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Vidyanidhi Training Workshop on Electronic Communication and eScholarship-Dec28-30, 2004
by Shalini R Urs 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Vidyanidhi is organising 'Training Workshop on Electronic Communication and eScholarship" during December 28-30, 2004. This Training Workshop is meant for Doctoral Students working for their PhD degrees in different institutions/universities in different disciplines- but preferably in Social Sciences. Registration forms are available for downloading at our website. Please note that there is no registration fee. Vidyanidhi will bear the ordinary second class train fare; provide boarding and lodging and course materials in CD format. For more information please visit our website: www.vidyanidhi.org.in <http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/> Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm  Vidyanidhi is organising ‘Training Workshop on Electronic Communication and eScholarship” during December 28-30, 2004 . � This Training Workshop is meant for Doctoral Students working for their PhD degrees in different institutions/universities in different disciplines- but preferably in Social Sciences. Registration forms are available for downloading at our website. Please note that there is no registration fee. Vidyanidhi will bear the ordinary second class train fare; provide boarding and lodging and course materials in CD format. For more information please visit our website: http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ www.vidyanidhi.org.in � � � � Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm �

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Contest to Design a Digital Library for Children
by venky 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

An opportunity for Library & Information Professionals to contribute to a Social Cause The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers in the Library and Information field to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The entry which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 31 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in venkys(a)gmail.com An opportunity for Library & Information Professionals to contribute to a Social Cause The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers in the Library and Information field to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The entry which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 31 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - mailto:rai@bgl.vsnl.net.in rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - mailto:chinmayalbal@rediffmail.com chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in mailto:venkys@gmail.com venkys(a)gmail.com

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new presidnet of INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCITION
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

dear friends Dr.muthayya Kognurmath, Librarian, Tata Institute of Social sciences, Mumbai is the new president of ILA. after amending the constitution unanimoulsy on 3 Dec 2004at ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE, BARODA, he took over as the new President. let all the lirary pofesionals join toether and congratulte him. we all hope that he will e able to some good and costructive work during next 2d half years of his tenure. we also congratulate him on the occsion of his gettting selelcted as librarian of JNU,New Delhi. he is likley to join y end of this month. Dr Kognurmath, I join all othe professional friends to congratulate u. laxman rao ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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CDS isis
by Casius C Issac 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I am able to download WINISIS from the appended URL Try out Casius CDS/ISIS Distribution Version Française ci-dessous ------------------------------------------ ** ENGLISH ******************** ------------------------------------------ Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for requesting a copy of CDS/ISIS for Windows. In order to obtain the software, you may either contact your national distributor listed on: http://www.unesco.org/isis/distributors.html or directly download the installation file from: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/winisislicense.html after having read and accepted the terms of the distribution licence using the appropriate "accept" button on the bottom of the page. You will then be able to download the full installation of the latest version of CDS/ISIS for Windows (about 2.4 Mbytes). After the installation, please check carefully the README.DOC file (section troubleshooting). We warmly recommend you to subscribe to the CDS/ISIS International mailing list from our website. Access CDS/ISIS On Line DOCUMENTATION at: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/doc Best regards, CDS/ISIS and IDAMS development team Communication and Information Sector UNESCO ------------------------------------------ QUICK TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ------------------------------------------ **** "Cannot Run" or "Missing DLLs" messages **** Depending from your Windows installation and/or version, you may get an error message reporting the file CTL3D.DLL (or CTL3DV2.DLL) as missing or a message saying that a "device attached to the system is not working properly". In this case you do have use a DLL file located in \winisis\ctl3dv2 To make Winisis up and running you should copy CTL3D.DLL in the following directory: \windows\system Windows NT or 2000 users should copy that file in the corresponding system directory (C:\WINNT) **** NOTES FOR Windows NT, Windows 2000, WinXP USERS **** Please note that Winisis needs a special property to be set in these environments. Proceed as follows: 1) Drag the Winisis icon onto the desktop to create a shortcut. 2) Click the right mouse button on the desktop Winisis icon. 3) Select the tab "Shortcut" and set "Run in separate memory space". It is the option under the "Target" box. 4) Click ok and always use the shortcut for running Winisis. This will make Winisis stable under Windows NT and Windows 2000, WinXP. *** WINISIS HAS BLOCKED (hang up) **** In case Winisis has blocked, please call the TaskManager (using the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys combination) and then stop the process called NTVDM.EXE. Then you may restart Winisis. ------------------------------------------ ** FRANÇAIS ************************** ------------------------------------------ Monsieur/Madame, Nous vous remercions de votre demande relative à la copie CDS/ISIS sous Windows. Afin d'obtenir le logiciel, vous avez la possibilité soit de contacter votre distributeur national dont l'adresse figure à la page: http://www.unesco.org/isis/distributors.html soit de télécharger directement l'installation à l'adresse suivante: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/winisislicense.html après avoir lu et accepté les termes de la licence de distribution en utilisant la touche appropriée en bas de page, vous pourrez ainsi accéder au téléchargement du fichier d'installation de la dernière version de CDS/ISIS pour Windows (2.4 Moctets environ). Une fois CDS/ISIS installé, veuillez lire attentivement le fichier 'README.DOC' (la section "résolution des problèmes"). Nous vous conseillons vivement de vous inscrire à la liste de discussion internationale via courrier électronique sur CDS/ISIS dont l'adresse est publiée sur notre site web. Recevez, Madame, Monsieur, l'expression de nos salutations distinguées. L'équipe du développement de CDS/ISIS et IDAMS Secteur de la communication et de i'Information UNESCO --------------------------------------------- GUIDE RAPIDE POUR LA RESOLUTION DES PROBLEMES --------------------------------------------- **** Messages "Impossible d'exécuter" ou "DLL manquante" **** A l'exécution du programme un ou plusieurs messages d'erreur peuvent apparaître, indiquant, par exemple, que le fichier CTL3D.DLL (librairie de liaison dynamique) est introuvable ou qu'une composante du système ne fonctionne pas correctement. Ceci est souvent du à votre installation ou version de Windows. Dans ces cas, vous devez utiliser le fichier DLL situé dans le répertoire: \winisis\ctl3dv2 Pour résoudre le problème vous devez copier/remplacer ce fichier dans le répertorie suivant: \winisis\system Les utilisateur des systèmes Windows NT ou 2000 devraient copier ce fichier dans leur répertoire système, parfois nommé c:\WINNT en lieu de c:\windows **** NOTES POUR LES USAGERS DE WinNT, Win2000 ET WinXP **** Veuillez noter que Winisis nécessite l'activation d'une option particulière pour bien fonctionner sous ces systèmes. Procédez comme suit: 1) Déplacez l'icône de Winisis sur le bureau de Windows afin de créer un raccourci. 2) Sur le bureau de Windows, cliquez le raccourci Winisis utilisant le bouton droit de la souris 3) Sélectionnez l'onglet "Raccourci" et activez l'option "Exécuter dans des zones mémoires différentes". 4) Confirmez avec OK et souvenez-vous de toujours utiliser ce raccourci pour démarrer Winisis. Cette opération rendra Winisis stable sous Windows NT, 2000 et WinXP. *** WINISIS EST BLOQUE (planté) **** Si Winisis est bloqué, exécutez le "Gestionnaire des tâches" utilisant la combinaison de touches "CRTL-ALT-SUPP" sur votre clavier. Puis, arrêtez le processus nommé "NTVDM.EXE". Vous pourrez alors re-démarrer Winisis sans problèmes. I am able to download WINISIS from the appended URL Try out Casius CDS/ISIS Distribution Version Française ci-dessous ------------------------------------------ ** ENGLISH ******************** ------------------------------------------ Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for requesting a copy of CDS/ISIS for Windows. In order to obtain the software, you may either contact your national distributor listed on: http://www.unesco.org/isis/distributors.html or directly download the installation file from: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/winisislicense.html after having read and accepted the terms of the distribution licence using the appropriate "accept" button on the bottom of the page. You will then be able to download the full installation of the latest version of CDS/ISIS for Windows (about 2.4 Mbytes). After the installation, please check carefully the README.DOC file (section troubleshooting). We warmly recommend you to subscribe to the CDS/ISIS International mailing list from our website. Access CDS/ISIS On Line DOCUMENTATION at: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/doc Best regards, CDS/ISIS and IDAMS development team Communication and Information Sector UNESCO ------------------------------------------ QUICK TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ------------------------------------------ **** "Cannot Run" or "Missing DLLs" messages **** Depending from your Windows installation and/or version, you may get an error message reporting the file CTL3D.DLL (or CTL3DV2.DLL) as missing or a message saying that a "device attached to the system is not working properly". In this case you do have use a DLL file located in \winisis\ctl3dv2 To make Winisis up and running you should copy CTL3D.DLL in the following directory: \windows\system Windows NT or 2000 users should copy that file in the corresponding system directory (C:\WINNT) **** NOTES FOR Windows NT, Windows 2000, WinXP USERS **** Please note that Winisis needs a special property to be set in these environments. Proceed as follows: 1) Drag the Winisis icon onto the desktop to create a shortcut. 2) Click the right mouse button on the desktop Winisis icon. 3) Select the tab "Shortcut" and set "Run in separate memory space". It is the option under the "Target" box. 4) Click ok and always use the shortcut for running Winisis. This will make Winisis stable under Windows NT and Windows 2000, WinXP. *** WINISIS HAS BLOCKED (hang up) **** In case Winisis has blocked, please call the TaskManager (using the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys combination) and then stop the process called NTVDM.EXE. Then you may restart Winisis. ------------------------------------------ ** FRANÇAIS ************************** ------------------------------------------ Monsieur/Madame, Nous vous remercions de votre demande relative à la copie CDS/ISIS sous Windows. Afin d'obtenir le logiciel, vous avez la possibilité soit de contacter votre distributeur national dont l'adresse figure à la page: http://www.unesco.org/isis/distributors.html soit de télécharger directement l'installation à l'adresse suivante: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/winisislicense.html après avoir lu et accepté les termes de la licence de distribution en utilisant la touche appropriée en bas de page, vous pourrez ainsi accéder au téléchargement du fichier d'installation de la dernière version de CDS/ISIS pour Windows (2.4 Moctets environ). Une fois CDS/ISIS installé, veuillez lire attentivement le fichier 'README.DOC' (la section "résolution des problèmes"). Nous vous conseillons vivement de vous inscrire à la liste de discussion internationale via courrier électronique sur CDS/ISIS dont l'adresse est publiée sur notre site web. Recevez, Madame, Monsieur, l'expression de nos salutations distinguées. L'équipe du développement de CDS/ISIS et IDAMS Secteur de la communication et de i'Information UNESCO --------------------------------------------- GUIDE RAPIDE POUR LA RESOLUTION DES PROBLEMES --------------------------------------------- **** Messages "Impossible d'exécuter" ou "DLL manquante" **** A l'exécution du programme un ou plusieurs messages d'erreur peuvent apparaître, indiquant, par exemple, que le fichier CTL3D.DLL (librairie de liaison dynamique) est introuvable ou qu'une composante du système ne fonctionne pas correctement. Ceci est souvent du à votre installation ou version de Windows. Dans ces cas, vous devez utiliser le fichier DLL situé dans le répertoire: \winisis\ctl3dv2 Pour résoudre le problème vous devez copier/remplacer ce fichier dans le répertorie suivant: \winisis\system Les utilisateur des systèmes Windows NT ou 2000 devraient copier ce fichier dans leur répertoire système, parfois nommé c:\WINNT en lieu de c:\windows **** NOTES POUR LES USAGERS DE WinNT, Win2000 ET WinXP **** Veuillez noter que Winisis nécessite l'activation d'une option particulière pour bien fonctionner sous ces systèmes. Procédez comme suit: 1) Déplacez l'icône de Winisis sur le bureau de Windows afin de créer un raccourci. 2) Sur le bureau de Windows, cliquez le raccourci Winisis utilisant le bouton droit de la souris 3) Sélectionnez l'onglet "Raccourci" et activez l'option "Exécuter dans des zones mémoires différentes". 4) Confirmez avec OK et souvenez-vous de toujours utiliser ce raccourci pour démarrer Winisis. Cette opération rendra Winisis stable sous Windows NT, 2000 et WinXP. *** WINISIS EST BLOQUE (planté) **** Si Winisis est bloqué, exécutez le "Gestionnaire des tâches" utilisant la combinaison de touches "CRTL-ALT-SUPP" sur votre clavier. Puis, arrêtez le processus nommé "NTVDM.EXE". Vous pourrez alors re-démarrer Winisis sans problèmes.

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Call for papers, Library quality, IFLA conference, Oslo 2005
by JK Vijayakumar 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Mike Heaney <michael.heaney(a)ouls.ox.ac.uk> wrote: From: Mike Heaney Subject: Call for papers, Library quality, IFLA conference, Oslo 2005 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:14:13 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) [Apologies for cross-posting] Call for papers: Library quality in the institutional environment, Open Program sponsored jointly by the IFLA sections for University and Research Libraries and for Statistics and Evaluation at the World Library and Information Congress / 71st IFLA Conference, Oslo, 14-18 August 2005. What is quality for a university library - for a public library - for a national library? This is the first call for papers on the pursuit, identification and measurement of quality in all types of libraries. Papers may be in English, French, German, Russian or Spanish. Papers should be no more than 30 minutes in duration. Proposals for papers (giving title and abstract) should be submitted to Sue McKnight (IFLA University and Research Libraries Section), sue.mcknight(a)ntu.ac.uk or Michael Heaney (IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section), michael.heaney(a)ouls.ox.ac.uk by 15 January 2005. Successful proposers will be notified by 31 January 2005 and must supply the full text of papers by 1 April. See the congress website at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/index.htm for further details of the congress, including conference fees, accommodation and travel. Michael Heaney Head of Service Assessment & Planning Oxford University Library Services Clarendon Building, Bodleian Library Oxford OX1 3BG UK Tel +44 (0)1865 277 236 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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Call for Submissions for Book on _Usage Statistics for E-Serials_ (Haworth)
by Gerry Mckiernan 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Colleagues/ Please find below a Call for Submissions for book on __Usage Statistics for E-Serials_ (Haworth) posted on behalf of my colleague David Fowler (dfowler(a)iastate.edu), our Electronic Resources Coordinator NOTE: Please direct ALL queries to David (*not* me) ; Thanks! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu ****************************************************************************************************** I am editing a book for Haworth Press entitled "USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS". This book is a volume in the series "Haworth Series on Serials Librarianship and Continuing Resources". It will be a collection of essays by various library and publishing professionals such as yourself, concerning the current environment in libraries for the acquisition, development and utilization of usage statistics for e-serials. This will look at both the benefits and problems associated with the current and future state of usage statistics. I would like to invite interested people to write a paper for this collection. If you have a relevant topic in mind, please feel free to share your idea with me; Otherwise, I have prepared a list of several topics that could be relevant to this book that you may want to consider; please find this listing at the bottom of this message. We are projecting to have all manuscripts completed by the end of April 2004, so that editing and publishing tasks can be accomplished. I would be pleased and honored to have some of you contribute your thoughts to this project. Please contact me about your interest at dfowler(a)iastate.edu and also let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Sincerely, Dave Fowler OUTLINE "USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS" Edited by David C. Fowler Topic Ideas: How are e-serials usage statistics actually utilized? Evaluating the costs of paid e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.) Evaluating the actual costs of "Free" e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.) Strategies when confronted with usage statistics problems by vendors. How do libraries allot staff for e-serials statistics management (a survey?) Current and future trends in electronic journal statistics. Consortial arrangements for e-serials: When to use Problems and solutions in promoting e-serial usage to customers Issues with standardization of usage statistics. What are the different methods of evaluating the quality and usefulness of e-serials statistics? Interlibrary loan statistics and collection development. What is the next step in developing usage statistics? How do libraries disseminate usage statistics? Licensing and usage statistics. Deriving usage statistics from local library management software. ******************************************************************************************************

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Listservs in Botany
by harinarayana＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

This is the reply for Sunil's question. You can visit http://public.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html for listservs on Botany. You can also search google under "Listservs" "Botany" > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai > (Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) > 2. Re: Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU (Sukhdev Singh) > 3. Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir (Bhojaraju G.) > 4. Botanist Forum (SUNIL M.V.) > 5. Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar > of INFLIBNET (JK Vijayakumar) > 6. On institutional archives (Subbiah Arunachalam) > 7. Pest control In the Library (vasanth raj) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:18:57 +0530 > From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Subject: [LIS-Forum] New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: <DBF3A0D52B21954A91869AF702D1A32C083A6C(a)ikpex01.ikp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > New library in Mumbai for visually impaired > PTI (HIndustan Times) > Mumbai, December 4 > > http://www.htnext.com/news/5922_1137458,001500230001.htm > > > A library for the visually impaired was opened at the Victoria Memorial > School for the blind here today. > > The state-of-the-art library was inaugurated by Justice Radhakrishnan of > Bombay High Court. Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, the > library has Braille books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and > CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low > vision. > > It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music > and read-aloud sessions. Workshops, lectures and discussions on topics of > general interest will be periodically organised, the school Principal > Shalan Chavan said. > > Established in 1902 for the benefit of the blind, the Victoria Memorial > school today has a strength of 100 residential students and 20 day > scholars from different parts of the country and the demand for admission > continues, Chavan said. > > ============================================= > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, > RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: > +91(40)27846631 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:23:20 +0530 > From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Cc: Lata Suresh <lata(a)iihmr.org> > Message-ID: <c13c8522041205215320ed2462(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Paying up Rs. 300/- for putting up personal profile..??? > Perhaps, People are not aware of the hazards of exposing themselves on > net. > > ---sukhdev > > >> Subject: >> WEBSITE FOR YOU >> Dear friends, the website for you. >> http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ >> http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ >> > > > > > >> first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the >> specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per >> online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. >> 300/- to the said company. >> Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. >> Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on >> worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world >> librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other >> librarians.. >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:04:34 +0530 > From: "Bhojaraju G." <bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, <lisdwd(a)yahoogroups.co.in> > Cc: muttayya(a)vsnl.com > Message-ID: > <74E8CF516D0CDF44BBE51626E484B5EA0B9D4A(a)blrmail.icicionesource.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part > -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 1712 bytes > Desc: image003.jpg > Url : > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20041206/1b71123d… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) > From: "SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum > To: lisforum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: <20041206124651.96817.qmail(a)web50707.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and > Information Science? > > > > > > > Sunil MV > > Librarian > > SDM Institute for Management Development > > No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road > > Siddartha Nagar, Mysore > > Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 > > Fax: 0821-2425557 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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Re : [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum
by Bhojaraju G. 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi Sunil, Pl refer http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews .html http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G. Librarian - Knowledge Management www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/> _____ <http://www.icicionesource.com/> Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. : 9029 | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com <mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com> | www.icicionesource.com <http://www.icicionesource.com/> ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring) | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560006, India. Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) From: "SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com> View Contact Details <http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab?.rand=17014&v=SA&A=t&em=l ibra_sunil(a)yahoo.com&.done=http%3a%2f%2fus.f128.mail.yahoo.c om%2fym%2fShowLetter%3fMsgId%3d1037%5f3272460%5f215695%5f300 1%5f612%5f0%5f46129%5f1496%5f1088988593%26Idx%3d3%26YY%3d293 97%26inc%3d200%26order%3ddown%26sort%3ddate%26pos%3d0%26view %3da%26head%3db%26box%3dInbox> To: "lisforum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: <http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1037_3272 460_215695_3001_612_0_46129_1496_1088988593&Idx=3&YY=29397&i nc=200&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#at tachments#attachments> [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 ***************************************************************************************************** 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, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Hi Sunil, � Pl refer http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html � http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm � Thanks and Regards � Bhojaraju G. Librarian – Knowledge Management http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ www.bhojarajug.cjb.net http://www.icicionesource.com/ cid:image002.jpg@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. :�9029� | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com � | http://www.icicionesource.com/ www.icicionesource.com �ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring)� � | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road , Bangalore - 560006, India . � � Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) From: %20http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/index.html cid:image003.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 �"SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com>�� http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab?.rand=17014&v=SA&A=t&em=libra_sunil@yahoo… cid:image004.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 View Contact Details To: "lisforum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1037_3272460_215695_3001_… cid:image005.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum � Dear Friends, � � Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science?� � � � � � Sunil MV � Librarian � SDM Institute for Management Development � No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road � Siddartha Nagar, Mysore � Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 � Fax: 0821-2425557 � � ***************************************************************************************************** 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, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************

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Botanist Forum
by SUNIL M.V. 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. Dear Friends, � Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science?� � � Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=29917/*http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 Learn more.

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I-DLR's new address
by Shyam Prasad pujar 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Members, Please note that I-DLR (Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System) has moved to new address. Now it is available at: http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~DL/iDLR/index.php Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

dear sunil, please go to google. select groups at the top. then type sci.bio.botany in search box. you can go to a discussion group (international) on botany. Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of SUNIL M.V. Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:17 PM To: lisforum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more.

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Postponement of Refresher Course in LIS at Punjabi University, Patiala.
by harry＠pbi.ac.in 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Kindly excuse for cross-postings. Dear professional colleagues The refresher curse in Library & Information science to be organised by the Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) from 8 - 28 December 2004 has been postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances. The new dates for organizing this refresher course would be announced as soon as these are finalized. HPS Kalra +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Harinder Pal Singh Kalra, Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab. India. Tel: +91-175 -304 6179 (work) -228 6548 (home), +91-98729 84729 (mobile) Email: harry(a)pbi.ac.in, hps253(a)yahoo.co.uk http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/dlis.htm http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/vlib.htm http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/salin/salin.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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CDS/ISIS Windows version
by Seshu Sripada 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Seshu Could you please send the cds/isis windows version full by cd if is free? where can I find. Thanks seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seshu Could you please send the cds/isis windows version full by cd if is free? where can I find. Thanks seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER
by Shyam Prasad pujar 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

From: i.m.johnson(a)rgu.ac.uk Subject: CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER K. G. Saur Verlag Munich, Germany Announces the 2005 annual award for Best LIBRI Student Paper Since 1950, through 55 volumes, LIBRI International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, LIBRI is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2005." This competition supports LIBRI's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. We are proud once again to recognize the very best article with this special award. Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: May 31, 2005 The best paper will be selected by a independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of * originality of thought and observation * depth of research and scholarship * topicality of problems addressed * the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2005:3 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with a complementary subscription to LIBRI for 2006. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2006. The normal provision to the author of 25 offprints applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be sent to the LIBRI Editorial Office, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk <mailto:libri@statsbiblioteket.dk > . Author instructions are available at the LIBRI site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award.

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Pest control In the Library
by vasanth raj 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Sir/Madam To control the pest in the library u can use the following chemicals for different kind of insects. Cockroaches: Gemexene or D.D.T whiteants/termites: Corbon bisulphide, corbon tetrachloride Fungus: Thymol crystals(100grams Ether(4 grms) benzene(400cc) mercuries bichloride(4 grams) Silver fish: A misture of sodium floride and flour can be used to control the pest. Its better to provide space, ventilation, apropriate temperature and humidity level in the library and regular cleaning will help u to keep insects away.Please avoid chemical pesticides. it's harmful to the user as well as staff. Regards Vasantha Raju N e-mail gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam To control the pest in the library u can use the following chemicals for different kind of insects. Cockroaches: Gemexene or D.D.T whiteants/termites: Corbon bisulphide, corbon tetrachloride Fungus: Thymol crystals(100grams Ether(4 grms) benzene(400cc) mercuries bichloride(4 grams) Silver fish: A misture of sodium floride and flour can be used to control the pest. Its better to provide space, ventilation, apropriate temperature and humidity level in the library and regular cleaning will help u to keep insects away.Please avoid chemical pesticides. it's harmful to the user as well as staff. Regards Vasantha Raju N e-mail mailto:gooche_1981@yahoo.co.in gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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On institutional archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar of INFLIBNET
by JK Vijayakumar 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar, our colleague from INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. He has been awarded with Commonwealth Professional Fellowship and he will be working at Middlesex University under the guidance of Dr Alan Hopkinson during January - April 2005. He is with INFLIBNET Centre since 1997 as Scientific and Technical Officer and actively inolved in activities, especially related to Union Database Managament, Bibliographic Standards, Multi Lingual Solutions, SOUL Software Development and Networking and Quality Control Group. He holds Bachelor degree in Science, Master degree in Library and Information Science and PGDCA. He is the Convenor of MARC21 Core Group of INFLIBNET Centre, nominated an Alternate representative of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Technical Committee MSD5and an Alternate Voting Representative to NISO (National Information Standards Organization), USA. He is widely published in International refereed journals and conferences and he is the Joint-Convener of International CALIBER-2005. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mike.Bray(a)britishcouncil.org> To: <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in>; <rchandrakar(a)yahoo.com> Cc: <Emily.Thomas(a)in.britishcouncil.org> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: Professional Fellowship award Dear Mr Chandrakar, I was pleased to hear from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission that you have been offered a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship Award at Middlesex University tenable from 5 January 2005 to 15 April 2005. I have sent you letters today with administrative details about your Professional Fellowship award. To save a little time, I am enclosing electronic versions here. I have also enclosed your UK Work Permit which will be necessary for obtaining a visa. Please let me know if you need any further information at this stage. Best wishes Mike Bray British Council, Manchester ---------------------------------- Mike Bray Contract Officer, CCAG T +44 (0)161 957 7398 F +44 (0)161 957 7488 mike.bray(a)britishcouncil.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir
by Bhojaraju G. 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir Dear Sir, Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. With Warm Regards Bhojaraju G. Librarian - Knowledge Management www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/> _____ <http://www.icicionesource.com/> Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. : 9029 | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com <mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com> | www.icicionesource.com <http://www.icicionesource.com/> ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring) | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560006, India. ***************************************************************************************************** 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, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir � Dear Sir, � Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. � I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. � With Warm Regards � Bhojaraju G. Librarian – Knowledge Management http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ www.bhojarajug.cjb.net http://www.icicionesource.com/ cid:image003.jpg@01C4DB8B.BF995290 Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. :�9029� | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com � | http://www.icicionesource.com/ www.icicionesource.com �ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring)� � | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road , Bangalore - 560006, India . � ***************************************************************************************************** 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, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************

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Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU
by Lata Suresh 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Lata Suresh To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org or iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:lata@iihmr.org Lata Suresh To: mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : mailto:lata@iihmr.org lata(a)iihmr.org or mailto:iihmr@iihmr.org iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org http://www.iihmr.org

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New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

New library in Mumbai for visually impaired PTI (HIndustan Times) Mumbai, December 4 http://www.htnext.com/news/5922_1137458,001500230001.htm A library for the visually impaired was opened at the Victoria Memorial School for the blind here today. The state-of-the-art library was inaugurated by Justice Radhakrishnan of Bombay High Court. Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, the library has Braille books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low vision. It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music and read-aloud sessions. Workshops, lectures and discussions on topics of general interest will be periodically organised, the school Principal Shalan Chavan said. Established in 1902 for the benefit of the blind, the Victoria Memorial school today has a strength of 100 residential students and 20 day scholars from different parts of the country and the demand for admission continues, Chavan said. ============================================= Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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loss of books
by Nagesh Hadimani 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Dear friends, there is one question, is librarian responsible for the loss of books i n the big libraries or the whole staff is responsible for it. If any amendemnts in ugc and other library act. please inform me about that. Thanks >> > vijaykumar mulimani > >> > Librarian > >> > Sangameshwar college, > >> > Solapur.413001 > >> > ph:(o)0217-2315588 ext.25 > >> > >

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Pest Controls in library
by Sasireka Govindaraj 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Dear Professional Friends, i wish to know about "Pest Controls in Library". kindly let me know about the same... kind regards, G.Sasireka Librarian Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College Perambalur, Tamilnadu. ===== Regards, G.Sasireka ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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[lisnet] MSU to host All-India Library Conference
by K Prakash 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

MSU to host All-India Library Conference Express New Service Vadodara, November 28: Hansa Mehta Library of MS University will play host to the 50th All India Library Conference of Indian Library Association from December 1. The conference is the first of its kind in Vadodara. The four-day conference - 'Knowledge Organisation in Digital Environment in Libraries' - will be inaugurated on December 1 and see participants all over the world. Over 300 librarians, information scientists, researchers, scholars and students of Library and Information Science are expected to participate in the conference. ''We have already received 109 paper presentations for the event. This is an opportunity for us to learn different library methods practiced around the world,'' said Kautilya H Shukla, the University librarian at MSU. The Hansa Mehta library has 7.5 lakh books to its credit and serves the distinction of being the largest university library system in the country. Though digitalisation of the library has been doing rounds, so far nothing has materialised. Shukla said that entire membership and accounting procedures are computerised but operations are still being done manually. Shukla further added that new technologies have given birth to concepts like digital libraries, e-libraries and virtual libraries that require re-engineering of knowledge organisations in the library. ''Quick access to information using digital devices or electronic media are unavoidable across the globe and library cannot be an exception,'' he said. He added that the authorities are considering digitalisation of the Hansa Mehta library soon. With best wishes/ 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 # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/_o7wlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lisnet/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lisnet-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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help requested on purchasing a good digital scanner
by Sunita Barve 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

We would like to buy one good digital flatbed scanner for our library which will have the following facilities and which will be with price range from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 80000/-. 1. Color scanning 2. Negative film scanning 3. Slide scanning 4. Transparancy scanning 5. OCR facility 6. Scanning area from A4 to A3 page size 7. Book scanning facility We already have one "ACER Scanner Scan Premio ST" which we bought in 2002 but now after two years there may be something new available in the market with advanced features. Can any one of you suggest any good scanner available in the market and which you are using for scanning documents in your library with above facilities. Regards, Sunita Barve Library-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : 91-20-25697107 FAX : 91-20-5697257 Email :sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in

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Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BELOVED DIRECTOR Dr T A V MURTHY --- Arunachalam Hariharan <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:52:15 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [digilib_india] Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - > selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila > Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004 > > > Dear All, > > Selection process for the Best Librarian award > instituted in the name of Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra is over. Selection was > based on criteria such as > > Numbers of > > 1. Papers presented in the national and > international > conferences > > 2. Articles published in national and > international > journals > > 3. Invited talks at various levels > > 4. Books authored, edited, reviewed > > 5. Contribution to the profession > > 6. Contribution to the Society/Nation > > 7. Innovative services developed/introduced > > 8. Projects undertaken > > 9. Seminars/conferences organised > > 10. Number of researches guided > > 11. Educational qualifications, service > rendered in > various capacity (at all levels) and so on. > > Selection Committee is pleased to announce the > name of > > Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET for this > award > for the year 2004. > > Let us all congratulate Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, > Director, > INFLIBNET for getting selected for the award - > for his > outstanding contribution to the profession and > distinguished service > > Let us all thank Dr. Harish Chandra for > sponsoring > the award. > > Convener, > Award Committee, > Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best > Librarian > Award 2004 > SALIS > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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READIT-2005 Conference
by Jayakumar, C 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, READIT-2005 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam - 603 102, Tamil Nadu, India; 16-18 March, 2005 Madras Library Association - Kalpakkam Chapter (MALA-KC) and Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam is organizing a National Conference on "REcent ADvances in Information Technology - 2005 (READIT-2005)" during 17-18th March,2005. The theme of the conference is "Digital Libraries to Knowledge Systems". A pre-conference tutorial is also being arranged on the following topics "Advanced Methods & Technologies for Content Management" and "Application of Open Source solutions for Digital Libraries" on 16th March, 2005 For further details Please visit the conference info. site : http://www.readit-2005.org or write to readit(a)igcar.ernet.in With best wishes, C. Jayakumar Digital Resources Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam - 603 102 India Phone & Fax : +91 4114 280096 email : jay(a)igcar.ernet.in

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Library Positions at TCS Hyderabad
by kishore.ingale＠tcs.com 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Library Positions at TCS, Hyderabad Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among the valued customers. Deccan Park, TCS's world class facility at Madhapur in Hyderabad houses about 3000 software professionals. We are in the process of strengthening the library services and urgently require the following. 1) Asst Manager - Library & Information Services (one post) MLISc (or equivalent) is a must, spl programs like NCSI, PGDLAN will be an advantage. 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, exposure to latest IT & management tools, should be able to handle a branch library. 2)Officer - Library & Information Services ( two posts) MLISc or (equivalent), Experience: 0 to 3 years Flair for IT, good communication skills are a prerequisite. The remuneration will match the best in industry. All positions are permanent with one year probationary. Interested may e-mail their resumes to < delphine.almeida(a)tcs.com> by 10 th Dec. 2004. Alternatively , hard copies can be posted at 'Ms Delphine Almeida , Library & Information Centre , Tata Consultancy Services , 10 th Floor , Air India Building , Nariman Point , Mumbai 400021 '. (Those who have responded to us in the last 3-4 weeks need not apply) Thanks & Regards, BP Prakash Assistant General Manager Corporate Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services 10th floor, Air India building Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 Ph 91 22 5668 9294 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this message is intended only and solely for the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message and for the exclusive use of the said addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person) and may contain legally privileged and confidential information belonging to Tata Consultancy Services Limited. It must not be printed, read, copied, disclosed, forwarded, distributed or used (in whatsoever manner) by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may constitute unlawful act and can possibly attract legal action, civil and/or criminal. The contents of this message need not necessarily reflect or endorse the views of Tata Consultancy Services limited on any subject matter. Any action taken or omitted to be taken based on this message is entirely at your risk and neither the originator of this message nor Tata Consultancy Services Limited takes any responsibility or liability towards the same. Opinions, conclusions and any other information contained in this message that do not relate to the official business of Tata Consultancy Services limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited or any affiliate of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and may please notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you. Library Positions at TCS, Hyderabad Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among the valued customers. Deccan Park, TCS's �world class facility at Madhapur in Hyderabad houses about 3000 software professionals. We are in the process of strengthening the library services and urgently require the following. 1) Asst Manager - Library & Information Services (one post) MLISc (or equivalent) is a must, spl programs like NCSI, PGDLAN will be an advantage. 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, exposure to latest IT & management tools, should be able to handle a branch library. 2)Officer - Library & Information Services ( two posts) MLISc or (equivalent), Experience: �0 to 3 years Flair for IT, good communication skills are a prerequisite. The remuneration will match the best in industry. All positions are permanent with one year probationary. Interested may �e-mail �their resumes �to < delphine.almeida(a)tcs.com> by 10 th Dec. 2004. Alternatively , hard copies can be posted at 'Ms Delphine Almeida , Library & Information Centre , Tata Consultancy Services , 10 th Floor , Air India Building , Nariman Point , Mumbai 400021 '. (Those who have responded to us in the last 3-4 weeks need not apply) Thanks & Regards, BP Prakash Assistant General Manager Corporate Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services 10th floor, Air India building Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 Ph 91 22 5668 9294 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this message is intended only and solely for the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message and for the exclusive use of the said addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person) and may contain legally privileged and confidential information belonging to Tata Consultancy Services Limited. It must not be printed, read, copied, disclosed, forwarded, distributed or used (in whatsoever manner) by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may constitute unlawful act and can possibly attract legal action, civil and/or criminal. The contents of this message need not necessarily reflect or endorse the views of Tata Consultancy Services limited on any subject matter. Any action taken or omitted to be taken based on this message is entirely at your risk and neither the originator of this message nor Tata Consultancy Services Limited takes any responsibility or liability towards the same. Opinions, conclusions and any other information contained in this message that do not relate to the official business of Tata Consultancy Services limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited or any affiliate of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and may please notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you.

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MyLISA December Lecture
by SUNIL M.V. 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) cordially invite you for the talk on Topic: "NAAC Accreditation: A Librarian�s Perspective� Speaker : Mr. Ronal Prakash Cutinha, Librarian, St. Philomina's College, Mysore Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Date & Time: 4th December 2004 & 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm MyLISA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. Dear Professionals, � Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) cordially invite you for�the talk on Topic : " NAAC Accreditation: A Librarian�s Perspective�� Speaker : Mr. Ronal Prakash Cutinha, Librarian, St. Philomina's College, Mysore � Venue :��Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Date & Time: ��4th December 2004 & 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm MyLISA Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/security/*http://promotions.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.

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An arizona-based repository for LIS papers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Friends: Those of you who do not have an open access archive at your institution, you may deposit your papers (full twext) in http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html . This is a Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, a repository of full-text electronic resources in the domains of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT). Our friends from NIC have deposited some of their papers in this archive. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Those of you who do not have an open access archive at your institution, you may deposit your papers (full twext) in http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html . This is a Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, a repository of full-text electronic resources in the domains of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT). Our friends from NIC have deposited some of their papers in this archive. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Need an article that seems to refer me.
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Members, While searching Google Scholar, I hit upon on the following article that seems to refer me in some context of CDS/ISIS. ------------------------------------------------------------- CDS/ISIS Information Author: Hopkinson A. Source: Information Development, March 2003, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 9-12(4) Publisher: SAGE Publications --------------------------------------------------------------- However, I do not have access to its fulltext. Will someone having the above journal/article verify it? Following is the hit result from Google Scholar: ========================================== http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=sukhdev+information+d… [PDF] CDS/ISIS INFORMATION NEWU WEBSITE, D EXCHANGE, S PAR ... Information Development, vol ... Sukhdev Singh, Principal Systems Analyst, Biblio- graphic Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, has pointed ... Information Development, 2003 - ingenta.com ========================================= Thanks in advance. Sukhdev Singh.

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voilating copy right act
by vasanth raj 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche mailto:_1981@yahoo.co.in _1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Lecture on Internet Informetrics
by I.R.N.Goudar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, The Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter cordially invite you for an interesting lecture. Topic: Discussions on Informetrics of the Internet and other Social Networks Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) Leo Egghe LUC Library Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium Venue: British Library, Prestige Takt, 23 Kasturba Road, Bangalore Date & Time: Tuesday the 7th December 04 at 4 p.m. Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao I.R.N. Goudar President Secretary Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html with regards, I.K. Ravichandrar Rao _________________________________________________________________ NRIs! http://creative.mediaturf.net/creatives/citibankrca/rca_msntagofline.htm Choose values with free money transfers!

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FW: Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Vijaykumar Please find out the year in which the book was published and the year of death of author. Copyright for the book exists from the date of creation/publication of the book through out the lifetime of the author and up to fifty years after the death of the author - (enjoyed by his heirs). This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 <mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com> -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [iatlis] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 <mailto:library@mvjeducation.com> library(a)mvjeducation.com _____ Do you Yahoo!? Take <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai…> Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Yahoo! 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This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [iatlis] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 mailto:library@mvjeducation.com library(a)mvjeducation.com Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai… Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1291tml1t/M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=gr… http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ne/netflix/111704_1104_g_300250a.gif http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.5639630.6699735.3001176/D=grplch/S=… Yahoo! 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FW: Special Lectures on Informetrics at DRTC
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

-----Original Message----- From: DRTC General [mailto:drtc@ns.isibang.ac.in] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:23 PM To: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Special Lectures on Informetrics INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 Cordially invites you to attend the Special lectures on Informetrics. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room on the following dates at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker : Dr. Leo Egghe, LUC Library, Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium 1. Topic: A Universal method of information retrieval evaluation: the "missing" link M and the universal IR surface. Date & Time 3rd December 2004, 11:30 A.M. 2. Topic: The First and nth citation distributions and applications. Date & Time 6th December 2004, 11:30 A.M 3. Topic: Duality revisited: construction of fractional frequency distributions based on two Dual Lotka Laws. Date & Tim 8th December 2004, 11.30 A.M. (I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO) Professor and Head, DRTC

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Aman Jha 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Kumar If a document/book is copyrighted, please read the copyright instructions carefully and go ahead with the instruction only. Digitization is another kind of reproduction method and you need to take prior aproval from author or publisher. Aman Jha Librarian CII -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:03 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 library(a)mvjeducation.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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WebJunction - Online Community of Libraries.
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Members, The following link could be of your interest. http://webjunction.org It is an online community of libraries and other agencies with the aim to share knowledge and experience to provide the broadest public access to information technology. It is from parterners like OCLC. Perhaps someone can evaluate it for the benefit of LIS-FORUM Community. Regards Sukhdev Singh

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eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com). In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com), a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com). As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/], Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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[ARL-EJOURNAL] eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com). In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com), a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com). As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/], Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <ARL-EJOURNAL(a)arl.org>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <ARL-EJOURNAL-off(a)arl.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-digest(a)arl.org> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-index(a)arl.org> Send administrative queries to <ARL-EJOURNAL-request(a)arl.org> Vist the web archive at <https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/ARL-EJOURNAL/>

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KALA Vetarans Day
by I.R.N.Goudar 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) proposes to felicitate all the veteran Librarians (already retired/retiring before January 29, 2005). Vetaran Librarians to be felicitated include Librarians: 1. From Karnataka/out side Karnataka, but served/serving in Karnataka. 2. From Karnataka served and serving any where in the world. The probable date for this program is January 29, 2005. IN THIS CONTEXT I REQUEST YOU TO KINDLY INTIMATE ME THE DETAILS OF VETARAN LIBRARIANS KNOWN TO YOU IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ONE HAS SERVED YOUR ORGANISATION OR NOT, PREFERABLY WITH DETAILS LIKE POSTAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS, ETC. I also request all the professionals in Karnataka to communicate their willingness to work as member of the Organizing Committee or Volunteers of the event. I feel that respectful felicitation to all senior professionals is responsibility of all of us. I sincerely request all the fellow professionals to be part of this respectful event, the details of which will be intimated later. With regards Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah, Ph.D. President, KALA Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore-560029, India phone: 91-080-26995031 91-080-26995035 91-080- 26995031 www.nimhans.kar.nic.in www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/ila

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Fw: [bytesforall_readers] $100 Green/Solar PC
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw. Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw.

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A news story on the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Friends: Here is an interesting news story written by one of the participants of the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop conducted by MSSRF in October 2004. Please visit: http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ Best wishes. Arun Friends: Here is an interesting news story written by one of the participants of the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop conducted by MSSRF in October 2004. Please visit: http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ Best wishes. Arun

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A talk by Jeremy Webb at MSSRF, 10 December 2004
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Friends: The Bioinformatics Centre at MSSRF is hosting a talk by Mr Jeremy Webb, Editor of New Scientist on 10 December. Please see the attachment. Tea will be served at 1100 hrs and the talk will commence at 1130 hrs. All are welcome. Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow, MSSRF Friends: The Bioinformatics Centre at MSSRF is hosting a talk by Mr Jeremy Webb, Editor of New Scientist on 10 December. Please see the attachment. Tea will be served at 1100 hrs and the talk will commence at 1130 hrs. All are welcome. Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow, MSSRF

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Last Date Extented for Receipt Papers for International CALIBER-2005 - Now the last date is 15-12-2004
by K Prakash 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Last Date Extented for Receipt Papers for International CALIBER-2005. Keeping in view the request received from the various professionals across the country, editorial committee has decided to extend the last date of receipt of full paper for International CALIBER - 2005 from 30th November 2004 to 15th December 2004. Website for International CALIBER-2005 is available at http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/index.jsp CALL FOR PAPERS International CALIBER 2005 invites contributed papers and case studies on various aspects of the conference theme Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment and listed below sub-themes of the conference: Multilingual Computing and Natural Language Processing Multilingual Computing- Encoding issues, Scripts, Fonts. Character recognition and other challenges, Natural Language Processing, Multilingual Indexing Tool, Multilingual and Multimedia Access Content Management and Information Management Content Structuring and XML- Web Cataloguing, Metadata, Dublin Core, EAD, TEI, XML, Crosswalk, Automatic Classification, Document Clustering, Methodologies, Techniques, Indexing, Retrieval, Content Management, Multimedia Digital Information Processing and Interoperability Archiving, Digitization, Preservation, Information Retrieval, Digital Library Architecture, System Scalability, Systems Design, Distributed solutions, WebServices and Interoperability - Agents related to digital Information, Crossdomain searching, Browsing, Metasearch, OpenURL Framework OAI-PMH. Digital Libraries and Services Digital Library Development Issues, Digital Library Services, Digital Library and E-learning, Digital Library Applications. Subject Gateways, Library Portals, Digital Library Consortia, Wide area and high-speed Networks. Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for CALIBER 2005 are available in the conference website http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/callforpapers.jsp Important dates Receipt of Full Papers: December 15, 2004 Intimation to Authors: December 30, 2004 Last Date for Registration: January 7, 2005 Convention Dates: February 2-4, 2005 Contacts For Paper Submission Dr. T.A.V. Murthy Editor-in-Chief Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in or caliber2005(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. (Mrs.) M.D. Baby Organizing Secretary, CALIBER-2005 Librarian Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin University P.O. Kochi - 682 022, (Kerala) India Phone: +91-484-2577595 E-mail: caliber2005(a)cusat.ac.in or ul(a)cusat.ac.in Queries Can Also be Sent to Mr. S.M. Salgar Chairman, CALIBER-2005, Scientist -G, INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in For more details on International CALIBER-2005 visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/index.jsp With best wishes/ 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 # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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On open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Friends: Here is a note from Stevan Harnad which would be of interest to all those interested in open access. Arun -------- SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE Peer review and the acceptance of new scientific ideas http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ Summary of above report: (1) "If it (peer review) ain't broke, don't fix it" and (2) "Caveat emptor to journalists -- if you use non-peer-reviewed information" On the relation between peer-review reform and the open access (OA) movement: None! OA is about providing free online access to all peer-reviewed journal articles (2.5 million articles a year, from 24,000 peer-reviewed journals). OA is about freeing those articles from online access tolls, not about freeing them from peer review! For more details, do the following search in Google: amsci "simon says" peer review In a nutshell: (1) Historical fact 1: The pre-refereeing preprint always comes before the refereed postprint (2) Historical fact 2: Since well before the internet, some areas of physics shared their preprints amongst themselves well before publication (3) Historical fact 3: With the advent of the internet and web, those same physicists took (quite naturally) to sharing their preprints -- *and postprints* -- via the internet (since 1991). http://arxiv.org (4) Historical fact 4: That practice -- of self-archiving preprints and postprints -- (not unique to physicists, but done most systematically by them) grew, and is still growing today, but not nearly fast enough (even among physicists). End of the catalogue of indisputable facts. Now we move to the area of interpretation and speculation: (5) Interpretation/Speculation 1: Some have hypothesized -- and Paul Ginsparg, the one who wrote the software for the physics Arxiv, was among the ones who made this hypothesis, but so has the mathematician and analyst of electronic publication developments, Andrew Odlyzko -- that the success and usefulness of preprint-self-archiving implies that peer-review (hence postprints) may either not be necessary at all (and done only to satisfy the demands of the author's tenure committee) or (6) Interpretation/Speculation 2: that peer review can be implemented as a kind of (optional?) "overlay," on top of preprints, possibly in the form of post-hoc peer commentary. But what needs to be carefully noted is that the empirical facts are equally compatible with a much simpler hypothesis, which is that it is extremely useful to the impact, productivity and progress of research to make both postprints (definitely) and preprints (optionally) open-access, by self-archiving them, and that this benefit has *absolutely nothing* to do with any hypothetical and untested reforms one might or might not one day wish to make of the peer-review system -- which has continued, absolutely unchanged, since self-archiving began in 1991, with virtually every preprint also being submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, hence also generating the revised, corrected, peer-reviewed postprint meeting the journal's quality standards, *exactly* as it had and has done all along! *Empirically* the only change has been open-access to preprints and postprints. The rest is all interpretation and untested speculation. For the sake of OA, it is extremely important to disentangle all that interpretation/speculation from the facts, which are that providing OA to one's postprints (all of them) and preprints (those one chooses to make OA) has great benefits, so not only 20% but 100% of postprints (and, optionally, preprints) should be made OA in this way. Entangling this theory-independent truth with untested conjectures about ways of reforming peer review simply serves to delay the long overdue passage from 20% OA to 100% OA still longer, needlessly. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer In fact, the over-emphasis on preprint self-archiving (as if it were a *substitute*, rather than merely an optional *supplement* to postprint self-archiving, which in turn is a supplement to toll-access) was one of several of the incoherent components in the original e-biomed proposal that made it fail, generated opposition (from both publishers and those who did not want peer review tampered with needlessly) and eventually led to the non-optimal form of the NIH proposal we have now (with a 6-month embargo and only central archiving and only NIH-funded biomed) instead of the univeral self-archiving of 100% of postprints (and optionally, whatever percentage of preprints authors also choose to self-archive) that we need, that is still so long overdue, and that we are *at last* moving toward today! All this was already pointed out in the 1999 comments on the original e-biomed: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 (1999) http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm Pertinent Prior American Scientist Topic Threads: Re: A Note of Caution About "Reforming the System" (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html Re: Science Article (Roberts et al.) and Science Editorial (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html Re: Self-Selected Vetting vs. Peer Review: Supplement or Substitute? (2003) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html Stevan Harnad Moderator, American Scientist Open Access Forum Chaire de recherche du Canada Centre de neuroscience de la cognition (CNC) Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# fax: 1-514-987-8952 harnad(a)uqam.ca http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ Friends: Here is a note from Stevan Harnad which would be of interest to all those interested in open access. Arun -------- SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE Peer review and the acceptance of new scientific ideas http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ Summary of above report: (1) "If it (peer review) ain't broke, don't fix it" and (2) "Caveat emptor to journalists -- if you use non-peer-reviewed information" On the relation between peer-review reform and the open access (OA) movement: None! OA is about providing free online access to all peer-reviewed journal articles (2.5 million articles a year, from 24,000 peer-reviewed journals). OA is about freeing those articles from online access tolls, not about freeing them from peer review! For more details, do the following search in Google: amsci "simon says" peer review In a nutshell: (1) Historical fact 1: The pre-refereeing preprint always comes before the refereed postprint (2) Historical fact 2: Since well before the internet, some areas of physics shared their preprints amongst themselves well before publication (3) Historical fact 3: With the advent of the internet and web, those same physicists took (quite naturally) to sharing their preprints -- *and postprints* -- via the internet (since 1991). http://arxiv.org/ http://arxiv.org (4) Historical fact 4: That practice -- of self-archiving preprints and postprints -- (not unique to physicists, but done most systematically by them) grew, and is still growing today, but not nearly fast enough (even among physicists). End of the catalogue of indisputable facts. Now we move to the area of interpretation and speculation: (5) Interpretation/Speculation 1: Some have hypothesized -- and Paul Ginsparg, the one who wrote the software for the physics Arxiv, was among the ones who made this hypothesis, but so has the mathematician and analyst of electronic publication developments, Andrew Odlyzko -- that the success and usefulness of preprint-self-archiving implies that peer-review (hence postprints) may either not be necessary at all (and done only to satisfy the demands of the author's tenure committee) or (6) Interpretation/Speculation 2: that peer review can be implemented as a kind of (optional?) "overlay," on top of preprints, possibly in the form of post-hoc peer commentary. But what needs to be carefully noted is that the empirical facts are equally compatible with a much simpler hypothesis, which is that it is extremely useful to the impact, productivity and progress of research to make both postprints (definitely) and preprints (optionally) open-access, by self-archiving them, and that this benefit has *absolutely nothing* to do with any hypothetical and untested reforms one might or might not one day wish to make of the peer-review system -- which has continued, absolutely unchanged, since self-archiving began in 1991, with virtually every preprint also being submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, hence also generating the revised, corrected, peer-reviewed postprint meeting the journal's quality standards, *exactly* as it had and has done all along! *Empirically* the only change has been open-access to preprints and postprints. The rest is all interpretation and untested speculation. For the sake of OA, it is extremely important to disentangle all that interpretation/speculation from the facts, which are that providing OA to one's postprints (all of them) and preprints (those one chooses to make OA) has great benefits, so not only 20% but 100% of postprints (and, optionally, preprints) should be made OA in this way. Entangling this theory-independent truth with untested conjectures about ways of reforming peer review simply serves to delay the long overdue passage from 20% OA to 100% OA still longer, needlessly. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer In fact, the over-emphasis on preprint self-archiving (as if it were a *substitute*, rather than merely an optional *supplement* to postprint self-archiving, which in turn is a supplement to toll-access) was one of several of the incoherent components in the original e-biomed proposal that made it fail, generated opposition (from both publishers and those who did not want peer review tampered with needlessly) and eventually led to the non-optimal form of the NIH proposal we have now (with a 6-month embargo and only central archiving and only NIH-funded biomed) instead of the univeral self-archiving of 100% of postprints (and optionally, whatever percentage of preprints authors also choose to self-archive) that we need, that is still so long overdue, and that we are *at last* moving toward today! All this was already pointed out in the 1999 comments on the original e-biomed: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 (1999) http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm Pertinent Prior American Scientist Topic Threads: Re: A Note of Caution About "Reforming the System" (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html Re: Science Article (Roberts et al.) and Science Editorial (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html Re: Self-Selected Vetting vs. Peer Review: Supplement or Substitute? (2003) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html Stevan Harnad Moderator, American Scientist Open Access Forum Chaire de recherche du Canada Centre de neuroscience de la cognition (CNC) Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# fax: 1-514-987-8952 http://uk.f113.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=harnad@uqam.ca&YY=51694&order=d… harnad(a)uqam.ca http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/

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Fw: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt.
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

----- Original Message ----- From: EPT To: scitechcom(a)parliament.uk Cc: enquiry(a)dfid.gov.uk ; chan(a)utsc.utoronto.ca ; Subbiah Arunachalam ; Stevan Harnad Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt. MESSAGE TO DR. IAN GIBSON, Chair S&T Ctee cc Hilary Benn, DFiD From members of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) http://www.epublishingtrust.org and Stevan Harnad November 23rd 2004 Dear Dr Gibson, Access to research publications by developing country scientists We have read the comments from your Committee on the Department for International Development report (The use of science in UK International Development Policy, 13th Report of Session 2003-2004) and refer particularly to paragraphs 76 and 133. In these, your comments emphasise the importance of access to research information, the need for digitisation of publications and open access publishing. However, we are very disappointed to see that no reference to Open Access Archiving was made. As you will be aware from our written submission to your 10th Report, Scientific 'Publications: Free for all?', the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development strongly advocates policies to establish institutional archives. This very low cost opportunity has many benefits for science not possible with OA Publishing (OA Archiving will spread knowledge across departments, institutes and countries; OA Archiving can take place almost immediately, whereas the progress of OA Publishing is inevitably far slower; OA Archiving is endorsed by over 90% of publishers, whereas most remain opposed to OA Publishing; OA Archiving can be mandated, whereas OA Publishing cannot). Moreover, OA Archiving can straight away increase the visibility of locally generated research, so important for the development of a strong science base in the less advantaged regions and for the creation of a global digital library that includes the 'missing research'. We know that your Committee fully understands the benefits to be derived from OA Archiving, but we would ask that the Committee ensures that DFiD is made fully aware of these and their huge potential impact on science in information-starved regions. We have in the past tried to inform DFiD about the advantages of institutional archives, but have met with little success. The Department is currently supporting the distribution of subsidised printed journals to some developing countries (but these programmes exclude those where any journals are currently sold by the commercial publishers, eg India) and, while this has short-term benefits, it is clearly not the long-term solution to information poverty. We would hope that DFiD's future programmes would support the sustainable option of training in the establishment of OA archives. The signatories to this letter, and many others, now have substantial experience in running OA workshops that, in our view, will make a tremendous impact on the international inclusion of the science communities in poorer countries. We are heartened that the University of Namibia has very recently established an OA policy and its own OA Archive; some 20 other OA Archives in developing country institutes are also registered in the OA Archives registry. The process has begun and is shown to be feasible; the support of DFiD would substantially speed the process to the benefit of health, agriculture and other essential scientific work in these regions. We hope that your Committee can encourage DFiD in this work, and are available to provide further information/experience at any time. With kind regards, Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, MSSRF Chennia, India, EPT Trustee Professor Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Canada, EPT Trustee Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK Barbara Kirsop, Secretary, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:EPT@biostrat.demon.co.uk EPT To: mailto:scitechcom@parliament.uk scitechcom(a)parliament.uk Cc: mailto:enquiry@dfid.gov.uk enquiry(a)dfid.gov.uk ; mailto:chan@utsc.utoronto.ca chan(a)utsc.utoronto.ca ; mailto:arun@mssrf.res.in Subbiah Arunachalam ; mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk Stevan Harnad Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt. MESSAGE TO DR. IAN GIBSON, Chair S&T Ctee cc Hilary Benn, DFiD From members of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) http://www.epublishingtrust.org http://www.epublishingtrust.org and Stevan Harnad November 23rd 2004 Dear Dr Gibson, Access to research publications by developing country scientists We have read the comments from your Committee on the Department for International Development report (The use of science in UK International Development Policy, 13 th Report of Session 2003-2004) and refer particularly to paragraphs 76 and 133. In these, your comments emphasise the importance of access to research information, the need for digitisation of publications and open access publishing. However, we are very disappointed to see that no reference to Open Access Archiving was made. As you will be aware from our written submission to your 10 th Report, Scientific Publications: Free for all?, the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development strongly advocates policies to establish institutional archives. This very low cost opportunity has many benefits for science not possible with OA Publishing (OA Archiving will spread knowledge across departments, institutes and countries; OA Archiving can take place almost immediately, whereas the progress of OA Publishing is inevitably far slower; OA Archiving is endorsed by over 90% of publishers, whereas most remain opposed to OA Publishing; OA Archiving can be mandated, whereas OA Publishing cannot). Moreover, OA Archiving can straight away increase the visibility of locally generated research, so important for the development of a strong science base in the less advantaged regions and for the creation of a global digital library that includes the 'missing research'. We know that your Committee fully understands the benefits to be derived from OA Archiving, but we would ask that the Committee ensures that DFiD is made fully aware of these and their huge potential impact on science in information-starved regions. We have in the past tried to inform DFiD about the advantages of institutional archives, but have met with little success. The Department is currently supporting the distribution of subsidised printed journals to some developing countries (but these programmes exclude those where any journals are currently sold by the commercial publishers, eg India) and, while this has short-term benefits, it is clearly not the long-term solution to information poverty. We would hope that DFiDs future programmes would support the sustainable option of training in the establishment of OA archives. The signatories to this letter, and many others, now have substantial experience in running OA workshops that, in our view, will make a tremendous impact on the international inclusion of the science communities in poorer countries. We are heartened that the University of Namibia has very recently established an OA policy and its own OA Archive; some 20 other OA Archives in developing country institutes are also registered in the OA Archives registry. The process has begun and is shown to be feasible; the support of DFiD would substantially speed the process to the benefit of health, agriculture and other essential scientific work in these regions. We hope that your Committee can encourage DFiD in this work, and are available to provide further information/experience at any time. With kind regards, Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, MSSRF Chennia, India, EPT Trustee Professor Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Canada, EPT Trustee Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK Barbara Kirsop, Secretary, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK

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PLANNER-2004
by Prem Chand 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Dear friends INFLIBNET has recently organised PLANNER 2004 in collaboration with Manipur University , Imphal. Following is a brief report of the PLANNER-2004 Second Convention entitled PLANNER – 2003 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) was organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal during 4-5 November , 2004 The convention was initiated by INFLIBNET to boost the automation and networking of libraries in North East Region. The convention was attended by the chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission, Justice WA Shishak as the chief guest, vice-chancellor of university, Prof N Bijoy as the president and deputy director of UGC Bangladesh, Mr. Abdul Awal as the guest of honour. Other important participants included chief coordinator, Prem Chand, university deans and staff of Manipur University. The convention was inaugurated by Shri W A Shishak, chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission and former Chief Justice of Chatisgarh and Himacahl Pradesh. The chief guest, Sh.W A Shishak remarked that the present generation are fortunate to be born in the computer age. He was optimistic that the ongoing endeavor of bringing INFLIBNET to the north-eastern states will ensure the passage of the region among successful states in the field of communication. It will also benefit information seekers, scholars and academicians, he added. In his inaugural address he expressed his happiness to know about PLANNER and appreciated the steps taken for North East Region by INFLIBNET. He emphasized that North East needs special attention and PLANNER is step in this direction. On the occasion, Sh.W A Shishak released Conference proceeding and Prof N Bijoy, Vice Chancellor , Manipur University released a souvenir. He appreciated the efforts and initiatives taken by the Director INFLIBNET Dr T A V Murthy who rightly and timely thought of bringing first convention of PLANNER-2004 to Manipur. Prof N Bijoy Singh in his speech expressed that the theme of the convention, content creation, access and management in networked environment holds potential to bring immense benefit to the librarians. He further stated that libraries have many added roles in the arena of disseminating information through the latest technologies. The traditional concept of a library, which brought to mind a place to access paper records and books had been redefined to one that houses the most advanced media facilities, including CD-ROM, internet, virtual library and remote access to a wide range of network. Consequently, librarians and information professionals have to increasingly dispense their traditional duties combined with tasks involving continuously evolving technologies, he added. Shri Abdul Awal Deputy Director, UGC Bangladesh in his address stated that INFLIBNET had a vision to bridge libraries in different universities through a computer based networking system in India. The Bangladesh UGC is moved by the success of the programme being launched by INFLIBNET, Shri Awal added and forwarded his wish to make contact chain network between Bangladesh and India. Ch. Radhyshyam Singh, University librarian and organizing Secretary welcomed the delegates. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist- C and Chief Coordinator proposed vote of thanks and highlighted he efforts of INFLIBNET and UGC for modernization of libraries by launching UGC- INFONET and e-journal consortium The professionals and the participants of this Second Convention PLANNER-2004 have taken this opportunity for updating their knowledge and experiences. More than 150 professionals from Manipur and other states and also from neighboring country Bangladesh have taken part in this convention. The bio-data of the authors recorded in the seminar-volume shows that they are from Kashmir, UP, MP, Gujarat, Karnatak, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Assam, besides, obviously from the host state Manipur; eighteen out of thirty four authors are women; 34 papers are authored by nine Information Scientists, twelve library-professionals, thirteen university teachers and seven Ph.D. research scholars. Besides there is also a paper from a Principal and a member of governing board , INFLIBNET As shown, all thirty four papers are grouped under three separate category entitled as ‘Digitization’, ‘Networking’ and ‘Content Management’. The papers are presented at separate three sessions under the supervision of three separate Chairman, supported by the rapporteurs. Sh. V D Srivastva, Librarian of Silchar university and Sh. A K M Mufizur Rahaman, Programme coordinator, Community Development Centre, Dhaka were the chairman of different sessions. Besides, the Cambridge University Press, Balani Infotech and INFORMATICS, Bangalore have demonstrated their products on e- resources covered under UGC-INFONET. The participants are given opportunities for interaction. The interactions, the queries and the suggestions from the participants have made every session lively. A tutorials was also arranged to familiarize the delegates with the processes and technical know-how of network and digitization techniques. About 40 delegates registered for tutorials on“ How to set up a LAN” . Sh R K Jotin Singh, Information Scientist , Manipur University delivered lecture on the topic. The convention concluded with valedictory function in which a book entitled “Library Without Walls “ written by Dr. A P Singh and Dr. T A V Murthy was released by Prof. Bijoy Singh. Dr. Murthy in his concluding speech highlighted the role of INFLIBNET and its endeavour to serve the academic community in India through network environment. He urged faculty members to use millions of articles which are being offered under E-Journal consortium launched under UGC- INFONET. Dr. Lahari acted as Rapporteur General for the convention. The Rapporteur General read the recommendations emerging out of the deliberations. (Prem Chand) Scientist-C Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26923507 (Res.) FAX: 079-26300990, 26307816 email: premc65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Dear friends INFLIBNET has recently organised PLANNER 2004 in collaboration with Manipur University , Imphal. Following is a brief report of the PLANNER-2004 Second Convention entitled PLANNER – 2003 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) was organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal during 4-5 November , 2004 The convention was initiated by INFLIBNET to boost the automation and networking of libraries in North East Region. The convention was attended by the chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission, Justice WA Shishak as the chief guest, vice-chancellor of university, Prof N Bijoy as the president and deputy director of UGC Bangladesh, Mr. Abdul Awal as the guest of honour. Other important participants included chief coordinator, Prem Chand, university deans and staff of Manipur University. The convention was inaugurated by Shri W A Shishak, chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission and former Chief Justice of Chatisgarh and Himacahl Pradesh. The chief guest, Sh.W A Shishak remarked that the present generation are fortunate to be born in the computer age. He was optimistic that the ongoing endeavor of bringing INFLIBNET to the north-eastern states will ensure the passage of the region among successful states in the field of communication. It will also benefit information seekers, scholars and academicians, he added. In his inaugural address he expressed his happiness to know about PLANNER and appreciated the steps taken for North East Region by INFLIBNET. He emphasized that North East needs special attention and PLANNER is step in this direction. On the occasion, Sh.W A Shishak released Conference proceeding and Prof N Bijoy, Vice Chancellor , Manipur University released a souvenir. He appreciated the efforts and initiatives taken by the Director INFLIBNET Dr T A V Murthy who rightly and timely thought of bringing first convention of PLANNER-2004 to Manipur. Prof N Bijoy Singh in his speech expressed that the theme of the convention, content creation, access and management in networked environment holds potential to bring immense benefit to the librarians. He further stated that libraries have many added roles in the arena of disseminating information through the latest technologies. The traditional concept of a library, which brought to mind a place to access paper records and books had been redefined to one that houses the most advanced media facilities, including CD-ROM, internet, virtual library and remote access to a wide range of network. Consequently, librarians and information professionals have to increasingly dispense their traditional duties combined with tasks involving continuously evolving technologies, he added. Shri Abdul Awal Deputy Director, UGC Bangladesh in his address stated that INFLIBNET had a vision to bridge libraries in different universities through a computer based networking system in India. The Bangladesh UGC is moved by the success of the programme being launched by INFLIBNET, Shri Awal added and forwarded his wish to make contact chain network between Bangladesh and India. Ch. Radhyshyam Singh, University librarian and organizing Secretary welcomed the delegates. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist- C and Chief Coordinator proposed vote of thanks and highlighted he efforts of INFLIBNET and UGC for modernization of libraries by launching UGC- INFONET and e-journal consortium The professionals and the participants of this Second Convention PLANNER-2004 have taken this opportunity for updating their knowledge and experiences. More than 150 professionals from Manipur and other states and also from neighboring country Bangladesh have taken part in this convention. The bio-data of the authors recorded in the seminar-volume shows that they are from Kashmir, UP, MP, Gujarat, Karnatak, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Assam, besides, obviously from the host state Manipur; eighteen out of thirty four authors are women; 34 papers are authored by nine Information Scientists, twelve library-professionals, thirteen university teachers and seven Ph.D. research scholars. Besides there is also a paper from a Principal and a member of governing board , INFLIBNET As shown, all thirty four papers are grouped under three separate category entitled as ‘Digitization’, ‘Networking’ and ‘Content Management’. The papers are presented at separate three sessions under the supervision of three separate Chairman, supported by the rapporteurs. Sh. V D Srivastva, Librarian of Silchar university and Sh. A K M Mufizur Rahaman, Programme coordinator, Community Development Centre, Dhaka were the chairman of different sessions. Besides, the Cambridge University Press, Balani Infotech and INFORMATICS, Bangalore have demonstrated their products on e- resources covered under UGC-INFONET. The participants are given opportunities for interaction. The interactions, the queries and the suggestions from the participants have made every session lively. A tutorials was also arranged to familiarize the delegates with the processes and technical know-how of network and digitization techniques. About 40 delegates registered for tutorials on“ How to set up a LAN” . Sh R K Jotin Singh, Information Scientist , Manipur University delivered lecture on the topic. The convention concluded with valedictory function in which a book entitled “Library Without Walls “ written by Dr. A P Singh and Dr. T A V Murthy was released by Prof. Bijoy Singh. Dr. Murthy in his concluding speech highlighted the role of INFLIBNET and its endeavour to serve the academic community in India through network environment. He urged faculty members to use millions of articles which are being offered under E-Journal consortium launched under UGC- INFONET. Dr. Lahari acted as Rapporteur General for the convention. The Rapporteur General read the recommendations emerging out of the deliberations. (Prem Chand) Scientist-C Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26923507 (Res.) FAX: 079-26300990, 26307816 email: mailto:premc65_chand@yahoo.co.in premc65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in

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mdp for management libraries
by Vrushali Rane 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

One Day Seminar on Information Resources for Management Libraries <<...>> December 11, 2004 10.00am - 5.00pm Organized by NMIMS (Deemed University) Venue NMIMS MDP Centre Organising Secretary Ms. Vrushali Rane Librarian librarian(a)nmims.edu Introduction and Objective There are large numbers of information resources available in the market and on Internet. Librarian needs to identify those resources that will be actually required by their clients. It is a challenge for Librarians how best they can make the selection and uses these vast resources to fulfill the growing demand of its clientele. With the help of these resources Librarian can give out various services to its clientele. Librarian should connect to their users and make their services valuable and visible to their community. In view of the above this one-day seminar will provide detailed information on all the resources available on the web and in the market. The seminar will give inputs as to what is the best for a management library and how to go about accessing and procuring it. Methodology Experienced professionals from Library and information Science area will conduct the session. The main instrument of learning will be the online demos, discussions and presentations. Expected Participants Professionals from Library and Information Science, working in Management libraries, will immensely benefit from this programme. Registration Form One Day Seminar on Information Resources for Management Libraries December 11, 2004 Venue: MDP Centre, NMIMS Name: Designation: Address: Tel:Off: E-mail: Date: Signature: (Photocopy this form for additional copies, if needed) Seminar Schedule 09.30-10.00 Registration and Tea 10.00-10.30 Inaugural address by the Vice Chancellor 10.30-11.45 Information Resources - Overview (Prof.Rajhans) 11.45-12.00 Tea Break 12.00-13.00 Electronic Information Resource -Assessment (Prof.Rajhans) 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.00 Electronic Info Resources on web - (Vrushali Rane) 15.00-15.30 Demo of E-resources with NMIMS - (Vrushali Rane) 15.30-15.45 Tea Break 15.45-16.45 NMIMS Library tour 16.45 -17.00 Concluding Session From, Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle(W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577/26183688/26143177 Fax:26114512 E-Mail:librarian@nmims.edu

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DOI System on track to become an ISO standard
by Rajesh Chandrakar 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

DOI System on track to become an ISO standard At the recent ISO TC46 meeting in Washington, the DOI System was accepted as a formal work item to become an ISO standard. This standardisation will be within TC46/SC9, the ISO body responsible for "information content identifiers" such as ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, ISRC, etc. The formal approved resolution reads: "SC 9 invites the International DOI Foundation to submit a formal proposal and preliminary draft for an ISO standard on the Digital Object Identifier. SC 9 further invites the International DOI Foundation to nominate a Project Leader for this work and authorizes the SC 9 Secretariat to establish a new Working Group for this project if such WG is deemed necessary after consultation with the Project Leader." The IDF will be the nominated registration authority for this standard. The DOI system uses several existing standards-based components which have been brought together and further developed to provide a consistent system: the standardisation within ISO (ISO TC46/SC9) will use these underlying standards as normative references, and therefore will be a relatively concise summary. It will: codify a top level description of components; refer to those components (Syntax, Handle, Data Dictionary) as normative references; separate the existing "DOI Handbook" into formal standard (ISO) and operating manual; provide further assurances to users on governance and intent through ISO conformance; and show that DOI supports (does not compete with) other identifier schemes, offering the option of adding Internet actionability in a standard way. For further information please contact n.paskin(a)doi.org or the ISO/TC46/SC9 Secretariat at iso.tc46.sc9(a)lac-bac.gc.ca DOI System on track to become an ISO standard At the recent ISO TC46 meeting in Washington, the DOI System was accepted as a formal work item to become an ISO standard. This standardisation will be within TC46/SC9, the ISO body responsible for "information content identifiers" such as ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, ISRC, etc. The formal approved resolution reads: "SC 9 invites the International DOI Foundation to submit a formal proposal and preliminary draft for an ISO standard on the Digital Object Identifier. SC 9 further invites the International DOI Foundation to nominate a Project Leader for this work and authorizes the SC 9 Secretariat to establish a new Working Group for this project if such WG is deemed necessary after consultation with the Project Leader." The IDF will be the nominated registration authority for this standard. The DOI system uses several existing standards-based components which have been brought together and further developed to provide a consistent system: the standardisation within ISO (ISO TC46/SC9) will use these underlying standards as normative references, and therefore will be a relatively concise summary. It will: codify a top level description of components; refer to those components (Syntax, Handle, Data Dictionary) as normative references; separate the existing "DOI Handbook" into formal standard (ISO) and operating manual; provide further assurances to users on governance and intent through ISO conformance; and show that DOI supports (does not compete with) other identifier schemes, offering the option of adding Internet actionability in a standard way. For further information please contact mailto:n.paskin@doi.org n.paskin(a)doi.org or the ISO/TC46/SC9 Secretariat at mailto:iso.tc46.sc9@lac-bac.gc.ca iso.tc46.sc9(a)lac-bac.gc.ca

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RFID tags
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Following news on the use of RFID Tags in Pune University Library might be interesting. Someone from Pune University can post a comprehensive paper on RFID installation & usage for the benefit of others. ========== TAGS TO KEEP TABS Business Standard At Pune University's Jayakar library, members don't return books to a librarian or register the books they borrow at a counter behind which the librarian sits. He or she simply places a smart card on one of the three "readers" or devices in the library and the books are automatically registered in his or her account. Half the 4.25 lakh documents, books and periodicals in the library have an electronic label that costs Rs 50 pasted on them. In addition, two electronically monitored antennae have been set up at the library's entrance and exit. If a book is unauthorisedly sneaked out of the library, a buzzer sounds at the entrance. To be sure, books can still be pilfered. Says S K Patil, head of Pune University's library and information science department: "If someone tears off the page of the document where the electronic label is fixed, there is little we can do. The technology is akin to installing a large padlock on one's door. If a thief enters the house through the window, the robbery cannot be averted." The technology in question, introduced at the library in August this year, is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Many say that not much RFID work has taken place here. Poppycock, we say. Sure, RFID is still in its infancy. But consider the following: - The Chitale Dairy at Bhiwladi in Maharashtra's Sangli district has installed RFID to monitor the feeding patterns of cattle and bison. An electronic tag is attached to the neck of cattle for this purpose. - Pantaloon Retail India is in discussions with Wipro on introducing RFID at its Tarapore factory for the next two months. If the pilot project helps save costs, the retail major will give Wipro the go ahead for implementing the technology in phases, starting with its warehouse at Tarapore. Says Chinar Deshpande, chief information officer, Pantaloon Retail India: "Suppliers will have to become RFID-compliant eventually, if the technology is to be implemented for individual items. But, unlike Wal-Mart, we cannot force this technology on suppliers as the Indian retail supply market is not that mature. For now, it will be implemented only for Pantaloon's in house manufacturing and warehousing." - Nearly 45 colleges in Pune that fall under the three deemed universities or education trusts, including the R P Vidyapeeth, D Y Patil Prathisthan and Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, and the Baroda-based Babaria Institute of Technology, have introduced student identity RFID cards that allow students access to hostels and monitor their classroom attendance. Each student will swipe his card at a reader to record his attendance. Attendance data can be uploaded on the Internet and accessed by parents. "For the hostel, a turnstile gate can be set up at which students will swipe cards. At the press of a button, the number of students there as well as visitors to the hostel can be found out," notes Aashim A Patil, CEO of the Pune-based Infotek Software & Systems, which supplied RFID software to the Pune University library and to the other educational institutes in Maharashtra. sent in by======================================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Vaccancy Advt
by Mailing List Manager 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:15:03 +0530 From: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Tata Consultancy Services is looking for a bright and enthusiastic librarian for their new location near ITPL at Bangalore. Qualification : MLISc, with an ability to independently set up the library & handle the user requirements. Desired Skills : Excellent communication skills,Computer knowledge, should be a proactive service provider & a good team player. Experience 0 - 2 years Salary : As per the Industry standard Please mail your resume before 30/12/2004 Geetha Venkatraman Tata Consultancy Services Limited SJM Towers, No. 18, Seshadri Road,6th Cross, Gandhinagar Bangalore - 560 009,Karnataka India (Ph :5660 6007) Mailto: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com

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Request to IR expert to advise & comments
by Sanjay Kataria 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Dear Information Scientist, I want to take a initiative on design & develop the Institutional Repository but i have some queries to all expert and experienced on same, which as follows: 1. There is number of open source software for development of Institutional Repository which one is most users friendly 2. What is grantee for up-gradation of the software from source organization 3 Data Security / Permission on LAN or WAN Environment 4. What about the Copy Right Issue or Intellectual Property Right Issues 5. What skills are required to operate or customized the software 6. What type of infrastructure required / Preplanning for Hardware or software, scanner etc. 7. Which format should be used to save the data/ for easy search 8. Other technical aspect, we should keep in mind before starting. 9. Kindly mention the Role of the librarian/ Role of the faculty/ Role of the institute I am looking your valuable suggestions and advise on above points. Thanks & Regards ==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of InformationTechnology (Deemed-to-be-University) A-10, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307 India Ph. 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251 09810503341 (Mobile) E-mail: lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com, katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com, sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in Website: www.jiit.ac.in, http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Discover all that�s new in My Yahoo! Dear Information Scientist, I want to take a initiative on design & develop the Institutional Repository but i have some queries to all expert and experienced on same, which as follows: 1. There is number of open source software for development of Institutional Repository which one is most users friendly 2. What is grantee for up-gradation of the software from source organization 3 Data Security / Permission on LAN or WAN Environment 4. What about the Copy Right Issue or Intellectual Property Right Issues 5. What skills are required to operate or customized the software 6. What type of infrastructure required / Preplanning for Hardware or software, scanner etc. 7. Which format should be used to save the data/ for easy search 8. Other technical aspect, we should keep in mind before starting. 9. Kindly mention the Role of the librarian/ Role of the faculty/ Role of the institute I am looking your valuable suggestions and advise on above points. Thanks & Regards ==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of InformationTechnology (Deemed-to-be-University) A-10, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307 India Ph. 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251 09810503341 (Mobile) E-mail: lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com, katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com, mailto:sanjay.kataria@jiit.ac.in sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in Website: http://www.jiit.ac.in, www.jiit.ac.in, http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 Do you Yahoo!? Discover all that�s new in http://my.yahoo.com My Yahoo!

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Submission
by venky 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Contest to Design a Digital Library The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The team which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 1 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in venkys(a)gmail.com Contest to Design a Digital Library The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The team which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 1 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - mailto:rai@bgl.vsnl.net.in rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - mailto:chinmayalbal@rediffmail.com chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in mailto:venkys@gmail.com venkys(a)gmail.com

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Overview about Google Scholar
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

Dear Professionals, This is in continuation with my earlier mail. Here is a bird's eye view about Google scholar which launched couple of days ago. ************************************************************************************ The world of on-line "scholarly" research is changing today as Google introduces Google Scholar. This specialized new interface -- which will NOT be linked from Google's main search page -- will allow users to search a treasure chest of "scholarly material." As you've read here many times, Google is brilliant (that is, ingenious at marketing and trying new things), and this is yet another example of their savvy. This is something that some other large web engine(s) could have done years ago to help separate themselves from other players and also provide a useful service. No one did it. Now, others will likely play catch-up with Google. Basically, users of Google Scholar can, via a single search location, access content from "scholarly" materials found on the OPEN WEB that they've found in the Google crawl of the web. Btw, it might also be time to take another look at what has traditionally thought of as "scholarly" since some of the material in Google Scholar is not "scholarly" using a traditional definition. Some basic facts: + In a nutshell, Google has built an algorithm that makes a calculated guess at to *what it thinks* is a scholarly content mined from the OPEN WEB, and then makes it accessible via the Google Scholar interface. + Precisely what makes something "scholarly" enough to be included in Google Scholar, Google will not say. And this is not an insignificant omission. Librarians, especially academic librarians, are *always* being asked to provide "scholarly" material, even if customers aren't quite sure what this means. Their instructor told them they needed articles from "scholarly journals," so this is precisely what they ask for at the library. As librarians, we may try to educate them about how "refereed publications" work, but let's face it. What most of these folks really want is to quickly download an appropriate article and beat feet out of the library. And if they think they can get what they need from Google, the odds are slim that they will bother with library resources at all. College students AND professors might not know that library databases exist, but they sure know Google. The database vendors don't always make it easy for us, either. For example, when searching Gale databases such as InfoTrac OneFile or Expanded Academic ASAP, you see a check box that you can fill in if you want to restrict your search to "refereed publications." How many of our customers know what a "refereed publication" is? Does any instructor ever ask his or her students to find articles from "refereed publications"? What's up with this? More facts: + Material accessible via Google Scholar can also be in the main Google index. + Google Scholar results pages *will not contain advertising* -- at least for now. + Some examples of material from major publishers whose material you'll find (we know Google has been working with many)? Google will not provide us with a complete list, but look for content from ACM, IEEE, and yes, Open Worldcat material from OCLC. We also don't know precisely what is and is not available, date ranges, etc. * In some cases Google will be crawling and searching the full text of an article but users will either have to have a subscription to the content or pay for access to an individual articles. + VERY COOL! For many citations, you'll find a direct link to other articles in the Google Scholar database that cite the article you've selected. Yes, Google Scholar is a citation database too! This reminds me of two specialized databases that focus on specific types of scholarly content accessible on the open web that have been on-line for many years and remain EXCELLENT tools. 1) CiteSeer (focuses on computer science material, info tech content) 2) SmealSearch (focuses on business material) + Some material, let's say from Open Worldcat, isn't always scholarly in the way many people think of it. For example: ++ Here are many John Grishman books. ++ Although we're honored, we don't consider this blog to be a "scholarly" resource. ++ Academic librarians will be sad to learn that it's impossible to limit to only "peer-reviwed" material. + How big is the Google Scholar database? Google isn't saying. As Google makes this announcement and word spreads about a "scholarly search tool" -- ESPECIALLY in the academic community -- we think the use of specialty databases (the ones university libraries offer and spend $$$ for) will drop. It's worth watching to see if people begin paying for material located via Google Scholar that they can get *free* from a specialty database they may not know is available via their public or academic library. Might this be a golden opportunity for the library community to tell people -- look, we have access to this stuff and MUCH MUCH MORE? We have better ways to search it, and you might not even have to pay for it? Well, yeah...but if what we've seen in the past is any indication, this is not going to happen. Maybe this time it will be different. Bottom line: It's very difficult to compete with the Google marketing machine. In the meantime, we'll be extremely interested in the response to Google Scholar from fee-based database publishers. Some might ask, are specialized database tools still necessary? Info pros know they are but we sure haven't done a good job of explaining why. It will also be interesting to see if *any* of the press/chatter about Google Scholar makes even a small mention of specialized subscription databases, free access to these via libraries, and the fact that what Google is offering is merely the tip of the "scholarly" info iceberg. Is all of this yet another nail in the coffin for library resources and maybe librarians? Too early to tell, of course. Kudos to Google for doing so but the library community could (should?) have done something similar years ago. Why didn't we? When big announcements come from Google and web engines, we often get nervous and...sometimes upset with our profession. Not this time, however. It's just not worth it. This is BIG news and something that should have been around for years. It's going to be interesting what transpires moving forward. Finally, specialized databases are still valuable for many types of searching, including searching for "scholarly material." Why? A few examples: + Limit to material published by date + Ability to view more than 1000 results. The Google cutoff of 1000 results is still in place with Google Scholar + Google is constantly crawling the web but we don't know how often the Google Scholar database is being refreshed with new content + Searching using a controlled vocabulary/subject searching + Ability to limit by publisher affiliation + You can limit by author with author: but you can only use a last name. First names and initials are not searchable when using author:. + Proximity operators + Gobs and gobs of content, Google Scholar still doesn't have it all. Example: While you're find John Grisham books, you will NOT find material (both current and archived) from MANY newspapers, trade publications, and general interest periodicals. + I'm sure you can add many more examples of what's NOT there Again, it's one thing for the info pro to understand all of this, it's something else for the typical searcher. Stay tuned, this is going to be interesting. ************************************************************************************ Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 PH: 25047319 Work does not require effort if its of ones interest....:-)

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Kalam emphasises need for digitalisation of books
by BHOSALE, DEEPALI [AG-Contractor/6020] 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

123Bharath.com, November 19, 2004 Kalam emphasises need for digitalisation of books Maharashtra, India > Mumbai, Nov 18 : President A P J Abdul Kalam today emphasised the need for digitalisation of books in libraries for its preservation and making it availabile to maximum number of people. "The digitalisation of books of the library is very vital. The mission should be to make availabe books to maximum public and digitalisation would enable free access to books by the public," Kalam said inaugurating the concluding function of the bi-centenary celebrations of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. It would also help in preserving old books, Kalam said, adding the digitalisation of books has started in 2003 at 23 centres and is progressing in the right direction. The Asiatic society should also be part of it, he said, adding, he would ask authorities concerned to include the 200-year-old Society in the programme so that there can be preservation and dissemination of its vast knowledge. PTI Source: http://www.123bharath.com/news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=37691 Thanks & Regards, Ms. Deepali Bhosale Consultant - Library & Info Services Monsanto India Limited Mumbai [Bombay] Tel: 91-022-28247220 Fax: 91-022-28244707 email: deepali.bhosale(a)monsanto.com http://www.monsantoindia.com

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Workshop on Network Configuration and Management
by K Prakash 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Workshop on Network Configuration and Management Duration: 13 - 17 December, 2004 Venue: Vigyan Bhavan, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur More details can be had from http://www.mlsu.org/workshop/ncm.htm Contact on email: suic(a)mlsu.org or tsbohra(a)mlsu.org Contact Mobile No: 094144 72094 With best wishes/ 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 # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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RE: [oa-india] And Google Scholar Includes medIND
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Dear All So also eprints@iisc, the IISc e-prints archive! Enter 'eprints@iisc' in Google Scholar search box. Regards Rajashekar T.B. Rajashekar NCSI, IISc > -----Original Message----- > From: Sukhdev Singh [mailto:esukhdev@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 2:07 PM > To: Discussion Group for Open Access Workshop India > Subject: [oa-india] And Google Scholar Includes medIND > > > Dear Members > > As expected, Google Scholar includes medIND. > Have a try!!, Visit http://www.scholar.google.com/ and input > keyword 'medind'. > > medIND (http://medind.nic.in) has full text of 28 Indian > Biomedical Journals. > > Regards > Sukhdev Singh > National Informatics Centre > New Delhi > > Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, > IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank > --- You are currently subscribed to oa-india as: > raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > leave-oa-india-143982O(a)dgroups.org

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And Google Scholar Includes medIND
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Dear Members As expected, Google Scholar includes medIND. Have a try!!, Visit http://www.scholar.google.com/ and input keyword 'medind'. medIND (http://medind.nic.in) has full text of 28 Indian Biomedical Journals. Regards Sukhdev Singh National Informatics Centre New Delhi

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Digital Libraries Master's Program and Fellowships
by Shyam Prasad pujar 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Dear Members, This program with limited fellowships is open for International students. It could be of interest to some of you. Regards, S.M. Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai =============================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:58:33 +0100 (MET) From: daalbert(a)slis.indiana.edu To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: [DIGLIB] Digital Libraries Master's Program The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Indiana University, Bloomington (IUB) announces a new Master's program with emphasis on Digital Libraries. The program is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (http://www.imls.gov). It has been developed as a collaboration among the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington (http://www.slis.indiana.edu), the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/) and the Digital Library Program at Indiana University (http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/). For the first year of the program, SLIS-IUB invites applicants for five fellowships to support a complete Master's degree with internship experience. More information about the program can be found at the Digital Libraries Education Program website (http://lair.indiana.edu/research/dlib/).

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Google service for Scholars
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Dear Professionals, The leading Search Engine - Google is doing a bit of service to the scholar community. Pls read the article appeared on NY Times.Kudos to the Indian who led the team http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/technology/18google.html SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 - Google Inc. plans to announce on Thursday that it is adding a new search service aimed at scientists and academic researchers. Google Scholar, which was scheduled to go on-line Wednesday evening at scholar.google.com, is a result of the company's collaboration with a number of scientific and academic publishers and is intended as a first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports. Google executives declined to say how many additional documents and books had been indexed and made searchable through the service. While the great majority of recent scholarly papers and periodicals are indexed on the Web, many have not been easily accessible to the public. The engineer who led the project, Anurag Acharya, said the company had received broad cooperation from academic, scientific and technical publishers like the Association of Computing Machinery, Nature, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the On-line Computer Library Center. PS: Its live and pretty amazing. See the "about" section at http://www.scholar.google.com/ for some suggestions as to how to use it Thanks Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 PH: 25047319 Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them....:-)

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Wanted Library Assistant
by d.v. patwardhan 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

dear Library Professional Colleagues, A post of Library Assistant is vacant at the Library of Global Academy of Technology, a three year old but well established Engineering college with student strength more than 1200. Qualification: Any graduate with the knowledge of MS-Office. The Applicants will be called for an interview. No TA or DA will be paid to attend the interview. The selected candidate will be entrusted with jobs such as processing newly received books, circulation of documents, reader assistance, maintaining reference section, user assistance, etc. He should also be ready to work in evening shift duty (1 P.M. to 8 P.M.) one week in a month. If you know any suitable candidate, then please direct him to send his resume along with copies of marks cards to: The Principal, Global Academy of Technology, Ideal Homes Township, Rajajeshwarinagar, Bangalore-560098, Tel: 28603158; fax: 28603157 The candidates should write �Application for the post of Library Assistant� on the envelope. Thanks, D.V.Patwardhan Librarian, Global Academy of Technology, Ideal Homes Township, Rajajeshwarinagar, Bangalore-560098 Tel: 080-23409434 (Res. after 6.30 p.m.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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ICFAI PUBLICATION MEET
by vasanth raj 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

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Google Product for Scholars
by Farooque Shaheen 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Web search leader Google Inc. on Wednesday unveiled Google Scholar, a new search product aimed at helping users search scholarly literature such as technical reports, theses and abstracts. Google Scholar, at http://scholar.google.com, searches a specific subset of Google's index and covers a wide swath of fields, from medicine and physics to economics and computer science Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Web search leader Google Inc. �on Wednesday unveiled Google Scholar, a new search product aimed at helping users search scholarly literature such as technical reports, theses and abstracts. Google Scholar, at http://scholar.google.com, searches a specific subset of Google's index and covers a wide swath of fields, from medicine and physics to economics and computer science Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Radio Talk on E-Mail
by I.R.N.Goudar 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Dear Professionals, All India Radio, Bangalore, Mysore, Bhadravathi, etc will broadcast a radio talk on " Know about E-Affairs: Electronic Mail as a Quick and Effective Means of Communication" by Mrs Poornima Narayana, Deputy Head, ICAST Date: 19th November 2004 (Friday) at 9.16 pm Please Note: This talk was supposed to be broadcast two weeks back itself, but was postponed due to overlap in recording -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-5086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-5235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-5268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road http://www.icast.org.in/staff1.htm BANGALORE-560 017 India

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RE: [LIS-Forum] [*]: Photo library
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Dear Mr Jha, You may find Picasa Photo Organisor at www.picasa.com useful for indexing and searching image/photo collections. It is free. Google uses it for indexing images. If you download and use it I would extensively, Iwould like to benefit by your feedback. I used it some months ago. It searches and indexes all images in all local drives/folders that are specified. As my collection is not picture specific I did not use it much. Best Wishes Dr P Vyasamoorthy -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Aman Jha Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:16 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] [*]: Photo library Importance: High Friends We are in search of a good photograph / digital document indexing software. Any reference? I would also love to have your expert opinion on how to make a good digital photo library. Shall be grateful, if any one could provide me reference to any literary work. Thanks and 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 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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What is WWP?
by Augustine, Doncy (HP Labs India) 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hello LIS Forum Members, Could anyone please tell me what does "wwp" in http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ mean? Thanks in advance. Doncy ----------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard Labs India Ph: +91-80-2504 2259 24, Salarpuria Arena E-Mail: doncy(a)hp.com Hosur Main Road, Adugodi URL: http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/ Bangalore - 560 030 -----------------------------------------------------

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NCSI-NET Meeting on 20th November 2004
by Madhuresh 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Dear All, You all are cordially invited for next NCSI-NET meeting, which will be held on 20th of November'2004 by 11:00 AM at NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. There will be a product presentation and demo on "Arogya" by Mr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan along with Mr. R.Balamurugan and Dr. Amarnarayan of NAL. Mr. Mumtaz Khan is from second batch of NCSI TRAINING PROGRAMME. He is working as Scientist 'C', Information Management Division, NAL, Bangalore. Synopsis: Arogya is Web based Health Information Management System developed for the Health Center of NAL (applicable for all CSIR Labs). It is developed using Java and Developer as front end and Oracle 9i as back end. The software has got several modules right from the doctor diagnosis till dispensing of medicine and other investigations which are carried out within the health center. Further it also takes care of outside investigations, consultations and hospitalization. The software is developed by Dr. Amarnarayan, R.Balamurugan, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Mrs. Palguni and Dr. S. Bhogle. The talk will be a demo and technical presentation of the software. Please confirm your presence to Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) or Madhuresh (madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com). Regards NCSI-Net Coordinators Note: NCSI-NET is a network of National Center for Science Information (NCSI) employees and alumni and organizes presentations/talks every month for its members.

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[*]: Photo library
by Aman Jha 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Friends We are in search of a good photograph / digital document indexing software. Any reference? I would also love to have your expert opinion on how to make a good digital photo library. Shall be grateful, if any one could provide me reference to any literary work. Thanks and 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 • Fax: 0124-5014080 Friends We are in search of a good photograph / digital document indexing software. Any reference? I would also love to have your expert opinion on how to make a good digital photo library. Shall be grateful, if any one could provide me reference to any literary work. Thanks and 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 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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Free WHO Medicines Bookshelf CD-ROM
by Tomas Allen 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Free WHO Medicines Bookshelf CD-ROM We are pleased to announce the latest version of the WHO Medicines Bookshelf CD-ROM, containing over 350 medicines-related publications, in English, French and Spanish, taken primarily from materials published by the World Health Organization's Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM). The Bookshelf covers: - access to essential medicines - rational use of medicines - national drug policy - quality and safety issues - traditional medicine. Core publications from other sources are also included on the CD-ROM, with the kind permission of the organizations concerned. For those in areas where Internet access is particularly slow or is unavailable, we have designed the Bookshelf to serve as a self-contained medicines information resource. The Library includes the WHO Model Formulary, and the Library interface serves as a seamless gateway to a wide range of useful web sites, such as WHO clinical guidelines and United Nations price information resources, among many others. The Bookshelf is available free of charge. For a copy, or questions about multiple copies and distribution, please write to : EDM Documentation Centre, Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Fax: +41 22 791 47 30 e-mail: edmdoccentre(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________ So können Sie zu jeder Zeit die besten Suchfunktionen nutzen - die MSN Toolbar. http://toolbar.msn.ch?&DI=165&XAPID=2170

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A new version of Dublin Core Services
by Saiful Amin 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ernesto Giralt <egh_cu(a)yahoo.es> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:57:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [XML4LIB] A new version of Dublin Core Services. To: Multiple recipients of list <xml4lib(a)sunsite3.berkeley.edu> Hi all, and sorry for the crossposting. A new version - 0.2(beta)- of Dublin Core Services/Describethis (http://www.describethis.com) has been published. This new version, as main feature, brings us an automatic generator of keywords: DCS incorporates now a dictionary of 5300 words in 11 different languages, included Catalan, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Italian, among others, that permits to recognize and generate keywords automatically. The system applies analitic algorithms to find the best terms that better describe a given resource. The new terms generated are added to the ones already included in the document, although these are marked visually to avoid confusions with the terms proposed by the own authors. In the case of the HTML documents that do not have included these type of metadata, the list of generated keywords can be used as a guide and a valid proposal for the publishers and authors of these contents. The current version delivers some corrected and improved features. Among these, can be emphasized the following ones: - The new list of metadata types and variants found in the documents HTML now includes more than 70 elements in 3 different languages - The service has incorporated a new parser to recognize and extract the metadata for the Creative Commons licenses (see http://creativecommons.org). - The RDF converter and generator has been improved to produce a valid and more complete document. - Now DCS has applied Web Standards to all the documents generated (XML, XHTML and RDF) to include the elements that indicate the type of document (DOCTYPE) and language marks. - The HTML documents parser now is capable of recognizing metadata placed in other tags than traditional tags like META, concretely the LINK tag and the comments embedded in the body of the text. In addition, due to the successful application in the blogs network, our development team has dedicated special attention to the metadata and particular characteristics of this "type" of online content. With these changes and improvements the already existing references to DescribeThis and the future ones will have a metadata extraction results more extensive and detailed. For the following version, DescribeThis will include: - An editor for Dublin Core registers and collections. - A multilingual and improved interface for DescribeThis - at present are almost ready the first versions in Spanish and Catalan - - Selected dictionaries and thesauri to be applied to improve the automatically generated/extracted results - Features for user subscription and register, so that results can be closest to the needs and personal profile of each one. We wish to thank to the specialists and users in general that have sent us valuable messages with recommendations, critics and advice. In special to Daniel O'Connor, Paula A Markes and Eva Méndez, to whom we must thank for many of the changes and improvements. Again, thanks to all. We will continue working to improve our services and products. ---------------------------------------------- Dublin Core Services is a set of web services that offers tools for the description and automated analysis of online resources. Through the interface that provides DescribeThis (http://www.describethis.com) it allows the management and individual processing of the metadata collections that have been extracted or generated from the resources. The site offers an easy-to-use interface to indicate the resource to analyze and simple options to download the results like XML, XHTML or RDF files. Send your messages to support(a)describethis.com. -- ! Ernesto Giralt Team of Development of Dublin Core Services. -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open archive initiative, society driven archive- India
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

First of all, I would like to disagree with your assumption that these efforts would "Reduce Digital Divide". Infact it will increase the divide as those who HAVE Digital Access will get more than HAVE-NOTs. Anyway, Digital Divide is a different problem; let us not mix it with Open Access. Now let us come to the problem of users visiting the Libraries. Ok, Whether We like it or not, but let us face it!! Fewer and fewer people would be visiting libraries for information. But the Question is how do we attract users to the Library. I think we need to understand our user more carefully now. Instead of asking, why the users are not visiting the library? We should rather ask, WHAT THE HELL BRINGS THIS USER TO THE LIBRARY?? Find out, why users are still coming to library, and then invest major portion of the resources to satisfy who still come. Thus Moral of the story is "GIVE! WHAT THEY WANT, NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO GIVE!!" Am I talking different than what "EVERY READER HIS/HER BOOK" says?. ---Sukhdev Singh On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 vasanth raj wrote : > Dear sir/madam/ friends, > >We are all talking more about the open archive initiative , author self archiving, society driven archive, e-prints etc.... Yes its really reduce the barrier of " Digital divide". If very thing avialble on the web,author started to put their full text freely. Its very easy to access.But what about the libraries. Its certainly reduced the user's to visit library.How we can attract large number of users to library in this "Electronic Global Village"?. > >Vasantha Raju N >Dept. Library and Information science >University of Mysore >Mysore >e-mail: gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in First of all, I would like to disagree with your assumption that these efforts would "Reduce Digital Divide". Infact it will increase the divide as those who HAVE Digital Access will get more than HAVE-NOTs. Anyway, Digital Divide is a different problem; let us not mix it with Open Access. Now let us come to the problem of users visiting the Libraries. Ok, Whether We like it or not, but let us face it!! Fewer and fewer people would be visiting libraries for information. But the Question is how do we attract users to the Library. I think we need to understand our user more carefully now. Instead of asking, why the users are not visiting the library? We should rather ask, WHAT THE HELL BRINGS THIS USER TO THE LIBRARY?? Find out, why users are still coming to library, and then invest major portion of the resources to satisfy who still come. Thus Moral of the story is "GIVE! WHAT THEY WANT, NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO GIVE!!" Am I talking different than what "EVERY READER HIS/HER BOOK" says?. ---Sukhdev Singh On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 vasanth raj wrote : > Dear sir/madam/ friends, > >We are all talking more about the open archive initiative , author self archiving, society driven archive, e-prints etc.... Yes its really reduce the barrier of " Digital divide". If very thing avialble on the web,author started to put their full text freely. Its very easy to access.But what about the libraries. Its certainly reduced the user's to visit library.How we can attract large number of users to library in this "Electronic Global Village"?. > >Vasantha Raju N >Dept. Library and Information science >University of Mysore >Mysore >e-mail: gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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InfoWatch Oct 2004
by M.R Lalitha 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The October 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Oct 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Active Sequences Collection (ASC) [A collection of active protein sequences] 2. Artificial intelligence depot 3. Central Internet database [Reports on radioactive waste, contaminated media and spent nuclear fuel] 4. Chip history center [Computer chip making's virtual museum] 5. Engineers and sustainable development 6. IBM software library 7. Machine Learning Network Online Service (MLnet OiS) 8. myElectrical [A resource in electrical engineering, control and computing] 9. NASA's Near-Earth Objects (NEO) site 10. Natural Language Software Registry (NLSR) 11. Nobel Prizes for 2004 12. OWL - Web Ontology Language 13. ProcessLibrary.com - Free process information 14. Protocol dictionary - Network protocol suite directory and index 15. Pureperformance.com - Tweaks and tips for Windows XP/2000, Windows 9x/ME 16. SigLab - Graphical signal calculator [A tool for analysis of signal processing simulation results] 17. Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) 18. Switching-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Technology knowledgebase [A website about power supply design for power supply designers] 19. TechOnLine - Educational resources for electronics engineers 20. Web Standards Project (WaSP) 21. Whole Building Design Guide {WBDG) - A building professional's gateway to design techniques and technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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DRTC-Seminar
by ras botlib 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Center 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalor DRTC Seminar on "Metadata Formats and Standards" by Rashid Hussain Abstract Metadata is a characterization of the individual Information Object in the collection of a library. An element of metadata describes an information resource, or helps provide access to an information resource. A variety of metadata information schemas have been developed promising greater flexibility in the discovery and access to digitized sources, especially on the web. This seminar will present the various metadata formats, applications of metadata standards and explores the future of metadata standards for digital libraries. Venue :DRTC Classroom Date :18th Nov 2004(Thursday) Time :2 P.M. All are cordially invited Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Seminar Coordinator DRTC, ISI = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research & Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Phone No.: 080-28483975 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com �� INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE ��Documentation Research and Training Center �� 8 th Mile Mysore Road Bangalor �� DRTC Seminar �� on � ��"Metadata Formats and Standards" �� by � �� Rashid Hussain � ��Abstract � � Metadata is a characterization of the individual Information Object in the collection of a library. An element of metadata describes an information resource, or helps provide access to an information resource. A variety of metadata information schemas have been developed promising greater flexibility in the discovery and access to digitized sources, especially on the web. This seminar will present the various metadata formats, applications of metadata standards and explores the future of metadata standards for digital libraries. �� Venue �: DRTC Classroom �� Date��: 18 th Nov 2004(Thursday) �� Time �� : 2 P.M. � �� All are cordially invited � �� Dr. A.R.D. Prasad �� Seminar Coordinator �� DRTC, ISI = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research�& Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore� �560059 Phone No.: 080-28483975 Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. http://www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

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Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector
by Smita Chandra 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

Apologies for cross-posting. --Smita C., Librarian, Indian Inst.of Geomagnetism _______________________________________________________ From: "Sunil Abraham" <sunil(a)mahiti.org> To: "India Egov" <India-egov(a)yahoogroups.com>; "ict4dnews" <nitobserver(a)sdnp.undp.org>; "wsis telecentres" <telecentres(a)wsis-cs.org> Cc: <projects(a)mahiti.org> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:53 PM Subject: [Telecentres] Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector [Details and Form] Dear Friends, Please apply if you are interested in Free/Open Source Software and Development. AND/OR Please forward to your colleagues from the voluntary sector in South Asia / South East Asia. Thanks, Sunil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector [Details and Form] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangalore, India. January 28th to February 4th 2005. Asia Source hopes to bring together over 100 people from 20 countries to increase the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) amongst the voluntary sector in South and South East Asia. This week long event will bring together NGOs and NGO technology support professionals working at the grassroots level across the region to learn new skills, exchange tips, and share experiences. Together with regionally and globally renowned experts and specialists they will look at the use of FOSS within the non-profit sector from both an access and a content perspective. Offering participants the opportunity to explore the practical technical side of FOSS whilst providing a conceptual backdrop. Asia Source will be the first event of its kind in the region, bringing together regional non-profit professionals with a rights based focus, it will invite those from both the technical and content end of the spectrum to focus on the practical elements of FOSS deployment. Participants with a range of expertise will be provided with a space for intensive peer learning. They will be given the opportunity to develop their understanding of FOSS, learn how to select and apply alternative technologies, and be provided with the skills and tools to utilise this within the context of their daily work. They will also be encouraged to explore the challenges and the future potential of FOSS adoption within the social context. During this 'camp' style event, participants will take part in a range of sessions. From planning and helping an NGO to migrate to FOSS, to sharing tips and techniques on using FOSS tools for content development, advocacy and campaigning. In parallel to this they will look beneath user-level scenarios, and break-down tricky issues such as localisation techniques and how to develop total cost of ownership models. Four themes will flow throughout the event 1. 'FLOSSophy' for NGOs 2. Migration and Access 3. Tools for content and communication 4. Localisation Asia Source will be held in a small artists community on the outskirts of Bangalore. Its aim is to become a community building event, with the potential to seed connections and future partnerships across borders and between skillsets. The event is co-organised by Mahiti.org (Bangalore) and the Tactical Technology Collective (Amsterdam). The event is guided by an advisory board of established non-profit and FOSS professionals from across the South and South East Asian region. Asia Source belongs to a larger family of Source Events that seek to increase the viability of FOSS use by the non-profit sector. Other source events have taken place in South East Europe, Southern Africa and are planned in 2005 in Western Africa. For more information please visit http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource or http://www.mahiti.org/asiasource Participants will be selected by the advisory board based on their interest and experiences. There will be a small registration fee for the event. A limited number of travel and registration fee scholarships will be available and may be applied for on application. If you have any questions please write to asiasource(a)tacticaltech.org. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia Source: Application Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send the application to asiasource(a)tacticaltech.org. The deadline for sending applications is 19th of November 2004. We will confirm receipt of the application immediately and will ask you to check and reserve (if you do not have to pay for this) your flight to Bangalore, India. We will also ask people who need visas to check how they can apply for it. As we have limited space and funds, we cannot accept all participant applications and cannot reimburse the expenses for all of them. Between the 19th of November and 3rd of December 2004 we will personally inform each applicant by email if we are able to invite him/her and in some cases reimburse expenses. Dates:- Asia Source is a week-long meeting, to be held January 28th - February 4th 2005 in Bangalore, India. If you would like to participate, you will need to attend the entire event, which means arriving in Bangalore on or before January 27th and leaving on or after February 5th. Fees and subsidies:- Participants will arrange for their own travel to Bangalore, India. Once there, transport to the venue from the airport in Bangalore will be provided. All meals and accommodation during the meeting will be provided, for the modest participation fee of US$ 75. There are a limited number of participation fee subsidies available to cover this US$ 75 for those who are not able to raise the funds. Travel subsidies are also available for participants who would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting. Please apply as soon as possible for subsidies as there availability is limited. Who should attend? This is an event for experienced professionals actively working with the non-profit sector in South and South East Asian countries. To be eligible to attend, you will need to answer the questions below, providing detailed information about projects you have worked on. The application deadline is November 19th, 2004. We are interested in all kinds of non-profit and technical experience, but areas of particular focus will include the following: 1. Localisation and multi-language projects 2. The use of technology within monitoring or campaigning projects 3. The use of technology for organising and collaborating 4. Audio/video, streaming media and/or radio 5. Innovative use of technology within non-profit projects 6. Experience deploying FOSS operating systems or applications Demonstrating that you have worked on projects in one or more of the above areas will make your application stronger. All participants at Asia Source are required to be proficient desktop users of computers, have been involved in at least one NGO/technology project before and to have an existing awareness of the concept of Free and Open Source Software. Applications from women are highly encouraged by the event organisers. Application Questions:- Please answer the following questions. You do not need to write long responses, but please provide us with enough information to understand your skills and interests, and to have a sense of why you want to attend Asia Source and what you can contribute to the event. Please provide answers to all the following questions. 1) Basic personal information: a. Name: b. Gender: c. Nationality: d. Country where you live and work now: e. E-mail address: f. Telephone and emergency contact number(s): g. Anything else we should know about you (allergies, diet, medical condition, special needs): h. Do you need a visa to come to India? 2) What is your experience of working with non-profit organisations/the voluntary sector. What kinds of projects and initiatives have you worked on? 3) Have you been involved with any technology projects for non-profit or civil society organizations? If so please briefly explain them. 4) Where are you from, where do you live now, and what is your current professional affiliation (organization you work for, mission of the organization, position you have in the organization, is your organization a non-profit, etc.)? 5) Please describe your current technical expertise and ability. 6) Why are you interested in attending Asia Source; what do you hope to learn? 7) Asia Source participants are encouraged to teach as well as to learn. What tutorials, development sessions or discussions would you like to lead (or help lead)? 8) Will you need to receive a participation fee subsidy in order to attend Asia Source? If so, please explain why. 9) Will you need to receive a travel subsidy in order to attend Asia Source? If so, please explain why and estimate how much your round-trip travel to Bangalore will cost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Sunil Abraham, sunil(a)mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA Ph/Fax: +91 80 51150580. Mob: (60) 1-6311-1330 Currently on sabbatical with APDIP/UNDP Manager - International Open Source Network Wisma UN, Block C Komplex Pejabat Damansara. Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights. 50490 Kuala Lumpur. P. O. Box 12544, 50782, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (60) 3-2091-5167, Fax: (60) 3-2095-2087 sunil(a)apdip.net http://www.iosn.net http://www.apdip.net "A world opened up by communications cannot remain closed up in a feudal vision of property" - Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture, Brazil __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Apologies for cross-posting. --Smita C., Librarian, Indian Inst.of Geomagnetism _______________________________________________________ � From: "Sunil Abraham" < http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sunil@mahiti.org&YY=71434&order… sunil(a)mahiti.org > To: "India Egov" < http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=India-egov@yahoogroups.com&YY=7… India-egov(a)yahoogroups.com >; "ict4dnews" < http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=nitobserver@sdnp.undp.org&YY=71… nitobserver(a)sdnp.undp.org >; "wsis telecentres" < http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=telecentres@wsis-cs.org&YY=7143… telecentres(a)wsis-cs.org > Cc: < http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=projects@mahiti.org&YY=71434&or… projects(a)mahiti.org > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:53 PM Subject: [Telecentres] Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector [Details and Form] Dear Friends, Please apply if you are interested in Free/Open Source Software and Development. AND/OR Please forward to your colleagues from the voluntary sector in South Asia / South East Asia. Thanks, Sunil � -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector [Details and Form] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bangalore, India. January 28th to February 4th 2005. Asia Source hopes to bring together over 100 people from 20 countries to�increase the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) amongst the�voluntary sector in South and South East Asia.��This week long event will bring together NGOs and NGO technology�support� professionals working at the grassroots level across the region to learn�new skills, exchange tips, and share experiences. Together with� regionally and globally renowned experts and specialists they will look�at the use of FOSS within the non-profit sector from both an access�and�a content perspective. Offering participants the opportunity to explore�the practical technical side of FOSS whilst providing a� conceptual�backdrop. Asia Source will be the first event of its kind in the region,�bringing together regional non-profit professionals with a rights based focus, it�will invite those from both the technical and content end of the� spectrum to focus on the practical elements of FOSS deployment. Participants with a range of expertise will be provided with a space for�intensive peer learning. They will be given the opportunity to develop�their understanding of FOSS, learn how to select and apply alternative�technologies, and be provided with the skills and tools to utilise�this�within the context of their daily work. They will also be encouraged to�explore the challenges and the future potential of FOSS adoption�within�the social context. During this 'camp' style event,� participants will take part in a range�of sessions. From planning and helping an NGO to migrate to FOSS, to� sharing tips and techniques on using FOSS tools for content development,�advocacy and campaigning. In parallel to this they will look beneath�user-level scenarios, and break-down tricky issues such as�localisation�techniques and how to develop total cost of ownership models. Four themes will flow throughout the event �� 1. 'FLOSSophy' for NGOs �� 2. Migration and Access �� 3. Tools for content and communication �� 4. Localisation Asia Source will be held in a small artists community on the outskirts of Bangalore. Its aim is to become a community building event, with the�potential to seed connections and future partnerships across borders and�between skillsets. The event is co-organised by Mahiti.org (Bangalore) and the Tactical Technology Collective (Amsterdam). The event is guided by an advisory�board of established non-profit and FOSS professionals from across the�South and South East Asian region.� Asia Source belongs to a larger�family of Source Events that seek to increase the viability of FOSS use�by the non-profit sector. Other source events have taken place in South�East Europe, Southern Africa and are planned in 2005 in Western Africa. For more information please visit http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource or http://www.mahiti.org/asiasource http://www.mahiti.org/asiasource Participants will be selected by the advisory board based on their� interest and experiences. There will be a small registration fee for the�event. A limited number of travel and registration fee scholarships will�be available and may be applied for on application. If you have any questions�please write to http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=asiasource@tacticaltech.org&YY=… asiasource(a)tacticaltech.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia Source: Application Form � ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send the application to http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=asiasource@tacticaltech.org&YY=… asiasource(a)tacticaltech.org . The deadline for sending applications is 19th of November 2004. We will confirm receipt of the application immediately and will ask you to check and reserve (if you do not have to pay for this) your flight to Bangalore, India. We will also ask people who need visas to check how they can apply for it. As we have limited space and funds, we cannot accept all�participant applications and cannot reimburse the expenses for all of�them. Between the 19th of November and 3rd of December 2004 we will� personally inform each applicant by email if we are able to invite� him/her and in some cases reimburse expenses. Dates:- Asia Source is a week-long meeting, to be held January 28th - February 4th 2005 in Bangalore, India. If you would like to participate, you will need to attend the entire event, which means�arriving in Bangalore on or before January 27th and leaving on or�after February 5th. Fees and subsidies:- Participants will arrange for their own travel to Bangalore, India. Once there, transport to the venue from the airport in Bangalore will be provided. All meals and accommodation during the meeting will be provided, for the modest participation fee of US$ 75. There are a limited number of participation fee subsidies available to cover this US$ 75 for those who are not able to raise the�funds. Travel subsidies are also available for participants who�would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting. Please apply as�soon as possible for subsidies as there availability is limited.� � Who should attend? This is an event for experienced professionals actively working with the�non-profit sector in South and South East Asian countries. To be� eligible to attend, you will need to answer the questions below,� providing detailed information about projects you have worked on. The� application deadline is November 19th, 2004. We are interested in all kinds of non-profit and technical experience, but areas of particular� focus will include the following: �� 1. Localisation and multi-language projects �� 2. The use of technology within monitoring or campaigning projects �� 3. The use of technology for organising and collaborating �� 4. Audio/video, streaming media and/or radio �� 5. Innovative use of technology within non-profit projects �� 6. Experience deploying FOSS operating systems or applications Demonstrating that you have worked on projects in one or more of the above areas will make your application stronger. All participants at Asia Source are required to be proficient desktop users of computers, have been involved in at least one NGO/technology project before and to have an existing awareness of the concept of Free�and Open Source Software. Applications from women are highly encouraged by the event organisers. Application Questions:- Please answer the following questions. You do not need to write long responses, but please provide us with enough information to understand�your skills and interests, and to have a sense of why you want to attend�Asia Source and what you can contribute to the event. Please provide answers to all the following questions. �1) Basic personal information: �� a. Name: �� b. Gender: �� c. Nationality: �� d. Country where you live and work now: �� e. E-mail address: �� f. Telephone and emergency contact number(s): �� g. Anything else we should know about you (allergies, diet, �� medical condition, special needs): �� h. Do you need a visa to come to India? �2) What is your experience of working with non-profit organisations/the�voluntary sector. What kinds of projects and initiatives have you�worked on? �3) Have you been involved with any technology projects for non-profit or�civil society organizations? If so please briefly explain them. �4) Where are you from, where do you live now, and what is your current�professional affiliation (organization you work for, mission of the�organization, position you have in the organization, is your organization a non-profit, etc.)? �5) Please describe your current technical expertise and ability. �6) Why are you interested in attending Asia Source; what do you hope�to�learn? �7) Asia Source participants are encouraged to teach as well as to learn.�What tutorials, development sessions or discussions would you like to�lead (or help lead)? �8) Will you need to receive a participation fee subsidy in order to attend Asia Source? If so, please explain why. �9) Will you need to receive a travel subsidy in order to attend Asia Source? If so, please explain why and estimate how much your round-trip travel to Bangalore will cost. � -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Sunil Abraham, http://us.f509.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sunil@mahiti.org&YY=71434&order… sunil(a)mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org/ http://www.mahiti.org 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA Ph/Fax: +91 80 51150580. Mob: (60) 1-6311-1330 Currently on sabbatical with APDIP/UNDP Manager - International Open Source Network Wisma UN, Block C Komplex Pejabat Damansara. Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights. 50490 Kuala Lumpur. P. O. 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Fwd: Opportunity to voice your thoughts on the NIH Public Access Policy
by Smita Chandra 13 Nov '04

13 Nov '04

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Open archive initiative, society driven archive- India
by vasanth raj 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear sir/madam/ friends, We are all talking more about the open archive initiative , author self archiving, society driven archive, e-prints etc.... Yes its really reduce the barrier of " Digital divide". If very thing avialble on the web,author started to put their full text freely. Its very easy to access.But what about the libraries. Its certainly reduced the user's to visit library.How we can attract large number of users to library in this "Electronic Global Village"?. Vasantha Raju N Dept. Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore e-mail: gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir/madam/ friends, We are all talking more about the open archive initiative , author self archiving, society driven archive, e-prints etc.... Yes its really reduce the barrier of " Digital divide". If very thing avialble on the web,author started to put their full text freely. Its very easy to access.But what about the libraries. Its certainly reduced the user's to visit library.How we can attract large number of users to library in this "Electronic Global Village"?. Vasantha Raju N Dept. Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore e-mail: gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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BEST IATLIS WOMAN LIS PROFESSIONAL AWARD-2004
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Dear Professional friends I am happy to inform u that Mrs ( Dr) Ush Mujoo-Munshi has been selected for this year's IATLIS BEST WOMAN LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL AWARD to be presented AT IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2004 to be held at NAGPUR on 18 th November 2004. I congratulate her on behalf of all the professional frieds for getting the award. laxman rao --------------------------------- Dear All! Season's Best Greetings ! This is in continuation with the minutes of the meeting pertaining to Framework Regulatation for E-Repositories of Doctoral Theses held on October 6, 2004 at UGC, New Delhi, which I hope you all must have received by now. An early receipt of the inputs from the identified members regarding various activities will be highly appreciated, which would help us to incorporate the requisite inputs and finalise the draft. Looking forward to receiving your inputs at the earliest. With personal regrads, Usha Mujoo-Munshi --------------------------------- Screensavers unlimited! Funny, serious, religious. Take your pick! ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ___________________________________________________________ Moving house? Beach bar in Thailand? New Wardrobe? Win 10k with Yahoo! Mail to make your dream a reality. Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com

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Nomination Invited for SIS Fellowship and SIS Young Information Scientist
by JK Vijayakumar 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Announcement from SIS Newsletter SISCOM Vol. 25 No. 1-2, July-September 2004 --------------------- Nomination Invited for SIS Fellowship -------------------------- The Society for Information Science (SIS)awards SIS fellowships every year in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by the SIS members in the areas of information sciences and information technology. Nominations are hereby invited for the award of these SIS Fellowships for the year 2004. Nominations may be sent by individuals, Head of institutions, and university departments SIS Fellows, Life Members of SIS, etc along with complete biodata of the nominee, including his/her main contributions to the field and should reach the Secretary, Society for information Science (SIS)c/o National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies(NISTADS), Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012 by 30 November, 2004. Self-nominations or nominations without bio-data etc will not be considered. ------------------------- Nominations invited for Young Information Scientist ------------------------- The Young Information Scientist Award was instituted in 1989 in memory of Late Shri A. S Raizada who was the prominent information scientist and the founder Secretary of SIS, Nominations are invited for this award for the year 2004. Nominations may be forwarded to the Secretary, SIS by 30 November 2004 by individuals Professors, Head of Departments institutional Heads SIS Fellows, Life members of SIS Head of libraries librarians library officers etc along with complete biodata of the nominee including his contributions to the fields Self Nominations or nominations without biodata will not accepted The age of the nominee should not be more than 35 years on 30 November, 2004. Please send the biodata to the secretary Society for information Sciences (SIS) C/O National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012 by 30 November, 2004. More details are available at SISCOM Latest issue at http://sis-india.netfirms.com/sis6.htm or SIS website at http://sis-india.netfirms.com/awards.htm These awards will be conferred during SIS-2005 at Andhra University. Visit http://sis-india.netfirms.com/sis2005.htm ----------- Posted by JK Vijayakumar, INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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IFLA- 2005: Grant to support delegates from developing countries
by Shyam Prasad pujar 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:57:15 +1100 From: Ian Smith <I.Smith(a)latrobe.edu.au> To: cpdwl(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: For information: Oslo Conference - 2005. Grant to support delegates from developing countries Norad Travel Grant - IFLA Oslo 2005 The Norwegian Library Association is pleased to announce the availability of the Norad Travel Grant, to support a number of delegates from developing countries to attend the World Library and Information Congress, 71st IFLA General Conference and Council: Oslo, Norway, 14 - 18 August 2005. Applications, including professional curriculum vitae and information on present occupation should be submitted as soon as possible and should be received by the IFLA 2005 Oslo Secretariat not later than 1 February, 2005. Criteria for allocation of the Norad Travel Grant * Candidates must be nationals of the Norad co-operation countries: Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Bangladesh, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Nepal, India, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East Timor, Palestine, Guatemala and Nicaragua. * Priority to applicants who are not regular IFLA conference attendees. * Wide geographic distribution. * General quality of application. * Professional background and experience: level of education, positions held and professional experience in general. Type of library experience is also considered in order to get balance between all sectors of library and information work. * Committed letter of application and a well-presented CV. Priority will be given to younger professionals with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of libraries and members of national professional associations. Contact Application forms can be requested from the IFLA 2005 Oslo Secretariat: IFLA 2005 Oslo Malerhaugveien 20 0661 OSLO, Norway Fax: +47 22 67 23 68 E-mail: IFLA2005(a)norskbibliotekforening.no Web: http://www.ifla2005oslo.no ======================================= Ian Smith i.smith(a)latrobe.edu.au Senior Librarian (Personnel) Telephone: 61 3 9479 1918 La Trobe University Library Fax: 61 3 9479 3018 BUNDOORA VIC. 3086 AUSTRALIA =======================================

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Let's unite!
by r asha 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear Hena, This is really a good idea, hope you received lot of mail reply to this. If the zonal wise is not fesiable, at least Bangalore IT companies can meet every Quarter/half yearly. Interested people can send a mail to Hena, to take it further. Hena, i would like to include my name in this list. Regards, Asha.R Aztec Software & Technology Services Ltd Maruthi Chambers 17/9C & 17/4C, Hosur Road Rupena Agrahara Bangalore-560068 Ph :- 080-51100582 - 86 e-mail: ashar(a)aztec.soft.net >From: "HENAG" <HENAG(a)infosys.com> >To: "prafulla tv" <tallurivpc(a)yahoo.com>, <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Let's unite! >Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:18:18 +0530 > >Hi all, > >Thanks , a very good idea . Someone will have to convene the group with a >selected topic for discussion . >Who will take care of it , We may meet every Quarter/ half yearly Zone >wise . > >We will have to decide for expenses, for venue topic and so on . I can >volunteer myself actively for helping the convennor. Onus would be on the >convennor to decide the venue and the budget collection procedure. > >Let the interested members reply for it then it can be decided how we go >about it . South zone --- (Hyderabad, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, >Chennai)may Join together for meeting. > > >Regards >Hena S Gupta >Infosys Technologies Lts > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >[mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of prafulla tv >Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 6:51 PM >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Let's unite! > > >Dear All, >Here's an email posted by Shri Prakash to Corporate >Librarians Group: > >_________________________________________ >It is better to work under one group, instead of >having so many groups of same profession.Since, most >of the same members are appearing in so many >groups.So, according to me, all the professional >group should come under one umbrella.We can share our >ideas and professional opportunities and difficulties >with one another. > >We should encourage more and more professionals, to >join this group. At least one member should invite one >professional. > >Kindly share your view, regarding the unification of >Librarians group. > > >With regards >Prakash Gouda >Dy. Librarian >FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT >B-18, QUTAB. INSTT. AREA >NEW DELHI-110016 > >__________________________________________ > >How about using LIS-FORUM as the single communication >point by all Indian LIS professionals: teachers as >well as practising library professionals. LIS-FORUM >has excellent institutional base and good service >track record. Perhaps, it has the largest number of >subscribers among all Indian LIS email lists. > >Let's avoid posting same messages to multiple lists. >Its sheer wastage of time and Internet bandwidth. > >These are some of the issues which we need to think >about: >How can we improve the quality of postings? >How to increase participation of all Indian LIS >professionals? > >Is it not high time to provide to the Indian general >public/foreign correspondents a single communication >point from where they can address Indian LIS >profession. > >We subscribe to multiple lists with a hope to receive >new content but not just repetition of the same >message. > > >Thank you >Sincerely > >T.V. Prafulla Chandra > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Regards, R.Asha Ph-3105574 & 3229474 e-mail: rashaimrlib(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ The all-new MSN Search. Get fast and precise results. http://search.msn.co.in Try it now!

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Medical Journals seeking FDI
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

This is an interesting story and it concerns us. I only wish, I could find out what could be actual motive behind it. Medical Publishing in India has been (like others disciplines) restricted to Society/Academic publications. So far commercial ventures in scholarly publications are concerned, the picture is not so bright. IJCP Group (Indian Journal of Clinical Practice http://www.ijcpgroup.com/) does publish some good "Popular" medical content. However, one attempt by India Today Group to publish "Indian Journal of Applied Medicine" could not survive more than one year perhaps. The Society/Academic medical publications are available at ridiculously low price, just few hundred rupees per annum. No wonder, more and more of them are available through "Free Access". [Free Access here means without any cost to end-user however it does not mean "Open Access"]. In this Free Access Arena, we are also playing some role. We have a project, medIND (http://medind.nic.in), which aims to provide single point full text free access to Indian Medical Journals. Do not take it as a compilation of some links...It has full text contents of 27 medical journals. These are not just any journals!! These are indexed journals. Indexed either with us ( IndMED, http://indmed.nic.in) or with MEDLINE. There are some other private ventures providing Free Access to Indian Medical Journals. I know few, Indmedica (http://indmedica.com/), Indegene (http://www.indegene.com/Corporate/home.html) and Bioline International (http://www.bioline.org.br/). More and more Journals themselves are having their own online presence. Some of these do provide full text and free access. Thanks to MEDKNOW Publications (http://www.medknow.com/). In the Arena of "Open Access" (Free Access with Redistribution Rights) we do have plans. Please, wait for some few months; you will soon hear something about it, in this FORUM. Though it is a different model, but we are confident to make it a success with our experience and strategy. Regards Sukhdev Singh Principal Systems Analyst Bibliographic Informatics Division (Indian Medlars Centre) National Informatics Centre A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 http://indmed.nic.in On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com wrote : >Please see the following news item on many journals (among other periodicals) form India seeking Foreign Direct Investment. If this happens, even Indian journals would start asking for heavy copyright fees for supplying Journal articles. In this context pushing hard for starting Open Archives including legal measures supporting this facility is needed. >Regards >Vyasamoorthy, P > >=============== > >http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=73117 > >NEW DELHI: Around 60 publications, across news and specialty categories, are awaiting foreign investment, according to sources. While most of these are English newspapers/magazines, regional publications are also making a pitch for foreign investment, it is learnt. > >Many of these applications, mainly specialty/technical journals, are understood to be in the process of getting the government nod. Medical journals form a large chunk of publications seeking foreign investment, sources said. > >When contacted, a senior official in the information and broadcasting ministry, refused to share any information regarding the pending applications. "I cannot indicate numbers or names," he told FE. He, however, added that very often there was a delay in clearing applications, as companies did not furnish sufficient information. > >Under normal circumstances, clearances/comments from various ministries take about a month or so. Besides the administrative ministry - I&B - others consulted, through an inter-ministerial committee, include finance, commerce and industry, external affairs and home. Depending on the subject matter of the publication, comments from ministries such as health and sports could also be sought, it is learnt. In addition, companies are required to get clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). > >Among the media groups which have already been granted clearance for foreign investment include Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Living Media and Bennett Coleman. Among others, Bennett Coleman's application to publish Wall Street Journal from India is still being examined. Earlier, Cybermedia's request to publish BusinessWeek from the country was not considered by the government. > >Sources indicated that till the International Herald Tribune (IHT) issue is resolved, the government may not like to deal with news publications. Hyderabad-based Midram Publications had started printing IHT from India a few months ago, stirring a controversy. As per current government norms, foreign news publications cannot be printed in India. > >Foreign investment was allowed in print media around two years ago. While up to 26% foreign direct investment is allowed in news, specialty and technical journals can go up to 74% foreign investment. > >================== > >Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, >ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, >RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA >Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com >Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… This is an interesting story and it concerns us. I only wish, I could find out what could be actual motive behind it. Medical Publishing in India has been (like others disciplines) restricted to Society/Academic publications. So far commercial ventures in scholarly publications are concerned, the picture is not so bright. IJCP Group (Indian Journal of Clinical Practice http://www.ijcpgroup.com/) does publish some good "Popular" medical content. However, one attempt by India Today Group to publish "Indian Journal of Applied Medicine" could not survive more than one year perhaps. The Society/Academic medical publications are available at ridiculously low price, just few hundred rupees per annum. No wonder, more and more of them are available through "Free Access". [Free Access here means without any cost to end-user however it does not mean "Open Access"]. In this Free Access Arena, we are also playing some role. We have a project, medIND (http://medind.nic.in), which aims to provide single point full text free access to Indian Medical Journals. Do not take it as a compilation of some links...It has full text contents of 27 medical journals. These are not just any journals!! These are indexed journals. Indexed either with us ( IndMED, http://indmed.nic.in) or with MEDLINE. There are some other private ventures providing Free Access to Indian Medical Journals. I know few, Indmedica (http://indmedica.com/), Indegene (http://www.indegene.com/Corporate/home.html) and Bioline International (http://www.bioline.org.br/). More and more Journals themselves are having their own online presence. Some of these do provide full text and free access. Thanks to MEDKNOW Publications (http://www.medknow.com/). In the Arena of "Open Access" (Free Access with Redistribution Rights) we do have plans. Please, wait for some few months; you will soon hear something about it, in this FORUM. Though it is a different model, but we are confident to make it a success with our experience and strategy. Regards Sukhdev Singh Principal Systems Analyst Bibliographic Informatics Division (Indian Medlars Centre) National Informatics Centre A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 http://indmed.nic.in On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com wrote : >Please see the following news item on many journals (among other periodicals) form India seeking Foreign Direct Investment. If this happens, even Indian journals would start asking for heavy copyright fees for supplying Journal articles. In this context pushing hard for starting Open Archives including legal measures supporting this facility is needed. >Regards >Vyasamoorthy, P > >=============== > >http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=73117 > >NEW DELHI: Around 60 publications, across news and specialty categories, are awaiting foreign investment, according to sources. While most of these are English newspapers/magazines, regional publications are also making a pitch for foreign investment, it is learnt. > >Many of these applications, mainly specialty/technical journals, are understood to be in the process of getting the government nod. Medical journals form a large chunk of publications seeking foreign investment, sources said. > >When contacted, a senior official in the information and broadcasting ministry, refused to share any information regarding the pending applications. "I cannot indicate numbers or names," he told FE. He, however, added that very often there was a delay in clearing applications, as companies did not furnish sufficient information. > >Under normal circumstances, clearances/comments from various ministries take about a month or so. Besides the administrative ministry - I&B - others consulted, through an inter-ministerial committee, include finance, commerce and industry, external affairs and home. Depending on the subject matter of the publication, comments from ministries such as health and sports could also be sought, it is learnt. In addition, companies are required to get clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). > >Among the media groups which have already been granted clearance for foreign investment include Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Living Media and Bennett Coleman. Among others, Bennett Coleman's application to publish Wall Street Journal from India is still being examined. Earlier, Cybermedia's request to publish BusinessWeek from the country was not considered by the government. > >Sources indicated that till the International Herald Tribune (IHT) issue is resolved, the government may not like to deal with news publications. Hyderabad-based Midram Publications had started printing IHT from India a few months ago, stirring a controversy. As per current government norms, foreign news publications cannot be printed in India. > >Foreign investment was allowed in print media around two years ago. While up to 26% foreign direct investment is allowed in news, specialty and technical journals can go up to 74% foreign investment. > >================== > >Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, >ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, >RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA >Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com >Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Announcements from SIS-2005
by JK Vijayakumar 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

Hello Colleagues, Greetings!! Organising committee selected following professionals as main resource persons for SIS-2005. Conference Director: Prof M.P.Satija, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Sri Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Tutorials: *Dspace: Dr A.R.D.Prasad, Professor, D.R.T.C., Bangalore. *E-Publishing: Dr M.G.Sreekumar Librarian, IIM Kozhikode Theme Papers: 1. Dr E.Rama Reddy University Librarian, Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. 2. Dr Harishchandra Librarian, IIT Madras Chennai. 3. Prof C R Karisiddappa Dept. of Library and Information Science Karnatka University, Dharwad. 4. Prof Roshan Lal Raina Librarian, IIM Lucknow Lucknow. 2. Announcements: The Organizing Committee resolved to facilitate the participants from SAARC countries to pay the registration and accomodation amounts in Rupees on par with Indian participants i.e.Rs 1200 and and Rs 600/. The Organizing Committee would like to encourage the young LIS professionals by sponsoring two Research Scholars and two MLIS students for free participation in the Conference and they will be paid T.A. by train (Second class sleeper) in shortest route possible. The Heads of Departments of LIS are requested to nominate suitable candidates. For updates on SIS-2005, visit the conference site at http://sis-india.netfirms.com/sis2005.htm -------------- Prof. RSR Varalakshmi Organising Secretary SIS-2005 Professor and HOD, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. E-Mail - rvsn4321(a)yahoo.co.in Phone - 91 891 2844385-7(O); 91 891 2535251(R) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Library automation discussed at PLANNER convention
by JK Vijayakumar 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

Library automation discussed at convention The Imphal Free Press http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=20385&typeid… IMPHAL, Nov 4: The second convention of Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region, PLANNER began today at the Centenary Hall, Manipur University under the theme Content Creation, Access and Management in Networked Environment. The two-day event is being organised by INFLIBNET centre, UGC based in Ahmedabad. The opening day�s programme was attended by the chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission, Justice WA Shishak as the chief guest, vice-chancellor of university, Prof N Bijoy as the president and deputy director of UGC Bangladesh, Abdul Awal as the guest of honour. Other important participants included chief coordinator, Premchand, university deans and staff. On the occasion, WA Shishak released a book and Prof N Bijoy released a souvenir. In his address, Abdul Awal stated that INFLIBNET had a vision to bridge libraries in different universities through a computer based networking system. The Bangladesh UGC is moved by the success of the programme being launched by INFLIBNET, Awal added and forwarded his wish to make contact chain network between Bangladesh and India. The chief guest, WA Shishak remarked that the present generation are fortunate to be born in the computer age. He was optimistic that the ongoing endeavor of bringing INFLIBNET to the north-eastern states will ensure the passage of the region among successful states in the field of communication. It will also benefit information seekers, scholars and academicians, he added. Prof N Bijoy showed conviction that the theme of the convention, content creation, access and management in networked environment holds potential to bring immense benefit to the librarians. He further stated that libraries have many added roles in the arena of disseminating information through the latest technologies. The traditional concept of a library, which brought to mind a place to access paper records and books had been redefined to one that houses the most advanced media facilities, including CD-ROM, internet, virtual library and remote access to a wide range of network. Consequently, librarians and information professionals have to increasingly dispense their traditional duties combined with tasks involving continuously evolving technologies, he added. Nowadays, librarians need to have complete information of a wide variety of sources, both scholarly and public information related. At the same time, they are required to keep pace with changing trends in publication, computers and media in order to oversee the selection and organisation of library materials. He later mentioned that due to the enhanced information gathering capacity of new communication systems, libraries have been entrusted a valuable role in providing information to scholars and readers alike. http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=20385&typeid… -- JK Vijayakumar, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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NRI starts mobile library at village in Punjap
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=105678 NRI starts mobile library at village Anupam Bhagria Ludhiana, November 3: It is a dream come true for NRI Dr Jaswant Singh who started Pahiyanwali Library Sewa at his native village Judahan. He has used his more than 15 years of experience of serving as librarian in the US for the mobile library. The library has more than 1,600 books on all subjects, one trained driver and a part-time library manager. Dr Jaswant Singh said, ''I along with my wife Jasjit Kaur who is also serving as librarian in the US made 90 per cent efforts while the 10 per cent contribution we got from other NRIs. The library has been set by the Anant Education and Rural Development Trust with an investment of Rs 22 lakh and its annual expenditure will be between Rs 5 lakh and 6 lakh, which will also be incurred by the Trust.'' To begin with, the library which was inaugurated today by Prof Prithpal Singh Kapoor, will go in three villages on every Thursday, said Dr Amarjit Singh, member of the Trust, who retired as the Head of Department of Journalism, Languages and Culture from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He said, ''Today, the library visited villages Judahan, Rangoowal and Phallowal, where books were issued to readers and they were also given the time table of the mobile library, so that more people can know about the timings of the library, so that they may get the books issued and return them.'' Dr Jaswant Singh said, ''Next Thursday, we will go to the same villages and collect the issued books. This way every Thursday we will cover three new villages and slowly we will visit more villages on other days of the week.'' Dr Jaswant Singh, who was a lecturer at Malwa Training College, Ludhiana, went to Canada in the mid-sixties and from here he moved to the US in the '70s and worked as a librarian there for more than 15 years. He said, ''For five months, I stay in India and for seven months in the US. In my absence, the other members of the Trust, Dr Amarjit Singh, Ved Prakash, a retired teacher, Manmohan Singh Virdi, a PCO owner, and Manmohan Singh Gujjarwal, who will see legal aspects and other problems of the library, will take care of the library.'' Jaswant Singh who regrets that the Punjab Public Library Act is not being passed by the state government as it is still lying pending in the office of the Education Secretary. If this is passed, any village can open a library, they can do so with the help of the state government, locals and NRIs. Since 1993, I have been urging the officers of the Punjab government to pass this Act, but in vain.'' Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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full text
by vasanth raj 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

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APINESS vs APNICNET
by Seshu Sripada 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Hi Could you please clarify me for APINESS- Asian Pacific Information Centre for Social sciences and APNIC.NET (http://www.apnic.net/info/about.html) both are same are different. If it is different please give the url link for APINESS. seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Could you please clarify me for APINESS- Asian Pacific Information Centre for Social sciences and APNIC.NET ( http://www.apnic.net/info/about.html http://www.apnic.net/info/about.html ) both are same are different. If it is different please give the url link for APINESS. seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Medical Journals seeking FDI
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Please see the following news item on many journals (among other periodicals) form India seeking Foreign Direct Investment. If this happens, even Indian journals would start asking for heavy copyright fees for supplying Journal articles. In this context pushing hard for starting Open Archives including legal measures supporting this facility is needed. Regards Vyasamoorthy, P =============== http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=73117 NEW DELHI: Around 60 publications, across news and specialty categories, are awaiting foreign investment, according to sources. While most of these are English newspapers/magazines, regional publications are also making a pitch for foreign investment, it is learnt. Many of these applications, mainly specialty/technical journals, are understood to be in the process of getting the government nod. Medical journals form a large chunk of publications seeking foreign investment, sources said. When contacted, a senior official in the information and broadcasting ministry, refused to share any information regarding the pending applications. "I cannot indicate numbers or names," he told FE. He, however, added that very often there was a delay in clearing applications, as companies did not furnish sufficient information. Under normal circumstances, clearances/comments from various ministries take about a month or so. Besides the administrative ministry - I&B - others consulted, through an inter-ministerial committee, include finance, commerce and industry, external affairs and home. Depending on the subject matter of the publication, comments from ministries such as health and sports could also be sought, it is learnt. In addition, companies are required to get clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). Among the media groups which have already been granted clearance for foreign investment include Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Living Media and Bennett Coleman. Among others, Bennett Coleman's application to publish Wall Street Journal from India is still being examined. Earlier, Cybermedia's request to publish BusinessWeek from the country was not considered by the government. Sources indicated that till the International Herald Tribune (IHT) issue is resolved, the government may not like to deal with news publications. Hyderabad-based Midram Publications had started printing IHT from India a few months ago, stirring a controversy. As per current government norms, foreign news publications cannot be printed in India. Foreign investment was allowed in print media around two years ago. While up to 26% foreign direct investment is allowed in news, specialty and technical journals can go up to 74% foreign investment. ================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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TAPIR arrives for ETD Projects using DSpace
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Good news for users of DSpace for their ETD Projects. The Edinburgh University initiative "EUL-DSpace Add-On" may now be referred to as TAPIR - Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional Repositories has been developed at Edinburgh University Library to help provide an E-Thesis service within an institution using DSpace. It has been developed as part of the Theses Alive! Project under funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), as part of the Focus on Access to Institutional Resources (FAIR) Programme. You can find more on The Tapir, including a download of the source code, at its home on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapir-eul. Or visit the site http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/dsp_home.shtml for more details. You can also read two articles on TAPIR at Aridane http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/jones/ and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue38/jones/ ---- J. K. Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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"Reed Elsevier: Science Friction" - A Citicorp Report
by Subbiah Arunachalam 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Citicorp report on Elsevier and open access On October 8, Citigroup Smith Barney issued a 56 page report, _Reed Elsevier: Science Friction_, analyzing the STM journal industry and the market position of Reed Elsevier. The authors are Rogan Angelini-Hurll, Marc Sugarman, Roberto Odierna, and Tom Singlehurst, in consultation with Vighnesh Padiachy. The report is not online, so I can't link to it. But here is my summary of its main conclusions, or at least the main conclusions of interest to proponents of open access. * During 2004, Reed Elsevier profits will grow more slowly than the STM publishing sector overall. Moreover, constrained library budgets and increased government scrutiny exert pricing pressure on the whole STM sector. Consequently Citicorp is downgrading its rating of Elsevier stock from Hold/Medium Risk to Sell/Medium Risk and lowering its price target from 500p to 450p. * Growth in the Reed Elsevier science division will slow down in the short term and require new investment. However, the rise of OA institutional repositories will create new risks for that investment. * Most libraries have finished switching over to electronic delivery, so Elsevier's premium for ejournals will no longer bring in much revenue. At the same time, more and more libraries want out of the big deal. * Open access is rising in popularity and will not go away. OA archives and OA journals are increasing in number and usage, and governments are considering policies that would mandate OA to taxpayer-funded research. * The market will move towards upfront-funded OA journals. However, several factors will slow the transition, which will therefore be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. For the short or medium term, but not the long term, the transition to upfront funding for journals will cost more than the present system. Governments may be reluctant to reduce research funding in order to pay for OA. To support their journals, society publishers might have to give up revenue now used for other purposes. OA journals will not have the benefit of funding from corporate users that conventional journals currently enjoy. * The STM journal market is peculiar. Journals don't pay authors. Readers don't pay journals; because libraries pay on behalf of readers, readers know the quality but rarely the cost of what they read. Journals don't compete directly with one another and have a monopoly on the distribution of their own articles. Unlike other consumers, libraries spend up to the limit of their budgets. * Publishers explain their price increases by citing increased costs, increased volume, increased usage, and increased investment in infrastructure for electronic publishing. However, when examined closely (details in the report), these explanations are misleading and unpersuasive. Citicorp believes that price increases are mainly due to a desire to maintain high profit margins. * If the price per article is falling, it is due to greater volume, clever bookkeeping, and bundling, and does not result in lower costs for subscribers. * Library budgets are maxed out. If publishers continue to raise prices, libraries will have to purchase smaller and smaller percentages of the published literature. * Universities are starting to understand that rising journal prices and journal use of copyright are reducing access to research. At the same time universities are starting to see the benefits of open access as an alternative to the current system. (At this point, the report offers a table based on my list of University Actions Against High Journal Prices, <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/lists.htm#actions>.) However, while universities protest high prices, and some endorse open access, most renew their Elsevier subscriptions. * OA advocates are correct to argue that OA removes access barriers, increases the visibility and impact of authors and their work, increases a funding agency's return on investment, relieves library budgets, brings access to non-academics, and provides a business model that scales with research funding rather than with library funding. * On the downside, the "author-pays" model may not be economically sustainable, may not transfer from biomedicine to other fields, may "penalize" high-output research institutions and countries (though this "penalty" may be "more than recouped" through OA efficiencies), and may not generate revenue needed for post-publication expenses such as long-term preservation and upgrading technology. * Government intervention is justified by the use of public money to fund research, to fund researcher salaries, and to fund the purchase of journal subscriptions. * Today the level of knowledge about open access among scientists is low, but this will change. Universities are starting to educate their faculty about OA and to recommend it (in part) as a solution to library budget problems. Large and conspicuous government-sponsored OA initiatives are imminent in the U.S. and U.K. Successful OA journals are rising in usage and repute. ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Radio Talk on E-mail Communication
by I.R.N.Goudar 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Hello Lis-forum members, You may like to listen to a Radio Talk on " Know about E-Affairs: E-mail as a Quick and Effective Means of Communication" by Mrs. Poornima Narayana, Deputy Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore All India Radio, Bangalore, Bhadravathi, Mysore, etc On 3rd Nov 2004 (Wednesday) at 9.16 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-5086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-5235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-5268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road http://www.icast.org.in/staff1.htm BANGALORE-560 017 India

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SLA-MAHD Travel Grant to attend SLA conference in Toronto
by JK Vijayakumar 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Original Message ----- From: Martha McPhail To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: travel grant to SLA conference in Toronto IFLA Colleagues: The Museums, Arts and Humanities Division of the Special Libraries Association is offering a travel grant to attend the SLA annual conference in Toronto, Canada, June 5-9, 2005. The grant is specifically for arts or humanities librarians from developing countries. Past awardees have come from Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Application information and criteria are available on the SLA website: http://www.sla.org/division/dmah/Travel%20Grant.htm Martha McPhail Past-chair, Museums, Arts and Humanities Division, 2004/2005 Special Libraries Association http://www.sla.org/division/dmah/ E-Mail: mmcphail(a)mail.sdsu.edu San Diego State University 619-594-6736 ---- Posted by JK Vijayakumar __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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search full text article
by monawwer eqbal 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

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Workshop on DSpace, HTML and Mylibrary
by G. K. Manjunath 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

Workshop on DSpace, HTML and Mylibrary December 27, 2004 to January 1, 2005 Organizers and Venue Library Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidy Marg, Film City Road, Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) MUMBAI-400 065 For further details please visit http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/dlw.htm g.k.manjunath CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm(a)igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************

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interactive Medical Library
by vasanth raj 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

Dear sir/madam/ Friends There is a interactive Medical library at "Medical futures India" in Mysore which is exclusively for medical student , doctors and research schlors of health sciences. If you are intrested to visit that Library you can visit to following address. Interactive Medical library doctor's corner Gokulam 3rd stage Mysore Vasantha Raju N dept of library and Inforamation science University of Mysore Mysore Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir/madam/ Friends There is a interactive Medical library at "Medical futures India" in Mysore which is exclusively for medical student , doctors and research schlors of health sciences. If you are intrested to visit that Library you can visit to following address. Interactive Medical library doctor's corner Gokulam 3rd stage Mysore Vasantha Raju N dept of library and Inforamation science University of Mysore Mysore http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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SLA-PAM International Award Member Call for Nominations
by JK Vijayakumar 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Debra K. Bailey Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:02 AM Subject: SLA-PAM International Award Member Call for Nominations International Membership Award Call for Nominations for 2005-2006 The Physics Astronomy Mathematics (PAM) Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is now calling for nominations for the International Membership Award. The SLA-PAM Division will present this award to a librarian from the Developing World; it provides a two-year SLA membership, for the years 2005 and 2006. For more information, please visit the following web page: http://www.sla.org/division/dpam/manual/awards/pamimadetails.html Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the International Relations Committee of the PAM Division (address below) by December 31, 2004 and the award will be announced in January 2005. Objective The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian from the Developing World to be an active member of SLA and of SLA-PAM. Components The award will provide SLA membership, including PAM Division affiliation, for a period of two years (2005-2006). The award recipient will serve as a member of PAM's International Relations Committee (IRC) during the term of the award. PAM will normally fund the award recipient to attend SLA's annual conference during the first year of the award. The award recipient will prepare a short report on the state of scientific information/libraries in his/her country, to be presented to the membership at the annual SLA conference either in person or in writing. The award recipient will also prepare a final report reflecting on his/her experience with PAM and providing recommendations for future improvements to the award program; this report is to be sent before the end of the second year of the award to the PAM Executive Board and PAM IRC. Qualifications The nominee must reside and work in a developing country and have basic English skills. The nominee must be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information-related capacity, in one of the subject areas relevant to PAM: physics, astronomy, mathematics or computer science. The nominee will not normally have had a previous opportunity to become actively involved in SLA, such as by attending an SLA conference, or other professional library association meeting in the U.S. Nomination Process Self nominations are encouraged. Nomination documentation should include: A letter highlighting the candidate's professional career and qualifications and explaining why this person should be granted the award; The candidate's current professional resume [see resume guide at http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/default.htm if desired]; Contact information for the nominee: name, position, business address, and (if possible) email address. Nominations are to be submitted by 31 December 2004 to the PAM IRC chair, and the award recipient will be announced in January 2005. Selection Process The selection will be made by the PAM Executive Board in consultation with the PAM IRC chair. Address nominations to: Debra Bailey Chair, SLA-PAM International Relations Committee Fondren Library MS255 Rice University P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Phone: 713-348-2350 Fax: 713-348-5859 Email: dbailey(a)rice.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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MyLISA - November Lecture
by SUNIL M.V. 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Mysore Librarian and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) A Lecture on �Open Access and Institutional Repositories� By M G Sreekumar Librarian & Head Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673 571 You are cordially invited Date : 06.11.2004 Time : 3.30 P.M Venue : Dept. of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore-6 Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Mysore Librarian and Information Scientists Association ( MyLISA) � A Lecture on �Open Access and Institutional Repositories� � By M G Sreekumar Librarian & Head Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode , Kerala, India-673 571 � You are cordially invited � Date � �� : 06.11.2004 Time � � � : 3.30 P.M Venue : Dept. of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore-6 Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai… Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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Fw:CoLIS 5 - call for contributions
by JK Vijayakumar 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] CoLIS 5 Context: Nature, Impact and Role Fifth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/colis5/ University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK 4-9 June 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIAL, WORKSHOP AND DOCTORAL FORUM CONTRIBUTIONS CoLIS 5 is the fifth in the series of international conferences whose general aim is to provide a broad forum for critically exploring and analysing research in areas such as computer science, information science and library science. The theme for CoLIS 5 will be the nature, impact and role of context within information-centred research and technologies. Context is a complex, dynamic, and multi-dimensional concept that influences both humans and machines: how they behave individually and how they interact with each other. In CoLIS 5 we will take an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of context to help us define the theoretical approaches to modelling and understanding context, to incorporate contextual reasoning within information access technology and to develop a shared framework for promoting the exploration of context. Contributions are invited that address issues such: the relationship between context and information, investigations of context in information seeking environments, models of context and relevance, contextual issues in interactive information retrieval, and contextual evaluations of information technologies. CoLIS5 is particularly interested in technical issues involved in modelling context, and methodologies for providing and evaluating context-sensitive technologies for information access. Submissions CoLIS 5 invites submissions of high quality research papers, proposals for half or full day tutorials, proposals for one day workshops and contributions to the Doctoral Forum. All submissions will be reviewed by the international program committee. All accepted research papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Submissions guidelines for all types of contributions, including a full list of topic areas, are available at the conference website: http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/colis5/ Important dates 7 February 2005: Deadline for all submissions. 7 March 2005: Author notification 21 March 2005: Final camera-ready copy 4 June 2005: Doctoral Forum day 5 June 2005: Tutorials 6-8 June 2005: Plenary conference 9 June 2005: Workshops Invited speakers Prof. David Blair, University of Michigan Business School and Prof. Elisabeth Davenport, Napier University School of Computing Organisation Conference Chairs: Fabio Crestani. University of Strathclyde, UK Ian Ruthven. University of Strathclyde, UK. Tutorials chair: Monica Landoni. University of Strathclyde, UK. Workshops Chair: Jonathan Furner. University of California, Los Angeles, US. Doctoral Forum Chair: Pia Borlund. Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark. About the venue Glasgow is Scotland's largest city and the cultural, commercial and convention capital of Scotland. Surrounded by some of the most breathtaking scenery in Western Europe, the city is one of the liveliest and most cosmopolitan destinations in Europe. Glasgow boasts world famous art collections, the best shopping in the United Kingdom outside London, and the most vibrant nightlife in Scotland. For more information please visit the conference website at http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/colis5/ -------------- Ian Ruthven Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH Email: Ian.Ruthven(a)cis.strath.ac.uk Tel: +44 141 548 3098 Fax: +44 141 552 5330 http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/people/biography/ir/ CoLIS 5 - http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/colis5/ ---------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Mandating OA around the corner?
by Sukhdev Singh 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

This is exactly what I had experienced with our Online database IndMED [Bibliographic Database of Indian Journals, available freely from http://indmed.nic.in]. As more and more people became aware of/User of IndMED, the request for the full text of the indexed article started increasing. To my surprise, they were even requesting articles which were from journals which had online presence and the full text available for free. May be people were not aware about these?. Putting links to such articles along with the references came to mind. I experimented, but soon realised that these journal sites did reorganisation of their content quite often. Hence the links "evaporated" in no time. It was too much to expect them to use PURLs, DOI etc. So leaving the link to the home pages was a practical way to inform IndMED users about online availability of journals. This helped to some extent but problems did not end even here. These journals changed their host and domain names. I had to put extra effort to keep track of their domains and modify our database. And once it also happened that a journal's domain name was purchased by some "unwanted content" provider. Since August 2003, NIC has a project called medIND (http://medind.nic.in). It has been designed to serve as "backend" for IndMED (I am using term 'backend' just because I could not find better word). It aims to host full content of the journals indexed in IndMED/PubMed. Here NIC takes the responsibility to digitalize and host the journals for free. In return the journal becomes freely accessible to the users. The contents of these journals are organised using a File Naming and Organising Policy. The same policy has been implemented to generate links on the fly in the IndMED database. It ensures, one-to-one link between the Reference and the Full Text of the articles. As a Design Policy, these would be persistent to end users. I hope, Bio-Medical Community will be less frustration while searching for Indian Bio-Medical Literature. But still, there is need for Open Access Archive for Indian Medical Literature. And we will make it happen very soon. ATLEAST I BELIEVE IT!!! Thanks SUKHDEV SINGH, NIC. -----Original Message----- Friends: Here is a short message from Stevan Harnad that I received recently. I thought all of you might find it usful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] The Science Advisory Board, an international panel of 22,319 life science and medical professionals formed in 1997, has conducted a survey on "What makes searching scientific and medical literature online frustrating?": > Scientists Frustrated with Limited Access to Full-Text Documents > http://www.scienceboard.net/community/news/news.214.html > > While scientists often cite staying abreast of developments in their > field as the most common reason for reading scientific literature, > it is by far from the only reason. "Scientists perceive their > ability to access scientific and medical literature almost as an > unalienable right of their profession," observes Tamara Zemlo, > Ph.D., MPH, Director of The Science Advisory Board. The Internet > has reinforced this perception by increasing the speed and ease by > which these searches can be conducted. > > To find out what is the biggest obstacle to this ubiquitous scientific > practice, members of The Science Advisory Board participated in a poll > to address, "What makes searching scientific and medical literature > online frustrating?: Almost 80% of the 1,400 respondents stated that > limited access to full-text documents was the most annoying aspect > of online literature searches. It far exceeded the other complaints > of broken hypertext links, copyright restrictions and inadequate > search engines. > > Such sentiments will be sweet music to the ears of Public Library of > Science (PLoS) founders who espouse the philosophy that unrestricted > access to scientific and medical literature will accelerate progress > in these critical fields. Their model of offering full-text and data > of published research article--available free of charge anywhere > in the world--is still being tested. Time will tell whether the > scientists, who in theory embrace the nobility of this idea, will > choose to publish their own findings in such a venue. It continues to amaze, how researchers, despite their mounting frustration, remain blind (or paralyzed) with respect to the obvious! Why on earth would they want to keep waiting, passively, frustrated, for the eventual outcome of the test of a new cost-recovery model in order to gain access at last to one another's full-text articles, when they can already provide that access themselves, right now, by self-archiving their own articles? http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html There is no question but that the research community fervently desires Open Access: Already back in 2001, for example, 34,000 biologists worldwide signed the PLoS open letter to that effect, essentially threatening to stop publishing in and refereeing for journals if they did not provide Open Access. http://www.plos.org/about/letter.html But while researchers have proved willing and able to perform the requisite keystrokes for signing open letters, declarations and surveys clamouring for Open Access to be provided for them, it looks as if they are not yet ready to perform the few additional keystrokes it would take to actually provide that Open Access for themselves -- even when over 90% of their journals have already given them the green light to go ahead and do so, with their blessing! http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php It looks as if nothing less than a self-archiving mandate from their funders and employers will manage to induce the thirsty research cavalry, having been duly led to the waters of Open Access Self-Archiving, to actually stoop to drink, at last! http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php (Historians will have a jolly time sorting out why this was the case: why researcher inertia kept itself waiting, thirsty, needlessly, and despite mounting frustration, for over a decade, before grasping the optimal and inevitable that had been within their reach all along!) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Stevan Harnad http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… This is exactly what I had experienced with our Online database IndMED [Bibliographic Database of Indian Journals, available freely from http://indmed.nic.in]. As more and more people became aware of/User of IndMED, the request for the full text of the indexed article started increasing. To my surprise, they were even requesting articles which were from journals which had online presence and the full text available for free. May be people were not aware about these?. Putting links to such articles along with the references came to mind. I experimented, but soon realised that these journal sites did reorganisation of their content quite often. Hence the links "evaporated" in no time. It was too much to expect them to use PURLs, DOI etc. So leaving the link to the home pages was a practical way to inform IndMED users about online availability of journals. This helped to some extent but problems did not end even here. These journals changed their host and domain names. I had to put extra effort to keep track of their domains and modify our database. And once it also happened that a journal's domain name was purchased by some "unwanted content" provider. Since August 2003, NIC has a project called medIND (http://medind.nic.in). It has been designed to serve as "backend" for IndMED (I am using term 'backend' just because I could not find better word). It aims to host full content of the journals indexed in IndMED/PubMed. Here NIC takes the responsibility to digitalize and host the journals for free. In return the journal becomes freely accessible to the users. The contents of these journals are organised using a File Naming and Organising Policy. The same policy has been implemented to generate links on the fly in the IndMED database. It ensures, one-to-one link between the Reference and the Full Text of the articles. As a Design Policy, these would be persistent to end users. I hope, Bio-Medical Community will be less frustration while searching for Indian Bio-Medical Literature. But still, there is need for Open Access Archive for Indian Medical Literature. And we will make it happen very soon. ATLEAST I BELIEVE IT!!! Thanks SUKHDEV SINGH, NIC. -----Original Message----- Friends: Here is a short message from Stevan Harnad that I received recently. I thought all of you might find it usful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] The Science Advisory Board, an international panel of 22,319 life science and medical professionals formed in 1997, has conducted a survey on "What makes searching scientific and medical literature online frustrating?": > Scientists Frustrated with Limited Access to Full-Text Documents > http://www.scienceboard.net/community/news/news.214.html > > While scientists often cite staying abreast of developments in their > field as the most common reason for reading scientific literature, > it is by far from the only reason. "Scientists perceive their > ability to access scientific and medical literature almost as an > unalienable right of their profession," observes Tamara Zemlo, > Ph.D., MPH, Director of The Science Advisory Board. The Internet > has reinforced this perception by increasing the speed and ease by > which these searches can be conducted. > > To find out what is the biggest obstacle to this ubiquitous scientific > practice, members of The Science Advisory Board participated in a poll > to address, "What makes searching scientific and medical literature > online frustrating?: Almost 80% of the 1,400 respondents stated that > limited access to full-text documents was the most annoying aspect > of online literature searches. It far exceeded the other complaints > of broken hypertext links, copyright restrictions and inadequate > search engines. > > Such sentiments will be sweet music to the ears of Public Library of > Science (PLoS) founders who espouse the philosophy that unrestricted > access to scientific and medical literature will accelerate progress > in these critical fields. Their model of offering full-text and data > of published research article--available free of charge anywhere > in the world--is still being tested. Time will tell whether the > scientists, who in theory embrace the nobility of this idea, will > choose to publish their own findings in such a venue. It continues to amaze, how researchers, despite their mounting frustration, remain blind (or paralyzed) with respect to the obvious! Why on earth would they want to keep waiting, passively, frustrated, for the eventual outcome of the test of a new cost-recovery model in order to gain access at last to one another's full-text articles, when they can already provide that access themselves, right now, by self-archiving their own articles? http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html There is no question but that the research community fervently desires Open Access: Already back in 2001, for example, 34,000 biologists worldwide signed the PLoS open letter to that effect, essentially threatening to stop publishing in and refereeing for journals if they did not provide Open Access. http://www.plos.org/about/letter.html But while researchers have proved willing and able to perform the requisite keystrokes for signing open letters, declarations and surveys clamouring for Open Access to be provided for them, it looks as if they are not yet ready to perform the few additional keystrokes it would take to actually provide that Open Access for themselves -- even when over 90% of their journals have already given them the green light to go ahead and do so, with their blessing! http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php It looks as if nothing less than a self-archiving mandate from their funders and employers will manage to induce the thirsty research cavalry, having been duly led to the waters of Open Access Self-Archiving, to actually stoop to drink, at last! http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php (Historians will have a jolly time sorting out why this was the case: why researcher inertia kept itself waiting, thirsty, needlessly, and despite mounting frustration, for over a decade, before grasping the optimal and inevitable that had been within their reach all along!) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Stevan Harnad

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applicants please check for the qualifications
by SCKumaresan 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Dear Friends, Greetings to all. I have received a number of resumes in response to my earier mail for the post of Librarian. All the applicant have excellant qualifications, however none of them has mentioned anything about their elequonce in "Arabic" Please be informed that this is very important that the Librarian has to interact with students who have little or no knowledge in English. so please make sure that you are quite elequent in arabic and then apply. Moreover candidates who have over 20 years of experience and drawing more than 25,000 rupees salary may think twice before you applly, because Universities here are not that big like in india and as far as professional growth is concerned its almost nil. (This is purely my personnel opinion and kind suggestion based on my experience.) Those quilifed applications would be forwarded to the University Authorities and they would be reviewd by them and if shortlisted you will hear from them directly. Thank you Best Regards S.C.Kumaresan S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 0097158829462 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Friends, Greetings to all. I have received a number of resumes in response to my earier mail for the post of Librarian. All the applicant have excellant qualifications, however none of them has mentioned anything about their elequonce in "Arabic" Please be informed that this is very important that the Librarian has to interact with students who have little or no knowledge in English. so please make sure that you are quite elequent in arabic and then apply. Moreover candidates who have over 20 years of experience and drawing more than 25,000 rupees salary may think twice before you applly, because Universities here are not that big like in india and as far as professional growth is concerned its almost nil. (This is purely my personnel opinion and kind suggestion based on my experience.) Those quilifed applications would be forwarded to the University Authorities and they would be reviewd by them and if shortlisted you will hear from them directly. Thank you Best Regards S.C.Kumaresan S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 0097158829462

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Fultext articles
by Krishna Maraddi 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Dear Sir/Madam I am Krishna Maraddi, Librarian of SKSVMAgadi College of Engg.&Tech. Laxmeshwar, of Karnataka. I am doing PhD on "Networking of College Libraries", Please help me to search fulltext articles on the Internet. or get me information in which web sites I can get this inforamation. With regards KRISHNA MARADDI --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. Dear Sir/Madam � I am Krishna Maraddi, Librarian of SKSVMAgadi College of Engg.&Tech. Laxmeshwar,�of Karnataka. I am doing PhD on "Networking of College Libraries", Please help me to search fulltext articles on the Internet. or get me information in which web sites I can get this inforamation. � With regards KRISHNA MARADDI Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/virus/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/… Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

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Mandating OA around the corner?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Friends: Here is a short message from Stevan Harnad that I received recently. I thought all of you might find it usful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] The Science Advisory Board, an international panel of 22,319 life science and medical professionals formed in 1997, has conducted a survey on "What makes searching scientific and medical literature online frustrating?": > Scientists Frustrated with Limited Access to Full-Text Documents > http://www.scienceboard.net/community/news/news.214.html > > While scientists often cite staying abreast of developments in their > field as the most common reason for reading scientific literature, > it is by far from the only reason. "Scientists perceive their > ability to access scientific and medical literature almost as an > unalienable right of their profession," observes Tamara Zemlo, > Ph.D., MPH, Director of The Science Advisory Board. The Internet > has reinforced this perception by increasing the speed and ease by > which these searches can be conducted. > > To find out what is the biggest obstacle to this ubiquitous scientific > practice, members of The Science Advisory Board participated in a poll > to address, "What makes searching scientific and medical literature > online frustrating?: Almost 80% of the 1,400 respondents stated that > limited access to full-text documents was the most annoying aspect > of online literature searches. It far exceeded the other complaints > of broken hypertext links, copyright restrictions and inadequate > search engines. > > Such sentiments will be sweet music to the ears of Public Library of > Science (PLoS) founders who espouse the philosophy that unrestricted > access to scientific and medical literature will accelerate progress > in these critical fields. Their model of offering full-text and data > of published research article--available free of charge anywhere > in the world--is still being tested. Time will tell whether the > scientists, who in theory embrace the nobility of this idea, will > choose to publish their own findings in such a venue. It continues to amaze, how researchers, despite their mounting frustration, remain blind (or paralyzed) with respect to the obvious! Why on earth would they want to keep waiting, passively, frustrated, for the eventual outcome of the test of a new cost-recovery model in order to gain access at last to one another's full-text articles, when they can already provide that access themselves, right now, by self-archiving their own articles? http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html There is no question but that the research community fervently desires Open Access: Already back in 2001, for example, 34,000 biologists worldwide signed the PLoS open letter to that effect, essentially threatening to stop publishing in and refereeing for journals if they did not provide Open Access. http://www.plos.org/about/letter.html But while researchers have proved willing and able to perform the requisite keystrokes for signing open letters, declarations and surveys clamouring for Open Access to be provided for them, it looks as if they are not yet ready to perform the few additional keystrokes it would take to actually provide that Open Access for themselves -- even when over 90% of their journals have already given them the green light to go ahead and do so, with their blessing! http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php It looks as if nothing less than a self-archiving mandate from their funders and employers will manage to induce the thirsty research cavalry, having been duly led to the waters of Open Access Self-Archiving, to actually stoop to drink, at last! http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php (Historians will have a jolly time sorting out why this was the case: why researcher inertia kept itself waiting, thirsty, needlessly, and despite mounting frustration, for over a decade, before grasping the optimal and inevitable that had been within their reach all along!) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Stevan Harnad Mandating OA around the corner? Friends: Here is a short message from Stevan Harnad that I received recently. I thought all of you might find it usful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [ mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk ] The Science Advisory Board, an international panel of 22,319 life science and medical professionals formed in 1997, has conducted a survey on "What makes searching scientific and medical literature online frustrating?": > Scientists Frustrated with Limited Access to Full-Text Documents > http://www.scienceboard.net/community/news/news.214.html http://www.scienceboard.net/community/news/news.214.html > > While scientists often cite staying abreast of developments in their > field as the most common reason for reading scientific literature, > it is by far from the only reason. "Scientists perceive their > ability to access scientific and medical literature almost as an > unalienable right of their profession," observes Tamara Zemlo, > Ph.D., MPH, Director of The Science Advisory Board. The Internet > has reinforced this perception by increasing the speed and ease by > which these searches can be conducted. > > To find out what is the biggest obstacle to this ubiquitous scientific > practice, members of The Science Advisory Board participated in a poll > to address, "What makes searching scientific and medical literature > online frustrating?: Almost 80% of the 1,400 respondents stated that > limited access to full-text documents was the most annoying aspect > of online literature searches. It far exceeded the other complaints > of broken hypertext links, copyright restrictions and inadequate > search engines. > > Such sentiments will be sweet music to the ears of Public Library of > Science (PLoS) founders who espouse the philosophy that unrestricted > access to scientific and medical literature will accelerate progress > in these critical fields. Their model of offering full-text and data > of published research article--available free of charge anywhere > in the world--is still being tested. Time will tell whether the > scientists, who in theory embrace the nobility of this idea, will > choose to publish their own findings in such a venue. It continues to amaze, how researchers, despite their mounting frustration, remain blind (or paralyzed) with respect to the obvious! Why on earth would they want to keep waiting, passively, frustrated, for the eventual outcome of the test of a new cost-recovery model in order to gain access at last to one another's full-text articles, when they can already provide that access themselves, right now, by self-archiving their own articles? http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html There is no question but that the research community fervently desires Open Access: Already back in 2001, for example, 34,000 biologists worldwide signed the PLoS open letter to that effect, essentially threatening to stop publishing in and refereeing for journals if they did not provide Open Access. http://www.plos.org/about/letter.html http://www.plos.org/about/letter.html But while researchers have proved willing and able to perform the requisite keystrokes for signing open letters, declarations and surveys clamouring for Open Access to be provided for them, it looks as if they are not yet ready to perform the few additional keystrokes it would take to actually provide that Open Access for themselves -- even when over 90% of their journals have already given them the green light to go ahead and do so, with their blessing! http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php It looks as if nothing less than a self-archiving mandate from their funders and employers will manage to induce the thirsty research cavalry, having been duly led to the waters of Open Access Self-Archiving, to actually stoop to drink, at last! http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php (Historians will have a jolly time sorting out why this was the case: why researcher inertia kept itself waiting, thirsty, needlessly, and despite mounting frustration, for over a decade, before grasping the optimal and inevitable that had been within their reach all along!) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Stevan Harnad

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Open Archives Data Providers: Part III. Social Sciences and Humanities
by Gerry Mckiernan 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

_Open Archives Data Providers: Part III. Social Sciences and Humanities_ Colleagues/ I am pleased and proud to announce the publication and availability of the third part of my Open Archives Data Provider Trilogy: "Open Archives Initiative Data Providers. Part III. Social Sciences and Humanities," _Library Hi Tech News_ 21 no. 7 (September/October 2004): 30-39. I have self-archived a copy of this eProfile at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-DP-III.pdf ] In this last, but not least section, I profile the following OA Data Providers: 1. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection [ http://www.davidrumsey.com/ ] 2. Documenting the American South [ http://docsouth.unc.edu/ ] 3. Ethnologue [ http://www.ethnologue.com/ ] 4. Perseus Digital Library [ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Documented Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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i-DLR (Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** Dear Members, i-DLR is a web portal for Digital Library education. This web site is designed to support beginners in the field of Digital Library by providing a central repository of resources pertaining to Digital Library. The resources are organized into eight broad subject areas, representing the area of research and studies in the field of Digital Library. This website is a collaborative effort by graduate students of the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) at the University of Missouri-Columbia. You may access this portal at the following URL address: http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~rafee/iDLR/index.php Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Workshop on "Automation of Libraries"
by SUNIL M.V. 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear Friends, The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has revolutionized the way people access information, opening new vistas in every aspect of Librarianship, paving way to digital libraries leading to efficient information retrieval and dissemination. SDMIMD Library is organizing a workshop on �Automation of Libraries� from November 3rd to 6th 2004, with an aim to help the Library professionals have a HANDSON experience of the automation aspects. The workshop aims to look at the following core areas: Operation System and MS Office Database Creation and Management � MS Access and WINISIS Introduction to Key functional areas of Library Automation � Using Easylib Digital Libraries � Greenstone Workshop Fee is Rs 3000/-, inclusive of boarding and lodging provided by the organizers. Please rush with your nomination for the workshop, participation is limited to 15 people only For more details contact Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road Mysore - 570 011, Karnataka Ph: 0821 - 2420490/491 ; 2429722/161 Fax: 0821 - 2425557 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Friends, � The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has revolutionized the way people access information, opening new vistas in every aspect of Librarianship, paving way to digital libraries leading to efficient information retrieval and dissemination. � SDMIMD Library is organizing a�workshop on �Automation of Libraries� from November 3rd to 6th 2004, with an aim to help the Library professionals have a�HANDSON experience of the automation aspects. � The workshop aims to�look at�the following core areas: Operation System and MS Office Database Creation and Management � MS Access and WINISIS Introduction to Key functional areas of Library Automation � Using Easylib Digital Libraries � Greenstone Workshop Fee is Rs 3000/-, inclusive of boarding and lodging provided by the organizers. Please rush with your nomination for the workshop, participation is limited to 15 people only � � For more details contact � � Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road Mysore - 570 011, Karnataka Ph: 0821 - 2420490/491 ; 2429722/161 Fax: 0821 - 2425557 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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public library systems
by shashi kumar 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, Iam the student of Library and information science in mysore university i want to know rural public library systems with special reference to Karnataka and Andrapradesh. If u have any meterial relating to this topic or refrences please provide me. Regards, shashikumar Dept. of library and information science manasagangothri mysore. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, Iam the student of Library and information science in mysore university i want to know rural public library systems with special reference to Karnataka and Andrapradesh. If u have any meterial relating to this topic or refrences please provide me. Regards, shashikumar Dept. of library and information science manasagangothri mysore. http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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AACR3 Edition Announcement
by Rajesh Chandrakar 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

AACR3 Edition Announcement The Committee of Principals for AACR made the appointment in preparation for a comprehensive revision of the rules. The new edition, with the working title of "AACR3 : Resource Description and Access", will be published in 2007 and will enable easier application of international cataloguing principles to new and existing materials. For details please follow: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/aacr3editor.html Rajesh AACR3 Edition Announcement The Committee of Principals for AACR made the appointment in preparation for a comprehensive revision of the rules. The new edition, with the working title of AACR3 : Resource Description and Access, will be published in 2007 and will enable easier application of international cataloguing principles to new and existing materials. For details please follow: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/aacr3editor.html http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/aacr3editor.html Rajesh

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Position open at Dubai
by SCKumaresan 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear Friends, One reputed University in dubai requires a Librarin, with First Class in Masters degree and good command in English and relatively good in Arabic. Any one who has these qualifications please forward your resume to me. Thank u Best Regards S.C.Kumaresan S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 0097158829462 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Friends, One reputed University in dubai requires a Librarin, with First Class in Masters degree and good command in English and relatively good in Arabic. Any one who has these qualifications please forward your resume to me. Thank u Best Regards S.C.Kumaresan S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS - Pilani, Dubai Campus, P.O. Box No.500022. Block 11, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE Tele(009714)3664575/76, Fax(009714)3664580 Mobile. 0097158829462

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List of Lisc schools in India
by vasanth raj 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear sir/madam/friends One of my friend is doing project on" Creating a database of Lisc schools in India. Therefore we required the list of Lisc schools and the name of the Head of the Institution, URL of the Institution, Address etc. if u find these detials please forward to the following Mail. gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in Regards Vasantha Raju N Dept of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir/madam/friends One of my friend is doing project on" Creating a database of Lisc schools in India. Therefore we required the list of Lisc schools and the name of the Head of the Institution, URL of the Institution, Address etc. if u find these detials please forward to the following Mail. mailto:gooche_1981@yahoo.co.in gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in Regards Vasantha Raju N Dept of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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RE: [LIS-Forum] List of Lisc schools in India
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear Mr Pujar Kindly send me a list of websites developed by IGIDR trainees under the guidance of Dr Manjunath. They promise to be of high value and saving time. Kudos to your trainees for their useful work. Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Shyam Prasad pujar Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 6:45 PM To: vasanth raj Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] List of Lisc schools in India Mr Vasant Raj, As a part of training, one of our past trainee developed a website on LIS Schools in India. You may go through it at: http://snow.prohosting.com/prk79/ bye S.M. Pujar Asst Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai > --- vasanth raj <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > > > Dear sir/madam/friends > > > > One of my friend is doing project on" Creating > > a database of Lisc schools in India. Therefore > > we required the list of Lisc schools and the > > name of the Head of the Institution, URL of the > > Institution, Address etc. if u find these > > detials please forward to the following Mail. > > gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in > > > > Regards > > > > > > Vasantha Raju N > > Dept of Library and Information science > > University of Mysore > > Mysore > > > > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life > partneronline.> > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. > http://messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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PGDHL Course @ RGUHS
by hemanthrao bharadwaj 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

For Information to LIS-Forum members... Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is conducting one year PGDHL course. (Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science Librarianship). The Notification for Admissions for the year 2005 is hosted on University website http://www.rguhs.ac.in http://www.rguhs.ac.in . This course has been introduced by the University to meet the need and demand for the high quality manpower in health science libraries. ---------------------------------------------------------- Hemanth Rao Asst. Course Coordinator (PGDHL course) Library and Information Centre RGUHS, Bangalore Sell your old furniture. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2734??PS=47575 Electronics,books or even your car.

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Library Furniture
by I N Nargund 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Dear friends, I am in need of addresses of Library furniture manufacturers and dealers. I will be highly obliged if you kindly give details. Thanking you, I N Nargund Scientific Officer (LIB) RMP, BARC, MYSORE On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >The training on Capacity Building Training >Programme in E-content Development is being >organized from 16th November to 25th November, >2004 at CEC(IUC of UGC),New Delhi. CEC invites >nomination from the Vice-Chancellors, Director >Academic Staff Colleges & Director Multimedia >Research Center of UGC for one teacher in one >subject area and one producer from the Multimedia >Research Center for this training. Visit the site >at http://www.cec-ugc.org/capacity.htm > > > >_______________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! >http://vote.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear friends, I am in need of addresses of Library furniture manufacturers and dealers. I will be highly obliged if you kindly give details. Thanking you, I N Nargund Scientific Officer (LIB) RMP, BARC, MYSORE On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >The training on Capacity Building Training >Programme in E-content Development is being >organized from 16th November to 25th November, >2004 at CEC(IUC of UGC),New Delhi. CEC invites >nomination from the Vice-Chancellors, Director >Academic Staff Colleges & Director Multimedia >Research Center of UGC for one teacher in one >subject area and one producer from the Multimedia >Research Center for this training. Visit the site >at http://www.cec-ugc.org/capacity.htm > > > >_______________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! >http://vote.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Science Web Sites
by Satish Munnolli 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Every week, Science's NetWatch scours the Internet, reader email, and other sources for interesting science Web sites. Here you can look up reviews of the hundreds of sites highlighted since April 1998 with direct links. Achieves of these sites are available at below URL and you can browse and search for the sites with options. http://www.sciencemag.org/netwatch/ Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in Every week, Science's NetWatch scours the Internet, reader email, and other sources for interesting science Web sites. Here you can look up reviews of the hundreds of sites highlighted since April 1998 with direct links. Achieves of these sites are available at below URL and you can browse and search for the sites with options. http://www.sciencemag.org/netwatch/ http://www.sciencemag.org/netwatch/ Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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OAA in Namibia
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Friends: "The University of Namibia Institutional Repository site has been set up and can be viewed at: <https://dspace.unam.na:8443/dspace>. Following UNAM page, you can read more about the activities of the University." A university in Africa has set up its own institutional archive. And in spite of so much talk and so many training programmes, not a single Indian university (other than Indian Institute of Science) has set up an interoperable institutional archive so far. Economists and social scientists keep comparing India with China. Now the time has come for us to benchmark India against African countries. Some progress. Arun OAA in Namibia Friends: " The University of Namibia Institutional Repository site has been set up and can be viewed at: < https://dspace.unam.na:8443/dspace https://dspace.unam.na:8443/dspace > . Following UNAM page, you can read more about the activities of the University." A university in Africa has set up its own institutional archive. And in spite of so much talk and so many training programmes, not a single Indian university (other than Indian Institute of Science) has set up an interoperable institutional archive so far. Economists and social scientists keep comparing India with China. Now the time has come for us to benchmark India against African countries. Some progress. Arun

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OA in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

RE: OA in IndiaFriends: Here is a short article on open access by Helen Frankish in a recent issue of The Lancet. Unfortunately Helen considers only open access publishing and leaves out the open access archiving. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Publishing wars Open-access movements are winning increasing support, aided in no small part by souring relations between librarians and traditional publishers. But can open-access advocates win over the academic societies that depend on publishing revenue to survive? Helen Frankish reports. The idea that scientific and medical research should be freely available to all is no longer new. Publishing houses dedicated to this new model of information provision are up and running, and advocates have won widespread support for the movement among scientists. But the debate about whether open access can replace traditional publishing models has become no less heated with time. And recent pledges of support by the US Congress and the UK Science and Technology Committee have only served to fan the flames. Last month, the US House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee decreed that an electronic copy of any manuscript arising from National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research should be deposited in PubMed Central-the free digital archive maintained by the National Library of Medicine. The NIH has until the end of the year to submit a plan to Congress describing how the proposal can be implemented. This announcement came hot on the heels of a report by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which recommended that every UK higher education institution should set up institutional repositories to allow researchers to self-archive their publications (so the work can be freely accessed via the internet), and that storage of government-funded research papers should be mandatory. Above-inflation price hikes by traditional publishers such as Elsevier (which publishes The Lancet), Kluwer, and Wiley, have inadvertently helped boost support for open access. The Association of Research Libraries estimates that the cost of journal subscriptions increased by 227% from 1986-2002, while the Consumer Price Index increased by just 64% during the same period-a comparison that has caused consternation among librarians, who are the main source of publishers' subscriptions revenues. Harold Varmus, former director of NIH and founder of open-access publisher the Public Library of Science (PLoS), believes high prices are forcing libraries to cancel subscriptions. He says commercial publishers have "manipulated their monopolies" by demanding that authors sign over copyright for their work, giving publishers free rein to charge extortionate prices for their products. "We are in a situation that is untenable in the long run and we've got to find a way to fix it", he says. Varmus' solution was to set up a publishing house dedicated to open access, along with co-founders Pat Brown from Stanford University and Mike Eisen from the University of California, which on Oct 19 will launch its second open-access journal PLoS Medicine. Like its sister journal PLoS Biology, launched in 2003, all content will be immediately and freely available "to read, download, redistribute, include in databases, and otherwise use". To cover publication costs, authors will be charged a US$1500 fee; however, this will be waived, with no questions asked, for authors who cannot afford to pay. Not surprisingly, the open-access movement is facing stiff opposition from commercial publishers, who argue that online access and new pricing models are enabling them to reach more readers than ever before. "We would expect libraries to cancel some subscriptions", says Robert Campbell, president of Blackwell Publishing, "but despite the claims that libraries are in crisis they have access to many more titles than 10 years ago and with much greater functionality." However, he is interested to see if open-access initiatives such as PLoS will succeed. "Let the market decide the way forward", he adds. PLoS Medicine plans "to compete with the very best general medical journals", but practical difficulties, such as persuading researchers to submit their best articles to a new medical journal, will need to be overcome. "I suspect it's going to be quite difficult to attract very high-profile papers initially", says Rory Collins, from the Clinical Trial Service Unit at Oxford University, UK, and a member of PLoS Medicine's editorial board. "People submit what they hope will be high-impact papers to high-impact journals. And it's difficult for any journal-whether it's open access or not-to become a high-impact journal rapidly." Virginia Barbour, senior editor at PLoS Medicine, who left The Lancet to join Varmus' organisation, understands why people are nervous about open access. "It's a change in practice", she says. But Barbour believes that if funders get behind the open-access movement, things will change. "They have to say: 'You will not lose out on tenure in 5 years' time'", she explains. Indeed, the UK Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the USA, two of the largest funders of medical research, have already given their strong support for open-access publishing by approving the use of their grants to cover publication charges. But winning over scientists and funders is just part of the battle. Some of the most vocal criticism of open access has come from the non-profit society publishers who depend on revenues from their journals to fund activities such as conferences, educational outreach programmes, and provision of scholarships and grants. Varmus says that some academic societies are being inattentive to their members' needs by sticking with the established business model. He suggests societies can raise funds in other ways "such as increases in membership fees and increased rates for meetings and other activities". But William Rosner, professor of medicine at Columbia University, New York, and member of the Endocrine Society Council, counters that it would be "an enormous mistake" to prevent societies from supporting their other non-profit activities through publishing. He is particularly concerned about the consequences of rushing into open-access publishing before all the potential problems have been considered, and all the necessary safeguards put in place. One "very real and very frightening" possible consequence, Rosner says, is that funding agencies who pay publication charges for open-access journals could influence what does or does not get published. "They could say: 'Hey, we're not going to pay to publish this. We don't like what you're saying'", Rosner explains. "By anyone's standards, that is a major conflict of interest." While the increasingly heated debate about open-access publishing is taking place among people in industrialised countries, its potential impact is perhaps most obvious for those in developing countries. Programmes such as the Health InterNetwork Access Initiative (HINARI), which provides free or low-cost online access to journals in countries with a per-capita GNP of less than $3000, have gone some way towards bridging the information gap. But in reality HINARI is not as good as it sounds, as publishers have opted out for some larger developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India, where they already have a fairly large subscription base. The open-access movement has the potential to transform access to health information, says Neil Pakenham-Walsh from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, a non-governmental organisation that aims to improve access to information for health professionals in developing countries. The lack of copyright is the "crucially important" feature of open-access journals, he says. The freedom to circulate information, not just the freedom to access it, means that information is far more likely to be seen and used by many people. It also means that information can be used for multiple audiences. "If you are, say, a local publisher in a developing country and part of your target audience is, say, nurses in that country, then the fact that the text is open-access means that you can select exactly what you want and reproduce it as it is, or adapt it as needed", he explains. But Pakenham-Walsh is concerned by the focus on open access to research published in scientific journals, which has important limitations for health-care providers. The "big challenge" is whether the open-access model can be expanded to include other types of publication, for example text books and databases of systematic reviews. "For a health-care provider in a rural area, access to a whole load of medical journals would not be much help for figuring out what to do", Pakenham-Walsh explains. "Any single research article has got limited application to health care in its own right; it needs to be seen within the context of other available evidence." There are easier and quicker ways, however, to bridge the information divide, argues Subbiah Arunachalam, an information scientist at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India. "Rather than frittering away our energies setting up new open-access journals or trying to persuade existing journals to go the open-access way, one can make the playing field very nearly level if all researchers in the world self-archive their papers in institutional archives. Then everyone with internet access can access everyone else's papers." Helen Frankish RE: OA in India Friends: Here is a short article on open access by Helen Frankish in a recent issue of The Lancet. Unfortunately Helen considers only open access publishing and leaves out the open access archiving. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Publishing wars Open-access movements are winning increasing support, aided in no small part by souring relations between librarians and traditional publishers. But can open-access advocates win over the academic societies that depend on publishing revenue to survive? Helen Frankish reports. The idea that scientific and medical research should be freely available to all is no longer new. Publishing houses dedicated to this new model of information provision are up and running, and advocates have won widespread support for the movement among scientists. But the debate about whether open access can replace traditional publishing models has become no less heated with time. And recent pledges of support by the US Congress and the UK Science and Technology Committee have only served to fan the flames. Last month, the US House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee decreed that an electronic copy of any manuscript arising from National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research should be deposited in PubMed Central-the free digital archive maintained by the National Library of Medicine. The NIH has until the end of the year to submit a plan to Congress describing how the proposal can be implemented. This announcement came hot on the heels of a report by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which recommended that every UK higher education institution should set up institutional repositories to allow researchers to self-archive their publications (so the work can be freely accessed via the internet), and that storage of government-funded research papers should be mandatory. Above-inflation price hikes by traditional publishers such as Elsevier (which publishes The Lancet), Kluwer, and Wiley, have inadvertently helped boost support for open access. The Association of Research Libraries estimates that the cost of journal subscriptions increased by 227% from 1986-2002, while the Consumer Price Index increased by just 64% during the same period-a comparison that has caused consternation among librarians, who are the main source of publishers' subscriptions revenues. Harold Varmus, former director of NIH and founder of open-access publisher the Public Library of Science (PLoS), believes high prices are forcing libraries to cancel subscriptions. He says commercial publishers have "manipulated their monopolies" by demanding that authors sign over copyright for their work, giving publishers free rein to charge extortionate prices for their products. "We are in a situation that is untenable in the long run and we've got to find a way to fix it", he says. Varmus' solution was to set up a publishing house dedicated to open access, along with co-founders Pat Brown from Stanford University and Mike Eisen from the University of California, which on Oct 19 will launch its second open-access journal PLoS Medicine. Like its sister journal PLoS Biology, launched in 2003, all content will be immediately and freely available "to read, download, redistribute, include in databases, and otherwise use". To cover publication costs, authors will be charged a US$1500 fee; however, this will be waived, with no questions asked, for authors who cannot afford to pay. Not surprisingly, the open-access movement is facing stiff opposition from commercial publishers, who argue that online access and new pricing models are enabling them to reach more readers than ever before. "We would expect libraries to cancel some subscriptions", says Robert Campbell, president of Blackwell Publishing, "but despite the claims that libraries are in crisis they have access to many more titles than 10 years ago and with much greater functionality." However, he is interested to see if open-access initiatives such as PLoS will succeed. "Let the market decide the way forward", he adds. PLoS Medicine plans "to compete with the very best general medical journals", but practical difficulties, such as persuading researchers to submit their best articles to a new medical journal, will need to be overcome. "I suspect it's going to be quite difficult to attract very high-profile papers initially", says Rory Collins, from the Clinical Trial Service Unit at Oxford University, UK, and a member of PLoS Medicine's editorial board. "People submit what they hope will be high-impact papers to high-impact journals. And it's difficult for any journal-whether it's open access or not-to become a high-impact journal rapidly." Virginia Barbour, senior editor at PLoS Medicine, who left The Lancet to join Varmus' organisation, understands why people are nervous about open access. "It's a change in practice", she says. But Barbour believes that if funders get behind the open-access movement, things will change. "They have to say: 'You will not lose out on tenure in 5 years' time'", she explains. Indeed, the UK Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the USA, two of the largest funders of medical research, have already given their strong support for open-access publishing by approving the use of their grants to cover publication charges. But winning over scientists and funders is just part of the battle. Some of the most vocal criticism of open access has come from the non-profit society publishers who depend on revenues from their journals to fund activities such as conferences, educational outreach programmes, and provision of scholarships and grants. Varmus says that some academic societies are being inattentive to their members' needs by sticking with the established business model. He suggests societies can raise funds in other ways "such as increases in membership fees and increased rates for meetings and other activities". But William Rosner, professor of medicine at Columbia University, New York, and member of the Endocrine Society Council, counters that it would be "an enormous mistake" to prevent societies from supporting their other non-profit activities through publishing. He is particularly concerned about the consequences of rushing into open-access publishing before all the potential problems have been considered, and all the necessary safeguards put in place. One "very real and very frightening" possible consequence, Rosner says, is that funding agencies who pay publication charges for open-access journals could influence what does or does not get published. "They could say: 'Hey, we're not going to pay to publish this. We don't like what you're saying'", Rosner explains. "By anyone's standards, that is a major conflict of interest." While the increasingly heated debate about open-access publishing is taking place among people in industrialised countries, its potential impact is perhaps most obvious for those in developing countries. Programmes such as the Health InterNetwork Access Initiative (HINARI), which provides free or low-cost online access to journals in countries with a per-capita GNP of less than $3000, have gone some way towards bridging the information gap. But in reality HINARI is not as good as it sounds, as publishers have opted out for some larger developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India, where they already have a fairly large subscription base. The open-access movement has the potential to transform access to health information, says Neil Pakenham-Walsh from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, a non-governmental organisation that aims to improve access to information for health professionals in developing countries. The lack of copyright is the "crucially important" feature of open-access journals, he says. The freedom to circulate information, not just the freedom to access it, means that information is far more likely to be seen and used by many people. It also means that information can be used for multiple audiences. "If you are, say, a local publisher in a developing country and part of your target audience is, say, nurses in that country, then the fact that the text is open-access means that you can select exactly what you want and reproduce it as it is, or adapt it as needed", he explains. But Pakenham-Walsh is concerned by the focus on open access to research published in scientific journals, which has important limitations for health-care providers. The "big challenge" is whether the open-access model can be expanded to include other types of publication, for example text books and databases of systematic reviews. "For a health-care provider in a rural area, access to a whole load of medical journals would not be much help for figuring out what to do", Pakenham-Walsh explains. "Any single research article has got limited application to health care in its own right; it needs to be seen within the context of other available evidence." There are easier and quicker ways, however, to bridge the information divide, argues Subbiah Arunachalam, an information scientist at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India. "Rather than frittering away our energies setting up new open-access journals or trying to persuade existing journals to go the open-access way, one can make the playing field very nearly level if all researchers in the world self-archive their papers in institutional archives. Then everyone with internet access can access everyone else's papers." Helen Frankish

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Training Programme on Development of E-content
by JK Vijayakumar 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

The training on �Capacity Building Training Programme in E-content Development� is being organized from 16th November to 25th November, 2004 at CEC(IUC of UGC),New Delhi. CEC invites nomination from the Vice-Chancellors, Director Academic Staff Colleges & Director Multimedia Research Center of UGC for one teacher in one subject area and one producer from the Multimedia Research Center for this training. Visit the site at http://www.cec-ugc.org/capacity.htm _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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_Science and Technology Wikis?_
by Gerry Mckiernan 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

_Science and Technology Wikis?_ Colleagues/ For my next SCI-5 column for _Science & Technology Libraries_ (Haworth), I plan to profile five significant Science and/or Technology wikis. As defined by The Wikipedia [ http://en.wikipedia.org/ ], a "Wiki or wiki (pronounced 'wicky' or 'weekee') is a Website (or other hypertext document collection) that allows any user to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows that content to be edited by any other user" [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki ]. The SciTech wikis I've identified through Google include: · AVC Science Wiki (NSDL) [ http://avc.comm.nsdlib.org/cgi-bin/sciencewiki.pl ] · Science Fair Project Encyclopedia [ http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia… ] · SEEK: Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge [ http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/ ] · Simple Science Wiki [ http://www.renaissoft.com/April/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Simple_Science_Wiki ] · Virtual Math Teams Project [ http://mathforum.org/wiki/VMT/VMT?HomePage ] In addition to these potential candidates for the Sci-5 Treatment (e.g., Ecological and Environmental Data [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/EcoData.pdf ]), I am interested in learning of Any and All Science and/or Technology Wikis for potential consideration and review [and for inclusion in a possible CyberStacks(sm) registry [:-)]. Of particular interest are the use of wikis by Science and/or Technology Libraries. TIA! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Simple Science Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Fw: An Invitation to the 2005 ALISE Conference in Boston
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

> Colleagues: > > The Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) is > holding its annual meeting in Boston from January 11-14, 2005. The theme > of this year's conference is "Boundary Crossings: Library and Information > Science Education in a Global Context." The conference organizers would > like to extend a special invitation to all our international colleagues and > hope that many of you will be able to attend. You can learn more about the > conference at > http://www.alise.org/conferences/2005_conference/index.html. We would > welcome your attendance at the conference and hope to see you there. We > would appreciate it if you would tell any colleagues that you think might > be interested about the conference. > > If you need a specific letter of invitation in order to secure a visa, > please let us know by emailing <contact(a)alise.org>. > > Best wishes from the 2005 Conference Co-Chairs, > Toni Carbo University of Pittsburgh, > Barbara B. Moran UNC-Chapel Hill > > > Louise S. Robbins > Professor and Director > School of Library and Information Studies > University of Wisconsin-Madison > 600 North Park Street > Madison, WI 53706 > > PHONE: 608-263-2908 > FAX: 608-263-4849 > > email: lsrobbin(a)wisc.edu

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New display
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

New display 'as clear as a glossy magazine' Hewlett Packard has developed a revolutionary liquid-crystal display technology which it hopes will ultimately lead to ultra high-resolution flat screens ranging in size from a magazine page to an advertising billboard. Moreover, the screens will use far less power than ordinary LCD screens, and can be made using cheap technology. Conventional computer screens can only manage 1600 by 1200 pixels, and even high-definition TV displays create their images with an array of 1920 by 1080 pixels at best. Now, HP reckons it can make an A4-sized screen with 7000 by 5000 pixels - matching the quality of a glossy magazine. HP says it will be able to replicate this quality on screens all the way up to large electronic posters and billboards. HP calls the new system a post aligned bistable nematic (PABN) LCD. This week, HP demonstrated two 4 by 3-centimetre prototypes. The images on the prototypes were undeniably coarse, with visible blemishes and faulty pixels. But HP stressed that PABN will not be ready for market any time soon. Rather, the demonstration is proof that the technology works. New Scientist, October 20, 2004 [A] New display 'as clear as a glossy magazine' Hewlett Packard has developed a revolutionary liquid-crystal display technology which it hopes will ultimately lead to ultra high-resolution flat screens ranging in size from a magazine page to an advertising billboard. Moreover, the screens will use far less power than ordinary LCD screens, and can be made using cheap technology. Conventional computer screens can only manage 1600 by 1200 pixels, and even high-definition TV displays create their images with an array of 1920 by 1080 pixels at best. Now, HP reckons it can make an A4-sized screen with 7000 by 5000 pixels - matching the quality of a glossy magazine. HP says it will be able to replicate this quality on screens all the way up to large electronic posters and billboards. HP calls the new system a post aligned bistable nematic (PABN) LCD. This week, HP demonstrated two 4 by 3-centimetre prototypes. The images on the prototypes were undeniably coarse, with visible blemishes and faulty pixels. But HP stressed that PABN will not be ready for market any time soon. Rather, the demonstration is proof that the technology works. http://infonomics.nl/ref.php?nid=1961 New Scientist , October 20, 2004

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Seize The Feed: Web Feeds for Enhanced Governmental Information Services
by Gerry Mckiernan 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Seize The Feed: Web Feeds for Enhanced Governmental Information Services Colleagues/ Four Your Dining and Dancing Pleasure * I am pleased to inform you of my latest creative effort: "Seize The Feed: Web Feeds for Enhanced Governmental Information Services" [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/SeizeTheFeed.ppt ] This is revised and corrected version of the PowerPoint presentation prepared and presented at the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC), Content Management Working Group, Brown Bag Series at the Library of Congress, Madison Building, this past Monday, October 18, 2004, Noon - 3 PM. **Menu** Why a Feed? What's a Feed? Where's the Feed? How a Feed? Who a Feed? When a Feed? RSS in Government FLICC / Applications Resources I am most grateful to Jan Herd, Business Reference Librarian, Science, Technology & Business Division, The Library of Congress, and member of the FLICC Content Management Working Group, for her kind invitation to present, and to Anna Kristin Bohlin, Program Specialist, Federal Library and Information Center Committee, The Library of Congress, for her assistance. Enjoy! And BON APPÉTIT ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Web Fed Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Scientific Publications: Free for all?
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Dear Members: The report may be useful. Scientific Publications: Free for all? Tenth report from the Science and Technology Committee, UK. can be viewed at :http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm Thanks Guna http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Members: The report may be useful. Scientific Publications: Free for all? Tenth report from the Science and Technology Committee, UK. can be viewed at :http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm Thanks Guna

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New site devoted to Dublin Core and automatic metadata extraction (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:50:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Ernesto Giralt <egh_cu(a)yahoo.es> This is the announcement of the publication of the first version (1,0 beta) of DescribeThis (http://www.describethis.com), a service designed for the automatic extraction of metadata from online resources. The site offers an easy to use interface where you can indicate the resource to analyze and how to download the results as XML, XHTML or RDF files. In the current version (1.0 BETA), the site's engine is able to find the resources to process using keywords, full URLs or more complex queries with operators, like "ISBN", used to collect the bibliographic data for published documents (see http://www.describethis.com/help/search.html). In the first case it works as a metasearch engine using other search engines to locate the best sites where the resource can be found. The results returned back contains all the recognized and generated Dublin Core elements for the requested resource and can be downloaded as RDF, XML or XHTML collections. DescribeThis's main fields of applications : - To support and extend the application and development of the Dublin Core format as one of most appropriate metadata standards to describe or catalog resources, digitals or not. - To use the site as a tool to support the cataloguing of online resources, oriented to information specialists and Internet users in general. - To deliver services of automatic metadata management, designed for managers of bibliographic and content databases. - To create an efficient way for administrators and website authors to dynamically provide metadata information about their sites to page crawlers, bots, spiders, agents, worms and other automatic indexing and site classification systems, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the whole Internet content organization. In the describethis.com front page you can find several samples to illustrate the normal operation of the service. About Dublin Core Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DescribeThis is a gateway to the functions of analysis, automatic conversion and filtration of digital resources and formats, included as part of a group of web services and tools called Sand Dublin Core Services (DCS). DCS provides support and software infrastructure to develop metadata management applications and services In this version, DCS can automatically analyze and to generate metadata registers for the following formats: - HTML and XHTML Documents - Dublin Core/RDF - Dublin Core/XML - Dublin Core/HTML (META tags) - GIF, JPG (EXIF) and other image formats - RSS - bibTex - proprietary Formats XML (ex.: Amazon XML Web Services) Support for other well-known formats like PDF, MARC , stream formats (MP3, MPEG, etc), OAI directories, FOAF networks and others will be added in the near future. A more complete information about available features of DescribeThis and DCS will be added on the Sand corporate website as soon as possible. --

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free access
by vasanth raj 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Dear Sir/Madam/friends The Sage publishers are providing free aceess to thier journal via online till october 31st. You can access freely various journals like Journal of Librarianship and information science, youth and socity and science, technology and Human values etc.Its realy great oppertunities for us to make use of this.The URL of Sage publisher is http://online.sagepub.com by visiting this site u will realy come across thousands of article. Regards Vasantha Raju N Department of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore E-mail: gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam/friends The Sage publishers are providing free aceess to thier journal via online till october 31st. You can access freely various journals like Journal of Librarianship and information science, youth and socity and science, technology and Human values etc.Its realy great oppertunities for us to make use of this.The URL of Sage publisher is http://online.sagepub.com http://online.sagepub.com by visiting this site u will realy come across thousands of article. Regards Vasantha Raju N Department of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore E-mail: mailto:gooche_1981@yahoo.co.in gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Google Expands Search Empire with Life Search
by Saiful Amin 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Innovative humour on an innovative company! A very interesting read. -Saiful Monday, October 18 12:00 AM ET Google Expands Search Empire with Life Search By Jeremy Mikesell Mountain View, CA - Following quickly after the beta release of it new Desktop Search technology. Google unveiled the latest product in their ever-growing line of search utilities, Google Life Search. Read on ... http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/10/google_life_search.html -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Announcement : Our stall in Exhibition in Nehru Sc. centre, Mumbai
by sumita panse 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Dear Friends, There is going to be a exhibition of science at Nehru Centre, Mumbai from 21st to 25th Oct'04. We are representing our stall DIMDIMA a children's monthly magazine for promotion as well as we are distributing the educational CD-ROM free of cost on the subscription of DIMDIMA magazine. I invite you to visit our stall for more information. Thank you sumita panse Content researcher Bharatiya vidya bhavan Amrita bharati Get head-hunted by 10,500 recruiters. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENIN/2728??PS=47575 Post your CV on naukri.com today.

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Just not another Search Engine
by B Sreeharsha 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Hello, Google, the World's leading search engine has proved that it just not provides information, but also saves life of victims. An Australian Journalist who got kidnaped in Iraq was set free after the militants GOOGLED him. More news can be read @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3755154.stm Sreeharsha BG Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ www.novell.com Hello, Google, the World's leading search engine has proved that it just not provides information, but also saves life of victims. An Australian Journalist who got kidnaped in Iraq was set free after the militants GOOGLED him. More news can be read @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3755154.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3755154.stm Sreeharsha BG Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ http://www.novell.com www.novell.com

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Information commodity
by shashi kumar 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, In the context of "Information marketing" Information is considerd as a commodity. I want to know exactly how information as a commodity and how it applicable to Library and Information Science field. If you have any information about this issue please mail me. Thanking you, Shashikumar Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore mysore. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, In the context of "Information marketing" Information is considerd as a commodity. I want to know exactly how information as a commodity and how it applicable to Library and Information Science field. If you have any information about this issue please mail me. Thanking you, Shashikumar Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore mysore. http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Agriculture Gateway to India (AGI)
by JK Vijayakumar 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Agriculture Gateway to India (AGI) The Agricultural Gateway to India is a website designed to satisfy the information needs for agriculture in India. Our target users include scientists, researchers, extension personnel, students, farmers, policy-makers, media, consumer groups, and agribusiness professionals. This site is managed by Dr N. Sandhya Shenoy, Senior Scientist, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad, India. Site contents: What's New; Animal Sci; Audio Files; Crop Sciences; Economics; Engineering; Extension; Fisheries; Gender Issues; General Ag; Home Science; Horticulture; Human Res; InfoTech; Issues; Libraries; Maps; Natural Res; Organisations; Programmes; Publications; Sustainable Ag; Weather; Search; Tools; The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); DAC; FAO; CGIAR, other portals to Indian Agriculture. URL http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/aim/diglib/india/ -------------- J.K.Vijayakumar INFLIBNET _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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Metadata Leadership
by Rajesh Chandrakar 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

"Metadata Leadership" Library Journal (08/15/04) P. 27; Tennant, Roy Libraries will have to embrace bibliographic records encoded with different standards and emerging specs such as Dublin Core, the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), and VRA Core, or become even more marginalized. The number of useful items online without MARC cataloging now reaches into the millions, and may never be catalogued in MARC. Catalogers can plan a key role in accommodating records not catalogued in MARC or AACR2 because they understand that the important metadata issues of granularity, accuracy, authority control, and controlled vocabularies remain the same. Rebecca Guenther at the Library of Congress has helped lead the way by being involved in the Dublin Core effort, and also by helping to pioneer the MODS. And some library schools are updating their curricula and creating new classes to address all forms of biographical metadata. However, libraries need to stress the importance of metadata expertise so that catalogers long out of school will be motivated to revamp their skills. The National Information Standards Organization offers the superb paper "Understanding Metadata," which should help get library staff up to speed. (www.libraryjournal.com). Rajesh "Metadata Leadership" Library Journal (08/15/04) P. 27; Tennant, Roy Libraries will have to embrace bibliographic records encoded with different standards and emerging specs such as Dublin Core, the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), and VRA Core, or become even more marginalized. The number of useful items online without MARC cataloging now reaches into the millions, and may never be catalogued in MARC. Catalogers can plan a key role in accommodating records not catalogued in MARC or AACR2 because they understand that the important metadata issues of granularity, accuracy, authority control, and controlled vocabularies remain the same. Rebecca Guenther at the Library of Congress has helped lead the way by being involved in the Dublin Core effort, and also by helping to pioneer the MODS. And some library schools are updating their curricula and creating new classes to address all forms of biographical metadata. However, libraries need to stress the importance of metadata expertise so that catalogers long out of school will be motivated to revamp their skills. The National Information Standards Organization offers the superb paper "Understanding Metadata," which should help get library staff up to speed. ( http://www.libraryjournal.com/ www.libraryjournal.com ). Rajesh

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Google Desktop
by Farooque Shaheen 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Find your email, files, web history and chats instantly, view web pages you've seen, even when you're not online. Google's new Desktop Search (http://desktop.google.com) is a small file that Windows users can download to their computers . Once installed, it adds a "Desktop" link to the Google home page, allowing users to conduct hard-drive searches with a Web browser in the same way as an Internet search. The software can search the content of most common file types, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and Outlook e-mail messages. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Sr. Executive- Information Services Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-080-34007449 �Find your email, files, web history and chats instantly, view web pages you've seen, even when you're not online. Google's new Desktop Search ( http://desktop.google.com ) is a small file that Windows users can download to their computers . Once installed, it adds a "Desktop" link to the Google home page, allowing users to conduct hard-drive searches with a Web browser in the same way as an Internet search. The software can search the content of most common file types, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and Outlook e-mail messages . Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Sr. Executive- Information Services Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-080-34007449

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Number of public libraria books per capita in India
by Tomas Allen 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Dear Colleagues, I have perhaps a rather unusual request for the list serv, but I am trying to locate some figure that indicates the number of books in Indian Public libraries (or volumes) per inhabitant for India. I have used the UNESCO Institue for Statistics but neither the print nor the online show any figures for India. See http://stats.uis.unesco.org/eng/ReportFolders/Rfview/explorerp.asp I am using the baseline year 1995, but will accept figures from other years. For example the United States figure is approx 2.9 books/volumes per inhabitant. I would expect for India that number might be slightly lower. Any assistance is greatly appreciated and all the best for the weekend. Tomas Allen _________________________________________________________________ Highlight Viewer - heben Sie von Ihnen gesuchte Wörter auf Webseiten hervor. http://toolbar.msn.ch?&DI=165&XAPID=2170

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Position at Honeywell, Bangalore
by Satish, Mariyappagoudar (IE10) 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab (HTSL), Bangalore has an opening for the position of an Information Assistant on contract basis. Salary to commensurate with qualification and experience. Qualification / Job Requirements: B.Sc with M.L.I.Sc in Library & Information Science, 6 months - 2 years work experience, a passion for customers/library users, resourceful abilities, teamwork and good communication skills. Preference be given to persons with IT and global exposure. The job will require: -- Book procurement, cataloging, circulation -- Managing magazines and online databases resources -- Providing Document Delivery Service (DDS) -- Provide Reference & Referral Service -- Computer Skills: Scanning, OCR, MS Office Tools, Web based searches, Web & Associated technologies Interested candidates may send their updated CV to me by Wednesday, October 20, 2004. Regards, Satish K M Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, 151/1, Doraisanipalya, Bannerghatta Road, Opp: IIMB Post Office, Bangalore - 560076 INDIA Phone : +91-80-26588360 ext: 4001 Fax: +91-80-51109907 E-mail: satish.mariyappagoudar(a)honeywell.com <mailto:satish.mariyappagoudar@honeywell.com> Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab (HTSL), Bangalore has an opening for the position of an Information Assistant on contract basis. Salary to commensurate with qualification and experience. Qualification / Job Requirements: B.Sc with M.L.I.Sc in Library & Information Science, 6 months - 2 years work experience, a passion for customers /library users , resourceful abilities, teamwork and good communication skills. Preference be given to persons with IT and global exposure. The job will require: -- Book procurement, cataloging, circulation -- Managing magazines and online databases resources -- Providing Document Delivery Service (DDS) -- Provide Reference & Referral Service -- Computer Skills: Scanning, OCR, MS Office Tools, Web based searches, Web & Associated technologies Interested candidates may send their updated CV to me by Wednesday , October 20 , 2004 . Regards, Satish K M Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, 151/1, Doraisanipalya, Bannerghatta Road, Opp: IIMB Post Office, Bangalore - 560076 INDIA Ph one : +91-80-26588360 ext: 4001 Fax: +91-80-51109907 E-mail: mailto:satish.mariyappagoudar@honeywell.com satish.mariyappagoudar(a)honeywell.com

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Back issues of Current Science
by Shahab 15 Oct '04

15 Oct '04

Dear All: Its a great news that Current Science has now made all its volume, since its inception, available. Regards to all, Shahabuddin http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear All: Its a great news that Current Science has now made all its volume, since its inception, available. Regards to all, Shahabuddin

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Journal Citation reports - Help
by mkrao 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

Dear Colleagues, I am desperately in need of 'Journal Citation Reports' prior to 1995, either in print or CDROM format for my research. I shall be grateful if anyone having this publication in their collection would please reply to this e-mail. Looking forward to your cooperation and help. Koteswara Rao, M

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The FID
by Shahab 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

Dear Seshu: The FID has ceased to exist since late 2002. Regards, Shahab On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. FID (Seshu Sripada) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:33:19 +0530 > From: "Seshu Sripada" <seshu.sripada(a)softprosys.com> >Subject: [LIS-Forum] FID >To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Message-ID: <005f01c4b029$8e380440$2801a8c0(a)Sprosys.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Dear colleagues, > >I would like to know website of "International Federation for Information and Documentation(FID). > >Could you pleae help me regading. > >Seshu > >-----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ > >Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are >confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' >and 'confidential'. > >If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or >have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or >dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any >manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately >and notify the sender by E-MAIL. > >In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination >of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > >SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment >hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. > >The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be >those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dear Seshu: The FID has ceased to exist since late 2002. Regards, Shahab On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. FID (Seshu Sripada) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:33:19 +0530 > From: "Seshu Sripada" <seshu.sripada(a)softprosys.com> >Subject: [LIS-Forum] FID >To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Message-ID: <005f01c4b029$8e380440$2801a8c0(a)Sprosys.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Dear colleagues, > >I would like to know website of "International Federation for Information and Documentation(FID). > >Could you pleae help me regading. > >Seshu > >-----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ > >Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are >confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' >and 'confidential'. > >If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or >have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or >dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any >manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately >and notify the sender by E-MAIL. > >In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination >of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > >SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment >hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. > >The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be >those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >

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IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE- CALLING FOR PAPERS
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

XXI-IATLIS National Conference Invitation and Call for Papers The Conference The Department of Library and Information Science, Nagpur University in collaboration with the University Library is organizing the XXI IATLIS National Conference, 2004 during 18 - 20 November, 2004 at Nagpur. Theme: Partnership of LIS Teachers and Librarians in Professional Development Facets: - LIS education and Research : Need for partnership - Collaboration for professional development - Collaboration and Contribution for Library Development - Areas, styles and existing methods of partnership - Current Trends in Partnership - Case studies of Partnerships in LIS Schools - Any other sub-theme related to the broad field Call for Papers The Conference shall be a platform for LIS Professionals and Teachers to discuss the theme and its facets in the current context of partnerships: the myths and realities. · The papers in English and regional languages (Marathi and Hindi) are welcome · The papers should be based on original research, survey and case studies · General presentations and historical background should be avoided · Papers should include abstracts · The article should not exceed more than 5000 words printed on A4 paper and be submitted on MS -Word along with 1.44 Floppy disk · The full papers in Hindi and Marathi should reach the Organizing Secretary. Whereas, papers in English should reach General Secretary, IATLIS on or before 30th October 2004. Director of the Conference: Prof. Shabahat Hussian, DLIS, Aligarh Muslim University, ALIGARH 202 002. Registration Fee: For outstation delegates - Rs. 600.00 For Local delegates - Rs. 400.00 (Without accommodation) The registration fee includes accommodation, conference kit, and working lunch on the days of conference. Intending participants are requested to send intimation along with a Bank Draft drawn in favour of Organizing Secretary, XXI IATLIS National Conference payable at Nagpur, towards the registration fees, so as to reach the Organizing Secretary, on or before 30th October 2004. We extend a very cordial invitation to all LIS Teachers and Librarians for participation in XXI-IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Dr.S. Sudarshan Rao General Secretary, IATLIS DLIS, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007 E-mail: rao_ss2000(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. (Mrs.) D. Rajyalakshmi Organizing Secretary XXI- IATLIS National Conference & Head, Department of Library and Information Science Nagpur University NAGPUR - 440010. Phone:0712- 2548577 E-mail : desarajurl(a)rediffmail.com --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail XXI-IATLIS National Conference Invitation and Call for Papers The Conference The Department of Library and Information Science, Nagpur University in collaboration with the University Library is organizing the XXI IATLIS National Conference , 2004 during 18 - 20 November, 2004 at Nagpur . Theme : Partnership of LIS Teachers and Librarians in Professional Development Facets: - LIS education and Research : Need for partnership - Collaboration for professional development - Collaboration and Contribution for Library Development - Areas, styles and existing methods of partnership - Current Trends in Partnership - Case studies of Partnerships in LIS Schools - Any other sub-theme related to the broad field Call for Papers The Conference shall be a platform for LIS Professionals and Teachers to discuss the theme and its facets in the current context of partnerships: the myths and realities. · The papers in English and regional languages (Marathi and Hindi) are welcome · The papers should be based on original research, survey and case studies · General presentations and historical background should be avoided · Papers should include abstracts · The article should not exceed more than 5000 words printed on A4 paper and be submitted on MS -Word along with 1.44 Floppy disk · The full papers in Hindi and Marathi should reach the Organizing Secretary. Whereas, papers in English should reach General Secretary, IATLIS on or before 30 th October 2004. Director of the Conference: Prof. Shabahat Hussian, DLIS, Aligarh Muslim University , ALIGARH 202 002. Registration Fee: For outstation delegates - Rs. 600.00 For Local delegates - Rs. 400.00 (Without accommodation) The registration fee includes accommodation, conference kit, and working lunch on the days of conference. Intending participants are requested to send intimation along with a Bank Draft drawn in favour of Organizing Secretary, XXI IATLIS National Conference payable at Nagpur , towards the registration fees, so as to reach the Organizing Secretary, on or before 30 th October 2004. We extend a very cordial invitation to all LIS Teachers and Librarians for participation in XXI-IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Dr.S. Sudarshan Rao General Secretary, IATLIS DLIS, Osmania University , Hyderabad-500 007 E-mail: mailto:rao_ss2000@yahoo.co.in rao_ss2000(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. (Mrs.) D. Rajyalakshmi Organizing Secretary XXI- IATLIS National Conference & Head, Department of Library and Information Science Nagpur University NAGPUR - 440010. Phone:0712- 2548577 E-mail : mailto:desarajurl@rediffmail.com desarajurl(a)rediffmail.com Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/h/calendar/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com Get Yahoo! Mail

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BEST WOMAN LIS PROFESSIONAL AWARD-2004-calling for nominations
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

IATLIS-MRS.RATNA LAXMAN RAO BEST WOMAN LIS PROFESSIONAL AWARD-2004 Nominations are invited for the IATLIS-Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Best woman LIS Professional Award 2004 from the Indian Woman Professional Librarians. The nominations may be accompanied by Bio-data, list of publications, details of professional contributions, achievements and activities including the contributions to IATLIS (in triplicate). Members of the Executive Council of IATLIS are not eligible for being nominated for the Award. The nominee should be a senior library professional and presently in service. A person can receive the award only once and one person can nominate only one professional at a time. The Award Committee will consider the nominations. The Award will not be given, in case majority of the members of the award committee are of the opinion that no one is suitable for the award. Nominations in quadruplicate with all the required documents should reach Dr. S.Sudarshan Rao, General Secretary, IATLIS c/o Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007 on or before 5th November, 2004. --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail IATLIS-MRS.RATNA LAXMAN RAO BEST WOMAN LIS PROFESSIONAL AWARD-2004 Nominations are invited for the IATLIS-Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Best woman LIS Professional Award 2004 from the Indian Woman Professional Librarians. The nominations may be accompanied by Bio-data, list of publications, details of professional contributions, achievements and activities including the contributions to IATLIS (in triplicate). Members of the Executive Council of IATLIS are not eligible for being nominated for the Award. The nominee should be a senior library professional and presently in service. A person can receive the award only once and one person can nominate only one professional at a time. The Award Committee will consider the nominations. The Award will not be given, in case majority of the members of the award committee are of the opinion that no one is suitable for the award. Nominations in quadruplicate with all the required documents should reach Dr. S.Sudarshan Rao, General Secretary, IATLIS c/o Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University , Hyderabad-500 007 on or before 5 th November, 2004. Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/h/calendar/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com Get Yahoo! Mail

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Re: Special library versus other libraries.
by Seshu Sripada 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Seshu Sripada To: Seshu Sripada Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: Help: Special library versus other libraries. Dear colleagues, I would like to know how the special library characteristics are differing from other libraries like Academic libraries and University libraries. Could you pleae help me regading. Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:seshu.sripada@softprosys.com Seshu Sripada To: mailto:seshu.sripada@softprosys.com Seshu Sripada Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: Help: Special library versus other libraries. Dear colleagues, I would like to know how the special library characteristics are differing from other libraries like Academic libraries and University libraries. Could you pleae help me regading. Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RSS Generators/Generators of RSS
by Gerry Mckiernan 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

_RSS Generators/Generators of RSS_ Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of your favorite Small Scale and/or Large Scale RSS generators for Web Feeds. For a overview of Web feed and their application for library services please see my latest article "Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Enhanced Information and Library Services," _LLRX®: Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms_, September 20, 2004. Available at [ http://www.llrx.com/features/richsite.htm ] (accessed 13 October 2004). Yes, I know I can Google (and have) but would prefer to Tap/Touch the Wisdom of the Web [:-) BTW: The Generation of other feed technologies (e.g., Atom) and techniques (e.g., JavaScript) are also of interest. I am particularly interested in Web Feed generation from Content Management System for Internet or Intranets, most notably those used in major U.S. Government Agencies. TIA! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Interesting Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Sriranga theater Information center, Rangayana Mysore
by vasanth raj 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Dear sir/Madam/friends, I am please to inform u that on the eve of Dasara festival Rangayana(Theter Repertory Mysore) will host a week long Plays from 15/10/04 to 23/10/04 directed by eminent personalities of theter arts like B.V Karanth, Prasanna, Basavalingaiah .....And another important thing is please visit the Sriranga theater Information center which has a huge collection books and non-book Material relating to Litrature, Drama and Paintings. It will be certainly a boost to the litrature lovers and researchers to come across thousands of rare books of paintings of Da vinci, Piccaso.. and authors like Franza Kafka, Bretolt Brecht, Pablo Neruda, and Kuvempu many others. Vasantha Raju Shashi Dept of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir/Madam/friends, I am please to inform u that on the eve of Dasara festival Rangayana(Theter Repertory Mysore) will host a week long Plays from 15/10/04 to 23/10/04 directed by eminent personalities of theter arts like B.V Karanth, Prasanna, Basavalingaiah .....And another important thing is please visit the Sriranga theater Information center which has a huge collection books and non-book Material relating to Litrature, Drama and Paintings. It will be certainly a boost to the litrature lovers and researchers to come across thousands of rare books of paintings of Da vinci, Piccaso.. and authors like Franza Kafka, Bretolt Brecht, Pablo Neruda, and Kuvempu many others. Vasantha Raju Shashi Dept of Library and Information science University of Mysore Mysore http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Fwd: [nmlis] LIS Professor as Professor-incharge-Computer Centre.
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

dear prof chandrasekhar rao congratulations. it is a pride to the profession especially to the teachig community. we know ur work and iam sure many more such recognitions will be thee for u. on behalf of myself, IATLIS AND professionals, i congratulate u and wish u all the best laxman rao chanrasekhar v <vcsra0(a)yahoo.com> wrote: To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com From: chanrasekhar v Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [nmlis] LIS Professor as Professor-incharge-Computer Centre. Dear Professional colleagues I have been appointed as Professor incharge, University Computer Centre for a period of one-year by our University. I was earlier with Staff Training and Development unit as Additional Director for two years and conducted a number of IT training programs for the teaching and non-teaching staff and a national workshop for distance teachers on multimedia. Our University is now planning to contemplate with web enabled applications and offer elearning courses. Prof. V. Chandrasekhar Rao Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science Dr B R Ambedkar Open University Prof.G.Ram Reddy Marg, Road No.46 Jubilee Hills Hyderabad - 500 033 Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! dear prof chandrasekhar rao congratulations. it is a pride to the profession especially to the teachig community. we know ur work and iam sure many more such recognitions will be thee for u. on behalf of myself, IATLIS AND professionals, i congratulate u and wish u all the best laxman rao chanrasekhar v <vcsra0(a)yahoo.com> wrote: To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com From: chanrasekhar v Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [nmlis] LIS Professor as Professor-incharge-Computer Centre. Dear Professional colleagues I have been appointed as Professor incharge, University Computer Centre for a period of one-year by our University. I was earlier with Staff Training and Development unit as Additional Director for two years and conducted a number of IT training programs for the teaching and non-teaching staff and a national workshop for distance teachers on multimedia. Our University is now planning to contemplate with web enabled applications and offer elearning courses. Prof. V. Chandrasekhar Rao Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science Dr B R Ambedkar Open University Prof.G.Ram Reddy Marg, Road No.46 Jubilee Hills Hyderabad - 500 033 Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21626/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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FID
by Seshu Sripada 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Dear colleagues, I would like to know website of "International Federation for Information and Documentation(FID). Could you pleae help me regading. Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear colleagues, I would like to know website of "International Federation for Information and Documentation(FID). Could you pleae help me regading. Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Best Technology Librarian Award 2004
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

dear Dr Harish chandra I am really happy to know about the award. It is the outcome of the hard work u have put in all these years.U desrve all this award. i am sure u will get many more such awards in future. every professional kno about ur contributions to IIT Chennai library and to the profession in general. on behalf of my self, IATLIS and other felllow professionals, I congratulate u once again. wish u all the best laxman rao Dr Harish Chandra <hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in> wrote: From: "Dr Harish Chandra" To: CC: Subject: Best Technology Librarian Award 2004 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:12:31 +0530 Dear Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, I am glad to inform you that Delhi State Book Sellers and Publishers Association, New Delhi has awarded Best Technology Librarian Award for the year 2004 in their AGM held on 18-09-2004 at India International Center, New Delhi to me. Regards, Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/librarian Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! dear Dr Harish chandra I am really happy to know about the award. It is the outcome of the hard work u have put in all these years.U desrve all this award. i am sure u will get many more such awards in future. every professional kno about ur contributions to IIT Chennai library and to the profession in general. on behalf of my self, IATLIS and other felllow professionals, I congratulate u once again. wish u all the best laxman rao http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/librarian Dr Harish Chandra <hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in> wrote: From: "Dr Harish Chandra" To: CC: Subject: Best Technology Librarian Award 2004 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:12:31 +0530 Dear Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, I am glad to inform you that Delhi State Book Sellers and Publishers Association, New Delhi has awarded Best Technology Librarian Award for the year 2004 in their AGM held on 18-09-2004 at India International Center, New Delhi to me. Regards, Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/librarian http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in/librarian Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21626/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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International Standard for Journal - Reg
by Avinashilingam University 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Let's unite!
by HENAG 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

Hi all, Thanks , a very good idea . Someone will have to convene the group with a selected topic for discussion . Who will take care of it , We may meet every Quarter/ half yearly Zone wise . We will have to decide for expenses, for venue topic and so on . I can volunteer myself actively for helping the convennor. Onus would be on the convennor to decide the venue and the budget collection procedure. Let the interested members reply for it then it can be decided how we go about it . South zone --- (Hyderabad, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Chennai)may Join together for meeting. Regards Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Lts -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of prafulla tv Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 6:51 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Let's unite! Dear All, Here's an email posted by Shri Prakash to Corporate Librarians Group: _________________________________________ It is better to work under one group, instead of having so many groups of same profession.Since, most of the same members are appearing in so many groups.So, according to me, all the professional group should come under one umbrella.We can share our ideas and professional opportunities and difficulties with one another. We should encourage more and more professionals, to join this group. At least one member should invite one professional. Kindly share your view, regarding the unification of Librarians group. With regards Prakash Gouda Dy. Librarian FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT B-18, QUTAB. INSTT. AREA NEW DELHI-110016 __________________________________________ How about using LIS-FORUM as the single communication point by all Indian LIS professionals: teachers as well as practising library professionals. LIS-FORUM has excellent institutional base and good service track record. Perhaps, it has the largest number of subscribers among all Indian LIS email lists. Let's avoid posting same messages to multiple lists. Its sheer wastage of time and Internet bandwidth. These are some of the issues which we need to think about: How can we improve the quality of postings? How to increase participation of all Indian LIS professionals? Is it not high time to provide to the Indian general public/foreign correspondents a single communication point from where they can address Indian LIS profession. We subscribe to multiple lists with a hope to receive new content but not just repetition of the same message. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Free Full text Access to Sage Journals
by Shyam Prasad pujar 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

**Sorry for cross posting, if any** Dear Members, Sage Publications is giving FREE full text access to many of its journal titles on trail basis. The trial period ends on October 31, 2004. You may inform your library users to make use of this facility to access articles of their interest. The list of journals is available at: http://online.sagepub.com Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Lending Library in Trains
by vyasamoorthy 10 Oct '04

10 Oct '04

Lalu urged to launch library in trains [] <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/javascript:clippopup(783491);> Add to Clippings P K SURENDRAN [] TIMES NEWS NETWORK [] [ MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004 05:59:04 PM ] [] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Do trains encourage reading habit which is sliding worldwide? Yes, says a highcourt lawyer who has approached Railway Minister to introduce lending library in long-distance trains. Johnson Manayani has, in his letter to Lalu Prasad Yadav, urged him to set a portion of a coach in long journey trains to help passengers pass their time profitably by reading novels or journals of their choice. "This not only encourages reading habits but earn the railway additional revenue". The library can take a deposit for the book and charge a reading fee. Deposit could be given back when a book is returned at the end of the journey or later. The Railway cannot lose. It could gain.

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RE: [Sigiii-l] plaza
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Oct '04

09 Oct '04

Dear Nafiz and friends: I try to answer Nafiz's questions briefly. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] 1. What if library and information science institutions throughout the world follow the same standard and curriculum ? The world of LIS education will become dull and drab! It will curb all growth and new ideas. Variety is the spice of life. As the great Chairman Mao said, let thousand flowers bloom! 2. What if every country (developed , less developed , developing ) could get the same technological facilities ? A good thing to dream about. Such things do not happen 3. What if every people throughout the world becomes information literate ? Some goals are Utopian. Good to hear, but do not happen! This is one of them. 4. What if information professionals could control the world ? Why should anyone control the world? 5. What if ISBN & ISSN could be done online and a centralized agency control this (in cooperation with other countries still providing ISBN & ISSN ) . ---- 6. What if a World Repository Center was established to collect the publication published throughout the world and maintain a database from which people around the world could get information regarding the publication of his own country as well as of other countries ? This is precisely the goal of the Open Access Archiving that is being promoted by Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and Peter Suber and several others 7. What if every publication published online in various subject could be freely accessible for developing countries professionals ? Projects such as the Million Books Project aim at this goal. Nafiz Zaman Shuva Dept. of Information Science & Library Management University of Dhaka Bangladesh e-mail : nafiz_z(a)hotmail.com website : www.infosciencetoday.com _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l RE: [Sigiii-l] plaza Dear Nafiz and friends: I try to answer Nafiz's questions briefly. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] 1. What if library and information science institutions throughout the world follow the same standard and curriculum ? The world of LIS education will become dull and drab! It will curb all growth and new ideas. Variety is the spice of life. As the great Chairman Mao said, let thousand flowers bloom! 2. What if every country (developed , less developed , developing ) could get the same technological facilities ? A good thing to dream about. Such things do not happen 3. What if every people throughout the world becomes information literate ? Some goals are Utopian. Good to hear, but do not happen! This is one of them. 4. What if information professionals could control the world ? Why should anyone control the world? 5. What if ISBN & ISSN could be done online and a centralized agency control this (in cooperation with other countries still providing ISBN & ISSN ) . ---- 6. What if a World Repository Center was established to collect the publication published throughout the world and maintain a database from which people around the world could get information regarding the publication of his own country as well as of other countries ? This is precisely the goal of the Open Access Archiving that is being promoted by Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and Peter Suber and several others 7. What if every publication published online in various subject could be freely accessible for developing countries professionals ? Projects such as the Million Books Project aim at this goal. Nafiz Zaman Shuva Dept. of Information Science & Library Management University of Dhaka Bangladesh e-mail : nafiz_z(a)hotmail.com website : www.infosciencetoday.com _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l

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Metrics of info society
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Oct '04

09 Oct '04

Friends: Two useful documents that go beyond the routine concerns of managing a library and information centre. I thought many LIS-Forum members will find them useful. Especially forward-looking teachers who want to introduce the role information access plays in development and poverty reduction may find these documents useful. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------ UNCTAD: Measuring the Information Society http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012791~intcmp=000 01 According to the website, "the Measuring-ICT Website is both an online source of information on indicators, methodologies and statistics related to the information society and a forum that allows practitioners from all countries - developed as well as developing ... Information & Communication Technology Development Indices http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012794~intcmp=000 01 >From the Introduction: "This report analyses and evaluates information and communication technology (ICT) development using indicators of ICT diffusion across countries. It develops a conceptual framework for and selects key indicators measuring ICT development. Metrics of info society Friends: Two useful documents that go beyond the routine concerns of managing a library and information centre. I thought many LIS-Forum members will find them useful. Especially forward-looking teachers who want to introduce the role information access plays in development and poverty reduction may find these documents useful. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------ UNCTAD: Measuring the Information Society http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012791~intcmp=00… http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012791~intcmp=00… According to the website, "the Measuring-ICT Website is both an online source of information on indicators, methodologies and statistics related to the information society and a forum that allows practitioners from all countries - developed as well as developing ... Information & Communication Technology Development Indices http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012794~intcmp=00… http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1012794~intcmp=00… >From the Introduction: "This report analyses and evaluates information and communication technology (ICT) development using indicators of ICT diffusion across countries. It develops a conceptual framework for and selects key indicators measuring ICT development.

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Candidate RSS/Web Feeds for Library Services
by Gerry Mckiernan 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning about additional candidates for either/all of my registries devoted to RSS/Web feeds for enhanced library services 1. RSS(sm): Rich Site Services [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] RSS(sm): Rich Site Services is a categorized registry of library services that are delivered or provided through RSS/XML, Atom, or other types of Web feeds 2. eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/eFeeds.htm] eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals is a categorized registry of electronic journals that offer RSS/XML, Atom, or other Web feeds. Publisher-specific and vendor Web feeds are categorized in a separate category. 3. B-Feeds(sm): Web Feeds for Books and Monographs [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/B-Feeds.htm ] B-Feeds(sm): Web Feeds for Books and Monographs is a categorized registry of sites that offer RSS/XML, Atom, or other Web feeds, to compilations, directories, lists, reviews, or other relevant sources for/or about academic or scholarly books or monographic works In addition, I am also interested in learning of key publications/ Web sites/tutorials for potential inclusion in my RSS(sm) General Bibliography [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/GenBib.htm ] BTW: I will be giving a presentation at the Library of Congress titled "Seize The Feed: Content Syndication for Enhanced Governmental Information Services" [ http://www.loc.gov/flicc/ma/2004/ma0437.pdf ] on Monday, October 18, 2004, 12- 3, [Room 139, Madison Building]. This Brown Bag presentation is co-sponsored by the FLICC Content Management Working Grou [ http://www.loc.gov/flicc/ ] and the Science, Technology, & Business Division of the Library of Congress. The presentation is Open to the Public, but Pre-Registration is *Required* [contact FLICC at 202-707-4800 (voice), 202-707-4818 (fax), FLICCFPE(a)LOC.GOV (email)] Seating is Limited [60 Max] and is available on a first-come/firstserve basis. Enjoy /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Syndicated Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Let's unite!
by prafulla tv 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Dear All, Here's an email posted by Shri Prakash to Corporate Librarians Group: _________________________________________ It is better to work under one group, instead of having so many groups of same profession.Since, most of the same members are appearing in so many groups.So, according to me, all the professional group should come under one umbrella.We can share our ideas and professional opportunities and difficulties with one another. We should encourage more and more professionals, to join this group. At least one member should invite one professional. Kindly share your view, regarding the unification of Librarians group. With regards Prakash Gouda Dy. Librarian FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT B-18, QUTAB. INSTT. AREA NEW DELHI-110016 __________________________________________ How about using LIS-FORUM as the single communication point by all Indian LIS professionals: teachers as well as practising library professionals. LIS-FORUM has excellent institutional base and good service track record. Perhaps, it has the largest number of subscribers among all Indian LIS email lists. Let's avoid posting same messages to multiple lists. Its sheer wastage of time and Internet bandwidth. These are some of the issues which we need to think about: How can we improve the quality of postings? How to increase participation of all Indian LIS professionals? Is it not high time to provide to the Indian general public/foreign correspondents a single communication point from where they can address Indian LIS profession. We subscribe to multiple lists with a hope to receive new content but not just repetition of the same message. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RESEARCH DAY - INDIA 2004
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:11:09 +0530 From: Mouna Raju <mouna(a)informindia.co.in> Research Day and Citation Laureate India 2004 Awards (October 10, 2004, 5pm-8pm, Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore) jointly organized by Thomson Corporation, USA and Informatics (India) Ltd, Bangalore Chief Guest Dr V N Rajasekharan Pillai Vice Chairman, UGC, New Delhi Guests of Honour Prof. T Ramasami Director, CLRI, Chennai Prof. M Vijayan Honorary Professor and Distinguished Biotechnologist Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Presided By Prof. R Natarajan Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi Thomson's ISIhighlycited.com has identified seven scientists from India among highly cited scientists of the world in the category of top-250 in each of the 22 disciplines. On the occasion of Research Day, these seven scientists are presented Citation Laureate Awards. Citation Laureates - 2004 1. Prof. Soumitro Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ( Engineering) 2. Prof. Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ( Chemistry) 3. Prof. Atul H Chokshi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, ( Materials Science) 4. Prof. K L Chopra, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ( Materials Science) 5. Prof. Sadhan Kumar De, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ( Materials Science) 6. Prof. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ( Ecology/ Environmental Engineering) 7. Prof. Narendra K Karmarkar. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune ( Mathematics & Computer Science) For Registration and Invitation contact http://www.informindia.co.in/researchday.html mouna(a)informindia.co.in Phone: 23365940

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New Free Software Library Automated System -- Virtual Data Center (VDC) 1.0 Release
by Bhojaraju G. 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Subject: New Free Software Library Automated System -- Virtual Data Center (VDC) 1.0 Release Dear Colleagues, Apologies for Cross-Posting This may be of useful to you... The VDC Development Team (vdc-dev(a)latte.harvard.edu <http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=vdc-dev@latte.h arvard.edu&YY=76769&order=down&sort=date&pos=0> ) is pleased to announce the official 1.0 Release of the VDC. The Virtual Data Center (VDC) is an OSS digital library system "in a box" for numeric data. VDC provides a complete open-source, digital library system for the management, dissemination, exchange, and citation of virtual collections of quantitative data The VDC functionality provides everything necessary to maintain and disseminate an individual collection of research studies: including facilities for the storage, archiving, cataloging, translation, and dissemination of each collection. On-line analysis is provided, powered by the R Statistical environment. The system provides extensive support for distributed and federated collections including: location-independent naming of objects, distributed authentication and access control, federated metadata harvesting, remote repository caching, and distributed virtual collections of remote objects. Release 1.0 of the VDC provides RPM's for Redhat 9.0, Fedora 1 Core and Redhat 3 Advance Server. Release 1.0 provides all core features and contains no known bugs. Supported standards and protocols and formats include: DDI, Dublin Core, and MARC for metadata; R,SPSS, SAS,ASCII, and STATA for data ; OAI and Z39.50 for queries; UNF's and Handle's for naming/citation. Features planned for the next point release include: Fedora 2 Core support, DataFerrett/TheDataWeb protocol support. Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25954 RPM's and Yum channels for RedHat? and Fedora Core) Sign up for announcements: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thedata-announce archive: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954) Users group e-mail for questions and bug reports: thedata-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net <http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=thedata-users@l ists.sourceforge.net&YY=76769&order=down&sort=date&pos=0> (archive: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954) Source code: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=25954 CVS tree access) News page: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/News Release Notes: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/ReleaseNotes Changelog: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/VerifiedFixes License: GPL Version 2 Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G. 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If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Subject: New Free Software Library Automated System -- Virtual Data Center (VDC) 1.0 Release � Dear Colleagues, � Apologies for Cross-Posting � This may be of useful to you… � The VDC Development Team ( http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=vdc-dev@latte.harvard.edu&YY=76… vdc-dev(a)latte.harvard.edu ) is pleased to announce the official 1.0 Release of the VDC. � The Virtual Data Center (VDC) is an OSS digital library �system "in a box" �for numeric data. VDC provides a complete open-source, digital library system for the management, dissemination, exchange, and citation of virtual collections of quantitative data The VDC functionality provides everything necessary to maintain and disseminate an individual collection of research studies: including facilities for the storage, archiving, cataloging, translation, and dissemination of each collection. On-line analysis is provided, powered by the R Statistical environment. The system provides extensive support for distributed and federated collections including: location-independent naming of objects, distributed authentication and access control, federated metadata harvesting, remote repository caching, and distributed virtual collections of remote objects. � Release 1.0 of the VDC provides RPM's for Redhat 9.0, Fedora 1 Core and Redhat 3 Advance Server. � Release 1.0 provides all core features and contains no known bugs. Supported standards and protocols and formats include: DDI, Dublin Core, and MARC for metadata; R,SPSS, SAS,ASCII, and STATA for data ; OAI and Z39.50 for queries; UNF's and Handle's for naming/citation. � Features planned for the next point release include: Fedora 2 Core support, DataFerrett/TheDataWeb protocol support. � Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25954 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25954 � � RPM's and Yum channels for RedHat? and Fedora Core) � Sign up for announcements: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thedata-announce http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thedata-announce archive: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954 ) � Users group e-mail for questions and bug reports: http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=thedata-users@lists..sourceforg… thedata-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net (archive: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=25954 ) � Source code: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=25954 http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=25954 �CVS tree access) � News page: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/News http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/News � Release Notes: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/ReleaseNotes http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/ReleaseNotes � Changelog: http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/VerifiedFixes http://thedata.org/index.php/DEV/VerifiedFixes � License: GPL Version 2 � Thanks and Regards � Bhojaraju G. 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information about all mba colleges
by Rajeev Sharma 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Dear Shashi You can get a useful list from the follwing : 1 Business India - "Best B- School" No 667; Sept 29- Oct 12, 2003 2 Outlook- "India's Top 50 B-school" Vol. 44 No 38; Sept 27, 2004 3. India Today - "India's Top Business Schools" Oct 4, 2004 and also go thru Business today and Business World for last one year's issues for the same studies. Best of luck! Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd. --------------------------------------- > Dear sir, > Iam the student of MLISc in Dept. of Library and Information Science,University of Mysore,Manasagangothri,Mysore.Iam doing my academic project about creation of database of all MBA colleges in india.So I need information about a list of MBA colleges in india.Already anybady created a database on this topic or if you have any information or references relating to this topic please give me. > Thanking you, yours > shashi

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GOOGLE SMS
by B Sreeharsha 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

Hello, Here is a new revolution from Leading Search Engine - Google SMS. The users can send SMS to Google requesting the information abt Telephone Dir, Street Address, Product Prices, Definition... Send SMS to 46645 by typing GOOGL your text query and you'll get the required info instantly without any links, images.... Though this service is available to USA they are thinking of expanding this to world wide, particularly to the countries where they have development centers. So we can expect it in near future. Want more story Hit http://www.google.com/sms/index.html cheers Sreeharsha Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ www.novell.com Hello, Here is a new revolution from Leading Search Engine - Google SMS. The users can send SMS to Google requesting the information abt Telephone Dir, Street Address, Product Prices, Definition... Send SMS to 46645 by typing GOOGL your text query and you'll get the required info instantly without any links, images.... Though this service is available to USA they are thinking of expanding this to world wide, particularly to the countries where they have development centers. So we can expect it in near future. Want more story Hit http://www.google.com/sms/index.html http://www.google.com/sms/index.html cheers Sreeharsha Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ http://www.novell.com www.novell.com

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Interesting OA initiative
by Krishnan 08 Oct '04

08 Oct '04

C. Steinbeck and S. Kuhn, NMRShiftDB - compound identification and structure elucidation support through a free community-built web database <HYPERLINK "http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&li"htt p://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&li st_uids=15464159&dopt=Abstract> , Phytochemistry, October 2004. Only this abstract is free online, at least so far <HYPERLINK "http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/oaoai.htm"http://www.earlham.edu/~peters /fos/oaoai.htm> : "Compound identification and support for computer-assisted structure elucidation via a free community-built web database for organic structures and their NMR data is described. The new database NMRShiftDB <HYPERLINK "http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/"http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/> is available on [HYPERLINK "http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/"http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/]. As the first NMR database, NMRShiftDB allows not only open access to the database but also open and peer reviewed submission of datasets, enabling the natural products community to build its first free repository of assigned (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra. In addition to the open access, the underlying database software is built solely from free software and is available under an open source license. This allows collaborating laboratories to fully replicate the database and to create a highly available network of NMRShiftDB mirrors. The database contains about 10,000 structures and assigned spectra, with new datasets constantly added. Its functionality includes (sub-) spectra and (sub-) structure searches as well as shift prediction of (13)C spectra based on the current database material." -- Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:krish@ems.ncl.res.in"krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in HYPERLINK "http://www.ncl-india.org"http://www.ncl-india.org Tel: 020-25893457; Fax: 020-25893973 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 10/5/2004  C. Steinbeck and S. Kuhn, NMRShiftDB - compound identification and structure elucidation support through a free community-built web database < http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&li http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&li st_uids=15464159&dopt=Abstract> , Phytochemistry, October 2004. Only this abstract is free online, at least so far < http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/oaoai.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/oaoai.htm > : "Compound identification and support for computer-assisted structure elucidation via a free community-built web database for organic structures and their NMR data is described. The new database NMRShiftDB < http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/ http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/ > is available on [ http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/ http://www.nmrshiftdb.org/ ]. As the first NMR database, NMRShiftDB allows not only open access to the database but also open and peer reviewed submission of datasets, enabling the natural products community to build its first free repository of assigned (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra. In addition to the open access, the underlying database software is built solely from free software and is available under an open source license. This allows collaborating laboratories to fully replicate the database and to create a highly available network of NMRShiftDB mirrors. The database contains about 10,000 structures and assigned spectra, with new datasets constantly added. Its functionality includes (sub-) spectra and (sub-) structure searches as well as shift prediction of (13)C spectra based on the current database material." -- Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: mailto:krish@ems.ncl.res.in krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in http://www.ncl-india.org http://www.ncl-india.org Tel: 020-25893457; Fax: 020-25893973 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 10/5/2004

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Google Access to Books
by B Sreeharsha 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Sorry for cross-posting, if any Hello all, Here is a new development from major search engine - Google. The Company made an important announcement yesterday about tying up with publishers in making information available on books, manuals, reports online and searchable. It is something like this: Google will negotiate with publishers to scan the content pages of books and make online. If a book contains the info about the keyword given by the user the book as well as the link will be displayed. And the user will find the content page of the book. If they find worth buying they can purchase them online. This is the same business Amazon started some time ago. And this time Google is trying. Ultimately we are the beneficials :-) Thanks Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ www.novell.com =================================================================== Google Print Expands Access to Books with Digitization Offer to All Publishers by Barbara QuintWondering how Google planned to spend all those lovely new IPO dollars? Well, some of them will apparently go straight into expanding content initiatives that have already begun. Late last December we covered the launch of the Google Print program ("Google Beta Tests Book Search Service," http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb031222-2.shtml). Today, Oct. 6, Google has announced a major expansion of the program. Instead of limiting the program to digitally formatted extracts and descriptive material contributed by selected publishers, the expanded Google Print program now offers to digitize any and all books contributed by any and all book publishers. The company regards this as "an important step in [its] ongoing efforts to make offline information such as books and other printed matter materials searchable online." Most important for publishers and prospective readers alike, the presentation of bookish search results will appear at the top of result displays, accompanied by links to major online booksellers. Participating publishers will even get a share of the ad revenue Google expects to garner from ads attached to book result displays. The scanning of print books and addition to Google's search index will cost publishers nothing. Clearly Google will retain ownership of the scanned version of the texts. A representative indicated that the company has no plans at present to share the digitized copies with publishers or any Google partners or affiliates. Publishers and Google users can find more information on the program at http://print.google.com; publishers can sign up online at http://print.google.com/publisher. Any publisher with an ISBN identification is eligible. Additional information (e.g., tax identification number, payment routes, etc.) may be needed to set up the revenue flow from Google's AdWords program, which attaches contextually relevant and relatively unobtrusive ads to the displays of book content. A current restriction to English-language content should be dropped in 2005 as Google Print expands to foreign language content. The new expanded Google Print program has dramatically changed the presentation of results. The old program merged retrieved book information into the general, overall display of results. Unless searchers designed search strategies to use the particular syntax to limit retrieval to book information (e.g., "searchterm site:print.google.com inurl:isbn"), the results might not rise to a practical visibility level. Now, whenever a book contains content that matches search terms, Google will display a special box linking to book results. Users can click on the book title to go to a content page that highlights search terms in the text and displays other information about the book. Browsing at that point may include back and forth to a few nearby pages as well as additional topics. Publishers' interests have been protected, according to Susan Wojcicki, director of product management at Google. The display of digitized results will not allow copying or printing of a page. "It's not like a Word document. It's an image, not text. The goal is to let users see if they would like to read the book and buy it." While Google does not publish a complete list of publishers participating in the program, it already has agreements in place with Penguin, Wiley, Hyperion, Pearson, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge, Chicago, Oxford, Princeton, Scholastic, Springer, Houghton Mifflin, Thomson Delmar, Blackwell, Perseus, and others. According to Wojcicki, publishers may designate how many and which books from their inventories they want digitized. A clickable link called "Buy the Book" will connect users to four or five options: Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Booksense.com (the American Booksellers Association's program linking to the inventories of independent bookstores in America), Froogle (Google's shopping-for-anything service), and an optional link to publishers that sell direct. Wojcicki told us that publishers may not designate their favorite outlets, only direct ordering. However, Google also offers to include a link to publisher Web sites on each book display. Publishers will receive special reports and have a Web location for managing their Google Print accounts, e.g., tracking ad earnings and viewing usage information. Google has just begun to integrate a limited number of books into its database. They have not set the final syntax for reaching books. At press time, I was told "book about Shakespeare" should work to reach a sample book result, but, according to Wojcicki, the syntax could change to "book on." For the immediate future, according to Wojcicki, the expanded Google Print program is focused on digitizing printed books. However, she indicated that it may expand to digital formats of full-text books too. For example, she said Google might like to work with netLibrary's collection of e-books*"anything that would give publishers an opportunity to sell more books and connect our readers and users with books." One connection with books that could help readers might be to connect them to books stored in nearby library collections. Google already has an ongoing relationship with OCLC's Open WorldCat database of library holdings for popular books. Expanding the online links in book results to all of WorldCat seems a logical route for the company that "does no evil." When I suggested it, Wojcicki said it was something they might consider if users seem interested. Google Print might hold particular interest for one party*Amazon. The "Search Inside the Book" program at Amazon reportedly includes some 120,000 books. However, Google's willingness to accept any and all contributions from any and all publishers could challenge Amazon's collection in time, particularly as Amazon has dropped many smaller publishers from its operations. On the other hand, Amazon's privileged position as one of the few "Buy the Book" options connected to the new program might placate competitive fears. Or, could Amazon hope to share the digitized data flow in time? At this point, a Google representative indicated the company had no plans in place to license the data to partners, although he did indicate that they usually will work with partners in time, after they have first tested new services on their own properties. Clearly only time will tell how successful the program will be. As Gary Price of ResourceShelf and Searcher magazine's Webmastery column said, "Maybe I'm getting cynical with the reduction of hair on the top of my head, but, as with all things Google and all things Yahoo!, one has to give 6 to 7 months to see if it succeeds. Nevertheless, this is useful material. I'm particularly watching to see how long it takes to get books from small publishers into the program." =================================================================== Sorry for cross-posting, if any Hello all, Here is a new development from major search engine - Google. The Company made an important announcement yesterday about tying up with publishers in making information available on books, manuals, reports online and searchable. It is something like this: Google will negotiate with publishers to scan the content pages of books and make online. If a book contains the info about the keyword given by the user the book as well as the link will be displayed. And the user will find the content page of the book. If they find worth buying they can purchase them online. This is the same business Amazon started some time ago. And this time Google is trying. Ultimately we are the beneficials :-) Thanks Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ http://www.novell.com/ www.novell.com =================================================================== Google Print Expands Access to Books with Digitization Offer to All Publishers by Barbara Quint Wondering how Google planned to spend all those lovely new IPO dollars? Well, some of them will apparently go straight into expanding content initiatives that have already begun. Late last December we covered the launch of the Google Print program (Google Beta Tests Book Search Service, http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb031222-2.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb031222-2.shtml ). Today, Oct. 6, Google has announced a major expansion of the program. Instead of limiting the program to digitally formatted extracts and descriptive material contributed by selected publishers, the expanded Google Print program now offers to digitize any and all books contributed by any and all book publishers. The company regards this as an important step in [its] ongoing efforts to make offline information such as books and other printed matter materials searchable online. Most important for publishers and prospective readers alike, the presentation of bookish search results will appear at the top of result displays, accompanied by links to major online booksellers. Participating publishers will even get a share of the ad revenue Google expects to garner from ads attached to book result displays. The scanning of print books and addition to Googles search index will cost publishers nothing. Clearly Google will retain ownership of the scanned version of the texts. A representative indicated that the company has no plans at present to share the digitized copies with publishers or any Google partners or affiliates. Publishers and Google users can find more information on the program at http://print.google.com/ http://print.google.com ; publishers can sign up online at http://print.google.com/publisher http://print.google.com/publisher . Any publisher with an ISBN identification is eligible. Additional information (e.g., tax identification number, payment routes, etc.) may be needed to set up the revenue flow from Googles AdWords program, which attaches contextually relevant and relatively unobtrusive ads to the displays of book content. A current restriction to English-language content should be dropped in 2005 as Google Print expands to foreign language content. The new expanded Google Print program has dramatically changed the presentation of results. The old program merged retrieved book information into the general, overall display of results. Unless searchers designed search strategies to use the particular syntax to limit retrieval to book information (e.g., searchterm site:print.google.com inurl:isbn), the results might not rise to a practical visibility level. Now, whenever a book contains content that matches search terms, Google will display a special box linking to book results. Users can click on the book title to go to a content page that highlights search terms in the text and displays other information about the book. Browsing at that point may include back and forth to a few nearby pages as well as additional topics. Publishers interests have been protected, according to Susan Wojcicki, director of product management at Google. The display of digitized results will not allow copying or printing of a page. Its not like a Word document. Its an image, not text. The goal is to let users see if they would like to read the book and buy it. While Google does not publish a complete list of publishers participating in the program, it already has agreements in place with Penguin, Wiley, Hyperion, Pearson, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge, Chicago, Oxford, Princeton, Scholastic, Springer, Houghton Mifflin, Thomson Delmar, Blackwell, Perseus, and others. According to Wojcicki, publishers may designate how many and which books from their inventories they want digitized. A clickable link called Buy the Book will connect users to four or five options: Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Booksense.com (the American Booksellers Associations program linking to the inventories of independent bookstores in America), Froogle (Googles shopping-for-anything service), and an optional link to publishers that sell direct. Wojcicki told us that publishers may not designate their favorite outlets, only direct ordering. However, Google also offers to include a link to publisher Web sites on each book display. Publishers will receive special reports and have a Web location for managing their Google Print accounts, e.g., tracking ad earnings and viewing usage information. Google has just begun to integrate a limited number of books into its database. They have not set the final syntax for reaching books. At press time, I was told book about Shakespeare should work to reach a sample book result, but, according to Wojcicki, the syntax could change to book on. For the immediate future, according to Wojcicki, the expanded Google Print program is focused on digitizing printed books. However, she indicated that it may expand to digital formats of full-text books too. For example, she said Google might like to work with netLibrarys collection of e-booksanything that would give publishers an opportunity to sell more books and connect our readers and users with books. One connection with books that could help readers might be to connect them to books stored in nearby library collections. Google already has an ongoing relationship with OCLCs Open WorldCat database of library holdings for popular books. Expanding the online links in book results to all of WorldCat seems a logical route for the company that does no evil. When I suggested it, Wojcicki said it was something they might consider if users seem interested. Google Print might hold particular interest for one partyAmazon. The Search Inside the Book program at Amazon reportedly includes some 120,000 books. However, Googles willingness to accept any and all contributions from any and all publishers could challenge Amazons collection in time, particularly as Amazon has dropped many smaller publishers from its operations. On the other hand, Amazons privileged position as one of the few Buy the Book options connected to the new program might placate competitive fears. Or, could Amazon hope to share the digitized data flow in time? At this point, a Google representative indicated the company had no plans in place to license the data to partners, although he did indicate that they usually will work with partners in time, after they have first tested new services on their own properties. Clearly only time will tell how successful the program will be. As Gary Price of ResourceShelf and Searcher magazines Webmastery column said, Maybe Im getting cynical with the reduction of hair on the top of my head, but, as with all things Google and all things Yahoo!, one has to give 6 to 7 months to see if it succeeds. Nevertheless, this is useful material. Im particularly watching to see how long it takes to get books from small publishers into the program. ===================================================================

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InfoWatch September 2004
by M.R Lalitha 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The September 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Sep 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AQUASTAT [FAO's global information system of water and agriculture] 2. Code project - Free source codes and tutorials 3. Connexions - Sharing knowledge and building communities 4. ECDYBASE [A free online database of ecdysteroids] 5. Electronic notebook [Software for electronic equivalent of a paper research notebook] 6. EMF resources and information [An information source for electromagnetic fields] 7. EServer TC library - A cooperative library for tech communicators [Technical communications and technical writing library] 8. Exposure assessment tools and models 9. JOELib - A Java based computational chemistry (cheminformatics) library 10. Laboratory control system for cold atom experiments - Hardware and software 11. LabVelocity.com [Web-based software and information service the life sciences community] 12. Nikon microscopyU [An exciting world of optics and microscopy] 13. Organic syntheses website [A website for experimental methods for the synthesis of organic compounds] 14. Perspectives on plasmas - The fourth state of matter 15. Principal metals glossary 16. ProNIT - Database of protein-nucleic acid interactions 17. RF avenue - RF and microwave resources directory 18. SGI - MLC++ [A library of C++ classes for machine learning] 19. T-Coffee - A web server for mixing sequences and structures into multiple sequence alignments 20. The Surface mount device code book ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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vacany in our Information Center
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

From: Vijayakumar T [mailto:TVIJAYAKUMAR@novell.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:21 AM Hi I have a vacany in our Information Center. The post is on contract basis. Salary is dependent on Qualification and Experience. I expect the person to know usage of Libsys and Web Publishing thoroughly. Apart from this person should be familiar with MS Office, Powerpoint, Web Based searches etc. If you have any candidate pl req him/her to forward the resume to me at my email id. Person is expected to join by 22 Oct 04 Thanks Vijay

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i need information about all mba colleges in india
by shashi kumar 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

Dear sir, Iam the student of MLISc in Dept. of Library and Information Science,University of Mysore,Manasagangothri,Mysore.Iam doing my academic project about creation of database of all MBA colleges in india.So I need information about a list of MBA colleges in india.Already anybady created a database on this topic or if you have any information or references relating to this topic please give me. Thanking you, yours shashi Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir, Iam the student of MLISc in Dept. of Library and Information Science,University of Mysore,Manasagangothri,Mysore.Iam doing my academic project about creation of database of all MBA colleges in india.S o I need information about a list of MBA colleges in india.Already anybady created a database on this topic or if you have any information or references relating to this topic please give me. Thanking you, yours shashi http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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New Search Engine Tools From Yahoo
by Farooque Shaheen 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

Yahoo Inc. is adding new search engine tools that will enable users to create personal folders and share their favorite links with others. http://next.yahoo.com. With the new tools, Yahoo's search engine users will be able to sort and save their search results into distinct categories. Visitors also will be able to record personal notes about the saved sites. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Sr. Executive- Information Services Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-080-34007449

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Subject: E-Books for Metals & Metallurgy
by Mailing List Manager 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 03:13:45 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> This is an announcement from Knovel Corporation regarding 'Free trial access to Knovel Metals & Metallurgy E-Books and Databases for the Metals Industry. As someone with an interest in metals and metallurgy, we would like to introduce you to an online interactive library of leading reference books and databases on metals from publishers including Wiley, Springer, McGraw- Hill, NACE, ASME, and Elsevier. What distinguishes Knovel's collection of dependable and authoritative content are the analytical tools that are integrated with the content. Our interactive tables, graphs, charts and more allow for easy and accurate material comparison and selection, evaluation of multipoint properties, analysis of phase diagrams, and much more. Through the end of October, we are offering free access to our entire Metals & Metallurgy collection. To learn more about our Metals & Metallurgy collection and to request a month of free access, visit: www.info.knovel.com/metals. Sincerely, Knovel Corporation 30 Main Street, Ste. 402 Danbury, CT 06810 Toll Free (U.S.): 1-866-303-3336 Tel: 1-203-748-6066 sales(a)knovel.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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management of digital sources- one day seminar report
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

dear friends Osmania univerrsity in colooboration with ICSSR AND USEFI had organised a one day seminar on MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL SOURCES on 30 sept 2004. the report of the seminar is given below thanks laxman rao ------------------------------------- One-day Seminar on Management of Digital Resource organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad in collaboration with USEFI and ICSSR Southern Regional Centre on 30th September 2004 A Report The Inaugural function started at 10.30 am . Dr J Yadagiri Reddy (Head, Dept of Library Science) invited the chief guest, Sri Girish Sanghi (M.P., Rajya Sabha & Managing Editor, Vaartha group), president Dr Mutha Reddy (Registrar, Osmania University) and Dr David F. Kohl (Senior Fulbright specialist, University of Cincinnati, United States). Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Seminar Director, while introducing the theme of the Seminar observed that technology has brought the information sources and the users closer. On other hand the role of the library has reduced in getting information. Since the information is available in different forms and formats, there is an urgent need to understand the digital resources and their management and the seminar is intended to focus in this direction. Dr V.Vishwa Mohan (Associate Professor, DLIS, Osmania University) introduced the guests. Dr. Kohl and Sri Sanghi addressed the gathering. Sri Sanghi observed that the Government has initiated action on an ambitious project to provide broadband connectivity to village level with 100,000 crores of rupees. We have no dearth of knowledge and expertise. The country had glorious history and culture. We have given to the world a lot of things including languages, arithmetic, vedic arithmetic, and many more things. Creative and thought provoking Indians spread from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. However, due to foreign rule there was a break. He argued need for the specialists from the developed countries like USA. These experts will be able to share their experiences. Further he also said that we have to revive our research activity on indigenous systems. On the technology side there has been a sea change in our communication systems. The satellite technology has been increased the capac! ity of our transponders four-fold from analogous to digital. Prof. David Kohl, Fullbrigt Scholarin his address explained the digital information sources and their impact on the libraries. He also said that we need to study various issues relating to management of the Digital sources in the libraries. The digital sources also provide wonderful opportunities to provide quality service. He also stressed the need for sharing the experiences among the LIS professionals on management of the digital sources. Dr Mutha Reddy, in his presidential address remarked that the information and the resources are vast and the searching them on Internet is too tedious and time consuming many times. Therefore, there is a need to take up serious research to focus on information searching and retrieval. The Inaugural function ended with presentation of mementos to the dignitaries and vote of thanks by Dr. S. Sudarshan Rao (Associate Professor, DLIS). Technical Sessions The session started with a power point presentation by Dr. David F Kohl on Management of Digital Resources: Tasks Remaining, Tasks Ahead. He observed that talking about all the issues of digital information is an impossible task and it is like overloading the horse cart. There are two issues that are particularly important one is an old issue that we are in danger of giving up on archiving; and the other is a new issue that we are in danger of ignoring non-text data. Archiving digital information is an increasingly welcome problem. But mounting financial pressures are encouraging libraries to leap without looking. Libraries are offered 10% reduction in subscription costs if the print is cancelled. Libraries are bound to acquire digital collections, which they do not physically house them. Dr Kohl observed that there are three dimensions of possible loss of digital resources and there is a need to protect them against catastrophic failure, legal failure and operational failure. Though electronic information is available everywhere, anytime, however, it may be available nowhere, forever due to destruction of a publisher or vendor site due to catastrophies like lightening strike, power surge, computer virus, human mistakes, etc. There are two solutions to this: maintaining Dark Archives and LOCKSS (Lots of copies keeps stuff safe). Tackling Licensing failure requires librarys initiatives, while operational failure could be through proper service contracts and their renewal. Besides problems, the digital world has provided wonderful opportunities with audio and visuals. Access to images in digital form could be an important instructional and research tool. Images of political meetings, adventures, mythological themes, city plans, building architectures, laboratory sessions, etc. in digital formats pose a problem of their distribution to their users. They require sophisticated and technical infrastructures. It could be tackled, if the university libraries are provided infrastructure and the government provided the data. Now the librarys mission is not only preserving the past, but also exploring the future. After the Lunch break, the Technical Session-2 started with the power point presentation by Dr Devika (DRTC, Bangalore), who is also a fullbright scholar on Dspace An introduction. She argued that there is a need for supporting the open source movement and in this direction the DRTC is encouraging the use of digital object management systems like Greenstone, Eprints, Fedora and Dspace. The Dspace Digital Library System is a joint project of MIT Libraries and HP Labs. It helps create, index and retrieve various forms of digital content. Using Dspace DRTC has created a Digital Library. It is Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The DRTC LDL is an institutional as well as community repository for library and information science community. DRTC Digital Library Repository consists of three main communities of collections: 1) Digital Library of Library and Information Science, which includes the DRTC Seminar volumes, articles by LIS professionals, theses/dissertations, ppt , etc., 2) DL in Indian Languages demo site of multilingual documents and Down the Memory lane a collection of Prof. Ranganathans photographs. DRTC LDL is available at https://drtc.isibang.ac.in. The Post-Tea session was a Panel Discussion. The Panel consisting of Dr. David F Kohl, Mr.P.Divakar, Dr.Devika and Prof.N. Laxman Rao. Prof. Laxman Rao started the discussion by enumerating the current developments in digital resources - data mining tools, social publishing, internet, email usage, exploitation of publishers for document delivery services, cellular communication, etc. Mr Divakar traced the evolution from print medium to digital resources and observed that the role of librarian as intermediary is fading in the digital era. Librarians are forced to develop skills of bargaining and negotiation in order to acquire digital resources and manage consortia. Dr Kohl observed that there is too much of information in the hands users and users have to validate information and evaluate its sources before making use of it. Dr. Devika reiterated the need for evaluating the information sources. From the participants side Mr D Madhusudhana Rao raised the problems of organizin! g the web resources, especially downloaded articles. About 110 participated in this program. This program was covered by Doordarshn and other newspapers. This program was also shown on Sunday and Monday 3 & 4 October 2004. Dr. Sudarshan Rao, Associate Professor proposed formal vote of thanks. He said that but for USEFI support this program would not have been possible. The USEFI had given a wonderful opportunity to organize such a program, because of which the professionals could get an opportunity to gain the knowledge. He also proposed thanks to ICSSR and all others who gave their support in making this program a success. Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! dear friends Osmania univerrsity in colooboration with ICSSR AND USEFI had organised a one day seminar on MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL SOURCES on 30 sept 2004. the report of the seminar is given below thanks laxman rao ------------------------------------- One-day Seminar on Management of Digital Resource organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad in collaboration with USEFI and ICSSR Southern Regional Centre on 30 th September 2004 A Report The Inaugural function started at 10.30 am . Dr J Yadagiri Reddy (Head, Dept of Library Science) invited the chief guest, Sri Girish Sanghi (M.P., Rajya Sabha & Managing Editor, Vaartha group), president Dr Mutha Reddy (Registrar, Osmania University ) and Dr David F. Kohl (Senior Fulbright specialist, University of Cincinnati , United States ). Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Seminar Director, while introducing the theme of the Seminar observed that technology has brought the information sources and the users closer. On other hand the role of the library has reduced in getting information. Since the information is available in different forms and formats, there is an urgent need to understand the digital resources and their management and the seminar is intended to focus in this direction. Dr V.Vishwa Mohan (Associate Professor, DLIS, Osmania University ) introduced the guests. Dr. Kohl and Sri Sanghi addressed the gathering. Sri Sanghi observed that the Government has initiated action on an ambitious project to provide broadband connectivity to village level with 100,000 crores of rupees. We have no dearth of knowledge and expertise. The country had glorious history and culture. We have given to the world a lot of things including languages, arithmetic, vedic arithmetic, and many more things. Creative and thought provoking Indians spread from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. However, due to foreign rule there was a break. He argued need for the specialists from the developed co! untries like USA . These experts will be able to share their experiences. Further he also said that we have to revive our research activity on indigenous systems. On the technology side there has been a sea change in our communication systems. The satellite technology has been increased the capacity of our transponders four-fold from analogous to digital. Prof. David Kohl, Fullbrigt Scholarin his address explained the digital information sources and their impact on the libraries. He also said that we need to study various issues relating to management of the Digital sources in the libraries. The digital sources also provide wonderful opportunities to provide quality service. He also stressed the need for sharing the experiences among the LIS professionals on management of the digital sources. Dr Mutha Reddy, in his presidential address remarked that the information and the resources are vast and the searching them on Internet is too tedious and time consuming many times. Therefore, there is a need to take up serious research to focus on information searching and retrieval. The Inaugural function ended with presentation of mementos to the dignitaries and vote of thanks by Dr. S. Sudarshan Rao (Associate Professor, DLIS). Technical Sessions The session started with a power point presentation by Dr. David F Kohl on Management of Digital Resources: Tasks Remaining, Tasks Ahead. He observed that talking about all the issues of digital information is an impossible task and it is like overloading the horse cart. There are two issues that are particularly important one is an old issue that we are in danger of giving up on archiving; and the other is a new issue that we are in danger of ignoring non-text data. Archiving digital information is an increasingly welcome problem. But mounting financial pressures are encouraging libraries to leap without looking. Libraries are offered 10% reduction in subscription costs if the print is cancelled. Libraries are bound to acquire digital collections, which they do not physically! house them. Dr Kohl observed that there are three dimensions of possible loss of digital resources and there is a need to protect them against catastrophic failure, legal failure and operational failure. Though electronic information is available everywhere, anytime, however, it may be available nowhere, forever due to destruction of a publisher or vendor site due to catastrophies like lightening strike, power surge, computer virus, human mistakes, etc. There are two solutions to this: maintaining Dark Archives and LOCKSS (Lots of copies keeps stuff safe). Tackling Licensing failure requires librarys initiatives, while operational failure could be through proper service contracts and their renewal. Besides problems, the digital world has provided wonderful opportunities with audio and visuals. Access to images in digital form could be an important instructional and research tool. Images of political meetings, adventures, mythological themes, city plans, building architectures, laboratory sessions, etc. in digital formats pose a problem of their distribution to their users. They require sophisticated and technical infrastructures. It could be tackled, if the university libraries are provided infrastructure and the government provided the data. Now the librarys mission is not only preserving the past, but also exploring the future. After the Lunch break, the Technical Session-2 started with the power point presentation by Dr Devika (DRTC, Bangalore ), who is also a fullbright scholar on Dspace An introduction . She argued that there is a need for supporting the open source movement and in this direction the DRTC is encouraging the use of digital object management systems like Greenstone, Eprints, Fedora and Dspace. The Dspace Digital Library System is a joint project of MIT Libraries and HP Labs. It helps create, index and retrieve various forms of digital content. Using Dspace DRTC has created a Digital Library. It is Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The DRTC LDL is an institutional as well as community repository for library and information science community. DRTC Digital Library Repository consists of three main communities of collections: 1) Digital Library of Library and Information Science, which includes the DRTC Seminar volumes, articles by LIS professionals, theses/dissertations, ppt , etc., 2) DL in Indian Languages demo site of multilingual documents and Down the Memory lane a collection of Prof. Ranganathans photographs. DRTC LDL is available at https://drtc.isibang.ac.in. The Post-Tea session was a Panel Discussion. The Panel consisting of Dr. David F Kohl, Mr.P.Divakar, Dr.Devika and Prof.N. Laxman Rao. Prof. Laxman Rao started the discussion by enumerating the current developments in digital resources - data mining tools, social publishing, internet, email usage, exploitation of publishers for document delivery services, cellular communication, etc. Mr Divakar traced the evolution from print medium to digital resources and observed that the role of librarian as intermediary is fading in the digital era. Librarians are forced to develop skills of bargaining and negotiation in order to acquire digital resources and manage consortia. Dr Kohl observed that there is too much of information in the hands users and users have to validate information and evaluate its sources before making use of it. Dr. Devika reiterated the need for evaluating the information sources. From the participants side Mr D Madhusudhana Rao raised the problems of organizing the web resources, especially downloaded articles. About 110 participated in this program. This program was covered by Doordarshn and other newspapers. This program was also shown on Sunday and Monday 3 & 4 October 2004. Dr. Sudarshan Rao, Associate Professor proposed formal vote of thanks. He said that but for USEFI support this program would not have been possible. The USEFI had given a wonderful opportunity to organize such a program, because of which the professionals could get an opportunity to gain the knowledge. He also proposed thanks to ICSSR and all others who gave their support in making this program a success. Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21626/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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DLIS-IATLIS ANNUAL LECTURE ON 29 SEPT 2004
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

DEAR FRIENDS PLEASE FIND THE REPORT OF THE DLIS-IATLIS ANNUAL LECTURE DELIVRED BY PRO.DAVID KOHL, UNIV OF CINCINNATI ON 29 SEPT 2004 AT OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD LAXMAN RAO --------------------------------------------------- Report on the DLIS-IATLIS Annual Lecture (2004) The 2004 Annual Lecture of the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), Osmania University and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) was organised on the 29th September 2004 at the New Seminar Hall, University College of Arts and Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The formal function started with welcome remarks by Dr J.Yadagiri Reddy, Head, DLIS. He invited the dignitaries to the dais, welcomed the participants and requested Prof N. Laxman Rao to preside over and conduct the proceedings. The Chief Guest, Dr C.S.Rao (Advisor, Information Technology, Government of Andhra Pradesh) and the Speaker of the Day Dr David Kohl (Dean & University Librarian Emeritus, University of Cincinnati, USA) were offered flower bouquets by the Research Students of the Department. Prof Laxman Rao explained the significance of the Annual Lecture and how it was instituted. Dr S.Sudarshan Rao (Reader, DLIS) introduced Dr C.S.Rao and Dr David Kohl by reading our their career particulars and significant achievements. Dr C.S Rao in his address stressed the importance of Consortia for a developing country like India. He mentioned the proliferation of Engineering Colleges in South India and the need for resource sharing and formation of a consortium of Engineering College Libraries. He suggested that Union Catalogues be developed in machine-readable format for effective sharing of the resources. He was of the opinion that e-serials are necessary for fostering research and development culture in the engineering colleges. He gave an overview of the ambitious Andhra Pradesh Broadband network. Under the plan, 10 GBPS connectivity will be established between Hyderabad and all the district headquarters, 1 GBPS connectivity to all mandal headquarters and 1 MBPS connectivity to each village in the state. Dr Rao mentioned the contribution of the state of Andhra Pradesh to the Universal Digital Library project of the CMU, USA. So far 40,000 books have been digitized in A.P. while the figure for the! whole country stood at 60,000. The audience applauded this achievement. Dr David Kohl in his Power point presentation traced the history of the consortia development in north America. He mentioned the Farmington Plan, PL 480 and the initiatives of ARL and narrated the success stories of OCLC and Ohio-Link. He presented statistics on financial advantages, and the increased utilization of the resources. In spite of the advent of the digital media, paper based resources continue to flood the libraries in America and the issues of compact storage was discussed. Dr Kohl has presented visuals on the way less-used books and journals are stored in the Yale Depository. He also stressed the importance of theses in academic libraries and the work of the National Digital Library of Dissertations at Virginia Tech. He talked about the digitization of rare and special collections and shown some very interesting pictures of the Wright Brothers with their newly fabricated airplane, Mayan temple of birds, Slave pen etc. He concluded his lecture with the message ! teamwork solves problems and consortia are the librarys teams. Dr David Kohl was felicitated as per the Indian tradition with a shawl, flower garland and memento. The function ended with vote of thanks by Dr V.Vishwa Mohan, Reader DLIS. The support of the United States Educational Foundation in India was gratefully acknowledged in organizing this program. The initiatives of Dr Devika Madalli and Dr A.R.D.Prasad of DRTC, Bangalore in getting Dr David Kohl to Hyderabad was specially mentioned and appreciated. USEFI fellows also attended the program. The event, attended by 125 senior library professionals, teachers, and students from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad ended with high tea. This program was covered by the local TV and vernacular papers. Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! DEAR FRIENDS PLEASE FIND THE REPORT OF THE DLIS-IATLIS ANNUAL LECTURE DELIVRED BY PRO.DAVID KOHL, UNIV OF CINCINNATI ON 29 SEPT 2004 AT OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD LAXMAN RAO --------------------------------------------------- Report on the DLIS-IATLIS Annual Lecture (2004) The 2004 Annual Lecture of the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), Osmania University and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) was organised on the 29 th September 2004 at the New Seminar Hall, University College of Arts and Social Sciences, Osmania University , Hyderabad . The formal function started with welcome remarks by Dr J.Yadagiri Reddy, Head, DLIS. He invited the dignitaries to the dais, welcomed the participants and requested Prof N. Laxman Rao to preside over and conduct the proceedings. The Chief Guest, Dr C.S.Rao (Advisor, Information Technology, Government of Andhra Pradesh) and the Speaker of the Day Dr David Kohl (Dean & University Librarian Emeritus, University of Cincinnati , USA ) were offered flower bouquets by the Research Students of the Department. Prof Laxman Rao explained the significance of the Annual Lecture and how it was instituted. Dr S.Sudarshan Rao (Reader, DLIS) introdu! ced Dr C.S.Rao and Dr David Kohl by reading our their career particulars and significant achievements. Dr C.S Rao in his address stressed the importance of Consortia for a developing country like India . He mentioned the proliferation of Engineering Colleges in South India and the need for resource sharing and formation of a consortium of Engineering College Libraries. He suggested that Union Catalogues be developed in machine-readable format for effective sharing of the resources. He was of the opinion that e-serials are necessary for fostering research and development culture in the engineering colleges. He gave an overview of the ambitious Andhra Pradesh Broadband network. Under the plan, 10 GBPS connectivity will be established between Hyderabad and all the district headquarters, 1 GBPS connectivity to all mandal headquarters and 1 MBPS connectivity to each village in the state. Dr Rao mentioned the contribution of the state of Andhra Pradesh to the Universal Digital Library project of the CMU, USA . So far 40,000 books have been digitized in A.P. while the figure for the whole country stood at 60,000. The audience applauded this achievement. Dr David Kohl in his Power point presentation traced the history of the consortia development in north America . He mentioned the Farmington Plan, PL 480 and the initiatives of ARL and narrated the success stories of OCLC and Ohio-Link. He presented statistics on financial advantages, and the increased utilization of the resources. In spite of the advent of the digital media, paper based resources continue to flood the libraries in America and the issues of compact storage was discussed. Dr Kohl has presented visuals on the way less-used books and journals are stored in the Yale Depository. He also stressed the importance of theses in academic libraries and the work of the Nati! onal Digital Library of Dissertations at Virginia Tech. He talked about the digitization of rare and special collections and shown some very interesting pictures of the Wright Brothers with their newly fabricated airplane, Mayan temple of birds, Slave pen etc. He concluded his lecture with the message teamwork solves problems and consortia are the librarys teams. Dr David Kohl was felicitated as per the Indian tradition with a shawl, flower garland and memento. The function ended with vote of thanks by Dr V.Vishwa Mohan, Reader DLIS. The support of the United States Educational Foundation in India was gratefully acknowledged in organizing this program. The initiatives of Dr Devika Madalli and Dr A.R.D.Prasad of DRTC, Bangalore in getting Dr David Kohl to Hyderabad was specially mentioned and appreciated. USEFI fellows also attended the program. The event, attended by 125 senior library professionals, teachers, and students from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad ended with high tea. This program was covered by the local TV and vernacular papers. Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21626/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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Canadian research librarians are going ahead with open archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

My friend Heather Morrison says: "The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is aiming to develop institutional repositories at ALL Canadian university libraries. Different universities are at various stages of this development; some have repositories up and running, while others are still at the developmental stage. Details can be found at: http://www.carl-abrc.ca/frames_index.htm As an example of why this just plain makes sense for the university: at the Simon Fraser University Library (where BC Electronic Library Network is housed, and where I work), the Institutional Repository is still in project stage. Of the 4 first articles placed in the repository in the Library Community, two were articles published in journals that SFU does not subscribe to. These are not expensive journals, and the publishers are actually not against OA - they do allow self-archiving after all - it's just that no university can afford to subscribe to all the journals. By providing a copy to our institutional repository, then, we are making our work available to our own employer. In some cases, making our work openly accessible makes it more usable for the author as well. For example, now that one of my articles in in our institutional repository, I can send someone the URL to read my article without worrying about whether or not they have a subscription." ---- The Indian LIS professionals and library associations such as IASLIC, SIS, etc. will do well to follow the example of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and develop institutional repositories (or open access archives) in all higher educational and resaerch institutions. The Indian Institute of Science has an Eprints archive. All IITs, major universities, IIMs, NITs, government laboratories (under DAE, CSIR, DBT, ICAR, ICMR, Dept of Space, DRDO, etc.) should follow the example of IISc. The investments needed is minimal; most institutions have the necessary hardware and Internet connection; the entire software is free; training, if needed, can be arranged within India (there are experts like T B Rajashekar, A R D Prasad, and now D K sahu and M G Sree Kumar and several others); the most important thng is a willingness to go ahead and just do it. Please forward it to other lists of interest to Indian LIS professionals. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam Canadian research librarians are going ahead with open archives My friend Heather Morrison says: "The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is aiming to develop institutional repositories at ALL Canadian university libraries. Different universities are at various stages of this development; some have repositories up and running, while others are still at the developmental stage. Details can be found at: http://www.carl-abrc.ca/frames_index.htm http://www.carl-abrc.ca/frames_index.htm As an example of why this just plain makes sense for the university: at the Simon Fraser University Library (where BC Electronic Library Network is housed, and where I work), the Institutional Repository is still in project stage. Of the 4 first articles placed in the repository in the Library Community, two were articles published in journals that SFU does not subscribe to. These are not expensive journals, and the publishers are actually not against OA - they do allow self-archiving after all - it's just that no university can afford to subscribe to all the journals. By providing a copy to our institutional repository, then, we are making our work available to our own employer. In some cases, making our work openly accessible makes it more usable for the author as well. For example, now that one of my articles in in our institutional repository, I can send someone the URL to read my article without worrying about whether or not they have a subscription." ---- The Indian LIS professionals and library associations such as IASLIC, SIS, etc. will do well to follow the example of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and develop institutional repositories (or open access archives) in all higher educational and resaerch institutions. The Indian Institute of Science has an Eprints archive. All IITs, major universities, IIMs, NITs, government laboratories (under DAE, CSIR, DBT, ICAR, ICMR, Dept of Space, DRDO, etc.) should follow the example of IISc. The investments needed is minimal; most institutions have the necessary hardware and Internet connection; the entire software is free; training, if needed, can be arranged within India (there are experts like T B Rajashekar, A R D Prasad, and now D K sahu and M G Sree Kumar and several others); the most important thng is a willingness to go ahead and just do it. Please forward it to other lists of interest to Indian LIS professionals. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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FW: [BOAI] Re: Central versus institutional self-archiving (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

Here is a brief note from a discussion list explaining why institutional archiving is the best option and why funders and institutions should mandate such archiving. Hope you find this interesting and useful in the Indian context. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Subject: Re: Central versus institutional self-archiving On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, [identity deleted] wrote: > While OAI compliance is a sine qua non condition of some measure of > inter-operability, it does not (yet?) ensure the kind of ease of > retrieval that other forms of archiving can provide, including some > form of central archiving. Ease-of-retrieval advantages are no more inherent in centralised archives than in any other type of open archive. Ease of retrieval is dependent upon the quality of article metadata, upon the functionality of the search engine used, and upon the retrieval skills of the inquirer (especially if fulltext is searched), and all of these are irrespective of where articles are archived. Our recent study, carried out in partnership with the Universities of Loughborough and Cranfield on behalf of JISC, produced a recommended model for the delivery, management and access of eprints (both pre- and post-prints)in UK further and higher education communities. We deliberated on the relative merits of central versus institutional archiving and came down firmly on the side of the latter. The reasons for this were several - both technical and cultural - and are set out in detail in our full report, which will be published by JISC within the few days [Swan,A., Needham, P., Probets, S., Muir, A., O'Brien, A., Oppenheim, C., Hardy, R., and Rowland, F (2004) Delivery, Management and Access Model for E-prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education]. (www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/E-prints_delivery_model.pdf) Here is a quote from the executive summary of our report: "This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK .... In considering the relative merits of these models, we addressed not only technical concerns but also how e-print provision (by authors) can be achieved, since without this content provision there can be no effective e-print delivery service (for users). For technical and cultural reasons, this study recommends that the centralised model should not be adopted for the proposed UK service. This would have been the costliest option and it would have omitted the growing body of content in distributed institutional, subject-based, and open-access journal archives. Moreover, the central archiving approach is the 'wrong way round' with respect to e-print provision since for reasons of academic and institutional culture and so long as effective measures are implemented, individual institution-based e-print archives are far more likely to fill (and fill quickly) than centralised archives, because institutions and researchers share a vested interested in the impact of their research output, and because institutions are in a position to mandate and monitor compliance, a position not enjoyed by centralised archives." One of the critical aspects of our decision was that any model for delivering eprints must operate in, and help to create, the arena most likely to provide the maximum amount of eprint material to deliver. Two things (only) have a bearing on this - archives being available for authors to use, and authors actually archiving their articles. >From the evidence we looked at - existing archives - it was clear to us that even when archives are available there is still precious little peer-reviewed material being deposited, ergo it is author behaviour that is at the very root of the matter. How may authors be 'encouraged' to self-archive? The evidence shows that whilst a carrot approach produces some success, 'encouragement' would best take the form of a stick - by someone, somewhere, mandating self-archiving. Why authors need such a mandate can be debated at length by those with the inclination for such things. The fact is that when there is a mandate by some authority that has clout, authors will comply. There are few examples of such mandates in operation as yet (though where they exist, they are working), but plenty of promise for those to come. KPL's recent, separate, study on open access publishing (also commissioned by JISC) produced clear evidence that authors have, in general and in principle, no objection to self-archiving and will comply with a mandate to do so from their employer or research funder. Our findings were that 77% of authors would comply with such a mandate. Only 3% said they would NOT comply. [Swan, A and Brown, S (2004) Report of the JISC/OSI journal authors survey. pp 1-76. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISCOAreport1.pdf; Swan, A and Brown, S (2004) Authors and open access publishing. Learned Publishing, 17 (3), 219-224. www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/Authors_and_open_access_publishi ng.pdf The recent government-level recommendations in the US and the UK on mandating self-archiving are therefore perfectly on target to address the issue most critical to open access provision. Scholars will self-archive if told to do so. Employers and research funders have the authority to do the telling, but they tell authors to do what, and which authors? Funders can only tell their grantees, but have the choice of telling them to deposit their articles in the funder's own archive if there is one, in some other centralised archive, or in the researcher's own institutional archive, or all of these. Employers can do all these too, but since they not only have shared goals with their researchers in respect of dissemination of research findings, but also see additional value in, and uses for, the content of an institutional archive, they are very likely to be eager to see it maximally populated and will insist on authors depositing there, at the very least. Moreover, they can mandate self-archiving across the board, including researchers who are not supported by external funding (a large number in many subject areas), and in EVERY scholarly discipline. This is a far more effective a route to comprehensive eprint provision than relying on funder mandates alone, and is much more likely to provide eprints in ALL disciplines relatively quickly than relying on the eventual establishment of centralised archives in all subject areas. Our conclusion was, then, that this scenario is the one most likely to provide the maximum level of archived content, a major plank of any model for the provision of eprints nationwide in the UK. Our model was devised accordingly and would be equally appropriate anywhere else in the world. Alma Swan FW: [BOAI] Re: Central versus institutional self-archiving (fwd) Here is a brief note from a discussion list explaining why institutional archiving is the best option and why funders and institutions should mandate such archiving. Hope you find this interesting and useful in the Indian context. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Subject: Re: Central versus institutional self-archiving On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, [identity deleted] wrote: > While OAI compliance is a sine qua non condition of some measure of > inter-operability, it does not (yet?) ensure the kind of ease of > retrieval that other forms of archiving can provide, including some > form of central archiving. Ease-of-retrieval advantages are no more inherent in centralised archives than in any other type of open archive. Ease of retrieval is dependent upon the quality of article metadata, upon the functionality of the search engine used, and upon the retrieval skills of the inquirer (especially if fulltext is searched), and all of these are irrespective of where articles are archived. Our recent study, carried out in partnership with the Universities of Loughborough and Cranfield on behalf of JISC, produced a recommended model for the delivery, management and access of eprints (both pre- and post-prints)in UK further and higher education communities. We deliberated on the relative merits of central versus institutional archiving and came down firmly on the side of the latter. The reasons for this were several - both technical and cultural - and are set out in detail in our full report, which will be published by JISC within the few days [Swan,A., Needham, P., Probets, S., Muir, A., O'Brien, A., Oppenheim, C., Hardy, R., and Rowland, F (2004) Delivery, Management and Access Model for E-prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education]. (www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/E-prints_delivery_model.pdf) Here is a quote from the executive summary of our report: "This study identified three models for open access provision in the UK .... In considering the relative merits of these models, we addressed not only technical concerns but also how e-print provision (by authors) can be achieved, since without this content provision there can be no effective e-print delivery service (for users). For technical and cultural reasons, this study recommends that the centralised model should not be adopted for the proposed UK service. This would have been the costliest option and it would have omitted the growing body of content in distributed institutional, subject-based, and open-access journal archives. Moreover, the central archiving approach is the 'wrong way round' with respect to e-print provision since for reasons of academic and institutional culture and so long as effective measures are implemented, individual institution-based e-print archives are far more likely to fill (and fill quickly) than centralised archives, because institutions and researchers share a vested interested in the impact of their research output, and because institutions are in a position to mandate and monitor compliance, a position not enjoyed by centralised archives." One of the critical aspects of our decision was that any model for delivering eprints must operate in, and help to create, the arena most likely to provide the maximum amount of eprint material to deliver. Two things (only) have a bearing on this - archives being available for authors to use, and authors actually archiving their articles. >From the evidence we looked at - existing archives - it was clear to us that even when archives are available there is still precious little peer-reviewed material being deposited, ergo it is author behaviour that is at the very root of the matter. How may authors be 'encouraged' to self-archive? The evidence shows that whilst a carrot approach produces some success, 'encouragement' would best take the form of a stick - by someone, somewhere, mandating self-archiving. Why authors need such a mandate can be debated at length by those with the inclination for such things. The fact is that when there is a mandate by some authority that has clout, authors will comply. There are few examples of such mandates in operation as yet (though where they exist, they are working), but plenty of promise for those to come. KPL's recent, separate, study on open access publishing (also commissioned by JISC) produced clear evidence that authors have, in general and in principle, no objection to self-archiving and will comply with a mandate to do so from their employer or research funder. Our findings were that 77% of authors would comply with such a mandate. Only 3% said they would NOT comply. [Swan, A and Brown, S (2004) Report of the JISC/OSI journal authors survey. pp 1-76. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISCOAreport1.pdf; http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISCOAreport1.pdf; Swan, A and Brown, S (2004) Authors and open access publishing. Learned Publishing, 17 (3), 219-224. www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/Authors_and_open_access_publishi ng.pdf The recent government-level recommendations in the US and the UK on mandating self-archiving are therefore perfectly on target to address the issue most critical to open access provision. Scholars will self-archive if told to do so. Employers and research funders have the authority to do the telling, but they tell authors to do what, and which authors? Funders can only tell their grantees, but have the choice of telling them to deposit their articles in the funder's own archive if there is one, in some other centralised archive, or in the researcher's own institutional archive, or all of these. Employers can do all these too, but since they not only have shared goals with their researchers in respect of dissemination of research findings, but also see additional value in, and uses for, the content of an institutional archive, they are very likely to be eager to see it maximally populated and will insist on authors depositing there, at the very least. Moreover, they can mandate self-archiving across the board, including researchers who are not supported by external funding (a large number in many subject areas), and in EVERY scholarly discipline. This is a far more effective a route to comprehensive eprint provision than relying on funder mandates alone, and is much more likely to provide eprints in ALL disciplines relatively quickly than relying on the eventual establishment of centralised archives in all subject areas. Our conclusion was, then, that this scenario is the one most likely to provide the maximum level of archived content, a major plank of any model for the provision of eprints nationwide in the UK. Our model was devised accordingly and would be equally appropriate anywhere else in the world. Alma Swan

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librarian vacancy at IIM Lucknow
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW Indian Institute of Management Lucknow invites applications for the post of Librarian in the pay scale of Rs. 12000-375-16500/- Essential Qualifications: The applicant should be possessing: (a) Masters Degree in Library Science/Information Science or Associateship in Information Science, conducted by DRTC/INSDOC. Candidates with a Doctoral Degree will be given preference. (b) 10 years experience as Librarian/Dy. Librarian in an academic or research institution, with atleast 3 years in the immediate lower scale. (c) Preference will be given to the applicants who have been associated with the development of libraries in technical subjects and also who have sound and practical knowledge/experience of computer application in the management of a modern library in a highly automated, integrated, and networked environment. Note: 1. The reservation criteria and the percentage thereof for SC/ST, OBC and Physically Handicapped/Ex-servicemen will be as per current Central Govt. Orders. Applicants are required to attach the necessary certificates in this regard as prescribed by the Govt. of India. 2. Post carries Dearness Allowance and other allowances as applicable to Central Government employees. 3. Persons working in Government/Semi-Government/Public Sector Undertakings etc, should send their applications either through PROPER CHANNEL or should furnish a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE at the time of interview. 4. Candidates called for interview will be paid 2-tier AC to and fro railway fares by the shortest route. How to apply: Please send the detailed resume containing name, fathers name, date of birth, qualification, experience etc alongwith attested photocopies of certificates of educational qualifications and a recent passport size photograph pasted on the application. Applications should be sent within one week from the date of this advertisement to: Lucknow DIRECTOR 30.09.2004 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PRABANDH NAGAR, OFF SITAPUR ROAD LUCKNOW 226 013 Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW Indian Institute of Management Lucknow invites applications for the post of Librarian in the pay scale of Rs. 12000-375-16500/- Essential Qualifications : The applicant should be possessing: (a) Masters Degree in Library Science/Information Science or Associateship in Information Science, conducted by DRTC/INSDOC. Candidates with a Doctoral Degree will be given preference. (b) 10 years experience as Librarian/Dy. Librarian in an academic or research institution, with atleast 3 years in the immediate lower scale. (c) Preference will be given to the applicants who have been associated with the development of libraries in technical subjects and also who have sound and practical knowledge/experience of computer application in the management of a modern library in a highly automated, integrated, and networked environment. Note: 1. The reservation criteria and the percentage thereof for SC/ST, OBC and Physically Handicapped/Ex-servicemen will be as per current Central Govt. Orders. Applicants are required to attach the necessary certificates in this regard as prescribed by the Govt. of India. 2. Post carries Dearness Allowance and other allowances as applicable to Central Government employees. 3. Persons working in Government/Semi-Government/Public Sector Undertakings etc, should send their applications either through PROPER CHANNEL or should furnish a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE at the time of interview. 4. Candidates called for interview will be paid 2-tier AC to and fro railway fares by the shortest route. How to apply: Please send the detailed resume containing name, fathers name, date of birth, qualification, experience etc alongwith attested photocopies of certificates of educational qualifications and a recent passport size photograph pasted on the application. Applications should be sent within one week from the date of this advertisement to: Lucknow DIRECTOR 30.09.2004 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PRABANDH NAGAR, OFF SITAPUR ROAD LUCKNOW 226 013 Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21626/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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Temporary Library Trainees at J R D Tata Memorial Library, IISc, Bangalore 560012 (fwd)
by uma jaganath 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring this advertisement to the notice of interested Graduates in Library and Information Science and recommend potential candidates. Openings for the position of Temporary Library Trainees at J R D Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 Applications are invited from the candidates with minimum first class in Master of Library and Information Science and well versed in Computer applications. The trainees get a fixed stipend of Rs.4000/- per month. The interested candidates are requested to send their Bio-data by e-mail before 10th October 2004 to: uma(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Dr. Uma Jagannath Deputy Librarian J R D Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Tel.No. 22932868 E-Mail: uma(a)library.iisc.ernet.in

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FW: [BOAI] Re: Please Register All OA Institutional Archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

-----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 4:46 PM Subject: [BOAI] Re: Please Register All OA Institutional Archives "Please Register All OA Institutional Archives" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3715.html On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Jan Velterop wrote: > There is this beautiful statistic of how many publishers allow, in > various shades and colours, self-archiving. http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php > Is there information available about how many, what percentage, > or which institutes actually have an (active, i.e. not shelved) open > institutional archive for self-archiving? Having that information could > help enormously in the campaign to speed up open access. Any pointers > to such information? Yes, there certainly is! There is the Institutional Archives Registry (created and maintained by Tim Brody at Southampton), which lists OAI archives not only by country and archive type and software used http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse but also the content size and growth curves for each individual archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all as well as the total growth rate for archives and contents across all the OAI archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=analysis All institutions are strongly encouraged to register their OAI archives at: http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=add and to make sure their archive has an OAI-PMH interface so its content size can be harvested and counted by http://celestial.eprints.org/ They are also encouraged to declare and share their institutional self-archiving policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Stevan Harnad FW: [BOAI] Re: Please Register All OA Institutional Archives -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [ mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk ] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 4:46 PM Subject: [BOAI] Re: Please Register All OA Institutional Archives "Please Register All OA Institutional Archives" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3715.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3715.html On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Jan Velterop wrote: > There is this beautiful statistic of how many publishers allow, in > various shades and colours, self-archiving. http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php > Is there information available about how many, what percentage, > or which institutes actually have an (active, i.e. not shelved) open > institutional archive for self-archiving? Having that information could > help enormously in the campaign to speed up open access. Any pointers > to such information? Yes, there certainly is! There is the Institutional Archives Registry (created and maintained by Tim Brody at Southampton), which lists OAI archives not only by country and archive type and software used http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse but also the content size and growth curves for each individual archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all as well as the total growth rate for archives and contents across all the OAI archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=analysis http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=analysis All institutions are strongly encouraged to register their OAI archives at: http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=add http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=add and to make sure their archive has an OAI-PMH interface so its content size can be harvested and counted by http://celestial.eprints.org/ http://celestial.eprints.org/ They are also encouraged to declare and share their institutional self-archiving policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Stevan Harnad

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FW: [BOAI] How To Support Institutional OA Archive Start-Up and O A Content Provision
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Oct '04

04 Oct '04

Friends: Stevan Harnad suggests how donor agencies can facilitate setting up interoperable institutional archives. We can adopt his suggestions for setting up such archives in India. Of course, one need not trouble the Southampton team for help; NCSI at IISc has all the expertise and experience needed. Indeed, Dr Rajashekar has introduced some welcome improvements to the Eprints software. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:36 PM To: AmSci Forum Cc: liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu Subject: [BOAI] How To Support Institutional OA Archive Start-Up and OA Content Provision On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Jean-Claude Guedon wrote: > Stevan, How would you go about funding the conversion of individual > institutions such as universities? > > How would you use funding to achieve "the implementation of official > institutional self-archiving *policies*"? > > As a member of the Information Sub-Board of OSI, I would be interested > in seeing a series of concrete tactics and strategies in this regard. I am delighted that OSI asks, at last! The answer is quite simple, and completely analogous to the rationale for the funding that is already being provided and recommended by OSI, JISC and others in order to help start up and fill OA journals: (I) First, determine the start-up cost of creating an institutional OA Archive (including any requisite departmental/disciplinary modularization and customisation). (Southampton can help provide you with the actual figures; they have the most extensive experience with this.) (II) Second, offer to institutions -- exactly the way it is now being offered to journals and to authors -- to subsidise all or part of the cost of creating the archive as well as of depositing the papers, but only: (III) ON CONDITION that the institution adopts and implements an official self-archiving policy http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php If you wish, Southampton University can also provide an instructional/informational package on institutional self-archiving consisting of: (i) the OSI Handbook on how and why to create and fill Institutional OA Archives http://software.eprints.org/handbook/ (ii) information on the size of the OA citation-impact advantage to be expected from self-archiving http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html (iii) information on the current growth rate in the number and size of institutional OA archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php (iv) information on journals' self-archiving policies http://romeo.eprints.org/ (v) information on other institutions' self-archiving policies: http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php (vi) information on how institutional OA self-archiving databases can be used to measure and evaluate individual and institutional research performance and impact: http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://paracite.eprints.org/cgi-bin/rae_front.cgi (vii) information on how to answer users' prima facie questions about self-archiving http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ (viii) information on current national initiatives to mandate self-archiving: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/3990 3.htm http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr636.108&sel=TOC_33 8641& (ix) Powerpoints for archive administrators and users, explaining the rationale for self-archiving http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/openaccess.ppt And last, here are 5 of the reasons for OSI (and other funders interested in supporting OA) to subsidise institutional OA archive start-up costs: (1) The cost of subsidising the conversion of an institution to OA self-archiving is far less than the cost of subsidising the conversion of a journal to OA-publishing. (2) The return -- in annual number of OA articles -- on subsidising the conversion of one institution to self-archiving is far greater than the return on converting one journal, and far more likely to propagate to other institutions of its own accord. (3) Converting one institution to OA self-archiving (unlike converting one journal to OA publishing) propagates over all institutional departments/disciplines. (*This is also the reason why it is so important that the national self-archiving mandates should be for distributed institutional self-archiving, as recommended by the UK Select Committee, rather than for central self-archiving, as recommended by the US House Committee.*) (4) The cost -- per resulting OA article -- of subsidising author OA self-archiving (by providing a start-up proxy archiving service to help or do it for them) is incomparably lower than the cost -- per resulting OA article -- of subsidising author OA publishing costs. (5) Converting institutions to self-archiving not only provides immediate OA for far more articles, but it also paves the way for a possible (*not certain*!) eventual transition to OA publishing in a gradual, anarchic way that generates far less resistance and far more OA -- along with more time and scope for evolution and adaptation -- than trying to convert directly journal by journal. "The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3378.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#4.2 Stevan Harnad FW: [BOAI] How To Support Institutional OA Archive Start-Up and OA Content Provision Friends: Stevan Harnad suggests how donor agencies can facilitate setting up interoperable institutional archives. We can adopt his suggestions for setting up such archives in India. Of course, one need not trouble the Southampton team for help; NCSI at IISc has all the expertise and experience needed. Indeed, Dr Rajashekar has introduced some welcome improvements to the Eprints software. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [ mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk ] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:36 PM To: AmSci Forum Cc: liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu Subject: [BOAI] How To Support Institutional OA Archive Start-Up and OA Content Provision On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Jean-Claude Guedon wrote: > Stevan, How would you go about funding the conversion of individual > institutions such as universities? > > How would you use funding to achieve "the implementation of official > institutional self-archiving *policies*"? > > As a member of the Information Sub-Board of OSI, I would be interested > in seeing a series of concrete tactics and strategies in this regard. I am delighted that OSI asks, at last! The answer is quite simple, and completely analogous to the rationale for the funding that is already being provided and recommended by OSI, JISC and others in order to help start up and fill OA journals: (I) First, determine the start-up cost of creating an institutional OA Archive (including any requisite departmental/disciplinary modularization and customisation). (Southampton can help provide you with the actual figures; they have the most extensive experience with this.) (II) Second, offer to institutions -- exactly the way it is now being offered to journals and to authors -- to subsidise all or part of the cost of creating the archive as well as of depositing the papers, but only: (III) ON CONDITION that the institution adopts and implements an official self-archiving policy http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php If you wish, Southampton University can also provide an instructional/informational package on institutional self-archiving consisting of: (i) the OSI Handbook on how and why to create and fill Institutional OA Archives http://software.eprints.org/handbook/ http://software.eprints.org/handbook/ (ii) information on the size of the OA citation-impact advantage to be expected from self-archiving http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html (iii) information on the current growth rate in the number and size of institutional OA archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php (iv) information on journals' self-archiving policies http://romeo.eprints.org/ http://romeo.eprints.org/ (v) information on other institutions' self-archiving policies: http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php (vi) information on how institutional OA self-archiving databases can be used to measure and evaluate individual and institutional research performance and impact: http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://paracite.eprints.org/cgi-bin/rae_front.cgi http://paracite.eprints.org/cgi-bin/rae_front.cgi (vii) information on how to answer users' prima facie questions about self-archiving http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ (viii) information on current national initiatives to mandate self-archiving: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399… http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399… http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr636.108&sel=TOC_3… http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr636.108&sel=TOC_3… (ix) Powerpoints for archive administrators and users, explaining the rationale for self-archiving http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/openaccess.ppt http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/openaccess.ppt And last, here are 5 of the reasons for OSI (and other funders interested in supporting OA) to subsidise institutional OA archive start-up costs: (1) The cost of subsidising the conversion of an institution to OA self-archiving is far less than the cost of subsidising the conversion of a journal to OA-publishing. (2) The return -- in annual number of OA articles -- on subsidising the conversion of one institution to self-archiving is far greater than the return on converting one journal, and far more likely to propagate to other institutions of its own accord. (3) Converting one institution to OA self-archiving (unlike converting one journal to OA publishing) propagates over all institutional departments/disciplines. (*This is also the reason why it is so important that the national self-archiving mandates should be for distributed institutional self-archiving, as recommended by the UK Select Committee, rather than for central self-archiving, as recommended by the US House Committee.*) (4) The cost -- per resulting OA article -- of subsidising author OA self-archiving (by providing a start-up proxy archiving service to help or do it for them) is incomparably lower than the cost -- per resulting OA article -- of subsidising author OA publishing costs. (5) Converting institutions to self-archiving not only provides immediate OA for far more articles, but it also paves the way for a possible (*not certain*!) eventual transition to OA publishing in a gradual, anarchic way that generates far less resistance and far more OA -- along with more time and scope for evolution and adaptation -- than trying to convert directly journal by journal. "The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3378.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3378.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#4.2 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#4.2 Stevan Harnad

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FW: [SOAN] SPARC Open Access Newsletter, 10/2/04
by Subbiah Arunachalam 03 Oct '04

03 Oct '04

Dear Friends: The NIH, the world's leading funding agency, is receiving comments on its published plan for mandating all NIH-funded research to be made available through open access [by authors archiving the full text of their research papers in PubMed Central] up to 16 November 2004. Many leading US institutions have already supported the NIH plan. These include the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of Universities and the US Chamber of Commerce. Twenty-five Nobel Laureates have also supported the initiative. As the NIH plan of making available all research papers resulting from NIH funding freely accessible will benefit scientists and scholars in India (and elsewhere) immensely, we should also express our support to NIH. I urge all scientists and librarians in India and other developing counties to send a letter to NIH supporting the initiative. For the same reason, I urge the InterAcademy Council, the InterAcademy Panel and TWAS and the science academies of all developing countries to send letters to NIH supporting their plan. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Peter Suber [mailto:peters@earlham.edu] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 5:45 PM To: SPARC Open Access Newsletter Subject: [SOAN] SPARC Open Access Newsletter, 10/2/04 Welcome to the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #78 October 2, 2004 Read this issue online http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-04.htm <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-04.htm> A busy month of action on the NIH open-access plan A lot has happened with the NIH open-access plan since the last issue of the newsletter. Here are the major developments in chronological order. I comment on their significance afterwards. (1) On September 3, the NIH released its own draft policy of the plan for a 60 day period of public comment. (Until September 3, all we had was a July 14 directive from the House Appropriations Committee for the NIH to produce a plan.) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html> (2) Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) and Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH) engaged in a "colloquy" about the House Appropriations Committee report language proposing the NIH open-access plan (Congressional Record, September 8, p. H6833). http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833 &dbname=2004_record> &page=H6833&dbname=2004_record http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109474817 384019548 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481 7384019548> (3) On September 9, the House of Representatives adopted the NIH recommendation in the House appropriations report by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 388-13. The recommendation then moved to the Senate. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109477904 271292882 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947790 4271292882> (4) Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chairman of the House Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee (the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the NIH) decided not to include any language on the NIH plan in the Senate subcommittee report. (5) On September 17, the NIH plan was published in the Federal Register, for another 60 day period of public comment ending on November 16. This is the same text published in the NIH Guide on September 3 for a 60 day public comment period ending on November 2. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov /2004/04-21097.htm <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.go v/2004/04-21097.htm> (6) On September 24, the NIH announced that the comment periods from the two postings of its plan (September 3 in the NIH Guide and September 17 in the Federal Register) had been merged. Now all comments are due on November 16, 2004 (60 days from the Federal Register publication). http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-070.html <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-070.html> (7) Supporters have continued to sign on. Among the most notable are the American Association of Universities, the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Together with the open letter from 25 American Nobel laureates in science, the AAU and NAS endorsements solidify the support from the American research community. The Alliance for Taxpayer Access embodies a large number of important endorsements in its rapidly growing membership list. ATA members now include an impressive range of patient and disease advocacy organizations, universities, laboratories, and libraries. The AAU endorsement of the NIH plan, September 27, 2004 http://www.aau.edu/issues/NIHPubAccProp.pdf <http://www.aau.edu/issues/NIHPubAccProp.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109638605 257442246 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963860 5257442246> The NAS endorsement, September 16, 2004 http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/s09162004?OpenDocument <http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/s09162004?OpenDocument> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109538076 633197157 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10953807 6633197157> The Chamber of Commerce endorsement, September 9, 2004 http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2004/september/04-121.htm <http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2004/september/04-121.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109485115 393189098 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948511 5393189098> Alliance for Taxpayer Access membership list http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/member.html <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/member.html> An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine endorsed the key elements of the plan: the open access and the six month embargo. In fact, it went further and endorsed OA for "all research articles, not just those funded by the NIH". NEJM qualified its support, however, by suggesting that the journals publishing these OA-archived articles should hold the copyrights. It argued that journals need copyrights in order to block the redistribution of mangled copies of the text, for example, one-sided extracts showing the advantages of a new drug without its disadvantages. (PS: I'm confident that the NIH funding contract will not take this right away from authors. Hence, it will be up to authors and journals whether authors will transfer this right to journals, just as it is today.) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109595555 027274057 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555 5027274057> Even Elsevier, which doesn't support the plan overall, gave it a kind of backhanded endorsement. Bradie Metheny wrote in the September 8 issue of Washington Fax (accessible only to subscribers): "John Regazzi, managing director of marketing development for Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of journals, said no one can argue against giving the public access to NIH information; it is in the public interest. 'But how you do it is the key,' he said. '[The NIH proposal] is moving too fast,' Regazzi argued." (PS: I'd love to see other publishers start from the same premise that open access to this literature is in the public interest. We could then focus the debate on whether it is or isn't outweighed by other considerations. But on the whole other publishers are unwilling to make this obvious concession.) http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html <http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109467038 405341529 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703 8405341529> Here are few new questions and answers about the current state of play. * Why are there two or even three plans? The House Appropriations Committee language of July 14 makes some policy recommendations and directs the NIH to come up with its own plan by December 1 to implement them. The NIH issued a draft of its plan on September 3, for a 60 day period of public comment ending on November 2. The September 3 text was also published in the Federal Register on September 17, for another 60 public comment period ending on November 16. The NIH has since merged the two comment periods, with a single deadline of November 16. The new deadline will give the agency about two weeks after the comment period expires to digest the comments and finalize the plan language before the December 1 deadline. For the purpose of anticipating what the final plan will or will not provide, consult the NIH's text (the September 3 and September 17 versions are identical), and eventually consult the revised version of the text that emerges from the public comment period. * What does it mean that the NIH issued its plan so quickly? It's not so quick when you realize that it needs to collect and digest public comments before producing a final plan by December 1. However, it was able to produce the draft plan to fit this timetable because it had already been thinking about the issues for a long time. For example, it presented a report to Congress on OA issues in May 2004, and had already gathered a wide range of views in three stakeholder meetings in July and August. The time had come to open the process to public comment. The prompt release of the plan means that the NIH already supports open access based on its prior deliberations. Congress is not compelling NIH to act against its better judgment. Despite the prescriptive language in the House appropriations report, this is less a Congressional mandate than a convergence of views. Access to Biomedical Research Information (the NIH report to Congress, May 2004) http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/docs/NIH_access_report.pdf <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/docs/NIH_access_report.pdf> * What are differences between the July House report and the September NIH plan? (1) The September plan drops the provision in the July report requiring immediate OA if the NIH paid any part of the article's publication costs. The new plan simply says that the OA edition will appear six months after publication "or sooner if the publisher agrees". Comment: The public interest would be better served by immediate OA than a six month embargo, but I can accept the embargo as a political necessity to get the plan adopted. The new change gives publishers even more than the original House version, guaranteeing that the embargo will never be shorter than six months without their consent. If this concession does not reduce publisher opposition, then it was not worth making and should be revoked. (2) The September plan gives new detail on exactly what grantees must deposit in PMC: "electronic copies of all final version manuscripts" accepted at peer-reviewed journals, when "final manuscript" is defined as "the author's version resulting after all modifications due to the peer review process." But then the September plan adds a new provision: "If the publisher requests, the author's final version of the publication will be replaced in the PMC archive by the final publisher's copy with an appropriate link to the publisher's electronic database." Comment: This is welcome detail. Giving publishers the option to replace the unofficial author version with the official journal version is a very good idea. Because they needn't exercise the option, publishers can't complain. Because exercising it would improve the archived OA literature, it can only help. In its endorsement of the plan, the National Academy of Sciences strongly urged publishers to take advantage of this option. (3) The September plan gives new detail on what kind of NIH funding triggers the OA plan. The plan applies to NIH "grantees and supported Principal Investigators" and covers "all research grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, as well as National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowships." The OA policy will apply to all articles whose underlying research "was supported in whole or in part by NIH funding." Comment: This is welcome detail. The House report fudged the "all or part" question, and the NIH has clarified it in the right decision. (4) The September plan drops the condition in the July report that the policy will only apply to articles accepted by a "scientific journal listed in the NLM's PubMed directory". Comment: This is two-sided. On the one hand, it closes a worrisome loophole. Now the plan will cover NIH-funded research published in any peer-reviewed journal, not just the portion published in certain journals. On the other hand, it opens the door to criticism that the quality of PMC will be diluted by poor publications. Since this criticism is easily answered, NIH made the right call. How do we answer this criticism? All articles covered by this plan will be based on research proposals that made it through the tough NIH vetting process prior to funding; taxpayers should have open access to all articles based on NIH-funded research anyway, regardless of their quality; and even the inclusion of occasional weak articles in PMC does nothing to detract from the strong ones. (5) The House report language wanted the NIH to develop a policy "requiring" deposit in PMC, but the NIH plan will merely "request" that grantees deposit their articles in PMC. Comment: It's not clear whether this word-change is significant. For example, two members of the House committee that wrote the requirement-language said in public, for the record, on the House floor, that the NIH draft is "consistent" with their own language. (See the Istook-Regula colloquy, below.) If they intended a hard and fast requirement and saw the NIH propose an optional request, then they wouldn't have given this endorsement. Moreover, the NIH will enforce its "request", which gives it at least some of the flavor of a requirement. The NIH will monitor grantee compliance and use non-compliance as a factor when deciding whether to award subsequent or follow-up funds. Since serious researchers don't expect to do just one fundable project, they won't risk future funding by disregarding the NIH OA condition (even if they oppose OA, which is unlikely). For the same reason, publishers who encourage authors to disregard the OA policy, on the ground that it is a mere request, would be harming those authors by exposing them to NIH sanctions. For both reasons --legislative intent and operation in practice-- it seems that there's no bright line between requests and requirements here. If that's true, then the softening of the language may just be diplomatic cordiality. However, if the softening of the language is significant, and compliance is more optional than the sanction makes it appear, then it's a major concession to publishers and a major departure from the public interest in open access. If further developments make clear that this is the proper way to interpret the language, then publishers should drop their opposition. If they don't, then the concession was not worth making and should be revoked. I once drafted a model OA policy for funding agencies that included a requirement (or what I called a requirement), not just a request. My chosen enforcement mechanism was to have non-compliant grantees repay their grants. To this day, the only criticism I've received on the policy was directed to the enforcement mechanism. Several scientists pointed out that denying subsequent funds would suffice. If so, then the NIH's enforcement mechanism will also suffice, regardless whether we use request or requirement language. Model open-access policy for foundation research grants http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/foundations.htm <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/foundations.htm> (6) Finally, while the July report contained some background principles and goals of the House Appropriations Committee, the September plan articulates some goals and intentions of the NIH. I count at least these eight: (a) the goal to improve the health of Americans; (b) the goal "to share and support public access to the results and accomplishments of the activities that [the NIH] funds"; (c) the goal to improve access to scientific information for "other scientists, health care providers, students, teachers, and the many millions of Americans searching the web to obtain credible health-related information"; (d) the intention to "balance this need with the ability of journals and publishers to preserve their critical role in the peer review, editing and scientific quality control process"; (d) the intention to monitor the "economic and business implications" of the plan in order to avoid "compromising the quality of the information being provided"; (f) the intention to "maintain a dialogue with publishers, investigators, and representatives from scientific associations and the public to ensure the success of this initiative"; (g) the intention to monitor compliance with the new policy and to use compliance as one factor in evaluating subsequent applications for NIH funds; and (h) the intention to "consider options to ensure that grantees' budgets are not unduly affected by this policy", for example, by journals that impose "unreasonable or disproportionate charges" on grantees. * What was the "colloquy" on the floor of the House (September 8) and what does it mean? A colloquy is a scripted dialogue for entering additional language into the Congressional Record. It provides legislative history on a bill without amending the bill. The colloquy on September 8 was between Representatives Ernest Istook (R-OK) and Ralph Regula (R-OH), who are both members of the House subcommittee that originally proposed the NIH open-access plan. Here's roughly what their dialogue added to the legislative history: concern about rising journal prices; concern about diminishing public access to federally funded research; support for the principle of free online access to publicly-funded research; support for Elias Zerhouni in seeking comments from three stakeholder meetings; support for the NIH's speed in preparing and releasing its September 3 draft plan; and confirmation that the NIH's September 3 draft is consistent with the language in the House appropriations report. All of this is for the good. Text of the Istook-Regula colloquy on the House appropriations report, September 8, 2004 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833 &dbname=2004_record> &page=H6833&dbname=2004_record http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109474817 384019548 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481 7384019548> * What does it mean that Sen. Arlen Specter has decided not to include a version of the House NIH recommendation in the Senate appropriations bill? The bad news is that no Senate version of the House language will be adopted. The good news is that no Senate version will be amended or defeated. (Sen. Specter is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the subcommittee determining the budget appropriation for the NIH.) The fate of the House language will be worked out in a conference committee. This is what happens whenever the House and Senate appropriations bills differ. Because the Senate action, or non-action, is compatible with any resolution in the conference committee, and because Sen. Specter knows this perfectly well, we should infer nothing about his support or opposition to the House plan from this decision. He's keeping his options open and shifting the resolution of the question from a larger chamber to a smaller one. This step does not help supporters more than opponents or vice versa. If the Senate had included the House language and voted it up, that would have been best for us and worst for our opponents, since it would have settled the question in our favor and removed it from the conference committee. But if the Senate had included the language and then watered it down with amendments, or defeated it, that would have been worst for us and best for our opponents. Both outcomes are now closed, for both sides. The members of the conference committee are yet to be named. But at this stage the Senators most worth reaching with your views are Specter (R-PA), Harkin (D-IA), Stevens (R-AK), Byrd (D-WV), Frist (R-TN), and Daschle (D-SD). If you have a relationship with any of these Senators or their offices, or if you reside in one of their states, then your phone call, fax, or email would be a big help. Senator Specter first disclosed his decision on September 3, in an interview with Rick Weiss of the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109447185 490556167 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718 5490556167> The AAAS is the only stakeholder group I've seen to make a public comment on Specter's decision. The association supports the Senate omission of the language but also supports the NIH procedure of gathering public opinion on its draft policy. One reason may be that the omitted House language would have required immediate OA in some circumstances and the draft NIH policy would not. (PS: Other publishers should see that the NIH text is much more favorable to them than the original House language and work for its support.) http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/nih05s.htm <http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/nih05s.htm> (Scroll down about half way.) Senate Appropriations Committee http://appropriations.senate.gov/index.htm <http://appropriations.senate.gov/index.htm> Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the NIH) http://appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/laborhhs.htm <http://appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/laborhhs.htm> * What does it mean that the NIH draft appeared on the "NIH Guide" page, and not originally in the Federal Register? The NIH plan is a proposed revision of in-house agency guidelines for awarding research grants. The NIH already has the authority to revise its own guidelines. It doesn't need new statutes or regulations to give it this authority. (The fact that the plan eventually appeared in the Federal Register as well doesn't change this fact.) Hence, if Congress does not act, then the NIH could act on its own. However, the NIH benefits from Congressional support, and Congressional opposition would certainly cause it to rethink its draft policy. The NIH Guide web page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/ <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/> * What will the NIH plan cost? Critics of the NIH plan have projected absurdly high estimates of the plan's costs and then protested that the high costs would unduly diminish the NIH funds available for research grants. NIH officials repeatedly knocked down these high estimates in public meetings but in late September their estimates finally appeared in print. Quoting Janet Coleman in the Washington Fax for September 27, 2004 (online access limited to subscribers): "Preliminary estimates of the cost of offering all NIH-funded research studies on the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central digital library are around $2.5 million and not the $100 million some critics have suggested, NLM Director Donald Lindberg, MD, said. NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information Director David Lipman 'worked up a budget of actual estimated costs...multiplied by everything under the sun and came up with $2.5 million,' Lindberg told the NLM Board of Regents Sept. 21." http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109638765 074802248 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876 5074802248> This puts the annual cost of the OA archiving at about 0.008 % of the NIH's annual budget. * What are the current priorities for what supporters should do to help the cause? Above all, send comments to the NIH about its draft policy during the 60 day public comment period. Comments will be accepted until November 16, 2004, and may be submitted by email or web form. Get your friends and colleagues to submit comments. Get your departments and institutions to submit comments. Submit comments by email PublicAccess(a)nih.gov Submit comments by web form http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/public_access/add.htm <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/public_access/add.htm> If you belong to a U.S.-based organization (university, department, laboratory, library, journal, publisher, patient or disease advocacy organization, etc.) then persuade your group to join the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. It costs nothing to join and gives the ATA clout when making the case for open access to taxpayer-funded research. http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/> If you are an individual, see the ATA recommendations for individual actions that could help the cause. Among the most effective options are sending a letter, fax, or email to your Senators expressing support for the NIH plan. http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/you.html <http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/you.html> Comments and letters from U.S. citizens and U.S.-based organizations will carry more weight with the NIH and the U.S. Senate than comments from others, but the process is not limited to Americans. * For other questions and answers on the NIH plan, see my FAQ, which I've enlarged several times during the past month. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm> The NIH now has its own page on the evolving OA plan. http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm <http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm> For news stories on the NIH plan since the last issue of the newsletter, see the section on major stories, below. ---------- A glimpse of our history Here are some excerpts from a 1974 _Science_ article and two subsequent letters to the editor. I'll keep my own voice out until the end. Thanks to Christopher Kelty, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and co-founder of the open-access Connexions project, for unearthing these pieces and bringing them to my attention. * John Walsh, "Journals: Photocopying Is Not the Only Problem," _Science_, March 29, 1974, pp. 1274-1275, 1277. [...] Attention has been focused on the photocopying issue by a suit brought by the Baltimore publisher of scientific and medical journals, Williams & Wilkins, charging the National Library of Medicine and the library of the National Institutes of Health with copyright infringement via photocopying. The most recent round of court action favored the defendants, permitting them to continue photocopying. [...] Reduced to its essentials, the dispute over photocopying casts scientific publishers and research libraries as the major antagonists. The libraries want the right to continue to provide a single photocopy for a reader who requests it. The limit on material is generally accepted to be a single article from a journal. The publishers argue that the mass, mail-order photocopying by major research libraries deprives the journals of the revenue necessary to cover editorial and printing costs and, in the case of commercial publishers, return on investment. They contend that if things go on this way there will be no journals to copy. [...] Libraries, for their part, are experiencing severe strains on their general budgets from inflation and are beginning to rebel at soaring journal costs. Some libraries have cut purchases of scientific books and monographs in order to keep up periodical purchases. Others have conducted "use surveys" on technical periodicals and dropped the subscriptions on the least used. Even larger and more affluent research libraries --mostly university and large metropolitan libraries-- are finding ways to share the burden imposed by increasing costs and greater numbers of scientific journals (one thing this means is a bigger photocopying network). [...] [O]bservers say that a growing trend among both commercial and nonprofit publishers is toward obtaining an increasing portion of income from subscription rates levied on libraries. Alarm over these trends in journal publishing are expressed fairly freely by librarians and some academics. A recent public example was provided by a letter signed by 11 university chemists from six countries (the problem is international) published in the 10 December 1973 _Chemical and Engineering News_....Particular criticism was aimed at commercial publishers who were accused of taking advantage of the fact that libraries are a "captive audience" by setting high subscription prices on new journals. [...] In view of the importance of journals to the scientific enterprise, it is surprising that the cost crisis affecting journals and libraries has not prompted more efforts at corrective action. The photocopying issue has claimed primary attention but other journal problems are enforcing the need for new answers to the old questions of who pays and how much. * Curtis G. Benjamin, "Support for Williams & Wilkins," _Science_, June 28, 1974, pp. 1330-1331. [A letter to the editor] [Benjamin names some society publishers offering financial support to the plaintiffs in the Williams & Wilkins lawsuit.] This evidence of professional society concern exposes an odd conflict of interest that needs to be pondered thoughtfully by all scientists. While many individual scientists, along with many librarians and other information specialists, are pushing hard for exempted privileges of photocopying for scientific and educational uses, the officers of their professional organizations (and especially their publications officers) are drawing back from the sure prospect of resulting losses of subscription and advertising income to their already straitened journals. And, strangely enough, many members of the societies that are supporting the Williams & Wilkins appeal are also supporting the National Education Assocation's Ad Hoc Committee of Educational Organizations and Institutions on Copyright Law Revision, a group that has made the loudest and most persistent demands for the broad special exemptions. Scientists should not confuse the rhetoric of "free flow of information" with the economics of "flow of free information." There is no such thing as free information; somebody has to pay the cost of any system for the organization and dissemination of science information. The privilege of "free" photocopying simply is not compatible with the economics of book and journal publishing. Why then, do so many scientists seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too? * Ralph D. Tanz, "Copyright Laws," _Science_, August 30, 1974, p. 735. [A letter to the editor] Curtis G. Benjamin's letter (28 June, p. 1331) in support of Williams & Wilkins' Supreme Court suit against the U.S. government for copyright infringement omits some of the problems on the other side of the fence. Just as publishing companies are faced with the financial squeeze attendant to inflation, so too are academic institutions. While costs have risen, departmental budgets have fallen further and further behind, and now new demands are placed on us to pay for the dissemination of information to our students. Publishers seem to be saying that if we are unable to pay, then our students have no right to receive information we deem necessary. But let us examine this a little further. Funds that made our research possible did not come from the publishers. Nor did the publishers assist us in writing the manuscripts. Indeed, they charge us for reprints, presumably make a profit selling their journals, and do not reimburse the authors for their efforts. Thus, the author does the fund raising, the thinking, the laboratory work, and the writing, and then the publishers claim ownership, apparently because it may make money for them. And to top it off, they now want us to pay for the privilege of using the articles we have published to teach our own students. I agree that the copyright laws should be revised, vesting ownership of an article either in the name(s) of the author(s) or the scientific society responsible for publication --but certainly not the publisher. * A few comments I'm reproducing these fragments primarily to note their uncanny similarities to the OA debates 30 years later. One of my first thoughts was that 1974 wasn't *that* long ago, so of course there would be similarities. (I was a grad student in 1974, for example, so it's roughly within the period of my own scholarly career.) But let it sink in. In 1974 there was no World Wide Web. In 1974, there wasn't even a BITNET, JANET, or USENET. If you date the internet to the adoption of TCP/IP, then there wasn't even an Internet. There was no PubMed or PubMed Central. Journal prices had only recently begun to rise faster than inflation. Photocopying machines were not just a disruptive technology; they were the cutting-edge technology for copying and sharing information. Williams & Wilkins v. The United States was decided against the publisher-plaintiffs in the U.S. Court of Claims in 1973. Immediately after their defeat, the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court ruling in 1975. The decision in the Court of Claims, 487 F.2d 1345 (1973) http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c487F2d1345.html <http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c487F2d1345.html> The decision in the Supreme Court, 420 U.S. 376, 95 S.Ct. 1344 (1975) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case <http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=42 0&page=376> &court=us&vol=420&page=376 Williams & Wilkins is still an important precedent in U.S. copyright law. However, soon after the Supreme Court upheld the decision in favor of scientific photocopying, Congress enacted sweeping revisions of U.S. copyright law, lengthening copyright terms, abolishing the need to register or renew copyrights, and taking other steps that continue to hobble education and research. The Copyright Act of 1976 http://www.title17.com/contentLegMat/legmat.html <http://www.title17.com/contentLegMat/legmat.html> Although the debate from 1974 eerily recapitulates some of the debates still raging today, there is at least one important dissimilarity to point out. The contemporary debate is *not* about the boundaries of "fair use". Open-access advocates do not argue that providing OA to copyrighted works is already permitted by fair use; on the contrary, they argue that OA to copyrighted works requires the copyright-holder's consent. ---------- A haiku introduction to open access Once I started writing haiku about open access, I couldn't stop. Here's a mercifully small sampling. Believe me, the ones I've omitted are even more atrocious than the ones I've included. If you publish it, and readers can't afford it, does it make a sound? They don't pay authors, editors or referees. Then they want the rights. Unlike musicians, scholars consent to OA without losing dough. OA articles are not without cost but are without price. Share perfect copies with a worldwide audience. Marginal cost, zip. I love print, paper. But I love searching, linking, using, sharing more. Libraries are caught: High prices, tight licences, profs who demand more. OA archiving takes a couple of minutes. So what's the problem? Authors determine where to submit their papers, whether to archive. OA and TA can coexist --til authors decide otherwise. Sure, change copyright and peer review. But OA doesn't have to wait. Yes, launch new journals. But OA through archiving doesn't have to wait. Don't say "author pays" when funders will pay the fee or journals waive it. P&T panels harm science if they demand the same-old, same-old. The current system evolved over centuries. So did dinosaurs. ---------- Major open access developments in September 2004 This is a selection of open-access developments since the last issue of the newsletter, taken from the Open Access News blog, which I write with other contributors and update daily. I give both the item URL and blog posting URL so that you can read the original story as well as what I or another blog contributor had to say about it. For other developments, the blog archive is browseable and searchable. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html> Here are the major stories from September * The NIH OA plan sees new developments, wide news coverage. * Two major decisions call for OA to data. * WIPO asked to consider two OA-friendly proposals. * Governments spend on OA infrastructure. * The Nature Publishing Group experiments with many kinds of wider access. * The NIH OA plan sees new developments, wide news coverage. For detail and analysis of recent developments on the NIH OA plan, see the lead story above. Here are some articles and news stories from the past month. Janet Coleman, Open access would cost NIH roughly $2.5 million, agency's Lipman estimates, Washington Fax, September 27, 2004. http://www.washingtonfax.com/ <http://www.washingtonfax.com/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109638765 074802248 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876 5074802248> Anon., A new alliance to support open access, Access, September 2004. http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=10 <http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=10> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109629039 979057329 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962903 9979057329> AAAS, Update on Open/Public Access, September 14, 2004. A PPT slide show focusing on the position of the AAAS and _Science_. http://www.aau.edu/issues/openaccess.pdf <http://www.aau.edu/issues/openaccess.pdf> Mark Hermodson, The Open Access Debate, Protein Science, 13, 10 (2004) pp. 2569-2570. http://www.proteinscience.org/cgi/content/full/13/10/2569?ct <http://www.proteinscience.org/cgi/content/full/13/10/2569?ct> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109614544 881665941 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961454 4881665941> Jan Velterop, publisher and director of BioMed Central, wrote an open letter (September 23, 2004) to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/miscell/?issue=20 <http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/miscell/?issue=20> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109603724 571532730 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960372 4571532730> Jeffrey M. Drazen and Gregory D. Curfman, Public Access to Biomedical Research, New England Journal of Medicine, September 23, 2004. An editorial. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109595555 027274057 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555 5027274057> Anon., Publishing for Nothing, Science for Free, DCLnews, September 21, 2004. http://www.dclab.com/stm_open_access.asp <http://www.dclab.com/stm_open_access.asp> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109588406 259551449 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958840 6259551449> Peter Suber, Public should have free access to research it funds, Tallahassee Democrat, September 21, 2004. An op-ed for the Knight Ridder Tribune papers. It also appeared in Jewish World Review on September 23. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/9714842.htm <http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/9714842.htm> http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0904/research_access.asp <http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0904/research_access.asp> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109577149 633629144 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957714 9633629144> Rudy Baum, Socialized Science, Chemical & Engineering News, September 20, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/8238edit.html <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/8238edit.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109572494 461776751 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957249 4461776751> Also see the STLQ thread on Baum's editorial, Is Open Access Socialized Science? http://stlq.info/archives/001593.html#001593 <http://stlq.info/archives/001593.html#001593> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109588622 152722748 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958862 2152722748> The Alliance for Taxpayer Access issued a press release (September 17, 2004) praising the National Academy of Sciences for its endorsement of the NIH open-access plan. https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1039.html <https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1039.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109545143 660311621 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954514 3660311621> Anon., NIH floats open-access plan amidst objections, Research Research, September 13, 2004. http://www.researchresearch.co.uk/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory <http://www.researchresearch.co.uk/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory&type=default& elementID=43047> &type=default&elementID=43047 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109586590 183212571 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958659 0183212571> Susan Morrissey, NIH Unveils Draft Open-Access Plan, Chemical and Engineering News, September 13, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8237/8237notw4.html <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8237/8237notw4.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109542965 327620905 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954296 5327620905> Barbara Quint, NIH Requires Open Access for Its Funded Medical Research, Information Today, September 13, 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-1.shtml <http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-1.shtml> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109508283 544898644 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950828 3544898644> Bob Roehr, NIH moves towards open access, BMJ, September 11, 2004. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/590-c <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/590-c> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109568305 860201276 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956830 5860201276> Jocelyn Kaiser, NIH Proposes 6-Month Public Access to Papers, Science, September 10, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/305/5690/1548b <http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/305/5690/1548b> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109482505 822441231 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948250 5822441231> Taxpayers deserve to see for free medical research backed by federal dollars, an unsigned editorial in the September 10 Fort-Wayne News Sentinel supporting the NIH plan. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9628610.htm <http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9628610.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109473436 986708610 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343 6986708610> Free up medical research, an unsigned editorial in the September 9 Orlando Sentinel supporting the NIH plan. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped093090904sep09,1,184766 8.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped093090904sep09,1,18476 68.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109473436 986708610 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343 6986708610> Experiments in publishing, Nature 431, 111, September 9, 2004. http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/f ull/431111a_fs.html <http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/ full/431111a_fs.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109467460 702473562 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746 0702473562> Bradie Metheny, NIH open access publishing policy receives initial good marks from most stakeholders, Washington Fax, September 8, 2004. http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html <http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109467038 405341529 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703 8405341529> Geoff Brumfiel, Biomedical agency floats open-access plan, News@Nature, September 8, 2004. http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040906/full/431115a.html <http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040906/full/431115a.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109466924 272737548 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946692 4272737548> Paula Park, NIH unveils open access draft, The Scientist, September 8, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040908/04/ <http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040908/04/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109465913 812446658 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946591 3812446658> Martin Frank, Executive Director of the American Physiological Society, released the September 8 letter he wrote to Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin, opposing the NIH OA plan. http://www.dcprinciples.org/senateletter.pdf <http://www.dcprinciples.org/senateletter.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109484858 128373499 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948485 8128373499> Jocelyn Kaiser, NIH Proposes Public Access to Papers, Science Magazine, September 7, 2004 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/907/2 <http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/907/2> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109465384 835413800 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946538 4835413800> Susan Morrisey, NIH Unveils Draft Plan, Chemical & Engineering News, September 7, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236nihaccess.html <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236nihaccess.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109460139 261753475 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946013 9261753475> Anon., NIH schlägt Open Access Modell vor, Intern.de, September 7, 2004. http://www.intern.de/news/5989.html <http://www.intern.de/news/5989.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109459010 853259497 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945901 0853259497> Mary Mosquera, NIH plans public access to research results, Government Computer News, September 7, 2004. http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27186-1.html <http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27186-1.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109458889 648778823 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945888 9648778823> Dee Ann Divis, NIH proposes free research access, United Press International, September 6, 2004. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040906-021956-5244r <http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040906-021956-5244r> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109457571 096940596 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945757 1096940596> Julianne Basinger, NIH Invites Comment on Proposal Requiring Free Online Access to Research It Supports, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2004. http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090701n.htm <http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090701n.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109455931 979952944 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945593 1979952944> Ranty Islam, Das Geschäft mit dem Wissen, Die Welt, September 6, 2004. http://www.welt.de/data/2004/09/03/327429.html <http://www.welt.de/data/2004/09/03/327429.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109450415 940016272 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945041 5940016272> Rick Weiss, NIH Proposes Free Access For Public to Research Data, Washington Post, September 6, 2004. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109447185 490556167 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718 5490556167> Susan Morrissey, NIH Weights Open Access, Chemical and Engineering News, September 6, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236notw6.html <http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236notw6.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109447105 452661620 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944710 5452661620> Vivian Siegel released her August 5 letter to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. Siegel wrote on behalf of the Public Library of Science. http://www.plos.org/downloads/ZerhouniPLoS.pdf <http://www.plos.org/downloads/ZerhouniPLoS.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109440190 461351699 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944019 0461351699> Andy Gass, Open Access As Public Policy, Public Library of Science, released September 3 in advance of publication September 21 in the October issue of PLoS Biology. http://www.plos.org/downloads/OAPP.pdf <http://www.plos.org/downloads/OAPP.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109440133 385317289 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944013 3385317289> Nobel Winners, Library Groups Voice Support for Open Access at NIH, Library Journal, September 7, 2004. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA450576?display=breakingNews <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA450576?display=breakingNews> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109435129 351525456 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943512 9351525456> Danielle Belopotosky, Online federal library on health research sparks outcry, GovExec.com, September 3, 2004. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090304td2.htm <http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090304td2.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109433148 221262305 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943314 8221262305> Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information, NIH, September 3, 2004. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109432941 068778859 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943294 1068778859> Jocelyn Kaiser, Zerhouni Plans a Nudge Toward Open Access, Science, September 3, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5689/1386b <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5689/1386b> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109421440 346193034 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10942144 0346193034> Ushma Savla and John Hawley, Want the world to know? Publish here, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 114 (2004) p. 602. http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/602 <http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/602> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109414976 764527537 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941497 6764527537> Nobelpreisträger fordern freien Zugang zu Forschungsergebnissen, Spiegel, September 1, 2004. http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,316133,00.html <http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,316133,00.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109414424 427731926 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941442 4427731926> Four library associations --the ARL, ALA, AALL, and SLA-- released their August 31 letter to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. http://www.arl.org/info/openaccess/arlzerhouni.pdf <http://www.arl.org/info/openaccess/arlzerhouni.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109464359 073557830 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946435 9073557830> Anon., House Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Includes "Open Access" Language, FASEB News, August 2004 (scroll to p. 4). http://www.faseb.org/opa/newsletter/8x04/august_04_nl.pdf <http://www.faseb.org/opa/newsletter/8x04/august_04_nl.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109638229 378765946 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963822 9378765946> * Two major decisions call for OA to data. Each of these decisions would deserve attention in its own right. By occurring in the same month, they show the momentum for the idea of OA to data --more momentum, it seems, for the similar but different idea of OA to research literature based on those data. (1) On September 8, 2004, The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) issued a public statement calling for an open-access registry and database of drug trial data. The statement also announced that ICMJE member journals would not publish research articles based on unregistered drug trials. Among the participating journals are the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine. The statement was published in all the ICMJE member journals. Here for example are the published versions from the New England Journal of Medicine, Jama, and ICMJE itself. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe048225 <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe048225> http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1363 <http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1363> http://www.icmje.org/clin_trial.pdf <http://www.icmje.org/clin_trial.pdf> Drug trial data are different from peer-reviewed research articles. The overriding need for sharing drug trial data is to correct an imbalance, so that negative results are as readily available as positive results. However, this could be done in toll-access database. The fact that the journal editors are demanding that the database be open-access means that removing access barriers is as important to them as correcting an imbalance. Why? The ICMJE editors don't explain. But the reason seems to be the same one that has driven the OA movement all these years: OA serves the public interest by accelerating research and all the benefits that depend on research advances. Moreover, to secure these benefits, the ICMJE editors did essentially the same thing that the NIH is proposing to do: they put an OA condition on their participation. The ICMJE editors are saying that if scientists want ICMJE journals to publish their articles on drug trial data, then the underlying drug trials must provide OA to their data. The NIH is saying that if scientists want an NIH research grant, then they must provide OA to any resulting articles through deposit in PMC. These similarities sharpen the unspoken background question. Why don't the ICMJE journals themselves do more to permit or require OA to research articles, including their own articles? (As an Elsevier journal, The Lancet permits its authors to deposit published articles in OA repositories.) Here are some news stories on the editors' public statement. Drummond Rennie, Trial Registration: A Great Idea Switches From Ignored to Irresistible, JAMA, September 15, 2004. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1359 <http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1359> Laurie Barclay, Call for Mandatory Clinical Trial Registration, Open Access to Results, Medscape, September 14, 2004. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489219 <http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489219> Q&A Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen [editor-in-chief of NEJM] on drug trial results, Boston Globe, September 12, 2004 http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/12/qa_dr_jeffrey_m_drazen_on _drug_trial_results/ <http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/12/qa_dr_jeffrey_m_drazen_o n_drug_trial_results/> Alicia Ault, House berates FDA, drug makers; US Congressional subcommittee holds hearing on clinical trial disclosure rules, The Scientist, September 10, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/04/ <http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/04/> Medical journals to tight up rules and regulations, Pravda, September 10, 2004 http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/09/10/56027.html <http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/09/10/56027.html> Clinical drug trials 'distorted', BBC News, September 9, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3640488.stm <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3640488.stm> Philip Cohen, Medical journals to require clinical trial registration, New Scientist, September 9, 2004. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996378 <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996378> Andre Picard, Medical journals get tough on drug companies, Globe and Mail, September 9, 2004. http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2C713C59 <http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2C713C59> Daniel Engber, Top Medical Journals Make Disclosure of Clinical-Trial Results a Condition of Publication, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 9, 2004. http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090901n.htm <http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090901n.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109474263 484622264 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947426 3484622264> Maggie Fox, Show us All Your Data, Medical Journals Demand, Reuters, September 8, 2004. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews <http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6183894& section=news> &storyID=6183894&section=news Laura Gilcrest, New bill targets drug data disclosure, CBS MarketWatch, September 8, 2004. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B80E3167D-8965-4AC9-9FE4-1E A8D7B05EF2%7D <http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B80E3167D-8965-4AC9-9FE4-1 EA8D7B05EF2%7D&siteid=google&dist=google> &siteid=google&dist=google Amanda Gardner, Medical Journals Tighten Rules on Clinical Trials, Health Central, September 8, 2004. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=521110 <http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=521110> Here are some recent articles and news stories on the general topic of OA to drug trial data, but *not* focusing on the ICMJE statement. Cheryll Barron, Big Pharma snared by net, The Guardian, September 26, 2004. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1312765,00.html <http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1312765,00.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109637270 668992177 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963727 0668992177> Jennifer Couzin, Legislators Propose a Registry to Track Clinical Trials >From Start to Finish, Science, September 17, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1695 <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1695> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109581141 059058415 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958114 1059058415> Merrill Goozner, Registering Clinical Trials Doesn't Go Far Enough, GoozNews, September 12, 2004. http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000074.html <http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000074.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109517580 963670698 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951758 0963670698> Toshi A Furukawa, All clinical trials must be reported in detail and made publicly available, BMJ, September 11, 2004. A letter to the editor. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/626-a <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/626-a> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109479707 070562971 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947970 7070562971> Editorial: Full disclosure on drug research, Toronto Star, September 10, 2004. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic le_Type1 <http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti cle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1094767833697&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116 795> &c=Article&cid=1094767833697&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 Jennifer Couzin, Momentum Builds for Clinical Trial Registration, ScienceNOW, September 10, 2004. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/910/1?etoc <http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/910/1?etoc> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109508274 006310446 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950827 4006310446> Anon., Change for Clinical Trials on the way, Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs, September 10, 2004. http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=9476 <http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=9476> NIH Proposes Making Clinical Trial Data Free to Public, Medical News Today, September 7, 2004. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13022 <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13022> John George, Glaxo begins Web data system, Philadelphia Business Journal, September 2, 2004. http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004/08/30/daily20. html?jst=b_ln_hl <http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004/08/30/daily20 .html?jst=b_ln_hl> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109414519 415309763 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941451 9415309763> (2) A panel of the National Research Council has concluded that the benefits of open access to genome data on pathogens outweigh the risk of misuse by terrorists. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109477637 817525459 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947763 7817525459> One way to frame the question is whether open access is always more useful than toll access, or whether it's only more useful for innocuous information that can't be put to harmful uses. The question is important because human cleverness can put just about any information to destructive uses, and human viciousness all too often tries to do so. For the NRC panel, the question was focused on genomic data on pathogens. After a thorough examination, the panel concluded that the benefits of OA outweigh the risks even when the risks are starkly acknowledged. It would be a mistake to assume that this decision minimized the real risks. Instead, it's a thorough and informed appreciation of both the risks and the benefits, and therefore one of the strongest statements of the benefits of OA to date. Here are some articles and news stories on the panel's report. Emily Singer, Scientists stumped by dual push for open access, secrecy, News@Nature, September 28, 2004. http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/nm1004-1006a.html <http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/nm1004-1006a.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109646496 929619231 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964649 6929619231> Keep genome data freely accessible, The Lancet, September 25, 2004. An unsigned editorial endorsing the panel's conclusions. http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol364/iss9440/full/llan.364.9440.analysis_ and_interpretation.30832.1 <http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol364/iss9440/full/llan.364.9440.analysis _and_interpretation.30832.1> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109603148 089702786 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960314 8089702786> David Malakoff, Report Upholds Public Access to Genetic Codes, Science Magazine, September 17, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1692a <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1692a> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109543155 014587325 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954315 5014587325> R. Pielke, Jr., Public Access to Genome Data and the NAS as Policy Advocate, Prometheus: Health, September 12, 2004. http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/health/index.html#0001 99 <http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/health/index.html#000 199> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109519188 576299875 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951918 8576299875> U.S. State Department, U.S. Report Supports Unrestricted Access to Pathogen Genomes, September 10, 2004. http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english <http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m= September&x=20040910120820lcnirellep0.1109583&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html> &y=2004&m=September&x=20040910120820lcnirellep0.1109583&t=livefeeds/wf-lates t.html Kate Ruder, Information on Pathogens Should Flow Freely, Report Says, Genome News Network, September 10, 2004. http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/09/10/genomeinfo.php <http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/09/10/genomeinfo.php> Eugene Russo, NRC wants genome data unfetteredNothing to be gained from restricting access to bioterror agent genomes, says report, The Scientist, September 10, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/01/ <http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/01/> Study: Germ data should be shared, Associated Press, September 10, 2004. http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/studygerm10.htm <http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/studygerm10.htm> Maggie Fox, Hiding Genome Data Won't Protect Us, Experts Say, Reuters, Sept. 9. 2004. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews <http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6196728> &storyID=6196728 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109482917 818953981 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948291 7818953981> U.S. Urged to Keep Gene Data on Pathogens Open, HealthDay, September 9, 2004. http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=521128 <http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=521128> Randolph Schmid, Panel urges sharing of data on germs, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 9, 2004. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110 <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Bi oterrorism%20Openness> &slug=Bioterrorism%20Openness * WIPO asked to consider two OA-friendly proposals. At its current session (September 27 - October 5, 2004), WIPO will take up two proposals that could greatly improve the flow of information. It may deliberate on them before I mail this issue; but if so, I probably won't have time to digest the developments until later. (1) Proposal by Argentina and Brazil for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_31_11.p df <http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_31_11. pdf> Quoting from p. 3: While access to information and knowledge sharing are regarded as essential elements in fostering innovation and creativity in the information economy, adding new layers of intellectual property protection to the digital environment would obstruct the free flow of information and scuttle efforts to set up new arrangements for promoting innovation and creativity, through initiatives such as the 'Creative Commons'. The ongoing controversy surrounding the use of technological protection measures in the digital environment is also of great concern. The provisions of any treaties in this field must be balanced and clearly take on board the interests of consumers and the public at large. It is important to safeguard the exceptions and limitations existing in the domestic laws of Member States. In order to tap into the development potential offered by the digital environment, it is important to bear in mind the relevance of open access models for the promotion of innovation and creativity. In this regard, WIPO should consider undertaking activities with a view to exploring the promise held by open collaborative projects to develop public goods, as exemplified by the Human Genome Project and Open Source Software. (2) Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization (debated at athe WIPO meeting on September 30) http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/futureofwipodeclaration.pdf <http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/futureofwipodeclaration.pdf> https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1069.html <https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1069.html> Humanity faces a global crisis in the governance of knowledge, technology and culture. The crisis is manifest in many ways....Morally repugnant inequality of access to education, knowledge and technology undermines development and social cohesion; Anticompetitive practices in the knowledge economy impose enormous costs on consumers and retard innovation; Private interests misappropriate social and public goods, and lock up the public domain. At the same time, there are astoundingly promising innovations in information, medical and other essential technologies, as well as in social movements and business models. We are witnessing highly successful campaigns for access to drugs for AIDS, scientific journals, genomic information and other databases, and hundreds of innovative collaborative efforts to create public goods, including the Internet, the World Wide Web...the Creative Commons, GNU Linux and other free and open software....As an intergovernmental organization, however, WIPO embraced a culture of creating and expanding monopoly privileges, often without regard to consequences. The continuous expansion of these privileges and their enforcement mechanisms has led to grave social and economic costs, and has hampered and threatened other important systems of creativity and innovation....The mantras that "more [copyright protection] is better" or "that less is never good" are disingenuous and dangerous -- and have greatly compromised the standing of WIPO, especially among experts in intellectual property policy. WIPO must change....There must be a moratorium on new treaties and harmonization of standards that expand and strengthen monopolies and further restrict access to knowledge.... To sign the Geneva Declaration, send an email to <geneva_declaration(a)cptech.org>. List of existing signatures on the Geneva Declaration http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/signatures.html <http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/signatures.html> Four major U.S. library associations, the AALL, ALA, ARL, and SLA --all friends of open access-- released an open letter endordsing the Geneva Declaration on September 17, 2004. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/WIPODeclaratio092704.pdf <http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/WIPODeclaratio092704.pdf> For more information on the two WIPO proposals, see the Consumer Project on Technology web page on WIPO http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/ <http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/> ...and the CPTech page on the Geneva Declaration http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html <http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html> ...and the agenda for the WIPO General Assembly, 31st Session, September 27 - October 5, 2004 http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=6309 <http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=6309> Here are a few articles and news stories on the proposals. Anon., Call to 'unblinker' WIPO, P2P.net, September 30, 2004. http://p2pnet.net/story/2589 <http://p2pnet.net/story/2589> Anon., Activists challenge UN intellectual property pact, Stuff.co.nz, September 20, 2004. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3050100a6026,00.html <http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3050100a6026,00.html> Frances Williams, Development needs 'override intellectual property protection', Financial Times, September 30, 2004. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87d93e54-127e-11d9-863e-00000e2511c8.htmli <http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87d93e54-127e-11d9-863e-00000e2511c8.htmli> Anon., UN to Relax Protection for Intellectual Property to Help Developing Countries, Associated Press, September 29, 2004. http://english.daralhayat.com/business/09-2004/Article-20040929-4b0e450b-c0a 8-01ed-002c-03ff9bccd5b7/story.html <http://english.daralhayat.com/business/09-2004/Article-20040929-4b0e450b-c0 a8-01ed-002c-03ff9bccd5b7/story.html> The IFLA position on the Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO, September 29, 2004 http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/CLM-GenevaDeclaration2004.html <http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/CLM-GenevaDeclaration2004.html> James Boyle, A Manifesto On Wipo And The Future Of Intellectual Property, Duke Law & Technology Review, September 8, 2004. http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0009.html <http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0009.html> * Governments spend on OA infrastructure. Several developments in September suggest that governments are willing to spend public funds on OA infrastructure. The NIH OA plan belongs in this category, but here are some others. This is a remarkably long list when you consider that it's limited to initiatives announced in the past month. The Australian federal government is funding a major upgrade and expansion of the Australian Digital Theses Program. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10837338%255E1 2332,00.html <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10837338%5E12 332,00.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109611977 240519442 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961197 7240519442> The UK government, through JISC, will fund infrastructure for OA to UK theses and dissertations, and is now soliciting proposals for the job. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_etheses <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_etheses> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109579965 528849327 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957996 5528849327> The UK government, also through JISC, agreed to renew the BioMed Central institutional memberships that it first bought for all UK universities in July 2003. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=biomed_pr_210904 <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=biomed_pr_210904> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109568557 236698547 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956855 7236698547> The publicly-funded BBC continued to take steps toward providing an open access to its broadcasting archive. http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1308105,00.html <http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1308105,00.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109576806 695437096 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957680 6695437096> The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/signatories.html <http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/signatories.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109577460 536497402 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957746 0536497402> Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil published a helpful overview of Holland's DARE project. http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/index2.php?hb=1 <http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/index2.php?hb=1&oid=29> &oid=29 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109516865 300692207 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951686 5300692207> Germany's largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, signed the Berlin Declaration and launched the Digital Peer Publishing Initiative (DIPP). The DIPP will host eight OA journals and develop open-source software and open-access licenses for online scholarly publishing. http://www.mwf.nrw.de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2004/pm_30_09_2004pdf.pdf <http://www.mwf.nrw.de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2004/pm_30_09_2004pdf.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109663727 828841442 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966372 7828841442> The Max Planck Gesellschaft and Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, with more than six million Euros of German government funding, will develop eSciDoc, an open-source internet platform for open-access scientific communication, publication, and collaboration. http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/2 004/pressemitteilung200409061/ <http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/ 2004/pressemitteilung200409061/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109457805 736672920 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780 5736672920> Also see Bobby Pickering, German Government funds OA initiative, Information World Review, October 1, 2004. http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510 <http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109665131 980748277 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966513 1980748277> China has authorized the locally-hosted broadband connection to provide Chinese access to Highwire journals. http://highwire.stanford.edu/inthepress/stories/CERNET.dtl <http://highwire.stanford.edu/inthepress/stories/CERNET.dtl> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109516754 878011871 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951675 4878011871> China has also invested an undisclosed amount in some of nation's scientific journals in an effort to improve their stature and reach. This does not seem to include OA, though it could and should. http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews <http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1610&langua ge=1> &itemid=1610&language=1 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109594461 968108943 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959446 1968108943> Taiwan's Academica Sinica helped launch a Taiwanese version Creative Commons, making Taiwan the 23rd country with a national version of CC. http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/09/05/1094357843.htm <http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/09/05/1094357843.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109438918 732880475 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10943891 8732880475> The Canadian version of Creative Commons launched on September 30. http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/technology/story.html?id=1f8f73fd -3035-4ed0-9f2e-d7a147796f70 <http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/technology/story.html?id=1f8f73f d-3035-4ed0-9f2e-d7a147796f70> One of the U.S. Federal Reserve banks supports two open-access archives of national economic data. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ <http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109596620 712194043 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959662 0712194043> The U.S. Office of Scientific and Technical Information now hosts an OA database of government contracts. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-2.shtml <http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-2.shtml> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109508343 153246818 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950834 3153246818> The U.S. National Library of Medicine launched the NLM Catalog, a new searchable OA database of bibliographic data. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/catlaunch04.html <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/catlaunch04.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109525645 340916610 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10952564 5340916610> The U.S. Interagency Committee on Government Information is still collecting public comments on its plan to provide federated searching of OA government information distributed among the many databases maintained by the agencies and offices of the federal government. http://www.gcn.com/23_27/technology-policy/27241-1.html <http://www.gcn.com/23_27/technology-policy/27241-1.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109518599 028705758 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951859 9028705758> The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office now provides open access to most new patent applications. http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html <http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html> http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/sep/biobus3_040927.html <http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/sep/biobus3_040927.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109637656 399894634 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963765 6399894634> The U.S. ERIC resumed acquiring new OA content after its recent reorganization and on October 1 provided OA to 107,000 full-text non-journal documents that were previously TA only. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109629088 230713831 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962908 8230713831> The European Commission inquiry into STM publishing and OA continues to move along. http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=06 <http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=06> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109629022 097680840 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962902 2097680840> Here's a switch: a private OA infrastrucutre initiative to benefit governments. DigitalGlobe, which sells satellite imagery and geospatial information, gives some away to state and local governments in the U.S. http://media.digitalglobe.com/index.php?s=press_release_popup <http://media.digitalglobe.com/index.php?s=press_release_popup&ITEM=73> &ITEM=73 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109476143 276656519 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947614 3276656519> Two developments on the down side: copyright problems will block free online access to the publicly-funded British Library Archive and copyright reforms may harm research and education in Canada. http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=249412 <http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=249412> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a109435324 860832330 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943532 4860832330> http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/09/22/638560.html <http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/09/22/638560.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109594977 252712127 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959497 7252712127> http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/09/22/edweb_040922.html <http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/09/22/edweb_040922.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109637839 704539256 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963783 9704539256> Here are a few *calls* for government spending on OA. Perhaps I can shortly report that the governments are heeding the calls. At the ESOF 2004 conference, Khotso Mokhele from South Africa called on the EU to invest in scientific infrastructure in developing countries. From the audience, an unnamed CORDIS official explained that 32 million Euros of the FP6 budget were earmarked for developing countries, of which only 17 million have so far been spent. The official continued: "We have recognised that infrastructure is the main issue in those countries and we will address this issue in FP7." Institutional repositories are very inexpensive and very effective and would take only a small portion of the remaining 17 million. http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS <http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION= &RCN=EN_RCN_ID:22542> &ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:22542 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109500025 371988244 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950002 5371988244> Here's more on how CORDIS is spending its research infrastructure funds. http://makeashorterlink.com/?R23632769 <http://makeashorterlink.com/?R23632769> In a September 23 article, D. Balasubramanian supported the OA work of Subbiah Arunachalam and called on the Indian government to adopt a plan, similar to the NIH OA plan, or the recommendations of the UK report, to mandate OA to government-funded research. http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/09/23/stories/2004092300071600.htm <http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/09/23/stories/2004092300071600.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109589448 349631519 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958944 8349631519> Also see K. Satyanarayana's similar call on the Indian government published about a month earlier. http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2004/aug_Editorial2.pdf <http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2004/aug_Editorial2.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109484942 902437336 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948494 2902437336> Michael Geist called on the Canadian government to adopt a policy similar to the NIH plan in the U.S. http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1F145D69 <http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1F145D69> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109639241 480052594 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963924 1480052594> OpenTheGovernment issued a well-documented report on needless government secrecy in the U.S. and called for more OA to government information. http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf <http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109551368 517294106 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10955136 8517294106> Finally, as long as I'm covering OA infrastructure investments in September, let me add these *privately funded* initiatives. BioMed Central launched its Institutional Repository service, which will install, populate, and maintain OA repositories (using DSpace) for institutions that wish to outsource these jobs. http://www.openrepository.com/ <http://www.openrepository.com/> http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20040913 <http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20040913> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109508226 346197292 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950822 6346197292> Harvard and MIT released version 1.0 of the Virtual Data Center, an open-source system for data archiving. VDC has long been available in beta. http://thedata.org/index.php/Main/HomePage <http://thedata.org/index.php/Main/HomePage> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109647741 908557937 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964774 1908557937> NYU and partner institutions will develop the Archivists' Toolkit, an open-source, OAI-compliant program for physical and digital archives. The project has funding from the Mellon Foundation. http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/ <http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a109603392 024520142 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960339 2024520142> Cornell University will soon release DPubS, an open-source system for electronic scholarly publication. http://dpubs.org/ <http://dpubs.org/> http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i06/06a03501.htm <http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i06/06a03501.htm> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109629557 007737805 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962955 7007737805> The Max Planck Gesellschaft and Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe are teaming up to develop eSciDoc, an open-source internet platform for open-access scientific communication, publication, and collaboration. It has both public and private funding. http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/2 004/pressemitteilung200409061/ <http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/ 2004/pressemitteilung200409061/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109457805 736672920 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780 5736672920> The Open Society Institute released the third edition of Raym Crow's Guide to Institutional Repository Software, which now covers nine open-source systems for creating open-access, OAI-compliant repositories. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ <http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a109509255 901125498 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950925 5901125498> * The Nature Publishing Group experiments with many kinds of wider access. Watch the Nature Publishing Group (NPG). It is vigorously exploring several different ways to widen access. Here are those that broke into the news in the past month alone. The NPG and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) are launching an open-access journal, Molecular Systems Biology (no web site yet). First issue should appear this month (October 2004). http://www.macmillan.com/07092004emboandnpg.asp <http://www.macmillan.com/07092004emboandnpg.asp> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109465960 874536422 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946596 0874536422> NPG has launched news@nature, a science news service with free online content. There is also a priced, premium edition. http://www.nature.com/news/ <http://www.nature.com/news/> http://www.macmillan.com/12072004PressReleaseNPG.asp <http://www.macmillan.com/12072004PressReleaseNPG.asp> Nature Insight is offering six months of free online access to a collection of articles on RNA interference, subsidized by Merck & Co. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. http://www.nature.com/nature/insights/7006.html <http://www.nature.com/nature/insights/7006.html> Nature Reviews is offering six months of free online access to a collection of articles on proteomics, subsidized by Sigma-Aldrich. http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/proteomics/ <http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/proteomics/> Nature Reviews Drug Discovery and Nature Reviews Genetics are offering two months of free online access to a collection of articles on pharmacogenetics. http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/pgx/ <http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/pgx/> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109466757 653694363 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946675 7653694363> NPG launched _Nature Methods_ October 1. It's not OA, but NPG is offering free subscriptions to "qualifying researchers" --without explaining who qualifies. http://www.nature.com/nmeth/ <http://www.nature.com/nmeth/> http://www.nature.com/nmeth/press_release/nmeth1004.html <http://www.nature.com/nmeth/press_release/nmeth1004.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a109667909 283789122 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966790 9283789122> "Experiments in publishing", a Nature editorial on open access (accessible only to subscribers). http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/f ull/431111a_fs.html <http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/ full/431111a_fs.html> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a109467460 702473562 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746 0702473562> ---------- Coming up later this month Here are some important OA-related events coming up in October * October 1, 2004. Quoting the ERIC web site: "Effective October 1, more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, will be available [at ERIC] for free." http://www.eric.ed.gov/ <http://www.eric.ed.gov/> * October 11, 2004. The Royal Society of Edinburgh meets to finalize, sign, and most likely release the Scottish Declaration of Open Access. http://widwisawn.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/issues/vol2/issue2_3_3.html#news <http://widwisawn.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/issues/vol2/issue2_3_3.html#news> http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm <http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm> * October 19, 2004. The Public LIbrary of Science will launch its second open-access journal, _PLoS Medicine_. http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/ <http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/> * Sometime this month. The UK government should issue its response to the open-access recommendations made by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in its July 20 report. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/3990 2.htm <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399 02.htm> * Notable conferences this month --an unusually large number for one month Access to health information in developing countries: the role of information and communication technology http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent <http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2982&calen dar_id=4> &event_id=2982&calendar_id=4 London, September 30 - October 1, 2004 Symposium on Open Access and Digital Preservation http://www.metascholar.org/OADP-Symposium.html <http://www.metascholar.org/OADP-Symposium.html> Atlanta, October 2, 2004 Access to health information: The role of systematic reviews. Cochrane Colloquium http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent <http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2983&calen dar_id=4> &event_id=2983&calendar_id=4 Ottawa, October 2-6, 2004 Strategic online publishers workshop (sponsored by INASP) http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent <http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=3883&calen dar_id=4> &event_id=3883&calendar_id=4 Nairobi, October 3-6, 2004 STM Publishing - at the Crossroads? Challenges and Responses (open access is among the topics) http://www.stm-assoc.org/newsflash/gaprogram.php <http://www.stm-assoc.org/newsflash/gaprogram.php> Frankfurt, October 4-5, 2004 Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say? (a public lecture at OCLC by Paul Conway) http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/conway.htm <http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/conway.htm> Dublin, Ohio, October 7, 2004 10 Years of Connectivity: Libraries, the World Wide Web, and the Next Decade (sponsored by LITA/ALA) http://makeashorterlink.com/?H55F23C76 <http://makeashorterlink.com/?H55F23C76> St. Louis, October 7-10, 2004 Building the Digital Library: The Role of Digital Libraries http://lectnotes.itc.gu.edu.au:8888/htdocs/alia/bdl.pdf <http://lectnotes.itc.gu.edu.au:8888/htdocs/alia/bdl.pdf> Brisbane, October 8, 2004 Internet Librarian International 2004: Access, Architecture & Action: Strategies for the New Digital World; includes a session, Open Access Forum for Internet Librarians (Session B104), on Monday, October 11, 15:00 - 17:00. http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml <http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml> London, October 10-12, 2004 Future Trends in Science Editing and Publishing: Bringing Science to Society (Twelfth International Conference of Science Editors) http://www.ifsemex.org/ <http://www.ifsemex.org/> Merida, Mexico, October 10-14, 2004 Meeting to sign and launch the Scottish Declaration of Open Access (not the official meeting title) (by invitation only) http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/OAevents.htm <http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/OAevents.htm> Edinburgh, October 11, 2004 Access 2004, Beyond Buzzwords; includes the preconference, Institutional Repositories: The Future is Now! on October 13, 9am to 5pm http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/index.html <http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/index.html> http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/preconference.html <http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/preconference.html> Halifax, October 13-16, 2004 Symposium on Open Access to Knowledge and Scholarly Communication http://www.oai.unizh.ch/ <http://www.oai.unizh.ch/> Zurich, October 15, 2004 E-Research and Supporting Cyberinfrastructure: A Forum to Consider the Implications for Research Libraries and Research Institutions (sponsored by ARL and CNI) http://www.arl.org/forum04/ <http://www.arl.org/forum04/> Washington, D.C., October 15, 2004 Digital Preservation in Institutional Repositories (sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition) http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/041019forum.html <http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/041019forum.html> London, October 19, 2004 Social Science Data Archives: creating, depositing and using data http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/plymouth.asp <http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/plymouth.asp> Plymouth, October 22, 2004 Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible? (sponsored by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable) http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bcst/Agenda_Pub.pdf <http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bcst/Agenda_Pub.pdf> Washington, D.C., October 25-26, 2004 * Other OA-related conferences http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm> ---------- Housekeeping * I've added 16 new conferences to the conference page since the last issue. In the next few days I'll delete the second asterisk marking them and the new entries will blend into the rest of the collection. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm> * Atomz.com tells me that, starting on September 30, it will insert ads on the return pages for the search engine that I use for my blog and newsletter. I've run searches since then and don't see the ads, but I expect they'll show up soon. The ads will be pure text and based on the user's search string. 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Users may freely copy, distribute, and display its contents, but must give credit to the author. To read the full license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/> Dear Friends: The NIH, the world's leading funding agency, is receiving comments on its published plan for mandating all NIH-funded research to be made available through open access [by authors archiving the full text of their research papers in PubMed Central] up to 16 November 2004 . Many leading US institutions have already supported the NIH plan. These include the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of Universities and the US Chamber of Commerce. Twenty-five Nobel Laureates have also supported the initiative. As the NIH plan of making available all research papers resulting from NIH funding freely accessible will benefit scientists and scholars in India (and elsewhere) immensely, we should also express our support to NIH. I urge all scientists and librarians in India and other developing counties to send a letter to NIH supporting the initiative. For the same reason, I urge the InterAcademy Council, the InterAcademy Panel and TWAS and the science academies of all developing countries to send letters to NIH supporting their plan. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Peter Suber [mailto:peters@earlham.edu] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 5:45 PM To: SPARC Open Access Newsletter Subject: [SOAN] SPARC Open Access Newsletter, 10/2/04 Welcome to the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #78 October 2, 2004 Read this issue online http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-04.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-04.htm A busy month of action on the NIH open-access plan A lot has happened with the NIH open-access plan since the last issue of the newsletter. Here are the major developments in chronological order. I comment on their significance afterwards. (1) On September 3, the NIH released its own draft policy of the plan for a 60 day period of public comment. (Until September 3, all we had was a July 14 directive from the House Appropriations Committee for the NIH to produce a plan.) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html (2) Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) and Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH) engaged in a "colloquy" about the House Appropriations Committee report language proposing the NIH open-access plan (Congressional Record, September 8, p. H6833). http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833… http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481… (3) On September 9, the House of Representatives adopted the NIH recommendation in the House appropriations report by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 388-13. The recommendation then moved to the Senate. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947790… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947790… (4) Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chairman of the House Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee (the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the NIH) decided not to include any language on the NIH plan in the Senate subcommittee report. (5) On September 17, the NIH plan was published in the Federal Register, for another 60 day period of public comment ending on November 16. This is the same text published in the NIH Guide on September 3 for a 60 day public comment period ending on November 2. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.go… http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.go… (6) On September 24, the NIH announced that the comment periods from the two postings of its plan (September 3 in the NIH Guide and September 17 in the Federal Register) had been merged. Now all comments are due on November 16, 2004 (60 days from the Federal Register publication). http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-070.html http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-070.html (7) Supporters have continued to sign on. Among the most notable are the American Association of Universities , the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Together with the open letter from 25 American Nobel laureates in science, the AAU and NAS endorsements solidify the support from the American research community. The Alliance for Taxpayer Access embodies a large number of important endorsements in its rapidly growing membership list. ATA members now include an impressive range of patient and disease advocacy organizations, universities, laboratories, and libraries. The AAU endorsement of the NIH plan, September 27, 2004 http://www.aau.edu/issues/NIHPubAccProp.pdf http://www.aau.edu/issues/NIHPubAccProp.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963860… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963860… The NAS endorsement, September 16, 2004 http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/s09162004?OpenDocument http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/s09162004?OpenDocument http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10953807… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10953807… The Chamber of Commerce endorsement, September 9, 2004 http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2004/september/04-121.htm http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2004/september/04-121.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948511… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948511… Alliance for Taxpayer Access membership list http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/member.html http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/member.html An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine endorsed the key elements of the plan: the open access and the six month embargo. In fact, it went further and endorsed OA for "all research articles, not just those funded by the NIH". NEJM qualified its support, however, by suggesting that the journals publishing these OA-archived articles should hold the copyrights. It argued that journals need copyrights in order to block the redistribution of mangled copies of the text, for example, one-sided extracts showing the advantages of a new drug without its disadvantages. (PS: I'm confident that the NIH funding contract will not take this right away from authors. Hence, it will be up to authors and journals whether authors will transfer this right to journals, just as it is today.) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555… Even Elsevier, which doesn't support the plan overall, gave it a kind of backhanded endorsement. Bradie Metheny wrote in the September 8 issue of Washington Fax (accessible only to subscribers): "John Regazzi, managing director of marketing development for Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of journals, said no one can argue against giving the public access to NIH information; it is in the public interest. 'But how you do it is the key,' he said. '[The NIH proposal] is moving too fast,' Regazzi argued." (PS: I'd love to see other publishers start from the same premise that open access to this literature is in the public interest. We could then focus the debate on whether it is or isn't outweighed by other considerations. But on the whole other publishers are unwilling to make this obvious concession.) http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703… Here are few new questions and answers about the current state of play. * Why are there two or even three plans? The House Appropriations Committee language of July 14 makes some policy recommendations and directs the NIH to come up with its own plan by December 1 to implement them. The NIH issued a draft of its plan on September 3, for a 60 day period of public comment ending on November 2. The September 3 text was also published in the Federal Register on September 17, for another 60 public comment period ending on November 16. The NIH has since merged the two comment periods, with a single deadline of November 16. The new deadline will give the agency about two weeks after the comment period expires to digest the comments and finalize the plan language before the December 1 deadline. For the purpose of anticipating what the final plan will or will not provide, consult the NIH's text (the September 3 and September 17 versions are identical), and eventually consult the revised version of the text that emerges from the public comment period. * What does it mean that the NIH issued its plan so quickly? It's not so quick when you realize that it needs to collect and digest public comments before producing a final plan by December 1. However, it was able to produce the draft plan to fit this timetable because it had already been thinking about the issues for a long time. For example, it presented a report to Congress on OA issues in May 2004, and had already gathered a wide range of views in three stakeholder meetings in July and August. The time had come to open the process to public comment. The prompt release of the plan means that the NIH already supports open access based on its prior deliberations. Congress is not compelling NIH to act against its better judgment. Despite the prescriptive language in the House appropriations report, this is less a Congressional mandate than a convergence of views. Access to Biomedical Research Information (the NIH report to Congress, May 2004) http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/docs/NIH_access_report.pdf http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/docs/NIH_access_report.pdf * What are differences between the July House report and the September NIH plan? (1) The September plan drops the provision in the July report requiring immediate OA if the NIH paid any part of the article's publication costs. The new plan simply says that the OA edition will appear six months after publication "or sooner if the publisher agrees". Comment: The public interest would be better served by immediate OA than a six month embargo, but I can accept the embargo as a political necessity to get the plan adopted. The new change gives publishers even more than the original House version, guaranteeing that the embargo will never be shorter than six months without their consent. If this concession does not reduce publisher opposition, then it was not worth making and should be revoked. (2) The September plan gives new detail on exactly what grantees must deposit in PMC: "electronic copies of all final version manuscripts" accepted at peer-reviewed journals, when "final manuscript" is defined as "the author's version resulting after all modifications due to the peer review process." But then the September plan adds a new provision: "If the publisher requests, the author's final version of the publication will be replaced in the PMC archive by the final publisher's copy with an appropriate link to the publisher's electronic database." Comment: This is welcome detail. Giving publishers the option to replace the unofficial author version with the official journal version is a very good idea. Because they needn't exercise the option, publishers can't complain. Because exercising it would improve the archived OA literature, it can only help. In its endorsement of the plan, the National Academy of Sciences strongly urged publishers to take advantage of this option. (3) The September plan gives new detail on what kind of NIH funding triggers the OA plan. The plan applies to NIH "grantees and supported Principal Investigators" and covers "all research grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, as well as National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowships." The OA policy will apply to all articles whose underlying research "was supported in whole or in part by NIH funding." Comment: This is welcome detail. The House report fudged the "all or part" question, and the NIH has clarified it in the right decision. (4) The September plan drops the condition in the July report that the policy will only apply to articles accepted by a "scientific journal listed in the NLM's PubMed directory". Comment: This is two-sided. On the one hand, it closes a worrisome loophole. Now the plan will cover NIH-funded research published in any peer-reviewed journal, not just the portion published in certain journals. On the other hand, it opens the door to criticism that the quality of PMC will be diluted by poor publications. Since this criticism is easily answered, NIH made the right call. How do we answer this criticism? All articles covered by this plan will be based on research proposals that made it through the tough NIH vetting process prior to funding; taxpayers should have open access to all articles based on NIH-funded research anyway, regardless of their quality; and even the inclusion of occasional weak articles in PMC does nothing to detract from the strong ones. (5) The House report language wanted the NIH to develop a policy "requiring" deposit in PMC, but the NIH plan will merely "request" that grantees deposit their articles in PMC. Comment: It's not clear whether this word-change is significant. For example, two members of the House committee that wrote the requirement-language said in public, for the record, on the House floor, that the NIH draft is "consistent" with their own language. (See the Istook-Regula colloquy, below.) If they intended a hard and fast requirement and saw the NIH propose an optional request, then they wouldn't have given this endorsement. Moreover, the NIH will enforce its "request", which gives it at least some of the flavor of a requirement. The NIH will monitor grantee compliance and use non-compliance as a factor when deciding whether to award subsequent or follow-up funds. Since serious researchers don't expect to do just one fundable project, they won't risk future funding by disregarding the NIH OA condition (even if they oppose OA, which is unlikely). For the same reason, publishers who encourage authors to disregard the OA policy, on the ground that it is a mere request, would be harming those authors by exposing them to NIH sanctions. For both reasons --legislative intent and operation in practice-- it seems that there's no bright line between requests and requirements here. If that's true, then the softening of the language may just be diplomatic cordiality. However, if the softening of the language is significant, and compliance is more optional than the sanction makes it appear, then it's a major concession to publishers and a major departure from the public interest in open access. If further developments make clear that this is the proper way to interpret the language, then publishers should drop their opposition. If they don't, then the concession was not worth making and should be revoked. I once drafted a model OA policy for funding agencies that included a requirement (or what I called a requirement), not just a request. My chosen enforcement mechanism was to have non-compliant grantees repay their grants. To this day, the only criticism I've received on the policy was directed to the enforcement mechanism. Several scientists pointed out that denying subsequent funds would suffice. If so, then the NIH's enforcement mechanism will also suffice, regardless whether we use request or requirement language. Model open-access policy for foundation research grants http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/foundations.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/foundations.htm (6) Finally, while the July report contained some background principles and goals of the House Appropriations Committee, the September plan articulates some goals and intentions of the NIH. I count at least these eight: (a) the goal to improve the health of Americans; (b) the goal "to share and support public access to the results and accomplishments of the activities that [the NIH] funds"; (c) the goal to improve access to scientific information for "other scientists, health care providers, students, teachers, and the many millions of Americans searching the web to obtain credible health-related information"; (d) the intention to "balance this need with the ability of journals and publishers to preserve their critical role in the peer review, editing and scientific quality control process"; (d) the intention to monitor the "economic and business implications" of the plan in order to avoid "compromising the quality of the information being provided"; (f) the intention to "maintain a dialogue with publishers, investigators, and representatives from scientific associations and the public to ensure the success of this initiative"; (g) the intention to monitor compliance with the new policy and to use compliance as one factor in evaluating subsequent applications for NIH funds; and (h) the intention to "consider options to ensure that grantees' budgets are not unduly affected by this policy", for example, by journals that impose "unreasonable or disproportionate charges" on grantees. * What was the "colloquy" on the floor of the House (September 8) and what does it mean? A colloquy is a scripted dialogue for entering additional language into the Congressional Record. It provides legislative history on a bill without amending the bill. The colloquy on September 8 was between Representatives Ernest Istook (R-OK) and Ralph Regula (R-OH), who are both members of the House subcommittee that originally proposed the NIH open-access plan. Here's roughly what their dialogue added to the legislative history: concern about rising journal prices; concern about diminishing public access to federally funded research; support for the principle of free online access to publicly-funded research; support for Elias Zerhouni in seeking comments from three stakeholder meetings; support for the NIH's speed in preparing and releasing its September 3 draft plan; and confirmation that the NIH's September 3 draft is consistent with the language in the House appropriations report. All of this is for the good. Text of the Istook-Regula colloquy on the House appropriations report, September 8, 2004 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833… http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=H6833… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947481… * What does it mean that Sen. Arlen Specter has decided not to include a version of the House NIH recommendation in the Senate appropriations bill? The bad news is that no Senate version of the House language will be adopted. The good news is that no Senate version will be amended or defeated. (Sen. Specter is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the subcommittee determining the budget appropriation for the NIH.) The fate of the House language will be worked out in a conference committee. This is what happens whenever the House and Senate appropriations bills differ. Because the Senate action, or non-action, is compatible with any resolution in the conference committee, and because Sen. Specter knows this perfectly well, we should infer nothing about his support or opposition to the House plan from this decision. He's keeping his options open and shifting the resolution of the question from a larger chamber to a smaller one. This step does not help supporters more than opponents or vice versa. If the Senate had included the House language and voted it up, that would have been best for us and worst for our opponents, since it would have settled the question in our favor and removed it from the conference committee. But if the Senate had included the language and then watered it down with amendments, or defeated it, that would have been worst for us and best for our opponents. Both outcomes are now closed, for both sides. The members of the conference committee are yet to be named. But at this stage the Senators most worth reaching with your views are Specter (R-PA), Harkin (D-IA), Stevens (R-AK), Byrd (D-WV), Frist (R-TN), and Daschle (D-SD). If you have a relationship with any of these Senators or their offices, or if you reside in one of their states, then your phone call, fax, or email would be a big help. Senator Specter first disclosed his decision on September 3, in an interview with Rick Weiss of the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718… The AAAS is the only stakeholder group I've seen to make a public comment on Specter's decision. The association supports the Senate omission of the language but also supports the NIH procedure of gathering public opinion on its draft policy. One reason may be that the omitted House language would have required immediate OA in some circumstances and the draft NIH policy would not. (PS: Other publishers should see that the NIH text is much more favorable to them than the original House language and work for its support.) http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/nih05s.htm http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/nih05s.htm (Scroll down about half way.) Senate Appropriations Committee http://appropriations.senate.gov/index.htm http://appropriations.senate.gov/index.htm Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the NIH) http://appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/laborhhs.htm http://appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/laborhhs.htm * What does it mean that the NIH draft appeared on the "NIH Guide" page, and not originally in the Federal Register? The NIH plan is a proposed revision of in-house agency guidelines for awarding research grants. The NIH already has the authority to revise its own guidelines. It doesn't need new statutes or regulations to give it this authority. (The fact that the plan eventually appeared in the Federal Register as well doesn't change this fact.) Hence, if Congress does not act, then the NIH could act on its own. However, the NIH benefits from Congressional support, and Congressional opposition would certainly cause it to rethink its draft policy. The NIH Guide web page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/ http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/ * What will the NIH plan cost? Critics of the NIH plan have projected absurdly high estimates of the plan's costs and then protested that the high costs would unduly diminish the NIH funds available for research grants. NIH officials repeatedly knocked down these high estimates in public meetings but in late September their estimates finally appeared in print. Quoting Janet Coleman in the Washington Fax for September 27, 2004 (online access limited to subscribers): "Preliminary estimates of the cost of offering all NIH-funded research studies on the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central digital library are around $2.5 million and not the $100 million some critics have suggested, NLM Director Donald Lindberg, MD, said. NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information Director David Lipman 'worked up a budget of actual estimated costs...multiplied by everything under the sun and came up with $2.5 million,' Lindberg told the NLM Board of Regents Sept. 21." http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876… This puts the annual cost of the OA archiving at about 0.008 % of the NIH's annual budget. * What are the current priorities for what supporters should do to help the cause? Above all, send comments to the NIH about its draft policy during the 60 day public comment period. Comments will be accepted until November 16, 2004, and may be submitted by email or web form. Get your friends and colleagues to submit comments. Get your departments and institutions to submit comments. Submit comments by email PublicAccess(a)nih.gov Submit comments by web form http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/public_access/add.htm http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/public_access/add.htm If you belong to a U.S.-based organization (university, department, laboratory, library, journal, publisher, patient or disease advocacy organization, etc.) then persuade your group to join the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. It costs nothing to join and gives the ATA clout when making the case for open access to taxpayer-funded research. http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ If you are an individual, see the ATA recommendations for individual actions that could help the cause. Among the most effective options are sending a letter, fax, or email to your Senators expressing support for the NIH plan. http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/you.html http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/you.html Comments and letters from U.S. citizens and U.S.-based organizations will carry more weight with the NIH and the U.S. Senate than comments from others, but the process is not limited to Americans. * For other questions and answers on the NIH plan, see my FAQ, which I've enlarged several times during the past month. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm The NIH now has its own page on the evolving OA plan. http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm For news stories on the NIH plan since the last issue of the newsletter, see the section on major stories, below. ---------- A glimpse of our history Here are some excerpts from a 1974 _Science_ article and two subsequent letters to the editor. I'll keep my own voice out until the end. Thanks to Christopher Kelty, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and co-founder of the open-access Connexions project, for unearthing these pieces and bringing them to my attention. * John Walsh, "Journals: Photocopying Is Not the Only Problem," _Science_, March 29, 1974, pp. 1274-1275, 1277. [...] Attention has been focused on the photocopying issue by a suit brought by the Baltimore publisher of scientific and medical journals, Williams & Wilkins, charging the National Library of Medicine and the library of the National Institutes of Health with copyright infringement via photocopying. The most recent round of court action favored the defendants, permitting them to continue photocopying. [...] Reduced to its essentials, the dispute over photocopying casts scientific publishers and research libraries as the major antagonists. The libraries want the right to continue to provide a single photocopy for a reader who requests it. The limit on material is generally accepted to be a single article from a journal. The publishers argue that the mass, mail-order photocopying by major research libraries deprives the journals of the revenue necessary to cover editorial and printing costs and, in the case of commercial publishers, return on investment. They contend that if things go on this way there will be no journals to copy. [...] Libraries, for their part, are experiencing severe strains on their general budgets from inflation and are beginning to rebel at soaring journal costs. Some libraries have cut purchases of scientific books and monographs in order to keep up periodical purchases. Others have conducted "use surveys" on technical periodicals and dropped the subscriptions on the least used. Even larger and more affluent research libraries --mostly university and large metropolitan libraries-- are finding ways to share the burden imposed by increasing costs and greater numbers of scientific journals (one thing this means is a bigger photocopying network). [...] [O]bservers say that a growing trend among both commercial and nonprofit publishers is toward obtaining an increasing portion of income from subscription rates levied on libraries. Alarm over these trends in journal publishing are expressed fairly freely by librarians and some academics. A recent public example was provided by a letter signed by 11 university chemists from six countries (the problem is international) published in the 10 December 1973 _Chemical and Engineering News_....Particular criticism was aimed at commercial publishers who were accused of taking advantage of the fact that libraries are a "captive audience" by setting high subscription prices on new journals. [...] In view of the importance of journals to the scientific enterprise, it is surprising that the cost crisis affecting journals and libraries has not prompted more efforts at corrective action. The photocopying issue has claimed primary attention but other journal problems are enforcing the need for new answers to the old questions of who pays and how much. * Curtis G. Benjamin, "Support for Williams & Wilkins," _Science_, June 28, 1974, pp. 1330-1331. [A letter to the editor] [Benjamin names some society publishers offering financial support to the plaintiffs in the Williams & Wilkins lawsuit.] This evidence of professional society concern exposes an odd conflict of interest that needs to be pondered thoughtfully by all scientists. While many individual scientists, along with many librarians and other information specialists, are pushing hard for exempted privileges of photocopying for scientific and educational uses, the officers of their professional organizations (and especially their publications officers) are drawing back from the sure prospect of resulting losses of subscription and advertising income to their already straitened journals. And, strangely enough, many members of the societies that are supporting the Williams & Wilkins appeal are also supporting the National Education Assocation's Ad Hoc Committee of Educational Organizations and Institutions on Copyright Law Revision, a group that has made the loudest and most persistent demands for the broad special exemptions. Scientists should not confuse the rhetoric of "free flow of information" with the economics of "flow of free information." There is no such thing as free information; somebody has to pay the cost of any system for the organization and dissemination of science information. The privilege of "free" photocopying simply is not compatible with the economics of book and journal publishing. Why then, do so many scientists seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too? * Ralph D. Tanz, "Copyright Laws," _Science_, August 30, 1974, p. 735. [A letter to the editor] Curtis G. Benjamin's letter (28 June, p. 1331) in support of Williams & Wilkins' Supreme Court suit against the U.S. government for copyright infringement omits some of the problems on the other side of the fence. Just as publishing companies are faced with the financial squeeze attendant to inflation, so too are academic institutions. While costs have risen, departmental budgets have fallen further and further behind, and now new demands are placed on us to pay for the dissemination of information to our students. Publishers seem to be saying that if we are unable to pay, then our students have no right to receive information we deem necessary. But let us examine this a little further. Funds that made our research possible did not come from the publishers. Nor did the publishers assist us in writing the manuscripts. Indeed, they charge us for reprints, presumably make a profit selling their journals, and do not reimburse the authors for their efforts. Thus, the author does the fund raising, the thinking, the laboratory work, and the writing, and then the publishers claim ownership, apparently because it may make money for them. And to top it off, they now want us to pay for the privilege of using the articles we have published to teach our own students. I agree that the copyright laws should be revised, vesting ownership of an article either in the name(s) of the author(s) or the scientific society responsible for publication --but certainly not the publisher. * A few comments I'm reproducing these fragments primarily to note their uncanny similarities to the OA debates 30 years later. One of my first thoughts was that 1974 wasn't *that* long ago, so of course there would be similarities. (I was a grad student in 1974, for example, so it's roughly within the period of my own scholarly career.) But let it sink in. In 1974 there was no World Wide Web. In 1974, there wasn't even a BITNET, JANET, or USENET. If you date the internet to the adoption of TCP/IP, then there wasn't even an Internet. There was no PubMed or PubMed Central. Journal prices had only recently begun to rise faster than inflation. Photocopying machines were not just a disruptive technology; they were the cutting-edge technology for copying and sharing information. Williams & Wilkins v. The United States was decided against the publisher-plaintiffs in the U.S. Court of Claims in 1973. Immediately after their defeat, the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court ruling in 1975. The decision in the Court of Claims, 487 F.2d 1345 (1973) http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c487F2d1345.html http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c487F2d1345.html The decision in the Supreme Court, 420 U.S. 376, 95 S.Ct. 1344 (1975) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=42… http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=42… Williams & Wilkins is still an important precedent in U.S. copyright law. However, soon after the Supreme Court upheld the decision in favor of scientific photocopying, Congress enacted sweeping revisions of U.S. copyright law, lengthening copyright terms, abolishing the need to register or renew copyrights, and taking other steps that continue to hobble education and research. The Copyright Act of 1976 http://www.title17.com/contentLegMat/legmat.html http://www.title17.com/contentLegMat/legmat.html Although the debate from 1974 eerily recapitulates some of the debates still raging today, there is at least one important dissimilarity to point out. The contemporary debate is *not* about the boundaries of "fair use". Open-access advocates do not argue that providing OA to copyrighted works is already permitted by fair use; on the contrary, they argue that OA to copyrighted works requires the copyright-holder's consent. ---------- A haiku introduction to open access Once I started writing haiku about open access, I couldn't stop. Here's a mercifully small sampling. Believe me, the ones I've omitted are even more atrocious than the ones I've included. If you publish it, and readers can't afford it, does it make a sound? They don't pay authors, editors or referees. Then they want the rights. Unlike musicians, scholars consent to OA without losing dough. OA articles are not without cost but are without price. Share perfect copies with a worldwide audience. Marginal cost, zip. I love print, paper. But I love searching, linking, using, sharing more. Libraries are caught: High prices, tight licences, profs who demand more. OA archiving takes a couple of minutes. So what's the problem? Authors determine where to submit their papers, whether to archive. OA and TA can coexist --til authors decide otherwise. Sure, change copyright and peer review. But OA doesn't have to wait. Yes, launch new journals. But OA through archiving doesn't have to wait. Don't say "author pays" when funders will pay the fee or journals waive it. P&T panels harm science if they demand the same-old, same-old. The current system evolved over centuries. So did dinosaurs. ---------- Major open access developments in September 2004 This is a selection of open-access developments since the last issue of the newsletter, taken from the Open Access News blog, which I write with other contributors and update daily. I give both the item URL and blog posting URL so that you can read the original story as well as what I or another blog contributor had to say about it. For other developments, the blog archive is browseable and searchable. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Here are the major stories from September * The NIH OA plan sees new developments, wide news coverage. * Two major decisions call for OA to data. * WIPO asked to consider two OA-friendly proposals. * Governments spend on OA infrastructure. * The Nature Publishing Group experiments with many kinds of wider access. * The NIH OA plan sees new developments, wide news coverage. For detail and analysis of recent developments on the NIH OA plan, see the lead story above. Here are some articles and news stories from the past month. Janet Coleman, Open access would cost NIH roughly $2.5 million, agency's Lipman estimates, Washington Fax, September 27, 2004. http://www.washingtonfax.com/ http://www.washingtonfax.com/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963876… Anon., A new alliance to support open access, Access, September 2004. http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=10 http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=10 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962903… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962903… AAAS, Update on Open/Public Access, September 14, 2004. A PPT slide show focusing on the position of the AAAS and _Science_. http://www.aau.edu/issues/openaccess.pdf http://www.aau.edu/issues/openaccess.pdf Mark Hermodson, The Open Access Debate, Protein Science, 13, 10 (2004) pp. 2569-2570. http://www.proteinscience.org/cgi/content/full/13/10/2569?ct http://www.proteinscience.org/cgi/content/full/13/10/2569?ct http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961454… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961454… Jan Velterop, publisher and director of BioMed Central, wrote an open letter (September 23, 2004) to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/miscell/?issue=20 http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/miscell/?issue=20 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960372… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960372… Jeffrey M. Drazen and Gregory D. Curfman, Public Access to Biomedical Research, New England Journal of Medicine, September 23, 2004. An editorial. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/13/1343 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959555… Anon., Publishing for Nothing, Science for Free, DCLnews, September 21, 2004. http://www.dclab.com/stm_open_access.asp http://www.dclab.com/stm_open_access.asp http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958840… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958840… Peter Suber, Public should have free access to research it funds, Tallahassee Democrat, September 21, 2004. An op-ed for the Knight Ridder Tribune papers. It also appeared in Jewish World Review on September 23. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/9714842.htm http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/9714842.htm http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0904/research_access.asp http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0904/research_access.asp http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957714… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957714… Rudy Baum, Socialized Science, Chemical & Engineering News, September 20, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/8238edit.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/8238edit.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957249… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957249… Also see the STLQ thread on Baum's editorial, Is Open Access Socialized Science? http://stlq.info/archives/001593.html#001593 http://stlq.info/archives/001593.html#001593 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958862… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958862… The Alliance for Taxpayer Access issued a press release (September 17, 2004) praising the National Academy of Sciences for its endorsement of the NIH open-access plan. https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1039.html https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1039.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954514… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954514… Anon., NIH floats open-access plan amidst objections, Research Research, September 13, 2004. http://www.researchresearch.co.uk/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory&type=default&… http://www.researchresearch.co.uk/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory&type=default&… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958659… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958659… Susan Morrissey, NIH Unveils Draft Open-Access Plan, Chemical and Engineering News, September 13, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8237/8237notw4.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8237/8237notw4.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954296… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954296… Barbara Quint, NIH Requires Open Access for Its Funded Medical Research, Information Today, September 13, 2004. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-1.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-1.shtml http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950828… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950828… Bob Roehr, NIH moves towards open access, BMJ, September 11, 2004. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/590-c http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/590-c http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956830… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956830… Jocelyn Kaiser, NIH Proposes 6-Month Public Access to Papers, Science, September 10, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/305/5690/1548b http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/305/5690/1548b http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948250… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948250… Taxpayers deserve to see for free medical research backed by federal dollars, an unsigned editorial in the September 10 Fort-Wayne News Sentinel supporting the NIH plan. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9628610.htm http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/9628610.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343… Free up medical research, an unsigned editorial in the September 9 Orlando Sentinel supporting the NIH plan. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped093090904sep09,1,18476… http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped093090904sep09,1,18476… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947343… Experiments in publishing, Nature 431, 111, September 9, 2004. http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/… http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746… Bradie Metheny, NIH open access publishing policy receives initial good marks from most stakeholders, Washington Fax, September 8, 2004. http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html http://www.washingtonfax.com/p1/2004/20040908.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946703… Geoff Brumfiel, Biomedical agency floats open-access plan, News@Nature, September 8, 2004. http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040906/full/431115a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040906/full/431115a.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946692… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946692… Paula Park, NIH unveils open access draft, The Scientist, September 8, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040908/04/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040908/04/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946591… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946591… Martin Frank, Executive Director of the American Physiological Society, released the September 8 letter he wrote to Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin, opposing the NIH OA plan. http://www.dcprinciples.org/senateletter.pdf http://www.dcprinciples.org/senateletter.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948485… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948485… Jocelyn Kaiser, NIH Proposes Public Access to Papers, Science Magazine, September 7, 2004 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/907/2 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/907/2 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946538… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946538… Susan Morrisey, NIH Unveils Draft Plan, Chemical & Engineering News, September 7, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236nihaccess.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236nihaccess.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946013… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946013… Anon., NIH schlägt Open Access Modell vor, Intern.de, September 7, 2004. http://www.intern.de/news/5989.html http://www.intern.de/news/5989.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945901… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945901… Mary Mosquera, NIH plans public access to research results, Government Computer News, September 7, 2004. http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27186-1.html http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27186-1.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945888… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945888… Dee Ann Divis, NIH proposes free research access, United Press International, September 6, 2004. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040906-021956-5244r http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040906-021956-5244r http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945757… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945757… Julianne Basinger, NIH Invites Comment on Proposal Requiring Free Online Access to Research It Supports, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2004. http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090701n.htm http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090701n.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945593… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945593… Ranty Islam, Das Geschäft mit dem Wissen, Die Welt, September 6, 2004. http://www.welt.de/data/2004/09/03/327429.html http://www.welt.de/data/2004/09/03/327429.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945041… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945041… Rick Weiss, NIH Proposes Free Access For Public to Research Data, Washington Post, September 6, 2004. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944718… Susan Morrissey, NIH Weights Open Access, Chemical and Engineering News, September 6, 2004. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236notw6.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/8236/8236notw6.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944710… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944710… Vivian Siegel released her August 5 letter to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. Siegel wrote on behalf of the Public Library of Science. http://www.plos.org/downloads/ZerhouniPLoS.pdf http://www.plos.org/downloads/ZerhouniPLoS.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944019… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944019… Andy Gass, Open Access As Public Policy, Public Library of Science, released September 3 in advance of publication September 21 in the October issue of PLoS Biology. http://www.plos.org/downloads/OAPP.pdf http://www.plos.org/downloads/OAPP.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944013… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10944013… Nobel Winners, Library Groups Voice Support for Open Access at NIH, Library Journal, September 7, 2004. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA450576?display=breakingNews http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA450576?display=breakingNews http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943512… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943512… Danielle Belopotosky, Online federal library on health research sparks outcry, GovExec.com, September 3, 2004. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090304td2.htm http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0904/090304td2.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943314… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943314… Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information, NIH, September 3, 2004. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943294… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943294… Jocelyn Kaiser, Zerhouni Plans a Nudge Toward Open Access, Science, September 3, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5689/1386b http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5689/1386b http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10942144… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10942144… Ushma Savla and John Hawley, Want the world to know? Publish here, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 114 (2004) p. 602. http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/602 http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/114/5/602 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941497… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941497… Nobelpreisträger fordern freien Zugang zu Forschungsergebnissen, Spiegel, September 1, 2004. http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,316133,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,316133,00.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941442… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941442… Four library associations --the ARL, ALA, AALL, and SLA-- released their August 31 letter to Elias Zerhouni in support of the NIH open-access plan. http://www.arl.org/info/openaccess/arlzerhouni.pdf http://www.arl.org/info/openaccess/arlzerhouni.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946435… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946435… Anon., House Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Includes "Open Access" Language, FASEB News, August 2004 (scroll to p. 4). http://www.faseb.org/opa/newsletter/8x04/august_04_nl.pdf http://www.faseb.org/opa/newsletter/8x04/august_04_nl.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963822… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963822… * Two major decisions call for OA to data. Each of these decisions would deserve attention in its own right. By occurring in the same month, they show the momentum for the idea of OA to data --more momentum, it seems, for the similar but different idea of OA to research literature based on those data. (1) On September 8, 2004, The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) issued a public statement calling for an open-access registry and database of drug trial data. The statement also announced that ICMJE member journals would not publish research articles based on unregistered drug trials. Among the participating journals are the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine. The statement was published in all the ICMJE member journals. Here for example are the published versions from the New England Journal of Medicine, Jama, and ICMJE itself. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe048225 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe048225 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1363 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1363 http://www.icmje.org/clin_trial.pdf http://www.icmje.org/clin_trial.pdf Drug trial data are different from peer-reviewed research articles. The overriding need for sharing drug trial data is to correct an imbalance, so that negative results are as readily available as positive results. However, this could be done in toll-access database. The fact that the journal editors are demanding that the database be open-access means that removing access barriers is as important to them as correcting an imbalance. Why? The ICMJE editors don't explain. But the reason seems to be the same one that has driven the OA movement all these years: OA serves the public interest by accelerating research and all the benefits that depend on research advances. Moreover, to secure these benefits, the ICMJE editors did essentially the same thing that the NIH is proposing to do: they put an OA condition on their participation. The ICMJE editors are saying that if scientists want ICMJE journals to publish their articles on drug trial data, then the underlying drug trials must provide OA to their data. The NIH is saying that if scientists want an NIH research grant, then they must provide OA to any resulting articles through deposit in PMC. These similarities sharpen the unspoken background question. Why don't the ICMJE journals themselves do more to permit or require OA to research articles, including their own articles? (As an Elsevier journal, The Lancet permits its authors to deposit published articles in OA repositories.) Here are some news stories on the editors' public statement. Drummond Rennie, Trial Registration: A Great Idea Switches From Ignored to Irresistible, JAMA, September 15, 2004. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1359 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/11/1359 Laurie Barclay, Call for Mandatory Clinical Trial Registration, Open Access to Results, Medscape, September 14, 2004. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489219 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489219 Q&A Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen [editor-in-chief of NEJM] on drug trial results, Boston Globe, September 12, 2004 http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/12/qa_dr_jeffrey_m_drazen_o… http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/12/qa_dr_jeffrey_m_drazen_o… Alicia Ault, House berates FDA, drug makers; US Congressional subcommittee holds hearing on clinical trial disclosure rules, The Scientist, September 10, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/04/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/04/ Medical journals to tight up rules and regulations, Pravda, September 10, 2004 http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/09/10/56027.html http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/09/10/56027.html Clinical drug trials 'distorted', BBC News, September 9, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3640488.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3640488.stm Philip Cohen, Medical journals to require clinical trial registration, New Scientist, September 9, 2004. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996378 http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996378 Andre Picard, Medical journals get tough on drug companies, Globe and Mail, September 9, 2004. http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2C713C59 http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2C713C59 Daniel Engber, Top Medical Journals Make Disclosure of Clinical-Trial Results a Condition of Publication, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 9, 2004. http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090901n.htm http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004090901n.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947426… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947426… Maggie Fox, Show us All Your Data, Medical Journals Demand, Reuters, September 8, 2004. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6183894&… http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6183894&… Laura Gilcrest, New bill targets drug data disclosure, CBS MarketWatch, September 8, 2004. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B80E3167D-8965-4AC9-9FE4-1… http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B80E3167D-8965-4AC9-9FE4-1… Amanda Gardner, Medical Journals Tighten Rules on Clinical Trials, Health Central, September 8, 2004. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=521110 http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=521110 Here are some recent articles and news stories on the general topic of OA to drug trial data, but *not* focusing on the ICMJE statement. Cheryll Barron, Big Pharma snared by net, The Guardian, September 26, 2004. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1312765,00.html http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1312765,00.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963727… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963727… Jennifer Couzin, Legislators Propose a Registry to Track Clinical Trials From Start to Finish, Science, September 17, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1695 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1695 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958114… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958114… Merrill Goozner, Registering Clinical Trials Doesn't Go Far Enough, GoozNews, September 12, 2004. http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000074.html http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000074.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951758… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951758… Toshi A Furukawa, All clinical trials must be reported in detail and made publicly available, BMJ, September 11, 2004. A letter to the editor. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/626-a http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7466/626-a http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947970… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947970… Editorial: Full disclosure on drug research, Toronto Star, September 10, 2004. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti… http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti… Jennifer Couzin, Momentum Builds for Clinical Trial Registration, ScienceNOW, September 10, 2004. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/910/1?etoc http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/910/1?etoc http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950827… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950827… Anon., Change for Clinical Trials on the way, Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs, September 10, 2004. http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=9476 http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=9476 NIH Proposes Making Clinical Trial Data Free to Public, Medical News Today, September 7, 2004. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13022 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=13022 John George, Glaxo begins Web data system, Philadelphia Business Journal, September 2, 2004. http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004/08/30/daily20… http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2004/08/30/daily20… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941451… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10941451… (2) A panel of the National Research Council has concluded that the benefits of open access to genome data on pathogens outweigh the risk of misuse by terrorists. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947763… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947763… One way to frame the question is whether open access is always more useful than toll access, or whether it's only more useful for innocuous information that can't be put to harmful uses. The question is important because human cleverness can put just about any information to destructive uses, and human viciousness all too often tries to do so. For the NRC panel, the question was focused on genomic data on pathogens. After a thorough examination, the panel concluded that the benefits of OA outweigh the risks even when the risks are starkly acknowledged. It would be a mistake to assume that this decision minimized the real risks. Instead, it's a thorough and informed appreciation of both the risks and the benefits, and therefore one of the strongest statements of the benefits of OA to date. Here are some articles and news stories on the panel's report. Emily Singer, Scientists stumped by dual push for open access, secrecy, News@Nature, September 28, 2004. http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/nm1004-1006a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/nm1004-1006a.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964649… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964649… Keep genome data freely accessible, The Lancet, September 25, 2004. An unsigned editorial endorsing the panel's conclusions. http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol364/iss9440/full/llan.364.9440.analysis… http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol364/iss9440/full/llan.364.9440.analysis… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960314… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960314… David Malakoff, Report Upholds Public Access to Genetic Codes, Science Magazine, September 17, 2004. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1692a http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5691/1692a http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954315… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10954315… R. Pielke, Jr., Public Access to Genome Data and the NAS as Policy Advocate, Prometheus: Health, September 12, 2004. http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/health/index.html#000… http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/health/index.html#000… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951918… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951918… U.S. State Department, U.S. Report Supports Unrestricted Access to Pathogen Genomes, September 10, 2004. http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=… http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=… Kate Ruder, Information on Pathogens Should Flow Freely, Report Says, Genome News Network, September 10, 2004. http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/09/10/genomeinfo.php http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/09/10/genomeinfo.php Eugene Russo, NRC wants genome data unfetteredNothing to be gained from restricting access to bioterror agent genomes, says report, The Scientist, September 10, 2004. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/01/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040910/01/ Study: Germ data should be shared, Associated Press, September 10, 2004. http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/studygerm10.htm http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/studygerm10.htm Maggie Fox, Hiding Genome Data Won't Protect Us, Experts Say, Reuters, Sept. 9. 2004. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6196728 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6196728 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948291… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948291… U.S. Urged to Keep Gene Data on Pathogens Open, HealthDay, September 9, 2004. http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=521128 http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=521128 Randolph Schmid, Panel urges sharing of data on germs, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 9, 2004. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Bi… http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Bi… * WIPO asked to consider two OA-friendly proposals. At its current session (September 27 - October 5, 2004), WIPO will take up two proposals that could greatly improve the flow of information. It may deliberate on them before I mail this issue; but if so, I probably won't have time to digest the developments until later. (1) Proposal by Argentina and Brazil for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_31_11.… http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_31_11.… Quoting from p. 3: While access to information and knowledge sharing are regarded as essential elements in fostering innovation and creativity in the information economy, adding new layers of intellectual property protection to the digital environment would obstruct the free flow of information and scuttle efforts to set up new arrangements for promoting innovation and creativity, through initiatives such as the 'Creative Commons'. The ongoing controversy surrounding the use of technological protection measures in the digital environment is also of great concern. The provisions of any treaties in this field must be balanced and clearly take on board the interests of consumers and the public at large. It is important to safeguard the exceptions and limitations existing in the domestic laws of Member States. In order to tap into the development potential offered by the digital environment, it is important to bear in mind the relevance of open access models for the promotion of innovation and creativity. In this regard, WIPO should consider undertaking activities with a view to exploring the promise held by open collaborative projects to develop public goods, as exemplified by the Human Genome Project and Open Source Software. (2) Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization (debated at athe WIPO meeting on September 30) http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/futureofwipodeclaration.pdf http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/futureofwipodeclaration.pdf https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1069.html https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/1069.html Humanity faces a global crisis in the governance of knowledge, technology and culture. The crisis is manifest in many ways....Morally repugnant inequality of access to education, knowledge and technology undermines development and social cohesion; Anticompetitive practices in the knowledge economy impose enormous costs on consumers and retard innovation; Private interests misappropriate social and public goods, and lock up the public domain. At the same time, there are astoundingly promising innovations in information, medical and other essential technologies, as well as in social movements and business models. We are witnessing highly successful campaigns for access to drugs for AIDS, scientific journals, genomic information and other databases, and hundreds of innovative collaborative efforts to create public goods, including the Internet, the World Wide Web...the Creative Commons, GNU Linux and other free and open software....As an intergovernmental organization, however, WIPO embraced a culture of creating and expanding monopoly privileges, often without regard to consequences. The continuous expansion of these privileges and their enforcement mechanisms has led to grave social and economic costs, and has hampered and threatened other important systems of creativity and innovation....The mantras that "more [copyright protection] is better" or "that less is never good" are disingenuous and dangerous -- and have greatly compromised the standing of WIPO, especially among experts in intellectual property policy. WIPO must change....There must be a moratorium on new treaties and harmonization of standards that expand and strengthen monopolies and further restrict access to knowledge.... To sign the Geneva Declaration, send an email to <geneva_declaration(a)cptech.org>. List of existing signatures on the Geneva Declaration http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/signatures.html http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/signatures.html Four major U.S. library associations, the AALL, ALA, ARL, and SLA --all friends of open access-- released an open letter endordsing the Geneva Declaration on September 17, 2004. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/WIPODeclaratio092704.pdf http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/WIPODeclaratio092704.pdf For more information on the two WIPO proposals, see the Consumer Project on Technology web page on WIPO http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/ http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/ ...and the CPTech page on the Geneva Declaration http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html ...and the agenda for the WIPO General Assembly, 31st Session, September 27 - October 5, 2004 http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=6309 http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=6309 Here are a few articles and news stories on the proposals. Anon., Call to 'unblinker' WIPO, P2P.net, September 30, 2004. http://p2pnet.net/story/2589 http://p2pnet.net/story/2589 Anon., Activists challenge UN intellectual property pact, Stuff.co.nz, September 20, 2004. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3050100a6026,00.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3050100a6026,00.html Frances Williams, Development needs 'override intellectual property protection', Financial Times, September 30, 2004. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87d93e54-127e-11d9-863e-00000e2511c8.htmli http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87d93e54-127e-11d9-863e-00000e2511c8.htmli Anon., UN to Relax Protection for Intellectual Property to Help Developing Countries, Associated Press, September 29, 2004. http://english.daralhayat.com/business/09-2004/Article-20040929-4b0e450b-c0… http://english.daralhayat.com/business/09-2004/Article-20040929-4b0e450b-c0… The IFLA position on the Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO, September 29, 2004 http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/CLM-GenevaDeclaration2004.html http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/CLM-GenevaDeclaration2004.html James Boyle, A Manifesto On Wipo And The Future Of Intellectual Property, Duke Law & Technology Review, September 8, 2004. http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0009.html http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2004dltr0009.html * Governments spend on OA infrastructure. Several developments in September suggest that governments are willing to spend public funds on OA infrastructure. The NIH OA plan belongs in this category, but here are some others. This is a remarkably long list when you consider that it's limited to initiatives announced in the past month. The Australian federal government is funding a major upgrade and expansion of the Australian Digital Theses Program. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10837338%5E12… http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10837338%255E… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961197… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10961197… The UK government, through JISC, will fund infrastructure for OA to UK theses and dissertations, and is now soliciting proposals for the job. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_etheses http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_etheses http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957996… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957996… The UK government, also through JISC, agreed to renew the BioMed Central institutional memberships that it first bought for all UK universities in July 2003. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=biomed_pr_210904 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=biomed_pr_210904 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956855… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10956855… The publicly-funded BBC continued to take steps toward providing an open access to its broadcasting archive. http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1308105,00.html http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1308105,00.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957680… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957680… The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/signatories.html http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/signatories.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957746… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10957746… Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil published a helpful overview of Holland's DARE project. http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/index2.php?hb=1&oid=29 http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/index2.php?hb=1&oid=29 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951686… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951686… Germany's largest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, signed the Berlin Declaration and launched the Digital Peer Publishing Initiative (DIPP). The DIPP will host eight OA journals and develop open-source software and open-access licenses for online scholarly publishing. http://www.mwf.nrw.de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2004/pm_30_09_2004pdf.pdf http://www.mwf.nrw.de/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2004/pm_30_09_2004pdf.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966372… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966372… The Max Planck Gesellschaft and Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, with more than six million Euros of German government funding, will develop eSciDoc, an open-source internet platform for open-access scientific communication, publication, and collaboration. http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/… http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780… Also see Bobby Pickering, German Government funds OA initiative, Information World Review, October 1, 2004. http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510 http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966513… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966513… China has authorized the locally-hosted broadband connection to provide Chinese access to Highwire journals. http://highwire.stanford.edu/inthepress/stories/CERNET.dtl http://highwire.stanford.edu/inthepress/stories/CERNET.dtl http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951675… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951675… China has also invested an undisclosed amount in some of nation's scientific journals in an effort to improve their stature and reach. This does not seem to include OA, though it could and should. http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1610&langua… http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1610&langua… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959446… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959446… Taiwan's Academica Sinica helped launch a Taiwanese version Creative Commons, making Taiwan the 23rd country with a national version of CC. http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/09/05/1094357843.htm http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/09/05/1094357843.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10943891… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10943891… The Canadian version of Creative Commons launched on September 30. http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/technology/story.html?id=1f8f73f… http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/technology/story.html?id=1f8f73f… One of the U.S. Federal Reserve banks supports two open-access archives of national economic data. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959662… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959662… The U.S. Office of Scientific and Technical Information now hosts an OA database of government contracts. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-2.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040913-2.shtml http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950834… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950834… The U.S. National Library of Medicine launched the NLM Catalog, a new searchable OA database of bibliographic data. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/catlaunch04.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/catlaunch04.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10952564… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10952564… The U.S. Interagency Committee on Government Information is still collecting public comments on its plan to provide federated searching of OA government information distributed among the many databases maintained by the agencies and offices of the federal government. http://www.gcn.com/23_27/technology-policy/27241-1.html http://www.gcn.com/23_27/technology-policy/27241-1.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951859… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10951859… The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office now provides open access to most new patent applications. http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/sep/biobus3_040927.html http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/sep/biobus3_040927.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963765… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963765… The U.S. ERIC resumed acquiring new OA content after its recent reorganization and on October 1 provided OA to 107,000 full-text non-journal documents that were previously TA only. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962908… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962908… The European Commission inquiry into STM publishing and OA continues to move along. http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=06 http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=06 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962902… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962902… Here's a switch: a private OA infrastrucutre initiative to benefit governments. DigitalGlobe, which sells satellite imagery and geospatial information, gives some away to state and local governments in the U.S. http://media.digitalglobe.com/index.php?s=press_release_popup&ITEM=73 http://media.digitalglobe.com/index.php?s=press_release_popup&ITEM=73 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947614… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10947614… Two developments on the down side: copyright problems will block free online access to the publicly-funded British Library Archive and copyright reforms may harm research and education in Canada. http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=249412 http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=249412 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943532… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_08_29_fosblogarchive.html#a10943532… http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/09/22/638560.html http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/09/22/638560.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959497… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10959497… http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/09/22/edweb_040922.html http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/09/22/edweb_040922.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963783… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963783… Here are a few *calls* for government spending on OA. Perhaps I can shortly report that the governments are heeding the calls. At the ESOF 2004 conference, Khotso Mokhele from South Africa called on the EU to invest in scientific infrastructure in developing countries. From the audience, an unnamed CORDIS official explained that 32 million Euros of the FP6 budget were earmarked for developing countries, of which only 17 million have so far been spent. The official continued: "We have recognised that infrastructure is the main issue in those countries and we will address this issue in FP7." Institutional repositories are very inexpensive and very effective and would take only a small portion of the remaining 17 million. http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=… http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950002… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950002… Here's more on how CORDIS is spending its research infrastructure funds. http://makeashorterlink.com/?R23632769 http://makeashorterlink.com/?R23632769 In a September 23 article, D. Balasubramanian supported the OA work of Subbiah Arunachalam and called on the Indian government to adopt a plan, similar to the NIH OA plan, or the recommendations of the UK report, to mandate OA to government-funded research. http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/09/23/stories/2004092300071600.htm http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/09/23/stories/2004092300071600.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958944… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10958944… Also see K. Satyanarayana's similar call on the Indian government published about a month earlier. http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2004/aug_Editorial2.pdf http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2004/aug_Editorial2.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948494… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10948494… Michael Geist called on the Canadian government to adopt a policy similar to the NIH plan in the U.S. http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1F145D69 http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1F145D69 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963924… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10963924… OpenTheGovernment issued a well-documented report on needless government secrecy in the U.S. and called for more OA to government information. http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10955136… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10955136… Finally, as long as I'm covering OA infrastructure investments in September, let me add these *privately funded* initiatives. BioMed Central launched its Institutional Repository service, which will install, populate, and maintain OA repositories (using DSpace) for institutions that wish to outsource these jobs. http://www.openrepository.com/ http://www.openrepository.com/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20040913 http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20040913 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950822… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950822… Harvard and MIT released version 1.0 of the Virtual Data Center, an open-source system for data archiving. VDC has long been available in beta. http://thedata.org/index.php/Main/HomePage http://thedata.org/index.php/Main/HomePage http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964774… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10964774… NYU and partner institutions will develop the Archivists' Toolkit, an open-source, OAI-compliant program for physical and digital archives. The project has funding from the Mellon Foundation. http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/ http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960339… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_19_fosblogarchive.html#a10960339… Cornell University will soon release DPubS, an open-source system for electronic scholarly publication. http://dpubs.org/ http://dpubs.org/ http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i06/06a03501.htm http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i06/06a03501.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962955… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10962955… The Max Planck Gesellschaft and Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe are teaming up to develop eSciDoc, an open-source internet platform for open-access scientific communication, publication, and collaboration. It has both public and private funding. http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/… http://www.mpg.de/bilderBerichteDokumente/dokumentation/pressemitteilungen/… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10945780… The Open Society Institute released the third edition of Raym Crow's Guide to Institutional Repository Software, which now covers nine open-source systems for creating open-access, OAI-compliant repositories. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950925… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_12_fosblogarchive.html#a10950925… * The Nature Publishing Group experiments with many kinds of wider access. Watch the Nature Publishing Group (NPG). It is vigorously exploring several different ways to widen access. Here are those that broke into the news in the past month alone. The NPG and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) are launching an open-access journal, Molecular Systems Biology (no web site yet). First issue should appear this month (October 2004). http://www.macmillan.com/07092004emboandnpg.asp http://www.macmillan.com/07092004emboandnpg.asp http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946596… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946596… NPG has launched news@nature, a science news service with free online content. There is also a priced, premium edition. http://www.nature.com/news/ http://www.nature.com/news/ http://www.macmillan.com/12072004PressReleaseNPG.asp http://www.macmillan.com/12072004PressReleaseNPG.asp Nature Insight is offering six months of free online access to a collection of articles on RNA interference, subsidized by Merck & Co. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. http://www.nature.com/nature/insights/7006.html http://www.nature.com/nature/insights/7006.html Nature Reviews is offering six months of free online access to a collection of articles on proteomics, subsidized by Sigma-Aldrich. http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/proteomics/ http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/proteomics/ Nature Reviews Drug Discovery and Nature Reviews Genetics are offering two months of free online access to a collection of articles on pharmacogenetics. http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/pgx/ http://www.nature.com/reviews/focus/pgx/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946675… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946675… NPG launched _Nature Methods_ October 1. It's not OA, but NPG is offering free subscriptions to "qualifying researchers" --without explaining who qualifies. http://www.nature.com/nmeth/ http://www.nature.com/nmeth/ http://www.nature.com/nmeth/press_release/nmeth1004.html http://www.nature.com/nmeth/press_release/nmeth1004.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966790… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_26_fosblogarchive.html#a10966790… "Experiments in publishing", a Nature editorial on open access (accessible only to subscribers). http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/… http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7005/… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746… http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2004_09_05_fosblogarchive.html#a10946746… ---------- Coming up later this month Here are some important OA-related events coming up in October * October 1, 2004. Quoting the ERIC web site: "Effective October 1, more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, will be available [at ERIC] for free." http://www.eric.ed.gov/ http://www.eric.ed.gov/ * October 11, 2004. The Royal Society of Edinburgh meets to finalize, sign, and most likely release the Scottish Declaration of Open Access. http://widwisawn.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/issues/vol2/issue2_3_3.html#news http://widwisawn.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/issues/vol2/issue2_3_3.html#news http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm * October 19, 2004. The Public LIbrary of Science will launch its second open-access journal, _PLoS Medicine_. http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/ http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/ * Sometime this month. The UK government should issue its response to the open-access recommendations made by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in its July 20 report. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399… http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399… * Notable conferences this month --an unusually large number for one month Access to health information in developing countries: the role of information and communication technology http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2982&calen… http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2982&calen… London, September 30 - October 1, 2004 Symposium on Open Access and Digital Preservation http://www.metascholar.org/OADP-Symposium.html http://www.metascholar.org/OADP-Symposium.html Atlanta, October 2, 2004 Access to health information: The role of systematic reviews. Cochrane Colloquium http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2983&calen… http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=2983&calen… Ottawa, October 2-6, 2004 Strategic online publishers workshop (sponsored by INASP) http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=3883&calen… http://www.bellanet.org/calendar/index.cfm?op=ShowEvent&event_id=3883&calen… Nairobi, October 3-6, 2004 STM Publishing - at the Crossroads? Challenges and Responses (open access is among the topics) http://www.stm-assoc.org/newsflash/gaprogram.php http://www.stm-assoc.org/newsflash/gaprogram.php Frankfurt, October 4-5, 2004 Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say? (a public lecture at OCLC by Paul Conway) http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/conway.htm http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/conway.htm Dublin, Ohio, October 7, 2004 10 Years of Connectivity: Libraries, the World Wide Web, and the Next Decade (sponsored by LITA/ALA) http://makeashorterlink.com/?H55F23C76 http://makeashorterlink.com/?H55F23C76 St. Louis, October 7-10, 2004 Building the Digital Library: The Role of Digital Libraries http://lectnotes.itc.gu.edu.au:8888/htdocs/alia/bdl.pdf http://lectnotes.itc.gu.edu.au:8888/htdocs/alia/bdl.pdf Brisbane, October 8, 2004 Internet Librarian International 2004: Access, Architecture & Action: Strategies for the New Digital World; includes a session, Open Access Forum for Internet Librarians (Session B104), on Monday, October 11, 15:00 - 17:00. http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml London, October 10-12, 2004 Future Trends in Science Editing and Publishing: Bringing Science to Society (Twelfth International Conference of Science Editors) http://www.ifsemex.org/ http://www.ifsemex.org/ Merida, Mexico, October 10-14, 2004 Meeting to sign and launch the Scottish Declaration of Open Access (not the official meeting title) (by invitation only) http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/OAevents.htm http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/OAevents.htm Edinburgh, October 11, 2004 Access 2004, Beyond Buzzwords; includes the preconference, Institutional Repositories: The Future is Now! on October 13, 9am to 5pm http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/index.html http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/index.html http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/preconference.html http://library.acadiau.ca/access2004/preconference.html Halifax, October 13-16, 2004 Symposium on Open Access to Knowledge and Scholarly Communication http://www.oai.unizh.ch/ http://www.oai.unizh.ch/ Zurich, October 15, 2004 E-Research and Supporting Cyberinfrastructure: A Forum to Consider the Implications for Research Libraries and Research Institutions (sponsored by ARL and CNI) http://www.arl.org/forum04/ http://www.arl.org/forum04/ Washington, D.C., October 15, 2004 Digital Preservation in Institutional Repositories (sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition) http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/041019forum.html http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/041019forum.html London, October 19, 2004 Social Science Data Archives: creating, depositing and using data http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/plymouth.asp http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/plymouth.asp Plymouth, October 22, 2004 Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible? (sponsored by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable) http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bcst/Agenda_Pub.pdf http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bcst/Agenda_Pub.pdf Washington, D.C., October 25-26, 2004 * Other OA-related conferences http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm ---------- Housekeeping * I've added 16 new conferences to the conference page since the last issue. In the next few days I'll delete the second asterisk marking them and the new entries will blend into the rest of the collection. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/conf.htm * Atomz.com tells me that, starting on September 30, it will insert ads on the return pages for the search engine that I use for my blog and newsletter. I've run searches since then and don't see the ads, but I expect they'll show up soon. The ads will be pure text and based on the user's search string. 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Authors can and must retain copyright!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Autors of research papers need not GIVE THE COPYRIGHT to the journal publishers. They can modify the copyright agreement sent to them by the publishers. They should not give away the copyright to their original work to a journal publisher. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Model language for helping authors retain key rights SPARC <http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html> has released two draft addenda <http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf> for authors to add to their copyright transfer agreements with publishers. The addenda retain key rights for authors, enabling them to provide open access to their works without further permission. Draft 1.0 includes a Creative Commons <http://creativecommons.org/> public license, and draft 2.0 does not. SPARC welcomes public comment on them. For some background, see SPARC's page on Copyright Resources for Authors <http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html>. Authors can and must retain copyright! Autors of research papers need not GIVE THE COPYRIGHT to the journal publishers. They can modify the copyright agreement sent to them by the publishers. They should not give away the copyright to their original work to a journal publisher. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Model language for helping authors retain key rights SPARC < http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html > has released two draft addenda < http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf > for authors to add to their copyright transfer agreements with publishers. The addenda retain key rights for authors, enabling them to provide open access to their works without further permission. Draft 1.0 includes a Creative Commons < http://creativecommons.org/ http://creativecommons.org/ > public license, and draft 2.0 does not. SPARC welcomes public comment on them. For some background, see SPARC's page on Copyright Resources for Authors < http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html > .

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OA in Germany
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Friends: Here is a new German open access initiative. We should persude funding agencies in India to adopt such programmes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------- More on eSciDoc Bobby Pickering, German Government funds OA initiative <http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510>, Information World Review, October 1, 2004. Excerpt: "The German government has awarded Euro 6.1m (£4.2m) to STM publisher FIZ Karlsruhe and the Max Planck Society (MPS) to develop a platform for web-based collaborative scientific work and self-publishing. The five-year eSciDoc project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), will provide another precedent for state funding of open access initiatives when the UK government responds to the HoC's Scientific Committee report released in June. MPS is a not-for-profit research organisation that signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities last October. The eSciDoc project will enable scientists in its 80 institutes to collaborate on research and publish their results on a long-term basis in open archives developed by FIZ Karlsruhe technology teams." OA in Germany Friends: Here is a new German open access initiative. We should persude funding agencies in India to adopt such programmes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------- More on eSciDoc Bobby Pickering, German Government funds OA initiative < http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510 http://www.iwr.co.uk/IWR/1158510 > , Information World Review, October 1, 2004. Excerpt: "The German government has awarded Euro 6.1m (£4.2m) to STM publisher FIZ Karlsruhe and the Max Planck Society (MPS) to develop a platform for web-based collaborative scientific work and self-publishing. The five-year eSciDoc project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), will provide another precedent for state funding of open access initiatives when the UK government responds to the HoC's Scientific Committee report released in June. MPS is a not-for-profit research organisation that signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities last October. The eSciDoc project will enable scientists in its 80 institutes to collaborate on research and publish their results on a long-term basis in open archives developed by FIZ Karlsruhe technology teams."

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History of OA [in the past ten years]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Friends: Here is a well-written article on the history of the Open access movement. I am sure you will find it enjoyable reading. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------ Information Today Vol. 21 No. 9 - October 2004 Poynder on Point Ten Years After By Richard Poynder The open access (OA) movement has had some big wins this year: In July, a cross-party group of British politicians called on the U.K. government to make all publicly funded research accessible to everyone "free of charge, online." That same month, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations recommended that all NIH-funded research be made freely available 6 months after publication. But where did the OA movement come from, and where is it taking us? For the genesis of the OA movement, we need to step back 10 years, to June 1994, when professor of cognitive science Stevan Harnad posted what he called a "subversive proposal" to the Electronic Journals mailing list at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Harnad's post consisted of a simple but radical proposition: Since researchers' only interest in publishing is to share their ideas with as many of their peers as possible-and they are, therefore, happy to give their papers away-the price tag of journal subscriptions not only imposes an undesirable restriction on that sharing but, in the age of the Internet, is no longer even necessary. Consequently, he concluded, researchers should immediately start self-archiving their papers on the Internet, thereby maximizing the impact of their ideas and more effectively reaching "the eyes and minds of peers, fellow esoteric scientists and scholars the world over." While most mailing list messages instantly fall into justifiable oblivion, Harnad's proposal sparked a seminal online debate (one, ironically, was later published as a book) and immediately became the de facto manifesto of the embryonic OA movement. A decade later, OA is now threatening to overturn the $6 billion scholarly publishing industry and is forcing even the largest publishers against the ropes. Earlier this year, for instance, the CEO of Reed Elsevier was obliged to appear ignominiously before British politicians to explain why he thought it acceptable for publishers to make a 34-percent profit from selling publicly funded research back to the very people who had (freely) provided it in the first place: namely, researchers and their institutions. But how did the OA movement grow from one apparently random message on a mailing list to the powerful force for change that it represents today? Not the First Of course, Harnad was not the first to see the Internet's potential for enabling new ways of sharing research. Leaving aside pre-Web luminaries like Ted Nelson and Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, physicist Paul Ginsparg had founded the Internet's first preprint service, arXiv, 3 years prior to Harnad's message. Created to allow physicists to share their ideas more quickly than the lengthy process of publication permitted, arXiv had 20,000 users by the time Harnad posted the Subversive Proposal and was receiving 35,000 hits per day. For this reason, Harnad cited arXiv as a proof of concept, although his ambitions were somewhat grander. Nor was Harnad the first to climb over the access barrier imposed by journal subscriptions. Charles Oppenheim, professor of information science at Loughborough University, points out that librarians had been "banging on about the high costs of subscribing to journals published by commercial publishers" for a long time. As these costs increased, librarians were having to cancel journals, depriving faculty of access to them. Indeed, many trace the roots of the OA movement to the growing activism of librarians who, in pursuit of remedies to the growing problem of journal price inflation, founded the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) advocacy group in 1998. But where SPARC's initial focus was on advocating for alternative, less costly journals and arXiv was a central, discipline-based repository of preprints, Harnad wanted to see the entire corpus of scholarly literature made freely available on the Internet-a goal that he believes could be best achieved by researchers continuing to publish in traditional journals, but then self-archiving their articles locally. Moreover, obsessed with making the revolution happen-and blessed with a facility for rhetoric and augmentation that few can equal-Harnad has spent the last 10 years cajoling, hectoring, haranguing, and pleading with fellow researchers and verbally battering critics into submission (or at least bruised silence). Thus, while Harnad cannot claim to have invented the OA movement, his phenomenal energy and determination, coupled with a highly focused view of what is needed, undoubtedly earns him the title of chief architect of open access. Naiveté Indeed, over the years many others have "independently discovered" the self-evident logic of OA, but few have matched Harnad's focused energy-those who have often proved to be prone to naiveté. In 1999, for example, when Nobel prize winner-and the then-director of the NIH- Harold Varmus proposed a new biomedical research literature server called E-Biomed, he appeared to assume that publishers only needed to be asked to open their content vaults to the public. Modelled on arXiv, E-Biomed was mooted as "an electronic public library of medicine and other life sciences" consisting of a comprehensive, fully searchable free repository of full-text research articles, including both preprint and post-print texts. By the time it was launched as PubMed Central in February 2000, however, the project was a pale shadow of Varmus' initial concept. Why? Because, despite widespread support from scientists, publishers and learned societies mounted an aggressive campaign of opposition to E-Biomed. As a consequence, the preprint component was eliminated and delays were introduced between article publication and posting to the archive. Moreover, since publishers routinely acquire the copyright for papers that they publish, PubMed Central relied on publisher co-operation. Due to this fact, it's no surprise that 4 years after its launch, only 161 journals (most of which are freely available elsewhere on the Web) are currently archived with PubMed Central. Varmus evidently decided that publishers needed to have their arms twisted a little. Therefore, in November 2000, he founded the Public Library of Science (PLoS) with scientists Michael Eisen and Patrick Brown. The aim was to persuade fellow scientists to sign an open letter pledging to discontinue submitting papers to any journal that refused to make the research articles it published "available through online public libraries of science such as PubMed Central" 6 months after publication. PLoS was a great cause and it attracted nearly 34,000 signatures from scientists in 180 countries. But, while a small handful of publishers complied, most blithely ignored the PLoS letter. Worse, most of the scientist signatories were happy to forswear their own petition and continued publishing in the very journals that had turned a deaf ear to their request. What Varmus and his PLoS colleagues had failed to appreciate is that most publishers would rather give their eyeteeth than cooperate in any scheme that threatens their profits. More realistically, Harnad has always tended to assume that, rather than going cap-in-hand to publishers, researchers should simply "free the refereed literature" themselves. That said, there was a naive element to the Subversive Proposal, too, since Harnad's plan would have led to researchers posting their papers on thousands of isolated FTP sites. This would have meant that anyone wanting to access the papers would have needed prior knowledge of the papers' existence and the whereabouts of every relevant archive. They would then have had to search each archive separately. Today, Harnad concedes that "anonymous FTP sites and arbitrary Web sites are more like common graves, insofar as searching is concerned." Self-Archiving Toolkit For this reason, Harnad also became an ardent advocate for the creation of a self-archiving toolkit that could provide the OA movement with the means to compete with the electronic platforms that publishers were developing as they began to offer subscription-based online access to their journals. It is no accident that many of the OA tools subsequently produced were developed at Southampton University, where Harnad moved shortly after posting the Subversive Proposal. In 2000, for instance, Southampton University's Department of Electronics and Computer Science released EPrints software. Designed to enable institutions to create interoperable archives for researchers to post their papers, EPrints software utilizes common metadata-tagging standards developed under the JISC-funded Open Archives Initiative (OAI), thereby enabling multiple distributed archives to be treated as one virtual archive. And, to enable this virtual archive to be searched, a number of OAI "Googles" were developed-most notably the University of Michigan's OAIster. By regularly harvesting records from diverse OAI-compliant repositories, OAIster aggregates the content from the entire population of OAI-compliant archives, enabling them to be cross-searched via a single search interface. Once relevant articles have been discovered, researchers can then utilize Southampton University's ParaCite service to locate the most accessible full-text version available on the Web simply by pasting a paper's abstract into the ParaCite search box and following the links. And those wanting to assess the impact of self-archived papers can use Southampton University's CiteBase, which is able to rank self-archived articles by a number of factors, including most-cited author, paper, etc. Meanwhile, apparently oblivious to such developments, publishers were engaged in an orgy of consolidation, and, today, the two largest STM publishers, Elsevier and Springer, between them control around 40 percent of the STM journal market. Growing concerns about such consolidation, however, were to provide even greater rationale for OA. OA Publishing But one publisher did see the approaching storm. Conscious that the core issue was not costs, per se, but, rather, the barrier that the traditional subscription model imposed between reader and research, Vitek Tracz, the chairman of Current Science Group, decided that rather than posing a threat to publishers, OA offered a new opportunity. By shifting costs from the reader to the author, he concluded that publishers could make research articles freely available, yet still charge for publication. In 1998, therefore, Tracz sold a number of publishing businesses to Elsevier and founded the world's first commercial OA publisher, BioMed Central (BMC). Rather than charging readers (via subscriptions) to access its journals, BMC charges authors to publish their papers. Today, BMC publishes 110 Web-only journals in the biological and medical sciences-all of which are immediately released on the Web as well as archived in PubMed Central. The OA publishing model was a novel and creative response to the growing demands from OA advocates. "The fact that Vitek Tracz put his money where his mouth is by starting BioMed Central as an open access publishing company was a major commitment to open access that hadn't been there before, and a breakthrough," says BMC publisher Jan Velterop. To have a commercial publisher embrace OA also provided a powerful credibility boost to the movement. By now conscious of the limitations of advocacy and impressed with what BMC was doing, PLoS reinvented itself in 2001 as an OA publisher and set about establishing new OA journals. Last October, PLoS Biology was launched; this month (October), the first issue of its second journal, PLoS Medicine, will be published. "Public Library of Science began as an advocacy group for the NIH archive, PubMed Central," Varmus recently explained to The Scientist. "Subsequently, it became a publishing house." However, the development of OA publishing was to sow the seeds for future discord in the movement. It was, after all, a deviation from Harnad's original concept, which had assumed that researchers would continue to use traditional journals, but then self-archive their papers. True, Harnad had anticipated that publishers might eventually need to downsize, perhaps eventually to provide peer-review services alone, but OA publishing had created a new type of journal. While this met the growing calls for all published research articles to be freely available, Harnad became increasingly concerned that it could hamper progress. In 2002, however, there was sufficient good news to paper over any potential cracks in the movement. In December, PLoS received a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. More significantly, earlier in the year, philanthropist George Soros' Open Society Institute (OSI) had provided $3 million in funding for the movement, enabling the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) to be launched. In contrast to PLoS, BOAI was heavily focused on practical measures: Rather than asking people to sign a petition, it called on them to agree on "a statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement of commitment." "It is clear in retrospect that most of those signing on to the PLoS boycott did so with their fingers crossed," Harnad commented to Information Today at the time. "But the BOAI is not another petition like the PLoS. Signing it does not mean that one supports the cause, or that one is asking someone else (e.g., the publishers) to do something. Signing means that one is oneself (whether individual or institution) committing to do something-either self-archiving or submitting to alternative journals or both." Moreover, with $3 million in the bank, it was now possible to make that commitment real. As Harnad pointed out to the BBC: "To start up and fill an institutional Eprint Archive costs less than $10,000; to start up and fill an alternative journal costs less than $50,000; so $3 million can do a lot of good." Importantly, the BOAI also articulated the first widely agreed definition of OA, which stipulates that OA research articles are freely available "on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the Internet itself." And since the BOAI recognized that there were now two flavors of OA, it was more than a simple restatement of the Subversive Proposal. To this end, it outlined a two-pronged strategy: BOAI-1 was the self-archiving (or green) route outlined in the Subversive Proposal; BOAI-2 was OA publishing (the gold road), as practiced by BMC and PLoS. In short, the BOAI was a defining moment. Not only did it significantly raise the public profile of the movement, but it also accelerated its progress. "When you consider that we didn't have a commonly recognized name for 'open access' before the Budapest Open Access Initiative, I think the build-up of momentum in just the past two-and-a-half years has been astonishing," says Rick Johnson, director of SPARC. Shift of Focus But, with access to substantial funds, BMC and PLoS were now better equipped than Harnad to set the OA agenda. To promote their activities, for instance, the two publishers initiated a series of "me too" declarations and manifestos that added little to what had been expressed in the BOAI, but, in Harnad's view, laid disproportionate stress on OA publishing, and downplayed self-archiving. Thus, in June 2003, the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing was announced. In October 2003 came the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Unfortunately, says Harnad, while these were "all excellent PR" for OA journal publishing, they did little for the self-archiving cause. For instance, he says, there was "no mention or understanding of BOAI-1 in the Berlin Declaration." To rub salt into Harnad's wounds, when earlier this year BOAI published a breakdown of how it was spending the Soros money, it transpired that 71 percent had gone to BOAI-2 and just 29 percent to BOAI-1. But, if the aim of the OA movement is to provide unfettered access to research on the Internet, does it matter whether this is achieved via OA publishing or through self-archiving? In the short term, yes, says Harnad, since placing too much stress on OA publishing threatens to slow the adoption of OA. Firstly, the author-pays model of OA publishing has become the bogeyman of OA. With costs ranging from $525 per paper at BMC to $1,500 at PLoS, author-pays is viewed by many as a strong disincentive to embrace OA. BMC and PLoS have been keen to stress that when an author cannot afford to pay, the charge will not be levied. They insist that the intention is for publishing fees to be paid by an author's institution or funder, not by individual authors. To formalize this, they have introduced annual "membership" schemes, allowing institutions to bulk-purchase the right for their researchers to publish future articles. However, many feel this is uncomfortably similar to the widely-criticized "big deal" site licenses introduced by traditional publishers seeking to sell online access to their journals. Thus, while Tracz's innovation provided credibility to the movement, it also introduced a hairball-one that cast doubt not only on OA publishing, but also, by implication, on the entire OA movement. Clearly conscious of this, in August BMC began consulting librarians and funders over future pricing models. Harnad worries that overplaying OA publishing could retard the movement in another way. As he frequently points out, only 1,000 of the 24,000 scholarly journals are currently OA. This means that OA publishers can, at the most, only make 5 percent of the total refereed research output freely available. If, on the other hand, all researchers were to immediately begin self-archiving the papers that they publish in the 23,000 traditional journals, then 95 percent of the research output could be made OA. As Harnad puts it: "Self-archiving can provide toll-free access to all 2,500,000 annual articles in all 24,000 journals, virtually overnight." Why, then, he asked Michael Eisen in a forthright online exchange in January, is PLoS "with its considerable resources promoting only open-access publishing (BOAI-2), instead of also promoting, at least as vigorously, the other road [BOAI-1]," which would almost certainly lead to universal open access? What was apparently worrying Harnad was that the Subversive Proposal was itself being subverted. Ironically, in the early days of OA, Harnad had himself proposed the author-pays model-a flirtation with OA publishing that he now regrets as "unnecessary and a strategic mistake on my part." As he explains: "[I]t is now much clearer that OA self-archiving is not only the path to OA, but also the eventual path to OA publishing (but only after 100 percent OA itself has prevailed-through self-archiving)." Darkest Before the Dawn By now, however, it had become evident that a far bigger challenge confronted the entire OA movement-both the gold and the green varieties. It turns out that offering exciting new publishing models, developing snazzy self-archiving tools, and extolling the virtues of OA all count for nothing if the primary agents of change-the researchers themselves-simply turn a deaf ear to the call. That they are doing, Harnad conceded in July on the American Scientist Open Access Forum that he moderates: "[O]nly about 20 percent of authors are providing OA to their articles any which-way today (whether by publishing in a gold journal [5 percent], or by publishing in a green journal and self-archiving [15 percent])." In short, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. What has become "abundantly clear," concluded Harnad, is that "universities and research funders must extend their existing publish-or-perish mandate to mandate that the publications must be made OA-either by publishing them in an OA journal, wherever possible (5 percent) or publishing them in a non-OA journal (95 percent) and self-archiving them." But here it seemed was yet another mountain to climb. Persuading universities and research funders to mandate researchers to embrace OA could take another 10 years. Increasingly gloomy, Harnad treated with skepticism last December's news that the U.K. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee was conducting an inquiry into STM publishing. His skepticism only increased when-despite his filing a written submission-the committee failed to call him to testify. Moreover, as the inquiry progressed, British politicians appeared to have little interest in or understanding of self-archiving. Posting to his own mailing list in March, Harnad complained that the committee continued "to propagate this planetary tidal wave [in which open access is being equated exclusively with open access 'publishing,' instead of with open access 'provision.'" Researchers giving evidence to the inquiry confirmed the general lack of interest in OA, with most arguing that there was no need to change the current system. As David Williams, professor of tissue engineering at the University of Liverpool, told the committee: "I do not see that there is any significant problem in S&T publishing at the present time. My staff, my post-docs, my students have immense access to a wide variety of publications with tremendous facility. Comparing that to 5 years ago, the time saved in technology is very, very significant." But the darkest hour, they say, comes just before the dawn. On July 20, when the Select Committee's report was published, it was immediately apparent that British politicians had indeed understood the difference between OA publishing and self-archiving. Moreover, while expressing some caution about OA publishing, they recommended that the U.K. government create a network of institutional repositories without delay and mandate all publicly funded researchers to deposit copies of their articles in those repositories, thereby making them accessible to all "free of charge, online." A Prophet Whose Time Has Come Harnad, who was attending a conference in Barcelona, could not have wished for more. What better way of fast-tracking OA than to have the government order researchers and their institutions to adopt self-archiving? Rushing to an Internet cafe, he triumphantly e-mailed that the news "could not have been better-though it could have come 10 years earlier." But the good news did not end there. The same month, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations recommended that NIH-the largest science funder in the U.S. federal government-draw up a plan to ensure that all research articles resulting from NIH-funded research be archived in PubMed Central 6 months after publication. At the time of this writing, similar proposals are being discussed in Canada, Scotland, Australia, India, and Norway. What we are witnessing, says Harnad, is "a historic race to see which nation actually implements the recommendation first." Despite all his frustrations, it seemed that the Harnadian view of the universe had finally begun to prevail. Ten years after posting the Subversive Proposal, lacking the financial resources of international corporations like Elsevier, or the powerful PR machines at the disposal of BMC and PLoS, but possessing all the energy and commitment of a true zealot, Harnad had apparently outgunned them all. "You must feel like a prophet whose time has come!" one of Harnad's supporters e-mailed from Australia. Ultimately, of course, the OA movement is a communal endeavor, not the work of one man alone, no matter how indefatigable that man may be. After all, disgruntled as Harnad may have become over the proliferation of manifestos and declarations, these did successfully attract the attention of politicians. The truth is that for OA to gain the mindshare that it enjoys today, it has taken the efforts of many-from the inspiration of individuals like Ginsparg, Varmus, and Tracz (to name a few) to the activism of librarians and the support (and funding) provided by a growing army of well-wishers. And, of course, without the Internet the very raison d'être of open access could not exist. That said, without Harnad's focus and energy, a movement that many now believe is set to revolutionize the process of scholarly communication could still be bogged down in a bitter wrangle over journal prices. But has the war truly been won? It is, after all, possible that the U.K. government will decline to implement the recommendations of the Science and Technology Committee and the NIH proposal may also fail or be emasculated. At the time of this writing, publishers and learned societies are mounting an even more aggressive campaign than the one that they conducted against E-Biomed. Might we once again see a spanner thrown in the works? Whatever transpires, it is clear that traditional publishers can no longer ignore open access. In Part Two, I will explore in more detail how publishers are responding and pose the question: Is the self-archiving roadmap as straightforward as Harnad claims, or even sustainable? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Richard Poynder is a U.K.-based freelance journalist who specializes in intellectual property and the information industry. His e-mail address is richard.poynder(a)journalist.co.uk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- History of OA [in the past ten years] Friends: Here is a well-written article on the history of the Open access movement. I am sure you will find it enjoyable reading. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------ Information Today Vol. 21 No. 9 - October 2004 Poynder on Point Ten Years After By Richard Poynder The open access (OA) movement has had some big wins this year: In July, a cross-party group of British politicians called on the U.K. government to make all publicly funded research accessible to everyone "free of charge, online." That same month, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations recommended that all NIH-funded research be made freely available 6 months after publication. But where did the OA movement come from, and where is it taking us? For the genesis of the OA movement, we need to step back 10 years, to June 1994, when professor of cognitive science Stevan Harnad posted what he called a "subversive proposal" to the Electronic Journals mailing list at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Harnad's post consisted of a simple but radical proposition: Since researchers' only interest in publishing is to share their ideas with as many of their peers as possible-and they are, therefore, happy to give their papers away-the price tag of journal subscriptions not only imposes an undesirable restriction on that sharing but, in the age of the Internet, is no longer even necessary. Consequently, he concluded, researchers should immediately start self-archiving their papers on the Internet, thereby maximizing the impact of their ideas and more effectively reaching "the eyes and minds of peers, fellow esoteric scientists and scholars the world over." While most mailing list messages instantly fall into justifiable oblivion, Harnad's proposal sparked a seminal online debate (one, ironically, was later published as a book) and immediately became the de facto manifesto of the embryonic OA movement. A decade later, OA is now threatening to overturn the $6 billion scholarly publishing industry and is forcing even the largest publishers against the ropes. Earlier this year, for instance, the CEO of Reed Elsevier was obliged to appear ignominiously before British politicians to explain why he thought it acceptable for publishers to make a 34-percent profit from selling publicly funded research back to the very people who had (freely) provided it in the first place: namely, researchers and their institutions. But how did the OA movement grow from one apparently random message on a mailing list to the powerful force for change that it represents today? Not the First Of course, Harnad was not the first to see the Internet's potential for enabling new ways of sharing research. Leaving aside pre-Web luminaries like Ted Nelson and Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, physicist Paul Ginsparg had founded the Internet's first preprint service, arXiv, 3 years prior to Harnad's message. Created to allow physicists to share their ideas more quickly than the lengthy process of publication permitted, arXiv had 20,000 users by the time Harnad posted the Subversive Proposal and was receiving 35,000 hits per day. For this reason, Harnad cited arXiv as a proof of concept, although his ambitions were somewhat grander. Nor was Harnad the first to climb over the access barrier imposed by journal subscriptions. Charles Oppenheim, professor of information science at Loughborough University, points out that librarians had been "banging on about the high costs of subscribing to journals published by commercial publishers" for a long time. As these costs increased, librarians were having to cancel journals, depriving faculty of access to them. Indeed, many trace the roots of the OA movement to the growing activism of librarians who, in pursuit of remedies to the growing problem of journal price inflation, founded the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) advocacy group in 1998. But where SPARC's initial focus was on advocating for alternative, less costly journals and arXiv was a central, discipline-based repository of preprints, Harnad wanted to see the entire corpus of scholarly literature made freely available on the Internet-a goal that he believes could be best achieved by researchers continuing to publish in traditional journals, but then self-archiving their articles locally. Moreover, obsessed with making the revolution happen-and blessed with a facility for rhetoric and augmentation that few can equal-Harnad has spent the last 10 years cajoling, hectoring, haranguing, and pleading with fellow researchers and verbally battering critics into submission (or at least bruised silence). Thus, while Harnad cannot claim to have invented the OA movement, his phenomenal energy and determination, coupled with a highly focused view of what is needed, undoubtedly earns him the title of chief architect of open access. Naiveté Indeed, over the years many others have "independently discovered" the self-evident logic of OA, but few have matched Harnad's focused energy-those who have often proved to be prone to naiveté. In 1999, for example, when Nobel prize winner-and the then-director of the NIH- Harold Varmus proposed a new biomedical research literature server called E-Biomed, he appeared to assume that publishers only needed to be asked to open their content vaults to the public. Modelled on arXiv, E-Biomed was mooted as "an electronic public library of medicine and other life sciences" consisting of a comprehensive, fully searchable free repository of full-text research articles, including both preprint and post-print texts. By the time it was launched as PubMed Central in February 2000, however, the project was a pale shadow of Varmus' initial concept. Why? Because, despite widespread support from scientists, publishers and learned societies mounted an aggressive campaign of opposition to E-Biomed. As a consequence, the preprint component was eliminated and delays were introduced between article publication and posting to the archive. Moreover, since publishers routinely acquire the copyright for papers that they publish, PubMed Central relied on publisher co-operation. Due to this fact, it's no surprise that 4 years after its launch, only 161 journals (most of which are freely available elsewhere on the Web) are currently archived with PubMed Central. Varmus evidently decided that publishers needed to have their arms twisted a little. Therefore, in November 2000, he founded the Public Library of Science (PLoS) with scientists Michael Eisen and Patrick Brown. The aim was to persuade fellow scientists to sign an open letter pledging to discontinue submitting papers to any journal that refused to make the research articles it published "available through online public libraries of science such as PubMed Central" 6 months after publication. PLoS was a great cause and it attracted nearly 34,000 signatures from scientists in 180 countries. But, while a small handful of publishers complied, most blithely ignored the PLoS letter. Worse, most of the scientist signatories were happy to forswear their own petition and continued publishing in the very journals that had turned a deaf ear to their request. What Varmus and his PLoS colleagues had failed to appreciate is that most publishers would rather give their eyeteeth than cooperate in any scheme that threatens their profits. More realistically, Harnad has always tended to assume that, rather than going cap-in-hand to publishers, researchers should simply "free the refereed literature" themselves. That said, there was a naive element to the Subversive Proposal, too, since Harnad's plan would have led to researchers posting their papers on thousands of isolated FTP sites. This would have meant that anyone wanting to access the papers would have needed prior knowledge of the papers' existence and the whereabouts of every relevant archive. They would then have had to search each archive separately. Today, Harnad concedes that "anonymous FTP sites and arbitrary Web sites are more like common graves, insofar as searching is concerned." Self-Archiving Toolkit For this reason, Harnad also became an ardent advocate for the creation of a self-archiving toolkit that could provide the OA movement with the means to compete with the electronic platforms that publishers were developing as they began to offer subscription-based online access to their journals. It is no accident that many of the OA tools subsequently produced were developed at Southampton University, where Harnad moved shortly after posting the Subversive Proposal. In 2000, for instance, Southampton University's Department of Electronics and Computer Science released EPrints software. Designed to enable institutions to create interoperable archives for researchers to post their papers, EPrints software utilizes common metadata-tagging standards developed under the JISC-funded Open Archives Initiative (OAI), thereby enabling multiple distributed archives to be treated as one virtual archive. And, to enable this virtual archive to be searched, a number of OAI "Googles" were developed-most notably the University of Michigan's OAIster. By regularly harvesting records from diverse OAI-compliant repositories, OAIster aggregates the content from the entire population of OAI-compliant archives, enabling them to be cross-searched via a single search interface. Once relevant articles have been discovered, researchers can then utilize Southampton University's ParaCite service to locate the most accessible full-text version available on the Web simply by pasting a paper's abstract into the ParaCite search box and following the links. And those wanting to assess the impact of self-archived papers can use Southampton University's CiteBase, which is able to rank self-archived articles by a number of factors, including most-cited author, paper, etc. Meanwhile, apparently oblivious to such developments, publishers were engaged in an orgy of consolidation, and, today, the two largest STM publishers, Elsevier and Springer, between them control around 40 percent of the STM journal market. Growing concerns about such consolidation, however, were to provide even greater rationale for OA. OA Publishing But one publisher did see the approaching storm. Conscious that the core issue was not costs, per se, but, rather, the barrier that the traditional subscription model imposed between reader and research, Vitek Tracz, the chairman of Current Science Group, decided that rather than posing a threat to publishers, OA offered a new opportunity. By shifting costs from the reader to the author, he concluded that publishers could make research articles freely available, yet still charge for publication. In 1998, therefore, Tracz sold a number of publishing businesses to Elsevier and founded the world's first commercial OA publisher, BioMed Central (BMC). Rather than charging readers (via subscriptions) to access its journals, BMC charges authors to publish their papers. Today, BMC publishes 110 Web-only journals in the biological and medical sciences-all of which are immediately released on the Web as well as archived in PubMed Central. The OA publishing model was a novel and creative response to the growing demands from OA advocates. "The fact that Vitek Tracz put his money where his mouth is by starting BioMed Central as an open access publishing company was a major commitment to open access that hadn't been there before, and a breakthrough," says BMC publisher Jan Velterop. To have a commercial publisher embrace OA also provided a powerful credibility boost to the movement. By now conscious of the limitations of advocacy and impressed with what BMC was doing, PLoS reinvented itself in 2001 as an OA publisher and set about establishing new OA journals. Last October, PLoS Biology was launched; this month (October), the first issue of its second journal, PLoS Medicine, will be published. "Public Library of Science began as an advocacy group for the NIH archive, PubMed Central," Varmus recently explained to The Scientist. "Subsequently, it became a publishing house." However, the development of OA publishing was to sow the seeds for future discord in the movement. It was, after all, a deviation from Harnad's original concept, which had assumed that researchers would continue to use traditional journals, but then self-archive their papers. True, Harnad had anticipated that publishers might eventually need to downsize, perhaps eventually to provide peer-review services alone, but OA publishing had created a new type of journal. While this met the growing calls for all published research articles to be freely available, Harnad became increasingly concerned that it could hamper progress. In 2002, however, there was sufficient good news to paper over any potential cracks in the movement. In December, PLoS received a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. More significantly, earlier in the year, philanthropist George Soros' Open Society Institute (OSI) had provided $3 million in funding for the movement, enabling the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) to be launched. In contrast to PLoS, BOAI was heavily focused on practical measures: Rather than asking people to sign a petition, it called on them to agree on "a statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement of commitment." "It is clear in retrospect that most of those signing on to the PLoS boycott did so with their fingers crossed," Harnad commented to Information Today at the time. "But the BOAI is not another petition like the PLoS. Signing it does not mean that one supports the cause, or that one is asking someone else (e.g., the publishers) to do something. Signing means that one is oneself (whether individual or institution) committing to do something-either self-archiving or submitting to alternative journals or both." Moreover, with $3 million in the bank, it was now possible to make that commitment real. As Harnad pointed out to the BBC: "To start up and fill an institutional Eprint Archive costs less than $10,000; to start up and fill an alternative journal costs less than $50,000; so $3 million can do a lot of good." Importantly, the BOAI also articulated the first widely agreed definition of OA, which stipulates that OA research articles are freely available "on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the Internet itself." And since the BOAI recognized that there were now two flavors of OA, it was more than a simple restatement of the Subversive Proposal. To this end, it outlined a two-pronged strategy: BOAI-1 was the self-archiving (or green) route outlined in the Subversive Proposal; BOAI-2 was OA publishing (the gold road), as practiced by BMC and PLoS. In short, the BOAI was a defining moment. Not only did it significantly raise the public profile of the movement, but it also accelerated its progress. "When you consider that we didn't have a commonly recognized name for 'open access' before the Budapest Open Access Initiative, I think the build-up of momentum in just the past two-and-a-half years has been astonishing," says Rick Johnson, director of SPARC. Shift of Focus But, with access to substantial funds, BMC and PLoS were now better equipped than Harnad to set the OA agenda. To promote their activities, for instance, the two publishers initiated a series of "me too" declarations and manifestos that added little to what had been expressed in the BOAI, but, in Harnad's view, laid disproportionate stress on OA publishing, and downplayed self-archiving. Thus, in June 2003, the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing was announced. In October 2003 came the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Unfortunately, says Harnad, while these were "all excellent PR" for OA journal publishing, they did little for the self-archiving cause. For instance, he says, there was "no mention or understanding of BOAI-1 in the Berlin Declaration." To rub salt into Harnad's wounds, when earlier this year BOAI published a breakdown of how it was spending the Soros money, it transpired that 71 percent had gone to BOAI-2 and just 29 percent to BOAI-1. But, if the aim of the OA movement is to provide unfettered access to research on the Internet, does it matter whether this is achieved via OA publishing or through self-archiving? In the short term, yes, says Harnad, since placing too much stress on OA publishing threatens to slow the adoption of OA. Firstly, the author-pays model of OA publishing has become the bogeyman of OA. With costs ranging from $525 per paper at BMC to $1,500 at PLoS, author-pays is viewed by many as a strong disincentive to embrace OA. BMC and PLoS have been keen to stress that when an author cannot afford to pay, the charge will not be levied. They insist that the intention is for publishing fees to be paid by an author's institution or funder, not by individual authors. To formalize this, they have introduced annual "membership" schemes, allowing institutions to bulk-purchase the right for their researchers to publish future articles. However, many feel this is uncomfortably similar to the widely-criticized "big deal" site licenses introduced by traditional publishers seeking to sell online access to their journals. Thus, while Tracz's innovation provided credibility to the movement, it also introduced a hairball-one that cast doubt not only on OA publishing, but also, by implication, on the entire OA movement. Clearly conscious of this, in August BMC began consulting librarians and funders over future pricing models. Harnad worries that overplaying OA publishing could retard the movement in another way. As he frequently points out, only 1,000 of the 24,000 scholarly journals are currently OA. This means that OA publishers can, at the most, only make 5 percent of the total refereed research output freely available. If, on the other hand, all researchers were to immediately begin self-archiving the papers that they publish in the 23,000 traditional journals, then 95 percent of the research output could be made OA. As Harnad puts it: "Self-archiving can provide toll-free access to all 2,500,000 annual articles in all 24,000 journals, virtually overnight." Why, then, he asked Michael Eisen in a forthright online exchange in January, is PLoS "with its considerable resources promoting only open-access publishing (BOAI-2), instead of also promoting, at least as vigorously, the other road [BOAI-1]," which would almost certainly lead to universal open access? What was apparently worrying Harnad was that the Subversive Proposal was itself being subverted. Ironically, in the early days of OA, Harnad had himself proposed the author-pays model-a flirtation with OA publishing that he now regrets as "unnecessary and a strategic mistake on my part." As he explains: "[I]t is now much clearer that OA self-archiving is not only the path to OA, but also the eventual path to OA publishing (but only after 100 percent OA itself has prevailed-through self-archiving)." Darkest Before the Dawn By now, however, it had become evident that a far bigger challenge confronted the entire OA movement-both the gold and the green varieties. It turns out that offering exciting new publishing models, developing snazzy self-archiving tools, and extolling the virtues of OA all count for nothing if the primary agents of change-the researchers themselves-simply turn a deaf ear to the call. That they are doing, Harnad conceded in July on the American Scientist Open Access Forum that he moderates: "[O]nly about 20 percent of authors are providing OA to their articles any which-way today (whether by publishing in a gold journal [5 percent], or by publishing in a green journal and self-archiving [15 percent])." In short, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. What has become "abundantly clear," concluded Harnad, is that "universities and research funders must extend their existing publish-or-perish mandate to mandate that the publications must be made OA-either by publishing them in an OA journal, wherever possible (5 percent) or publishing them in a non-OA journal (95 percent) and self-archiving them." But here it seemed was yet another mountain to climb. Persuading universities and research funders to mandate researchers to embrace OA could take another 10 years. Increasingly gloomy, Harnad treated with skepticism last December's news that the U.K. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee was conducting an inquiry into STM publishing. His skepticism only increased when-despite his filing a written submission-the committee failed to call him to testify. Moreover, as the inquiry progressed, British politicians appeared to have little interest in or understanding of self-archiving. Posting to his own mailing list in March, Harnad complained that the committee continued "to propagate this planetary tidal wave [in which open access is being equated exclusively with open access 'publishing,' instead of with open access 'provision.'" Researchers giving evidence to the inquiry confirmed the general lack of interest in OA, with most arguing that there was no need to change the current system. As David Williams, professor of tissue engineering at the University of Liverpool, told the committee: "I do not see that there is any significant problem in S&T publishing at the present time. My staff, my post-docs, my students have immense access to a wide variety of publications with tremendous facility. Comparing that to 5 years ago, the time saved in technology is very, very significant." But the darkest hour, they say, comes just before the dawn. On July 20, when the Select Committee's report was published, it was immediately apparent that British politicians had indeed understood the difference between OA publishing and self-archiving. Moreover, while expressing some caution about OA publishing, they recommended that the U.K. government create a network of institutional repositories without delay and mandate all publicly funded researchers to deposit copies of their articles in those repositories, thereby making them accessible to all "free of charge, online." A Prophet Whose Time Has Come Harnad, who was attending a conference in Barcelona, could not have wished for more. What better way of fast-tracking OA than to have the government order researchers and their institutions to adopt self-archiving? Rushing to an Internet cafe, he triumphantly e-mailed that the news "could not have been better-though it could have come 10 years earlier." But the good news did not end there. The same month, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations recommended that NIH-the largest science funder in the U.S. federal government-draw up a plan to ensure that all research articles resulting from NIH-funded research be archived in PubMed Central 6 months after publication. At the time of this writing, similar proposals are being discussed in Canada, Scotland, Australia, India, and Norway. What we are witnessing, says Harnad, is "a historic race to see which nation actually implements the recommendation first." Despite all his frustrations, it seemed that the Harnadian view of the universe had finally begun to prevail. Ten years after posting the Subversive Proposal, lacking the financial resources of international corporations like Elsevier, or the powerful PR machines at the disposal of BMC and PLoS, but possessing all the energy and commitment of a true zealot, Harnad had apparently outgunned them all. "You must feel like a prophet whose time has come!" one of Harnad's supporters e-mailed from Australia. Ultimately, of course, the OA movement is a communal endeavor, not the work of one man alone, no matter how indefatigable that man may be. After all, disgruntled as Harnad may have become over the proliferation of manifestos and declarations, these did successfully attract the attention of politicians. The truth is that for OA to gain the mindshare that it enjoys today, it has taken the efforts of many-from the inspiration of individuals like Ginsparg, Varmus, and Tracz (to name a few) to the activism of librarians and the support (and funding) provided by a growing army of well-wishers. And, of course, without the Internet the very raison d'être of open access could not exist. That said, without Harnad's focus and energy, a movement that many now believe is set to revolutionize the process of scholarly communication could still be bogged down in a bitter wrangle over journal prices. But has the war truly been won? It is, after all, possible that the U.K. government will decline to implement the recommendations of the Science and Technology Committee and the NIH proposal may also fail or be emasculated. At the time of this writing, publishers and learned societies are mounting an even more aggressive campaign than the one that they conducted against E-Biomed. Might we once again see a spanner thrown in the works? Whatever transpires, it is clear that traditional publishers can no longer ignore open access. In Part Two, I will explore in more detail how publishers are responding and pose the question: Is the self-archiving roadmap as straightforward as Harnad claims, or even sustainable? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Poynder is a U.K.-based freelance journalist who specializes in intellectual property and the information industry. His e-mail address is richard.poynder(a)journalist.co.uk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Open Access Institutional Archives for India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Friends: Here is a comment by Peter Suber applauding the US NIH mandatory self-archiving plan and Stevan Harnad's response to it - actually suggesting that NIH should mandate self-archiving in the authors' own institutional archives. This appears to be something funding agencies in India [such as DST, DBT, DAE, CSIR, UGC] could follow. Now there are at least half a dozen studies showing that papers in the open access regime are cited far more often than papers in the toll-access regime. And, as has been pointed out by OA advocates, institutional archiving has many benefits apart from improving the visibility of the scientists and their work. Many of you might be interested in seeing Richard Poynder's 10-year history of the Open Access movement that has just appeared today in Information Today: http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Peter Suber has written an excellent FAQ on the House Appropriations Committee/NIH mandatory self-archiving plan: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm The FAQ is clear, comprehensive and on-target. I highly recommend it to anyone who is having any difficulty understanding the House/NIH recommendations. There is only one point on which I would disagree. Peter's FAQ says: Why PubMed Central [PMC]? PMC is maintained by the NIH; it already houses a very large body of medical literature; it has benefited from years of infrastructure refinements; it is committed to open access, long-term preservation, and interoperability. Some publishers object to the use of PMC and would like to see Congress allow grantees to put the literature elsewhere, either in multiple repositories or in any repository that meets certain conditions. If the report language were amended to meet these objections, open access would not suffer. At the same time, however, the high quality of PMC makes such amendments unnecessary. Peter is right that if the report were amended to allow grantees to deposit in any OAI-compliant archive, open access *to those papers* would not suffer. He is also right that this amendment would not be a *necessary* one. But such an amendment would make the recommendation a far *better* one. For it would generate far more Open Access (OA), in more disciplines and institutions, and sooner, if PMC were not stipulated as the mandatory locus of the self-archiving, only that the self-archiving must be done in an OAI-compliant OA Archive, preferably the author's own institutional OA Archive. The reason is that: (1) the self-archiving practice is far more likely to generalize to other disciplines at the same university if it is done at that university than if it is only done in PMC; (2) for functionality and quality the physical locus of the full-text makes no difference at all, as long as it is in an OAI-compliant OA Archive; (3) all OAI-compliant OA Archives (including PMC) are equivalent and interoperable; (4) the metadata of all OAI-complaint OA Archives are harvestable, hence they could be harvested into PMC too, if that was desired; (5) even the full-texts could be harvested into PMC, if that was desired; (6) PMC could (and should) be available as a backup locus for self-archiving for any grantee whose university does not yet have an OAI-compliant OA Archive. Another (very minor) reason for institutional rather than central self-archiving is that many of the 86% of journals that have already given their green light to author self-archiving have stipulated self-archiving at the author's own institution (so that their green light should not be legally construable as sanctioning 3rd-party free-riding by rival publishers). The publishers' worry is silly, but mandating PMC self-archiving just makes it into a further needless obstacle. http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php So it is not just publishers who "would like to see Congress allow grantees to put the literature elsewhere": It is also those OA advocates (like myself) who hope to see the House/NIH self-archiving mandate's effect propagate far beyond just the NIH-funded biomedical research papers to all of OA, in all fields. "In a study in the UK which we have just completed for the Joint Information Systems Committee, JISC (a brief account of which will, referees permitting, be published in a forthcoming special issue of Serials Review), after quite exhaustive review of all aspects of e-prints archiving, we recommended a "harvesting model", in which full texts (and other digital objects) remain at distributed institutional (and other) archives, but metadata is harvested and processed centrally." --- Fytton Rowland http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3909.html See also: "Central vs. Distributed Archives" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/0293.html "Central versus institutional self-archiving" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3206.html Stevan Harnad Open Access Institutional Archives for India Friends: Here is a comment by Peter Suber applauding the US NIH mandatory self-archiving plan and Stevan Harnad's response to it - actually suggesting that NIH should mandate self-archiving in the authors' own institutional archives. This appears to be something funding agencies in India [such as DST, DBT, DAE, CSIR, UGC] could follow. Now there are at least half a dozen studies showing that papers in the open access regime are cited far more often than papers in the toll-access regime. And, as has been pointed out by OA advocates, institutional archiving has many benefits apart from improving the visibility of the scientists and their work. Many of you might be interested in seeing Richard Poynder's 10-year history of the Open Access movement that has just appeared today in Information Today: http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/IT/oct04/poynder.shtml Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Peter Suber has written an excellent FAQ on the House Appropriations Committee/NIH mandatory self-archiving plan: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm The FAQ is clear, comprehensive and on-target. I highly recommend it to anyone who is having any difficulty understanding the House/NIH recommendations. There is only one point on which I would disagree. Peter's FAQ says: Why PubMed Central [PMC]? PMC is maintained by the NIH; it already houses a very large body of medical literature; it has benefited from years of infrastructure refinements; it is committed to open access, long-term preservation, and interoperability. Some publishers object to the use of PMC and would like to see Congress allow grantees to put the literature elsewhere, either in multiple repositories or in any repository that meets certain conditions. If the report language were amended to meet these objections, open access would not suffer. At the same time, however, the high quality of PMC makes such amendments unnecessary. Peter is right that if the report were amended to allow grantees to deposit in any OAI-compliant archive, open access *to those papers* would not suffer. He is also right that this amendment would not be a *necessary* one. But such an amendment would make the recommendation a far *better* one. For it would generate far more Open Access (OA), in more disciplines and institutions, and sooner, if PMC were not stipulated as the mandatory locus of the self-archiving, only that the self-archiving must be done in an OAI-compliant OA Archive, preferably the author's own institutional OA Archive. The reason is that: (1) the self-archiving practice is far more likely to generalize to other disciplines at the same university if it is done at that university than if it is only done in PMC; (2) for functionality and quality the physical locus of the full-text makes no difference at all, as long as it is in an OAI-compliant OA Archive; (3) all OAI-compliant OA Archives (including PMC) are equivalent and interoperable; (4) the metadata of all OAI-complaint OA Archives are harvestable, hence they could be harvested into PMC too, if that was desired; (5) even the full-texts could be harvested into PMC, if that was desired; (6) PMC could (and should) be available as a backup locus for self-archiving for any grantee whose university does not yet have an OAI-compliant OA Archive. Another (very minor) reason for institutional rather than central self-archiving is that many of the 86% of journals that have already given their green light to author self-archiving have stipulated self-archiving at the author's own institution (so that their green light should not be legally construable as sanctioning 3rd-party free-riding by rival publishers). The publishers' worry is silly, but mandating PMC self-archiving just makes it into a further needless obstacle. http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php So it is not just publishers who "would like to see Congress allow grantees to put the literature elsewhere": It is also those OA advocates (like myself) who hope to see the House/NIH self-archiving mandate's effect propagate far beyond just the NIH-funded biomedical research papers to all of OA, in all fields. "In a study in the UK which we have just completed for the Joint Information Systems Committee, JISC (a brief account of which will, referees permitting, be published in a forthcoming special issue of Serials Review), after quite exhaustive review of all aspects of e-prints archiving, we recommended a "harvesting model", in which full texts (and other digital objects) remain at distributed institutional (and other) archives, but metadata is harvested and processed centrally." --- Fytton Rowland http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3909.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3909.html See also: "Central vs. Distributed Archives" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/0293.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/0293.html "Central versus institutional self-archiving" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3206.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3206.html Stevan Harnad

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 Announcement of Gokhale Institute's OPAC on th
by salman haider 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Dear Sir, The Web Opac is working fine giving all the details. The Web interface of SLIM++ software is also impressive. One other WebOpac worth looking is that of the Hyderabad based "Indian School of Busienss". Following is the link. Just do a little browsing of the library catalogue and you will apperciate the quantity of information that can be accessed online. <http://www.isb.edu/lrc/index.html> A digital library of documents relating to business management is also available. Regards, SALMAN HAIDER Consultant, Indian School of Business Library (LRC) Hyderabad On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 Jai Haravu wrote : >While congratulating the Gokhale Inst. for putting their library catalogue on the web, I must also express my disappointment that it looks like only the Institute's authorized users can search the OPAC. I think the Institute has such a rich collection of material that it should allow other scholars to at least search its collection and know if a particular publication is available or not. The whole purpose of putting a library's catalogue on the web is defeated if this is not done. > >cid:65519CDA-52A4-4314-A994-7F572CE46607 >L J Haravu >Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [http://www.kiikm.org/] >69 Krishnapuri Colony >West Marredpally >Sedcunderabad 500 026 >Tel: 91-40-27803947 >-------Original Message------- > > From: >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Date: >10/01/04 11:12:27 >To: >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: >LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 > >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > mailto:lis-forum-owner@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Request for Information (Monali Panchbhai) > 2. Announcement (N Murali) > 3. Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, > Bangalore-Report (Shalini R. Urs) > 4. FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web > (Subbiah Arunachalam) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0000 > From: "Monali Panchbhai" < mailto:monalipanchbhai@hotmail.com monalipanchbhai(a)hotmail.com > > >Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >To: mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com, ikishore(a)rediffmail.com, >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: < mailto:BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d@hotmail.com BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d(a)hotmail.com > > >Content-Type: text/plain > >Dear Member, >The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. >You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. >Try doing >Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> >then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. >Regards, >Monali Panchbhai >Librarian, >J V Gokal & Com. >Mumbai. > > >From: "Kishore Ingale" < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > > > >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > > > >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information > >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > > > > >Dear Colleagues, > > > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. > > > >Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? > > > >Kishore Ingale >& mailto:gt;ikishore@rediffmail.com gt;ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > >ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 > >_______________________________________________ > >LIS-Forum mailing list >& mailto:gt;LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in gt;LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Millions of profiles from across the globe. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 >On BharatMatrimony.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:01:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: N Murali < mailto:murali_dhara@yahoo.com murali_dhara(a)yahoo.com > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: < mailto:20040930130114.72116.qmail@web51106.mail.yahoo.com 20040930130114.72116.qmail(a)web51106.mail.yahoo.com > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2004 15:07:39 +0100 > From: Prabhash Rath < mailto:prabhash@gipe.ernet.in prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in > > >Subject: Announcement > >Please distribute this message to Lis-forum > >Dear professionals, > >We are happy to inform you that the Gokhale >Institute Library has successfully developed the >bibliographic database of its entire collection >which may be accessed through the following site: > >http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html > >Gokhale Library might be the first to put up >bibliographic details of its entire collection on >the Web under the INFLIBNET automation programme >(1st Oct. 1999 to 30th Sept. 2004). > >A P Gadre >Librarian > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com http://mail.yahoo.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:42:27 +0530 (IST) > From: "Shalini R. Urs" < mailto:shalini@vidyanidhi.org.in shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, > Bangalore-Report >To: < mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >Message-ID: > < mailto:35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel@mail.vidyanidhi.org.in 35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel(a)mail.vidyanidhi.org.in > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September >16, 2004 ( http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook >). >---------- >Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting >Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred >learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for >eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and >exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, >promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three >phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an >Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on >September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. >The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, >C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and >Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and >the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. >The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, >with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders >community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four >end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator >industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and >debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery >mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with >each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with >a set of issues/questions. >The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology >perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library >perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of >Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, >N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of >National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library >Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were >moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of >Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of >Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and >Springer. >The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was >achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions >and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the >guidelines document. >For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit >the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ > > > > >Dr. Shalini R. Urs >Director >Information and Communication Division >& >Professor and Chairperson >Department of Library and Information Science >University of Mysore >Mysore-570006 >India >Tele:91-821-2514699 >Fax :91-821-2519209 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:33:48 +0530 > From: Subbiah Arunachalam < mailto:arun@mssrf.res.in arun(a)mssrf.res.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: > < mailto:014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E@swami.mssrf.res.in 014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E(a)swami.mssrf.res.in > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > >Friends: > >Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find >it interesting and useful. Best wishes. > >Arun >[Subbiah Arunachalam] > > >Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web >http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > >The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a >keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising >a one-hour talk in 30 minutes, Berners-Lee gave an animated, >rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- >about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. > >Berners-Lees early remarks focused on his development of the Web. >Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass >of things being developed on the Internet, including protocols such as >TCP/IP and other standards. All I had to do on top of that to create >the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was >rather arrogant. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web and the idea was >that it would minimally constraining. And HTML, the language he created >to drive the Web, would be the cloth on which a tapestry would be made > the jewels, the colors > >Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions >between them, whats come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come >and gone, new ways of thinking and more recently, wikis and blogs. >The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a >place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things >are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows >theyre [embracing] its creative side. > >But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he >would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Webs >fundamental design, but for various reasons it didnt make the cut. One >thing I wanted to put in the original design was the typing of links, >he said. For example, lets say you link your website to another site. >At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little >information: just an address to get to the other websites content. But >Berners-Lees idea was to include metadata with each hyperlink to >describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do >the people linking their two websites know each other personally, >professionally, or not at all? If theyre colleagues, how are they >working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? > >When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may >mean, but a machine doesnt, he said. But this idea of embedding large >amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didnt make it into the >original Web standard. Now, hes trying to change that, with an >initiative called the Semantic Web. > >The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web, Berners-Lee >said. As the <a href=" http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ >">World Wide Web >Consortium</a> explains, The Web can reach its full potential only if >it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated >tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs >must be able to share and process data even when these programs have >been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the >idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can >be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, >integration and reuse of data across various applications. > >For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in >ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in >traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I >would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color >should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldnt > do this. Rather, youd tell the website to go to a URL that >defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So >instead of coding a webpage to say Color=Red, youd say something like >Color= http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 > and your >website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This >would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, >people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs >containing descriptive information about that data. Information would >not be static or absolute; instead its an abstract concept that gets >sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. > >An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons >initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying >how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has >created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a >persons content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, >can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owners permission, >etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their >license with different combinations of these elements. When a content >publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their >website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their sites HTML that >refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection >of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such >as the contents redistribution policy. So when search engines and other >automated tools pick up that bloggers website, theyll access these >URLs and understand your copyright policy as you intended it. > >Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. The Web is >a tangle, your life is a tangle get used to it. > >Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online >information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they >share. Thats what its all about connecting things, he said. The >Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online >translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts >of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a >real-world example. Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus >breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases, >he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. > >Its also helping build powerful social networking tools -- >friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about >themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this >information. Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of >this stuff, Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the >Web and find what were looking for based on what they know about our >needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. A >human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned, he joked. > >Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on >royalty-free technical standards. Standards must be royalty free to >foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. It is very >important that we make sure we are not tripped up by proprietary >standards, he said. With so many ridiculous patents out there, theres >always the threat that an underwater patent will torpedo innovation. > >Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, >moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. >Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a play project that his bosses >at Switzerlands CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The >structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working >independently, influenced the structure of the Web. Because it was a >lab, it acted more like a web in itself, so coming up with a virtual >web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of >sense. > >Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet >discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by >fellow scientists. Hypertext wasnt considered real computing, so I >sent it out to alternative news groups, he said. Some people like the >University of Illinois Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with >it; he went on to found Netscape. > >Others were less supportive because they didnt like the technical >structure behind it. Why do I have to use your horrible angle >brackets? they would say to him. > >Do you remember the names of these people? Metcalfe asked rather >mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. > >Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didnt patent the >standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. Some >people have said, Isnt it a shame all these commercial things came >about? he noted. But most people wanted a commercial browser. The >private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and >academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the >adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. >Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in >popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started >playing with Mozillas new open source Firefox browser as well. > >Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the >years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of >contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make >all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving >consensus in distributed group projects. If you take little groups, >they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups >together, they dont share their ideas, and have different values >towards how things should be built. This takes a lot more energy than >figuring out how to do it yourself. Making consensus, communicating >with other people is hard work. > >I had the luxury to do this myself with nobody there to object, he >continued. But now were doing things where there are lot of people >interested in getting involved. If you want to do something, do it >yourself. > >As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on >the Web as an educational tool. Id like to see lots of curricula like >the <a href=" http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html >">MIT Open Courseware >initiative</a> being picked up by K-12, he said. The tricky thing is >that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like >Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as The Font of All Knowledge). >You really need to keep education materials sown together. So Id love >to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, >following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts >to keep these things up to date, but Id [even] like to see teachers >help contribute to it. > >Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with >simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other, he >concluded. And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots >of technology Theres lots of work to do out there. > > >-- >-------------------------------------- >Andy Carvin >Program Director >EDC Center for Media & Community >acarvin @ edc . org >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org >http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ >-------------------------------------- > Dear Sir, The Web Opac is working fine giving all the details. The Web interface of SLIM++ software is also impressive. One other WebOpac worth looking is that of the Hyderabad based "Indian School of Busienss". Following is the link. Just do a little browsing of the library catalogue and you will apperciate the quantity of information that can be accessed online. <http://www.isb.edu/lrc/index.html> A digital library of documents relating to business management is also available. Regards, SALMAN HAIDER Consultant, Indian School of Business Library (LRC) Hyderabad On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 Jai Haravu wrote : >While congratulating the Gokhale Inst. for putting their library catalogue on the web, I must also express my disappointment that it looks like only the Institute's authorized users can search the OPAC. I think the Institute has such a rich collection of material that it should allow other scholars to at least search its collection and know if a particular publication is available or not. The whole purpose of putting a library's catalogue on the web is defeated if this is not done. > >cid:65519CDA-52A4-4314-A994-7F572CE46607 >L J Haravu >Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [http://www.kiikm.org/] >69 Krishnapuri Colony >West Marredpally >Sedcunderabad 500 026 >Tel: 91-40-27803947 >-------Original Message------- > > From: >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Date: >10/01/04 11:12:27 >To: >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: >LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 > >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > mailto:lis-forum-owner@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Request for Information (Monali Panchbhai) > 2. Announcement (N Murali) > 3. Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, > Bangalore-Report (Shalini R. Urs) > 4. FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web > (Subbiah Arunachalam) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0000 > From: "Monali Panchbhai" < mailto:monalipanchbhai@hotmail.com monalipanchbhai(a)hotmail.com > > >Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >To: mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com, ikishore(a)rediffmail.com, >mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: < mailto:BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d@hotmail.com BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d(a)hotmail.com > > >Content-Type: text/plain > >Dear Member, >The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. >You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. >Try doing >Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> >then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. >Regards, >Monali Panchbhai >Librarian, >J V Gokal & Com. >Mumbai. > > >From: "Kishore Ingale" < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > > > >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > > > >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information > >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > > > > >Dear Colleagues, > > > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. > > > >Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? > > > >Kishore Ingale >& mailto:gt;ikishore@rediffmail.com gt;ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > >ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 > >_______________________________________________ > >LIS-Forum mailing list >& mailto:gt;LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in gt;LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Millions of profiles from across the globe. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 >On BharatMatrimony.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:01:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: N Murali < mailto:murali_dhara@yahoo.com murali_dhara(a)yahoo.com > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: < mailto:20040930130114.72116.qmail@web51106.mail.yahoo.com 20040930130114.72116.qmail(a)web51106.mail.yahoo.com > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2004 15:07:39 +0100 > From: Prabhash Rath < mailto:prabhash@gipe.ernet.in prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in > > >Subject: Announcement > >Please distribute this message to Lis-forum > >Dear professionals, > >We are happy to inform you that the Gokhale >Institute Library has successfully developed the >bibliographic database of its entire collection >which may be accessed through the following site: > >http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html > >Gokhale Library might be the first to put up >bibliographic details of its entire collection on >the Web under the INFLIBNET automation programme >(1st Oct. 1999 to 30th Sept. 2004). > >A P Gadre >Librarian > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com http://mail.yahoo.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:42:27 +0530 (IST) > From: "Shalini R. Urs" < mailto:shalini@vidyanidhi.org.in shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, > Bangalore-Report >To: < mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >Message-ID: > < mailto:35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel@mail.vidyanidhi.org.in 35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel(a)mail.vidyanidhi.org.in > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September >16, 2004 ( http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook >). >---------- >Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting >Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred >learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for >eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and >exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, >promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three >phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an >Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on >September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. >The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, >C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and >Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and >the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. >The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, >with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders >community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four >end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator >industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and >debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery >mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with >each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with >a set of issues/questions. >The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology >perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library >perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of >Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, >N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of >National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library >Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were >moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of >Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of >Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and >Springer. >The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was >achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions >and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the >guidelines document. >For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit >the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ > > > > >Dr. Shalini R. Urs >Director >Information and Communication Division >& >Professor and Chairperson >Department of Library and Information Science >University of Mysore >Mysore-570006 >India >Tele:91-821-2514699 >Fax :91-821-2519209 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:33:48 +0530 > From: Subbiah Arunachalam < mailto:arun@mssrf.res.in arun(a)mssrf.res.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: > < mailto:014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E@swami.mssrf.res.in 014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E(a)swami.mssrf.res.in > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > >Friends: > >Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find >it interesting and useful. Best wishes. > >Arun >[Subbiah Arunachalam] > > >Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web >http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ > >The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a >keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising >a one-hour talk in 30 minutes, Berners-Lee gave an animated, >rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- >about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. > >Berners-Lees early remarks focused on his development of the Web. >Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass >of things being developed on the Internet, including protocols such as >TCP/IP and other standards. All I had to do on top of that to create >the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was >rather arrogant. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web and the idea was >that it would minimally constraining. And HTML, the language he created >to drive the Web, would be the cloth on which a tapestry would be made > the jewels, the colors > >Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions >between them, whats come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come >and gone, new ways of thinking and more recently, wikis and blogs. >The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a >place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things >are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows >theyre [embracing] its creative side. > >But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he >would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Webs >fundamental design, but for various reasons it didnt make the cut. One >thing I wanted to put in the original design was the typing of links, >he said. For example, lets say you link your website to another site. >At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little >information: just an address to get to the other websites content. But >Berners-Lees idea was to include metadata with each hyperlink to >describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do >the people linking their two websites know each other personally, >professionally, or not at all? If theyre colleagues, how are they >working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? > >When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may >mean, but a machine doesnt, he said. But this idea of embedding large >amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didnt make it into the >original Web standard. Now, hes trying to change that, with an >initiative called the Semantic Web. > >The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web, Berners-Lee >said. As the <a href=" http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ >">World Wide Web >Consortium</a> explains, The Web can reach its full potential only if >it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated >tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs >must be able to share and process data even when these programs have >been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the >idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can >be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, >integration and reuse of data across various applications. > >For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in >ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in >traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I >would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color >should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldnt > do this. Rather, youd tell the website to go to a URL that >defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So >instead of coding a webpage to say Color=Red, youd say something like >Color= http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 > and your >website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This >would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, >people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs >containing descriptive information about that data. Information would >not be static or absolute; instead its an abstract concept that gets >sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. > >An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons >initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying >how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has >created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a >persons content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, >can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owners permission, >etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their >license with different combinations of these elements. When a content >publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their >website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their sites HTML that >refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection >of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such >as the contents redistribution policy. So when search engines and other >automated tools pick up that bloggers website, theyll access these >URLs and understand your copyright policy as you intended it. > >Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. The Web is >a tangle, your life is a tangle get used to it. > >Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online >information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they >share. Thats what its all about connecting things, he said. The >Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online >translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts >of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a >real-world example. Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus >breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases, >he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. > >Its also helping build powerful social networking tools -- >friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about >themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this >information. Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of >this stuff, Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the >Web and find what were looking for based on what they know about our >needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. A >human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned, he joked. > >Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on >royalty-free technical standards. Standards must be royalty free to >foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. It is very >important that we make sure we are not tripped up by proprietary >standards, he said. With so many ridiculous patents out there, theres >always the threat that an underwater patent will torpedo innovation. > >Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, >moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. >Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a play project that his bosses >at Switzerlands CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The >structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working >independently, influenced the structure of the Web. Because it was a >lab, it acted more like a web in itself, so coming up with a virtual >web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of >sense. > >Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet >discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by >fellow scientists. Hypertext wasnt considered real computing, so I >sent it out to alternative news groups, he said. Some people like the >University of Illinois Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with >it; he went on to found Netscape. > >Others were less supportive because they didnt like the technical >structure behind it. Why do I have to use your horrible angle >brackets? they would say to him. > >Do you remember the names of these people? Metcalfe asked rather >mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. > >Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didnt patent the >standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. Some >people have said, Isnt it a shame all these commercial things came >about? he noted. But most people wanted a commercial browser. The >private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and >academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the >adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. >Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in >popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started >playing with Mozillas new open source Firefox browser as well. > >Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the >years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of >contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make >all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving >consensus in distributed group projects. If you take little groups, >they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups >together, they dont share their ideas, and have different values >towards how things should be built. This takes a lot more energy than >figuring out how to do it yourself. Making consensus, communicating >with other people is hard work. > >I had the luxury to do this myself with nobody there to object, he >continued. But now were doing things where there are lot of people >interested in getting involved. If you want to do something, do it >yourself. > >As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on >the Web as an educational tool. Id like to see lots of curricula like >the <a href=" http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html >">MIT Open Courseware >initiative</a> being picked up by K-12, he said. The tricky thing is >that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like >Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as The Font of All Knowledge). >You really need to keep education materials sown together. So Id love >to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, >following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts >to keep these things up to date, but Id [even] like to see teachers >help contribute to it. > >Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with >simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other, he >concluded. And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots >of technology Theres lots of work to do out there. > > >-- >-------------------------------------- >Andy Carvin >Program Director >EDC Center for Media & Community >acarvin @ edc . org >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org >http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ >-------------------------------------- >

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 Announcement of Gokhale Institute's OPAC on the Web
by Jai Haravu 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

While congratulating the Gokhale Inst. for putting their library catalogue on the web, I must also express my disappointment that it looks like only the Institute's authorized users can search the OPAC. I think the Institute has such a rich collection of material that it should allow other scholars to at least search its collection and know if a particular publication is available or not. The whole purpose of putting a library's catalogue on the web is defeated if this is not done. L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [http://www.kiikm.org/] 69 Krishnapuri Colony West Marredpally Sedcunderabad 500 026 Tel: 91-40-27803947 -------Original Message------- From: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: 10/01/04 11:12:27 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. RE: Request for Information (Monali Panchbhai) 2. Announcement (N Murali) 3. Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report (Shalini R. Urs) 4. FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web (Subbiah Arunachalam) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0000 From: "Monali Panchbhai" <monalipanchbhai(a)hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information To: ikishore(a)rediffmail.com, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d(a)hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Dear Member, The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. Try doing Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. Regards, Monali Panchbhai Librarian, J V Gokal & Com. Mumbai. >From: "Kishore Ingale" <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > >Dear Colleagues, > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. > >Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? > >Kishore Ingale >ikishore(a)rediffmail.com >ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Millions of profiles from across the globe. http://g.msn com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 On BharatMatrimony.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:01:14 -0700 (PDT) From: N Murali <murali_dhara(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <20040930130114.72116.qmail(a)web51106.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2004 15:07:39 +0100 From: Prabhash Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> Subject: Announcement Please distribute this message to Lis-forum Dear professionals, We are happy to inform you that the Gokhale Institute Library has successfully developed the bibliographic database of its entire collection which may be accessed through the following site: http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html Gokhale Library might be the first to put up bibliographic details of its entire collection on the Web under the INFLIBNET automation programme (1st Oct. 1999 to 30th Sept. 2004). A P Gadre Librarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:42:27 +0530 (IST) From: "Shalini R. Urs" <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel(a)mail.vidyanidhi.org.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September 16, 2004 (http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook). ---------- Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with a set of issues/questions. The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and Springer. The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the guidelines document. For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:33:48 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E(a)swami.mssrf.res.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Friends: Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find it interesting and useful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising a one-hour talk in 30 minutes, Berners-Lee gave an animated, rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. Berners-Lees early remarks focused on his development of the Web. Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet, including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web and the idea was that it would minimally constraining. And HTML, the language he created to drive the Web, would be the cloth on which a tapestry would be made the jewels, the colors Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions between them, whats come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come and gone, new ways of thinking and more recently, wikis and blogs. The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows theyre [embracing] its creative side. But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Webs fundamental design, but for various reasons it didnt make the cut. One thing I wanted to put in the original design was the typing of links, he said. For example, lets say you link your website to another site. At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little information: just an address to get to the other websites content. But Berners-Lees idea was to include metadata with each hyperlink to describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do the people linking their two websites know each other personally, professionally, or not at all? If theyre colleagues, how are they working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may mean, but a machine doesnt, he said. But this idea of embedding large amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didnt make it into the original Web standard. Now, hes trying to change that, with an initiative called the Semantic Web. The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web, Berners-Lee said. As the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/">World Wide Web Consortium</a> explains, The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs must be able to share and process data even when these programs have been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldnt do this. Rather, youd tell the website to go to a URL that defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So instead of coding a webpage to say Color=Red, youd say something like Color=http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 and your website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs containing descriptive information about that data. Information would not be static or absolute; instead its an abstract concept that gets sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a persons content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owners permission, etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their license with different combinations of these elements. When a content publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their sites HTML that refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such as the contents redistribution policy. So when search engines and other automated tools pick up that bloggers website, theyll access these URLs and understand your copyright policy as you intended it. Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. The Web is a tangle, your life is a tangle get used to it. Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they share. Thats what its all about connecting things, he said. The Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a real-world example. Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases, he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. Its also helping build powerful social networking tools -- friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this information. Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of this stuff, Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the Web and find what were looking for based on what they know about our needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. A human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned, he joked. Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on royalty-free technical standards. Standards must be royalty free to foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. It is very important that we make sure we are not tripped up by proprietary standards, he said. With so many ridiculous patents out there, theres always the threat that an underwater patent will torpedo innovation. Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a play project that his bosses at Switzerlands CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working independently, influenced the structure of the Web. Because it was a lab, it acted more like a web in itself, so coming up with a virtual web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of sense. Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by fellow scientists. Hypertext wasnt considered real computing, so I sent it out to alternative news groups, he said. Some people like the University of Illinois Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with it; he went on to found Netscape. Others were less supportive because they didnt like the technical structure behind it. Why do I have to use your horrible angle brackets? they would say to him. Do you remember the names of these people? Metcalfe asked rather mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didnt patent the standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. Some people have said, Isnt it a shame all these commercial things came about? he noted. But most people wanted a commercial browser. The private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started playing with Mozillas new open source Firefox browser as well. Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving consensus in distributed group projects. If you take little groups, they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups together, they dont share their ideas, and have different values towards how things should be built. This takes a lot more energy than figuring out how to do it yourself. Making consensus, communicating with other people is hard work. I had the luxury to do this myself with nobody there to object, he continued. But now were doing things where there are lot of people interested in getting involved. If you want to do something, do it yourself. As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on the Web as an educational tool. Id like to see lots of curricula like the <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html">MIT Open Courseware initiative</a> being picked up by K-12, he said. The tricky thing is that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as The Font of All Knowledge). You really need to keep education materials sown together. So Id love to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts to keep these things up to date, but Id [even] like to see teachers help contribute to it. Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other, he concluded. And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots of technology Theres lots of work to do out there. -- -------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ -------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web Friends: Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find it interesting and useful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject org/andy/blog/ The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising a one-hour talk in 30 minutes, Berners-Lee gave an animated, rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. Berners-Lees early remarks focused on his development of the Web. Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet, including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web and the idea was that it would minimally constraining. And HTML, the language he created to drive the Web, would be the cloth on which a tapestry would be made the jewels, the colors Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions between them, whats come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come and gone, new ways of thinking and more recently, wikis and blogs. The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows theyre [embracing] its creative side. But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Webs fundamental design, but for various reasons it didnt make the cut. One thing I wanted to put in the original design was the typing of links, he said. For example, lets say you link your website to another site. At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little information: just an address to get to the other websites content. But Berners-Lees idea was to include metadata with each hyperlink to describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do the people linking their two websites know each other personally, professionally, or not at all? If theyre colleagues, how are they working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may mean, but a machine doesnt, he said. But this idea of embedding large amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didnt make it into the original Web standard. Now, hes trying to change that, with an initiative called the Semantic Web. The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web, Berners-Lee said. As the <a href=" http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.w3 org/2001/sw/ ">World Wide Web Consortium</a> explains, The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs must be able to share and process data even when these programs have been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldnt do this. Rather, youd tell the website to go to a URL that defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So instead of coding a webpage to say Color=Red, youd say something like Color= http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 and your website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs containing descriptive information about that data. Information would not be static or absolute; instead its an abstract concept that gets sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a persons content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owners permission, etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their license with different combinations of these elements. When a content publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their sites HTML that refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such as the contents redistribution policy. So when search engines and other automated tools pick up that bloggers website, theyll access these URLs and understand your copyright policy as you intended it. Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. The Web is a tangle, your life is a tangle get used to it. Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they share. Thats what its all about connecting things, he said. The Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a real-world example. Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases, he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. Its also helping build powerful social networking tools -- friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this information. Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of this stuff, Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the Web and find what were looking for based on what they know about our needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. A human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned, he joked. Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on royalty-free technical standards. Standards must be royalty free to foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. It is very important that we make sure we are not tripped up by proprietary standards, he said. With so many ridiculous patents out there, theres always the threat that an underwater patent will torpedo innovation. Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a play project that his bosses at Switzerlands CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working independently, influenced the structure of the Web. Because it was a lab, it acted more like a web in itself, so coming up with a virtual web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of sense. Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by fellow scientists. Hypertext wasnt considered real computing, so I sent it out to alternative news groups, he said. Some people like the University of Illinois Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with it; he went on to found Netscape. Others were less supportive because they didnt like the technical structure behind it. Why do I have to use your horrible angle brackets? they would say to him. Do you remember the names of these people? Metcalfe asked rather mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didnt patent the standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. Some people have said, Isnt it a shame all these commercial things came about? he noted. But most people wanted a commercial browser. The private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started playing with Mozillas new open source Firefox browser as well. Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving consensus in distributed group projects. If you take little groups, they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups together, they dont share their ideas, and have different values towards how things should be built. This takes a lot more energy than figuring out how to do it yourself. Making consensus, communicating with other people is hard work. I had the luxury to do this myself with nobody there to object, he continued. But now were doing things where there are lot of people interested in getting involved. If you want to do something, do it yourself. As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on the Web as an educational tool. Id like to see lots of curricula like the <a href=" http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html ">MIT Open Courseware initiative</a> being picked up by K-12, he said. The tricky thing is that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as The Font of All Knowledge). You really need to keep education materials sown together. So Id love to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts to keep these things up to date, but Id [even] like to see teachers help contribute to it. Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other, he concluded. And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots of technology Theres lots of work to do out there. -- -------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject org/andy/blog/ -------------------------------------- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 **************************************** While congratulating the Gokhale Inst. for putting their library catalogue on the web, I must also express my disappointment that it looks like only the Institute's authorized users can search the OPAC. I think the Institute has such a rich collection of material that it should allow other scholars to at least search its collection and know if a particular publication is available or not. 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Today's Topics: 1. RE: Request for Information (Monali Panchbhai) 2. Announcement (N Murali) 3. Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report (Shalini R. Urs) 4. FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web (Subbiah Arunachalam) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0000 From: "Monali Panchbhai" < mailto:monalipanchbhai@hotmail.com monalipanchbhai(a)hotmail.com > Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information To: mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com, ikishore(a)rediffmail.com, mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: < mailto:BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d@hotmail.com BAY12-F22wGmAf0Mjka0001a01d(a)hotmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain Dear Member, The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. Try doing Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. Regards, Monali Panchbhai Librarian, J V Gokal & Com. Mumbai. >From: "Kishore Ingale" < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale < mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com ikishore(a)rediffmail.com > >To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > >Dear Colleagues, > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). 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A P Gadre Librarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:42:27 +0530 (IST) From: "Shalini R. Urs" < mailto:shalini@vidyanidhi.org.in shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report To: < mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: < mailto:35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel@mail.vidyanidhi.org.in 35160.210.212.200.228.1096553547.squirrel(a)mail.vidyanidhi.org.in > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September 16, 2004 ( http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook ). ---------- Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with a set of issues/questions. The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and Springer. The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the guidelines document. For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:33:48 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam < mailto:arun@mssrf.res.in arun(a)mssrf.res.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web To: mailto:lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: < mailto:014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E@swami.mssrf.res.in 014BE5562FB3D511BA7A00508BCC23D47EF20E(a)swami.mssrf.res.in > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Friends: Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find it interesting and useful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising a one-hour talk in 30 minutes, Berners-Lee gave an animated, rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. Berners-Lees early remarks focused on his development of the Web. Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet, including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web and the idea was that it would minimally constraining. And HTML, the language he created to drive the Web, would be the cloth on which a tapestry would be made the jewels, the colors Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions between them, whats come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come and gone, new ways of thinking and more recently, wikis and blogs. The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows theyre [embracing] its creative side. But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Webs fundamental design, but for various reasons it didnt make the cut. One thing I wanted to put in the original design was the typing of links, he said. For example, lets say you link your website to another site. At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little information: just an address to get to the other websites content. But Berners-Lees idea was to include metadata with each hyperlink to describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do the people linking their two websites know each other personally, professionally, or not at all? If theyre colleagues, how are they working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may mean, but a machine doesnt, he said. But this idea of embedding large amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didnt make it into the original Web standard. Now, hes trying to change that, with an initiative called the Semantic Web. The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web, Berners-Lee said. As the <a href=" http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ ">World Wide Web Consortium</a> explains, The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs must be able to share and process data even when these programs have been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldnt do this. Rather, youd tell the website to go to a URL that defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So instead of coding a webpage to say Color=Red, youd say something like Color= http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 and your website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs containing descriptive information about that data. Information would not be static or absolute; instead its an abstract concept that gets sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a persons content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owners permission, etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their license with different combinations of these elements. When a content publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their sites HTML that refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such as the contents redistribution policy. So when search engines and other automated tools pick up that bloggers website, theyll access these URLs and understand your copyright policy as you intended it. Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. The Web is a tangle, your life is a tangle get used to it. Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they share. Thats what its all about connecting things, he said. The Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a real-world example. Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases, he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. Its also helping build powerful social networking tools -- friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this information. Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of this stuff, Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the Web and find what were looking for based on what they know about our needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. A human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned, he joked. Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on royalty-free technical standards. Standards must be royalty free to foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. It is very important that we make sure we are not tripped up by proprietary standards, he said. With so many ridiculous patents out there, theres always the threat that an underwater patent will torpedo innovation. Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a play project that his bosses at Switzerlands CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working independently, influenced the structure of the Web. Because it was a lab, it acted more like a web in itself, so coming up with a virtual web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of sense. Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by fellow scientists. Hypertext wasnt considered real computing, so I sent it out to alternative news groups, he said. Some people like the University of Illinois Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with it; he went on to found Netscape. Others were less supportive because they didnt like the technical structure behind it. Why do I have to use your horrible angle brackets? they would say to him. Do you remember the names of these people? Metcalfe asked rather mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didnt patent the standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. Some people have said, Isnt it a shame all these commercial things came about? he noted. But most people wanted a commercial browser. The private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started playing with Mozillas new open source Firefox browser as well. Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving consensus in distributed group projects. If you take little groups, they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups together, they dont share their ideas, and have different values towards how things should be built. This takes a lot more energy than figuring out how to do it yourself. Making consensus, communicating with other people is hard work. I had the luxury to do this myself with nobody there to object, he continued. But now were doing things where there are lot of people interested in getting involved. If you want to do something, do it yourself. As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on the Web as an educational tool. Id like to see lots of curricula like the <a href=" http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html ">MIT Open Courseware initiative</a> being picked up by K-12, he said. The tricky thing is that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as The Font of All Knowledge). You really need to keep education materials sown together. So Id love to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts to keep these things up to date, but Id [even] like to see teachers help contribute to it. Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other, he concluded. And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots of technology Theres lots of work to do out there. -- -------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ --------------------------------------

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Library Traineeship in the Resource Centre at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
by ts kumbar 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring it to the notice of interested Graduates in Library and Information Science and recommend potential candidates. Regards Dr. Kumbar Resource centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar. Gujarat Dear Sir/Madam, We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University Status under the State Act. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at Undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of masters' and doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum first class in Library Science, well versed in Computer application to Library Services.Duration of Training is for a period of 10 months. However, guarantee of continued employment cannot be given. The trainees gets a fixed stipend between Rs.5000 to Rs.6000 depending on their quality etc, per month with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Library is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays and Sundays. Selected trainees may have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. Based on sustained and good performance the trainees can be given regular positions. The remuneration for the regular position is at par with the leading Institutions across the country. The Institute has fully computerized Library and provides access to digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty/ Staff and students. Plans are on to convert this library into a complete Digital Library. Recently our library has implemented the electromagnetic technology based security system. The interested students are requested to send in their biodata via email at ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org and directly come to the Institute for a written test and the interview on the 18h October 2004 at 9.00am . The biodata and confirmation about attending the test and interview should reach on or before 14th October, 2004. Yours sincerely Executive Registrar Dhirubhai Ambani Instiute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag. No.4 Near Indroda Circle Gandhinagar 382009 Gujarat ================================================================= Dear Colleagues, Kindly bring it to the notice of interested Graduates in Library and Information Science and recommend potential candidates. Regards Dr. Kumbar Resource centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar. Gujarat Dear Sir/Madam, We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University Status under the State Act. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at Undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of masters’ and doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum first class in Library Science, well versed in Computer application to Library Services.Duration of Training is for a period of 10 months. However, guarantee of continued employment cannot be given. The trainees gets a fixed stipend between Rs.5000 to Rs.6000 depending on their quality etc, per month with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Library is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and is open on holidays and Sundays. Selected trainees may have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. Based on sustained and good performance the trainees can be given regular positions. The remuneration for the regular position is at par with the leading Institutions across the country. The Institute has fully computerized Library and provides access to digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty/ Staff and students. Plans are on to convert this library into a complete Digital Library. Recently our library has implemented the electromagnetic technology based security system. The interested students are requested to send in their biodata via email at mailto:ts_kumbar@da-iict.org ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org and directly come to the Institute for a written test and the interview on the 18h October 2004 at 9.00am . The biodata and confirmation about attending the test and interview should reach on or before 14th October, 2004. Yours sincerely Executive Registrar Dhirubhai Ambani Instiute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag. No.4 Near Indroda Circle Gandhinagar 382009 Gujarat =================================================================

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Vivisimo Launches New Clusty Search Engine
by Farooque Shaheen 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Clusty offers several different categories of search; initial search categories include News, Web, Images, and Gossip . A Customize! tab gives you the option to add eBay, Slashdot, or Blogs search tabs –You can also create your own search tabs (which didn’t work in Opera but worked okay in Mozilla); you’re given a list of available search engines and you can check which ones you want to include in your custom tab. Nice to see resources like Gigablast and Librarian’s Index to the Internet included here. You can get it at http://www.clusty.com ; as you might suspect it’s in beta. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Sr. Executive- Information Services Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bangalore, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-080-34007449

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FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Friends: Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find it interesting and useful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising “a one-hour talk in 30 minutes,” Berners-Lee gave an animated, rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. Berners-Lee’s early remarks focused on his development of the Web. “Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet,” including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. “All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant…. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web… and the idea was that it would minimally constraining.” And HTML, the language he created to drive the Web, would be “the cloth on which a tapestry would be made – the jewels, the colors…” Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions between them, what’s come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come and gone, new ways of thinking – and more recently, wikis and blogs. “The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write…. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows they’re [embracing] its creative side.” But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Web’s fundamental design, but for various reasons it didn’t make the cut. “One thing I wanted to put in the original design was the ‘typing’ of links,” he said. For example, let’s say you link your website to another site. At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little information: just an address to get to the other website’s content. But Berners-Lee’s idea was to include “metadata” with each hyperlink to describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do the people linking their two websites know each other personally, professionally, or not at all? If they’re colleagues, how are they working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? “When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may mean, but a machine doesn’t,” he said. But this idea of embedding large amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didn’t make it into the original Web standard. Now, he’s trying to change that, with an initiative called the Semantic Web. “The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web,” Berners-Lee said. As the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/">World Wide Web Consortium</a> explains, “The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs must be able to share and process data even when these programs have been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications.” For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldn’t do this. Rather, you’d tell the website to go to a URL that defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So instead of coding a webpage to say “Color=Red,” you’d say something like “Color=http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2” and your website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs containing descriptive information about that data. Information would not be static or absolute; instead it’s “an abstract concept” that gets sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a person’s content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owner’s permission, etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their license with different combinations of these elements. When a content publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their site’s HTML that refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such as the content’s redistribution policy. So when search engines and other automated tools pick up that blogger’s website, they’ll access these URLs and “understand” your copyright policy as you intended it. Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. “The Web is a tangle, your life is a tangle – get used to it.” Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they share. “That’s what it’s all about – connecting things,” he said. The Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a real-world example. “Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases,” he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. It’s also helping build powerful social networking tools -- friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this information. “Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of this stuff,” Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the Web and find what we’re looking for based on what they know about our needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. “A human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned,” he joked. Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on royalty-free technical standards. “Standards must be royalty free” to foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. “It is very important that we make sure we are not tripped up” by proprietary standards, he said. “With so many ridiculous patents out there, there’s always the threat” that an “underwater patent will torpedo innovation.” Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a “play project” that his bosses at Switzerland’s CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working independently, influenced the structure of the Web. “Because it was a lab, it acted more like a web in itself,” so coming up with a virtual web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of sense. Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by fellow scientists. “Hypertext wasn’t considered ‘real’ computing, so I sent it out to alternative news groups,” he said. Some people like the University of Illinois’ Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with it; he went on to found Netscape. Others were less supportive because they didn’t like the technical structure behind it. “Why do I have to use your horrible angle brackets?” they would say to him. “Do you remember the names of these people?” Metcalfe asked rather mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didn’t patent the standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. “Some people have said, ‘Isn’t it a shame all these commercial things came about?’” he noted. “But most people wanted a commercial browser.” The private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started playing with Mozilla’s new open source Firefox browser as well. Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving consensus in distributed group projects. “If you take little groups, they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups together, they don’t share their ideas, and have different values towards how things should be built…. This takes a lot more energy than figuring out how to do it yourself…. Making consensus, communicating with other people is hard work.” “I had the luxury to do this myself… with nobody there to object,” he continued. “But now we’re doing things … where there are lot of people interested in getting involved. … If you want to do something, do it yourself.” As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on the Web as an educational tool. “I’d like to see lots of curricula like the <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html">MIT Open Courseware initiative</a> being picked up by K-12,” he said. “The tricky thing is that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as “The Font of All Knowledge”). You really need to keep education materials sown together. So I’d love to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts to keep these things up to date, but I’d [even] like to see teachers help contribute to it.” “Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other,” he concluded. “And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots of technology… There’s lots of work to do out there.” -- -------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ -------------------------------------- FW: [DDN] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web Friends: Here is an interesting article I received in the mail. Some of you may find it interesting and useful. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Tim Berners-Lee: Weaving a Semantic Web http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ The MIT Technology Review Emerging Technologies conference featured a keynote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Promising “a one-hour talk in 30 minutes,” Berners-Lee gave an animated, rapid-fire presentation -- more like a 90-minute talk in 30 minutes -- about the Semantic Web, his latest initiative. Berners-Lee’s early remarks focused on his development of the Web. “Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet,” including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. “All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant…. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web… and the idea was that it would minimally constraining.” And HTML, the language he created to drive the Web, would be “the cloth on which a tapestry would be made – the jewels, the colors…” Based on this fast-growing morass of websites and the interactions between them, what’s come out of it? Dot-com companies that have come and gone, new ways of thinking – and more recently, wikis and blogs. “The original thing I wanted to do was make it a collaborative medium, a place where we can all meet and read and write…. Collaborative things are exciting, and the fact people are doing wikis and blogs shows they’re [embracing] its creative side.” But from the very beginning of the Web, Berners-Lee had hoped that he would be able to incorporate descriptive information into the Web’s fundamental design, but for various reasons it didn’t make the cut. “One thing I wanted to put in the original design was the ‘typing’ of links,” he said. For example, let’s say you link your website to another site. At the moment, the hyperlink connecting them contains very little information: just an address to get to the other website’s content. But Berners-Lee’s idea was to include “metadata” with each hyperlink to describe the relationship between the two sites. For example: do the people linking their two websites know each other personally, professionally, or not at all? If they’re colleagues, how are they working together, and in what fields? Where are they working? “When we put one link to another, a human being knows what that link may mean, but a machine doesn’t,” he said. But this idea of embedding large amounts of machine-readable metadata into HTML didn’t make it into the original Web standard. Now, he’s trying to change that, with an initiative called the Semantic Web. “The Semantic Web looks at integrating data across the Web,” Berners-Lee said. As the <a href=" http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ ">World Wide Web Consortium</a> explains, “The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow's programs must be able to share and process data even when these programs have been designed totally independently. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications.” For the Semantic Web to function properly, websites would be designed in ways fundamentally different to traditional HTML. For example, in traditional HTML, if I wanted to assign a page a particular color, I would simply include a bit of code stating exactly what that color should be. Color=Red, basically. But with the Semantic Web, you wouldn’t do this. Rather, you’d tell the website to go to a URL that defines a universal standard of what that color looks like. So instead of coding a webpage to say “Color=Red,” you’d say something like “Color= http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 http://internationalcolorstandardsite.org/colors/red/v2 ” and your website would know to connect to this site to identify the color. This would hold true for all data you include in your website: color, people, zipcodes, images, etc. Data would all be connected to URLs containing descriptive information about that data. Information would not be static or absolute; instead it’s “an abstract concept” that gets sucked up from another website explaining exactly how to define it. An early example of the Semantic Web in action is the Creative Commons initiative, which gives content publishers a simple way of clarifying how their content may be used by others. The Creative Commons team has created a collection of copyright licenses, each stating whether a person’s content can be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes, can be redistributed or edited, with or without the owner’s permission, etc. The system is very flexible, so a person may personalize their license with different combinations of these elements. When a content publisher, like a blogger, places a Creative Commons license on their website, they do so by adding a piece of code to their site’s HTML that refers to their personalized license. This code is made of a collection of URLs, each of which defines a particular element of the license, such as the content’s redistribution policy. So when search engines and other automated tools pick up that blogger’s website, they’ll access these URLs and “understand” your copyright policy as you intended it. Easy? Maybe not. But Berners-Lee is confident in his vision. “The Web is a tangle, your life is a tangle – get used to it.” Berners-Lee sees the Semantic Web having a range of uses. Online information will connect seamlessly because of the common concepts they share. “That’s what it’s all about – connecting things,” he said. The Semantic Web will help artificial intelligence projects, online translators and other technologies that require access to large amounts of descriptive data to work properly. Berners-Lee also offered a real-world example. “Sometimes, in an emergency, like when a virus breaks out, you need to correlate data between a number of databases,” he said. The Semantic Web, he explained, will make this much easier. It’s also helping build powerful social networking tools -- friend-of-a-friend networks in which people write a little bit about themselves as metadata, and connections get formed based on this information. “Who knows what sort of Google will be built on top of this stuff,” Berners-Lee wondered. Computers will be able to browse the Web and find what we’re looking for based on what they know about our needs and the descriptive metadata they find on relevant websites. “A human being browse the Web? That will be a little old fashioned,” he joked. Berners-Lee noted that the success of the Semantic Web will depend on royalty-free technical standards. “Standards must be royalty free” to foster innovation and encourage the growth of new markets. “It is very important that we make sure we are not tripped up” by proprietary standards, he said. “With so many ridiculous patents out there, there’s always the threat” that an “underwater patent will torpedo innovation.” Following his speech, Berners-Lee took questions from the audience, moderated by Ethernet inventor and 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe. Berners-Lee said the Web was originally a “play project” that his bosses at Switzerland’s CERN laboratory let him explore in his spare time. The structure of CERN, with its many groups of researchers working independently, influenced the structure of the Web. “Because it was a lab, it acted more like a web in itself,” so coming up with a virtual web for CERN staff to share information with each other made a lot of sense. Once he developed the idea, he started to promote it through Internet discussion groups, though not necessarily the groups frequented by fellow scientists. “Hypertext wasn’t considered ‘real’ computing, so I sent it out to alternative news groups,” he said. Some people like the University of Illinois’ Marc Andreesen embraced the idea and ran with it; he went on to found Netscape. Others were less supportive because they didn’t like the technical structure behind it. “Why do I have to use your horrible angle brackets?” they would say to him. “Do you remember the names of these people?” Metcalfe asked rather mischievously. Berners-Lee laughed and waved off the question. Despite being the inventor of the Web, Berners-Lee didn’t patent the standard, allowing others to build upon it -- and profit on it. “Some people have said, ‘Isn’t it a shame all these commercial things came about?’” he noted. “But most people wanted a commercial browser.” The private sector helped spread the Web beyond the confines of research and academia. The MarcAndreesens of the world contributed a lot to the adoption of the Webm making it commercially viable, he noted. Berners-Lee added that he still uses Netscape, despite its fall in popularity, on a Mac with the OS X operating system, and has started playing with Mozilla’s new open source Firefox browser as well. Berners-Lee also described how his work on the Web has changed over the years from being a sole endeavor to a distributed effort with lots of contributors. He waxed nostalgically over the days when he could make all the decisions himself, acknowledging the challenges of achieving consensus in distributed group projects. “If you take little groups, they form their own little cultures. And when you get these groups together, they don’t share their ideas, and have different values towards how things should be built…. This takes a lot more energy than figuring out how to do it yourself…. Making consensus, communicating with other people is hard work.” “I had the luxury to do this myself… with nobody there to object,” he continued. “But now we’re doing things … where there are lot of people interested in getting involved. … If you want to do something, do it yourself.” As a final question, Metcalfe asked Berners-Lee about his thoughts on the Web as an educational tool. “I’d like to see lots of curricula like the <a href=" http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html ">MIT Open Courseware initiative</a> being picked up by K-12,” he said. “The tricky thing is that when you try to put down things like encyclopedia articles, like Wikipedia (which he earlier referred to as “The Font of All Knowledge”). You really need to keep education materials sown together. So I’d love to see a student be able to fly through this courseware, maybe in 3-D, following his or her interests. I know it takes a huge amount of efforts to keep these things up to date, but I’d [even] like to see teachers help contribute to it.” “Students can work together [on the Web] when they can interact with simulations, with teachers, but particularly with each other,” he concluded. “And for that we need lots of tools, lots of standards, lots of technology… There’s lots of work to do out there.” -- -------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ --------------------------------------

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Center for the Digital Future Identifies the 10 Major Trends Eme rging in the Internet's First Decade of Public Use
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Friends: I received this message today in the mail. Some of you may find the information useful. Best wishes. Arun ---- Subject: Center for the Digital Future Identifies the 10 Major Trends Emerging in the Internet's First Decade of Public Use A report from USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future. Here's a snippet from the press release: "Among the findings from Year Four of the Digital Future Project: * Internet access has risen to its highest level ever. About three-quarters of Americans now go online. * The number of hours spent online continues to increase, rising to an average of 12.5 hours per week - the highest level in the study thus far. * Although the Internet has become the most important source of current information for users, the initially high level of credibility of information on the Internet began to drop in the third year of the study, and declined even further in Year Four. * The number of users who believe that only about half of the information on the Internet is accurate and reliable is growing and has now passed 40 percent of users for the first time. * The study showed that most users trust information on the websites they visit regularly, and on pages created by established media and the government. * Information pages posted by individuals have the lowest credibility: only 9.5 percent of users say information on those sites is reliable and accurate. * Television viewing continues to decline among Internet users, raising the question: "What will happen as a nation that once spent an extremely large portion of time in a passive activity (watching television) transfers increasingly large portions of that time to an interactive activity (the Internet)?" Read more at: http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTypeI d=1http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTy peId=1 or the tiny version: http://tinyurl.com/54n84 (found via Instructional Technology Resources and Musings: http://mariettatitleiii.blogspot.com/) Center for the Digital Future Identifies the 10 Major Trends Emerging in the Internet's First Decade of Public Use Friends: I received this message today in the mail. Some of you may find the information useful. Best wishes. Arun ---- Subject: Center for the Digital Future Identifies the 10 Major Trends Emerging in the Internet's First Decade of Public Use A report from USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future. Here's a snippet from the press release: "Among the findings from Year Four of the Digital Future Project: * Internet access has risen to its highest level ever. About three-quarters of Americans now go online. * The number of hours spent online continues to increase, rising to an average of 12.5 hours per week - the highest level in the study thus far. * Although the Internet has become the most important source of current information for users, the initially high level of credibility of information on the Internet began to drop in the third year of the study, and declined even further in Year Four. * The number of users who believe that only about half of the information on the Internet is accurate and reliable is growing and has now passed 40 percent of users for the first time. * The study showed that most users trust information on the websites they visit regularly, and on pages created by established media and the government. * Information pages posted by individuals have the lowest credibility: only 9.5 percent of users say information on those sites is reliable and accurate. * Television viewing continues to decline among Internet users, raising the question: "What will happen as a nation that once spent an extremely large portion of time in a passive activity (watching television) transfers increasingly large portions of that time to an interactive activity (the Internet)?" Read more at: http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTypeI http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTypeI d=1 http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTy http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=125&intTy peId=1 or the tiny version: http://tinyurl.com/54n84 http://tinyurl.com/54n84 (found via Instructional Technology Resources and Musings: http://mariettatitleiii.blogspot.com/ http://mariettatitleiii.blogspot.com/ )

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Unesco-eBook Workshop- September 16-Hotel Atria, Bangalore-Report
by Shalini R. Urs 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

UNESCO Interactive Workshop on eBooks, Hotel Atria, Bangalore September 16, 2004 (http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook). ---------- Envisioning the potential of eBooks in promoting and supporting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- student centred learning, UNESCO is engaged in a project on developing guidelines for eBooks. The mission of this project is to carry out a scoping and exploratory study of the eBooks and develop guidelines for the production, promotion and usage of eBooks. This consultancy project involved three phases- desk top research; questionnaire based user study and an Interactive Workshop The Interactive Workshop on eBooks, was organised on September 16, 2004 and held at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Ramakrishanan, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune. Dr. Lucy A Tedd of University of Wales gave the keynote and Dr.Susanne Ornager, Advisor, Communication and Information for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO, New Delhi chaired the session. The invitation only Workshop was an important milestone in the Project, with more than seventy participants representing the diverse stakeholders community. There were forty three information professionals; twenty four end users and technologists; and six from the publishing/aggregator industry in the Workshop, engaged in interacting, deliberating and debating on the gamut of issues- from definitions to design to delivery mechanisms. The format of the Workshop was designed to be interactive with each session having speakers and a moderator to lead the discussions with a set of issues/questions. The inaugural session was followed by three sessions- user and technology perspective; author and publisher perspective; and aggregator and library perspective. Prof. R.Kalyana Krishnan of IIT, Chennai, Prof.G.Misra of Indian Statistical Institute, Mr.Sanjiv Goswami of Springer, N.V.Sathyanarayana of Informatics India, Dr.Primalini Kukanesan of National Library of Malaysia and Dr. Deepali Talagala of Sri Lanka Library Association were the speakers at these sessions. The three sessions were moderated by Mr. Anand T. Byrappa of GE, Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao of Indian Statistical Institute and Dr.Venkadesan of Indian Institute of Science respectively. There were product presentations by John Wiley and Springer. The Workshop objective of gaining insights from different perspective was achieved and the interactions helped in drawing meaningful conclusions and providing the necessary inputs for the drafting of framework for the guidelines document. For more detailed report, presentations and details of the Project visit the website http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ebook------------------ Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209

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Announcement
by N Murali 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2004 15:07:39 +0100 From: Prabhash Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> Subject: Announcement Please distribute this message to Lis-forum Dear professionals, We are happy to inform you that the Gokhale Institute Library has successfully developed the bibliographic database of its entire collection which may be accessed through the following site: http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/librarycatalogue.html Gokhale Library might be the first to put up bibliographic details of its entire collection on the Web under the INFLIBNET automation programme (1st Oct. 1999 to 30th Sept. 2004). A P Gadre Librarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information
by Monali Panchbhai 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear Member, The facility to restrict copy/paste/print is available through the Latest Acrobat-PDF 6.0 version. You have to save that document with secutiry option which gives you the facility of the restricting diff. types of rights. Try doing Document ---> Security ---> Restrict opening & editing ---> then set password and select the options for restriciting the rights. Regards, Monali Panchbhai Librarian, J V Gokal & Com. Mumbai. >From: "Kishore Ingale" <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >Reply-To: Kishore Ingale <ikishore(a)rediffmail.com> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information >Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:30 -0000 > > >Dear Colleagues, > >We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. > >Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? > >Kishore Ingale >ikishore(a)rediffmail.com >ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Millions of profiles from across the globe. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2737??PS=47575 On BharatMatrimony.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information
by maheshj＠mastek.com 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Hi Kishore, I haven't worked much on Greenstone but u can achieve the Web based document security by following ways. First Method. Using Adobe Acrobat Writer. Details are in attached document. Limitation : It doesn't restrict "Save As" option at Web Based Environment and u need to have licensed adobe acrobat writer. Second Method C the Below Link of a sample page, Where u can secure web pages and restrict printing, copying and modifications If this fulfills ur requirement Pls. let me know will send u the JavaScript code for the same. http://www.freewebs.com/assist2004/securing.htm Limitation : U need to convert the all documents to HTML or any web formats like asp, jsp based on ur Web browser. Sorry I haven't worked much on the Greenstone so will not be able to give u the views on that. Regards Mahesh N Juttiyavar Sr. Exe. Information Repository Mastek Ltd. B-6, SDF VII, SEEPZ Andheri (E), Mumbai -96 Phone: 91-22-56952222 Ext. 1547 Mob.: 9870077332 Personal Site : http://www.freewebs.com/maheshj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. -----Original Message----- From: Kishore Ingale [mailto:ikishore@rediffmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:05 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which "users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save" these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… MASTEK "Making a valuable difference" Mastek in NASSCOM's 'India Top 20' Software Service Exporters List. In the US, we're called MAJESCO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not that of Mastek Limited, unless specifically indicated to that effect. Mastek Limited does not accept any responsibility or liability for it. This e-mail and attachments (if any) transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged and solely for the use of the intended person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail and its attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to run the virus check on e-mails and attachments before opening them. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly delete this e-mail from all computers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Friends: Stevan Harnad has sent references to a few more papers which provide evidence that open access increases research impact. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:30 AM To: si(a)wsis-cs.org Cc: oa-india(a)dgroups.org; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ISSI(a)LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES Subject: [SI] Re: Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Antelman, Kristin. "Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater > Research Impact?" College & Research Libraries 65(5) > (September 2004): 372-382. > (http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/). - For those who have > been working to create open access repositories of research and > scholarship, this article is a godsend. For more godsends, see: "The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies" http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Prior AmSci Threads: How to compare research impact of toll- vs. open-access research http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html Measuring cumulating research impact loss across fields and time http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html On the Strong Causal Connection Between Access and Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? Friends: Stevan Harnad has sent references to a few more papers which provide evidence that open access increases research impact. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Stevan Harnad [ mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk ] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:30 AM To: si(a)wsis-cs.org Cc: oa-india(a)dgroups.org; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ISSI(a)LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES Subject: [SI] Re: Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Antelman, Kristin. "Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater > Research Impact?" College & Research Libraries 65(5) > (September 2004): 372-382. > ( http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ ). - For those who have > been working to create open access repositories of research and > scholarship, this article is a godsend. For more godsends, see: "The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies" http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Prior AmSci Threads: How to compare research impact of toll- vs. open-access research http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html Measuring cumulating research impact loss across fields and time http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3212.html On the Strong Causal Connection Between Access and Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3696.html Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3950.html Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3975.html

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OA and research impact
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Friends: Here is an article you might wish to read. Antelman, Kristin. "[7]Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?" [8]College & Research Libraries 65(5) (September 2004): 372-382. (http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/). - For those who have been working to create open access repositories of research and scholarship, this article is a godsend. Antelman performed a formal study of whether open access articles are cited more frequently than those only available through subscription services. The short answer is "yes". For the long answer, as well as to review her methodology, see the (yes) open access article. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] OA and research impact Friends: Here is an article you might wish to read. Antelman, Kristin. "[7]Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?" [8]College & Research Libraries 65(5) (September 2004): 372-382. ( http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002309/ ). - For those who have been working to create open access repositories of research and scholarship, this article is a godsend. Antelman performed a formal study of whether open access articles are cited more frequently than those only available through subscription services. The short answer is "yes". For the long answer, as well as to review her methodology, see the (yes) open access article. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Request for Information
by Kishore Ingale 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Colleagues, We are experimenting with providing access to our digital documents to users through web based server (using Greenstone). Collection mostly include MS WORD and PDF documents. Is it possible to implement security with which users will be able to view documents but not able to download / save these files at their end.. ? Kishore Ingale ikishore(a)rediffmail.com ForwardSourceID:NT000043C2

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Position Announcement--Content Developers (3 posts)
by prafulla tv 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for the position of CONTENT DEVELOPERS (3 posts) NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NES�s 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledge �arts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. Based in Hyderabad, the successful candidate would be responsible for the design of various database products, using latest information and communication technologies. NES is looking for candidates who have a MLISc or any other equivalent degree. In addition, the candidates should possess the ability to communicate in a formal, clear, empathetic and pleasant style, with excellent command of written and spoken English. Good typing skills are required as the working environment involves online computer use for access to offices worldwide. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize one�s potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Ann�s Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 Applications are accepted until position is filled. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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JPGM GoldCon: Conference Presentations
by DK SAHU 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Apologies for cross-posting The presentations of the recently concluded conference �JPGM GoldCon: 50 Years of Medical Writing � An International Conference on Medical Writing, Editing and Publishing� have been made available on the journal�s website (http://www.jpgmonline.com). This unique event, organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, was attended by over 400 participants and faculty members from 11 countries. Two concurrent sessions on 24th and 25th September were devoted to issues related to writing, editing and publishing, where experts from WHO, BMJ, BioMedCentral and several Indian journals participated (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_pdetails2.asp). An entire day was devoted to open access publishing and archiving wherein experts like Stevan Harnad, Subbiah Arunachalam, Pritpal S. Tamber, P. Balaram, Eric Hellman, T. B. Rajshekhar and others debated various issues related to access to information (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_pdetails4.asp). The site also provides a comprehensive list of resources on various aspects of writing, editing and open access (http://www.jpgmonline.com/gc_resource.asp). Video proceedings (DVDs) of the conference will be made available soon; details will be posted on the journal�s website. The conference was supported by Open Society Institute (OSI), International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), British Council, India and other agencies. Regards, DK Sahu, MD Managing Editor, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Books on KM
by kshema prakash 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi colleagues, Can some one help me in finding the books mentioned here on inter library loan? 1. Knowledge Management: For Information Professionals / Srikantaiah, K. & Koenig, M.E.D. (Eds.), 2000, Medford NJ, Information Today Inc. 2. Knowledge Management Lessons Learned: What Works and What Does'nt / Srikantaiah, K. & Koenig, M.E.D. (Eds.), 2004, Medford NJ, Information Today Inc. 3. Fifth Discipline Field Book / Senge, Peter et al. (Eds.), New York, Double Day Kshema Prakash DEI Central Library Dayalbagh, Agra - 5 0562-3098227 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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Language help requested: Reference Query
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Dear Friends: This is a request for some librarian hailing from Maharashtra knowing Marathi. I understand that the Word 'Lingoo' in Marathi has been given as Latin name (Scientific name) to a kind of Taylor Bird. In this connection, one of my friends in Bird Watchers Society in Hyderabad wants to know "the etymology of the Marathi word: Lingoo". If the query is totally wrong and there is no such word in Marathi Language, even this may be conveyed. Thanks for your time Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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WISH LISTs -- Do you have any?
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Dear Friends: Do you have any Wish List Regarding-- 1) Content Development Activity for offering Digital Information Services 2) Training Program availability in IT related areas I mean, have you ever thought "How I wish some has developed 'a database/directory/course on --- topic'? "How I wish some institute offers short term training program on ....."? etc If you have such a Wish-list, you may share the specifics with me? Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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New archiving software from NYU
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

New archiving software under development Lindsay Greene, NYU to make archive software <http://www.nyunews.com/news/campus/7691.html>, Washington Square News, September 22, 2004. Excerpt: "NYU's library system has announced plans to develop software for an intercollegiate database that will make archival processing more efficient, a library official said. The system, called 'The Archivists' Toolkit <http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/>,' will allow universities and other research institutions to compile their archives into a online database, making the scholarship available worldwide....NYU, which is developing the project with assistance from the University of California at San Diego, decided to pursue the project after several researchers expressed an interest in a more accessible archive, Dean of Libraries Carol Mandel said. 'Our archivists were frustrated with the lack of software available, so they got together and kind of said "let's do this,"' she said. The archivists went to the Andrew W. Mellon foundation where they were paired up with the University of California. Both universities received a collaborative, two-year grant for $847,000. The project is expected to last from two to four years, and NYU hopes to renew the grant, Mandel said." (PS: The article doesn't say so, but the toolkit web site makes clear that the software will be both OAI-compliant and open-source. However, I'm still curious about what the project leaders found deficient in the nine existing systems <http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/> of OAI-compliant, open-source archiving software.) New archiving software from NYU New archiving software under development Lindsay Greene, NYU to make archive software < http://www.nyunews.com/news/campus/7691.html http://www.nyunews.com/news/campus/7691.html > , Washington Square News , September 22, 2004. Excerpt: "NYU's library system has announced plans to develop software for an intercollegiate database that will make archival processing more efficient, a library official said. The system, called ' The Archivists' Toolkit < http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/ http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/toolkit/ > ,' will allow universities and other research institutions to compile their archives into a online database, making the scholarship available worldwide....NYU, which is developing the project with assistance from the University of California at San Diego, decided to pursue the project after several researchers expressed an interest in a more accessible archive, Dean of Libraries Carol Mandel said. 'Our archivists were frustrated with the lack of software available, so they got together and kind of said "let's do this,"' she said. The archivists went to the Andrew W. Mellon foundation where they were paired up with the University of California. Both universities received a collaborative, two-year grant for $847,000. The project is expected to last from two to four years, and NYU hopes to renew the grant, Mandel said." (PS: The article doesn't say so, but the toolkit web site makes clear that the software will be both OAI-compliant and open-source. However, I'm still curious about what the project leaders found deficient in the nine existing systems < http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ > of OAI-compliant, open-source archiving software.)

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INFLIBNET's National Seminars on Access to E-resources under UGC-Infonet - E-Journals Consortium
by JK Vijayakumar 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

National Seminars on Access to E-resources under UGC-Infonet - E-Journals Consortium --------------------------------- Visit this site for more details http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/econ/seminar/index.jsp ------------------------------- UGC-Infonet E-Journals consortium initiative taken by the Chairman University Grants Commission (UGC) is to facilitate free access to scholarly journals and databases in all areas of learning to the research and academic community across the country. The programme has been dedicated to the nation by His Excellency the President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 28th December 2003 from Vigyan Bhavan during the concluding of Golden Jubilee celebrations of University Grants Commission. More than 2000 scholarly journals and databases are already made available for access which will cross 4000 journals in next few months. This effort has started making very good impact on the research and academic community and very encouraging usage is noticed. However, awareness is the key to exploit and utilize this scholarly literature in better way. There is a need to inform all the faculty, research scholars, students and library professionals to understand the benefit of this programme in the light of huge resources made available first time in the country for higher education sector. In order to facilitate the research and academic community the access to scholarly resources, it is proposed to conduct two days national seminars at five different places across the country for taking the benefit by attending the programme nearby. It includes � Presentations on new initiatives of UGC-Infonet and E-Journals Program � Presentation by Invited speakers � Demonstrations, Exhibition, Commercial Presentations � Panel Discussion to discuss the important issues relating to E-Journals/databases The programmes are initially planned at five cities and are held on different dates Vadodara (M.S. University),25-26, October 2004, Coordinator - Dr. K.H. Shukla Goa (Goa University),29-30, October 2004, Coordinator - Dr. P V Konnur Bangalore (Bangalore University), 29-30, November 2004, Coordinator- Dr. M Anjanappa Delhi (Delhi University),6-7, December 2004, Coordinator- Prof. V S Verma Kolkatta (Jadavpur University),10-11, December 2004, Coordinator- Prof. K K Mallik Importnat Dates: The last date for sending the Registration forms for Vadodara and Goa programmes will be 15th October 2004 and for other three programmes the last date is 10th November 2004. Since there is no registration fees for attending the programme the selection of the candidates for attending the programme is based on the first come first served basis. Who can register for the Seminar? The seminar will be useful for the faculty, research scholars, library science professionals working in the universities funded by UGC. Priority will be given to the participants from 100 universities provided this electronic journal access facility. Why you should attend the Seminar? The seminar will provide unique opportunity to know more about the access to scholarly journals and databases which was not available few years ago, and will enable the participants to understand different types of resources subscribed and made available for access. Presentations by different publishers will also enable the participants to know more about the advantages of having electronic access with features like the article alerts, Table of contents alerts etc are provided on to the desktop of the scholars. There are many more interesting presentations by the invited speakers. How one can register? Interested faculty, research scholars and library science professionals working in the universities funded by UGC are requested to fill up the registration form and send the filled in form to the Director INFLIBNET. Please note that the programmes are arranged on different dates at different places. Participants may look for their convenient date and place and put their choice of preference against the places in the registration form. INFLIBNET will try its best to accommodate the participants in their first choice of preference, however once the number of participants exceed for one programme they may be asked to attend the programme at their second / third choice of preference. Send the filled in application form to the Director, INFLIBNET as per the address given in the registration form Contact Details: Dr. T A V Murthy Director, INFLIBNET Centre, UGC, P B No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad- 380 009 Tel: 079-26305971, 26304695, 26305702 Fax: 079-26300990/26307816 Email: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Queries may also be addressed to Dr. V S Cholin, Scientist-B at the above address. Email : cholin(a)inflibnet.ac.in Visit this site for more details http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/econ/seminar/index.jsp _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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CCF
by Dr. M. P. Tapaswi 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues, Does anyone knows about a digital document or website that covers CCF (Common Communication Format)? With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275 (Direct); 91-(0)832-2450450 (EPBX) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602/603 URL: www.nio.org

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Contributions for COMLA Bulletin
by anjali gulati 26 Sep '04

26 Sep '04

Dear Professionals Hello! COMLA (Commonwealth Library Association) Bulletin solicits contributions for its Next Issue COMLA bulletin. Kindly see the note Below. Regards Ms. Anjali Gulati COMLAs Regional Vice President - ASIA COMLA Bulletin Notes for Contributors Contributions to the COMLA Bulletin may take one of the following forms: (a) Original articles (b) News items (c) Book reviews Contributions are published only in English, and are subject to review by the Editor. Minor corrections will be made to grammatical and linguistic errors without changing the meaning of the text. The desired length of articles is 2000 to 5000 words. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of 75 to 100 words as well as a brief statement concerning the authors professional status and experience. Authors should also provide contact information including a street or postal address and an email address. Authors should remember that acronyms and abbreviations should be spelt out the first time they are used in the text, and that each article must contain sufficient background for each reader to understand it, regardless of their professional training. Illustrative material containing statistical data should be presented as charts or diagrams. Photographs should be submitted in TIF format or as positive prints (hard copy). The article should, if at all possible, be submitted either as an email attachment or on a 3.5-inch floppy diskette, using Microsoft Word. Those who do not have access to a computer or email should ensure that the article is submitted as a typewritten manuscript. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain copyright clearance for any copyrighted material which is included. Articles are published at the discretion of the Editor. All contributions should be sent to: The Editor COMLA Bulletin P O Box 5894, Kampala, Uganda Fax 256-41-348625 or via email to library(a)imul.com cc: batambuze_charles(a)hotmail.com http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Professionals Hello! COMLA (Commonwealth Library Association) Bulletin solicits contributions for its Next Issue COMLA bulletin. Kindly see the note Below. Regards Ms. Anjali Gulati COMLAs Regional Vice President - ASIA COMLA Bulletin Notes for Contributors Contributions to the COMLA Bulletin may take one of the following forms: (a) Original articles (b) News items (c) Book reviews Contributions are published only in English, and are subject to review by the Editor. Minor corrections will be made to grammatical and linguistic errors without changing the meaning of the text. The desired length of articles is 2000 to 5000 words. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of 75 to 100 words as well as a brief statement concerning the authors professional status and experience. Authors should also provide contact information including a street or postal address and an email address. Authors should remember that acronyms and abbreviations should be spelt out the first time they are used in the text, and that each article must contain sufficient background for each reader to understand it, regardless of their professional training. Illustrative material containing statistical data should be presented as charts or diagrams. Photographs should be submitted in TIF format or as positive prints (hard copy). The article should, if at all possible, be submitted either as an email attachment or on a 3.5-inch floppy diskette, using Microsoft Word. Those who do not have access to a computer or email should ensure that the article is submitted as a typewritten manuscript. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain copyright clearance for any copyrighted material which is included. Articles are published at the discretion of the Editor. All contributions should be sent to: The Editor COMLA Bulletin P O Box 5894, Kampala, Uganda Fax 256-41-348625 or via email to library(a)imul.com cc: batambuze_charles(a)hotmail.com

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"Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services"
by Gerry Mckiernan 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

"Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services" I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest publication "Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services," _LLRX.com_, September 20, 2004, available at http://www.llrx.com/features/richsite.htm . "There are several practical ways in which the LIS (Library and Information Science) community can both exploit the content of RSS, and improve their services through the presentation and re-presentation of RSS feeds. These do not amount to a revolution, but rather represent a step on the path to better information services, and one which takes advantage of advances in technology." ]Roddy MacLeod, RSS: Less Hype, More Action, 161 FREEPRINT 7-10 (2004). Also available at [ http://www.freepint.com/issues/170604.pdf?PHPSESSID=18e229b6adc57736563635c… ] CONTENTS RSS News Aggregators and Feed Readers The Little Orange Button(s) Library Web Feeds Extended Services E-Journals and Table of Contents Services Potential Possibilities Notes Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan "Monsieur RSS" [:-) [ http://www.servicedoc.info/breve.php3?id_breve=569 ] Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Know more about Electronic Books
by B Sreeharsha 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Hello, Here is an article that throws light on e-books - their advantages over traditional print documents, Copyright and security issues, how to find e-books in the e-directory, and shop them... Also, you will find some sites permitting to read and download e-books related to Business, IT, General interests... Very interesting one. Have a look Regards Harsha ******************************************************************************************* All about e-books If you're something of a bookworm, the chances are that most of the shelf space in your house will be taken up by paperbacks and hardbacks spanning everything from the latest best-selling autobiography to classic works of fiction. Books can take up a lot of space, but the birth of the electronic book, or e-book for short, means that you can rid your life of literary clutter. With e-books you can download texts from the internet, often free of charge, and save several books in digital form to a handheld device or notebook computer to read at your leisure. It beats lugging weighty tomes around to keep yourself entertained on holiday. Now that e-books are becoming increasingly popular, there are more texts (books and magazines) than ever available to download from the internet, and more and more writers and publishers are experimenting with the format. Four years ago, Stephen King set the pace by launching his novel Riding the Bullet as an e-book download for $2 and was swamped by half-a-million people trying to download it in the first week. In this feature we'll outline what you need to read an e-book, how much it will cost you and where you can find the free stuff. The case for e-books The concept behind electronic books is a simple one: it is to convert text, whether it's a book or a magazine article, into digital form so that it can be read on the screen of a PC, notebook or handheld computer. Some mobile phones will allow you to read e-books too, and there are even dedicated devices for displaying and reading e-books, such as the Sony Librie, which to date is only available in Japan. Making books and articles available digitally has several advantages. Perhaps the most obvious plus-point for anyone with a handheld computer is portability. Rather than carrying a book around in your bag, you can download the e-book version to a handheld computer from one of the many e-book websites online. Depending what software you are using to read e-books (and we'll look at this more closely later on), the e-book version of a paperback bestseller can take up less than 1MB of your handheld computer's memory. If you're planning a trip or going on holiday and need some reading material for the plane, saving three or four books to your handheld computer could save you a lot of space in your hand luggage. If you don't own a handheld computer, you can still use a notebook system or a desktop PC to read e-books, although you won't be able to take advantage of the portability aspects we've just looked at. A notebook computer may not be as light and compact as a book (unless you're reading the hardback version of War and Peace), but if you are taking a notebook computer away with you anyway, it allows you to leave printed copies of books at home. Using a desktop PC to read e-books may seem pointless to some but if you struggle to read the small typefaces used to print many books, you will appreciate being able to enlarge text on screen to stop you from having to strain your eyes or having to use a magnifier. E-books are also more interactive than their paper equivalents, often including links to references and further information to explore. Depending on the specific book you're after, it can also be cheaper to pick up the e-book version online. At the time of writing, Amazon was selling Bill Clinton's autobiography in hardback for £15 plus postage, but many e-book websites were selling the electronic download for $22 (around £12). Buying an e-book online rather than a hard copy from an online retailer also means you can get stuck in to reading it immediately. E-book shopping There are now numerous websites from which you can download e-books, some of which offer free titles. One of the most impressive online collections of free e-books is available from Project Gutenberg. It features a huge range of classic books and texts from Samuel Pepys's diaries to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Shakespeare's Othello. Project Guttenberg produces e-book versions of texts on which the original copyright licence has expired, so there are few, if any, restrictions on sharing the texts you download with friends, provided you do not amend them or use them for commercial purposes. A quick search at eBook Directory will reveal a wide variety of free texts to download and while in some cases you may need to also download a specific software reader for an e-book, these are usually also free. If you are looking for e-books covering reference, religious and health topics, you can pick them up free at Free eBooks.net, while computer-related e-books can be downloaded from IT eBooks. Sci-fi fans will be pleased to hear that the BBC is currently offering a range of e-books based on the Doctor Who TV series, although they are not downloadable. The aforementioned websites provide a wide variety of reading material but there are plenty of other websites that offer free e-books. Try using a search engine such as Google or Yahoo to help you track down other free texts. If it's the latest bestsellers you're after, you'll be hard pushed to find these for free, although many publishers will offer a free sample of a book to download so you can dip into it before you decide whether or not you want to buy it. You can pick up the latest releases in e-book form from websites such as Amazon, Franklin and Handango, often at discounted rates. Also take a look at the selection of recently published books available at eBooks.com. Be aware, though, that there are legal and copyright restrictions pertaining to sharing e-books that prevent you swapping texts with friends in the same way that you might pass round a printed book. Some e-book programs will stop you from opening e-books on different computers or handheld devices if security measures have been installed when the e-book was produced. While there are loads of e-books available online, it's not just books that are available as electronic text. Magazines such as Computeractive, Cosmo Girl, PC Magazine and Sporting News can all be bought, downloaded and read via a website called Zinio. The site sells subscriptions to a number of popular magazines, usually at a discounted price. To read magazines in e-book form that you have downloaded from this site, you'll need the Zinio Reader program, which is free to download and will also allow you to keep track of when the latest editions of your favourite magazines are available. Zinio doesn't offer much free material except for a selection of business magazines. The right reader To read an e-book you'll need to download reader software, which is usually free and takes just a few minutes to install. The software you need will depend on the file format of the e-book you are downloading. To read e-books in PDF format, for example, you'll need a free program called Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available here. Microsoft has its own e-book reader, Microsoft Reader, which free to download. If in doubt over which reader you need, look for e-books with the file extension .lit - you'll need Microsoft Reader to read files with this extension. You'll find plenty of e-books in this format at www.mslit.com, some of which are available for free. Another popular reader is MobiPocket, which can be downloaded free of charge here. You'll find plenty of compatible titles at www.mobipocket.com. As mentioned, some e-book websites use their own reader software, which can be downloaded free of charge - there should be plenty of on screen instructions to help with this. In some cases, e-books can be downloaded as program files that run on their own without an e-book reader. Look for the file extension .exe after the name of the e-book file - after downloading such a file, double-click on it to launch the e-book. Bear in mind, though, that these types of files can also be used to transfer viruses, and you should only download an .exe file to your PC if you're absolutely sure if its origins. Make sure your antivirus software is running and up to date before you do anything. If you want to read e-books while on the move, you can install the same e-book readers on a notebook computer that you would use on a desktop system. The same applies to handheld computers, although you'll first need to check on the operating system (Palm OS or Pocket PC, for example) to find a compatible reader. Some of the latest handheld computers include a preloaded e-book reader but these may only be compatible with certain formats, so you may need to install another reader anyway. Some smaller portable devices such as mobile phones can also be used to read e-books. There are obvious drawbacks here, though, as the smaller screen size limits the amount of text that can be viewed at any one time. Larger-screened handsets that can be used to access the internet wirelessly are probably the most suitable. O2's XDA II, for example, uses Microsoft Reader for displaying e-books, so you can either download electronic books directly, or use a desktop computer and then transfer the files across. One major drawback of the XDA II, however, is its £349 price tag, so unless you have fairly deep pockets you might want to think about sticking with a handheld or notebook computer to read books on the move. DIY authoring Of course, you needn't merely stop at downloading and reading e-books from the internet. If you've written a book yourself there's nothing to stop you from turning it into an e-book and publishing it yourself online, or creating a newsletter in e-book form for a society or to keep family and friends up to date with your adventures. There's a selection of e-book production software available online to help you create your own interactive e-book, complete with a front cover, contents page and illustrations. The e-book authoring program yBook, which you can download here, is just one of the pieces of software available for free that will help you create your own electronic books. You could also try the trial version of Desktop Author from Ebook Publishing Tools, which provides the publishing software, a front cover maker and clip art to help make your own e-books. Alternatively, download MobiPocket Publisher and you'll be well on your way to creating your own e-book. Take it as read E-books are great for keeping you entertained on the move and are a real boon to those who have trouble reading the smaller typefaces used in printed texts. Unlike in the past, there is now a wealth of classic books and poetry available free in downloadable digital form and you can often pick up a recently released bestseller cheaper than you could in the shops. As most of the software you'll need to read an e-book is available free of charge, there is very little to stop you from dipping into this easily accessible literary library or creating your own texts to share with others. Copyright concerns While there are few restrictions on passing on a well-thumbed printed paperback to a similarly minded literature lover in the real world, the restrictions on sharing e-books you have purchased online differ greatly. Often, you simply won't be able to share a paid-for digital text with others, and the e-book software reader needed to view a text may prevent an e-book from being viewed on another computer. Check any terms and conditions on a website before you buy an e-book to see if you can send a copy of the e-book to someone else or transfer it to a handheld device. While free e-books have far fewer restrictions on their distribution, you may still need to visit the website to download each copy. Most free e-books, such as those available from the Project Guttenberg online library, are intended for personal use and cannot be used for commercial purposes. Copying text from an e-book or amending it in any way infringes copyright laws. Similarly, you shouldn't scan or copy published text to create your own e-books. If you are creating your own e-book, many of the programs that will help you do this offer security features to prevent people copying your words and sharing your book, which is especially handy if you are planning to charge to download it. Programs such as Virtual Vault at Ebook Security promise to protect e-books from being illegally shared and the MobiPocket Publisher software includes security features to prevent illegal sharing.******************************************************************************************* Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ www.novell.com Hello, Here is an article that throws light on e-books - their advantages over traditional print documents, Copyright and security issues, how to find e-books in the e-directory, and shop them... Also, you will find some sites permitting to read and download e-books related to Business, IT, General interests... Very interesting one. Have a look Regards Harsha ******************************************************************************************* All about e-books If you're something of a bookworm, the chances are that most of the shelf space in your house will be taken up by paperbacks and hardbacks spanning everything from the latest best-selling autobiography to classic works of fiction. Books can take up a lot of space, but the birth of the electronic book, or e-book for short, means that you can rid your life of literary clutter. With e-books you can download texts from the internet, often free of charge, and save several books in digital form to a handheld device or notebook computer to read at your leisure. It beats lugging weighty tomes around to keep yourself entertained on holiday. Now that e-books are becoming increasingly popular, there are more texts (books and magazines) than ever available to download from the internet, and more and more writers and publishers are experimenting with the format. Four years ago, Stephen King set the pace by launching his novel Riding the Bullet as an e-book download for $2 and was swamped by half-a-million people trying to download it in the first week. In this feature we'll outline what you need to read an e-book, how much it will cost you and where you can find the free stuff. The case for e-books The concept behind electronic books is a simple one: it is to convert text, whether it's a book or a magazine article, into digital form so that it can be read on the screen of a PC, notebook or handheld computer. Some mobile phones will allow you to read e-books too, and there are even dedicated devices for displaying and reading e-books, such as the Sony Librie, which to date is only available in Japan. Making books and articles available digitally has several advantages. Perhaps the most obvious plus-point for anyone with a handheld computer is portability. Rather than carrying a book around in your bag, you can download the e-book version to a handheld computer from one of the many e-book websites online. Depending what software you are using to read e-books (and we'll look at this more closely later on), the e-book version of a paperback bestseller can take up less than 1MB of your handheld computer's memory. If you're planning a trip or going on holiday and need some reading material for the plane, saving three or four books to your handheld computer could save you a lot of space in your hand luggage. If you don't own a handheld computer, you can still use a notebook system or a desktop PC to read e-books, although you won't be able to take advantage of the portability aspects we've just looked at. A notebook computer may not be as light and compact as a book (unless you're reading the hardback version of War and Peace ), but if you are taking a notebook computer away with you anyway, it allows you to leave printed copies of books at home. Using a desktop PC to read e-books may seem pointless to some but if you struggle to read the small typefaces used to print many books, you will appreciate being able to enlarge text on screen to stop you from having to strain your eyes or having to use a magnifier. E-books are also more interactive than their paper equivalents, often including links to references and further information to explore. Depending on the specific book you're after, it can also be cheaper to pick up the e-book version online. At the time of writing, Amazon was selling Bill Clinton's autobiography in hardback for £15 plus postage, but many e-book websites were selling the electronic download for $22 (around £12). Buying an e-book online rather than a hard copy from an online retailer also means you can get stuck in to reading it immediately. E-book shopping There are now numerous websites from which you can download e-books, some of which offer free titles. One of the most impressive online collections of free e-books is available from http://www.promo.net/pg Project Gutenberg . It features a huge range of classic books and texts from Samuel Pepys's diaries to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Shakespeare's Othello . Project Guttenberg produces e-book versions of texts on which the original copyright licence has expired, so there are few, if any, restrictions on sharing the texts you download with friends, provided you do not amend them or use them for commercial purposes. A quick search at http://ebookdirectory.com/ eBook Directory will reveal a wide variety of free texts to download and while in some cases you may need to also download a specific software reader for an e-book, these are usually also free. If you are looking for e-books covering reference, religious and health topics, you can pick them up free at http://www.free-ebooks.net/ Free eBooks.net , while computer-related e-books can be downloaded from http://www.itebooks.net/ IT eBooks . Sci-fi fans will be pleased to hear that the BBC is currently offering a range of e-books based on the http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks Doctor Who TV series , although they are not downloadable. The aforementioned websites provide a wide variety of reading material but there are plenty of other websites that offer free e-books. Try using a search engine such as http://www.google.co.uk/ Google or http://uk.yahoo.com/ Yahoo to help you track down other free texts. If it's the latest bestsellers you're after, you'll be hard pushed to find these for free, although many publishers will offer a free sample of a book to download so you can dip into it before you decide whether or not you want to buy it. You can pick up the latest releases in e-book form from websites such as http://www.amazon.co.uk/ Amazon , http://www.franklin.com/ Franklin and http://www.handango.com/home.jsp?siteId=1 Handango , often at discounted rates. Also take a look at the selection of recently published books available at http://www.ebooks.com/ eBooks.com . Be aware, though, that there are legal and copyright restrictions pertaining to sharing e-books that prevent you swapping texts with friends in the same way that you might pass round a printed book. Some e-book programs will stop you from opening e-books on different computers or handheld devices if security measures have been installed when the e-book was produced. While there are loads of e-books available online, it's not just books that are available as electronic text. Magazines such as Computer active , Cosmo Girl , PC Magazine and Sporting News can all be bought, downloaded and read via a website called http://www.zinio.com/ Zinio . The site sells subscriptions to a number of popular magazines, usually at a discounted price. To read magazines in e-book form that you have downloaded from this site, you'll need the http://www.zinio.com/main Zinio Reader program, which is free to download and will also allow you to keep track of when the latest editions of your favourite magazines are available. Zinio doesn't offer much free material except for a selection of business magazines. The right reader To read an e-book you'll need to download reader software, which is usually free and takes just a few minutes to install. The software you need will depend on the file format of the e-book you are downloading. To read e-books in PDF format, for example, you'll need a free program called Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/103888 here . Microsoft has its own e-book reader, http://www.microsoft.com/reader Microsoft Reader , which free to download. If in doubt over which reader you need, look for e-books with the file extension .lit - you'll need Microsoft Reader to read files with this extension. You'll find plenty of e-books in this format at http://www.mslit.com/ www.mslit.com , some of which are available for free. Another popular reader is MobiPocket, which can be downloaded free of charge http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/1122683 here . You'll find plenty of compatible titles at http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp www.mobipocket.com . As mentioned, some e-book websites use their own reader software, which can be downloaded free of charge - there should be plenty of on screen instructions to help with this. In some cases, e-books can be downloaded as program files that run on their own without an e-book reader. Look for the file extension .exe after the name of the e-book file - after downloading such a file, double-click on it to launch the e-book. Bear in mind, though, that these types of files can also be used to transfer viruses, and you should only download an .exe file to your PC if you're absolutely sure if its origins. Make sure your antivirus software is running and up to date before you do anything. If you want to read e-books while on the move, you can install the same e-book readers on a notebook computer that you would use on a desktop system. The same applies to handheld computers, although you'll first need to check on the operating system (Palm OS or Pocket PC, for example) to find a compatible reader. Some of the latest handheld computers include a preloaded e-book reader but these may only be compatible with certain formats, so you may need to install another reader anyway. Some smaller portable devices such as mobile phones can also be used to read e-books. There are obvious drawbacks here, though, as the smaller screen size limits the amount of text that can be viewed at any one time. Larger-screened handsets that can be used to access the internet wirelessly are probably the most suitable. O2's XDA II, for example, uses Microsoft Reader for displaying e-books, so you can either download electronic books directly, or use a desktop computer and then transfer the files across. One major drawback of the XDA II, however, is its £349 price tag, so unless you have fairly deep pockets you might want to think about sticking with a handheld or notebook computer to read books on the move. DIY authoring Of course, you needn't merely stop at downloading and reading e-books from the internet. If you've written a book yourself there's nothing to stop you from turning it into an e-book and publishing it yourself online, or creating a newsletter in e-book form for a society or to keep family and friends up to date with your adventures. There's a selection of e-book production software available online to help you create your own interactive e-book, complete with a front cover, contents page and illustrations. The e-book authoring program yBook, which you can download http://www.spacejock.com/yBook.html here , is just one of the pieces of software available for free that will help you create your own electronic books. You could also try the trial version of http://www.ebook-publishing-tools.com/ Desktop Author from Ebook Publishing Tools, which provides the publishing software, a front cover maker and clip art to help make your own e-books. Alternatively, download http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/1123408 MobiPocket Publisher and you'll be well on your way to creating your own e-book. Take it as read E-books are great for keeping you entertained on the move and are a real boon to those who have trouble reading the smaller typefaces used in printed texts. Unlike in the past, there is now a wealth of classic books and poetry available free in downloadable digital form and you can often pick up a recently released bestseller cheaper than you could in the shops. As most of the software you'll need to read an e-book is available free of charge, there is very little to stop you from dipping into this easily accessible literary library or creating your own texts to share with others. Copyright concerns While there are few restrictions on passing on a well-thumbed printed paperback to a similarly minded literature lover in the real world, the restrictions on sharing e-books you have purchased online differ greatly. Often, you simply won't be able to share a paid-for digital text with others, and the e-book software reader needed to view a text may prevent an e-book from being viewed on another computer. Check any terms and conditions on a website before you buy an e-book to see if you can send a copy of the e-book to someone else or transfer it to a handheld device. While free e-books have far fewer restrictions on their distribution, you may still need to visit the website to download each copy. Most free e-books, such as those available from the Project Guttenberg online library, are intended for personal use and cannot be used for commercial purposes. Copying text from an e-book or amending it in any way infringes copyright laws. Similarly, you shouldn't scan or copy published text to create your own e-books. If you are creating your own e-book, many of the programs that will help you do this offer security features to prevent people copying your words and sharing your book, which is especially handy if you are planning to charge to download it. Programs such as Virtual Vault at http://www.ebook-security.com/ Ebook Security promise to protect e-books from being illegally shared and the MobiPocket Publisher software includes security features to prevent illegal sharing. ******************************************************************************************* Sreeharsha BG Novell Software Development India Pvt. Ltd AM Industrial Area #49/1 & 49/3, 7th Mile, Hosur Road, Garvebhavi paly Road, Bangalore - 560 068 INDIA Phone: 91-80-25731856 E 2000 Visit us @ http://www.novell.com www.novell.com

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Fwd: Clinics on Consortia
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in wrote:From: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:39:16 +0530 (IST) Subject: Clinics on Consortia To: Dear Prof.Rao Prof.David Kohl, Senior Fulbright Specialist who is visiting DRTC has kindly offered his consultancy to Indian consortia to help sort out issues. Please circulate this among professional colleagues Regards Devika Madalli ------------ ------------ ANNOUCEMENT ------------ ------------ Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), is pleased to announce that Dr.David Kohl, Emeritus, University of Cincinnati and Senior Fulbright Specialist will be visiting faculty at DRTC. Dr.Kohl is an expert in the area of Library and Information Consortia and has architected the OHIOLINK, which is one of the biggest and successful consortium. He has worked as a consultant to several projects internationally including national projects of Greece and Turkey. Dr.Kohl is presently Senior Fulbright Specialist and has offered consultancy to working, startup and proposed consortia during his stay here in India. We propose to hold a series of clinics to help trash out issues such as planning, design, implementation and negotiations through discussions and exchange of thought. This is an invitation to leaders, members and patrons of consortia to avail this opportunity to strengthen the Indian Consortial Initiatives. Please contact devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in for further details. Dr.Devika Madalli, Lecturer 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. 497 Fax : 91-80-8484265 email: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/dpmcv.html Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE! Get Yahoo!Mail devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in wrote: From: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:39:16 +0530 (IST) Subject: Clinics on Consortia To: Dear Prof.Rao Prof.David Kohl, Senior Fulbright Specialist who is visiting DRTC has kindly offered his consultancy to Indian consortia to help sort out issues. Please circulate this among professional colleagues Regards Devika Madalli ------------ ------------ ANNOUCEMENT ------------ ------------ Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), is pleased to announce that Dr.David Kohl, Emeritus, University of Cincinnati and Senior Fulbright Specialist will be visiting faculty at DRTC. Dr.Kohl is an expert in the area of Library and Information Consortia and has architected the OHIOLINK, which is one of the biggest and successful consortium. He has wo! rked as a consultant to several projects internationally including national projects of Greece and Turkey. Dr.Kohl is presently Senior Fulbright Specialist and has offered consultancy to working, startup and proposed consortia during his stay here in India. We propose to hold a series of clinics to help trash out issues such as planning, design, implementation and negotiations through discussions and exchange of thought. This is an invitation to leaders, members and patrons of consortia to avail this opportunity to strengthen the Indian Consortial Initiatives. Please contact devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in for further details. Dr.Devika Madalli, Lecturer 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. 497 Fax : 91-80-8484265 email: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/dpmcv.html Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE! http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/h/spam/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com/ Get Yahoo! Mail

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(no subject)
by Daulat Jotwani 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues The Central Library, IIT Bombay conducts intership programme to provide opportunities to fresh graduates / postgraduates in Library & Information Science to have first-hand experience and exposure of one of the prestigeous S&T Libraries and the modern tools and techniques being used. We select only five candidates for six months each and pay them RS 3500/- per month. Interested persons may send their applications on plain paper to the undersigned so as to reach me by 15th October 2004. -- Daulat Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227, 9819808920 -- Daulat Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227, 9819808920

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request for an earlier edition of DDC...
by Nirupama Bawdekar 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues, I have received a request from the librarian of "World Institute of Sustainable Energy" (WISE), an NGO, located in Pune. They are in need of the 20th or 21st edition of Dewey Decimal Classification scheme. In case someone can spare a set, pl. respond on the following address directly. The Librarian, World Institute of Sustainable Energy Flat Nos. 1&2, 'Surya-Suman", 49, Hindustan Estates, Road No. 2 Kalyani Nagar, Pune 411 006 email: communications(a)wisein.org Thanks in advance. regards, Mrs Nirupama Bawdekar S/T Officer C,Library *************************************************************************** Mrs Nirupama Bawdekar Scientific/Technical Officer-Library Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Post Bag No. 4, Ganeshkhind Pune 411 007 India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- email: nub(a)iucaa.ernet.in, telephone:+91-20-25604308, fax: +91-20-25604699 **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.

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