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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

Dear Profesionals, We are interested to know the Website Address that will give information on "International Standards for journals". This information will be useful for us as we want to apply for getting this status for our journal. Best wishes, Usha http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Profesionals, We are interested to know the Website Address that will give information on "International Standards for journals". This information will be useful for us as we want to apply for getting this status for our journal. Best wishes, Usha

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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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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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Fwd: Adv.for Teaching Positions
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Pravakar Rath <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> wrote:From: "Pravakar Rath" To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com CC: naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com Subject: Adv.for Teaching Positions Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:24:00 +0530 Request for circulation among the LIS Professionals Mizoram University( A Central University estblished in 2001 under an Act in the Parliament) is inviting applications for One position of Lecturer (Open) and One Position of Reader (Open) for its Department of Library and Information Science. The last date of submission of filled in application along with other details is 25th October,2004. Kindly go through the coming Employment News and University News for details including Proforma of Application. Dr Pravakar Rath Professor and Head Department of Library and Information Science Mizoram University (A Central University) Aizawl, 796001 Phone-(0389)2345228 _________________________________________________________________ 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 --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail Pravakar Rath <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: From: "Pravakar Rath" To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com CC: naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com Subject: Adv.for Teaching Positions Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:24:00 +0530 Request for circulation among the LIS Professionals Mizoram University( A Central University estblished in 2001 under an Act in the Parliament) is inviting applications for One position of Lecturer (Open) and One Position of Reader (Open) for its Department of Library and Information Science. The last date of submission of filled in application along with other details is 25th October,2004. Kindly go through the coming Employment News and University News for details including Proforma of Application. Dr Pravakar Rath Professor and Head Department of Library and Information Science Mizoram University (A Central University) Aizawl, 796001 Phone-(0389)2345228 _________________________________________________________________ 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 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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DLIS-IATLIS Annual lecture By Dr David F Kohl & one day seminar on digital resources at Osmania University on 29 sept
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dept. of Library & Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad Cordially invite you to DLIS IATLIS Annual Lecture 2004 on LIBRARY CONSORTIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS on Wednesday, the 29th September, 2004 at 11.00 a.m. at New Seminar Hall, Univ. College of Arts & Social Sciences, O.U. Dr. C. S. RAO Advisor (IT), Government of Andhra Pradesh has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest Dr. DAVID F KOHL Dean & University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. has kindly consented to deliver the Annual Lecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. N. Laxman Rao Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Professor, DLIS, OU Head, DLIS, OU ############################################# Dept. of Library & Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad in Collaboration with ICSSR Southern Regional Centre and United States Educational Foundation in India Cordially invite you to One day Seminar on MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL RESOURCES on Thursday, the 30th September, 2004 at 9.45 a.m. at ICSSR Conference Hall, O.U. Library Sri GIREESH SANGHI Member Of Parliament (RS) CMD and Managing Editor, Vaartha and AGA Publications has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest Dr. DAVID F KOHL Dean & University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. has kindly consented to deliver the address PROF. M. MUTHA REDDY Registrar Osmania University, Hyderabad will preside -------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Dr. Masood Ali Khan Prof. N. Laxman Rao Head, DLIS, OU Director, ICSSR -SRC Seminar Director 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 --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail Dept. of Library & Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad Cordially invite you to DLIS IATLIS Annual Lecture 2004 on LIBRARY CONSORTIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS on Wednesday, the 29 th September, 2004 at 11.00 a.m. at New Seminar Hall, Univ. College of Arts & Social Sciences, O.U. Dr. C. S. RAO Advisor (IT), Government of Andhra Pradesh has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest Dr. DAVID F KOHL Dean & University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. has kindly consented to deliver the Annual Lecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. N. Laxman Rao Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Professor, DLIS, OU Head, DLIS, OU ############################################# Dept. of Library & Information Science Osmania University, Hyderabad in Collaboration with ICSSR Southern Regional Centre and United States Educational Foundation in India Cordially invite you to One day Seminar on MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL RESOURCES on Thursday, the 30 th September, 2004 at 9.45 a.m. at ICSSR Conference Hall, O.U. Library Sri GIREESH SANGHI Member Of Parliament (RS) CMD and Managing Editor, Vaartha and AGA Publications has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest Dr. DAVID F KOHL Dean & University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. has kindly consented to deliver the address PROF. M. MUTHA REDDY Registrar Osmania University, Hyderabad will preside ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. J. Yadagiri Reddy Dr. Masood Ali Khan Prof. N. Laxman Rao Head, DLIS, OU Director, ICSSR -SRC Seminar Director Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Informa! tion 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 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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Standards for University Libraries in India
by ts kumbar 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dear Colleages, We are looking for the (latest available) information on the norms/ standards with regard to following prescribed by UGC, AICTE and NAAC for the University Libraries. Ratio: 1. Book Collection: Volumes per student 2. Text Book collection and student ratio 3. Number of journals and student ratio 4. Budget: Money spent per student on reading materials 5. Professional staff and student ratio 6. Library space and student ratio 7. Seats and student ratio 8. Computer workstations available in the library and student ratio 9. Elecronic Resources: articles per student We did spend quite a bit of time in locating this information on the above three academic body sites, but without much success. We would therefore appreciate, if you could kindly enlighten on this with the required information or guide us to any sources that could help us in getting this information. Regards Kumbar ============================================= T S Kumbar DA-IICT Gandhinagar email: ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org tel: 079-30510550 Dear Colleages, We are looking for the (latest available) information on the norms/ standards with regard to following prescribed by UGC, AICTE and NAAC for the University Libraries. Ratio: 1. Book Collection: Volumes per student 2. Text Book collection and student ratio 3. Number of journals and student ratio 4. Budget: Money spent per student on reading materials 5. Professional staff and student ratio 6. Library space and student ratio 7. Seats and student ratio 8. Computer workstations available in the library and student ratio 9. Elecronic Resources: articles per student We did spend quite a bit of time in locating this information on the above three academic body sites, but without much success. We would therefore appreciate, if you could kindly enlighten on this with the required information or guide us to any sources that could help us in getting this information. Regards Kumbar ============================================= T S Kumbar DA-IICT Gandhinagar email: mailto:ts_kumbar@da-iict.org ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org http://www.da-iict.org tel: 079-30510550

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OpenAccess
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dear Friends There is a full length article by the eminent Science Writer Dr D Balasubramanian in Today's Hindu (23rd Sep 2004)(p16) on "Open Access to Journals : Nobel Movement". He succinctly describes the problems of procuring journal literature. He advocates and supports Arunachalam's plea that GOI should make it mandatory for Government funded research output generated in India (also) be put in open archives by institutions concerned. Best wishes 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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Institutional Repositories & IPR
by Sanjay Kataria 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Dear information scientist, Now a days, we are discussing on Design and development of Institutional Repositories but we did not discuss one of major issue i.e Intellectual Property Right. I have some small queries but important which are: 1. If any article/research paper already has published somewhere, Can we put/add the same article in the institutional repositories without permission from the concern publisher when author/scholar/generator of article has been working in the same organization. 2. Who should have intellectual property Right? Author or Publisher. 3. What kind of precaution or point we must keep in mind before putting intellectual property in Institutional Repositories. 4. Any special legal clause, should be followed? 5. Any standard agreement between author/scholar institution and Publishers. I am requesting to all information professional who have started this initiative and other who have specialization in IPR also, Kindly give their valuable opinion and suggestion on the issue. I am looking your valuable suggestion and comments pls. Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sector-62, Noida(UP)-201307,India Sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in, Information.professional(a)gmail.com Ph.0120-2400971 to 978 Ext.251 09810503341 (Mobile) http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear information scientist, Now a days, we are discussing on Design and development of Institutional Repositories but we did not discuss one of major issue i.e Intellectual Property Right. I have some small queries but important which are: 1. If any article/research paper already has published somewhere, Can we put/add the same article in the institutional repositories without permission from the concern publisher when author/scholar/generator of article has been working in the same organization. 2. Who should have intellectual property Right? Author or Publisher. 3. What kind of precaution or point we must keep in mind before putting intellectual property in Institutional Repositories. 4. Any special legal clause, should be followed? 5. Any standard agreement between author/scholar institution and Publishers. I am requesting to all information professional who have started this initiative and other who have specialization in IPR also, Kindly give their valuable opinion and suggestion on the issue. I am looking your valuable suggestion and comments pls. Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sector-62, Noida(UP)-201307,India Sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in, Information.professional(a)gmail.com Ph.0120-2400971 to 978 Ext.251 09810503341 (Mobile)

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Clinics on Consortia
by Dimple Patel 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Dear LIS-FORUM Members, 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. 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. Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore - 560059. http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear LIS-FORUM Members, 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. 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. Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore - 560059.

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Need info. ASM HB
by susheela 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Dear professional friends We are planning to subscribe for ASM Hand books Online. In order to know the procedure to subscribe and also the technical issues involved in downloading, can any one suggest me the libraries who have subscribed for ASM Hand books online. Thanks & Regards M.Suseela Tataprojects Limited Hyderabad E-mail: susheela(a)tataprojects.com Dear professional friends We are planning to subscribe for ASM Hand books Online. In order to know the procedure to subscribe and also the technical issues involved in downloading, can any one suggest me the libraries who have subscribed for ASM Hand books online. Thanks & Regards M.Suseela Tataprojects Limited Hyderabad E-mail: mailto:susheela@tataprojects.com susheela(a)tataprojects.com

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MLA and JISC in the UK join DCMI Affiliate Program
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

MLA and JISC in the UK join DCMI Affiliate Program DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, August 26, 2004The DCMI Directorate has announced that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the further and higher education funding bodies in the UK have signed an Affiliate Agreement with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) enabling the UK to become formally involved in the continued development of the Dublin Core metadata standards. MLA and JISC are the UK's official representatives, presenting the views of all UK public sector institutions at an international level. The Dublin Core was developed for use on the Web and in other information networks across a wide variety of subject areas, languages and economic sectors. Dublin Core has been adopted by several national governments, of which the United Kingdom is the largest. DC has been translated into 25 languages, and has participants from more than 50 countries. DCMI is the maintenance agency for the Dublin Core standard (ISO 15836) and is responsible for its further development, maintenance, standardization and promotion. OCLC serves as the Host for DCMI, and manages its Web site. The signing of the UK Affiliate marks an important step forward for DCMI, and reminds us, as well, that the UK has been a leading contributor to global metadata since 1995. We look forward to their continued influence in the operation and governance of the Initiative. More information DCMI Announcement http://dublincore.org/news/#ukaffiliate Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) http://www.mla.gov.uk/ Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) www.jisc.ac.uk/ Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) http://dublincore.org/ For more information: Makx Dekkers Managing Director Dublin Core Metadata Initiative makx(a)makxdekkers.com Bob Bolander Communications & Programs Manager OCLC Research bolander(a)oclc.org +1-614-761-5207 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! MLA and JISC in the UK join DCMI Affiliate Program DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, August 26, 2004 The DCMI Directorate has announced that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the further and higher education funding bodies in the UK have signed an Affiliate Agreement with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) enabling the UK to become formally involved in the continued development of the Dublin Core metadata standards. MLA and JISC are the UK's official representatives, presenting the views of all UK public sector institutions at an international level. The Dublin Core was developed for use on the Web and in other information networks across a wide variety of subject areas, languages and economic sectors. Dublin Core has been adopted by several national governments, of which the United Kingdom is the largest. DC has been translated into 25 languages, and has participants from more than 50 countries. DCMI is the maintenance agency for the Dublin Core standard (ISO 15836) and is responsible for its further development, maintenance, standardization and promotion. OCLC serves as the Host for DCMI, and manages its Web site. The signing of the UK Affiliate marks an important step forward for DCMI, and reminds us, as well, that the UK has been a leading contributor to global metadata since 1995. We look forward to their continued influence in the operation and governance of the Initiative. More information DCMI Announcement http://dublincore.org/news/#ukaffiliate http://dublincore.org/news/#ukaffiliate Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) http://www.mla.gov.uk/ http://www.mla.gov.uk/ Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ www.jisc.ac.uk/ Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) http://dublincore.org/ http://dublincore.org/ For more information: Makx Dekkers Managing Director Dublin Core Metadata Initiative mailto:makx@makxdekkers.com makx(a)makxdekkers.com Bob Bolander Communications & Programs Manager OCLC Research mailto:bolander@oclc.org bolander(a)oclc.org +1-614-761-5207 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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Internet v 2.0
by Ayesha Taranum 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hello, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, and is working towards a newwer version. his thoughts and future plans, as interviewed by Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/10/frauenfelder1004.asp Regards, -- Ayesha _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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Fwd: MLAI 2004
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

dear friends please see the details of MLAI conference laxman rao From: ambuja(a)vsnl.com Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:33:17 +0500 Subject: MLAI 2004 To: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr Dear Professionals This year's annual convention of Medical Library Association of India (MLAI 2004) is being hosted by University of Madras, Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai. The theme of the Convention is "Information and Knowledge management in Health Sciences: Newer Perspectives". Requesting all Librarians / Information Scientists to participate in the Convention. For further information kindly login www.mlaichennai.org best Regards Ambuja __________________________________ Dr.R.Ambuja Organizing Secretary MLAI 2004 Deputy Librarian University of Madras Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Taramani - Chennai - 600 113 Telephone - 044 - 24926021 Fax - 044 - 24926709 ************************************************************************** INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS ************************************************************************** To post messages to INDIA-LIS, send messages to: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr To manage your account, change subscription options, or visit the archive: http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/india-lis INDIA-LIS requires that subscribers login with a password to change their list profiles. First time users can request a password from the page above. Any questions can be directed to the list moderator at: vkj(a)library.iitkgp.ernet.in <> <> ************************************************************************** INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS ************************************************************************** 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 see the details of MLAI conference laxman rao From: ambuja(a)vsnl.com Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:33:17 +0500 Subject: MLAI 2004 To: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr Dear Professionals This year's annual convention of Medical Library Association of India (MLAI 2004) is being hosted by University of Madras, Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai. The theme of the Convention is "Information and Knowledge management in Health Sciences: Newer Perspectives". Requesting all Librarians / Information Scientists to participate in the Convention. For further information kindly login http://www.mlaichennai.org www.mlaichennai.org best Regards Ambuja __________________________________ Dr.R.Ambuja Organizing Secretary MLAI 2004 Deputy Librarian University of Madras Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Taramani - Chennai - 600 113 Telephone - 044 - 24926021 Fax - 044 - 24926709 ************************************************************************** INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS ************************************************************************** To post messages to INDIA-LIS, send messages to: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr To manage your account, change subscription options, or visit the archive: http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/india-lis INDIA-LIS requires that subscribers login with a password to change their list profiles. First time users can request a password from the page above. Any questions can be directed to the list moderator ! at: vkj(a)library.iitkgp.ernet.in < > < > ************************************************************************** INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS INDIA-LIS ************************************************************************** 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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Press Release
by Nazrul Azmi 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

The Hamdard Library Organises an inaugral function of its automated library system on september 18, 2004 at 4.00 p.m. at the Hamdard Convention Centre Hall No. 1, inaugrated by Mr. Mohd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Honble Union State Minister, HRD. Late Hakim Abdul Hameed Saheb, a renowned physician and humanist, eastablished Jamia Hamdard in 1989. The central bibliographic Resource Centre, Hakim Mohd. Said Central Library boast of more than 1.5 lakh bibliographic records including a marvellous collection of manuscripts in veriety of languges and subjects. To make the collection of library available to the academic community in accordance with the demand of modern automated environment, the university library has undertaken a project of computerising its various activities. To this end we are using the LIBSYS library application software. It is Worth mentioning with a degree of pride that the Jamia Hamdard Library has the unique distinction of achieving a satisfactory level of computerization of all its activities from the book acquisition to its cataloguing, classification and issue to return. It will not be out of place to appreciate our quickest implementation of the intricate processes of automation. Nazrul Islam Azmi HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… The Hamdard Library Organises an inaugral function of its automated library system on september 18, 2004 at 4.00 p.m. at the Hamdard Convention Centre Hall No. 1, inaugrated by Mr. Mohd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Honble Union State Minister, HRD. Late Hakim Abdul Hameed Saheb, a renowned physician and humanist, eastablished Jamia Hamdard in 1989. The central bibliographic Resource Centre, Hakim Mohd. Said Central Library boast of more than 1.5 lakh bibliographic records including a marvellous collection of manuscripts in veriety of languges and subjects. To make the collection of library available to the academic community in accordance with the demand of modern automated environment, the university library has undertaken a project of computerising its various activities. To this end we are using the LIBSYS library application software. It is Worth mentioning with a degree of pride that the Jamia Hamdard Library has the unique distinction of achieving a satisfactory level of computerization of all its activities from the book acquisition to its cataloguing, classification and issue to return. It will not be out of place to appreciate our quickest implementation of the intricate processes of automation. Nazrul Islam Azmi HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

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Re: REFRESHER COURSE AT OSMANIA UNIVERSITY-
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Sep '04

18 Sep '04

I AM SORRY FOR SPELLING MISTAKES. RESENDING THE CORRECTED ONE "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:DEAR FRIENDS ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY IS ORGANISING A REFRESHER COURSE FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIANS, ASST LIBRARIANS OF UNIVERSITIES AND LECTURERS FROM 22 NOV 2004. THOSE DESIROUS OF ATTENDING THE SAID PROGRAM MAY APPLY TO THE DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY.HYDERABAD- 500007. 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 --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail 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! I AM SORRY FOR SPELLING MISTAKES. RESENDING THE CORRECTED ONE "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: DEAR FRIENDS ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY IS ORGANISING A REFRESHER COURSE FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIANS, ASST LIBRARIANS OF UNIVERSITIES AND LECTURERS FROM 22 NOV 2004. THOSE DESIROUS OF ATTENDING THE SAID PROGRAM MAY APPLY TO THE DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY.HYDERABAD- 500007. 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 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 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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vinayaka chaviti greetings
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Sep '04

18 Sep '04

hi fellow pofessional friends WISH YOU A HAPPY VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI. gOD VIGNESHWARA WILL BLESS YOU WITH HAPPINESS 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 --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! hi fellow pofessional friends WISH YOU A HAPPY VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI. gOD VIGNESHWARA WILL BLESS YOU WITH HAPPINESS 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 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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LIS forum: Survey
by joydip chandra 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Dear Sir/Madam I am evaluating effectiveness of and communication patterns in the LIS Discussion Forums of Indian origin. This report will be submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MLISC degree of the Kalyani University, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. The user feedback is an important component of the study. I shall be grateful if you could kindly spare a few minutes and complete the questionnaire at http://www.geocities.com/joydipchandra/question.html With best personal regards, Joydip Chandra MLISC Student Department of Library and Information Science Kalyani University,Kalyani, Nadia West Bengal Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam I am evaluating effectiveness of and communication patterns in the LIS Discussion Forums of Indian origin. This report will be submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the &nb! sp; MLISC degree of the Kalyani University, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. The user feedback is an important component of the study. I shall be grateful if you could kindly spare a few minutes and complete the questionnaire at http://www.geocities.com/joydipchandra/question.html http://www.geocities.com/joydipchandra/question.html With best personal regards, Joydip Chandra MLISC Student Department of Library and Information Science Kalyani University,Kalyani, Nadia West Bengal 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 help
by KISHOR 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Dear Sir , Can u post my request to LIS News Digest Dear LIS-Member, Can Anybody help me to find out good BbookAgencies, Bookshop From Delhi. Rgds/ Kishor http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Sir , Can u post my request to LIS News Digest Dear LIS-Member, Can Anybody help me to find out good BbookAgencies, Bookshop From Delhi. Rgds/ Kishor

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Fwd: Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

----- Forwarded message from Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:31:53 +0100 From: Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> Subject: [GKD] Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice To: gkd(a)phoenix.edc.org Dear GKD Members, My name is Dr. Ken Kitson, and I am working as the software designer for the Open Knowledge Network <www.openknowledge.net> which is being co-ordinated by One World <www.oneworld.net> with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The primary goal of OKN is to use information technology to stimulate the generation and exchange of local content between disadvantaged communities in the South. As such, key aspects of the software are that: it supports local languages; is easy to install, use and fix; is capable of working offline most of the time; works with relevant communication methods (poor dial-up lines, compact discs, wireless, satellite); runs on both Linux and Windows; uses open-source software and will become an open-source project. We have some pilot software (written in Java and PHP) running in around 30 community computing centres in India and four African countries, working in seven languages. A demonstration site showing the live local content from our network can be seen on the Internet at: <http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html> We are now designing the next release of the software, and would be particularly interested to know if members of the GKD list: - know of any similar projects we might collaborate with, or technology we should investigate - could advise which technology would be best for building up an active open source community in the South (for example, is Java the most popular language) - would be interested in getting involved in contributing technical advice to the OKN programme by joining our discussion group at: <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology> Many thanks for your time. Best wishes, Ken Kitson Fwd: Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice ----- Forwarded message from Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:31:53 +0100 From: Ken Kitson <ken.kitson(a)oneworld.net> Subject: [GKD] Open Knowledge Network - A Request for Technical Advice To: gkd(a)phoenix.edc.org Dear GKD Members, My name is Dr. Ken Kitson, and I am working as the software designer for the Open Knowledge Network <www.openknowledge.net> which is being co-ordinated by One World <www.oneworld.net> with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The primary goal of OKN is to use information technology to stimulate the generation and exchange of local content between disadvantaged communities in the South. As such, key aspects of the software are that: it supports local languages; is easy to install, use and fix; is capable of working offline most of the time; works with relevant communication methods (poor dial-up lines, compact discs, wireless, satellite); runs on both Linux and Windows; uses open-source software and will become an open-source project. We have some pilot software (written in Java and PHP) running in around 30 community computing centres in India and four African countries, working in seven languages. A demonstration site showing the live local content from our network can be seen on the Internet at: < http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html http://london.openknowledge.net:8080/okn/newsheet_eng.html > We are now designing the next release of the software, and would be particularly interested to know if members of the GKD list: - know of any similar projects we might collaborate with, or technology we should investigate - could advise which technology would be best for building up an active open source community in the South (for example, is Java the most popular language) - would be interested in getting involved in contributing technical advice to the OKN programme by joining our discussion group at: < http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology http://www.dgroups.org/groups/okntechnology > Many thanks for your time. Best wishes, Ken Kitson

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Free online access CILIP Journals
by Shyam Prasad pujar 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Sorry for cross-postings, if any. Dear Members, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals), UK is currently offering free online access to its following journals: Journal of Information Science (1997->) Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (1997->) This offer lasts until November 2004. For more information, please have a look at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/researchjournals/ 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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140-year-old Antique Library floor Tiles on Sale in Rajkot
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Facelift on, Lang library parts with pieces of the past http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=99646 Hiral Dave Rajkot, September 15: Besides avid readers, the Lang Library is nowadays drawing antique lovers! The 140-year-old library, which has a vast collection of over one lakh books, many of them rare, has put on sale old clay floor tiles used when the building was built. About 1,000 antique tiles, used in the main room of the historic library, are on sale with the structure undergoing renovation. Librarian Bipin Mehta says, "The tiles have been carefully removed. Of all the tiles, only 1,000 perfect pieces have been selected for sale." Each tile has the manufacturing company's name and year engraved on it. Within four days of placing an advertisement, the Lang Trust which runs the library, has been flooded with enquiries from as far as US and UK besides parts of the State. While some want to add the tiles to their antique collection, many plan to make decorative pieces of them. An official of the Parswanath Co-operative Bank says, "We want some pieces to decorate the bank's garden. Their antique value would add to the beauty." But buyers will have to wait for a month. "We have given prospective buyers a month's time and will fix the rates only after looking at the response," says Mehta. The library has been named after a British general, W Lang who served in Saurashtra from 1856 to 1858. Library officials say Lang started a small library called 'Victoria' for women in a room of the Kothi Compound building. Victoria, with books from Lang's personal collection, soon became popular among women who were not allowed to go to school then. The library was later shifted to Jubilee Baug and thrown open to all. Many books still bear the stamp of Victoria library. The main reading room has been closed since May for renovation. White marble has replaced the old tiles, the wooden ceiling and staircase have received a fresh coat of paint and more lights have been installed in the reading hall. A special study room for university students has been built on the first floor. The monthly fees, however, remains Rs 5, says Mehta. The library owns rare books dating back to the 1800s like the Chambers Encyclopaedia (1888), Exploring and Adventure in Equatorial Africa (1861) besides the oldest Gujarati dictionary. The library is all set computerise its operations. Two computers will be installed to provide readers with information on availability of books and new arrivals, says Mehta. Mehta says plans are also afoot to post the books on internet. "To begin with, English and Gujarati books which are over 100 years old have been selected for the project. Soon, readers will have access to scanned versions of these books on the internet," he says. =============== sent by ========= Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Ph: +91(40)23480053

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Elsevier to forbid document copy dlivery by libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

A friend [Eberhard Hilf] tells me: "Elsevier is going to court in Germany against the University Libraries concerning document copy delivery. The Government intends to forbid document copy delivery in future, allowing documents to be viewed only on-screen in the library. See <http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de> " Too bad for researchers and for Elsevier. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Elsevier to forbid document copy dlivery by libraries A friend [ Eberhard Hilf ] tells me: " Elsevier is going to court in Germany against the University Libraries concerning document copy delivery. The Government intends to forbid document copy delivery in future, allowing documents to be viewed only on-screen in the library. See < http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de http://www.urheberrechtsbuendnis.de > " Too bad for researchers and for Elsevier. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Website on 'Fellowships' updated.
by sangeeta Halijwale 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Dear Members, In reponse to my email to the LIS-FOURM regarding the website on 'fellowships' hosted by me few months back, I got very good feedback from some of you, for which I am highly thankful to you all. I am trying to update the site periodically with new fellowships as and when announced. Below mentioned are the fellowships of the month: General Fellowships: -------- Bharatpetroleum scholarship Indian Oil Department of Culture BD Bangur-endowment scholarship Nirman Shri Brihad Bharatiya Samaj Scholarship Medicine: ---------- Hargobind foundation Social sciences: ---------------- Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship for the year 2005-06 Indian Council of Social Science Research International Food Policy Research Institute Phelan Fellowship 2004-05 Furter details you may pl visit http://www.freewebs.com/fellowindia Thanks, Sangeeta Halijwale Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon (E) Mumbai - 4000 065 phone: 022-28400919 http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib.htm

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Symposium on Consortia 6th-8th October, 2004
by Dimple Patel 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Hi All, This is for the information of all LIS-FORUM members. Documentation Research and Training Centre in collaboration with Indian Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST), IIT Delhi and U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), is conducting a Symposium on Consortium Approach to Resource Sharing: Issues and Policies, during October 6th - 8th 2004, to be held at DRTC, Bangalore. More information available at: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/ Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Bangalore. http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Hi All, This is for the information of all LIS-FORUM members. Documentation Research and Training Centre in collaboration with Indian Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST), IIT Delhi and U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI), is conducting a Symposium on Consortium Approach to Resource Sharing: Issues and Policies, during October 6th - 8th 2004, to be held at DRTC, Bangalore. More information available at: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/ Regards, Dimple Patel, DRTC, Bangalore.

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InfoWatch July-Aug 2004
by M.R Lalitha 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The combined July-Aug 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) July-Aug 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Algolib - The Algorithms project's library and other packages of the algorithms project 2. Alkalinity calculator 3. Blinkx [A search tool] 4. BrainBoost - A no-search search engine 5. Computer Knowledge Virus tutorial 6. DASL - The Data and Story Library [An archive of statistical methods] 7. e-Learning Centre - Advice on how to build effective e-learning solutions 8. Electronic definations website 9. ExpatEngineer.net - The Expat Engineering job network 10. Glossary of plasma physics and fusion energy research 11. Hardware-guru [A website for hardware designers] 12. hogan-productions.com - Free computer and Internet books online 13. Matrix Market [A repository of test data for use in comparative studies of algorithms for numerical linear algebra] 14. NASA experimental communications satellites 15. Netscape DevEdge [A resource for web designers] 16. Nist visible cement dataset [A collection of 3-D data sets of cement, Plaster of Paris and common brick material] 17. Ocean Explorer [An educational site to learn about, discover and virtually explore the ocean realm] 18. Open channel software 19. PC Soft Land [Software archive on the Internet] 20. URLinfo [A tool providing information about webpages] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Digital library for medical college : Kerala
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/16/stories/2004091607800300.htm Digital library for medical college By Our Staff Reporter KOZHIKODE, SEPT. 15 (2004). The Health Minister, K.K. Ramachandran, will inaugurate the state-of-the-art digital library with high speed Internet connection at the Kozhikode Medical College library here on September 17. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the Medical College vice-principal, K. Parvathi, said the digital library would cost Rs. 50 lakhs with facilities of high speed Internet connection and 16 computers. The libraray is funded by the Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG), an organisation of alumni of the Medical College in the U.S. and Canada. Online medical journal subscriptions and CDs of medical textbooks will be provided. The new digital library is being set by C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram. C-DAC will run the library for two years, after which the responsibility will be entrusted with the college. Though Internet facility is available in the library from 2001, there are only six computers set up with the assistance from the National Medical Library, New Delhi. Once the library gets 16 computers as part of its digitalisation programme, the library is likely to extend its working hours from the present 12 hours to 16 hours or even round-the-clock. Proposals for additional staff required for this purpose has been send to the Government. The students will be charged a nominal rate of Rs. 5 per hour. Smart cards will be issued to students at a charge which they can use for accessing the Internet. M.P. Veerendrakumar, MP, will distribute the first smart card at the function. The Mayor, Thottathil Ravindran, will preside. K. Ramamoorthy, Principal Secretary, Health, Meenu Hariharan, Director of Medical Education, B. Jayalekshmi, Joint Director of Medical Education, and T.P.M. Zahir, MLA, will attend the function. =====sent 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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[Sigiii-l] ASIST SIG III Announces Winners of 2004 International Paper Contest (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:03:27 -0400 From: Yin Zhang <yinzhang(a)slis.kent.edu> To: asis-l(a)asis.org, sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] ASIST SIG III Announces Winners of 2004 International Paper Contest The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG III) is pleased to announce the top winners of its fifth International Paper Contest. We are delighted to be able to offer eight awards this year. The winners are: 1 Shivanthi Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka) The role of financiers as intermediaries in bridging the information gap of micro entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka 2 G. Thamaraiselvi (India) Digital divide issues 3 K.T. Anuradha (India) Design and development of institutional repositories: A case study 4 S. Majumdar (India) Preservation and conservation of literary heritage: A case study of India 5 (tie) Ayoku A. Ojedokun (Botswana) The evolving sophistication of internet abuses in Africa 5 (tie) Nafiz Zaman Shuva (Bangladesh) Implementing information and communication technology in public libraries of Bangladesh 7 (tie) V S Cholin (India) Study on application of information technology for effective access to resources in Indian university libraries 7 (tie) Ariunaa Bariushanov (Mongolia) Current situation on Mongolian information technology and demand of library automation The theme of this year’s paper contest is "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts - The Developing World Perspective." The eight winning papers were selected from 25 papers received for this year’s competition. Each winner will be awarded a two-year individual membership in ASIST. Thanks to the continued generous support from Elsevier Publishers, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13-18, 2004. These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and Library Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. Congratulations to the winners! The Contest Committee worked really hard in selecting the winning papers in a short time frame. The Committee this year was composed of Yunfei Du, International Paper Contest co-Chair; Sue O'Neill Johnson, co-Chair and Immediate Past Chair of SIG III; and Nathalie Leroy, co-Chair and SIG III Chair. This year’s judges are: • Suzie Allard, University of Tennessee • Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto • Nathalie Leroy, United Nations • Duncan Omole, The World Bank Their effort makes it possible to maintain this international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website under Paper Contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yin Zhang, Ph.D. SIG III Chair-Elect and Communications Officer School of Library and Information Science Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 email: yinzhang(a)slis.kent.edu phone: 330-672-0010 _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l

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Fw: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?"
by Dr. M. P. Tapaswi 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

This should be of interest to many on LIS-FORUM. Any one can participate. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: Vikas Nath To: murari(a)darya.nio.org Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?" Dear Dr. Tapaswi, We invite you to participate in the upcoming eForum on "OPEN ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: A MODEL FOR ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE MANGEMENT?" hosted by the global public goods Network (gpgNet). http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php The eForum will run from 20 September through 4 October 2004. To subscribe to this forum, send a blank email to: subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or, go to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa There exists a rapidly expanding stock of scientific knowledge. Yet, access to this pool of knowledge is often difficult. A primary reason for this is the relatively high price of scholarly journals, their printed and their web-based versions. This situation, it can be argued is both inequitable and inefficient. Initiatives have been undertaken to demonstrate that scientific knowledge need not necessarily be published in forms that make access expensive - or even impossible. It could be provided free of charge - through open access to it - without detrimental effect on scientific knowledge production and preserving the peer-review process that is key to validate scientific results. With open access, fees to meet the publishing costs - when required - are paid up front when articles are accepted by a journal, rather than by the readers. Access to the journal is then provided for free. Today, about 5% of academic publishing follows the open-access model. But the model is quickly gaining ground, including among both for-profit (BioMedCentral -BMC) and not-for-profit (Public Library of Science PloS) publishers. We can also deliver open access through archives or repositories. OA repositories do not perform peer review, but can host and disseminate works that have been peer-reviewed elsewhere. They are built on open-source software and are very inexpensive to launch and maintain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The key points suggested for the debate are: 1. What are the main pros and cons of open-access scholarly publishing? 2. Thinking in particular of scholars in developing countries (and the fact that research grants may not be as easily available for them than for industrial-country scholars), could they face a new disadvantage? What sources will be available to pay these fees when authors cannot get their funder or employer to pay them? Will all open-access journals be able to waive processing fees in cases of economic hardship, as PLoS and BMC do? Should the international aid community maintain a fund/facility to help meet these costs? 3. Is the open-access model of publishing more likely to be successful in some than in other fields? What would determine the likely success? 4. Could the open-access model of knowledge management be applied beyond scholarly academic publishing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To aid debate on the topic, read a detailed overview of how open access to scholarly publications works by Peter Suber, Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C, available at http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm Also read how the Budapest Open Access Initiative defines "Open Access" at http://www.soros.org/openaccess Join us for this debate and share with us - and the global public - your observations on this topic. Inge Kaul Director Office of Development Studies Vikas Nath Manager global public goods Network (gpgNet) Forum United Nations Development Programme 336 East 45 Street New York NY 10017 USA Email: info(a)gpgnet.net URL: http://www.gpgNet.net --- gpgNet.net intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods. 20 September- 4 October 2004: gpgNet Forum on "Open Access to Scholarly Publications: A Model for Enhanced Knowledge Management?" Subscribe to this forum by sending a blank email to: subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or going to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa Read background paper to the discussion at http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php This should be of interest to many on LIS-FORUM. Any one can participate. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:vikas.nath@undp.org Vikas Nath To: mailto:murari@darya.nio.org murari(a)darya.nio.org Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?" Dear Dr. Tapaswi, We invite you to participate in the upcoming eForum on "OPEN ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: A MODEL FOR ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE MANGEMENT?" hosted by the global public goods Network (gpgNet). http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php The eForum will run from 20 September through 4 October 2004. To subscribe to this forum, send a blank email to: mailto:subscribe-gpgnet-oa@groups.undp.org subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or, go to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa There exists a rapidly expanding stock of scientific knowledge. Yet, access to this pool of knowledge is often difficult. A primary reason for this is the relatively high price of scholarly journals, their printed and their web-based versions. This situation, it can be argued is both inequitable and inefficient. Initiatives have been undertaken to demonstrate that scientific knowledge need not necessarily be published in forms that make access expensive - or even impossible. It could be provided free of charge - through open access to it - without detrimental effect on scientific knowledge production and preserving the peer-review process that is key to validate scientific results. With open access, fees to meet the publishing costs - when required - are paid up front when articles are accepted by a journal, rather than by the readers. Access to the journal is then provided for free. Today, about 5% of academic publishing follows the open-access model. But the model is quickly gaining ground, including among both for-profit (BioMedCentral -BMC) and not-for-profit (Public Library of Science PloS) publishers. We can also deliver open access through archives or repositories. OA repositories do not perform peer review, but can host and disseminate works that have been peer-reviewed elsewhere. They are built on open-source software and are very inexpensive to launch and maintain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The key points suggested for the debate are: 1. What are the main pros and cons of open-access scholarly publishing? 2. Thinking in particular of scholars in developing countries (and the fact that research grants may not be as easily available for them than for industrial-country scholars), could they face a new disadvantage? What sources will be available to pay these fees when authors cannot get their funder or employer to pay them? Will all open-access journals be able to waive processing fees in cases of economic hardship, as PLoS and BMC do? Should the international aid community maintain a fund/facility to help meet these costs? 3. Is the open-access model of publishing more likely to be successful in some than in other fields? What would determine the likely success? 4. Could the open-access model of knowledge management be applied beyond scholarly academic publishing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To aid debate on the topic, read a detailed overview of how open access to scholarly publications works by Peter Suber, Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C, available at http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm Also read how the Budapest Open Access Initiative defines "Open Access" at http://www.soros.org/openaccess Join us for this debate and share with us - and the global public - your observations on this topic. Inge Kaul Director Office of Development Studies Vikas Nath Manager global public goods Network (gpgNet) Forum United Nations Development Programme 336 East 45 Street New York NY 10017 USA Email: info(a)gpgnet.net URL: http://www.gpgnet.net/ http://www.gpgNet.net --- gpgNet.net intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods. 20 September- 4 October 2004: gpgNet Forum on "Open Access to Scholarly Publications: A Model for Enhanced Knowledge Management?" Subscribe to this forum by sending a blank email to: mailto:subscribe-gpgnet-oa@groups.undp.org subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or going to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa Read background paper to the discussion at http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php

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Pter Suber on the NIH Open Access Plan
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004) (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm) - Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04 to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher, not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. - Pter Suber on the NIH Open Access Plan Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004) ( http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm ). - Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04 to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher, not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. -

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INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) on 02 Oct 2004
by Maruthu Pandian 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Dear Friends The Department of Library and Information Science and Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, organising a South India Level LIS Students Meet ( Info 2004). LIS students are requested to participate in this programme. The programme includes Technical Paper Presentation, Quiz and Ad-Zap. Information regarding the programme is given below, for further details kindly visit the website http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc . INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) 02 Oct 2004 (Saturday) GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPANTS PAPER PRESENTATION (Papyrus Praesentatio) Theme: Emerging Challenges in LIS Education Maximum of Two papers per institute Not more than 2500 words Maximum of 8 minutes for presentation A soft copy & hard copy have to be sent on or before 27 Sep. 2004 in MS-WORD format to aalis(a)rediffmail.com and Organizing Secretary respectively The participants should specify their Name & Institute only on the first page of the paper First paper : Rs. 1,000/- Cash +Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second paper : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third paper: Rs.500/- worth of book QUIZ (Bregma Touch) � Library and Information Science One team (two participants only) per institute First Place : Rs. 1,000/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book AD �ZAP One team (max. of five participants) per institute A creative event to market Library and Information Products & Services . Name of the Products & Services will be given before 10 minutes of the event 5 minutes per team First Place : Rs. 1,000/-Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book GENERAL INFO No Registration fee It is an exclusive meet of Regular Stream of LIS students The Participants should send their registration form through proper channel on or before 27 Sep. 2004 Working Lunch and Tea will be provided No TA/DA and Accommodation will be provided Regards Maruthu Pandian B Alumni Association of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! Dear Friends � The Department of Library and Information Science and Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, organising a South India Level LIS Students Meet ( Info 2004). LIS students are requested to participate in this programme. The programme includes Technical Paper Presentation, Quiz and Ad-Zap. Information regarding the programme is given below, for further details kindly visit the website http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc . INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) 02 Oct 2004 (Saturday) � GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPANTS � PAPER PRESENTATION (Papyrus Praesentatio) Theme: Emerging Challenges in LIS Education Maximum of Two papers per institute Not more than 2500 words Maximum of 8 minutes for presentation A soft copy & hard copy have to be sent on or before 27� Sep. 2004 in MS-WORD format to mailto:aalis@rediffmail.com aalis(a)rediffmail.com and Organizing Secretary respectively The participants should specify� their Name & Institute only on� the first page of the paper First paper : Rs. 1,000/- Cash +Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second paper : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book� ; Third paper: Rs.500/- worth of book � QUIZ (Bregma Touch) � Library and Information Science � One team (two participants only) per institute First Place : Rs. 1,000/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book�� ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book � AD �ZAP � One team (max. of five participants) per institute A creative event to market Library and Information Products & Services�. Name of the Products & Services will be given before 10 minutes of the event 5 minutes per team First Place : Rs. 1,000/-Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book � GENERAL INFO � No Registration fee � It is an exclusive meet of Regular Stream of LIS students� The Participants should send their registration form through proper channel on or before 27 Sep. 2004 Working Lunch and Tea will be provided�� No TA/DA�� and� Accommodation will be provided Regards Maruthu Pandian B Alumni Association of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli Do you Yahoo!? http://vote.yahoo.com vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

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congratulation on appointment
by Rakesh Gupta 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Congratulation to Mr. Ashish Srivastava on his appointment as a Asstt. Librarian in Kanpur university, Kanpur. Rakesh kumar Gupta Sup (Lib), NHPC Ltd. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! Congratulation to Mr. Ashish Srivastava on his appointment as a Asstt. Librarian in Kanpur university, Kanpur. � � � Rakesh kumar Gupta Sup (Lib), NHPC Ltd. Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/ne… Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!

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Learning to see
by Aman Jha 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear lis-forum members Kindly let me know the availability of the following title in any libraries in India. "Learning To See" by Mike Rother and John Shook. Published by the Lean Enterprise Institute, USA in 1999. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha CII Dear lis-forum members Kindly let me know the availability of the following title in any libraries in India. "Learning To See" by Mike Rother and John Shook. Published by the Lean Enterprise Institute , USA in 1999. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha CII

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A library all about sexual minority
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040913/asp/calcutta/story_3746768.asp A library all about sexual minority NISHA LAHIRI 13th september 2004 : The Telegraph, Calcutta Research work, case studies, journals, magazines, novels, anthologies, folklore... the list from any library. What's different about this one is that it's a resource centre for organisations and individuals involved - either professionally or personally - with sexual minorities. The Calcutta chapter of Saathii, an NGO working in the field, has started the library on its Salt Lake premises. Be it homosexuality, transsexuality or HIV/AIDS, people have free access to either educate, spread awareness or do research. The reference catalogue lists all the material available. When complete, it will also be available online. Partly funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation - the proposal was sent last year and the funding is for a year, from March 2004 to February 2005 - it has a collection of anything that the Saathii team can lay its hands on. "I used to work in another NGO, where there was a library. People would constantly want books to check that there is a history of homosexuality, that it's not a sin, nor is it illegal in many countries," says Anupam Hazra, one of the two in charge of the library. "So we decided to have one here, for our partner organisations in Calcutta, as well as in Orissa and Manipur, who have far less to work with. Even though they can't access the library, if there is any specific information they want, we will supply it from the support centre," he adds. There are the latest reports from organisations like UNAID, as also journals like Pukaar by the Naz Foundation for South Asian sexual minorities in the UK, and Trikone, published by a similar NGO by the same name in San Francisco. There is fiction and non-fiction work, Indian and otherwise, dealing with historical to personal points of view. Plus, there are the self-help books and information guides, as well as a directory of NGOs in West Bengal connected to HIV/AIDS, Saathii Red Ribbon Pages. The library is not a lending one, but the bonus is a section on multimedia material (videos and VCDs). There are documentaries and docu-features, including Piku Bhalo Aachey by Saathii, Many People Many Desires by a Bangalore-based NGO and Gulabi Aina, which ran into censor trouble in India. A fun feature is the Saap Seedi game, a snakes-and-ladders replica by the Mumbai-based Humsafar Foundation to educate people about the safety factor. "Some of the books are bought, others are donated. The best source is studies and research presented in international conferences," sums up Pawan Dhal of Saathii, at the Sector I, CD block support centre. ========================== 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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Article Needed
by Avinashilingam University 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Dear Proffessionals, Could any one of you can send me the article Berger, Allen (1993) "Distribution free estimates of efficiency in the US Banking Industry and tests of the standard Assumptions", JOurnal of Productivity Analysis, 4 Sep(1993), 261-292. This will be helpful for my research work. Thanking You Yours sincerely, Sudha http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Proffessionals, Could any one of you can send me the article Berger, Allen (1993) "Distribution free estimates of efficiency in the US Banking Industry and tests of the standard Assumptions", JOurnal of Productivity Analysis, 4 Sep(1993), 261-292. This will be helpful for my research work. Thanking You Yours sincerely, Sudha

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Research Libraries' Costs of Doing Business
by B Sreeharsha 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Hello, Here's an article FY Reference. Though the author, Greenstein, speaks about the research libraries in USA, I feel it also depicts our Indian context. i.e all the I I *s. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp Thanks Harsha Hello, Here's an article FY Reference. Though the author, Greenstein, speaks about the research libraries in USA, I feel it also depicts our Indian context. i.e all the I I *s. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp Thanks Harsha

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Life as a library researcher
by Aman Jha 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

<http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html> Life as a library researcher A look at the work carried out by an OED researcher at the Bodleian Library. An interesting read. Source: http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html 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 http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html Life as a library researcher A look at the work carried out by an OED researcher at the Bodleian Library. An interesting read. Source: http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html 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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(no subject)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

From: Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] The scholarly communication system that scholars deserve Herbert Van de Sompel, Sandy Payette, John Erickson, Carl Lagoze, and Simeon Warner, Rethinking Scholarly Communication: Building the System that Scholars Deserve, D-Lib Magazine, September 2004. Excerpt: There is growing dissatisfaction with the established scholarly communication system. This dissatisfaction is the result of a variety of factors including rapidly rising subscription prices, concerns about copyright, latency between results and their actual publication, and restrictions on what can be published and how it can be disseminated. The result is a global debate on how to remedy the system's deficiencies, and that debate has inspired concrete initiatives aimed at reforming the process. These are concerned mainly with access issues and seek to alleviate two longstanding problems. The first, known as the "serials crisis," addresses the often prohibitive prices of journal publications that impede access to scholarly materials. The second, known as the "permissions crisis," addresses the restrictions on use of publications once access has been obtained. The "Open Access" movement focuses primarily on these two problems with two different strategies. The self-archiving school strives for a scholar's right to make traditional journal publications freely available in an open repository. The journal-reform school promotes the emergence of new types of journals that are free at the point of use. While the open availability of the results of scholarly endeavors is indeed of fundamental importance to the future of scholarship, it is only one dimension of how the scholarly communication process can be transformed. As Geneva Henry has observed, opportunities abound in the world of 21st century publishing and the discussion on transforming scholarly communication must move beyond the debate of subscription-based vs. open access publication. [...] Our vision is based on our belief that the future scholarly communication system should closely resembleand be intertwined withthe scholarly endeavor itself, rather than being its after-thought or annex. We consider in this article the aspects of the established system that constrain the scholarly endeavor. Based on those considerations, we describe the desired technological characteristics of a future system of scholarly communication. We argue for a scholarly communication system composed of an interoperability substrate allowing flexible composition of the value-adding services that up to now have been vertically locked in the journal publication milieu. In this loosely coupled system, the units of scholarly communication (i.e., data, simulations, informal results, preprints, etc.) could follow a variety of scholarly value chains in which each hub provides a service such as registering results, certifying their validity, alerting scholars to new claims and findings, preserving the scholarly record, and ultimately rewarding scholars for their work. ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Scholarly communication and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

>From Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Excellent site on scholarly communication at UC The University of California Office of Scholarly Communication has launched a very useful site, Reshaping Scholarly Communication. It has tips for scholars on how to maximize impact, retain copyright, and influence publishers. It recommends both OA archiving and OA journals. It offers background on the economics of publishing and the open-access alternatives. It links to a wealth of detail about what the University of California itself is doing. And finally, it maintains an incredible table of 3,300+ journals, showing the publisher, the list price, the impact factor, the number of online UC uses, and the average price increase over the past two years. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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New feature in the WHO E-commerce Bookshop home page
by Tomas Allen 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

For any librarians or information specialists needing to keep up on the latest WHO publications... All the best, Tomas Allen (please excuse cross postings) New feature in the WHO E-commerce Bookshop home page (http://bookorders.who.int) To receive regular information on new products published by WHO, simply click on "Sign up for regular updates" and provide your e.mail address. It will be registered in our mailing list. Nouveauté sur la page d'accueil du site de la Librarie OMS en ligne (http://bookorders.who.int) Pour recevoir régulièrement des informations sur les nouveautés, simplement cliquer sur "Envoyez moi des informations sur les nouveautés" et indiquer votre adresse électronique. Elle sera enregistrée dans notre liste d'envois. Novedad en la pagína de acceso de la Librería en línea de la OMS (http://bookorders.who.int) Para recibir información sobre novedades, pulse "Deseo recibir información sobre novedades", indique su dirección de correo electronico . Será registrada en nuestras listas de envios. _________________________________________________________________ Holen Sie sich jetzt doch wesentlich mehr Speicher für Ihr Hotmail-Konto! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=de-ch&DI=1057&XAPID=1581

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Radio talk on 10th September at 9.16 p.m.
by srels 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Dear Sir, Please arrange to announce the following message to the members. Sincerely, Chitra Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstaris, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; e-mail : srels(a)vsnl.com ; ****** The postponed AIR broadcast of the talk on International Literacy Day by Dr. K.N. Prasad, SRELS, will be broadcast to-day (10th) at 9.16 pm by the Bangalore Station of All India Radio. Dear Sir, Please arrange to announce the following message to the members. Sincerely, Chitra Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstaris, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; e-mail : mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com ; ****** The postponed AIR broadcast of the talk on International Literacy Day by Dr. K.N. Prasad, SRELS, will be broadcast to-day (10th) at 9.16 pm by the Bangalore Station of All India Radio.

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MyLISA Lecture on Effective Stress Managemenet
by SUNIL M.V. 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MYLISA) & Academy of Information Science (AIS) Mysore Lecture On Effective Stress Management By Dr. Shailaja Shastri, M.A., Ph.D. Counselor International Academy for Creative Teaching (iACT) Bangalore Date: September 11, 2004Time: 3.00 P.M Venue: Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore You are cordially invited --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MYLISA) & Academy of Information Science (AIS) Mysore � Lecture On Effective Stress Management � By Dr. Shailaja Shastri, M.A., Ph.D. Counselor International Academy for Creative Teaching ( i ACT) Bangalore � Date: September 11, 2004 Time: 3.00 P.M � Venue: Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore � You are cordially invited � � � Do you Yahoo!? http://shopping.yahoo.com/b:Back%20to%20School%20Sale%202004:96644124;_ylc=… Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping .

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Interview with Springer's New CEO
by B Sreeharsha 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hello, Mr. Derk Haank, Springer's new CEO(also Elsevier's former Chairman) reveals his ideas including OPEN CHOICE, Springer's new strategy for Open Access, and different pricing models for journals, specially for STM Journals. Good one to analyse. http://www.infotoday.com/it/sep04/poynder.shtml Regards Harsha Hello, Mr. Derk Haank, Springer's new CEO(also Elsevier's former Chairman) reveals his ideas including OPEN CHOICE, Springer's new strategy for Open Access, and different pricing models for journals, specially for STM Journals. Good one to analyse. http://www.infotoday.com/it/sep04/poynder.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/it/sep04/poynder.shtml Regards Harsha

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New Publication on IT in Libraries
by D. B. Ramesh 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Dear sir, A new book entitled "Information Technology Applications in Libraries - A Textbook for Beginners" edited by Prof. M. Mahapatra and myself has been released on 3rd July 2004. I sincerely hope that the book will be quite useful to our professionals. It includes 60 topics with 11 extended notes written by 37 experts in the field. It has xii, 644 pages, hard bound and moderately priced at Rs. 680.00 for India and US$60.00 for abroad (inclusive of postage). Copies can be purchased from the publisher address mentioned below: M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., N-5/44, IRC Village, BHUBANESWAR- 751 015, Orissa, India Payment should be made in favour of M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. Thanks. Yours sincerely, Dr. D. B. Ramesh, Head, Library, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar-751013, Orissa, India Dear sir, A new book entitled "Information Technology Applications in Libraries - A Textbook for Beginners" edited by Prof. M. Mahapatra and myself has been released on 3rd July 2004. I sincerely hope that the book will be quite useful to our professionals. It includes 60 topics with 11 extended notes written by 37 experts in the field. It has xii, 644 pages, hard bound and moderately priced at Rs. 680.00 for India and US$60.00 for abroad (inclusive of postage). Copies can be purchased from the publisher address mentioned below: M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., N-5/44, IRC Village, BHUBANESWAR- 751 015, Orissa, India Payment should be made in favour of M/s. Reproprint (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. Thanks. Yours sincerely, Dr. D. B. Ramesh, Head, Library, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar-751013, Orissa, India

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Vacancy notification
by vijayalakshmijs＠ingvysyabank.com 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

National Judicial Academy, Bhopal is looking for Librarian and Library Assistant on Deputation Pay Scale: Librarian: Rs.10000-15200; Library Asst: Rs.5500-9000 Last date: Within 30 days For more information, please have a look at: <http://www.nja.nic.in/opportunities.pdf> [Source: Employment News, August 21-27, 2004] Thanks and regards Vijayalakshmi J S Librarian STC ING Vysya Bank Ltd. PH NO: 26507281 e-mail: vijayalakshmijs(a)ingvysyabank.com

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OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP)
by Aman Jha 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP) 2005 Call for proposals OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), announce the Library and Information Science Research Grant (LISRG) program for 2005 and invite research proposals. Program description In recognition of the importance of research to the advancement of librarianship and information science, OCLC and ALISE promote independent research that helps librarians integrate new technologies into areas of traditional competence and contributes to a better understanding of the library environment. Project funding The LISRG program provides grant awards of up to $15,000. Monies may be applied to the following costs: * Release time from teaching for the principal investigator * Research assistants * Project-related travel * Equipment, if integral to the research * Other research expenses Staff training, general operating or overhead expenses, and other indirect costs are not funded. Guarantees of cost sharing are not required, although institutional support of projects is anticipated. All costs must be clearly defined in the budget portion of the proposal. Capital equipment cost should be prorated if the useful life of the equipment extends beyond the end of the project. Project duration LISRG program-supported projects are expected to be conducted within approximately one year from the date of the award. Projects should be planned to begin in January 2005. Publication of findings As a condition of the grant, researchers must furnish OCLC a final project report promptly following the completion of the project. OCLC and ALISE may elect to publish and distribute all or portions of the report without restriction. Researchers must include, or cause to be included, recognition of the OCLC/ALISE LISRG grant in all publications of research results of the LISRG project. The results of the research must be nonproprietary and in the public domain. Eligibility Full-time academic faculty, or equivalent, in schools of library and information science are eligible to apply. OCLC and ALISE encourage international proposals and collaborative projects under this program. Proposals must be signed by the principal investigator, by the dean/director (or equivalent) of the school, and by an authorized official of the university. Proposal review procedures Proposals are evaluated by a panel selected by OCLC and ALISE. Occasionally, proposals may be distributed to additional expert reviewers selected by OCLC and ALISE who may advise the panel. The panel's recommendations are forwarded to the vice president of OCLC Research, for final review and funding decisions. The decisions of the vice president of OCLC Research are final. Reviewers consider the following criteria, among others, when evaluating proposals: 1. Does the proposal meet the formal criteria as laid out in the Call for Proposals? Proposals not meeting formal criteria will not be further evaluated and will not be funded. This includes length of proposal, presence of requested signatures, eligibility of requesting institution, presence of budget, and description of role of all investigators. 2. Is the project clearly described, the problem well defined, and the research objectives clearly stated? 3. Is there sufficient review of literature? 4. Is the proposed methodology appropriate and are the investigative procedures clearly explained? 5. What is the significance of the proposed research to either the library and information science community as a whole or to OCLC specifically? 6. Are sufficient resources available? Do the people proposing the research appear capable of conducting the research? Is institutional commitment to support the project apparent? To aid new researchers, priority will be given, when possible, to proposals from junior faculty and applicants who have not previously received LISRG funds. When a decision to award a grant has been made, a research project monitor is assigned by OCLC Research. The research project monitor serves as the point of contact for the LISRG recipient during the duration of the project. Application procedures To apply, complete and submit the following: 1. OCLC/ <http://www.oclc.org/research/grants/lisrgp_proposal.pdf> ALISE LISRG proposal cover page (PDF:25K/1pp.). The principal investigator, dean/director (or equivalent) of the school, and an authorized official of the university must sign the proposal cover page. 2. A double-spaced research proposal. Submit one original and six copies, each stapled in the upper left-hand corner. The proposal should: * Describe the nature, scope, and method of the proposed research * Explain why the research is innovative through reference to related research reported in the literature * Propose the anticipated significance of the research to library and information science * Identify methods that will be used to measure the success of the project * Suggest future research based on the anticipated results of the project * Briefly note dissemination plans 3. Detailed budget that clearly identifies the funding requested and identifies institutional cost sharing. Equipment and travel requests must be explicitly justified. 4. Additional supporting materials such as curricula vitae of project staff, bibliography, project schedule, letters of support. The role and contribution of all investigators should be clearly specified. Applicants should take care that proposals are complete and, including cover page, budget, and supporting materials described above, do not exceed 20 pages. Submit one original and six copies of the complete proposal. Send applications or inquiries to: OCLC/ALISE LISRG Program OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center 6565 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA (614) 764-6000, ext. 6487 Application deadline Applications must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2004, and will be acknowledged upon receipt. Late applications will be returned without review. Grant recipients will be notified by the end of December 2004 and announced at the ALISE '05 National Conference, January 11-14, 2005 in Boston. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to 45,000 libraries in 84 countries and territories. <http://www.alise.org/> ALISE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and service for library and information science education. 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 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP) 2005 Call for proposals OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education ( ALISE ), announce the Library and Information Science Research Grant ( LISRG ) program for 2005 and invite research proposals. Program description In recognition of the importance of research to the advancement of librarianship and information science, OCLC and ALISE promote independent research that helps librarians integrate new technologies into areas of traditional competence and contributes to a better understanding of the library environment. Project funding The LISRG program provides grant awards of up to $15,000. Monies may be applied to the following costs: Release time from teaching for the principal investigator Research assistants Project-related travel Equipment, if integral to the research Other research expenses Staff training, general operating or overhead expenses, and other indirect costs are not funded. Guarantees of cost sharing are not required, although institutional support of projects is anticipated. All costs must be clearly defined in the budget portion of the proposal. Capital equipment cost should be prorated if the useful life of the equipment extends beyond the end of the project. Project duration LISRG program-supported projects are expected to be conducted within approximately one year from the date of the award. Projects should be planned to begin in January 2005. Publication of findings As a condition of the grant, researchers must furnish OCLC a final project report promptly following the completion of the project. OCLC and ALISE may elect to publish and distribute all or portions of the report without restriction. Researchers must include, or cause to be included, recognition of the OCLC/ ALISE LISRG grant in all publications of research results of the LISRG project. The results of the research must be nonproprietary and in the public domain. Eligibility Full-time academic faculty, or equivalent, in schools of library and information science are eligible to apply. OCLC and ALISE encourage international proposals and collaborative projects under this program. Proposals must be signed by the principal investigator, by the dean/director (or equivalent) of the school, and by an authorized official of the university. Proposal review procedures Proposals are evaluated by a panel selected by OCLC and ALISE . Occasionally, proposals may be distributed to additional expert reviewers selected by OCLC and ALISE who may advise the panel. The panel's recommendations are forwarded to the vice president of OCLC Research, for final review and funding decisions. The decisions of the vice president of OCLC Research are final. Reviewers consider the following criteria, among others, when evaluating proposals: Does the proposal meet the formal criteria as laid out in the Call for Proposals? Proposals not meeting formal criteria will not be further evaluated and will not be funded. This includes length of proposal, presence of requested signatures, eligibility of requesting institution, presence of budget, and description of role of all investigators. Is the project clearly described, the problem well defined, and the research objectives clearly stated? Is there sufficient review of literature? Is the proposed methodology appropriate and are the investigative procedures clearly explained? What is the significance of the proposed research to either the library and information science community as a whole or to OCLC specifically? Are sufficient resources available? Do the people proposing the research appear capable of conducting the research? Is institutional commitment to support the project apparent? To aid new researchers, priority will be given, when possible, to proposals from junior faculty and applicants who have not previously received LISRG funds. When a decision to award a grant has been made, a research project monitor is assigned by OCLC Research. The research project monitor serves as the point of contact for the LISRG recipient during the duration of the project. Application procedures To apply, complete and submit the following: http://www.oclc.org/research/grants/lisrgp_proposal.pdf OCLC/ ALISE LISRG proposal cover page (PDF:25K/1pp.) . The principal investigator, dean/director (or equivalent) of the school, and an authorized official of the university must sign the proposal cover page. A double-spaced research proposal. Submit one original and six copies, each stapled in the upper left-hand corner. The proposal should: Describe the nature, scope, and method of the proposed research Explain why the research is innovative through reference to related research reported in the literature Propose the anticipated significance of the research to library and information science Identify methods that will be used to measure the success of the project Suggest future research based on the anticipated results of the project Briefly note dissemination plans Detailed budget that clearly identifies the funding requested and identifies institutional cost sharing. Equipment and travel requests must be explicitly justified. Additional supporting materials such as curricula vitae of project staff, bibliography, project schedule, letters of support. The role and contribution of all investigators should be clearly specified. Applicants should take care that proposals are complete and, including cover page, budget, and supporting materials described above, do not exceed 20 pages. Submit one original and six copies of the complete proposal. Send applications or inquiries to: OCLC/ ALISE LISRG Program OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center 6565 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA (614) 764-6000, ext. 6487 Application deadline Applications must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2004, and will be acknowledged upon receipt. Late applications will be returned without review. Grant recipients will be notified by the end of December 2004 and announced at the ALISE '05 National Conference, January 11-14, 2005 in Boston. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to 45,000 libraries in 84 countries and territories. http://www.alise.org/ ALISE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and service for library and information science education. 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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Information gathering
by vasanth raj 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

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Digital Library
by ramakanta sahu 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

Dear Professional, i'm working with Greenstone Digital Library software,to buildup a ETD of Prof.B.Behera Central Library,sambalpur University.plz send me some suggestion for the aforementioned project. yours Ramakanta Sahu Sambalpur university Dept.Of Library and information Science PIN-768019 #0663-2432104,2431634,3100902 Orissa Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Professional, i'm working with Greenstone Digital Library software,to buildup a ETD of Prof.B.Behera Central Library,sambalpur University.plz send me some suggestion for the aforementioned project. yours Ramakanta Sahu Sambalpur university Dept.Of Library and information Science PIN-768019 #0663-2432104,2431634,3100902 Orissa 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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World Bank Rolls Out ICT Project For India
by Madhuresh 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

Dear Friends, Some of you might be interested in the following news item published in Financial Express. Internet will finally start benefitting the common man, particularly villagers, in a big way, as part of a government-private sector partnership to promote information and communication technologies (ICT). India Development Gateway (InDG), as the project is known, will facilitate effective use of ICT in the areas of health, primary education, agriculture, among other sectors. Addressing a press conference on the launch of implementation phase of the project here, chairman of governing council of InDG Prof MS Swaminathan, announced the setting up of the Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) research and training (R&T) centre at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore. According to Prof Swaminathan, the DGF R&T Centre will address the major technology domains of Internet technologies, language technologies and speech technologies to address requirements in the application sectors of healthcare, education and agriculture. InDG is a joint initiative of the department of information technology, ministry of communications, World Bank, and DGF, Washington. It has received an initial funding of Rs 2 crore for its implementation phase. InDG plans to operate through its strategic partners in the area of both content development and services. URL: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=67471 Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 422 Fax 2852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://www.aurigene.com/

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`The Best Librarian in India'
by BHOSALE, DEEPALI [AG-Contractor/6020] 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

Practising what he preaches - Hindu, August 22, 2004 "We cannot sustain ourselves, unless we contribute to the society in someway or the other. I strongly feel if even one person does his bit towards social good, there will be some change." A will to serve combined with a sense of social justice has been the guiding principle of P. Kalyanasundaram, who has spent over 45 years in social service. A gold medallist in library science, he is also an MA in literature and history. During his 35-year-career as a librarian at the Kumarkurupara Arts College at Srivaikuntam in Tuticorin district, he gave away all his salary for charity and did odd jobs to meet his daily needs. He has also come forward to donate his body and eyes to the Tirunelveli Medical College. The Union Government has acclaimed him as `The Best Librarian in India'. He has also been chosen as `one of the top ten librarians of the world'. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, has honoured him as `one of the noblest of the world', while the United Nations Organisation adjudged him as one of the Outstanding People of the 20th Century'. An American organisation has also selected him as the `Man of the Millennium.' Mr. Kalyanasundaram, who has founded a social welfare organisation, `Paalam', shares his experiences in a chat with Prathiba Parameswaran. SIMPLICITY IN life and exemplariness in practice has been the hallmark of Mr. Kalyanasundaram. Born in August 1953 at Melakarivelamkulam in Tirunelveli district, he lost his father at a very young age. It was his mother, who inspired him to serve the poor. When he was at college, the Indo-China war broke out, and he contributed his gold chain to the then Chief Minister, Kamaraj, for the war fund. At this time around, he went to meet Balasubramanian, Editor, Ananda Vikatan. "He sent me away, saying he would write about me the day I donated something I had earned myself. I did not speak a word to anyone about what I had done. I took it as a challenge," Mr. Kalyanasundaram recalls. Ever since he got a job as a librarian in Tuticorin, he has contributed all his salary, pension benefits and ancestral property to social welfare. It was not until 1990, when he received his pension arrears and contributed it to the Collector's Fund, that the then Tiruneveli Collector felicitated him, despite his protests. The `Paalam' serves as a bridge between donors and beneficiaries: it collects money and materials from those willing to donate and distribute them among the weaker sections. It has also contributed to the cyclone relief funds in Tami! l Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, and has helped the earthquake victims in Maharashtra and Gujarat. "We cannot sustain ourselves, unless we contribute towards the society in someway or the other. I strongly feel if even one person does his bit towards social good, there will be some change," he asserts. Mr. Kalyanasundaram feels that one must achieve something in his chosen field. His contribution to library science is immense. A thesis he submitted as part of his post-graduate course to the Madurai Kamaraj University fetched him distinction. He has also hit upon an easy way of tracing and accessing books in libraries. His ability to strike a rapport even with youngsters is remarkable. He cites the instance when he started wearing khadi. At college, he was required to take classes on Gandhianism. "I had to speak about simplicity and everything Gandhi stood for, but I was clad in expensive clothes. That was when I decided to switch over to khadi," he relates. Since then he had always practised what he stood for, making himself a role model for many youths. He was popular among college and school students, and many of them have joined his organisation. He has long-term plans for his organisation. One is the setting up of a nationalised digital library with modern equipment, which could be accessed by people from all walks of life. He also wants to set up an international children's university in Tamil Nadu, with foreign aid. However, he says, a mission has a meaning only when the right people are involved in it. The Directorate of Public Libraries should recruit people with a library science background to be librarians, he says. "And good librarians should have a broad knowledge of everything." Source: http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/08/22/stories/2004082209260200.htm 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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Fwd: [Agrilib] IFLA Conference in Argentina -Indian delegates
by JK Vijayakumar 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

--- "D.B.Eswara Reddy" <devaereddy(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, > iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com, agrilib(a)yahoogroups.com > From: "D.B.Eswara Reddy" <devaereddy(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:04:47 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Agrilib] IFLA Conference in > Argentina -Indian delegates > > Hello: > I am happy to report that this year the IFLA > world > conference was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina > from > 21-28, August 2004. About 3500 delegates from > over 85 > countries attended.About 170 papers on various > aspects > of information literacy were presented. > India was represented by: > Professor.C R Karisiddappa, Ex-President(ILA) > Dr.J.K.Vijaya Kumar (INFLIBNET) > Dr.Leena Shaw (Govt College,Mehidpur,Ujjain) > Mr.R.C.Ahuja, Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha > Secretariat > Mr.Pavan Kumar, Director, Research Wing, Rajya > Sabha > Mr.Raj Kumar, P G Institute of Medical > Education and > Research, Chandigarh > Dr.karisiddappa presented three papers and > Dr > Leena Shaw,and Mr. Raj kumar each one paper. > > We were greatly honored by the Indian > Ambassador in > Argentina,Shri Rinwing Wangdi and Smt Pema > Wangdi who > hosted a dinner to the Indian delegates at > their > residence. > > I, on my part, had detailed discussion with > several > officers of IFLA including the Secretary > General, > coordinator of professional activities,and > Chairperson > of Special Libraries Division, and pleaded for > a > Separate IFLA Section for Agricultural > Libraries.Back > in USA, I am working on this idea and > collecting > letters from IFLA Members from different > countries in > different parts of the world. If approved by > the > Governing Board of IFLA in their meeting in > December, > it may start as a Discussion Group in Oslo, > Norway(2005),continue as a group in Seoul, > Korea > (2006) and start as a Section in Durban, South > Africa > (2007). This will provide another international > forum > for agricultural librarians, information > professionals. > > Thanks > > ===== > Deva Eswara Reddy Ph.D > Assistant Professor > Texas A & M University > College Station, Texas 77843 > Devaereddy(a)yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free > storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------ 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/S8XolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agrilib/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an > email to: > Agrilib-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Radio Talk
by srels 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

Dear Sir, The following message may please be announced for the benefit of the lis-forum members. Sincerely, Chitra Devi S Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 080 - 23305109; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com *********** Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science will be delivering a talk on All India Radio, Bangalore Station on "INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY" on 8th September 2004 at 9.16 p.m. Dear Sir, The following message may please be announced for the benefit of the lis-forum members. Sincerely, Chitra Devi S Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 080 - 23305109; E-mail: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com *********** Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science will be delivering a talk on All India Radio, Bangalore Station on " INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY" on 8th September 2004 at 9.16 p.m .

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KALA Monthly Lecture
by I.R.N.Goudar 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Karnataka State Library Association and Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Cordially invite you for KALA Monthly Lectures by Fulbright Scholars in Information Science & Technology (2003-2004) 1. Mrs.Poornima Narayan, Deputy Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore on " My Experience at UIUC, USA and Visualisation of Indian Aerospace Digital Library" and 2. Dr. M.Krishnamurthy, Librarian,Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore on "Latest Information Services and Practices at UIUC, USA" Date and Time: 07-09-2004, 6.00 PM Venue: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702,(upstairs), 42 cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore- 560010 Tel: 23305109 ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED Ms.R.Adilakshmi Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah General Secretary, KALA President, KALA Tel: 26995031

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Understand the question b4 replying
by Rajesh K Patil 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

My query was "What is best about "LIBSYS" in BCLs". Do you have the answer ? then enlighten me. Rajesh http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… My query was "What is best about "LIBSYS" in BCLs". Do you have the answer ? then enlighten me. Rajesh

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New arrivals with gif files
by theresa.williams＠wipro.com 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hello Can any of you please confirm whether we can send image files of the books added during the month along with abstract by downloading the files from Amazon or any other website. Is it a copyright issue. Thanks n regds Theresa Williams Information Services Division Wipro Technologies 72,Keonics E-city Hosur road Bangalore 560100 Tel:91-80-51381791 91-80-28520408#1791 FAX:91-80-28520478 VOIP:808-5512 Mobile:9845324613 Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. New arrivals with gif files Hello Can any of you please confirm whether we can send image files of the books added during the month along with abstract by downloading the files from Amazon or any other website. Is it a copyright issue. Thanks n regds Theresa Williams Information Services Division Wipro Technologies 72,Keonics E-city Hosur road Bangalore 560100 Tel:91-80-51381791 91-80-28520408#1791 FAX:91-80-28520478 VOIP:808-5512 Mobile:9845324613 Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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WG: [LIS-Forum] Newsletter from MMB Regional Information Centre
by Seth, Renu 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Dear Colleagues, Sorry for the mistake. There is a spelling mistake in the E-mail ID given, here it is once again: info.manager.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org With best regards, Renu Seth -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. September 2004 17:47 An: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Betreff: [LIS-Forum] Newsletter from MMB Regional Information Centre Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:13:58 +0530 From: "Seth, Renu" <seth(a)delhi.goethe.org> Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed a newsletter from "Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre" for LIS professionals. This newsletter is designed to keep you informed about the LIS scenario in Germany. In case you would like to receive this newsletter regularly and would like to be on our mailing list, please write to us at: info.mmanager.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org With best regards, Renu Seth Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre & Library 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110001 Telephone +91-11-23329506 librarian.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi Newsletter for Librarians & Information Professionals, from the RIC August 2004 Dear Friends! We bring to you the first issue of our newsletter on Information Services, which aims to provide you with the latest in the field of Media & Information in Germany. In the first section of this newsletter, we invite you to browse through DigiBib - an online library. The second section informs you about the latest happenings in the German Library & Information Science sector. In each issue, Literary Projects will introduce you to a web project organized by the Goethe Institute. In this edition we introduce you to www.litrix.de - a portal for promoting contemporary German literature. Meet Cornelia Funke, the 'German J.K. Rowling', and get to know about her fascinating creations in our Author in Focus section. Our separate Corner for Bibliophiles puts you into the current German literary picture and also gives you a foretaste of some of the finest literary pieces being published there today. We would also like to draw your attention to the fact that we have recently started offering our readers the services of the internationally recognized databank Lexis Nexis. This databank is well known as a rich source of articles, which are gathered from newspapers, magazines and journals from all over the world. We will be happy to receive your queries on any topic related to Germany - be it art, culture, literature or science. Your queries will then be processed by our team of professionals and the results will be made available to you. We hope that this newsletter will prove to be interesting and insightful for you. Please do write to us with your valuable suggestions & feedback at the following e-mail address: mailto:online.editor.mmb@delhi.goethe.org Best wishes from The MMB RIC team - DigiBib-The online library from Nordrhein-Westfalen Finding answers with Digibib DigiBib offers you the opportunity to search through different sources of information under one unified interface. Search simultaneously through the catalogues of international libraries as well as through bibliographic databases, from all over the world. DigiBib offers its users:- selected links from the WWW- WWW-Metasearchmachine and much more... http://www4.digibib.netAlthough DigiBib offers information in English language, the search interface is German. Hence, you may face difficulties in accessing it. You are welcome to contact us in case you need help in this regard. - In the News The Dresden medien@age - a Library for the 21st Century For a long time the library of the twentieth century may have been just "a collection of books", but other media forms are becoming increasingly important this century. The medien@age library in Dresden has courageously embraced this change - and has scored points with its target audience along the way. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/bib/thm/en139876.htm Information Services in Germany Unlike in the Anglo-American countries, information services in libraries in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century initially referred mainly to literary information and less to factual information.For two decades now ever more people in Germany have been asking questions about facts to the information sectors of libraries. Today, highly specialised information teams in the field of general information who have many databases for literature and factual information at their disposal can increasingly be found in the academic and large public libraries. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/ask/ein/en21811.htm vascoda - the Internet Portal for Scientific Information Being able to access the information lying dormant on the shelves of German libraries with a click of the mouse and download it onto your computer with another click - this is a vision that has just moved one step closer to becoming reality. Since August 2003 the interdisciplinary Internet portal vascoda has been providing access to 37 German libraries, research institutes and information providers. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/bib/thm/en69733.htm - Literary Projects Litrix.de - German Literature Online Since January 2004, excerpts from outstanding new publications, specimen translations and the latest information on the German book market are available from the online magazine Litrix.de. The magazine is aimed at an international audience and is a major part of a project promoting contemporary German literature abroad. Project partners are the Federal Cultural Foundation, the Goethe-Institut and the Frankfurt Book Fair. www.litrix.de - Author in Focus Portrait of Cornelia Funke Cornelia Funke is currently the most successful German author of books for young people. She was born in 1958 and has sold a million copies of her books for young people and children. She has been compared internationally with JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series. In September 2003 her book "Tintenherz" was released. http://www.goethe.de/in/d/film/e/kubus-e-59-1-f.html - Bibliophile's Corner Lexikon der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur - Revised Germany, the "land of poets and thinkers", has brought forth a great number of writers since time immemorial. So it isn't easy keeping track, especially of the latest names. A newly revised encyclopaedia has arrived to help out. http://www.goethe.de/kug/kue/lit/thm/en96421.htmEncyclopaedia only in German language. Where the Good Guys Still Win German detective stories about FBI agent Jerry Cotton have been an international hit for 50 years. "His leap was an act of desperation, the insane reaction of a cornered killer who has nothing left to lose. He dove smack into the line of fire of my revolver. I had released the safety: all I had to do was pull the trigger. But I chose not to: I have a deep-seated aversion to shooting an unarmed man." http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/buv/thm/en91801.htm "The Wild East" - Young East German authors look back By contrast with the young West Germans who accommodated themselves with Helmut Kohl perfectly well for eight years after the Berlin Wall came down and watched, relaxed and uninterested, as the so-called "Berlin Republic" decayed into "Berlin provinciality", the East Germans of the same age, who have been largely speechless until now, have suddenly appeared from nowhere and are now publishing one book after another. http://www.goethe.de/kug/kue/lit/thm/en72032.htm To unsubscribe from the mailing list, please click here: mailto:online.editor.mmb@delhi.goethe.org?body=unsubscribe _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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CD Sorter
by sainul＠iiitmk.ac.in 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Dear Friends, This is with reference to Rajeev's mail regarding CD Stand. There are some adjustable CD Rack called CD Sorter in which we can insert CDs in-between the existing CDs. More details are available at http://www.cdholdings.com/cdsorter/howcanorder.html I do not know the availability in India. We need to see the durability also. I would like to know if any of our professional colleagues have bought such CD Stands. With regards Sainul Abideen P Librarian IIITM-K Trivandrum This Mail has been sent from: ________________________________________________________________________ Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala, Park Centre, Techno Park, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 581. Kerala. India. Contact: Website: http://www.iiitmk.ac.in Phone: +91-471-2527567 / 3091334 Fax: +91-471-2527568 ________________________________________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and /or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, 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. If you have received this in error,please contact the sender and delete the material from anycomputer.

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Buying CD Rack - help required
by Rajeev K R 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi, I would like to get the phone numbers of vendors who deals with CD - Rack (For keeping the CD's in the shelf.). If you know any vendors in Bangalore, please send me the phone numbers. We do have approximately 750 + CDs and currently it is kept in the ordinary shelf. So if you have any suggestions in buying the CD Rack, please let me know. With Warm Regards Rajeev K R Library & Information Center Sasken Communication Technologies Limited 139/25, Ring Road, Domlur Bangalore - 560071 India Email: krr(a)sasken.com Tel: + 91 80 25355501 Extn: 2021 Fax: + 91 80 25351133 URL: www.sasken.com SASKEN BUSINESS DISCLAIMER This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally Privileged information. In case you are not the original intended Recipient of the message, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, Disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message and you are requested to delete it and inform the sender. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender unless otherwise stated. Nothing contained in this message shall be construed as an offer or acceptance of any offer by Sasken Communication Technologies Limited ("Sasken") unless sent with that express intent and with due authority of Sasken. Sasken has taken enough precautions to prevent the spread of viruses. However the company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email

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RE: [LIS-Forum] scanning books and copyright laws
by Byrappa, Ananda (Research) 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Thanks, Sathya. LOCKSS(Lot of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe)is an interesting project. But it apprars to me that, the scope of the project is limited to crawling, preserving and providing access to digital content. I did not see anything about converting "print" to "digital". Please let me know if my understanding is not correct. But, it sounds like a promising initiative for archiving subscribed digital content provided the publishers allow us to do the following: - To provide permission to collect, preserve and provide access to their content - Give permission to LOCKSS crawler to collect the content through a publisher manifest Thanks for letting us know about an interesting digital project, LOCKSS (http://lockss.stanford.edu) Regards, Anand ______________________________________________________________________________________ Ananda T Byrappa e-mail: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE Global Research Work: +91-80-25032618 DCom:8*9012618 John F. Welch Technology Center Fax: +91-80-28412114 Address: EPIP, Phase-II, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Rd., Bangalore 560066, INDIA -----Original Message----- From: sathya [mailto:sathya@informindia.co.in] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:31 PM To: Byrappa, Ananda (Research) Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] scanning books and copyright laws Anand U wld find it interesting to study LOCKSS project of Stanford University. There are certain conditions under which digitization can be permissible. LCKSSS is one. Sathya -------------------------------------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003, India Phone : 91-80-23365940 www.informindia.co.in -------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Byrappa, Ananda (Research) [mailto:ananda.byrappa@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:53 AM To: radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] scanning books and copyright laws Anuradha, Copyright law does not allow you to scan the books even for academic and research purpose. You need to take written permission from the publisher/copyright holder to digitize any book. Its unlikely that you get a permission from them. As an alternative, you may want to consider online books like knovel, netlibrary, e-brary, 24/7 etc for subscription. Again they may not fill your requirements as these e-book models are still evolving (slowly!) There are security methods to control accessing digital documents. For example, British Library(BL), London is recently started using 'secured document delivery' method for their electronic document delivery service. Which allows end users to access the document only one time. You may wish to visit BL website for more details Regards, Anand ________________________________________ Ananda T. Byrappa Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre Pvt.Ltd., 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone : +91-80-2503-2618, DialCom: 8*901 2618 Fax : +91-80-2841-2114, Email : Ananda.Byrappa(a)ge.com

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Fwd: An Invitation to Submit
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

IRMA <irma(a)irma-international.org> wrote:From: "IRMA" To: Subject: An Invitation to Submit Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:38:16 -0400 2005 IRMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE THEME: MANAGING MODERN ORGANIZATIONS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY www.irma-international.org TIME AND LOCATION: May 15-18, 2005 U.S. Grant Hotel San Diego, California, USA IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline October 4, 2004 Notification of Acceptance/Rejections November 26, 2004 Final Submission Due January 10, 2005 Early Registration Ends January 10, 2005 Conference Period May 15-18, 2005 TRACKS AND TRACK CHAIRS/CO-CHAIRS: Full-length papers, research-in-progress proposals (abstracts/summaries), and panel, workshop, tutorial or symposium proposals focusing on different aspects of information technology are invited to be considered for the 51 tracks of IRMA2005 International. For a complete list of tracks and track chairs/co-chairs, please visit: www.irma-international.org/conferences/2005/tracks.asp. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES AND GUIDELINES: Submissions for the IRMA2005 International Conference may be submitted in the following categories: 1. Full Length Submissions 2. Research-in-Progress Submissions 3. Panel, Workshop, Tutorial and Symposium Submissions For more information on submission categories and complete submission guidelines, please visit: www.irma-international.org/conferences/2005/submission.asp. IRMA MEMBERSHIP: To learn more about IRMA membership benefits and services, or to join IRMA, please visit IRMA's website at www.irma-international.org. SEND ALL INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS TO: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, program chair 2005 IRMA International Conference E-mail: irmaconf(a)irma-international.org Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.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 --------------------------------- Does your mail provider give you a FREE online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail IRMA <irma(a)irma-international.org> wrote: From: "IRMA" To: Subject: An Invitation to Submit Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:38:16 -0400 2005 IRMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE THEME: MANAGING MODERN ORGANIZATIONS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY www.irma-international.org TIME AND LOCATION: May 15-18, 2005 U.S. Grant Hotel San Diego, California, USA IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline October 4, 2004 Notification of Acceptance/Rejections November 26, 2004 Final Submission Due January 10, 2005 Early Registration Ends January 10, 2005 Conference Period May 15-18, 2005 TRACKS AND TRACK CHAIRS/CO-CHAIRS: Full-length papers, research-in-progress proposals (abstracts/summaries), and panel, workshop, tutorial or symposium proposals focusing on different aspects of information technology are invit! ed to be considered for the 51 tracks of IRMA2005 International. For a complete list of tracks and track chairs/co-chairs, please visit: www.irma-international.org/conferences/2005/tracks.asp. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES AND GUIDELINES: Submissions for the IRMA2005 International Conference may be submitted in the following categories: 1. Full Length Submissions 2. Research-in-Progress Submissions 3. Panel, Workshop, Tutorial and Symposium Submissions For more information on submission categories and complete submission guidelines, please visit: www.irma-international.org/conferences/2005/submission.asp. IRMA MEMBERSHIP: To learn more about IRMA membership benefits and services, or to join IRMA, please visit IRMA's website at www.irma-international.org. SEND ALL INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS TO: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, program chair 2005 IRMA International Conference E-mail: irmaconf(a)irma-international.org Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.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 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: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:12:26 +0530 From: chauhan <chauhan(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear Anuradha Ji, In true sense your two questions are very much relevant to the present time. Question 1: ("If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act.") Answer: This is the first and last question of any professional who want to digitize his/her library or some documents. If you want to scan few books you have to ask the publisher or as well as author of that particular book in due respect of copyright act. Question 2: ("Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to controlthat inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document.") Answer: Violation of copyright is not a new thing, we are dealing with this since the inception of these copyright laws, and in digital environment violation of these IPR laws is very easy. We can not change this because this is depending on the attitude of the 'violator'. Anyhow, you can take the example of "Online Journals", we are accessing these e-journals through login- password or through IP addresses. Most of the publishers are using some special software to make control over the usage of their journals. Through the help of that software they can provide you the complete statistics regarding browsing, downloading etc. (means what and where a particular user is accessing right now). Right now, especially in India, we are in the entrance of the digital environment. Everyone has thousands of queries regarding this digital environment. Exploration and interaction are two key features to get answers. With kind regards S Kumar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) > From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> > > > Dear professionals > I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. > > 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is > for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act....

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Re: [LIS-Forum] What is best about BL ?
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:23:59 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Just visit the nearest British Library. You will know what is good about it. I am using - not often as I would want to - the BCL for more than 4 decades and I work closely with them. They have always lived up to my expectations. Arun --- Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: 25 Aug 2004 09:22:22 -0000 > From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> > > Dear All, > > Many academic, public and special Libraries have > automated their > operations over a period of time. Just like BL's > they too have used > LIBSYS. It would be interesting to know as to what > is best about British > Libraries ? > > Regards. > > Rajesh

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Newsletter from MMB Regional Information Centre
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:13:58 +0530 From: "Seth, Renu" <seth(a)delhi.goethe.org> Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed a newsletter from "Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre" for LIS professionals. This newsletter is designed to keep you informed about the LIS scenario in Germany. In case you would like to receive this newsletter regularly and would like to be on our mailing list, please write to us at: info.mmanager.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org With best regards, Renu Seth Librarian Max Mueller Bhavan Regional Information Centre & Library 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110001 Telephone +91-11-23329506 librarian.mmb(a)delhi.goethe.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi Newsletter for Librarians & Information Professionals, from the RIC August 2004 Dear Friends! We bring to you the first issue of our newsletter on Information Services, which aims to provide you with the latest in the field of Media & Information in Germany. In the first section of this newsletter, we invite you to browse through DigiBib - an online library. The second section informs you about the latest happenings in the German Library & Information Science sector. In each issue, Literary Projects will introduce you to a web project organized by the Goethe Institute. In this edition we introduce you to www.litrix.de - a portal for promoting contemporary German literature. Meet Cornelia Funke, the 'German J.K. Rowling', and get to know about her fascinating creations in our Author in Focus section. Our separate Corner for Bibliophiles puts you into the current German literary picture and also gives you a foretaste of some of the finest literary pieces being published there today. We would also like to draw your attention to the fact that we have recently started offering our readers the services of the internationally recognized databank Lexis Nexis. This databank is well known as a rich source of articles, which are gathered from newspapers, magazines and journals from all over the world. We will be happy to receive your queries on any topic related to Germany - be it art, culture, literature or science. Your queries will then be processed by our team of professionals and the results will be made available to you. We hope that this newsletter will prove to be interesting and insightful for you. Please do write to us with your valuable suggestions & feedback at the following e-mail address: mailto:online.editor.mmb@delhi.goethe.org Best wishes from The MMB RIC team - DigiBib-The online library from Nordrhein-Westfalen Finding answers with Digibib DigiBib offers you the opportunity to search through different sources of information under one unified interface. Search simultaneously through the catalogues of international libraries as well as through bibliographic databases, from all over the world. DigiBib offers its users:- selected links from the WWW- WWW-Metasearchmachine and much more... http://www4.digibib.netAlthough DigiBib offers information in English language, the search interface is German. Hence, you may face difficulties in accessing it. You are welcome to contact us in case you need help in this regard. - In the News The Dresden medien@age - a Library for the 21st Century For a long time the library of the twentieth century may have been just "a collection of books", but other media forms are becoming increasingly important this century. The medien@age library in Dresden has courageously embraced this change - and has scored points with its target audience along the way. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/bib/thm/en139876.htm Information Services in Germany Unlike in the Anglo-American countries, information services in libraries in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century initially referred mainly to literary information and less to factual information.For two decades now ever more people in Germany have been asking questions about facts to the information sectors of libraries. Today, highly specialised information teams in the field of general information who have many databases for literature and factual information at their disposal can increasingly be found in the academic and large public libraries. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/ask/ein/en21811.htm vascoda - the Internet Portal for Scientific Information Being able to access the information lying dormant on the shelves of German libraries with a click of the mouse and download it onto your computer with another click - this is a vision that has just moved one step closer to becoming reality. Since August 2003 the interdisciplinary Internet portal vascoda has been providing access to 37 German libraries, research institutes and information providers. http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/bib/thm/en69733.htm - Literary Projects Litrix.de - German Literature Online Since January 2004, excerpts from outstanding new publications, specimen translations and the latest information on the German book market are available from the online magazine Litrix.de. The magazine is aimed at an international audience and is a major part of a project promoting contemporary German literature abroad. Project partners are the Federal Cultural Foundation, the Goethe-Institut and the Frankfurt Book Fair. www.litrix.de - Author in Focus Portrait of Cornelia Funke Cornelia Funke is currently the most successful German author of books for young people. She was born in 1958 and has sold a million copies of her books for young people and children. She has been compared internationally with JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series. In September 2003 her book "Tintenherz" was released. http://www.goethe.de/in/d/film/e/kubus-e-59-1-f.html - Bibliophile's Corner Lexikon der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur - Revised Germany, the "land of poets and thinkers", has brought forth a great number of writers since time immemorial. So it isn't easy keeping track, especially of the latest names. A newly revised encyclopaedia has arrived to help out. http://www.goethe.de/kug/kue/lit/thm/en96421.htmEncyclopaedia only in German language. Where the Good Guys Still Win German detective stories about FBI agent Jerry Cotton have been an international hit for 50 years. "His leap was an act of desperation, the insane reaction of a cornered killer who has nothing left to lose. He dove smack into the line of fire of my revolver. I had released the safety: all I had to do was pull the trigger. But I chose not to: I have a deep-seated aversion to shooting an unarmed man." http://www.goethe.de/kug/mui/buv/thm/en91801.htm "The Wild East" - Young East German authors look back By contrast with the young West Germans who accommodated themselves with Helmut Kohl perfectly well for eight years after the Berlin Wall came down and watched, relaxed and uninterested, as the so-called "Berlin Republic" decayed into "Berlin provinciality", the East Germans of the same age, who have been largely speechless until now, have suddenly appeared from nowhere and are now publishing one book after another. http://www.goethe.de/kug/kue/lit/thm/en72032.htm To unsubscribe from the mailing list, please click here: mailto:online.editor.mmb@delhi.goethe.org?body=unsubscribe

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:12:51 +0530 From: Manish Mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> As for your query 2: Acrobet exchange (6.0) which u will use to convert the scanned file to pdf, has the options to select before you save the file. These include 'No print', "no editing", 'No copy" etc..you may choose an appropriate option to limit the unsolicited dissemination. -Manish Mankad Information Services Ext: 208/460 Tel: 022 28276208 Hindustan Lever research Centre B.D. Sawant Marg Andheri (E), Mumbai 400099 INDIA -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:38 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act. 2. Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to control that inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document. Like this i am having unlimited queries. Whom should i contact at hyderabad who can clear my doubts. Anuradha

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suggestions for weeding out of Old materials
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 06:49:51 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] sreenivasgowda G" <gubbisrinivas26(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear all, We are working on the issue of weeding out of old course material and multiple copies of some old books which are not being used by the users consecutively( no touch status). Can you please guide us with regard to the 'principles' or 'guidelines' in dealing with such issues? Thanking u with warm regards Gubbisrinivas Librarian ESSAE-TAPMI Academy Koramangala Bangalore-34

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Librarian vacancies in Bangalore
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Dear Friends: I wish to bring the following advt to the attention of LIS-Forum members. Normally I desist forwarding (Routine) Job vacancies because there are better paper based avenues open to us. However this specific advt calls for TEN posts of Librarians at Junior level-- therefore it is interesting. Moreover bacause of mis-spelling the name of the vacancy (Job position) as "Librariran", most of you would miss it if you search under "Librarian" . Hence this 'service'! Please DO NOT send resumes to me! I have nothing to do with Career Network either. Vyasamoorthy, P =============================================================== From: www.jobstreet.com Librariran(Bangalore) Advertised: 16-8-04 | Closing Date: 15-10-04 Requirements: Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor of Art, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science , Master of Art , Master of Commerce or Master of Science in Library Management or equivalent. At least 1 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position. Applicants should be Indian citizens or hold relevant residence status. Preferably junior executives specializing in Education or equivalent. 10 Full-Time positions available. Contact us: Career Network, 56/B-34, 1st Main road, Vyalikaval, Bangalore-560003. PH:23462321 E-mail:cn_resumes@yahoo.co.uk ========================================= 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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scanning books and copyright laws
by Byrappa, Ananda (Research) 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

Anuradha, Copyright law does not allow you to scan the books even for academic and research purpose. You need to take written permission from the publisher/copyright holder to digitize any book. Its unlikely that you get a permission from them. As an alternative, you may want to consider online books like knovel, netlibrary, e-brary, 24/7 etc for subscription. Again they may not fill your requirements as these e-book models are still evolving (slowly!) There are security methods to control accessing digital documents. For example, British Library(BL), London is recently started using 'secured document delivery' method for their electronic document delivery service. Which allows end users to access the document only one time. You may wish to visit BL website for more details Regards, Anand ________________________________________ Ananda T. Byrappa Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre Pvt.Ltd., 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone : +91-80-2503-2618, DialCom: 8*901 2618 Fax : +91-80-2841-2114, Email : Ananda.Byrappa(a)ge.com -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:00 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 21 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. Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004 (premchand) 2. RE: "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" (Mailing List Manager) 3. What is best about BL ? (Mailing List Manager) 4. report location (Mailing List Manager) 5. The Times of India (Mailing List Manager) 6. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 (Mailing List Manager) 7. Journal enquiry (Vrushali Rane) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:46:42 +0530 From: "premchand" <premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004 To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <009901c48e61$4d0fa7a0$0501a8c0@premchand> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Dear professionals, INFLIBNET is organizing second convention i.e. PLANNER -2004 (Promotion of library Automation and Networking in North East Region.) at Imphal in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal, during 4-5 November, 2004. The theme of PLANNER 2004 is: Content creation, access and management in networked environment. Sub themes of Convention are : 1 Digitization , Archiving and Indexing 2 Networking and Access 3 Content Management Last date for submission of paper is 18th Sep, 2004 We earnestly solicit your partnership, involvement and participation to make the above event a grand success. . Prem Chand INFLIBNET Centre ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:32:30 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301331020.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Already Sathya and Vyasamoorthy have rightly pointed out that the Gandhinagar library IS NOT THE FIRST to computerise. A simple verification of facts was all that was needed. But then who cares for facts at a time when what matters is one has to SOMEHOW be seen as the first, truth be damned. But why this fetish about being first. All we want is libraries should serve the local communities in the best possible manner. They are not running a race competing with each other. All of them want to serve their clientele and we should hel them do that. Is there anything more we can ask for? Subbiah Arunachalam -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:27 PM To: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago.... ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:33:23 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] What is best about BL ? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301332530.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: 25 Aug 2004 09:22:22 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All, Many academic, public and special Libraries have automated their operations over a period of time. Just like BL's they too have used LIBSYS. It would be interesting to know as to what is best about British Libraries ? Regards. Rajesh ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:34:50 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] report location To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301333460.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:58:00 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Sir / Madam Does any information center/ library has the following report Title:Indian Logistics Market Date Published: 20 Jul 2004. Publisher: Frost & Sullivan Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:36:38 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] The Times of India To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301335560.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:49:21 +0530 From: Puttaraj A Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Interesting news 4 u 2 work un-inturrupted with ur COMPs! Good Day, Puttaraj. A.C. AL, TISS, Mumbai. Please click on the link below to go to the page. If you think someone you know would like to read it too, do mail it to them. Check This Out!!! Log on to : http://www.timesofindia.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:38:18 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301337180.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act. 2. Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to control that inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document. Like this i am having unlimited queries. Whom should i contact at hyderabad who can clear my doubts. Anuradha ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:13:08 +0530 From: Vrushali Rane <librarian(a)nmims.edu> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Journal enquiry To: "'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in'" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <468F3D82FB31D71197040004ACB81A6B810582@NTSERVER> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear All, Hi! Can anyone tell me where do I get the back issues ie from 1980-1993 of 'The Journal of Portfolio Management'. Your help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks & Regards 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 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 17, Issue 21 *****************************************

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RE: [LIS-Forum] A library for the spiritual-minded
by HENAG 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

Pls find the details below, Chinmaya Mission, #2, 13th avenue Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600031. Phone - 28365202 / 28365046. Regards, Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 9:53 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; >; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] A library for the spiritual-minded Please see the news item quoted below. Can someone from Chennai give me the correct address and cantact particulars of this library? Thanks. Vyasamoorthy, P ============================================================ http://newstodaynet.com/26aug/rf11.htm A library for the spiritual-minded NT Bureau Chennai, Aug 26: The Central Chinmaya Mission Trust has opened a library at Chinmaya Heritage Centre here with books on religion, vedanta and sacred scriptures of country for the benefit of the spiritual-minded. The library was inaugurated by Prof S P Thyagarajan, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, in the presence of Swami Mitrananda, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai. Books on philosophy, education, yoga, medidation, biography and auto-biography of great saints, philosophers and statesmen, self-discovery and development and other similar subjects are available there. The library has already received books from leading publishing houses including Sri Ramakrishna Math, Anandashram, Kanhangad (Kerala), Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sri Gaudiya Math, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Sri Ramanashramam, Tiruvannamalai, Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, Sri Satya Sai Publications Trust, Chennai, the Theosophical Publishing House and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Rachi. =======================sent 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 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act. 2. Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to control that inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document. Like this i am having unlimited queries. Whom should i contact at hyderabad who can clear my doubts. Anuradha

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The Times of India
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:49:21 +0530 From: Puttaraj A Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Interesting news 4 u 2 work un-inturrupted with ur COMPs! Good Day, Puttaraj. A.C. AL, TISS, Mumbai. Please click on the link below to go to the page. If you think someone you know would like to read it too, do mail it to them. Check This Out!!! Log on to : http://www.timesofindia.com

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report location
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:58:00 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Sir / Madam Does any information center/ library has the following report Title:Indian Logistics Market Date Published: 20 Jul 2004. Publisher: Frost & Sullivan Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd.

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What is best about BL ?
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: 25 Aug 2004 09:22:22 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All, Many academic, public and special Libraries have automated their operations over a period of time. Just like BL's they too have used LIBSYS. It would be interesting to know as to what is best about British Libraries ? Regards. Rajesh

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RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Already Sathya and Vyasamoorthy have rightly pointed out that the Gandhinagar library IS NOT THE FIRST to computerise. A simple verification of facts was all that was needed. But then who cares for facts at a time when what matters is one has to SOMEHOW be seen as the first, truth be damned. But why this fetish about being first. All we want is libraries should serve the local communities in the best possible manner. They are not running a race competing with each other. All of them want to serve their clientele and we should hel them do that. Is there anything more we can ask for? Subbiah Arunachalam -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:27 PM To: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago....

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Journal enquiry
by Vrushali Rane 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Dear All, Hi! Can anyone tell me where do I get the back issues ie from 1980-1993 of 'The Journal of Portfolio Management'. Your help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks & Regards 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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Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004
by premchand 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Dear professionals, INFLIBNET is organizing second convention i.e. PLANNER -2004 (Promotion of library Automation and Networking in North East Region.) at Imphal in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal, during 4-5 November, 2004. The theme of PLANNER 2004 is: Content creation, access and management in networked environment. Sub themes of Convention are : 1 Digitization , Archiving and Indexing 2 Networking and Access 3 Content Management Last date for submission of paper is 18th Sep, 2004 We earnestly solicit your partnership, involvement and participation to make the above event a grand success. . Prem Chand INFLIBNET Centre

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About Bibliometry and the five laws of S. R. Ranghanathan
by Carlos Vílchez Román 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hi everybody, Sorry if this message has been posted before. My name is Carlos Vílchez-Román, a Peruvian librarian, faculty member of the Library and Information Science School of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. I have finished a study about library and information science research in Peruvian universities, but I have some doubts with the theory framework, especially this: The bibliometric laws (Bradford, Zipf and Lotka) and the five laws of Ranghanatan could be considered part of the Lakatos' hard core? As you know, Imre Lakatos coined the term "scientific research programs", as a conceptual alternative to the Kuhn's paradigm. Since this topic is highly controversial I want to know different perspectives. Any information would be appreciated. Best regards, Carlos Vílchez-Román Peruvian Librarian --------------------------------------------------------------- Banco de Crédito BCP - Dedicados a hacerte la Banca más simple. Visita nuestra Banca por Internet http://www.viabcp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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A library for the spiritual-minded
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Please see the news item quoted below. Can someone from Chennai give me the correct address and cantact particulars of this library? Thanks. Vyasamoorthy, P ============================================================ http://newstodaynet.com/26aug/rf11.htm A library for the spiritual-minded NT Bureau Chennai, Aug 26: The Central Chinmaya Mission Trust has opened a library at Chinmaya Heritage Centre here with books on religion, vedanta and sacred scriptures of country for the benefit of the spiritual-minded. The library was inaugurated by Prof S P Thyagarajan, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, in the presence of Swami Mitrananda, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai. Books on philosophy, education, yoga, medidation, biography and auto-biography of great saints, philosophers and statesmen, self-discovery and development and other similar subjects are available there. The library has already received books from leading publishing houses including Sri Ramakrishna Math, Anandashram, Kanhangad (Kerala), Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sri Gaudiya Math, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Sri Ramanashramam, Tiruvannamalai, Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, Sri Satya Sai Publications Trust, Chennai, the Theosophical Publishing House and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Rachi. =======================sent 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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FW: IEEE to Introduce New Browser Requirements in 2005
by Byrappa, Ananda (Research) 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

This may be of interest to you... Regards, Anand -----Original Message----- From: m.spada(a)ieee.org [mailto:m.spada@ieee.org] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:16 AM To: Byrappa, Ananda (Research) Subject: IEEE to Introduce New Browser Requirements in 2005 IEEE TO INTRODUCE NEW BROWSER REQUIREMENTS IN 2005 New Web browser requirements will go into effect in January 2005 to support a major upgrade of the IEEE Xplore (TM) online delivery system. The new requirements are based on IEEE Xplore usage statistics that indicate the most highly used browsers and browser compatibility with required elements of the new design. IEEE Xplore may not function if the requirements identified below are not followed. BASIC REQUIREMENTS - Internet browser - Connection to an Internet Service Provider - For best dial-up performance, a 56.6 or higher modem is recommended - Adobe® Acrobat Reader 5.X or higher - Direct parallel or LAN-attached printer with at least 300 dpi resolution - Compatible mouse PLATFORM AND BROWSER REQUIREMENTS > WINDOWS - Internet Explorer 5.X or higher - Netscape 7.X or higher - Opera 7.23 - Mozilla Firebird > MAC - Internet Explorer 5.2.3 - Netscape 7.1 > UNIX - Internet Explorer 5.X or higher - Netscape 7.X or higher OTHER REQUIREMENTS The following options must be enabled within the browser: - Cookies - JavaScript - CSS styles IEEE Xplore powers online subscriptions for IEEE members, as well as institutional online collections like the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL). The interface also enables access to more than 1,000,000 free technical-paper abstracts, as well as individual article purchases online. More than 900 current IEEE standards are also available through the interface. Please do not reply to this automated message. For more information, contact onlinesupport(a)ieee.orgMichael Spada ______________________________________________________________________________________ Ananda T Byrappa e-mail: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE Global Research Work: +91-80-25032618 DCom:8*9012618 John F. Welch Technology Center Fax: +91-80-28412114 Address: EPIP, Phase-II, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Rd., Bangalore 560066, INDIA

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TCA Review: "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals"
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce the publication of my review of "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals" in _The Charleston Advisor_ (6:1) (July 2004): 24-31, 35-37). I'll self-archived a copy of the article at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ProjectEuclid.pdf ] "By providing current and forthcoming access to more than 30 significant mathematical and statistics journals within a common framework, Project Euclid has clearly realized its primary goal of addressing "the unique needs of independent and society journals through a collaborative partnership with scholarly publishers, professional societies, and academic libraries." Through its range of access and distribution plans and its associated varied subscription options, Project Euclid has achieved its goal of providing low cost access to its component journals." "In addition to providing free search and access to abstracts with article references, Project Euclid offers a variety of user-centered browse, search, and display functionalities ... . Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --- George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

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Web Feeds for Enhanced Governmental Information Services
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Colleagues/ Once again I seek the Wisdom of the Web for recommendations of governmental information services that do/could/would benefit from the addition of general or specific Web feeds (e.g., RSS, Atom, etc.). For examples of libraries that offer enhanced services, please see _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_, one of my latest registries available at [ 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. RSS is an initialism for RDF Site Summary / Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication. In general, for each entry, the home institution library is listed, as is a hotlinked entry for the item. When available, a link to the feed, or an associated information page, is provided." For those new to Web Feeds, please See and Read Any and All items of potential interest the RSS(sm) General Bibliography at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/GenBib.htm ] I am particularly interested in the *specific* information services offered by the following federal entities that might benefit from a WebFeed MakeOver [:-) : Library of Congress National Agricultural Library National Library of Education Defense Technical Information Center Air Force ,Army, Navy Executive Office of the President Governmental Printing Office (GPO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Science Foundation (NSF) National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) (Department of Energy) Smithsonian Institution U.S. Information Agency BTW: I am aware of the Most Excellent registry edited by Ray Mathews called _RSS in Government_ at [ http://www.rssgov.com/ ] Thanks in Advance!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Enhanced Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --- George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

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Position Announcement--Database Designer
by prafulla tv 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Position Announcement NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for the position of DATABASE DESIGNER. 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 BLISc or 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 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com Applications are accepted until position is filled. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago. They used TLMS package. It has mutilingual support except for Urudu. For Urudu they have used English transliteration. While OPAC is available for public use in the library premises, circulation module is for library staff only. Circulation involves bar coded membership cards and bar coded labels for books. Branches are yet to be linked up, though the branch library data is with central library ints OPAC. Internet has been made available in City Central Library for a very long time (3-4 years?). Dr Rama Reddy of UOHYD was the adivisor/consultant for the automation project. Moreover the same library takes part in the famous Million Books Project of Carnegy Mellon University -- Several Thousand books have been digitised and amde available for public using good sophisticated digital scanning set up. Bangalore too has some public libraries fully automated. If you talk of non-State funded public libraries British Library Automation is the Best by all standards. Best wishes VYasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: K Prakash [mailto:prakash@inflibnet.ac.in] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:07 PM To: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to beinaugurated" Dear Sir, They have used SOUL s/w developed by INFLIBNET Centre. First in the sense may be"First among the public libraries". 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: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inau gurated"
by sathya 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

There is already a public library in Bangalore to claim credit as the first library. Last year, the City Central Library (West), Vijayanagar, launched itself as a computerized library with internet connectivity, OPAC etc. Sathya -------------------------------------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003, India Phone : 91-80-23365940 www.informindia.co.in -------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:00 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Forwarded for the information of Lis-forum members. What is 'First' about this Shaik only knows! ================== http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=96567 First computerised library in country to be inaugurated 23rd August 2004. Bashir Pathan Gandhinagar, August 22: The Gandhinagar District Library will earn the distinction of being the first computerised library in the country, when it will be thrown open for the general public at a function here on August 24, to be organised by the State Youth and Culture Department. The computerisation of the library, with Internet connectivity, has been done by the State Directorate of Libraries, under a project funded by Kolkata-based Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation under the Union Human Resources Development Ministry. It is envisaged, under the project, to introduce computerisation in all government district libraries in the state. Director of Libraries A F Shaikh told Express Newsline on Saturday that computerisation of district libraries in five of the 26 districts was over, which included Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Bharuch and Junagadh. The Gandhinagar library would be the first to be inaugurated on August 24 by Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who also holds the Youth and Culture portfolio. Shaikh said the process of computerising the remaining district libraries was on and would be over by March next year, while the computerisation of two central libraries - one each in Gandhinagar and Vadodara - would be completed under the project by the end of this year. All district and central libraries would have internet facilities and be connected with the G-SWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) under the Centre-aided project. ''Once the system is in place, a book-lover will be able to avail a book of his choice sitting at home from any district library. He has to just surf a list of books posted by the Directorate on the Internet and place an order for that book,'' he explained. Asked, the director said postal charges for dispatching of books to the readers would be borne by the concerned government district library authorities. The reader has to dole out a meagre Rs 40 as one-time deposit to register himself with the government library of a district. The directorate has received a Rs 1.50-crore grant from the Kolkata-based Foundation under the project to purchase computers, hardware, software, colour TVs, VCRs and create other infrastructure facilities at the district and central libraries being computerised with internet linking. The Foundation has accepted the government's proposal to provide grant of Rs 4 lakh to help charitable trusts set up taluka or village-level libraries. The government has also plans to computerise its nine brail libraries in Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Visnagar, Idar, Bhachau, Ahmedabad and, Mehamdabad. ================================================= 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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"First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Forwarded for the information of Lis-forum members. What is 'First' about this Shaik only knows! ================== http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=96567 First computerised library in country to be inaugurated 23rd August 2004. Bashir Pathan Gandhinagar, August 22: The Gandhinagar District Library will earn the distinction of being the first computerised library in the country, when it will be thrown open for the general public at a function here on August 24, to be organised by the State Youth and Culture Department. The computerisation of the library, with Internet connectivity, has been done by the State Directorate of Libraries, under a project funded by Kolkata-based Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation under the Union Human Resources Development Ministry. It is envisaged, under the project, to introduce computerisation in all government district libraries in the state. Director of Libraries A F Shaikh told Express Newsline on Saturday that computerisation of district libraries in five of the 26 districts was over, which included Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Bharuch and Junagadh. The Gandhinagar library would be the first to be inaugurated on August 24 by Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who also holds the Youth and Culture portfolio. Shaikh said the process of computerising the remaining district libraries was on and would be over by March next year, while the computerisation of two central libraries - one each in Gandhinagar and Vadodara - would be completed under the project by the end of this year. All district and central libraries would have internet facilities and be connected with the G-SWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) under the Centre-aided project. ''Once the system is in place, a book-lover will be able to avail a book of his choice sitting at home from any district library. He has to just surf a list of books posted by the Directorate on the Internet and place an order for that book,'' he explained. Asked, the director said postal charges for dispatching of books to the readers would be borne by the concerned government district library authorities. The reader has to dole out a meagre Rs 40 as one-time deposit to register himself with the government library of a district. The directorate has received a Rs 1.50-crore grant from the Kolkata-based Foundation under the project to purchase computers, hardware, software, colour TVs, VCRs and create other infrastructure facilities at the district and central libraries being computerised with internet linking. The Foundation has accepted the government's proposal to provide grant of Rs 4 lakh to help charitable trusts set up taluka or village-level libraries. The government has also plans to computerise its nine brail libraries in Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Visnagar, Idar, Bhachau, Ahmedabad and, Mehamdabad. ================================================= 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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Self-Archiving Policy By Journal
by Shyam Prasad pujar 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Dear Members, Following site provides information about publishers, who are allowing self archiving. Just enter title of the journal in search box to know the details. You may also browse through the list of publishers. The site is still under construction, may add many more titles in the future. Presently it includes around 8689 titles from 100 publishers. http://romeo.eprints.org You may please inform about this site to faculty, research scholars and students of your organization. Regards, Pujar

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University of Mysore-Library School- Alumni Association
by Shalini R. Urs 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Dear Friends, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore was established on June 24, 1965 and has entered its 40th year of fruitful existence and contribution to society in general and to LIS profession in particular. At the threshold of crossing a milestone such as the 40th anniversary, it is time for the DLIS to introspect and prospect. We would like to collect as complete data as possible about our alumni and interact with them with a view to know where we stand in terms of our true 'contributions' to the LIS profession - our alumni and their contributions. In this context, the DLIS, University of Mysore intends to revitalize its Alumni Association- which has been kind of dormant for very long. We have christened the same as MULSAA ( Mysore University Library School Alumni Association) We have created a facility for the alumni of the DLIS- University of Mysore to upload their details online. Please visit the website- www.vidyanidhi.org.in/mulsaa Please note that there is no 'registration fee' For more information about your Alma Mater please visit- www.lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in You are also welcome to send your latest CV by mail to my colleague Dr.N.S.Harinarayana - harinarayana(a)lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in You are most welcome to send your CV by post as well- please down load the registration form I also request all our alumni to spread the good word-communicate this message to all their classmates and friends from the Mysore LIS School Join MULSAA and help us know ourselves better ---- 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

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WEBLIS: Library Integrated System (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:22:42 +0530 (IST) From: Shyam Prasad pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: WEBLIS: Library Integrated System Dear Members, UNESCO has released WEBLIS, a Web based Library Integrated System based on CDS/ISIS. It has been distributed as free-ware. The system has been developed by the Institute for Computer and Information Engineering (ICIE), Poland. The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules: 1. Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals, journals, miscellaneous -slides, photos, audio, video, etc) 2. OPAC -on-line public access catalogue- (basic and advanced search, history, saving queries function, and ISIS Query language facilities, thesaurus based search) 3. LOAN module (hold/reserve, loan/ renew, automatic claiming by e-mail or a traditional mail in word form, urgent task lists) 4. Statistical module (the main goal of the program is to generate statistical data aggregated from the CDS/ISIS databases). The software and documentation can be downloaded at: Software: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblis.zip Documentation: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblisdoc.zip 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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University of Mysore -Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on DL-3
by Shalini R. Urs 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Department of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006 INFORMATICS Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries 3 Privacy- Preserving Data Mining by Dr. Jayant Haritsa Supercomputer Education & Research Centre and Department of Computer Science & Automation Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Guest of Honour Sri. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director INFORMATICS (India) Ltd., Bangalore Prof. J. Shashidhara Prasad Vice Chancellor University of Mysore, Mysore Presides You are cordially invited Date : 27th August 2004 Time : 3.00 P.M. Venue: Einstein Auditorium Department of Studies in Physics Manasagangotri, Mysore 6 Dr. Shalini. R. Urs Professor & Chairperson ------- Abstract of the talk : Data mining services require accurate input data for their results to be meaningful, but privacy concerns may influence users to provide spurious information. In this talk, we discuss whether users can be encouraged to provide correct information by ensuring that the mining process cannot, with any reasonable degree of certainty, violate their privacy. Specifically, we present a scheme, based on matrix-theoretic distortion of user data, that can simultaneously provide a high degree of privacy to the user, retain a high level of accuracy in the mining results, and be efficient with respect to its response times. The performance of the scheme is validated against representative real and synthetic datasets. ------ About the Speaker Jayant Haritsa is on the faculty of the Supercomputer Education & Research Centre and the Department of Computer Science & Automation at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He received the BTech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), and the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin (Madison). His research interests are in database systems. He is a recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from the Government of India, and the Sir C V Raman Young Scientist Award from the Government of Karnataka. ---- Bovet the Lecture series Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries was instituted by Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore at the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, in the year 2000 The Inaugural lecture on Beyond Search Engines: Putting information back in the centre stage of information technology was delivered by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore on November 10, 2001 The second lecture on Digital library: Technology, Law, the Society and the four Cs was delivered by Prof. N Balakrishnan, Head, Division of Information Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on October 24, 2002 ---------------- 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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WHO Health Leadership Service Accepting Applicants
by Tomas Allen 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Please excuse cross-posting. We would greatly appreciate you distributing this information and our call for applications to members of your institution whom you consider might be interested. Librarians being the great "brokers of information", I am sure that you know of people that are quality applicants. Thank you very much for your help. Tomas Allen WHO Library ******************************************************************************* World Health Organization's new young professionals programme, the Health Leadership Service (HLS), is now accepting applications until 15th September. The Health Leadership Service is recruiting promising young health professionals from around the world and will provide them with the opportunity to work and learn for two years within WHO. Mentored by senior WHO staff, these young professionals will form part of the next generation of health leaders. Eight to ten 'HLS Officers' will be recruited as WHO staff under a two-year non-renewable fixed-term appointment. Women and nationals of developing countries are particularly encouraged to apply For more information, and to apply, please go to http://www.who.int/health_leadership or email directly to HLSMailbox(a)who.int The Health Leadership Service secretariat EIP/HRH/LMF WHO 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland ********************************************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ So wird man Teil einer riesigen Chatgemeinde, die ihrer Zeit voraus ist. http://messenger.msn.ch?DI=1057&XAPID=2532

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Suggestion needed
by Mahesh G T 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Professionals, our library has a good collection of books as well as serials,even we have maintained the AICTE norms of collection,actualy we have quite lot of multiple copies rather titles,we r planning (demand from management) to weed out some old editions of the same titles,but the irony is that some of the old edition of the title is usefull for some extent say "Advertising Management" by Batra and others,currently we have its eleventh edition,but still students felt in need of 5th,6th editions of the title,we have come across like same situation for several titles, so could anyone plz help me out in how far it is better to weed out the old editions, is it worth to weed out the multiple copies,(old editions) does it not affect the collection development,and is there any weeding out policy, considering the above case. thanking you, Mahesh G T Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore. MB No - 9844182965. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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reference required
by Rajeev Sharma 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Sir/ Madam Please give details of any recent study (2003/2004) regarding the opportunities in pharmaceutical sector for logistics/Transportation. Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd.

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need information
by vijayalakshmijs＠ingvysyabank.com 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear professional friends, I want the information about the library stationary suppliers or vendors who are at Bangalore. I want to buy some acrylic folders to our library. Expecting positive replies from all of you. Thanks and regards Vijayalakshmi J S Librarian STC ING Vysya Bank Ltd. PH NO: 26507281

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Differential Pricing for Books in Foreign Currency
by I.R.N.Goudar 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear friends, The differencial pricing for books in foreign currency has become a matter of concern to librarians, especially after EU adopted currency Euro. I wish to share our experience and invite your experience, comments, suggestions in the matter. Recently we purchased "Handbook of Nanotechnology" by Bhushan, B published by Springer(ISBN : 3-540-01218-4). While processing processing the invoice, we have noticed the following discrepancies : 1. The price mentioned in the invoice (EURO 249.00) and the price mentioned by the requester (USD 199.00) although different both are correct. 2. The price proof produced by the vendor, taken from the WEB (URL not given) 3. We visited the Springer site at http://www.springeronline.com/ and noticed different prices when checked depending upon the route as follows - Europe General, Asia, Africa: EURO 249.00 Germany: EURO 266.43 United Kingdom: Pound 191.50 North America, South America: USD 199.00 Switzerland: SFr 421.00 4. Amazon sells this book at the price USD 199.00, As you can see there is a huge difference in price of about Rs 5000. When enquired the vendors tell us that they procure through European sources and hence charge in EURO. Even if we give handling and postage charges to Amazon we not only save good amount, but get the document faster. In this particular case since the basic cost is more Amazon could be a solution. But why should we give such high prices? Can we not force the publishers to adopt single price? Why not Vendors use their US contacts to supply books at US $ price? Another interesting thing we notice is some Vendors publish the publishers catalogue locally to suit them. This is the case with journals too. We face problems while passing the bills as our accounts raise objections in such cases. How should we satisfy audits? One possibility is that we can demand the original invoice received by Vendors from publishers. Friends you too would have come across many such situations. Your reactions please! Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 http://www.icast.org.in/staff1.htm BANGALORE-560 017 India

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RE: application for the LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Friends: Sometime ago I forwarded a few announcements regarding vacancies for Librarians that appeared in 'unusual' channels. Quite a few have taken advantage of this. However many have sent copies of their resume/biodata to me as well. I have absolutely nothing to do with such advertisements except that I have forwarded them to lis-forum. Kindly do NOT send resumes to me. To avoid confusion, I am also explicitly indicating at the bottom of my postings: "sent by" above my signature. Those interested in knowing about library vacancies may see www.naukri.com, www.monster.com etc. Quite a few do appear there. Best wishes 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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WEBLIS: Library Integrated System
by Shyam Prasad pujar 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Members, UNESCO has released WEBLIS, a Web based Library Integrated System based on CDS/ISIS. It has been distributed as free-ware. The system has been developed by the Institute for Computer and Information Engineering (ICIE), Poland. The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules: 1. Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals, journals, miscellaneous -slides, photos, audio, video, etc) 2. OPAC -on-line public access catalogue- (basic and advanced search, history, saving queries function, and ISIS Query language facilities, thesaurus based search) 3. LOAN module (hold/reserve, loan/ renew, automatic claiming by e-mail or a traditional mail in word form, urgent task lists) 4. Statistical module (the main goal of the program is to generate statistical data aggregated from the CDS/ISIS databases). The software and documentation can be downloaded at: Software: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblis.zip Documentation: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblisdoc.zip 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] Lalu urged to launch library in trains
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Friends Please refer to replies of Smt Vasumati, Dr GK Manjunath and Henag on the above topic. AH Wheeler has the large(st) network of railway station bookstalls in India. AHW or some such network can Collaborate with Railways and run "sales-cum-loans" extension counters in long distance trains. Audio video CD printed books and magazines may be sold and/or hired. Entire cost of a book is paid in advance. If you want to retain the book you just walk away. If you have finished the book and want to return it you can do it and pay only a lending fee (get back bulk of your money). This way the bookseller can reach a larger number of customers. Railways can provide book space for stalls or libraries inside trains without really investing on stocks. Maintenance cost of in-train libraries by contract employees can be borne by railways or shared with book shop network. There is no point in talking these things among ourselves. Lalu must be informed through proper channel! Can someone influential in Delhi take it up? Regards Vyasamoorthy, P

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Lalu urged to launch library in trains
by HENAG 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

This cannot run for long as the reading habit in general people is very very less, those who like to read carry their own book or purchase from the platform vendors or hawkers and build their own collection at home after reading in train.Reading book from library may not work . Rather they can plan for a stall cum library in each long distance train which may be beneficial and may be successful.Stall cum Library should have audio /video facility which will attract people , specially the young generation .Instead of buying book/ cassettes from Platform they will buy from the stall. Stall also should have facility for cassette player which maybe given on rent and the deposit should be kept so that they would return. Also they need to publicize a lot, on each compartment there should be an advertisement mentioning about it, so that everyone knows about it. Libray /stall compartment should be painted differently so that it attracts people and generates the awareness of the containers. Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Electronics city. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vasumathi Sriganesh Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:40 PM To: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Lalu urged to launch library in trains Another interesting one by Dr. Vyasamoorthy! Years ago - in the mid 1970s- the Coromandel Express running between (then) - Calcutta and Madras had this facility. You "bought" a book and when you returned it to the "library" - you were refunded the cost of the book less a reading fee. But for some reason, the scheme ran only for a year or two and was withdrawn. It would really be good to have such a facility on all long distance trains. Regards Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 Email: vasu(a)qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lalu urged to launch library in trains Do you think this may come true? Shoud not Library Associations follow it up with Lalu? ====================================================================== ================ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/783491.cms Lalu urged to launch library in trains 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. ========= A Question unrelated: The URL given above, if clicked from the message window leads to an error page. However the same URL if cut & Pasted into URL window afresh into the browser, gets loaded properly. WHY? 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Lalu urged to launch library in trains
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Do you think this may come true? Shoud not Library Associations follow it up with Lalu? ====================================================================================== http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/783491.cms Lalu urged to launch library in trains 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. ========= A Question unrelated: The URL given above, if clicked from the message window leads to an error page. However the same URL if cut & Pasted into URL window afresh into the browser, gets loaded properly. WHY? 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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NACLIN 2004
by Mailing List Manager 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:03:14 +0100 (WETS) From: "Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET" <sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in> Seventh National Convention on Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2004 Theme Quality Information in the Internet Era November 23-26, 2004 Venue University of Pune, Pune Jointly Organised by DELNET Developing Library Network Jayakar Library 40, Max Mueller Marg Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. Lodhi Estate University of Pune New Delhi-110003 Pune - 411007 E-mail : hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in E-mail: skpatil(a)unipune.ernet.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in Web: www.unipune.ernet.in Quality Information in the Internet Era The major concern today for libraries is that the users, including the students and teachers, have begun to use Web resources for everything. They gain access to a large number of resources without understanding that most of the content on the Web is not peer-reviewed. But there is variety on the Web, they can easily download the content, shape it and finally use it. These Web resources are mostly self-published and subjective in nature. The users do not have the patience to do extensive research in order to get an objective view on a given issue. As the number of hits on a given subject on the Web are generally very large in number, the users cannot go through all of them. The users, thus, access a few hits, collect some information and use it. As a result, the use of the traditional libraries has begun to decline in certain subject areas and if remedial measures are not taken it will be difficult for the users to get access to quality information. This trend, on one hand, is reducing the capacities of researchers for research and on the other, affecting the role of libraries as the centres of knowledge. The libraries need to grow as Knowledge Centres and use methods that evolve high quality information in their given fields. The Librarians and Infor mation Officers will have to develop critical assessment skills and have to gain access to virtual and printed collections through networks, search engines, subject guides, directories, meta-indexes, and through other resources on the Web. Evaluation of Internet resources in each discipline is going to be a specialised job in future. It will include the defining of selection criteria including the organisation of selected material and a host of technical methodologies that will enable the users to have a ccess to quality information. The Librarians and Information Officers need to monitor regularly the growth of Information Technology tools and techniques. It is with this concern that the National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2004) being organised by DELNET in collaboration with the University of Pune is going to discuss various issues on the subject. DELNET-Developing Library Network DELNET, a major resource-sharing library network in South Asia covers a wide spectrum of member-libraries and their resources. DELNET is committed to pool the information about resources scattered in the libraries in the country and consolidate informatio n through union catalogues, union lists and other databases. This is being done to satisfy the major information requirements of students, researchers, scholars and the public in the country. DELNET services also support the research activities in India a s we regularly supply suitable content and information materials to libraries and their users. DELNET has now more that 750 member institutions in India and outside India. The DELNET database resources have now reached around four million records. The DEL NET services have become more popular in the country especially with the effective Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services which are provided to libraries across the country and also to the member-libraries outside the country. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUNE -THE HOST The University of Pune, the leading university in India was established as a result of long and sustained demand for a separate university in Maharashtra. The university made a humble beginning in 1949 with 8 postgraduate centres with 180 students and 23 affiliated colleges with 8,000 undergraduate students. It has now more than 44 postgraduate departments, 334 affiliated colleges and 157 recognised institutions having 25,000 post-graduate and 1,60,000 undergraduate students. Located on a spacious 411- acre campus with a majestic Gothic main building surrounded by magnificent trees and refreshing greenery, the University of Pune has developed into a main seat of higher learning in the city of Pune. The University of Pune has been instrumental in the rapid spread of education in rural areas and among the weaker sections of the society. The presence of the institutions of national importance including the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Inter University Centre for Astronomy and As trophysics (IUCAA), Education Media Research Centre (EMRC), Bioinformatics Centre and UGC Regional Centre has been made this campus a place of vigorous academic pursuits and intense intellectual activities. The University of Pune has been awarded a Five Star by NAAC and under potential for excellence scheme of the UGC, University of Pune made excellent progress. Jayakar Library The University Library named after Dr. Mukund Ramrao Jayakar, the first Vice-Chancellor of Pune University started in 1950 with books donated by Dr. Jayakar himself. Located in a spacious building (with 44,000 sq.ft. area) with a huge reading hall it is very close to the main building of the university. The Jayakar Library is rich in its collection and services. It has a collection of over 4,24,000 volumes covering all types of reading materials. The rare books and manuscript collection in the library is an invaluable asset for the scholars. The library receives more than 1,500 periodicals in print as well as online access and has a strong collection of audio-visual materials including CD-ROMs, etc. Jayakar Library plans to move into the electronic in formation era in a big way. The University of Pune has participated in the UGC INFONET Programme which facilitates access to E-journals of world collections along with JSTOR, J-Gate, Muse and other famous international databases of world. Presently Jayakar Library is implementing tw o projects, viz. 1. Pune University Digital Library: A part of "Millions of Books on the Web Project" in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. So far 2142 books were scanned. 2. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) Technology, which is non-contact, non-line-of-sight nature and is based on smart labels. RFID will be helpful for - A) Tag & Verify item Information B) Manage books on the self C) Keep an accurate inventory D) Deter theft Jayakar Library of Pune University is the first in India to implement this technology at such a large scale. Department of Library & Information Science In 1958, the University of Pune instituted a one-year diploma course in Library Science. Subsequently, the Dept. of Library & Information Science was set up under the Faculty of Mental, Moral & Social Science in 1978. Previously the Department had condu cted Bachelor of Library & Information Science (B.Lib.I.Sc.); Master of Library & Information Science (M.Lib.I.Sc.) One year regular and two-year vacational, Ph.D. in Library Science. So far 28 students have been awarded Ph. D. in Library Science. In th e year 2002 the Department has introduced two-year integrated MLISc course with the semester and credit system. NACLIN 2004 The National Convention is scheduled for four days. The first two days are exclusively designed for conducting tutorials by experts on the following topics: * Metadata * Search Engines * Data Mining * Language Databases The next two days will focus on the theme of the National Convention: "Quality Information in the Internet Era". This theme is divided into several sub-themes as detailed below: Evaluation of Online Information Resources, Information Audit, Search Engine Strategies, Quality Information Management, Information Gateways, Quality Information for Quality Life, Quality Collection Development in the Digital Era, Information Intermediar ies, IPR Issues and Quality Information, Hidden Web/Invisible Web, Building Quality resources on the Web, Analysis of Quality Information and Information Seeking Patterns. Submission of Papers Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation at the National Convention on the above sub-themes or related themes. The papers should be based on research surveys, case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers should reach the Director, DELNET, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate New Delhi-110003 on or before October 31, 2004. They should be submitted on A4 size paper along with an electronic copy or sent through E-mail. Papers should contain the name of the auth or, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating institute, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptance of the paper by Director, DELNET to enable the m to present their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before acceptance is communicated. Participation Fees (India and SAARC Countries) The following will be the charges for Registration and Tutorials. Members of DELNET Rs.2,500/- Non-Members and Participants from Industries from any part of the country Rs.4,000/- Library professionals from Maharashtra Rs. 2,000/- College and University Students Rs.1,000/- Accompanying Persons Rs.1,500/- each Non-SAARC Countries Members US $ 100 Non-Members US $ 200 Accompanying Persons US $ 75 each Participation fee includes fee for attending the tutorials and the National Convention, including kit, tea, lunch and dinner. Accommodation Arrangements are being made to accommodate a limited number of delegates in the institutional guest houses/hostels furnished with minimum amenities. Delegates may indicate the request for accommodation in the registration form. This will be done on a fi rst- come-first-served basis. In case, sufficient guest house/hostel accommodation is not found, efforts will be made to accommodate delegates in nearby hotels at reasonable rates. Those who wish to stay only in hotels may kindly contact the Organising Secretary before October 31, 2004. Location Pune, rightly called "Queen of the Deccan", is located at an altitude of 646 m. from the sea level and is 192 kms from Mumbai, surrounded on all sides by mountains from the Sahayadri range (Western Ghats). This city has been settled on the confluence of two rivers called Mutha and Mula. Pune is a historical city with great traditions. For almost a century, the Pune city served as 'de facto' capital of the Maratha Empire which dominated much of the history of India during the 18th century. Climate The climate in the month of November is pleasant ranging from 11 to 20 degrees. The temperature will be moderate and evenings will be pleasant. Delegates are advised to come prepared accordingly. Return Reservation All the participants are advised to make their reservations on their own in advance to avoid last minute inconvenience. Sightseeing Visits to some of the historically prominent places will be arranged separately on November 27, 2004 at an extra cost based on the distance and duration of the trip and also the number of delegates. NACLIN - 2004 Seventh National Convention on Quality Information in the Internet Era Date : November 23-26, 2004 Venue: University of Pune, Pune REGISTRATION FORM Name (in BLOCK Letters) : Mr./Ms./Dr.____________________________________ Designation: ____________________________________________________________ Organisation: ___________________________________________________________ Address : _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________Pin _____________________ Phone : Office : __________ Resi. : _____________ Cell No. ____________ Fax : ___________________ E-mail :________________________________________ Accompanying person(s) : ______________ Accommodation required : Yes/No, if yes, please mention the dates from __________ to ___________ I am enclosing DD No. _____________ dated ___________ for Rs. ____________drawn on _______________________towards participation fee Rs. ___________ and accommodation Rs. 1000/- as an advance (if needed) Place : Date : Signature : On-the-spot Registration is available The filled-in registration forms may be mailed to the Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2004, C/o The Librarian, Jayakar Library, University of Pune, Pune-411007 along with the demand draft (payable at Pune)drawn in favour of "The Registrar, University of Pune ". Addresses for the Communication Registration/Accommodation Dr. S. K. Patil Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2004 University Librarian and Head, Department of Library & Information Science University of Pune Ganeshkhind Pune-4110007 Maharashtra Tel : 020-25693648, 25695549 Fax : 020-25693648 E-mail : skpatil(a)unipune.ernet.in sureshpatil(a)hotmail.com Submission of Papers Dr. H. K. Kaul Director DELNET 40, Max Mueller Marg Lodhi Estate New Delhi-110003 Tel : 91-11-24619325, 24610802 Fax : 91-11-24619325 Mobile : 9891016667 E-mail : hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in kaul_h_k(a)hotmail.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET India International Centre 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi-110003 INDIA Tel.: 91-11-24610802, 24619328 FAX : 91-11-24619325 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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Journal Information
by noufal palliparamban 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Dear members Let me know any library in India subscribg this journal "Acta Cienc. Indica Math" please regards Noufal. IITK ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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Kerala's oldest library is manned by lepers
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Kerala's oldest library is manned by lepers Alleppy (Kerala) | July 23, 2004 3:14:59 PM IST http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=43686&cat=India Believe it or not! Lepers are manning an old library in Kerala's Alleppy District. The library is said to house a huge stock of ancient books, records and a huge stock of 16th century palm leaf manuscripts situated in Alleppy district with a collection of some ancient books, records and palm leaf manuscripts dating back to the 16th century. Run by the Leprosy Sanatorium, the library is presently home to about 400 lepers who have been tasked with the responsibility of looking after the rare books and manuscripts. K.G, Narayan, a leprosy patient and caretaker of the library, said that though there are several old records and manuscripts, maintenance is a problem as there are very few educated patients left. "Here we have many kinds of old records and manuscripts and the paintings inside are all drawn by the patients. We preserve it and take great care of the manuscripts. Most of the educated in- patients have already left the sanatorium, here there is no one to man this place now," he said. There are nearly four million leprosy patients in the country, and they are amongst the high-risk communities in need of massive support. (ANI) Believe it or not! Lepers are manning an old library in Kerala's Alleppy District. The library is said to house a huge stock of ancient books, records and a huge stock of 16th century palm leaf manuscripts situated in Alleppy district with a collection of some ancient books, records and palm leaf manuscripts dating back to the 16th century. Run by the Leprosy Sanatorium, the library is presently home to about 400 lepers who have been tasked with the responsibility of looking after the rare books and manuscripts. K.G, Narayan, a leprosy patient and caretaker of the library, said that though there are several old records and manuscripts, maintenance is a problem as there are very few educated patients left. "Here we have many kinds of old records and manuscripts and the paintings inside are all drawn by the patients. We preserve it and take great care of the manuscripts. Most of the educated in- patients have already left the sanatorium, here there is no one to man this place now," he said. There are nearly four million leprosy patients in the country, and they are amongst the high-risk communities in need of massive support. (ANI) =============================================== Sent in by: Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, 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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Modi to dedicate digitised library to State on Aug 15
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Modi to dedicate digitised library to State on Aug 15 http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=95105 Express News Service Vadodara, August 10: A NETWORKED library with digitised journals and thesis at the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) would be dedicated to the region by Chief Minister Narendra Modi during Independence Day celebrations on August 14. The E-library that has come up under National Agricultural Research System (NARS) is one of its kind in western India and is expected to cater to research needs in Agricultural Sciences of a large community of students and faculty alike. AAU V-C Professor M C Varshneya informed that the comprehensive library would provide all important agricultural databases ranging from journals, biological abstracts, current contents, J-CCC, CMIE, J-gate, Agris, Agricola, Winspire on members' desktops. University sources informed that the staff members and students have been trained in LIBSYS software for operating the library and that it has been connected with other agricultural university campuses in the state at Junagadh, Dantiwada and Navsari. The V-C hoped that the facility would give a fillip to research activities on campus by connecting student community from across the region, thereby increasing exchange of ideas. ================= Sent by Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA

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KVS - INFLIBNET IN SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
by Mailing List Manager 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:31:25 +0530 From: K Prakash <prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in KVS - INFLIBNET IN SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS On Library Automation, Networking and E-Resources Management Organised by INFLIBNET Centre 28 May - 17 June 2004 REPORT Kendriya Vidyalayas were established in the year 1963-64 starting with = 20 schools and now they are 871 in number having enrolment of about 8 = lakh students and more than 40,000 teachers. They are spread all over = the country. Kendriya Vidyalayas were conceived and came into being as = pacesetters. The recruitment of staff is a nation-wide affair with a = high degree of choice for quality. A carefully conceived curriculum, a = uniformly split-up syllabus, text-books and the teachers' guides = prepared by the NCERT and the CBSE, updated teaching methods, = well-planned co-curricular activities, games and sports, library service = etc. all these and more are integral features of Kendriya Vidyalayas. The Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Gandhinagr has asked = INFLIBNET Centre to conduct the training programme for KVS School = Librarians. The training programme was named as "KVS - INFLIBNET = In-Service Training Programme For School Librarians On Library = Automation, Networking and E-Resources Management" with three weeks = duration, specially designed for kendriya vidyalaya school Library = professionals. Discussions were held with senior staff of KVS and = INFLIBNET technical staff for designing this kind of specialized course. = The topics were selected keeping in view of the objectives of this = programme, i.e., creating awareness about the most modern technologies = and nurturing IT culture in KVS Librarians. The following are the broad = topics selected in which specialized and comprehensive lectures and = practicals conducted; * Personality Development & Communication. * Basics of Computer and Hardware * Bibliographic Standards * WINISIS and GENISIS * Library Management Software Systems and SOUL * Planning for LAN in Libraries * Networking Security Issues * Mail Server and Web Server Configurations & Applications * Website Designing and Hosting * Digital Libraries Creation using Green Stone * Impact of INTERNET and Identification of Resources * INTERNET Resources and Gateways for School Libraries * Archiving and IPR Issues, etc. Study tours to different Libraries, like Indian Institute of Management, = Ahmedabad to understand the proper implementation of modern = technologies, were also arranged for the participants. Projects and = assignments were assigned to participants compulsory, which have to be = completed and presented using PowerPoint prior the concluding session. = Projects component and assignment were as follows; * About Library and its services * SOUL Software - Each Module * Designing of Library Websites * Creation of Digital Library using Green Stone Software * Searching and Identification of Internet Resources * Evaluating the Programme * Future Plans In addition to the project Pre-test and Post-tests were also conducted = for participants to evaluate their awareness about the IT applications. = There were 45 participants from different Regions across the country = viz. Ahmedabad (6), Bangalore (3), Bhubaneswar (7), Chennai (5), = Hyderabad (6), Kolkata (10), Mumbai (4) and Silchar (4) attended the = training programme. During the three weeks 51 lectures were scheduled. Three lectures were = handled by the external resource persons viz. Sh. Satish Deshpande and = Sh. D R Kulkarni from British Council Library, Ahmedabad and Dr. S S = Shirurmath, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Five = lectures were handled by KVS faculty and remaining 44 lectures were = taken by the INFLIBNET faculty members. During the training programme Lectures were organized in the morning = sessions and afternoon sessions were meant for practical, so all the = participants have spent sufficient amount of time in the Computer Lab = and each participant got one computer to practice. Participants have opportunity to visit Gandhinagar and Ahhmedabad. = Participants were highly enthusiastic to learn new things and active in = both the lectures and practical sessions, hence the whole program = emerged out as very interactive one. We have provided a reading material and handouts and other presentations = by resource persons and "internet resources for school librarians" which = are given in the CD-ROM. The inaugural function of the training programme was held on May 28, = 2004. The training programme was inaugurated by Prof. Ilaben Naik, Dean = of Faculty Education from Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad. She also gave a = key note address, in her address she highlighted the importance of = information technology in delivering the library services. Dr. T AV = Murthy gave a presidential remarks and Sh. S M Salgar, Senior Scientist = of INFLIBNET Centre briefed about the training programme course = contetnts. Mrs. Vinita Sharma, Prinicipal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Space = Application Centre, Ahmedabad furnished perspectives of training = programme on behalf of KVS. Prior to the concluding day on June 16, 2004, all participants were = requested to present their assignments, project work about their = library, services, what they have learnt and future plans. The = concluding session held on June 17, 2004. Sh. O V S Sikarvar, Principal, = KVS Ahmedabad welcomed the august gathering. Report on the training = programme, was presented by Sh K Prakash, Course Coordinator. Two = participants have given a course feedback and they have very much = satisfied with the training programme. Dr T A V Murthy, Director, = INFLIBNET Centre distributed the certificates and gave a presidential = address. Sh. P K Koul, Education Officer, KVS and Sh. S M Salgar, Senior = Scientist, INFLIBNET also spoke on this occasion. The programme was very successful and all participants were happy in = learning new things. Dr T A V Murthy was the course Director and Mr K = Prakash and Mr H G Hosamani were acted as the course coordinators. K Prakash Course Coordinator 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,=20 AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India =20 # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); = 2676 3724(Res.)=20 # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com=20 # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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