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Re: [LIS-Forum] Indian Library Professionals Database-concrete steps
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Dear Friends at Lis-forum I remember, http://www.infolibrarian.com had similar database. They were/are offering such registration facility using some third party (free) service. I declined to fill in my details because I was in doubt if such data could be used by tele-marketing firms. I have bad experience in past due to disclose of my personal details like email, Phone Numbers and postal address. In India there is no law to protect persons from unsolicited tele-maketing spams (all forms, email, letter and phones). My experience say that even reputed firms like India Today sell their subscription data to thrid parties. No wonder you soon start receiving junk all forms of spam. Phone calls from Banks offering Credit Cards (Even on your Mobile phone if you particpate in some SMS contest). I receive atleast one phone per month at my office for Credit Cards. ICICI Bank was one step ahead, they sent me credit card with out mine filling up any application form. Latter on When I prostested and asked them the source of my personal details, I was informed they had taken it from my application form which I had filled up for purchasing Tax Saving Bond some time ago. I am not discouraging from building up a experts database. But then privacy policy should be very clearly stated. It may also give the intented use and any likely misuse of such data by third party. With regards Sukhdev Singh >From: "Shalini Urs" <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> >Reply-To: shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in >To: <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >CC: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Indian Library Professionals Database-concrete >steps >Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:23:54 +0530 (IST) > >Dear All, > >I am writing this mail in response to the ongoing discussion in this Forum >regarding developing an Indian Librarians Database, especially since there >was a specific reference to Mysore University and also a comment' are any >LIS schools listening? > >My response is as follows: >I agree with Dr.Vyasamurthy regarding building on the existing databases >and getting it done by some student of LIS.However this requires sharing >of data. > >I have the following suggestions and services to offer. >---- >* As part of some of the activites that I have been involved with in the >last couple of years, I already have built up a database of more than 800 >Librarians in a database form >* I could get one of my students to take it up as a Project and get it >updated >* I would welcome anyone to send me lists/databases that they might have >and we will use that to check duplicates/update the database >* We have also developed a web based Experts database, which permits >filling up and submission of data by the experts themselves.This could >also be used to get LIS professionals to update the database.I am ready to >make it available to have an exclusive LIS professionals database >* May be we could use both the stratgies to come up with a Indian LIS >professionals database >* I would offer to host the database on the Vidyanidhi Website > >Comments and suggestions are welcome!ANY TAKERS? > >Best > > >Shalini >------------- >Prof.Shalini R.Urs >Project Director >Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses >Department of library and Information Science >University of Mysore >Manasagangotri >Mysore.570006. India >Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 >Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in > > >Mailing List Manager said: > > > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:16:41 +0530 > > From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> > > > > Dear Friends: > > > > Prafulla's Suggestions have profound intent. However the question is > > always "who will bell the cat?" (Who will pay for the expenses > > involved?) I have some suggestions in this respect. > > > > To have a good database of Indian librarians, why not use the existing > > librarians directory in www.infolibrarian.com ? OR you may try > > Inflibnets Experts Database as well. The latter is academic librarians > > oriented; Inflibnet database's Data Entry Form is far too detailed and > > this might deter many from adding their own data. Infolibrarian is for > > ALL librarians. Every librarian, big or small, may be persuaded to > > enter his details here. It so happens that only Juniors enter their > > data in such databases. Seniors are too proud to lend their names to be > > included. To obviate this problem each institute/library may request > > one of the colleagues to enter all library professionals names into > > this infolibrarian directory. > > > > We have a number of sources for details of librarians like INFLIBNET, > > INFOLIBRARIAN. ILA, IASLIC, SIS, ALSD, BONET, CALIBNET etc Let us not > > proliferate more directories that are difficult to keep updated. Let us > > strengthen just one (ANY ONE) and make it a BIG success. > > > > Library Science Schools can ask their students to take up projects of > > 'mass population' of such databases. For instance some student in SNDT > > or Mysore University can say collect details of all librarians in > > Mumbai or Mysore and enter say a substantial part of it into > > infolibrarian database. Here teamwork mught help large scale data > > entry. SHe will get project credit from the library school. And the > > directory would serve him later on in his/her professional life as > > well. > > > > Incidentally the SNDT had (has?) website with a directory of suppliers > > of Library Requisites -- If this is up and updated our friends like > > Usha Kumari of Bangalore need not ask FORUM members for sources > > regarding Electronic display Boards (and hoping for some answer!). > > > > Are some Library Schools listening? > > > > *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre > > *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR > > District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > > *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 > > 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and > > http://www.iciciknowledgepark.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 _________________________________________________________________ Get Married! http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?74 Search from 7 lakh Brides & Grooms.

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Information on RFID Technology
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 05:53:12 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] shankar goud" <bandashankar(a)yahoo.co.in> Respected Professionals There is some information on RFID at the following urls which may be usefull to you http://www.vtls.com/Products/rfid/ http://www.tagsys.net/ with regards Banda Shankar Student, DRTC.

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Google Releases Glossary Search Command
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:11:36 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] shankar goud" <bandashankar(a)yahoo.co.in> Respected all, Google has introduced a new advanced search command that is designed to enable users to find the most current definitions to word(s) and phrases. Users can type the word "define," then a space, and the word or phrase they want defined into the Google.com search field. If Google has seen a definition for the word or phrase on the Web, it will retrieve that information and display it at the top of the search results page. examples define www ----->gives single difinition for "www" define:www ----->gives a list of difinitions for "www" for further details visit http://www.google.co.in/help/features.html#definitions Banda Shankar, Student, DRTC.

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collection on Health and life sciences
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:47:29 +0530 From: Theresa Williams <theresa.williams(a)wipro.com> Hello All Kindly send the list of most useful books on Health and life sciences if any one has good collection. Thanks n regds Theresa Manager Information Services Division Wipro Technologies 72,Keonics E-city Hosur road Bangalore 560100 Tel:91-80-8528741 91-80-8520408#5512 FAX:91-80-8520478

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A Guide to Institutional Repository Software
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:25:30 -0400 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Apologies for cross-posting Universities and research centers throughout the world are actively planning the implementation of institutional repositories. Such planning entails policy, legal, educational, cultural, and technical components, most of which are interrelated and each of which must be satisfactorily addressed for the repository to succeed. The Open Society Institute intends this document to help organizations with one facet of their repository planning: selecting a software system that best satisfies an institution's needs. An institution's system needs will be driven by its content policies and by the procedures required to implement those policies. A well designed and carefully planned repository program can function well with any of the systems discussed here-but none of these systems can help a poorly designed or inadequately planned repository succeed. Therefore, where necessary, the notes to the System Feature & Functionality Table (Section 2.2) attempt to explain the relevance of system technical features in the context of a repository's broader planning, design, and policy framework To view the guide, please see: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ best wishes, Ramesh PS. Please feel free in forwarding to other professional colleagues Ramesh C. Gaur, Ph.D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Program)( From August 15, 2003 to February 14, 2004) Virginia Tech Dept. of Computer Science 660 McBryde Hall, M/C 0106 Blacksburg, VA 24061 +1-540-231-3615 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Librarian(Scientific Officer "E") Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Deemed University and National Centre of the Government of India) Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005 Phone: 022-22804545 Ext. 2230, Fax: 022-22804610, 22804611URL: www.tifr.res.in\~library E-mails: rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in, ramesh_c_gaur(a)hotmail.com

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traditional library to digital library
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: 25 Oct 2003 08:31:31 -0000 From: bedarata dash <vedadash(a)rediffmail.com> sir i am working in a engineering college library and my library is a traditional library and i want to make it a digital library.i want to know that what are the necessary steps required for changing a traditional library to digital library.if u kindly help me i will be ever obliged. Bedarata Dash Librarian Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology Dhenkanal Orissa mail ID:veda_dash@yahoo.com

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FW: (Fwd) FUTURE OF THE BOOK CONFERENCE
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:48:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear All, This may be of interest. Regards, Arun ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:54:08 +0200 From: "Books" <books(a)nlsa.ac.za> Subject: FUTURE OF THE BOOK CONFERENCE FUTURE OF THE BOOK CONFERENCE Date : 29-31 August 2004 Place : Beijing, China A forum for participants in the book publishing industry, librarians, researchers and teachers from around the world to discuss the future of the book. It will also provide a window to the past and the future of the book in China. The conference will include a mix of keynote address, paper, workshop and colloquium sessions, with speakers discussing topics as varied as: the effects of print on demand and ebooks; the future of the book from a library perspective; emerging standards for electronic and printed books; learning in the electronic age; trends in reading and literacy; and strategies to enhance the viability the publishing industry. The International Conference on the Future of the Book will provide you with an opportunity to share your own work with recognised leaders in the fields of writing, IT, business management, librarianship, publishing, printing, educational materials production, as well as university teachers and researchers in areas related to writing, publishing, books and literacy. Papers submitted for the conference proceedings will be fully peer-refereed and published in print and electronic formats in the new International Journal of the Book. For those unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are available. These provide access to the online edition of the conference proceedings. Virtual participants can also submit papers for refereeing and publication in the International Journal of the Book. For in-person presentations, 30 minute, 60 minute and 90 minute colloquium sessions are available. The deadline for the first round call for papers is 31 October 2003. Visit the conference website for the closing dates of subsequent rounds. Full details of the conference, including an online call for papers form, are to be found at the conference website.http://www.Book-Conference.com The books e-group is a free service offered by the Centre for the Book. For more information see our website at www.centreforthebook.org.za

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(Fwd) [LibraryLink] Library Link of the Day for 2003-10-24
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

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announcement in the LISTSERV
by Mailing List Manager 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:09:47 +0530 From: Mouna Raju <mouna(a)informindia.co.in> INVITATION to the Seminar on E-Journals & Publisher-Library Partnership Informatics (India) Ltd, Bangalore is presenting a series of seminars on E-Journals & Publisher-Library Partnership in association with four leading global publishers, who together present 2,200+ e-journals Annual Reviews Inc. Kluwer Academic Publishers Springer -Verlag Taylor & Francis Group You are cordially invited Venue & Dates New Delhi - Nov 3, 2003, Hotel Hyatt Regency Kolkatta - Nov 4, 2003, The Oberoi Grand Bangalore - Nov 6, 2003, Hotel Atria Mumbai on November 7, 2003, Hotel Marine Plaza Time - 9AM-5PM Login for details and to register www.informindia.co.in or, e-mail mkishore(a)informindia.co.in or, phone (080)-3365940 ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ > N V Sathyanarayana > Chairman & Managing Director > Informatics (India) Ltd > P B No. 360, Malleswaram > Bangalore 560 003 > phone: 91 80 3365940 > fax: 91 80 3344598 > email: sathya(a)informindia.co.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Oct '03

24 Oct '03

Dear Friends If we always think that we would require OFFICIAL resources, I don't think we can do much towards better-ment of our profession. Should not we take it like our religion...?, Is it too costly today to have personal computer at home with Internet..? I am sure, most of you are either having it or have planned to have it (IF NOT FOR YOU, FOR ATLEAST YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN). Can we spare some time for the profession at home..? Can we spend something for the profession like we do for our other daily life...? If we look our profession as a mission, I think we would stop blaming availability of resources. Regards Sukhdev >From: "j sharma" <jsharma(a)niilm.com> >To: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, >lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:11:38 +0530 > >Dear All > >Infact after receiving Prafulla mail, I was also thinking almost on the >same lines as expressed by Vyasamoorthy. In almost every >conference/seminar now a days these issues are raised and well >enlightened papers are presented, resolutions are passed and after that >it is again the routine. Nothing change. The main thing is who will bell >the cat. Except a few big institutions and probably universities where >are the resources and manpower to handle such projects. I have seen the >institutions working with even one single library staff. How can he >provide the reference or information services. > >Thus any initiative taken is a welcome step but be sure it will remain >confined to only the ones who already have access to such facilities. > >These are my personal views and must not be taken as any offence to any >one. > >Jitender Sharma >Librarian >NIILM UNIVERSITY >B-II/66, MCIE, Sher Shah Suri Marg >Badarpur, New Delhi - 110044 >Tel: 91-011-26941529/39, 26973143 (Dir.) >Fax: 91-011-26948212 >E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharma(a)hotmail.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:14:14 +0530 (IST) >Subject: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps > > > > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:16:41 +0530 > > From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> > > > > Dear Friends: > > > > Prafulla's Suggestions have profound intent. However the question is > > always > > "who will bell the cat?" (Who will pay for the expenses involved?) I > > have > > some suggestions in this respect. > > > > To have a good database of Indian librarians, why not use the existing > > librarians directory in www.infolibrarian.com ? OR you may try > > Inflibnets > > Experts Database as well. The latter is academic librarians oriented; > > Inflibnet database's Data Entry Form is far too detailed and this might > > deter many from adding their own data. Infolibrarian is for ALL > > librarians. > > Every librarian, big or small, may be persuaded to enter his details > > here. > > It so happens that only Juniors enter their data in such databases. > > Seniors > > are too proud to lend their names to be included. To obviate this > > problem > > each institute/library may request one of the colleagues to enter all > > library professionals names into this infolibrarian directory. > > > > We have a number of sources for details of librarians like INFLIBNET, > > INFOLIBRARIAN. ILA, IASLIC, SIS, ALSD, BONET, CALIBNET etc Let us not > > proliferate more directories that are difficult to keep updated. Let us > > strengthen just one (ANY ONE) and make it a BIG success. > > > > Library Science Schools can ask their students to take up projects of > > 'mass > > population' of such databases. For instance some student in SNDT or > > Mysore > > University can say collect details of all librarians in Mumbai or > > Mysore and > > enter say a substantial part of it into infolibrarian database. Here > > teamwork mught help large scale data entry. SHe will get project credit > > from > > the library school. And the directory would serve him later on in > > his/her > > professional life as well. > > > > Incidentally the SNDT had (has?) website with a directory of suppliers > > of > > Library Requisites -- If this is up and updated our friends like Usha > > Kumari > > of Bangalore need not ask FORUM members for sources regarding > > Electronic > > display Boards (and hoping for some answer!). > > > > Are some Library Schools listening? > > > > *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre > > *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR > > District, > > Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > > *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 > > 6631 > > *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and > > http://www.iciciknowledgepark.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 _________________________________________________________________ Access Hotmail from your mobile now. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/mobilesms/ Click here.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Oct '03

24 Oct '03

We can have n-number of forums and may subscribe to these depending upon our own resources and interests. However, IT WOULD PAY MUCH MORE DIVIDENDS TO SELECT ONE AND DECLARE ONE IT AS COMMON VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. All the community members should be encouraged to join ATLEASTthis group. "It is matter of CONVENTIONS only that we are still backward then our western counter-parts". (Sukhi-Wani) Regards Sukhdev >From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> >To: sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:24:07 +0100 (BST) > >hi why only lisforum, why not others. i think u can also >subscribe and send the mails to the group nmlis. > >send a mail and subscribe to > >nmlis-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > >laxman rao > > --- Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:01:45 +0530 > > From: Sukhdev Singh <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> > > > > Let me also suggest a step. I would like to call it as > > "STEP ZERO" > > (Initial). > > > > CONCREATE STEP ZERO: Select and make an email discussion > > list as Official > > Discussion List of LIS Indian Community. > > > > There is a need for Indian Library and Information > > Science Community to > > exchange and discussion various issues related to the > > profession and work. > > It may be possible if we encourage all the professionals > > to subscribe to one > > email discussion group. This may be designated as > > official discussion forum. > > [Official here should mean the common voice of the > > community]. People should > > be encouraged discuss and debate (more useful) various > > issues" [email groups > > are meant for that only]. It should not be a low volume > > and > > "unidirectional" group. Moderation should be minimal and > > rare [ to stop > > virus attacks, marketing emails personal attacks etc]. > > > > There can also be web/email conferences and delibrations. > > > > Over and above there should be BELONGINESS AMOUNG THE > > COMMUNITY. There could > > also be ranking of the community members based on some > > criteria but > > definately based on contribution towards this virtual > > community. > > > > Further, I propose LIS-FORUM (Promoted by Dr T.B > > Rajashekar) be this > > official email disscussion group, because [perhaps] it is > > almost a decade > > old now. > > > > BTW, have anybody noticed the wonderful work being down > > by > > http://www.infolibrarian.com . Only thing they have not > > done is "that they > > do not bost off who they are?" [ I am in no way related > > to it]. > > > > Regards > > Sukhdev Singh > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > >===== >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) >e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com > >________________________________________________________________________ >Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! >Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk _________________________________________________________________ Find your first love.Rekindle past joys! http://www.batchmates.com/msn.asp Get in touch with batchmates.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] When there is no doctor
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:29:03 +0530 From: ++Mukesh Anand++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Hi I hv come across an article which may be of help: What to do when there's no doctor By Gary F. Arnet, D.D.S. http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/arnet75a.html Best Mukesh Anand mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] When there is no doctor
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:28:02 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Ms Aman Jha, Please see if this is what you need. You may enquire local MacMillan ofice for different editions -- see if they have onr for Asia. Best of luck Vyasamoorthy, P ================== NOW DEtails: Where There Is No Doctor: a Village Health Care Handbook for Africa David Werner (Illustrator), Carol Thuman, Jane Maxwell, Andrew Pearson, Felicity Cary (Illustrator) Our Price: �7.99 Product Details: Paperback 508 pages (22 February, 1994) Publisher: Macmillan Education Ltd; ISBN: 0333516524 Category(ies): Scientific, Technical & Medical , Science & Nature , Society, Politics & Philosophy , Health, Family & Lifestyle Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,248 ============= Synopsis With 3 million copies in print in over 50 languages, Where There Is No Doctor is the most widely used health care manual in use in developing countries today. Using simple language and hundreds of drawings, the book provides information about recognising, treating and preventing common illnesses and injuries. But it is far more than simple first aid information. It covers a wide range of subjects that affect the health of the villager - from diarrhoea to tuberculosis, from helpful and harmful home remedies to the cautious use of certain modern medicines. Special importance is placed on cleanliness, a healthy diet, vaccination, childbirth and family planning. The African edition covers diseases commonly found in Africa. =============

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Re: [LIS-Forum] DRTC Seminar on Web Ontology
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:29:45 -0700 From: Sunder Singh BG <bgs(a)alpha.nic.in> It will be useful if you could put a summary+reading list on the forum. ss At 11:15 AM 10/23/03 +0530, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:03:11 +0530 >From: ramshirish mamidala <ramshirish(a)hotmail.com> > >Indian Statistical Institute >Documentation Research & Training Center >8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059! > >DRTC Seminar > >on > >Introduction to Web Ontology > > >By > >Prachi Singh > > > >Today all functions that we perform on Internet like searching, tracking, >retrieving, interpreting, analyzing etc. depends on the concept of >semantic web. Work in semantic web is largely based upon ontologies. This >seminar will focus on basics of Web Ontology like its definition, types >of ontologies, different representation languages and ontology tools. >This seminar also covers overview of various ongoing ontology projects. > > >Venue : DRTC Classroom > >Date : 22nd October, 2003 > >Time : 2.00 P.M. > > >All are cordially invited. > > > > > >Dr. ARD Prasad > >Co-ordinator > > >M.RAMSHIRISH (Student ADIS), >Documentation Research and Training Centre, >Indian Statistical Institue, >8th Mile, Mysore Road, >R.V.College : PO, >Bangqalore 560 059 > >phone:080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002 Ext:495(ABC Lab) >email:ramshirish@hotmail.com >ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Reply to Where there is no doctor & Free Access to AIIEBIP database
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

<FontFamily><param>verdana</param><smaller><smaller>Dear All: This is in reply to Mr Aman Jha's query regarding the availability of the title "Where there is no doctor...". We wish to inform all librarians that All India Index to English Books in Print (AIIEBIP), a database published by NISC, provides (apart from full bibliographic details, complete table of contents, publisher's blurb) full contact details from where a book could be ordered. The following information is taken from the AIIEBIP database<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger> <bold><FontFamily><param>Arial</param>------------------------------------------------------------- "When there is no doctor"<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> has been published by the Voluntary Health Association of India). It is available at the following book store: <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>Other India Press / Bookstore, Above Mapusa Clinic, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 http://www.goacom.com/books oib(a)goatelecom.com Phone: 0832-263305 ; 0832-263306 </bold><bigger>Fax: 0832-263305 ----------------------------------------------------- LIS professionals may wish to refer to the following website as well: <bold><smaller>http://www.goacom.com/oibs/servlet/GenCatalog?catid=4 Here's an extract from this website: <FontFamily><param>MS Sans Serif</param><smaller><smaller>Where There is No Doctor</bold> By David Werner Pp.458/(1994) Rs. 290 or $13 VHAI, the publisher of this extraordinary book, has probably lost count of the number of editions and reprints it has as undergone. OIB has sold hundreds of copies. It's an irreplacable domestic item. Also available in Hindi. Of related interest:<bold><FontFamily><param>Arial</param><bigger><bigger> </bold><bigger>{PRIVATE}<bold><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><FontFamily><param>MS Sans Serif</param><smaller><smaller><smaller>WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR WOMENS HEALTH </bold> By Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) Pp 630/ (2001) Rs. 360 or $16 Developed along the lines of Where There is No Doctor, this landmark book will serve a long felt need for a comprehensive handbook on womens health. Well-researched and superbly pro-duced, an essential reference for every home. OtherIndia Book Stores lists on its website several valuable titles in the area of health, medical ethics, traditional medicine, natural remedies, etc. Health buffs may find this information interesting. INcidentally, NISC is planning to offer shortly FREE ACCESS to AIIEBIP database for a period of one month to all LIS teachers, LIS professionals and others interested in books and bookpersons. Please let us know if you wish to have a FREE TRIAL. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Where there is no doctor
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Dear Mr Jha: The title which you are searching has been published by Voluntary Health Association of India and it may be available in New Delhi. Please check the following website: http://www.goacom.com/oibs/servlet/GenCatalog?catid=4 This site also lists several health-related titles (traditional medicine, natural remedies, medical ethics, etc.) which other members of LIS-Forum may also find useful. Where There is No Doctor By David Werner Pp.458/(1994) Rs. 290 or $13 VHAI, the publisher of this extraordinary book, has probably lost count of the number of editions and reprints it has undergone. OIB has sold hundreds of copies. It's an irreplacable domestic item. Also available in Hindi. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ACS Offers Free Online Access for National Chemistry Week
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:39:02 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] shankar goud" <bandashankar(a)yahoo.co.in> Respected all, The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division is offering free online access to hundreds of articles on atmospheric chemistry and current issues of publications in celebration of National Chemistry Week, Oct. 19-25. http://pubs.acs.org/ncw/ With regards Banda Shankar, Student, DRTC.

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When there is no doctor
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:12:18 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Dear friends I am looking for a book called "when there is no doctor...what do we do". Shall be grateful for any information about its availability? Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian CII, New Delhi

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DRTC Seminar on Web Ontology
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:03:11 +0530 From: ramshirish mamidala <ramshirish(a)hotmail.com> Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research & Training Center 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059! DRTC Seminar on Introduction to Web Ontology By Prachi Singh Today all functions that we perform on Internet like searching, tracking, retrieving, interpreting, analyzing etc. depends on the concept of semantic web. Work in semantic web is largely based upon ontologies. This seminar will focus on basics of Web Ontology like its definition, types of ontologies, different representation languages and ontology tools. This seminar also covers overview of various ongoing ontology projects. Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 22nd October, 2003 Time : 2.00 P.M. All are cordially invited. Dr. ARD Prasad Co-ordinator M.RAMSHIRISH (Student ADIS), Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institue, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College : PO, Bangqalore 560 059 phone:080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002 Ext:495(ABC Lab) email:ramshirish@hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps
by Mailing List Manager 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:01:45 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> Let me also suggest a step. I would like to call it as "STEP ZERO" (Initial). CONCREATE STEP ZERO: Select and make an email discussion list as Official Discussion List of LIS Indian Community. There is a need for Indian Library and Information Science Community to exchange and discussion various issues related to the profession and work. It may be possible if we encourage all the professionals to subscribe to one email discussion group. This may be designated as official discussion forum. [Official here should mean the common voice of the community]. People should be encouraged discuss and debate (more useful) various issues" [email groups are meant for that only]. It should not be a low volume and "unidirectional" group. Moderation should be minimal and rare [ to stop virus attacks, marketing emails personal attacks etc]. There can also be web/email conferences and delibrations. Over and above there should be BELONGINESS AMOUNG THE COMMUNITY. There could also be ranking of the community members based on some criteria but definately based on contribution towards this virtual community. Further, I propose LIS-FORUM (Promoted by Dr T.B Rajashekar) be this official email disscussion group, because [perhaps] it is almost a decade old now. BTW, have anybody noticed the wonderful work being down by http://www.infolibrarian.com . Only thing they have not done is "that they do not bost off who they are?" [ I am in no way related to it]. Regards Sukhdev Singh

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article on "copyright and authors"
by ramshirish mamidala 22 Oct '03

22 Oct '03

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Fwd: PGDLAN- IGNOU last date extended
by JK Vijayakumar 22 Oct '03

22 Oct '03

Dear Freinds Here is a mail from Dr.Pravakar Rath of IGNOU, now in Univ of Illinnois under Full Bright Fellowship. WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY DIWALI-2003 !! J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET --- Pravakar Rath <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > From: "Pravakar Rath" <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> > To: vjkjk(a)yahoo.com > Subject: PGDLAN- IGNOU last date extended > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:44:18 +0530 > > The last date for submission of application for > PGDLAN Programme to be > launched from January, 2003 has been extended > till 31st October, 2003 > (without late fees). > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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Need help
by usha shashi 22 Oct '03

22 Oct '03

Dear friends& Members Kindly help to find the Vendors of "ELECTRONIC DISPLAY BOARDS AT BANGALORE, WE ARE PLANING TO HAVE THE FACILITY AT OUR DEPT. Hence i need your kind co operation to find the details. Thanking you yours faithfully usha kumari.s librarian cfl Bangalore. 3 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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article request
by suresh kumar 22 Oct '03

22 Oct '03

Sir, I would like to get a few articles from the journal Flow measurement and instrumentation.Please contact me those who can help me in this regard. Thanks Sureshkumar Librarian , Fluid Control Research Institute Palakkad, nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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New Global Resource Website For ICT Literacy (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:39:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is something I received a few days ago. I thought you might be interested. Best wishes. Arun New Global Resource Website For Information And Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Published on on Sep 11, 2003 Source: ictliteracy.info Readers are invited to access the new website - www.ictliteracy.info - being developed through the collaboration of a global partnership intended to serve as a resource for business, education, and policymakers - all stakeholders - in closing the gap between the rhetoric and reality of what is required to efficiently and effectively take advantage of information and communication technology (ICT) in the global economy. This website represents a global effort to promote universal ICT literacy. The "digital divide" in ICT literacy remains a reality that has prompted the partners involved in this effort to collaborate on actions at the national and international level for bridging the digital divide. They recognize a priority need to achieve ICT literacy worldwide - thus fostering "digital opportunity" for the children and the workforce of the new millennium. This website provides a rich, centralized portal for the repository of ICT Literacy resources, highlights innovative efforts and partnerships promoting ICT Literacy, and facilitates the interaction between researchers, business, government and educational segments. New surveys, studies and reports on ICT literacy will be presented on the site. Readers and participants in the field are invited - encouraged - to share information, collaborate for strategic efforts, present leading research and thinking in the area of ICT literacy, and encourage global leaders to dialogue on important issues and consensus building efforts. We encourage strategic planners, futurists, and thought leaders to share with our audience their "out of the box" thinking and their innovative, radical ideas. Thank you all in advance for sharing this information with other stakeholders as well as participating in this important undertaking. Dr. David E. Leveille del44(a)adelphia.net Source: distance-educator.com

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RE: Evaluating Website Sources
by Mailing List Manager 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:17:53 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Thanks very much Jorge. I am circulating this to many key people in India with a request to spread the word. Regards. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Gallardo Rius To: Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: 10/17/03 9:26 PM Subject: Evaluating Website Sources Evaluating Website Sources By Jorge Gallardo Rius Many students in Honduras use the World Wide Web to research homework topics. Sometimes they take the content directly from the web and insert it as their own work. Other times they take parts of the work and insert it into their own, often forgetting to quote the source. At best, they use it as reference material to write their own work but often do not indicate the source. Some teachers only require references from printed sources. Teachers in all academic areas should be concerned because often they won't know if they are evaluating the student's work, a respectable outside source or a quack's eerie sense of humor. That is why many schools are now using website evaluation worksheets as part of the homework completion material. By not using them, schools are missing the opportunity to fulfill important educational standards. Using a website evaluation worksheet helps students recognize authorship and helps them learn to respect intellectual property rights. Standard 2 of the North American Education Technology Standards (NETS) and other international standards place much importance on learning to use technology resources responsibly. It is important that students learn to indicate website references, using the URL, as well as printed references. Secondly, a good website evaluation worksheet will guide a student to properly evaluate a website and distinguish "good" sources of information from "bad" ones. This helps student develop their critical thinking abilities. Not everything in the World Wide Web is informational and students must learn to select respectable sources of knowledge or, at least, beware possibly tainted information. In a sixth grade science class, a teacher asked her students to search websites and find three important discoveries made possible by space travel. She gave students a list of websites which included NASA, CNN and other good sites. She included other sites to test her students. One was about space aliens and had links to "Elvis lives" websites. Another presented a detailed "scientific" analysis proving that squirrels are aliens. In social studies classes, website evaluation worksheets help students identify compromised opinions. Another sixth grade class did a project on the Middle East about the role religion plays in regional conflicts. By recognizing the URL and the author's resume they were able to determine what his biases were likely to be. This data was part of filling the website evaluation worksheet. Both of these projects, and others reviewed for this article, were designed by teams made up of class teachers and computer lab teachers, and all used website evaluation sheets to document the student's research and webquest results. Webquests are web pages that gather different resources and make them easily available for student projects. The computer teacher prepares them in conjunction with the regular class teachers. Students, specially younger ones, find it easier to simply click on the screen and access predetermined contents. Access to search engines, such as Google or AltaVista are also included for more advanced students who want to be creative. Website evaluation worksheets document the student's navigation through the web and are part of the project completion requirements. If you are interested in sample website evaluation worksheets to implement in your school or furthur descriptions of these and other similar projects, write to me at the e-mail listed below. I have several lesson plans for different topics and grades available in PDF format (Acrobat Reader is also free and easy to download and install in your computer). Send comments to: jgallardo515(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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RE: [BOAI] Guide to Institutional Repository Software
by Mailing List Manager 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:12:15 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Thanks very much Peter for circulating this much needed Guide. I am forwarding it to key people in India without whose whole-hearted support the Open Access movement cannot take off or succeed in India. Regards. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Peter Suber To: SPARC-OAForum(a)arl.org; boai-forum(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk Sent: 10/17/03 8:35 PM Subject: [BOAI] Guide to Institutional Repository Software OSI is pleased to announce the release of the Guide to Institutional Repository Software. The guide describes the five open source, OAI-compliant systems currently available. As many institutions are developing repositories, OSI thought it would be helpful to produce such a guide so that each institution could select the software best suited to meet its needs. Included in the guide is a brief narrative overview of each system followed by a summary of the systems technical features. The guide will be updated as additional systems are developed. To view the guide, please see: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ <http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/> best, Melissa Hagemann Open Society Institute

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good idea!
by Mrs. Vaishnav 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

Dear All, So far I hv not very frequently participated in many of our discussions,I myself do not have internet access at my workplace, so I miss out many of our URls suggested , online forms to be submitted, etc....I take this opportunity to strongly support "Ask your Librarian" move, we already have creative suggestions pouring , and yes, under competent leadership of people like Dr. T V A Murthy , this can & should shape up at its earliest, My regards to all & Wishes for Diwali Mrs. Y.T.vaishnav Consulting Librarian Godrej Learning Center Vikhroli, Mumbai

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Ask Your Librarian & INFLIBET--Corrected Copy
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 20 Oct '03

20 Oct '03

Dear Colleagues: Dear All: The enthusiasm shown by DRTC students through their active participation in the form of valuable postings and sending responses to queries in the LIS-Forum is praiseworthy and worthy of emulation by one and all. I have personally benefitted a lot from their contribution. This is a bright ray of hope. Perhaps, because of lack of Internet access, students of LIS from Indian universities are unable to participate. How about providing Internet access to all the Departments of Library and Information Science in India and offer facilities to LIS faculty and students to handle "live" reference queries (under the guidance of their Reference Tutor) from the public in the ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN service?This would offer the LIS students "real life" examples of the queries they would be facing in their career in future. More than the IT, we have to regain the joy of library service to make our professional life much more meaningful and inspiring. Also, there is an urgent need to make SOUL package an integral component of all our LIS education programmes at the university level. Once this is done, we would have within a couple of years, LIS manpower capable of appreciating and handling properly the SOUL software. It is hoped that INFLIBNET under the dynamic leadership of Dr TAV Murthy would break institutional barriers and strengthen all the DLIS in the country to make them adequately IT- equipped so that they would be participating actively in the HRD to support the INFLIBNET project. It is high time to recognise all the DLISs in the country as the stakeholders and beneficiaries of INFLIBNET programme. The logic is simple: if you train a member of the library staff, he/she would be often be contributing to his/her parent library. But, if you train a member of the faculty or student of DLIS in an Indian university, the benefits would be far-reaching and percolate to various sections of the society. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Impact Factor of Journals
by ppich＠vsnl.net 18 Oct '03

18 Oct '03

Dear ALL: I would like to mention an important problem while using the Impact factor of the journals. They cannot be used as such when comparing the journals from different fields and subfields. Subfield normalisation can help to do it. P.Pichappan Dept. of Library & Information Science Annamalai University ppich(a)vsnl.net omprakash(a)admin.iitb.ac.in wrote Dear Mr Shivendra Singh Please try the following URL (pdf file) in future http://cbmc.umh.es/ebarrajon/pdf%C2%B4s/Impact%20factor%202002.pdf Any way I have given against each title wherever possible the impact factor for 2002 > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:57:04 +0530 > From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> > > Dear Sir/colleagues, > > I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the > year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. > > > Planta Medica 2.085 > > Phytotherapy Research 0.603 > > Phytochemical Analysis 0.97 > > Journal of Natural Products 1.737 > > Journal of Ethnopharmacology 0.78 > > Fitoterapia 0.486 > > Journal of Agriculture and food Chemistry 1.576 > > Biochemistry, bioscience and biotechnology Try from URL > > JCS- Perkin Trans I 2.208 > > Tetrahedron Letters 2.28 > With Best Wishes Omprakash Bhendigeri +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Omprakash Bhendigeri 25768927 / 257689299(O) Central Library 25722545/Extn 8929 IIT BOMBAY 25720393 (R) 2B/41, T C S Area Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, MUMBAI 400 076 INDIA omprakash(a)iitb.ac.in +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Thanks and Regards, > > Shivendra Singh > > Electronic Information Retrieval System > National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research > Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 > Phone: 9815526163 > http://sshivendra.tripod.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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID.
by Saiful Amin 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Greetings, I don't know if you are still in need of information on RFID. Today I got some links from a newsletter which might interest you. RFID links... Libraries eye RFID to track books [MSNBC News] http://www.msnbc.com/news/975754.asp "SF library wants to track books with computers," San Jose Mercury News, 3 October 2003 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6928513.htm Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/ City Library Adopts Controversial RFID Chips http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?issue=10-10-03&storyID=17547 RFID Zeitgeist http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=100132&threshold=-1 Hope it helps. Best regards, -- Saiful Amin c/o, Learning Resource Center Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 Rajendra Babu H wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for > circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some > study on RFID. > > Warm Regards, > > H Rajendra Babu ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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concrete steps
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear Professional Colleagues: I am once again taking cue from Dr E. Rami Reddy's suggestion that we should do something concrete towards professional development (with ref to: Dr Lahiri's anguish). Here's something we can do using IT so that we may not face problems like the one Mr Saroj Karle is experiencing (books on UK Pension). To the best of my knowledge, The British Council Library network maintains a list of British publisher's representatives in India. However, this does not give the total picture of international publisher community. CONCRETE STEP 1 It would be useful if we develop a National Library Acquisitions Home Page containing the following components: 1. A national database of Indian publishers/booksellers in English and all other languages giving contact details (postal, email, web, etc.,), name of the contact person, their areas of specialisation (discipline-wise, topic-wise, etc.), regions served, terms of supply. Even the author publishers could be invited to become members of this database. 2. A national database of all the librarians (university, academic, public, special, etc.) listing their areas of specialisation in collection development, documents they wish to acquire or are searching for. The librarians could just post their requirements not as a firm order but only as an enquiry to find out from the publishers/booksellers regarding the availability of a document or their willingness to procure from abroad and supply. Once they receive reply from the publisher/bookseller, they can place the firm order. 3. A list of blacklisted publishers/booksellers who have indulged in unfair practices. 4. Latest GOC Rate Schedule (formulated with participation of all the parties who have a stake). We should have only one, authoritative GOC rate schedule. Mode of Operation The publishers/booksellers would be regularly announcing on the National Library Acquisitions home page, the new books procured by them from abroad. We visualise a scenario of SDI-type activity where the needs of the librarians and stock of the publishers/bookseller are matched for mutual benefit, particularly for foreign publications. To the best of my knowledge, The British Council Library network maintains a list of British publisher's representatives in India. However, this does not give the total picture of international publisher community. Advantages of National Library Acquisitons Home Page Offers equitable opportunities to publishers/booksellers in library supplies. Whoever responds first, would receive the order. If a foreign title is available with one of the Indian stockist, it could be known immediately and order placed for the same. Avoids running around from supplier to supplier for documents. Enables the librarians to have a perspective of foreign titles available in India. (Presently, the book selection by university libraries strongly favours those suppliers who send the books for physical examination. As such, the total literary output in a particular discipline is often not taken into consideration and many useful titles may be missed.) Helps the librarians to know which supplier can provide best service in a particular discipline/topic. Provides information to librarians about new foreign titles available in the Indian market. Booksellers can announce the documents procured by them from abroad. Through just a single email, they would be communicating this information to all the librarians in India. Serves as an effective public relations communication tool both for the librarians and publishers/booksellers. _______________________________________________ CONCRETE STEP 2 MAINTENANCE OF UNIVERSITY/LIBRARY DIRECTORIES Isn't it disappointing that we do not have a reliable, authoritative list which provides UP TO DATE INFORMATION of university librarians along with their contact details. The Web sites of our national bodies concerned with management of higher education and LIS networks DO NOT provide accurate, latest information about our universities. Can't we maintain an UP TO DATE directory of universities giving UP TO DATE details such as names of VCs, Registrars, University Librarians, their contact addresses, email ids, web sites, etc. Doesn't our IT know-how allow us to send an automatic email to every university library daily and request the university librarian to send information about changes in top univ personnel/univ librarians? If the university librarians do not disseminate latest information about changes in their university, then who will? Isn't it a disservice to the user community that we spend so much on creating web pages/directories but fail to maintain them on day to day basis thereby defeating the purpose of their creation and reducing their usefulness? We have miserably failed in meeting the requirements of Dr Ranganathan's definition of reference service as far as maintenance of directories of libraries/librarians/universities is concerned. Being based in India, at least some of us can keep track of the changes through newspapers, newsletters, etc. By providing names of VCs, Registrars, university librarians, etc. in our directories who had retired/shifted, are we not misguiding the users? How about the users abroad? Are we not projecting a negative image about our LIS profession by not taking care of these basic things? THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE A CONCRETE STEP. As always, reactions are welcome. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ask yr librarian
by suresh kumar 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear profulla chandra, I really appreciate your views. It is an excellent idea.We have to work for that to ensure professionalism among us. let us hope for the best Suresh kumar.N Librarian Gr.I, Fluid Control Research Institute Palakkad - 678623.nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.In. Prafulla Chandra >Senior Editor ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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books on CD in science and engineering
by Vijayalaxmi R Deshpande 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear sir, I would like to have list of books avaialable in CD form in the field of science and engineering for our digital library project (I do not want to have ebooks available in websites). If anybody knows please send the list and oblige. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, (Smt. V.R.DESHPANDE) SENIOR LIBRARIAN Central Power Research Institute, P.B.No. 8066, Sadashivanagar Post BANGALORE 560 080

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impact factor of following journals- 2002
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:57:04 +0530 From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> Dear Sir/colleagues, I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. Planta Medica Phytotherapy Research Phytochemical Analysis Journal of Natural Products Journal of Ethnopharmacology Fitoterapia Journal of Agriculture and food Chemistry Biochemistry, bioscience and biotechnology JCS- Perkin Trans I Tetrahedron Letters Thanks and Regards, Shivendra Singh Electronic Information Retrieval System National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 Phone: 9815526163 http://sshivendra.tripod.com

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FW: books on UK Pension
by Saroj Karle 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Hello Friends, I want some good books on UK Pension system. Following are some of the titles. Im not able to find these books in Mumbai. If you know any place from where I can get these books please let me know. I need these books urgently. 1. Simple Guide to Pensions by John Claxton ISBN 1857038010 2. Allied Dubar Pensions Handbook by Anthony Reardon ISBN 0273654926 3. Pensions (Good Practise) by Andrew Serimshaw 4. Pensions Kit by Nicola Mitchell 5. Pensions Simplified by Harvey Andrew & Baterman Richard ISBN 1852523271 6. Take Control of Your Pension Action by Jonquil Lowe ISBN 0852029276 Thanks & Regards Saroj Karle Library Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Electronic Sadan III, TTC Industrial Area, Mahape Village, Navi Mumbai 400 701 Tel: 27611090; 27622651 Extn: 1274 Fax: 761 9602 Email: library.ttc(a)patni.com http://www.patni.com World-Wide Partnerships. World-Class Solutions. This e-mail message may contain proprietary, confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed. Any review, e-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. If you have received this e-mail in error kindly delete this e-mail from your records. If it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, please notify us immediately at netadmin(a)patni.com and delete this mail.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Thanks for information. I had downloaded it long back. I have tried to send a message to the Technical Support Team of the product. Other List Members may kindly note. Regards Sukhdev >From: "murari" <murari(a)darya.nio.org> >To: "Sukhdev Singh" <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:51:24 +0530 > >Dear Sukhdev, > >On your recommendation, I downloaded the software and tried to install it. >But my pc gave me following virus warning. Ofcourse, you are not >responsible >for this but for your info. Regards, >- Tapaswi > >Scan type: Realtime Protection Scan >Event: Virus Found! >Virus name: Js.Trojan.WindowBomb >File: C:\Program Files\Evrsoft\1st Page 2000\IScripts\Buttons\Six buttons >from hell.izs >Location: C:\Program Files\Evrsoft\1st Page 2000\IScripts\Buttons >Computer: MURARI >User: library >Action taken: Delete succeeded : Access denied >Date found: Thu Oct 16 10:48:44 2003 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Sukhdev Singh <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> >To: <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:17 AM >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor > > > > I would also like to suggest a Free HTML Editor. I have using it now for >the > > Forth Year. You would enjoy it if you love coding in html unlike Front >Page. > > It is called "1st Page 2000 (Version 2.0 Free Edition)" and can be > > downloaded from http://www.evrsoft.com/ . > > > > "1st Page 2000 is a professional HTML editing software which lets you >create > > great websites fast! The visually appealing program comes bundled with >over > > 450+ Javascripts and supports all the latest web languages. Over 3+ >million > > downloads!" > > > > I would recommend it based on my personal experience. > > > > Regards > > Sukhdev Singh > > esukhdev(a)yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:03:13 >+0530 > > >(IST) > > > > > >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) > > >From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear friends, > > > AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes > > >fully-packed > > >with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of > > >solid > > >tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with >speed, > > >ease and convenience. > > > > > >AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker > > > 2. International Alphabet Support > > > 3. Windows XP Compatibility > > > 4. Code Explorer > > > 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes > > > 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor > > > > > >HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! > > > > > >So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ > > > > > >With Regards > > >Biswanath Dutta > > >Librarian > > >The Institute for Technology and Management > > >Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple > > >Baneerghatta Road > > >Bangalore- 560076 > > >e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com > > >Hello: (080)-6585737 > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >LIS-Forum mailing list > > >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The heat is on! Catch the latest action. > > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/formula2003/ Speed along with F1! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!

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Need help to get an article
by Yashwant G. Kanade 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Dear Members, Kindly help me to get the article: "Bradshaw,A.D. 1972; Some of the evolutionary consequences of being a plant; Evolutionary Biology 5; 25-47 (1972)" With Warm Regards YASHWANT G KANADE CES, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012; Ph.3600985 / 2932506 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in / kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Ask Your Librarian service
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Date: 15 Oct 2003 11:38:01 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> Dear colleagues , This has reference to the discussion initiated by Mr Prafulla regarding the situation and sevices provided by our universities . I endorse the view that we in India have not been able to have one window system to reply our patrons and it is high time that professionals should join together to develop a reference and information service on the type suggested by Mr prafulla " ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" besides re-engineering other services so that we may facel humilating situation and lag behind. tahnks and regards S M SHAFI

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RE: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, manish mankad wrote: > It will be good idea to start with McKinsey's report 'FAIDA ( Food & > Agriculture Integrated Development Action)' published in 1997. > > Also have a look at the book 'New technologies in food processing' by > Internatiomnal Life sciences Institute, India > > Do have alook at http://www.indiainfoline.com/fmcg/fopo.html > > Regards. > > > -Manish Mankad > Information Executive > Hindustan Lever Research Centre, > BD Sawant Marg > Andheri (E), > Mumbai, 400 099 > INDIA > > ext. 208/330 > > (022) 28276 208 28276 330 > > >

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reaction
by poornima ma 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Dear Madam, Yes , ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN is a wonderful idea if it comes to being . i will look forward for such services to the user communities.Thats really a great idea.i welcome ur sugetion. Poornima Rao Librarian Department of Management studies B.M.S College of Engineering Bull temple road, Bangalore. Mail: poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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PPT Slides on Digital Library Lecture now available on DLIST.
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Dear Members I have made available PPT Slides of the following lecture online on DLIST (http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/archive/00000267/). Since these are in PPT format, these can be used (reused) :-) if required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/archive/00000267/ Singh, Mr. Sukhdev (2003) Digital Libraries: What and How? : Lecture delivered during "Training Course on Internet Technology Applications in Libraries, 13th - 17th October, 2003, NIC Hqs, New Delhi, India" . Full text available as: Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt) - Requires Microsoft Powerpoint Abstract: These are about 73 PPT Slides of a Lecture on Digital Libraries. The Lecture Defines Digital Library and explains some myths surrounding it. Gives an overview of Digital Library Standards, Information Resources Organisation, Metadata, Digital Archiving and Preservation and Digital Library Services. Further it highlights Challenges, General Principles, Design Principles and Digital Collection Development in Digital Library development process. It concludes with some examples of Indian initiatives in Digital Libraries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regards Sukhdev Singh esukhdev(a)yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Celebrate Shakti. Send money to loved ones in India. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/navaratri/ Have a joyous Navratri.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

I would also like to suggest a Free HTML Editor. I have using it now for the Forth Year. You would enjoy it if you love coding in html unlike Front Page. It is called "1st Page 2000 (Version 2.0 Free Edition)" and can be downloaded from http://www.evrsoft.com/ . "1st Page 2000 is a professional HTML editing software which lets you create great websites fast! The visually appealing program comes bundled with over 450+ Javascripts and supports all the latest web languages. Over 3+ million downloads!" I would recommend it based on my personal experience. Regards Sukhdev Singh esukhdev(a)yahoo.com >From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:03:13 +0530 >(IST) > >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) >From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> > > > >Dear friends, > AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes >fully-packed >with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of >solid >tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with speed, >ease and convenience. > >AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker > 2. International Alphabet Support > 3. Windows XP Compatibility > 4. Code Explorer > 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes > 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor > >HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! > >So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ > >With Regards >Biswanath Dutta >Librarian >The Institute for Technology and Management >Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple >Baneerghatta Road >Bangalore- 560076 >e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com >Hello: (080)-6585737 > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum _________________________________________________________________ The heat is on! Catch the latest action. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/formula2003/ Speed along with F1!

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(Fwd) Definition of Research Libray( a/c to ALA)
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: 14 Oct 2003 14:22:55 -0000 From: "aprajita suman" <aprajita_drtc(a)rediffmail.com> Send reply to: "aprajita suman" <aprajita_drtc(a)rediffmail.com> To: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Subject: Definition of Research Libray( a/c to ALA) Respected Shri Vijayakumar, I am sorry to send the required information a little late. Actually I saw the mail today only. According to ALA Glossary the definition of Research Library is: 1. A library which contains an in-depth collection in a particular subject field(such as a technical library) or in-depth collections in several subject fields(such as a university library or a large private or public library). The collections include pr imary sources and provide extensive chronological and geographical coverage. 2. A reference library. With regards, Aparajita Suman, 2nd year student(ADIS), Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile,Mysore Road, R V College PO, Bangalore 560 059 On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 prafulla(a)nisc.co.in wrote : >Dear Friends: > >It is rather sad that one of our professional colleagues Shri M >Vijayakumar should repeatedly request for a simple piece of >information: definition of 'research library' according to ALA >Glossary of LIS. Even after four days from the date of request, we >have failed to meet this request. I am sure that this book would be >available in several Indian university libraries. Had Indian university >librarians participated actively in the LIS-Forum, we would not have >faced this situation. > >All this reminds me of Dr Lahiri's anguish on lack of professionalism >and standards which he expressed so eloquently in one of the last >issues of Information Today & Tomorrow. There were many heated >arguments on Dr Lahiri's views. Prof E. Ram Reddy wrapped up the >whole discussion with a statement underlying the urgent need that >we all LIS professionals should do something concrete to improve >the situation. > >Even after five decades of attaining Independence and after >spending hundreds of crores on variety of LIS networks in India, we >do not have proper mechanism in place to find out from a single >window where a particular book/journal/information is available in >which Indian library. If we can't provide this basic service, does it >bring any glory to our profession among the public? The >infrastructure has failed us. Its high time for the LIS professionals to >turn proactive and reach out the public and meet their information >requirements in alternative ways. > >I think it is high time for LIS professionals to offer a FREE >reference service where any member of the public would be >welcome to post his problem/query and he would receive reply from >Indian librarians. To do this effectively, we need to ensure >participation of all university librarians, all Heads of Departments of >LIS (or any faculty member of DLISs specialising in reference >service) and librarians of State Central Libraries/District Central >Libraries throughout India. I think that LIS-FORUM may consider >expanding its mandate to provide this type of service. There is no >point in limiting ourselves to just LIS issues/concerns. What could >more sacred and professional that meeting the information >requirement of a needy user? Alternatively, we can start a national >level "ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" internet-based reference service. > >Suppose a reader walks into our library and requests for a >document/book/journal. If it is not available in our library, are we in a >position to tell him within 24 hours at least where it is available in >another Indian library? If we have a service like ASK >YOURLIBRARIAN, the user would just post the query/problem he is >facing and he would receive replies from all the libraries which have >that document. ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN can also provide >community information services at the national level. If a member of >public has some query relating to his day to day life >(education/health/employment/agriculture, etc.,), he would just post >his query to ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN and the librarians having that >information would reply to that query immediately. This single >window service would automatically solve the problem of the user: >whom should I contact for this information? > >I look forward to reactions from all members of the LIS-Forum. We >shoud take up strategic initiatives in this area to redeem our >professional glory. > >Regards >T.V. Prafulla Chandra >Senior Editor > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. > (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) > S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 > Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 > WWW.NISC.COM > A company in service to NISC worldwide. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. 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RE: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:57:45 +0530 From: "Natarajan, Charumathy" <charu(a)ti.com> Hi, Why don't you check the following url for your need? http://www.sspindia.com Regards, Charumathy, Librarian Texas Instruments India Golf View Homes, Wind Tunnel Road Bangalore 560017 -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.

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impact factor
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:03:06 +0530 From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> Dear Sir/colleagues, I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the = year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. Thanks and Regards, Shivendra Singh Electronic Information Retrieval System National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 Phone: 9815526163 http://sshivendra.tripod.com

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internet library for librarians
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:41:06 +0530 From: ramshirish mamidala <ramshirish(a)hotmail.com> Respected all, Here is an interesting website about library science resources. Here we will find internet resources related to our profession. It provides more than 3000 resources. http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/ regrards M.RAMSHIRISH,( ADIS Student) Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College PO, Bangalore 560 059 phone:080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002 Ext:495(ABC Lab) email:ramshirish@hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Free HTML editor
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes fully-packed with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of solid tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with speed, ease and convenience. AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker 2. International Alphabet Support 3. Windows XP Compatibility 4. Code Explorer 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ With Regards Biswanath Dutta Librarian The Institute for Technology and Management Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple Baneerghatta Road Bangalore- 560076 e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com Hello: (080)-6585737

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Re: [Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets -More Info (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:26:41 +0530 From: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear Madam: The IMF website has World Economic Outlook document available freely. It is a lengthy document with many statistical tables. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2003/02/index.htm There's another document titled Financial Soundness Indicators available freely at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/fsi/eng/2003/051403bp.pdf My knowledge of Economics is zero. May be if someone with Economics background researches these documents, he may get hold of the data you are searching. Thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra Date sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:13:31 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets > > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:37:28 +0100 (BST) > From: Anagha Agharkar <anaghaagharkar(a)yahoo.co.in> > > Hello, > I need the Non Performing Loans (also called Non > Performing Assets) for various emerging makerts > such as China, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, > Malaysia etc. for the past 10 years. > > Can anyone tell me where to source this information > from? Is there any publication which covers this > information? > > Thanks and best regards, > Anagha Agharkar > Librarian > ICICI Securities Ltd. > 41/44 Minoo Desai Marg, > Colaba, Mumbai - 5 > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Ask Your Librarian service
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Dear Friends: It is rather sad that one of our professional colleagues Shri M Vijayakumar should repeatedly request for a simple piece of information: definition of 'research library' according to ALA Glossary of LIS. Even after four days from the date of request, we have failed to meet this request. I am sure that this book would be available in several Indian university libraries. Had Indian university librarians participated actively in the LIS-Forum, we would not have faced this situation. All this reminds me of Dr Lahiri's anguish on lack of professionalism and standards which he expressed so eloquently in one of the last issues of Information Today & Tomorrow. There were many heated arguments on Dr Lahiri's views. Prof E. Ram Reddy wrapped up the whole discussion with a statement underlying the urgent need that we all LIS professionals should do something concrete to improve the situation. Even after five decades of attaining Independence and after spending hundreds of crores on variety of LIS networks in India, we do not have proper mechanism in place to find out from a single window where a particular book/journal/information is available in which Indian library. If we can't provide this basic service, does it bring any glory to our profession among the public? The infrastructure has failed us. Its high time for the LIS professionals to turn proactive and reach out the public and meet their information requirements in alternative ways. I think it is high time for LIS professionals to offer a FREE reference service where any member of the public would be welcome to post his problem/query and he would receive reply from Indian librarians. To do this effectively, we need to ensure participation of all university librarians, all Heads of Departments of LIS (or any faculty member of DLISs specialising in reference service) and librarians of State Central Libraries/District Central Libraries throughout India. I think that LIS-FORUM may consider expanding its mandate to provide this type of service. There is no point in limiting ourselves to just LIS issues/concerns. What could more sacred and professional that meeting the information requirement of a needy user? Alternatively, we can start a national level "ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" internet-based reference service. Suppose a reader walks into our library and requests for a document/book/journal. If it is not available in our library, are we in a position to tell him within 24 hours at least where it is available in another Indian library? If we have a service like ASK YOURLIBRARIAN, the user would just post the query/problem he is facing and he would receive replies from all the libraries which have that document. ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN can also provide community information services at the national level. If a member of public has some query relating to his day to day life (education/health/employment/agriculture, etc.,), he would just post his query to ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN and the librarians having that information would reply to that query immediately. This single window service would automatically solve the problem of the user: whom should I contact for this information? I look forward to reactions from all members of the LIS-Forum. We shoud take up strategic initiatives in this area to redeem our professional glory. Regards T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RLG's Union Catalog Available on the Open Web
by Madhuresh 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Dear Friends, I would like to share the following information with all of you. Research Libraries Group (RLG, http://www.rlg.org), builder of one of the world's largest union catalogs of merged library holdings, has opened a Web-based version of its file to all users of the Web, called as RedLightGreen (http://www.redlightgreen.com). The union catalog contains bibliographic records of holdings from all RLG's 160 member libraries, some of them among the largest. Currently, the collection of records from libraries, archives, and museums includes over 130 million holdings for some 42 million titles. RLG expects to make the file available to the public free through most of 2004, while it develops and implements a business model. Created over the course of 23 years, the massive union catalog covers books, serials, maps, films, recordings, archives, manuscripts, computer files, and more, from 300 countries in over 370 languages. RedLightGreen went live on Sept. 22. Records connect to library holdings and even supply local call numbers. RLG began the project of bringing the catalog to the Web in 2002 using an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant. Besides serving to locate valuable resources and verify citations, RedLightGreen also provides links beyond those of traditional catalogs and can even output citations in different standard bibliographic formats, i.e., APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago. Users can also e-mail results, purchase books or CD-ROMs, locate the nearest library owning the title, and even find online versions in some cases. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:09:40 +0530 From: j sharma <jsharma(a)niilm.com> Dear Colleagues I am looking for information on following topics. I shall be thankful if any one of you could help me in locating or by sending the material. 1. Food processing industry in India 2. Need of food processing education in India 3. Human resources requirement in food processing industry 4. Marketing strategies for food processing industry Regards Jitender Sharma Librarian NIILM UNIVERSITY B-II/66, MCIE, Sher Shah Suri Marg Badarpur, New Delhi - 110044 Tel: 91-011-26941529/39, 26973143 (Dir.) Fax: 91-011-26948212 E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharma(a)hotmail.com

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Fwd: Re: an important document for librarians
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

--- ALAN HOPKINSON <A.Hopkinson(a)mdx.ac.uk> wrote: > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:44:28 +0000 (GMT) > From: ALAN HOPKINSON <A.Hopkinson(a)mdx.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: an important document for librarians > To: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> > > Dear Professor Laxman > > Thank you for your seasonal greetings. Also thank you for > the useful > websites. > > I have found a very useful e-booklet on metadata which > you and your > colleagues must surely find very useful. It is on the > American NISO > website (they develop the standards for US library > sector). > > The URL is at > > http://www.niso.org/news/Metadata_simpler.pdf > > Best wishes > > Alan Hopkinson > > > ================================================================= > Alan Hopkinson Email:a.hopkinson@mdx.ac.uk > Head of Library Systems Phone: 0208 411 5238 > Middlesex University FAX : 0208 411 5163 > Bounds Green Road Mobile: 07765 > 230260 > LONDON N11 2NQ > ===== 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) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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rsearch library definition
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:50:41 +0100 (BST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals, Can any one of you tell me the definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. It would be most helpfull for my research. waiting for your kind help Vijayakumar M ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Post your profile.

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books on UK Pension
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:09:28 +0530 From: Saroj Karle <saroj.karle(a)patni.com> Hello, Id like to know from where I can get these books in India. I tried with many of the book suppliers in Mumbai. Kindly let me know ASAP. 1. Simple Guide to Pensions by John Claxton ISBN 1857038010 2. Allied Dubar Pensions Handbook by Anthony Reardon ISBN 0273654926 3. Pensions (Good Practise) by Andrew Serimshaw 4. Pensions Kit by Nicola Mitchell 5. Pensions Simplified by Harvey Andrew & Baterman Richard ISBN 1852523271 6. Take Control of Your Pension Action by Jonquil Lowe ISBN 0852029276 Thanks & Regards Saroj Karle Library Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Electronic Sadan III, TTC Industrial Area, Mahape Village, Navi Mumbai 400 701 Tel: 27611090; 27622651 Extn: 1274 Fax: 761 9602 Email: library.ttc(a)patni.com

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Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:37:28 +0100 (BST) From: Anagha Agharkar <anaghaagharkar(a)yahoo.co.in> Hello, I need the Non Performing Loans (also called Non Performing Assets) for various emerging makerts such as China, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Malaysia etc. for the past 10 years. Can anyone tell me where to source this information from? Is there any publication which covers this information? Thanks and best regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. 41/44 Minoo Desai Marg, Colaba, Mumbai - 5

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JCDL-2004-Call for Papers
by Shalini Urs 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Call for Papers: JCDL 2004 ========================== Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2004 Global Reach and Diverse Impact June 7-11, 2004 Tucson, Arizona, USA http://www.jcdl2004.org/ Jointly sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web (ACM SIGWEB) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) In cooperation with The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Coalition for Networked Information DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; implementation; interface design; human- computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, electrical engineering, information science, information systems, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practices, technology, education, medicine, intelligence analysis, social sciences, and humanities. All domains - academia, government, industry, and others - are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees. CONFERENCE THEME: GLOBAL REACH AND DIVERSE IMPACT In addition to the listed digital library research topics, JCDL 2004 encourages submission of papers that illustrate digital library's global reach and diverse impact. Examples include (but are not limited to): major national or cross-regional digital library projects; case studies exemplifying successful international collaboration and impact; innovative cultural preservation and dissemination projects aimed at preserving unique and indigenous knowledge; the development and use of digital library technologies for national (and international) security; digital library research for intelligence and security informatics; digital library techniques, content, and services based on cyberinfrastructure; digital library research for enhancing e-learning and education; and other novel and high- impact digital library projects. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- January 15, 2004: Full papers, panel, and tutorial proposals due February 10, 2004: Short papers, posters, proposals for workshops and demonstrations due March 31, 2004: Final submissions due PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site, following ACM format guidelines and using the template provided (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. The conference will award the Vannevar Bush Award to the best full paper. PANELS, POSTERS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------------------- Panels and posters provide opportunities to present work-in-progress, late- breaking results, or other efforts that would benefit from discussion with the community. Successful panel proposals should involve a controversial or emerging topic and articulate and entertaining panelists. Panel proposals must consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract explaining the topic and goals of the session along with a list of titles of individual presentations and/or viewpoints and contact information for the organizer, moderator, and panelists. Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of panels and posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations will allow attendees to have first-hand views of innovative digital libraries technology and applications and to talk informally with system developers and researchers. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site. TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS ----------------------- Proposals for tutorials and workshops are also solicited. Tutorials are intended to present a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals should be emailed directly to the tutorial chair. For further information please contact the tutorial chair. Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest in a new or emerging issue and provide a forum for discussion and exploration. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience; a description of the planned format, duration (half- or full- day), and expected number of attendees; information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals should be emailed directly to the workshop chair. For further information please contact the workshop chair. CONFERENCE LOCATION ------------------- JCDL 2004 will be held in Tucson, Arizona on June 7-11, 2003. Warmed by an abundance of desert sunshine, the meeting will be held in a rejuvenating resort environment inspired by the beauty of its pristine natural surroundings. Home to an amazing variety of birds, plants and wildlife, Tucson is an ideal choice for nature lovers, families, or those simply seeking a serene escape from daily pressures. It also is an inspiring setting for productive professional meetings. Outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and swimming, plus golf nearby. Weather in early June in Tucson is warm, but comfortable and pleasant. The Hilton El Conquistado will be the JCDL 2004 conference hotel. It is a 4-Star, 4-Diamond resort nested at the base of the Catalina Mountains. It features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views. There are additional 90 rooms (also Hilton) available nearby for overflow guests. This hotel has a spacious, open lobby that is perfect for networking. Many activities including horseback riding, jeep tours, and bicycle rentals, are available on site. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, hchen(a)eller.arizona.edu Howard Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University, wactlar(a)cmu.edu Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College, chingchih.chen(a)simmons.edu Program Co-Chairs: Mike Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, christel(a)cs.cmu.edu Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, aseplim(a)ntu.edu.sg Treasurer: Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, zeng(a)eller.arizona.edu Tutorial Chair: Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, assfoo(a)ntu.edu.sg Workshop Chair: Hsueh-hua Chen, National Taiwan University, sherry(a)ccms.ntu.edu.tw Panel Chair: Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University, giles(a)ist.psu.edu Poster and Demo Chair: Christopher Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, yang(a)se.cuhk.edu.hk Publicity Co-Chairs: Stuart Weibel, OCLC, weibel(a)oclc.org Su-shing Chen, University of Florida, suchen(a)cise.ufl.edu Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru(a)eller.arizona.edu Sponsorship Co-Chairs: Kurt Fenstermacher, University of Arizona, kurtf(a)eller.arizona.edu Edward A. Fox, Virginia Institute of Technology, fox(a)vt.edu Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: Kathy Larson, University of Arizona, larsonca(a)u.library.arizona.edu Jeanett McCray, University of Arizona, mccray(a)ahsl.arizona.edu Student Volunteer Coordinator: Byron Marshall, University of Arizona, byronm(a)eller.arizona.edu PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Ghaleb Abdulla, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert M. Akscyn, Knowledge Systems Robert B. Allen, University of Maryland William Arms, Cornell University Thomas Baker, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University Ann Blandford, University College of London, UK José Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles Donatella Castelli, Italian National Research Council, Italy Chao-chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Zhaoneng Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Key-Sun Choi, KAIST, Korea Gobinda Chowdhury, University of Strathclyde, UK Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress Susan Dumais, Microsoft Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech Amy Friedlander, Council on Library and Information Resources Norbert Fuhr, University of Dortmund, Germany Dave Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University C. Lee Giles, Penn State University Geneva Henry, Rice University William Hersh, Oregon Health & Science University Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for Information Technology R&D, USA Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Judith Klavans, Columbia University Traugott Koch, Netlab, Lund University, Sweden Don Kraft, Louisiana State University Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Ray Larson, University of California, Berkeley John Leggett, Texas A&M University David Levy, University of Washington Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Cathy Marshall, Microsoft Corporation Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine, USA Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center Sung Hyun Myaeng, Information & Communications University (ICU), Korea Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University Erich Neuhold, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, The Netherlands T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science, India Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum and Library Services Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Alfredo Sanchez, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico Frank M. Shipman, Texas A&M University Ingeborg Sølvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Costantino Thanos, CNR-ISTI, Italy Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, India Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Nancy Van House, University of California, Berkeley Stuart Weibel, OCLC Office of Research Rebecca Wesley, Stanford University Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jianzhong Wu, Shanghai Library, China Jerome Yen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shalini ------------- Prof.Shalini R.Urs Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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internet library for librarians
by ramshirish mamidala 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

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Fwd: Governor General of Canada Merit Award
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

Dear Professional friends, One of our fellow professionals Dr Venkateshwerlu (native of Tenali, andhra Pradesh) working at University of Windsor, got the Governor General of Canada Award for his contributions and distinguished service both with in and outside Canada. It is a matter of pride to all Indian professionals. On behalf of the professionals from India, I congratulate Dr.Venkateshwerlu for his achievements. He had sponsored and managing a orphanage in Tenali for last two decades. Dr.Venkateshwerlu garu -- We are proud of u. We wish u many such awards and achievements. LAXMAN RAO Subject: Governor General of Canada Merit Award Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:04:47 -0400 > --------------------------------- Dear friends: I thought of sharing the news with friends who have known me and associated with me for many years. The Government of Canada has accorded me the national honour in the form of Governor General of Canada Merit Award.The award giving ceremony takes place in Ottawa in November. The award recognises the contributions I have made over the years both within Canada and abroad. Thank you. T.Venkateswarlu University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Canada ===== 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) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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locate the following book in any library or book vendors
by Mailing List Manager 10 Oct '03

10 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:32:27 +0100 (BST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, Kindly help me to locate the following book in any library or book vendors to purchae or reffer in the library itself. Developing an IT strategy for your library / by Alec Gallimore. London: Library Assoc. Pub., 1997 - ISBN: 1856042618 waiting for your kind reply Vijayakumar M Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/

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definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science.
by vijaya kumara 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Dear professionals, Can any one of you tell me the definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. It would be most helpfull for my research. waiting for your kind help Vijayakumar M ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.Post your profile.

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Required Directory of Top 10 USA MIS colleges
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:27:42 +0530 From: A. B. Naikal <naikal(a)mahindrabt.com> Dear Professionals colleagues, Please let me know some online resources or directory to find out information about following matter. Ranking of colleges offering MIS( Management in information systems) course. (top 50 colleges in USA) With thanks and regards Naikal *********************************** Appasaheb Naikal Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd Oberoi Estate Gardens Wing-1, Near Chandivali Studio Andhri-East, Mumbai-400072 Tel: 91-22-5679 2000 Ext. 7438 Cell: 9820524320

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FREE ACCESS TO MIDDLE EASTERN & CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES DATABASE
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><smaller><smaller>Dear Professional Colleagues: Heres a news item from NISC of potential interest to librarians and information specialists. ________________________________________________________________________ NISC is offering FREE access to the <bold>Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies Database containing 3 lakh plus citations</bold> for the entire month of October 2003. Kindly bring this information to the notice of your faculty, researchers and students. To register, please visit NISCs website at www.nisc.com and click on the MECAS link located at the top of the home page. <bold>About the database: </bold>MECAS is a systematic, and non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Over 12,000 records of recently published & "grey" literature are added annually. Coverage includes the following fields: <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>political affairs & law </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>international relations </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>economic affairs: business & industry </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>cultural heritage, arts & humanities </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>society & social welfare </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>ethnic diversity & anthropology </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>significant religious events & movements </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>recent history (1900 - present) & archaeology</paraindent> Hundreds of links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are now available. __________________________________________________________________________ Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID.
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Mr Babu, As far as I know, University of Hyderabad has a package VTLS [supplied by VTLS Software P Limited, B219 Sector 26, Noida, 201301 (UP)Phone: (91)(118) 2454 4235email: vtls(a)vsnl.net] capable of handling RFID tags for identifying/locating books. This technology has not been implemented. Dr Arora (now in IIT Delhi, sometimeback in IIT Bombay) was inquiring about RFID -- do not know if he has implemented anything. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu H [mailto:rajendra.babu@gistglobal.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID. Importance: High Dear Professionals, I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some study on RFID. Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.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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Libraries: How they stack up
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:45:03 +0530 From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> Dear Friends, One out of every six people in the world is a registered library user. Five times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend U.S. professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey games combined. Libraries hold 16 billion volumes worldwide-that's about 2.5 items for each person on earth. 1 million libraries worldwide. Total number of librarians worldwide: 690,000. If you are interested in above statistical data, this OCLC report - Libraries: How they stack up, is for you. This report provides a snapshot of the economic impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons of library economics and activities to other sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy. To access the report, just follow the URL http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com

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Need Information regarding RFID.
by Rajendra Babu H 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Professionals, I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some study on RFID. Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com

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Any digital libraries available in India
by ktrasu＠mypersonalemail.com 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Professionals, I would like to know any libraries are converted into digital library in India and what are the initiatives taken up till to-day. If anybody knows, let me reply sir, if reply I grateful to you sir. thanking you k.thangarasu KANDASAMY THANGARASU Senior Documentation Asst CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSITUTE Adyar, CHENNAI - 600 020, INDIA Phone: + 91 44 24911389,24911386 Ext 216 (O) + 91 44 22530118 (R) email: ktrasu(a)mypersonalemail.com url: www.geocities.com/ktrasu/Index.html Register YourName(a)MyPersonalEmail.com Today ! http://www.MyPersonalEmail.com Free Email for a Global Community.

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medIND is Already Open Access
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear Friends There were few email on Open Access. We at NIC have already put 20 Biomedical Journals On-line at http://medind.nic.in . The project is called medIND and is already under open access policy. There is no charge for users to access it, infact there is no user authentication as such. Two more journals would be added soon. Spread the message!!!. [It is different from the bibliographic, IndMED, http://indmed.nic.in] Regards Sukhdev Singh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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A Vacancy
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:33:46 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> A suitable candidate is required as the INFORMATION SPECIALIST for the large Indian business house based at Mumbai.. The job focus will be on developing and nurturing the Information Centre having chemistry, chemical technology and engineering as its core theme areas. The centre will have a modern, state-of-the-art Information acquisition/dissemination facility comprising of internal and external data sources. The candidate should have atleast a Masters degree in Library and Information Science with basic degree in sciences. Proficiency in Information Technology will be a pre-requisite. The compensation package will be good enough to attract best talent. Kindly e-mail your CV, mentioning the current and expected salary to : mamankad(a)hotmail.com Regards. -Manish Mankad Information Executive Hindustan Lever Research Centre, BD Sawant Marg Andheri (E), Mumbai, 400 099 INDIA ext. 208/330 (022) 28276 208 28276 330

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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 05:16:15 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Friends, It is the article that really matters not the journal Just read an interesting debate in Biomedcentral Open Access Forum regarding open access by Dr. Etienne Joly, an immunologist from Toulouse, France, who included a proposal for a new system of evaluating the impact of a scientific article and the use of such evaluation to determine the amount the author pays in publishing charges. Full correspondence is at the following site http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/forum/?letter=20030722ej Happy reading Bukhari

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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 04:35:19 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Apologies for cross posting, if any, Wellcome support for open access! UK based charity Wellcome Trust has announced its support to fund authors for publishing in Open Access Journals. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031001/03/ Has also released a report ^ÓAn Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing^Ô http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepeas.html The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide its investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access dissemination fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt similar policies. ^ÓWith two pre-eminent funding bodies now offering significant support, and promising to cover publication charges, it is clear that open access publishing is set to become the way of the future." In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Seems we are heading in the right direction! Happy reading Warm regards Bukhari

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Wellcome Trust statement on open access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:01:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Forwarding from the Wellcome Trust. This position statement is now online at the WT site, http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtvispolpub.html Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] A position statement by the Wellcome Trust in support of open access publishing The mission of the Wellcome Trust is to "foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health." The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed journals. The Trust has a fundamental interest in ensuring that neither the terms struck with researchers, nor the marketing and distribution strategies used by publishers (whether commercial, not-for-profit or academic) adversely affect the availability and accessibility of this material. With recent advances in Internet publishing, the Trust is aware that there are a number of new models for the publication of research results and will encourage initiatives that broaden the range of opportunities for quality research to be widely disseminated and freely accessed. The Wellcome Trust therefore supports open and unrestricted access to the published output of research, including the open access model (defined below), as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible. Specifically, the Trust: · welcomes the establishment of free-access, high-quality scientific journals available via the Internet; · will encourage and support the formation of such journals and/or free-access repositories for research papers; · will meet the cost of publication charges including those for online-only journals for Trust-funded research by permitting Trust researchers to use contingency funds for this purpose; · encourages researchers to maximize the opportunities to make their results available for free and, where possible, retain their copyright, as recommended by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science, and similar frameworks; · affirms the principle that it is the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of the journal in which a researcher's work is published, that should be considered in funding decisions and awarding grants. As part of its corporate planning process, the Trust will continue to keep this policy under review. Definition of open access publication1 An open access publication is one that meets the following two conditions: 1. The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual (for the lifetime of the applicable copyright) right of access to, and a licence to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship2, as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use. 2. A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving (for the biomedical sciences, PubMed Central is such a repository). Notes: 1. An open access publication is a property of individual works, not necessarily of journals or of publishers. 2. Community standards, rather than copyright law, will continue to provide the mechanism for enforcement of proper attribution and responsible use of the published work, as they do now. The definition of open access publication used in this position statement is based on the definition arrived at by delegates who attended a meeting on open access publishing convened by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in July 2003.

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The History of Media Librarianship: A Chronology
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:23:28 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> From: madhav rao <madhavdkj_vsnp(a)yahoo.co.in> > Before media centers could be established, non-print > technological instructional aids had to be developed. > > Before libraries could be established, "books" had to > be written. > > But before books could be written man had to learn how > to write. > > Thus the beginnings of today's library media centers > must be traced back to the earliest beginnings of > writing more than 5,000 years ago.' > > -------Amy R. Loucks-DiMatteo The following is a chronology of the history of media > librarianship. Although the term "media" includes both > print and non-print materials, this history primarily > explores the development of non-print materials. > > See the URL for more!! > > http://www.sis.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/Syllabi/519Complete/readings/his… edialib.html > > Regards > A. Madhava Rao > Nexus Information Services Corporation > Secunderabad

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Library Automation/Technology Glossary
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:19:53 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Hello friends, i am sure u may be aware that one of the important website useful to the llibrarians is www.libraryhq.com u find very useful information in this website. for exmple the following thesaurus had been given in the same website. open the website and try to use it and get benefit. laxman rao Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html)

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Online Health Sites a Worldwide Worry
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:56:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: A number of people are using the net to find information on topics in which they are not experts. In fact I know of people who use this kind of searches on behalf of others and even charge fees for such 'data mining' sevices. One should be wary of such searches, indicates the following report from Australia. Sinclair, Jenny. "Online Health Sites a Worldwide Worry" The Sydney Morning Herald (16 September 2003) (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/15/1063478109311.html). - A study by a Melbourne researcher -- who is also a nurse and a communications consultant -- concluded that most health-oriented websites "failed to meet basic standards." Many are "commercially driven," the study found, and others are downright misleading. The study reviewed the top 100 sites returned by a Yahoo! search for breast cancer, diabetes and depression, and compared them to the Health On the Net Foundation's code of conduct. The biggest failing was the amount of unverified information found on 58 of the sites. Other issues: "user confidentiality, openness about sponsorship and, importantly, making sure that users treat the information as complementary to proper medical treatment, rather than replacing it." The study did find that there was plenty of good information out there, and that it is generally a good idea for people to have unfettered access to online health information. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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PubMed Central backfile project (fwd)
by Library 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Forwarded by Girija Srinivasan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:14:22 -0700 From: george(a)LIBRARY.CALTECH.EDU Reply-To: Electronic Resources in Libraries <ERIL-L(a)LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU> To: ERIL-L(a)LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU Subject: [ERIL-L] PubMed Central backfile project PubMed Central (PMC) has initiated a major archival scanning project in conjunction with several participating publishers <http://pubmedcentral.com/about/scanning.html>. NLM is committed to providing cover-to-cover images of the journal issues, back through volume 1 of all participating titles. American Society for Microbiology (10 journals) and BMJ Publishing Group (BMJ and specialist journals; 21 titles) are the two largest publisher blocs. PNAS backfiles will apparently be created independently from the versions in JSTOR. PNAS is already the most heavily used title by Caltech from PMC, by more than an order of magnitude. With an additional 75 years of backfile becoming available, unfettered by IP-ranges or usernames & passwords, many grad students and faculty, working at home or on the road, will find PNAS via PMC to be an indispensable adjunct to their research. George S. Porter Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science Caltech, 1-43 Pasadena, CA 91125-4300 Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681

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Fwd: Re: On the Need to Take Both Roads to Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

>From Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk>: > There will be an Open Access conference October > 20-22 in Berlin. Below > is a URL for the conference, followed by the > abstract of my own paper > (to be given in session 4.3): > > OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCIENCES AND > HUMANITIES > (organized by the Max Planck Society in > association with ECHO) > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin1.htm > > http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/index.htm > October 20 - 22, 2003, Berlin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My own paper will be entitled: > > On the Need to Support Both Open-Access > Strategies: > Open-Access Publishing (P) and Open-Access > Self-Archiving (S) > > Stevan Harnad > > ABSTRACT: It has taken a very long time for the > research community > to at last awaken to the importance of, the need > for, and the > attainability of toll-free online access to the > full text of all > peer-reviewed research articles for all > researchers ("open > access"). There are two roads to open access: > (P) Open-Access > Publishing and (S) Open-Access Self-Archiving. > It would be a great > pity, and a great loss for open-access and > research impact, if > today's long-overdue open-access initiatives > were now to be focused > exclusively, or even primarily, on Open-Access > Publishing (P), which > may be the easier concept to understand, but is > the slower, more > indirect and more uncertain of the two means of > attaining open access > today. Open-access publishing requires 3 steps: > > (P1) creating or converting 23,500 > open-access journals (there > are only 500 open-access journals today, and > 23,500 toll-access > journals), > > (P2) finding a means of covering open-access > publication costs > (varying from <$500 to >$1500 per article), > and > > (P3) persuading the authors of each of the > 2,500,000 refereed > research articles published annually to > publish them in these > 23,500 new open-access journals instead of > in the 23,500 > established toll-access journals. > > Open-access self-archiving requires only one > step: > > (S1) persuading the authors of each of the > annual 2,500,000 > refereed research articles to self-archive > them in addition to > publishing them in the established 23,500 > toll-access journals. > > As 55% of the established journals already > support self-archiving > (and many more will agree if asked), > > http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%2… > > and as at least three times as many articles are > open-access today > because their authors have self-archived them > than because they > have been published in an open-access journal, > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/dual-strategy.ppt > > it is undeniable that self-archiving is the > faster, more direct, > and more certain of the two means of attaining > open-access > today. Moreover, self-archiving is probably also > the single most > powerful means of hastening us all toward the > era of universal > open-access publishing! The optimal joint > open-access strategy that > the Berlin Declaration should accordingly > support and promote is > that all researchers should: > > (P) publish in an open-access journal today > wherever a suitable > open-access journal is available today; > > and > > (S) wherever a suitable open-access journal > is not available > today, publish in a toll-access journal but > also self-archive > the article in your institutional > open-access archive today. > > Fully support both open-access publishing (P) > and open-access > self-archiving (S). > > Harnad, S. (2003) Electronic Preprints and > Postprints. Encyclopedia of > Library and Information Science Marcel Dekker, Inc. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/eprints.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Online Archives for Peer-Reviewed > Journal > Publications. International Encyclopedia of Library > and Information > Science. John Feather & Paul Sturges (eds). > Routledge. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/archives.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Self-Archive Unto Others as Ye > Would Have Them > Self-Archive Unto You. > The Australian Higher Education Supplement. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/unto-others.html > > Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. & Oppenheim, C. > (2003) Mandated online > RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives: > Improving the UK Research Assessment Exercise whilst > making it cheaper > and easier. Ariadne. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/Ariadne-RAE.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Maximising Research Impact Through > Self-Archiving. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/che.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Stevan Harnad > Chaire de Recherche du Canada > Centre de Neuroscience de la Cognition (CNC) > Universite du Quebec a Montreal > Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3P8 > tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# > fax: 1-514-987-8952 > harnad(a)uqam.ca > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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Wellcome to fund publication in open-access journals
by Krishnan 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

>From NATURE (Oct 2nd issue) Wellcome to fund publication in open-access journals DECLAN BUTLER [PARIS] One of the world's largest research charities, the UK-based Wellcome Trust, has lent its support to calls for 'open access' to the scientific literature. A report to be released by Wellcome this week — An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing — says that the current system of thousands of subscription journals "does not operate in the interests of scientists and the public, but is instead dominated by a commercial market intent on improving its market position". In the report, the trust announces that it will allow scientists that it funds to use their grants to pay author charges required by open-access journals. In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS), which will test alternatives to the 'reader pays' model of most research journals, which charge readers or libraries for subscriptions. Such open-access journals aim to transfer all publishing costs up front as a 'dissemination' fee paid by authors or their institutions, with papers then being made available free online. "As a funder of research, we are committed to ensuring that the results of the science we fund are disseminated widely and are freely available to all," says Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust. "Unfortunately, the distribution strategies currently used by publishers prevent this." One of the obstacles to adoption of the alternative models may be scientists' reluctance or inability to pay dissemination fees — often around $1,500 — when they can publish for free in subscription journals. By endorsing the use of its research grants to pay such fees, the trust is supporting the idea that publication costs should generally be included as part of overheads on research spending. The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide its investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access dissemination fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt similar policies. "The fundamental point is that as a research funder we have to question whether it is right that we, and others, are in the position of having to pay to read the results of the research that we fund," says Walport. 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: 020-5893457; Fax: 020-5893973 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 9/23/2003

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FW: Industry TechLink - a New Service for Australian Small Busine ss
by Mailing List Manager 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

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Speech of President of India on LAUNCHING OF DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA PORTAL
by Mailing List Manager 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:42:52 -0400 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Apologies for cross postings, if any; Hi! This is for your information please. Many thanks. Ramesh Ramesh C. Gaur, Ph.D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Program) Virginia Tech Dept. of Computer Science 660 McBryde Hall, M/C 0106 Blacksburg, VA 24061 +1-540-231-3615 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Librarian(Scientific Officer "E") Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Deemed University and National Centre of the Government of India) Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005 Phone: 022-22804545 Ext. 2230, Fax: 022-22804610, 22804611URL: www.tifr.res.in\~library E-mails: rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in, ramesh_c_gaur(a)hotmail.com LAUNCHING OF DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA PORTAL Rashtrapati Bhavan, September 08, 2003 THE DYNAMICS OF DIGITAL LIBRARY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am indeed delighted to participate in this beautiful function and launch the Digital Library of India Portal. After hearing today's proceedings, I am convinced that India has taken the initiative at the right time, which will have economic and social impact. The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore are partners in this mission. It is an important programme piloted by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT). My greetings to all of you. The mission of Digital Library is indeed bigger than all of us. Million books have to be digitized by 2005 in India. The programme is progressing in the right direction. When it is completed, it will be an important contribution by MCIT. I read an article on the proposal, a year back on Digital Library by Prof Raj Reddy and Prof N. Balakrishnan. I am now seeing the proposal becoming a reality. I was accustomed to launch of rockets and missiles. I am happy to launch this mission of Digital Library of India. My greetings to the team of CMU, IISc and all the participating institutions. Digital Library for everybody Last night I was preparing for this talk, in my Study in the computer, when my friend Prof Balakrishnan was sitting with me and discussing. I asked Prof Balki, " you see all around me books in my home library. Wherever I turn in any direction, all the books invite and tempt me to read. They are my friends. In such a situation, the Digital Library of India with its mission, will it be user friendly like my home library?" Prof Balakrishnan gave me a beautiful lecture to my question. The message what he gave was: (a) Digital library will not replace the home library nor should it be addressing people who can afford to have their own library. (b) Digital library gives equitable access, irrespective of place, caste, creed or colour or economic status. The mix of partners (about 15) reveals wide spectrum of colleges, universities, religious institutions, government organizations and Rashtrapati Bhavan. This itself shows Digital Library of India unites rather than divides. Digital library is where the past meets the present and creates a future. Digital Library : National knowledge preservation Saturday night, the IISc team was with serious faces at this very hall. I asked them what the problem is. The team informed me that the 250 GB (Giga Bytes) disk has crashed during their operation. How to recover the 30,000 books in time for the function today. It is like, equivalent to a library of 30,000 books, lost in a fire accident, similar to what happened in Alexandria. How to reconstruct the data or the books in the disk. Fortunately, there was a software that can correct and repair the disk. In a few hours time, the team made it operational with happiness. That means you have rebuilt with almost no cost and within a limited time. I realize that the Library is a wealth - particularly our ancient books and classics including millions of palm leaves - there is an urgent need for digitizing. We should not lose our national wealth. The Digital Library of India has to take it as an important mission. Digitization independent of Languages The Digital Library of India that we are launching today should contribute to our economic growth to some extent. Will it? It will definitely contribute, if the digital library is independent of language - particularly for a country like India which has many languages. Here lies the challenge. It is a fertile research ground for both CMU and IISc and other educational institutions - about 25 PhDs can be produced in this topic alone to push the frontiers of knowledge in Language Independent Digital Library (LIDL). Digital Library Mission 2005 I see the computer here which is similar to the PC that I have in my office with connectivity to all places. Prof Balki says, 30,000 books are inside this computer. In a decade's time, the same size computer would be able to store one thousand time more data - that means 30 millions books in the same PC. Digital library indeed would combat Digital Divide. Digital Divide is of great concern for us in India. I would like to suggest the MCIT and MHRD to provide one Digital Library of 100,000 books library, like in this PC, should reach every college and school in this country with connectivity to outside world by 2005. Since we have fibre optic cables, satellite communication and wireless infrastructure in position, it is essential to realize high band-width technology like 10 Gb (Giga Bits). Above all, just like I am seeing in my library, the book titles attracting me, I would like the first page of the Digital Library on a Laptop - will have SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) profile of individuals or schools/colleges. May you be a master authority who uses the power of realization to stop being weak and to become powerful. May this Digital Library of India give us the knowledge realization. Thank you.

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Help required
by Mailing List Manager 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:56:45 +0530 From: A. B. Naikal <naikal(a)mahindrabt.com> Dear Professional colleagues, I am looking for a floppy disk which comes with a book, in fact the book is accompanied by 2 floppies and I am in need of disk part one. Since it is not available in Mumbai and Pune market, I would appreciate, if you arrange to send it as attachment at the earliest, if the same is available with you or you can make it available through any of your sources. Giving below the details :- Microsoft Word developer's kit/Book and disks. Paperback: 994 pages Publisher: Microsoft Press; (August 1994) With regards Naikal ********************************** Appasaheb Naikal Asst. Librarian Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd Oberoi Estate Gardens Wing-1, Near Chandivali Studio Andhri-East, Mumbai-400072 Tel: 91-22-5679 2000 Ext. 7438 Cell: 9820524320 Fax: 022-2852 8959 E-mail: naikal(a)mahindrabt.com URL: www.mahindrabt.com *********************************************************

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Forwarded mail....
by Mailing List Manager 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:56:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: A number of people are using the net to find information on topics in which theyy are not experts. In fact I know of people who use this kind of searches on behalf of others and even charge fees for such 'data mining' sevices. One should be wary of such searches, indicates the following report from Australia. Sinclair, Jenny. "Online Health Sites a Worldwide Worry" The Sydney Morning Herald (16 September 2003) (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/15/1063478109311.html). - A study by a Melbourne researcher -- who is also a nurse and a communications consultant -- concluded that most health-oriented websites "failed to meet basic standards." Many are "commercially driven," the study found, and others are downright misleading. The study reviewed the top 100 sites returned by a Yahoo! search for breast cancer, diabetes and depression, and compared them to the Health On the Net Foundation's code of conduct. The biggest failing was the amount of unverified information found on 58 of the sites. Other issues: "user confidentiality, openness about sponsorship and, importantly, making sure that users treat the information as complementary to proper medical treatment, rather than replacing it." The study did find that there was plenty of good information out there, and that it is generally a good idea for people to have unfettered access to online health information. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Request a document
by murari 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear colleagues, I have searched at many places but could not find following document nor the publisher of the journal. Would appreciate if someone can help with a copy. We would pay for the charges if any. Genetics and molecular research, vol. 1, no 3, 2002, pp. 178-215 Female remating, sperm competition and sexual selection in Drosophila. Singh, SR;Singh, BN;Hoenigsberg, HF With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Information 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 (Institute) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602

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Fwd: Libraries of the Ancient World
by Mailing List Manager 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:14:39 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:53:39 +0100 (BST) > From: madhav rao > Subject: Libraries of the Ancient World > To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com > > Dear Sir, > > A collection of books used for reading or study, or > the building or room in which such a collection is > kept. The word derives from the Latin Liber, "a book," > whereas a Latinized Greek word, bibliotheca, is the > origin of the word for library in German, Russian, and > the Romance languages. -----Encyclopedia Britannica > > Table of Contents > Introduction > General History > Library of Nineveh > Library of Nippur > Library of Alexandria > Library of Pergamum > Libraries of Ephesus > Libraries of Rome > Qumran > Conclusion > Bibliography > > See the URL: > http://www.tulsasda.com/staff/russ/russ/history/libraries/Libraries.htm > > Regards > A. Madhava Rao > Nexus Information Services Corporation > Secunderabad

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More info for Dr Murari
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear Dr Murari: This jl is freely available on the Net: http://www.funpecrp.com.br/gmr/ Thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Reply to Dr Murari
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear Dr Murari: The author address and email may perhaps help you: Female remating, sperm competition and sexual selection in Drosophila. Author: Singh, Shree Ram; Singh, Bashisth N.; Hoenigsberg, Hugo F. Author Affiliation: Singh, Bashisth N.: Genetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India; e-mail: bnsingh(a)banaras.ernet.in, hoenisbe(a)www.umb.edu.co T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Professional development opportunity (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS--Please Distribute to Colleagues The Museums, Arts and Humanities Division (MAHD) of SLA will reimburse travel expenses of up to $1,000.00 for a professional librarian from a developing country to attend the SLA Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, June 5-10, 2004. Also covered by MAHD are costs of conference registration ($435) and tickets to all MAHD-sponsored events. Deadline for applications is January 23,2004. Criteria with application information is available online at http://www.sla.org/division/dmah/Travel%20Grant.htm. Martha McPhail Chair, Museums, Arts and Humanities Division, 2003/2004 Special Libraries Association mmcphail(a)mail.sdsu.edu San Diego State University 619-594-6736

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request a document
by lalitha 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear Mr. Tapaswi, Publisher is : FUNPEC - Fundação de Pesquisas Científicas de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil http://www.funpecrp.com.br/ and full text can be accessed at http://www.funpecrp.com.br/gmr/year2002/vol3-1/pdf/gmr0034.pdf lalitha IIL- J-Gate Team -----Original Message----- From: murari [mailto:murari@darya.nio.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:28 AM To: 'Lis-Forum@Ncsi. Iisc. Ernet. In' Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request a document Dear colleagues, I have searched at many places but could not find following document nor the publisher of the journal. Would appreciate if someone can help with a copy. We would pay for the charges if any. Genetics and molecular research, vol. 1, no 3, 2002, pp. 178-215 Female remating, sperm competition and sexual selection in Drosophila. Singh, SR;Singh, BN;Hoenigsberg, HF With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Information 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 (Institute) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Fw: [LIS-Forum] Request a document
by murari 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear Colleagues, Thanks to Mr AnilKumar of GEITC sent me a copy of the same and Mr Raju of Siemens Public Communication Network indicated that it is available online. Thanks once again to the colleagues for prompt action. With warm regards, -Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: murari <murari(a)darya.nio.org> To: 'Lis-Forum@Ncsi. Iisc. Ernet. In' <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request a document > Dear colleagues, > > I have searched at many places but could not find following document nor the > publisher of the journal. Would appreciate if someone can help with a copy. > We would pay for the charges if any. > > Genetics and molecular research, vol. 1, no 3, 2002, pp. 178-215 > Female remating, sperm competition and sexual selection in Drosophila. > Singh, SR;Singh, BN;Hoenigsberg, HF > > With warm regards, > > Murari P Tapaswi > National Information 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 (Institute) > Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Thomson Scientific Nobel Predictions
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Dear friends: Here is a list of outstanding performers who MIGHT figure in this year's Nobel Prize awards. I got it from ISI. You are free to circulate it among your friends and colleagues. Arun

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Fwd: The History of Media Librarianship: A Chronology
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

> From: madhav rao <madhavdkj_vsnp(a)yahoo.co.in> > Subject: The History of Media Librarianship: A Chronology > Before media centers could be established, non-print > technological instructional aids had to be developed. > > Before libraries could be established, "books" had to > be written. > > But before books could be written man had to learn how > to write. > > Thus the beginnings of today's library media centers > must be traced back to the earliest beginnings of > writing more than 5,000 years ago.' > > -------Amy R. Loucks-DiMatteo > > The following is a chronology of the history of media > librarianship. Although the term "media" includes both > print and non-print materials, this history primarily > explores the development of non-print materials. > > See the URL for more!! > > http://www.sis.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/Syllabi/519Complete/readings/his… > > Regards > A. Madhava Rao > Nexus Information Services Corporation > Secunderabad >---------------------------------------- The History of Media Librarianship: A Chronology Amy R. Loucks-DiMatteo Before media centers could be established, non-print technological instructional aids had to be developed. Before libraries could be established, "books" had to be written. But before books could be written man had to learn how to write. Thus the beginnings of today's library media centers must be traced back to the earliest beginnings of writing more than 5,000 years ago.' THE following is a chronology of the history of media librarianship. Although the term "media" includes both print and non-print materials, this history primarily explores the development of non-print materials. The information is arranged chronologically. The symbol (c.) preceding a date indicates that the date has been approximated. The symbol(_____) indicates that a date has not been determined, but an effort has been made to fit the information in the proper place in the chronology. The dates and information listed have been taken directly from the sources cited; therefore, it is likely that the reader will find some conflicting dates and information. Non-print media probably originated in the Orient, where shadow shows entertained the people for over two thousand years.2 A reliance upon visuals has been demonstrated since early history through cave wall drawings, Egyptian pictographs, Babylonian maps, clay tablets, medieval art works, Renaissance woodcuts, and early illustrated books.3 Mesopotamia, the country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, introduced writing to the world. The Sumerian people who inhabited Mesopotamia used the cylinder seal to mark and identify their property.4 Other cultures developed early forms of writing which were of two basic types: cuneiform and hieroglyphics. Cuneiform writing resembled wedge shaped characters and was used by the Sumerians, Akhadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and the Persians. Egyptian hieroglyphics used figures or objects to represent sounds or words.5 Over a thousand years passed from the development of syllabic writing until alphabetic writing was developed. Although a contribution of the Near East alphabetic writing was adapted as an instrument of communication by the Greeks. The twenty-six character alphabet used today in Western cultures was developed by the Romans.6 1700 B.C. The Babylonians were the first to establish libraries. (Cushing) 1100 B.C. The first libraries of historic times were found in the temples of Ancient Egypt. (Thompson) 1100 B.C. Royal libraries were in existence in Phoenicia. The most famous royal library was Assurbanipal at Ninevah. (Thompson: Parsons) (______) The first of the great private libraries were supposed to have been as early as Pisistratus of Athens, and Polycrates, tyrant of Samas. (Parsons) 900-700 B.C. The kings of Assyria maintained a collection of thousands of clay tablets written in cuneiform. (Hostrop) 400 B.C. The private libraries of Euripides, Aristotle, and Plato were in existence. (Hessel) 300 B.C. Schools with libraries were in existence in Athens. (Hostrop) 300 B.C. The first known books were the clay tablets of Mesopotamia and the papyrus rolls of Egypt. (Hostrop) (_____) The first integration of print and non-print was found in the first picture book: Orbis Pictus (Comenius) 384-322 B.C. Aristotle was the first known systematic collector and classifier of books. He developed the concept of a classification hierarchy and was given the title of first librarian. (Hostrop; Grove) 80 B.C. Tyrannion, a grammarian, reclassified and recataloged Aristotle's library. (Strabo) 300 A.D. One library in Rome contained 62,000 volumes. (Hostrop) 400 Twenty-eight public libraries were in existence in Rome. (Hostrop) 400 The codex, constructed from folded leaves which were bound together on one side, took the place of papyrus rolls. (Hostrop) 600 The Rule of St. Benedict gave monasteries the responsibility for making books and creating libraries. (Hostrop) (_____)The first public library was established in Athens five hundred years before the Christian Era by the tyrant Pisistratus. (Parsons) (_____)The first public library was established in Rome during the close of the Pre-Christian Era by Asinius Apollo. (Parsons) (_____) The Library of Alexandria in Egypt was known as the first research library with its "...incomparable resources of the first real and greatest collection of intellectual materials or data ever assembled in antiquity..." (Parsons) mid 1400s Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany, invented the printing press. (Hostrop) 1583 The first use of a decimal classification system was by Lacroix du Maine, who classified Henry III's library. (Dewey) 1600 Libraries began to resemble present day libraries with books on open shelves and tables for readers. (World Book Encyclopedia) 1683 The first academic library in the United States was the Harvard College Library. It was begun by a small collection of books donated by Reverend John Harvard, and it was the largest library in the country for 200 years. (Bowker, 1964; Fay; Hostrop) 1700s Six college libraries were founded: Yale University in 1700; Princeton University in 1746; University of Pennsylvania in 1755: Columbia University in 1757; Brown University in 1767; Dartmouth College in 1770. (Fay) 1731 Benjamin Franklin founded the first subscription library in the American colonies, "The Library Company of Phila delphia." (Bowker; Hostrop) 1976 New Jersey established the first state library. In the 1800s other state libraries were established: South Carolina in 1814; Pennsylvania in 1816; New Hampshire and New York in 1818. (Fay) 1800 The United States Library of Congress was established, the largest library in the U.S. (Hostrop) 1817 The large map collection of Christoph Daniel Ebling, a German scholar, was purchased after his death by Israel Thorndike and donated to the Harvard College Library. (Mullins) 1822 The first free public library was the Juvenile Library of Dublin, New Hampshire. (Kane) 1854 The first large public library to be established was the Boston Public Library. (Chamber's Encyclopedia) c. 1866 The United States Library of Congress map collection was established. (Grove) 1871 Jacob Schwartz created the Cutter number system which preserved the alphabetical order of authors in classification systems. (Grove) 1876 Melvil Dewey's classification system was first issued. (Grove) 1880s The first academic slide libraries were established at Bryn Mawr College, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, the University of Illinois, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan. Prior to 1884, these collections consisted of lanterns slides (31/4" x 4" slides with the image printed on glass). (Grove) 1882 The first music library was established: Brooklyn (New York) Public Library. (Bowker, 1964) 1884 Henry C. Badger was appointed as the first map curator at the Harvard College Library, which contained about 14,000 sheets. (Grove) 1887 The first library school was established at Columbia University, New York City, by Melvil Dewey. (Bowker; Encyclopedia Americana, 1980) 1891 The first circulating picture collection was established at the Denver (Colorado) Public Library, by John Cotton Dana. (Bowker; Smith) 1894 Paper or contact prints of motion pictures were deposited at the Library of Congress for copyright purposes. (Grove) 1894 A motion picture deposit was begun at the Library of Congress. (Information) c.1897 The Library of Congress Division of Music was organized. (Thompson) 1902 The first graduate library school was the New York State Library School. (Bowker, 1964) 1903 A phonorecord collection was established at the Library of Congress. (Grove) 1903 The Lowe Theatrical Library, the first theatrical library in the United States, opened at Harvard University. (Encyclopedia Americana, 1957) 1904 The photo-offset press was developed. (Hostrop) 1904 The first circulating print and framed paintings collection was established at the Newark (New Jersey) Public Library by John Cotton Dana. (Bowker, 1964) 1906 The New York State Library had 60,000 prints. (Grove) 1906 Lantern slides became widely used as teaching aids in universities. (Grove) 1906 Melvil Dewey recognized the importance of non-print materials to libraries when he wrote: "Libraries are rapidly accepting the doctrine for which we have contended for many years, that what we call books have no exclusive rights in a library. The 'library' has lost its etymologic meaning and means not a collection of books, but the central agency for disseminating information, innocent recreation, or, best of all, inspiration among the people. Whenever this can be done better, more quickly, or cheaply by a picture than a book, the picture is entitled to a place on the shelves and in the catalog." (Grove) 1910 Henry Evelyn Bliss constructed his subject classification system which eventually included non-print media. (Bliss) c.1910 The Bell & Howell Film Company had a film library of over a thousand silent and two hundred sound 16mm motion pictures. (Saettler) 1911 The Edison Film Library was established. (Saettler) 1913 A gift from a local citizen established the first phonorecord collection outside the Library of Congress, at the St. Paul (Minnesota) Public Library. (Bowker, 1971) 1914 Librarians began to review and evaluate the mass media. Public demand, plus the evaluation involvement stimu lated the collection of non-print formats in libraries. Public libraries in large cities developed large collections of photographs, pictures, postcards, clippings, and other formats in an effort to provide the public with non-print. (Grove) 1914 The first phonorecord collection was established at the St. Paul Public Library in Minnesota. (Bowker 1964) 1914 The Kansas City (Missouri) Public Library circulated music rolls for the player piano.. (Clement) 1914 The Public Librarian, a library journal, advocated the acceptance of phonorecords in libraries. (Edison) 1914-15 The American Library Annual reported that a public library in St. Joseph, Missouri, used the Edison Home and School Kinetoscope to illustrate stories narrated for children (Pringle) 1915 A statewide film exchange was proposed by James Gillis, a California state librarian. (Grove) 1915 The St. Paul (Minnesota) Public Library record collection had ninty-three recordings for limited use only. (Johnston) 1915 The August issue of Library Journal was devoted entirely to the music collections of the public libraries in the United States. (Bowker) 1915 Many public libraries maintained picture collections. (Parker) 19l6 The first photographic department in university library was established at Harvard University. (Bowker. 1957) 1917 The Chicago Bureau of Visual Instruction established the first instructional film library in a city school system. (Saettler) 1919 The Kern County Library, California, had a lantern slide and stereographic (three-dimensional slide) collection and established a phonorecord collection. (Clement) 1920 Audiovisual materials began to be handled as a normal part of library service. (Quinly) 1920 More than twenty-four state universities had film services.(Nolan) 1923 The first collection of circulating phonorecords was established in the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Library. (Grove; Bowker, 1964) 1924 Audiovisual librarianship was introduced into the organizational framework of the American Library Association. The proposal that marked the beginning of ALA's formal audiovisual activity came from outside the Association. Ben Howe, a representative of the motion picture industry, suggested to the Council of the ALA that libraries should be the principal institutions for the distribution of educational films and should serve as information centers concerning entertainment and industrial films. Ben Howe's suggestion sparked ALA to create a Visual Methods Committee. (Clement) 1924 The American Library Association formally recognized the importance of films to library service and appointed a committee on Relations Between Libraries and Moving Pictures. (Cocks) 1926 The Graduate Library School was established at the University of Chicago to provide education beyond the first professional degree and offered a Ph.D. in library science. (Encyclopaedia Britannica) 1927 The Carnegie Corporation of New York authorized the distribution of "College Music Sets" for music study in college libraries. (Grove) 1928 The first PhD. in library education was granted at the University of Chicago Library School. (Encyclopedia AAmericana, 1962) 1928 The Carnegie Corporation assisted college libraries in the purchase of phonorecords, which were later identified by audiovisualists as "disks." (Shores) 1928 Fifty-three academic institutions had libraries with music collections, but only twelve of the collections held sound recordings. (Pierre) 1929 The first library to circulate educational films was the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Public Library. (Bowker, 1964) 1930s Public libraries began to develop extensive film services. (Pringle) 1930s Libraries began to put journals and newspapers on micro film. (Encyclopedia Americana) 1931 The Music Library Association was organized. (Bowker, 1958) 1933 Louis Shores determined that the library must have a range of subjects, levels, and formats in its collection to match the interests of individuals. (Shores) 1934 The Department of Geography at the University of Chicago planned to develop a map library of 400,000 sheets. (Development. . .) In 1968, the size of the collection was approximately 210,000 sheets. (Special Libraries Association) 1934 A resolution was sent to the American Library Association Committee on National Planning by the Visual Methods Committee, which recommended the establishment of regional demonstration centers for audiovisual aids. The proposal was not implemented. (Clement) 1934 The talking book was added to library service for the blind(Encyclopedia Americana, 1957) 1935 Louis Shores introduced the first audiovisual course at the library school of Peabody College in the South. The course was taught by Milton Lanning Shane from 1936 to 1940. (Shores) 1935 The United States National Archives set up a division of motion pictures and sound recordings. (Grove) 1935 The Museum of Modern Art Film Library was established in New York City by a Rockefeller Foundation Grant for the preservation, distribution, study, and development of films. (Grove) 1936 The American Library Association set a standard for 35mm film as best suited for research and library work. This decision was made at the Richmond Conference. (Doss) 1936 Visual aids were distributed through the city libraries of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Pasadena and Long Beach, California. (Dunn) 1938 The first Cooperative Microfilm Project was established at Harvard University. (Bowker, 1964) 1939 A $5,500 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation funded a Joint Committee on Educational Films representing the American Library Association, the American Film Center, The Association of School Librarians, and the Motion Picture Project of the American Council on Education. The purpose was to "encourage library experimentation in the handling of educational films . . . to cooperate with such libraries and to facilitate the exchange of information between them, to devise uniform methods for recording experiences and to encourage their use, and to report from time to time on the experiments." (Williams) 1940s Maps began to be accepted as legitimate materials for libraries. (Wood) 1940s-1964 Major phonorecord collections established. Late 1940s Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music; 1958 Stanford University Archives of Recorded Sound; 1958 Archives of New Orleans Jazz at Tulane University; 1961 Historical Sound Recordings Program of Yale University; 1964-The Syracuse University Audio Archives. (Grove) 1940 Hundreds of universities and school systems had estab lished audiovisual libraries. (Grove) 1940 At the suggestion of Carl Milam, the former Visual Methods Committee was merged with the former Radio Broadcasting Committee to form the Audiovisual Committee of the American Library Association. (Clement) 1941 Gerald D. McDonald surveyed literature and visited libraries and submitted a report to the American Library Association concluding, "Thus far librarians have done virtually nothing in the handling of films and very little even in providing information which would further their use." (McDonald) c.1942 The first major public library film collection began inCleveland, Ohio. (Palmer) 1942 Film lending became a routine part of library service. (Quinly) 1943 The term "media" appeared in the Post War Standards for Public Libraries, published by the American Library Association, defined as: "... books, periodicals, news papers, pamphlets, maps, film, pictures, recordings, music scores, and similar material." (Post War . . . ) 1944 Fremont Rider, Librarian at Wesleyan University, pro posed that microcards be used in libraries, "both to reduce the space required for the catalogs of their growing collections and to produce more responsive catalogs." (Encyclopedia Americana, 1980) 1945 A Motion Picture Project was formed at the Library of Congress (Grove) 1947 The Carnegie Corporation awarded a grant to the American Library Association for building lending collections of films. (Encyclopedia Americana, 1957) 1947 The Carnegie Corporation awarded a grant to support a Film Advisory Service at the American Library Assoc iation. The purpose was to demonstrate that public libraries could serve as distribution centers for audiovisual materials, in addition to books. (Saettler) 1947 The American Library Association obtained a grant of $27,000 from the Carnegie Corporation for a "two year program to provide for film advisory service to help libraries establish film lending service." (Clement) 1947 Librarians and audiovisualists were two separate entities. Many schools had a separation of library and audiovisual facilities. At this time, the separation of the two was strongly backed by school administrators, teachers, li brarians, and audiovisualists. (Shores) 1947 The Worcester Free Public Library had one thousand circulating phonorecords. (Grove) 1947 The Florida State University Graduate School of Library Service and Training was established. The school was committed to the audiovisual education of librarians and teachers. The school also advocated the unification of audiovisual departments with the library instead of keeping them as separate entities. (Shores) 1947 "Listening posts" were introduced into the reading room at the Florida State University Materials Center. The listening post consisted of a jack and eight headsets. (Shores) 1947 Dr. Charles Hoban was the first full-time professor ap pointed to a library school faculty at the Florida State University Graduate School of Library Training and Service. He was a strong force in the audiovisual movement and co-wrote, with his father and Zisman, the first textbook in the audiovisual field. (Shores) 1948 Phonorecords became a routine part of library service. (Quinly) 1948 The Audiovisual Committee of the American Library Association was made a board which allowed for a subcommittee structure. The various committees were not wholly successful in their efforts to establish cooperation and communication with other national associations. (Clement) 1948 A mimeographed manual entitled Processing Audio Visual Materials was put into use at Indiana University for library science courses. (Processing. . .) 1948 The first manual on integrated cataloging was published by the Materials Center at Florida State University. (Shores) 1949 The American Association of School Librarians sponsored the publication Audiovisual School Library Service, by Margaret Rufsvold. The book gave detailed information to guide the traditional book-oriented librarian in establishing an instructional materials center. (Rufsvold) 1950 The "Statement of Guiding Principles" in the Evaluative Criteria 1950 Edition, suggests that " . . . schools should have available, organized in the library or as a separate department, audiovisual materials for use in the educational program." (Evaluative Criteria. . .) 1950s Major film collections in academic libraries were not established until this period. (Grove) 1950s The "Rapid Selector," developed under the guidance of Ralph R. Shaw, the librarian of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, was the first machine specifically designed for searching the literature of a subject. It combined document images with binary coded identification, both stored photographically on roll film.Encyclopedia Americana. 1980) 1950s Louis Shores developed the concept of the generic book which is "... the sum total of man's communication possibilities . . . the evidence of life." The generic book recognizes that subject, level, and format may affect communication. "In the concept of the generic book there is no such thing as non-book material." The generic book has six format classes: print, graphics, projections, transmissions, community resources, and programmed media.(Shores) 1950s The 35mm color slide was established as a necessary andintegral part of a slide library. (Grove) 1950-60 Phonorecord archives were established in the Music Division of the Library of Congress, Indiana and Stanford University Libraries, and the New York Public Library. (Nolan) 1952 A survey was undertaken by the Association of College and Research Libraries to examine the extent to which audio visual services had developed in the United States universities and colleges and to examine the patterns of service. The findings of the research implied that the development of audiovisual collections was still at an early stage.(Bennett) 1953 Edgar Dale, a theorist, viewed libraries as experiencing a transitional phase, " . . . shifting from being a repository of ideas in print to a repository of ideas on film, on tape." His "cone of experience," and other ideas have contributed to the development of a learning resource concept. (Dale) 1954 C. Walter Stone, a strong proponent of the unification of print and non-print, insisted that libraries utilize a "cross media" approach for the benefit of students , teachers and administration. 1954 The Library of Congress printed catalog issued two new sections: one for music and phonorecords and another for filmstrips and motion pictures. (Schmeckebier) 1954-55 The San Jose (California) State College began the first program for curriculum materials specialists. (Saettler) 1955 Over 250 libraries were lending film, 192 through member ship in a cooperative film service, with the remainder owning individual film collections. (Bowker, 1957) 1955 Irving Lieberman conducted a study of audiovisual in struction in library education. He reported a need for a graduate program for audiovisual specialists. (Lieberman) 1955-57 The American Library Association Special Committee on the Bibliographic Control of Audiovisual Materials sur veyed libraries in an attempt to assess their non-book holdings and found the following holdings of non-book media. 115 libraries had motion picture collections (31 academic, 46 public, and 50 school) and 176 libraries had phonorecord collections (56 academic, 72 public, and 48 school). (Hamman) 1956 The Southern Illinois University unified their audiovisual department and library, as did Purdue, San Jose State, St. Cloud (Minnesota), and the University of Colorado. (Shores) 1960 Instructional Materials, by Louis Shore, was the first book devoted to the concept of unifying library science and audiovisual education. (Shores) mid 1960s The crusade for the unification of audiovisual departments and libraries was moving toward acceptance. (Shores) 1965 MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis Retrieval System) files were made available by the National Library of Medicine for use by other libraries. (Lancaster, p. 78) 1967 The New York Public Library was the largest public libraryin the United States. (Hostrop) 1968 Trevor N. Duprey conducted a study of college libraries and identified unnecessary competition between audiovisualists and librarians. (Duprey; Modern . . .) 1968 Trevor N. Duprey conducted a study of problem areas inadopting a learning resource center approach. (Duprey; Ferment . . .) 1968 Sidney Forman conducted a survey of 1,193 college libraries which indicated that 10 percent of the libraries were involved in implementing some aspect of the learning resource concept, and 37 percent were planning to introduce part of the concept in the future. (Forman) 1969 The crusade for the unification of audiovisual departments and libraries was successful. Standards for School Media Programs was jointly published by the American Library Association's American Association of School Librarians and the National Education Association's (NEA) Department of Audiovisual Instruction. (Shores) 1970 The number of libraries in the United States was broken down as follows (statistics from the U.S. Office of Education): 7,000 public libraries, 1,500 academic libraries, 1,200 two-year college libraries, 3,500 special libraries, 450 law libraries, 800 medical libraries, 475 military libraries, 125 institutional libraries, and 50,000 elementary and secondary school libraries. (Hostrop) 1970 The Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology was established by the U.S. Office of Education. (Hostrop) 1970 The American Library Association published the Guidelines for Audiovisual Materials and Services for Public Libraries. Included were definitions, standards for service, materials, space, equipment, and personnel. It stressed the importance of non-print media in all formats. (Audiovisual Committee . . .) 1970 Robert Brundin surveyed the development of learning resource centers on junior college campuses. He concluded that the development of learning resource centers in junior colleges was an attempt to make the library the "heart of the campus." (Brundin) 1970 Richard Vorwerk studied the organizational status and environmental demands of academic libraries. He found that newer forms of media were being excluded in academic libraries because administrators weren't quite sure what to do with them. (Vorwerk, 1970) 1972 John W. Ellison conducted the first study of learning resource centers on university and college campuses. He identified principles that validated the concept of an integrated learning resource center which would include both print and non-print materials. (Ellison) 1973 Melville Dewey is said to be the "Father of American Libraries." F. Dean McCluskey is said to be the "Father of American Audiovisual Education." 1973 Andrew Carnegie is said to be the "Father of Library Philanthropists." (Hostrop) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes 1. Richard W. Hostrop, Education Inside the Library Media Center. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1973, p. 3. 2. Pearce S. Grove, Nonprint Media in Academic Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 1975, p. x. 3. John L. Nolan, "Audio-Visual Materials." Library Trends 10, (October 1961), p. 262. 4. Hostrop, p. 3. 5. Ibid., pp. 2-4. 6. Ibid.. PP. 4-5. References American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1957. Audiovisual Committee, Public Library Association. Guidelines for Audiovisual Materials and Services for Public Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 1970. Bliss, Henry Evelyn. "Economics in Libraries." Library Journal 28 (1910). The Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information. New York: R.R. 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by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Hello friends, i am sure u may be aware that one of the important website useful to the llibrarians is www.libraryhq.com u find very useful information in this website. for exmple the following thesaurus had been given in the same website. open the website and try to use it and get benefit. laxman rao Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html) 16-bit Software for MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows originally ran on the 16-bit Intel 8088 and 80286 microprocessors. 32-bit 32-bit programs are written for the Intel 80386 and more recent processors, and allow greater speed of execution. A Access Point A name, term, code, etc., under which a book or other item may be searched and identified in the catalog, for example: author, title, subject, call number. API - Application Programming Interface An interface between the operating system and application programs, which includes the way applications communicate with the operating system, and the services the operating system makes available to programs. Architecture Design, or the way components fit together. It can be used to describe any system, as in "software architecture" or "network architecture". Authentication Verification of identity for security purposes. Passwords and digital signatures are forms of authentication. Authority Control A method to control the number of similar headings (usually subjects or authors) in the library catalog. Multiple entries are cross-referenced to a single entry using authority control. Automation Automatic, as opposed to human, operation or control of a process, equipment or a system; or the techniques and equipment used to achieve this. In libraries, automation refers to the process of automating functions such as circulation, cataloging, or acquisitions. Go to Top B Barcode A printed horizontal strip of vertical bars used for identifying specific items or users. The codes, which represent numerical data, are read by a bar code reader and interpreted via software or hardware decoders. In libraries, barcodes are affixed to both books and library cards to assist in circulation and collection control. Boolean Operators Words such as AND, OR, and NOT used to broaden or narrow a search. For example, cats AND dogs narrows the search to titles about both cats and dogs, while cats OR dogs broadens the search. Browse Searching A feature of a catalog which allows the user to search by the first word in a field, not a word appearing anywhere in the field. Compare to Keyword Searching. Browser See Web Browser Go to Top C CGI Script A computer program, most frequently written in C, Perl, or a shell script, that uses the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) standard to provide an interactive interface between a user or an application and a Web server. CGI script is most commonly used to develop forms that allow users to submit information to a Website. Character Set A standard collection of characters. A character set may include letters, digits, punctuation, control codes, graphics, mathematical symbols, and other signs. Each character in the set is represented by a unique character code, which is a binary number used for storage and transmission. Chat Room An online space where two or more people can input (usually via keyboard) messages to a group of people who are logged in at the same time. Compare to Message Forum Client A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (see Server). For example, a workstation requesting a file from a server is a client of the file server. Client/Server A common type of distributed system in which software is split between server tasks and client tasks. A client sends requests to a server asking for information or action, and the server responds. There may be either one centralized server or many distributed ones. Codabar A specific type of bar code used in libraries, blood banks, the overnight package delivery industry, and a variety of other information processing applications. It is also known as USD-4, NW-7, and 2 of 7 code. See Barcode. Command Line Interface A means of communication between a program and its user in which commands are input with a keyboard and are interpreted and executed by the program. Results are output as text or graphics on the computer screen. Compare to Graphical User Interface. Cookie Data created on your own computer when you access certain Web pages. Usually the cookie keeps information about your preferences and reuses this information when you access that site again, thus "recognizing" repeat visitors. Cookies cannot be used to access any other data on your computer, nor can they determine your e-mail address or identity. You can set your browser to reject all cookies or to warn you before accepting cookies, but sites that provide personalized services, such as stock trading sites or shopping carts, won't work if you don't accept cookies. Go to Top D Database A structured set of data, generally accessed via a software program. A simple database might be a single file containing many records, each of which contains the same set of fields, such as a series of companies with name, address, phone, and contact fields for each one. Database Management System (DBMS) Complex set of programs that control the organization, storage and retrieval of data for many users. Data is organized in fields, records and files. Examples include Oracle, Sybase, and Datacom. Dedicated Line A permanent connection between computers using telephone, ISDN, or other types of lines. Dialup A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a telephone line using modems. A patron might use a dialup connection from home (using a personal computer, modem, and telephone line) to dial into and use the library catalog. Digital Document Books, articles, papers, etc., that can be accessed via a computer. Digital Media Media in various digital forms, including scanned images, audio, video, multimedia, drawings and intelligent documents. Domain Name System (DNS) The unique name of a collection of computers connected to a network such as the Internet. A replicated, distributed data query service for looking up host IP addresses based on host names. The DNS is hierarchical, consisting of domains, subdomains, sites, and hosts. Unique names are formed from smallest to largest, and are of the form user(a)host.site.subdomain.domain, where host and site are often optional. On the Internet, domain names typically end with a suffix denoting the type of site: .com (commercial) .edu (educational) .net (network operations) .gov(US government) .mil (US military) .org (organization) .us (United States) .ca (Canada) .uk (United Kingdom) .au (Australia .cz (Czech Republic) .xx(where xx refers to another country's two-letter abbreviation) Download To copy a file from an external computer to a local one. You may download software updates from a vendor to your library system via the Internet. Dublin Core A minimal set of metadata elements used to describe networked information resources which aids users in locating specific items. Dumb Terminal An output device (not a computer) that contains no internal microprocessor; a display monitor with no processing capabilities. Go to Top E EAD Encoded Archival Description is the emerging standard for archival finding aids and is used by Library of Congress and other research institutions. Finding aids are inventories, registers, indexes, or guides that provide detailed information about specific collections. Standardizing the format of these tools makes it easier to display them on a network. EDIFACT (ISO 9735) Electronic data interchange (EDI) refers to any electronic commerce standard that defines a protocol for exchange of business data between software applications. EDIFACT (EDI for Administration, Commerce, and Transport) is the international standard for EDI. Encryption The process of scrambling a message so that a key, held only by authorized recipients, is needed to unscramble and read the message. Ethernet Computers on the Internet that use the TCP/IP protocols are frequently connected to the Net over an Ethernet link. Ethernet supports communications at 10 mbps over several types of wiring. An Ethernet card connects an individual computer to a network. Extranet An extended intranet connecting not only internal personnel, but also select customers, suppliers, and strategic partners. Compare to Internet and Intranet. Go to Top F FAQ -- Frequently Asked Questions Web page or text file with common questions about various topics along with the answers. Especially useful for first-time visitors to a site or new participants in a newsgroup or listserv. Filtering software A program to block access to certain Web pages. Depending on the program, it may block certain specified sites, all sites with certain words, or it may use more sophisticated criteria to determine which pages to block. See the LibraryHQ's Internet Filtering and Blocking page. Firewall A gateway used to protect a server or a network from unauthorized access. A firewall generally consists of both hardware and software components. FTP See Protocols Go to Top G Graphical User Interface (GUI) The use of pictures rather than just words to represent the input and output of a program. The program displays icons, buttons, dialog boxes etc. in its windows on the screen; the user controls it by moving a mouse or pointer on the screen, selecting objects by pressing buttons on the mouse. Compare to Command Line Interface. Go to Top H HTML Hypertext Markup Language is the set of codes (or tags) inserted in a file intended for display on a Web browser. The codes tell the Web browser how to display the words and images on the page. HTTP See Protocols Hypertext Text on a Web page that, when clicked on, jumps the reader to another page or image. Go to Top I Integrated Library System (ILS) An automated library system in which all of the functional modules (acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, serials, an OPAC, etc.) are accessible online and share a common machine-readable database. An automated library system is considered integrated only if all library functions are processed against a single, master bibliographic file. Imported/Exported Bibliography Records Because of the standards established for the creation and transferal of library bibliographic records, libraries can exchange records through import and export. Interface In hardware, an interface is a connector used to link devices. In software, it allows communication between two software systems or between people and systems. In the automation field, interface refers to the method by which users can access the automated library system. See Graphical User Interface. Internet A network of networks; a group of networks interconnected via routers. The Internet is the world's largest network. Internet Service Provider A company that provides other companies or individuals with access to, or a presence on, the Internet. Intranet A network of computers and servers accessed via Web browsers, but maintained within an organization or company, and not generally accessible to those outside the organization. ISBN (ISO 2108) International Standard Book Number: a unique numerical 10-digit identifier for a published title. It helps to ensure more efficient ordering, inventory control, and accounting. ISSN (ISO 3297) International Standard Serial Number: identifies serial publications including monographic series. In 1979 the ISSN replaced the ISBN for serials. Go to Top J Java A programming language designed so that its object modules can run on many different platforms. Java is often used to create applets, or Web-based programs that run when a user accesses the page or clicks on a certain area. JavaScript A scripting language used to create scripts, or small programs embedded in Web pages that run when a user accesses the page or clicks on a certain area. Go to Top K Keyword Searching A keyword search looks for specific words or terms that occur anywhere in a field (title, subject, heading, contents, etc.). Keyword searching is useful when you have incomplete information. Compare to Browse Searching. Go to Top L LAN Local Area Network A geographically limited data communications network that connects several computers. Library automation systems require a LAN to enable all users to access the same database. Legacy System An older computer system or program that is still valuable to the user, but may not be compatible with newer systems. Licensing An automation system requires the library to obtain a user license, as with any type of software. Licenses are usually purchased as either a site license, which allows the library to install the automation software on as many computers desired within a single building, or on a per-computer or per-network basis. Listserv A Listserv is a program that automatically redistributes e-mail to names on a mailing list. Users can subscribe, unsubscribe, and send messages to everyone on the list by sending notes to a specific email address. Go to Top M MARC - (Machine-Readable Cataloging) MARC refers to (1) a computer record structure, (2) a set of tags and indicators to identify parts of the record, (3) the level of cataloging information contained in the Library of Congresss MARC records, and (4) the body of records distributed by the Library of Congress MARC Distribution Service. Message Forum Also called a Message Board. An online space where people can leave messages that become visible to anyone who accesses the forum. Compare to Chat Room. Module/Application Module A module is a software segment that performs a specific function, such as acquisitions or circulation. Automation system vendors may sell modules separately, though circulation and cataloging modules are often sold together, with add-on modules as possible extra purchases. Go to Top N NetPC, NetworkPC A computer with minimal memory, disk storage and processor power designed to connect to and work via a network. Network A group of interconnected computers, including the hardware, software, and cabling used to connect them. Newsgroups see Usenet Newsgroups NISO A nonprofit association accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute, the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S. NISO has developed standards for Information Retrieval (Z39.50), 12083 (an SGML Tool), Z39.2 (Information Interchange Format), Codes for Languages and Countries, and Z39.18 (Scientific and Technical Reports). Go to Top O OPAC Online Public Access Catalog: provides access to the library's holdings via a computer monitor, replacing the traditional card catalog. May also be called a PAC (Public Access Catalog). Operating Systems (OS) The low-level software on a computer that schedules tasks, allocates storage, handles the interface to peripheral hardware, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running. Examples: UNIX, Windows98, Windows NT. Go to Top P Protocols Sets of rules or standards that let computers communicate over the Internet. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) allows transfer of Web pages via a browser. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows transfer of files through the Internet from one computer to another. Push Technology Internet technology that allows information to be delivered or "pushed" directly to a user who subscribes to it. PointCast, Yahoo, and other services provide news to users who can customize their news reports by selecting topics like sports, world news, and business that are entered into a database. Go to Top Q Query A user's request for information from a database or search engine. A query is a search string entered by a patron when searching for a particular library item or subject in the library's catalog, or OPAC. Go to Top R RDBMS Relational Database Management System. See Relational Database. Record Conversion Record conversion is an aspect of retrospective conversion, in which book records on a tape or disk are converted to MARC format for use in an automation system. Conversion is usually processed by the automation system or by an outside vendor specializing in retrospective conversion. Relational Database A database in the form of tables having rows and columns to show the relationships between items. If data is changed in one table, it will be changed in all related tables. See Database. Remote Access Service allowing users away from the server or network to access these resources from remote locations. Retrospective Conversion Retrospective conversion is the process by which libraries convert a shelflist (such as a card catalog) to a searchable, computerized database. This database can then be used as the backbone of an automation system. Request For Information (RFI) A formal request that a library prepares and sends to vendors for information on their automation systems. Request For Proposal (RFP) A formal open bid document that a library prepares to obtain a customized response from a vendor. Responses may include pricing, enhancements, implementation plan, and timeline. An RFP is usually the precursor to a legal contract between vendor and library. Go to Top S Server A computer that provides some service for other computers connected to it via a network. The library's database containing all book records is located on a server so that several client machines (OPACs) can access the files. See Client/Server. Site Preparation The process of installing wiring, cabling, and other support hardware, in addition to planning the placement of computers, terminals, and networks within the library. System Upgrade A new or better version of hardware or software, or the act of developing or installing a new version. An automation system upgrade might be the change between a command-line based system and a GUI-based or Web-based automation system. Go to Top T TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communications protocols used to connect computers on the Internet. Thin Client A thin client is a machine that only functions when connected to a central server, as compared to a networked PC, which can store and process information on its hard drive. The function of a thin client is to centralize data transmission and storage in a LAN environment. Truncation In searching, truncation means that the system will allow wildcards to extend a search term. For example, a truncated term with a wildcard, such as app*, will retrieve all entries that begin with app, from apples to application. See Wildcard. Turnkey A complete hardware and software computer system customized for a particular application, such as library automation. Turnkey systems are fully operational, requiring no additional components or modifications. Go to Top U Unicode A 16-bit, language-independent character set that enables representation of all of the characters commonly used in information processing. UniMARC An international MARC format that accepts records created in any of the more than 20 MARC formats, thus facilitating conversion of records among them. UNIX Widely used multi-user general-purpose computer operating system. User interface The aspects of a computer system or program that can be perceived by the human user, and the commands and mechanisms used to control its operation and input data. See Graphical User Interface and Command Line Interface. Usenet Newsgroups Usenet is a collection of messages on various subjects that are posted to servers on a worldwide network. Each subject collection is called a newsgroup. Most newsgroups are hosted on Internet-connected servers, but they can also be hosted from servers that are not part of the Internet. URL Uniform Resource Locator: the address a computer uses to locate documents on the Internet. Go to Top V Video Display Unit A device incorporating a display monitor, a keyboard and a serial port. The most common VDUs, "dumb terminals, " are used primarily to send and receive information from a central computer. Virtual Library A virtual (as opposed to physical) collection existing only as digital files accessible via computer, not as books or tangible media in a library building. Go to Top W Web Browser Software program that allows you to access Web pages on the Internet, an Intranet, or an Extranet. The two most popular browsers are Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Wide Area Network (WAN) A network, usually constructed with serial lines, extending over distances greater than one mile. A library system may use a WAN to connect branch libraries to the greater automation system. Wildcard A special character such as *, $, or ? that can replace any character or characters in a string. Wildcards are used in catalog searches to extend a search term. See Truncation. WindowsNT Microsoft's 32-bit operating system designed for high-end workstations, servers and corporate networks. Wizard An interactive help utility that guides the user through a potentially complex task. Go to Top X X12 An Electronic Data Interchange standard -- the American equivalent of UN/EDIFACT and various other national and industry EDI messaging protocols. Go to Top Z Z39.20 A NISO (National Information Standards Organization) standard for measuring the extent of price changes on a periodic basis for a variety of library materials including hardcover trade and technical books, paperback books, periodicals, and microforms. Z39.50 A NISO (National Information Standards Organization) standard for information retrieval that allows any library using a Z39.50-compliant automated library system to access remote library collections. Z39.50 specifies a query/response protocol between a client and a server. See LibraryHQ's Z39.50 page. Go to Top ===== 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) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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Re: [Ncsi-net] ur inputs pl...
by Mailing List Manager 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Date: 26 Sep 2003 06:54:40 -0000 From: V K J Jeevan <vkjj(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Ms. Jayashree, In our IMeL Conference last year, Mr. Shrinivas S Pownikar (pownikar(a)cdac.ernet.in) presented a paper on the "Newsclipping Service" operational in CDAC. You may get in touch with him to know what software they are using. Regards, V K J Jeevan Asst. Librarian IIT Kharagpur West Bengal 721 302

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database
by Mailing List Manager 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:26:38 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Hi I am looking for a database/directory of English language training schools/centres. Could you please provide me information regarding this? Thanks & regards, Aman Kumar Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industries

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Ever heard about the Library Hotel?
by Sukhdev Singh 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hey does that mean libraries using DDC would be paying OCLC $500 per year....? It is serious...!!! Please Check the last line of the Quote given below: "......In the lawsuit filed last week, lawyers for the Online Computer Library Center said the organization acquired the rights to the system in 1988 when it bought Forest Press, which published Dewey Decimal updates. The center charges libraries that use the system at least $500 per year....." IT IS HEIGHT OF IPR PROTECTION.!! --Sukhdev Singh. --- Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> wrote: > > Ever heard about the Library Hotel? Library Hotel is > a library-themed > luxury hotel in Manhattan. 10 floors of the Library > Hotel are divided > according to the Dewey classification system, with > each floor dedicated > to one of Dewey's 10 categories. Interesting? Well, > OCLC has filed a > suite against this hotel for trademark infringement. > I am just leaving > it here. To know more about this news, go to > http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=78 > 3752 > > To know more about the Library Hotel, follow the > link > http://www.libraryhotel.com/ > > Regards. > Madhuresh Singhal > Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, > Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, > Bangalore 562 158 > Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 > Fax 852 6285 > E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com > http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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International Conference on Women in the Digital Era...
by V. Senthil 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Apologies for cross postings Last date for Abstracts of Papers and proposals for panels, workshops and tutorials - 30.09.2003 Annamalai University at Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India along with the Software Technology Parks of India and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology jointly propose to organize an "International Conference on Women in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges" during December 10-13, 2003. This conference will address issues related to the status of women in the digital era. The detailed information about the conference is available at http://www.auwit.org/. For further details contact, Dr. Mrs. Suriya Prof. & Head & University Librarian, Dept. of library and information Science, Annamalai university. Email: au_surya(a)hotmail.com

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INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004 Website online
by JK Vijayakumar 23 Sep '03

23 Sep '03

Dear All The Official Website for INFLIBNET's INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004 to be held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-INDIA is available at http://caliber2004.inflibnet.ac.in --------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004 INFLIBNET Centre has been organizing CALIBER [Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions] every year in different parts of the country in collaboration with different universities, since 1993. This is the premier convention in India which provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The eleventh CALIBER in the series, for the year 2004, has been themed as �Road Map to New Generation of Libraries using Emerging Technologies� and will be hosted by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi during February 11-13, 2004. The official language of the convention will be English. DELIBERATIONS � Visions/Policies for Strategic Planning and Catalysts (Social Issues, User Requirements) for New Generation of Libraries. � Infrastructure, Standards, Archiving for Digital/Virtual/E-Libraries. � Emerging Technologies like Wireless LAN, Digital Services, Distributed databases, E-education and WBT. � Web content mapping, classification, management, Data warehousing, security aspects. CALL FOR PAPERS Programme committee solicits high quality technical papers related to the themes and sub-themes listed below. Main Theme: Road Map to New Generation of Libraries using Emerging Technologies Sub theme 1 Strategic Planning and Catalysts for New Generation of Libraries Visions/Policies, Social Issues, Intellectual Property Rights, User Requirements and Satisfaction, Models and framework for change management, Consortia: Success and Reality, Free and equal access to digital information Sub theme 2 Digital/Virtual/E-Libraries Infrastructure, Standards and Protocols, E-Publishing, Digital Archiving, Personalization, New Type Resources, Open Digital Libraries and Interoperability Sub theme 3 Emerging Technologies Networking (including WLAN), Digital Services, E-Education / WBT: Reality and Myths, Distributed database access and management � mirror sites, Online Reference Sub theme 4 Web content Management Cataloguing and Classification, Metadata / XML, Searching and Retrieval, Web content mapping, Data warehousing/hosting, Managing access to Web Content, Security Issues, Reliability and QA of Web content, Reference Linking, Ontology and Semantic Web Papers typed in MS-Word can be sent as attachment to INFLIBNET directly through E-Mail or in a floppy by post. The length of the paper should normally be within 5000 words. Papers should contain full name and affiliations with e-mail of author(s), an abstract, author biography and references properly cited in the text of article. The paper should neither be published anywhere nor should have been kept under consideration for publication elsewhere and the author should agree to transfer the copyright to the conference organisers. A passport size photograph(s) of author(s) has to be submitted with the paper. Detailed Guidelines and Editorial Policy for CALIBER 2004 will be soon available in the conference website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers December 15, 2003 Intimation to Author(s) January 1, 2004 Last date for Registration January 15, 2004 Convention Dates February 11-13, 2004 About INFLIBNET Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is a major mission of the UGC initiated in 1991 with an objective to automate and network libraries in Academic and R & D system to facilitate resource sharing at different levels and promote scholarly communication among academicians and researchers in the country. Till now, 142 universities have been funded by the UGC under this programme for automation and networking. Creation of national union databases, development of an integrated library management software, human resource development, on-site training, providing bibliographic information services, extending technical help and guidance from time to time to academic libraries in automation and networking are some of the major activities of the INFLIBNET Centre. Very soon centre is going to play major role in E-learning. A number of modules are under development on different subjects, which will be mounted on centre�s web site for facilitating distance education through e-learning. UGC has signed on MOU with ERNET India for establishing UGC Network linking about 170 universities, UGC Regional Centres and IUC�s. This network will also have connectivity to Internet. INFLIBNET will play a major role in content creation for this network. It is trying to create awareness about library automation and spread IT culture among library professionals. About Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920, was declared as a deemed to be University in 1962 and became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu language, Jamia means �University� and Millia means �National�. In 1936,all institutions of Jamia, except Jamia Press, the Maktaba and the library, were shifted to the new campus. The history of Dr. Zakir Husain Library is closely linked with the history of Jamia Millia Islamia. It was established during 1920-23 in Aligarh and was named as Jamia Millia Islamia Library. In 1925, Jamia Millia moved from Aligarh to Delhi, the Library also shifted.In 1972, Library moved to its new building and it was rechristened as �Dr. Zakir Husain Library� in the memory of late President of India Dr. Zakir Husain. This library is the Central Library of the University Library System, which includes the faculty and Central libraries,It is having collection of about 3.00 lac books & bound volumes of periodicals, about 3000 manuscripts, 200 microforms, 17 special collections and subscribes to 440 journals.The library has fully computerized its most actively used collections, which is searchded through OPAC.Circulation Counter is computerized, using barcode scanners.The library is providing range of databases available in electronic form on the Campus Network and from remote hosts via WWW. The library provides Internet and electronic database services for the registered users. Contact Details Registration Dr. Gayas Makhdumi Organising Secretary CALIBER-2004 University Librarian & Head, DLIS, Jamia Millia Islamia, M aulana Mohammad Ali Johar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi � 110 025, India Phone:+91-11-26984910/26981717(Ext. 472) Fax:+91-11-26982360 E-mail:zhl@jmi.ernet.in Paper Submission Dr T A V Murthy Editor-in-Chief Director INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Queries can also be sent to Mr S M Salgar Chairman, CALIBER-2004 Scientist-G INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 (Ext 33)Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in More details will be available in the website http://caliber2004.inflibnet.ac.in. ************************ J K VIJAYAKUMAR INFLIBNET Centre Ahmedabad - INDIA ************************ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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Forwarded mail....
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '03

23 Sep '03

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:20:54 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Please check: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/print_version/roush1003.asp for an article on advanced Internet with unimagined power. Arun

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Call for paper- PLANNER
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '03

23 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:35:44 +0530 From: premchand <premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Apologies for cross postings Last date for the submission of papers for PLANNER is 30th Sep. Papers on the following theme and subtheme for PLANNER 2003 should reach the respective editors before 30th Sep.Please send your paper in electronic format (email, 3" floppy in MS Word) to following email address. Paper on consortia should be sent to the following editor: Prof. (Mrs.) Veena Saraf, Head, Deptt. of Library Science NEHU, Shillong – 793 014 (Meghalaya) Phone : 091 –0364 – (O)231617 (R) 550932 E-mail : Ibscnehu(a)sancharnet.in or veenasaraf(a)yahoo.co.uk Paper on IT based activities should be sent to the following editor Dr. Narendra Lahkar Department of Library & Information Science 100, GU Campus, Gauhati University, Guwahati – 781 014 (India) Phone : (0361) 2571954 ( O) 2571257 ( R) Mobile: (98640) 53349 e-mail: n_lahkar(a)yahoo.com THEME OF THE CONVENTION In changing scenario of Indian Libraries, INFLIBNET has played major role in bringing IT culture and establishing infrastructure in Indian Universities. In spite of major initiatives of INFLIBNET, libraries encounter manifold problems and uneven developments, but major problem is the emergence of new technologies. E-resources, digital libraries, search engines, Library Consortia, Standards and formats are some important issues, which need discussion. Keeping all the above issues in mind, the Programme Committee has selected the theme of the convention The main theme of the PLANNER – 2003 is Automation of Libraries in North East Region: Trends Issues and Challenges. The sub-themes and the topics to be covered under each sub-themes are given below. Sub Themes : 1 Emergency of Consortia 2 IT based Activities Topics covered under both sub themes are : Library automation, Database Development, Standards and Protocol, Search Engines, Electronic Document Delivery, Digital library, UGC-INFONET, Library Consortia, Electronic Publishing, E-Journal Subscription, Copy right and IPR First PLANNER –2003 PLANNER stands for Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region (PLANNER). INFLIBNET has made an attempt to organize this event in collaboration with universities and other academic institutions located in North East.. This Convention will provide a unique forum to the library professionals, information providers and users involved in automation and networking of libraries to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest in the region. First PLANNER is being organized for the professionals in the North Eastern region at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during November 6-7, 2003. In future, this special event would regularly be held at other parts of the North Eastern universities/institutions on rotational basis VENUE The convention will be held at North Eastern Hill University, Mayurbhang Complex, Shillong, Meghalaya Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-6305971 / 6304695; 7458670(Res.) FAX: 079-6300990, 6307816 email: premc(a)mailcity.com

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Ever heard about the Library Hotel?
by Madhuresh 22 Sep '03

22 Sep '03

Ever heard about the Library Hotel? Library Hotel is a library-themed luxury hotel in Manhattan. 10 floors of the Library Hotel are divided according to the Dewey classification system, with each floor dedicated to one of Dewey's 10 categories. Interesting? Well, OCLC has filed a suite against this hotel for trademark infringement. I am just leaving it here. To know more about this news, go to http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=78 3752 To know more about the Library Hotel, follow the link http://www.libraryhotel.com/ Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Forwarded mail....
by Mailing List Manager 22 Sep '03

22 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 03:16:56 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> A few weeks ago ALA LAMA conducted a survey about e-mail, in which they could find differences among countries. While the response has been excellent, in order to make the results significant for as many regions as possible, the IFLA WANTS TO CONDUCT THE survey. for details please read complete mail and also see the same as an attachement thanks laxman rao -------------------------------------------- The following is a copy of the E-Mail Effectiveness Survey that has been distributed to members of ALA LAMA and at the conference Challenges and Opportunities for Library and Information Professionals in Knowledge Management and the Digital Age in Chiang Mai Thailand. We look forward to the responses of members of IFLA to help us collect international information. Results of the LAMA survey are available in LA&M (Library Administration & Management) v. 17, no. 2, Spring 2003, pgs 110-111. Please return this to me as an attachment. Mailto:rpagell@emory.edu E-MAIL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY The following survey looks at ways e-mail usage has evolved in your work settings and what impact this has had on your workday effectiveness. We will use the results of this survey, along with results previously collected, for articles in professional journals. We will preserve the confidentiality of all survey participants. Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions based on your present or most recent job. Please use your best estimates Section 1: Demographics 1a. Please check your age category: ____ Less than 30 ____ 30 40 ____ 40 50 ____ 50 or older 1b.Please check your gender: _ Male ____ Female 2a.In what type of business environment are you working? ____ Corporate or business enterprise ____ Academic ____ Governmental position (non-business) ____ Not-for profit ____ Retired ____ Self-employed ____ Other (Please specify.) 2b.What is your job title? 2c.In what country do you work? ___________ 3.For how many years have you been working in this environment? ______ 4.What is the highest degree you currently hold? ____ PhD or other doctorate level ____ Masters level ____ Bachelors or other undergraduate degree ____ Diploma, Associate or Technical ____ High School ____ Other (Please specify.) Section 2: Basic E-mail Questions 5.For how many years have you been using e-mail? _____ 6.On what type(s) of devices do you check your e-mail? (Please check all that apply.) TYPE Work Home Desktop Computer Laptop / Notebook Computer Handheld device(phone, palm pilot, other) Other (please specify below) 7.What type(s) of connection do you have to your e-mail? (Please check all that apply.) TYPE Work Home Network connection Regular Modem dial-up High Speed DSL Modem High Speed Cable Modem Wireless Other (please specify below) Other: _________________________________ 8.Please estimate the average number of hours you spend on e-mail each day. 1 hour or less Between 1 2 hours Between 2 - 3 Between 3 4 Between 4 - 5 5 hours or more In the Office At Home Other (please specify below) 9.On an average day, how many new e-mail messages do you receive? _____ Questions 10 15 relate to the percentage of your e-mail that fits into each category. 10.Please check the category that best applies to the type of e-mail you receive. (Percentage categories should add up to 100%.) CATEGORY Do Not Receive 0 to 25% >25% to 50% >50% to 75% >75% Professional Personal Junk Other (Please specify below.) 11.What is the source of your e-mail? (Percentage categories should add up to 100%.) Do Not Receive 0 to 25% >25% to 50% >50% to 75% >75% To/From your own work unit (team, department, etc) To/From your organization External to your organization 11a. Please estimate the percentage of your e-mail that is international. _____ 12. What do you do with your e-mail after you have read it? (Percentages could add up to more than 100.) I Do Not Do This 0% to 25% >25% to 50% >50% to 75% >75% Delete Save on e-mail Save on computer or disk Print Forward Other (Please specify below.) 13.On average, how many e-mails do you have in your primary in-box? _____ 14.Do you believe that your e-mail is confidential? _____Yes _____No 15.Viruses delivered via e-mail are a concern. Please check the statements that apply. ____ I have never received an infected e-mail. ____ I have never received an infected e-mail but others in my organization have. ____ I have received infected e-mails (if yes, please note how many times _____) ____ I have sent or forwarded e-mails infected with a virus. Section 3: E-mail usage compared to other communications methods The following questions compare different methods of business communication. (Please check your response.) 16.With which of these methods do you receive the quickest response? ____ E-mail ____ Phone ____ Letter ____ Fax ____ Other Please note the Other here: 17. With which of these methods do you receive the quickest solution to a problem, issue, etc? ____ E-mail ____ Phone ____ Letter ____ Fax ____ Other Please note the Other here: 18. Following are statements about communications preferences for you and your organization. For each statement, please rank your communications preferences from 1=LEAST preferred to 5 =MOST preferred. For example, if the phone is most efficient for you, place a 5 in the box for phone; if fax is least efficient, then place a 1 in the box for fax. E-mail Phone Fax Letter Face-to-Face Other Most efficient for you Most convenient for you Most preferred by you Most used in your organization Most important in your organization Please specify Other(s) _______________. 19. Does your organization have an official e-mail policy? ____ Yes ____ No ____ Not sure Section 4: Applications of E-mail 20. The following statements address uses of your work e-mail. For each statement, please check the box that applies. I use e-mail . . . Does Not Apply Never Seldom Sometimes Often Always To communicate with customers such as answering users questions To inform others of new products and services In place of memos To communicate with colleagues in other institutions To send notes with non-work content To schedule meetings To work on projects with colleagues To solve problems /resolve differences To negotiate contracts For job interview situations (as interviewer or interviewee) In place of phone calls Section 5: Advantages and Disadvantages of E-mail 21. Do you agree with the following assessments of the impact of e-mail on costs and communication? (Please check the box that applies for your rating for each statement.) Effect of E-mail Completely Disagree Not Sure Completely Agree Reduces paper handling Reduces overall cost Faster communication Improved communication effectiveness Integration of data communications with records management Section 6: E-Mail Writing Style 22. The following statements refer to possible differences between e-mail and other types of standard writing. (Please check the box that applies for each statement.) Always Sometimes Never I follow standard business writing in my business e-mails. I follow standard personal writing in my personal e-mails. I expect business e-mails that I receive to be of the same quality as business letters. I expect the personal e-mails I receive to be of the same quality as personal letters. Section 7: Comments 23. Please use the following space for any comments about the impact of e-mail on your work or your relationships within your organization that you would be willing to let us share anonymously with the group. We will preserve the confidentiality of all survey participants. Thank you for taking the time to answer this survey. Ruth A. Pagell ,Executive Director Goizueta Business Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta GA 30322 USA mailto:ruth_pagell@bus.emory.edu Deborah Valentine Lecturer, Management Communication Manager, Goizueta Business Writing Center

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Invitation
by SRELS 22 Sep '03

22 Sep '03

Dear Administrator, Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the members of the Group. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 3305109; e-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com; *********************** DRTC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE 31st FIVE LAWS LECTURE (2003) on Working with CDS/ISIS Family: Some Experiences by Shri.Murari P Tapaswi National Information Centre for Marine Science (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004, Goa on Saturday, 27th September 2003 at 6.30 pm. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702 (Upstairs), 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar BANGALORE 560 010

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IFLA-3M International Marketing Award
by Dinesh K. Gupta 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

Dear Colleagues, The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with IFLA Gold Corporate Partner 3M has announced the IFLA 3M International Marketing Award for 2004. This award is given each year to reward the best library marketing project worldwide each year; encourage marketing in libraries ; and give libraries the opportunity to share marketing experiences. The AWARD will honor organizations that have implemented creative, results-oriented marketing projects or campaigns. Three finalists will be recognized for their outstanding achievements. From these three finalists, the winner will be chosen and will receive airfare, lodging and registration for the 2004 IFLA General Conference and Council in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as a cash award of USD 1,000 which will be used to further the marketing efforts of the recognized institution or organization. The three finalists will be announced in Spring 2004. A first place winner will be chosen and two distinctions will be awarded. The winner will be announced officially at the IFLA Conference in August 2004, in Buenos Aires. For complete information about the award, application guidelines, selection criteria, dead line, application form, members of the jury, and marketing glossary, please see the attachement and also visit www.ifla.org http://cms.3m.com/cms/US/en/2-115/krilcFS/view.jhtml Reports on previous years award may be found at: http://www.infotoday.com/mls/ifla.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/mls/sep03/koontz.shtml *Please pass on this Announcement among your Friends and Colleagues* Regards, Dinesh K. Gupta (Member, Standing Committee, IFLA Management and Marketing Section) Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. VM Open University Kota-324010 Rajasthan India E-mail: dineshkg(a)sancharnet.in dineshkg_in(a)yahoo.com

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Article in Financial Times on e-books
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

Here is the online link to an article on e-books that appears in today's Financial Times. It is on page 13 of the print version. I thought it might be of interest to some of you: http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&etMailT oID=1671050001&pt=Y If this link does not work, you can access the article by going to www.financialtimes.com and searching for the word "e-books". It should be available for free for the next 3 days. Happy reading. Regards, Bobbi Weaver, Reference Librarian CA Western School of Law 225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101 USA (619) 525-1497 baw(a)cwsl.edu

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Refresher course in Library & InformationS cience
by anjali gulati 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Dear LIS Professionals It is bring into Ur kind notice that Department of Library & Information Science, University of Jammu, will be organising Refresher course shortly (Tentatively in Oct/Nov 2003) in Library & Information Science. The interested professionals should immediately inform Prof. I.V Malhan (Head of Dept.) OR Me. Prof. Malhan: imalhan_47(a)rediffmail.com Regards Anjali Gulati Office Address Ms. Anjali Gulati Lecturer Deptt of Library Science University of Jammu New Campus Ambedkar Road Jammu-180006 J & K India Ph:(O): 91-191-436778 E-mail: anjali_g26(a)rediffmail.com Permanent Postal Address Ms. Anjali Gulati C 355 Raja Jee Puram Lucknow-226017 Uttar Pradesh India Ph: (R): 91-522-662214 ___________________________________________________ Art meets Anesthesia; Shefali Weds Dr. Raman. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://matchmaker.rediff.com?1

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IGNOU - PGDLAN Website
by JK Vijayakumar 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Dear Friends, Sorry for disturbing you. Few professionals complained about not opeing of my earlier attachment of IGNOU's PGDLAN Announcement.Just note that it was a pdf file and opened by others.The same announcement is available at IGNOU Website http://www.ignou.ac.in/news1.htm#pgdrlan and all newspapers. IGNOU LAUNCHES POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND NETWORKING from January 2004 In keeping with the demand for skill development in Library and Information Science with the application of ICT, IGNOU has developed a one year's Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Library automation and Networking which will be offered from January 2004. The programme aims at developing professional competence of the Library and Information Professionals in an automated and networked environment. The programme also provides practical exposure to enhance technological skills of the learners for independently developing or managing a computerized library. At present, this programme is being offered in selected regional/telelearning centers. The prospectus and student's handbook can be obtained from the IGNOU Regional Centes at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Pune, Guwahati and IGNOU(SRE Division). Eligibility for Admission: A Bachelor's Degree in library and Information Science (BUS) Duration: 1 Year Medium of Instruction: English General Information: The Student Handbook and Prospectus, containing the application form, can be obtained from the following Tele-earning/Regional Centres or from Director (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-11 0068 in person. on payment of Rs. 30/- in cash or through post by sending IPO or Demand Draft of Rs.80/- in favour of IGNOU, at the city of the Reaional Centre/New Delhi as the case may be. Regional Centres Address (1) 268C-Pitru Ashish. Ishwar Bhawan Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380009 (2) No.293. 39. Cross, 8' Block, Jayanayar, Bangalore-560082 (3) C-1, Institutional Area, Bhubaneshwar-751 013 (4) CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai- 600113 (5) 52, Institutional Area, Tughlakabad Extn., Near Batra Hospital, New Delhi-110062 (6) 2, Azad Bhawan Road.. I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110002 (7) Navagiri Road, 1st Bye-Lane, Chandmari, Guwahatl-781003 (8) Bikash Bhawan, 4 Floor, N;"Jrth Block, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata-700091 (9) 1st Floor, MSFC Bldg., 270, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune-411016. Last Date for Submission of application form at the Regional Centre is 15.10.2003 . ------------ J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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RE: [digilib_india] PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networki ng by IGNOU
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

With respect to the PGDLAN Course of IGNOU I requested the regional director of IGNOU at hyderabad as to why Hyderabad has not been mentioned in the advetisement. The correspondance is quoted below for the benefit of students from Hyderabad. Vyasamoorthy ========= Dear Vyasamoorthy, The University has not approved any centre for Hyderabad Region. The students from this region should opt anyone of the centre notified by the University. Dr.V.Vasudevan Regional Director IGNOU Regional Centre Hyderabad -----Original Message----- From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:17 PM To: 'ignourch(a)hd2.dot.net.in' Cc: 'ignourch(a)hd2.vsnl.net.in' Subject: FW: PGDLAN Diploma Course Dear Sri Vasudevan, There was advertisement regarding PDGLAN course in newspapers. Hyderabad Regional Center is not included in the list of contact addresses mentioned therein. Does it mean that students from AP can not participate? Kindly clarify. I have been an academic counsellor for IGNOU MLibSc for the past several years. Thanks. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: <http://www.vic-ikp.info/> http://www.vic-ikp.info and <http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com> http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com ================== -----Original Message----- From: Saiful Amin [mailto:saifulamin@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:15 PM To: digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [digilib_india] PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking by IGNOU IGNOU Invites Applications for admission to POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND NETWORKING PROGRAMME (PGDLAN) (Commencing from January 2004 Session) The Post-Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN) Programme offered by IGNOU is an innovative programme utilizing self-instructional materials and information-technology along with interactive personal contact programmes. It aims at developing the professional competencies of the library and information professionals in an automated and networked environment. It provides opportunities for in-depth practical to enhance technological skills of the learners to develop and manage a computerized library and information centre. Eligibility for Admission: A Bachelor's Degree in library and Information Science (BLISc). Duration: 1 Year Medium of Instruction: English General Information: The Student Handbook and Prospectus, containing the application form, can be obtained from the following Tele-learning/Regional Centres or from Director (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-11 0068 in person on payment of Rs. 30/- in cash or through post by sending IPO or Demand Draft of Rs.80/- in favour of IGNOU, payable at the city of the Regional Centre/New Delhi as the case may be. Address of Regional Centres: (1) 268C-Pitru Ashish. Ishwar Bhawan Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-38000 (2) No.293. 39. Cross, 8' Block, Jayanayar, Bangalore-560082 (3) C-1, Institutional Area, Bhubaneshwar-751 013 (4) CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai - 600113 (5) 52, Institutional Area, Tughlakabad Extn., Near Batra Hospital, New Delhi-110062 (6) 2, Azad Bhawan Road. I.P. Estate, New Delhi - 110002 (7) Navagiri Road, 1st Bye-Lane, Chandmari, Guwahatl-781003 (8) Bikash Bhawan, 4th Floor, North Block, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata-700091 (9) 1st Floor, MSFC Bldg., 270, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune-411016. Last Date for Submission of application form at the Regional Centre is 15.10.2003 Saiful Amin Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500 019. India. Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 http://purl.org/net/saiful <http://purl.org/net/saiful> <http://yahoo.shaadi.com> Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Post your <http://yahoo.shaadi.com> profile. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=17050077 09:HM/A=1732161/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code=3050 9&media=atkins> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.3897168.5135684.1261774/D=egroupmai l/S=:HM/A=1732161/rand=670392697> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: digilib_india-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .

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Free digital archives of math material (fwd)
by Library 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Dear friends, This article (freely available) is of great interest to mathematics librarians: Jackson, Allyn. "The Digital Mathematics Library". Notices of the AMS 50(8):918-23. September 2003 http://www.ams.org/notices/200308/comm-jackson.pdf This describes the digitisation efforts in mathematics and lists all the digitised mathematics literature which are freely available. With best wishes, Girija Srinivasan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:56:53 -0700 From: george(a)library.caltech.edu To: SLAPAM-L(a)lists.yale.edu, STS-L(a)listserv.utk.edu Subject: Free digital archives of math material Jackson, Allyn. "The Digital Mathematics Library". Notices of the AMS 50(8):918-23. September 2003 http://www.ams.org/notices/200308/comm-jackson.pdf Access to this article may require a subscription, but the wealth of material described is freely distributed on the web. Gottinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ) <http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/index.html> is one of the highlighted collections of archival math books and journals. A group of Caltech librarians (Hema Ramachandran, John McDonald, Kathy Johnson, and myself) are actively mining this treasure trove -- adding links in the online catalog to print runs, cataloging online runs for which we do not have print holdings, updating our local OpenURL resolver's knowledgebase, and documenting in Caltech's Online Journal Database (OJDB) <http://ojdb.caltech.edu>. Recently Steve Rockey <http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0309&L=pamnet&F=&S=&P=5115> provided links for downloading MARC records for the Cornell Digital Math Books Collection and the University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection. These collections, too, are cited in Jackson's article. In an age when so many electronic resources cost an arm and a leg, it is a blessing to receive a bounty of hundreds of shelf feet of math journals (read more than a thousand volumes) and similar quantities of math monographs, all specifically selected for their relevance to modern mathematicians. All that is required to benefit from the tremendous efforts going on around us is to spend the effort to make these materials visible to our user communities. In times of budgetary exigency, what better proof is there of the value of librarians than the ability to dramatically upgrade a collection through devotion of a small amount of staff time to a worthy project? George S. Porter Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science Caltech, 1-43 Pasadena, CA 91125-4300 Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681

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PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking by IGNOU
by Saiful Amin 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Some users complained they were not able to open the attachement in the previous announcement mail... Here is the text which was contained in that PDF file. Regards, Saiful IGNOU Invites Applications for admission to POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND NETWORKING PROGRAMME (PGDLAN) (Commencing from January 2004 Session) The Post-Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN) Programme offered by IGNOU is an innovative programme utilizing self-instructional materials and information-technology along with interactive personal contact programmes. It aims at developing the professional competencies of the library and information professionals in an automated and networked environment. It provides opportunities for in-depth practical to enhance technological skills of the learners to develop and manage a computerized library and information centre. Eligibility for Admission: A Bachelor's Degree in library and Information Science (BLISc). Duration: 1 Year Medium of Instruction: English General Information: The Student Handbook and Prospectus, containing the application form, can be obtained from the following Tele-learning/Regional Centres or from Director (SR&E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-11 0068 in person on payment of Rs. 30/- in cash or through post by sending IPO or Demand Draft of Rs.80/- in favour of IGNOU, payable at the city of the Regional Centre/New Delhi as the case may be. Address of Regional Centres: (1) 268C-Pitru Ashish. Ishwar Bhawan Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-38000 (2) No.293. 39. Cross, 8' Block, Jayanayar, Bangalore-560082 (3) C-1, Institutional Area, Bhubaneshwar-751 013 (4) CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113 (5) 52, Institutional Area, Tughlakabad Extn., Near Batra Hospital, New Delhi-110062 (6) 2, Azad Bhawan Road. I.P. Estate, New Delhi 110002 (7) Navagiri Road, 1st Bye-Lane, Chandmari, Guwahatl-781003 (8) Bikash Bhawan, 4th Floor, North Block, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata-700091 (9) 1st Floor, MSFC Bldg., 270, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune-411016. Last Date for Submission of application form at the Regional Centre is 15.10.2003 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Fwd: PGDLAN
by JK Vijayakumar 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Dear Friends, IGNOU is introducing a new course "PGDLAN" for LIS people through Distance Mode. The advertisement is attached herewith for your reference. J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET --- Pravakar Rath <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > From: "Pravakar Rath" <pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com> > To: vjkjk(a)yahoo.com > Subject: good news > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 02:21:48 +0530 > > Find an attachment > Dr Rath > Graduate school of LIS > University of Illinois > Urbana Champaign (USA) > USA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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InfoWatch - August 2003
by M.R Lalitha 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Dear LIS-Forum member, The August 2003 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) Aug 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. BioChipNet - The informational website on biochip technology 2. Biopolymer.net [A portal for biopolymers] 3. CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource 4. Database of Zeolite structures 5. Deep Impact [NASA scientists' encounter with a comet] 6. Electronics Library [Free technical online directory for eclectronics community] 7. Energy Tutorial [By National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California] 8. Experts Exchange - Providing IT information that drives the enterprise 9. Generation5 - At the forefront of artificial intelligence 10. Introduction to digital images & digital analysis techniques of remotely sensed multispectral data 11. JavaScript 2 - Free JavaScript codes 12. Mathematical Moments 13. PapersINVITED.com - A listing of calls for papers 14. Quantum Chemistry Literature DataBase - QCLDB 15. Tech Support Alert [A site for rated free utility programs & tech resources] 16. The Virtual Planet Laboratory 17. UCSF Chimera: An extensible molecular modeling system 18. WayStation: Centre for submission, review and publication of Genome variations 19. Wotsit's Format - The programmer's file format collection 20. WebDesignHelper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Need inputs on Designing a New Library
by Doncy Augustine 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Dear Friends, At Hewlett-Packard Labs India, we are on the process of designing a new library. Started in February 2002, lab has a small print collection with not more than 400 books and almost the same number of CDs and of course it is likely to grow in future. What are the things to be taken care of before designing a library? I would like to have inputs (up to minute detail) on this. Many Thanks, Doncy ---------- HP Labs India Sterling Square #3, Madras Bank Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Ph: +91-80-205 2115 E-Mail: doncy(a)india.hp.com http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Bookstores vs Public Libraries
by Dinesh K. Gupta 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Nice to read about " What we can learn from book stores", but, another article looks a little further "Stores and Libraries: Both Serve Customers!" http://www.infotoday.com/mls/jan02/koontz.htm In author's own words: "I am walking through a shopping mall, thinking about libraries, thinking about retail storesthinking how we are alike, and what we can learn from each other. There are some obvious similarities." These papers put us to think beyond our traditional boundaries. Regards, Dinesh K. Gupta Associate Prof. & Head, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., VM Open University, Kota-324010 Ph. 0744-2471412 (R) 0744-2470106 (O) E-mail: dineshkg(a)sancharnet.in -----Original Message----- From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; knowinfo(a)yahoogroups.com <knowinfo(a)yahoogroups.com> Cc: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr <india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr>; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com <nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Bookstores vs Public Libraries >Hello All, > >There is a nice article entitled "What libraries can learn from >bookstores: Applying the bookstore model to public libraries" recently >appeared (2 days ago) at the following URL >http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/marketing/bookstore.html > >The article talks about the difference and comparison between Public >Library and Bookstore with some good pointers. The situations given in >the article are not yet implemented/relevant for India but still people >can know some ongoing trends or can modeled their library. > >Regards, >Madhuresh Singhal >Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, >Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, >Bangalore 562 158 >Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 >Mobile 98861 82822 >Fax 852 6285 >E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com >http://nettalk2.tripod.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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Training Proram for LIS Professionals
by P K Upadhaya Head NIC Library 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Dear LIS Professionals National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Government of India is organizing five days training programme on INTERNET TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN LIBRARIES from 13th to 17th Oct 2003 at New Delhi for Library and Information Science Professionals working all over the country. The programme will help the participants to modernize their libraries, as they would be equipped with Web Technologies and their application in library services. Details are available in the announcement section at http://www.home.nic.in . You can also download the attached MS-Word file. You are cordially invited to participate in this training programme. Last date of submission of nomination form is 30th Sept, 2003. With regards P.K. Upadhyay Officer Incharge, Library, Email : pku(a)hub.nic Contact No : 011-24360567

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Bookstores vs Public Libraries
by Madhuresh 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hello All, There is a nice article entitled "What libraries can learn from bookstores: Applying the bookstore model to public libraries" recently appeared (2 days ago) at the following URL http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/marketing/bookstore.html The article talks about the difference and comparison between Public Library and Bookstore with some good pointers. The situations given in the article are not yet implemented/relevant for India but still people can know some ongoing trends or can modeled their library. Regards, Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Ranganathan Research Circle, New Delhi
by Mailing List Manager 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:54:47 +0530 (IST) From: Ratnakar Aspari [mailto:aspari_r@hotmail.com] For kind circulation among lis-forum members Ratnakar, New Delhi ________ RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE Cordially invites you to the 5th C V SUBBARAO Memorial Function at the Auditorium Hall, Sahitya Akademy, New Delhi On September 20th, 2003 Saturday at 10.00 A.M. There will be a Panel Discussion on "BIBLIOMETRICS AND SCINTIOMETRICS" Dr. K Satyanarayana, DDG, Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi Chairperson PANELISTS Dr. S M Dhawan, Scintist Inchange, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Dr. B M Gupta, Sr. Scientist NISTADS, New Delhi Dr. Usha Munju Munshi, Sr. Scientist, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------

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FORSA
by Library 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Dear Friends: We have a Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics, which has been in existence for over two decades. This is an informal group consisting of: RRI, IIAP, TIFR, PRL, IUCAA, NCRA, State Observatory, nainital and CASA-Osmania University, and has been doing excellent job of cooperation and coordination for information exchange in the ever changing IT environment. FORSA has to its credit two consortia, viz. Indian Astrophysics Consortium (Kluwer Journals, 2002+) and FORSA Consortium for Nature on-line (Nature Publishing, 2002+). At present it is looking forward for consortium formation with AIP and other publishers. We are happy to inform that FORSA has become a participant in INternational Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) during August,2003. Perhaps, this consortium is the first one from India to participaate in ICOLC, which has around 158 participants from across the world. For details, one can look into the following sites: ICOLC : http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/ FORSA : http://www.iiap.res.in/library/forsa.html WE shall be very much obliged if forum members provide us information on number of consortia formed in India (with year, with whom consortia is formed, and number of participants) so that it may help othersfor interaction while going into consortia formation. With regards, Y.M.PATIL FORSA COORDINATOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in

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Distributed Full Text Search of Math Books Now Available (fwd)
by Library 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Forwarded by Girija Srinivasan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:05:17 -0400 From: Steve Rockey <swr1(a)cornell.edu> To: slapam-l(a)lists.yale.edu Subject: Distributed Full Text Search of Math Books Now Available I though this would be of interest to Mathematics Librarians. --Steve >[Please redistribute as appropriate] > > Distributed Full Text Search of Math Books Now Available > >The university libraries of Cornell, G�ttingen, and Michigan are pleased to >announce the first public availability of a significant body of mathematical >monographs with access provided through a distributed full text search >protocol. The virtual collection, comprising more than 2,000 volumes of >significant historical mathematical material (nearly 600,000 pages), resides >at the three separate institutions and is provided through interfaces to the >three entirely different software systems. Public interfaces to the >collection may be found at: > http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/mathall/ >and > http://mathbooks.library.cornell.edu/ >These two public interfaces reflect different development efforts at >Michigan and Cornell, each with their own perspective on how to best mediate >the search through the protocol, and each based on the protocol. > >The protocol for this distributed search was developed by the three >participating institutions over the last two and a half years, with generous >support provided by the National Science Foundation. Working from the roots >of the DIENST and the then-emergent OAI protocols, the project team focused >on creating a new protocol--dubbed CGM, for "Cornell, G�ttingen, >Michigan"--that was consistent with OAI, borrowed from DIENST, and added >mechanisms for full text searching. The protocol and more project >information are available at http://www.library.cornell.edu/mathbooks/. > >While our testing has found that network latency and the vicissitudes of >different production environments do present challenges, our results >indicate that a distributed full text search is certainly viable. We >believe that the CGM protocol is relatively unique in providing >production-level full text access to distributed collections. > >We invite feedback on the effectiveness of the protocol from both users of >the materials and from digital library developers. Although essentially a >first prototype with significant needs for extension and refinement, we >believe that our progress to-date should be encouraging for digital library >developers interested in federating collections. And, further, the >collection itself is a rich resource for the study of mathematics history >and a number of related disciplines. The collections at Cornell and >Michigan are both fully searchable, and while the G�ttingen collection >currently includes bibliographic information and page images, G�ttingen is >actively seeking funding to create full text for its volumes. > >We welcome all feedback. Please send comments to cgm-feedback(a)umich.edu. > >We hope that the documentation on the protocol (currently found at >http://www.library.cornell.edu/mathbooks/cgmverbs.xml) will spur others to >add CGM-capability to their systems. The software created through this >NSF-funded grant will be made available in a number of ways. The API >developed by G�ttingen, allowing them to provide access through the Agora >software, will soon be available to other Agora sites. The functionality >developed by Michigan will be included in release 11 of the DLXS digital >library software (September, 2003). And Cornell is exploring distribution >and support models for its electronic publishing software, DPubS, the system >also behind Project Euclid (http://ProjectEuclid.org). If you are >interested in using the raw protocol mechanisms at Cornell, G�ttingen and >Michigan in your development efforts, please contact: > Andrea Rapp, G�ttingen <rapp(a)mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de> > David Ruddy, Cornell <dwr4(a)cornell.edu> > John P. Wilkin, Michigan <jpwilkin(a)umich.edu> > > >John Price Wilkin, Associate University Librarian, LIT Steven Rockey Director of the Mathematics Library 420B Malott Hall Cornell University Office: 255-5268 Home: 272-8925 e-mail: swr1(a)cornell.edu Fax: 607-254-5023 http://www.library.cornell.edu/math/

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XX IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERRENCE- CALL FOR PAPERS &IATLIS NEWSLETTER ATTACHED (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:23:39 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> XX IATLIS National Conference 2003: The XX IATLIS National Conference will be organized by the DLIS, University of Madras, Chennai during 21 23 November, 2003. Prof. K. S. Raghavan, Head, DLIS, University of Madras is the Organizing Secretary. Prof. Harsha Parekh, SNDT Womens University, Mumbai is the Director of the Conference. Theme: Globalization of LIS Education: FACETS: Ø Identification / Study of LIS Education Needs and Practices at Global level Ø Informal and non-formal LIS Education Ø Global Marketing of LIS Education Ø Market Oriented Reorganization of LIS Education Ø National and International Information Access Methods and Practices. Ø Comparison of Global and Local LIS Programmes Ø Information Needs and Information Seeking Strategies Ø Standardization and Cooperation for Globalization of LIS Education. Ø E-learning in Globalization of LIS Education Ø Collaboration of Education and Research Activities- National and International level- Inter institutional collaboration and consortia approach. Ø National and Transnational Information Policies Ø Information Technology in Globalization of LIS Education Ø Teaching Aids / Tools / Techniques / Infrastructure for Globalization of LIS Education Ø Curriculum Innovations Ø Design and Development of Curriculum in the context of Globalization Ø Faculty Empowerment and skills up-gradation. Ø Instructional Management Ø Practical Training / Exchange of Teachers and Students / Internship for appropriate Human Resource Development Ø LIS Education to meet the Changing Environments and Manpower Requirements in Modern Libraries Ø Role of Publishers and Book Sellers in Globalization of Education Ø Accreditation and Globalization And any other relevant sub-themes / topics of the main theme. CALL FOR PAPERS: Papers on the above facets of the basic theme Globalization of LIS Education for the XX-IATLIS National Conference should reach the General Secretary, IATLIS, c/ o Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD 500 007 so as to reach him on or before 20th October, 2003. The Paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please send your paper in print and electronic form on a 3½ floppy in MS Word. The authors may please avoid the historic aspects. ===== 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) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Googles Set Search facility.
by Mailing List Manager 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:02:02 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Friends, To those who may not have explored Google at length, I would like to draw your attention to the Set creation facility in Google. The URL is: http://labs.google.com/sets If you enter a few members of a set, (in this case categories of poems) Google predicts the other members of the set. For instance, I typed Ode, Haiku, Epitaph and got the following as result: Ode Epitaph Haiku Limerick free Verse Villanelle Sonnet Ballad Blank Verse Lyric Elegy Cinquain Sestina epic Narrative Quatrain BioPoem Shape List Poem Acrostic Rondeau Shakespearean Sonnet Dramatic monologue Italian Sonnet ================ This facility can be useful in classification, thesaurus construction, keyword assignment etc. We need to keep in mind that this is NOT a synonym finder. It is a tool to predict other members of a set, given names of a few members. Suppose you want to search for office stationery suppliers, you just enter a few words like, pen, calculator, photoframe and you will get the rest - well almost. The output needs to be manually examined for correctness. Then if you search a "proper database of office needs suppliers" with the 'resulting words from Google Sets search', better results may be expected. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com

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15th September 2003 LAST DATE for abstract submission for Call for http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:54:02 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> Our apologies for cross postings INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, preservation, access and management --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would appreciate disseminating this mail to your colleagues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERI in partnership with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India intends to organize a four-day International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL). CIEMCA/ COL is also an associate. ICDL 2004 will facilitate interaction between experts and others, bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries, and initiate capacity building activities in DLs (digital libraries). The deliberations of globally renowned experts - and subsequent discussions - during and after the conference, will help develop a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries. ICDL 2004 will also provide directions on available technologies, digitization acts, DL policies, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, multilingual issues, etc. Who should participate? ---------------------- ICDL 2004 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by policy-makers, information scientists, and professionals involved in DL research and practice across the world. It would particularly interest the following. Policy-makers Library and information science professionals IT professionals Archivists and museologists Content developers and knowledge managers IT service providers Information providers and vendors Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials: 24 February 2004 --------------------------- Call for Tutorials: The main aim of these tutorials will allow participants to become familiar with basic principles of the field, to receive technical training in the area of Digital Libraries and making them aware of the potential of digital libraries in the current scenario. Tutorial 1: Overview of Digital Libraries Tutorial 2: Build Digital Library Using Open Source Software Tutorial 3: Dublin Core Metadata Tutorial 4: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems Tutorial 5: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems Tutorial 6: Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries Conference 25-27 Feb 2004 ------------------------- Call for papers: Theme: Knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management Topics: ----------- Digital libraries: conceptual and theoretical aspects Planning, development, architecture, and management Archiving cultural heritage and history through digitization Content organization and knowledge management: discovery, organization, retrieval, and models System scalability and interoperability Mediation and user interaction Metadata issues Digital library policy and strategic planning --------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission guidelines: --------------------------- Extended abstracts (500 words) in English are to be submitted in MS Word format. The review committee will take the final decision regarding paper acceptance. Once accepted, the complete papers (5000 words) are to be submitted within the scheduled time frame. All papers must be original contributions and authors of the accepted papers are expected to transfer the copyright to TERI. Authors are requested to visit the ICDL web site for more details. Dates to remember: ----------------- Last date for submission of extended abstracts - 15 September 2003 Last date for communication of acceptance of papers - 30 October 2003 Last date for submission of full papers (soft copy) - 15 December 2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration: ------------ The registration fee covers the conference kit, conference proceedings, lunches, inaugural dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodation. Registration fee* ---------------- For registrations done on or before 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2000; Conference Rs 5000; Conference and tutorials Rs 6000 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 75; Conference US$ 200; Conference and tutorials US$ 225 For registrations done after 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2500; Conference Rs 5500; Conference and tutorials Rs 6500 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 100; ConferenceUS$ 225; Conference and tutorials US$ 250 * Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% discount . * Students (Ph.D. and Masters) can avail of a 50% discount. Registration options: The registration form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed form can be sent along with the registration fee through local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi. Visit our web site for online registration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For paper submission and registration, please contact: Debal C Kar Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme structure: ------------------------------ ICDL 2004 will have a mix of educative events and programmes spread over four days. Tutorials: Day 1(24 February) Leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials. Conference sessions: Day 2, 3, and 4 (25-27 February) Plenary, parallel, and poster sessions will engage the delegates in a wide range of presentations from leading national and international experts. Panel discussions, Valedictory session: Day 4 (27 February) Policy-makers, media-persons, academics, and techno-experts will discuss digitization initiatives in the developing world to frame a plan of action. Business sessions: Day 2 and 3 (25-26 February) ICDL 2004 opens up excellent opportunities for organizations involved in develo-ping and providing digital and knowledge management solutions to reach a global audience through product presentations. Exhibitors: Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 (24-27 February) ICDL 2004 welcomes organizations to showcase their best products/technologies at the venue. Space is available for 25 exhibitors. Stalls of 2 � 2 metres and 2 � 3 metres will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committees ------------------ International Programme Committee: --------------------------------- Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS; Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman eCommerce Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland (invited) Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Braunchweig, Germany Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA Prof. Gary Marchioni, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, Department of Education and Skills, London, UK Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, USA Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory Committee ------------------------------ Conference Co-Chairs -------------------- Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva Members -------------- Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; and Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi, India Mr Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India (invited) Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, New Delhi Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad, India Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Prof. M Tawfik, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, New Delhi Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee: ------------------ Co-Chairs --------- Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi Conference Coordinator ---------------------- Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convener, Library and Information Centre, TERI, New Delhi Members ------- Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library; Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Goethe Institut, Maxmuller Bhavan, New Delhi (invited) Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Officer (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Centre, New Delhi Mr M Moni, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Mr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Mysore, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invited speakers: ---------------- Several globally renowned experts are expected to participate in and share their experiences at the conference. It will be an excellent opportunity for associated professionals to interact with these experts and enrich their knowledge base. Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor, Head, Division of Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland Prof. Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Germany Dr Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, USA Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Australia Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST, Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, USA Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, USA Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, India Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT, Women's University, India Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-University,Berlin, Germany Dr Michael Seadle Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, UK Dr Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of Library and Information Science, Japan Dr Stuart Weibel , Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, USA Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacts: ------------- Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Metadata Harvesting-Interview
by Mailing List Manager 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 19:01:59 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Dear friends The following piece of interview is for those who doesn't read OCLC Newsletter. The interview is relating to the protocol for metadata harvesting (PMH) which is about new protocols that enable users to search across multiple repositories and to view and use works from different digital collections from a single workstation. A link is also provided for more information about OAI-PMH. Aman Kumar Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) New Delhi Interview: Herbert Van de Sompel, Developing new protocols to support and connect digital libraries Herbert Van de Sompel is a digital library research pioneer known for his cutting-edge work in linking technologies and metadata harvesting. He received a master's degree in mathematics in 1979, a master's degree in computer science in 1981 and a doctorate in communication science in 2000, all from Ghent University, Belgium. He was Head of Library Automation at Ghent University from 1981-1998. From 2000-2001, he served as Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Department of Cornell University, where he was part of the Digital Library Research Group and taught computing methods for digital libraries. Prior to accepting his current position as Digital Library Researcher at the Research Library at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), he served as Director of e-Strategy and Programmes at the British Library. The 2003 recipient of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, Dr. Van de Sompel has played a major role in creating the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, the OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services and the SFX linking server. He is also a member of the OCLC Research Advisory Committee. What do you do at the Los Alamos Laboratories? I lead the Digital Library Research and Prototyping Team, a group of highly qualified individuals who are well established in the digital library research community. Our team explores architectures/solutions for next generation digital library services in the context of the Los Alamos Research Library and beyond. You recently won the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for your work in linking technologies and metadata harvesting. How important are these to libraries? I think this work is significantly changing the nature of library services. Probably the OpenURL/SFX work on linking is the one that currently has the highest impact on libraries. There are quite a few academic and research libraries across the world operating an OpenURL-compliant linking server. Libraries now have a say in the nature and target of links, and users enjoy a consistent linking experience across resources. Interestingly, the linking work is not very well known in the digital library research arena. There, the impact of metadata harvesting protocols is more visible. Maybe that's because metadata harvesting has its origins in an effort to transform scholarly publishing. Initially, libraries had little involvement in those efforts as they were mostly initiated from within a given research community. As libraries start taking a more active role in that transformation, for example, through institutional repositories, they will be adopting a protocol to become part of a global, interoperable network of scholarly repositories. So, eventually, the impact of the OAI-PMH might become more profound. What is the Open Archives Initiative (OAI)? Can you talk a little about the philosophy and driving force behind it? Initially, OAI was about transforming scholarly communication. The idea was to increase the impact of communication through preprints by making repositories interoperable. For example, if we could make it easier to find preprints than electronic published papers, preprints might become a viable (and cheaper) alternative, which would change the dynamics of scholarly publishing. Later, mostly through the influence of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), our work became more generic. Preprint repositories were not the only islands on the Web. So were digitized library collections. There was a clear need for interoperability at the resource-discovery level for all kinds of materials, not only for preprints. Supported by DLF and CNI, Carl Lagoze, Senior Researcher, Information Science Program, Cornell University and I embarked on a mission to create a generic protocol for metadata harvesting. The modus operandi is the creation of simple, generic, high-quality, vetted specifications that can enhance the experience of dealing with the networked information environment we live in. What do you see OAI accomplishing for libraries? There are a zillion things libraries could do with the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) because it is so generic. In Los Alamos, we use it for things as diverse as a read-only Repository Access Protocol, as a protocol to synchronize bibliographic data between different components in our infrastructure, and as a means to share digital library usage logs with our research collaborators, Johan Bollen (Old Dominion University) and Luis Rocha (LANL), who will be using them for creation of a recommendation system. I have been hoping that libraries would put pressure on publishers to make their metadata harvestable via the OAI-PMH. Unfortunately, so far, I haven't seen a lot of action. Not sure why that is. Probably academic libraries are too busy worrying about integration with educational systems. How's the reception been to OAI-PMH around the world? Beyond what I had expected or hoped for. The protocol is all over the place. Whichever meeting or conference I attend, the OAI-PMH comes up. As Cliff Lynch, Executive Director, CNI, mentioned, the protocol has become a part of our information infrastructure. I feel that the timeframe in which this has happened (less than 4 years) is quite surprising and impressive. It is really difficult to give quantitative measures about the adoption of the protocol because there is no requirement to publish usage, and in many cases usage actually occurs in an Intranet context. Recently, we have seen an increasing interest in the protocol from industry. Dot.coms and dot.nets that I had never heard of are playing around with the OAI-PMH. What were some of the challenges in developing OAI and OAI-PMH? With the OAI, things have been rather straightforward. Initially, in 1999, my ideas to move to action in the preprint realm were supported by Paul Ginsparg, Professor of Physics and Computing and Information Science, Cornell University; Rick Luce, Research Library Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Cliff Lynch; Don Waters, Program Officer, Scholarly Communications, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress; and Rick Johnson, Enterprise Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). This support was crucial for assembling a group of experts to discuss how to make preprint repositories interoperable. In Michael Nelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University and Thomas Krichel, Assistant Professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, I found the perfect partners to demonstrate a possible solution: metadata harvesting. At the expert meeting, my connection with Carl Lagoze was established. Initially our collaboration was quite informal. Later, the DLF and CNI expressed interest in generalizing the protocol, and generously provided us with some funds. With that came the creation of an advisory board, and Carl and I became the OAI executives, leading the effort to deliver a protocol. Things have been very smooth. The funding expired at the end of 2002, and ever since then OAI has faced organizational challenges that are well known to anyone who has been involved in defining infrastructural components. Developing the OAI-PMH has not been a challenge but rather great fun. It has probably been the best experience in my professional life. Carl and I have been able to assemble two generations of the OAI Technical Committee with people who excelled through their talents, insights and determination to get the job done. If I would have to name a single challenge, it would be remaining faithful to the fundamental principles of sticking to scope and maintaining simplicity. How much input from librarians went into OAI-PMH? How many libraries are involved with the project, and what are their roles? We had people on the OAI Technical Committee from the Library of Congress, the California Digital Library, the CERN library, the British Library, the Engineering Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and OCLC. And we had some more people with library backgrounds on the OAI Steering Committee. How can OCLC help advance open access content systems? I think OCLC can play a very important role through the creation of tools that can easily be deployed in a variety of institutional contexts, through educating its constituency about the better kind of place we could live in if they would collectively move to action to initiate some real change in scholarly communication, and through using their longstanding and valuable experience in novel ways that help in making such action successful. How do you see OAI evolving? What are the future plans? We have several pieces of work in thinking or in the pipeline. An important one is an upcoming collaboration with the JISC RoMEO project, in the realm of expressing rights statements about metadata and content in the OAI framework. We will soon set up a new technical committee for that work. Another effort that we have already done significant work on is the so-called OAI Static Repository. It's a file-based solution to lower the barrier for people to share metadata through the OAI-PMH; they don't need to run any special server, only put a file of a specified format on a Web server. We also think about the creation of a SOAP version of the OAI-PMH. Our good friend, Hussein Suleman (Cape Town University), is currently doing research in that realm, the results of which will probably become the starting point of an OAI effort. And there is more great stuff we have in mind. Just trust us and wire the money so we can get going. What other communities are working on linking technologies, and how is the library community connecting with them? The problem that comes closest to the library's "appropriate copy" problem is the one in e-commerce whereby companies want to offer Web visitors a choice of online vendors of their products, but instead of providing that information themselves, they rely on third party services to do so. Interestingly, in their world, offering more choices is better than offering the "appropriate" choice. But it's a similar thing, and companies like Channel Intelligence are providing services in that realm. I am not sure about what exactly their solution is but I can see that it could be addressed by using OpenURL and an OpenURL Resolver. Then there's Microsoft's Smart Tags and related ideas that have led to some helper applications that let a user consult an authoritative database on a specific topic by selecting a word, or by clicking links overlaid by those applications. Again, this feels very similar to OpenURL ideas. As far as I know the library community is the first one to devise a standard in this realm of linking; we seem to be leading the way. The hope is that other communities will adopt the upcoming NISO OpenURL Standard to address their linking needs; by all means, the standard is written in such a generic manner that they could. Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, describes the next generation of the Web as the "Semantic Web," when people create many programs that collect Web content from diverse sources, process the information and exchange the results with other programs. How close are we to the Semantic Web that Berners-Lee describes? Yes, and my American garage door talks to my Belgian toaster, and they agree I am hungry. Great idea. I think it will take long time to realize, and that we will go through several generations of enabling technologies before we find ones that are suitable to actually get the job done. "Suitable" in this case means both powerful and simple. Like the technologies that led to the emergence of the Web. Also, the Semantic Web will probably happen very gradually, with some sample implementations in niche areas illustrating the capabilities, and by doing so, slowly convincing the world at large. Quite a different deployment than the Web itself. While I have become increasingly receptive to the Semantic Web ideas in general, I remain puzzled as to why it takes so long for a killer illustration to emerge. My personal take on this is that too many people feel uncomfortable with the technologies at hand, or the lack thereof. While I keep hearing that RDF is simple, I remain to be convinced that the technology is straightforward. Also, maybe we are too focused on seeing a garage-door/toaster illustration of the Semantic Web concepts. Probably we should settle for an application that is less exotic, more useful and hence more convincing. Herbert Van de Sompel; Jeff Young, OCLC Consulting Software Engineer; and Thom Hickey, OCLC Chief Scientist, wrote an article entitled, "Using the OAI-PMH...differently" for D-Lib Magazine. You can read it at http://dlib.org/dlib/july03/young/07young.html. Source: OCLC Newsletter, July 2003

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Forwarded mail.... (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:37:13 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> This has reference to Sri Deshpande's (of CPRI)recent request for info on companies that can be contacted for Scanning OCR & other related digitisation work. I wish to add the following address: Mr Sastry chemudupaty Vicisoft Technologies P Limited plot 126 jyothi colony, behind aoc paade grounds, secunderabad 500015 mobile 98490 30737 phone 27743168/27740226 email: sastry(a)vicisoft.com & manish(a)vicisoft.com If Mr Deshpande or someone else can cumulate the addresses he has recived into a single file, it would be useful to all. Thanks *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com

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Traditional Information Providers Branch Out
by Mailing List Manager 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:24:35 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> >From Information Today Inc. [Newslink, September 2003]: Traditional Information Providers Branch Out By Paula J. Hane Recently, Microsoft announced that a number of healthcare industry software vendors, solution providers, and organizations have developed a range of solutions that take advantage of the 2003 release of Microsoft Office as a platform to increase productivity and improve quality of care. According to Microsoft, these solutions "automate paper-based processes, streamline workflow, and enable workers throughout the healthcare industry to focus on what they do best: healthcare." The technologies implemented in Office position it as a front end to work processes and integrated access to information. Ovid, an operating company of Wolters Kluwer Health, is integrating journal content from its Journals@Ovid database into various Microsoft Office 2003 applications. Healthcare professionals will have access to full-text content from more than 900 medical and health sciences journals. Clinicians or researchers can select an article and view the entire full text, if their institution is an Ovid subscriber, or they can purchase the material through Ovid's PayPerView feature. Bette Brunelle, executive vice president of Ovid, said, "Ovid is dedicated to finding new and innovative methods of integrating content into the enterprise environment that enhance end-user work flow and, by extension, the medical research process." Elsevier announced that it has developed a healthcare reference package compatible with the 2003 release of Microsoft Office. The package includes two of the company's medical reference titles: Dorland's Medical Dictionary and Mosby's Drug Consult. Some of the other healthcare companies that are partnering with Microsoft include Gold Standard Multimedia (which will offer its interactive drug information solution, Clinical Pharmacology, as an add-on product); Allscripts Healthcare Solutions; NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.; and MICROMEDEX, a division of the Thomson Corp. (which will offer its SaveNotes feature to customize CareNotes Patient Education documents). According to information on the Microsoft site, the Research Task Pane, which uses XML to provide access to data sources, can also search customized corporate data sources. For example, an organization can build a database of information about its products and services, and offer that information through an intranet to its employees. Employees can also incorporate additional third-party data services into their data sources. Microsoft, which had planned to launch Office 2003 in the summer, now says this has been delayed until Oct. 21, 2003, though Office will be pre-installed on some PCs by the end of this month. Google and IEEE Finally, Google, never out of the media spotlight for long, announced that researchers will be able to locate technical papers published by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) using the Google search engine. Google is currently crawling, or indexing, the abstract records for all online IEEE technical documents and standards available through the IEEE Xplore online delivery platform (http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore). There are now nearly 1 million documents in the IEEE database. The project is expected to be completed this month, at which time Google users will see the linked content in their search results. Abstracts will be available free to everyone, and full-text documents are available to IEEE subscribers or through individual online purchase.

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Forwarded mail....
by Mailing List Manager 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:10:49 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Should our scientists continue to publish their findings in toll-access journals such as those published by commercial publishers or should they publish their work in toll-free journals such as those published by BioMed Central and the Indian Academy of Sciences? If our scientists want their work read (and cited) by a very large number of people, then they have no choice: they ought to publish their work in toll-free journals. As a corollary, we must make all (worthwhile) Indian journals toll-free by making their electronic versions freely accessible on the Internet. Please read the following message I received from Stevan Harnad, who visited India three years ago and gave talks at Chennai and Bangalore. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---- Message from Stevan Harnad The following data posted by Peter Suber in http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html indicate that open-access articles (from BioMedCentral) average at least 89 times as many downloads as toll-access articles (from Elsevier). (The 89 is probably an undercount, because it does not include PubMedCentral downloads.) PETER SUBER: "Elsevier has put some PowerPoint slides on the web summarizing its interim results for 2003. Slide #16 shows that there were 4.5 million full-text articles in ScienceDirect on June 30, 2003, and slide #15 shows that there were 124 million article downloads in the 12 months preceding that date. This means that its articles were downloaded an average of 28 times each during the past year. http://www.investis.com/reedelsevierplc/data/interims2003b.ppt "For comparison I asked Jan Velterop of BioMed Central what the download figure was for BMC articles during the same time period. He reports that the average is about 2500 per year, which doesn't count downloads of the same articles from PubMed Central. This is 89 times the Elsevier number. " Combine these download data with the citebase data on the correlation between downloads and citations http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php and you will be able to estimate the dramatic way in which open access enhances research citation impact, confirming what Steve Lawrence reported in 2001 for computer science research: http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/lawrence.html and what Kurtz et al. reported for astrophysical research: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2829.html (In an ongoing collaboration with Charles Oppenheim we are currently making controlled pairwise comparisons of citation impact between open-access and toll-access articles that appear in the same journal and year, comparing self-archived and non-self-archived articles, across time, and across disciplines. We hope to extend these comparisons with the help of ISI's citation database.) Those individuals, institutions, research-funders, tax-payers and nations who are interested in increasing the visibility, usage and impact of their research output should take special note of these data! Apply the estimates in reverse if you wish to estimate the amount of research impact (and its rewards) being that is currently being *lost* daily, monthly, and yearly by researchers, their institutions, and by research itself as long as we delay providing immediate open access to all research output -- as we could already do today, by self-archiving it. http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/che.htm Stevan Harnad

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Hai
by Avinashilingam University 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Dear Friends, Could anyone enlighten us on the status of librarian in central university and also in state government ( Whether they are under teaching or non teaching ) Lakshmi ___________________________________________________ Medicine meets Marketing; Dr. Swati Weds Jayaram. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://rediff.com/matchmaker?2

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LAST DATE [Call for papers ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi] 15th September 2004
by Mailing List Manager 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:13:19 +0530 From: Subrata Deb <sdeb(a)teri.res.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> Apologies for cross postings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS: LAST REMINDER LAST DAY FOR RECEIVING ABSTRACTS: 15th SEPTEMBER 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, preservation, access and management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would appreciate disseminating this mail to your colleagues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERI in partnership with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India intends to organize a four-day International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL). CIEMCA/ COL is also an associte of this event. ICDL 2004 will facilitate interaction between experts and others, bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries, and initiate capacity building activities in DLs (digital libraries). The deliberations of globally renowned experts - and subsequent discussions - during and after the conference, will help develop a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries. ICDL 2004 will also provide directions on available technologies, digitization acts, DL policies, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, multilingual issues, etc. Who should participate? ---------------------- ICDL 2004 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by policy-makers, information scientists, and professionals involved in DL research and practice across the world. It would particularly interest the following. Policy-makers Library and information science professionals IT professionals Archivists and museologists Content developers and knowledge managers IT service providers Information providers and vendors Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials: 24 February 2004 --------------------------- Call for Tutorials: The main aim of these tutorials will allow participants to become familiar with basic principles of the field, to receive technical training in the area of Digital Libraries and making them aware of the potential of digital libraries in the current scenario. Tutorial 1: Build Digital Library Using Open Source Software Tutorial 2: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems Tutorial 3: Metadata issues: Dublin Core, XML, RDF Tutorial 4: Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries Tutorial 5: Filtering on the Internet Tutorial 6: Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright issues Conference 25-27 Feb 2004 ------------------------- Call for papers: Theme: Knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management Topics: ----------- Digital libraries: conceptual and theoretical aspects Planning, development, architecture, and management Metadata issues Archiving cultural heritage and history through digitization Content organization and knowledge management: discovery, organization, retrieval, and models Intellectual propery rights and copyright issues System scalability and interoperability Human machine interface and user interaction Digital library policy and strategic planning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission guidelines: --------------------------- Extended abstracts (500 words) in English are to be submitted in MS Word format. The review committee will take the final decision regarding paper acceptance. Once accepted, the complete papers (5000 words) are to be submitted within the scheduled time frame. All papers must be original contributions and authors of the accepted papers are expected to transfer the copyright to TERI. Authors are requested to visit the ICDL web site for more details. Dates to remember: ----------------- Last date for submission of extended abstracts - 15 September 2003 Last date for communication of acceptance of papers - 30 October 2003 Last date for submission of full papers (soft copy) - 15 December 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration: ------------ The registration fee covers the conference kit, conference proceedings, lunches, inaugural dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodation. Registration fee* ---------------- For registrations done on or before 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2000; Conference Rs 5000; Conference and tutorials Rs 6000 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 75; Conference US$ 200; Conference and tutorials US$ 225 For registrations done after 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2500; Conference Rs 5500; Conference and tutorials Rs 6500 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 100; ConferenceUS$ 225; Conference and tutorials US$ 250 * Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% discount . * Students (Ph.D. and Masters) can avail of a 50% discount. Registration options: The registration form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed form can be sent along with the registration fee through local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi. Visit our web site for online registration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For paper submission and registration, please contact: Debal C Kar Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme structure: ------------------------------ ICDL 2004 will have a mix of educative events and programmes spread over four days. Tutorials: Day 1(24 February) Leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials. Conference sessions: Day 2, 3, and 4 (25-27 February) Plenary, parallel, and poster sessions will engage the delegates in a wide range of presentations from leading national and international experts. Panel discussions, Valedictory session: Day 4 (27 February) Policy-makers, media-persons, academics, and techno-experts will discuss digitization initiatives in the developing world to frame a plan of action. Business sessions: Day 2 and 3 (25-26 February) ICDL 2004 opens up excellent opportunities for organizations involved in develo-ping and providing digital and knowledge management solutions to reach a global audience through product presentations. Exhibitors: Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 (24-27 February) ICDL 2004 welcomes organizations to showcase their best products/technologies at the venue. Space is available for 25 exhibitors. Stalls of 2 � 2 metres and 2 � 3 metres will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committees ------------------ International Programme Committee: --------------------------------- Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS; Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman eCommerce Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland (invited) Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Braunchweig, Germany Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA Prof. Gary Marchioni, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, Department of Education and Skills, London, UK Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, USA Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory Committee ------------------------------ Conference Co-Chairs -------------------- Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva Members -------------- Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; and Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi, India Mr Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India (invited) Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, New Delhi Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad, India Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Prof. M Tawfik, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, New Delhi Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Committee: ------------------ Co-Chairs --------- Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi Conference Coordinator ---------------------- Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convener, Library and Information Centre, TERI, New Delhi Members ------- Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library; Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Goethe Institut, Maxmuller Bhavan, New Delhi (invited) Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Officer (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Centre, New Delhi Mr M Moni, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Mr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Mysore, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invited speakers: ---------------- Several globally renowned experts are expected to participate in and share their experiences at the conference. It will be an excellent opportunity for associated professionals to interact with these experts and enrich their knowledge base. Prof. N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore & Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Vidhya Vihar Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan, India Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor, Head, Division of Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Muniram Budhu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Arizona Dr Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland Prof. Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Germany Dr Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, USA Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Australia Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST, Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, USA Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, USA Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, India Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT, Women's University, India Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-University,Berlin, Germany Dr Michael Seadle Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, UK Dr Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of Library and Information Science, Japan Dr Stuart Weibel , Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, USA Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacts: ------------- Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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FW: Junior Project Assistant
by Madhuresh 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

-----Original Message----- From: Mr. V K J Jeevan [mailto:vkj@library.iitkgp.ernet.in] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:17 PM To: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: Junior Project Assistant The Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is looking for a suitable "Junior Project Assistant" on purely contract basis for 18 months only to work in the MHRD sponsored project, A Personalized Selective Access Information System (SAI). Emoluments: Rs. 5000 p.m. Qualifications and experience: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering/Information Technology/MCA/MSc Computer Science/MLISc with PGDCA Experience: Unix/Linux System Administration and System Programming; Administering Web server on Linux, Programing skills of a high standard in C/C++, visual Programming, and experience in web tools; Oracle database administration and development skills Interested eligible persons may apply on plain paper, giving full bio-data alongwith attested copies of testimonials and a demand draft of Rs. 50/- drawn in favour of IIT Kharagpur payable at Kharagpur to Mr. A K Naskar, Administrative Officer (Projects), Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, on or before 22nd September, 2003. V K J Jeevan Asst. Librarian IIT, Kharagpur

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Urgent help needed
by Yashwant G. Kanade 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Dear Lis-forum member Cou you any one help me to get a copy of the paper entitled "Darwin's Malthusian Metaphor and Russian Evolutionary thought" by Daniel P. Todes Journal ISIS Vol.-- Issue.-- Year 1997 pp.1853-1917. With Warm Regards YASHWANT G KANADE CES-Library, IISc, Bangalore-12 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com

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(Fwd) Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Inf
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 07:25:12 -0600 Send reply to: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group <LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> From: Marian Dworaczek <Marian.Dworaczek(a)USASK.CA> Subject: Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information To: LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK The September 1, 2003 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information" is available at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. This edition includes 1,556 indexed titles. Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously updated. Introduction, which includes sample search and instructions how to use the Subject Index and the Bibliography, is located at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM This message has been posted to several mailing lists. Please excuse any duplication. ************************************************* *Marian Dworaczek *Assistant Head, Technical Services Division *University of Saskatchewan Library *E-mail: marian.dworaczek(a)usask.ca *Phone: (306) 966-6016 *Fax: (306) 966-5919 *Home Page: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Nutch - an open source search engine.
by aprajita suman 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Respected all, Recently we witnessed discussion about the relevance of library skills in current era of IT. Here we have an opportunity to use our skills for something new and exiting. A new open source search engine has come to being called NUTCH.The idea behind Nutch is to create an open-source web search engine where everything is exposed. In contrast, other search engines may be secretive about how they rank pages (implication: Google) or take payment to include sites (implication: all the other major search engines that do paid inclusion). This is a challenging proposition. If you believe in the merits of this project, please try as a developer. details can be seen at: http://www.nutch.org/docs/en/index.html with regards, Aparajita suman, ADIS Student, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, R V college P.O. Bangalore- 560 059. ___________________________________________________ Law meets Electronics; Veena Weds Sanjay. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://rediff.com/matchmaker?1

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UGC Newsletter Online
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

University Grants Commission started publishing UGC NEWS, its official newsletter from July 2003 as Dr V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chairman as the Editor. The online version is available at http://www.ugc.ac.in/newsletter/page1.htm ----------- J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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FW: [BOAI] ACRL Issues Scholarly Communications Principles
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:41:57 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> ACRL Issues Scholarly Communications Principles and Strategies The Association of College and Research Libraries has issued its "Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication." The document, which was prepared by the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee and approved by the ACRL Board at the ALA annual conference in Toronto, is the foundation statement for the ACRL scholarly communications initiative. The document contains a brief definition of the existing system of scholarly communication, an overview of the scholarly communication crisis, and an enumeration of general principles and specific strategies that ACRL supports in working for reform of the system of scholarly communication. The document is accessible online at: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_an d_Reports/Principles_and_Strategies_for_the_Reform_of_Scholarly_Communicati on.htm It will also be published in the September issue of College and Research Library News.

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OPENISIS.ORG temporarily closed in protest against software patents
by Sukhdev Singh 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Dear Friends, I was surprised to see today that http://www.openisis.org has temporary shut down their site. What they call as a protest against software patents. It would unfortunate if they close it permanently. The Openisis had a potential to be a wonderful software for Library & Information work. I wonder if we can support the open source community..? Regards Sukhdev __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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ejournals
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Dear Dr Manjunath: The ARL Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists First Edition (2000) lists 3915 peer-reviewed ejournals. You may find the following URL useful. http://db.arl.org/dsej/index.html This site has couple of useful articles. The "Foreword" is also informative as it indicates the growth in the number of ejournals over the years. As for the query on the first ejournal, the following article would be useful: Electronic Journals & Scholarly Communication, by Harter & Kim http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/harter.html Here's an extract from the above article: _________________________________ Although electronic journals (or e-journals) have been under development since 1976 (Turoff and Hiltz, 1982) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/>, e-journals in their non- experimental phase did not begin until the 1990s, with a few exceptions. The first peer-reviewed electronic, full-text e-journal including graphics was Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (OJCCT) (Keyhani, 1993) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/>. In the most recently published list, and one of the few research projects involving e- journals, Hitchcock, Carr, & Hall (1996) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/> identified 115 scholarly, peer-reviewed e-journals in science and technology, and there are many more in the social science and humanities. These constitute the first wave of what are likely to be many more scholarly e-journals to come _____________________________________ However, it is not clear when it was started. Related Sources: The National Library of Canada has published the following guide: Electronic Publishing: Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers. It is available freely at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/13/index-e.html Another useful site is Electronic Journal Publishing: A Reader Version 2.0 http://www.inasp.info/psi/ejp/index.html This is a goldmine of valuable articles and one of the best sites to start with. For background info on trends in scholarly communication, please see: http://www.arl.org/scomm/index.html Happy reading! T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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IASLIC Website Update
by Saiful Amin 30 Aug '03

30 Aug '03

Dear All, The IASLIC website's news and search links are working now. The news section has been updated with the announcement of the IASLIC seminar 2003 and the search is given through the Google's index. Please visit: http://www.iaslic.org/ We welcome your feedback at: saifulamin(a)yahoo.com or aditya(a)isibang.ac.in Regards, Saiful Amin ===== Saiful Amin Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500 019. India. Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 http://purl.org/net/saiful ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Promos: Win TVs, Bikes, DVD players & more! Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com

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Peter Drucker on Librarians
by Koteswara_Tumuluru 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Peter Drucker's interview with Information Outlook. He talks on librarians...very interesting. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/2002annual/whatsnew/druckfeb.cf m Warm Regards T Koteswara Rao Satyam Computer Services Ltd CHENNAI 600 018 ************************************************************************** This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated. **************************************************************************

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Re: Converting Old Documents into Digital Format
by Mailing List Manager 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 03:28:21 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> I have come across a promotional letter from: Ms. P. Malarvizhi or Ms. R. M. Prathima E-Publishing Co-ordinators Management Information Services No.9, Madanagopal Street Abhiramapuram, Chennai 600 018 Tel: 52108474/24991693 Email: misresume(a)hotmail.com Regards, L. R. Gowri AIRC, Chennai 600 006 ________________________________________________________________________________ Are you a geek? Are you a techno freak? Welcome home!

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Facts and figures on E-journals.
by G. K. Manjunath 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Dear Members, I would like to have some facts and figures on e-journals. If you have come across any reference to this information, please let me know the info and the source. 1. Which was the first E-journal to be published on the net and when (year and publsher )? 2. Latest figure- Number of journals published in E-form, now available on the net ( both free and on subscription ). This would not include archieves and backvolumes sites such as J-store. 3. Is there any yearly, time series data available, showing the growth in e-jls? Thanks, g.k.manjunath CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm(a)igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************

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How to evaluate software
by sajid sabir 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

I am a student of Master of library inforamtion science, and i wish to know how a library software can be evaluated. thank you. s.s.foazdar MLIS Student M.S.U. ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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RE: [LIS-Forum] digital library firms
by Rajendra Babu 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Dear Madam, You can contact the following few, most reputed firms who does the digitization projects including publishers, Libraries and so on. 1. Versaware Products and services: E-book Publishing and Undertaking digitization projects Contact: Ms. Geeta/Ruchira North Main road, Koregaon Park Pune-411001 Tel.: 020-6136028 www.varsaware.com 2. IHS (Information Handling Services) Products: Standards & Specifications, Digitization and so on Contact: Mr/ Louis D'mello, Manager India & Sri Lanka Bangalore. India. Ph: 080-5487749 www.ihs.com 3. Kodak India Ltd. Products & Services: Undertaking digitization projects and selling digitization equipment. Contact: Mr. Rao, Vijaya-Vauhini Complex, Arcot Road, Chennai-600 026. Tel. : 044-4833838/4590 www.kodak.com/IN/en/nav/index.jhtml You can refer my name while speaking to any one mentioned above. Hope that helps, Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:24 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] digital library firms Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:30:05 +0530 From: vrd <vrd(a)powersearch.cpri.res.in> Sir, I would like to know the firms which can digitize the publications and put in to softcopy. If anybody know the addresses may please reply. Thanking you V.R.DESHPANDE SENIOR LIBRARIAN _______________________________________________ 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] digital library firms (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:38:02 -0500 (GMT) From: ppich(a)vsnl.net Ref: Digital Library Firms In Chennai there are a few firms who do the work on digital conversion of documents and digital information processing including metadata creation. I was told they do currently for a few US libraries. They have specilisation in digital conversion including file formating, indexing using metadata and establishing hyperlinking of references. Their contact details are: OMNISCIENT INFO TECH (P) LTD., 044-521 86 703 (O) 044-521 86 704 (O) Director: Mr.Anandprasad email: anandprasadonline(a)yahoo.com Voice Venture com Director: MR. Srikant Krishnamoorty email: srikanth(a)voiceventure.com Information given by P.Pichappan Dept. of Library & Information Science Annamalai University Annamalainagar 608002 TN ==============================================

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Re: [LIS-Forum] digital library firms
by Mailing List Manager 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:52:36 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] A Hariharan" <salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in> dear sir, You can contact AutoLib Software System Chennai They will do the work their web address is: http://autolib-india.net e-mail : autolib(a)yahoo.com thank u John A. Hariharan Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments (opp. to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamalle Road Ramapuram Chennai - 600 089 Tel : 044- 2252 2234 , 2252 2448 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Web : http://autolib-india.net/salis.html Win TVs, Bikes, DVD players and more!Click onYahoo! India Promos

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Re: [LIS-Forum] digital library firms
by Mailing List Manager 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:25:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Mr.G.Bhojaraju <bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com> Dear Mr. DESHPANDE You may contact Dr.Usha Munshi, INSA, Delhi, she may help you in this. "Dr.Usha Munshi" <umunshi(a)hotmail.com> regards Bhojaraju www.bhojarajug.cjb.net Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:30:05 +0530 From: vrd Sir, I would like to know the firms which can digitize the publications and put in to softcopy. If anybody know the addresses may please reply. Thanking you V.R.DESHPANDE SENIOR LIBRARIAN _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Please acknowledge the receipt of the mail !!!G.Bhojaraju.Library-cum-Information Officer, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA), (ISO-9001 Certified), B-88 Road No. 24/ U-2, Wagle Industrial Estate,Thane - 400604. INDIA. Ph:022-25811348, 25803753 Fax: 25823910 Mob: 9892380905 E-mail : bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com www.irmra.org Homepage : http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

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Re: [LIS-Forum] digital library firms
by Mailing List Manager 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:44:26 GMT From: sainul(a)iiitmk.ac.in Dear Friends, 'Enter Technologies' in Technopark Trivandrum is undertaking Digitisation, Retroconvertion etc. More details can be had from. Enter Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 244, NILA, Technopark Campus, Trivandrum 695 581 Phone: 0471-2700106, 2700108 Email: tkv(a)entechsys.com URL: www.entechsys.com Sainul Abideen P Librarian IIITM-K --------------------------------------------- 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 / 2700777 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, re-transmission, dis- semination 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 any computer.

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CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource
by Madhuresh 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Dear All, I would like to share the following site. http://www.cambiaip.org/Home/welcome.htm CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource site has been developed by a team of experts in the areas of biotechnology, intellectual property, business strategy and informatics and it is funded in part by The Rockefeller Foundation. The goal is to facilitate a productive and strategic approach to identifying and addressing intellectual property issues relevant to biotechnology in international agriculture and health sciences. Through this site one can search the full text patent database (relevant to only Agriculture Biotechnology) of US, PCT, AU and EP in a single search in which more than 300,000 patents are available. One can also download full text of the available patents in HTML/PDF format freely. The site also gives White Papers, which gives the analyses of major patent positions and patent policy in key areas of biotechnology; Tutorials, which covers the approaches for utilizing patent data; Newsletters; Jobs and Resources on IP. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com

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Kuvempu University Library & Information Science Alumni
by Mailing List Manager 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:39:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Biradar B.S. <bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com> Dear LIS students of Kuvempu University It is our great pleasure to inform you that Kuvempu University, Department of Library and Information Science has formed Alumni Association to keep abreast about the associate activities of Library and Information Science in India and Abroad. In this regard we have hosted a Web site to enroll yourself to the Alumni Association through below mentioned URL. http://www.kuvlib.cjb.net To become a member of the Alumni Association he/she should be a old/present student of this department. We also look forward the valuable suggestions from professional colleagues and friends on the above mentioned web site. With Warm Regards Dr.B.S. Biradar Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri Shimoga, Karnataka-577451 Phone: 91-8282-657319 & 91-8282-656306/7 Email: bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com

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digital library firms
by Mailing List Manager 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:30:05 +0530 From: vrd <vrd(a)powersearch.cpri.res.in> Sir, I would like to know the firms which can digitize the publications and put in to softcopy. If anybody know the addresses may please reply. Thanking you V.R.DESHPANDE SENIOR LIBRARIAN

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medIND: Fulltext of Indian Medical Journal, site being lauched by NIC
by Sukhdev Singh 21 Aug '03

21 Aug '03

Dear LIST MEMBERS. medIND Site (http://medind.nic.in) would be lauched by NIC on 22nd August 2003. medIND site contains Fulltext of Indian Medical Journals that are being indexed in IndMED (Please note: It is a different site i.e. http://indmed.nic.in) . The Access to the medIND site would be free. NIC have signed MOUs with the participating Journals to provide the full text. Full Texts of the journal articles can be viewed in any PDF Reader (For Example, Acrobat Reader). Visitors may Browse though journals by clicking on the available issues for a particular journal. They may also search the IndMED database with Full Text option selected. At present the following 18 journals are available. More journals would be added by soon. ---------------------------------------------- Endodontology Health Administrator Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine Indian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry Indian Journal of Community Medicine Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Indian Journal of Pharmacology Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Indian Journal of Tuberculosis J.K. Practitioner Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine Journal of Indian Association of Pediatrics Surgeons Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry NTI Bulletin -------------------------------------- The experience of the NIC staff working on the project in regard to DIGITIZING would be shared sometime latter. Regards Sukhdev Singh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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News Items
by Madhuresh 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

Dear All, I have some news item that, I felt, are useful for our profession. I just wanted to share it. I don't think that any information searcher is passing his day without using Google. If we have to search any information, the first site comes to our mind is Google (quick and dirty searching?). There are various services offered by Google and it is continuing to offer other useful services. Here are few services which Google introduced recently/going to introduce. I have modified some news items. IEEE Xplore Indexed by Google Researchers will soon be able to locate technical papers published by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) by using the Google search engine. Google is currently indexing the abstract records for all online IEEE technical documents and standards available through the IEEE Xplore online delivery platform (http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore). Starting sometime in September, Google users will see the linked content in search results. Abstracts are free and full-text will be available for purchase. Google users can view abstract records when linking from a Google search into IEEE Xplore. Abstract records will contain the document's bibliographic information and abstract summary, wherever available. Guests can continue to browse tables of contents to locate and purchase articles of interest. IEEE Members and users at subscribing institutions continue to have access to complete abstract records containing index terms, download citation links, linked references (backward links), "documents that cite this document" links (forward links), and CrossRef links. IEEE has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries. The IEEE publishes 120 technical journals, magazines, and transactions, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or co-sponsors more than 300 international technical conferences each year. Google Calculator The Internet's top search engine announced it had crammed a mathematical calculator into its search service, letting users type math problems directly into the search box and get instant answers. Google's calculator is trained to recognize words as well as numbers, so you can type in "eight plus seven minus four" or "8 plus 7 minus 4." Both will yield 11. You can type numeric expressions either into the search box at Google's Web site (www.google.com) or directly into your Internet browser if you've installed Google's tool-bar software or you use a browser with built-in Google searching, such as Mozilla or Apple's Safari. Below the numeric answers Google returns, it will present a link to a regular Web search for your phrase in case you weren't trying to use the calculator. But this calculator doesn't just do simple multiplication. It also handles conversions. The calculator can evaluate mathematical expressions involving basic arithmetic (5+2*2 or 2^20), more complicated math (sine(30 degrees) or e^(i pi)+1), units of measure and conversions (100 miles in kilometers or 160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories), and physical constants (1 a.u./c or G*mass of earth/radius of earth^2). You can also experiment with other numbering systems, including hexadecimal and binary. Here are some sample queries and there results. (G * mass of earth)/(radius of earth ^ 2) will result in (G * mass of Earth)/(radius of Earth^2) = 9.79982305 m / s2 1.21 GW / 88 mph will result in (1.21 gigaWatts) / (88 mph) = 30 757 874 Newtons Dictionary Definitions One can use Google to find dictionary definitions. Here one has to enter the query in the search box and any or all parts of query for dictionary definition is available will be underlined in the center text above the search results. For example: if you search for "kernel density function" in Google, just before the results you will find the following line in Blue Strip - Searched the web for kernel density function Results 1 - 50 of about 141,000. Search took 0.27 seconds. Here kernel, density and function are underlined and if you click on them, you will get the definitions of these terms from Dictionary.com. CAS Pursues Patent Searching Market with Science IP For 2 decades, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS; http://www.cas.org) has had an in-house custom search service available to do intermediated searches, primarily sophisticated structure and substructure searching of chemical files. Now, CAS has renamed and re-targeted its custom search service to focus on patents, both within and outside the chemical field. The revised service, called Science IP (http://www.scienceip.org), is targeted at the intellectual property community-patent searchers, attorneys, and research and development professionals. Besides relying on the array of databases produced by CAS and those hosted by STN International, CAS executives said that-if needed-the service would tap outside databases available on competitive services. One expert patent searcher suggested that the reorienting of the service may represent an effort by CAS to position itself competitively for when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office begins outsourcing prior art searches, as proposed in The 21st Century Strategic Plan (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/strat21/index.htm). The Science IP service will serve the sci-tech research needs of clients looking for prior art and patentability for the prosecution of new patents, freedom-to-practice-and-operate for new and existing technologies, and patent validity for infringement litigation. A four-person research team, including one part-time Ph.D. chemist, will provide the expert searching. The service will continue to draw on the Technical Advisory Team's 25 subject experts for assistance with the chemical searching they have always offered, e.g., experts in Markush chemical structures, nucleic and amino acid sequences, polymers, molecular biology and genetics, material sciences, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Press Release -Fedora v.1.1 Released (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

MELLON GRANT LETS LIBRARIES AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS JOIN FORCES TO CREATE NEW SOLUTION FOR DIGITAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Charlottesville, VA-Thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of Virginia Library announces the release of an open-source digital object repository management system. The Fedora Project, a joint effort of the University of Virginia and Cornell University, has now made available the first version of a system based on the Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture, originally developed at Cornell. Fedora repositories can provide the foundation for a variety of information management schemes, not least among them digital library systems. At the University of Virginia, Fedora is being used to build a large-scale digital library that will soon have millions of digital resources of all media and content types. It is also currently being tested by a consortium of institutions that include the Library of Congress, Northwestern University, Tufts University, and others. They are building testbeds drawn from their own digital collections that they will use to evaluate the software and give feedback to the project. This first version of the software is designed to support a repository containing one million objects using freely available software. It fully implements the Fedora architecture, provides the first version of a graphical user interface to manage the repository, and provides facilities to create and ingest batches of objects. The software has the following key features: --Management API (API-M) - defines an interface for administering the repository. It includes operations necessary for clients to create and maintain digital objects and their components. API-M is implemented as a SOAP-enabled web service. --Access API (API-A) - defines an interface for accessing digital objects stored in the repository. It includes operations necessary for clients to perform disseminations on objects in the repository and to discover information about an object using object reflection. API-A is implemented as a SOAP-enabled web service. --Access-Lite API (API-A-Lite) - defines a streamlined version of the Fedora Access Service that is implemented as an HTTP-enabled web service. --Datastreams - Objects in a repository may contain content and metadata (i.e. datastreams) that physically reside inside the repository or outside the repository. The Fedora repository system supports content of any MIME type. --XML Submission and Storage - Fedora digital objects conform to an extension of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS), described at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/. Objects can be submitted to the repository in XML format. Also, digital objects are persistently stored in the repository as XML files. The Fedora extension of the METS schema can be found at http://www.fedora.info/definitions/1/0/mets-fedora-ext.xsd. --Versioning - The Fedora repository system includes the infrastructure to support versioning of digital objects and their components. This feature will be available in Release 1.2, projected for Fall 2003. --Access Control and Authentication - Release 1.0 includes a simple form of access control to provide access restrictions based on IP address. IP range restriction is supported in both the Management and Access APIs. In addition, the Management API is protected by HTTP Basic Authentication. Release 2.0 will provide Shibboleth-based authentication and authorization, XML-based policy expression, and enforcement of fine-grained access control policies. --Disseminators - Digital objects can be associated with a set of behaviors and a service that runs those behaviors. This provides an extensible mechanism for transforming or presenting the object's digital content. --Default Disseminator - The Default Disseminator is a built-in internal disseminator on every object that provides a system-defined behavior mechanism for disseminating the basic contents of an object. --Searching - Selected system metadata fields are indexed along with the primary Dublin Core record for each object. The Fedora repository system provides a search interface for both full text and field-specific queries across these metadata fields. --OAI Metadata Harvesting Provider - The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is a standard for sharing metadata across repositories. Every Fedora digital object has a primary Dublin Core record that conforms to the schema at: http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd. This metadata is accessible using the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, v2.0. --Batch Utility - The Fedora repository system includes a Batch Utility as part of the Management client that enables the mass creation and loading of data objects. Fedora is being made available as an open-source product under a Mozilla Public License. For more information and to download the software, visit http://www.fedora.info/. -- Ronda A. Grizzle Technical Coordinator, Fedora Project Digital Library Research & Development (voice)434-924-3965 (fax)434-924-1431

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First PLANNER 2003: Reminder
by JK Vijayakumar 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

-------------------------- Sorry for Cross Postings ------------------------- PLANNER stands for "Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region". INFLIBNET has made an attempt to organize this event in collaboration with universities and other academic institutions located in North East. This Convention will provide a unique forum to the library professionals, information providers and users involved in automation and networking of libraries to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest in the region. First PLANNER is being organized for the professionals in the North Eastern region at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during November 6-7, 2003. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS We solicit your submissions of papers in any areas of the theme and the sub themes listed below, which explore issues in effectively and efficiently informing users through information technology. Papers based on research, practical experience and survey will only be accepted for presentation and inclusion in the pre-convention volume. Full papers, on different themes, as per the standard formats should reach the Editors directly on or before 30th September 2003. Papers should not exceed 10 single spaced pages (Use A4 Format, Times 12 Pt font, Margins: Left � 3 cm, others � 2 cm ). The cover page must contain: a resume of about 150 words 3-5 keywords, names and affiliation of author(s) author�s e-mail, phone, fax, postal address along with passport size photograph. THEME OF THE CONVENTION The main theme of the PLANNER � 2003 is "Automation of Libraries in North East Region: Trends Issues and Challenges". The sub-themes and the topics to be covered under each sub-themes are given below. 1. IT based Activities The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have brought revolutionary changes in handling delivering and storage of information. The transition of traditional library collections to digital or virtual collections presented the librarian with new opportunities and challenges. The internet, especially WWW has given the librarian a new dynamic role to play in the society and serve the new information based in better ways than every before, Because of the powerful features of web i.e. distributed, heterogeneous, collaborative, multimedia, Standards and Protocols, architecture, world wide web has revolutionized the way people access information and has opened up new possibilities in areas such as digital libraries, Virtual libraries, efficient information retrieval and dissemination. Topic under this sub-theme are:- v Library automation v Database Development v Standards and Protocol v Search Engines v Electronic Document Delivery v Digital library 2. Emergency of Consortia The recent development of library consortia can be considered a major step towards library cooperation. Impact of electronic resources on collection development; new developments in e-journal licensing, various pricing models of consortia, the roles of librarians, and library consortia has brought revolutionary changes in the field of Library and information science. It is important to notice the initiative of INFLIBNET at national level for subscription of e-journals for entire academic community which will provide better, easier and faster access to number of electronic journals to the end uses. In order to obtain the benefits of electronic journals, INFLIBNET has taken up number of initiatives at national level. It is appropriate to discuss following topics under consortia. v UGC-INFONET v Library Consortia v Electronic Publishing v E-Journal Subscription v Copy right and IPR Paper on IT based activities should be sent to the following editor Dr. Narendra Lahkar Department of Library & Information Science 100, GU Campus, Gauhati University, Guwahati � 781 014 (India) Phone : (0361) 2571954 ( O) 2571257 ( R) Mobile: (98640) 53349 e-mail: n_lahkar(a)yahoo.com Paper on consortia should be sent to the following editor Prof. Mrs.) Veena Saraf Head, Deptt. of Library Science NEHU, Shillong � 793 014 (Meghalaya) Phone : 091 �0364 � (O)231617 (R) 550932 E-mail : Ibscnehu(a)sancharnet.in or veenasaraf(a)yahoo.co.uk ************************ FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT ************************ Mrs. I Majaw Organising Secretary, PLANNER � 2003 University Library North Eastern Hill University Mayurbhanj Complex, Shillong � 793 014(Meghalaya) Phone : 091- 0364 � 2231682(Off..); 2547985 (Res.) nehulibr(a)sancharnet.in All queries may be sent to : Mr. Prem Chand Chief Coordinator, PLANNER � 2003 Scientist � C, INFLIBNET Center (An IUC of UGC) P.B.NO 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad � 380009 Phone 091-079 - 6305971, 6304695 (Off.); 7548670(Res.) Fax : 091-079 - 6300990, 6307816 E-mail : premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in Programme Committee: Chairman: Dr. T A V Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad ( Gujarat) Convenor: Sh. K. Prakash, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad ( Gujarat) VISIT WEBSITE http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/info/mini.doc ****************** J K VIJAYAKUMAR ****************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: Re: [LIS-Forum] Areas in LIS Res
by gireesh kumar poonattile 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote : >It is unfortunate that while computer professionals >are working in areas were library people should have >been working. Weird! What is unfortunate here? Computer professional 'encroaching LIS area. You are square pegged in the four falls of your profession. You want to debar people from working in these areas. How naïve! >work in. Take for example, while we were beating about >the bushes of "Bibliometrics" some students created >GOOGLE using the same principle of "citations" (links >here). Who said that they have copied this idea from Bibliometrics. Didn't they copy the powerful Google algorithm also from Library Professionals? Do not blather like people who used come up with Vedas and Upanishads when someone makes a new invention in the west. (It has been said some 4000 years back in the <book name> here, blah, blah.) >While we were debating on utility of >classification, some other students created "YAHOO". >And still others are building up Open Directory >Project (http://www.dmoz.org/). You need only commonsense and sound knowledge of technology to bring up a site like Yahoo. Classification is not the hegemony of LIS professionals. Do you think that LIS professional are qualified enough to do the job of a programmer? Is that what people are taught in our schools. Then, why this insecurity? >Classifiaction does >not mean numbers we put on the spine of the books; >dear friends, it is putting things in helpful >sequence. Thanks for that information. Latest addition to the vast LIS knowledge repository! >Information technology is in use in every aspect of >life. Even some medical professionals left their >profession to join IT Rat Race. They joined the rat race not because IT is used in every aspect of the life. Big money is the secret. >example http://www.indmedica.com. But should this mean >every professional follow the same path. Every professional? Then who will feed us? You use toilet soap, right? Since its an integral part of your life, does it mean that every other household needs to start making soap? IT is a tool. It had application in almost all the spheres of life. Knowing how to use a tool doesnt require you take a Phd in that subject. >Today we have to answer, the real tough question? Do >we really have something to offer? Something Unique. If you dont have something to offer, then why thousands of libraries in our country. Please dont bring IT as an overhead. Your profession caters to many other things. Technology may change. But there are quite a number of things which doesnt change. Reading habit, Peoples affinity toward books, etc Remember, Ranganathans five laws are centered around books. >What is our USP...? If Yes, then why we are in >hibernation. Who said that library professional are in hibernation. Cant you see them doing their work? Look at closely, is that IT driving them, really.? >If No, then why we are pretending...? Why >not to leave the stage to Computer Professionals who >otherwise are today "Plenty in Supply, Less in >Demand". What stage you are going to leave? There is no stage which you have occupied where others are going to take over. Its a hallucination. Gireesh Kumar Poonattile Radha Nivas Chulliparmaba Farook College Post Calicut > > Dear Sukhdev ji > > > > I agree with your suggestion that research on > > Classification is required but to be honest, it is > > the need of the hour that a librarian has to be > > perfect in the modern information technology other > > wise the whole scene of librarianship will be > > spoiled. The advent of the new information ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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Google's new features
by Madhuresh 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Dear All, Google has introduced 2 new features -searching by synonyms and News Alerting. Searching by synonyms can be used by professional researchers who know advanced search techniques. The mechanism for doing this is to preface your word with a tilde (~). The example Google gives is a search for browser help as well as browser guides and tutorials. The search strategy is: browser ~help. To know more in detail, just follow the link http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030811-2.shtml The content of the article is also pasted below. Google Introduces Synonym Searching, News Alerting Features by Marydee Ojala August 11, 2003 - Professional researchers-the ones who actually understand and use the advanced search techniques provided by Web search engines-will be delighted to learn Google has introduced a new feature that enables searching by synonyms as well as by keyword. The mechanism for doing this couldn't be easier. All you need to do is preface your word with a tilde (~). The example Google gives is a search for browser help as well as browser guides and tutorials. The search strategy is: browser ~help. Why the tilde? It's shorthand for approximate, which is appropriate since that's what you get-an approximation of similar search terms. In addition to free-text synonym searching, the new advanced search feature works in fielded searches. Search for browser intitle:~help, browser inurl:~help, allintitle:browser ~help, or allinurl browser ~help, and you will retrieve synonyms for help occurring in the title and URL fields, respectively. For example, enter intitle:~cancer and Web sites with pain, one of the synonyms for cancer along with disease and oncology, in the title will show up on the results list. In typical Google fashion, the synonym search feature is computer created. Although human beings created the algorithm, a Google employee did not sit down with a thesaurus and enter all the words and synonyms into a database that Google searches when it sees that tilde. According to Marissa Mayer, director, Consumer Web Products, the intent is to broaden a search. "We think this is a powerful and useful way to broaden results. It's the opposite of disambiguation, which narrows a search. Google's synonym search will provide searchers with additional possibilities for search terms and help them if they don't know the jargon associated with a topic." Google won't reveal how the algorithm works. However, extensive searching gives some clues. There's certainly evidence of PageRank, not exactly surprising, in the skewing of results toward popularity. Enter ~apple and the synonyms are almost entirely computer related. There's no synonym for the fruit mention of the word, nor for singer Fiona Apple. A search for ~shell, first retrieves the home page for Shell Oil Company, but the next nine highlight Unix as the synonym. The second page of results mixes the oil company and computer Web sites. No synonyms for seashells down by the seashore show up, probably because there aren't a lot of Web sites that link to those types of sites. Google optimizes search results that are frequently linked to, which weights results toward technology, business, and entertainment. Mayer pointed out that synonym searching works only on the Web search tab, not in Images or News, and only in English. Synonym searching has no effect on AdWords and sponsored links. If you search for ~magazine, it will trigger ad displays for companies that have purchased magazine as an AdWord, but none for its synonym journal. What has happened, to the amazement of Google staff, is the mining of synonyms by Webmasters who want to use them as new registered keywords for their products. Separately, Google announced its news alerting service (http://www.google.com/newsalerts). As with the synonym feature, this should be welcomed by serious researchers. Other news tracking services, such as that from The New York Times, have begun charging for the service; a free Google news alerting service is a boon. Options for update frequency are either once a day or as news happens. If a story is being widely reported, choosing the second option is very likely to result in a flooded inbox. There is a limit of 50 alerts per e-mail address. The normal search conventions, as operative in Google News, can be used. In addition to Boolean searches, a News Alert can be limited by source, location (country or U.S. state), occurrences (anywhere, in the headline, in the body of the story, or in the URL), and date. The one drawback to News Alert is the inability to edit a search. Instead, it must be deleted and a new one entered. Both synonym searching and News Alerts were developed by Google in its Google Labs (http://labs.google.com/). Both are in beta. According to Mayer, it's Google's normal practice to introduce new features and services and then watch how people use them. From this, Google decides on further developments and minor tweaking. For example, if synonym searching catches on, it may join the Advanced Search page as a search option. At the moment, it's not there. Other languages might also be added, much as French and German news was added to the formerly all-English sources of Google News. For now, it's a good bet that Google Labs is working on other features designed to delight a searcher's heart. Marydee Ojala is editor of ONLINE and program chair for the National Online conference. Her e-mail address is marydee(a)infotoday.com. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://www.aurigene.com/ Best Regards, Madhuresh Singhal This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to AURIGENE Discovery Technologies and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Supreme Court Cases Get a Fresh Hearing
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:07:58 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] madhu ks" <madhuks4u(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Mr. Arun, I am happy to see your mail in connection with the idea of making available the Supreme Court Proceedings ( Cases as well as arguments )in audio format in a CD/DVD/MP3 for the benefit of general public/Professionals use. As mentioned in the case of USA, the Proceedings are already available in the tape recorded format hence, they can either copy/record in a MP3 format whereas, I doubt, the Procedings of any court/s are available in audio/visible format in India. Ofcourse, The Supreme Court Case Laws CDs are available in text format for example, SCC Online, AIR Supre Court on CD, Grand Jurix etc. But, if this type of project/s can be undertaken in India atleast in future , which again requires Government as well as Judiciary's will and prior approval. If this is done then, one can go for such project/s which will be beneficial for both common man as well as to professionals. This project needs to be initiated institionally,Government , Judiciary or by the Business Firms. Hope someone will initiate this project in India soon and make it available in audio format probably, by reading this mail. Thanking you, Sincerely yours, C U Navalgund N L S I U Bangalore (cnavalgund(a)hotmail.com)

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printable catalogue cards
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Date: 13 Aug 2003 12:25:38 -0000 From: Subbiah Gunasekaran <gunasekaran_subbiah(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Members: I just want to know the availability of printable [continuosly] catalogue cards in Tamil Nadu. Please give me the contact details of the firm. Thanks Guna

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article needed
by Aman Kumar Jha 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

Hi friends, Now I work with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as a Librarian. I am in need of an article. Can anyone let me know the local availability of the following article? Title: A LOOK AT THREE REGULATORY FORCES INFLUENCING CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION INDUSTRIES Author: Robert A. Burgelman; Philip Meza (Stanford University) Industry: Motion picture, television, consumer electronics Location: United States Publication date: 11 July 2002 Pages: 11 pp Abstract: Much of the landscape in which today's media companies find themselves as they contend with the impact of digitization of content and the convergence of means of distribution was shaped by regulatory forces. Three government rulings in particular were influential: the Consent Decree of 1948 (often referred to as the 'Paramount Case'), the Financial Interest and Syndication ruling (also called the 'FinSyn' ruling of 1970 of the United States Federal Communications Commission), and the United States Supreme Court ruling in Universal City Studios et al (including Disney) vs Sony Corp. (also known as the Betamax case of 1984). These regulatory forces broke up tight vertical integration between content production and distribution (Paramount case and FinSyn ruling) or helped to pave the road for the introduction of new technologies for distribution (Betamax case). The teaching purpose is to discuss the market power available by owning both sources of content and distribution in media and the controversies surrounding such verticalization. Availability: Harvard Business School Source: Stanford School of Business, Stanford University Note: I have checked Harvard Business Review, July 2002 Thanks & regards, Aman Kumar Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) _________________________________________________________________ Race along with NK. The fastest Indian. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/tataracing/index.asp Feel the thrill!

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Digital Divide in India ?
by Abdul J Tharayil 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Hi ALL I got to read an article, rather an interview with Keninston (MIT), says that cheap information kiosks are helping India bring computing power to the masses, providing a model for how to bridge the digital divide. The full version is available at http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_keniston081303.asp?p=0) However I failed to learn any good Library based intitiative helping us bridge the digital divide in the country except the one I happend to read about the Kallara Project in Kerala (the Department of IT in association with the State Library Council -launched the first computerized rural information centre at Kallara Gram Panchayat Library) which ofcourse is a proud initiative for all of us. Is it because I am kept ignorant about it myslef? OR are we very much confined to the library stacks and forgotten the role of library in social development. Or is it because our public library system in the country is in Chaos? Are there professionals seriously thinking about it ? Regards, Abdul J Tharayil,

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RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: RE Dr T.V. Sathyamurthy 12 8 2003
by Mailing List Manager 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:11:09 +0530 From: "Chidambaram, Siva" <Schidambaram(a)ncaer.org> Tennalur Vengara Sathyamurthy, political scientist; born Madras, India, 29 October 1929; Lecturer in Government, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1962-63; Lecturer in Political Science, University of Singapore, 1963-65; Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Makerere University, Kampala, 1965-67; Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics, Strathclyde University, 1967-68; Lecturer, Department of Politics, York University 1968-71; Senior Lecturer, 1971-96; Professor, 1996-1997 (Emeritus 1997); married 1963 Carole Methven (one daughter); died, York, 25 August 1998.

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FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Supreme Court Cases Get a Fresh Hearing
by Mailing List Manager 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:40:11 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Fred and members of bytesforall and Lis-Forum lists: Here is an excellent initiative from the USA. Do you think that we in India should mount such an effort and make audio recordings of all Supreme Court proceedings available to the public free of cost? Best wishes. Arun ----------- Subject: US Supreme Court Cases Get a Fresh Hearing (fwd) SUPREME COURT CASES GET A FRESH HEARING Since 1994, Northwestern University's OYEZ project has made audio of US Supreme Court cases available in a "streaming" format that requires a continuous Internet connection. Now the project is converting the files to MP3 format, which permits downloading, file sharing and use on portable devices. The MP3 files are free and sharable, if users agree to credit OYEZ and limit usage to noncommercial purposes. Jerry Goldman, the project's director, hopes to make available with search functionality all of the approximately 6,000 hours of the Supreme Court recordings since 1955, when taping of oral arguments began. "The whole idea is to build a digital commons, make accessible materials that are really valuable in a free and open society," he said. Particularly with controversial cases such as affirmative action and abortion, "there's so much more information and emotion in the human voice that a transcript can't do it justice," explained Goldman. SOURCE: Washington Post; AUTHOR: Phuong Le http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41812-2003Aug10.html ***********************************

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Re: Re: Re: [LIS-Forum] Areas in LIS Res
by afsar bukhari 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Dear Friends, I fully agree that core areas of Research in LIS have been neglected as has been rightly pointed out by Mr. Sukhdev ( specially classification) I also feel that classification forms the basis of life. Everyone practices it every day (although in different ways). One of the areas of LIS research as suggested by Maurice B. Line is Summarisation and Representation of Info this in itself suggest the importance of classification because we cannot represent the info in more accessible form until it is arranged in some helpful sequence. The so called search engines (Google etc developed by the computer professionals), which are being heavily used by all to find information, are not able to give us satisfactory result. It has often been pointed out that No search engine is able to index the entire web. Strength of web is 500 times more that what the search engines are today able to index This I feel is perhaps because the so called computer professionals were much enthusiastic about finding ways of retrieving information without bothering about mapping the resources first. Perhaps librarian mind was not involved. If we think with an inquisitive mind we may find a suitable solution in the underlying principles of classification. Wood Ward J. On cataloguing and Classifying Info Resources on the Net in Ann Rev Inf Sc. Tech. 1996: 31: 189-219 very rightly points out Internet is currently in a state of near chaos in terms of access and organization, and because searching is usually performed only with word based search engines, it is generally not adequate for the needs of most users. We have lot to offer. Computer Professionals can only write a program and the input for a program can be the experience of librarian. The need of the hour is Comp Professionals and Librarian should come together on a single platform. The both should complement each other. If they are left to do at their own the problems will be far more for us because we should not forget the fact that WE ARE A BRIDGE BETWEEN INFORMATION & USERS warm regards bukhari On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote : >It is unfortunate that while computer professionals >are working in areas were library people should have >been working. We are still looking for the areas to >work in. Take for example, while we were beating about >the bushes of "Bibliometrics" some students created >GOOGLE using the same principle of "citations" (links >here). While we were debating on utility of >classification, some other students created "YAHOO". >And still others are building up Open Directory >Project (http://www.dmoz.org/). Classifiaction does >not mean numbers we put on the spine of the books; >dear friends, it is putting things in helpful >sequence. > >Information technology is in use in every aspect of >life. Even some medical professionals left their >profession to join IT Rat Race. I know some for >example http://www.indmedica.com. But should this mean >every professional follow the same path. > >Today we have to answer, the real tough question? Do >we really have something to offer? Something Unique. >What is our USP...? If Yes, then why we are in >hibernation. If No, then why we are pretending...? Why >not to leave the stage to Computer Professionals who >otherwise are today "Plenty in Supply, Less in >Demand". > >Regards >Sukhdev > >--- Vijay Raghav Tiwari <vijayrt(a)rediffmail.com> >wrote: > > Dear Sukhdev ji > > > > I agree with your suggestion that research on > > Classification is required but to be honest, it is > > the need of the hour that a librarian has to be > > perfect in the modern information technology other > > wise the whole scene of librarianship will be > > spoiled. The advent of the new information > > technology the software, online information > > retrieval sources are becoming an essentials of the > > library services. A true professional will have to > > attain the full command of the situation otherwise > > he/she will be left far behind from the present day > > profession. > > > > Hope that you will be agreeing to the concern. It is > > good for us if we start learning more and more in > > this techno field. > > yours truly > > VR Tiwari > > > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote : > > >Dear Afsar, > > > > > >Thank you very much for circulation such use > > >information. If possible, please let me know the > > >reference cited (Maurice B. Line). > > > > > >Further I would like to suggest that there should > > be > > >also research in core areas of Library and > > Information > > >Science like Classification. Unfortunately these is > > a > > >trend amoung the LIS schools to make students more > > >Computer Literate at the cost of core subjects of > > LIS. > > > > > > > > >(I wish such LIS schools should stop issueing > > >certificates in LIS and start issueing MCA etc.) > > > > > >Regards > > >Sukhdev > > > > > > > > >--- afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Dear Friends > > > > > > > > This is in response to a recent mail in lisforum > > > > regarding the areas of research in LIS > > > > > > > > LIS, since its inception has been dealing with > > > > organizing information so as to make it > > available to > > > > the users in more efficient manner. > > > > > > > > Information seems like dirt; its everywhere > > you > > > > look, accumulates in piles, and is challenging > > to > > > > organize for easy retrieval. > > > > > > > > It is this very nature of info that has always > > > > threatened LIS professionals and forced them to > > come > > > > up with innovative approaches towards its > > effective > > > > organization. With the advent of WWW, organizing > > > > info is giving tough time for all LIS > > professionals. > > > > Newer and newer approaches are being tried, but > > > > still more and more are required to be done! > > > > > > > > Maurice B. Line has identified 10 key areas > > related > > > > to Info Res in the MILLENIUM > > > > > > > > 1. Internet & WWW (info retrieval aspects) > > > > 2. Search engines & alogorithms > > > > 3. Bibliographic control on the internet > > > > 4. User interface including common user > > > > interface,natural language interface > > etc. > > > > 5. User needs or requirement analysis > > > > 6. Info seeking behaviour of users and cognitive > > > > approach > > > > 7. Digital Libraries > > > > 8. Summarization & representation of information > > > > 9. Visual information > > > > 10. Intelligent Information Retrieval including > > > > intelligent agents > > > > > > > > All the best > > > > > > > > > > > > Bukhari > > > > Librarian > > > > Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > > > > Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! > > > > OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 > > > > Click here now: > > > > > > http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design software > > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > >_______________________________________________ > > >LIS-Forum mailing list > > >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > Vijay Raghav Tiwari > > Librarian > > Harish Chandra Research Institute > > (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) > > Chhatnag Road Jhunsi Allahabad -211 019. > > Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 2667509,2667318,2667578 add > > extention 4064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> > > ___________________________________________________ > > Meet your old school or college friends from > > 1 Million + database... > > Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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FW: RE Dr T.V. Sathyamurthy 12 8 2003 (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:00:51 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Can any member of LIS-Forum help my friend from Africa? Please reply him directly. thanks and best wishes. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Leuben.Njinya-Mujinya(a)teol.uu.se [mailto:Leuben.Njinya-Mujinya@teol.uu.se] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:37 PM To: arun(a)mssrf.res.in Subject: RE Dr T.V. Sathyamurthy 12 8 2003 Professor Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Subbiah, Greetings. I am finishing a study here on Buganda, and all along I have been required to provide the first name (in FULL) of each book OR article that I have drawn upon. One of the writers whom I used is T.V. Sathyamurthy: See down for one of his studies. Sathyamurthy has apparently written much about Uganda and India. HOWEVER, I have been unable to find the FULL NAME of his first initial "T". NOT in his publications that I have seen, NOT on the major libary web sites and NOT in the books where his work is cited. He invariably appears as T.V. Sathyamurthy. Since you are quite acquainted with Indias's scholars because of your many roles, could you please, if you can, let me what Sathyamurthy's FIRST NAME IS in FULL. Sathyamurthy, T.V. 1986. The Political Development of Uganda: 1900-1986. Aldershot (Hunts) and Brookfield (Vermont): Gower Publishing Co. I hope you can help, and thanks beforehand for the help. Leuben

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Re: Re: [LIS-Forum] Areas in LIS Res
by afsar bukhari 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Dear Sukhdev it's an article published in Journal of Documentation 54(3) pp 284-292 (1998) happy reading bukhari On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote : >Dear Afsar, > >Thank you very much for circulation such use >information. If possible, please let me know the >reference cited (Maurice B. Line). > >Further I would like to suggest that there should be >also research in core areas of Library and Information >Science like Classification. Unfortunately these is a >trend amoung the LIS schools to make students more >Computer Literate at the cost of core subjects of LIS. > > >(I wish such LIS schools should stop issueing >certificates in LIS and start issueing MCA etc.) > >Regards >Sukhdev > > >--- afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Friends > > > > This is in response to a recent mail in lisforum > > regarding the areas of research in LIS > > > > LIS, since its inception has been dealing with > > organizing information so as to make it available to > > the users in more efficient manner. > > > > Information seems like dirt; its everywhere you > > look, accumulates in piles, and is challenging to > > organize for easy retrieval. > > > > It is this very nature of info that has always > > threatened LIS professionals and forced them to come > > up with innovative approaches towards its effective > > organization. With the advent of WWW, organizing > > info is giving tough time for all LIS professionals. > > Newer and newer approaches are being tried, but > > still more and more are required to be done! > > > > Maurice B. Line has identified 10 key areas related > > to Info Res in the MILLENIUM > > > > 1. Internet & WWW (info retrieval aspects) > > 2. Search engines & alogorithms > > 3. Bibliographic control on the internet > > 4. User interface including common user > > interface,natural language interface etc. > > 5. User needs or requirement analysis > > 6. Info seeking behaviour of users and cognitive > > approach > > 7. Digital Libraries > > 8. Summarization & representation of information > > 9. Visual information > > 10. Intelligent Information Retrieval including > > intelligent agents > > > > All the best > > > > > > Bukhari > > Librarian > > Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > > Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! > > OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 > > Click here now: > > http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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InfoWatch - July 2003
by M.R Lalitha 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) July 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Atlas Conferences [A database of academic conference announcements] 2. Bioinformatics.Org [Free information sources in bioinformatics] 3. C Language Integrated Production System - CLIPS 4. eCourses - Engineering Media Lab 5. Genetics Home Reference [National Library of Medicine's web site for information about genetic conditions] 6. GMP - Arithmetic without limitations 7. GreenCOM Resource Center [A resource for environmental educators and communicators] 8. Homologous Structure Alignment Database - HOMSTRAD [A database of homologous proteins] 9. How Much Information [A measure how much information is produced in the world each year] 10. Knowledgepoint - Knowledge management resources 11. MouseSite [History of the computer mouse] 12. Nationmaster.com [A handy tool to graphically compare nations] 13. Network Design and Research Center 14. Object Oriented Programming Web - OOPWeb 15. Preservation Managament of Digital Materials - The Handbook 16. Slipstick Systems Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center [Problem solving in MS Outlook and MS Exchange Server] 17. Technology Research News 18. TeleSpec - IR Spectra Simulation on the WorldWideWeb 19. The Technology and Environment site 20. The visu project [A scientific simulation data visualization tool] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Re: Re: [LIS-Forum] Areas in LIS Res
by Sukhdev Singh 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

It is unfortunate that while computer professionals are working in areas were library people should have been working. We are still looking for the areas to work in. Take for example, while we were beating about the bushes of "Bibliometrics" some students created GOOGLE using the same principle of "citations" (links here). While we were debating on utility of classification, some other students created "YAHOO". And still others are building up Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org/). Classifiaction does not mean numbers we put on the spine of the books; dear friends, it is putting things in helpful sequence. Information technology is in use in every aspect of life. Even some medical professionals left their profession to join IT Rat Race. I know some for example http://www.indmedica.com. But should this mean every professional follow the same path. Today we have to answer, the real tough question? Do we really have something to offer? Something Unique. What is our USP...? If Yes, then why we are in hibernation. If No, then why we are pretending...? Why not to leave the stage to Computer Professionals who otherwise are today "Plenty in Supply, Less in Demand". Regards Sukhdev --- Vijay Raghav Tiwari <vijayrt(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sukhdev ji > > I agree with your suggestion that research on > Classification is required but to be honest, it is > the need of the hour that a librarian has to be > perfect in the modern information technology other > wise the whole scene of librarianship will be > spoiled. The advent of the new information > technology the software, online information > retrieval sources are becoming an essentials of the > library services. A true professional will have to > attain the full command of the situation otherwise > he/she will be left far behind from the present day > profession. > > Hope that you will be agreeing to the concern. It is > good for us if we start learning more and more in > this techno field. > yours truly > VR Tiwari > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote : > >Dear Afsar, > > > >Thank you very much for circulation such use > >information. If possible, please let me know the > >reference cited (Maurice B. Line). > > > >Further I would like to suggest that there should > be > >also research in core areas of Library and > Information > >Science like Classification. Unfortunately these is > a > >trend amoung the LIS schools to make students more > >Computer Literate at the cost of core subjects of > LIS. > > > > > >(I wish such LIS schools should stop issueing > >certificates in LIS and start issueing MCA etc.) > > > >Regards > >Sukhdev > > > > > >--- afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear Friends > > > > > > This is in response to a recent mail in lisforum > > > regarding the areas of research in LIS > > > > > > LIS, since its inception has been dealing with > > > organizing information so as to make it > available to > > > the users in more efficient manner. > > > > > > �Information seems like dirt; it�s everywhere > you > > > look, accumulates in piles, and is challenging > to > > > organize for easy retrieval.� > > > > > > It is this very nature of info that has always > > > threatened LIS professionals and forced them to > come > > > up with innovative approaches towards its > effective > > > organization. With the advent of WWW, organizing > > > info is giving tough time for all LIS > professionals. > > > Newer and newer approaches are being tried, but > > > still more and more are required to be done! > > > > > > Maurice B. Line has identified 10 key areas > related > > > to Info Res in the MILLENIUM > > > > > > 1. Internet & WWW (info retrieval aspects) > > > 2. Search engines & alogorithms > > > 3. Bibliographic control on the internet > > > 4. User interface including common user > > > interface,natural language interface > etc. > > > 5. User needs or requirement analysis > > > 6. Info seeking behaviour of users and cognitive > > > approach > > > 7. Digital Libraries > > > 8. Summarization & representation of information > > > 9. Visual information > > > 10. Intelligent Information Retrieval including > > > intelligent agents > > > > > > All the best > > > > > > > > > Bukhari > > > Librarian > > > Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > > > Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! > > > OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 > > > Click here now: > > > > http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >LIS-Forum mailing list > >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > Vijay Raghav Tiwari > Librarian > Harish Chandra Research Institute > (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) > Chhatnag Road Jhunsi Allahabad -211 019. > Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 2667509,2667318,2667578 add > extention 4064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> > ___________________________________________________ > Meet your old school or college friends from > 1 Million + database... > Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Areas in LIS Res
by afsar bukhari 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Dear Friends This is in response to a recent mail in lisforum regarding the areas of research in LIS LIS, since its inception has been dealing with organizing information so as to make it available to the users in more efficient manner. Information seems like dirt; its everywhere you look, accumulates in piles, and is challenging to organize for easy retrieval. It is this very nature of info that has always threatened LIS professionals and forced them to come up with innovative approaches towards its effective organization. With the advent of WWW, organizing info is giving tough time for all LIS professionals. Newer and newer approaches are being tried, but still more and more are required to be done! Maurice B. Line has identified 10 key areas related to Info Res in the MILLENIUM 1. Internet & WWW (info retrieval aspects) 2. Search engines & alogorithms 3. Bibliographic control on the internet 4. User interface including common user interface,natural language interface etc. 5. User needs or requirement analysis 6. Info seeking behaviour of users and cognitive approach 7. Digital Libraries 8. Summarization & representation of information 9. Visual information 10. Intelligent Information Retrieval including intelligent agents All the best Bukhari Librarian Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl

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INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004
by JK Vijayakumar 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004 INFLIBNET Centre has been organizing CALIBER [Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions] every year in different parts of the country in collaboration with different universities, since 1993. This is the premier convention in India which provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The eleventh CALIBER in the series, for the year 2004, has been themed as �Road Map to New Generation of Libraries using Emerging Technologies� and will be hosted by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi during February 11-13, 2004. The official language of the convention will be English. DELIBERATIONS � Visions/Policies for Strategic Planning and Catalysts (Social Issues, User Requirements) for New Generation of Libraries. � Infrastructure, Standards, Archiving for Digital/Virtual/E-Libraries. � Emerging Technologies like Wireless LAN, Digital Services, Distributed databases, E-education and WBT. � Web content mapping, classification, management, Data warehousing, security aspects. CALL FOR PAPERS Programme committee solicits high quality technical papers related to the themes and sub-themes listed below. Main Theme: Road Map to New Generation of Libraries using Emerging Technologies Sub theme 1 Strategic Planning and Catalysts for New Generation of Libraries Visions/Policies, Social Issues, Intellectual Property Rights, User Requirements and Satisfaction, Models and framework for change management, Consortia: Success and Reality, Free and equal access to digital information Sub theme 2 Digital/Virtual/E-Libraries Infrastructure, Standards and Protocols, E-Publishing, Digital Archiving, Personalization, New Type Resources, Open Digital Libraries and Interoperability Sub theme 3 Emerging Technologies Networking (including WLAN), Digital Services, E-Education / WBT: Reality and Myths, Distributed database access and management � mirror sites, Online Reference Sub theme 4 Web content Management Cataloguing and Classification, Metadata / XML, Searching and Retrieval, Web content mapping, Data warehousing/hosting, Managing access to Web Content, Security Issues, Reliability and QA of Web content, Reference Linking, Ontology and Semantic Web Papers typed in MS-Word can be sent as attachment to INFLIBNET directly through E-Mail or in a floppy by post. The length of the paper should normally be within 5000 words. Papers should contain full name and affiliations with e-mail of author(s), an abstract, author biography and references properly cited in the text of article. The paper should neither be published anywhere nor should have been kept under consideration for publication elsewhere and the author should agree to transfer the copyright to the conference organisers. A passport size photograph(s) of author(s) has to be submitted with the paper. Detailed Guidelines and Editorial Policy for CALIBER 2004 will be soon available in the conference website at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers December 15, 2003 Intimation to Author(s) January 1, 2004 Last date for Registration January 15, 2004 Convention Dates February 11-13, 2004 About INFLIBNET Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is a major mission of the UGC initiated in 1991 with an objective to automate and network libraries in Academic and R & D system to facilitate resource sharing at different levels and promote scholarly communication among academicians and researchers in the country. Till now, 142 universities have been funded by the UGC under this programme for automation and networking. Creation of national union databases, development of an integrated library management software, human resource development, on-site training, providing bibliographic information services, extending technical help and guidance from time to time to academic libraries in automation and networking are some of the major activities of the INFLIBNET Centre. Very soon centre is going to play major role in E-learning. A number of modules are under development on different subjects, which will be mounted on centre�s web site for facilitating distance education through e-learning. UGC has signed on MOU with ERNET India for establishing UGC Network linking about 170 universities, UGC Regional Centres and IUC�s. This network will also have connectivity to Internet. INFLIBNET will play a major role in content creation for this network. It is trying to create awareness about library automation and spread IT culture among library professionals. About Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920, was declared as a deemed to be University in 1962 and became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu language, Jamia means �University� and Millia means �National�. In 1936,all institutions of Jamia, except Jamia Press, the Maktaba and the library, were shifted to the new campus. The history of Dr. Zakir Husain Library is closely linked with the history of Jamia Millia Islamia. It was established during 1920-23 in Aligarh and was named as Jamia Millia Islamia Library. In 1925, Jamia Millia moved from Aligarh to Delhi, the Library also shifted.In 1972, Library moved to its new building and it was rechristened as �Dr. Zakir Husain Library� in the memory of late President of India Dr. Zakir Husain. This library is the Central Library of the University Library System, which includes the faculty and Central libraries,It is having collection of about 3.00 lac books & bound volumes of periodicals, about 3000 manuscripts, 200 microforms, 17 special collections and subscribes to 440 journals.The library has fully computerized its most actively used collections, which is searchded through OPAC.Circulation Counter is computerized, using barcode scanners.The library is providing range of databases available in electronic form on the Campus Network and from remote hosts via WWW. The library provides Internet and electronic database services for the registered users. Contact Details Registration Dr. Gayas Makhdumi Organising Secretary CALIBER-2004 University Librarian & Head, DLIS, Jamia Millia Islamia, M aulana Mohammad Ali Johar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi � 110 025, India Phone:+91-11-26984910/26981717(Ext. 472) Fax:+91-11-26982360 E-mail:zhl@jmi.ernet.in Paper Submission Dr T A V Murthy Editor-in-Chief Director INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in Queries can also be sent to Mr S M Salgar Chairman, CALIBER-2004 Scientist-G INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 (Ext 33)Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in More details will be available in the website soon. ******************************************** J K VIJAYAKUMAR ******************************************* __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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Library standards
by geitc, kchelpdesk (CORP, GEITC) 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Dear All, I wish to know what are all international standards exists are available in field of LISc. viz for bibliographical exchange, other data related to library services and functions. ISO 2407 : Std for bibliographic data exchange. ISO 2789 : Std for International library statistics ISO DIS 10160: Documentation-Interlibrary loan service definition ISO DIS 10161:Documentation-Interlibrary loan service protocol definition ISO DIS 10162:Documentation-Application service for information's systems search, retrieve and update protocol specification is there any other standard to other services also. Second thing I wanted to know as there is standard for Bibliographic data exchange. is there any standard specification for exchange of other data, such as circulation, serials holding etc... . This I feel very important as libraries are growing and adopting different soft wares, and as the years pass one library may feel it is not comfort with the software it has adopted. It wishes to change over to another software, in that case is it possible to get all the data that the present software holds, will be exported to new software which the library wants to switch over to. Where in we can get all member records, there usage statistics, or present holding. as these are vital which a library can't recreate again. is there a solution to this problem are any other way it is been done. Where can i get details regarding above matter. I will be happy to know. Thanks and regards, Chidananda Chidananda B G Technical information Assistant Knowledge Centre John F Welch Technology Centre Export Promotion Industrial Park, Phase-2 Hoodi Village, Whitefield Road Bangalore, INDIA-560 066 ( Direct: +91-80-503 2668)

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NYTimes.com Article: Open Access to Scientific Research
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by arun(a)mssrf.res.in. Here is an editorial in New York Times on open access. Arun arun(a)mssrf.res.in /-------------------- advertisement -----------------------\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \----------------------------------------------------------/ Open Access to Scientific Research August 7, 2003 A number of influential scientists have begun to argue that the cost of research publications has grown so large that it impedes the distribution of knowledge. Some subscriptions cost thousands of dollars per year, and those journals are usually available online only to subscribers. This looks less like dissemination than restriction, especially if it is measured against the potential access offered by the Internet. That is why a coalition led by Dr. Harold Varmus, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, is creating a new model, called the Public Library of Science. Several years ago Dr. Varmus's group issued an open letter, signed by some 30,000 colleagues, calling on the publishers of scientific journals to make their archived research articles freely available online. Most journals declined, so they would not undercut the profitable business of selling expensive subscriptions to libraries. But there is a basic inequity when much of the research has been financed by public money. The Public Library of Science plans to confront that inequity by establishing a new series of peer-reviewed journals that will be freely available on the Internet. The first ones, published this October, will be PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine. The aim is to create a freer flow of data about research and results. The journals will pay for themselves by charging a small fee to the organizations and institutions that support the research. Most of us, admittedly, will not have much use for free access to new discoveries in, say, particle physics. But it is a different matter when it comes to medical research. Popular nostrums abound on the Web, but it can be very hard, if not impossible, to find the results of properly vetted, taxpayer-financed science - and in some cases it can be hard for your doctor to find them, too. The Public Library of Science could help change all that, creating open access to research. The publishers of scientific journals are naturally skeptical, but the real test will come in the marketplace of ideas. What will matter this fall, when the new journals make their debut, is how many scientists choose to publish in them rather than in the journals traditionally deemed the most prestigious in their disciplines. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/07/opinion/07THU3.html?ex=1061257104&ei=1&en… --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://www.nytimes.com/ads/nytcirc/index.html HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales(a)nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company

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open access (Washington Post)
by Mailing List Manager 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:20:49 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: You may find this article on open access interesting. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19104-2003Aug4.html Arun

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Re: New Book in Library and Information Science
by Mailing List Manager 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:14:16 -0700 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Sorry for crossposting, if any; "Reengineering Library and Information Services Process, People & Technology" by Ramesh C. Gaur Librarian, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai ---------- Allied PublishersPrivate Limited, Mumbai. pp. 304. Price Rs. 500/- Some Comments About the Book To me, it is a first research contribution of its kind from India. Therefore, LIS professionals in academic as well as professional circles will benefit a great deal, in integrating theoretical as well as practical aspects of the subject, in their own contexts. - Dr. Roshan L. Raina, Professor, IIM, Lucknow The present digital networked environment has changed the whole structure of 'knowledge organizations', i.e., libraries. The pace of such changes is very fast. To cope up wuth above changes, it requires a radical change in our thinking, in our organization, in our people, and in the usage of technologies. And this radical change is possible by way of re-engineering only. It is a guide book for librarians and library planners and gives us a very thorough understanding of the reengeeneering process. - Dr. Jagdish Arora, Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Librarian, IIT, Bombay Today's librarian works in a hybrid environment and his role is more of pulling together the various channels of information, package the relevant bits and present it to the user. This calls for a totally fresh look at the professional routes and roadmap. Dr. Ramesh C Gaur is one of the pioneers in applying the principles of re-engineering in the context of librarianship in India. I welcome this publication which makes a significant contribution to professional literature. - Dr. Mishwara Bhat, Head of Library Services, BITS, Pilani 'Re-engineering Library and information services' by D. Ramesh Gaur is indeed a welcome addition to the library & information science literature in the country. The book portrays a vivid and candid picture about the prevailing status of the libraries under study and gives clear cut BPR as well as transformation guidelines they should adapt/adopt/absorb if they want to be relevant, reliable and context sensitive. As such the model could be emulated by any modern library/information center in the country. - M G Sreekumar, Librarian & Head, CDDL, IIT, Kozhikode The author places the responsibility for change in the way of working of libraries in the context of change in information environment coupled with changing information seeking patterns of users in the electronic environment. To cope up with issues posed by evolution and revolution in Information technology such as Internet and Intranet revolution, Web publishing, Electronic publishing, and other information technological innovations, etc. a fine-tuning of the operations and activities of libraries and their information services is required. This is possible by way of re-engineering library and information services as explained in this book. The book provides a step-by-step guide about the re-engineering of libraries. - Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Head, Library and Informatics Centre, INSA, New Delhi About the Book This study presents a report on the effort to bring forth the transition of a traditional library service, mainly relying on paper preservation and local diffusion, to a modern information centre, whose main goal is putting final users in contact with the information needed, whether it is local or remote, on paper or stored digitally. To cope up with issues such as Internet and Intranet revolution, Web publishing, Electronic publishing, and other information technological innovations, etc. a fine-tuning of the operations and activities of libraries and their information services is required. This study describes how this transition may be achieved through a process of re-engineering that involves staff tasks, available space, available resources, and choice of tools. The book is a first attempt towards an indepth study on applications of "Reengineering Management" to Libraries. This book is focused on the re-engineering of Library and Information services in which present state of management libraries in India has been discussed. On the basis of findings of the study, various solutions have been suggested. A case study of "Re-engineering of library of IMT, Ghaziabad has been presented. A comparative study of thirteen management libraries of NCR, has also been undertaken. The suggested "re-engineering framework" - a model for reengineering of libraries, is a useful outcome of this study. The primary beneficiary of this book would be the all libraries and information centers who are planning to improve their library and information services by way of reengineering. The head of the institutions, librarians, library staff and all policy planners, who plan, monitor, and use library and information services should be able to understand the basic principles of re-engineering management and use the proposed re-engineering framework to improve their library and information services. The case study will help librarians to prepare a plan for the reengineering of their libraries. The academia and researchers will find it as a basis for further application in other libraries too. About the Author - Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur is a Librarian at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. A Science graduate, he holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science and has undergone several advanced training programmes in IT Applications in Libraries and Management of Libraries. Besides this, he also holds Post B.Sc. Diploma in Computer Applications. He is visiting Virginia Tech., USA, under Fullbright Fellowship in Information Science & Technology for year 2003-04. He began his career as an Information Officer at Eicher Research Centre, Faridabad. Within a year he shifted to the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi and then to Brisk Securities Ltd., a corporate company. He also worked in RIS, New Delhi. He made his mark at the IMT, Ghaziabad, where he automated the Library and transformed it to a top class establishment. During the 11 years of his professional career over 25 papers have been contributed by him to various publications. He has edited a book 'Business and Management Libraries: opportunities and challenges in 21st century' going to be released shortly. He has successfully organized Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) Convention and UPLA Seminar. He is member of all Library Association in India and some important one in abroad. His major professional achievements includes the formation of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) along with Late Shri C.V. Subba Rao as the Founder Convener of RRC. He is Life Trustee and Joint Secretary of Ranganathan Research Trust (RRT), New Delhi. Dr. Gaur's interests range from web designing to training programmes on IT in the library and information field, he has also been affiliated with studies based on management libraries in India. He developed a computer program entitled, 'Development of Some Library Applications Using d-Base III +' for Water and Land Management Institute. His goal is to develop and enhance professional competence and by virtue of this to serve its clientele the best and to become the leader in the Library and Information Science Field.

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Arcticle Requirement
by Mailing List Manager 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:38:12 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Professional Collegaues If you have following paper in your library please send me the copy. This paper is urgently required by one of our faculty members : Radiation Measurement 24 (3), 309-313, 1995. Thanks. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS : 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH : 91-33-2350 2402/03, 6619,6702 FAX : 91-33-2350 6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH : 91-33-2337 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX : 91-33-2334 3886 Ph (Res) : 33-2672 1192, 3892 E-MAIL : akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in, arunchkr(a)vsnl.net.in, c_arunk(a)hotmail.com

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ICT and research in DCs
by Mailing List Manager 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:05:28 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Information for research in developing countries - Information Technology, a friend or foe? http://www.developmentgateway.org//ict/dg-contribute/item-detail?item_id=33… version_id=202274&from=alert This paper by Subbiah Arunachalam from M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation discussses the influence of ICT on the researchers in developing countries. One of the author's conclusions states that "a concerted effort should be mounted to persuade philanthropic foundations ... Arun

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GENISIS Manual
by mujib rahiman 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi all A manual in English for Genisis is now available at http://www.nsf.ac.lk/purna/genisisman.pdf. Genisis is a web authoring software to create webforms and scripts required to query cds/isis databases using BIREME's wwwisis. GenesisCD is available to create CD-ROM interface. with regards Mujib Rahiman ===== Bioinformatics Centre and Library Central Plantation Crops Research Institute P.O. Kudlu, Kasaragod - 671 124, Kerala, India Ph: 04994 - 232 974 URL: http://bioinfcpcri.org E-mail: bioinf(a)bioinfcpcri.org ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Do our Scientists deserve high bandwidths?
by Mailing List Manager 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:09:18 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dr Vyasamoorthy has raised a pertinent point and I like his frank expression of his views which might offend at least some of our colleagues in the labs! As it happens often, in ny given situation it is difficult to determine which is the cause and which is the effect. For a pretty long time, we were unable to provide decent infrastructure support to our scientists and doctoral students. It is not only in the provision of information; even in the provision of laboratory infrastructure (equipment, chemicals, reagents, etc.). Doing science under such circumstances, many of our scientists might have lost some of their enthusiasm. I believe that if we provide the proper environment (including facilities), there will be a change for the better. Especially, when there are low-cost options (providing information through open access and Internet, both of which are spreading fast and becoming cheaper), we should give them a try. Giving up is easy, but it can transform our country into a better place to live for us and our children. As a young scientist in a national laboratory, I often found it extremely difficult to be able to attend and speak at international conferences to which I was invited because of the attitude of officers who had the power to permit or disallow my participation in such meetings! But now things have changed. Arun

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Do our Scientists deserve high bandwidths?
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:28:04 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Mr Arun & friends, I really wonder whether our scientists deserve (they may desire, though)such high bandwidth. In my opinion they are incapable of using even the meger internet bandwidth that they already have. Scientists in India were the first group of persons to enjoy internet based email via ERNET. I have not seen many scientists from India (Indians abroad are an exception) taking part in Newsnet newsgroups in any worthwhile manner. Most of the discussion fourums started enthusiastically die for want of participation. INFLIBNET Experts database, after having been in place for over a year does not have more than 12K profiles. This was based on a very good model of getting the database self-populated by the community. Compare it with Community of Science website. Recently a private firm in Bangalore sent out 3000+ email letters to Indian scientists - every one of whom is an author of some science paper or the other - asking them to try out free of charge some web based IT facility that would help them keep in touch with their colleagues: How many do you think responded? Not even one percent! My own experience in having organised JCCC@VIC has not been very encouraging -- there are no takers for this consortium effort. Others' experiences may be different but mine are sour. Regards Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:58 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Competition spurs broadband in Europe (fwd) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:03:57 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Almost everyone in Belgium - at least 98% of them - have broadband access of 3Mbps or better! Up to six times faster than the service available in France or Britain. Where do we stand in India? Even our research scientists cannot boast of such bandwidth. Let us do something about it and quickly. Our scientists deserve it. Regards. Arun -Original Message----- From: Andy Carvin [mailto:acarvin@benton.org] Subject: Competition spurs broadband in Europe (fwd) Also from today's Benton headlines.... -ac COMPETITION SPURS BROADBAND IN EUROPE A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development suggests that European countries that promote competition among telecom and cable providers show faster adoption of broadband Internet services. The report warned governments against propping up the telecom industry in exchange for broadband build-out. "Incumbent operators are using their economic influence on governments to say, 'If you are nice to us we will deliver broadband,' but what the OECD numbers show is that competition between operators is what delivers broadband," said Ewan Sutherland, director general of the Brussels-based International Telecommunications Users Group. Evidence shows that Germany, once the leader in broadband growth, has been overtaken by the more competitive environment in Belgium, where 98 percent of the country has access to at least 3Mbps service - up to six times faster than the transmissions available in France or Britain. The United States has fallen from 3rd to 10th in the OECD rankings, primarily because the prices and speeds offered by phone companies have not matched those offered by cable. Asian countries have used government subsidies to stimulate the markets have resulted in additional competition and lower prices, allowing the region to take the lead in broadband deployment. SOURCE: E-Commerce News; AUTHORL Jennifer L. Schenker http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31231.html _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Competition spurs broadband in Europe (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:03:57 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Almost everyone in Belgium - at least 98% of them - have broadband access of 3Mbps or better! Up to six times faster than the service available in France or Britain. Where do we stand in India? Even our research scientists cannot boast of such bandwidth. Let us do something about it and quickly. Our scientists deserve it. Regards. Arun -Original Message----- From: Andy Carvin [mailto:acarvin@benton.org] Subject: Competition spurs broadband in Europe (fwd) Also from today's Benton headlines.... -ac COMPETITION SPURS BROADBAND IN EUROPE A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development suggests that European countries that promote competition among telecom and cable providers show faster adoption of broadband Internet services. The report warned governments against propping up the telecom industry in exchange for broadband build-out. "Incumbent operators are using their economic influence on governments to say, 'If you are nice to us we will deliver broadband,' but what the OECD numbers show is that competition between operators is what delivers broadband," said Ewan Sutherland, director general of the Brussels-based International Telecommunications Users Group. Evidence shows that Germany, once the leader in broadband growth, has been overtaken by the more competitive environment in Belgium, where 98 percent of the country has access to at least 3Mbps service - up to six times faster than the transmissions available in France or Britain. The United States has fallen from 3rd to 10th in the OECD rankings, primarily because the prices and speeds offered by phone companies have not matched those offered by cable. Asian countries have used government subsidies to stimulate the markets have resulted in additional competition and lower prices, allowing the region to take the lead in broadband deployment. SOURCE: E-Commerce News; AUTHORL Jennifer L. Schenker http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31231.html

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Articles on Knowledge Society
by farooque 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

one may get information on "knowledge society" at following urls. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ifactory/ksgpress/www/ksg_news/transcripts/druck… http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/recomm/report/ch_1.htm http://www.ies.ubc.ca/events/transition/abst.html http://members.tripod.com/knownetwork/what.html http://members.tripod.com/knownetwork/articles/heralding.htm On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 prafulla(a)nisc.co.in wrote : >Dear All: > >I am looking for a couple of good articles (Web-based, >available >free)) which provide a good and authoritative introduction to >the >concept of Knowledge Society. I shall appreciate any pointers >on >them --------------------------------- Mohammed Farooque DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore-560059 Tel-(080)8483975(hostel) 8483002 ext 495(lab) ---------------------------------- ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl

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IndMED gets HON code certification
by Sukhdev Singh 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

The following information may be useful for the members of the forum. 1. "The European Commission has weighed in with its contribution to the growing body of standards and recommendations for online health and medical information. The document contains quality criteria for use by Member States, as well as public and private bodies, in the development of quality initiatives for health related web sites. Recognizing the need to protect its citizens, as well as the global customers of its online sector, the European Commission has taken a clear position on the need to maintain high standards for online health information. The report stops short, however, of proposing an EU-wide implementation for quality criteria, judging this to be impractical for the moment. HON participated actively in the development of the EU document, along with some sixty other delegations from government, industry, medical and consumers associations and academia. The result incorporates all eight principles of the HONcode condensed into six points with additional emphasis on accessibility, a hotly debated subject on both sides of the Atlantic. In effect, US Government requirements for domestic information providers may also influence decisions made in Europe." (http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/HON_CCE_intro.htm) 2. Indian Medlars Centre, has received the cerfication from the above mentioned "Health on Net (HON) Foundation" for its compliance with the HON code. This site is the First Government Indian health site and among select few Indian health sites to receive the certification.(http://indmed.nic.in). The certification may be verified from http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct932785 . 3. I would suggest to website administrators / evaluators to use best practises / standards for sites so that their reliability could be ascertained. Regards Sukhdev Singh BID, NIC HQs. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Google India
by Shyam Prasad pujar 31 Jul '03

31 Jul '03

Dear Members, Google search engine is now available in Indian languages. It is available in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi. Now when you type http://www.google.com at the URL address location you will be redirected to http://www.google.co.in. Default interface for India is Hindi, if you want to search using 'English' interface, click on 'Agrezi'. 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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medicine/pharma. information retrieval
by Shivendra Singh 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

Dear members, Where I can see about medicine/pharma. information retrieval system? Regards, Shivendra Singh National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research Sector 67, S.A.S Nagar, Punjab - 160 062 , INDIA, Phone : 0172 214682-87, Ext. 2017 Fax : 0172 214692 Mobile: 9815526163 Home page: http://sshivendra.tripod.com E-mail: shivendra(a)niper.ac.in

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Regarding Website Hosting
by aravind llm shety 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

Dear Members, I am in search of free web servers for hosting a web site. Can anyone suggest me the sites of free web hosting servers. With Regards Arvind M Bhadrashetty Librarian Appa Institute of Engineering & Technology Gulbarga ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl

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Research students needed at MSSRF
by Mailing List Manager 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:40:32 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: I need two bright young researchers for a scientometrics (bibliometrics) project. The candidates should have a First class Master's degree in science or information science with some competence in writing programmes to manipulate bibliographic data from databases. MSSRF will pay a consolidated salary of Rs 5,500 per month. I know it is not a big sum, but I can assure the candidates that they will get very good training. The project leader is an Honorary Fellow of CILIP, an Honorary Member of ASIST, a Life Member of IASLIC and Founding Member of the Indian Science Writers Association, and is on the editorial boards of Current Contents, Scientometrics, Journal of Information Science, Current Science and Desidoc Bulletin of Information Technology. He is on the Board of the Internatiaonal Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics. The group's other interests include application of information and communication technologies to rural development and poverty alleviation and the Information Village Research project has won the Stockholm Challenge Award and the Motorola Gold Award. MSSRF has a small library and a few databases (CD-ROM). E-MALA and lis-forum members may pass the word around and may suggest suitable candidates. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Distinguished Fellow MSSRF, Chennai

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Availability of ISA (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:18:14 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] meera bunglow" <mbunglow(a)yahoo.co.in> To: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Availability of ISA Dear Mr. R.Srinivasan, Indian Statistical Institute , Bangalore Library is procuring ISA -CD ROM from 1999. Thanking you Regards B.M.Meera Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore Centre Library --- Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:01:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: Srinivasan R <seenukkd(a)yahoo.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > Dear Members > > I would like to know in which libraries located at > Tamil Nadu, or Kerala or Karnataka, CD-ROM version > of Indian Science Abstracts (ISA) containing 10 > years 1990-1999 data, is available. Kindly inform > as I am in need of it urgently. > > Sincerely > R Srinivasan > Central Electrochemical Research Institute > Karaikudi - 630 006 Tamil Nadu > email: seenukkd(a)yahoo.com > > > > With Best Wishes > > Yours Sincerely > > R Srinivasan > Phone: 225904 (R) ; 227750 (O) > > 7, kambar Street > Thilagar Nagar > Karaikudi - 630 002 > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ________________________________________________________________________ Send free SMS using the Yahoo! Messenger. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/new/pc/

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Articles on Knowledge Society
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Dear All: I am looking for a couple of good articles (Web-based, available free)) which provide a good and authoritative introduction to the concept of Knowledge Society. I shall appreciate any pointers on this. Many thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Lecture Delivered on Digital Libraries at RRC
by Sukhdev Singh 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Dear members of the forum, Last satureday, I had an opportunity to deliver a lecture on Digital Library : Definition to Implementation at Ranganathan Research Circle, Delhi. The lecture gave an account of Definition of Digital Libraries, Myths surrounding it and an overview of general framework for implementing a Digital Library. A copy of the lecture is available at the DLIST archives. Anybody interested may visit the following link and download a copy of it. It is of 1+18 pages and is in PDF format. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/archive/00000236/ Regards Sukhdev Singh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Libraries @ the Heart: Travel Grants available (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Travel Grant for participants from developing countries The Swiss Organization Committee of the Preparatory IFLA Conference "Libraries @ the Heart of the Information Society" (Geneva, Switzerland 3-4 November 2003) has made available a limited number of grants to enable participants from less developed countries to attend. The grants are towards particpation cost and are given on a cost sharing basis. The Travel Grant will cover air ticket, accommodation, registration fee and a small allowance.Applicants should meet the following conditions: Must be working in a library Must have a minimum of five years of professional experience Must be a member of the National Library Association (evidence of membership will be required from the Association). Priority will be given to professionals and applicants who are involved in the promotion of the libraries as important points of free access to the information society. Return the completed application form on http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/wsis_travelgrt03.htm with a curriculum vitae before September1st 2003 to: iflawsis(a)hei.unige.ch or Danielle.Mincio(a)bcu.unil.ch

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ePrints in Library and Information Science
by Mailing List Manager 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:02:20 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Prints in Library and Information Science - http://eprints.rclis.org (ELIS) An open access archive to deposit preprints, postprints and other documents in the field of library and information science in electronic format. ---- http://dois.mimas.ac.uk/ Documents in Information Science - http://dois.mimas.ac.uk/ (DoIS) - Database of articles and conference proceedings published in electronic format in the field of library and Information science. Thanks Guna From: Subbiah Gunasekaran [mailto:guna1970@rediffmail.com]

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A Google-like Portal of the World's Leading Scientists
by Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

ISIHighlyCited.com calls itself "an expert gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide," using similar techniques to Google's PageRank to identify these intellectual leaders. This free search tool makes it easy to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science and technology over the past several decades. Google's PageRank algorithm uses many of the same techniques involved in citation analysis to get a sense of the most important pages on the web, based on the number and quality of links pointing to them. ISIHighlyCited.com plans to include the top 250 preeminent individual researchers in 21 subject categories who have demonstrated great influence in their field as measured by citations to their work. Bibliography with links to the full bibliographic information indexed in the ISI Web of Science. ISIHighlyCited is similar to ResearchIndex, an academic computer science search engine that also does a lot of extensive citation analysis. Both tools are excellent resources for tracking research trends through literature references. To learn more about citation analysis and how it reveals useful information about who's who and what's what, see the article "How Does ISI Identify Highly Cited Researchers? follow the link http://isihighlycited.com/isi_copy/Comm_news08.htm -- ================================ Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo JRF, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute 8th mile, Mysore Road R.V.College P.O. Bangalore -560059 Phone : 8483975(hostel) 8483002 ext-320 (hostel) ================================

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Availability of ISA
by Mailing List Manager 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:01:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Srinivasan R <seenukkd(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Members I would like to know in which libraries located at Tamil Nadu, or Kerala or Karnataka, CD-ROM version of Indian Science Abstracts (ISA) containing 10 years 1990-1999 data, is available. Kindly inform as I am in need of it urgently. Sincerely R Srinivasan Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi - 630 006 Tamil Nadu email: seenukkd(a)yahoo.com With Best Wishes Yours Sincerely R Srinivasan Phone: 225904 (R) ; 227750 (O) 7, kambar Street Thilagar Nagar Karaikudi - 630 002 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

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(Fwd) MSc courses
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:28:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Bijayananda Pradhan <ncsipradhan(a)yahoo.com> Subject: MSc courses To: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear Prafulla, Can U please inform me : Is there any Univ in INDIA offering MSc Geology in distance mode. Regards Bijay ===== Have a nice time -With Regards, Bijayananda Pradhan DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence (DRDO) Metcalfe House, New Delhi- 110 054 Ph: (011)23819587(Off), FAX: 23919151 Mail ID:ncsipradhan@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Information retrieval with cURL
by Aman Kumar Jha 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Dear friends Please find an interesting article related to Information Retrieval. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2003072800120200.htm Aman Kumar Jha Librarian South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre New Delhi Information retrieval with cURL THIS WEEK NetSpeak focuses on a tool for automatically transferring files from the Net using a variety of Net protocols. The innumerable and wide ranging Net resources available on the various servers across the Net are stored/retrieved using different well-defined methods or protocols. The web protocol HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and the Gopher protocol are three popular protocols. To retrieve resources stored under various servers, many tools that understand these protocols have been developed. These are called Net clients. The web browser, which understands the HTTP protocol, is a client tool for retrieving resources from a web server. Similarly there are clients for other protocols such as FTP and POP. But the drawback of most of these tools is that, though quite easy to operate, they lack enough flexibility. For example, the browser does not have an easy mechanism to selectively download a few web pages from a site. Again, if you want to automatically download regularly all newly updated files with a specific extension from a site, current browser features become inadequate. Here is another scenario: Suppose a Net resource is mirrored at several locations and to speed up the download process you want to split the file into multiple parts and download each of them from separate locations, instead of downloading the file completely from one location. None of the current browsers can do of do this. Al these point to the fact that there is need for a better information retrieval tool that will help automate some of the download tasks and allow downloading of materials as per requirements. One such client tool is cURL, which can be used to download Net resources automatically with extreme ease and flexibility. cURL As per its web site (http://curl.haxx.se/) cURL (stands for `client URL') is a command-line utility for transferring files from diverse Net servers such as FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. Any Net resource that uses standard URL format (like http://, ftp://) can be retrieved with this tool. Please note that cURL has nothing to do with 'Curl', the web programming language discussed in this column (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/biz/2001/12/13/stories/2001121300 340100.htm) long ago. You may also note that this free tool, which runs on platforms such as Windows and Linux, not only allows you to download files but can also be used to upload files on to such servers as web and FTP. Another highlight of this service is the availability of the free curl library libcurl that can be integrated with popular programming languages such as Basic, C, C++, Python and PHP to develop curl based applications. As usual, to get a good hold and internalise the capabilities of this program, let us go through a few examples: The command: `curl http://www.hinduonnet.com' will download the home page of The Hindu's site and will display it on your screen. If you want to view the HTTP exchange or the conversation that takes place between the client and the web server while downloading the web page, execute the above command with the `v' (v stands for verbose) option (like this: curl - v http://www. hinduonnet.com) To upload a file on to an FTP server, use curl with the option `T' as follows: Curl - T readme-file ftp://user: pass word(a)ftp-domain-name.com The above command will upload the file `readme-file' on to the FTP server. If you have a file stored in two locations, using cURL with `r' option, you can retrieve parts of the file simultaneously from these servers. For example, suppose you have a file called `example.doc' of size 39424 bytes, stored in two servers called server 1 and server 2. To download the file in two parts from these servers, use the following commands: curl -r 0-1500 -o example 1 http://server1/example.doc (this will download first 1500 bytes of the file from server 1 and store it as `example 1') curl -r 1501- -o example 2 http://server2/example.doc (this command will download the rest of the file from server 2 and store it as `example 2') Combining the two downloaded files, we will get the original file. Programs based on libcurl As already mentioned, along with the cURL client program, a curl `program library' that can be used to create cURL-based applications is also available at the cURL site. The free program Getleft developed for downloading complete web sites is a good example of a product created with the help of cURL library. The software, Getleft, written in TCL (Tool Command Language http://tcl.activestate.com/), can be used to download a web site completely by just entering the site's address in its input box. During the downloading process, it alters links in the original page so that you can browse the site locally without any trouble. For more details, check out: http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/ getleft/english/ Bootdisk If you are a regular computer user, it is likely that you have faced the problem of hard disk failure at least once. Once the machine fails to boot from the hard disk, the next feasible solution is to attempt to boot using a bootable floppy disk. If you have failed/forgotten to create a boot disk during the installation stage, you will not be able to take this course. In case you land up in such troubled situations, check out the site BootDisk (http://www.bootdisk.com), which hosts many programs that can be used to create boot disks. For example, if you want to create a DOS 6.22 boot disk, access the site, click on the `DOS/Windows... ' option and download the appropriate boot software. Now, insert a fresh floppy disk and execute the downloaded software, which will convert the floppy into bootable disk by transferring the DOS system files on to it. Apart from several `boot' programs, you will find many valuable materials that include information on hard disk partitioning, networking and several `how to guides' in this site. Free web space index It is quite likely that many of you have own web sites or are planning to launch one. One easy route is to avail the services of a free web space provider and build a site on its server. There are many free web space providers on the Net such as Tripod (http://www.tripod.com) and Netfirms (http://netfirms.com/) with varying tools/facilities. To get the latest information on the free web space providers, check out the search service `Free web hosting space finder' at: http://www.free-web-space-finder. com/ J. Murali _________________________________________________________________ They are beautiful. They are in danger. http://server1.msn.co.in/Slideshow/BeautyoftheBeast/index.asp Our four-legged friends.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Psychology courses
by farooque 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

university of madras is offering MSc in psychology through distance mode one can get detail information on this address: http://www.universityofmadras-ice.ac.in/ apart from this, annamalai university, bharthir university (coimbatore) and nalanda open university(patna)are also offering master degree course in psychology through distance mode.. On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 prafulla(a)nisc.co.in wrote : >Dear All: >I am searching for information on Indian universities offering >Master'd degree courses through DISTANCE MODE in >Psychology/Applied Psychology/psychology-related subjects. I >shall appreciate any useful pointers on this. > >Many thanks > >T.V. Prafulla Chandra >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. > (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. >USA) > S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad >500 017 > Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 >27002538 > WWW.NISC.COM > A company in service to NISC worldwide. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------- Mohammed Farooque DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore-560059 Tel-(080)8483975(hostel) 8483002 ext 495(lab) ---------------------------------- ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl

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Article: The open source option
by Shyam Prasad pujar 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

Dear Members, Please go through the following link to know why librarians should and shouldn't use open source software. http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&article… 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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Refresher Course in the subject of Library&LibraryScience
by Dr. Muttayya 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Dear All, I am pleased to announce the following upcoming event: Sub: Refresher Course in the subject of Library & Information Science Tata Institute of Social Sciences is conducting a 21 days Refresher Course in the subject of Library & Information Science. The theme is New Challenges in Information Management: Issues and Opportunities for Librarianship. It is scheduled to be held from 1st Sept 2003 to 21st Sept 2003. The objective of this Refresher Course is to make Librarians feel fresh and updated after the training is over and really contribute to the teaching learning process. The eligibility conditions are mentioned below. Application Form will be sent upon receipt of an e-mail request. Minimum UGC Requirement for participation in Refresher Courses The Minimum UGC Requirement for participation in Refresher Courses is as follows: Here Librarian means either a College Librarian or a University Assistant Librarian/Lecturer In Library & Information Science who are in the pay scale of Rs.8000-13, 500 and above The gap in two successive Refresher Courses should normally be two years and may be relaxed if the adequate number of participants are not available or it is essential for the Librarian to fulfill eligibility condition for his/her career advancement. The College should be included in the List of Colleges under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, even though they may not yet be fit under Section 12-13 of the same Act. If the College has not yet come within the purview of Section 2(f) but have been affiliated to a University for at least five years may also participate in the Refresher Course. The last date for submission of applications is 15th August 2003. Alternatively, for further assistance you may contact Mr.Satish Kanamadi, Asst. Librarian ( Tel:022-25563290.Ext.285E mail: kanamadi(a)hotmail.com) Yours Sincerely, Dr.Mutttayya.Koganuramath University Librarian ************************************** DR. MUTTAYYA KOGANURAMATH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B.No.8313, Sion-Trombay Rd., Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, INDIA. Ph: 91-22- 2556 3289-96; Extn.281(O) 91-22- 2558 3375(R) Direct: 91-22-25513350 Fax: 91-22- 2556 2912 E.Mail : muttayya(a)bom3.vsnl.net.in Website: www.geocities.com/tisslibraryin **************************************

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Cesus of India Map
by suvarsha 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Hi, I found an interesting site where you can generate maps (of India) by different parameters using data from the Census of India. Could be useful to some of you in social sciences. http://www.censusindiamaps.net/ with regards, Suvarsha Minj Research Executive - KM Feedback Consulting 5th Floor, Oxford Towers 139, Airport Road Bangalore 560 008 Tel : 91-80-5201379 / 5201398 Fax : 91-80-5201402 Web : www.feedbackconsulting.com

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Psychology courses
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

Dear All: I am searching for information on Indian universities offering Master'd degree courses through DISTANCE MODE in Psychology/Applied Psychology/psychology-related subjects. I shall appreciate any useful pointers on this. Many thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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"CONSORTIUM OF LIBRARIES OF DAE"
by Dileep Ghoderao 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

To, The LIS Forum Manager and Members, Please click on below URL to view the "Consortium Workshop" details to be held at TIFR, Mumbai, you may fowrward these details to others. http://www.tifr.res.in/~libws All are most welcome. Regards, ===== D.B. Ghoderao(M.Com., M.Lib.I.Sc.) Scientific Assistant - B. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) ( Deemed University and National Centre of the Government of India for Nuclear Science and Mathematics) Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005 Phone: 022-22804545 Ext. 2584, Fax: 022-22804610, 22804611 URL: www.tifr.res.in\~library Send reply to email: ghoderao(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Free Access to All India Index to English Books in Print (AIIEBIP)
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Dear All: Heres an announcement from NISC of potential interest to LIS practitioners and teachers: NISC is pleased to offer free access to All India Index to English Books in Print (AIIEBIP) for the entire month of July 2003. You can access the database at: http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/qebip.asp AIIEBIP includes the entire contents of Indian Books in Print (ed. by Sher Singh. Indian Bibligraphies Bureau, New Delhi) plus several thousands of new entries. It is available in two formats: CD-ROM and Internet-/Web-based. AIIEBIP is powered by NISCs inhouse-developed ROMWright software, acclaimed globally as one of the finest bibliographic and textual information search-and-retrieval softwares. We request all LIS practitioners and teachers to kindly explore AIIEBIP database and let us have your valuable feedback regarding its coverage and search features. Contact person: Anu K. Dürr, Director, AIIEBIP. Email: AIIEBIP(a)nisc.co.in T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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WebDewey Free Trial
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

Dear All: OCLC is offering one month free trial for WebDewey, the online version of DDC Edition 22. Please visit the following URL for registration: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ The print edition of DDC 22 is scheduled for release this month. The WebDewey includes the entire content of print version of DDC22 plus much more explanation and examples, etc. Thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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