5. Granthalaya / Librarian Nalanda (not yet decided) I want to know Limitations of this software and also the full version of the software of those institute they are using this software (name and address of the institute in Mumbai only ) I request you to all. The information which you are providing is really useful for me for the completing my project and also MLISC. This information is also beneficial to me in future. Thanking you, MRS. SARITA AJIT WADEKAR A/401., Takshila, Siddeshwar Garden, Dhokali Naka, THANE (w) - 400607 mob- 9869025699 E-Mail ID - mailto:saritawadekar@yahoo.co.in saritawadekar(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:srtwadekar@yahoo.co.in srtwadekar(a)yahoo.co.in Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Complete Royal Society Journal Archive from 1665 now available (fwd)
by Library 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

Dear all, This is a free trial offer till Dec 2006 and you may be interested in browsing some of the classic papers listed in this email. Incidentally, the backvolumes of Philosophical Trans. & Proceedings of the Royal Society are also available freely upto 1935 from Gallica. Regards, Girija -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:22:18 +0100 From: "Lusty, Charles" <Charles.Lusty(a)ROYALSOC.AC.UK> To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu Subject: Complete Royal Society Journal Archive from 1665 now available COMPLETE 341 YEARS OF LANDMARK SCIENCE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE *** Apologies for cross posting *** The complete archive of the Royal Society journals, including some of the most significant scientific papers ever published since 1665, is now freely available online for the first time for a two month period. The archive contains many classic papers including accounts of Michael Faraday's groundbreaking series of electrical experiments, Isaac Newton's invention of the reflecting telescope, and the first research paper published by Stephen Hawking as well as Benjamin Franklin's legendary kite experiment. More details can be found at http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/archive <http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/archive> . The Society's online collection, which until now only extended back to 1997, contains every paper published in the Royal Society journals from the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions in 1665, to the most recent additions, Interface and Biology Letters, and articles published online today ahead of print. The archive will be free to everyone until December 2006 and then will be available as part of the Royal Society new journal subscription packages (see www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/subscribers <outbind://53/www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/subscribers> ). Professor Martin Taylor, Vice President of the Royal Society, said: "The Royal Society archive is a unique source of information for practicing scientists, science historians and indeed anyone with an interest in history. The rich, varied and sometimes entertaining archive documents the earliest accounts of the seventeenth century's 'new experimental philosophy', through which an understanding of the natural world was acquired by experiment and observation. This provided the foundation of the modern scientific method." The archive provides a record of some key scientific discoveries in the last 340 years, including Halley's description of 'his comet' in 1705, details of the double helix of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1954 and Edmond Stone's breakthrough in 1763 that willow bark cured fevers, leading to the discovery of salicylic acid and later the development of aspirin. Some of the more obscure papers explore rudimentary prototypes of modern day technology. Trials proposed by Robert Boyle in 1665 hypothesize on the possibilities of blood transfusions, pondering "Whether a fierce dog stocked with the blood of a cowardly dog may not become more tame?". A forerunner for ventilators was also discussed in a paper by Robert Hooke in 1667 entitled "An account of an experiment made by Mr. Hook [sic], of preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs with bellows". Professor Taylor added: "In addition to being a valuable scientific resource, the journal archives are also a rich historical record documenting a time which is hard to imagine given the knowledge we have today." The digital archive contains papers documenting the discovery of new planets, the first descriptions of organisms through a microscope, and the first account of photography. Early journal papers contain fascinating descriptions of how Captain James Cook preserved the health of his crew aboard the HMS Endeavour and the astonishment of 18th century Society by the performance of a eight year-old Mozart. Links to some key papers are below. If you think any other papers would also be of general interest please contact me at mailto:charles.lusty@royalsoc.ac.uk <mailto:charles.lusty@royalsoc.ac.uk> . Benjamin Franklin's legendary kite experiment, drawing down lightning and showing its electrical nature (1752) http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260-7 085&volume=47&spage=202 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260- 7085&volume=47&spage=202> . The Complementary Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid F.H.C Crick and J.D Watson - 1954 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080-4 630&volume=223&issue=1152&spage=80 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080- 4630&volume=223&issue=1152&spage=80> <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080- 4630&volume=223&issue=1152&spage=80 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080- 4630&volume=223&issue=1152&spage=80> > . On the Hoyle-Narlikar Theory of Gravitation, S. W. Hawking - 1965 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080-4 630&volume=286&issue=1406&spage=313 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080- 4630&volume=286&issue=1406&spage=313> . An Account of an Experiment Made by Mr. Hook, of Preserving Animals Alive by Blowing through Their Lungs with Bellows, Robert Hooke - 1667 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370-2 316&volume=2&spage=539 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370- 2316&volume=2&spage=539> . An Account of a Very Odd Monstrous Calf, Robert Boyle - 1665 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370-2 316&volume=1&spage=10 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370- 2316&volume=1&spage=10> . Observables upon a Monstrous Head, Robert Boyle - 1666 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370-2 316&volume=1&spage=85 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0370- 2316&volume=1&spage=85> . Account of a very remarkable young musician (Mozart), Daines Barrington - 1770 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260-7 085&volume=60&spage=54 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260- 7085&volume=60&spage=54> . Alexander Fleming (Paper describing early stages of penicillin discoveries) - 1922 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0950-1 193&volume=93&issue=653&spage=306 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0950- 1193&volume=93&issue=653&spage=306> . Control Over the Onset of DNA Synthesis in Fission Yeast - 1987 Paul Nurse (Nobel Prize winner) http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080-4 622&volume=317&issue=1187&spage=507 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0080- 4622&volume=317&issue=1187&spage=507> . William Henry Fox Talbot's first account of photography - 1839 (2 articles refer to this in the volume) http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0365-5 695&volume=4&spage=120 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0365- 5695&volume=4&spage=120> . http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0365-5 695&volume=4&spage=124 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0365- 5695&volume=4&spage=124> . Arthur Eddington's solar eclipse observations, confirming Einstein's general theory of relativity (Phil Trans 1919) http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0264-3 952&volume=220&spage=291 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0264- 3952&volume=220&spage=291> . Edmund Stone Willow bark - Aspirin - 1763 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260-7 085&volume=53&spage=195 <http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260- 7085&volume=53&spage=195> . Note: The complete Royal Society journal archive and current content can be browsed at www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk <outbind://53/www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk> . 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PhD facilities in India
by Eldho Joy 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

Dear All Can any one provide comprehensive information about PhD facilities provided by Indian Universitites in Library and Information Science?If possible the criteria too. Eldho Joy Librarian LBS Institute of Technology Trivandrum-12, Kerala,India www.lbsitw.ac.in Dear All Can any one provide comprehensive information about PhD facilities provided by Indian Universitites in Library and Information Science?If possible the criteria too. Eldho Joy Librarian LBS Institute of Technology Trivandrum-12, Kerala,India http://www.lbsitw.ac.in www.lbsitw.ac.in

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34th Five Laws Lecture
by DRTC General 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

DRTC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE 34th FIVE LAWS LECTURE (2006) on "Relevance of Knowledge Management in IT and Engineering Sectors" by Shri A. Kottai Head, Knowledge Management Honeywell Technology Solution Lab Pvt. Bangalore 560076 on Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 6.30 pm. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, (Upstairs), 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010 Presided by Dr. Devika P Madalli Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059

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Some Useful Books and Training Modules from UNESCO
by Susmita Chakraborty 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

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A Training Module on WINISIS and GENISISCD
by Susmita Chakraborty 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

A Training Module on WINISIS and GENISISCD: Creation of Digital Libraries in CD-ROM using WINISIS and GENISIS CD/ by K. Rajasekharan and Nafala K.M. Thrissur: KILA, 2006. http://www.kilaonline.org/documents/genisiscdmanual.pdf Creation of Digital Libraries in CD-ROM using WINISIS and GENISIS CD/ by K. Rajasekharan and Nafala K.M. Thrissur: KILA, 2006. http://www.kilaonline.org/documents/genisiscdmanual.pdf http://www.kilaonline.org/documents/genisiscdmanual.pdf

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UNESCO Documents
by Puna Das 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

Dear All Many full-text books on Information and Communication are available in the UNESCO websites. You can download these books and upload into your document management system for campus wide access. http://unescodelhi.nic.in/publication.htm http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=19695&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=5456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=publications http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/search_form.html www.unesco.org/webworld With regards Anup Kumar Das CI/INF UNESCO, New Delhi --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear All Many full-text books on Information and Communication are available in the UNESCO websites. You can download these books and upload into your document management system for campus wide access. http://unescodelhi.nic.in/publication.htm http://unescodelhi.nic.in/publication.htm http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=19695&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=19695&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=5456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=5456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=publications http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=publications http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/search_form.html http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/search_form.html http://www.unesco.org/webworld www.unesco.org/webworld With regards Anup Kumar Das CI/INF UNESCO, New Delhi Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Urgrent : State Library act query.
by manoj kumar pant 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

Dear all, This is my first mail to the group. Can anyone extend me the name of state who have inacted/passed public Library Act (legislation). Thanks in anticipation. ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant Associate Lecturar, Amrapali Institute of Management and Computer Application, Haldwani,Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09411305621(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 05946-238496, 268201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com ". " manojpant2(a)yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ Dear all, This is my first mail to the group. Can anyone extend me the name of state who have inacted/passed public Library Act (legislation). Thanks in anticipation. ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant Associate Lecturar, Amrapali Institute of Management and Computer Application, Haldwani,Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09411305621(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 05946-238496, 268201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com ". " manojpant2(a)yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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1-Day Tutorial on Building Digital Library using GSDL & Dspace
by Arup Raychaudhury 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

One-Day Tutorial on Building Digital Library using GSDL and Dspace [http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/tutorial.html] Date: Monday, 11 December 2006 Organizers: Central Library & Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Unit (CVPR) Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700 108 Phone: 0-33-2575-2105/2106/2100 Fax: 0-33-2578-1412 Email: library(a)isical.ac.in Resource Persons: Professor Ian H. Witten (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Dr. ARD Prasad (Associate Professor, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore) and Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi (Chief Librarian, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) Number of Seats: 50 Registration: The interested individuals may apply for registration on or before 15 November 2006. Please send your payment after receiving confirmation from the Organizing Committee. Registration Fee: Individual: Rs 200.00 Student : Rs 100.00 Participants from the N-E States of India need not to pay the Registration amount. -- Arup Raychaudhury _____________________________________________________________ Indian Statistical Institute |Phone: 91-33-2575 2106/2100/2118 203 B.T. Road | Kolkata 700 108 |Fax : 91-33-2578 1412 INDIA | _____________________________________________________________

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Position for Asst.Librarian
by Ravindra Rajan 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear Proffessional's Asst.Librarian Position for M.S.Ramaiah College of Law We require Asst.Librarian to our college Qulification : B.L.I.Sc or M.L.I.Sc with basic computer knowledge Experiance : 2-3 Years, any Achademic institution Renumeration : App, 6000-7000 Please sent your resume or contact with your resume for the following address. S.N.Ravindra Rajan Librarian M.S.Ramaiah College of Law M.S.R.Nagar, M.S.R.I.T. Post New B E L Road Bangalore-560 054 98804 33408 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Proffessional's Asst.Librarian Position for M.S.Ramaiah College of Law We require Asst.Librarian to our college Qulification : B.L.I.Sc or M.L.I.Sc with basic computer knowledge Experiance : 2-3 Years, any Achademic institution Renumeration : App, 6000-7000 Please sent your resume or contact with your resume for the following address. S.N.Ravindra Rajan Librarian M.S.Ramaiah College of Law M.S.R.Nagar, M.S.R.I.T. Post New B E L Road Bangalore-560 054 98804 33408 Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Information - Metal Castings
by srels 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear Moderator: We will be thankful if you could kindly post the following message on LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS -- One of our clients would like to have information on the books and journals available in your library on the following topics : Broad Area: CAD/CAM of metal castings by foundry processes - shell, investment, gravity die, etc. Specific areas: Manufacturing assessment, design of patterns, cores of cast components, gating and risering of castings. You can send us a list of such books and journals which may contain information on the above topics. Our e-mail id: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Moderator: We will be thankful if you could kindly post the following message on LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS -- One of our clients would like to have information on the books and journals available in your library on the following topics : Broad Area: CAD/CAM of metal castings by foundry processes - shell, investment, gravity die, etc. Specific areas: Manufacturing assessment, design of patterns, cores of cast components, gating and risering of castings. You can send us a list of such books and journals which may contain information on the above topics. Our e-mail id: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com

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IATLIS 2006
by Jagtar Singh 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear All, Kindly contribute a paper and also attend the IATLIS 2006. It is going to be a great learning experience for all of us. *XXIII IATLIS National Conference 2006* * * The Internet and the web have made profound impact on the life and work of people. Library and Information Science (LIS) education is not an exception to this phenomenon. Though, UGC Model Curriculum was developed in the year 2001 under the leadership of Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, yet many changes have taken place since then. It is high time to make the LIS curricula consistent with the market requirements and to reduce the widening gap between professional theory and practice as well. Taking cognizance of ICT enabled developments, it has been decided to organize the XXXIII IATLIS National Conference on the theme Building Curriculum with a Difference: A Vision for LIS Education for 21st Century'. It is hoped that IATLIS 2006 would be a suitable platform to redefine the LIS curricula and vision for the near future. IATLIS Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) (founded 1969) is a professional association of about 500 teachers and professionals. Since its inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teachers' training, etc. It also actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars, workshops, training programmes etc. It brings out its official organ IATLIS Communication besides publishing pre-conference volumes. Punjabi University, Patiala Punjabi University Patiala, one of the premier institutions of higher education in the north of India, was established on the 30th April, 1962under the Punjabi University Act 1961. This is the second University in the world to be named after a language, the first being Hebrew University of Israel. Although initially the main task before the University was to develop and promote the language of the Punjabi people, it has since evolved into a multi-faceted, multi-faculty educational institution with over fifty five teaching and research departments covering disciplines in of Humanities, Social Sciences, as well as Science and Technology. For more information visit www.universitypunjabi.org DLIS, Punjabi University Started in 1969 with B. Lib. Sc. course, the Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) of Punjabi University has developed itself into a leading centre of education and research in India. DLIS, Punjabi Universityis a pioneer among LIS departments in Indian universities to start working with ICTs in late 1980s, get Internet connectivity in 1996, and develop its own web page in 1997. Curricula of the courses offered by the department have also incorporated latest developments in ICTs from time to time. For more information visit www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/dlis.htm The Conference The Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) of Punjabi Universityis pleased to host the XXIII National Conference of IATLIS during 23 –25 November 2006 at Patiala. *THEME*: Building Curriculum with a difference: A vision for LIS education in the 21st century Sub themes: - Constructing integrated curriculum for the present and future – new approaches - Modularisation of the curriculum - Web-based learning, learning through experience, hidden curricula, cross curricular, key skills etc. - International LIS curricula - case / comparative studies - Emerging digital realities- reflections on LIS curriculum and their integration - Instructional improvement – Powerful pedagogies and innovative learning environment - Changing student demographies - massification challenges on curriculum development - Leadership in the next generation LIS professionals - Curriculum assessment and reinforcing subject - Sustenance of LIS Departments – funding (economic) issues - Role of associations/ academies in the promotion of curriculum building. *Director of the Conference*: Professor Inder Vir Malhan, Head, Department of Library Science, University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K). *Call for Papers* This conference shall be a platform for LIS professionals, teachers, researchers and students to discuss the theme and its facets in the current context of restructuring of LIS education and its curriculum. Papers are invited on the theme and any of sub-themes so as to reach Dr. B.D. Kumbar, Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad not later than 15 October 2006. Papers should include name of the author, designation, title of the article/paper, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email address. The paper should not exceed 3000 words. Papers should be submitted on a 3 ½ Floppy disk or CD together with the printed version of the text. Electronic submission as email attachment in MS Word format may also be sent to bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com *Registration Fee* *Library Professionals from India* Sponsored/Deputed delegates -Residential: Rs. 1000/- Sponsored/Deputed delegates-Non-residential: Rs.700/- Non-sponsored/non-deputed delegates- Residential: Rs. 800/- Non-sponsored/non-deputed delegates- Non-residential: Rs.500/- Local delegates: Rs. 500/- Accompanying person: Rs. 500/- Student: Rs. 500 (Residential) Students: Rs. 300/- (Non-Residential) * * *Delegates from abroad* From SAARC countries: $ 100 From other countries: $ 150 Registration fee includes accommodation, conference kit, and meals on the days of the conference. Extended stay will include extra charges as per university rules. Intending participants should complete the attached registration form and send it along with bank draft drawn in favour of "Organising Secretary, XXIII IATLIS National Conference" payable at Patiala, towards the registration fee so as to reach the Organising Secretary by 30 October 2006. Limited accommodation on twin-sharing basis is available and participants are advised to register well in advance. Delegates intending to arrange their own accommodation may access the URL: *http://patialaheritage.in/in/deluxehotels.html* How to Reach Patiala Patiala is well connected by rail and road. Chandigarh (60 km.) is the nearest airport. All buses coming from Chandigarh/Ambala side stop at the main gate of the university (6 km before the Patiala city). Punjabi University is located 20 km from Rajpura and 50 km from Ambala Cantt, two major stations on main railway line to Amritsar and Jammu. All trains going to Amritsar/Jammu stop at Ambala Cantt. Participants are requested to check the details of trains/timings from railway timetable. Frequent bus service to Patiala is available from Rajpura and Ambala Cantt. A luxury AC video coach leaves for Patiala daily from Counter No. 14 of the Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at 5.30 p.m. and reaches Patiala at 9.45 p.m. On request, the passengers are dropped at the university gate. Reception The oragnising committee will make arrangements to receive participants at Patiala Railway station provided the information is received well in advance by the organising committee. Delegates are requested to arrange their return tickets and reservation well in advance. *Climate and Clothing* Weather at Patiala remains pleasant during end of November. Temperatures varies between 25-30 degree Celsius (maximum) and 7-10 degree Celsius (minimum). Delegates are advised to bring woolen clothing and blankets. Excursion Participants can visit local tourist places like NIS, Sheesh Mahal, Baradari Gardens in Patiala and nearby places like Chandigarh, Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib etc. The organising committee may arrange transport provided sufficient number of participants show their interest. We extend a very cordial invitation to all LIS teachers and librarians for participation in XXIII IATLIS National Conference 2006. Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS, Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003. Email: karisiddappa(a)gmail.com Dr. B.D. Kumbar, General Secretary, IATLIS, Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad. Email: bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com Prof. Jagtar Singh, Organising Secretary XXIII IATLIS National Conference, Dept of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) India. Telephone: 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Dr. Trishanjit Kaur, Joint Organising Secretary XXIII IATLIS National Conference, Head, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) India Telephone 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: trishanjit.kaur(a)gmail.com Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Dear All, Kindly contribute a paper and also attend the IATLIS 2006. It is going to be a great learning experience for all of us. XXIII IATLIS National Conference 2006 The Internet and the web have made profound impact on the life and work of people. Library and Information Science (LIS) education is not an exception to this phenomenon. Though, UGC Model Curriculum was developed in the year 2001 under the leadership of Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, yet many changes have taken place since then. It is high time to make the LIS curricula consistent with the market requirements and to reduce the widening gap between professional theory and practice as well. Taking cognizance of ICT enabled developments, it has been decided to organize the XXXIII IATLIS National Conference on the theme Building Curriculum with a Difference: A Vision for LIS Education for 21st Century'. It is hoped that IATLIS 2006 would be a suitable platform to redefine the LIS curricula and vision for the near future. IATLIS Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) (founded 1969) is a professional association of about 500 teachers and professionals. Since its inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teachers' training, etc. It also actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars, workshops, training programmes etc. It brings out its official organ IATLIS Communication besides publishing pre-conference volumes. Punjabi University , Patiala Punjabi University Patiala, one of the premier institutions of higher education in the north of India , was established on the 30th April, 1962 under the Punjabi University Act 1961. This is the second University in the world to be named after a language, the first being Hebrew University of Israel. Although initially the main task before the University was to develop and promote the language of the Punjabi people, it has since evolved into a multi-faceted, multi-faculty educational institution with over fifty five teaching and research departments covering disciplines in of Humanities, Social Sciences, as well as Science and Technology. For more information visit http://www.universitypunjabi.org/ www.universitypunjabi.org DLIS, Punjabi University Started in 1969 with B. Lib. Sc. course, the Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) of Punjabi University has developed itself into a leading centre of education and research in India . DLIS, Punjabi University is a pioneer among LIS departments in Indian universities to start working with ICTs in late 1980s, get Internet connectivity in 1996, and develop its own web page in 1997. Curricula of the courses offered by the department have also incorporated latest developments in ICTs from time to time. For more information visit http://www.universitypunjabi.org/ www.universitypunjabi.org /pages/dlis/dlis.htm The Conference The Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) of Punjabi University is pleased to host the XXIII National Conference of IATLIS during 23 – 25 November 2006 at Patiala . THEME : Building Curriculum with a difference: A vision for LIS education in the 21st century Sub themes: - Constructing integrated curriculum for the present and future – new approaches - Modularisation of the curriculum - Web-based learning, learning through experience, hidden curricula, cross curricular, key skills etc. - International LIS curricula - case / comparative studies - Emerging digital realities- reflections on LIS curriculum and their integration - Instructional improvement – Powerful pedagogies and innovative learning environment - Changing student demographies - massification challenges on curriculum development - Leadership in the next generation LIS professionals - Curriculum assessment and reinforcing subject - Sustenance of LIS Departments – funding (economic) issues - Role of associations/ academies in the promotion of curriculum building. Director of the Conference : Professor Inder Vir Malhan, Head, Department of Library Science, University of Jammu , Jammu (J&K). Call for Papers This conference shall be a platform for LIS professionals, teachers, researchers and students to discuss the theme and its facets in the current context of restructuring of LIS education and its curriculum. Papers are invited on the theme and any of sub-themes so as to reach Dr. B.D. Kumbar, Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University , Dharwad not later than 15 October 2006 . Papers should include name of the author, designation, title of the article/paper, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email address. The paper should not exceed 3000 words. Papers should be submitted on a 3 ½ Floppy disk or CD together with the printed version of the text. Electronic submission as email attachment in MS Word format may also be sent to mailto:bdkumbar@yahoo.com bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com Registration Fee Library Professionals from India Sponsored/Deputed delegates -Residential: Rs. 1000/- Sponsored/Deputed delegates-Non-residential: Rs.700/- Non-sponsored/non-deputed delegates- Residential: Rs. 800/- Non-sponsored/non-deputed delegates- Non-residential: Rs.500/- Local delegates: Rs. 500/- Accompanying person: Rs. 500/- Student: Rs. 500 (Residential) Students: Rs. 300/- (Non-Residential) Delegates from abroad From SAARC countries: $ 100 From other countries: $ 150 Registration fee includes accommodation, conference kit, and meals on the days of the conference. Extended stay will include extra charges as per university rules. Intending participants should complete the attached registration form and send it along with bank draft drawn in favour of "Organising Secretary, XXIII IATLIS National Conference" payable at Patiala, towards the registration fee so as to reach the Organising Secretary by 30 October 2006. Limited accommodation on twin-sharing basis is available and participants are advised to register well in advance. Delegates intending to arrange their own accommodation may access the URL: http://patialaheritage.in/in/deluxehotels.html http://patialaheritage.in/in/deluxehotels.html How to Reach Patiala Patiala is well connected by rail and road. Chandigarh (60 km.) is the nearest airport. All buses coming from Chandigarh/Ambala side stop at the main gate of the university (6 km before the Patiala city). Punjabi University is located 20 km from Rajpura and 50 km from Ambala Cantt, two major stations on main railway line to Amritsar and Jammu . All trains going to Amritsar/Jammu stop at Ambala Cantt. Participants are requested to check the details of trains/timings from railway timetable. Frequent bus service to Patiala is available from Rajpura and Ambala Cantt. A luxury AC video coach leaves for Patiala daily from Counter No. 14 of the Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at 5.30 p.m. and reaches Patiala at 9.45 p.m. On request, the passengers are dropped at the university gate. Reception The oragnising committee will make arrangements to receive participants at Patiala Railway station provided the information is received well in advance by the organising committee. Delegates are requested to arrange their return tickets and reservation well in advance. Climate and Clothing Weather at Patiala remains pleasant during end of November. Temperatures varies between 25-30 degree Celsius (maximum) and 7-10 degree Celsius (minimum). Delegates are advised to bring woolen clothing and blankets. Excursion Participants can visit local tourist places like NIS , Sheesh Mahal, Baradari Gardens in Patiala and nearby places like Chandigarh , Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib etc. The organising committee may arrange transport provided sufficient number of participants show their interest. We extend a very cordial invitation to all LIS teachers and librarians for participation in XXIII IATLIS National Conference 2006. Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS, Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University , Dharwad 580003. Email: mailto:karisiddappa@gmail.com karisiddappa(a)gmail.com Dr. B.D. Kumbar, General Secretary, IATLIS, Dept of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad. Email: mailto:bdkumbar@yahoo.com bdkumbar(a)yahoo.com Prof. Jagtar Singh, Organising Secretary XXIII IATLIS National Conference, Dept of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) India. Telephone: 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: mailto:jagtar.kindu@gmail.com jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Dr. Trishanjit Kaur, Joint Organising Secretary XXIII IATLIS National Conference, Head, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University , Patiala 147002 ( Punjab ) India Telephone 0175-3046179, 3046180. Email: mailto:trishanjit.kaur@gmail.com trishanjit.kaur(a)gmail.com Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India)

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Do Citations Correlate with Nobel Prizes?
by Mailing List Manager 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Friends: Here is an article on how to predict future Nobel Prize winners based on citation analysis. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- By David Pendlebury Research Services, Thomson Scientific In 1989, David Pendlebury, in the pages of The Scientist, (Vol. 3[19]: 14, 2 October 1989) drew up a list of 20 highly cited researchers who might win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. That same year, two of the 20 suggested names were chosen for the Nobel: Harold E. Varmus and J. Michael Bishop. Subsequently, four more of the 20 received the Prize: Edwin G. Krebs in 1992, Alfred G. Gilman in 1994, Eric R. Kandel in 2000, and Sydney Brenner in 2002. Of course, while six were correct choices, 14 were wrong--or at least wrong to date. For details, visit, http://scientific.thomson.com/nobel/success/

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Impact of e-publishing on Information Society
by Gowri Ravindranth 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Cordially invite you to a talk by Mr. Sashi Kumar TV Journalist & Entrepreneur, Film maker & Chairman, Media Development Foundation & Asian College of Journalism , Chennai on Impact of e-publishing on Information Society at 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2006 Venue: Tata Consultancy Services 100 feet Road, Vadapalani, Chennai The Programme 5.30 p.m. ¡V Tea 5.55 p.m. ¡V Welcome - Prof. A. Amudhavalli, President, MALA 6.00 p.m. ¡V Thematic Address - Mr. Sashi kumar 6.40 p.m. ¡V Interaction 6.55 p.m. ¡V Vote of Thanks - Ms. Githanjali Chandrasekhar, Branch Head, Library and Information Services, TCS Sashi Kumar Mr. Sashi Kumar, a former English Newscaster in Doordarshan, was the founder of Asianet , India ¡Šs first satellite TV channel in the regional language. He has scripted and directed numerous short films and docu-features and in most instances anchored them. He traveled extensively to make these features, visiting the Soviet Union several times during the dismantling phase of ¡¥glasnost¡Š and ¡¥perestroika¡Š; East Germany (GDR) just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall; Romania in the immediate wake of the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu; several countries in eastern Europe to get a feel at first hand of the collapse of communism in that part of the world; several states in Europe and the USA for a mega feature on Disarmament and Development. He also produced a number of special features on the issues affecting South Asia covering Sri Lanka , Afghanistan and the Maldives . Apart from his television documentaries and features, he scripted and directed a film in 16 mm on a friend fighting cancer titled ¡¥Vijayalakshmi, the story of a young woman with cancer, and a science-fictional feature titled ¡¥Nemesis-II¡Š. Scripted and directed a full length feature film in Hindi titled ¡¥Kaya Taran¡Š (Chrysalis). The film deals with the crisis of identity in a multicultural society that turns continually volatile, and straddles the anti-Sikh carnage in the wake of the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the post Godhra anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 (www.kayataran.com) It won him the G.Aravindan Award for the Best Debutant Filmmaker in India of 2004 and has been selected for various international film festivals. In 1999, Sashi Kumar founded the Media Development Foundation as a nonprofit public Trust dedicated to excellence in journalism education and best practices in the profession. Along with his co-Trustees like Mr. N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu group of publications and others he set up the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai (www.asianmedia.org) and presently heading it as its Chairman. He is currently Member, Empowered Committee on Information, Communication & Technology (ICE), Prime Minister¡Šs Office. He is member of the Board of Directors of Real News ¡V Independent World Television. G Looking forward to see you on the 30th. With regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary MALA

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Website for e content course of SHPT School of Library Science
by sarika sawant 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Dear Friends, All are requested to visit website for e-content course of SHPT School of Library Science which is available now http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Regards, Sarika Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Dear Friends, All are requested to visit website for e-content course of SHPT School of Library Science which is available now http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Regards, Sarika Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Position of Library Trainee
by Mailing List Manager 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce this in the LIS-FORUM Thanks Dr.Y.M.Patil Librarian Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080. --------------------------------------------------- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore invites applications for Library Trainee Essential Qualifications: 1. Graduate in Science with Master' s degree in Library and Information Science with distinction 2. Must have knowledge of computer applications Desirable : One year post- graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking Stipend: Rs. 6000/- pm Last date for submitting the application : 30th September 2006. Please send your resume to : library(a)jncasr.ac.in Attn : Dr. Y.M.Patil OR Mail to the following address: Administrative Officer, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, Bangalore-64 email:library@jncasr.ac.in web:www.jncasr.ac.in\library

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Library Hotel! - heard of it???
by rupesh kumar 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Library Hotel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Library Hotel is a 60-room boutique hotel in New York City, located at 299 Madison Avenue (at 41st Street), near the New York Public Library, Bryant Park, and Grand Central Terminal. The hotel boasts a unique organizing principle: each of its ten guest floors has a theme, designated after a major category of the Dewey Decimal Classification (the 5th floor, for example, is the 500s, the Sciences), with each room as a subcategory or genre, such as Mathematics (Room 500.1) or Botany (Room 500.004). (Dewey categories 000, 100, and 200 are placed on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, respectively.) Other room themes include Erotic Literature (Room 800.001), Poetry (Room 800.003), and Music (Room 700.005). All rooms have a small complement of books and decorations that accompany the theme, with 6000 books overall throughout the hotel. Because of this classification scheme, the hotel owners were sued in 2003 by the OCLC (owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system). OCLC reached an agreement with the hotel enabling the hotel to continue using the Dewey system. OCLC Press Release Room Menu at the Library Hotel Third Floor: Social Sciences 300.006 Law 300.005 Money 300.004 World Culture 300.003 Economics 300.002 Political Science 300.001 Communication Fourth Floor: Language 400.006 Ancient Language 400.005 Middle Eastern Language 400.004 Asian Language 400.003 Germanic Language 400.002 Romance Language 400.001 Slavic Language Fifth Floor: Math and Science 500.006 Astronomy 500.005 Dinosaurs 500.004 Botany 500.003 Zoology 500.002 Geology 500.001 Mathematics Sixth Floor: Technology 600.006 Health & Beauty 600.005 Computers 600.004 Medicine 600.003 Management 600.002 Manufacturing 600.001 Advertising Seventh Floor: The Arts 700.006 Fashion Design 700.005 Music 700.004 Photography 700.003 Performing Arts 700.002 Paintings 700.001 Architecture Eighth Floor: Literature 800.006 Mystery 800.005 Fairy Tales 800.004 Dramatic Literature 800.003 Poetry 800.002 Classic Fiction 800.001 Erotic Literature Ninth Floor: History 900.006 Biography 900.005 Geography & Travel 900.004 Asian History 900.003 Oceanography 900.002 Ancient History 900.001 20th Century History Tenth Floor: General Knowledge 1000.006 New Media 1000.005 Journalism 1000.004 Museums 1000.003 Encyclopedic Works 1000.002 Almanacs 1000.001 Libraries Eleventh Floor: Philosophy 1100.006 Love 1100.005 Paranormal 1100.004 Psychology 1100.003 Philosophy 1100.002 Ethics 1100.001 Logic Twelfth Floor: Religion 1200.006 Ancient Religion (Mythology) 1200.005 Native American Religion 1200.004 Germanic Religion 1200.003 New Age 1200.002 African Religion 1200.001 Eastern Religion Visit the Library Hotel Website at http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Library Hotel >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Library Hotel is a 60-room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutique_hotel boutique hotel in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City , located at 299 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Avenue Madison Avenue (at 41st Street), near the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library New York Public Library , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Park Bryant Park , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal Grand Central Terminal . The hotel boasts a unique organizing principle: each of its ten guest floors has a theme, designated after a major category of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification Dewey Decimal Classification (the 5th floor, for example, is the 500s, the Sciences), with each room as a subcategory or genre, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics Mathematics (Room 500.1) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany Botany (Room 500.004). (Dewey categories 000, 100, and 200 are placed on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, respectively.) Other room themes include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature Erotic Literature (Room 800.001), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry Poetry (Room 800.003), and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music Music (Room 700.005). All rooms have a small complement of books and decorations that accompany the theme, with 6000 books overall throughout the hotel. Because of this classification scheme, the hotel owners were sued in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003 2003 by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center OCLC (owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system). OCLC reached an agreement with the hotel enabling the hotel to continue using the Dewey system. http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20031124.htm OCLC Press Release [A] Room Menu at the Library Hotel Third Floor: Social Sciences 300.006 Law 300.005 Money 300.004 World Culture 300.003 Economics 300.002 Political Science 300.001 Communication Fourth Floor: Language 400.006 Ancient Language 400.005 Middle Eastern Language 400.004 Asian Language 400.003 Germanic Language 400.002 Romance Language 400.001 Slavic Language Fifth Floor: Math and Science 500.006 Astronomy 500.005 Dinosaurs 500.004 Botany 500.003 Zoology 500.002 Geology 500.001 Mathematics Sixth Floor: Technology 600.006 Health & Beauty 600.005 Computers 600.004 Medicine 600.003 Management 600.002 Manufacturing 600.001 Advertising Seventh Floor: The Arts 700.006 Fashion Design 700.005 Music 700.004 Photography 700.003 Performing Arts 700.002 Paintings 700.001 Architecture Eighth Floor: Literature 800.006 Mystery 800.005 Fairy Tales 800.004 Dramatic Literature 800.003 Poetry 800.002 Classic Fiction 800.001 Erotic Literature Ninth Floor: History 900.006 Biography 900.005 Geography & Travel 900.004 Asian History 900.003 Oceanography 900.002 Ancient History 900.001 20th Century History Tenth Floor: General Knowledge 1000.006 New Media 1000.005 Journalism 1000.004 Museums 1000.003 Encyclopedic Works 1000.002 Almanacs 1000.001 Libraries Eleventh Floor: Philosophy 1100.006 Love 1100.005 Paranormal 1100.004 Psychology 1100.003 Philosophy 1100.002 Ethics 1100.001 Logic Twelfth Floor: Religion 1200.006 Ancient Religion (Mythology) 1200.005 Native American Religion 1200.004 Germanic Religion 1200.003 New Age 1200.002 African Religion 1200.001 Eastern Religion Visit the Library Hotel Website at http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… All-new Yahoo! 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Post of Assistant Librarian at IIT Bombay
by D Jotwani 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

for details please visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/recruit/Assttlibrarian.pdf -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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Seminar on Organizing Electronic Resources for Digital Archiving - Final Announcement
by SUNIL M.V. 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Dear All, We are closing the registrations for the free seminar tomorrow i.e., Saturday, 23rd September 2006 at 5.30pm. The professionals wish to attend the seminar are requested to register their name over phone or mail at the earliest. For more information please visit www.sdmimd.net/seminar. Spot registrations on prior request. Contact Details Sunil MV (9986439832) Regards, SEMINAR INVITATION SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore In collaboration with focuz INFOTECH is organizing one day (free) seminar on ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVING on September 25, 2006 at SDM Institute for Management Development Auditorium, Mysore The program schedule and the application form are available at www.sdmimd.net/seminar. With regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Dear All, We are closing the registrations for the free seminar tomorrow i.e., Saturday, 23rd September 2006 at 5.30pm. The professionals wish to attend the seminar are requested to register their name over phone or mail at the earliest. For more information please visit http://www.sdmimd.net/seminar www.sdmimd.net/seminar . Spot registrations on prior request. Contact Details Sunil MV (9986439832) Regards, SEMINAR INVITATION SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore In collaboration with focuz INFOTECH is organizing one day (free) seminar on ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVING on September 25, 2006 at SDM Institute for Management Development Auditorium, Mysore The program schedule and the application form are available at http://www.sdmimd.net/seminar www.sdmimd.net/seminar . With regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Google-worldcat link
by Eldho Joy 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Dear All It will be very interesting to know that the Google book search features links to WorldCat.For more details click on to: oclc(a)oclc.org Eldho Joy Librarian www.lbsitw.ac.in Dear All It will be very interesting to know that the Google book search features links to WorldCat.For more details click on to: mailto:oclc@oclc.org oclc(a)oclc.org Eldho Joy Librarian http://www.lbsitw.ac.in www.lbsitw.ac.in

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Open Access: a basic element for development
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Respected Sir/Madam and Dear Friends, If the seed of Open Access can be shown properly to the bed of Five Laws of Library Science of Dr. Ranganathan it wil be more stable and enduring then it can not be rooted out by any copyright lobby.Our main motto is to provide right information to the right people at the right time so that our society can excel in every sphere of life .This way we do connect us to the developmental process of our nation.This has also been mentioned in our Indian constitution as our fundamental duty(Part IV -A /Article 51-A of the constitution)- To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.To excel in any sphere of life , access to the right information is a very basic need and if people are denied to that, then we will have to compromise with the future of the country in terms of R & D, economy, competitiveness etc. We are facilitating and empowering people by providing information in order to fulfil their fundamental duties towards nation. And we can not afford compromise to function as copyright cops deviating from our core duty as information provider . Multinational Publishing houses can not expects us to do that but at the same time I am not saying that Library/ information professionals should be gross copyright violators. We will have to fight back keeping everything in mind to make our dream of Open Acess come true. SABUJ KUMAR CHAUDHURI SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARAY & INFORMATION SCIENCE JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA-700 032 --------------------------------- Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... Respected Sir/Madam and Dear Friends, If the seed of Open Access can be shown properly to the bed of Five Laws of Library Science of Dr. Ranganathan it wil be more stable and enduring then it can not be rooted out by any copyright lobby.Our main motto is to provide right information to the right people at the right time so that our society can excel in every sphere of life .This way we do connect us to the developmental process of our nation.This has also been mentioned in our Indian constitution as our fundamental duty(Part IV -A /Article 51-A of the constitution)- To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement .To excel in any sphere of life , access to the right information is a very basic need and if people are denied to that, then we will have to compromise with the future of the country in terms of R & D, economy, competitiveness etc. We are facilitating and empowering people by providing information in order to fulfil their fundamental duties towards nation. And we can not afford compromise to function as copyright cops deviating from our core duty as information provider . Multinational Publishing houses can not expects us to do that but at the same time I am not saying that Library/ information professionals should be gross copyright violators. We will have to fight back keeping everything in mind to make our dream of Open Acess come true. SABUJ KUMAR CHAUDHURI SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARAY & INFORMATION SCIENCE JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA-700 032 Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/trueswitch/*http://uk.docs.… Do it now...

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British Library Ahmedabad Vacancies
by Satish Deshpande 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Dear Moderator/List Administrator There are three job vacancies at British Library Ahmedabad. I shall be thankful if you kindly send the circular to the subscribers. The British Libraries in India are jointly managed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the British Council Division of the British High Commission. Satish Deshpande Head British Library Ahmedabad satish.deshpande(a)in.britishcouncil.org *Indian Council for Cultural Relations* *Azad Bhawan Indraprastha Estate New Delhi 110 002* Applications are invited for the following posts at the* British Library Ahmedabad* ** *Asst Manager* (1 post) The candidate should be a post-graduate in Library&Info Science with experience in marketing and promotion, having excellent oral and written communication skills, analytical skills, basic IT and administrative skills with two-year relevant experience in a reputed library/information centre *Asst Librarian* (2 posts) The candidate should be a graduate in any discipline with proven customer service orientation, good oral and written communication skills, basic IT skills, administrative skills, aptitude to work as part of a motivated and professional Library team and relevant experience *Approx Gross Salar*y Asst Manager Rs. 20,700/- per month Asst Librarian Rs. 13,900/- per month In addition the posts carry benefits like PF, LTA, medical reimbursement, gratuity etc Candidates interested in applying for the post should submit their detailed CV along with a brief note providing evidence that you meet the skills/competencies required for the job, indicating on the envelope the post applied for to : The Director General Indian Council for Cultural Relations Azad Bhawan Indraprastha Estate New Delhi – 110 002 or by email to padam.talwar(a)iccrindia.org with a copy to bl.ahmedabad(a)in.britishcouncil.org on or before *10 October 2006* Dear Moderator/List Administrator There are three job vacancies at British Library Ahmedabad. I shall be thankful if you kindly send the circular to the subscribers. The British Libraries in India are jointly managed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the British Council Division of the British High Commission. Satish Deshpande Head British Library Ahmedabad mailto:satish.deshpande@in.britishcouncil.org satish.deshpande(a)in.britishcouncil.org Indian Council for Cultural Relations Azad Bhawan Indraprastha Estate New Delhi 110 002 Applications are invited for the following posts at the British Library Ahmedabad Asst Manager (1 post) The candidate should be a post-graduate in Library&Info Science with experience in marketing and promotion, having excellent oral and written communication skills, analytical skills, basic IT and administrative skills with two-year relevant experience in a reputed library/information centre Asst Librarian (2 posts) The candidate should be a graduate in any discipline with proven customer service orientation, good oral and written communication skills, basic IT skills, administrative skills, aptitude to work as part of a motivated and professional Library team and relevant experience Approx Gross Salar y Asst Manager Rs. 20,700/- per month Asst Librarian Rs. 13,900/- per month In addition the posts carry benefits like PF, LTA, medical reimbursement, gratuity etc Candidates interested in applying for the post should submit their detailed CV along with a brief note providing evidence that you meet the skills/competencies required for the job, indicating on the envelope the post applied for to : The Director General Indian Council for Cultural Relations Azad Bhawan Indraprastha Estate New Delhi – 110 002 or by email to mailto:padam.talwar@iccrindia.org padam.talwar(a)iccrindia.org with a copy to mailto:bl.ahmedabad@in.britishcouncil.org bl.ahmedabad(a)in.britishcouncil.org on or before 10 October 2006

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All gmail users can now use "Writely" - An Online Word Processor
by Sukhdev Singh 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

All gmail users can now use writely. This means that even if you have never signed up for it, if u have a google account you now can. Writely <http://www.writely.com/> is a free online word processor which was merged with google a while ago. It can also be used by a group of people to collaborate on a document. I had used it few months back and found it satisfactory. [ Source - http://www.google.com/support/writely/bin/answer.py?answer=47589 ] --Sukhdev Singh. http://openmed.nic.in

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Workshop on Knowledge Management at Chennai during Oct 13-14
by Mohan HR 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Dear LIS-FORUM Moderator, Pl. find below some info on the workshop. Could you pl. forward the following email to your contacts and also post in the LIS-FORUM? With regards HR Mohan, The Hindu & Chairman, Div II, CSI 98414 32179 ==================================================== Dear friends, The CSI Div II on Software and Chennai Chapter in association with XIME, Banaglore is organising a two day workshop on KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT during 13-14, Oct 2006. A detailed brochure is available at the URL http://www.accel-india.com/csi-chennai/km-ws-bro.pdf RESOURCE PERSONS - Prof. R. Natarajan, Former Chairman, AICTE and Former Director IITM - Prof. J. Philip, President, XIME and Former Director IIMB - Prof. H.N. Mahabala, Professor IIITB and Former Professor, IITM - Mr. R. Mohan, Former MD Mphasis and Faculty XIME, Bangalore - Prof. T.V. Gopal, Dept. of CSE, College of Engg, Anna University - Prof. K. Subramanian, DDG(NIC) & IT Adviser to CAG of India - Dr. J.K. Suresh, Head KM Group, Infosys, Bangalore - Mr. Sukumar Rajagopal, CKO & VP, Cognizant, Chennai - Mr. A. Kottai, KM Head, Honeywell Technology Labs, Bangalore - Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, Software Division, CSI - Mr. K. Adhivarahan, Chapter Chairman, CSI, Chennai - Plus presentations from SAP, EMC and few KM solution providers VENUE AND DATES Hotel Days Inn Deccan Plaza, # 36. Royapettah High Road, Chennai. Dates : October 13 - 14 , 2006 PROGRAMME FEE CSI Members: Rs. 3,500/- For Academics: Rs. 2,000/- Industry Delegates: Rs. 4,000/- If a group of three is nominated: Rs. 10,000/- Last date for Registration: 5th October, 2006 For additional information, please contact: Mr. K. ADHIVARAHAN, Chennai; adhivarahan(a)gmail.com; 94442 75315 OR Mr. H.R. MOHAN, Chennai; hrmohan(a)gmail.com; 98414 32179 As the seats are limited, pl. send your registrations early. Also, we request you to kindly forward this mail and the url of the brochure to your known professional contacts and request them to regsiter for the workshop. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div II, CSI HR Mohan Chief Systems Manager, The Hindu, 859 Anna Salai Madras 600002, INDIA Phone: 91-44-8413344 Fax : 91-44-8415325 Email: hrmohan(a)vsnl.com / hrmohan(a)rediffmail.com Web : www.hinduonline.com

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Articles required
by Kshema Prakash 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Apologies for X Postings Dear Friends, Can someone help me in getting these articles? I tried with our online databases and other sources, but could not succeed. I also thank all those who have helped me earlier. 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. 5. Bera, B. Das, S. et al. 1993. Morphological studies on three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. of lower gangetic plains, West Bengal, India. Phytomorphology 43(1-2): 93-103. With thanks. Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India -- Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India Apologies for X Postings � Dear Friends, � Can someone help me in getting these articles? I tried with our online databases and other sources, but could not succeed. I also thank all those who have helped me earlier. � 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. � 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. � 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. � 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. � 5. Bera, B. Das, S. et al. 1993. Morphological studies on three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. of lower gangetic plains, West Bengal, India. Phytomorphology 43(1-2): 93-103. � With thanks. � Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India -- � � Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India

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Open Acess : some relevant issues
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Respected Sir/ Madam and Dear Friends Open-Access has become a buzz-word in these days. Many renowned persons are also advocating strongly for OA. It is said that there are 2 schools regarding OA initiatives- one is, journal reform school and other one is self-archiving school. Both can be regarded as an alternative to models for accessing to the copyrighted academic and scientific information. As a concept and philosophy, it is great. It is very true that the research conducted in various R & D labs like CSIR Labs, ICMR Labs, DBT Labs, and ICAR Labs is done with the public money collected from the people. Hence, people have every right to access these scientific results in the form of a research report that are mostly published in the peer reviewed journals with strong copyright policy. But unfortunately, presently, OA initiatives have very little impact on S & T researchers for whom the total initiative is meant for. If they do not believe in this novel movement, the effort of our initiative will be of no use. We have to make them convinced in all platforms about its merits and at the same time persuasion of big scholarly publishing houses should be done from all possible angles. Developing countries already achieved pioneering initiatives in many places to promote OA and therefore they should play the leading role in shaping OA world wide. The questions related with economics, copyright, OA and sustainable development are important practical questions and we will have to develop a model for its sustenance. But the great dilemma is that, will this dream of OA be ever possible or it will bow down to copyright lobby of multinationals of the West. Already developed world has responded by suggesting that OA is dangerous to scientific innovation and will destroy already existing peer-reviewed journals. Some of the multinational publishing houses have changed their copyright agreements in order to support OA self-archiving. The results of the RoMEo study attest to this. It is still unclear, will majority of the publishers allow it or not. Still most of the scientists do prefer to publish their research reports in subscription based journals.All scientists should encourage to join this great movement to protect our knowledge and heritage and they must make them understand that copyright can stand as a barrier to the diffusion of their academic work, a barrier to the percolation of the knowledge to the grass root level, an agent that enhance disparity among people and countries , increase the gap between the haves and have nots. Let us promise together, we will make them convinced at any cost otherwise that days are not too far when all knowledge will be privatized, caged and monopolized in the hands of some few multinational publishing houses. SABUJ KUMAR CHAUDHURI SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA-700 032 email-sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk sabooj_c(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo. Open-Access has become a buzz-word in these days. Many renowned persons are also advocating strongly for OA. It is said that there are 2 schools regarding OA initiatives- one is, journal reform school and other one is self-archiving school. Both can be regarded as an alternative to models for accessing to the copyrighted academic and scientific information. As a concept and philosophy, it is great. It is very true that the research conducted in various R & D labs like CSIR Labs, ICMR Labs, DBT Labs, and ICAR Labs is done with the public money collected from the people. Hence, people have every right to access these scientific results in the form of a research report that are mostly published in the peer reviewed journals with strong copyright policy. But unfortunately, presently, OA initiatives have very little impact on S & T researchers for whom the total initiative is meant for. If they do not believe in this novel movement, the effort of our initiative will be of no use. We have to make them convinced in all platforms about its merits and at the same time persuasion of big scholarly publishing houses should be done from all possible angles. Developing countries already achieved pioneering initiatives in many places to promote OA and therefore they should play the leading role in shaping OA world wide. The questions related with economics, copyright, OA and sustainable development are important practical questions and we will have to develop a model for its sustenance. But the great dilemma is that, will this dream of OA be ever possible or it will bow down to copyright lobby of multinationals of the West. Already developed world has responded by suggesting that OA is dangerous to scientific innovation and will destroy already existing peer-reviewed journals. Some of the multinational publishing houses have changed their copyright agreements in order to support OA self-archiving. The results of the RoMEo study attest to this. It is still unclear, will majority of the publishers allow it or not. Still most of the scientists do prefer to publish their research reports in subscription based journals.All scientists should encourage to join this great movement to protect our knowledge and heritage and they must make them understand that copyright can stand as a barrier to the diffusion of their academic work, a barrier to the percolation of the knowledge to the grass root level, an agent that enhance disparity among people and countries , increase the gap between the haves and have nots. Let us promise together, we will make them convinced at any cost otherwise that days are not too far when all knowledge will be privatized, caged and monopolized in the hands of some few multinational publishing houses. 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InfoVision2006-the Knowledge Summit, September 28-29, 2006-Bangalore
by Shalini Urs 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Come to InfoVision 2006 and participate in India's journey towards knowledge capitalization --- InfoVision 2006- the Knowledge Summit Sep 28-29, 2006, Hotel Le Meridian, Bangalore www.infovision2006.org <http://www.infovision2006.org/> Organized by The International School of Information Management (iSIM) And Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Knowledge is an important part of intellectual capital, and has become a key asset for individuals, organizations and societies. Processes and Technologies for creating, capturing and converting knowledge into capital are the keys to success. Building intellectual capital by transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions is the hallmark of Successful enterprises. Given the role of the emerging knowledge economy, our ability to harness knowledge and build intellectual capital becomes a crucial endeavor for India. We need to build further capability by exploring the role of content, community, technology, and innovation as part of this journey. InfoVision 2006 brings you the essential facets of knowledge - Content, Community and Business processes, Management tools and technologies. Packed with nine keynotes and six interactive panels, InfoVision 2006 presents an intellectual feast and a platform for rich interactions We bring you keynotes by (select listing ) : * Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission * Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia. * Rory L. Chase , Founder of Teleos - the company that conducts the internationally recognized Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) program * Leif Edvinsson, Professor of Intellectual Capital, at Lund University, Sweden * Peter Johan Lor, the Secretary General, IFLA * Shoba Purushothaman, CEO &co-founder, The NewsMarket, Inc, USA Special Attraction - MAKE Award ceremony on 28th evening during the gala dinner Learn about the best practices of the most admired knowledge enterprises For more details - www.infovision2006.org <http://www.infovision2006.org/> Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. See you at InfoVision 2006! --- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Executive Director International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Tele : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm  Come to InfoVision 2006 and participate in India ’s journey towards knowledge capitalization � --- � InfoVision 2006- the Knowledge Summit Sep 28-29, 2006, Hotel Le Meridian, Bangalore http://www.infovision2006.org/ www.infovision2006.org � Organized by � The International School of Information Management (iSIM) And Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) � Knowledge is an important part of intellectual capital, and has become a key asset for individuals, organizations and societies. Processes and Technologies for creating, capturing and converting knowledge into capital are the keys to success. Building intellectual capital by transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions is the hallmark of Successful enterprises. Given the role of the emerging knowledge economy, our ability to harness knowledge and build intellectual capital becomes a crucial endeavor for India . We need to build further capability by exploring the role of content, community, technology, and innovation as part of this journey. � InfoVision 2006 brings you the essential facets of knowledge - Content, Community and Business processes, Management tools and technologies. � Packed with nine keynotes and six interactive panels, InfoVision 2006 presents an intellectual feast and a platform for rich interactions � We bring you keynotes by (select listing ) : � Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia. Rory L. Chase , Founder of Teleos – the company that conducts the internationally recognized Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) program Leif Edvinsson, Professor of Intellectual Capital, at Lund University , Sweden Peter Johan Lor, the Secretary General, IFLA Shoba Purushothaman ,� CEO &co-founder, The NewsMarket, Inc, USA � Special Attraction – MAKE Award ceremony on 28 th evening during the gala dinner Learn about the best practices of the most admired knowledge enterprises � For more details – http://www.infovision2006.org/ www.infovision2006.org � Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. � See you at InfoVision 2006! � --- � � Dr.Shalini R. Urs Executive Director International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Tele : + 91 821 2514699 Fax� : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm �

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Friday talk at MyDLIS !!
by khaiser nikam 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Dear Moderator , Kindly circulate this report among the members of your forum. Dr Khaiser Nikam Reader in LISc University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 Email:khaiser.nikam@gmail.com Mulissa Friday talk -1 - Friday the 18/09/06 -30.30 to 6.00 PM The department of library science under the aegis of Mulissa Mysore University Library and Information Students Association, on every Friday after noon organizes a special lecture on different topics. This has been the practice for many decades now .The present academic years lecture series were inaugurated on last Friday the 18th September 06.The excerpts of the function are as follows: "University of Mysore, Department of Library and Information Science is one of the first departments to have been initiated during the erstwhile Mysore state in 1962 and started functioning in the year 1965 under the headship of Late Prof. P K Patil. And Dr S.R. Ranganathan, the father of Library Science, framed the BLISc syllabus for the department " said Dr Khaiser Nikam, faculty advisor, while speaking about the decades old MULISSA - students' forum,, at the inaugural function of the association. Prof. A R Seetha Ram, from Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE) and the Director of Paramahamsa Yoga Center, Bhogadi Mysore was the guest speaker. Prof Seeth Ram, while delivering the inaugural special Lecture on " Spiritual Education and Personality Development " recalled how he has been associated with MyDLIS & Library Science, as his brother in law late Sri .TKS Iyengar was the librarian at IISc,Bangalore , and his wife Dr.Gita Seetha Ram ,CFTRI library , is the alumnus of this department . Prof. Seetha Ram who was to give a talk for about 45 minutes went up to 1hr and 45 minutes ,with out the knowledge of the audiences . All the faculty members and the students immensely benefited from his talk, as the talk was followed by a " Yogic tips workshop". In his talk Dr Ram emphasized on the need for positive attitude, right perception and how yoga can be practiced for total growth of the personality of an individual. Dr.Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman of the deportment gave his presidential remarks at the end. Other faculty members Prof.R Shalini Urs, Dr,M .Chandrashekar and Dr N .S. Harinarayana were present. Ms Smitha, A.P, welcomed the gathering; Ms.Sajan C compeered and Naveen Kumar delivered Vote of thanks. The function was stared with an invocation by Ms.Chithra M.S. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Dear Moderator , Kindly circulate this report among the members of your forum. Dr Khaiser Nikam Reader in LISc University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 Email: mailto:khaiser.nikam@gmail.com khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Mulissa Friday talk -1 - Friday the 18/09/06 -30.30 to 6.00 PM The department of library science under the aegis of Mulissa Mysore University Library and Information Students Association, on every Friday after noon organizes a special lecture on different topics. This has been the practice for many decades now .The present academic years lecture series were inaugurated on last Friday the 18 th September 06.The excerpts of the function are as follows: "University of Mysore, Department of Library and Information Science is one of the first departments to have been initiated during the erstwhile Mysore state in 1962 and started functioning in the year 1965 under the headship of Late Prof. P K Patil. And Dr S.R. Ranganathan, the father of Library Science, framed the BLISc syllabus for the department " said Dr Khaiser Nikam, faculty advisor, while speaking about the decades old MULISSA - students' forum,, at the inaugural function of the association. Prof. A R Seetha Ram, from Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE) and the Director of Paramahamsa Yoga Center, Bhogadi Mysore was the guest speaker. Prof Seeth Ram, while delivering the inaugural special Lecture on " Spiritual Education and Personality Development " recalled how he has been associated with MyDLIS & Library Science, as his brother in law late Sri .TKS Iyengar was the librarian at IISc,Bangalore , and his wife Dr.Gita Seetha Ram ,CFTRI library , is the alumnus of this department . Prof. Seetha Ram who was to give a talk for about 45 minutes went up to 1hr and 45 minutes ,with out the knowledge of the audiences . All the faculty members and the students immensely benefited from his talk, as the talk was followed by a " Yogic tips workshop". In his talk Dr Ram emphasized on the need for positive attitude, right perception and how yoga can be practiced for total growth of the personality of an individual. Dr.Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman of the deportment gave his presidential remarks at the end. Other faculty members Prof.R Shalini Urs, Dr,M .Chandrashekar and Dr N .S. Harinarayana were present. Ms Smitha, A.P, welcomed the gathering; Ms.Sajan C compeered and Naveen Kumar delivered Vote of thanks. The function was stared with an invocation by Ms.Chithra M.S. Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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Future of Knowledge? -Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hello, Friends. Following is an interesting article. Is this the future of Knowledge? Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge <http://www.citizendium.org/essay.html> By Larry Sanger <http://www.larrysanger.org/> Just few lines here: 1. Thinkers of the world, start imagining. ..Tens of millions of intellectuals can work together, if they so choose... ..In the next year, by the end of 2007, every major university, library, museum, archive, professional organization, government, and corporation will be asking themselves with increasing urgency: how, using what systems and methods, can we pool the entire world's intellectual resources to create the ideal information resource?.. 2. Wikipedia. ..Wikipedia, started only five years ago, now has millions of articles in over one hundred languages, and has nearly singlehandedly introduced the world's intellectuals to the possibilities of enormous collaborative efforts. It is a project that shouldn't work, but does--who could have expected such a radically open project to produce anything of value? But, by giving intellectuals the world over an open platform on which to work together, a clear task, and a simple interface, Wikipedia has shown a global audience what enormous, distributed knowledge collaboration can achieve. The work of the Wikipedians has astounded the world.. 3. A new community and a new project: the Citizendium. 4. The way forward. Finally He describes his project - The Citizendium Project - http://www.citizendium.org/ Hope you find it useful. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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call for papers
by Dr. S M.SHAFI 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities Dear Colleagues, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir Srinagar (J & K) 1900 06 is organizing a seminar on Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and opportunities in first week of November, 2006. The Seminar will focus on opportunities offered & challenges by ICT revolution in transforming traditional institutions like Libraries and information centers besides Govt and Business organizations in delivering and disseminating content and re-engineering services. The theme will be fruitful in understanding different technologies developed and adopted for digital libraries by many institutions or organization and to review their social, cultural implication as well The seminar will review different dimensions like planning, architectire, interoperability, scalability, metadata harvesting, digitization, social and cultural implications Preservation and multilingual implication, software imperatives, e-learning perspectives and case studies of digital libraries. The topics are not a comprehensive list and contributors can address other related issues. Colleagues may note: 1) Last date for submission of papers-10/10/2006 2) Papers can be emailed at dlis_2006(a)yahoo.co.in CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities Dear Colleagues, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir Srinagar (J & K) 1900 06 is organizing a seminar on Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and opportunities in first week of November, 2006. The Seminar will focus on opportunities offered & challenges by ICT revolution in transforming traditional institutions like Libraries and information centers besides Govt and Business organizations in delivering and disseminating content and re-engineering services. The theme will be fruitful in understanding different technologies developed and adopted for digital libraries by many institutions or organization and to review their social, cultural implication as well The seminar will review different dimensions like planning, architectire, interoperability, scalability, metadata harvesting, digitization, social and cultural implications Preservation and multilingual implication, software imperatives, e-learning perspectives and case studies of digital libraries. The topics are not a comprehensive list and contributors can address other related issues. Colleagues may note: 1) Last date for submission of papers-10/10/2006 2) Papers can be emailed at dlis_2006(a)yahoo.co.in http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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OA textbooks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

OA textbook publisher buys OA textbook portal Freeload Press, Inc Purchases Textbook Revolution, a press release from Freeload, September 18, 2006. Excerpt: Freeload Press...announced today that it has purchased Textbook Revolution in a strategic move designed to add more products, expand services and increase resources for college students and other learners around the country. The combined companies will provide extensive resources for students searching for affordable textbooks, study guides, learning tools, informational modules, and other educational assets. Our mission is to liberate the textbook so students from all financial backgrounds can use these important tools, said Tom Doran, Chief Executive Officer at Freeload Press, Inc. Textbook Revolution provides a service that helps expand the reach of our mission. Their cataloging service --which organizes and comments on all appropriate free textbooks and supplements-- is a wonderful resource for all college students. Joining him in announcing the merger was Jason Turgeon, President and founder of Textbook Revolution. Im excited to join Freeload Press. Both of us are working hard to make college more affordable, so this is a natural fit, said Turgeon, who will continue to manage Textbook Revolution and work as a publisher with Freeload Press, Inc. By joining their team, Ill be able to greatly increase the resources for free books I can direct students to, without compromising quality. This is really going to benefit students looking for relief from the spiraling costs of education. said Turgeon. Peter Suber's Comment. I've called Textbook Revolution "the best single site on OA textbooks" and again, the only "searchable portal [for OA textbooks] that tries to be comprehensive." If this buy-out ensures its longevity, I'm all for it. ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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GOVT PLANS 30 IIITS TO TACKLE MANPOWER CRUNCH
by Farooque Shaheen 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

With a severe manpower crunch in the IT sector, the Government is proposing to set up about 30 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) over the next few years, which could involve an expenditure of around Rs 3,000 crore. The IIITs will not be allocated State-wise. Some small States may not have the capacity to sustain such institutions, whereas states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and some others would have more demand and may have two IIITs. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/17/stories/2006091702950100.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, CAritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 With a severe manpower crunch in the IT sector, the Government is proposing to set up about 30 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) over the next few years, which could involve an expenditure of around Rs 3,000 crore. The IIITs will not be allocated State-wise. Some small States may not have the capacity to sustain such institutions, whereas states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and some others would have more demand and may have two IIITs. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/17/stories/2006091702950100.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, CAritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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India can build 15-20 IITs every year with the money spent on overseas education
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

"The number of students who come to India to study is going down. Meanwhile, the amount of money spent on Indian students studying abroad is sufficient to set up 30-40 IIMs or 15-20 IITs every year. The threat is that we may lose our best minds at a rate faster than ever before. The opportunity is that we can be educators to the world," says Mr Arun Shourie. Please see <http://www.indianexpress.com/story/12586.html>. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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8th Subba Rao Memorial Lecture
by Ratnakar Aspari 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Dear Moderator: I will be thankful if you could kindly post the follwoing message on Lis-Forum. A. Ratnakar New Delhi ___________________ Ranganathan Research Circle, New Delhi: 8th C V Subba Rao Memorial Lecture is being organized on September 23rd, 2006 (4th Saturday) at Hall No. 8 (Hall of Special Display) Pragati Maidan, New Delhi at 2:00 P.M. Theme of the Programme is "Library & Information Science: A student's perspective". There will be presentations from L & IS students followed by a panel discussion. All are cordially invited.

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Online Course material from IIT
by Babu Rajendra 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Hi All, - The IITs have taken up an initiative of starting online teaching and thus have started offering course materials online for every engineering stream. - Many professors from all the IITs have provided course materials for each chapter and each subject. - One has to register at the link provided below and can access the course material. - Every Chapter has been described with diagrams and charts. - Please spread this message to everyone, as many can benefit from this program taken up by the government and IIT. This is just a trial period going on and hence everyone can register at the link given. 1] Go to http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ 2] Click on Courses 3] Sign up as a NEW USER 4] And one can access any course material. Please spread the word, so that this initiative benefits as many people as possible. Warm Regards, H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5-10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-41997351 http://www.capcoinstitute.com/ Capco Institute is the research arm of Capco Capco is the first services and technology solutions provider exclusively focused on forming the future of the financial markets. We unite thought leadership and practical application to improve profitability for our clients. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEARN MORE - Capco is a consultant, managed services provider and thought leader. We are experts in the financial services industry. You can access our thinking and learn more about us at www.capco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/

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Oa thriving in Europe
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Beyond DRIVER to EDRI EU project to widen access to European research information, September 13, 2006. The CORDIS announcement of the DRIVER project. (See DRIVER's own announcement on Monday.) Excerpt: A new EU-funded project will lay the foundations of a large-scale, pan-European public infrastructure for research information. Open-access to research information is vital for researchers. The long-term vision of the DRIVER (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research) project is to create an knowledge infrastructure for European researchers, which could include any form of scientific resource, from reports, to research articles, to raw data to other media. A number of countries and institutions already have repositories and networks which bring together a wide range of research content. A good example of this is the DARE Network in the Netherlands. Launched in 2004, DARE networks the digital data collections of all Dutch universities, as well as several related institutions, and allows users to access the information, which is arranged consistently. To date, DARE provides access to more than 75,000 digital records. The organisation behind DARE, SURF (the Dutch higher education and research partnership organisation which networks services, information and communications technology), is a partner in the DRIVER project. In a similar way, the European Digital Repository Infrastructure will eventually be a virtual network of repositories from across Europe. Initially, the project will focus on linking 51 institutional repositories from the Netherlands, UK, Germany, France and Belgium. This early 'test-bed' version of the European Repository will offer users a number of services, such as search, data collection, profiling and recommendations.... Ultimately, the project partners hope their virtual repository will build up a critical mass of research materials which will represent a powerful demonstration of Europe's research output. ---- Why are countries in the South reluctant to embrace the culture of open access, even though they stand to benefit much more than the European countries? Is it because our scientists and schoalars are not aware of the tremendous benefits of OA or is it because our science leaders do not see the value of OA? Arun ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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DSpace Workshop
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres(IASLIC) Kolkata 700 054 is going to organise a Workshop on Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software Date : November 28 - December 01, 2006 (Tentatively) Objectives of the Workshop : 1. To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related concepts. 2. To offer hands on experience on Linux . 3. To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software. Areas to be covered in the Workshop: Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries: Current Scenario, Different Digital Library software and comparative study, Overview of Linux, Overview and Installation of DSpace, DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors, Lucene Search Engine, DSpace Administration, Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages Laboratory Facilities The workshop lectures will be followed by demonstration and hands-on practices as far as practicable. An attractive Lab facilities (with one computer for two participants) will be made available for practice to the participants. Resource persons Prof A R D Prasad and Dr Devika P Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre (ISI), and different Institutions. Target Participants: Library and Information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to a limited number of participants and will be filled strictly on first come first served basis. Venue at Kolkata National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India), B T Road, Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. Registration Fees Rs. 4000/- only per participant. The DD/Cash payable in favour of "IASLIC, Kolkata", payable at Kolkata. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit (Workshop Volume, DSpace Software), Working Lunch and Tea. Last date of registration : November 10, 2006. For further details contact : Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Workshop Coordinator and Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054. email: panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Mobile : +91 94342 43522 Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Ph (M) : +91 94342 43522. Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres(IASLIC) Kolkata 700 054 is going to organise a Workshop on Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software Date : November 28 - December 01, 2006 (Tentatively ) Objectives of the Workshop : 1. To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related concepts. 2. To offer hands on experience on Linux . 3. To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software. Areas to be covered in the Workshop: Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries: Current Scenario, Different Digital Library software and comparative study, Overview of Linux, Overview and Installation of DSpace, DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors, Lucene Search Engine, DSpace Administration, Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages Laboratory Facilities The workshop lectures will be followed by demonstration and hands-on practices as far as practicable. An attractive Lab facilities (with one computer for two participants) will be made available for practice to the participants . Resource persons Prof A R D Prasad and Dr Devika P Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre (ISI), and different Institutions . Target Participants: Library and Information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to a limited number of participants and will be filled strictly on first come first served basis. Venue at Kolkata National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India ), B T Road , Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090. Registration Fees Rs. 4000/- only per participant. The DD/Cash payable in favour of "IASLIC, Kolkata", payable at Kolkata. The Registration Fee includes Workshop Kit (Workshop Volume, DSpace Software), Working Lunch and Tea. Last date of registration : November 10, 2006 . For further details contact : Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Workshop Coordinator and Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700 054. email: panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com , Mobile : +91 94342 43522 Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi , Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Ph (M) : +91 94342 43522 . Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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Seminar on Organizing Electronic Resource for Digital Archiving
by SUNIL M.V. 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

Dear All, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore In collaboration with focuz INFOTECH is organizing one day seminar on ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVING on September 25, 2006 at SDM Institute for Management Development Auditorium, Mysore The program schedule and the application form are available at www.sdmimd.net/seminar. With regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Dear All, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore In collaboration with focuz INFOTECH is organizing one day seminar on ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVING on September 25, 2006 at SDM Institute for Management Development Auditorium, Mysore The program schedule and the application form are available at http://www.sdmimd.net/seminar www.sdmimd.net/seminar . With regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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personal web page creation is a good practice
by Mailing List Manager 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:23:08 +0100 (BST) From: shashi jena <shashi_jena2001(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professional, please have a look at Dr. Harish Chandra's (Librarian, IIT Madras) web site: http://www.harishchandra.com - Shashi __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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About Paul Otlet, the great Belgian information scientist
by Mailing List Manager 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:04:43 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Here is something on Paul Otlet, the great Belgian information scientist and one of the founders of modern information science. http://www.chemheritage.org/events/asist2002/33-levie-film.pdf Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Open Access News
by Mukesh - Monitor 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Dear Professionals Appended below please find the link to Peter Suber's "Open Access News" blog: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html This blog is more news than comment. You yourself may choose and make use of the news of your interest. The blog has Atom and RSS feeds. Hope the link will be a useful resource for OA crusade. Best Wishes - - Mukesh Anand Dear Professionals Appended below please find the link to Peter Suber's "Open Access News" blog: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html This blog is more news than comment. You yourself may choose and make use of the news of your interest. The blog has http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/atom.xml Atom and http://feeds.feedburner.com/earlham/dGCQ RSS feeds. Hope the link will be a useful resource for OA crusade. Best Wishes - - Mukesh Anand

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Digital Economy -- what are we doing about it.
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Dear Friends, I hope most of you are aware of i2010 – A European Information Society for growth and employment" initiative. It was launched framework for addressing the main challenges and developments in the information society and media sectors up to 2010. It promotes an open and competitive digital economy and emphasises ICT as a driver of inclusion and quality of life. The initiative contains a range of EU policy instruments to encourage the development of the digital economy such as regulatory instruments, research and partnerships with stakeholders. On 13 September 2006 it launched a "Digital Libraries Initiative" Website. It starts explaining "What is the Digital Libraries Initiative" http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/what_… This Digital Libraries Initiative is a flagship project of European Commission's overall strategy to boost the digital economy, the i2010 strategy. Friends, while other countries are talking about Digital Economy - I wonder what we in India are doing? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Re: Royal Soc of London jrnls (backfile) (fwd)
by Library 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Dear all, The fulltext of many of the older volumes of Royal Society journals (years 1665 - 1934) are available online from Gallica at http://gallica.bnf.fr/. Choose Recherche and then Periodique from the list in the lower right corner to see a complete list of titles. This has been available for several years now and we have even added this information to our online journals page. Girija ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in

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Back issues of Royal Society journals on open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

>From Prof. Peter Suber Temporary free access to Royal Society journals back to 1665 The Royal Society has finished digitizing all the back issues of all its journals back to 1665. To celebrate, it's offering free online access to the lot until December. See the RS announcement or The Register's news story. (Thanks to Matt Cockerill.) Normally I don't blog trial offers of free online access but I'm making an exception for this one. This window onto the history of science is extraordinary. ---- When will CSIR and other Indian journals digitize their back issues and give free access to them? Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust (and other Foundations) may support a programme of digitizing all back issues of scientific journals of the developing world and making them available via open access. Subbiah Arunachalam ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Just Published: World Education Indicators 2006
by Puna Das 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Just Published: World Education Indicators 2006 Education Counts: Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries World Education Indicators World Education Indicators 2006/ Unesco Institute for Statistics, Montreal, 2006. http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/publications/wei2006/WEI2006-FINALwc.pdf --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Just Published: World Education Indicators 2006 Education Counts: Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries World Education Indicators World Education Indicators 2006/ Unesco Institute for Statistics, Montreal, 2006. http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/publications/wei2006/WEI2006-FINALwc.pdf http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/publications/wei2006/WEI2006-FINALwc.pdf Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Promise of Science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Friends: The Dutch are indeed very progressive when it comes to sharing knowledge. The Dutch universities are doing well in terms of making available their refereed research papers through archives. Now they have come up with a repository for theses and dissertations, and on the day the repository was announced it already had 10,000 theses! This is an area we in India and other countries in the South could (shamelessly) imitate the Netherlands! Arun >From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Dutch ETD repository launched The Dutch DARE project has launched Promise of Science, an an OA repository called for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in the Netherlands. Promise of Science covers all Dutch universities and on launch day (yesterday) already contained 10,000 Dutch ETDs. The site supports searching by keyword, author, institution, or year. For more details see the announcement. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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PLANNER-06
by Prem Chand 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Call for participation for PLANNER 2006 at Mizoram Univesity , Aizawl INFLIBNET in collaboration with Mizoram University is organizing (PLANNER -06) Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North East Region. The theme of Conference is Digital Preservation Management and Access to information in the twenty first century. The earlier three PLANNER were held at NEHU, Shilong, Manipur University , Imphal and Assam University, Silchar. We have received overwhelming response from various authors. Library Professionals are invited to attend and register for the conference . We are pleased to inform that leading experts from the country will deliver talk on theme and Sub theme. Dr. Jagdish Arora, Librarian, IIT Delhi and Coordinator INDEST will present theme paper on Digital Preservation and Prof. Gautam Barua, Director IIT Guwahati and Governing Board member of INFLIBNET will deliver keynote address. A tutorial on building digital library using open source software ( Dspace, Eprint) has also been arranged for the benefit of the delegates. For registration information, please visit our site at: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2006/index.jsp Or Contact Dr. Prabhaker Rath, Organizing Secretary PLANNER 06 Email: pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 09436154563 Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India __________________________________________ Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26918368 (Res.) Mobile: 09427001489 ___________________________________________ Email: prem65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Call for participation for PLANNER 2006 at Mizoram Univesity , Aizawl INFLIBNET in collaboration with Mizoram University is organizing (PLANNER 06) Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North East Region. The theme of Conference is Digital Preservation Management and Access to information in the twenty first century. The earlier three PLANNER were held at NEHU, Shilong, Manipur University , Imphal and Assam University, Silchar. We have received overwhelming response from various authors. Library Professionals are invited to attend and register for the conference . We are pleased to inform that leading experts from the country will deliver talk on theme and Sub theme. Dr. Jagdish Arora, Librarian, IIT Delhi and Coordinator INDEST will present theme paper on Digital Preservation and Prof. Gautam Barua, Director IIT Guwahati and Governing Board member of INFLIBNET will deliver keynote address. A tutorial on building digital library using open source software ( Dspace, Eprint) has also been arranged for the benefit of the delegates. For registration information, please visit our site at: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2006/index.jsp http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2006/index.jsp Or Contact Dr. Prabhaker Rath, Organizing Secretary PLANNER 06 Email: mailto:pkrath_99@hotmail.com pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 09436154563 Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India __________________________________________ Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26918368 (Res.) Mobile: 09427001489 ___________________________________________ Email: mailto:prem65_chand@yahoo.co.in prem65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in

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Google Banned Books Search
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/ See the link above. read those books that are normally banned. -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631 http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/ See the link above. read those books that are normally banned. -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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DSIR-TERI announces four-day Workshop on Digital Libraries
by N Deepa 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Workshop on Digital Libraries, New Delhi 31 October ? 3 November 2006 The Workshop on Digital Libraries is being organized by TERI with support from Technology Information Facilitation Programme of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects using open-source software. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop Objectives: * Familiarize participants with the concepts of digital library and institutional repository * Facilitate understanding of digitization and practical knowledge on the digitization process * Offer hands-on experience to develop digital libraries and use of open-source software such as DSpace and GSDL (Greenstone Digital Library) * Help participants develop practical skills in the installation of open source software for creation and implementation of digital libraries Programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: * Issues and challenges of developing digital libraries * Role of institutional repositories in open access movement * Understanding the digitization process: scanning, OCR (optical character recognition), and conversion * DSpace: overview, installation, and administration * GSDL: overview, installation, and administration * Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL * Dublin Core metadata standards * OAI?PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have an interest or are involved in setting up digital repositories in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 4000/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% discount. Please note that registration closes on 25 October 2006. Registration can be done online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop . Alternatively, please download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop on Digital Libraries, New Delhi 31 October – 3 November 2006 The Workshop on Digital Libraries is being organized by TERI with support from Technology Information Facilitation Programme of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects using open-source software. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop Objectives: * Familiarize participants with the concepts of digital library and institutional repository * Facilitate understanding of digitization and practical knowledge on the digitization process * Offer hands-on experience to develop digital libraries and use of open-source software such as DSpace and GSDL (Greenstone Digital Library) * Help participants develop practical skills in the installation of open source software for creation and implementation of digital libraries Programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: * Issues and challenges of developing digital libraries * Role of institutional repositories in open access movement * Understanding the digitization process: scanning, OCR (optical character recognition), and conversion * DSpace: overview, installation, and administration * GSDL: overview, installation, and administration * Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL * Dublin Core metadata standards * OAI–PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have an interest or are involved in setting up digital repositories in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 4000/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% discount. Please note that registration closes on 25 October 2006. Registration can be done online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop . Alternatively, please download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library—South Asia’s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop

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Google Earth gets free premium content
by Farooque Shaheen 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Users will initially be able to access information overlays from the U.S. National Park Service, Discovery Networks, the United Nations Environmental Program, the Jane Goodall Institute and Turn Here, an online city guide service. Users can access the new features by clicking on the "Featured Content" check box in the Google Earth sidebar after downloading and installing the free Google Earth application. Current Google Earth users will be able to access the new features without having to update their application. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Users will initially be able to access information overlays from the U.S. National Park Service, Discovery Networks, the United Nations Environmental Program, the Jane Goodall Institute and Turn Here, an online city guide service. Users can access the new features by clicking on the "Featured Content" check box in the Google Earth sidebar after downloading and installing the free Google Earth application. Current Google Earth users will be able to access the new features without having to update their application. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Fred Noronha on OA in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Please look up http://blog.apc.org/en/index.shtml?x=5039925 for Fred Noronha's article on open access in India. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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RFID survey
by Hamidul Islam 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Sir/Madam, I am a student of MLISc in University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. I am going to compile a dissertation project on RFID APPLICATION IN LIBRARIES of our MLISc course curriculum. I shall be highly obliged if you kindly sent the following questionnaire to your members and request to all members of lis-forum to sent this as early as possible. Thanks. Your faithfully, Hamidul Islam University of Kalyani West Bengal E-mail : hamid_lis(a)hotmail.com Note: Here there are two web addresses which shows the questionnaire. Please click on these two web addresses to see the complete questionnaire. The two addresses are : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=818492515084 & http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=183832547001 _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://www.windowsonecare.com/trial.aspx?sc_cid=msn_hotmail

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Request for Article
by Mailing List Manager 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:02:11 +0530 From: "Danappa Pattar (Associate)" <danappa_pattar(a)mindtree.com> Dear All, Could you please send the below mentioned article either in soft copy or hard copy, it is very urgent for one of our user. Article: How Management Innovation Happens Author : Julian Birkinshaw and Michael Mol Source: MIT Sloan Management Review Summer 2006, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 81-88 Thanks in Advance, Danappa Pattar MindTree Consulting Bangalore.

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[LIS-Forum] Sad demise Dr. R. Srinivasan, Officer-in-charge, CECRI, Karaikudi
by Arunachalam Hariharan 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Dear Professional colleagues and friends, I am very sad to inform you about the sudden and sad demise of our beloved friend Dr. R. Srinivasan, Officer-in-charge, Library, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Kariakudi yesterday evening at Madurai. The funeral ceremony will take place at Karaikudi, to-day at 12 noon. Dr. Srinivasan did his PG degree in Econometrics, Library Science at Madurai Kamaraj University. He also did DRTC course at Bangalore. He was awarded Ph.D from Annamalai UNivesity in 2004. An expert in the field of Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Technical Writing, etc, he contributed many articles in National and International journals . He did a few projects for DST. He is a simple and a good person. He used to help others always. He helped many people both professionally and personally. He is a founded member of SALIS and delivered many lecturers I pray the Almighty to give strength and courage to his family members to bear the great loss. His daughter is in Eleventh Standard and his son just joined M.B.B.S. We convey our condolence to his wife and his children. A.Hariharan SALIS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Message for New Members of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium
by Jagdish Arora 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform that access to selected e-resources through the INDEST-AICTE Consortium for around 300 institutions who had applied in response to the advertisement released by the AICTE in Feb., 2006 has commenced from Sept. 2006 onwards. The publishers of e-resources have sent messages directly to the subscribing institutions as well as to the Consortium regarding access to e-resources. The subscribed e-resource are IP enabled on the IP addresses communicated to us. In cases, where institutions do not have static IP addresses, login ID and password have been communicated to institutions directly by the publishers / their agents. We have however, found that several institutions have either not given their email addresses or the emails addresses are incorrect. The INDEST website has a searchable interface for all its members including 300 new members who have joined the Consortium under the new INDEST-AICTE Scheme. All members are requested to search the membership database and ascertain their contact addresses including emails. This will enable us to communicate with our members effectively. Thanks & Regards, Dr. Jagdish Arora Librarian & National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 E-Mail: jarora(a)library.iitd.ac.in, jarora42(a)hotmail.com Ph.: 011-26591451, 011-26596759 Web: http://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indeshttp://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/ Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform that access to selected e-resources through the INDEST-AICTE Consortium for around 300 institutions who had applied in response to the advertisement released by the AICTE in Feb., 2006 has commenced from Sept. 2006 onwards. The publishers of e-resources have sent messages directly to the subscribing institutions as well as to the Consortium regarding access to e-resources. The subscribed e-resource are IP enabled on the IP addresses communicated to us. In cases, where institutions do not have static IP addresses, login ID and password have been communicated to institutions directly by the publishers / their agents. We have however, found that several institutions have either not given their email addresses or the emails addresses are incorrect. The INDEST website has a searchable interface for all its members including 300 new members who have joined the Consortium under the new INDEST-AICTE Scheme. All members are requested to search the membership database and ascertain their contact addresses including emails. This will enable us to communicate with our members effectively. Thanks & Regards, Dr. Jagdish Arora Librarian & National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 E-Mail: jarora(a)library.iitd.ac.in, jarora42(a)hotmail.com Ph.: 011-26591451, 011-26596759 Web: http://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indeshttp://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/ Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform that access to selected e-resources through the INDEST-AICTE Consortium for around 300 institutions who had applied in response to the advertisement released by the AICTE in Feb., 2006 has commenced from Sept. 2006 onwards. The publishers of e-resources have sent messages directly to the subscribing institutions as well as to the Consortium regarding access to e-resources. The subscribed e-resource are IP enabled on the IP addresses communicated to us. In cases, where institutions do not have static IP addresses, login ID and password have been communicated to institutions directly by the publishers / their agents. We have however, found that several institutions have either not given their email addresses or the emails addresses are incorrect. The INDEST website has a searchable interface for all its members including 300 new members who have joined the Consortium under the new INDEST-AICTE Scheme. All members are requested to search the membership database and ascertain their contact addresses including emails. This will enable us to communicate with our members effectively. Thanks & Regards, Dr. Jagdish Arora Librarian & National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 E-Mail: jarora(a)library.iitd.ac.in, jarora42(a)hotmail.com Ph.: 011-26591451, 011-26596759 Web: http://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indeshttp://indest.iitd.ac.in/ http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/

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34th Five Laws Lecture
by DRTC General 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Kindly announce this in Lis Forum. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Head, DRTC =========================================================== DRTC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE 34th FIVE LAWS LECTURE (2006) on "Relevance of Knowledge Management in IT and Engineering Sectors" by Shri A. Kottai Head, Knowledge Management Honeywell Technology Solution Lab Pvt. Bangalore 560076 on Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 6.30 pm. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, (Upstairs), 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010 Presided by Dr. Devika P Madalli Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059

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SOSIG changes URL
by arun kishore 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Dear all, The famous Social Science Gateway 'SOSIG' has merged with 'INTUTE', a consortium led service in UK. Their database contains 113528 records including Science and Technology, Arts and Health Sciences. The new URL is : http://www.intute.ac.uk/ Regards, Arun Kishore DCSMAT Kerala

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The PLoS editorial on OA journals
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Friends: I am appending below a recent editorial from the open access journal PLoS. This editorial suggests that authors of research papers should retain copyright to their papers and not givi it awy to journal publishers. While this editorial talks about the great advantages of 'open access journals', there is another way by which authors can make their papers freely accessible via open access. And it is called 'open access archiving'. Each research institution and higher educational institution can set up its own interoperable institutional open access archive and mandate that all faculty and student reserach papers be placed in the archive (as full texts), irrespective of the journals in which these papers are published. There are more than 700 such archives today, but only less than a dozen have mandated OA to all faculty and student research papers. More than 92% of about 9,000 journals surveyed allow institutional archiving of papers published in them. To know the latest happenings in the open access movement I recommend Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- The Impact of Open Access upon Public Health The PLoS Medicine Editors E-mail: medicine_editors(a)plos.org Published: May 30, 2006 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030252 Copyright: © 2006 The PLoS Medicine Editors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation: The PLoS Medicine Editors (2006) The Impact of Open Access upon Public Health. PLoS Med 3(5): e252 This Editorial is co-published in The Bulletin of the World Health Organization as part of a theme issue on intellectual property and public health. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.032409 Arthur Amman, President of Global Strategies for HIV Prevention (http://www.globalstrategies.org) tells this story: I recently met a physician from southern Africa, engaged in perinatal HIV prevention, whose primary access to information was abstracts posted on the Internet. Based on a single abstract, they had altered their perinatal HIV prevention program from an effective therapy to one with lesser efficacy. Had they read the full text article they would have undoubtedly realized that the study results were based on short-term follow-up, a small pivotal group, incomplete data, and unlikely to be applicable to their country situation. Their decision to alter treatment based solely on the abstract's conclusions may have resulted in increased perinatal HIV transmission. Amman's story shows the potentially deadly gap between the information-rich and the information-poor. This gap is not the result of lack of technology or of money, but of a failure of imagination. We live in the most information-rich era of history, when the Internet allows immediate global dissemination of crucial health information, and the interlinking of online information creates an integrated, living body of informationthe ultimate vision of which is the semantic Web (http://www.w3.org) What is preventing such a living Web? For scientific and medical information, two obstacles are vested interests and traditions. The role of copyright, which was developed when the dissemination of work was on paper, is crucial. Initially, applying copyright to medical articles protected both the intellectual investment of authors and the commercial investment of publishers. Authors of scientific articles handed over their copyright to publishers to prevent unauthorized print copying. Thus, the prevention of unauthorized copying helped to disseminate information by providing a valid business model for publishers. But the proliferation of subscription-based medical and scientific journals led to readers having to pay more and more to publishers in order to keep up with current knowledge, and also led to an increasing fragmentation of knowledge between different publishers. The Internet provides the means to revolutionize publishing in two crucial ways. First, it makes it possible to disseminate health information at no charge to anyone in the world with online access. Although it costs money to peer review, edit, produce, and host an online article, this is a onetime, fixed cost. If research funders are willing to pay this cost, then the published work can be made freely available to all readers worldwide, and there would be no need for journal subscriptions. This is one way of financing an open-access model of publishing (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm) Second, because the internet allows not just ease of access but ease of reuse, an article's usefulness is limited only by a user's imagination. To allow this, the traditional role of copyright has to change. Instead of publishers using copyright to restrict use, authors can retain copyright and grant the public the right to creatively reuse their work. Licenses such as those developed by Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org) which facilitate rather than prohibit reuse, are used by the open-access publishers PLoS (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020228) and BioMed Central (BMC). The result as Jan Velterop, Director of Open Access at Springer, says is that copyright can be used for what it is meant to in science, not to make the articles artificially scarce and in the process restrict their distribution, but instead, to ensure that their potential for maximum possible dissemination can be realised (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/scholarly_guide.shtml) The potential benefits of such a change are vast. No longer will physicians have to base their practice on half truths. Instead, everyone from patients to policymakers can read for themselves the evidence on which crucial science and health policy decisions are made. One example of a paper with potentially profound public health implications is the first randomized trial of male circumcision to prevent HIV infection (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298)having this paper and all related discussions freely available has allowed a lively, informed debate to flourish. Will poorly funded researchers be excluded from publishing in open-access journals? This concern is addressed by publishers such as PLoS and BMC, who waive fees for authors who cannot pay, and who strictly separate decisions on publication from ability to pay. This is not a radical departure into subsidies, but an accepted part of distributing publishing costs across the scientific community. Increasingly, funders of research also realize the benefit of an open-access model of publishing. The United Kingdom's Wellcome Trust (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html) mandates its funded authors to make their work publicly available; the United States National Institutes of Health are encouraging it (http://publicaccess.nih.gov) and governments and funding bodies are signing up to declarations on open access (http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html) By regaining control of copyright, the medical and scientific communities could ensure that publishing is no longer driven by the interests of publishers, but rather by the needs of society. ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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UNESCO-DSIR-IIMK 6-Day International Workshop on Greenstone at IIMK
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Dear Colleagues: I am happy to inform you that IIMK, with support from the UNESCO and TIFP (DSIR), is organizing a six-day International Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software at IIM Kozhikode during November 27 - December 02, 2006. A total of 35 participants (27 from India and 8 from South Asian countries) are expected to take part in the Workshop. Prof. Ian Witten of the Greenstone team will be leading the workshop. The details of the programme is available at http://www.iimk.ac.in/FDPBrochures/UIIWGSnov27.htm. Soft copy of the brochure is available at http://www.iimk.ac.in/FDPBrochures/PDF/UIIWGSnov27.pdf for downloading. For any further information please feel free to contact me or our FDP Office (E-Mail : fdp(a)iimk.ac.in) With regards, M.G. Sreekumar Co-ordinator UNESCO-DSIR-IIMK International Workshop on Greenstone -- Dr. M. G. Sreekumar Librarian & Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O. Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673 570 ------------------------------------------------ Phone : +91 495 2809140 Mobile : 09447654066 Fax : +91 495 2803010/11 Email : mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in Web : http://www.iimk.ac.in; : http://iimk.ac.in/mgsree.htm ================================================ -- Dr. M. G. Sreekumar Librarian & Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O. Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673 570 ------------------------------------------------ Phone : +91 495 2809140 Mobile : 09447654066 Fax : +91 495 2803010/11 Email : mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in Web : http://www.iimk.ac.in; : http://iimk.ac.in/mgsree.htm ================================================

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Ulrich 2006, Bangalore
by girish kumar 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Dear All, I am very thank full for your responses to my query regarding Ulrich 2006. I am restricting my query now, so please let me know, which library has latest version of Ulrich (2006) with in Bangalore. I need your valuable responses as same as my old query.I am awaiting your helpful reply. With Regards N. Girish Kumar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. I am very thank full for your responses to my query regarding Ulrich 2006. I am restricting my query now, so please let me know, which library has latest version of Ulrich (2006) with in Bangalore . I need your valuable responses as same as my old query.I am awaiting your helpful reply. With Regards N. Girish Kumar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42974/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview Check it out.

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Dr. Dakshaben Surati is no more
by Lavji N. Zala 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Dear Colleagues, Once again the Library and Information profession has been shocked by hearing the sad news of sudden and ultimate demise of the great personality, Dr. Dakshaben Surati, the coordinator and the faculty of the Department of Library and Information Science at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. She passed away on 04th September 2006 due to ill health. The SNDT University, Mumbai granted her the PhD degree in year 2000. She also produced number of articles in journals and books chapters. It is the great loss for the LIS profession that can not be filled anyway. Teachers Never Die hence Dr. Dakshaben Surati is always within us, though her physical body is not, We, the library personnel always have her path, which she shown in her life. May almighty provide eternal peace for departed soul of Dr. Dakshaben Surati and pray to offer our condolences to her family members. From: Lavji N. Zala & Niraj R. Patel Knowledge Exchange & Information Centre (KEIC) Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) Shela Ahmedabad - 380058 ----------------------------------------- (on mail) Email Disclaimer: Information contained and transmitted by this e-mail is confidential, proprietary, and legally privileged data of Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), that is intended for use only by the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. You are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and notify the originator. Any views expressed by an individual do not necessarily reflect the views of MICA. While this e-mail has been checked for all known viruses, the addressee should also scan for viruses. Internet communications can not be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete. MICA does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. ---------------------------------------------------------

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The Hindu and Business Line e-paper PDF format) from Sunday September 10, 2006
by Appasaheb Naikal 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Dear all,  The Hindu and Business Line will be launched in digital form, that is, as an e-paper on the Internet, on Sunday, September 10, 2006. The web address is http://epaper.thehindu.com/login.php and http://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Three digital editions of the newspaper - Chennai, Hyderabad, and Delhi - will be available at this first stage. Business line The Chennai edition of the newspaper will be available at this first stage. Both digital editions will be available for viewing at 6 a.m., Indian Standard Time (IST) every day from September 10, 2006. Access will be free for now but users will be required to register online. What does the e-paper offer the online reader? The newspaper itself, nothing less. You can see each page as it appears in each of the three print editions. This means all the reports, articles, photographs, and other graphics have been organised, laid out, and presented according to their importance, with the appropriate typography and design elements. You can also see the advertisements as they appear on the page. The e-paper has been developed for Business Line by Nine Stars Information Technology and IBM using state-of-the-art technology and offering high resolution and versatile features. Whole pages, articles, photographs and other images can be viewed in .pdf and .jpg format, and articles can also be read as text. You can make use of the Internet\'s powerful feature - search. The e-paper offers you search in several forms: You can look for something specific using the search engine. You can also track stories in your areas of interest by setting your preferences for \"My News,\" a news tracking feature. You can clip articles and photos for future reference and can email them to a friend. A week\'s back issues of the digital editions of The Hindu and Business Line will be available in the archive. With regardsAppasaheb NaikalSPJCM-Singapore Dear all, The Hindu and Business Line will be launched in digital form, that is, as an e-paper on the Internet, on Sunday, September 10, 2006. The web address is http://epaper.thehindu.com/login.php http://epaper.thehindu.com/login.php and http://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com/ http://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com . The Hindu Three digital editions of the newspaper - Chennai, Hyderabad , and Delhi - will be available at this first stage . Business line The Chennai edition of the newspaper will be available at this first stage. Both digital editions will be available for viewing at 6 a.m., Indian Standard Time (IST) every day from September 10, 2006. Access will be free for now but users will be required to register online. What does the e-paper offer the online reader? The newspaper itself, nothing less. You can see each page as it appears in each of the three print editions. This means all the reports, articles, photographs, and other graphics have been organised, laid out, and presented according to their importance, with the appropriate typography and design elements. You can also see the advertisements as they appear on the page. The e-paper has been developed for Business Line by Nine Stars Information Technology and IBM using state-of-the-art technology and offering high resolution and versatile features. Whole pages, articles, photographs and other images can be viewed in .pdf and .jpg format, and articles can also be read as text. You can make use of the Internet's powerful feature - search. The e-paper offers you search in several forms: You can look for something specific using the search engine. You can also track stories in your areas of interest by setting your preferences for "My News," a news tracking feature. You can clip articles and photos for future reference and can email them to a friend. A week's back issues of the digital editions of The Hindu and Business Line will be available in the archive. With regards Appasaheb Naikal SPJCM-Singapore http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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OA and poverty alleviation
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

OA in the war against poverty Gavin Yamey, What did you do in the war against poverty, granddad? PLoS Medicine blog, September 6, 2006. Excerpt: Is it folly to believe that a medical or scientific journal can have any measurable impact upon global poverty? I dont think so, and nor does the Task Force on Science Journals, Poverty, and Human Development, of which Im a member.... As you can imagine, I feel passionately that the most effective way that journals can help to lift people out of the extremes of poverty is to champion open access to the worlds treasury of medical, scientific, and technical knowledge. Im not alone in my conviction --the United Nations, for example, has repeatedly championed open access as a development tool. If youre unconvinced that open access has anything to do with human development, I urge you to read the UN Millennium Project report Innovation: applying knowledge in development. The lead author is Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard's John F Kennedy School of Government and another member of the PLoS Board of Directors. The report includes an extremely compelling description, with some fantastic case studies, of how developing countries are improving their capacity to harness scientific and technical knowledge to solve local problems themselves. But they can only do this if they have an adequate pool of public domain knowledge in the first place. And this is where editors can step in. As the PLoS Medicine editors say in our editorial this month, expanding the amount of essential information placed in the public domain would give developing countries the scientific and technical information needed to solve fundamental challenges, promote public health, manage the environment, and participate in international trade. How can we not do it? ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Info Vision 2006 The Knowledge Summit
by Lata Suresh 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Dear friends, Sorry for Cross posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: K-Community of Bangalore <coordinator(a)k-community.org> Date: Sep 7, 2006 9:08 PM Subject: InfoVision2006 - The Knowledge Summit on September 28th & 29th, Bangalore - India To: coordinator(a)k-community.org Dear K-Community Blr Member, We would like to inform you of the Knowledge Summit taking place here in Bangalore with many globally admired speakers. We are also pleased to inform you that all K-Community members can avail a 10% discount if you register before September 15. Please find the details below. InfoVision2006 - The Knowledge Summit on September 28th & 29th, Bangalore - India Dates: 28 September 2006 - 29 September 2006 Place: Le Meridien Hotel, Bangalore InfoVision is a premier annual global Summit in India for the Knowledge Industry and Society. The Summit focuses on a chosen theme each year and congregates leaders and professionals across the `Information and Knowledge Spectrum' to come together and analyze the transformational trends and deliberate on the challenges. Experts from the industry and the academia join the debate and share their views. Best practices and success stories are showcased. InfoVision is an intellectual confederation of all stakeholders - academia, industry, government and the user groups, to meet as partners and to develop a unified framework for and formulate strategies for capitalizing knowledge for performance. InfoVision Summit Sessions: On September 28th and 29th, InfoVision 2006 brings the following sessions and speakers to help organizations to transit towards a Knowledge Enterprise. Innovation and Intellectual Property Management │ Enterprise Content Management │ Harnessing Business and Competitive Intelligence │News and Media: Convergence and Disconnect │Digital Libraries and Archiving Knowledge│ New Cyber Genres: Wikis, Blogs, collaborative tools and models │ Managing Intellectual Capital There will be over 30 speakers at the Summit including the following luminaries: 1. Leif Edvinsson - Professor of Intellectual Capital, at Lund University, Sweden, Edvinsson is inspirator and CEO of Universal Networking Intellectual Capital, Winner of the prestigious Brain of the Year award for 1998. A key contributor to the theory of IC and recognized with awards from the American Productivity and Quality Centre, USA and Business Intelligence, UK, he is the author of the books - Corporate Longitude and Intellectual Capital for Communities ( with Ahmed Bounfour ) 2. Rory L. Chase - Founder of Teleos - the company that conducts the internationally recognized Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) program. Advisor, author and researcher in the development and implementation of knowledge management strategies and approaches, he is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Knowledge Management and the Journal of Intellectual Capital. Chase has also authored the `Creating a Knowledge Management Business Strategy' 3. Jimmy Wales - named one of the Time magazine's 100 most influential eople in the world in the year 2006, Wales has translated the utopian concept of universal access to knowledge a reality through his Wikipedia the largest freely available online encyclopedia . Wikipedia is also available in more than 100 languages. Wales is the fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School and member of the Board of Directors of Socialtext, a provider of wiki technology to businesses. 4. Sam Pitroda -- chairman of India's National Knowledge Commission, he is also largely considered to have been responsible for India's communications revolution. He is the Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Limited, an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative. He holds many key technology patents, has been involved in several startups, and lectures extensively around the world on the implications of communications and information technology. He is also the founder and CEO of C-SAM, Inc, Inc, and serves as a director on the board of Jet Airways. He has served as an advisor to the United Nations and in 1992, his biography was published, and became a bestseller. And many many more thought leaders and speakers...... 2006 Indian MAKE Award Ceremony and panel discussion For the first time in India, an Indian MAKE ceremony will be conducted to recognize those Indian organizations that stand out in building their knowledge and intellectual capital. There will be an interactive panel discussion with the award winners during a gala dinner event. This will cover best practices, do's and don'ts on KM from the very best in India. For registration and contact information, please visit the website: www.infovision.org.in Summit Chair:Mr. Ashok Soota, Chairman and Managing Director, MindTree Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Chair, CII Mission on Knowledge and Skills Programme Co-Chairs: Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, IIIT-B Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, iSIM, University of Mysore Mr. Raj Datta, General Manager, KM, MindTree Consulting Pvt. Ltd. regards ======================== Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033, RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org

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Assistant Librarian vacancy at MDI Gurgaon
by Antony Jose 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Moderators, may kindly post the following on your forums Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon invites applications for the post of an Assistant Librarian in the pay-scale of Rs. 8,000 - 275 - 13,500 along with usual allowances and benefits as per rules of the Institute. MDI, an integrated business school, has been consistently ranked within the top five b-schools in India. It is the first and the only institute in India to be accredited by the "Association of MBAs" (AMBA), UK. MDI is a leader among Indian b-schools in terms of faculty, number of programmes, international linkages, etc. MDI's library is considered to be one of the best management libraries in the country. Essential Qualifications and Skills * Should be M.Lib / ADIS (DRTC) / AIS (INSDOC / NISCAIR) with atleast 55% marks * Should be capable of independently managing various operations in the library like Acquisitions, Cataloguing and Classification. * Should have very good communication skills * Should be well versed with library management systems (LMS) like Libsys * Should be comfortable with working in a highly computerized environment * Should have a flair for learning and updating oneself with latest technologies, etc. Desirable Qualifications and Skills * Degree / Diploma in IT Applications * Expertise in using Digital library software systems like DSpace, Greenstone, Eprints, etc. * Experience in a business school library The person should be willing to work on late shifts and on week-ends, if required. Age Limit: Below 35 years Experience: Around 5-6 years at Officer level position in a reputed library. How to Apply: Interested candidates may send their detailed curriculum vitae with a recent photograph in a sealed envelop super scribing the name of the post applied for, addressed to: Librarian Management Development Institute (MDI) Mehrauli Road, Sukhrali Gurgaon - 122 001 You may also email your curriculum vitae to: ajose(a)mdi.ac.in Last date for submission of application: 30th September 2006.  Moderators, may kindly post the following on your forums � � Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon invites applications for the post of an Assistant Librarian in the pay-scale of Rs . 8,000 – 275 – 13,500 along with usual allowances and benefits as per rules of the Institute. � MDI, an integrated business school, has been consistently ranked within the top five b-schools in India . � It is the first and the only institute in India to be accredited by the “Association of MBAs” (AMBA), UK . MDI is a leader among Indian b-schools in terms of faculty, number of programmes , international linkages, etc. � MDI’s library is considered to be one of the best management libraries in the country. � Essential Qualifications and Skills � Should be M.Lib / ADIS (DRTC) / AIS (INSDOC / NISCAIR) with atleast 55% marks Should be capable of independently managing various operations in the library like Acquisitions, Cataloguing and Classification. Should have very good communication skills Should be well versed with library management systems (LMS) like Libsys Should be comfortable with working in a highly computerized environment Should have a flair for learning and updating oneself with latest technologies, etc. � Desirable Qualifications and Skills � Degree / Diploma in IT Applications Expertise in using Digital library software systems like DSpace , Greenstone, Eprints , etc. Experience in a business school library � The person should be willing to work on late shifts and on week-ends, if required. � Age Limit : Below 35 years � Experience: Around 5-6 years at Officer level position in a reputed library. � How to Apply: Interested candidates may send their detailed curriculum vitae with a recent photograph in a sealed envelop super scribing the name of the post applied for, addressed to: � Librarian Management Development Institute (MDI) Mehrauli Road , Sukhrali Gurgaon – 122 001 � You may also email your curriculum vitae to: mailto:ajose@mdi.ac.in ajose(a)mdi.ac.in �� Last date for submission of application : � 30 th September 2006 . �

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Make library books - full texts - free on the web!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

"Google has changed its policy and will now allow users to download full-image files of public domain books in its Google Book Search collection. Until now, Google had insisted that readers remain connected to Google while they read any public domain books online. Why the change in policy? According to Adam M. Smith, product manager for Google Book Search, It stemmed from listening to users and our library partners. Competition may have had some influence, however, both from the downloading policies of the Open Content Alliance and, now, from Googles own library partners. For example, the University of Michiganone of Google Book Searchs most generous and activist library partnershas begun releasing MBooks to the open Web, as well as to its campus users. The MBooks collection currently includes hundreds of thousands of books Google has digitized from the University of Michigans library collection. The MBooks offer different features than the versions Google Book Search supplies directly. It also includes in-copyright books, though only to produce individual book indexing...." - From Peter Suber's blog. Friends: Indian and other developing university libraries may follow the Michigan University Library and digitize all the books in their collections and make them available free on the web. Subbiah Arunachalam ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Fwd: 115 US university presidents and provosts endorse FRPAA self-archiving mandate proposal
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Here is a message from Prof. Stevan Harnad about the growing demand from US universities for adopting open access institutional archiving. Stevan recommends Immediate Deposit/ Optional Access. Which means authors deposit all their published papers IMMEDIATELY on publication (even if he/she has surrendered the copyright to the journal). If there are no copyright problems the deposited paper could be made available for universal viewing, downloading, etc. immediately. If the journal has an embargo policy, the paper could be released fr universal viewing at the end of the embargo period. Universities and research institutions in the developing countries will do well to follow this practice. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --- Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote: > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 00:37:58 +0100 > From: Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> > Subject: 115 US university presidents and provosts > endorse FRPAA self-archiving mandate proposal > More US university presidents and provosts are > signing to support the > proposed FRPAA self-archiving mandate. Let us hope > that they will not now > sit waiting for the Act to pass, but will sign a > self-archiving mandate > for their own university (the > Immediate-Deposit/Optional-Access [IDOA] > mandate is the optimal one, *infinitely* preferable > to Optional Delayed > Deposit mandates) > > > http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/71-guid.html > > and then register it in ROARMAP for other > universities to emulate: > > http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php > > (UK vice-chancellors and pro-vice-chancellors should > hasten to adopt > IDOA too, now that half the RCUK research councils > and the Wellcome > Trust have already mandated self-archiving! The > European Commission > is next...) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [From Peter Suber's Open Access News] > http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_09_03_fosblogarchive.html#115765784… > > 115 presidents and provosts endorse FRPAA The > SPARC list > > http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/frpaa/institutions.html > of presidents and provosts who have publicly > endorsed FRPAA > > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02695: > > now includes the 53 liberal arts college > presidents > who signed the September 5 Oberlin Group letter. > http://www.oberlingroup.org/about/frpaa.pdf > The total is now a very impressive 115. > > Posted by Peter Suber in OA News at 9/07/2006 > 03:33:00 PM. > ___________________________________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html

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Fwd: Its easy to give.
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

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Ulrich 2006
by girish kumar 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dear All, I would like to know which library has latest version of Ulrich Periodicals Directory, either it is in print from or CD form. Kindly inform me regarding this . I am awaiting positive response. With Warm Regards, N.Girish Kumar N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. I would like to know which library has latest version of Ulrich Periodicals Directory , either it is in print from or CD form. Kindly inform me regarding this . I am awaiting positive response. With Warm Regards, N.Girish Kumar N.Girish Kumar IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012. Mobile No:9980876586 E-mail:girish@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ngirik(a)yahoo.co.in Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Articles required
by kshema prakash 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Apologies for X Postings Dear Friends, Thank you so much for responding to my earlier request. I have a further need of some of the references cited below. I tried with the online databases available to us, but we do not have access to backfiles. So, if someone can kindly help me with these, please let me know. 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. With thanks. Kshema Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3298227 --------------------------------- Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Apologies for X Postings Dear Friends, Thank you so much for responding to my earlier request. I have a further need of some of the references cited below. I tried with the online databases available to us, but we do not have access to backfiles. So, if someone can kindly help me with these, please let me know. 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. With thanks. Kshema Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3298227 Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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visiting the parliament library
by kishore kumar chinni 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dear Friends, Can any one inform me the procedure for acquiring permission to visit the Indian Parliament Library, New Delhi. C.V.S.KISHORE KUMAR LIBRARIAN ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE SHIVAM ROAD, VIDYANAGAR HYDERABAD - 500 007 CELL : 9866004977 OFFICE : 040-27428058 ------------------------------------------------- "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." Dear Friends, Can any one inform me the procedure for acquiring permission to visit the Indian Parliament Library, New Delhi. C.V.S.KISHORE KUMAR LIBRARIAN ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE SHIVAM ROAD, VIDYANAGAR HYDERABAD - 500 007 CELL : 9866004977 OFFICE : 040-27428058 ------------------------------------------------- "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Information required on water resources in rural India
by Appasaheb Naikal 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dear all,I need some statistics on the water availability in rural India.   The following are the specifications:   Availability of water in rural India Sources of water in rural India (Hand pumps, wells, river etc.) Regions of complete water scarcity in India I would appreciate, if someone send me the related information, link or sources.   Thank you in advance, With regardsAppasaheb NaikalLibrarianSPJCM- SIngapore Dear all, I need some statistics on the water availability in rural India . The following are the specifications: Availability of water in rural India Sources of water in rural India (Hand pumps, wells, river etc.) Regions of complete water scarcity in India I would appreciate, if someone send me the related information, link or sources. Thank you in advance, With regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian SPJCM- SIngapore http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Google adds newspaper archives
by ramshirish.m＠tcs.com 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dear All Google started offering searching the archives of Newspapers, magazines and other publications that in some cases dates back more than 200 years. URL: http://news.google.com/archivesearch It will direct the searchers to both the paid and free digital content on publisher's Websites. regards ramshirsih Ramshirish Mamidala Library and Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Madhapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Dear All Google started offering searching the archives of Newspapers, magazines and other publications that in some cases dates back more than 200 years. URL: �http://news.google.com/archivesearch It will direct the searchers to both the paid and free digital content on publisher's Websites. regards ramshirsih Ramshirish Mamidala Library and Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Madhapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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Fwd: query about accessibility of Google texts
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Friends: Please reply Prof. Peter Suber as soon as you can. I am now in the Netherlands and will return to Chennai only on 10 Sept! Arun --- Peter Suber <peters(a)earlham.edu> wrote: > Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:55:32 -0400 > To: peters(a)earlham.edu > From: Peter Suber <peters(a)earlham.edu> > Subject: query about accessibility of Google texts > > > Friends, > > A colleague in Germany reports that this > Google-scanned, public-domain book > cannot be viewed in Germany. I'm running a little > experiment to see > whether it can be viewed in *your* country. Could > you please click on this > link and let me know whether you get a book or an > error message? > > http://mdp.lib.umich.edu/cgi/pt?id=39015018428865 > > Thanks, > Peter > > > > ---------- > Peter Suber > Senior Researcher, SPARC > Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge > Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College > Author, SPARC Open Access Newsletter > Author, Open Access News blog > http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/ > peter.suber(a)earlham.edu > > ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Looking for a library trainee
by Mailing List Manager 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Date: Mon, 0 1 Sep 2006 20:20:15 +0530 From: K.Sankaraiah <sankariahk(a)dataone.in> Herewith forwarding a mail from Mr. Sankaraiah, regarding an advt for the position of library trainee at the IIITB. Mr. Sankariah has raised several important points which are applicable not only to the advt that is in question but to all such advts which are posted on this forum quite frequently. Members are requested to furnish as much details as possible. Thanks for cooperation. - Moderator Dear Moderator, Grateful if the following is published in the Forum; because in the name of training, lot of exploitation is going on in some places. Sankaraiah The employer, in this case IIT B, should furnish details such as : a) Amount of stipend per month b) What is the scheme called c) Three year period seems too long. Can the trainee leave the training midway, if he/she gets a sustantive post, etc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Looking for a library trainee > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:28:37 +0530 > From: rama <rama(a)iiitb.ac.in> > > Dear All, > > IIIT-B Library is looking for a library trainee. > Min. Qualification: First Class B.L.I.Sc. > Knowledge of computer applications is a must. > Duration is for 3 years. > Interested candidates can mail their resume to > rama(a)iiitb.ac.in or post it to the below mentioned > address before September 15, 2006. > ______________________________________________ > > Ramadevi. S > > Librarian, > International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), > 26/C, Electronics City, Opp. Infosys, Hosur Road, > Bangalore - 560100. > Ph: 91-80-28527627 Fax: 91-80-28527636. > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Librarian:International School: BANDAN: Thane
by Mailing List Manager 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:23:10 -0700 (PDT) From: nalan kannan <nalankannan(a)yahoo.ca> Jobsposting: Librarian: School Librarian:Internati onal School:Thane http://www.janirs.com/index.html Job requirements and qualifications Job Title: School Librarian Qulification: B.L.I.Sc with any Bachelor Degree(B.A;Bcom; B.Sc etc) or M.L.I.Sc. Technical qulification: Computer knowledge and Any library automation pacakage or open source library system(e.g koha etc..) Fluency in english is essential (spoken and written). Accomidation: Available Salary : Per Month 12,000/- with Bachelor Accommodation Contact immediately to below mentioned address Email or Phone Wg. Cdr. T. Pathanjali (Director) Mobile: 09422477033/ 09422477034 Tel.:(Office) : 02526-211191 - 196 Email: admin[at]anirs. com Address for School Site Janaki International Residential School, Village - Hatne, Taluka - Vikramgad, Via Manor P.O. Bandan, Dist. - Thane Pin Code - 401403. Maharashtra (India) --

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Talk - World Literacy Day
by srels 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following to LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, Chitra Devi, SRELS ******* Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science is giving a talk in Kannada on All India Radio, Bangalore, on the eve of "World Literacy Day" on 7th September 2006 at 9.16 p.m. Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following to LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, Chitra Devi, SRELS ******* Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science is giving a talk in Kannada on All India Radio, Bangalore, on the eve of "World Literacy Day" on 7th September 2006 at 9.16 p.m.

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Request to Provide a full Text of Article
by shivanand sangapur 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Dear Colleagues, One of our faculty is in need of the following article. External Environemnt, Culture and accounting Practice : A Preliminary test of a General Model of International Accounting Development by Doupnik Timothy. S ; Salter Stephen B. International Journal of Accounting, 1995, Vol. 30, No. 3, p189 - 207 I shall appreciate receiving a softcopy article. Please send the Same to the following address: e mail: shivanandgs(a)yahoo.co.in shivanandgs(a)gmail.com Thanking you and anticiparting from your favourable responce With Regards Shivanand G S Assistant Librarian IFIM B-School 8p &9p, KIADB Industrial Area 2nd Phase Electronic City Bangalore - 560 100 India Mobile No : 94480 16196 --------------------------------- Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear Colleagues, One of our faculty is in need of the following article. External Environemnt, Culture and accounting Practice : A Preliminary test of a General Model of International Accounting Development by Doupnik Timothy. S ; Salter Stephen B. International Journal of Accounting , 1995, Vol. 30, No. 3, p189 - 207 I shall appreciate receiving a softcopy article. Please send the Same to the following address: e mail: Compose?To=anandulaya@yahoo.com&YY=57759&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b shivanandgs(a)yahoo.co.in shivanandgs(a)gmail.com Thanking you and anticiparting from your favourable responce With Regards Shivanand G S Assistant Librarian IFIM B-School 8p &9p, KIADB Industrial Area 2nd Phase Electronic City Bangalore - 560 100 India Mobile No : 94480 16196 Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Albert Einstein - Online Access
by Mailing List Manager 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:10:47 +0530 From: Mukesh - Monitor <mukesh.monitor(a)gmail.com> Your FeedBlitz Updates http://monitorlinks.typepad.com Albert Einstein - Online Access The Einstein Archives Online provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era. http://www.alberteinstein.info/ click : http://monitorlinks.typepad.com for more latest resources

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Vacancy for the post of Librarya Asst. at RVCE
by yekanath kamble 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Dear Professionals There is a vacancy for the post of Library Asst. Required Qualification, B L I Sc. (First class with regular Course preferred) with 2 years experience or Diploma in Library and Information (First class) with 3 years experience with Knowledge of computer is essential. The candidate should be well conversant with library packages, access to digital resources and web portals. Good communication skills. Pay Scale as Per. State Govt. Total Emoluments around Rs.6000.00 P/M. Apply on or before 11th Sep. 2006 to e-mail:rvlibn@rediffmail.com With regards, Librarian R V College of Engineering, Mysore Road, --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Professionals There is a vacancy for the post of Library Asst. Required Qualification, B L I Sc. (First class with regular Course preferred) with 2 years experience or Diploma in Library and Information (First class) with 3 years experience with Knowledge of computer is essential. The candidate should be well conversant with library packages, access to digital resources and web portals. Good communication skills. Pay Scale as Per. State Govt. Total Emoluments around Rs.6000.00 P/M. Apply on or before 11th Sep. 2006 to e-mail:rvlibn@rediffmail.com With regards, Librarian R V College of Engineering , Mysore Road , Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.

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Common mistakes to avoid while going for a job interview
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

eWEEK.com carries an item entitled "10 Avoidable IT Interview Flubs" <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2011169,00.asp> . I think such mistakes should be avoided for all types of job interviews. 1. Late to the interview means late on projects and deadlines 2. Lack of enthusiasm means you don't care about your work 3. Little to no company knowledge means you lack research skills 4. Inappropriate dress translates to inappropriate work 5. Too negative is too much: Spells P-R-O-B-L-E-M 6. Arrogance or dominating the interview signals conflict on teams 7. Too quiet means you lack confidence in your work 8. Misstating qualifications means, well, you're a liar 9. Speaking only tech-ese means you won't work well with others 10. Not saying thank you is not welcome --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Building the next generation library catalog - ourselves
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

I would like to draw attention to a blog item: "Building the next generation library catalog" by Eric Morgan at http://litablog.org/2006/09/01/building-the-next-generation-library-catalog "..How will we, the library profession, build the "next generation" library catalog, and to what degree will the process include vendor support and open source software?.." Morgan argues that library community should exploit open softwares to develop the catalogues itself without any vendor support. Of course "We can built it ourselves." --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Teachers Day Greetings
by prafulla tv 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Dear All, The Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) expresses its heartfelt thanks to all the invitees who had attended the Teachers Day Celebrations held on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 6 pm in the Seminar Hall, City Central Library, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad. We are also grateful to Dr. P.L. Vishweshwer Rao, Professor of Journalism & Principal, University College of Arts & Social Sciences, OU who felicitated the following LIS teachers on this occasion: Dr. V. Venkatappaiah Eminent public librarian, LIS teacher and author Dr. V. Chandrasekhara Rao Professor of Library & Information Science (LIS) & Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Professor of LIS, OU Dr. S. Sudarshan Rao Professor of LIS & Additional Controller of Examinations, OU Dr. V. Vishwa Mohan Professor of LIS and Head, Department of LIS, OU Dr. M. Ramchandar Officer on Special Duty, Centre for Distance Education Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University & Honorary Director, Institute of Library Science, Hyderabad on the occasion of Teachers Day being celebrated today.members of OPLib convey their best wishes and respects to all their teachers who had provided not only education but also inspired them to become responsible citizens. They strongly believe that it is teachers who bring change in the society for the better. Dr Avineni Kishore Honorary President OPLib __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Int. Conf. on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:57:03 -0700 From: ICSD-DRTC <icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> Dear Colleague, I am happy to inform you that Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, India, is organizing an International Conference on ~Semantic Web and Digital Libraries" February 21-23, 2007 at Bangalore, India. The themes and sub themes are listed at the conference website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd As the Convener of the Conference, I am writing to solicit your paper keeping in view of your vast experience and expertise. We intend to bring out conference proceedings with invited speaker papers, peer reviewed and also selected papers will be published by World Scientific post conference, as a series of the ISI platinum jubilee publications. IMPORTANT: Please send your extended abstract or full paper before 30th September 2006 to: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in and/or icsd2007(a)gmail.com I look forward for your paper and active participation in making this event successful. Best Regards A.R.D.Prasad Convener, ICSD -2007 Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extsn no. 496 Fax : 91-80-28484265 email: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/ardcv.html

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Thank You......!
by Abdul Tharayil 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Hi, A BIG thank you to all those who responded to our posting -KM Coordinator - to the LIS-Forum. and it is with great pleasure we inform you that we have been able to select the right candidate within a very short time and hence the position is closed. Once again, thank you for your Interest in MindTree Consulting Pvt Ltd. Esteem regards. Abdul J Tharayil Hi, A BIG thank you to all those who responded to our posting -KM Coordinator - to the LIS-Forum. and it is with great pleasure we inform you that we have been able to select the right candidate within a very short time and hence the position is closed. Once again, thank you for your Interest in MindTree Consulting Pvt Ltd. Esteem regards. Abdul J Tharayil

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Check out this page at UNESCO-CI
by K.R.Mulla 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

UNESCO-CI ------------------- K.R.Mulla has emailed you a link to an interesting page at UNESCO-CI. Dear LIS Professionals Page URL: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=22705&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… Page Title: UNESCO and IFLA to establish strategic alliance to implement Plan of Action of World Summit of the Information Society (News) Page Description: In a bid to foster the role of libraries as key players in building people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented knowledge societies, UNESCO and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will establish a strategic alliance as part of their contribution to implement the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). ------------------------- UNESCO-CI http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/

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Shivaji University Library website
by Shamprasad Pujar 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Dear Members, Pleased to inform you that, Shivaji University Library has developed new library website providing information regarding library, e-journals available under UGC/INFONET program, E-databases, E-Resources, Monthly additions, etc. The site can be accessed at: http://www.unishivaji.ac.in/lib/index.htm You may please send in your valuable commnets. Regards, S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in

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Looking for a library trainee
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:28:37 +0530 From: rama <rama(a)iiitb.ac.in> Dear All, IIIT-B Library is looking for a library trainee. Min. Qualification: First Class B.L.I.Sc. Knowledge of computer applications is a must. Duration is for 3 years. Interested candidates can mail their resume to rama(a)iiitb.ac.in or post it to the below mentioned address before September 15, 2006. ______________________________________________ Ramadevi. S Librarian, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), 26/C, Electronics City, Opp. Infosys, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100. Ph: 91-80-28527627 Fax: 91-80-28527636.

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User convention on HELINET resources and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET
by hemanth rao 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to annouce the following news in LIS-forum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing user convention on HELINET resources, access & services and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET on 04.09.2006 at 10.00 a.m. The Faculty Members and Library Staff working in health science colleges are hereby requested to attend the convention.The objective of the convention is to provide exclusive training and awareness on the utilization of electronic resources being provided under HELINET consortium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560041 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVITATION User Convention on HELINET Resources, Access & Services and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET On September 4, 2006 At Dhanvantry Hall, RGUHS PROGRAMME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. REGISTRATION 10.30 to 10.35 a.m. Welcome Address Dr. S. Vasanth Kumar, Registrar, RGUHS 10.35 to 10.45 a.m. Introduction to HELINET and User Convention Dr. R. Rama Raj Urs University Librarian,RGUHS 10.45 to 10.55 a.m. J-Gate@HELINET An introduction Mr. N.V. Satyanarayana CEO, Informatics India Ltd. Bangalore 10.55 to 11.15 a.m. Launching of J-Gate@HELINET and Address by Chief Guest Sri.M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Secretary to Govt., Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka. 11.15 to 11.25 a.m. Presidential Address Dr. P.S. Prabhakaran Honble Vice-Chancellor, RGUHS 11.25 to 11.30 a.m. Vote of thanks Dr. T. K. Nagabushan Registrar (Evaluation), RGUHS COFFEE BREAK 11.30 a.m. to 11.45 p.m. TRAINING SESSION I 11.45 to 1.00 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia LUNCH BREAK 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. TRAINING SESSION II 2.00 to 3.30 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia TEA BREAK 3.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. Training on J-Gate@HELINET 3.45 to 5.15 p.m. Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore Summing-up 5.15 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training schedule at other places/institutions: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05.09.2006 Wednesday 02pm to 04pm KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore 02pm to 04pm AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore 06.09.2006 Tuesday 10am to 12noon Fr.Muller Medical College, Mangalore 07.09.2006 Thursday 10am to 12noon Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore 08.09.2006 Friday 10am to 12noon St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hemanth Rao C Digital Library and Information Centre RGUHS, Bangalore www.rguhs.ac.in --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to annouce the following news in LIS-forum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing user convention on HELINET resources, access & services and Launch of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET on 04.09.2006 at 10.00 a.m. The Faculty Members and Library Staff working in health science colleges are hereby requested to attend the convention.The objective of the convention is to provide exclusive training and awareness on the utilization of electronic resources being provided under HELINET consortium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560041 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVITATION User Convention on HELINET Resources, Access & Services and Launch of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET On September 4, 2006 At Dhanvantry Hall, RGUHS PROGRAMME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. REGISTRATION 10.30 to 10.35 a.m. Welcome Address Dr. S. Vasanth Kumar, Registrar, RGUHS 10.35 to 10.45 a.m. Introduction to HELINET and User Convention Dr. R. Rama Raj Urs University Librarian,RGUHS 10.45 to 10.55 a.m. mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET An introduction Mr. N.V. Satyanarayana CEO, Informatics India Ltd. Bangalore 10.55 to 11.15 a.m. Launching of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET and Address by Chief Guest Sri.M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Secretary to Govt., Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka. 11.15 to 11.25 a.m. Presidential Address Dr. P.S. Prabhakaran Honble Vice-Chancellor, RGUHS 11.25 to 11.30 a.m. Vote of thanks Dr. T. K. Nagabushan Registrar (Evaluation), RGUHS COFFEE BREAK 11.30 a.m. to 11.45 p.m. TRAINING SESSION I 11.45 to 1.00 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia LUNCH BREAK 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. TRAINING SESSION II 2.00 to 3.30 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia TEA BREAK 3.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. Training on mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET 3.45 to 5.15 p.m. Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore Summing-up 5.15 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training schedule at other places/institutions: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05.09.2006 Wednesday 02pm to 04pm KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore 02pm to 04pm AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore 06.09.2006 Tuesday 10am to 12noon Fr.Muller Medical College, Mangalore 07.09.2006 Thursday 10am to 12noon Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore 08.09.2006 Friday 10am to 12noon St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hemanth Rao C Digital Library and Information Centre RGUHS, Bangalore http://www.rguhs.ac.in www.rguhs.ac.in Talk is cheap. 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Berkman Center: White Paper on Copyright & Education Released
by Mailing List Manager 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:43:13 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> white paper about education and copyright restrictions, entitled The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age The white paper can be accessed: From the Berkman Center home page at www.cyber.law.harvard.edu. As a navigable HTML web page at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/copyrightandeducation.html As a PDF download from SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=923465

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Google co-op
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

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Knowledge Management advice needed
by Parinita Samant 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Dear All, What are the tools available for Knowledge Management in the market today? Are any of you using these tools? Where would I get a list of all the vendors in India today, who deal in the Knowledge Management tools? Are there any experts in this field? Do you know of any library that has successfully implemented KM? Please do let me know if you have any information about KM and/or experts in this field. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** Knowledge Management advice needed Dear All, What are the tools available for Knowledge Management in the market today? Are any of you using these tools? Where would I get a list of all the vendors in India today, who deal in the Knowledge Management tools? Are there any experts in this field? Do you know of any library that has successfully implemented KM? Please do let me know if you have an y information about KM and/or experts in this field. [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************

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Stock verification/loss/exemption limit
by ACHAR S 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Dear Professional collegues, Let me know the solution for genuine loss/exemption limit in the library stock verification. This will help in convincing the management who dont know anything about library. If anybody is having official letter regarding this, pl give the source so that i can try for the original copy. Thanking you with warm regards, Shanmukhachar Librarian Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain college of Engineering Bangalore Shanmukhachar Librarian SBM Jain College of Engineering Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk, Bangalore Rural District-562112 Ph:7577196 Cell:9449340789 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A Book on Freedom of Information
by Puna Das 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

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Google to Allow Free Downloads of Books
by Farooque Shaheen 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Dear Professionals, Google Inc. plans to begin letting consumers download and print free of charge classic novels and many other, more obscure books that are in the public domain. For detail you can log on to any of the following URLs. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4150354.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5297412.stm http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1143909694;fp;2;fpid;1 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Dear Professionals, � � � � � � � � � � � � �Google Inc. �plans to begin letting consumers download and print free of charge classic novels and many other, more obscure books that are in the public domain. For detail you can log on to any of the following URLs. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4150354.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5297412.stm http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1143909694;fp;2;fpid;1 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Research papers required
by kshema prakash 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Sorry for x postings Dear Friends.. Can any one of you please help me by sending copies of the following research papers? 1. Jain, Anita et al. 2004. Folk herbal medicines used in birth control and sexual diseases by tribals of Southern Rajasthan. J. Ethnopharmacology, 90(1), pp. 171-177. 2. MANGLE M. S. and JOLLY C. I. 1998. Indian Drugs. Vol. 35(4), Pp. 189-194. Thanks Kshema Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3298227 --------------------------------- Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Sorry for x postings Dear Friends.. Can any one of you please help me by sending copies of the following research papers? 1. Jain, Anita et al. 2004. Folk herbal medicines used in birth control and sexual diseases by tribals of Southern Rajasthan. J. Ethnopharmacology, 90(1), pp. 171-177. 2. MANGLE M. S. and JOLLY C. I. 1998. Indian Drugs. Vol. 35(4), Pp. 189-194. Thanks Kshema Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3298227 Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Post of Senior Library Information Assistant at IIT Bombay
by D Jotwani 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

IIT Bombay invites applications for the post of Senior Library Information Assistant (one post reserved for OBC) in the Central Library. Qualifications & Experience : (i) Degree from a recognised university or equivalent (ii) Bachelor's degree or equivalent Diploma in Library Science of a recognised University/Institute or equivalent obtained after graduation (iii) Experience of two years in a Library/Computerization of a library or one year certificate in computer application from a recognised institution or equivalent. Scale of Pay : Rs 5500-9000 (Total emoluments on the minimum of scale : Rs 13005/- per month including HRA). Age limit : 35 years Apply with full particulars quoting advertisement No.B-27/06-07 to the Registrar, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076 together with a Demand Draft of Rs 50/- drawn in favour of Registrar, IIT Bombay payable on SBI, Powai on or before 8th September 2006.

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Vacancy in Tolani Maritime Institute Library
by Praveen Vaidya 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Dear professionals, Eligible candidates may apply for the post of LIBRARY ASSISTANT in Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune. Post Vacant: Library Assistant Minimum Qualification: B.Lib. I. Sc with 55% Salary may be around 5000/- P.M No. of Post. ONE The eligible candidates can apply thru' mail with their Bio-Data on or before 9th September 2006. The date of Interview will be informed later. For more details about institute refer www.tolani.edu The selected candidate has a chance to work in a computerised Library environment. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Eligible candidates may apply for the post of LIBRARY ASSISTANT in Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune. Post Vacant : Library Assistant Minimum Qualification: B.Lib. I. Sc with 55% Salary may be around 5000/- P.M No. of Post. ONE The eligible candidates can apply thru' mail with their Bio-Data on or before 9th September 2006 . The date of Interview will be informed later. For more details about institute refer www.tolani.edu The selected candidate has a chance to work in a computerised Library environment. Thanks , Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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GEMS FROM JAMIA LIBRARY IN DIGITAL FORMAT
by Mailing List Manager 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:23:46 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> New Delhi, August 28, 2006 Hindustan Times The capital's Jamia Milia Islamia University will digitise ancient books and priceless manuscripts in its library, some dating back to the 16th century ? to widen their access for researchers. The process is being done in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). ?We have signed an agreement with CDAC and work will begin soon. The initiative will facilitate better upkeep of these rare knowledge sources. Our primary aim is to help researchers from across the country to access them, Jamia registrar, S.M. Afzal, said. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Re: [nmlis] SALIS Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL at Madurai
by Mailing List Manager 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:37:05 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> In my opinion preference should be given to Open Source softwares in Libraries that follow Open Standards. DSpace (and / or EPrints and GSDL) should be ideal to teach. 'open architecture' does not make a software Open Source. --Sukhdev On 25 Aug 2006 07:07:58 -0000, Sourav Chakraborty <sourav_ch(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear Mr.Hariharan, > I suggest you also add LearnITy Digital Knowledge Library which is completely on 'open architecture'and has been developed from scratch in India for the first time. > This is a pure 'India Inc' brand and we should try to promote Indian brand in Educational institutions which meets international standard. > Kind Regards, > Sourav Chakraborty [truncated]

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Serving OA content to every village
by Mailing List Manager 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:32:15 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Here is some news relevant to Mission 2007, NVA, and all open access initiatives! It appeared in Peter Suber's blog today. It is accessible at: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_08_20_fosblogarchive.html Arun -----

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some interesting facts about books
by Mailing List Manager 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Here are some interesting facts about books (from Peter Suber's blog): It's hard to count how many distinct books have ever been published but "the closest approximation" is WorldCat which, with a little refining, identifies 24 million. (Google's initial goal to digitize 15 million books, assuming no duplicates, puts it over the halfway mark.) 9.5 million books are only held by one library each. (Incredible. Digitization and OA would be like discovering a lost civilization.) Only 2.4 million books are held by more than 50 libraries each and only 301,000 are held by more than 500 libraries each. (Books are long-tail, both in distribution and demand. We need digitization and OA to overcome the limitations of even the largest print collections.) Now tell me "Should we not digitize all books?" Arun

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Useful Documents published by UNESCO
by Puna Das 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Dear All These documents, published by UNESCO, may be of your interests: Using ICT to Develop Literacy . - Editor-in-Chief: Cedric Wachholz, Editor: Ellie Meleisea . - Bangkok: UNESCO, 2006. 60p. ISBN 92-9223-088-3 <http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/088/Using_ICT_to_Develop_Litera…> Principles of awareness-raising: Information literacy, a case study.- Richard Sayers. Bangkok: UNESCO, 2006. 124 p. ISBN 92-9223-082-4 <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22439/11510733461Principles_of_Awarene…> How to create a website: Guiding Principles.- New Delhi: UNESCO, 2005. <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/20938/11401731359How_Create_Website.pd…> Digital libraries in education: analytical survey. Moscow: UNESCO Institute, 2003. <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001310/131025EB.pdf> With warm regards Anup Kumar Das New Delhi India __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Teachers Day Celebrations--Invitation
by prafulla tv 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Invitation Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) cordially invites you to Teachers Day Celebrations Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 6 pm Seminar Hall, City Central Library, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad Distinguished Speaker Dr. P.L. Vishweshwer Rao Professor of Journalism & Principal, University College of Arts & Social Sciences, OU Chief Guest Sri Kuchipudi Sambasiva Rao Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Grandhalaya Parishad Presided by Sri Gaddam Srinivas Yadav Chairman, Hyderabad City Grandhalaya Samstha Dr. A. Kishore Honorary President R. Sreenu President Note: The programme starts at 6 pm sharp and ends at 7.55 pm. Please be seated in your seats by 5.55 pm. ------------------------------------------------------ OPLib, a non-profit society, works with a mission to bring about library renaissance in Andhra Pradesh. It is registered body under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 vide registration no.1502/October 2005. Its members include LIS teachers, professionals, students, research scholars, authors and library lovers. C/o Parma Reddy Building, 9-1-34/30/16/A, Bapu Nagar, Langar House, Hyderabad 500 008. Email: oplibandhrapradesh(a)yahoo.co.in, oplib(a)rediffmail.com, saikishoresvu(a)yahoo.co.in Cell: 92474 28778 ------------------------------------------------------ Programme Felicitation of LIS Teachers Dr. V. Chandrasekhara Rao Professor of Library & Information Science (LIS) & Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Dr. N. Laxman Rao Professor of LIS, Osmania University (OU) Dr. M. Ramchandar Officer on Special Duty, Centre for Distance Education Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University & Honorary Director, Institute of Library Science, Hyderabad Dr. S. Sudarshan Rao Professor of LIS & Additional Controller of Examinations, OU Dr. M.V. Venugopal Professor of LIS (Retd.), OU Sri Paturi Vijaya Kumar Librarian (Retd), JKC College, Guntur Dr. V. Vishwa Mohan Professor of LIS and Head, Department of LIS, OU Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Professor of LIS, OU Release of Dr. Velaga Venkatappaiahs Publications (in Telugu) published by Navaratna Book House, Vijayawada Grandhalaya Vargeekarana (Library Classification) Practical manual for library classification using Dewey Decimal Classification, 22nd ed (2003) Introduction by Dr. M. Ramchandar Grandhalaya Soochikarana (Library Cataloguing) Practical manual for library cataloguing based on Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), 2nd ed (2005 update) Presentation to Sri Erneni Rama Rao Chairman, E.R.R. Resorts, Khammam & Director, Mamata Medical College & Hospital, Khammam Introduction by Dr. S. Sudarshan Rao Felicitation of Dr. Velaga Venkatappaiah Public Lecture on RIGHT TO INFORMATION by Dr P.L. Vishweshwer Rao ALL ARE WELCOME __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [nmlis] SALIS Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL at Madurai
by Sourav Chakraborty 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Dear Mr.Hariharan, I suggest you also add LearnITy Digital Knowledge Library which is completely on 'open architecture'and has been developed from scratch in India for the first time. This is a pure 'India Inc' brand and we should try to promote Indian brand in Educational institutions which meets international standard. Kind Regards, Sourav Chakraborty Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Mobile:098302 81140 On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 Arunachalam Hariharan wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >SALIS Madurai Chapter Organising a two day Workshop on > Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL >at MAdurai. The details of the workshop is given >below. > >A.Hariharan >SALIS > >---------------------------------------------------- > >Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace >and GSDL > >Jointly organised by >Society for the Advancement of Library and Information >Science(SALIS), Madurai Chapter >& >Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai > >Date: 27-28 Oct 2006. > >Venue: Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai > >Objectives > >The objective of the workshop is to provide >ï§ Overview of the Metadata Standards >ï§ Overview of the Open Archives Initiatives >ï§ A first hand knowledge of the GSDL and DSpace >ï§ Training in building digital library collection >using DSpace and GSDL >ï§ Training to build Institutional Repositories > >Coverage > >Digital Library, Digitization and OCR, Metadata >Standards, Dublin Core, Overview of Open Access >Archives and OAI-PMH, Over view of GSDL and DSpace (on >windows), installation, configuration, collection >building and Institutional Repositories/Archives > >Methodology >Lectures, Presentation, Demonstration, Hands on >Experience > >Resource Persons > >The workshop will be conducted by experts in the >field. > >Target Participants: >Practising Librarians and Information professionals. > >Registration Fee > >Non-Members Rs. 425 >SALIS members Rs. 375 >Students Rs. >250 > >The registration fee includes workshop kit, working >lunch and tea for two days. >Intending participants are requested to fill-up and >send the attached form along with bank draft drawn in > favour of âThiagarajar School of Managementâ, >payable at Madurai, towards the registration fee. > >No. of Participants: Limited to 50 on first come >first served basis. > >Last Date 14th Oct 2006 > >Completed registration form can be sent to: > >Mr. S. Sridhar >Librarian & Organizing Secretary >Pamban Swami Nagar, Thirupparankundram, >Madurai 625 005 >Phone : +91 (452) 2483099, 2484099 >Email : library(a)tsm.ac.in > salis_iinfo(a)yahoo.com > >For further information about the workshop, pl contact > > salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in > >or visit SALIS website > >http://autolib-india.net/salis > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ > ><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > ><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Dear Mr.Hariharan, I suggest you also add LearnITy Digital Knowledge Library which is completely on 'open architecture'and has been developed from scratch in India for the first time. This is a pure 'India Inc' brand and we should try to promote Indian brand in Educational institutions which meets international standard. Kind Regards, Sourav Chakraborty Phone:+91 33 2357 7183 Mobile:098302 81140 On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 Arunachalam Hariharan wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >SALIS Madurai Chapter Organising a two day Workshop on > Building Digital Libraries using DSpace and GSDL >at MAdurai. The details of the workshop is given >below. > >A.Hariharan >SALIS > >---------------------------------------------------- > >Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using DSpace >and GSDL > >Jointly organised by >Society for the Advancement of Library and Information >Science(SALIS), Madurai Chapter >& >Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai > >Date: 27-28 Oct 2006. > >Venue: Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai > >Objectives > >The objective of the workshop is to provide >ï§ Overview of the Metadata Standards >ï§ Overview of the Open Archives Initiatives >ï§ A first hand knowledge of the GSDL and DSpace >ï§ Training in building digital library collection >using DSpace and GSDL >ï§ Training to build Institutional Repositories > >Coverage > >Digital Library, Digitization and OCR, Metadata >Standards, Dublin Core, Overview of Open Access >Archives and OAI-PMH, Over view of GSDL and DSpace (on >windows), installation, configuration, collection >building and Institutional Repositories/Archives > >Methodology >Lectures, Presentation, Demonstration, Hands on >Experience > >Resource Persons > >The workshop will be conducted by experts in the >field. > >Target Participants: >Practising Librarians and Information professionals. > >Registration Fee > >Non-Members Rs. 425 >SALIS members Rs. 375 >Students Rs. >250 > >The registration fee includes workshop kit, working >lunch and tea for two days. >Intending participants are requested to fill-up and >send the attached form along with bank draft drawn in > favour of âThiagarajar School of Managementâ, >payable at Madurai, towards the registration fee. > >No. of Participants: Limited to 50 on first come >first served basis. > >Last Date 14th Oct 2006 > >Completed registration form can be sent to: > >Mr. S. Sridhar >Librarian & Organizing Secretary >Pamban Swami Nagar, Thirupparankundram, >Madurai 625 005 >Phone : +91 (452) 2483099, 2484099 >Email : library(a)tsm.ac.in > salis_iinfo(a)yahoo.com > >For further information about the workshop, pl contact > > salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in > >or visit SALIS website > >http://autolib-india.net/salis > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ > ><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > ><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Re: Urgently required following some reference books in modelling of environmental systems
by K.R. Mulla 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Dear Friends Our faculty member is in need urgently required following some reference books in modelling of environmental systems 1. Biswas. A K; Models for water quality management; MGH; 1981 or other edition 2. Thman.R V; Systems approach to water quality management; MGH; 1980 or other edition 3. Thoman & Muller; Principles of water quality management and control; Harper & row Publication 1986 or other edition 4. Rinaldi, S D and Soncni, R; Modelling and control of river water quality; MGH; 1979 -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Friends Our faculty member is in need urgently required following some reference books in modelling of environmental systems Biswas. A K; Models for water quality management; MGH; 1981 or other edition Thman.R V; Systems approach to water quality management; MGH; 1980 or other edition Thoman & Muller; Principles of water quality management and control; Harper & row Publication 1986 or other edition Rinaldi, S D and Soncni, R; Modelling and control of river water quality; MGH; 1979 -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla ------------------------------------------------------------

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Dr.S.R.R Memorial Lectures (14) 2006 3rd day
by M Krishnamurthy 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Dear Friends, INVITATION The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006) 3rd day Topic : INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION Speaker : Hon~Rble Justice Gopal Sriram Judge, Court of Appeal, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date : 23, 24 and 25 August 2006 at 6.00 p.m. each day Venue : Canara Bank School of Management Studies Seminar Hall, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001 Prof. Dr. A. Jayagovind Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore will inaugurate Prof. S. Parthasarathy Member, Board of Trustees, SRELS, Bangalore will preside RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080)23305109 R. Adilakshmi - Ph: (080)22961975 *************************************** Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D Fulbright Scholar (University of Illinois, USA) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 www.isibang.ac.in/library Ph:91-80-8483002/3 Fax :91-80-28484265

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Information Outlook-Article
by Emmanuel E C (RBIN/ORG1-KCI) 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Dear Friends, Can you send me this article if you have with you? Title: Highly ranked Fortune 500 companies significantly more likely to have libraries. Source: Information Outlook, 4 (3) 2000, p.12-13. Thanks in advance!! Regards Emmanuel

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PG studies at DU just a click away- The Times of India
by Rajesh Singh 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Dear Professionals, The Times of India, 10 Aug, 2006, has reported about the new activities of Delhi University Library System (DULS). The DULS is making all efforts to bring in the notice of elite users the various databases subscribed by it for effective and efficient use of these databases and other electronic resources available on WWW in Public Domain. Hope this novel effort made through interactive PPT presentations will certainly make the difference and will prove to be the first step for "Library 2.0". Please follow the following links to read the report. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879338.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879345.cms With All Regards Rajesh Singh Deputy Librarian Delhi University Library System University of Delhi Delhi- 110 007 Tele: 011-27667339-225 (O) Fax NO: 011-27666034 Mobile: 09811843655 www.du.ac.in --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Professionals, The Times of India, 10 Aug, 2006, has reported about the new activities of Delhi University Library System (DULS). The DULS is making all efforts to bring in the notice of elite users the various databases subscribed by it for effective and efficient use of these databases and other electronic resources available on WWW in Public Domain. Hope this novel effort made through interactive PPT presentations will certainly make the difference and will prove to be the first step for "Library 2.0". Please follow the following links to read the report. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879338.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879338.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879345.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1879345.cms With All Regards Rajesh Singh Deputy Librarian Delhi University Library System University of Delhi Delhi- 110 007 Tele: 011-27667339-225 (O) Fax NO: 011-27666034 Mobile: 09811843655 http://www.du.ac.in/ www.du.ac.in Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Digitization of Indian works
by arun kishore 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Dear friends, If you have information about digitisation projects completed, in process and planned, of works of INDIAN ORIGIN, please provide the links of those repositories. I want to have a rough idea about, where we stand in digitising our works including the regional languages. With warm regards, Arun Kishore, B.L. Library and Information Centre DC Kizhakemuri Memoriam DCSMAT Pullikkanam, Idukki - 685 503 Kerala (P) 04869 248322 - 314 (M) 09446224580 Email: arunkishore(a)dcschool.net arunkishore_bl(a)yahoo.co.uk

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Search 25 Indian newspapers in one go
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Dear Girija I am happy you liked it. Yes, anyone can create her own searchroll at rollyo.com and make it public so that others can also use it.There are thousands of searchrolls already created by others. As a librarian you can list out important URLs in a topic of your interest and create a searchroll and give it to your library users! It is more than sharing your file of bookmarks/favorites. Please visit the site for more info Vyasamoorthy On 8/24/06, Library <library(a)rri.res.in> wrote: > Dear Dr. Vyasamoorthy, > > I tried it and it is pretty good! Can you tell me more about it? It is > free to use for anyone to create new searchrolls? > > Thanks for sharing your site with us. > > With regards, > Girija Srinivasan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 > C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 > Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy wrote: > > > If you want to search some 25 Indian newspaper sites in one go > > visit the searchroll I have created at: > > > > http://rollyo.com/vyasamoorthy/indian_newspapers/ > > > > You may find/create similar search roles at this site too. > > > > > > -- > > Dr P Vyasamoorthy, > > SENIORS > > (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), > > 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 > > Phone 27846631 > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Article Request
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Dear All Can you help mewith the following Articles urgently require.\ 1. Falconer J S, Ross JA, Fearon KCH, et ale Effect of eicosapentanoicacid and other fatty acids on the growth in vitro of human pancreatic cancer cell lines. Br J cancer 1994. 69:826-832. 2. Lai PBS, Ross JA, Fearon KCH, et al . Cellcyclearrertand inductionof apoptosin in pancreatic cancer cells exposed to eicosapentanoicacid in vitro. Br J cancer 1996~74:1375-383. 3. Rose DP. Dietary fatty acids and cancer. Am J CJinNutr 1997; 66:9985-10035. 4. Rose DP. Effects of dietary fatty acids on breast and prostate cancers : evidence from in vitro experimentsand animal - . Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 Ph(Res): 33-2672 1192, 3892, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in

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Article Request
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Dear Friends I need following Article J.P. Hays, IEEE-1976, Properties of e-redundencies / redundencies net work. Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 Ph(Res): 33-2672 1192, 3892, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in

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Google Scholar now also shows related articles.
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Friends, Perhaps you might noticed that Google Scholar results now also show "related articles" in its repository. A "Related Articles" link appears next to each result. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Search 25 Indian newspapers in one go
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

If you want to search some 25 Indian newspaper sites in one go visit the searchroll I have created at: http://rollyo.com/vyasamoorthy/indian_newspapers/ You may find/create similar search roles at this site too. -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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