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Re: [LIS-Forum] request for an article
by Mailing List Manager 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear Member: I would like to thank the members who have expressed their views/comments on the subject "whether requests for full text articles coming from members working for commercial organizations should be entertained on this list or not". I have consolidated the replies received till 03 Mar, 2.30 pm and have appended it to this message. Let's wait for couple of more days before we take a final decision on the matter. Meanwhile, I would like to stress the point that this forum should be used only as a last resort to seek help from fellow members. Many a times the members just shoot off their queries to the forum without doing any homework themselves. I return at lease one or two mails every other day because the expectations of such mails is that the fellow members have to refer to the resources to answer the queries, which very well could have been done by the requesters themselves. Please ensure that you append full signature to your messages, especially when you are seeking help/response from fellow members. Thanks for your cooperation With warm regards, - moderator ------------------------------- I. I think there is no harm in providing reference service - availability related information or referral information - if tracking of full text article is really a problem for a member working for a commercial organisation. Let the requstee then collect the orginal article from the referrals. Many a times even an expert searcher experience lack of information regarding availability of articles, etc. Think about those who really need our help. Completely ignoring or not entertaining the request will be a negative approach for the profession. It also does not match to our ethical standards. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry ------------------ II. I agree with you. Krishna Yeri Librarian,IRMA, Anand ------------- III. I beg to offer a slightly different view. As far as copyright infringement is concerned, supplying one copy for personal use of a researcher is OK. It is immaterial whether the end user or his organisation is carrying out research in academic institution or is attached to an industrial research unit, whether fully commercial (say ranbaxy) or industrial research establishment funded by public funds (CDRI, for example). Research is research and the benefits of research go to all. Copyright laws pose no threat either, as per my understanding. However, if a company say Ranbaxy in private sector or IDPL in public sector wants to use the information for commercial purposes (marketing, publicity, beating down competition etc) then copyright fee or licensing fee for each copy must be paid for. Librarians who are a party to this kind of infringement must be aware of their limitations. The best thing would be to avoid ALL requests for photocopies being distributed via Lis-forum. Let us encourage large libraries and library networks funded by govt funds to be more responsive and co-operative in this matter. Regards Dr P vyasamoorthy ---------------------- 1V. I agree. We are an organization that procures and supplies articles to BOTH non-profit/academic, as well as commercial organizations. For the latter, we procure copyright fee paid copies and provide it to them. We have even procured from local libraries and then paid the copyright fee to the US Copyright Clearance Centre, and charged commercial clients for the same. (We discontinued this, because very often we got poor quality copies and the client was unhappy about that, specially after paying a high fee) Our experience has been that many Indian commercial companies are "conveniently unaware" of copyright fee for articles, and many libraries still do provide articles to commercial organizations, charging only a membership fee for services. The libraries do not take care of paying the copyright fee to the publisher/CCC So these commercial organizations take advantage and take copies from the libraries. They come to us if they cannot procure from a library, or if there is an urgency. I would urge that libraries either take on the onus of paying copyright fee on behalf of commercial organizations, or request such organizations to approach us, or any other agency that does similar work. Just as an additional information........We have been a Private Limited company, but are now running as a non-profit organization. Our legal status is in the process of change (taking much longer than I hoped it would), but we have been operating as a not for profit entity since Apr 2005 Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services

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Why can't Google Scholar be like Open J-Gate / OAIster
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

This morning was frustating with Google Scholar. I just wanted to get hold of some scholary literature on "Methods forBenchmarking Organisations". So, opened up Google Scholar<http://scholar.google.com> and fired the first term - "benchmarking".Good - 149,000 hits to good quality looking literature. So, startedclicking by one by one to see the hits. But, what is this?!! Almostevery click was asking me to pay somewhere 20 to 40 Dollars to havethe access to full text. Obiously - this is the locked up knowledgefor me. What is the use of these wonderful hits to high qualityliterature when I can not view them. Next I opened up Open J-Gate <http://www.openj-gate.com/> and firedthe same term "benchmarking". Had to wait for the results. Ultimatelygot the result - 216 hits. This served my purpose. Not that thesepointed to high quality papers. But I got what I wanted in return forwhat I could afford to pay for. No wasting of time in clicking andwaiting to learn that I can't afford to buy the stuff. Later found that OAIster <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/>gave 1674 hits for the same term. But then, all Open/Free Accessliterature may not be OAI compliant. Why can't Google creates a service for just Open/Free Access ScholaryLiterature and name it as OpenScholar?. Its better technology can helpsmall mortals like me. Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Message for Circulation on lis-forum
by ratnakar 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Will be thankful if you kindly circulate the following important information on lis-forum A. Ratnakar New Delhi __________________________________________________________________________ World’s largest Open Access e-journals portal launched The placid and lackadaisical information infrastructure scenario of the country saw a momentous action on Monday the 27th of Feb, when world’s first e-journals portal Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/> ) was launched by Bangalore based Informatics (India) Ltd as a free service for everyone across the globe. Informatics called the launch as India's contribution to the global research and the promotion of open access movement. Open Access to journals is what Open Source is for software. As the name suggests access to open j-gate is free for any one to access across the world. It has enhanced the information access of researchers not only in India but all over the world. The occasion for this historic launch was the 12th Annual Lecture on Informatics at Indian National Academy of Sciences (INSA), where over 200 senior professors, scientists, librarians and researchers from most of the top research and academic establishments of the country had gathered. Dr Jean-Claude Guedon, a global expert of open access movement and founder of Internet Society of Canada launched the Open J-Gate who was sent by the Open Society Institute (OSI), New York for this launch. There are hundreds of journals, which are available from various publishers and societies from across the globe free on the Internet. But all of them are widely scattered and searching the articles and getting to them is a very cumbersome job for researchers. Open J-Gate is the first portal in the world to index over 3000+ open access e-journals on one single searchable platform in the form of a standard database bridging the access gap. The nearest comparable initiative by Lund University, Sweden, covers less than 600 open access e-journals. UGC Vice Chairman Prof V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai shared his ideas on open access issues that affect the most to the global scientific fraternity and lauded the efforts of Informatics immensely for launching open J-Gate; a portal direly needed by the resource starved Indian scientific community in particular. Dr. Guedon dwelled on the history of the open access movement and emphasized on the need of expanding the open access movement across the globe. He congratulated the CMD of Informatics Mr. N V sathyanaryana for his philanthropic venture and hailed Open J-Gate as a revolutionary step for the global scientific community at large. Open J-Gate has over a million articles published in 2,000 plus peer reviewed research journals in addition to articles from over 1,000 trade and professional journals. The data base can be accessed at the URL www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/>

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Infringment of copyright
by Chitra P Rao 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

The Moderator According to my understanding if 1 copy is sent to anyone beit an academician or a Corporate it does not violate the law. If we give multiple copies and sell it then and only then it is an infringment. If there are too many requests from the same person or too many such requests then we can take a stand. However I have observed that the volume is not much. I may be wrong.. One another thing to consider is if it is a very rare or specialised request then we may consider the request. I can understnd it is difficult to route it to LIS but left to the individual they can sent it thru email etc..with price without is left to the individual Institute regulations. Chitra P Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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India and US launch knowledge initiative in agricuture
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

An excerpt from Times of India, 3 March 2006: "The visit also saw the launch of the Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture with a three-year financial commitment of $100 million to link universities, technical institutions and businesses and build projects in biotechnology." Arun

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Free text books
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

More on Freeload Press Freeload Press, which publishes OA textbooks supported by ads, is expanding its line. >From today's announcement: Following a highly successful beta launch, Freeload Press, Inc. (FP) announced today the expansion of its unique free textbook initiative. The company plans on providing one million free downloads of college e-textbooks and study aids--all supported by commercial sponsors. Staffed by experienced academicians, entrepreneurs and former textbook publishers, FP developed a breakthrough model providing students with free e-book versions of textbooks. Students download free e-books from FPs distribution web site, freeloadpress.com. The e-books, which are in Adobes PDF format, contain sponsors advertising or marketing messages. Corporate sponsors, among them FedEx Kinkos, pay FP to place unobtrusive messages in e-books at natural breaks in the text and layout. Paperback versions of the e-books, with advertising, can also be purchased for 65% less than comparable textbooks for the same courses. Halfway through the beta launch season, FP model has been used for 75 courses in over a dozen colleges, including U of Texas, Georgia Tech and U-Mass Lowell. The company estimates its beta list of books will save students over $500,000 in textbook costs this year. College instructors at over 350 colleges are registered and reviewing FPs offerings for next years courses with users.... The student survey data is trending at more than 97% approval rate of the model, said Ivancevich. and the instructor approval rating is north of 80%--which is well beyond the original forecast we conducted to launch the business. Instructors are more concerned with the high price of textbooks than we anticipated.

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InfoWatch February 2006
by M.R Lalitha 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The February 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) February 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AISWorld Net - Association for Information Systems 2. DigChip.com - Resources database on electronic components 3. Encyclopedia of the nations 4. File transit [A software distribution site] 5. FreeFullText.com [Links to free and fulltext scholarly periodicals on Internet] 6. Freshwater and marine image bank [A digital collection of images by University of Washington] 7. FSF/UNESCO - Free Software Directory 8. Gateway to astronaut photography of Earth 9. HighBeam research [A search interface for articles, reference and news on Internet] 10. ITC digital library [Digital Library for construction information technology] 11. Micromachining handbook - Introduction to micromachining with femtosecond laser pulses 12. Nanotube modeler - Generation of nano-geometries 13. National Science Day 14. Omics gateway [A portal of emerging fields of large-scale biology] 15. Special online collection - Breakthrough of the year 2005 [ A review by Science magazine] 16. Stardust@Home - An interactive internet search for interstellar dust in the stardust aerogel collector 17. Techdata - Engineering technical data reference tables 18. Tech-Recipes.com [Tutorials on programming and operating systems] 19. TPSX material database [A tool for aerospace researchers] 20. WorldNewspapers.com - World newspapers and magazines [A portal of news sites in english] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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NCSI-NET meeting on 4th March 2006.
by Babu Rajendra 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, We are happy to announce this month's NCSI-NET meeting to be held on Saturday 4th March 2006 at seminar hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore-12 from 11.00 am onwards. Mr. I R N Goudar would be delivering the lecture on Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. ==================== TITLE: Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. By Mr. I R N Goudar, Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology , NAL, Bangalore. ABSTRACT: The old concept 'consortia' means a strategic alliance of institutions having common interests. The applications of IT and IR systems for on-line catalogues, bibliographic databases and full text electronic documents have facilitated quick information exchange. The advent of e-publishing has brought a revolution in journal publication, subscription, access and delivery mechanism. Print subscriptions still continue to dominate publisher's revenue. While dwindling library budgets and growing number of journals force libraries to form consortia for accessing e-journals, other role players like primary publishers, aggregators, vendors, subscription agents and document delivery agencies have their own reasons to encourage consortia movement. The early 'subscription clubs', the so called consortia leaders have developed and adopted consortia strategies like mission, vision, goals, planning, structure, membership, management and standards suitable for different models. However, there are no universally acceptable e-journals pricing and licensing models. Same thing holds good for other kind of documents like books, technical reports, etc. Major concerns of consortia formation include funding, pricing, personnel, training, service, archiving, technology and copyright issues. The pricing factors include number of nodes, multiple campuses, access mode, training and perpetual access. Consortia models could be participants oriented or purpose oriented and homogeneous or heterogeneous. Many libraries especially in developing countries are not geared up for accessing e-Journals due to various reasons including user ignorance, infrastructure and funds. While there is an urgent need for changing the mindset of librarians, users and the administrators for subscribing to e-journals in India, a satisfying note is that few forward looking libraries have made a modest beginning in forming consortia. Some initiatives include - Indian Institutes of Management for accessing bibliographic databases, CSIR Laboratories for >3200 journals from 10 major publishers, FORSA for accessing Astronomy and Astrophysics journals, Hyderabad Knowledge Park members for J-Gate, INFLIBNET initiative for providing access to 100 universities for full text journals of Some ACS, RSC, IOP, and bibliographic databases, INDEST for a host of full text sources like ScienceDirect , IEL Online and few bibliographic databases for the benefit IITs, IISc, IIMs and engineering college and GE Global Research initiative for the benefit of different GE Centres world over. Some of the pricing and payment constraints specific to Indian libraries include - inadequate funds, single point payment, rigid administrative, financial and auditing rules, problems of defining asset against payment and pay-per-view not yet acceptable. Consortia approach is the only way to satisfy increasing information requirements of vast number of Indian academic and R& D community. ============================ Please confirm your participation to either me or Prasanna(t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators. ================ H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5 - 10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 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. ************************************************************************ 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Md. Sibli Sirajee 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi

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Book on Marketing of Library and Information Services
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:57:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Shantanu Ganguly <s_ganguly67(a)yahoo.co.uk> Dear All respected members: You will be all glad to know that a book was recently released in 24 Feb, 2006 in Munich, Germany during mid year meeting of the IFLA management and marketing section published by KG Saur Publishing entitled " Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives Edited on the behalf of IFLA by Dinesh K. Gupta , Christie Koontz , Angels Massisimo and R�jean Savard". The marketing of library services has now been recognised as an essential agenda item for almost all kinds of libraries all over the world. Presenting contributions from a truly international group of librarians, this book provides a broad spectrum on the topic, providing a useful tool for both working librarians and future librarians to understand vital issues relating to the marketing of library and information services at the local, national and international level. We are indeed glad that an expert in the most contemporary area of Marketing of Library and Information Services, is sitting at remotest corner of the country i.e., Kota, Rajasthan working as a Associate Professor in the Open University brought a bible on this topic from one of the leading publishing company alongwith all the renowned experts of this field. It is a matter of pride and prejudice for the country like India and especially for all the members of the Library and information science community. I wish him all the best for his future endeavours. If you want to read more details about this book then please log on to http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?content=kurzanzeige.cfm?show=0000015784&menu=c… With warm regards Shantanu Ganguly SHANTANU GANGULY Resi: A-67 Chittaranjan Park First Floor New Delhi - 110019 Tel: 26272596, (M): 9811330235 Off: Librarian and Information Manager Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) 3, Lodhi Institutional Area, Rai School Complex New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 24647820-21 --------------------------------- Can't remember an address in your address book? Enter the first few letters and Address AutoComplete will automatically finish it. Get Yahoo! Mail

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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 02:06:32 -0800 (PST) From: indra kaul <indrakaul(a)yahoo.com> Dear Mangesh, You have asked difference between scholarly publication, journal, and peer review journal Peer Review Journal The articles which have been submitted for publication by the author are got reviewed by publisher by peers (authorities on the subject). If the peers approve the article, it is published in the journal. If the peer has asked for modification, these comments are sent to the author to modify the article. The author modifies the article and resubmits it for publication. The publisher publishes the modified article in the journal. The journal in which all the articles are published after getting them reviewed by the peers is known as Peer Review Journal. Scholarly Publications: A Guide to the Differences Between Publications Students often ask, "How can I tell if this is a scholarly publication?" Although publications might not meet all of the criteria in the categories below, they essentially all fall into one of the four following types of publications. Scholarly Journal News/General Interest Popular Magazines Sensational Publications Format Has grave, serious format Attractive in appearance Generally slick/glossy with an attractive format Cheap newspaper format Graphics Graphs and charts to illustrate concepts Photos, graphics and illustrations used to enhance articles Photos, illustrations and drawing to enhance imageof publication Contains melodramatic, lurid or "doctored" photos Sources Cited sources with footnotes and/or bibliography Occasionally cite sources, but not as a rule Rarely cite sources. Original sources may be obscure Rarely cite sources of information Authors Written by scholars or researchers in the field or discipline Written for an educated, general audience by staff, free-lance or scholarly writers Written by the staff or free-lance writers for a broad audience Written by free-lance or staff writers Language Uses terminology, jargon, and the language of the discipline. Reader is assumed to have similar background Uses language apprporiate for an educated readership Uses simple language for minimal educational level. Articles are short, with little depth Contains language that is simple, easy-to-read and understand. Sensational style is often used Publication Criteria Subject to "peer review". Must meet approval of qualified scholars in the field Must meet standards of publication and be approved by editors No specific criteria No specific criteria Purpose To inform, report, or make original research available to the scholarly world Provide general information to a wide, interested audience Designed to entertain or persuade, to sell products or services Arouse curiosity and interest by distorting the truth. Often uses outrageous or startling headlines Publishers Generally published by a professional organization Published by commercial enterprises for profit Published for profit Published for profit Advertising Contains selective advertising Carries advertising Contains extensive advertising Contains advertising as luring and startling as the stories Examples Annals of Microbiology, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Physiology, Physics Letters Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Fortune, Psychology Today, Scientific American Better Homes and Gardens, GQ, Glamour, People, Sports Illustrated Globe, National Enquirer, National Examiner, Star, Sun Magazine or periodical: a magazine or periodical, especially one published by a specialist or professional body for its members, containing information and contributions relevant to their area of activity. indra kaul Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:19:15 +0000 (GMT) From: mangesh talmale DEAR PROFESSIONAL , could u please send the information regarding query: 1. what is the difference between scholarly publication journal and peer review journal. best regards mangesh talmale pune _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Re. RFID Implementation
by Sharad Jadhav 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Members, We thank library professionals for thier reply to our query posted on various library forums and information that they have provided regarding RFID implementation in library. Regards, Sharad Jadhav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Insurance Academy 25,Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, Pune 411 045 India http://www.niapune.com Email sharad(a)niapune.cpm sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Mobile: 09890369266 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Members, We thank library professionals for thier reply to our query posted on various library forums and information that they have provided regarding RFID implementation in library. Regards, Sharad Jadhav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Insurance Academy 25,Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, Pune 411 045 India http://www.niapune.com/ http://www.niapune.com Email mailto:sharad@niapune.cpm sharad(a)niapune.cpm mailto:sharad7703@yahoo.co.in sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Mobile: 09890369266 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Article indexing Database on CDs
by sandeep sharma 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, I want to know is there any database of article indexing available in the field of Management Science and Computer Science in form of CDs and DVDs. which covers the national as well as international journals. If you have any information please do contact me. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Sharma Librarian Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies 2A,2B, Madhuban Chowk Rohini Delhi-110085 Ph. 27867301,27864596 Extn.28 Cell. 9312386044 E-Mail: Sandybls2003(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear All, I want to know is there any database of article indexing available in the field of Management Science and Computer Science in form of CDs and DVDs. which covers the national as well as international journals. If you have any information please do contact me. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Sharma Librarian Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies 2A,2B, Madhuban Chowk Rohini Delhi-110085 Ph. 27867301,27864596 Extn.28 Cell. 9312386044 E-Mail: mailto:Sandybls2003@yahoo.co.in Sandybls2003(a)yahoo.co.in Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Professor H R Chopra Retires...
by P Venkata Rao 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Professor Hans Raj Chopra, Chaiman, Department of Library & Information Science, Panjab University retired on 28th February 2006 after putting in more that 40 years of active service committed to Librarianship.Prof. Chopra has been serving the Panjab University, Chandigarh since 1960-61 in various capacities. He served the Panjab University Library as a Library Professional for more than ten years before joining as full time teacher with the Department of Library & Information Science. As a tribute to his commitment and dedication to the profession, the Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA), Chandigarh organised a function in honour of Professor H R Chopra on 28th February 2006. On this ocassion a Felicitation Volume - "Vistas of Information Management: Professor H R Chopra Felicitation Volume" was realeased by Prof. Veer Singh, Dean University Instruction, Panjab University, Chandigarh. P Venkata Rao ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ P Venkata Rao Librarian M G State Institute of Public Administration,Punjab (MGSIPAP) Institutional Area, Sector 26 Chandigarh 160019, INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Phone: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 220 Fax: 91-172-2793588 / 91 Extn: 400 Email: pvrao(a)mgsipap.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

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Library Assitants at an Engineering College- Urgent
by Gopalakrishna Venkatappa 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Moderator, Kindly announce this. Post: Library Assistant Institution: BMS Institute of Technology - an engineering college Sex: Male only Job Resposibilities: Reference Section in-charge;such other duties as per the librarian's direction; evening shift till 8:30 extendable depending upon users response. Salary: Rs.3000pm for one year; if confirmed State Govt. Salary with allowances(appr. Rs.5000+) Interested can meet the undersigned at his own cost immediately. Address: BMS Institute of Technology, Avalahalli, Dodballapur Main Road, Yelahanka, BANGALORE-560064. Alight at Avalahalli, board any buses bound towards Doballapur / 285 series from KR Market. Contact No. 080-5536 9469 With regards, Gopalakrishna, BMSIT.

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ASC, Shimla: Orientation Prog/Refresher Course- 2006-07...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Orientaion Programme/Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Shimla, Schedule for 2006-07. Please visit: http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Orientaion Programme/Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Shimla, Schedule for 2006-07. Please visit: http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html http://www.ascshimla.org/seheduleof2006_7.html Best Wishes, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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UK universities map
by vimal kumar 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

A map of Universities and higher education institutions in IK. It helpful to locate the geographical location of academic institutions in higher education http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Request to Suggest a good RFID solution for our library
by mallikamh mallikamh 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear friends, Please suggest a good RFID Solution available for a college library. I need your help as we have decided to go for an RFID solution for our library. Thanking You, Mallika MH Librarian SSIT Maralur, Tumkur-572105 ssit_clib(a)yahoo.co.in mallikamh(a)yahoo.co.in cell: 9448748679 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear friends, Please suggest a good RFID Solution available for a college library. I need your help as we have decided to go for an RFID solution for our library. Thanking You, Mallika MH Librarian SSIT Maralur, Tumkur-572105 mailto:ssit_clib@yahoo.co.in ssit_clib(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:mallikamh@yahoo.co.in mallikamh(a)yahoo.co.in cell: 9448748679 Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Requirement of Project Assistants at IISc
by Geetha 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, ECE Department, IISc, Bangalore needs Project Assistants. Candidates must possess a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science; MLS/ MLISc. from Library Schools of repute/ ADIS from DRTC or INSDOC or NCSI. Job Title : Project Assistant Organization : Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore Experience: o 1+ years of experience. Expectations/Requirements o Good communication and presentation skills o Experience in Database Management o Internet Searching skills o Data mining from Bibliographical Databases and Patent Databases. o Essential skills - PHP, MySQL, o Technical Writing Skills o Knowledge of Patents Last Date: Candidates are advised to send their resume on or before 4th March 2006 Contact Details Geetha SALIS, Network_labs ECE Department Indian Insitute of Science Bangalore - 12 Email: geetha(a)ece.iisc.ernet.in geetha.veeraiah(a)gmail.com Regards Geetha *************************************** Geetha Project Assistant Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-12 Dear All, ECE Department, IISc, Bangalore needs Project Assistants. Candidates must possess a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science; MLS/ MLISc. from Library Schools of repute/ ADIS from DRTC or INSDOC or NCSI. Job Title : Project Assistant Organization : Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore Experience: o 1+ years of experience. Expectations/Requirements o Good communication and presentation skills o Experience in Database Management o Internet Searching skills o Data mining from Bibliographical Databases and Patent Databases. o Essential skills - PHP, MySQL, o Technical Writing Skills o Knowledge of Patents Last Date: Candidates are advised to send their resume on or before 4th March 2006 Contact Details Geetha SALIS, Network_labs ECE Department Indian Insitute of Science Bangalore - 12 Email: geetha(a)ece.iisc.ernet.in geetha.veeraiah(a)gmail.com Regards Geetha *************************************** Geetha Project Assistant Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-12 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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request for an article
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Members: Quite often, there are requests on this forum for full text articles. Most of such requests are being honoured by the fellow members. As long as the members or his/her colleagues make use of full text articles for educational/research purposes, there is no infringement of copyrights. However, If a similar request comes from a member working for a commercial organization then such requests should not be entertained on this forum. This is my view as the moderator of this forum. I welcome your views and comments. Thanks for your cooperation. - Moderator

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National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software
by Puna Das 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) aims to contribute to the growth of FOSS in India through Research and Development, Human Resource Development, Networking and Entrepreneurship Development, as well as serve as the reference point for all FOSS related activities in the country including the creation and maintenance of this national FOSS Portal. The National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is funded by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, and is being managed jointly by the Chennai division of the Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) and AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University,Chennai.C-DAC is an Autonomous Scientific Society of the DIT, Govt. of India and AU-KBC Research Centre is an Autonomous Research Centre of the Anna University. _________________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/ National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) aims to contribute to the growth of FOSS in India through Research and Development, Human Resource Development, Networking and Entrepreneurship Development, as well as serve as the reference point for all FOSS related activities in the country including the creation and maintenance of this national FOSS Portal. The National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is funded by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, and is being managed jointly by the Chennai division of the Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) and AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University,Chennai.C-DAC is an Autonomous Scientific Society of the DIT, Govt. of India and AU-KBC Research Centre is an Autonomous Research Centre of the Anna University. _________________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________________ Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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RE: [LIS-Forum] A Web Library of Research Output
by Aman Jha 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Dear all I wrote my views (given below) in the latest issue (18 February 2006) of Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) vide a commentary titled 'A Web Library of Research Output' dated 28 January 2006. You may find it useful. Best regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org EPW Letters --------------------- February 18, 2006 Web Library I am writing with reference to the article on a web library (January 28, 2006). One thing is certain that even in the age of Google, information is scattered and it is very difficult for researchers to track all work done on a particular topic through the various interfaces available in the country. This situation continues not only in India but in developed countries as well. Information professionals are working on digital libraries and open archive concepts worldwide. Hopefully this initiative will sort out many such problems. I agree that there is an urgent need for making all publicly funded research reports available for free online access. It is equally important for other private funded research reports to be made available, at least for reference work. This is very much essential for healthy research to continue in the country. V Srinivasan's initiative for hosting a web library may be a good platform for information seekers. However, there are already many web/internet libraries available on the net in the public domain. They have failed to integrate all the digital information available internationally. Recently, the government of India came out with a plan to create a national digital library. Let us hope that this proposal will fructify. Aman Kumar Jha Gurgaon Source: http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=02&filename=9699&file… -----Original Message----- From: Library [mailto:library@mssrf.res.in] Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 9:56 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] A Web Library of Research Output EPW Commentary January 28, 2006 A Web Library of Research Output Data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds should be in the public domain, their dissemination is in the public interest. Here are some initial ideas about setting up a web library that ensures open access to publicly-funded social research output. V Srinivasan A large amount of social science research is carried out in the country, much of it with government, bilateral or multilateral funding, that is, public funding. Such research usually results in the production of reports, many of which contain useful data, analyses, ideas, and recommendations. But only a small portion of this output feeds into policy-making or public debate; the bulk of it is hardly circulated. Indeed, most of it is treated as virtually secret, inaccessible to the public in whose name it is carried out. Unfortunately, it is not an accepted view that data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds are a part of the public domain, and that their dis- semination is in the public interest. A scan of the websites of various government bodies illustrates this well. The ministry of social justice and empowerment and the ministry of rural development list some research reports on their sites but do not provide access to the listed reports or supporting studies. The reports of the National Sample Survey Organisation or the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, to name just two important bodies, are not available via the internet. The government has commissioned 20 studies or reports on child labour but only two or three are available on the internet. The result is that a great deal of research work is duplicated, since there is no access to previous research in the same area. Today, even if the authors of these reports wished to disseminate them widely, they lack an effective mechanism for doing so. To address this problem, the innovation centre of a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation, Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA), has proposed a strikingly simple solution: the creation of an internet library housing all economic, social and political studies and reports prepared with government, bilateral or multilateral aid. Such access to previous research would prevent duplication of research work in the same area and check plagiarism. The quality of research would be improved by public scrutiny. Discussion on the themes covered could also be advanced considerably. Finally, the disseminated work could feed into policy-making or public debate. SOSVA proposes that electronic copies of any study, report or document prepared using government or international funds be submitted to the web library. This proposal is along the lines of the practice followed in the US whereby a copy of any book published in the country must be deposited with the Library of Congress to receive a Library of Congress Control Number. Unless this is done, no public grant, foreign or Indian, would be deemed utilised; indeed, the comptroller and auditor general or other appropriate agency would report that the funds are deemed unutilised. Steps need to be taken to make this legally binding and administratively effective. These studies would then be posted on the web library, which would have a standard classification system and easy search tools. The advantages of such a library are the advantages of the internet: At no cost, a huge wealth of information would be available to the public. Moreover, users would not need to know of the existence of particular reports or other materials in advance; they could discover them while browsing through the library, as it were. Not only would duplication of labour be avoided, and the quality of research improved by subjecting it to public scrutiny, but the quality of debate on questions of public interest could be enhanced. That, in turn, ought to spur genuine development. The same library could also host many documents that are available today but only as hard copies, that is, in printed form, and therefore in effect accessible only to a few. The idea could be developed further and the web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the web library could include doctoral theses, documents of international non-governmental organisations, and so on. Linkages can be provided to other electronic libraries as well, to constitute a core bibliography to be available on the websites. This idea could be extended further. The web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the documents of international non-governmental organisations or agencies could be put up on this site. Links could be provided to other electronic libraries to constitute a core bibliography available on the internet. Certain technical and legal issues involved in setting up such a site may need examination. Some reports (or portions of them) may need to be withheld on grounds of "national security"; others because they reveal confidential or copyright materials. However, these questions appear fairly easy to resolve. The costs involved for setting up the web library, either as a fully owned portal facility co-hosted in a data centre or as portal hosted in a private hosting service provider, are negligible (a few lakhs of rupees) compared to the public funds spent on such research. The potential social benefits of such a web library are huge. In a sense, it could be argued that providing such access is a legitimate extension of the current efforts under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the thrust of the act is towards transparency in decision-making by government, the fundamental principle of the act, that government must throw its books open, applies as much as to information dissemination and development benefits as to decision-making. Email: sosva(a)hotmail.com http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=01&filename=9634&file… Sincerely B. Murugan Library Services M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area Chennai - 600 113 Phone: 22541229 / 22542698; Extn: 208/209 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Request for article - Reg
by sushmita das 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Respected Sir, This is in response to your requirement.THe Union atalogue of Biomedical Serials of India (WWW.uncat.nic.in)gives a listing of all the biomedical journals available in Indian Medical Libraries. The required journal is available in a number of cities which you can check up with the catalogue like NIPER,POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES , chennai, CDRI, lucknow, etc.You can mail the concerned librarian also to send the copy to you. Regards Sushmita NIC, New Delhi On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Avinashilingam University wrote : >Dear All, > I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. >Thanking you >A.Dhanalakshmi, >Research scholar, >Avinashilingam Deemed University, >Coimbatore. >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… >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Respected Sir, This is in response to your requirement.THe Union atalogue of Biomedical Serials of India (WWW.uncat.nic.in)gives a listing of all the biomedical journals available in Indian Medical Libraries. The required journal is available in a number of cities which you can check up with the catalogue like NIPER,POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES , chennai, CDRI, lucknow, etc.You can mail the concerned librarian also to send the copy to you. Regards Sushmita NIC, New Delhi On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Avinashilingam University wrote : >Dear All, > I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. >Thanking you >A.Dhanalakshmi, >Research scholar, >Avinashilingam Deemed University, >Coimbatore. >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… >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum 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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query regarding publication
by Mailing List Manager 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:19:15 +0000 (GMT) From: mangesh talmale <elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in> DEAR PROFESSIONAL , could u please send the information regarding query: 1. what is the difference between scholarly publication journal and peer review journal. best regards mangesh talmale pune

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When will the term "Key Words" be replaced by "tags"?
by Sukhdev Singh 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Friends, We know how Meta-data has replaced the term "Indexing" and"Cataloguing" in the last decade. Now it is turn of "Key Words" to bereplaced by a term called "tagging". The only difference in these twoterms is that "Key Words" are picked up from some standard vocabularylike MeSH by professionals; "tagging" is done by end users to bookmarkand categorize an internet resource without any rules or vocabulary.The intention is to retrieve the "tagged" resource in future. Butthere is a Method in this Madness of tagging. The user indirectlyregisters a "vote" in favor of the resource being tagged. Such voteswhen collected on a service provider end can be used to indicaterelative popularity of various resources. Del.icio.us <http://del.icio.us > is one of such service. This collective behavioris known "collaborative tagging". Macgregor, George and McCulloch, Emma in their pre-print <http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005703/ > [accepted forpublication] has suggested that Librarians and informationprofessional researchers should take a leading role in research aimedat assessing the efficacy of collaborative tagging in relation toinformation storage, organization, and retrieval, and to influence thefuture development of collaborative tagging systems. I myself am a regular user of Del.icio.us < http://del.icio.us >. Ican keep links to my favorite articles; blogs; sites etc and canaccess them and access them from any computer on the web. I can sharethem easily by just by giving its URL < http://del.icio.us/sukhi >.Moreover I can check up who else have tagged a particular resource ofmy interest. Exploring further I can find out from other's tags whatall other resources could be of my interest. Does not this soundsimilar to "Pearl Growing" in Science Citation Index? Suchcollaborative tagging site also presents what is known as "Tag Cloud"showing relative importance of tags in terms size and colour of fonts. So when will the term "Key Words" be replaced by "tags"? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Digital Library of India
by Aman Jha 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Dear all Recently, I visited a website of the Digital Library of India [http://www.dli.ernet.in/] It is a million book project - a collaborative effort between Indian Institute of Science and Carnegie Melon University with partners from Government, Academia and Religious Institutions. 54000 books have already been scanned and 29000 books are available for online access. It is one of the biggest digital library initiatives in India. The objective of this project is clearly mentioned in its mission statement given below: "The mission is to create a portal for the Digital Library of India which will foster creativity and free access to all human knowledge. As a first step in realizing this mission, it is proposed to create the Digital Library with a free-to-read, searchable collection of one million books, predominantly in Indian languages, available to everyone over the Internet. This portal will also become an aggregator of all the knowledge and digital contents created by other digital library initiatives in India. Very soon we expect that this portal would provide a gateway to Indian Digital Libraries in science, arts, culture, music, movies, traditional medicine, palm leaves and many more. The result will be a unique resource accessible to anyone in the world 24x7, without regard to socioeconomic background or nationality." Hope this initiative proves to be a wonderful digital resource centre for all of us. Best regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org 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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Request for article - Reg
by Avinashilingam University 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Dear All, I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. Thanking you A.Dhanalakshmi, Research scholar, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore. Dear All, I would be grateful if anyone could send the article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.171, Issue 3, Aug 2000, Pg.425-435 or inform me about the availability of the journal in any institutions. Thanking you A.Dhanalakshmi, Research scholar, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore. 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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E - Literacy campaign in Kerala
by Saji S. Nair 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Dear all, 'Akshaya',the ambitious project of Government of Kerala has so far made around 5.8 lakh people e-literate. The project, that was launched in Malappuram District, one of the northern districts in Keala is currently moving ahead in Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kollam and Pathanmthitta. It will also extend to the remaining six districts so as make Kerala, the first e-literate state in India by the year 2007. see the interesting news stuff at 1.Cyber-savvy at 106: an evergreen saga in Kerala http://www.thehindu.com/2006/02/23/stories/2006022303811300.htm 2.Star looks the part for Akshaya http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/26/stories/2006022607910400.htm Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Trivandrum Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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JISC guidance on open source software to all colleges and universities
by vimal kumar 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Dear Readers, JISC issued a briefing paper to all colleges and universities in the UK to raise awareness of the issue of open source software. Further reading http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=oss_bp Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. JISC issued a briefing paper to all colleges and universities in the UK to raise awareness of the issue of open source software. Further reading http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=oss_bp Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Will "Google Scholar" beat the "Web of Science" in future ?
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Friends, Just revised Google Scholar < http://scholar.google.com > last week. Noticed that it has improved a lot. Just searched for "OpenMED@NIC" <http://snipurl.com/mz7n > It gave 925 hits. Not bad considering thatOpenMED@NIC < http://openmed.nic.in > has around 1015 documents. Whatfacinated me was that it presented link "Cited by" along with thehits. Clicking those showed all the articles citing an article inquestion in OpenMED@NIC. No wonder Dean Giustini of Biomedical Branch Library, VancouverHospital & Health Sciences Centre, writes in his blog an item - GoogleScholar Rivals Web of Science <http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/archives/023377.html >comparing Web of Science with Google Scholar. He refers to an articleby Daniel Pauly and Konstantinos I. Stergiou entitled "Equivalence ofresults from two citation analyses: Thomson ISI's Citation Index andGoogle's Scholar service. ETHICS IN SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTALPOLITICS, 2005:33–35 Published December 22 <http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2005/E65.pdf >. "Citation counts were performed across a wide range of disciplinesusing both the Thomson ISI files and Google Scholar, and shown to leadto essentially the same results, in spite of their different methodsfor identifying citing sources. This has strong implications forfuture citation analyses, and the many promotion, tenure and fundingdecisions based thereon, notably because ISI products are rathercostly, while Google Scholar is free." However one thing irritates me - it shows the following text in hitsof OpenMED@NIC."@import url(http://openmed.nic.in/eprints.css"Google could have done better to render the CSS better from the Eprintbased repository. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Need information regardin CD Servers.
by Shraddha Lapasiya 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Hello All, We at Information Resource Centre at Accenture Services are exploring the availability of differed models of CD Servers in market and seeking your support in sharing us the latest advances in CD Server technology and also the benefits of the same in the current IT scenario. Most of the corporate world today uses the shared folder access against going for a dedicated CD Server and we need to justify why CD Servers are better option than the Shared folder access? Also share us the details of the models available with vendor information so that we can start reaching out the vendors and initiate the evaluation process. Many thanks for your time and effort. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Hello All, We at Information Resource Centre at Accenture Services are exploring the availability of differed models of CD Servers in market and seeking your support in sharing us the latest advances in CD Server technology and also the benefits of the same in the current IT scenario. Most of the corporate world today uses the shared folder access against going for a dedicated CD Server and we need to justify why CD Servers are better option than the Shared folder access? Also share us the details of the models available with vendor information so that we can start reaching out the vendors and initiate the evaluation process. Many thanks for your time and effort. Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Vacancy at Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
by Shraddha Lapasiya 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Hi All, We have an opening at Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, for an Associate who can ready to work closely with the Information Resource Center and the Vendor Management team. The candidate profile which we are looking for is as follows: · Graduate with 2-4 Yrs experience in an Training Department of an IT company with good knowledge of all the IT training aspects. · IT Skills such as MS Office suite. · Good P R Skills · Good negotiation skills · Managing the training library collection Do send in your resumes on or before 5.00 PM 2nd March, 2006. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Hi All, We have an opening at Accenture Services Pvt Ltd, for an Associate who can ready to work closely with the Information Resource Center and the Vendor Management team. The candidate profile which we are looking for is as follows: · Graduate with 2-4 Yrs experience in an Training Department of an IT company with good knowledge of all the IT training aspects. · IT Skills such as MS Office suite. · Good P R Skills · Good negotiation skills · Managing the training library collection Do send in your resumes on or before 5.00 PM 2nd March, 2006. Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Librarianship Quotes (manjax)
by Manju manju 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Dear All Library, Librarian, and Librarianship Quotes http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html Yours MANJUNATHA P.S LIBRARIAN B.N.M.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE Library, Librarian, and Librarianship Quotes http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html Yours MANJUNATHA P.S LIBRARIAN B.N.M.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE

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DRTC seminar on "Open Document format"
by nupur ag 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College PO. Banglore- 560059 DRTC Seminar On Open Document Format (ODF) Abstract The open document format is a means of creating word processing, spreadsheet, chart and presentation documents in a standardized XML format. It is a new international standard for documents created using office type programs. The open document format is intended as a document type that could be used on any office program, that means one can create a spreadsheet in openoffice calc, save it in the standard open document format for spreadsheet and then be able to open it in any other spreadsheet program - Lotus, Quattro Pro or Excel and without losing any data. In this seminar I am going to discuss about what is open document format, how it originated, Organization behind this, its various features, benefits and its internal structure and use in digital preservation. Speaker: Nupur Agrawal, 2nd year ADIS All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC classroom Date : 28th Feb 2006 Time : 3.30 pm Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8 th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College PO. Banglore- 560059 DRTC Seminar On Open Document Format (ODF) Abstract The open document format is a means of creating word processing, spreadsheet, chart and presentation documents in a standardized XML format. It is a new international standard for documents created using office type programs. The open document format is intended as a document type that could be used on any office program, that means one can create a spreadsheet in openoffice calc, save it in the standard open document format for spreadsheet and then be able to open it in any other spreadsheet program - Lotus, Quattro Pro or Excel and without losing any data. In this seminar I am going to discuss about what is open document format, how it originated, Organization behind this, its various features, benefits and its internal structure and use in digital preservation. Speaker: Nupur Agrawal, 2 nd year ADIS All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC classroom Date : 28 th Feb 2006 Time : 3.30 pm Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Vacancy at JNU, New Delhi.
by L Kaini Mahemei 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Dear All, Greetings. Vacancy at Central Library, JNU, New Delhi. http://www.jnu.ac.in/Career/currentjobs.htm with regards, L.Kaini Central Library, JNU, New Delhi - 110067. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Library Cataloging Software
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

Dear Friends Please visit: www.readerware.com Readerware software is available for cataloging books CDs & video products. Just Enter the ISBN, the catalog entry is automatically fetched from LOC or Brtish library and added to your database. You scan the barcode / isbn or drag & drop data from web pages. You can create a list of ISBNs in a text file for automatic cataloging. Users seem to have added anywhere between 200 to 2000 titles in a couple of days. This is fantastic product for books that are already cataloged in some leading library whose opac can be searched online. There is of course a provision for manual data etry as well for adding books. -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Google Creates a Web page creator
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 25 Feb '06

25 Feb '06

Google has launched a new product - Google Page Creator, a free, easy, browser-based tool for creating attractive web pages. Google maintains that Google Page Creator has been designed with ease-of-use in mind. Its interface enables users to edit and create pages just as they appear online, without knowledge of HTML or other computer programming languages. Combined with a simple one-step publishing process, users can create attractive, functional web pages in minutes - hosted by Google for free. You may check this feature and know more about it by clicking on the URL given below http//pages.google.com Regards ~Sreeharsha BG

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Student campaigns for OA and open source
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 25 Feb '06

25 Feb '06

Friends: The United States has many faces: Wars in far away places such as Vietnam and Iraq, denying visas to reputed scientists, the dominant power in a unuopolar word, and so on. But US is also home to youngsters like Gavin Baker. University students in India might wish to look at what he is doing right now. Please pass this message to doctoral and masters students you know. Best wishes. Arun OA as a campaign issue in a student government election Gavin Baker is running for the Student Senate at the University of Florida. Baker co-founded the Florida chapter of Free Culture and is making open access a campaign issue. His platform is offline at the moment (but the problem is probably temporary, so keep trying). He tells me in an email: I'll advocate for open access to university research and journals, work to expand library digitization projects, promote open source software and open file formats....As far as I know, I am the first student to make open access an electoral issue. He's the first as far as I know too. His candidacy and position could make a difference: At UF, the Student Senate controls an $11 million budget, the third largest in the US. Go, Gavin! Note to students elsewhere: learn about open access and what you and your university can do to promote it. Take your commitment into your research and future career. But in the meantime, take it into your student government!

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Introduction
by Maha Kumaran 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Hello LIS Forumers, I am new to this list and thought I would introduce myself. I am originally from Chennai, India but have lived in Canada for the last 12 years. I am a librarian and I graduated from University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. It was by sheer accident I found this listserve on the website and decided to join in. For, I don't really know about libraries in India as much as I know of them here. The only libraries I visited were the British Council and USIS. Hope to chat with you all and learn more, Mahalakshmi Kumaran. Maha Kumaran Librarian, Saskatchewan Literacy Network http://www.sk.literacy.ca/resource.htm Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1M1 306-653-7368 Please read my blog at http://www.librariansramblings.blogspot.com/ and send me your comments --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos Hello LIS Forumers, I am new to this list and thought I would introduce myself. I am originally from Chennai, India but have lived in Canada for the last 12 years. I am a librarian and I graduated from University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. It was by sheer accident I found this listserve on the website and decided to join in. For, I don't really know about libraries in India as much as I know of them here. The only libraries I visited were the British Council and USIS. Hope to chat with you all and learn more, Mahalakshmi Kumaran. Maha Kumaran Librarian, Saskatchewan Literacy Network http://www.sk.literacy.ca/resource.htm http://www.sk.literacy.ca/resource.htm Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1M1 306-653-7368 Please read my blog at http://www.librariansramblings.blogspot.com/ http://www.librariansramblings.blogspot.com/ and send me your comments Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca Yahoo! Canada Autos

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On scholarly communication and OA
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

>From Peter Suber's blog. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -------------------------- Nancy Davenport on scholarly communication and OA Andy Carvin has blogged some notes on Nancy Davenport's keynote address at the University of Missouri conference, Open Access, Open Source, Open CourseWare: Sharing as a Solution to the Digital Divide (Columbia, February 22, 2006). Davenport is the president of Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Excerpt: Scholarly Communications. What are the issues? What are the options? What are the leadership issues?...Scholars are the supply and the demand. Research has to be distributed, through print, e-format, open access, repositories, self-publishing, even blogs. Who is in the middle, mediating scholarly discussions? Societies, reviewers, publishers - for profit and nonprofit - aggregators, librarians, provosts, administrators, the Internet....Digital scholarship: only way to integrate disparate content, allows new research and scholarship, encourages using material in new ways, creates new fields and communities of practice, creates new knowledge. CLIR call to action: tells publishers that librarians want independent, third party preservation of your content. "The academic community is built upon a sham. More and more you don't own your content - you're paying rent." What impedes open access? The academic reward system. Tenure requires publishing in "the right journals." Scientists can put open access fee into their budgets. But in the humanities, you don't get that kind of funding. PloS.org won't work for most humanities scholars....Where are we now? We pay a lot of money. Most institutions are paying 24% for digital serial journals in their collections budget. Libraries each pay large fees to access the same material. Meanwhile, libraries are digitizing their own special, unique materials.

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Need for mandating OA
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

>From Peter Suber's blog University policies are the next step for OA John Lorinc, The bottom line on open access, University Affairs, March 2006. Also available in French. (Thanks to Stevan Harnad.) Excerpt: The rapidly evolving debate over free online scholarship drives right to the heart of some of the most fundamental questions about research....Worldwide, there are about 24,000 scholarly journals, but only three to seven percent of them are considered to be open access OA for short meaning that they make their research papers available for free on the Internet. But the rapidly evolving debate over open-access scholarship extends well beyond academic journals like the [new] one at www.econtheory.org, and drives right to the heart of some of the most fundamental questions about research: Do publicly funded universities and granting bodies have a democratic indeed a moral obligation to ensure that academic scholarship is available on the Internet? What kinds of public and institutional policies are needed to make such wide-ranging dissemination both possible and useful? And what are the implications for publishers, research libraries, copyright, and for scholarship itself? Few self-respecting researchers argue with the idea per se. Its easy to get people to sign off on a principle, says Stevan Harnad, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science at Université du Québec à Montréal. It becomes interesting and substantive when you take a practical policy. Since the mid-1990s, Dr. Harnad has been at the centre of an international campaign to promote open access. But its only in the last three or four years since the George Soros Open Society Institute orchestrated a 2002 summit of OA activists in Budapest that granting bodies and universities have begun to look hard at how to translate open access from a feel-good cyber principle into something entrenched in the way academics do business either by encouraging them to patronize open-access journals or urging them to routinely upload all their published research papers to a growing network of institutional repositories. The right to know is at the forefront [of OA], says John Willinsky, a language and literacy education professor at the University of British Columbia who heads the Public Knowledge Project, a research initiative that asks whether and how online technologies can improve the quality of academic research. The critical point were at now is mandated access. Were seeing a momentum build. The epistemological benefits are difficult to dispute. Dr. Harnad refers to studies showing that citations can more than double for articles that are freely available on the web. Accessible online papers benefit academics in poor countries where universities have few resources. And research libraries see institutional electronic repositories as one way of ensuring the preservation of digitized online material that is highly vulnerable to the problem of disappearing URLs....In the past few years, large research councils in the U.S. and U.K. have grappled with the mechanics of applying the OA principle to publicly funded research. In Canada, in late 2004, the board of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council approved OA in principle; council staff are preparing recommendations based on public consultations....But open-access advocates contend that universities must now step up to the plate and adopt policies that compel faculty to self-archive....Tim Mark, executive director of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, describes...the absurd situation whereby academics working for publicly funded institutions give up their intellectual property rights to commercial journal publishers, who turn around and sell the fruits of their labour right back to those institutions in the form of costly journal subscriptions....The potential of the OA movement, [Harnad] argues, doesnt begin with policy conditions aimed at altering the operating conditions for a small subset of journal publishers [to make them convert to OA]. Rather, it needs a much broader-based effort to make institutional self-archiving a routine and unquestioned part of the work of scholarship as basic as including bibliographies and reference lists at the end of any paper. OA advocates say the pieces for such a cultural change are beginning to fall into place. There are now numerous open-source software and harvesting systems that allow institutions to create searchable, indexed and networked electronic repositories....But, as Dr. Harnad observes, the availability of user-friendly archiving software is necessary but not sufficient. Thats why, in 2005, OA activists approved the Berlin 3 institutional policy commitment. It calls on universities and research institutions to establish policies requiring academics to self-archive, as well as encouraging them to publish in open-access journals....So far 17 universities and research institutions including the University of Zurich, Portugals University of Minho, and the University of Southampton, where Dr. Harnad taught before joining UQAM have signed the 2005 Berlin commitment. No Canadian universities are signatories. How do academics feel about self-archiving? Authors havent picked it up, says Dr. Willinsky at UBC. It has a lot to do with the fact that the focus of [academics] work is getting published, not getting circulated. Indeed, a U.K. survey of scholars showed that about half of the respondents had self-archived at one point, mainly on personal websites, but many didnt do it routinely. Yet 95 percent said theyd be prepared to self-archive if their university required it as a condition of tenure or employment. Whats become increasingly apparent is that copyright issues arent a roadblock for the OA movement....While journal publishers, from giants like Elsevier to upstarts like Econtheory.org, will continue to work out a sustainable online business model, the OA policy ball has now landed squarely in the university sectors court.

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OA improves impact
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Here is an interesting article on Impact Factor which states that open access helps journals improve their impact factors. From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- OA improves impact factors for journals Peng Dong, Marie Loh, and Adrian Mondry, The "impact factor" revisited, Biomedical Digital Libraries, December 2005. Abstract: The number of scientific journals has become so large that individuals, institutions and institutional libraries cannot completely store their physical content. In order to prioritize the choice of quality information sources, librarians and scientists are in need of reliable decision aids. The "impact factor" (IF) is the most commonly used assessment aid for deciding which journals should receive a scholarly submission or attention from research readership. It is also an often misunderstood tool. This narrative review explains how the IF is calculated, how bias is introduced into the calculation, which questions the IF can or cannot answer, and how different professional groups can benefit from IF use. Excerpt from the body of the text. Note the sentence Peter Suber has put in bold. Given the rapid growth of electronic publications, the online availability of articles has recently become an important factor to influence the IF. Murali et al. determined how the IF of medical journals is affected by their online availability. In that study, a document set obtained from MEDLINE was classified into three groups, namely FUTON (full text on the Net), abstracts only and NAA (no abstract available). Online availability clearly increased the IF. In the FUTON subcategory, there was an IF gradient favoring journals with freely available articles [PS: emphasis added]. This is exemplified by the success of several "open access" journals published by BioMed Central (BMC) and the Public Library of Science (PLoS). Open access journals publish full-text online papers free of subscription fees. BioMed Central (BMC) is an "open access" publisher in business since 2000. BMC hosts over 100 biomedical journals ranging from general interest to specialized research. More than twenty journals published by BMC are currently tracked by the ISI and over half of these have IFs available for the recent years. BMC Bioinformatics was assigned its first IF for 2004. At 5.4, it places the journal second in the field, only marginally below the traditional competitor Bioinformatics (IF = 5.7), which has a 20-years' publishing history and is connected to a major learned society within this field of research (International Society for Computational Biology). PLoS (Public Library of Science) is another example of a successful "open access" publishing strategy. It started publishing two open access journals in biology and medical research in 2003 and 2004 respectively. PLoS Biology was assigned its first IF of 13.9 for 2004. In the ISI subject category "biology", it is thus placed at the number 1 position of 64 in its first year of reporting an IF. FASEB journal at position 2 has an IF of 6.8, but has been in circulation since 1987. Similarly, in the other SCI subject category ("biochemistry and molecular biology")in which PLOS Biology is listed, it ranks at position 8 out of 261. Monitoring the development of such journals' IF will inform the determination of the online-availability bias in the future. This effect will increase in the future with the availability of new search engines with deep penetration such as Google Scholar, allowing researchers to find relevant articles in an instant, and then choose those with immediately and freely available content over those with barriers, economic and otherwise.

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CALIBER 2006 - PROCEEDINGS
by suresh jange 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - CALIBER 2006 Gulbarga University Library in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, New Delhi ) organized the Fourth International Convention CALIBER 2006 on the theme 'Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Information Systems" from February 2-4, 2006 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the University. Pre-Convention tutorial `Building Digital Libraries using D-Space was also organized on February 2, 2006. It is the great honour for Gulbarga University Library to organize this International Convention for the first time in history of Libraries in Hyderabad Karnataka Region that too in Gulbarga city and also the CALIBER in Karnataka. The inaugural function commenced with Smiling, well attired, adorable invocation rendered by the well chosen Cultural Group, from V.G.Womens College, Gulbarga .. They invoked the Blessings of Goddess Saraswathi for the success of CALIBER 2006. Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath, Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2006 welcomed the Guests and Dignitaries in his own immaculate style and also briefed on the Convention. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, Ohio , USA Inaugurated the Convention by lighting the Nanda Deepa. A brief prelude on CALIBER 2006 was given by Sri. K.Manoj Kumar, Scientist, D of INFLIBNET. The Convention volume by Dr. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Mr. S. Rajanna, Registrar, Gulbarga University were released. Mr, Rajanna, thanked INFLIBNET for giving an opportunity to Gulbarga University , Gulbarga to host CALIBER- 2006. The apprehension that in a remote place like Gulbarga , the attendance would not reach even 150 numbers, but today it has crossed 500, he expressed. He extended a warm welcome to the delegates, wished them a very fruitful and eventful participation in the Conference deliberations. He requested all the delegates to carry with them the sweet and unforgettable memories of their stay in Gulbarga . On behalf of Vice Chancellor of Gulbarga University, he welcomed all the delegates to the culturally rich City GULBARGA . Dr, De made an excellent presentation on ICT for Development and Web-based Information Systems. Recalling his entry to the information field, he elaborated on his new role as researcher in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development and said that it has many fascinating areas that have to be investigated. He placed many issues on the agenda of ICT for Development emphasizing what constitutes development a holistic approach which was visualized by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. TAV Murhty, Director INFLIBNET in his Presidential address highlighted the major developments made during 2005-2006. He acknowledged the cooperation of Academic Libraries and encouragement received from UGC and the MHRD. He also pointed out the lead role played by the Government of Kerala in giving a new dimension to the journal consortia, INFONET Consortia byshowing their keen interest in adding the E-Books. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC , USA , the Chief Guest requested the University libraries to join OCLC network. Building Digital Libraries using Dspace; open source Digital Library software, the tutorial was conducted by Mr. Yatrik Patel of INFLIBNET which was attended by over 50 Delegates. The tutorial content explained the working of Dspace with practical aspects of creating Web-content for Digital Library of Books, Data Sheets, Computer Programs, Visuals, different types of files Text, Image, Audio and Video and so on. More than 500 delegates from India and abroad attended and deliberated on the theme and about 150 research papers were presented and interesting resolutions were endorsed. A lecture on IPR and E-resources was delivered by Dr. J.S. Patil, Dean, Faculty of Law, Gulbarga University , Gulbarga and has was most educative and informative presentation. AV Presentation on Dr. Eugene Garfield, President Emeritus, Thompson Scientific, USA . Dr. Garfield stands high on pedestal of Information Scientist, an information scientist of great eminence, who introduced Citation Indexing and today it stands as one of the methods of Information research and has discovered new areas of discourse. Cultural programs a dance recital by Omkar Nrutya Sadana and Classical music concert by Smt. Sangeeta Katti were also released. The valedictory session was held on Saturday, 4th February 2006 at 3.30 P.M and Mr. Justice S. R. Bannurmath, Honble Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore , the Chief Guest and delivered valedictory address. Prof. K. S. Deshpande (in absentia), Prof. S. R. Gunjal, former Librarians and Prof. Y. P. Dubey, Emeritus Professor, BHU were felicitated in the valedictory function, that was presided by Prof. V.B Coutinho, Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Sri S.B Policegoudar, Assistant Librarian and Sri D.V Biradar, Assistant Librarian, who retired from university library were felicitated. `Building Cyber Libraries a festschrift volume in honour of Dr M.Sankar Reddy, Hyderabad was released by Sri S. Rajanna, Registrar. Dr. R.B Gaddagimath, University Librarian, Gulbarga University , Gulbarga coordinated the International Convention as Organizing Secretary. Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) Head Digital Resource Centre Central Library, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, INDIA E-mail : suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com URL : http://www.suresh.tripod/suresh.htm Phone - 91+08472-249683 (O) 91+08472-248711 (R) FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - CALIBER 2006 Gulbarga University Library in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, New Delhi) organized the Fourth International Convention CALIBER 2006 on the theme 'Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Information Systems" from February 2-4, 2006 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the University. Pre-Convention tutorial `Building Digital Libraries using D-Space was also organized on February 2, 2006. It is the great honour for Gulbarga University Library to organize this International Convention for the first time in history of Libraries in Hyderabad Karnataka Region that too in Gulbarga city and also the CALIBER in Karnataka. The inaugural function commenced with Smiling, well attired, adorable invocation rendered by the well chosen Cultural Group, from V.G.Womens College, Gulbarga.. They invoked the Blessings of Goddess Saraswathi for the success of CALIBER 2006. Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath, Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2006 welcomed the Guests and Dignitaries in his own immaculate style and also briefed on the Convention. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, Ohio, USA Inaugurated the Convention by lighting the Nanda Deepa. A brief prelude on CALIBER 2006 was given by Sri. K.Manoj Kumar, Scientist, D of INFLIBNET. The Convention volume by Dr. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Mr. S. Rajanna, Registrar, Gulbarga University were released. Mr, Rajanna, thanked INFLIBNET for giving an opportunity to Gulbarga University, Gulbarga to host CALIBER- 2006. The apprehension that in a remote place like Gulbarga, the attendance would not reach even 150 numbers, but today it has crossed 500, he expressed. He extended a warm welcome to the delegates, wished them a very fruitful and eventful participation in the Conference deliberations. He requested all the delegates to carry with them the sweet and unforgettable memories of their stay in Gulbarga. On behalf of Vice Chancellor of Gulbarga University, he welcomed all the delegates to the culturally rich City GULBARGA. Dr, De made an excellent presentation on ICT for Development and Web-based Information Systems. Recalling his entry to the information field, he elaborated on his new role as researcher in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development and said that it has many fascinating areas that have to be investigated. He placed many issues on the agenda of ICT for Development emphasizing what constitutes development a holistic approach which was visualized by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. TAV Murhty, Director INFLIBNET in his Presidential address highlighted the major developments made during 2005-2006. He acknowledged the cooperation of Academic Libraries and encouragement received from UGC and the MHRD. He also pointed out the lead role played by the Government of Kerala in giving a new dimension to the journal consortia, INFONET Consortia byshowing their keen interest in adding the E-Books. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, USA, the Chief Guest requested the University libraries to join OCLC network. Building Digital Libraries using Dspace; open source Digital Library software, the tutorial was conducted by Mr. Yatrik Patel of INFLIBNET which was attended by over 50 Delegates. The tutorial content explained the working of Dspace with practical aspects of creating Web-content for Digital Library of Books, Data Sheets, Computer Programs, Visuals, different types of files Text, Image, Audio and Video and so on. More than 500 delegates from India and abroad attended and deliberated on the theme and about 150 research papers were presented and interesting resolutions were endorsed. A lecture on IPR and E-resources was delivered by Dr. J.S. Patil, Dean, Faculty of Law, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga and has was most educative and informative presentation. AV Presentation on Dr. Eugene Garfield, President Emeritus, Thompson Scientific, USA. Dr. Garfield stands high on pedestal of Information Scientist, an information scientist of great eminence, who introduced Citation Indexing and today it stands as one of the methods of Information research and has discovered new areas of discourse. Cultural programs a dance recital by Omkar Nrutya Sadana and Classical music concert by Smt. Sangeeta Katti were also released. The valedictory session was held on Saturday, 4th February 2006 at 3.30 P.M and Mr. Justice S. R. Bannurmath, Honble Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore, the Chief Guest and delivered valedictory address. Prof. K. S. Deshpande (in absentia), Prof. S. R. Gunjal, former Librarians and Prof. Y. P. Dubey, Emeritus Professor, BHU were felicitated in the valedictory function, that was presided by Prof. V.B Coutinho, Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Sri S.B Policegoudar, Assistant Librarian and Sri D.V Biradar, Assistant Librarian, who retired from university library were felicitated. `Building Cyber Libraries a festschrift volume in honour of Dr M.Sankar Reddy, Hyderabad was released by Sri S. Rajanna, Registrar. Dr. R.B Gaddagimath, University Librarian, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga coordinated the International Convention as Organizing Secretary. Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) Head Digital Resource Centre Central Library, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, INDIA E-mail : suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com URL : http://www.suresh.tripod/suresh.htm Phone - 91+08472-249683 (O) 91+08472-248711 (R)

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Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com)
by Puna Das 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) on Monday, February 27, 2006 at 5.45 p.m. (two hours programme) at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Auditorium, New Delhi. Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) The J-Gate coverage includes over 2,500 open access journals. About 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed research journals. J-Gate is only service in the world to index articles from the largest number of open access journals. Responding to the Open Access movement in the world for scholarly and research literature, Informatics is launching Open J-Gate as a separate free portal to access open access literature. Currently Open J-Gate has indexed over a million articles published since 2001. Informatics plans to go back in coverage to all available years for these 2,500+ journals. As the service name suggests, access to Open J-Gate is free to all students and researchers. Informatics is proud to launch and dedicate Open J-Gate as India's contribution to the cause of promoting global science communication. Kudos for this novel effort!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) on Monday, February 27, 2006 at 5.45 p.m. (two hours programme) at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Auditorium, New Delhi . Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) The J-Gate coverage includes over 2,500 open access journals. About 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed research journals. J-Gate is only service in the world to index articles from the largest number of open access journals. Responding to the Open Access movement in the world for scholarly and research literature, Informatics is launching Open J-Gate as a separate free portal to access open access literature. Currently Open J-Gate has indexed over a million articles published since 2001. Informatics plans to go back in coverage to all available years for these 2,500+ journals. As the service name suggests, access to Open J-Gate is free to all students and researchers. Informatics is proud to launch and dedicate Open J-Gate as India 's contribution to the cause of promoting global science communication. Kudos for this novel effort!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India , New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Seminar on 'Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society'
by Puna Das 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Central Secretariat Library cordially invites you to the Book Exhibition-cum-Seminar on Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society at the Central Secretariat Library, 'G' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-1 on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 10.00 a.m. (six hours programme) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Central Secretariat Library cordially invites you to the Book Exhibition-cum-Seminar on Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society at the Central Secretariat Library, 'G' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-1 on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 10.00 a.m. (six hours programme) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India , New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Re: Regarding RFID
by Mailing List Manager 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:50:03 +0530 (IST) From: Krishnamurthy M <krish(a)isibang.ac.in> Regarding RFID the following is the details. 1. Liberty PX Primary 2.5 feet Coverage from both side 2. Liberty Px Seecondary (2.5 Feet Coverage ) 3. Non Detactive Soft tag 410 for 50000 4. Power Supply Total US $ 4250.00 You can get the details about from: Checkpoint Systems Hongkong Ltd 4/F block A Shatin Industrial Centre Slulek Yuen Hongkong M.Krishnamurthy -- Dr.M.Krishnamurthy Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265

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Check out this page at UNESCO-CI
by Indira Koneru 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

UNESCO-CI ------------------- Indira Koneru has emailed you a link to an interesting page at UNESCO-CI. A Manual on "How to Create a Website" published by UNESCO, provides guidelines, based on lessons learned and good practices. Certainly, it is a valuable resource for LIS professionals to make their Websites more appealing and even for enhancing interactivity and promote Web-based instructions, such as 'Information Literacy', need of the contemporary era. Page URL: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=20938&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… Page Title: A manual on "How to Create a Website" published by UNESCO (News) Page Description: UNESCO’s orientation in providing intellectual inputs into any endeavours is manifested in the manual “How to create a website: Guiding Principles”. Available in hard copy and CD-ROM, it provides guidelines based on lessons learned and good practices. ------------------------- UNESCO-CI http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/

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Stock Taking through Bar Codes
by Vijay Raghav Tiwari 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

LIS Professionals I want to procure Bar Code reader/collector which can be used for collecting and mathcing with the records provided through libsys database for the stock taking purpose. Please provide me information about the procuring the same. If some one has used the same,please tell me your expreiences too. with regards vrt Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> LIS Professionals I want to procure Bar Code reader/collector which can be used for collecting and mathcing with the records provided through libsys database for the stock taking purpose. Please provide me information about the procuring the same. If some one has used the same,please tell me your expreiences too. with regards vrt Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.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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Refresher courses
by ranjit dharmapurikar 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Dear Colleague, Iam working as an Information Scientist in a university since from last four years. I would like to know whether carrier advancement scheme is applicable to this post. It it is applicable Please let me forward UGC Circular in this regard. Thanks, R.G.Dharmapurikar, Information Scientist, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Vishnupuri, Nanded-431606 Maharashtra, India __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A talk by Prof. Jean-Claude Guedon of the Univ of Montreal
by Mailing List Manager 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:57:17 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Please spread the word among scientists, publishing scholars, librarians of higher education and research institutions and doctorl students. Thanks. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, The Research and Discussion Forum of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Central Library, IIT Madras, together invite you to a Talk on; WHAT CAN OPEN ACCESS DO TO SCIENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP? By Prof. Jean-ClaudeGuedon of the University of Montreal (Historian of Science and a Professor of Comparative Literature) Date: 24-2-2006 Time: 3 pm Venue: Room No. HSB 333, IIT Madras All are welcome. Please also join for tea at the end of the Talk. Sincerely, Sreekumar -- Dr.N.Sreekumar Assistant Professor Philosophy Department of Humanities & Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai - 600 036 India Tel: 91-44-22576514(R), 22574514(O), 09444162769 (Mobile)

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[LIS-Forum] Version 61, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Version 61 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,610 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm The Open Access Webliography (with Ho) complements the OAB, providing access to a number of Websites related to open access topics. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/cwb/oaw.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 215 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 570 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries E-Mail: cbailey(a)digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others)

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Refresher course
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear professionals Academic staff college of University of kerala has invited applications for attending refresher course in Library science. the details will be released within two days under the heading press release in the website of Kerala University or contact the Director of ASC, Uty of Kerala. last date 25th march. Thanking u Dr.A.Gopikuttan General Secretary, Kerala Library Association --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Academic staff college of University of kerala has invited applications for attending refresher course in Library science. the details will be released within two days under the heading press release in the website of Kerala University or contact the Director of ASC, Uty of Kerala. last date 25th march. Thanking u Dr.A.Gopikuttan General Secretary, Kerala Library Association Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Fwd: Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to change present LIS Curriculum to meet the changing market requirements
by Nerida Hart 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Sorry meant to send to the list not just the author! > Nerida Hart <neridahart(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi all > > In Australia, our library schools tend to put you through about a 2 week > placement to get hands on experience. Although, the trend here seems to > be for either distance education or part time studies for librarianship. > I know the undergraduate and post greaduate course at University of > Canberra have been closed down and most people do the qualifications > through Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga (about 300 km away) > either distance education and some full time. > > Can I make a suggestion that you also get practicing library managers in > to do guest lecures and what they are looking for ina graduate. > Sometimes what is being taught and what is needed are 2 very different > things. > > Nerida Hart > Director, Knowledge and Information Services, > Australian Department of Familes, Community Services and Indigenous > Affairs > Box 7788 > Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610 > Australia > > > > nagappa.b(a)tcs.com wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > Its a very good practice that SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT > > Women's > > University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the > > BLISc > > course. I would like to suggest / recommend that all LIS schools > should > > provide atleast "six month internship" in BLIS OR MLIS. If required > LIS > > > > school can cutdown the few traditional subject(s). Let the student > learn > > > > practically instead theory. By this students will get handson > > experience. > > Like other professional courses LIS also introduce the internship. > > > > What LIS schools shall do for improvement of Curriculum: > > > > 1. Work more towards marketing of our products/students. > > 2. Introduction of Communication skills to meet the MNCs requirements. > > 3. Introduce or Enhance the KM subject. > > 4. Teaching of office automation and Library softaware in depth. > > 5. Introduce the Long term internship (atleast 6 months) by that the > > students will more information about the field before joining the > > workforce. > > 6. Start inviting corporate sectors, Good B-schools, etc. for campus > > interview both for internship as well as placement. > > > > Regards > > > > Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar > > Library & Information Centre > > Tata Consultancy Services Limited > > 1. Software Units Layout, > > Hitech City, Madhapur, > > Hyderabad > > Tel. 040-55672533/31 > > Mailto: nagappa.b(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 > > Nerida Hart > Lynsdale Park > Burra Creek NSW 2620 > 0402 832 689 Nerida Hart Lynsdale Park Burra Creek NSW 2620 0402 832 689

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Evening Walks and Dinner Discussions - Open Access and Indian Style.
by Sukhdev Singh 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

I am just back from the "National Workshop on Scientific JournalPublishing in India, 10th - 11th Feb. 2006. " <http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ojs-workshop/schedule.html > to myoffice at Delhi. I would like to share some of my discussions with fellow participantsof the workshop during dinners at the place where we stayed. I thinkit is important to share it with you all because such informaldiscussions reveals facts that are otherwise difficult to reveal withformal discussions or "scientific surveys". Major concern of Editors was - if they go Open Access, theirsubscription numbers would go down. However this is in contradictionto my experience with Indian Biomedical Journals [http://medind.nic.in ] . Nobody has yet noticed drop in suscriptionnumbers. Rather, few of them were glad to share the fact that theirsubscription has increased. Whether, it is due to their onlinepresence?, is a matter to investigate. During our Dinner and Evening walks - One silly suggestion also cameup. This was to have Open Access within the country only. That is, letus make our journals Open Access but restrict their access to Indiaonly. I would classify this suggestion very "dangerous" to the wholemovement of OA. If other countries especially the West and Americansbuys this very argument - God only knows, with what we will be leftwith. Science should not be at the mercy of Geographical Bounderies.Moreover the very purpose of our OA movement should be to expose ourIndian output to the world community. I also perceive another threat to OA in India from emerging commericalinterests in making journals online. These commerical interests areselling the argument to professional associations / societies to stopthe hard-copy journal publication and save money. Instead they will puttheir journals in online - only mode after charging some annual feeper society member. Once in Online-Only mode, they can provide freeaccess to society members. For non-members they will be charging andsharing the revenue with society. I wonder, in what way that willbenefit the journals. Is online publishing that expensive? Or theworld is desparate to read Indian Journals after making subscriptioncharges. This would only defeating the cause of OA, atleast in India. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Refresher courses and orientation programme for Library Sciences during MAY & June 2006 - requested - reg.
by ramasamy kumaresan 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Sir/Madam, I am working as Assistant Librarian and acquired 7 years experience. I have to attented two refresher courses or one refresher course and one orientation programme for Carrier Advancement. So I request you to kindly inform the refresher courses and orientation programme on Library Science during MAY & JUNE 2006. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, R. KUMARESAN R. Kumaresan, M. Sc., B. Ed., M. Sc (LIS). Assistant Librarian Fisheries College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Thoothukkudi - 628 008, India __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Public access to the Internet (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:39:17 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Friends: A few months ago I wrote this article on an invitation from the editors of = a book called "Word matters". The book was released at Tunis during WSIS. I thought you might be interested in this article. Your comments are welcome. Arun = [Subbiah Arunachalam] Public Access to the Internet=0D Subbiah Arunachalam=0D The advent of the Internet brought with it hitherto unheard of possibilitie= s for human creativity, information access, and global communication. When = did these possibilities actually translate into widespread public access to= the Internet? It is difficult to specify a date, but one can identify a fe= w key developments and the key actors behind those developments. =0D Long before the advent of the Internet, the counterculture movement - Vietn= am, alternative technologies, etc. - gave birth to the first community netw= ork, when the Community Memory system was developed in the early 1960s in S= an Francisco by a group of hackers. Then in 1986 the Cleveland Free-Net in = Ohio started a new generation of community networks. Free-Net soon drew tho= usands of new users, and new systems were established in dozens of cities, = mostly in Midwest USA. These free public-access computer networks enabled p= eople not only to exchange and access information but also empowered them. = =0D 1971 saw two key developments: Raymond Tomlinson's invention of a program f= or email[1] for ARPANET, the network of scientists working on Defense relat= ed research, permanently changed the way people viewed computers and human = communication[2], and Michael Hart's Gutenberg Project that made copyright-= free books electronically available[3] led to the creation of huge volumes = of electronic content for sharing world wide. Two more developments took pl= ace in 1973: Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn presented basic Internet ideas bas= ed on ideas for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP, later to be called TCP/= IP) at a meeting at the University of Sussex[4], and ARPANET had its first = intercontinental connection - with the University College of London, Englan= d. The early 1980s saw many institutions not doing defense research accessi= ng the network. =0D By 1985, Internet was already well established as a technology supporting a= broad community of researchers and developers, and was beginning to attrac= t other communities. Electronic mail was being used broadly across several = communities, often with different systems. =0D The first commercial Internet services were offered by PSI and AlterNet in = early 1990. In August 1991, CERN released the World Wide Web, a major miles= tone in the history of the public access to the Internet. On 15 September 1= 993, the Clinton administration formally launched the National Information = Infrastructure initiative in the USA, thanks to the initiatives taken by Vi= ce President Al Gore. The Mosaic web browser version 1.0 was also released = in 1993, and by 1996 the word "Internet" was common public currency, but it= referred almost entirely to the World Wide Web. =0D Although the new development was compared to the highways which in an earli= er generation has transformed transportation, it soon became clear that the= Internet was far more than the 'information superhighway' and capable of p= roviding access to higher levels of intelligently ordered and functionally = enriched distributed information. That is where the Internet differs consid= erably from the traditional library, the place where people went to seek in= formation. =0D The growing popularity of computerized communication prompted discussion re= garding many fundamental aspects of social interaction, including questions= of privacy, community, cultural exchange, ownership of knowledge, and gove= rnmental control of information, all of which are related to public access.= =0D What is public access? =0D Public access includes access to the technology (the computer, connectivity= , bandwidth, etc.) and access to all the content stored in the world's grea= test artificial network, as Newsweek calls the Internet. Of the two, the se= cond is hierarchically above the first, as the technology is subordinate to= the content (knowledge) it can bring in. This is similar to bringing in wa= ter to a village through a pipeline, where clearly the water is more import= ant than the pipes. Both the technology access and the content access can e= ither be free or fee based. The content could be textual, audio, video or m= ultimedia. The connectivity can be through a variety of technologies rangin= g from dial-up using a landline telephone and modem to wi-fi and handheld d= evices (smartphones, game console, etc.). =0D The public can use Internet access to send and receive emails, take part in= listservs and discussion groups, and for searching information. Scientists= use it for collaborative research as well, and the common people use it fo= r talking to others either through chatting or through voice-over-IP. More = recent uses of Internet access include data exchange via P2P technologies, = music sharing, blogging, vlogging, citizen journalism, getting RSS feeds of= news from different sources, and podcasting. =0D Apart from their own homes and offices, the public can access the Internet = from public libraries and cybercafes, and to some extent from educational i= nstitutions and the ever-expanding telecentres as well as hotel lobbies and= airport lounges equipped for wi-fi access. =0D The vast quantities of information that can be accessed by anyone, anywhere= , any time at no cost can be referred to as the information commons. Public= access to the Internet is based on the idea that even in profit-dominated = market economies, communal ownership and control of information resources c= an be efficient and effective [5]. =0D Towards universal access at the world level =0D The major debate today revolves around "universalization" of access. Why is= universalization so important? Researchers like Ernest Wilson worry that, = in the absence of universal access, the rapid diffusion of the Internet int= o the organizations, cultures, and societies of industrialized nations may = widen the multidimensional gap separating them from developing nations, exa= cerbating an already significant moral and practical problem [6]. Larry Pre= ss believes that the Internet's flexible, low-cost communication may lead t= o improved economic productivity, education, health care, entertainment, aw= areness of the world, and quality of life in developing nations and pockets= of poverty within nations, thus reducing disparity [7]. There are a number= of barriers to universal access. While in most of North America and Wester= n Europe, Internet penetration is very high and very nearly every citizen w= ho wants to access the Net can do so, in many parts of the developing world= , and in particular Sub Saharan Africa, only a small percent of the populat= ion can have access, even if the bandwidth is abysmally low and the cost fo= rms a substantial fraction of one's income. The numbers of computers, telep= hones, etc. per thousand inhabitants and the bandwidth in most of these cou= ntries are very low compared to the advanced countries and they are unevenl= y distributed [8]. It is to overcome this "digital divide" developing count= ries are pleading for the setting up of a Digital Solidarity Fund [9]. =0D In many developing countries, efforts are being made to overcome the digita= l divide or the lack of technology by setting up community owned telecentre= s which gather and provide the information needed by the local people. =0D The development of telecentres =0D Telecentres, also known as public access points (France), digital community= centres (Mexico), and so on, differ from cybercaf=E9s in the way they work= . Cybercaf=E9s are mostly intended to provide the people who use them with = an Internet connection, and, where necessary, a very basic introduction to = the equipment. They operate along the lines of a self-service establishment= . Telecentres are intended to accompany community use of the Internet (educ= ation, health, micro-enterprises, and so on). They are generally opened in = neighbourhoods without cybercaf=E9s and are for communities that are a prio= ri excluded from the information society. In addition to making available e= quipment and connections, telecentres provide training and assistance for v= arious uses (helping local people develop community applications, for insta= nce). =0D In practice, the difference between telecentres and cybercaf=E9s is not alw= ays clear-cut, and the two can overlap according to the objectives of the p= eople running them and the development model selected. =0D In fact, there are three main models for the establishment of telecentres: = =0D - Telecentres supported by local or national public authorities. For exampl= e, a town like Brest [10] in France has systematically equipped itself so t= hat each inhabitant has a public access point less than 300 metres from hom= e. Between 1999 and 2001, Argentina implemented a wide-ranging infrastructu= re programme that involved setting up 1,350 Community Technology Centres (C= TCs) [11]. The Indian government took the same approach in the States of th= e North-East [12] and most national plans for the information society now i= nclude telecentre projects under the heading "social inclusion". =0D - Telecentres that are the initiative of a group of local people, a local v= oluntary group or a school. They often receive backing in the start-up phas= e from an NGO [13] or international aid agency. For instance, IDRC, a Canad= ian development agency, and IICD, a Netherlands agency, developed extensive= support plans for telecentres in the early 2000s. UNESCO has also supporte= d many Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) to promote community empowerment= and address the digital divide by combining community broadcasting with th= e Internet and related technologies [14]. =0D - Telecentres that are designed as private enterprises with authentic busin= ess plans that can only exist in areas where basic needs can be met. Althou= gh their profitable activity brings them closer to cybercaf=E9s, they are n= evertheless dedicated to the needs of the community. =0D The first experiments date back to the late 1990s, and since many telecentr= es have closed down since then, it is possible to identify certain conditio= ns that are essential (although certainly not enough on their own) to the s= uccess of telecentres: =0D - The launch of a telecentre genuinely responding to the needs of local peo= ple, these needs varying considerably not only from one country to another = but from one village or neighbourhood to another; =0D - Funding for training trainers and not only for equipment; =0D - Provision of freeware enabling technological autonomy and avoiding regula= r reinvestment in applications and upgrades; =0D - Existence of the minimum infrastructure to allow technical functioning (e= nergy, viability of the premises, etc.); =0D - Presence in spaces that are already meeting the needs of local people oth= er than connectivity (health centres, social centres, libraries, and school= s); =0D - Construction of a development model that gradually enables financial inde= pendence from the original donors. Many failures were due to outside subsid= ies running out. =0D Public access points, or telecentres, have developed significantly in Latin= America and the Caribbean and many of them have joined forces in the excha= nge network. [15] =0D Africa is, of course, the continent where such centres have experienced the= most problems in keeping going. Low population density, low literacy level= s, oral culture and the poor quality of supply from operators mean that dev= eloping the telecentres is, on the whole, difficult. On top of these generi= c difficulties, telecentres have also come up against the structural imposs= ibility of finding independent income: in solvent areas, cybercaf=E9s have = sprung up at great speed, preventing the establishment of telecentres ; in = insolvent areas, international donors often became tired of funding project= s that were often over-ambitious from the outset (Africa is the continent w= here North-centred visions of the information society have been transposed = without really taking local needs into consideration, thereby condemning pr= ojects to fall into disuse). [16] =0D India, on the other hand multiplied the telecentre experiments by adopting = different models, including community owned, revenue model and government-s= upported centres. =0D A good example of the community-owned model is the village knowledge centre= s established by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in several= villages in southern India. [17] [18] The most well-known use of the Inter= net in these centres is broadcasting, through a public address system advan= ce information on wave heights in the Pondicherry coast, downloaded from a = US Navy website so that fishermen in coastal villages can decide if it is s= afe for them to venture into the sea on a given day. Since this service was= begun in 1999, there has not been a single death in the sea in these villa= ges. In collaboration with OneWorld International, MSSRF set up the Open Kn= owledge Network (OKN), that connects rural communities in Asia and Africa f= or exchanging local content, indigenous knowledge, and traditional practice= s [19]. Besides Internet, OKN uses cell phones and radio for communication.= =0D The ITC's eChoupals are a good example of the revenue model [20]. The Natio= nal Informatics Centre of the Government of India has established many cent= res in the north-eastern states [21]. Thanks to the initiative taken by MSS= RF, a National Alliance, perhaps the largest multi-stakeholder partnership = in development, has been formed to take the knowledge revolution to each on= e of the 638,000 villages in India before the 60th anniversary of India's I= ndependence [22]. The Government of India has come forward to meet a large = part of the costs, to the tune of $1,500 million. =0D While in general technologies tend to exacerbate inequalities and favour th= e early adopters at the cost of those who come in late, thanks to the free = and unhindered flow of information it facilitates, the Internet is inherent= ly a democratizing technology and it can make access to information a level= playing field. How can we translate this inherent potential into reality? = It is here we recognize the great value of the "public commons" approach to= sharing information. =0D Public commons and information sharing =0D Let us see how the public commons approach to disseminating scientific know= ledge is affecting the way scientific research is performed around the worl= d. This example, which has reached maturity, shows the impact of the concep= t of public commons on the spread of global public access to information co= ntent. =0D About 15 years ago Paul Ginsparg, then at Los Alamos National Laboratory, t= hought of a central archive for physics research papers. Now arXiv is flour= ishing with its headquarters at Cornell and has more than 15 mirror sites (= a few of them in developing countries) [23]. Steve Lawrence, then at NEC Re= search, Princeton, started CiteSeer which does not wait for authors to subm= it/deposit their papers but crawls the Net and collects all papers in compu= ter science and related fields [24] . Stevan Harnad at Southampton created = Cogprint, an archive for cognitive sciences [25] . He also wrote a few prov= ocative papers on what he calls a "subvertive proposal" to expand "scholarl= y skywriting", the way scientists are able to write in the internet sky, fo= r everybody to read [26]. Following this impulsion, in the past few years s= cientists have started depositing their research papers - besides publishin= g them in refereed journals of their choice - in interoperable institutiona= l open access archives. The software for setting up these full text archive= s are absolutely free. The interoperability protocol (OAI-PMH [27]) and ass= ociated software that enable a user to trace all papers on a given subject = or by a given author from anyone of the archives (located anywhere in the w= orld) as if they are all in one single (universal) archive is also absolute= ly free.=0D Today there are more than 400 such interoperable institutional archives pro= viding access to the full texts of many thousands of research papers. This = is especially helpful to scientists in the developing countries. Peter Sube= r maintains a blog [Open Access News] and reports comprehensively on develo= pments of the open access movement around the world [28] . =0D Along with open access archives, there are also open access journals for wh= ich readers and their libraries do not have to pay a subscription. More tha= n 1,700 journals - including a few hundreds from developing countries - are= now OA journals [29]. =0D Access to knowledge all around the world =0D One can see a parallel between the telecenters and the open access archives= . Both of them are using advances in technology to include the excluded and= making available much needed information at a low cost through the "public= commons" approach. Both of them are overcoming a serious problem by intell= igently marrying technology and the public commons approach. Both of them a= re about sharing and caring. Both of them are eminently suited to increase = the overall productivity of the world as a whole and lead to greater collec= tive happiness. It sounds almost utopian. =0D But many publishers, including some scientific societies, are working to st= all the progress of the open access movement, as they see it as a potential= threat to their business interests. On the other hand many donor agencies,= such as the Wellcome Trust, who fund scientists to perform research are av= id supporters of the movement. =0D In the area of scientific data, as distinct from full texts of research pap= ers, organizations such as ICSU (and CODATA) are promoting the culture of o= pen access. Even Celera Genomics Corp., the for-profit company that sequenc= ed the human genome simultaneously with the public-funded Human Genome Proj= ect, has stopped selling subscriptions for access to its sequence/data and = would donate the data to the National Center for Biotechnology Information,= USA. As Francis Collins of the National Human Genome Research Institute pu= t it "data just wants to be public." =0D Scientists in developing countries need particular attention, says Bruce Al= berts, former President of the US National Academy of Sciences. In his 1999= presidential address [30] to the National Academy of Sciences, USA, he sug= gested "Connecting all scientists to the World Wide Web, where necessary by= providing subsidized Internet access through commercial satellite networks= ," and "taking responsibility for generating a rich array of scientifically= validated knowledge resources, made available free on the Web, in preparat= ion for a time when universal Internet access for scientists is achieved in= both developing and industrialized nations." =0D =46rom cyberspace to the real world =0D In the early days of the Net, there was a feeling that the Net had given us= the freedom to do things independently from the governments and the law of= the land. Indeed, back in February 1996, John Perry Barlow, an Internet ac= tivist, published a "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace". [31] "= Governments of the industrial world," Mr Barlow declared, "on behalf of the= future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among= us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. You have no moral right to ru= le us nor do you possess any methods of enforcement we have true reason to = fear. Cyberspace does not lie within your borders." And the Internet became= one of citizen advocacy's most important tools used for research, public e= ducation, organizing, political discussion, coordination, and much more. = =0D Unfortunately digital technology also has brought about new forms of inform= ation enclosure that undermines the public's right to use, share, and repro= duce information. Such enclosures threaten to undermine the political disco= urse, free speech, and creativity needed for a healthy democracy. And in re= ality governments can and do have considerable control over what is transac= ted on the Internet. As the Economist pointed out, "the Internet is part of= the real world. Like all frontiers, it was wild for a while, but policemen= always show up eventually." [32] =0D Both the democratic character of the Internet and its ability to reach out = to a 'near infinite' knowledge base have come under question. If the high c= ost, low quality and rarity of Internet access add up to make the first bar= rier to public access to Internet in poor countries, the policies and attit= udes of institutions and governments lead to a second kind of barrier. As t= he Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has found, governments can pr= event their citizens from visiting certain sites they consider harmful to n= ational interest, control access to overseas sites, monitor postings by the= ir citizens, and they can literally isolate their people from the rest of t= he network [33]. Schools and parents may use a filter to save children from= the ever-increasing presence of smut sites on the Net. How can we otherwis= e save ourselves and our children from the menace of the presence in the Ne= t of nudity, sex acts, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, violence and profanity, cul= ts, racist, extremist, and intolerant groups, illegal gambling and fraudule= nt business ventures? The challenge here is how we can balance our quest fo= r freedom and openness with the need to curb porn, obscenity, and intoleran= ce. =0D That is the greatest dilemma libraries offering public access to the Intern= et face. Whereas almost all public libraries in the USA provide free Intern= et access to their readers, the situation is abysmal in almost all developi= ng countries. =0D As Nancy Kranich has said, public access to the Internet is vital to rekind= le civic participation, and to claim for public space and to promote the pu= blic interest in the digital age. =0D There are two ways of promoting public access to the Internet: =0D - Enabling citizens the world over to use the tools of the information netw= ork to gain access to available information, as well as to create their own= information and circulate it worldwide. =0D - Ensuring free access to essential information, so that the opportunities = provided by the Internet are actually used to spread throughout the world a= ccess by all to knowledge. =0D References=0D [1] http://openmap.bbn.com/ tomlinso/ray/home.html=0D [2] Ian R Hardy, Email history, 1996. http://www.ifla.org/documents/interne= t/hari1.txt=0D [3] http://promo.net/pg/history.html=0D [4] - Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, =ABTowards Protocols for Internetwork Co= mmunication,=BB IFIP/TC6.1, NIC 18764, INWG 39, - Robert Kahn, Vinton G. Ce= rf, =ABWhat Is The Internet (And What Makes It Work)=BB, http://www.interne= tpolicy.org/briefing/12_99_story.html =0D Ronda Hauben, The international origins of the Internet and the impact of = this framework on its future, talk given at Columbia University on Nov. 4, = 2004=0D [5] Nancy Kranich, The Information Commons - A public policy report, The Fr= ee Expression Policy Project, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of L= aw,2004. http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/infocommons.contentsexsum.= html=0D [6] Wilson, Ernest, Meeting the Challenges of Internet Inequality, OnTheInt= ernet, Vol. 5, No. 6, November/December, 1999, pp. 26-30.=0D [7] Press, L., The Role of Networks in Developing Nations, Communications o= f the ACM, Vol. 39, No. 2, February 1996, pp. 23-29, http://som.csudh.edu/f= ac/lpress/devwins.htm=0D [8] http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/=0D [9] http://www.dsf-fsn.org/=0D [10] http://www.mairie-brest.fr/cnt/papi.htm=0D [11] http://www.links.org.ar/infoteca/ctc-peru.pdf=0D [12] http://home.nic.in:80/projects/cic.pdf=0D [13] See, for instance, the work in Africa of the French association "Mosa= =EFque du monde" http://mosaiquedumonde.org/association/index.php?lapage=3D= centre=0D [14] http://www.unesco.org/webworld/cmc=0D [15] http://www.tele-centros.org/=0D [16] Annie Ch=E9neau-Loquay : "Ce qui sert le plus en Afrique, c'est la voi= x" http://www.internetactu.net/index.php?p=3D6071 =0D [17] http://www.mssrf.org/special_programmes/ivrp/ivrpmain.htm=0D [18] Subbiah Arunachalam, Reaching the unreached: How can we use ICTs to em= power the rural poor in the developing world through enhanced access to rel= evant information? 68th IFLA Council and General Conference, Glasgow, 2002.= =0D [19] S Senthilkumaran and Subbiah Arunachalam, Expanding the village knowle= dge centres in Pondicherry, Regional Development Dialogue, 2002, vol. 23, N= o. 2, pp.64-84. http://www.openknowledge.net=0D [20] http://www.echoupal.com/=0D [21] http://www.cic.nic.in/=0D [22] National Alliance for Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre, = MSSRF/PR/04/55, June 2004. http://www.mssrf.org/special_programmes/mission_= 2007_NA/namain.htm=0D [23] http://arxiv.org/=0D [24] http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/=0D [25] http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ harnad/=0D [26] For a complete coverage of the impact of Stevan Harnad thinkings on th= e open access movement, see also : Poynder, Richard. Ten Years After. Infor= mation Today, october 14, 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct04/poynder.s= html=0D [27] http://www.openarchives.org/=0D [28] http://www.earlham.edu/ peters/fos/fosblog.html=0D [29] http://www.doaj.org=0D [30] Bruce Alberts, Science and the World's Future, Presidential address, 1= 36th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 26 April 1999= http://www.nasonline.org/1999address=0D [31] Barlow, John Perry. A declaration of the independence of Cyberspace ht= tp://homes.eff.org/ barlow/Declaration-Final.html=0D [32] The Internet's new borders. The Economist, 9 August 2001.=0D [33] Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authorita= rian Rule by Shanthi Kalathil and Taylor C. Boas, 2003 by the Carnegie Endo= wment for International Peace.=0D ------------------------------------=0D This text is an extract from the book Word Matters: multicultural perspecti= ves on information societies. This book, which has been coordinated by Alai= n Ambrosi, Val=E9rie Peugeot and Daniel Pimienta was released on November 5= , 2005 by C & F =C9ditions.=0D The text is under the Creative Commons licence, by, non commercial.=0D Knowledge should be shared in free access... But authors and editors need a= n economy to keep on creating and working. If you can afford it, please buy= the book on line (39 =A4)=0D Creative Commons License=0D

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Vacancy: Library Assistant
by Gopalakrishna Venkatappa 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Moderater, Kindly announce the following message. Rush your resume / contact the Librarian (080-55369469 for two posts of Library Asst. Preferred male BLISc for evening shift. Interview on Tuesday the 28th Febrauary 2006 at 10:00 am. Address: BMS Institute of Technology, P.B. No.6443, Avalahalli, Dodballapur Main Road, Avalahalli, Yelahanka, BANGALORE-560064. With regards, Gopalakrishna, Librarian, BMSIT.

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DSpace User Group Meeting, Bergen 2006&satellite Institutional Repository workshop Registration is Open
by noufal palliparamban 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Dear Friends, There is a workshop announcment ..... The University of Bergen is pleased to announce that it will host a two day DSpace User Group Meeting on 20 and 21 April 2006, as part of its commitment to the community. The meeting will primarily be concerned with technology and processes that have been developed to embed DSpace into institutional systems, and the different roles that DSpace has found in this environment, beyond purely that of an Institutional Repository platform. In addition important general developments will be presented, and there will be tutorials for both technical and non-technical DSpace users. Accompanying this will be a satellite Institutional Repository workshop on 19 April 2006, which will address policy, advocacy and open access concerns for institutions working on IRs. This meeting can be attended independently of the main user group meeting. For Detailed Information , Plaese visit http://dsug2006.uib.no/ Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur UP, India --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Friends, There is a workshop announcment ..... The University of Bergen is pleased to announce that it will host a two day DSpace User Group Meeting on 20 and 21 April 2006, as part of its commitment to the community. The meeting will primarily be concerned with technology and processes that have been developed to embed DSpace into institutional systems, and the different roles that DSpace has found in this environment, beyond purely that of an Institutional Repository platform. In addition important general developments will be presented, and there will be tutorials for both technical and non-technical DSpace users. Accompanying this will be a satellite Institutional Repository workshop on 19 April 2006, which will address policy, advocacy and open access concerns for institutions working on IRs. This meeting can be attended independently of the main user group meeting. For Detailed Information , Plaese visit http://dsug2006.uib.no/ http://dsug2006.uib.no/ Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur UP, India Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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RFID Implementation
by Sharad Jadhav 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Dear members, We are checking the possibility of implementing RFID in our library. Documents to be covered in this implementation are Books and Bound Volumes, which are approximately 35,000 in numbers. We would like to know that how much will be the financial expenditure (approx) for implementation of RFID, right from tags, scanners etc. We are currently using LIBSYS Software for library management. Any response will be highly appreciated from those who have earlier implemented RFID or in process of implementation. Thank you in advance. Sharad Jadhav, National Insurance Academy Balewadi, Baner Road, Pune-411045 Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Email ID: sharad(a)niapune.com --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear members, We are checking the possibility of implementing RFID in our library. Documents to be covered in this implementation are Books and Bound Volumes, which are approximately 35,000 in numbers. We would like to know that how much will be the financial expenditure (approx) for implementation of RFID, right from tags, scanners etc. We are currently using LIBSYS Software for library management. Any response will be highly appreciated from those who have earlier implemented RFID or in process of implementation. Thank you in advance. Sharad Jadhav, National Insurance Academy Balewadi, Baner Road, Pune-411045 Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Email ID: mailto:sharad@niapune.com sharad(a)niapune.com Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Need to change present LIS Curriculum to meet the changing market requirements
by nagappa.b＠tcs.com 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Dear All, Its a very good practice that SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the BLISc course. I would like to suggest / recommend that all LIS schools should provide atleast "six month internship" in BLIS OR MLIS. If required LIS school can cutdown the few traditional subject(s). Let the student learn practically instead theory. By this students will get handson experience. Like other professional courses LIS also introduce the internship. What LIS schools shall do for improvement of Curriculum: 1. Work more towards marketing of our products/students. 2. Introduction of Communication skills to meet the MNCs requirements. 3. Introduce or Enhance the KM subject. 4. Teaching of office automation and Library softaware in depth. 5. Introduce the Long term internship (atleast 6 months) by that the students will more information about the field before joining the workforce. 6. Start inviting corporate sectors, Good B-schools, etc. for campus interview both for internship as well as placement. Regards Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1. Software Units Layout, Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad Tel. 040-55672533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b(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, Its a very good practice that SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the BLISc course. I would like to suggest / recommend that all LIS schools should provide atleast �"six month internship" in BLIS OR MLIS. If required LIS school can cutdown the few traditional subject(s). Let the student learn practically instead theory. By this students will get handson experience. Like other professional courses LIS also introduce the internship. What LIS schools shall do for improvement of Curriculum: 1. Work more towards marketing of our products/students. 2. Introduction of Communication skills to meet the MNCs requirements. 3. Introduce or Enhance the KM subject. 4. Teaching of office automation and Library softaware in depth. 5. Introduce the Long term internship (atleast 6 months) by that the students will more information about the field before joining the workforce. 6. Start inviting corporate sectors, Good B-schools, etc. for campus interview both for internship as well as placement. Regards Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1. Software Units Layout, Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad Tel. 040-55672533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b(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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New Openings
by Thapar, Amit 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

check employment news of 18-24 feb 2006 on page 17. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi requires SLIA in pay scale of 5500-9000. apply within ten days of publication of advertisement. Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi has advertised the posts of semi-professional assistant. refer to employment news of 18-24 feb 2006 on page 37. scale is 4500-7000. last date of submission is 10th april 2006. don't miss these opportunities !!!!!!!!!!!! best of luck to all professionals.. amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ check employment news of 18-24 feb 2006 on page 17. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi requires SLIA in pay scale of 5500-9000. apply within ten days of publication of advertisement. Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi has advertised the posts of semi-professional assistant. refer to employment news of 18-24 feb 2006 on page 37. scale is 4500-7000. last date of submission is 10th april 2006. don't miss these opportunities !!!!!!!!!!!! best of luck to all professionals.. mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/

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Re: Information and Library Studies MSc
by Mailing List Manager 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:57:39 +0530 From: K.R. Mulla <krmulla(a)gmail.com> Hi Dear all.....! Information and Library Studies MSc Overview The MSc in Information and Library Studies has been established for over thirty years and has an excellent record of student success, both academically and in terms of subsequent professional employment across the information sector. Information professionals provide essential expertise in our knowledge-based society. Information and its effective communication is a fundamental and vital activity within all areas of industry, commerce, education, and social life. Professionals working in this broad area provide expertise in the collection, storage, retrieval, and management of information. This necessitates an understanding of the need for libraries and information services, the ways in whichthey are used; the wide variety of information sources available; as well as a firm grasp of the underlying theories and principles of management, information retrieval, and Information Technology. MSc Information >and Library Studies provides all of these things and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Funding For 2005/2006 SAAS funding is available and all eligible applicants to the on-campus course will be considered for an award, see Student Awards Agency for Scotland. Information on this can be found by contacting the Admissions Office at PostgraduateAdmissions(a)rgu.ac.uk. or by linking to: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/abs/postgraduate/page.cfm?pge=5352 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Opportunities Take a look at what jobs are currently available in the sector by viewing Lisjobnet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Recognition The Information and Library Studies Course is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). The next accreditation is due in the summer of 2010. CILIP accreditation means that the course is recognised, around the world, by other professional bodies such as the American Library Association. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Course Leader Dr Peter Reid Aberdeen Business School Management Building The Robert Gordon University Garthdee Road Aberdeen AB10 7QE Tel: +44 (0)1224 263900 Fax: +44 (0)1224 263939 Email: p.reid(a)rgu.ac.uk

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12th Annual Lecture on Informatics & Launch of Open J-Gate
by mouna 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore, Cordially invites you to the 12th Annual Lecture on Informatics & Launch of Open J-gate Date & Time: February 27, 2006, 5.45pm to 7.45pm Venue: The Auditorium, Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Dinner: 8.00 pm Speakers: Dr. Jean-Claude Guedon, Professor, University of Montreal, Canada OSI Information Program Sub-Board member Beyond Plutocracy: Open Access to globalize scientific communication Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi Open Access: Researchers Perspective Presided by Dr R A Mashelkar Director-General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research and, Secretary, Dept of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi Open J-Gate Launch by Prof. Jean Claude Guedon Launching Open J-Gate www.openj-gate.com J-Gate (www.J-gate.informindia.co.in) is an e-journal portal for scholarly, research and professional journals. It is a searchable database of index to articles published in 13,800+ e-journals. Every article in J-gate is linked to full-text. All major institutions - IITs, IIMs, ICMR Labs, and Universities use J-Gate and its customized solutions for accessing journal literature through Internet. Open J-Gate The J-Gate coverage includes over 2,500-open access journals. About 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed research journals. J-Gate is the only service in the world to index articles from the largest number of open access journals. Responding to the Open Access movement in the world for scholarly and research literature, Informatics is launching Open J-Gate as a separate free portal to access open access literature. Currently Open J-Gate has indexed over a million articles published since 2001. Informatics plans to go back in coverage to all available years for these 2,500+ journals. As the portal name suggests, access to Open J-Gate is free to all students and researchers. Informatics is proud to launch and dedicate Open J-Gate as Indias contribution to the cause of promoting global science communication. (The support of Open Society Institute, New York, USA Is gratefully acknowledged) _________________________________________ N V Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560 003 sathya(a)informindia.co.in www.informindia.co.in

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OpenMED@NIC is now 1K strong
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Dear Friends, Biomedical Archive - OpenMED@NIC < http://openmed.nic.in > now has morethan One Thousand documents. Hopefully in future, more and more authors would be archiving their published and valueable research output here. It has been proved time and again that visibility of research improves its impact. No wonder why more and more journals are now allowing their authors to self-archive their papers<http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php > While Open Access movement has been gaining momentum world-wide, We all have to introspect - Are we doing enough? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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ALA acrediated MLIS Why not Indian MLISC considered worlwide
by kumar lis 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

Dear Professionals, Why Our Indian MLISC degrees are not considered for a postion in US. Even though Many of the companies recruiting persons having Indian B.E,/M.B.A,/M.C.A.Why Indian MLISC degree holders are not recruited. Where our MLISC degree stands ? What kind of standards do they need in MLISC degree?To whom should we contact regarding this? Are there any initiatives taken to recognize Indian MLISC world wide.It is better to change the curriculum /Syllabus of Indian MLISC and standardize it to Uniquely if needed otherwise we should fight to recognize ourselves. why our senior Library professionals are not bothering regarding this.My sincere appeal to senior professionals is to resolve this problem. Can any body give list of colleges offering ALA accredited MLIS through out the world(that you know) or colleges you know those offering ALA accredited MLIS degrees Through ONLINE courses or DISTANCE learning courses. Kumar. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Dear Professionals, Why Our Indian MLISC degrees are not considered for a postion in US. Even though Many of the companies recruiting persons having Indian B.E,/M.B.A,/M.C.A.Why Indian MLISC degree holders are not recruited. Where our MLISC degree stands ? What kind of standards do they need in MLISC degree?To whom should we contact regarding this? Are there any initiatives taken to recognize Indian MLISC world wide.It is better to change the curriculum /Syllabus of Indian MLISC and standardize it to Uniquely if needed otherwise we should fight to recognize ourselves. why our senior Library professionals are not bothering regarding this.My sincere appeal to senior professionals is to resolve this problem. Can any body give list of colleges offering ALA accredited MLIS through out the world(that you know) or colleges you know those offering ALA accredited MLIS degrees Through ONLINE courses or DISTANCE learning courses. Kumar. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/06.gif Yahoo! Mail http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38867/*http://photomail.mai… Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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Scirus-Science-specific search engine
by vimal kumar 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Scirus (www.scirus.com) another science specific search engine in the Internet. It searches in scinece specific web pages in the web and enabling scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. It is help ful to find Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/pmall2/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo… Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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a portal with a difference
by Mailing List Manager 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:29:25 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> European Library http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.htm "a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced." The search results tell you which libraries have materials on your topic and link you to each catalog's list of retrieved items. The system is slow and unwieldy, but it will still be helpful to scholars. Yahoo! User Interface Library http://developer.yahoo.net/yui/ "a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, HTML and AJAX." All available free under a BSD license. amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Course Ware
by aprajita suman 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Dear All, Adding on to the suggestion of Dr. Arunachalam, even seminar/workshop proceedings serve as an important source of self-learning for professionals in general and LIS professionals in particular, but no efforts is being made to make them available for free public access. DRTC, Bangalore has archived almost all of its seminar papers/ presentations on its digital library [https://drtc.isibang.ac.in] for free access, why can't the example be followed for other LIS seminar/ workshops in India? Best regards, Aparajita --- Aparajita Suman Manager- Information and Content Delivery Indigene Pharamaceuticals Indigene House Plot No. 46, Road No. 14 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad- 36 Ph: +91 40 2354 8488 Fx: +91 40 2354 8478 On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 Subbiah Arunachalam wrote : >Friends: > >Here is an excerpt from a recent paper which I reproduce from Peter >Suber's blog. Indian universities and institutes of technology will do >well to join the Open Course Ware movement and do their bit to democratise >knowledge. > >Arun >----- > >Openness as a response to globalization > >Hans van Ginkel, Toward a smarter information superhighway, Asahi Shimbun, >February 14, 2006. Van Ginkel is Under-Secretary-General of the United >Nations and the Rector of the United Nations University. Excerpt: >Universities...are increasingly recognizing that the real expansion today >in international knowledge exchange does not relate to physical mobility >of individuals, but rather to the mobility of knowledge itself. Openness >and sharing knowledge have always been the hallmarks of the most >successful universities around the world....MIT offers a rather >interesting model of an educational institution responsive to globalizing >trends. In particular, I would like to refer to their work with free >online learning through the OpenCourseWare program. Many universities use >distance and online learning as an important measure to increase student >numbers....This represented a revolutionary step forward since up until >then the trend had been for universities to restrict access to their >knowledge behind password-controlled learning management systems. It is >MIT's boldness in promoting this open approach that I believe contributes >to its success and high ranking among international educational >institutions. This same kind of openness is highly relevant to Japanese >universities and would contribute to their climbing up the international >university rankings. Hence, I am delighted to see that a number of >Japanese universities have decided to work together to promote the idea of >OpenCourseWare in Japan. The Japan OCW Alliance includes Keio University, >Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo >University and Waseda University. This alliance was launched in May 2005, >so it is relatively young, but has already placed a large amount of >educational content online. It represents an important showcase of quality >educational materials and, as professor Yuichiro Anzai, president of Keio >University, has remarked, the Alliance is indicative of a new leadership >role for Japanese universities. This view is echoed by President Kazuo >Oike of Kyoto University who views the Japan OCW Alliance as contributing >to the accumulation of intellectual capital on the World Wide Web. >Moreover, as President Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo >remarked, "our goal is to give back to society the fruits of our >educational activities. We would also like to assist those who are eager >to learn by themselves, and those who would like to take part in a dynamic >creative activity."...We at UNU share the same vision. At the 2002 >Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, I called for the >creation of a Global Learning Space to support science-based education >through various projects, including the U.N. Water Virtual Learning >Center, the Global Virtual University and the Asia Pacific Initiative. The >latter includes close collaboration with Keio University and a network of >universities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to develop and run >educational programs in the region on issues of sustainable development. >More recently, at the World Summit on the Information Society held in >Tunis in November 2005, I called for an "Information Society Open to All" >where the provision of open educational resources would represent a core >component....The way forward in this globalizing world, I would argue, is >to promote openness within the education system. > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Dear All, Adding on to the suggestion of Dr. Arunachalam, even seminar/workshop proceedings serve as an important source of self-learning for professionals in general and LIS professionals in particular, but no efforts is being made to make them available for free public access. DRTC, Bangalore has archived almost all of its seminar papers/ presentations on its digital library [https://drtc.isibang.ac.in] for free access, why can't the example be followed for other LIS seminar/ workshops in India? Best regards, Aparajita --- Aparajita Suman Manager- Information and Content Delivery Indigene Pharamaceuticals Indigene House Plot No. 46, Road No. 14 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad- 36 Ph: +91 40 2354 8488 Fx: +91 40 2354 8478 On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 Subbiah Arunachalam wrote : >Friends: > >Here is an excerpt from a recent paper which I reproduce from Peter >Suber's blog. Indian universities and institutes of technology will do >well to join the Open Course Ware movement and do their bit to democratise >knowledge. > >Arun >----- > >Openness as a response to globalization > >Hans van Ginkel, Toward a smarter information superhighway, Asahi Shimbun, >February 14, 2006. Van Ginkel is Under-Secretary-General of the United >Nations and the Rector of the United Nations University. Excerpt: >Universities...are increasingly recognizing that the real expansion today >in international knowledge exchange does not relate to physical mobility >of individuals, but rather to the mobility of knowledge itself. Openness >and sharing knowledge have always been the hallmarks of the most >successful universities around the world....MIT offers a rather >interesting model of an educational institution responsive to globalizing >trends. In particular, I would like to refer to their work with free >online learning through the OpenCourseWare program. Many universities use >distance and online learning as an important measure to increase student >numbers....This represented a revolutionary step forward since up until >then the trend had been for universities to restrict access to their >knowledge behind password-controlled learning management systems. It is >MIT's boldness in promoting this open approach that I believe contributes >to its success and high ranking among international educational >institutions. This same kind of openness is highly relevant to Japanese >universities and would contribute to their climbing up the international >university rankings. Hence, I am delighted to see that a number of >Japanese universities have decided to work together to promote the idea of >OpenCourseWare in Japan. The Japan OCW Alliance includes Keio University, >Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo >University and Waseda University. This alliance was launched in May 2005, >so it is relatively young, but has already placed a large amount of >educational content online. It represents an important showcase of quality >educational materials and, as professor Yuichiro Anzai, president of Keio >University, has remarked, the Alliance is indicative of a new leadership >role for Japanese universities. This view is echoed by President Kazuo >Oike of Kyoto University who views the Japan OCW Alliance as contributing >to the accumulation of intellectual capital on the World Wide Web. >Moreover, as President Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo >remarked, "our goal is to give back to society the fruits of our >educational activities. We would also like to assist those who are eager >to learn by themselves, and those who would like to take part in a dynamic >creative activity."...We at UNU share the same vision. At the 2002 >Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, I called for the >creation of a Global Learning Space to support science-based education >through various projects, including the U.N. Water Virtual Learning >Center, the Global Virtual University and the Asia Pacific Initiative. The >latter includes close collaboration with Keio University and a network of >universities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to develop and run >educational programs in the region on issues of sustainable development. >More recently, at the World Summit on the Information Society held in >Tunis in November 2005, I called for an "Information Society Open to All" >where the provision of open educational resources would represent a core >component....The way forward in this globalizing world, I would argue, is >to promote openness within the education system. > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum 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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Web based online spreadsheets
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Here are some Web based online spreadsheets. 1 - iRows < http://www.irows.com/xo/Welcome.do > 2 - Makesearchable < http://makesearchable.com/ > 3 - TrimSpreadsheet < http://trimpath.com/project/wiki/TrimSpreadsheet > 4 - Num Sum < http://www.numsum.com/ > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Re: Compulsory Internship
by jyoti shreeram bhabal 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Dear all SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the BLISc course. Students visit twice in a year to various reputed libraries of Mumbai as a intern.This may not be exhaustive training but it gives exposure to the different kinds of libraries and their working systems. It also helps student to take decision regarding, in which type of library they would work. Feedback from students and librarians states that this should be continued in LIS Course. Jyoti Bhabal Lecturer SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University Mumbai 400 020 T: 22072792 Mrs.Jyoti Bhabal Lecturer SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020. Tel: 22072792 22081879 ext.274 or 263 Dear all SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has 3 days internship programme as a part of the BLISc course. Students visit twice in a year to various reputed libraries of Mumbai as a intern.This may not be exhaustive training but it gives exposure to the different kinds of libraries and their working systems. It also helps student to take decision regarding, in which type of library they would work. Feedback from students and librarians states that this should be continued in LIS Course. Jyoti Bhabal Lecturer SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University Mumbai 400 020 T: 22072792 Mrs.Jyoti Bhabal Lecturer SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020. Tel: 22072792 22081879 ext.274 or 263 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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A blend of the old and new
by js vijaya 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Dear friends, The Internet Public Library is a first of its kind to provide a mixture of traditional and innovative library services, via the Internet. The url is http://www.ipl.org/ and the articel can be found in http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb162006/dheducation1026202006215.asp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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National seminar on Electronic Publications: Last Date extended for Submission of Papers
by Dimple Patel 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Dear Professionals, Thank you very much indeed for the overwhelming response to the National seminar on "Electronic Publications ". However, some authors are in the final stage of completion of their papers hence have requested us to give a couple of days more to submit their papers. So, we are extending the last date till 18th February 2006 for submitting papers to the seminar. Afterwards we will not be able to accept any more papers to the seminar. So, please complete your papers quickly and send us by 18th February 2006 positively. You can email the soft copies of your paper to the Email ids given below. You cooperation in this regard is highly appreciated. Looking forward to meeting you in the seminar. With best regards, Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah, Director, Centre for Information Science, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gaganmahal Road, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029, Andhra Pradesh. Telephone: 040-27672492; Facsimile: 091-40-27664920 Email: <cis.dsrf(a)gmail.com> or <chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com> Dimple Patel, Assistant Librarian, MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. INDIA. --------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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newspapers
by sudhanshu bhushan 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Dear LIS colleagues, If u want to experience the world of newspapers then simply go to: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx bye bhushan Dear LIS colleagues, If u want to experience the world of newspapers then simply go to: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx bye bhushan

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Open Course Ware
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Friends: Here is an excerpt from a recent paper which I reproduce from Peter Suber's blog. Indian universities and institutes of technology will do well to join the Open Course Ware movement and do their bit to democratise knowledge. Arun ----- Openness as a response to globalization Hans van Ginkel, Toward a smarter information superhighway, Asahi Shimbun, February 14, 2006. Van Ginkel is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Rector of the United Nations University. Excerpt: Universities...are increasingly recognizing that the real expansion today in international knowledge exchange does not relate to physical mobility of individuals, but rather to the mobility of knowledge itself. Openness and sharing knowledge have always been the hallmarks of the most successful universities around the world....MIT offers a rather interesting model of an educational institution responsive to globalizing trends. In particular, I would like to refer to their work with free online learning through the OpenCourseWare program. Many universities use distance and online learning as an important measure to increase student numbers....This represented a revolutionary step forward since up until then the trend had been for universities to restrict access to their knowledge behind password-controlled learning management systems. It is MIT's boldness in promoting this open approach that I believe contributes to its success and high ranking among international educational institutions. This same kind of openness is highly relevant to Japanese universities and would contribute to their climbing up the international university rankings. Hence, I am delighted to see that a number of Japanese universities have decided to work together to promote the idea of OpenCourseWare in Japan. The Japan OCW Alliance includes Keio University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University and Waseda University. This alliance was launched in May 2005, so it is relatively young, but has already placed a large amount of educational content online. It represents an important showcase of quality educational materials and, as professor Yuichiro Anzai, president of Keio University, has remarked, the Alliance is indicative of a new leadership role for Japanese universities. This view is echoed by President Kazuo Oike of Kyoto University who views the Japan OCW Alliance as contributing to the accumulation of intellectual capital on the World Wide Web. Moreover, as President Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo remarked, "our goal is to give back to society the fruits of our educational activities. We would also like to assist those who are eager to learn by themselves, and those who would like to take part in a dynamic creative activity."...We at UNU share the same vision. At the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, I called for the creation of a Global Learning Space to support science-based education through various projects, including the U.N. Water Virtual Learning Center, the Global Virtual University and the Asia Pacific Initiative. The latter includes close collaboration with Keio University and a network of universities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to develop and run educational programs in the region on issues of sustainable development. More recently, at the World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunis in November 2005, I called for an "Information Society Open to All" where the provision of open educational resources would represent a core component....The way forward in this globalizing world, I would argue, is to promote openness within the education system.

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conference in Germany - call for papers
by Bartel, Martina 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Dear LIS colleagues, in connection with the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2006, with India being Guest of Honor this year, a LIS conference of the DGI (German society for information science and information practice) will be held in Frankfurt/Germany. One of the topics chosen is "LIS in India" - which provides an excellent opportunity to present professional Indian activities and projects. The call for papers is published also in English language on the website for the conference: www.online-tagung.de (link: "CfP English"). For any suggested contributions, an abstract of up to 400 words would have to be submitted until 1st of March to the organizers and, if the suggestion is accepted, the full contribution must be submitted by 30th of June. Kindly distribute this information among your institute and colleagues. Best regards, Martina Bartel ________________________________________________ Martina Bartel Head of Information Dept. & Library Regional Coordinator South Asia Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Tel: 91-11-23 32 95 06, Fax: 91-11-23 72 25 73 http://www.goethe.de/newdelhi

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Ariadne Decennial Issue
by Mailing List Manager 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:17:56 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Ariadne, a wonderful online journal published by UKOLN, is celebrating its tenth year of publication with a special issue (issue 46) that looks back over ten years of progress in information technology in libraries and higher education, primarily in the UK, and speculates about progress to come. The issue includes articles by several of the key figures involved in shaping UK plans and policies during that time, and should be particularly helpful for those in the United States trying to gain deeper insight into the achievements and lessons learned in the UK; I have also contributed a short article looking at comparative developments across the US and UK. Ariadne can be found at http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ - Subbiah Arunachalam

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Doubt on email client cleared
by vimal kumar 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Doubt on email client cleared First of all I express my thanks to LIS-Forum users, who have given instabt reply to my doubt on email clients suitable for e-newsletter distribution. Many users distribute news letters using ordinary mail accounts through Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy). I think this is the most convenient method to distribute news letters among a small group of people. I found free edition of GroupMail (www.infacta.com) email client is very much suitable for this purpose. It is very easy to use and can import email account and address list from default mail client like Out Look Express. Now I simultaneously using Yahoo mail and Group mail to deliver library news letter. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. First of all I express my thanks to LIS-Forum users, who have given instabt reply to my doubt on email clients suitable for e-newsletter distribution. Many users distribute news letters using ordinary mail accounts through Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy). I think this is the most convenient method to distribute news letters among a small group of people. I found free edition of GroupMail (www.infacta.com) email client is very much suitable for this purpose. It is very easy to use and can import email account and address list from default mail client like Out Look Express. Now I simultaneously using Yahoo mail and Group mail to deliver library news letter. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Brings words and photos together (easily) with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/PMall/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo.… PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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vacancy at TISS: Doc. Officer (1)
by Puttaraj Choukimath 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Dear All, Greetings. fyi: Vacancy: Documentation Officer http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm All the Best, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos Dear All, Greetings. fyi: Vacancy: Documentation Officer http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm All the Best, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu What are the most popular cars? Find out at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38382/_ylc=X3oDMTEzNWFva2Y2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlY… Yahoo! Autos

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Attn : Management Institute's Information Professionals
by sandeep bhavsar 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Respected Professionals It gives me a great pleasure to invite you to join the Management Information Professionals yahoo group. I am aware that your management institute is organizing various seminar and conferences on different subjects. You have been a major part of such efforts making them grand success. All your efforts contribution need to be disseminated widely. There are lot of updated and latest resources are coming up. We all are working with the same zeal and common goal. The need is to come together, share experience, and be a part of each-others efforts. With this intention, I am making a humble effort to form a group MANINFOPRO(a)yahoogroups.com (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS) I request you to join this group and share your valuable knowledge and rich experience with each other. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Stuies Thane(w) email : sandeep(a)vpmthane.org ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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In Peter Suber's Blog - Migrating journals to Open Journal Systems (OJS)
by Sukhdev Singh 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Peter Suber has covered my presentation at National Workshop onJournal Publishing in India (Bangalore, February 10-11, 2006) in hisblog http://snipurl.com/mi70 "Sukhdev Singh, Indian biomedical journals at NIC - issues formigration to OJS, a slide presentation delivered at the NationalWorkshop on Journal Publishing in India (Bangalore, February 10-11,2006)." http://openmed.nic.in/1342/ ] --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Need some information - Reg.
by suruli nathi 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Dear experts, i can't attatch the question for the previous mail. sorry for it. Now, if you any reflection for this questions regarding. please send me. What is the relationship between the published literature and the knowledge organization of the literature? There have been many studies that examined the links between the quantum of literature published and the knowledge organization of the literature. Growth of literature; how to control or organize the explosion of published literature? What are the knowledge organization techniques used to structure the published resources Why we have to be concerned about organizing the knowledge of the published resources? Publication rate is growing at a faster rate where as the process of organizing the literature for use is limited. What is required? In the KBS, one could witness an explosion of knowledge and information in various fields of activities. The rate of growth is bewildering demanding a concerted effort to organize these growing knowledge for retrieval and use. What will happen if there is no proper organization of knowledge? thanks and regards, N.Amsaveni __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear experts, i can't attatch the question for the previous mail. sorry for it. Now, if you any reflection for this questions regarding. please send me. What is the relationship between the published literature and the knowledge organization of the literature? There have been many studies that examined the links between the quantum of literature published and the knowledge organization of the literature. Growth of literature; how to control or organize the explosion of published literature? What are the knowledge organization techniques used to structure the published resources Why we have to be concerned about organizing the knowledge of the published resources? Publication rate is growing at a faster rate where as the process of organizing the literature for use is limited. What is required? In the KBS, one could witness an explosion of knowledge and information in various fields of activities. The rate of growth is bewildering demanding a concerted effort to organize these growing knowledge for retrieval and use. What will happen if there is no proper organization of knowledge? thanks and regards, N.Amsaveni __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Email clients suitable for sending news letter
by vimal kumar 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Dear Professionals, Now Iam searching for an free/open source email client can working in Windows suitable for sending Library News Letter. Problem is that, users can see the email IDs of other subscribers from messages sent by existing email clients (Out Look Express, Thunderbird). Please help me if anybody have experience in using email clients for Newsletter delivery. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. Now Iam searching for an free/open source email client can working in Windows suitable for sending Library News Letter. Problem is that, users can see the email IDs of other subscribers from messages sent by existing email clients (Out Look Express, Thunderbird). Please help me if anybody have experience in using email clients for Newsletter delivery. Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Brings words and photos together (easily) with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/PMall/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo.… PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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Soquel High librarian encourages students to research on Web - By Nancy Pasternack - sentinel staff writer - February 8, 2006
by Mailing List Manager 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:54:31 -0500 From: K.R.Mulla <krmulla(a)gmail.com> Soquel High librarian encourages students to research on Web - By Nancy Pasternack - sentinel staff writer - February 8, 2006 Hi [LIS-Forum]! Thought you might be interested in reading this story from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/February/08/local/stories/09l… http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/February/08/local/stories/09l… Regards K.R.Mulla February 8, 2006 SOQUEL Soquel High librarian encourages students to research on Web By Nancy Pasternack sentinel staff writer Soquel High School's Madeline Britton is part of an endangered and often misunderstood profession: the modern school librarian. Unlike librarians of yore who managed index files, taught the Dewey Decimal System and worked in rooms crowded with books, Britton teaches her students to mine the Web efficiently for the most reliable information, and to find creative solutions for stretching nearly extinct library budget dollars. She can't afford, she says, to spend the whopping $4,000 she has for 2006-07 all in one place. The $2,400 subscription bill for Ebsco Host, the primary database she has used in the past to teach her students research skills, is too steep. So that subscription, which allows access to magazine and academic journal articles, is out — and Santa Cruz Public Library cards are in. Britton's campaign to get all her students a public library card will have them using comprehensive databases like Ebsco Host, as well as many others the school cannot afford. They can access these resources from any Internet-linked computer, between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight. And Britton can continue, she said, to teach students the necessities for adult life in today's real world. "This is the iPod generation," she said. "You have to teach them to use their brains in the ways they're wired." Her push has caught on in Santa Cruz City Schools' other high schools. Librarians from both Harbor High and Santa Cruz High have teamed up with public librarians to take students through the steps necessary to gain access to the public library's resources, and to take full advantage of those resources. "It's win-win," said Heidi Smith, the system's development librarian. "We have wonderful databases the students can now use." And because of the number of new cards the Santa Cruz Public Library system will issue, Smith can make a stronger case for continued funding. "If our databases don't get enough use," she said, "our governing board won't continue to fund it." Britton's school district is the only one in the county that still funds credentialed librarians. The ratio in California of professional media library teachers librarians to students is the lowest in the country: one media teacher/librarian for every 4,541 students. The average, nationwide, is one to 870. Because Soquel High's feeder schools — in the Live Oak and Soquel school districts — do not have professional librarians, Britton and many teachers must make an extra effort to get incoming students caught up with the online world. In order to do this, you first need access to reliable resources. "They need to learn library skills every year," O'Reilly said. "They need practice over and over again." Those skills increasingly consist of an ability to edit out sources that are either not going to be helpful, or that are not reliable. "They need to know what's a bogus Web site, and what isn't," O'Reilly said. Britton compares the Internet to an open fire hydrant. "You have to know how to swim through all that, just to take a sip of water," she said. She tells her students, "You guys have to be your own censors." "Your lives are packed," she tells them. "And you want to go to that party Friday night, right? Well, being good at this Internet research will save you time." Contact Nancy Pasternack at mailto:npasternack@santacruzsentinel.com?subject=Soquel High librarian encourages students to research on Web npasternack(a)santacruzsentinel.com .

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Best Free Reference Web Sites
by Mailing List Manager 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:45:03 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBES… "an index of the web sites included in the 1999-2004 annual lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section(MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association(RUSA) ofALA to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web." Includes links to theoriginal reviews. Extreme Makeover, Library Edition http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/001/1.htm This article from OCLC's newsletter takes off from an OCLC report on perceptions of libraries <http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm> and discusses how libraries might "re-brand" themselves. FreeFullText.com http://www.freefulltext.com/ "provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for free." Could be a handy place to check when somebody needs an article you don't own iimmediately. Wikinews http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page This little sister to the Wikipedia bills itself as "the free news source you can write!" -- preferably following its code of ethics and standards of fully referenced objective journalism (available at the About Wikinews page). amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/

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Science in India as seen from Web of Science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Friends: Here is a table provided by Thomson Scientific - ISI, Philadelphia. Our share in new biology research [Molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, etc.] is rather low and below India's 2.3% share in science overall. What is more our work in these fields is cited less often on average than our work in physics, chemistry and materials science. India's share in agriculture, materials science and chemistry is well above India's share in science overall. Arun Science in India, 2000-04 India's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 21 fields in the Thomson Scientific database. Also, India's relative citation impact compared to the world average in each field, in percentage terms. 10-year country rankings for India, 1995-October 2005. Field Percentage of papers from India, 2000-04 Relative impact compared to world Agricultural Sciences 5.30 -65 Materials Science 4.79 -29 Chemistry 4.23 -38 Physics 3.45 -21 Plant & Animal Sciences 3.39 -70 Pharmacology 2.83 -57 Engineering 2.63 -35 Geosciences 2.53 -50 Space Science 2.43 -51 **<--- India's overall percent share, all fields: 2.39 --->** Ecology/Environmental 2.29 -58 Microbiology 1.88 -53 Biology & Biochemistry 1.85 -63 Mathematics 1.83 -44 Computer Science 1.46 -18 Clinical Medicine 1.02 -60 Molecular Biology 1.00 -68 Immunology 0.93 -68 Economics & Business 0.74 -48 Social Sciences 0.71 -60 Neurosciences 0.50 -49 Psychology/Psychiatry 0.30 -35 Between 2000 and 2004, Thomson Scientific indexed 89,976 papers that listed at least one author address in India. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in journals classified in the field of agricultural sciences. As the right-hand column shows, the relative impact of published research from India has yet to attain the world average in any of the fields shown. Nevertheless, there were areas of relatively strong performance--including physics, in which papers from India scored at 79% of the world average (2.89 citations per paper for India, versus the world figure of 3.64 cites), while India's research in computer science was just 18% below the world mark. Materials science, engineering, and chemistry were also areas of comparative strength. SOURCE: National Science Indicators, 1981-2004 (containing listings of output and citation statistics for more than 170 countries; available in standard and deluxe versions from the Research Services Group. Friends: Here is a table provided by Thomson Scientific - ISI, Philadelphia. Our share in new biology research [Molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, etc.] is rather low and below India's 2.3% share in science overall. What is more our work in these fields is cited less often on average than our work in physics, chemistry and materials science. India's share in agriculture, materials science and chemistry is well above India's share in science overall. Arun Science in India, 2000-04 India's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 21 fields in the Thomson Scientific database. Also, India's relative citation impact compared to the world average in each field, in percentage terms. http://in-cites.com/images/quickscience-icon.gif 10-year country rankings for javascript:popUp5ColRank('january_23_2006-4.html') India , 1995-October 2005. Field Percentage of papers from India, 2000-04 Relative impact compared to world Agricultural Sciences 5.30 -65 Materials Science 4.79 -29 Chemistry 4.23 -38 Physics 3.45 -21 Plant & Animal Sciences 3.39 -70 Pharmacology 2.83 -57 Engineering 2.63 - 35 Geosciences 2.53 - 50 Space Science 2.43 - 51 **<--- India's overall percent share, all fields: 2.39 --->** Ecology/Environmental 2.29 -58 Microbiology 1.88 -53 Biology & Biochemistry 1.85 -63 Mathematics 1.83 - 44 Computer Science 1.46 - 18 Clinical Medicine 1.02 - 60 Molecular Biology 1.00 - 68 Immunology 0.93 - 68 Economics & Business 0.74 - 48 Social Sciences 0.71 -60 Neurosciences 0.50 -49 Psychology/Psychiatry 0.30 -35 Between 2000 and 2004, Thomson Scientific indexed 89,976 papers that listed at least one author address in India. Of those papers, the highest percentage appeared in journals classified in the field of agricultural sciences. As the right-hand column shows, the relative impact of published research from India has yet to attain the world average in any of the fields shown. Nevertheless, there were areas of relatively strong performance--including physics, in which papers from India scored at 79% of the world average (2.89 citations per paper for India, versus the world figure of 3.64 cites), while India's research in computer science was just 18% below the world mark. Materials science, engineering, and chemistry were also areas of comparative strength. SOURCE: http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/nsi.html National Science Indicators , 1981-2004 (containing listings of output and citation statistics for more than 170 countries; available in standard and deluxe versions from the http://www.isinet.com/rsg.html Research Services Group . http://in-cites.com/images/aaa-spacer.gif

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Chat: Teacher librarians and compulsory internships
by Saji S. Nair 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Dear All, As part of the curriculum, the LIS students in India have to imbibe more theories than practical aspects. As we know, theoretical facets form the backbone, but exposure to real-life situations may not be ignored. Library schools could prepare a panel of librarians with sufficient knowledge/expertise/skills and deploy them at regular intervals to supplement their academic programs. Such an interactive teaching and learning process may essentially have some potential benefits. Compulsory internships to library professionals are also a neglected area. A neo-graduate/postgraduate without necessary training will find it difficult to cope with the situation, if he/she has been assigned professional duties. Why don�t we think about compulsory internships, as is practiced for years in various professions? This isn�t inoperable, since we have a number of libraries in the locality that demand more manpower investment. Bye for now Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Trivandrum Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Public-Private Partnership for an OA database in genetics
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Friends: Please forward this to biomedical researchers and geneticists whom you know. Best wishes. Arun ------------------------------------- New OA database coming from the NIH The NIH will partner with Pfizer and other private corporations to launch an OA database of genetic data. See yesterday's press release from Pfizer: The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Pfizer Global Research & Development, New London, Conn., today announced the launch of a unique public-private medical research partnership -- the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) -- to unravel the genetic causes of common diseases over the next three years. The information derived from GAIN will be publicly available to researchers world-wide. GAIN brings new scientific and financial resources to the NIH's existing whole genome association programs, encouraging all partners -- across and beyond NIH -- to work together toward the common goal of understanding the genetic contributions to common diseases. Organizers of the GAIN partnership believe the model holds promise of achieving rapid, scientifically sound results that any single researcher or institution working alone would be hard-pressed to equal. GAIN is designed to help medical researchers quickly identify the many genetic contributions to common illnesses such as heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and stroke by comparing the genetic makeup of people with the disease to people who are healthy. Identifying genetic differences between these two groups will speed up the development of new methods to prevent, diagnose, treat and even cure common illnesses....The GAIN initiative proposes to raise $60 million in private funding for genetic studies of common diseases. The initiative does not require new expenditures of public funds nor will it be implemented at the expense of any existing or pending publicly funded biomedical research programs...."Virtually all diseases have a hereditary component, which is transmitted from parent to child through the three billion DNA letters that make up the human genome," said Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at NIH. "But progress in identifying the genetic factors that influence health or disease, or even the response to treatment, has been difficult. This initiative promises to identify rapidly the many genes in an individual that, taken together, contribute to an increased risk of illness -- or that increase the chances of a healthy life. As these genetic underpinnings become clear, researchers will be empowered to develop targeted treatments that either prevent illness from occurring or treat it effectively once it does." Also see Jeffrey Brainard, NIH Proposes New Project and Database to Study Genetic Causes of Disease, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2006 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: The National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday a new research effort and free, public database about the genetic causes of common illnesses. The project, to be financed jointly by the NIH and biotechnology companies, will be designed to protect the publishing priority of researchers who put data in the repository. The database, to be managed by the agency's National Library of Medicine, would contain genetic data from thousands of patients with particular diseases, with details that could identify the patients removed. The NIH will require users of the database to wait nine months before publishing papers based on data that they did not deposit themselves, Elias A. Zerhouni, the agency's director, said at a news conference. That policy is meant to prevent scientists who donate data from being scooped by competitors. The database will allow researchers to comb through the DNA of ill and healthy people to explore whether the sick individuals have genes in common. The NIH will also pay to study how genes and environmental causes, like pollutants, combine to cause disease....The new work will begin this year, financed with at least $20-million from Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical company, and additional contributions from Affymetrix Inc., a biotechnology company. The research will initially focus on seven illnesses and health conditions, to be determined based on a peer review of research proposals. However, the NIH cited as possible candidates arthritis, asthma, cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's disease. In his 2007 budget, released on Monday, President Bush proposed that the NIH spend an additional $68-million for work on other diseases. The project announced on Wednesday would be one of the NIH's few new efforts for 2007, when, under the president's proposal, the agency's overall budget would get no increase....The overall partnership between the NIH and the companies will be managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, an independent group that promotes similar alliances, and is to be called the Genetic Association Information Network [GAIN]....Pfizer, Affymetrix, and other contributors to the database will receive no special intellectual-property rights, according to Dr. Zerhouni. The data are considered "precompetitive," meaning that companies must perform further research on the publicly available data before they can reap commercially valuable discoveries. A similar model was followed by companies that contributed data to the HapMap project. Comment. One of the largest impediments I've seen to OA data is the fear of being scooped. Many researchers are only willing to share their data after they've published all they have to say about it themselves. I applaud the GAIN proposal as one way to solve this problem and make more data more sharable more quickly. It's likely that the benefits of sharing the data will outweigh the costs of the nine-month embargo on publishing new results based on the data --but it's not inevitable. I hope the NIH monitors the balance of these costs and benefits over time and shortens the embargo as much as it can without deterring submissions.

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School library project-kerala
by Saji S. Nair 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Dear all, School library modernisation project of the Government of Kerala is moving ahead with innovative ideas, with active support from students and the public. The project also plans for a Handbook on maintaining school libraries. But nothing heard about inducting qualified professionals. see the news at http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/10/stories/2006021014971000.htm "School library modernisation project to continue". regards Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Trivandrum Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Health Info Platform for Europe
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Launch of the European Health Information Platform Brian Robinson, EU focuses on health education, Government Health IT, February 7, 2006. Excerpt: The European Union has launched the European Health Information Platform, a $1.7 million multimedia initiative to improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues. Also known as Health in Europe, the program will create a rights-free bank of health-related reports, documentaries, radio broadcasts and print and online articles for distribution throughout the EU. -------------- Dear Guna: Please forward this to all interested in health information in India. I am away from MSSRF and I do not have the email addresses with me right now. Thanks.

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A Web Library of Research Output
by Library 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

EPW Commentary January 28, 2006 A Web Library of Research Output Data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds should be in the public domain, their dissemination is in the public interest. Here are some initial ideas about setting up a web library that ensures open access to publicly-funded social research output. V Srinivasan A large amount of social science research is carried out in the country, much of it with government, bilateral or multilateral funding, that is, public funding. Such research usually results in the production of reports, many of which contain useful data, analyses, ideas, and recommendations. But only a small portion of this output feeds into policy-making or public debate; the bulk of it is hardly circulated. Indeed, most of it is treated as virtually secret, inaccessible to the public in whose name it is carried out. Unfortunately, it is not an accepted view that data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds are a part of the public domain, and that their dis- semination is in the public interest. A scan of the websites of various government bodies illustrates this well. The ministry of social justice and empowerment and the ministry of rural development list some research reports on their sites but do not provide access to the listed reports or supporting studies. The reports of the National Sample Survey Organisation or the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, to name just two important bodies, are not available via the internet. The government has commissioned 20 studies or reports on child labour but only two or three are available on the internet. The result is that a great deal of research work is duplicated, since there is no access to previous research in the same area. Today, even if the authors of these reports wished to disseminate them widely, they lack an effective mechanism for doing so. To address this problem, the innovation centre of a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation, Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA), has proposed a strikingly simple solution: the creation of an internet library housing all economic, social and political studies and reports prepared with government, bilateral or multilateral aid. Such access to previous research would prevent duplication of research work in the same area and check plagiarism. The quality of research would be improved by public scrutiny. Discussion on the themes covered could also be advanced considerably. Finally, the disseminated work could feed into policy-making or public debate. SOSVA proposes that electronic copies of any study, report or document prepared using government or international funds be submitted to the web library. This proposal is along the lines of the practice followed in the US whereby a copy of any book published in the country must be deposited with the Library of Congress to receive a Library of Congress Control Number. Unless this is done, no public grant, foreign or Indian, would be deemed utilised; indeed, the comptroller and auditor general or other appropriate agency would report that the funds are deemed unutilised. Steps need to be taken to make this legally binding and administratively effective. These studies would then be posted on the web library, which would have a standard classification system and easy search tools. The advantages of such a library are the advantages of the internet: At no cost, a huge wealth of information would be available to the public. Moreover, users would not need to know of the existence of particular reports or other materials in advance; they could discover them while browsing through the library, as it were. Not only would duplication of labour be avoided, and the quality of research improved by subjecting it to public scrutiny, but the quality of debate on questions of public interest could be enhanced. That, in turn, ought to spur genuine development. The same library could also host many documents that are available today but only as hard copies, that is, in printed form, and therefore in effect accessible only to a few. The idea could be developed further and the web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the web library could include doctoral theses, documents of international non-governmental organisations, and so on. Linkages can be provided to other electronic libraries as well, to constitute a core bibliography to be available on the websites. This idea could be extended further. The web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the documents of international non-governmental organisations or agencies could be put up on this site. Links could be provided to other electronic libraries to constitute a core bibliography available on the internet. Certain technical and legal issues involved in setting up such a site may need examination. Some reports (or portions of them) may need to be withheld on grounds of "national security"; others because they reveal confidential or copyright materials. However, these questions appear fairly easy to resolve. The costs involved for setting up the web library, either as a fully owned portal facility co-hosted in a data centre or as portal hosted in a private hosting service provider, are negligible (a few lakhs of rupees) compared to the public funds spent on such research. The potential social benefits of such a web library are huge. In a sense, it could be argued that providing such access is a legitimate extension of the current efforts under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the thrust of the act is towards transparency in decision-making by government, the fundamental principle of the act, that government must throw its books open, applies as much as to information dissemination and development benefits as to decision-making. Email: sosva(a)hotmail.com http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=01&filename=9634&file… Sincerely B. Murugan Library Services M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area Chennai - 600 113 Phone: 22541229 / 22542698; Extn: 208/209 EPW Commentary January 28, 2006 A Web Library of Research Output Data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds should be in the public domain, their dissemination is in the public interest. Here are some initial ideas about setting up a web library that ensures open access to publicly-funded social research output. V Srinivasan A large amount of social science research is carried out in the country, much of it with government, bilateral or multilateral funding, that is, public funding. Such research usually results in the production of reports, many of which contain useful data, analyses, ideas, and recommendations. But only a small portion of this output feeds into policy-making or public debate; the bulk of it is hardly circulated. Indeed, most of it is treated as virtually secret, inaccessible to the public in whose name it is carried out. Unfortunately, it is not an accepted view that data gathered and analysis carried out using public funds are a part of the public domain, and that their dis- semination is in the public interest. A scan of the websites of various government bodies illustrates this well. The ministry of social justice and empowerment and the ministry of rural development list some research reports on their sites but do not provide access to the listed reports or supporting studies. The reports of the National Sample Survey Organisation or the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, to name just two important bodies, are not available via the internet. The government has commissioned 20 studies or reports on child labour but only two or three are available on the internet. The result is that a great deal of research work is duplicated, since there is no access to previous research in the same area. Today, even if the authors of these reports wished to disseminate them widely, they lack an effective mechanism for doing so. To address this problem, the innovation centre of a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation, Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies (SOSVA), has proposed a strikingly simple solution: the creation of an internet library housing all economic, social and political studies and reports prepared with government, bilateral or multilateral aid. Such access to previous research would prevent duplication of research work in the same area and check plagiarism. The quality of research would be improved by public scrutiny. Discussion on the themes covered could also be advanced considerably. Finally, the disseminated work could feed into policy-making or public debate. SOSVA proposes that electronic copies of any study, report or document prepared using government or international funds be submitted to the web library. This proposal is along the lines of the practice followed in the US whereby a copy of any book published in the country must be deposited with the Library of Congress to receive a Library of Congress Control Number. Unless this is done, no public grant, foreign or Indian, would be deemed utilised; indeed, the comptroller and auditor general or other appropriate agency would report that the funds are deemed unutilised. Steps need to be taken to make this legally binding and administratively effective. These studies would then be posted on the web library, which would have a standard classification system and easy search tools. The advantages of such a library are the advantages of the internet: At no cost, a huge wealth of information would be available to the public. Moreover, users would not need to know of the existence of particular reports or other materials in advance; they could discover them while browsing through the library, as it were. Not only would duplication of labour be avoided, and the quality of research improved by subjecting it to public scrutiny, but the quality of debate on questions of public interest could be enhanced. That, in turn, ought to spur genuine development. The same library could also host many documents that are available today but only as hard copies, that is, in printed form, and therefore in effect accessible only to a few. The idea could be developed further and the web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the web library could include doctoral theses, documents of international non-governmental organisations, and so on. Linkages can be provided to other electronic libraries as well, to constitute a core bibliography to be available on the websites. This idea could be extended further. The web library need not be restricted to work undertaken by government and donor agencies. For example, the documents of international non-governmental organisations or agencies could be put up on this site. Links could be provided to other electronic libraries to constitute a core bibliography available on the internet. Certain technical and legal issues involved in setting up such a site may need examination. Some reports (or portions of them) may need to be withheld on grounds of “national security”; others because they reveal confidential or copyright materials. However, these questions appear fairly easy to resolve. The costs involved for setting up the web library, either as a fully owned portal facility co-hosted in a data centre or as portal hosted in a private hosting service provider, are negligible (a few lakhs of rupees) compared to the public funds spent on such research. The potential social benefits of such a web library are huge. In a sense, it could be argued that providing such access is a legitimate extension of the current efforts under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the thrust of the act is towards transparency in decision-making by government, the fundamental principle of the act, that government must throw its books open, applies as much as to information dissemination and development benefits as to decision-making. Email: mailto:sosva@hotmail.com sosva(a)hotmail.com http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=01&filename=9634&file… http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=01&filename=9634&file… Sincerely B. Murugan Library Services M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area Chennai - 600 113 Phone: 22541229 / 22542698; Extn: 208/209

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UK to launch online life sciences archive
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

More on the UK version of PMC James Watson, UK to launch online life sciences archive, VNUnet, February 9, 2006. Excerpt: UK scientists have started work on the creation of a free online digital archive of peer-reviewed medical research in the UK. The site, due to be launched at the beginning of next year, will hold more than 500,000 research articles. An estimated one million unique users are expected to visit the site every month, accessing about three million full-text medical articles. Led by the Wellcome Trust, with support from a group of major UK biomedical research funding bodies, the UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) project aims to mirror a similar repository in the US, while also accepting UK research material. The implementation of UKPMC represents the creation of a significant resource for the life sciences community, said Robert Terry, senior policy adviser at the Wellcome Trust. It is about a subject-based repository for life sciences that is freely available with the internet. It is part of a movement in research to improve access to peer-reviewed published literature. The process of finding a supplier to develop, host and manage the service started this month. The appointed contractor will host and manage three separate components, comprising a UK-hosted mirror of the USPMC, a local author manuscript submission and tracking system, and a system to provide authenticated login services for manuscript submission. We are making a standalone UK portal of the US version. It mirrors US material and takes UK material, said Terry....A contract is expected to be awarded in July. ---- This is a model other countries could follow. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Reminder:Invitation to the Inaugural Session of the Workshop
by Suvarsha Walters 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural session of the National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India Venue: ===== Seminar Hall, National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Date & Timings: ============== 10th February, 2006. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Schedule: ======== 10.00 - 10.15 am - Inagural 10.15 - 11.00 am - 'Open Access Publishing in India' by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, MS Swaminathan Foundation 11.00 - 11.30 am - High Tea 11.30 - 12.15 pm - 'Medknow Publications - A Case Study' by Dr. D.K. Sahu, Medknow Publications Pvt. Ltd 12.15 - 1.00 pm - 'Indian biomedical Journals at NIC - Issues for migration to OJS' Sukhdev Singh, National Informatics Centre Please confirm your participation by email to the following email ID, so that we can make the necessary arrangements. sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in with regards, Suvarsha *********************************************************************** Suvarsha Walters, Project Assistant, National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012 INDIA Ph (Off): 080-23600271 / 22932511 E-mail: sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ************************************************************************

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US gearing up to producing more scientists
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Friends: The US is concerned about the brain power of Chinese and Indian scientists and technologists and is gearing up to producing more home-grown talent. Please read what Christian Science Monitor has to say on this issue. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---- Commentary > The Monitor's View from the February 08, 2006 edition Yes, it does take a rocket scientist The Monitor's View A bright spot in the Bush budget is more money to nurture more bright people - no, not just kids who can solve a Rubik's cube in 11 seconds, but the types who invented the Internet or can build the most high-tech widgets or teach the future Einsteins. The iPod nation needs an eyewash about its techno-future. While still the world leader in science and engineering, America has let its technological edge become dull. Federal aid for basic physical sciences has dipped, companies aren't investing as much in long-term research, and schools aren't producing enough students who are both competent and interested in science and math to match the competition from nations such as India and China. Among high school seniors in 21 top countries, the US ranks 16th in science. Its math ranking is 19th. News like that should create another Sputnik moment for the US. Up-and-coming poor countries with burgeoning brainpower are competing on more than wages. US-based companies often prefer the technical skills of Chinese workers and the innovation of Indian researchers, or they simply seek special US visas to import them. That is hollowing out US manufacturing and leaving too many lesser-skilled Americans losing out on factory jobs. Nudged into action by a few Democratic and Republican senators, as well as key high-tech leaders, the president has proposed a "competitiveness initiative," which he sees as a prime domestic cause for the rest of his presidency. He's smart to find an issue with bipartisan support to help dampen Washington's blue-red schism. President Bush has asked Congress to commit $136 billion to science and math education over the next 10 years. That would help train and hire 70,000 new science and math teachers for Advanced Placement courses in high schools. He also wants to allow 30,000 professionals in those fields to become math and science teachers, and to create incentives for students to sign up for those courses. One big incentive is a plan to add science to the accountability testing in public schools under the No Child Left Behind law. Bush also wants to make permanent a tax credit for R&D in industry and double funding for research in basic areas such as nanotechnology. Such steps aren't simply aimed at raising the number of scientists and engineers (many of whom have left some overpopulated fields) or producing more high-tech workers. They're also aimed at pushing people into new fields and keeping up US quality in creative discoveries, inventions, and innovations. The nation has to generate a lot of frogs to find an Edison prince. Unlike the post-Sputnik spurt in US science education and spending during the 1960s, the rapid pace of today's global competition compels the US to keep its investment in these fields permanently high. It's become a net importer of high-tech goods and lost its lead in patents - despite its current high R&D spending. Bush must work as closely with Democrats in passing these measures as he did to pass the No Child act. Politics isn't rocket science, but rocket scientists and their colleagues need politicians to keep the US aloft in science Friends: The US is concerned about the brain power of Chinese and Indian scientists and technologists and is gearing up to producing more home-grown talent. Please read what Christian Science Monitor has to say on this issue. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---- http://www.csmonitor.com/commentary/index.html Commentary > http://www.csmonitor.com/commentary/monitorView.html The Monitor's View from the February 08, 2006 edition Yes, it does take a rocket scientist The Monitor's View A bright spot in the Bush budget is more money to nurture more bright people - no, not just kids who can solve a Rubik's cube in 11 seconds, but the types who invented the Internet or can build the most high-tech widgets or teach the future Einsteins. The iPod nation needs an eyewash about its techno-future. While still the world leader in science and engineering, America has let its technological edge become dull. Federal aid for basic physical sciences has dipped, companies aren't investing as much in long-term research, and schools aren't producing enough students who are both competent and interested in science and math to match the competition from nations such as India and China. Among high school seniors in 21 top countries, the US ranks 16th in science. Its math ranking is 19th. News like that should create another Sputnik moment for the US. Up-and-coming poor countries with burgeoning brainpower are competing on more than wages. US-based companies often prefer the technical skills of Chinese workers and the innovation of Indian researchers, or they simply seek special US visas to import them. That is hollowing out US manufacturing and leaving too many lesser-skilled Americans losing out on factory jobs. Nudged into action by a few Democratic and Republican senators, as well as key high-tech leaders, the president has proposed a "competitiveness initiative," which he sees as a prime domestic cause for the rest of his presidency. He's smart to find an issue with bipartisan support to help dampen Washington's blue-red schism. President Bush has asked Congress to commit $136 billion to science and math education over the next 10 years. That would help train and hire 70,000 new science and math teachers for Advanced Placement courses in high schools. He also wants to allow 30,000 professionals in those fields to become math and science teachers, and to create incentives for students to sign up for those courses. One big incentive is a plan to add science to the accountability testing in public schools under the No Child Left Behind law. Bush also wants to make permanent a tax credit for R&D in industry and double funding for research in basic areas such as nanotechnology. Such steps aren't simply aimed at raising the number of scientists and engineers (many of whom have left some overpopulated fields) or producing more high-tech workers. They're also aimed at pushing people into new fields and keeping up US quality in creative discoveries, inventions, and innovations. The nation has to generate a lot of frogs to find an Edison prince. Unlike the post-Sputnik spurt in US science education and spending during the 1960s, the rapid pace of today's global competition compels the US to keep its investment in these fields permanently high. It's become a net importer of high-tech goods and lost its lead in patents - despite its current high R&D spending. Bush must work as closely with Democrats in passing these measures as he did to pass the No Child act. Politics isn't rocket science, but rocket scientists and their colleagues need politicians to keep the US aloft in science

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Switzerland goes for open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Friends: Switzerland is embracing Open access. Read the press release from the Swiss national Science Foundation reprinted below. Subbiah Arunachalam Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Foerderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung 07.02.2006 Globalised knowledge market poses new challenges to science Joint signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities by Swiss scientific organisations The Rectors Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS), the Conference of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences (KFH), the Swiss Conference of Schools for Teacher Education (SKPH) as well as the Council of the Swiss Scientific Academies (CASS), together with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), have signed the so-called Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities which furthers open access to knowledge in the sciences and humanities. The joint signing of the Berlin Declaration by Rectors Conferences, Academies and National Foundation demonstrates the determined support for the Open Access philosophy, namely the most open access to scientific information for all interested parties, free of charge. The declaration is the response from the research system to the new opportunities for information offered by the Internet: opening up faster, more comprehensive and differentiated access to digital information for scientists and offering the corresponding services. The Conference of Swiss University Libraries (KUB) has already been canvassing for some time for widespread signing of the Berlin Declaration, in particular because Open Access systems will offer an alternative for the rapid increase in prices for subscriptions to commercial magazines from scientific publishers. Knowledge as a public asset for researchers and interested parties Scientific information is normally the result of the creation of knowledge subsidised by public funds. As public property it should be accessible to all interested parties without payment in return. Open Access simultaneously helps to break down barriers for accessing research knowledge. The objective of Returning Science to the Scientists is to provide maximum access to the results of research for scientific communities; after all, science as a public asset for researchers, both stimulates and generates new research ideas. 2.5 million articles published every year in 24,000 scientific magazines Open Access for publications is concentrated on the 2.5 million magazine articles which are published worldwide every year in the exclusive 24,000 scientific magazines categorised as peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific journals. This can be achieved in two different forms: first of all through the actual archiving of the proprietary publications already appearing in scientific journals, on its own Homepage, the university server or a platform for institutions (approx. 92% of the 24,000 journals already permit their authors to do this); secondly, through publication in Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals (around 10% of the 24,000 journals currently allow this). One example of this is currently the largest provider of Open Access journals, BioMed Central (BMC), a profit-orientated British publishing firm with a portfolio of over 170 journals, including 137 pure Open Access Journals; as well however as the non-profit organisation Public Library of Science (PLoS). Researchers are convinced: Open Access is crucial in promoting knowledge exchange In Switzerland there is no study that gives an insight into the change in the publications market which is the subject of keen discussion due to Open Access but provides virtually no data. However, a very recent survey by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the attitude of scientists to publications and reception shows a German perspective : over 80% of the researchers questioned from the humanities/social sciences, natural/engineering sciences and life sciences, are convinced about the culture of Open Access: It is a decisive factor in promoting the exchange of scientific knowledge. In addition, the idea of personal archiving of scientific articles which have already been published in reputable specialized journals was considered very positively. Need to develop a technical infrastructure in Switzerland By signing the Berlin Declaration the Conferences of Rectors, the Academies and National Foundation, as an organisation promoting research, will in future pursue the following aims: researchers will be encouraged to make their (Peer Reviewed journals) publications openly available through way of Open Access personal archiving. The development of a technical infrastructure that permits fast and convenient access to scientific content, as well as the provision of help and services from the technical and organisational aspects, will provide these researchers with institutional support for their OA efforts. There also remains a series of legal and scientific-political questions to be clarified on the international cooperation side - what is important first of all however is to provide the joint, positive signal for the introduction of Open Access solutions into Switzerland.

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Google Merges IM With Email
by noufal palliparamban 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Friends, Google is integrating its popular e-mail service with its instant messaging (IM), allowing users to chat and send e-mails from the same web browser window. The new facility will be visible to existing subscribers from within Google's Gmail browser window. Full Details: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=71207&cat_id=643 Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Friends, Google is integrating its popular e-mail service with its instant messaging (IM), allowing users to chat and send e-mails from the same web browser window. The new facility will be visible to existing subscribers from within Google's Gmail browser window. Full Details: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=71207&cat_id=643 http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=71207&cat_id=643 Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Vacancy: AL (ST)-TISS, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Dear All, fyi: http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm All the Best Puttartaj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. Dear All, fyi: http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm http://www.tiss.edu/work.htm All the Best Puttartaj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/virusmail/*http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

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Libraries fear digital lockdown
by Farooque Shaheen 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Libraries have warned that the rise of digital publishing may make it harder or even impossible to access items in their collections in the future. You can access full article on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4675280.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Libraries have warned that the rise of digital publishing may make it harder or even impossible to access items in their collections in the future. You can access full article on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4675280.stm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105

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Fwd: OA Librarian
by Bhojaraju G 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hello everyone, You might be interested in OA Librarian, a new, cooperatively produced weblog, which combines a pathfinder function with news and commentary on open access and librarianship: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com OA Librarian highlights the work of librarians who advocate for open access, and draws attention to pertinent LIS research that is being deposited into LIS open access archives, such as dLIST. Recent deposits summarized in OAL include research by Michele Cloonan and Shelby Sanett on Digital Preservation: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/digital-preservation.html and Andrew Dillon and April Norris on the LIS education crisis: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/02/lis-education-crisis.html Apologies in advance for cross-posting, and happy reading! --Paul -------------- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. (marty(a)fsu.edu) Assistant Professor, College of Information Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice *********************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com *********************************************************************************************************** KM Cyberary: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898 Hello everyone, You might be interested in OA Librarian, a new, cooperatively produced weblog, which combines a pathfinder function with news and commentary on open access and librarianship: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/ http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com OA Librarian highlights the work of librarians who advocate for open access, and draws attention to pertinent LIS research that is being deposited into LIS open access archives, such as dLIST. Recent deposits summarized in OAL include research by Michele Cloonan and Shelby Sanett on Digital Preservation: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/digital-preservation.html http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/digital-preservation.html and Andrew Dillon and April Norris on the LIS education crisis: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/02/lis-education-crisis.html http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/02/lis-education-crisis.html Apologies in advance for cross-posting, and happy reading! --Paul -------------- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. ( mailto:marty@fsu.edu marty(a)fsu.edu ) Assistant Professor, College of Information Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice *********************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com *********************************************************************************************************** KM Cyberary: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898 https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898

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new stuff
by Thapar, Amit 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Libraries Using IM Reference http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Using_… If you're thinking about using instant messenger for reference service, and want to ask librarians who are already doing it how it's working for them, start here. Library Grants Blog http://www.librarygrants.blogspot.com/ The authors of a new book, Grants for Libraries, update you here on funding opportunities. Not categorized by topic, but it is searchable. amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." "Reality is the only obstacle to happiness" "Life is just Fun, like a scoop of Ice Cream, - Enjoy it before it melts ! " Libraries Using IM Reference http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Using_… http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Using_… If you're thinking about using instant messenger for reference service, and want to ask librarians who are already doing it how it's working for them, start here. Library Grants Blog http://www.librarygrants.blogspot.com/ http://www.librarygrants.blogspot.com/ The authors of a new book, Grants for Libraries, update you here on funding opportunities. Not categorized by topic, but it is searchable. mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." "Reality is the only obstacle to happiness" "Life is just Fun, like a scoop of Ice Cream, - Enjoy it before it melts ! "

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Search Engine for Health Science
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Dear All, Here is one search engine in its Alpha Stage, developed by 2 Indians related to Health Science. Unlike Google this has many features... For ex: If you give a keyword you will get Basic information, Expert opinion, Blogs related to that concept, and organization working on it, etc... Here is the URL - http://www.kosmix.com/ Thanks ~Sreeharsha BG

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Data mining in libraries
by Sukhdev Singh 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

How can data mining could be useful in the following? -Collaborative Collection Management-Collection views-Library decision-making-User behavior-Trend-spotting Read the following article. Making Data Work HarderBy Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway — January 15, 2006http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6298444.html You would be interested knowing in how - "OCLC Research has been tackling data mining from two directions. Oneuses data to create enhanced user experiences. The OCLC WorldMap is ageographical representation of WorldCat title holdings by state,province, and country of publication. WorldMap can be used to identifygroups of collections visually for potential collaborative collectiondevelopment and management." --------------------------------Sukhdev Singh, NIChttp://openmed.nic.in

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Fwd: "Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium"
by Bhojaraju G 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Pimentel <pimentel(a)syr.edu> Subject: Doctoral consortium: Call for Participation Please share with doctoral students at your institution. ******************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Doctoral Consortium in Information Studies at Connections 2006 Syracuse University School of Information Studies Syracuse, NY May 19-21 http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm PhD students in information studies (including LIS, IS, MIS and information policy programs) are invited to submit applications for the Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium. The consortium offers an opportunity for Ph.D. students making progress on their dissertation research to share and discuss their research with peers and faculty mentors. It will include multiple concurrent small group sessions facilitated by experienced faculty members with expertise in the topic area or methodological approach. In addition, there will be opportunities to network with peers and faculty, learn about research and publishing strategies, and engage in discussions on research, teaching, jobs, and careers. As the purpose of the Doctoral Consortium is to share and get feedback on research, it is most useful for students who have defended a proposal (or are close to doing so). The consortium will be held on Friday 19 May 2006 as a pre-conference activity in conjunction with Connections 2006 (19-21 May 2006), at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, in Syracuse, NY. Accepted participants will be expected to arrive in Syracuse by 6 pm on Thursday 18 May 2006. A get-acquainted event will take place at 7 pm. Participants are also encouraged to attend and present their research at Connections 2006. APPLICATION PROCESS To apply, send an e-mail to Kevin Crowston <crowston(a)syr.edu> with Subject Line "Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium." Attach an abstract (not to exceed 5 double spaced pages including figures and tables but not references) describing the student's proposed dissertation. The submission should also include the expected timeline for completing the dissertation, including the date of the proposal defence. The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS is 3 March 2006 and accepted participants will be notified by 17 March 2006. Faculty participants will be identified soon. CONTACT INFORMATION Please contact Dr. Kevin Crowston < crowston(a)syr.edu> with any questions. Also visit http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm for more information. Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice *********************************************************************************************************** KM Cyberary: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Pimentel < mailto:pimentel@syr.edu pimentel(a)syr.edu > Subject: Doctoral consortium: Call for Participation Please share with doctoral students at your institution. ******************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Doctoral Consortium in Information Studies at Connections 2006 Syracuse University School of Information Studies Syracuse, NY May 19-21 http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm PhD students in information studies (including LIS, IS, MIS and information policy programs) are invited to submit applications for the Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium. The consortium offers an opportunity for Ph.D. students making progress on their dissertation research to share and discuss their research with peers and faculty mentors. It will include multiple concurrent small group sessions facilitated by experienced faculty members with expertise in the topic area or methodological approach. In addition, there will be opportunities to network with peers and faculty, learn about research and publishing strategies, and engage in discussions on research, teaching, jobs, and careers. As the purpose of the Doctoral Consortium is to share and get feedback on research, it is most useful for students who have defended a proposal (or are close to doing so). The consortium will be held on Friday 19 May 2006 as a pre-conference activity in conjunction with Connections 2006 (19-21 May 2006), at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, in Syracuse, NY. Accepted participants will be expected to arrive in Syracuse by 6 pm on Thursday 18 May 2006. A get-acquainted event will take place at 7 pm. Participants are also encouraged to attend and present their research at Connections 2006. APPLICATION PROCESS To apply, send an e-mail to Kevin Crowston < mailto:crowston@syr.edu crowston(a)syr.edu > with Subject Line "Connections 2006 Doctoral Consortium." Attach an abstract (not to exceed 5 double spaced pages including figures and tables but not references) describing the student's proposed dissertation. The submission should also include the expected timeline for completing the dissertation, including the date of the proposal defence. The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS is 3 March 2006 and accepted participants will be notified by 17 March 2006. Faculty participants will be identified soon. CONTACT INFORMATION Please contact Dr. Kevin Crowston < mailto:crowston@syr.edu crowston(a)syr.edu > with any questions. Also visit http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm http://connections2006.syr.edu/consortium.htm for more information. Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice *********************************************************************************************************** KM Cyberary: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898 https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3319898

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Next generation digital libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Friends: Here is something academic and special librarians in particular will find interesting. [http://www.campus-technology.com/print.asp?ID=17887] Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Digital Library Initiatives -- Next-Gen Libraries By Matt Villano As digital repositories continue to evolve, keep your eye on these projects. They may serve as the models for your own digitization initiatives. Read on! Next Gen Libraries Keeping a history of peace studies. Cataloging audio and video broadcasts important to the Northwest. Digitizing images and other documents older than the state of California. All of these efforts are important steps toward preserving the history of our nations development. And all of them are going on right now, thanks to various digital library efforts. Digital library initiatives are nothing new; the effort to digitize data for posterity has been alive and well now for the better part of two decades. (See Opening a Digital Library, Campus Technology, Sept. 2005.) Still, the world of digital libraries changes furiously every month, and it seems theres always something new to explore. Here are details on some of the newest stories, and predictions about the digital library movement in the months to come. Teaching Peace When it comes to modern-day religions, Quakerism isnt exactly the first faith that comes to mind. Still, in todays era of war and strife, the peace-loving Religious Society of Friends that was founded in England in 1660 is alive and well, its tenents taught mostly at three Indiana institutions: Goshen College, Earlham College, and Manchester College. In order to make their collections more accessible, the three schools banded together in 2003 to digitize local archives centered on peace studies. Today, the collection includes organizational records, diaries, and specialized periodicals. The effort has been dubbed the Plowshares Project. Plowshares began out of a drive for the colleges to more closely align their resources. Earlham is Quaker, Goshen is Mennonite, and Manchester is Brethren, and these three churches traditionally comprise the Historic Peace Churches. Indiana is the only state in the country that has colleges from all three denominations, so it seemed fitting that the three should join forces and pool materials. Tom Kirk, library director and coordinator of Information Systems at Earlham, explains that the schools had met first in 2004 to discuss ways in which they could collaborate. Months later, a $13.3 million grant from the philanthropic Lilly Endowment (www.lillyendowment.org) set the plan in motion. The projects focus was not on the digital library per se but on this larger institutional collaboration, of which one part was the library, says Kirk. Each of the three campuses is selecting materials from its own archives that reflect the history of the denominations work in the areas of peace and social justice. As Kirk explains, these materials comprise the very heart of the project itself. Over the course of eight months of image scanning in 2005, the schools added thousands of images, pages, and documents from just about every era since the peace movements began. By the time the project launched formally last month, it boasted 40,000 items, and has added even more since then. Much of the scanning has been performed by Orem, UT vendor Backstage Library Works (www.marclink.com) In addition, each school has farmed out certain scanning projects to full- and part-time staffers, including students who are paid by the hour. Were hoping we can communicate with just about any digital library in the world. Jim DeRoest, University of Washington Still, the project hasnt been without its challenges. At Goshen College, Library Director Lisa Guedea Carreno says the schools have been having some trouble ironing out copyright issues as they attempt to scan items for which rights have reverted to someone other than the original holder. Another big problem has been the quality and uniformity of the metadata, which she identifies as the information used to describe the items in the library itself (see Rethinking Metadata, left). As Carreno outlines the problems with the project so far, she is careful to note that ultimately, the benefits of Plowshares will far outweigh all of the struggling that participating schools have endured thus far. Rethinking Metadata A library is nothing without access. Even digital libraries need card catalogs of a sort to give users a sense of whats there and how to find it. For most digital libraries, virtual catalog cards exist in the form of metadata, or data about the content inside the library itself. As digital libraries have become increasingly sophisticated, however, creating worthwhile metadata has become a challenge. For starters, there is the issue of having accurate metadata. If a school errs in cataloging a particular image or document, that item could be lost forever in the digital ether until someone happens to stumble on it. Then there is the question of uniformity in metadata; if one school uses one set of metadata conventions and another school uses another, the two schools cannot combine libraries without a major programming initiative to reconcile the differences. Its Garbage in, garbage out, says Lisa Guedea Carreno, library director at Goshen College (IN). If you put in inconsistent things on the input side, the output side will be inconsistent, too. Fortunately, librarians nationwide are set to improve the metadata situation. Some have rallied around the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI; www.dublincore.org) an open forum that revolves around the extended Dublin Core model of informationauthor, title, publisher, and 12 other points of identifying information. Others have called this approach too vague, and are flocking to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH; www.openarchives.org) new standards being pushed by the Digital Library Federation (DLF; www.diglib.org) in Washington, DC. According to Barrie Howard, program associate and principal investigator, the DLF approach consists of 21 identifiers, many of the same characteristics found in the Dublin Core. The difference is that the DLF approach also focuses on how information is written. An example: dates. Because schools now catalog the date an object was digitized in a variety of formats, DLF seeks to standardize that information. Solving such vagaries may end the metadata conundrum. Metadata enables resource discovery, but thats why its such a big deal, Howard says. Theres a lot of digital scholarship thats going on today, but if an item or piece of content cant be found, all the metadata in the world isnt worth a thing. These are distinctive collections, she says. No matter what we have to go through to get them online, its important theyre up there so everyone can use them down the road. Going to the Well While most digital repositories exist to store small, static files such as images and documents, a new project at the University of Washington has an entirely different purpose: storing big, bulky audio and video files. The DigitalWell project has been under development since 2000, when technologists set out to build a system to catalog audio broadcasts from the school-sponsored KEXP radio station, as well as video broadcasts from the UWTV television station and from campus research programs. Jim DeRoest, director of Streaming Media Technologies with the Video, TV, and Technologies group, has overseen it all. Today, to hear DeRoest describe D-Well is to listen to a proud father chatting about his child. He explains that after the school came up empty in a search to find an off-the-shelf program to manage its audio and video files, UW technologists got to work building their own. The result, unveiled publicly this past fall, represents a standard central computing model with clustered servers that scale as demand requires. Thanks to a proprietary underpinning system called the Storage Resource Broker (SRB) and a middleware system built by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California at San Diego, D-Well is also interoperable with other digital library systems across academia. By using SRB as an underpinning, were really hoping that we can communicate with just about any digital library in the world, says DeRoest, who notes that with the help of this technology, UW already has been able to trade video content with the University of Queensland in Australia. What makes SRB so compatible is the language in which it is written. Because the original D-Well architect had come from Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) the project was built on the Windows Operating System using .NET technology. Since then, however, versions of the initial prototype have been developed in a variety of computing languages and forms. In September, ResearchChannel (www.researchchannel.org) a non-profit media and technology organization, and the Coalition for Networked Information (www.cni.org) have stepped in and released an open source version of the project to broaden the number of schools and other institutions that can take advantage of the technology. With this larger effort in full swing, DeRoest has redoubled his efforts to roll out D-Well on his home campus at UW. The universitys School of Music has been itching for a way to digitize its ethnomusicology collection, and D-Well would be a perfect fit. The astronomy department has some deep-space videos that theyre hoping to get into the system, as well. And the School of Nursing has expressed a desire to convert video coverage of lectures. Then, of course, theres the forestry department, which has inquired about collaborating with the University of São Paulo in Brazil, to digitize video content about old-growth forests and how forest fires start. So long as were preserving this stuff, well look at anything and everything, he says. If its a string of bits, thats about all that matters for us. The Real Enabler: Information Literacy The flourishing digital library scene boasts great potential for widespread resource sharing and increasingly sophisticated search, retrieval, and delivery mechanisms. But, as with most technology-enabled applications, the real promise lies in just how well the technologies are used by the communities they are intended to serve. True, educational programs can be put in place to bring individuals up to speed on how to search for and access digital materials. But there are broader issues to be addressed as well, as faculty, administrators, and librarians examine the overall effects of the digital age on their institutions. A few years ago, people spoke of computer literacy, which usually meant a basic familiarity and comfort level with a personal computer and mouse. Today, information literacy is a call to action that cuts across departmental and organizational lines and encompasses a range of issues, from access, to intellectual property, to professional roles. Students need to be taught how to discriminate among digital search results and be aware of copyright concerns. Faculty members and librarians must decide how to work together and examine whether their roles need to be redefined: Should the librarians and technologists work alongside the faculty in designing and teaching certain courses, in order to cover information literacy effectively and make good use of digital library resources? Are instructors taking advantage of pedagogies that incorporate digital materials? And there just may be a physical aspect to the digital library after all: Learning and study spaces in libraries and other common areas are beginning to be designed for highly connected and collaborative next-gen students, our digital natives. Finally, ask: How can you assess information literacy on your campus? Institutions are now seeing that they need well-thought-out information literacy programs. To help with the planning process, the Council of Independent Colleges (www.cic.org) runs a series of workshops on Transformation of the College Library. The series covers the questions and issues above and much more, and is a great place to start or keep plugging for information literacy on your campus (www.cic.org/conferences_events/index.asp) The Big Boys Just as the Historic Peace Churches and the University of Washington are blazing new trails for storing certain types of data, larger digital repository efforts at the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan are innovative in similar ways. At UVA, University Librarian Karin Wittenborg says her staff has worked to digitize dozens of special collections of old images and manuscripts to preserve them for generations to come. Highlights of the collection include photos from the American Civil War, documents from railroad history, and unique documents from the Appalachian heyday. These special collections are only one portion of UVAs digital library effort. The bulk of the library, including the schools famous, 1,700-item Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive, is comprised of e-texts, or scanned content in a variety of languages that is searchable by anything from topic to specific characters and words. According to Wittenborg, a key principle behind the e-text project was to build a user community as consumers rather than simply convert or acquire digital texts. Over time, the texts were tagged using Standard Generalized Markup Language (now eXtensible Markup Language, or XML) to make them easier to search. We were fast out of the gate, kept our concept for the electronic center simple, and focused on user-centered collections, Wittenborg says. We wanted to create digital communities and to involve faculty and departments from the outset. A similar effort is underway at the University of Michigan, home of the digital collection, Making of America. The collection, accumulated over the last five years, has been drawn from images, documents, and other 19th-century publications in the UM libraries. Another big draw is the schools digital archive of non-Euclidian mathematics monographs, also from the same period. The collection includes a variety of content types from the 1800s: science, business, and more. Perry Willett, director of the schools Digital Library Production Service, admits the collection is a hodgepodge, saying the school digitizes what it can, when it can, anyway it can. Because Willetts department has managed to digitize so much, it recently has capitalized on the software behind the effort, for use at other schools. The open source program, Digital Library eXtension Service (DLXS), is designed for schools to create digital collections of text and images and other kinds of structured data. Similar to the D-Space effort at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DLXS is stand-alone content scanning and management software that can help schools without digital libraries set them up quickly. As Willett explains, the more digital libraries UM can facilitate down the road, the better. There isnt that much commercial software available for digital libraries, so we continue to develop our version, adding functionality and changing the architecture, he says. In our field, where things are always changing, you can never spend too much time or energy getting your resources online. Matt Villano is senior contributing editor of this publication. This article originally appeared in the 2/1/2006 Issue of Campus Technology

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Fight hunger with a click, for free.
by vyasamoorthy＠gmail.com 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

PASS IT ON! Visit http://www.thehungersite.com to give food to the hungry with just a click -- every day and at no cost to you. HOW IT WORKS When you click the "Give Free Food" button (once a day per person) at http://www.thehungersite.com, this simple action gives over a cup of fortified food to a hungry person. It costs you nothing. Funding is paid by site sponsors and food is distributed by two leading nonprofit hunger relief organizations: Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest. The number of people who click each day determines the amount of food that goes to the hungry, so please forward this message along. WHY CLICK? There is enough food in the world for every man, woman and child. Yet an estimated one billion of the world's people live in poverty and face chronic hunger. 24,000 die daily. 75% of them are children under age five. A "click to give" costs nothing but a few seconds of your time, and gives help and hope to a person in desperate need. Click here to give free food: http://www.thehungersite.com --------------------------- A person identifying him/herself as the sender above has sent this email to you to inform you about The Hunger Site. This service is provided by The Hunger Site as a mechanism for visitors to tell other friends about our philanthropic-based sites, and should not be used for any other purposes.

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Postponing National Conference On Community Information Service: Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries, 2nd - 4th March, 2006
by Aditya Tripathi 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Dear Friends, Due to President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam's proposed visit to Banaras Hindu University on 2nd March, 2006 we are compelled to postponed the "National Conference On Community Information Service: Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries, 2nd - 4th March, 2006" for few days. This step has been taken becuase of security reasons as, he will be addressing University faculty in a different hall but in the same primises where we wish to host the conference. The new dates will be soon announced. We regret for the inconvenience caused. With best wishes -- Dr. Aditya Tripathi Coordinator Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg Due to President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam's proposed visit to Banaras Hindu University on 2nd March, 2006 we are compelled to postponed the "National Conference On Community Information Service: Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries, 2nd - 4th March, 2006" for few days. This step has been taken becuase of security reasons as, he will be addressing University faculty in a different hall but in the same primises where we wish to host the conference. The new dates will be soon announced. We regret for the inconvenience caused. With best wishes -- Dr. Aditya Tripathi Coordinator Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg

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interview with David Lipman
by Mailing List Manager 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:55:07 +0530 (IST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is an interview with David Lipman. Very relevant to all of us in the field of bioinformatics (and new biology in general). I wish to draw your attention especially to the last question. his main thrust is increase the availability of CONTENT on the open web. A great boost for open access! Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Interview with David Lipman Juan Carlos Perez, Searching for Answers: NCBIs David Lipman, Bio-IT World, February 1, 2006. Excerpt: David Lipman [is the] director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Library of Medicine, which hosts various life sciences databases, including the PubMed scientific literature database.... Some people view Google, etc., as increasingly useful research tools in the life sciences, joining PubMed and other established services. What is your opinion? Lipman: People sometimes have this a bit backwards. The primary point is that there is a huge amount of information on the Web. The best way to make the Web more useful for research and education is to get more information out there. What we find on our site is that the more good-quality content that we add to a resource, the more it is being used. If you have more gene sequencing data, you have more searching. If you have more full text in PubMed Central, you have more searching. While I want to give MSN and Yahoo and Google a lot of credit for doing a good job, the reality is that if there wasnt content there, it wouldnt matter how good those search engines were. And if the search engines were a little less good than they were, you would still be getting to a lot of good content... And if those search engines got better, it wouldnt make as much of a difference as if there was more good peer-reviewed medical content. That would make a bigger impact.... Are you talking about identifying search patterns from users so you can surface links they might be interested in? If you did a search on, say, Alzheimer's disease, and you find a PubMed record that looks interesting to you right now you go to that page and we may have done an incredible amount of work to link that up to all kinds of things to information about genes that might be involved, to genetic versions of it, to related articles. And the reality is you have to poke around to see that its sort of hidden in a way. What well do instead is, using computational tools, poke around for you and then put them right on the record....The bottom line for us is discovery. We want people to make discoveries.... Is there a specific initiative tied to these improvements? Yes. I call it the Discovery Initiative. Its something new. Its been percolating. Last summer, I went out to visit Google and Amazons A9 [search engine] and the folks from Microsofts MSN came to visit. I also went up to Boston to meet with folks from the major hospitals there and MIT and Harvard. Weve really been giving this a lot of thought. In many ways, we have had great success. Lots of people use the site and 2.25 terabytes of data are downloaded from our site everyday. And yet I find it very frustrating because weve connected up the scientific information in very precise and powerful ways: a protein structure to the chemical its bound to, to genetic data, you name it. All that is connected up. And yet very few of our users do more than very simple things with our site....We want them to find answers to questions they didnt even know they had. They can do that. People who are really experts at using this site can make discoveries almost on demand....Weve always been working on making incremental improvements, but now Im talking about something that is a more powerful shift. Im hoping that without the users having to think about having to learn anything different, theyll be able to take advantage of databases they didnt know about and [make] connections between things they dont have to ask for anymore. This is a new phase.

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[Fwd: Microsoft RFP on Accelerating Search in Academic Research]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Fwd: Microsoft RFP on Accelerating Search in Academic Research] From: "Julie Allinson" <j.allinson(a)UKOLN.AC.UK> Date: Fri, February 3, 2006 2:22 pm To: JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message forwarded from Microsoft via DigLib From: Evelyne Viegas [mailto:evelynev@microsoft.com] Subject: Call for Proposals CALL for PROPOSALS Accelerating Search in Academic Research Microsoft Research External Research and Programs is pleased to announce a new worldwide Request for Proposals (RFP): Accelerating Search in Academic Research. For full details, guidelines, and instructions, please visit http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/ Search_2006_RFP.aspx Submission deadline The RFP due date is March 24, 2006, 5pm PST (-8 UTC/GMT) Awards The total amount available under this request for proposals (RFP) is US $500,000. Microsoft anticipates making approximately 10-14 awards averaging $35,000, with a maximum of $50,000 for any single award. RFP highlights To advance academic research and publication in the area of Internet Search and, more generally, in data mining, discovery and analysis, Microsoft intends to make available to RFP awardees an MSN Search query log excerpt, with 15 million queries sampled over several weeks. This RFP invites submission of research proposals for projects which focus on the Internet Search research area and describe innovative research using the query/click log and MSN SDK assets in bold, novel, and unconventional approaches to explore Internet Search and related technologies, including interdisciplinary research. This Request for Proposals is in support of Live Labs collaboration with the academic research community. Live Labs is a partnership between MSN and Microsoft Research (MSR) focused on applied research for Internet-enabled products and services at Microsoft. More information on Live Labs is available at http://labs.live.com

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dispose old volumes of CA
by madhuresh.singhal 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Dear friends, We have old volumes of Chemical Abstracts (published by American Chemical Society) in our library and I want to dispose off the same. Chemical Abstracts are highly reputed and highly demanded in Chemical and Pharma industry but as I have taken online database so planning to dispose off print volumes. Can anyone please suggest how to go about it? If you know any book vendor engaged in such activities, please let me know. The details of the volumes are as below. Chemical Abstracts 1907-1989 with Decennial and Collective Index till Vol.95 (1981) 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. ************************************************************************************************

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Invitation to the Inagural Session of the Workshop
by Suvarsha Walters 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

You are cordially invited to attend the inagural session of the National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India Venue: ===== Seminar Hall, National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Date & Timings: ============== 10th February, 2006. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Please be there 10 mintues early) Schedule: ======== 10.00 - 10.15 am - Inagural 10.15 - 11.00 am - 'Open Access Publishing in India' by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, MS Swaminathan Foundation 11.00 - 11.30 am - High Tea 11.30 - 12.15 pm - 'Medknow Publications - A Case Study' by Dr. D.K. Sahu, Medknow Publications Pvt. Ltd 12.15 - 1.00 pm - 'Indian biomedical Journals at NIC - Issues for migration to OJS' Sukhdev Singh, National Informatics Centre Please confirm your participation by email to the following email ID, so that we can make the necessary arrangements. sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in with regards, Suvarsha *********************************************************************** Suvarsha Walters, Project Assistant, National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012 INDIA Ph (Off): 080-23600271 / 22932511 E-mail: sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ************************************************************************

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Virus Alert
by Bhojaraju G 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

FYI.. Dear Friends, There is a warning message about the attack of virus today (mostly on 3rd of every month) in India. Do not to open any mails containing attachments like .exe, .zip, .rar..etc and with subject Kamasutra. For details pl refer http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IE920060202102528&Title=Chennai… ** *Worm to delete files on February 3* Friday February 3 2006 00:00 IST CHENNAI: Watch out for Kama Sutra this Friday. February 3 and the third of every month henceforth, a new malicious worm called by various names like Nyxem, Mywife, Work-Grew A, Kama Sutra and Blackworm would begin infecting your computer system. The mass-mailing worm, which uses its own SMTP engine, sends copies of itself as e-mail attachments to addresses collected from the infected computers. The mails use social engineering techniques such as promise of pornographic pictures to entice users to open the attachment. It also propagates itself through network shares, including popular P2P file sharing services. Chennai-based Cat Computer Services, which has a malicious software removal tool on its website www.quickheal.com, says the virus gets under the radar of anti-virus software because of unique extensions: .b64, .bhx, .hqx, .uu, .uue, .mim. The worm has been in circulation since mid-January and many are unaware of its infection status, says Sunil Joshi. Trend Micro, a leading AV software vendor, in a release, said the virus targets popular file formats including .DOC, .XLS, .PPT, .PDF, and .ZIP. "In addition to losing data, this virus also renders the keyboard and mouse inoperable, thereby leaving the user's system dead," the release added. It again targets various versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server and Windows NT. However, Microsoft on Monday posted a security advisory on the worm, but has decided against updating its Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool before the next regularly-scheduled release of February 14. There is good news, though. Since this threat is relatively well-known to the security industry, major security vendors detect this worm and its variants. Trend Micro customers can visit http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp for removing the service. The best defence is for users to run a scan of their systems, to ensure they have not been infected. Thanks and Regards *Bhojaraju G* FYI.. Dear Friends, There is a warning message about the attack of virus today (mostly on 3rd of every month) in India. Do not to open any mails containing attachments like .exe, .zip, .rar..etc and with subject Kamasutra. For details pl refer http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IE920060202102528&Title=Chennai… http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IE920060202102528&Title=Chennai… Worm to delete files on February 3 Friday February 3 2006 00:00 IST CHENNAI: Watch out for Kama Sutra this Friday. February 3 and the third of every month henceforth, a new malicious worm called by various names like Nyxem, Mywife, Work-Grew A, Kama Sutra and Blackworm would begin infecting your computer system. The mass-mailing worm, which uses its own SMTP engine, sends copies of itself as e-mail attachments to addresses collected from the infected computers. The mails use social engineering techniques such as promise of pornographic pictures to entice users to open the attachment. It also propagates itself through network shares, including popular P2P file sharing services. Chennai-based Cat Computer Services, which has a malicious software removal tool on its website http://www.quickheal.com www.quickheal.com , says the virus gets under the radar of anti-virus software because of unique extensions: .b64, .bhx, .hqx, .uu, .uue, .mim. The worm has been in circulation since mid-January and many are unaware of its infection status, says Sunil Joshi. Trend Micro, a leading AV software vendor, in a release, said the virus targets popular file formats including .DOC, .XLS, .PPT, .PDF, and .ZIP. "In addition to losing data, this virus also renders the keyboard and mouse inoperable, thereby leaving the user's system dead," the release added. It again targets various versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server and Windows NT. However, Microsoft on Monday posted a security advisory on the worm, but has decided against updating its Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool before the next regularly-scheduled release of February 14. There is good news, though. Since this threat is relatively well-known to the security industry, major security vendors detect this worm and its variants. Trend Micro customers can visit http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp for removing the service. The best defence is for users to run a scan of their systems, to ensure they have not been infected. Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G

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International conference on UNIMARC (manjax4u)
by Manju manju 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Dear All International conference on UNIMARC & FRIENDS CHARTING THE NEW LANDSCAPE OF LIBRARY STANDARDS http://unimarc.bn.pt/ with Yours P.S.MANJUNATHA (manjax) LIBRARIAN B.N.M.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE Dear All International conference on UNIMARC & FRIENDS CHARTING THE NEW LANDSCAPE OF LIBRARY STANDARDS http://unimarc.bn.pt/ http://unimarc.bn.pt/ with Yours P.S.MANJUNATHA (manjax) LIBRARIAN B.N.M.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE

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Reminder: Call for papers -- NATIONAL SEMINAR ON E-PUBLICATIONS
by Dimple Patel 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

*******Reminder: Call for papers****** Dear Professionals, This is a reminder for professionals who would like to submit and present a paper at our seminar. The LAST DATE for paper submissions is 15 FEBRUARY, 2006. Kindly refer to the Seminar details given below. NATIONAL SEMINAR ON E-PUBLICATIONS March 23-24, 2006 MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. The Centre for Information Science (CIS), Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action (MGNIRSA), Hyderabad is organizing a two-day national seminar on E-Publications during March 23-24, 2006 in Hyderabad. The seminar will deal with different aspects of E-publications however, the main focus will be on E-books and E-journals. Seminar Theme: Print publications like books and journals in particular have now manifested into electronic formats, E-books and E-journals. While E-publications provide many advantages they also present some issues which need to be addressed. This seminar tries to provide a platform for representatives from different groups like the authors, e-publishers and booksellers and librarians to discuss and address key issues in the publishing, usage and management of e-publications. Scope of the Seminar: The seminar will deal with various themes dealing with different aspects of E-publications, with the main focus being on E-books and E-journals. The themes for the seminar are: General issues related to E-publications * Issues in design, development and types of e-books and e-journals * E-books and e-journals in teaching and learning * Trends and Future of e-publications * Problems related to E-publications Emerging Technologies in e-publishing * New developments in e-publications * Media usage in e-publications * File formats * Software and Hardware technologies in e-publications * Issues related to e-book readers * Compatibility issues Standards in E-publications * Standards for: content packaging & formatting; content encapsulation & decapsulation; content dissemination; content storage * Standards for e-book readers * Standards for e-books software * Proprietary standards vs. open standards Content authoring and E-publishing * E-publishing Authoring tools * Content authoring in e-publications * Issues in e-publishing and e-publications * Changing roles of authors, agents and publishers in e-publishing era * Conversion from print to electronic publications E-Books and E-journals Applications * Higher Education & Research * Distance learning * E-learning * Enterprise applications Users and Usage of e-books and e-journals * Users perceptions, inhibitions, attitude, expectations, problems * Use and usability issues * Accessibility issues * Usage of e-books & e-journals in schools, colleges & universities E-publications in different types of Libraries * Implementation and policy issues * Collection development issues * Licensing issues * Lending issues (user authentication, data encryption, etc) * Cataloging of e-publications * Preservation and Archival issues * Obsolescence issues E-publishing in India * Case studies of Indian e-publishers, authors and suppliers * E-publication in India * E-publishing industry in India Library Consortia * Consortia models * Case studies of consortium initiatives in India * Issues related to Consortia approach Digital Rights Management * Rights Transfer * Copyright issues * Plagiarism and piracy issues * Digital Content Rights management Business Models for e-publications * Pricing models for e-books and e-journals * Subscription models for e-journals * E-content delivery models * Marketing trends/opportunities for e-publications * Licensing issues * Issues related to publishers, aggregators and booksellers Who can attend this seminar? * Library & Information Science Professionals and Educators * E-Publishers and suppliers of e-books and e-journals * Academics, research students and teachers with an interest in e-publications, e-learning, etc. * Academics in the fields of publishing, education and training. * IT professionals with an interest in e-publishing. * General users of e-publications * Educators with an interest in e-publishing and e-learning. Submission of papers: The seminar organisers are looking for high quality research papers in the areas related to e-books. Paper may be submitted in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), or MS Word (.doc) format. The last date to receive papers is 15 February, 2006. Receipt of the paper will be confirmed through email. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the seminar coordinator through email by 25 February, 2006. All papers submitted to National Seminar on E-publications must be written in English, using appropriate grammar and syntax. Final camera-ready version of full paper is due by 06 March, 2006. Registration and final payment are due by 15 March, 2006. Late registration fee payments or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the seminar proceedings. The page limit for final papers is eight single-spaced pages in 10 point Times New Roman font. Paper will be included in the seminar proceedings only after payment of the registration fee. Important dates: 23-24 March, 2006 Seminar Dates 15 February, 2006 Deadline for paper submissions 25 February, 2006 Notification for acceptance 06 March, 2006 Deadline for submitting camera-ready version of full papers 15 March, 2006 Deadline for (early) registration Registration Fee: The registration fee for general participants is Rs.650.00. THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR RETIRED PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENT PARTICIPANTS IS Rs. 300. All the authorized students/research scholars are allowed to use this facility but they need to provide a letter from their Department/university certifying that he/she is the bonafied student of their department/university. The registration fee covers a set of pre-conference papers volume, two days lunch, tea and refreshments. Register early by 15th March 2006 to receive Rs.50.00 off on the seminar registration fee. Late applicants and day visitors can pay on arrival. Advance payments may be made by bank demand draft or cheque in favour of REGISTRAR, MGNIRSA, payable at HYDERABAD. Participants registering on arrival must pay in cash. Location: The conference is going to be held at Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gagan Mahal Road, Domal Guda, Hyderabad 500 029. Accommodation: A wide range of accommodation is available in Hyderabad. Within 10 minutes walking distance is the Hotel Dwaraka (Rs.500.00 per single room, Rs.600.00 per double room, Rs.650 deluxe room, Rs.800 double room with AC). Charges for other hotels in Hyderabad range from Rs.500.00 to Rs.5000.00 per day. Those who want accommodation may write to the Seminar Coordinator for booking their accommodation in advance clearly mentioning the type of room they want, price range, number of days of stay and for how many persons so that necessary arrangements will be made for them. For more information about this seminar or to include your address in our mailing list, please contact: Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah, Director, Centre for Information Science, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gaganmahal Road, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029, Andhra Pradesh. Telephone: 040-27672492; Facsimile: 091-40-27664920 Email: cis.dsrf(a)gmail.com or chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com REGISTRATION FORM Family name: First name: Position: Institution: Address: City/State: PIN Code: Tel. No.: (Landline): (Hand phone): Fax: Email id: Please let us know: I will attend and present a paper in the technical session I will attend the conference Please book my accommodation on payment basis Payment Details: (DD/Cheque/MO/Others) Place Date Signature Dimple Patel, Faculty Member, Centre for Information Science, MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. INDIA. --------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) *******Reminder: Call for papers****** Dear Professionals, This is a reminder for professionals who would like to submit and present a paper at our seminar. The LAST DATE for paper submissions is 15 FEBRUARY, 2006. Kindly refer to the Seminar details given below. NATIONAL SEMINAR ON E-PUBLICATIONS March 23-24, 2006 MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. The Centre for Information Science (CIS), Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action (MGNIRSA), Hyderabad is organizing a two-day national seminar on E-Publications during March 23-24, 2006 in Hyderabad. The seminar will deal with different aspects of E-publications however, the main focus will be on E-books and E-journals. Seminar Theme: Print publications like books and journals in particular have now manifested into electronic formats, E-books and E-journals. While E-publications provide many advantages they also present some issues which need to be addressed. This seminar tries to provide a platform for representatives from different groups like the authors, e-publishers and booksellers and librarians to discuss and address key issues in the publishing, usage and management of e-publications. Scope of the Seminar: The seminar will deal with various themes dealing with different aspects of E-publications, with the main focus being on E-books and E-journals. The themes for the seminar are: General issues related to E-publications * Issues in design, development and types of e-books and e-journals * E-books and e-journals in teaching and learning * Trends and Future of e-publications * Problems related to E-publications Emerging Technologies in e-publishing * New developments in e-publications * Media usage in e-publications * File formats * Software and Hardware technologies in e-publications * Issues related to e-book readers * Compatibility issues Standards in E-publications * Standards for: content packaging & formatting; content encapsulation & decapsulation; content dissemination; content storage * Standards for e-book readers * Standards for e-books software * Proprietary standards vs. open standards Content authoring and E-publishing * E-publishing Authoring tools * Content authoring in e-publications * Issues in e-publishing and e-publications * Changing roles of authors, agents and publishers in e-publishing era * Conversion from print to electronic publications E-Books and E-journals Applications * Higher Education & Research * Distance learning * E-learning * Enterprise applications Users and Usage of e-books and e-journals * Users perceptions, inhibitions, attitude, expectations, problems * Use and usability issues * Accessibility issues * Usage of e-books & e-journals in schools, colleges & universities E-publications in different types of Libraries * Implementation and policy issues * Collection development issues * Licensing issues * Lending issues (user authentication, data encryption, etc) * Cataloging of e-publications * Preservation and Archival issues * Obsolescence issues E-publishing in India * Case studies of Indian e-publishers, authors and suppliers * E-publication in India * E-publishing industry in India Library Consortia * Consortia models * Case studies of consortium initiatives in India * Issues related to Consortia approach Digital Rights Management * Rights Transfer * Copyright issues * Plagiarism and piracy issues * Digital Content Rights management Business Models for e-publications * Pricing models for e-books and e-journals * Subscription models for e-journals * E-content delivery models * Marketing trends/opportunities for e-publications * Licensing issues * Issues related to publishers, aggregators and booksellers Who can attend this seminar? * Library & Information Science Professionals and Educators * E-Publishers and suppliers of e-books and e-journals * Academics, research students and teachers with an interest in e-publications, e-learning, etc. * Academics in the fields of publishing, education and training. * IT professionals with an interest in e-publishing. * General users of e-publications * Educators with an interest in e-publishing and e-learning. Submission of papers: The seminar organisers are looking for high quality research papers in the areas related to e-books. Paper may be submitted in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), or MS Word (.doc) format. The last date to receive papers is 15 February, 2006. Receipt of the paper will be confirmed through email. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the seminar coordinator through email by 25 February, 2006. All papers submitted to National Seminar on E-publications must be written in English, using appropriate grammar and syntax. Final camera-ready version of full paper is due by 06 March, 2006. Registration and final payment are due by 15 March, 2006. Late registration fee payments or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the seminar proceedings. The page limit for final papers is eight single-spaced pages in 10 point Times New Roman font. Paper will be included in the seminar proceedings only after payment of the registration fee. Important dates: 23-24 March, 2006 Seminar Dates 15 February, 2006 Deadline for paper submissions 25 February, 2006 Notification for acceptance 06 March, 2006 Deadline for submitting camera-ready version of full papers 15 March, 2006 Deadline for (early) registration Registration Fee: The registration fee for general participants is Rs.650.00. THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR RETIRED PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENT PARTICIPANTS IS Rs. 300. All the authorized students/research scholars are allowed to use this facility but they need to provide a letter from their Department/university certifying that he/she is the bonafied student of their department/university. The registration fee covers a set of pre-conference papers volume, two days lunch, tea and refreshments. Register early by 15th March 2006 to receive Rs.50.00 off on the seminar registration fee. Late applicants and day visitors can pay on arrival. Advance payments may be made by bank demand draft or cheque in favour of REGISTRAR, MGNIRSA, payable at HYDERABAD. Participants registering on arrival must pay in cash. Location: The conference is going to be held at Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gagan Mahal Road, Domal Guda, Hyderabad 500 029. Accommodation: A wide range of accommodation is available in Hyderabad. Within 10 minutes walking distance is the Hotel Dwaraka (Rs.500.00 per single room, Rs.600.00 per double room, Rs.650 deluxe room, Rs.800 double room with AC). Charges for other hotels in Hyderabad range from Rs.500.00 to Rs.5000.00 per day. Those who want accommodation may write to the Seminar Coordinator for booking their accommodation in advance clearly mentioning the type of room they want, price range, number of days of stay and for how many persons so that necessary arrangements will be made for them. For more information about this seminar or to include your address in our mailing list, please contact: Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah, Director, Centre for Information Science, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gaganmahal Road, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029, Andhra Pradesh. Telephone: 040-27672492; Facsimile: 091-40-27664920 Email: cis.dsrf(a)gmail.com or chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com REGISTRATION FORM Family name: First name: Position: Institution: Address: City/State: PIN Code: Tel. No.: (Landline): (Hand phone): Fax: Email id: Please let us know: I will attend and present a paper in the technical session I will attend the conference Please book my accommodation on payment basis Payment Details: (DD/Cheque/MO/Others) Place Date Signature Dimple Patel, Faculty Member, Centre for Information Science, MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. INDIA. --------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) 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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Structured Blogging
by madhuresh.singhal 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Dear Friends, You might be interested in Structured Blogging. See http://structuredblogging.org/ for more details. Below are few lines taken from the website. Structured Blogging is a way to get more information on the web in a way that's more usable. You can enter information in this form and it'll get published on your blog like a normal entry, but it will also be published in a machine-readable format so that other services can read and understand it. Think of structured blogging as RSS for your information. Now any kind of data - events, reviews, classified ads - can be represented in your blog. Structured Blogging makes it easy to create, edit, and maintain different kinds of posts and is very similar to an edit form on a blog. The difference is that the structure will let users add specific styles to each type, and add links and pictures for reviews. These styles and tags ensure that movie and book reviews don't look like calendar or journal entries, and that each content type can be quickly recognized and processed by automated search services and other applications. Woven into the HTML of a blog post, this information travels with it through syndication feeds, readers, and aggregators. Ultimately, it can even be converted out to other formats our Structured Blogging tools support such as RDF in XML. Now anyone can build applications or services based on the structure of an entry. Using Structured Blogging, job listings can be created, posted, searched, and found by any service; buyers and sellers of goods can publish what they want to buy or sell and have those posts searched and listed by any number of search services. 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. ************************************************************************************************

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How to remain competitive in the era of Google, Amazon and ITunes
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Dear Friends, To remain competitive in the era of Google, Amazon and ITunes, we needto improve our bibliographic services in the following aspects: I. Enhancing Search and Retrieval-Provide users with direct access to item-Provide recommender features Support customization/personalization-Offer alternative actions for failed or suspect searches-Offer better navigation of large sets of search results-Deliver bibliographic services where the users are-Provide relevance ranking and leverage full-text-Provide better searching for non-roman materials II. Rearchitecting the OPAC-Create a single catalog interface for all of UC-Support searching across the entire bibliographic information space III. Adopting New Cataloging Practices-Rearchitect cataloging workflow-Select the appropriate metadata scheme-Manually enrich metadata in important areas-Automate metadata creation This is what Bibliographic Services Task Force (BSTF) [1] - TheUNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES - has recommended. http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/BSTF/Final.pdf --Sukhdev Singh, NIChttp://openmed.nic.in

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OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

** Sorry for duplicate postings, if any ** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 07:51:18 -0500 From: Terry Kuny <terry(a)kuny.ca> To: DIGLIB <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr> Subject: [DIGLIB] OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:01:37 +0100 From: Sebastian Wolf <sebastian.wolf(a)uni-bielefeld.de> Apologies for Cross-Posting Dear Colleagues, OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories - is pleased to announce the release of its primary listing of open access archives, available from http://www.opendoar.org Each of the repositories listed in OpenDOAR have been visited by project staff to check the information that is gathered. This in- depth approach gives a quality-controlled list of repository features. In addition, while reviewing these archives, project staff are building a picture of the world-wide development of open access repositories, noting new features and directions. This information is being analysed to create the next version of the listing, with further information and categories being noted for each repository. In the meantime, the newly released list will continue to grow as new repositories are added. The Press Release on this development is available from this link: http://www.opendoar.org/documents/OpenDOAR_Press_Release_Jan06.pdf * * * OpenDOAR is a joint collaboration between the University of Nottingham in the UK and Lund University in Sweden. Both institutions are active in open access initiatives. Lund operates the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.DOAJ.org) which is known throughout the world. Nottingham leads SHERPA, and runs the SHERPA/RoMEO database, which is used worldwide as a reference for publisher's copyright policies. Staff at Lund University Libraries have created the initial OpenDOAR technical set-up and carried out repository review and classification. OpenDOAR builds on open access work done by other researchers and projects to record and list repositories. Among others, thanks go to the Public Knowledge Project, and the universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Southampton. OpenDOAR is jointly funded by four agencies, led by the international Open Society Institute (OSI). The UK higher education funding committee, JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) has provided support, along with funding from the UK-based Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL) and from SPARCEurope - an alliance of European research libraries, library organisations, and research institutions. Bill Hubbard SHERPA Manager Information Services King's Meadow Campus University of Nottingham Lenton Lane Nottingham NG7 2NA UK Email: bill.hubbard(a)opendoar.org Phone: +44 (0) 115 846 7657 Fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8244 Lars Bj�rnshauge Director of Libraries Lund University Libraries Box 134 S 221 00 Lund, Sweden Email: lars.bjornshauge(a)lub.lu.se Phone: +46 (0) 46 222 9203 Fax: +46 (0) 46 222 3682 Regards, S.M. Pujar Asst Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai

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ETD 2006- Travel Grants
by shalini＠vidyanidhi.org.in 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Dear friends, Funding opportunity for professionals involved in ETD initiative in India to attend ETD 2006Best Shalini Dr. Shalini R. Urs Member, Board of Directors NDLTD -------- This message is being cross-posted. Please excuse duplications The 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations Quebec City, Quebec, Canada June 7 - 10, 2006 Travel Grants The ETD 2006 symposium believes it is important that delegates from all nations have an opportunity to attend the conference. The ETD 2006 Travel Grant Program is designed to support individuals from developing countries to do so. Travel Grants may be provided for travel and/or lodging, and/or conference fees. The Travel Grants are not intended to cover the full cost of attending the Conference. Final decisions about Travel Grants awards are the responsibility of the Organizing Committee. For further information see the conference website: http://www6.bibl.ulaval.ca:8080/etd2006/pages/trav.jsf <http://www6.bibl.ulaval.ca:8080/etd2006/pages/trav.jsf> Sharon Reeves Manager, Theses Canada Gestionnaire, Thèses Canada Library and Archives Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada 819-994-6882 sharon.reeves(a)lac-bac.gc.ca

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fyi: Seminar CS for Digital Age Libraries, 11.02.2006, Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Dear all, Greetings. fyi: Best wishes, Puttaraj. SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NAAC ACCREDITED AND UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED ORGANISES SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES Saturday, February 11, 2006 Mr. Sangaraj Hosamani Dr. Ravindran Karathadi Librarian & Convener Principal VENUE : LIBRARY SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE P.L. LOKHANDE MARG, CHEMBUR, MUMBAI- 400 089 Tel: 2528 0926, 2522 8018 Fax: 2527 6084 E-mail: ictwizard(a)sify.com ABOUT US: Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce situated in the central suburbs of Chembur was established in the year 1986 by the members of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, an educational and charitable trust formed by devotees of Sree Narayana Guru, the legendary saint from Kerala to perpetuate his memory. The main objectives of the college is based on Sree Narayana Guru's principles i.e., to provide opportunities of higher education to children of backward and underprivileged strata of society without any discrimination of caste, creed, religion and language. The college enrolls students for the studies leading to the three years integrated course of B.Com. Degree. The college also runs an Advanced Computer Technology Course for its junior and degree students at a subsidized fee. In 2004 the college was accredited by NAAC with grade 'B'. The College is moving a step ahead to enhance the standard, quality and excellence in the field of higher education and has planned to organize a seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" to bring more efficiency in the functioning of libraries. LIBRARY, THE SOUL OF COLLEGE: The library over here has a well-stocked collection in Commerce, allied Disciplines and books in various other vistas of knowledge. The library also procures leading journals, periodicals and newspapers. Perspective plans are to convert the present library into a digital library to impart better and effective services to users. NEED OF THE SEMINAR: Communication is an important aspect for the survival and growth of an individual as well as an organization. Effective communication paves way for good inter-personal relationship. Several studies have been conducted not only on this topic but also to track the barriers of communication. The root cause of a problem within an organization is due to the lack of effective communication and therefore to improve the working atmosphere, one has to adapt oneself to the changing modes of the society and develop the needed skills from time to time so as to communicate effectively. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) are responsible for the emergence of Digital Technological revolution and this has brought before us the Digital Age. Libraries, like any other organizations, necessitates to adapt the applications of digital technology to provide more faster and efficient services to the users and hence, it has become the need to inculcate effective communication skills along with core competencies to cope up with the emerging trends for enhanced and effective communication in the libraries along with manpower. Our initiative in organizing this seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" is an endeavor to contribute our efforts towards the enhancement and needs of the library fraternity. We sincerely hope, that the outputs of the seminar would be instrumental in building up the required communication and core competency skills to communicate effectively in the digital environment. PARTICIPANTS: Librarians, Teachers, Research Scholars, Students of library schools and also for others interested in the theme. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION: a) A registration fee of Rs. 50/- per participant should be paid through Cash/Demand draft in favour of "Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai". b) No TA/DA will be paid. c) Participation Certificate will be awarded to all participants. PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm 1.00-1.30 pm Registration 1.30-2.00 pm Inauguration SESSION 2.00-2.30 pm Communication Process in Libraries: Present trends and Perspectives 2.30-3.00 pm Importance of adapting communication skills 3.00-3.30 pm Importance of syntax and pronunciation in communication 3.30-3.45 pm TEA 3.45-4.15 pm Role of etiquette and manners in communication 4.15-4.45 pm Communicating in digital environment 4.45-5.15 pm Communication as a tool in keeping Interpersonal relations PANEL DISCUSSION 5.15-5.45pm Need of CEP's for Library professionals 5.45-6.00 pm CONCLUSION Organisers reserves the right to modify any part of the programme under any unavoidable circumstances Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos Dear all, Greetings. fyi: Best wishes, Puttaraj. SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NAAC ACCREDITED AND UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED ORGANISES SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES Saturday, February 11, 2006 Mr. Sangaraj Hosamani Dr. Ravindran Karathadi Librarian & Convener Principal VENUE : LIBRARY SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE P.L. LOKHANDE MARG, CHEMBUR, MUMBAI- 400 089 Tel: 2528 0926, 2522 8018 Fax: 2527 6084 E-mail: ictwizard(a)sify.com ABOUT US: Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce situated in the central suburbs of Chembur was established in the year 1986 by the members of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, an educational and charitable trust formed by devotees of Sree Narayana Guru, the legendary saint from Kerala to perpetuate his memory. The main objectives of the college is based on Sree Narayana Guru's principles i.e., to provide opportunities of higher education to children of backward and underprivileged strata of society without any discrimination of caste, creed, religion and language. The college enrolls students for the studies leading to the three years integrated course of B.Com. Degree. The college also runs an Advanced Computer Technology Course for its junior and degree students at a subsidized fee. In 2004 the college was accredited by NAAC with grade 'B'. The College is moving a step ahead to enhance the standard, quality and excellence in the field of higher education and has planned to organize a seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" to bring more efficiency in the functioning of libraries. LIBRARY, THE SOUL OF COLLEGE: The library over here has a well-stocked collection in Commerce, allied Disciplines and books in various other vistas of knowledge. The library also procures leading journals, periodicals and newspapers. Perspective plans are to convert the present library into a digital library to impart better and effective services to users. NEED OF THE SEMINAR: Communication is an important aspect for the survival and growth of an individual as well as an organization. Effective communication paves way for good inter-personal relationship. Several studies have been conducted not only on this topic but also to track the barriers of communication. The root cause of a problem within an organization is due to the lack of effective communication and therefore to improve the working atmosphere, one has to adapt oneself to the changing modes of the society and develop the needed skills from time to time so as to communicate effectively. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) are responsible for the emergence of Digital Technological revolution and this has brought before us the Digital Age. Libraries, like any other organizations, necessitates to adapt the applications of digital technology to provide more faster and efficient services to the users and hence, it has become the need to inculcate effective communication skills along with core competencies to cope up with the emerging trends for enhanced and effective communication in the libraries along with manpower. Our initiative in organizing this seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" is an endeavor to contribute our efforts towards the enhancement and needs of the library fraternity. We sincerely hope, that the outputs of the seminar would be instrumental in building up the required communication and core competency skills to communicate effectively in the digital environment. PARTICIPANTS: Librarians, Teachers, Research Scholars, Students of library schools and also for others interested in the theme. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION: a) A registration fee of Rs. 50/- per participant should be paid through Cash/Demand draft in favour of "Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai". b) No TA/DA will be paid. c) Participation Certificate will be awarded to all participants. PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm 1.00-1.30 pm Registration 1.30-2.00 pm Inauguration SESSION 2.00-2.30 pm Communication Process in Libraries: Present trends and Perspectives 2.30-3.00 pm Importance of adapting communication skills 3.00-3.30 pm Importance of syntax and pronunciation in communication 3.30-3.45 pm TEA 3.45-4.15 pm Role of etiquette and manners in communication 4.15-4.45 pm Communicating in digital environment 4.45-5.15 pm Communication as a tool in keeping Interpersonal relations PANEL DISCUSSION 5.15-5.45pm Need of CEP's for Library professionals 5.45-6.00 pm CONCLUSION Organisers reserves the right to modify any part of the programme under any unavoidable circumstances Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu What are the most popular cars? Find out at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38382/_ylc=X3oDMTEzNWFva2Y2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlY… Yahoo! Autos

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InfoWatch- January 2006
by M.R Lalitha 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The January 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) January 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. 12manage - Management, methods, models and theory 2. AC/UNU Millennium Project - Global Challenges Facing Humanity: Challenges in science and technology 3. Best freeware downloads [System utilities and tips] 4. ChemAxon's free academic package 5. Chemistry of Isaac Newton [A website for Newton's alchemical work] 6. DataSheet4U.com [A free electronic engineering tool] 7. DrugBank database [A bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource] 8. Earth Science World ImageBank [Geoscience images by American Geological Institute] 9. Flash animations for physics 10. MATLAB central file exchange 11. Nanotechnology Whitepaper library 12. NOAA Paleoclimatology [Study of past climate for the understanding of environmental variability] 13. OAses - The open access toolbar 14. Problem solving with Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN) [An open source project for optimization software by IBM] 15. Softpedia - Free downloads encyclopedia 16. Sol-Gel gateway [A interdisciplinary resource for scientists and engineers] 17. Study skills online - An electronic guide to some of the best ways to study 18. Towards Best Practices (TBP) - Best practices in biocomplexity and sustainability 19. TutorialsWeb.com [Tutorials for professionals] 20. Windows memory diagnostic [A tool by Microsoft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Training on "Biomedical Information Retrieval"
by Sukhdev Singh 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "Rekha Gupta" <g.rekha(a)nic.in>To: indmedtraining(a)yahoogroups.comDate: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:30:09 -0000Subject: Training on "Biomedical Information Retrieval"Dear Friends, As you are already aware that the Indian Medlars Centre (IMC), NIC,New Delhi is conducting a 4 day-training programme on "BiomedicalInformation Retrieval" in February 2006 (21st-24th). This programmewould cover searching of Internet biomedical resources including NLMGateway and PubMED. In addition this would also include searchingIMC's databases - IndMED, medIND and OpenMED Archive. There is no course fee and it includes lunch, tea and all coursematerial (plus free Internet access during practise sessions).However, we wont be able to arrange accomadation as NIC, New Delhidoes not have a guest house attached with it. Nominations from private medical institutions (excluding drugcompanies) and clinicians, academicians and researchers are welcometo participate in this programme. Please remember there would be nocourse fee charged for this programme. To get more details and todownload the nomination form please visit the following TRAININGlink on our homepage http://indmed.nic.in For more clarfications you are welcome to contact me. Rekha Gupta,Course-CoordinatorPh: 011-24362359/011-24305533email: g.rekha(a)nic.in

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Dr. K.M. Haneefa joined T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam as its Librarian
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear All, It gives me immense pleasure to inform all LIS professionals that Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K, has joined at T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala as its Librarian. Dr. Haneefa holds BSc., PGDCA, MLISc, PhD., and awarded JRF and Lectureship from UGC in 1999. He worked with NIT Calicut, IISR Calicut and Calicut University. He has successfully completed the Library Automation project of Indian Institute of Spices Research Library and involved in setting up of the state-of-the-art IT infrastructure in IISR Library. He has published few research papers in professional journals and participated and presented papers in many national and international conferences. Dr. Haneefa can be reached at hanee4u(a)gmail.com and haneefcalicut(a)yahoo.com -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691

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Removal tool for the virus W32.Blackmal@mm
by Thapar, Amit 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Removal Tool For Virus You may get Removal tool at http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blackmal@mm.rem… from symantec for the virus W32.Blackmal@mm which is circulating nowadays. You may download this antivirus from Symantec & run it on your computer and keep updating your antivirus tools. amit@niper Removal Tool For Virus You may get Removal tool at http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blackmal@mm.rem… http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blackmal@mm.rem… from symantec for the virus mailto:W32.Blackmal@mm W32.Blackmal@mm which is circulating nowadays. You may download this antivirus from Symantec & run it on your computer and keep updating your antivirus tools. mailto:amit@niper amit@niper

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Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan
by Bhojaraju G 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 1. REVIEWS: Of treasure troves of knowledge From: HAMEED AHMED librarianthinktank(a)yahoo.com Hear we have the essence of the hard work done by Dr.Khalid Mehmood "Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan". It is a well-researched book with a staggering range of references. The book review is available at:- http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm The book is essentially organized as an academic research work comprising the key elements of background, review of related literature, methodology, analysis of data and model for libraries. Half of the book comprises appendices including a structured questionnaire. Figures and tables are also provided to drive the point home. Hameed Ahmed Librarian,SHRDC Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 1. REVIEWS: Of treasure troves of knowledge From: HAMEED AHMED mailto:librarianthinktank@yahoo.com librarianthinktank(a)yahoo.com Hear we have the essence of the hard work done by Dr.Khalid Mehmood "Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan". It is a well-researched book with a staggering range of references. The book review is available at:- http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm The book is essentially organized as an academic research work comprising the key elements of background, review of related literature, methodology, analysis of data and model for libraries. Half of the book comprises appendices including a structured questionnaire. Figures and tables are also provided to drive the point home. Hameed Ahmed Librarian,SHRDC Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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WHY CV GETS INTO THE DUSTBINS
by Suresh Kumar Tejomurtula 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear Student Friends, Please Visit the following LINK, which describes why the CV are often gets into the "dustbin" rather than a "Circular filing cabinet". http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… I too like to have any news and articles which help me enhance my thoughts and my career. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ------ NAREN Regards Tejomurtula Suresh Kumar(Final Student) Dept. Library Information Science Andhra University Visakhapatnam Dear Student Friends, Please Visit the following LINK, which describes why the CV are often gets into the "dustbin" rather than a "Circular filing cabinet". http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… I too like to have any news and articles which help me enhance my thoughts and my career. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ------ NAREN Regards Tejomurtula Suresh Kumar(Final Student) Dept. Library Information Science Andhra University Visakhapatnam

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Lecture on Communication Skills for the 21st Century Librarians
by Gowri Ravindranth 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear Friends: You are invited for the Subject program. Program details as follows: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Cordially invite you to a lecture by Commodore S. Shekhar on Communication Skills for the 21 st Century Librarians at 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2006 Venue: Tata Consultancy Services Limited, No.1 Jawaharlal Nehru Road 100 feet Road, Vadapalani, Chennai The Programme 5.30 p.m. Tea 5.55 p.m. Welcome address and introduction of the speaker by Dr. A. Amudavalli, President, MALA 6.00 p.m. Talk by Commodore Shekhar 6.40 p.m. Q & A 6.55 p.m. Vote of Thanks by Ms. Githanjali Chandrasekhar, Branch Head, Library and Information Services, TCS. ^^^^^^^^^ Commodore S Shekhar Commodore S Shekhar is a Graduate of the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla on completion of which he was awarded the prestigious Telescope for being the Best All Round Naval Cadet of his course. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1964. He has completed his Engineering Degree from the Naval Engineering College , Lonavala, and Post Graduation in Weapons System Engineering from the Naval Post Graduate School , Jamnagar . He volunteered for Submarine service, and underwent specialist training at the Submarine Training School , Vladivostok . He is also a graduate of the National Defence College , New Delhi from which he was awarded the Master of Defence Science degree from the Allahabad University . After a distinguished career in the Indian Navy, Commodore Shekhar has conducted leadership workshops, seminars and group discussions to officers of the Indian Navy, Defence Training Academy , Academics at the refresher course programs in the University of Madras and foundation course students at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Southern Regional Centre. He also conducts soft skills workshops for leading corporates in India . Looking forward to see you on 4th Feb. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Health Economics, Policy and Law - now available free online
by pradip umdale 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Technical Apprentices are required at NRSA Hyderabad
by ishwar bandi 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 www.donboscoit.ac.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/ www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 http://www.donboscoit.ac.in/ www.donboscoit.ac.in mailto:icbandi@yahoo.co.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:i@rediffmail.com Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil. This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author1 Martin Feijen and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author2 Annemiek van der Kuil . This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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India can learn from OA initiatives in The Netherlands
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. Read more about repositories ... DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital 'treasure chests' ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the SURF Foundation. Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch DARE project has launched NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's announcement: The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories (DARE), [2] the Dutch Research Database (NOD), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from NWO, [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future. Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/dare.darenet Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/keur.page Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about repositories ... http://www.darenet.nl/image.view/DAREtodream DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital treasure chests ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the http://www.surf.nl/en/ SURF Foundation. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch http://www.darenet.nl/en/ DARE project has launched http://www.narcis.info/narcis/?language=en NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/index2.php?oid=54 announcement : The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories ( http://www.darenet.nl/en/page/language.view/home DARE ), [2] the Dutch Research Database ( http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/ NOD ), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/SPPD_5R2QE7_Eng NWO , [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future.

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UN supports Negroponte's project
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. Mercury News / AP, January 26, 2006 [A] UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. http://unu-merit.nl/ictweekly/ref.php?nid=2494 Mercury News / AP , January 26, 2006

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Sad News
by K.R. Mulla 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / krmulla(a)rediffmail.com www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.hkbkeducation.org Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mailto:mulla_kamalasab@yahoo.com mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / mailto:krmulla@rediffmail.com krmulla(a)rediffmail.com http://www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ http://www.hkbkeducation.org www.hkbkeducation.org

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Knowledge Organization in the LIS curriculum
by Bhojaraju G 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

--------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ --------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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DRTC - Seminar On Blogs and CMS
by pradyot bharatkar 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra, 2nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. Bharatkar, 2nd year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30th Jan 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now --------------------------------- INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8 th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra , 2 nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. 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Invitation for a lecture
by SRELS 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com

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Global Digital Format Registry
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

The Harvard University Library (HUL) has received a grant from theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two year project leading to thedeployment of the Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR). The GDFRwill provide sustainable distributed services to store, discover, anddeliver representation information about digital formats. Details - http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/ --Sukhdev Singh,NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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IBM donates analysis software to open source
by Bhojaraju G 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

FYI *Dear Colleagues* *IBM donates analysis software to open source* Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com <http://www.vnunet.com/> 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its Unstructured Information Management Architecture <http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/> (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software Thanks and Regards *Bhojaraju G* Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** *GCI Solutions* (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ FYI Dear Colleagues IBM donates analysis software to open source Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, http://www.vnunet.com/ vnunet.com 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/ Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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The new worm " Nyxem "
by Satish Munnolli 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad'. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem worm-also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm-is programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. "F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened,' he said. "We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time,'' Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, there's no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secure's security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad', according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem wormalso nicknamed the Kama Sutra wormis programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened, he said. We are expecting to see problems in two weeks time, Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, theres no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secures security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad, according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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38 and Counting - medIND adds "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging"
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Dear Friends "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging" becomes the 38th Journal tobe available from http://medind.nic.in i.e. medIND. So medIND now provides free access to 38 Indian Biomedical Journals.All these journals are either indexed in IndMED or PubMed. No registeration or password is required to access http://medind.nic.in --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Drtc colloquium on "INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE"
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:46:30 +0000 (GMT) From: pradyot bharatkar <pradyot_bharatkar(a)yahoo.co.uk> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 8th Colloquium on INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE ABSTRACT We are living in an era, which is referred to as the knowledge era. IT has played and continues to play a major role in shaping the form and format of a wide range of activities related to business, scholarly communication, governance etc. Due to the changes in Hardware, Software, Storage technologies, Telecommunication technology, the resources and services of libraries have also changed and are expanding. The outstanding advances in IT and e-media related fields have made it necessary to change the traditional image and to adapt to the challenges posed by these new technologies. In this colloquium we will focus on �INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE CYBER AGE.� TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. OVERVIEW PROTITI MAJUMDAR 2. TOOLS HEMA SINGH & SAMIKSHA YADAV 3. RESOURCES Md. EHTESHAM & SUKLA CHAKRABORTY 4. SERVICES ANANYA SARKAR, SUCHETA LAHIRI & RANDHIR KUMAR 5. CONCLUSION NEHA SINGH All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 31ST JANAUARY, 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis)

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New Delhi World Book Fair
by ++Mukesh Anand++ 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications  Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]>

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Video on MeSH - Medical Subject Headings
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

So you want to search the largest bibliographic database in the fieldof Medicne i.e. PubMed. Let me tell you that you need Knowledge ofMeSH for better precision and recall [1] in your search results. The bad news is that MeSH is not easy to learn. But the good news is that US National Library of Medicine hasproduced a 12-minute video on MeSH. It is on development, structureand use of the MeSH vocabulary. This video is available on the NLM Web site in three formats:Macromedia Flash (60MB), Apple QuickTime (100), and Windows Mediaformats (30MB). [So try only if you have a broadband connection] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/ References:1. http://www.hsl.creighton.edu/hsl/Searching/Recall-Precision.html ---Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills
by Satish Munnolli 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. Western Regional Instrumentation Centre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills. Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guide's way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile: 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile: ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under 'Contents' of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. W estern R egional I nstrumentation C entre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi ) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills . Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guides way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: mailto:sksavanur@rediffmail.com sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile : 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile : ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under Contents of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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Free Antivirus Software
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:02:30 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> Dear All, The Free edition of AVG-ANTIVIRUS can be downloaded from the site: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 Its efficient and secure. -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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iPODs and Video Podcasting
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital offers videopodcasts for the public on healthy heart living at http://www.cvmd.org/ . iPODs and Video Podcasting are becoming an excellent way of educating. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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PLEDGE for Information Scientists / Librarians and Other Scientists
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Can We take the following PLEDGE today? --WE WILL RETAIN and EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO SELF - ARCHIVE OURINTELLECTUAL OUTPUT. ----------------------Sukhdev Singhhttp://purl.org/net/sukhdev

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Funder requires grantees to share data quickly
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Funder requires grantees to share data every two months Sharon Begley, In Switch, Scientists Share Data to Develop Useful Drug Therapies, Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2006. (Thanks to John Wilbanks.) Excerpt: >From Alzheimer's and diabetes to cancer, schizophrenia and even baldness, the list of ailments that elude cure marches on. The crisis in "translational science," or turning basic discoveries into therapies, has been brewing for years, but it hit a depressing nadir in 2005, when just 20 new drugs won approval from the Food and Drug Administration....[T]he three-year-old Myelin Repair Foundation...requires that the five biologists it supports share results in real time. Because they don't keep discoveries under wraps until publication, they can build on each other's work sooner....The foundation's insistence that its scientists exchange results every two months is a sea change from the standard every-two-to-five-years progress report. "This has been one of the most difficult transitions, getting scientists to understand accountability in the short term," says Robert Miller of Case Western Reserve University.

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lib furniture
by Rajendra Thaty 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Dear all, I would like to have the addresses and e-mail ids of firms dealing with furnitre and stationery and other items used in Libraries. Please help. Also, please send information about mouse repeller, and where can I procure it from? Regards, RAjendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) Dear all, I would like to have the addresses and e-mail ids of firms dealing with furnitre and stationery and other items used in Libraries. Please help. Also, please send information about mouse repeller, and where can I procure it from? Regards, RAjendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) 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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Open Access News
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Friends: I just visited the cluster map of Open Access News hits. Most readers of Open Access News are in Western Europe and North America. There are not many users in India and hardly anybody in China! This must be rectified. We need to improve our advocacy efforts! Friends: I just visited the cluster map of Open Access News hits. Most readers of Open Access News are in Western Europe and North America. There are not many users in India and hardly anybody in China! This must be rectified. We need to improve our advocacy efforts!

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Nobel laureate Richard Roberts advocates Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Friends: Here is a report on a talk by a Nobel laureate. I am trying to get the full text of the talk. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Richard Roberts at Johns Hopkins on OA Yesterday Richard Roberts --Nobel laureate and OA advocate-- gave the Sixth Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. Karl Broman liked it: This afternoon, I went to the best seminar of the year. Sure, it's just January 19, but I'm confident that I won't attend a better seminar this year, as it was among the best I've ever attended....Why did I enjoy the seminar so much? First, [Roberts] began with a bit of a sermon about the importance of open access journals. That if you're anywhere but Hopkins (and a few other places), it's extremely difficult to get access to the literature. He also made the important point that: wouldn't it be great if the entire scientific literature, ever, was accessible online for searching? It's easily within our power. There are so many interesting papers that are languishing in dust. If they could all be online, and if the full text were free for searching, wouldn't everything be so much better? I was completely on his side from the start. Friends: Here is a report on a talk by a Nobel laureate. I am trying to get the full text of the talk. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Richard Roberts at Johns Hopkins on OA Yesterday Richard Roberts --Nobel laureate and OA advocate-- gave the Sixth Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. http://kbroman.blogspot.com/2006/01/best-seminar-of-year.html Karl Broman liked it : This afternoon, I went to the best seminar of the year. Sure, it's just January 19, but I'm confident that I won't attend a better seminar this year, as it was among the best I've ever attended....Why did I enjoy the seminar so much? First, [Roberts] began with a bit of a sermon about the importance of open access journals. That if you're anywhere but Hopkins (and a few other places), it's extremely difficult to get access to the literature. He also made the important point that: wouldn't it be great if the entire scientific literature, ever, was accessible online for searching? It's easily within our power. There are so many interesting papers that are languishing in dust. If they could all be online, and if the full text were free for searching, wouldn't everything be so much better? I was completely on his side from the start.

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FIP is a Feloowship awarded by the UGC
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, After my posting regarding the denial of FIP, I have received several e-mails asking me what is FIP. Let me please explain it. F.I.P (Faculty Improvemnet Programme) is a UGC sponsored Fellowship for College Teachers for doing their M.Phil and Ph.D. by availing two years leave. The entire salary for the substitute will be provided by the UGC. The present FIP scheme ends with March 2007, when the Xth plan period ends. The UGC has extende the benefit of FIP to physical education teachers and librarians. As such several librarians have availed this benefit previously. Thank you for all your responses. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Dear Professionals, After my posting regarding the denial of FIP, I have received several e-mails asking me what is FIP. Let me please explain it. F.I.P (Faculty Improvemnet Programme) is a UGC sponsored Fellowship for College Teachers for doing their M.Phil and Ph.D. by availing two years leave. The entire salary for the substitute will be provided by the UGC. The present FIP scheme ends with March 2007, when the Xth plan period ends. The UGC has extende the benefit of FIP to physical education teachers and librarians. As such several librarians have availed this benefit previously. Thank you for all your responses. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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Reminder: NCSI-NET talk on OJS on Saturday, 21st Jan
by Suvarsha Walters 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Title : Open Journal Systems and the Challenge to Improve Research Capacity in India Date and Time: Saturday 21st January, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. Venue: Seminar Hall of NCSI, IISc, Bangalore. Speaker: By Patrick Inglis, PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center Abstract of the talk: India remains a leader in the field of science and technology. Some of its institutions of higher education, as well as several research and design facilities, are some of the best in the world. But there are also the less prestigious institutes that do not enjoy the same research facilities as the privileged ones. This has the effect of creating a deep division between those who have access to knowledge and those that do not, but it also limits the ability of students and scholars at these other institutions to partake in the production and dissemination of information. Not only will more researchers gain from greater access to knowledge with free online publication media, but that this greater access will improve the scholarly quality of the research produced. When knowledge is free and open access it can provide a foundation for further research to emerge from the exchanges made between increasing numbers of participants. The presentation will expand upon the argument for open access scholarship in the public interest by introducing the Open Journal Systems developed at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and the benefits this software can bring to the intellectual community in India. (A demo of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software will also be given.) About Patrick Inglis: Patrick Inglis is a PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He studies the effects of globalization on labor and business management and will conduct part of his dissertation research in Bangalore, India. While a master's degree student in education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, he was a member of the Public Knowledge Project research team that developed the first version of the Open Journal Systems. He continues to work with the Public Knowledge Project in shaping current and future versions of the software. ------------------------------- Please confirm your participation to Prasanna (t.s.prasanna at intel.com) or Suvarsha (suvarsha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators

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Regd. posting a message on LIS forum...
by guhamba 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Could you post the following message on LIS Forum.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Home-based jobs for first class MLIS in the coming months. Those who are 30+ years of age and can spare a minimum of 4 hours per day may send their resume with details of experience to: kss(a)informindia.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards, D.Guhamba Informatics International Projects Division (IIPD) 112/7 11th Cross 5th Main Malleswaram Bangalore 560003

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Language CDs and software
by Parinita Samant 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear All, I am looking for foreign language CDs and software. Do you know of any distributors/vendors for the same? Could you give me the details..?? Thanks & Regards Parinita DISCLAIMER: 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 along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com <mailto:mailadmin@hexaware.com>.  Dear All, � I am looking for foreign language CDs and software. Do you know of any distributors/vendors for the same? Could you give me the details..?? � Thanks &� Regards � Parinita � DISCLAIMER: 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 along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com

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Fwd: Google's Newsletter for Librarians - 2nd issue
by pradeep kumar 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

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(no subject)
by shruthi jayaram 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I want to a document on Laws on prevention of corruption. Please let me know the where do i get this book. shruthi Librarian Public Affairs Centre koramangal Dear Friends, I want to a document on Laws on prevention of corruption. Please let me know the where do i get this book. shruthi Librarian Public Affairs Centre koramangal 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: [nmlis] BEWARE
by Thapar, Amit 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear all, The information which i received from my friends in Software R & D, i wish to share with all of you. Yahoo Virus - Be Watchful and Wise not to rush to open The Yahoo server is pumping one virus with different email addresses be careful do not open any attachment you don't know the extension. these mails are in form of pictures which are not displayed plus an attachment. be careful . I am talking about the individual mails which you will receive in your Inbox . HOWEVER VIRUS SPOOFS MAIL ADDRESSES OF SENDERS AND IT MAY SPOOF Anybody's ADDRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS IN GROUPS .SO BEWARE. IT MAY SEND MAIL USING YOUR ID OR MY ID OR A FRIENDS ID OR A GOUP ID. W32.Galil.F@mm Discovered on: February 02, 2004 Last Updated on: February 05, 2004 10:13:52 AM W32.Galil.F@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine or Microsoft Outlook to spread. It harvests email addresses from the files in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Outlook address book, as well as the files whose extensions are .asf, .avi, .doc, .jpg, .mdb, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .pps, .ram, .rar,or .xls. The worm may spoof the "From" field. The email message has a randomly selected subject line, which may also be the attachment name. The attachment has a .bhx, .exe, .hqx, mox, .mim, .uu , .uue, or .xxe extension. It is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and is compressed with UPX. Also Known As: W32/Holar.gen@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Holar.f [Kaspersky] Type: Worm Infection Length: 67,934 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX If you receive any mails subject contains following these please do not open. A Great Video Fw: Fw: DSC-00465.jpg Fw: Funny :) Fw: Picturs Fw: Real show Fwd: image.jpg Fwd: Photo give me a kiss Miss Lebanon 2006 My photos Part 1 of 6 Video clipe Photos Re: Please be careful and do not open any unknown attachment which may contain virus. Have a good day !! amit@urservice ----- Original Message ----- From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. To: D.B.Eswara Reddy ; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; ila delhi ; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; iaslic kolkata Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [nmlis] BEWARE dear friends there are many mails being sent on my name from my mail ID. these messages are not sent by me.as it appears that these mails consist the virus, please be careful. can some one help me to stop this type of mails originating from some other mischievous people. thanks laxman rao "D.B.Eswara Reddy" <devaereddy(a)yahoo.com> wrote: This is the reason why we have been craving for moderation. Thanks, Eswara Reddy --- "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> wrote: > > Hi, > > If you have received any mail from any member or > your any Friend > consisting of Three Snaps/Photo (Unviewable) and > there is an > attachment of Zipped file Don't open that e-mail as > that is a very > dangerous Virus and will harm your Windows Registry > and Antivirus so > your antivirus will not work any more. > > This Virus will take all private information (Like > Passwords) and > other stuff like that and then people will receive > e-mails with the > same virus from your ID and you might be in some > trouble. > > Be Safe and don't open that e-mail > > This e-mail will Approximately of 181 to 183 KB > > Will consist Three Photos which your browser will > show that it > remained unable to open. > > There will be a WinZip Attachment with file > extensions .mim, .hqx, mox, etc. with that e-mail > > This e-mail could be from one of your friends but > he/she is not the > Original sender of the mail. > > Regards, > Amit D.B.Eswara Reddy,PhD Assistant Professor Texas A & M University College Station,Texas 77843,USA Devaereddy(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "nmlis" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear all, The information which i received from my friends in Software R & D, i wish to share with all of you. Yahoo Virus - Be Watchful and Wise not to rush to open The Yahoo server is pumping one virus with different email addresses be careful do not open any attachment you don't know the extension. these mails are in form of pictures which are not displayed plus an attachment. be careful . I am talking about the individual mails which you will receive in your Inbox . HOWEVER VIRUS SPOOFS MAIL ADDRESSES OF SENDERS AND IT MAY SPOOF Anybody's ADDRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS IN GROUPS .SO BEWARE. IT MAY SEND MAIL USING YOUR ID OR MY ID OR A FRIENDS ID OR A GOUP ID. W32.Galil.F@mm Discovered on: February 02, 2004 Last Updated on: February 05, 2004 10:13:52 AM W32.Galil.F@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine or Microsoft Outlook to spread. It harvests email addresses from the files in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Outlook address book, as well as the files whose extensions are .asf, .avi, .doc, .jpg, .mdb, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .pps, .ram, .rar,or .xls. The worm may spoof the "From" field. The email message has a randomly selected subject line, which may also be the attachment name. The attachment has a .bhx, .exe, .hqx, mox, .mim, .uu , .uue, or .xxe extension. It is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and is compressed with UPX. Also Known As: W32/Holar.gen@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Holar.f [Kaspersky] Type: Worm Infection Length: 67,934 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX If you receive any mails subject contains following these please do not open. A Great Video Fw: Fw: DSC-00465.jpg Fw: Funny :) Fw: Picturs Fw: Real show Fwd: image.jpg Fwd: Photo give me a kiss Miss Lebanon 2006 My photos Part 1 of 6 Video clipe Photos Re: Please be careful and do not open any unknown attachment which may contain virus. Have a good day !! mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:naglaxman@yahoo.com Prof. N. Laxman Rao. To: mailto:devaereddy@yahoo.com D.B.Eswara Reddy ; mailto:iatlis@yahoogroups.com iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; mailto:ilanet1@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in ila delhi ; mailto:nmlis@yahoogroups.com nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; mailto:iaslic@vsnl.net iaslic kolkata Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [nmlis] BEWARE dear friends there are many mails being sent on my name from my mail ID. these messages are not sent by me.as it appears that these mails consist the virus, please be careful. can some one help me to stop this type of mails originating from some other mischievous people. thanks laxman rao "D.B.Eswara Reddy" < mailto:devaereddy@yahoo.com devaereddy(a)yahoo.com > wrote: This is the reason why we have been craving for moderation. Thanks, Eswara Reddy --- "Thapar, Amit" < mailto:amitt@niper.ac.in amitt(a)niper.ac.in > wrote: > > Hi, > > If you have received any mail from any member or > your any Friend > consisting of Three Snaps/Photo (Unviewable) and > there is an > attachment of Zipped file Don't open that e-mail as > that is a very > dangerous Virus and will harm your Windows Registry > and Antivirus so > your antivirus will not work any more. > > This Virus will take all private information (Like > Passwords) and > other stuff like that and then people will receive > e-mails with the > same virus from your ID and you might be in some > trouble. > > Be Safe and don't open that e-mail > > This e-mail will Approximately of 181 to 183 KB > > Will consist Three Photos which your browser will > show that it > remained unable to open. > > There will be a WinZip Attachment with file > extensions .mim, .hqx, mox, etc. with that e-mail > > This e-mail could be from one of your friends but > he/she is not the > Original sender of the mail. > > Regards, > Amit D.B.Eswara Reddy,PhD Assistant Professor Texas A & M University College Station,Texas 77843,USA Devaereddy(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/ http://mail.yahoo.com Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… calling worldwide with voicemail YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group " http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis nmlis " on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mailto:nmlis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! 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New Stuff
by Thapar, Amit 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

The Master of Disaster http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ The damage to libraries during the hurricanes has inspired librarians to rethink their disaster planning. Preparedness expert Jon Schultz offers a "Beginner's Disaster Planning Site for Libraries, Businesses and Institutions." At a bare minimum, check out his "One-Hour Emergency Plan" and his "When Disaster Strikes" checklist. The Shop Window: Compelling and Dynamic Library Portals http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM Steven Abram explores how your library's web site can entice people to enter and explore. Which reminds me, take a look at the new University of Toronto Libraries site, whose design is worth studying http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." The Master of Disaster http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ The damage to libraries during the hurricanes has inspired librarians to rethink their disaster planning. Preparedness expert Jon Schultz offers a "Beginner's Disaster Planning Site for Libraries, Businesses and Institutions." At a bare minimum, check out his "One-Hour Emergency Plan" and his "When Disaster Strikes" checklist. The Shop Window: Compelling and Dynamic Library Portals http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM Steven Abram explores how your library's web site can entice people to enter and explore. Which reminds me, take a look at the new University of Toronto Libraries site, whose design is worth studying http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive."

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Unacknowledged convergence of open source, open access, and open science
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

John Willinsky[1] in an article[2] argues that initiatives like opensource software, open access to research and scholarship, and openscience are based on common commitments and priciples. All theseinitiatives are committed to resist any barriers to exchange ofinformation and ideas. Even the business model is almost similierbased on the principles of (1) the efficacy of free software and research; (2) the reputation–building afforded by public access and patronage; and, (3) the emergence of a free–or–subscribe access model. Still, with this much in common, the strong sense of convergence amongthese open initiatives has yet to be fully realized, to the detrimentof the larger, common issue. He talks of three principles: Principle One: Before software was open, it was freePrinciple Two: The economics of patronagePrinciple Three: Free or subscribe Some extracts of his article: .."To pursue a strictly business perspective on open source softwareonly serves to prevent readers from realizing open source's closeconnections to the long–standing traditions of open science.".. .."The publishing economy of scholarly journals is dominated by arather perverse property relation, in which the last investor in theresearch production chain — consisting of university, researcher,funding agency, and publisher — owns the resulting work outrightthrough a very small investment in relation to the work's overall costand value.".. .."Open source software is also free like free beer, in most instances.".. .."With the use of open source code, no less than with scholarly work,the property right at issue is almost entirely a matter of respectingthe authorship of the original work".. .."Scholarship has long strived to open its processes to critique andcontribution, even if at best those processes are shaped inhistorically contingent ways. The open access movement is no lessdevoted to lowering barriers by enabling more researchers and studentsto read the current published literature.".. .."perhaps 15 percent of the current literature is being posted byauthors in archives.".. .."Open access has the potential to make very close to the entire bodyof literature available to anyone with an Internet connection ... Thiswould make a considerable difference to a wide range of scholars,students and others who are otherwise unable to obtain or affordaccess. What is holding back this far greater circulation ofknowledge, at this point, is general lack of faculty awareness andinterest in increasing access to published literature.".. References: 1.John Willinsky is Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technologyat the University of British Columbia http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/willinsky.htm 2."Unacknowledged convergence of open source, open access, and open science"First Monday, volume 10, number 8 (August 2005), http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_8/willinsky/index.html ------------Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Regd. posting message on LIS forum...
by guhamba 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Could you post the following message on LIS Forum.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We require enthusiastic and brilliant MLIS to work in our library services division, which offers ample scope for growth. Starting salary: Rs. 6,500 and other standard company benefits. Those with consistent first class from SSC onwards need only apply to: kss(a)Informindia.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards, D.Guhamba Informatics International Projects Division (IIPD) 112/7 11th Cross 5th Main Malleswaram Bangalore 560003

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Article Indexing of Indian Journals
by Chitra P Rao 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Respected collegues of the Library Professional: On 5th Jan I had sent out a message on the LIS forum on the above topic.. I would like to respond to the same. I have recieved many replies and interestingly those who have OA inititive in their Libraries are from NIC and IGIDR. That is my point exactly when we have such a large population of Librarians in our country why only a select few can take up such projects.. Answers to this are many.. my only conclusion is that it is not very probable to undertake this kind of tasks without Committment from within and the organization you work in. Hence my mail to the LIS Forum. Interestingly I have come accross one email from Divan Enterprises a part of Globe publishing which has undertaken a very valient effort in this direction. His objective is to have a single platform of Indian Journals and to highlight Indian Contributions Globally. He is in constant touch with various Indian Publishers to give him the right to host their Journals online as well as provide this service to all Librraies. For procuring Indian Journals online abstracts and full text.. This I found to be the answer to what I was trying accomplish.. I request that all of us should write to the publishesrs of journals which we subscribe and ask them to host their journal on the site.. This is the address of the site. http://indianjournals.com I request your feedback on this and hope to get good cooperation from Publishers and Libraries to support this.. With regards chitra Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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Relationship between "IndMED" and "Yoga for depression: The research evidence"!!
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Relationship between "IndMED" and "Yoga for depression: The research evidence"!! I just came accross an article where researchers from UK includedIndMED [ http://indmed.nic.in ] as part of their research methodology.The abstract of the same is given below of this email. Do I need to say more about utility of IndMED? And I keep remindingpeople IndMED is not for Indians(?). It is for exposure of IndianResearch world wide. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://indmed.nic.in ; http://medind.nic.in and http://openmed.nic.in ------------------------------Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 89, Issue 1-3, Pages 13-24http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2005.08.013 Yoga for depression: The research evidence Karen Pilkingtona; Graham Kirkwooda; Hagen Rampesc and Janet Richardson [--Research Council for Complementary Medicine, London, UK--School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, 115 NewCavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK--Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, NorthwestCommunity Mental Health Team, Edgware, Middlesex, UK--Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth and Research Councilfor Complementary Medicine, London, UK] Received 8 April 2005; revised 31 August 2005; accepted 31 August2005. Available online 26 September 2005. Abstract:-Background- Yoga-based interventions may prove to be an attractive option for thetreatment of depression. The aim of this study is to systematicallyreview the research evidence on the effectiveness of yoga for thisindication. -Methods- Searches of the major biomedical databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE,ClNAHL, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library were conducted. Specialistcomplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the IndMED databaseswere also searched and efforts made to identify unpublished andongoing research. Searches were conducted between January and June2004. Relevant research was categorised by study type and appraised.Clinical commentaries were obtained for studies reporting clinicaloutcomes. -Results- Five randomised controlled trials were located, each of which utiliseddifferent forms of yoga interventions and in which the severity of thecondition ranged from mild to severe. All trials reported positivefindings but methodological details such as method of randomisation,compliance and attrition rates were missing. No adverse effects werereported with the exception of fatigue and breathlessness inparticipants in one study. -Limitations- No language restrictions were imposed on the searches conducted but nosearches of databases in languages other than English were included. -Conclusions- Overall, the initial indications are of potentially beneficial effectsof yoga interventions on depressive disorders. Variation ininterventions, severity and reporting of trial methodology suggeststhat the findings must be interpreted with caution. Several of theinterventions may not be feasible in those with reduced or impairedmobility. Nevertheless, further investigation of yoga as a therapeuticintervention is warranted.

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Need to change selection criteria
by rajkumar mallik 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Dear Professional friends, In the information age we became the most important among all professionals, but in carreer and opportunities we are far away from real things.Today in our education industry there is many more scopes to provide regular professional as well as corresspondence courses and both the courses get equal opportunities, still then regular courses has no more importance, As am writing this , whenever our regular students applied for any post they are not called for interview or cutoff when short listing , as there is less percentage as compared to corresponding courses,In my opinion if reqiured criteria if full filled then without short listing there may be other option like written test or screening test, then there is scope of getting better result, because in regular courses there is too much difficult to get much more percentage as compared to correspondence.But the selection commettee makes cuttoff candidates having eligibility criteria full filled, So my request to our professional's who are in recruitment committee should think fo it. thank you Raj Kumar Mallik Research Assitant, Scientometric Unit Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) V.Ramalingaswami Bhavan Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Dear Professional friends, In the information age we became the most important among all professionals, but in carreer and opportunities we are far away from real things.Today in our education industry there is many more scopes to provide regular professional as well as corresspondence courses and both the courses get equal opportunities, still then regular courses has no more importance, As am writing this , whenever our regular students applied for any post they are not called for interview or cutoff when short listing , as there is less percentage as compared to corresponding courses,In my opinion if reqiured criteria if full filled then without short listing there may be other option like written test or screening test, then there is scope of getting better result, because in regular courses there is too much difficult to get much more percentage as compared to correspondence.But the selection commettee makes cuttoff candidates having eligibility criteria full filled, So my request to our professional's who are in recruitment committee should think fo it. thank you Raj Kumar Mallik Research Assitant, Scientometric Unit Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) V.Ramalingaswami Bhavan Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/… See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

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Monologue of Ranganathan - MULISSA activity at DLIS, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Let's Hear Ranganathan - Friday Talk activity at DLIS, Mysore S.R. Ranganathan is undoubtedly an undisputed champion of Indian librarianship. His seminal contributions, particularly in the field of library classification, have attracted the attention of the best in the world. Melvil Dewey and Ranganathan, the two giants in the field of Library Classification, never met face to face. But Ranganathan, on few occasions, has communicated with Dewey. Ranganathan�s talk in 1964 on his interactions with Dewey has been recorded at University of Toronto and digitized by William Denton (available at http://www.miskatonic.org/library/ranganathan-audio.html) We came to know about this in one of the postings in LIS-FORUM. With a view to inspire students, the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore had organized the local broadcasting of the audio file on the Friday, January 13, 2006. As some part of the audio is not clear, the transcription of the same was also simultaneously displayed using a multimedia projector. In the opinion of the students, they were trilled to hear Ranganathan in absentia. More than 45 students and a few faculty members attended the event. This event was organized by Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA). Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore in his introductory remarks outlined the major contributions of Ranganathan to Library and Information Science in general and library classification in particular. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 !DSPAM:43cf2b46148781804284693!

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Knowledge Society, Societal GRID and Knowledge Sharing
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

I would like to present some extracts Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam'srecent speech. These are on Knowledge Society, Societal GRID andKnowledge Sharing. -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT THE PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2006, 17-01-2006. KOLKATAhttp://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=1126 ..."The whole purpose of education in a country is to develop andenhance the potential of our human resource and progressivelytransform it into a knowledge society. The knowledge society will be asociety producing products and services that are rich in both explicitand tacit knowledge, thus creating value added products. The realcapital of this knowledge society will be its knowledge components.The society will be highly networked to create knowledge intensiveenvironment along with enabling process to efficiently create, share,use and protect knowledge. Our education system should re-align itselfat the earliest to meet the needs of the present day challenges and befully geared to participate in the societal transformation throughinnovation, which is the key to competitiveness. It should alsodevelop a global outlook. India has many strengths. It has to reachout and make our individuals and institution capable of succeeding ina competitive world".... "The core of the connectivity model is Electronic Connectivity forprosperity of one billion people is the partnership betweengovernmental and multiple institutions in the public and privatedomains. The strength of this partnership for collaborative growth andeconomic prosperity is facilitated by free flow of knowledge andinformation in a seamless manner cutting across levels and boundariesembracing all walks of life in the three sectors of the economy suchas Agriculture, manufacturing and services sector.".. ..."To maximize the synergy between the various components ofeducation, healthcare, e-governance, rural development we need toestablish connectivities among them. These connectivities willcertainly bring seamless access and information flow among the variousdomains leading to maximization of GDP and productivity; hence, thereis need for establishing the GRIDs namely Knowledge grid, healthcaregrid, e-governance grid and the PURA knowledge grid. Thisinterconnecting grid will be known as societal grid. Knowledgesharing, knowledge utilization and knowledge re-use is very vital byall constituents of the society for promoting non-linear growth."... --------------------------------------------------- --Sukhdev Singh.http://openmed.nic.in

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Dr. Cholin's Demise
by Francis Jayakanth 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

I have been away from office (and email) for more than a week now. The sad news about the untimely demise of Dr. Cholin was revealed to me just yesterday. It was indeed shocking news for me. It is very unfortunate that the LIS fraternity has lost yet another stalwart in a short span of time. Apart from being a great professional, he was a true gentleman, ever willing to lend a helping hand to anybody who was in need of it. I had had couple email exchanges with him just the last week and it is hard to believe that he is no more with us today. I have just been able to go through couple of messages posted on this forum about Dr. Cholin's achievements. It is very impressive and heartening that an alumni of NCSI had so much of professional achievements in a short career of just over a decade. As Mr. Prafulla Chandra has rightly mentioned, like his teacher and mentor, late Dr. T B Rajashekar, Dr. Cholin is a role model for the budding LIS professionals. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. Francis NCSI, IISc -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

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Denial of F.I.P for Librarians in Kerala
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, I am doing Ph.D. under the F.I.P scheme of the UGC from June 2005. Now the authorities in the Directorate of Collegiate Education and Higher Education Secretariate are saying that Librarians donct come under Teaching Fellows. As such they have denied another applicant's claim for F.I.P. I fear that my tenure in F.I.P also will be ended by a government order. Please give your opinions and suggestions so that I can manage this situation which may gradually affect others also. I request the authorities of Kerala Library Association to be alert in this matter. Gopakuamr.V Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science Magalore University Mangalagangothri, Mangalore - 574 199 Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Dear Professionals, I am doing Ph.D. under the F.I.P scheme of the UGC from June 2005. Now the authorities in the Directorate of Collegiate Education and Higher Education Secretariate are saying that Librarians donct come under Teaching Fellows. As such they have denied another applicant's claim for F.I.P. I fear that my tenure in F.I.P also will be ended by a government order. Please give your opinions and suggestions so that I can manage this situation which may gradually affect others also. I request the authorities of Kerala Library Association to be alert in this matter. Gopakuamr.V Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science Magalore University Mangalagangothri, Mangalore - 574 199 Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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So Sad
by Chinmaya Rout 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Dear Friends I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise od Dr. Cholin the young scintist of INFLIBNET. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. Regards, With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout ICMR Library(Room No-213) Ansari Nagar New Delhi-29 Mobile No-09868412978 Phone No-011-26589585(O) Dear Friends I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise od Dr. Cholin the young scintist of INFLIBNET. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. Regards, With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout ICMR Library(Room No-213) Ansari Nagar New Delhi-29 Mobile No-09868412978 Phone No-011-26589585(O) 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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SALIS 2006 National Conference - Call for Papers - on 8-10th Jun 2006 at Karunya University, Coimbatore, TN
by Arunachalam Hariharan 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

SALIS 2006 National Conference on Initiatives in Library and Information Centers in the Digital Era Organised by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Jointly with Central Library, Karunya Deemed University, Coimbatore â 64114 Pre - Conference Tutorial Topic: Digitize your Library and Build Institutional Repositories Date: 8th June 2006(11.00 a.m.to 5.00 p.m)(theory & practical) Main Conference 9-10th, June 2006 Venue Karunya Deemed University, Coimbatore â 641 114 Panel Discussion on Library Automation: Strategy and Solutions Date: 10th June 2005 at 4.00 PM. CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES Due to digitization radical changes are taking place in information dissemination. Existing libraries and information centers have to gear up rapidly to exploit fully the potential and capabilities of the new technologies. The conference aims at providing a forum for learning and exchange of ideas among those who are actively involved in this area. Main Theme: Initiatives in Libraries and Information Centers in Digital Era Librarians in digital era need to build up infrastructure and soft facilities to meet organization of Collections and services, ICT applications, knowledge management, web based application as well as enhance core competencies to meet the challenges and threats in digital era. Articles/papers are invited for presentation in the following areas in conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on good practices will be appreciated A. Strategies: Formulation of strategies, factors of planning, collections development & management, types and agents of capacity building, key capacities, capacity gaps, need assessment, impact on organizational development, evaluation and monitoring of library effectiveness. B. ICT: Implementation of ICT in LIS activities and services/RFID/Smart card; digital initiatives, institutional repositories, open source initiatives; content development, media resources; web based user education and services; case studies; evaluation and monitoring C. Resources: Web based resources â free or fee based; manpower planning, infrastructure development, fund raising, projects management D. Outreach Programs, Marketing of LIS products and services; public relations, information literacy collaboration, alliances, effective partnership; resource sharing/consortia, services to industries E. Professional Development: Skills building, technical communication, IT, managerial and soft skills; staff development; leadership, training opportunities; role of professional associations & institutions. Organizational behavior F. Case Studies and Best Practices: on Conference main theme or any sub theme given in the brochure INVITED PAPERS Experts from various parts of the country have been invited to present their experience through invited keynote papers in each session, which will also be included in the conference proceedings PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are requested to submit two copies of full paper double space on A4 size paper in camera-ready form and also a softcopy on CD in MS-Word along with the Registration fee. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any, should be inserted at the proper place in the paper. The full paper should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size paper. Papers without registration fee will be rejected. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented/published elsewhere. Papers accepted for publication will be intimated to the first author. The decision of the Editorial Committee regarding the acceptance of the papers for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of paper: 30.04.2006 Last date for Registration : 31.05.2006 REGISTRATION FEES Category Amount Rs. Conference & Tutorial Individual 1000.00 Deputed 2000.00 Conference Individual 800.00 Deputed 1500.00 Tutorial Individual 600.00 Deputed 800.00 Accommodation can provided for the family members on extra payment. The concession will be given to students in the registration. Non member has to pay Rs.50/- The registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of the â Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciencesâ payable at Coimbatore, addressed to the organizing secretary. ACCOMMODATION The delegates will be provided accommodation in the University hostel in Twin basis. The accommodation can also be arranged on payment in the University Guesthouse or Coimbatore Hotels on advance booking to the delegates. The tariff ranging from Rs.300 to Rs.2000 with both A/C and non-A/C accommodation Guest House Single Two bed room Family A/C Rs.300 Rs.500 - Non A/C Rs.175 Rs.300 Rs.450 TRANSPORT The University about 26km away from Coimbatore Central Railway Station. The call taxi, auto, bus are available. Delegates are requested to report their arrival to the reception counter of Central Railway Station. The volunteers will be there to guide them and the conveyance to the venue will be available from 8th June morning. Registration FOrm Name : Mrs./Ms./Mr./Prof./Dr. ______________________ Designation : ______________________ Organization/Institution : ______________________ Address : ______________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Telephone : E-mail : Are you attending : Tutorial & Conference Tutorial only Conference only. Are you a SALIS Member : YES/NO Are you presenting a paper : Yes/No Details of Payments: Amount Rs. ___________________ Bank Draft No./Cash : ___________________ Whether Accommodation requires: yes / No Hostel / Guest House / Hostel (Pleas indicate the accompanying person if any) Arrival details (Train No., Date, Time etc.,) __________________________________________________ Whether you have been deputed: Yes/No Signature : _______________________________ Name : _______________________________ Organsing Committee Chief Patron Prof. Dr. P.K. Phillip Vice â Chancellor Chairman, Organizing Committee Dr. B.C. Pillai, Dean (Research), Advisor Prof.Dr. Michael Kumar, Registrar Organizing Secretary Dr. J. Dominic Librarian (S.G) Conference Director Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, IIT Madras Organizing committee Members Mr. A.Hariharan, President , SALIS Ms.P.J. Nirmala, Librarian, KDU Mr.M. Koteswara Rao, Dy. Librarian., IITM Dr.M.Kanagaraj, Librarian, PSGCT Mr.S.Swaminathan, Librarian, SRVCE Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan, Librarian,SKCE Dr. A. Sokkalingam, Librarian, SRVMP Mr.T.Stephen, Librarian, BACAS Mr. S.Elango, Librarian, SMCPE Mr.M.Santhosh Kumar, Librarian, VLBJCET Mr.S.Manikandan, Librarian, KSR CA&S KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES (KITS) (DEEMED UNIVERSITY) The university was established by the Karunya educational trust founded byDr.D.G.S.Dhinakaran and Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, renowned evangelists to serve humanity through education. The institute offers UG, PG, doctoral programmes in Science, Engineering, Technology and Education. Itâs panoramic campus over 700 acres situated at the foot of Western Ghats some 26 km from Coimbatore towards Siruvani Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, activity involved in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science by organizing various programs such as seminar, lectures, training programs on emerging topics. It has chapters in Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Thirunelveli, Vellore and New Delhi to provide service in the respective regions regularly. SALIS instituted many awards to honor LIS professionals in the country About Coimbatore: Coimbatore is the second biggest city of Tamilnadu. It is identified as one of the fast developing metros of India. There are about 50,000 small, medium and large scale industries and it has 5 Universities, 25 Engineering Institutions and more than 110 arts & science colleges. Coimbatore city is located at the junction of the three modern southern states Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka and it is well connected by rail, road and air. This friendly city with its salubrious climate and surrounded by major tourist spots, has always been a favorite destination with tourists Nearest tourist places: Ooty (hill resort), ), Coonor (hill station), Top Slip (wildlife sanctuary ), Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary Black Thunder Water Theme Park and Kovai Curtallam. Kodaikanal is just about 190Km away. Temples: Perur, Palani, Maruthamalai and many more Site seeing: A site seeing will be arranged on payment on 11.01.2006 Address for communication regarding Registration, Accommodation and sponsorship Dr. J. Dominic Organizing Secretary Karunya Deemed University Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore â 641 114 Tamil Nadu E-Mail : kitlib(a)karunya.edu Phone : 0422-2614 570, 2614 571 Mobile: (O) 9443001877 Fax : 0422-2615615 URL : www.karunya.edu Address for sending papers A.Hariharan President, SALIS C/o AutoLib Software Systems, B2-Solai Apt. (opp.to MGR Garden), Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai â 600 089. E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 Correspondence regarding papers should be addressed only to SALIS. Full details of the conference will be posted now and then at SALIS website at http://www.autolib-india.net/salis.html --------------------------------- 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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Police take over public library, refuse to hand it over to school authorities
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:54:01 -0800 (PST) From: yekanath kamble <yekanathnkamble(a)yahoo.com> http://vijaytimesepaper.com/pdf/2006/01/18/20060118aJ017101004.jpg YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358

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Dr Cholin
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:47:09 +0000 From: Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla <rvsn1234(a)hotmail.com> The demise of Dr Cholin is a very shocking news. I had short but memorable association with him. He was a simple and humble person inspite of his remarkable achievements. The demise of such young and dynamic professional is a great loss to the Library Science profession. I pray almighty GOD to give courage and strength to his family members to bear this great loss. May his soul rest in peace. Varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam.

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Dr Murugesan
by T.V. Prafulla Chandra 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

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BBC4 radio series on collection preservation in the modern day.
by Thapar, Amit 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

BBC4 radio series on collection preservation in the modern day. You can listen to it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/losing_the_past.shtml. Rock on BBC4. Amit BBC4 radio series on collection preservation in the modern day. You can listen to it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/losing_the_past.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/losing_the_past.shtml . Rock on BBC4. Amit

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A state level seminar on Health Science Libraries
by mayank trivedi 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, A state level seminar has been arranged on "Emerging Trends on Health Science Libraries" on 22nd January 2006 at C U Shah Medical College, Papers and suggestions are invited Contact person : Dr.Mayank Trivedi Organizing Secretary, C U Shah Medical College Surendranagar-363001 Gujarat-India E-mail : cusmclib08(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Dear Professionals, A state level seminar has been arranged on "Emerging Trends on Health Science Libraries" on 22nd January 2006 at C U Shah Medical College, Papers and suggestions are invited Contact person : Dr.Mayank Trivedi Organizing Secretary, C U Shah Medical College Surendranagar-363001 Gujarat-India E-mail : cusmclib08(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/… See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

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SALIS Seminar on ' Internet â Enhancing Values in Library Services' at KLCIT,Madurai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Seminar on Internet â Enhancing Values in Library Services Organized by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Madurai Chapter Jointly with K.L.N. College of Information Technology (Dept. of Library and Information Science ) Pottapalayam â 630 611 Date and Day 11th Feb 2006 â Saturday Venue Conference Hall K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam â 630 611 (12 km . from Madurai city ) About the Seminar Information sources are being made available on the Internet in a variety of medias and formats. Information exists on the Internet in a large variety of kinds and is created for many purposes. Many tools and techniques are available to store and retrieve information available on the internet. Libraries can use internet effectively to provide service to their users. The objective of the seminar is to focus the attention of working LIS professionals to know about: ï Internet resources ï Internet Technologies ï Internet tools and techniques ï Search engines and search strategies ï Effective use of Internet in Libraries ï Semantic Web ï Evaluation of Internet resources ï Library professionals and Internet Programme Schedule 09.00 A.M to 10.00 A.M. Registration 10.00 A.M to 11.15 A.M. Inauguration Presidential address Shri K.N.K. Ganesh President K.L.N.C.I.T Inaugural Address Shri S.V.S. Shivnath Secretary K.L.N.C.I.T Key Note Address Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras 11.15 A.M to 11.30 A.M . Tea Break 11.30 A.M to 12.15 P.M . Technical Session I Effective use of Internet in Libraries Prof .A. Srimurugan Librarian & Head, DLIS, MKU 12.15 P.M to 1.00 P.M. Technical Session II Internet resource & tools Dr. S. Muralidhar Scientist âEâ, Head, (Library) CVRDE, DRDO, Chennai 1.00 P.M to 2. 00 P.M. Lunch Break 2.00 P.M to 3.00 P.M. Technical Session III Search Engines and Search Strategies Mr. A.Hariharan President, SALIS,Chennai 3.00 P.M to 3.45 P.M . Technical Session IV Evaluation of Internet Resources Mr. A.Thirunavukkarasu Librarian, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai 3.45 P.M to 4.00 P.M. Tea Break 4.00 P.M to 5.00 P.M. Valedictory Address Dr K. Nithyanandam Director i/c, University Library, Anna university Chennai Eligibility Library and Information Science professionals, Library Science students and other interested groups. Registration Fee For Library Professionals and other interested groups - Rs 200 / For Library Science students Rs 100/ - (Fee includes course kit, certificate, lunch and tea) The Registration fee is to be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of âThe Principal, K.L.N. College of Information Technologyâ, payable at Madurai. Address for Communication: Registration form with DD can be sent to: A.G.Ganesan Organizing Secretary & Asst. Librarian K.L.N. College of Information Technology Pottapalayam - 630 611 Sivagangai (District) E.Mail : ganeshanag(a)yahoo.com Mobile : 98654 08715 Ph (Off) : 0452- 2698250 , 0452 â 2698863 Please visit SALIS web site for more details of the seminar http://autolib-india.net/salis.html Seminar Co-ordinator P.G.Dhamodharan TRANSPORT FACILITY College buses pick up the delegates at the following points at 8.30 A.M. 1. Mattuthavani bus station (Near Temple city) 2. Periyar Bus station (Near Hotel Vasantham ) City Buses are also available from Periyar Bus station Bus route numbers 475,476,477,478,478,480,481,482 College is located 12 km from Madurai Pl also contact for any other information about the seminar: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in ------------------------------ 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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NCSI-NET talk on Open Journal Systems by Patrick Inglis
by Suvarsha Walters 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Dear Members, Patrick Inglis, who is part of the team which has developed the Open Journal Systems (OJS), is giving a talk on 21st January, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. in the Seminar Hall of NCSI, IISc, Bangalore. (See below for abstract and profile of the speaker). If you cannot attend the talk but have specific queries for him relating to OJS or Journal Publishing, please send the queries to me. The answers to these questions will be posted on the forum. with regards, Suvarsha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Title : Open Journal Systems and the Challenge to Improve Research Capacity in India Speaker: By Patrick Inglis, PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center Abstract of the talk: India remains a leader in the field of science and technology. Some of its institutions of higher education, as well as several research and design facilities, are some of the best in the world. But there are also the less prestigious institutes that do not enjoy the same research facilities as the privileged ones. This has the effect of creating a deep division between those who have access to knowledge and those that do not, but it also limits the ability of students and scholars at these other institutions to partake in the production and dissemination of information. Not only will more researchers gain from greater access to knowledge with free online publication media, but that this greater access will improve the scholarly quality of the research produced. When knowledge is free and open access it can provide a foundation for further research to emerge from the exchanges made between increasing numbers of participants. The presentation will expand upon the argument for open access scholarship in the public interest by introducing the Open Journal Systems developed at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and the benefits this software can bring to the intellectual community in India. (A demo of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software will also be given.) About Patrick Inglis: Patrick Inglis is a PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He studies the effects of globalization on labor and business management and will conduct part of his dissertation research in Bangalore, India. While a master's degree student in education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, he was a member of the Public Knowledge Project research team that developed the first version of the Open Journal Systems. He continues to work with the Public Knowledge Project in shaping current and future versions of the software. ------------------------------- Please confirm your participation to Prasanna (t.s.prasanna at intel.com) or Suvarsha (suvarsha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators

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IDRC adopts OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Friends: IDRC has adopted Open Access for all its public domain documents including research reports. Should not other research and donor agencies follow the IDRC example? Best wishes. Arun ----- IDRC Champions Intellectual Platform for Developing Countries Ottawa, Canada, December 23, 2005 Canadas International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce plans to create an Open Archive, the first among Canadian research funding organizations. The Open Archive will provide full access over the Internet to IDRCs rich research archive. In addition to making information more freely available, this initiative will provide IDRC-funded researchers with a much-needed outlet to publish and showcase their work. The world of scholarly communications is rapidly changing. The emerging culture of protecting intellectual property, soaring costs of accessing research literature, and difficulties in having research published in traditional journals are restricting the development of research capacity in the South. The Open Archive will help Southern researchers to engage in the international dialogue on important development issues and increase the impact of their research. Throughout its 35-year history, IDRC has believed that to bring about positive change in people's lives, knowledge should be shared. Research results and documents generated by IDRC-supported projects, IDRC recipients, and IDRC staff represent a tangible intellectual output of the Centres mandate. The Open Archive will streamline and centralize the capture of IDRC project outputs and research documents. It will raise the visibility and facilitate the retrieval of the vast array of IDRC materials by consolidating them in a well-managed, indexed, secure, and permanent location. As a first step, IDRC will build a demonstration model in early 2006. By creating an Open Archive, IDRC promotes transparency of its results-based research and participates in the global movement to remove barriers economic, social, and geographic to the sharing of knowledge. -30- About IDRC Canadas International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the worlds leading institutions in the generation and application of new knowledge to meet the challenges of international development. For more than 30 years, IDRC has worked in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. For information: Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé (613) 236-6163, ext. 2343 ibourgeault-tasse(a)idrc.ca

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Dr. Chloin- The Sad and Shcoking news!
by Dr. D. B. Ramesh 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Dear All, It is very sad and shocking to know about the sudden demise of Dr. Cholin. May his soul rest in peace. Let us all render our support to his family as suggested by Dr. Konnur. _____________________________________________ Dr. D. B. Ramesh M.Sc.(AU), M.L.I.Sc.(Univ. Madras), Ph.D. in Lib.Sc. (UU) Fulbright Fellow (CMU, USA) I/c, Library & Documentation Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar - 751013, Orissa, India Ph: 0674-2581635-Extn. 434 Email: dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in Dear All, It is very sad and shocking to know about the sudden demise of Dr. Cholin. May his soul rest in peace. Let us all render our support to his family as suggested by Dr. Konnur. _____________________________________________ Dr. D. B. Ramesh M.Sc.(AU), M.L.I.Sc.(Univ. Madras), Ph.D. in Lib.Sc. (UU) Fulbright Fellow (CMU, USA) I/c, Library & Documentation Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar - 751013, Orissa, India Ph: 0674-2581635-Extn. 434 Email: mailto:dbramesh@rrlbhu.res.in dbramesh(a)rrlbhu.res.in

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Beginner's guide to open access
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Mark E. Funk, AHIP, has developed a beginner's guide to open access.It provides a broad overview, including the history, philosophy,ethics, and economics of open access and several national andinternational initiatives such as the Budapest Open Access Initiative,the Bethesda Principles, and DC Principles. Check out - http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/oa_primer_mfunk.pdf(PDF, 112KB) --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Dr Cholin
by Kishor Satpathy 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise of Dr.V S Cholin of INFLIBNET CENTRE, UGC. I still can't believe this... , I have lost a very good friend of mine, whom I know since 1995-96 when I was in CEE, Ahmedabad. I still remember, when he called up me just a week back to know whether I am coming to International CALIBER or not & gave me some tips to revise the paper for final presentation. That reflects the dedication he has for the profession! I still miss the academic & friendly discussion we had in Silchar during PLANNER-2005 at Silchar. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy Librarian, Central Library National Institute of Technology ( Deemed University) Silchar 788010, Assam, India Ph. 91 3842 240055/233841(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. Dear Friends, I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise of Dr.V S Cholin of INFLIBNET CENTRE, UGC. I still can't believe this... , I have lost a very good friend of mine, whom I know since 1995-96 when I was in CEE, Ahmedabad. I still remember, when he called up me just a week back to know whether I am coming to International CALIBER or not & gave me some tips to revise the paper for final presentation. That reflects the dedication he has for the profession! I still miss the academic & friendly discussion we had in Silchar during PLANNER-2005 at Silchar. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. Regards, Kishor C Satpathy Librarian, Central Library National Institute of Technology ( Deemed University) Silchar 788010, Assam, India Ph. 91 3842 240055/233841(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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INFLIBNET's LIVE WIRE is no more...
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, We the Library and Information Science professionals are the most unfortunate ones. Day after Day we are loosing GEMS of our profession. We had not yet come out of the shock of loosing Dr.T.B.Rajashekhar, now one more shock of loosing Dr.Cholin. This is sill a harder jolt to the Academic Librarians. Dr.Cholin was very young by age but very old by his maturity, Student for many of us, but he was a Teacher to all of us through his communications. His Love for the profession and affection with all the professionals is unmatchable. He was a very good Follower, a sincere Student, a good friend, a matured advisor and a great Philosopher. Person like Dr.Cholin will never vanish from our minds. But to make the future generation of Librarians, some of his friends and admirers are planning to form a body (Trust) and plan to initiate annual activities as under: 1.Institute a Gold medal in the Department of Library Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Extend partial financial support to any other universities who desires institute Gold medal in their Universities with their equal contribution. 2.Conduct a best paper contest among the young Librarians annually and award the best paper winner in the ILA Conference by instituting a Young Scientist award in ILA. 3.Publish a book annually consisting of the first 10 best papers received in his memory. Contribute the proceeds of the sale of these books for the education of Dr.Cholins children. There are several ideas which can make Dr.Cholin live in our memory. I request all of you to contribute your ideas so that we can reduce the further loss to the profession by encouraging younger generation of Librarians with more confidence. Thanks, Konnur. Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore-560 056 Phone: o8o-22961131, 080-23215510 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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library software
by Hemant Bhoot 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear All, Kindly let me know which library package is having good features as well as not too much expensive. Yours Hemant Bhoot Librarian IPER,Bhopal Dear All, Kindly let me know which library package is having good features as well as not too much expensive. Yours Hemant Bhoot Librarian IPER,Bhopal 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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Announcement of DRTC Blog
by Nabonita Guha 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I am happy to announce the launching of 'DRTC Blog' (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/blog) I am proud to announce that this Blog was configured and presently maintained by Mr. Rajib Mitra, a 2nd year ADIS student. You can login by becoming a member of DRTC Blog. The advantage of becoming a member is that you can post your information or news to this blog. Presently, members are allowed to post information to categories - jobs, conferences and news and your posting will be moderated. The rest of the categories like LIS Journals, classificaton etc. get news from various sites using RSS feeds. We wish to create more categories and organize them better. I request you to give us suggestions for the improvement of DRTC Blog. We hope DRTC Blog will serve as a single stop information/news site for all the LIS related actvities. Any service is as good as its popularity and usage. Thank you in advance for using our Blog. with best regards ard -- A.R.D.Prasad Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-8483002/3/4 extsn no. 496 Fax : 91-80-8484265 email: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/ardcv.html _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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Sad News
by Vijay Raghav Tiwari 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

It is very sad news as I new Dr. Choulin since 2001. He was as enthusiastic teacher. His zeal will always be praised. I couldn't resist myself to send my condolences to the berieved family of his own. He had a vast family of professinals who loved him and he loved them vice a versa. The God has been little hard on us and Dr Cholin is away. May God provide his family some strength to survive in this hard time. I can only pray some peace for him. Yours VR Tiwari Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> It is very sad news as I new Dr. Choulin since 2001. He was as enthusiastic teacher. His zeal will always be praised. I couldn't resist myself to send my condolences to the berieved family of his own. He had a vast family of professinals who loved him and he loved them vice a versa. The God has been little hard on us and Dr Cholin is away. May God provide his family some strength to survive in this hard time. I can only pray some peace for him. Yours VR Tiwari Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.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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Sda demise of Dr. Cholin
by Hemant Bhoot 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear All freinds, Its really a great loss of LIS profession. We all pray to god to give rest to depart soul and his family members. Hemant Bhoot hb_iper(a)rediffmail.com Dear All freinds, Its really a great loss of LIS profession. We all pray to god to give rest to depart soul and his family members. Hemant Bhoot hb_iper(a)rediffmail.com 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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Librarians 'suffer most stress' ( ARTICLE )
by Vinodkumar. H 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Librarians 'suffer most stress' Working in libraries has been commonly thought a stress-free job Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation. Unchallenging, repetitive The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned. It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life. HAVE YOUR SAY I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK Send us your comments Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career. They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work. Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress. "Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said. "Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place. "In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles." source BBC news click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm Mr.Vinodkumar.H.Hosmani Library and Information Assistant Library and Information Center, R.V.College of Engineering , Bangalore-59 www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html www.rvce.ac.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Librarians 'suffer most stress' http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40133000/jpg/_40133350_library203.jpg Working in libraries has been commonly thought a stress-free job Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation. Unchallenging, repetitive The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned. It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif HAVE YOUR SAY http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=715&edition=1 Send us your comments Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career. They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work. Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress. "Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said. "Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place. "In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles." source BBC news click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm Mr.Vinodkumar.H.Hosmani Library and Information Assistant Library and Information Center, R.V.College of Engineering , Bangalore-59 http://www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html www.geocities.com/vinodkumarhosmani/vinod.html http://www.rvce.ac.in/ www.rvce.ac.in Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/… See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

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No words for Dr.Cholin...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

... ... ... It's is rightly said: "It's too dangerous to be too good." It's just a divine unjustice (ofcourse with a pinch of professional stress). No way, I pray himself (the Lord) to bless the family with all strength and support to his family. puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. ... ... ... It's is rightly said: "It's too dangerous to be too good." It's just a divine unjustice (ofcourse with a pinch of professional stress). No way, I pray himself (the Lord) to bless the family with all strength and support to his family. puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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Are Traditional Peer-Reviewed Medical Articles Obsolete?
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Are Traditional Peer-Reviewed Medical Articles Obsolete? I can understand most of you may not agree and I am undecided. Here is a Webcast commentary making a pitch for Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ]. Webcast Video CommentaryAre Traditional Peer-Reviewed Medical Articles Obsolete?A Pitch for the Wikipedia ConceptPosted 01/06/2006 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/520070[Requires free registration] "We depend on peer-reviewed articles in print and online. But is thismethod obsolete? And is there a better way? Traditional medicalarticles are often outdated before publication. Consider HIV, SARs,avian flu -- even hormone replacement therapy. They're notcomprehensive: For any topic, we have to read dozens of articles to beinformed. And bias is always present, regardless of peer review." "For readers, Wikipedia is a win. In traditional publishing, readersmust wade through many articles on a subject, each written by a fewexperts, published at 1 moment in time. In Wikipedia you read 1 livingarticle written by many, continually updated by many. Who needs 50articles on avian flu when 1 will do? And Wikipedia content is oftenthe best on the Web, which means the best anywhere." --Peter Frishauf, founder of Medscape. -----------------------------Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Post of a librarian
by SRELS 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear Moderator : Kindly announce the following for the benefit of LIS-FORUM subscribers. Vivekananda Kendra, (a deemed university) Jigani, Bangalore Rural District needs a librarian. Interested persons with M.LISc and 3-4 years experience in a managerial position with knowledge of computerising library house-keeping activities and offering computerised library and information services, can send their c.v. to the following : e-mail id: srels(a)vsnl.com (Attn: K.N.Prasad)within 3-4 days time. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560010. Ph: 080: 23305109

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Sad Demise of Dr. Cholin
by Mahesh Horakeri 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear friends, We condole the death of Dr Cholin, We feel very sorry to hear shock and sad news of Dr Cholin, a good friend and young scientist and above all a dyanamic young library professional Dr Cholin is no more with us we have lost a promising leader and sincere worker in our profession. President, Karnataka State College Librarians Association,Bangalore and Karnatak University Librarians Association,Dharwad, its Office Bearers and all Members morn the death of Dr. Cholin. Let us pray the Almighty to give strength to his family to bear this loss. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com Dear friends, We condole the death of Dr Cholin, We feel very sorry to hear shock and sad news of Dr Cholin, a good friend and young scientist and above all a dyanamic young library professional Dr Cholin is no more with us we have lost a promising leader and sincere worker in our profession. President, Karnataka State College Librarians Association,Bangalore and Karnatak University Librarians Association,Dharwad, its Office Bearers and all Members morn the death of Dr. Cholin. Let us pray the Almighty to give strength to his family to bear this loss. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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Beloved Dr. V.S. Cholin
by Lavji N. Zala 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear LIS Professional Collegues, How can we bear the great loss in LIS profession due to the suddenly demise of our beloved, young, enthusiastic, and energetic Dr. V.S. Cholin? He was the source of inspiration for all if the person is small in designation, poor in language and communication, known or unknown. We Gujarati people in LIS professional never forget his positive attitudes to allow us to take participate in seminar, workshop and continue guidance in at all spheres. The heart is saying "Sir, it is great shock for us. we can't bear your absence". We pray to almighty to give peace to the departured soul of Dr. Cholin sir and offered a strength to his family to bear the unbelievable and suddenly demise. Lavji N. Zala (Library Officer) Niraj R. Patel (Dy. Librarian) KNowledge Exchange and Information Centre (KEIC) Mudra Institute of Communciations, Ahmedabad (MICA) Shela ----------------------------------------- (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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Re: Urgent: Complete residential address of Dr Cholin
by K Prakash 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Hello, Late Dr V S Cholin's Residence Address; Mrs. Hema Cholin A-104, Kanak Kala Apartment, Part-I Shyamal Char Rasta, Karnavati Club Road Opp. Seem Hall, Satelite Ahmedabad - 380 015 Resience Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2693 0793 With best regards. Bye. ________________________________________________ K Prakash Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India Phone: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 Mobile: 9427 000 758 Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shyam Prasad pujar" <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> To: "Prakash K." <prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:39 AM Subject: Urgent: Complete residential address of Dr Cholin > Dear Prakash, > > Please urgently send me the complete residential postal address of late > Veeranna. Some professional friends would like to send condolence > messages. > > Regards, > > Shyam >

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Librarians 'suffer most stress'
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Librarians 'suffer most stress' Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. More here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm Regards ~Harsha

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Sad Demise of Dr. Cholin
by N.S. Harinarayana 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

It is indeed a very shocking news. It is even more sad that the person who has been working hard for the forthcoming CALIBER 2006 conference has died on the eve of the event. I have not had the opportunity of meeting Dr. Cholin in person. However, I have heard about him and known him through his good deeds. It is cruel for the nature to take away a very young professional from us. I pray the almighty to rest his soul in peace. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 !DSPAM:43cb1afb313379635377687!

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Conference on Digital Libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries - Opening Information Horizons (JCDL 2006) ======================================================================== June 11-15, 2006 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA http://www.jcdl2006.org/ The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. Call for Papers --------------- Submissions for papers, panels, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations, and posters are now being accepted. Read Paper Submission for more information. Keynotes -------- Getting Books Online: Practices and Strategies - Daniel Clancy, Engineer Director for Google Print David Ferriero - Andrew W. Mellon, Director and Chief Executive The Research Libraries New York Public Library - Daniel Greenstein, University Librarian, California Digital Library Open Information: Redaction, Restriction, and Removal - Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School and Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Important Dates ---------------- January 20, 2006 Full papers, panels, workshops and tutorial proposals due February 3, 2006 Short papers, posters and demonstrations due March 3, 2006 Acceptance notices emailed out April 7, 2006 Final versions due Organizing Committee -------------------- Conference Chair - Gary Marchionini (march(a)ils.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Treasurer - Barbara Wildemuth (wildem(a)ils.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Program Co-Chairs - Michael L. Nelson (mln(a)cs.odu.edu) Old Dominion University - Cathy Marshall (cathymar(a)microsoft.com) Microsoft Local Arrangements Chair - Elizabeth A. Evans (uevans(a)email.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Publicity Chairs - Wanda Monroe (wmonroe(a)email.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Jose Borbinha (jlb(a)ist.utl.pt) IST - Lisbon Technical University, Portugal - Ee-Peng Lim (aseplim(a)ntu.edu.sg) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Registration Chair - Marianne Afifi (marianne.afifi(a)csun.edu) California State University, Northridge Sponsorship Chair - Ron Larsen (rlarsen(a)pitt.edu) University of Pittsburgh Workshop Chair - Javed Mostafa (jm(a)indiana.edu) Indiana University Poster Chairs - Richard Furuta (furuta(a)cs.tamu.edu) Texas A&M University Tutorial Chair - Herbert Van de Sompel (herbertv(a)lanl.gov) Los Alamos National Laboratory Demos Chair - Xia Lin (xlin(a)cis.drexel.edu) Drexel University Student Volunteers Chair - Jeff Pomerantz (jpom(a)email.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Doctoral Consortium Chair - Christine Borgman (borgman(a)gseis.ucla.edu) UCLA Conference webmaster - Jackson Fox (jacksonfox(a)gmail.com) Lulu.com Program Committee ------------------ Ghaleb Abdulla, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert Allen, Drexel University William Y. Arms, Cornell University Thomas Baker, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany Bruce Barkstrom, NASA Langley Research Center Marcia Bates, University of California, Los Angeles Kurt Bollacker, Long Now Foundation Johan Bollen, Old Dominion University Jose Borbinha, Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Portugal Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles George Buchanan, University College London, UK Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto, Canada Lillian Cassel, Villanova University Donatella Castelli, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italy Jose H. Canos Cerda, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College Patrick Chiu, FX Palo Alto Laboratory Mike Christel, Carnegie-Mellon University Paul L Conway, Duke University Gregory Crane, Tufts University Sally Jo Cunningham, University of Waikato, New Zealand Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress Tim DiLauro, Johns Hopkins University Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Edward Fox, Virginia Tech Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Dave Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University Geri Gay, Cornell University Gary Geisler, University of Texas Sarah Giersch, Association of Research Libraries Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University Gene Golovchinsky, FX Palo Alto Laboratory Jane Greenberg, University of North Carolina Kenneth Hamma, J Paul Getty Center Bradley Hemminger, University of North Carolina Geneva Henry, Rice University Carol Hutchins, New York University Lee Iverson, University of British Columbia, Canada Greg Janée, University of California, Santa Barbara Christopher Jermaine, University of Florida William Jones, University of Washington Min-Yen Kan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Jaewoo Kang, North Carolina State University Nancy Kaplan, University of Baltimore Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina Mick Khoo, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Traugott Koch, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Alberto H. F. Laender, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Ray R. Larson, University of California, Berkeley Dongwon Lee, Pennsylvania State University John Leggett, Texas A&M University Ee Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Joan K. Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information Xiaoming Liu, Los Alamos National Laboratory Russanne Low, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Jim Martin, University of Colorado Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center Adrienne Muir, Loughborough University, UK Erich Neuhold, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany Jeffrey Pomerantz, University of North Carolina Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia, Canada Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum and Library Services Mimi Recker, Utah State University J. Alfredo Sanchez, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico Rudi Schmiede, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Frank Shipman, Texas A&M University Wes Shumar, Drexel University Ingeborg Solvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Lisa M. Spiro, Rice University Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Hussein Suleman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Josie Taylor, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK Constantino Thanos, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italy Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Eric Van de Velde, California Institute of Technology Ian H Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Mike Wright, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ____________________________________ Prof. José Borbinha (jlb(a)ist.utl.pt) http://www.dei.ist.utl.pt/~jlb DEI/IST/UTL - Departamento de Engenharia Informática (Department of Information Systems and Computer Engineering) INESC-ID - Grupo de Sistemas de Informação (Information Systems Group)

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Europe should adopt OA!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Letter to the Editor ----------------------- Dear Editor of InfoWorld: I read the article "Europe's 'Google killer' goes into hiding" by James Niccolai. It is all very well to talk about Airbus and Quero as rivals to Boeing and Google (or Yahoo!). What actually matters for Europe is their science, where the USA is the undisputed leader for the past several decades. And if Europe were to match, let alone overtake the United States, in science then they should go whole hog for OPEN ACCESS. Every paper published by an European scientist should be available free on an interoperable institutional open access archive. Only then many others will see what European scientists publish and will have a chance to cite European research in their own papers. [Remember already Europe suffers because the world of science English centric and many Europeans write their research papers in other European languages.] Many studies have shown that research papers available on open access channels are cited far more often than those which are available only through subscribtion journals. Fortunately for Europe, institutions such as the Wellcome Trust, CERN, the Open Society Institute, the Electronic Publishing Trust, Bioline International, etc, are proactively promoting open access in Europe. Unfortunately, many commercial publishing firms in Europe are putting forward spurious arguments to stall the open access movement, and even venerable institutions such as the Royal Society has fallen prey to these arguments! The European leaders should make a call for mandating all publicly funded research to be made accessible through open access channels. They should also encourage the rest of the world to adopt OA. That is the only way Europe can break US hegomony in science and scholarship. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai 600 113 India

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A carrot, an egg & a cup pf coffee
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Dear Friends, It seems that this was too good of a life lesson not to pass on! A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?" Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. "It's easier to build a child than repair an adult." You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. Let us all pray God to give courage and make Mrs.Hema Cholin to face the Life. Our entire profession will be behind her. Konnur Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore-560 056 Phone: o8o-22961131, 080-23215510 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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India's participation in OCA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

The following organizations have donated services, facilities, tools, or funding to the Open Content Alliance (OCA), in order to help build a digital archive of global content for universal access. [To inquire about becoming a contributor, please e-mail us at <oca.archive.org>]. Adobe Systems Incorporated Biodiversity Heritage Library, a cooperative project of: American Museum of Natural History Harvard University Botany Libraries Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Missouri Botanical Garden Natural History Museum, London The New York Botanical Garden Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Smithsonian Institution Libraries Boston Public Library Columbia University Emory University European Archive HP Labs Internet Archive Johns Hopkins University Libraries McMaster University Memorial University of Newfoundland Missouri Botanical Garden MSN National Archives (United Kingdom) National Library of Australia O'Reilly Media Prelinger Archives Research Libraries Group (RLG) Rice University Simon Fraser University Smithsonian Institution Libraries University of British Columbia University of California University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science University of Ottawa University of Pittsburgh University of Texas University of Toronto University of Virginia Washington University William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Xerox Corporation Yahoo! York University ------ Should not India's leading libraries join OCA? I urge Directors and librarians of IISc, IITs, NITs and Vice Chancellors of leading Indian universities to have a look at the OCA website. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Open Content Alliance
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Friends: Many institutions - with large library collections - have joined the Open Content Alliance in order to help build a digital archive of global content for universal access. Please see <http://www.opencontentalliance.org/contributors.html>, As far as I know, no Indian institution has joined OCA so far. It is time that we become part of this worldwide initiative of great importance. Our leading academic institutions, publicly funded laboratories, research institutions in the fields of arts, humanities, culture and public policy can all join Open Content Alliance and gain great visibility for their work. Subbiah Arunachalam

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The role of librarians in today's world
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Friends: A few days ago I spoke at a conference at DRTC about the need for LIS professionals to ACT and also find a role in these fast changing times. This morning I found the following article summary in Peter Suber's blog. -------------- Librarians in the age of digitization and OA Barbara Quint, The Home Guard, The Searcher, January 2006. Excerpt: What would you do if you had a personal home library numbering in the thousands or even hundreds of thousands of books? Hire a librarian, right?! Well, thats just what every Web user has as the mammoth book digitization projects by Google, the Open Content Alliance (OCA), Microsoft, Yahoo!, et al., open up their public domain collections. Project Gutenberg has offered tens of thousands of such texts for years. The U.S. Government Printing Office continues to load documents born in public domain, promising eternal archives for them. The open access movement has put masses of scholarly content, similar to what one would expect to find in an academic librarys periodical collection, into the line of sight of Yahoo! Search, Google Scholar, Scirus, and other free Web search engines. And thats only the material that resembles the traditional content formats that people expect librarians to handle books and magazines. Then theres all the content out there on the open Web from authoritative or semi-authoritative or hit-or-miss Web sites. How is a user to tell the wheat from the chaff, the plums from the prunes, the true from the false? Hire an information professional, right?! Well, we know they need us, but do they?...If we information professionals, we librarians, want to serve users, we have to bring our services to where and when the user needs us....Lets start with three basic principles and one overall goal. Principle One: Our solutions operate on Web time and in Web calendars, i.e., 24/7/365 (366 in leap year). Principle Two: Our solutions conserve our time, energy, and expertise by solving problems as Web-wide as possible. Principle Three: Moving a vendor to provide a solution constitutes a successful solution for us. Goal One: We need to get credit for our solutions, if only in order to get enough influence and resources to make more. Time to roll up our virtual sleeves and get to work. ---- Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Dr Cholin
by Shyam Prasad pujar 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

Dear Members, It is very sad, the unfortunate and untimely demise of Dr Veeranna Cholin, Scientist-B, INFLIBNET on Jan 12th, 2006 at Ahmedabad. He was just 37 years old. He was a wonderful person, rising star and born leader always ready to face any kind of challenges with a smile. Started his career with INFLIBNET in 1994-95 after his MLISC and one year training at NCSI, Bangalore. As I know, he worked at different sections of INFLIBNET and finally, before his demise, he was in-charge of Informatics Division and looking after UGC-Infonet consortium of e-journals. His contributions made UGC-INFONET consortium of e-journals a very successful programme of INFLIBNET. He contributed lot towards modernization of University Libraries in India under Inflibnet programme of UGC. He visited USA under Fulbright scholarship in 2005 and worked with OhioLink under the guidance of Mr Tom Sanville, Executive Director, OhioLink. He studied various consortia models of e-journals in USA and compared these with Inflibnet's UGC-Infonet consortium. It is a great loss to the profession and it is an irreplaceable loss for his family, who has left with a wife and two sons, mother, brother and sisters. As a friend, I had an opportunity to spend some time with him, know his works during his career spanning around 12 years. Regards, S.M. Pujar Asst Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai

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Sad news for Library Professionals
by akhtar hussain 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

When checked lis forum,i see news about Dr.V.S. Cholin,scientist B INFLIBNET,i deeply schocked about him,GOD give peace his memory. Akhtar Hussain Research Scholar, Depptt.Lib.& Information Science AMU,Aligarh-202002. When checked lis forum,i see news about Dr.V.S. Cholin,scientist B INFLIBNET,i deeply schocked about him,GOD give peace his memory. Akhtar Hussain Research Scholar, Depptt.Lib.& Information Science AMU,Aligarh-202002. 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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