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Different Study centres of alagappa university are charging different amount !!
by kamal chaurasia 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

dear all library and information science professionals and student !!! this is a very sad news that different study centres of alagappa university are charging different amount even this was not told at the time of taking addmission in MPhil in library and information science. study centre at delhi is taking Rs 1000/- and Lucknow Centre is asking for 5000/- Rs i request to all the library professionals across the India to come farward against the ill treatment of these types of activities in india with the young LIS professional and students. as they are already very late and viva voce examination of May 2007 BATCH has not taken yet !!!!!!! even i have called to the examination controller of the university but no body is able to justify with the matter !!! Kamal Kumar Chaurasia JLA FB-048 Acquisition Section Parliament library Building Loksabha Secretariat, New Delhi Cell-09868457856 --------------------------------- 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Top 100 - Project Gutenberg
by sri priya 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

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help me
by abhishek kumar yadav 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Dear Colleague , I need a source online which can let me know that these many Journals are published, all over world , in a speceific field in . (kindly don't include ULRICH) regards,Abhishek Regards, A. K. Yadav Library and Information Services National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, INDIA Phone 91-11-25742610,11,12 Ext. 2425 Fax. 91-11-25726938, 91-11-25726952 http://www.nplindia.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Knowledge - More it is shared - the more it grows and makes humans differ from other animals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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by Bharti Kalraf 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Dear Friends We are setting up a library from a scratch. I would like to know which software would be best to store-cum-retrieve digital photos. Our purpose in future would also be that it should be searchable from everybody's computers. So I would like you all to suggest some softwares including the contact details to get the software. Warm Greetings Bharti Kalra Librarian Images Multimedia Pvt Ltd New Delhi ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign : Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Project
by sri priya 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Project (Open Archives Initiative Information in Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics) The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has created and implemented a suite of Open Archives Initiative (OAI)-based metadata harvesting services, search services, and tools designed to facilitate discovery and retrieval of certain classes of scholarly works, thereby making visible portions of the currently "hidden" Web of scholarly information resources. This work is complementary with and carried on in concert with a related project conducted by the University of Michigan Digital Library Extension Service. The OAI Metadata Harvesting Project at Illinois focused on creating a deep, domain-specific portal designed to search metadata describing selected manuscript archives and digitized cultural heritage information resources. Software developed by this project has been made available under an Open Source Initiative license. This is one of seven metadata harvesting projects funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. final report is available. http://oai.grainger.uiuc.edu/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking(TON) articles..
by sri priya 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking(TON) As a service to authors of accepted papers in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, that have not yet appeared in either the IEEE or ACM Digital Libraries, will now provide links to them from this page. The links will be removed once they are published. http://www.ton.cc.gatech.edu/accepted.html Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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British Library Closure Opposed
by amitbhu srivastava 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

The issue of British Library in Thiruvananthapuram has reached the Kerala High Court,with a petitioner pleading against the loss of the cultural landmark. The Library in Thiruvananthapuram had around 6500 members & a collection of around 28000 books used by a lare number of students to prepare for competative examination. The Country Head of the British Council announced in Thiruvananthapuram the decision to close down the library by March 31,2008. For more information read 'The Hindu' dated, 22 jan.(Tuesday),page,22. With Regard, Amit Kr.Srivastava Librarian Army School 39,GTC Varanasi Cantt. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Archiving of Digiital Photos
by Rajan 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Dear Mr Bharti Kalra, It is possible to store your photos in a folder as a digital archive and make them available to all intranet users with a web front-end for search and retrieve with any of the the given metadata with Winisis/ GenisisWeb software in Windows platform. The mechanism is to create a database of the photos with a link to its stored location with Wiisis software and the GenisisWeb will make it accessible over the intranet. On searching and clicking on the link the photo will be opened by using the photo viewer in the computer. this would be the most simple kind of archive. Both the software are free. If you need more details, please get in touch with me. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ------------------------------ Original Message: From: Bharti Kalraf <kalrabharti(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Friends We are setting up a library from a scratch. I would like to know which software would be best to store-cum-retrieve digital photos. Our purpose in future would also be that it should be searchable from everybody's computers. So I would like you all to suggest some softwares including the contact details to get the software. Bharti Kalra -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian
by Shanmukha Achar 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Dear All, Bangalore Based Organization with a mixture of corporate & academic environment urgently required librarian. Science graduates with MLIB and 3-5 years experience is essential requirement. Contact: Achar Cell:9449340789 MailGate made the following annotations---------------------------------------------------------------------______________________________________________________________ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mis-transmission. If you receive this message in error,please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. MANIPAL and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Assistant Librarian in DTTE, New Delhi
by sufian ahmad 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

There is a vacancy of Assistant Librarian in the Department of Technical Training Education, New Delhi in the pay scale of Rs. 4500-7000 (Contractual basis). A walk in interview is to be held on 28/01/2008. Sufian Ahmad Librarian, DIHRM, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology" is now "DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology"
by Chandrima Roy 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Dear All, Greetings!!! This is to inform you all that "DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology" (ISSN: 0971-4383) is now "DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology". "The Journal is the official publication of Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi and is published bi-monthly. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology endeavors to bring recent developments in information technology, as applicable to library and information science, to the notice of librarians, documentation and information professionals, students and others interested in the field. The articles published in the journal are indexed in Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) and The Informed Librarian. The full text of DBIT will be reproduced in electronic databases on HW Wilson Company, namely OMNIFILE Full Text Select and OMNIFILE Full Text Mega. Hope the above information will be useful for you. To view the Journal online, you may kindly click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:dbit <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:dbit&type=home> &type=home With regards Chandrima Roy (Manager) Document Delivery & IndianJournals.Com [Products of Divan Enterprises] B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411/ 45055538 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: <mailto:croy@docdelserv.com> croy(a)docdelserv.com <mailto:croy@indianjournals.comW> croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: <http://www.docdelserv.com/> http://www.docdelserv.com <http://www.indianjournals.com/> http://www.indianjournals.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ILA PICTURES- 53 RD ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE -2007
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

DEAR FRIENDS u may see the photos taken at 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE HELD AT OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABADDURING 13-16 DEC 2007 THE URL ARE AS FOLLOWS http://picasaweb.google.com/naglaxman/53rdALLINDIALIBRARYCONFERENCE1316DECE… http://picasaweb.google.com/naglaxman/ALLINDIALIBRARYCONFERENCE2 http://picasaweb.google.com/naglaxman/53rdALLINDIALIBRARYCONFERENCE20073rdA… http://picasaweb.google.com/naglaxman/53rdALLINDIALIBRARYCONFERENCE4 u may clik or use this URL to see th ephotograp[hs i am sorry to say tht i could not organised these photos in a proper sequence laxman rao Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40- 27098102(telefax-off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Openings in Indian School of Business, Hyderabad as a Interns
by Naveen M 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Details for the Position: LRC- Interns Number of vacancies – 3 (Posted on January 09, 2008) Eligibility Criteria: * Post Graduate in Library and Information Science OR * Graduate in any discipline and Diploma in Computer Sciences Soft skills required: * Good communication skills * Take initiatives and result oriented * Systematic, logical and hardworking * Team player * Able to interact with different kinds of customers * Ability to work under pressure Job Description: LRC- Interns would be involved in the following activities: 1. Technical Processing a. Accessioning b. Classification c. Cataloguing d. Invoice and payment processing 2. Collection development a. Identifying the resources for LRC's collection b. Resource procurement 3. Serial Control a. Journal subscription b. Invoice and payment processing c. E-journals activation 4. Reference and Information Services a. Answering to the reference queries received from user groups b. Sourcing out content for various information products 5. Information products a. Designing and deploying the various information products In addition to all the above mentioned activities, they would also need to attend to regular counter duties. They are expected to work in shift system on a rotation basis since our Centre operates from 8 am to 2 am. However the working hours for Interns will be 81/2 hours per day and one weekly off will be given. They can avail a leave of 15 days during the period. Nature of position – Internship period will be for two years. Application Process: Please email your resume to careers_lrc(a)isb.edu with subject header LRC- Interns. Short listed candidates will be interviewed in person. -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9844528578 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Evaluation of Web content
by Vandana Karande 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Dear all, I wish to know the evaluation process of web content or web search results. How does one evaluate the web content??? Are there any specific standards??? Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Reliance Industries Ltd. Tel No. 22847139 "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hands-on Workshop on NewGenLib
by SUNIL M.V. 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Dear Professional Friends, SDM Institute Management Development (SDM IMD) in association with Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management(KIIKM), Hyderabad is organizing a hands-on workshop on theme entitled “Open Source Integrated Library Management (ILMS) Software and Applications for a Knowledge Center: A hands-on workshop on NewGenLib" from February 25-27, 2008 at SDM IMD Campus, Mysore. For registration and more information please visit www.sdmimd.net/workshop The developers of the software NewGenLib - KIIKM and Versus Solutions, Hyderabad will be the key resource person for the workshop. The course has been designed by Sri. L.J. Haravu. With regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Mobile : 9986439832 sunilmysore(a)gmail.com, sunilmv(a)sdmimd.ac.in ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Project Officer (Library & Information Science) [temporary] - One
by K Prakash 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Hello, INFLIBNET Centre invites applications from Indian Nationals for appointment to the following purely temporary position on contractual appointment basis initially for a period of one year which may be extended for further period depending upon the exigency of work. Advt. No. 01/2008 Post : Project Officer (Library & Information Science)- One Salary:(Consolidated Salary) : Rs.12,000/- Age:30 Yrs. Minimum qualification: 2nd class M.LISc. or equivalent from a recognized University/Institute with at least 55% marks in aggregate and 2 years of practical experience in a computerized library environment. For details and application form please visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/advt012008.pdf With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib installation on Slide share - List Forum Vol 58 No 23
by L J Haravu 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear Members of the List and Mr Rupesh Kumar I would like to congratulate Mr Rupesh Kumar, Research Scholar in the Dept.of Library Science, Bangalore University, on the excellent initiative he has taken to create a slide show on how to install NewGenLib on Slideshare. I am putting a link to the slide show on the Sourceforge.net discussion forum for NewGenLib (http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780 with due acknowledgment to him. What he has done is in the true spirit of open source software and sharing of experience. Best regards. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISI notifies for Master of Science & JRF in Lib. & Info. Sc.
by Mukesh Anand 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear LIS Students', Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Admission Notice :Session :2008-2009 Apllications r invited for following programmes 1. 2 Year Master of Science (M.S.) in Lib. & Info.Sc. :- 3 Year Bachelor's degree in any discipline.The candidate must have secured at least 60% marks in the Bachelor's degree.Stipend Only Rs. 1,200/- per month (offered in Bangalore) 2. Junior Research Fellowship in Lib. & Info. Sc. :- A good academic record with (i) ADIS from ISI OR (ii) AIS from NISCAIR OR (iii)Master's degree in Library and Information Science with at least 55% marks in undergraduate & postgraduate degree programmes. Fellowship amount Rs. 8,000/- per month.(offered in Bangalore) N.B. :- From the last 2 consecutive year M.Lib.I.Sc. student selected for this JRF. Generally ISI gives the Syllabus & Model Question for this JRF test on its Kolkata website, which is www.isical.ac.in The complete details r available in the prospectus.Selection of candidates is based on academic record, written tests & interviews conducted by the institute. Candidates who r due, to complete their qualifying examinations before 1 July, 2008 may also apply.Price of prospectus Rs. 450/- (Rs. 225/- for reserved categories).Prospectus & Application Form r also available on the instutuion website http://www.isical.ac.in/~deanweb in PDF format. Distribution of Prospectus & Application Form :- 5-29 Feb., ' 08 Last date for receiving completed application form :- 21 March, ' 08 Date of selection Test (India & Abroad) :- 4 May, ' 08 Print Access to this Advt. :- (i) The Hindu, dated 19th Jan., ' 08 (Saturday), Page # 15 (ii) The Times of India, dated 19th Jan., ' 08 (Saturday), Page # 7 (iii) The Indian Express, dated 19th Jan., ' 08 (Saturday), Page # 5 Wish You All The Very Best, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Librarian for Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore.
by Arunachalam Hariharan 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear friends, Dr. P. Vinayagamoorthy, Librarian, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai has joined as Librarian, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. Congratulations A. Hariharan SERC ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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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Convocation - BBAU Lucknow
by K LAL MAHAWAR 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear All, I am very happy to inform you that first Convocation of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow is going to take place in the month of March/April 2008. Through this forum, I would like to inform and invite all Library and Information Science/Information Science students of various batches. However convocation date is not yet decided but it will be finalized soon and we will inform accordingly. Please note that last date of submission of form is 31st Jan, 2008. Notification is as below. (Notification: The Economics Times dated 10 Jan 08 ;Education Times Dated 14 Jan 08 and web site of the University: www.bbauindia.org) Hope to see you all there and collect your degrees. Regards Dr K L Mahawar Reader and Head, Department of LIS BBAU, Lucknow . Phone: 0522-2440541;09415765052 Email: mahawar_67(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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list 2008 conference -paper presentation
by Venkataraman Geetha 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Dear friends, Warm greetings kindly see the contents of the national seminar on "Future of LIS in knowledge society: changes and challenges" and expecting quality papers from you. with regards Dr.V.Geetha Reader, DLIS, Bishop Heber College Trichy-17, Tamilnadu Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SAM PITRODA RELEASES 2ND REPORT OF THE NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION PRESENTED TO PM
by Mr. Siva Chidambaram 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Press Information Bureau Government of India Saturday, January 19, 2008 Prime Minister's Office SAM PITRODA RELEASES 2ND REPORT OF THE NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION PRESENTED TO PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14:2 IST Shri Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (NKC) released here today its 2nd annual 'Report to the Nation' which was presented to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, yesterday. The release took place at a Press Conference which was also attended by NKC Members including Dr. Ashok Ganguly, Dr. Jayati Ghosh, Dr. Deepak Nayyar, Mr. Nandan Nilekani and Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai. The Report assumes importance in the context of UPA government's commitment to the knowledge initiatives in the XIth Plan endorsed recently by the National Development Council. The Plan places high priority on education as a central instrument for achieving rapid and inclusive growth with specific emphasis on expansion, excellence and equity. This is reflected in the proposed allocation of Rs. 3,00,000 crore, a five fold increase over the Xth Plan. The share of education in the total plan will accordingly increase, from 7.7 percent to 20 percent, representing a credible progress towards the target of 6 percent of GDP. The vision of the Prime Minister and support of our leadership from across the political spectrum is indeed laudable. This is a landmark initiative in the history of government planning. NKC believes the education agenda outlined in the XIth Plan is a critical step towards realizing the objective of an equitable society. It is also fundamental to our continuing growth, employment generation, infrastructure development and other developmental priorities. The second Report to the Nation includes recommendations on Portals, Health Information Network, Legal Education, Medical Education, Management Education, Open & Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Framework for Public Funded Research and Traditional Health Systems. Together, in the last two reports, the Commission has covered 20 subjects and outlined about 160 concrete action items. Most of NKC recommendations on Education, Vocational Training, Libraries, Translation, National Knowledge Network, Innovation, IPRs, Traditional Health Systems etc are integrated in the XI Plan and adequately funded. NKC recommendations, also accessible through the web, have been widely distributed, discussed, debated and are being considered at various levels in the government for implementation. The Commission has received excellent input and advice from academicians, scientists, teachers and various other stakeholders from both public and private domains, Central and State governments and the Planning Commission. While releasing the first NKC Report to the Nation on January 12th 2007, the PM emphasized that the Commission "must be involved in ensuring the implementation of their innovative ideas". The focus of NKC work has therefore been on ensuring that while the Central government designs appropriate strategies supported by financial allocations to implement their recommendations, the Commission engages simultaneously with diverse stakeholders to build up a groundswell of favourable opinion and assist preparation of implementing strategies at the grassroots. Continuing dialogue with a wide and diverse set of stakeholders has been a critical part of its process both in formulating recommendations and in their subsequent dissemination. NKC has tried to provide a platform for sharing and debating ideas, a critical requisite for accepting and steering change. NKC is now moving on to the next stage of its work which is formulating Knowledge Initiatives at the State and the District levels to ensure that there is institutional and mental preparedness at the grass root level to absorb the financial outlays of the XI Plan. At present NKC is engaged in discussions with about 17 States to this end. NKC is concerned that there is still resistance to new ideas, experimentation, process re-engineering, external interventions, transparency and accountability, due to rigid organizational structures. As a result, the real challenge lies in organizational innovation with new regulatory frameworks, new delivery systems, new processes etc. **** National Knowledge Commission, Government of India New Delhi, Pausa 29, 1929/January 19, 2008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[infoscientists] Fwd: Digital preservation
by sankaran arumugam 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

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Google Research to have Open Access to Data ?
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

Google Research site - http://research.google.com/ - which is all about research carried out by people working for Google, may see major changes soon. At present - only interesting thing that appears there is a partial listing of papers written by 'Googlers'. According to Wired Science - http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/google-to-provi.html - it will soon provide provide free storage space to scientists for open-source scientific datasets. The datasets would would be openly accessible to all. If this happens - popularity and power of Google platform would boost the realization of open source science dream. --Sukhdev Singh. http://sukhdevsingh.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC ELECTED Governing BODY (Triennial Election Results 2008-2010)
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Dear Moderator Please publish IASLIC Trinnial Election (2008-2010) Results ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTED GOVERNING BODY (2008-2010), IASLIC CATEGORY OFFICE BEARERS (13 POSTS) PRESIDENT - J. N. SATPATHI VICE PRESIDENTS ZONE 1 (1 POST) - T. ASHOK BABU ZONE 2 (1 POST) - PRAVIN C. SHAH ZONE 3 (1 POST) - MOHD. SABIR HUSAIN ZONE 4 (1 POST) - PRAKITI RANJAN GOSWAMI ZONE 5 (1 POST) - NARENDRA LAHKAR ZONE 6 (1 POST) - ARJUN DAS GUPTA GENERAL SECRETARY - ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY For Zone 6 only, 1 Post) TREASURER - SAJAL KANTI GOSWAMI For Zone 6 only, 1 Post) JOINT SECRETARY - 1. SALIL CHANDRA KHAN (For Zone 6 only, 3 Posts) 2. PIJUS KANTI PANIGRAHI 3. PRASANTA KUMAR SINHA LIBRARIAN - ABHIJIT KUMAR For Zone-6 only, 1 Post) CATEGORY: INDIVIDUAL GOVERING BODY MEMBER (ZONE RESTRICTION -- 21 POSTS) ZONE-1 (Three Posts) 1. GURRAM SUJATHA 2. (VACANT) 3. (VACANT) ZONE-2 (Three Posts) 1. DHARMENDRA SACHAN 2. SURYANATH SINGH 3. (VACANT) ZONE-3 (Three Posts) 1. SHIVA PRAKASH 2. YOGENDRA SINGH 3. U. M. THAKAR ZONE-4 (Three Posts) 1. (VACANT) 2. (VACANT) 3. (VACANT) ZONE-5 (Three Posts) 1. GURUPRASAD CHAKRABORTY 2. KHOMDON SINGH THOUNAOJAM 3. (VACANT) ZONE-6 (Six Posts) 1. S. B. BANERJEE 2. GAUR CHANDRA BASAK 3. HARENDRA NATH BASU 4. ANUP KUMAR GUPTA 5. PIJUSH KANTI JANA 6. MRIGANKA MANDAL CATEGORY: INDIVIDUAL GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS (NO ZONE RESTRICTION, OPEN ZONE) -- 20 POSTS. 1. M.M.A. ANSARI 2. AMITABHA CHATTERJEE 3. BASANTA KUMAR DAS 4. SUBARNA KUMAR DAS 5. ABJIJIT DAS GUPTA 6. MRS. JAYATI GHOSH 7. P. JANA 8. SANJAY KUMAR KARN 9. K. P. MAJUMDAR 10. MISS KALPA MAJUMDAR 11. P. B. MANGLA 12. PRADIP KUMAR SARKAR 13. JURAN KRISHNA SARKHEL 14. AMRUTH SHERIKAR 15. (VACANT) 16. (VACANT) 17. (VACANT) 18. (VACANT) 19. (VACANT) 20. (VACANT) CATEGORY: INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNING BODY MEMBER (ZONE RESTRICTION) (6 POSTS) Zone1 (One Post) (VACANT) Zone 2 (One Post) (VACANT) Zone 3 (One Post) ASST. GENERAL MANAGER I/C, DC R & D CENTRE FOR IRON & STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. DORANDA, RANCHI Zone 4 (One Post) (VACANT) Zone 5 (One Post) (VACANT) Zone 6 (One Post) THE DIRECTOR RAJA RAMMOHAN ROY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, BLOCK-DD34, SECTOR-1, SALT LAKE CITY, KOLKATA, PIN: 700 064 WEST BENGAL, INDIA sd/(DR. SHYAMAL KUMAR ROYCHOUDHURY) ELECTION OFFICER IASLIC ELECTION (2008-2010) DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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