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Fiction and Facts Regarding new NIH open access policy
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Dear Friends, As most of you know that in United States a legislation has been passed dealing with its National Institute of Health's Policy on Open Access (No wonder, why US is the world leader). This policy will ensure that public will have access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit journal articles that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/) The Policy requires that these articles be accessible to the public on PubMed Central to help advance science and improve human health. US National Library of Medicine comes under NIH and is the leading library and resource in for Biomedical Research. There are some doubts (probably created by publishers' interests) regarding this policy. I am reproducing a table from an article by Peter Suber about the "Common misconceptions about the new NIH open access policy" and the facts. Fiction 1: The mandate is to publish in open access journals. Fact 1: The mandate is to deposit in an open access repository (PubMed Central). Fiction 2: The mandate is to bypass journals and peer review. Fact 2: The mandate is to provide open access to articles already published in peer-reviewed journals. Fiction 3: The mandate applies to the published version of articles. Fact 3: The mandate applies to the final versions of the authors' peer-reviewed manuscripts. Fiction 4: The mandate directs deposits to PubMed. Fact 4: The mandate directs deposits to PubMed Central. Fiction 5: The mandate requires a 12-month embargo on the copy in PubMed Central. Fact 5: The mandate permits an embargo of up to 12 months on the copy in PubMed Central. Fiction 6: The new NIH budget is US$29 million. Fact 6: The new NIH budget is US$29 billion. Fiction 7: The new mandate will last for only 1 year. Fact 7: The new mandate will last indefinitely. Fiction 8: The mandate requires violation of copyright law. Fact 8: The mandate requires compliance with copyright law. Sources: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/271893090/more-on-oa-mandate… http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/213/135 --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Help evaluate the Open Training Platform
by sunder singh bg 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Profit and Value: UNESCO helps preserve Indiandocumentary heritage
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

So, the moral of the story is - "In Net Age, Don't make profit from Content, Generate it from Somewhere Else". This "Somewhere Else" is the key to success. And profit does not always mean "money". At least not for a library meant for academic / social purposes. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:12 PM, sathya <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> wrote: > Yes. Lots of companies pay tons of money to buy Ad. Space from Google. > In less than ten years time, Google has emerged as #1 information company in > the world, almost twice bigger than Thomson and Elsevier who use to share > #1/#2 slots. > Google's 2007 revenue is $16.6 billion. (Rs.65,000 crores). > And all this growth, without owning any information! > > Sathya > ----------------------------------- > | N V Sathyanarayana | Managing Director | Informatics (India) Ltd | 194, R > V Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore 560 004. INDIA | ww.informindia.co.in | > Phone +91-80-4038-7777 | FAX +91-80-4038-7600 | > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Sukhdev Singh > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:49 PM > To: suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com > Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Profit and Value: UNESCO helps preserve > Indiandocumentary heritage > > -- Does anybody pay to Google? Yet Google is taking over (Buying) more and > more companies. > > -- Shabir Bhatia gave free email accounts (Hotmail) and become famous and > rich. > > -- Baba Ram Dev gives free demonstration of Yoga on TV. It is now Famous and > Rich. > > -- VIRGIN Mobile pays if you receive a Call (Earlier they use to charge Rs. > 8 per minute for incoming calls) > > -- Magazines like India Today and Out Look gives you Gifts worth equal to > their subscription rates. > > -- We sell our Old Newspapers at home to scrap dealers and get almost back > the cost of its subscription. > > All the above are not fools, they have MBAs working for them. > > Understand the Business of New Economy!!!. > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Suvarsha Walters <suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > This discussion is interesting - of making profit and creating value. > > > > A lot of the web is free, yet we use it everyday. It is not devalued just > because it is free. And again, there are a lot of people making huge profits > (money) by providing things for free - for example this very email service > that I use for free. It is about creating value - if it is valuable, people > will use it and you can also make money with it. > > > > A collection of rare material may not be of value to everyone - but it is > of value to a specific set of users - historians, antropologists etc. and it > is of great value to a nation in general. > > > > If our library has such a collection then we are entrusted with two > responsiblities (our value add for the salary we get) - preserve it and make > it accessible. > > > > Now how we do it efficienty is left to us - get funds, raise funds; > outsource, do it inhouse. > > > > If an external vendor can do it for you more efficiently (for example for > a small collection it may work out cheaper), then you should go ahead with > it. The vendor making profits is not our concern at all, as long as he > delivers for what he is being paid for. That is his value add to society. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Suvarsha > > > > Information Analyst, > > HP Labs India > > Bangalore > > > > --- On Wed, 4/16/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > > > > > From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: > > Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage > > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, > > 12:24 AM > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 > From: Kshipra > > Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> > > Madam, > I also support > > your views. There is no imprtance or real > valuation of rare > > > things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to > public no > > one > bothers > for the services offered by such organisations like > > Library > which are doing > a great job of making such things > > available to public.The > profit makers are > always in search of > > ways out to make money.Government may > fix some nominal > charges > > on such rare collection and can divert this revenue > for > > > digitisation > and infrastructure required for libraries to give best > > > services. > > > > > > Kshipra Sardesai > > > Asstt Librarian > > > RBI, Bandra > > > Mumbai 400051 > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < > > > mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > > From: Susmita > > Chakraborty > <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > > > With regard > > to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I > have a question to ask > > > > the LIS community. > > > > > > > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that > everyone can > > have it for > > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone > > > (publisher or any other > > other profitmaking body) tries to earn > > profit from > it? > > > > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such > rich > > archives must > > go > > the digital way(digitization and > > dissemination of rare > materials) by > > exploring state/national > > government or other funds and > then try to derive > > some revenue > > from these resources to cover the running > costs of those > > > > libraries. > > > > > > > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one > way to > > break-even. > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > Susmita Chakraborty > > > > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, > Howrah, W.B. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > -- > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content > > by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! 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Requirement for Library Trainees
by JK 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear all, Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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All are invited for the Inaugural function
by Arunachalam Hariharan 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

SALIS Chennai Chapter and Sri SAI RAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI-44. Invitation Workshop cum Training programme on WEB PAGE DESIGN 18-19th April 2008 Programme Schedule Day I 18th April 2008 9.30-10.30 a.m - Inauguration 9.30-9.35 -Prayer 9.35-9.37 -Lighting Kuthuvillaku 9.37-9.45 - Welcome Address by Dean Dr.S.Seetharaman 9.45-9.50 -Felicitation by Principal Dr.R.Kannappan 9.50-10.25 - Key note address by Chief Guest Dr.HarishChandra 10.25-10.30 -Vote of thanks by Salis President Mr. A.Hariharan 10.30-11.15 a.m - Introduction about HTML, XML,Web Page design, etc. 11.30a.m - 1.30p.m - Flash 2.00- 3.45 p.m - Photoshop Day II 19th April 2008 9.15- 11.15a.m - Photoshop continuation 11.30- 1.30 p.m - Practical session 2.30-3.30p.m. - Valedictory 2.30-2.35 -Prayer 2.35-2.45 - Welcome Address by Dean 2.45-2.50p.m -Felicitation by Principal 2.50- 3.20p.m. Valedictory address & distribution of Certificates 3.20-3.25p.m - Feed back by participants 3.25-3.30p.m. - Vote of thanks by Lib. Officer All are invited for the inaugural and validictory function More details are avaialble at salis website http://autolib-india.net/salis -------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position vaccant at IIHMR Bangalore
by lata＠iihmr.org 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Professionals, We need a Library Professional for the post of LIBRARIAN for our sister concern at Bangalore. Expectation/Desirable. Masters in Library and/or Information Science 2-3 years of relevant experience Some demonstrated reference / searching experience IT capability Good interpersonal and communication skills Ability to work positively, productively with diverse agencies in an environment of rapid change Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relations with faculty, staff and students Able to work with minimum supervision and as a member of a team. Salary depends upon your experience and merit Send your resume immediately to Dr. Kishore Murthy, Director, Institute of Health Management Research 52/1, Kudlu Gate, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore-560068 Email : kmurthy(a)ihmr.org Please mention the email reference of the undersigned as we have not published advertisements for the position. Thanks Lata Suresh =================================== LATA SURESH Librarian Institute of Health Management Reserach 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302033 Rajasthan INDIA Phone: +91-141-2791431-34 ext. 328 Fax : +91-141-2792138 URL : http://www.iihmr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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vacancy of Librarian at TAPMICEE, Bangalore- Urgent requirement
by Manjunath K 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

T.A. Pai Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, Koramangala, Bangalore Respected LIS professionals, We need a Library Professional for the post of LIBRARIAN in our T.A. Pai Management Institute Centre for Executive Education, Koramangala, Bangalore (TAPMICEE, Bangalore)). As it is an urgent requirement, please help us to locate a candidate for this post. He will be directly reporting to Prof. Ramesh-who is In-charge of the centre. Our expectations and offers: 1. the candidate should be a postgraduate in library & information science (MLIS) 2. 3-4 years of experience + desirable -computer skills 3. the salary would be around Rs. 12000 to Rs. 13000/month and it can be negotiable subject to the suitability of the candidate 4. on selection he should be in a position to join immediately/at short notice 5. the designation will be Librarian 6. Location of work: TAPMI-CEE, Koramangala, Bangalore Interested candidates can contact Prof. N. Ramesh, at CEE immediately with his/her bio-data. Prof. N. Ramesh TAPMI-CEE, Mahayogi Vemana Road, 100 Ft. Road, IV block, Koramangala, Bangalore. - 560 038 Prof. Ramesh can be contacted through ph: (080) 41501900/902, mobile- 98441 35841 The CV can be emailed to Prof. Ramesh or Mr. Johnson. Email: Prof. ramesh: nramesh(a)tapmi-blr.org Mr. Johnson: johnsonp(a)tapmi-blr.org Regards, Manjunath ------------- Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res) email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com web: http://www.tapmi.org ------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of "Library Assistant".
by kuber kumbar 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Krishnadevarayanagar Hunasamaranahalli, NH-7 Yelhanka Bangalore-562157 E-Mail: sirmvitbgl(a)gmail.com sirmvit(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Tel. No: 080-28467248 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification B.Lib or D.Lib Pay scales as per Qualification and experience. Interested and eligible candidate apply within 10 days on above mention the Address or mail. Thanks/Regards Kuber K.P Librarian Sir M VIT KUBERA K.P I/C LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. --------------------------------- Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food. Get all this and more on Best of Yahoo! Groups. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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presentation
by valentina01＠indiatimes.com 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi Everyone! I'm an M.Phil Scholar who want to know how to attempt the theory paper. Especially the pattern of writing. After my 10 + 2, I never attended college regularly, I'm a correspondent student till my Post Graduation. After a long gap, I started attending college for library science course. Can anyone please give some guidelines as to how to start answering, to proceed and to finish. It's not like the under-graduation or post-graduation paper, a scholarly presentation is needed. I need some help so that I can start preparing for my part-1 paper. My papers are: 1. Research Methodology 2. current developments in LIS Thanks in advance. Valentina. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] extremely well communicated presentation (by sukh dev singh)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:25:26 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> My thanks to Bhawna and Others. All my slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/ These can be viewed online as well as downloaded. The latest one I have included is on creating "Ticker" in Firefox browser from RSS Feeds. This could be latest news or recent items added in your library. You can put this on your Library Workstations. Your readers could be alerted on latest News or recent additions in your library or whatever you want. It is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/displaying-rss-feeds-in-a-ticker/ or http://snipr.com/24h2z Your comments are welcomed. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:52:16 -0500 > From: bhawna vashishtha <bhawnavashishtha(a)gmail.com> > > We have been regularly telling readers how to subscribe to a RSS Feed > through a subscribed database. But i think this presentation has proved to > be very useful for us to let them understand how they can get the > latest updates from their favourite website. I want to thank Dr. Sukhdev > Singh for sharing his efforts through forum. Sir i want to further write > that today i came to know that if we are using Mozilla FireFox then we may > also opt for "Subscribe this page" option under "bookmarks" menu. > > Bhawna Vashishtha > Semi Professional Assistant > Central Library > Delhi University >

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Position Vacant Asst. Librarian
by ramachandra Loni 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Dear Library Professionals, Position Vacant Asst. Librarian at MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Hoskote, Bangalore. ** *Qualifications & Experience* ** MLISc/ BLISc with Knowledge of Computer (0-3 Years of Experience) Approx.Salary: Rs. 5000 to 6000/-P.M. Ready to work in shifts and preference will given to local candidates Mail your resume to: ramachandra.loni(a)gmail.com Ramachandra Loni Librarian MVJ Medical College & Research Hospital, Hoskote Bangalore-562114 Mobile No-9448703742 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:52:49 +0530 From: Kshipra Sardesai <kshipra.sardesai(a)gmail.com> Madam, I also support your views. There is no imprtance or real valuation of rare things unless we priced it.I found whatever is free to public no one bothers for the services offered by such organisations like Library which are doing a great job of making such things available to public.The profit makers are always in search of ways out to make money.Government may fix some nominal charges on such rare collection and can divert this revenue for digitisation and infrastructure required for libraries to give best services. Kshipra Sardesai Asstt Librarian RBI, Bandra Mumbai 400051 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 > From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> > > With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask > the LIS community. > > When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for > free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other > other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? > On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must > go > the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by > exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive > some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those > libraries. > > In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. > > Regards. > > Susmita Chakraborty > Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B.

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PhD admissions at Osmania University (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:43:47 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hi The osmania university had advertised the admissions to PhD program and the details can be had from the website: www.osmania.ac.in those who r desirous may luk into the advt. all the best laxman rao

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Position for Library Trainees
by JK 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (2 Positions). Candidates doing B.Lib and looking for training can send their CVs to hr(a)totalit.co.in *Contact Person : * Vijeta Kumari HR Executive Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 412-C, Suneja Tower - I, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi - 110058 *Regards* *Jaya Kalra* *Senior Consultant - LIS Group* *Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.* *412-C, Suneja Tower - I,* *District Centre, Janak Puri* *New Delhi - 110058* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Swapping Best Practices in Librarianship
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I agree with Dr Laxman rao. Lots can be done by the librarian who is 1) innovative & 2) ready to sweat it out. Recently a senior professional remarked: "What is there in Lis-forum?. Only forwards of messages from some other Forum. There are no discussions". I asked him how many discussions did he initiate or take part? He became quiet. You see the point? Though I am out of the loop as far as active librarian ship is concerned I do have an active interest in knowing what is happening. How about librarians exchanging best practices. Best practices need not be costly or hightech. For instance the site www.160by2.com permits sending free SMS to mobile numbers from the web. About 50 text messages per day is free. Web based texting permits automation. This can be used by ALSD to send info about meetings to members. Librarians can use it for announcing events. I am using it very successfully to send reminders for meetings concerned with Resident welfare associations. Vyasamoorthy On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > helo > while appreciating the statements of Ms Gayatri, i would like to request > every one to take into consideation of ground realities. > > 1. most important responsibility is librarian. as many teachers and students > r not aware of new books / documents. the librarians need to take more > interest in identification of the new and useful books and bring to the > notice of the teachrs and students. generally they approve it for purchase. > > if this effort is succesful, indirectly we will be able to bring to their > notice about new documents, and then in turn the usability increases. > > 2. there is general complaint about awareness of new documents. the library > professionals use the listserv. and can we use this forum as a place for > giving information to fellow librarians about the new and useful > documents.it solves the problem of awareness about new publications. > > 3. we can find details of many publications and documents are found in these > listserv, but hw many of the librarians are using the facility for > procurement of the collection. > > 4. over all we need to change the culture in the libraries. we all are > luking for ward to the young blood to bring the revolution in the library > services, by using the technology. > > 5 today people comment tht we do only issue and return of the books, in > spite of having so much knowledge on various topics learnt at the schools > and outside.our complaint s tht we hav no resources or no staff. but there > are some librarians , who are able to do wonders with in their resources. > > 6. i suggest tht the forum should hav a special focus on publicising gud > publications, their price and edition. the professionals should give the > details of both priced and free publications. it will help in qualititaive > collection development. > > 7. iam not criticising any professionals but we hav to try to overcome the > limitations to project our services and build the image of the profession, > especially in the context of extensive use of technology. > > laxman rao > > gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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archnet.org
by sri priya 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

This site collects all informations about Historical Monuments ,Contemporary Architecture images,etc... all arround the world. http://archnet.org/library/images/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re : Fw: Librarians Role in Book Selection
by sckumaresan 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Dear Dr. Saheb,Its is my earnest opinion that we have to involve the patrons in resource selection for our libraries. Only this will help us in having a good and well balanced collection, please do not feel encroached, take it in a positive way and think that its a team play. You should certainly accept that a faculty with a specialization can do a better job in the kind of resource that is required in that field than a librarian, taking in to account the kind of research that is going on in each field and the enarmous development in each field, i think a librarian alone can not do a better job. However try to take the leadership in that team and guide the faculty in the bookselection process, give them criterias to select and options in resources. We should accept that we can not be experts in all the fields so give the devil its due. This is the international practice too. We at BITS, Pilani Dubai involve students also in the resource selection process, but of course ! there is a procedure involved in it but I have the final say in acquiring the resources according to the budget and other factors. When you involve all the stake holders then there will be a sense of belonging that you can feel among the patrons while using the library. They will be more involved in the library activities and even be of immense help in doing a lot of good things to the library. Ultimately it is the patrons who are going to use the library so let them have a say in what they want to read. You will definetly see that there will be a lot of change in the functioning and that will be for good. So my opinion is not to be rigid, but "involve to evolve".Thanks and RegardsS.C.KumaresanSenior LibrarianBITS, Pilani - DubaiOn Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:51:03 +0530 "Rajan" wroteDear All,It seems that Mr. Saheb (?), the original query poser, requires moral support in exerting himself as a professional librarian in his work place where he might have been sideline! d and left to be in defensive without providing the basic support by h is institutional managers. So he should be motivated to do whatever he can in choosing books, classifying them properly, providing better services and in demanding more institutional support.He should not be discouraged or dissuaded just because some others in the profession cannot read, understand, select, classify qualitatively the books or information materials on the emerging subjects and leave aside some critical part of their professional work, either to the book suppliers who can even manage faculty recommendation or to the faculty who remain as 'rent-seekers' of the book supply firms. There can be much variant scenario too in many other better libraries. But specialist faculty members alone are not good book selectors for developing a comprehensive collection, in majority of cases. It doesn't mean that the entire faculty should be kept away, like a leprosy patient, from the entire process of book selection. The former is a strenuous route of deeply involving in book ! selection by utilizing the well read facility and the latter is to leave aside everything to others and get even 'speed money' from the book supplier. This is the practical reality in our library scene which we need not be afraid of to speak.  If you choose the former option, you can become a provider of information or knowledge materials to the most learned professor or academic dean in your institution and can become a most respected knowledge manager on par with your professors. Other wise, your can became a 'store keeper librarian' or a bureaucratic librarian and possibly a 'money maker' too. The option is yours.Almost all our libraries (except a very few) and the library profession, which I belong to, doesn't command respect in India like most other professions as per my experience. The most important delimiting factor is our attitude that doesn't motivate us to grow and our tendency to confine ourselves in some earlier learned rudimentary things without knowing m! uch about the knowledge development and technology environment around us. The 'post Google era' provided us so many tools to develop, grow and flourish ourselves as god knowledge managers due to the imaginative work of the information technology professionals, which we are poorly using.I think that  we, as librarians, should be able to gather about new ideas, important books and digital information in diverse areas which we deal with so as to feed the users as a knowledgeable professor, as we get professors salary and better  facilities.The purpose of this third and last mail is to motivate the query poser to develop a healthy disregard for the status quo in order to him as a good library professional and not to convince others.Best Regards,K RajasekharanLibrarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA)Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , IndiaEmail   rajankila(a)gmail.com----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoTo: RajanCc: Dr. M. Koteswara RaoSent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:29 PMSubject: [?? Probable! Spam] Re: Librarians Role in Book SelectionDear Colleagues,I do not mean to hurt the sentiments or demoralise the library profession, butlet us be practical in approach. I am aware that librarians are taught about'book selection' in LIS schools, but it does not mean that they should selectbooks for the library. For a specialised library dealing with a subject or two,the librarian can make the selection. Imagine a University library or a medicallibrary or an engineering library where the subjects are specialised and/or toomany, and I am sure that no librarian can really do justice in selecting thebooks. I think it is foolish to think so, and if someone feels that 'we areexperts in all subjects' then we will be called 'jack of all and master ofnone'. In todays world books are written on very narrow subjects, which ourprofessional colleagues are not able to even classify them. I sincerely feelthat we should restrict ourselves to our duties rather than trying to learn allthe s! ubjects of the universe of knowledge. I think that Librarians can stil lcommand respect and participate in the collection building process in many otherways.Dr. M. Koteswara RaoLibrarian, UoH -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content byMailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean. S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for the post of "Library Assistant"
by rishi tiwari 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No. 5, Knowledge Park Phase II Greater Noida,201306 Ph: 0120-2323001-10,Fax: 0120-2323025 Applications are invited for the posts of "Library Assistant". Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Regards Rishi Tiwari Librarian Rishi Tiwari Librarian & ILA Executive Member Birla Institute of Management Technology(BIMTECH) Plot No.5, Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida(NCR) U.P.-201306 Mob.:09810583623 Off.:0120-232301-10 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture Invitation
by SRELS 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ******** Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (14) (2008) on PROMOTING READING HABIT AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH by Mr. D.N. Nagaraja Rao Consultant, Library and Management Services, Mysore Ms. Usha Mukunda School Librarian and Facilitator for School Libraries, Bangalore presides on Wednesday, 16th April 2008 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (Near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIH Public Access Policy becomes mandatory from April 7th 2008
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

In compliance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy all peer-reviewed articles published from research funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, from April 7th 2008. (Source BioMed Central Blog : http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/mandatory_nih_public…) Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar School of Social Science Center for Studies in Science Policy Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE
by Swapan kumar Patra 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Manager Program Committee SUBHASH DESHMUKH A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715, 9873680484 Date : 19th April, 2008 We have the pleasure to announce the 130th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 19th April, 2008 (3rd Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. The Meeting is to celebrate *"World Book Day"* *Venue : National Social Science Documentation Center, * * **Firoz Shah Road**, Near Mandi House Metro Station,* * New Delhi-110 001 * * * *Speaker : Prof. S. Ansari * * Former Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information* * Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi * * * *Topic : Use of Books in Digital Era* * * Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Swapan Kumar Patra Research Scholar Center for Studies in Science Policy School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-67 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps preserve Indian documentary heritage
by Mailing List Admin 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:29 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty <susmitachakraborty94(a)gmail.com> With regard to Mr. Leonard Fernandes' comments, I have a question to ask the LIS community. When some (rare) resources are uploaded so that everyone can have it for free, is it not defeating the purpose if someone (publisher or any other other profitmaking body) tries to earn profit from it? On the other hand, I feel that libraries having such rich archives must go the digital way(digitization and dissemination of rare materials) by exploring state/national government or other funds and then try to derive some revenue from these resources to cover the running costs of those libraries. In these days of finance-crunch, it may point out one way to break-even. Regards. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, W.B. On 4/10/08, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:07:57 +0100 (BST) > From: Leonard Fernandes <leonardfernandes(a)yahoo.com> > > Bold step indeed!! > > Being a print-on-demand publisher myself, we had approached the Goa > Central Library with a unique proposal. The Central Library, instituted > during the Portuguese rule in Goa, has a unique collection of rare > manuscripts written in Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese, not to > mention a vast archive of newspapers. However, the collection has aged and > is fragile. Therefore, when people come to research on this part of the > world and have to either turn them away or risk damaging the books > further. > > We had proposed that we will scan these books and produce one copy (most > copyrights have expired) that they can use to give to researchers and > other visitors. Print-On-Demand allows printing of just one copy at a time > and the technology is aptly suited for this kind of a situation. We had > also proposed that we will print their books that are stored in microfilm. > Both proposals met with rejection despite the curator being in favour of > them because "books were a step backward when the whole world was going > digital" > > In the context of such hare-brained decisions, one can only admire the > initiative taken by the Xavier college at Kolkota > >>Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Apr >>2008 11:02:21 +0530 From: Susmita Chakraborty > >>Congratulations to The Librarian, The Principal and the other members of >>the team for doing a tremendous piece of work towards preserving great >>cultural heritage of mother India. > >>Hope many others will get inspired. > >>Regards. > >>Susmita Chakraborty > >>Kolkata > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Talk on Copyright Compliance in Organizations
by madhuresh.singhal 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear All, A one hour talk on Copyright is being organized by NCSI-Net tomorrow 12th April 2008 at NCSI Seminar Hall at 11 AM. Sorry for such short notice. Below is the detail. Topic: "Copyright Compliance in Organizations: Can Library and Information professionals take the challenge?" Speaker: Ananda T. Byrappa, Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE India Technology Centre. Place: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. All are welcome to attend the talk. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology : Jobs
by sri priya 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Haryana Institute of Engineering & Technology 6th K.M. Stone, Ambala Road, Kaithal - 136 027 (Haryana) Phone: 01746-280100, 280102, Fax: 01746-280711 (Under Dr. Puran Chand Dharmarth Trust) Received Letter of Intent from AICTE, New Delhi and is under process of establishment from session 2008-09 Applications are invited for the following posts Librarian, Asstt. Librarian & Library Assistant. Qualification and pay scales as per AICTE/Kurukshetra University norms. Apply within 10 days on plain paper along with testimonials. Source :http://www.careerage.com/cgi-bin/showad.cgi?file=/20080410/cf30d859a02204d0ce8be2fed5818df9.html&kwd=be Regards, S.Sripriya __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health - India
by Tomas Allen 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Position for Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health Dear Friends I am hoping that as medical Health librarians, you will be willing to share this with potentially interested candidates for the position of Junior Professional Officer, JPO - Maternal and Newborn Health It is a wonderful opportunity for those that qualifyThank you for any assistance in advertising this positionTomas AllenWHO LibraryGenevaThe Belgian government has agreed to sponsor one Junior Professional Officers (JPO) from a developing country to WHO in the area of reproductive health in the Western Pacific Region (Viet Nam) . In order to find the best young and dynamic individual for this post, we would like to kindly request your assistance in spreading the word of this vacancy through your networks via any appropriate means. Details of the positions and how to apply can be found under the following web link: http://www.jposc.org/content/programme/current_vacancies-en.html Thank you so much in advance for helping provide an opportunity to JPOs from the developing world. Yours sincerely, From Tomas of WHO Library but please to contact for further information via email. Cornelia GrissHuman Resources Officer Recruitment, Career Management and Organizational Designjpoapplications(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N16… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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