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Dr.Vengen's demise
by vijayalakshmi david 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Dear Friends, I am was very much shocked to know the sudden demise of Dr.Vengen, Librarian, University of Madras. I express my condolnce to the berieved family. He was my Lecturer during the course of my study in BLIS & MLIS at University of Madras. We all students love to have him in our class and he was very nice person mingling with students very freely. The students adore him and have much respect and regard for him. May God give peace for his family. Regards, Vijayalakshmidavid. Pallikaranai, Chennai. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Web Companion
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear All, Web companion for attracting, educating and serving remote users through the web-A manual for librarians. This is the free test book available on net. I think we must go through this book. It covers how to reaching out the library's new role, getting to know remote users has been explained using diferent research methods. It presents the virtual library, Integrating library resources into online instruction and many more. It is available on http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/remoteusers.html Thanks Dinesh K S Librarian (Sl. Gr.) Nagarjuna College of Engg. & Technology, Devanahally, Bangalore - 562110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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D-lib magazine January/February 2008
by noufal palliparamban 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear Friends, Lastest issue of D-lib is available now http://www.dlib.org/ ,There are two intresting articles on interoperability and Preservation . regards ------------------------------------------------- Noufal.P.P Assistant Librarian (Gr.1) XLRI School of Business & Human Resources C.H.Area East Jamshedpur-831 001 Jharkhand,India. Ph.0657 3983322 --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- 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] Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market
by Dr.N.C. Jain 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear All, The news item "Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market", published in the latest issue of Nature (3 January 2008) may be of your interest. Regards: Sincerely, Naresh Jain ___________________________________ Dr N.C. Jain Scientist 'F' Indian Council of Medical Research & Division of Publication & Information V.Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110 029, India Tel. Office :0091-11-26589384 R : 91-11- 22164154 / 22335682 Mobile :9868807284 e-mail :encejain@gmail.com __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEWS NATURE|Vol 451|3 January 2008, p 6 Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market A new Internet database lets users generate onthe- fly citation statistics of published research papers for free. The tool also calculates papers' impact factors using a new algorithm similar to PageRank, the algorithm Google uses to rank web pages. The open-access database is collaborating with Elsevier, the giant Amsterdam-based science publisher, and its underlying data come from Scopus, a subscription abstracts database created by Elsevier in 2004. The SCImago Journal & Country Rank database was launched in December by SCImago, a data-mining and visualization group at the universities of Granada, Extremadura, Carlos III and Alcalá de Henares, all in Spain. It ranks journals and countries using such citation metrics as the popular, if controversial, Hirsch Index. It also includes a new metric: the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). The familiar impact factor created by industry leader Thomson Scientific, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is calculated as the average number of citations by the papers that each journal contains. The SJR also analyses the citation links between journals in a series of iterative cycles, in the same way as the Google PageRank algorithm. This means not all citations are considered equal; those coming from journals with higher SJRs are given more weight. The main difference between SJR and Google's PageRank is that SJR uses a citation window of three years. It will take time to assess the SJR properly, experts say. It is difficult to compare the results of SJR journal analyses directly with those based on impact factors, because the databases each is based on are different. Thomson's Web of Science abstracts database covers around 9,000 journals and Scopus more than 15,000, and in the years covered by the SCImago database — 1996 to 2007 — Scopus contains 20–45% more records, says Félix de Moya Anegón, a researcher at the SCImago group. The top journals in SJR rankings by discipline are often broadly similar to those generated by impact factors, but there are also large differences in position (see table). Immunity (SJR of 9.34) scores higher than The Lancet (1.65), for example, but The Lancet's 2006 impact factor of 25.8 is higher than the 18.31 of Immunity. Such differences can be understood in terms of popularity versus prestige, says de Moya Anegón — popular journals cited frequently by journals of low prestige have high impact factors and low SJRs, whereas journals that are prestigious may be cited less but by more prestigious journals, giving them high SJRs but lower impact factors. Thomson under fire The new rankings are welcomed by Carl Bergstrom of the University of Washington in Seattle, who works on a similar citation index, the Eigenfactor, using Thomson data. "It's yet one more confirmation of the importance and timeliness of a new generation of journal ranking systems to take us beyond the impact factor," says Bergstrom, "and another vote in favour of the basic idea of ranking journals using the sorts of Eigenvector centrality methods that Google's PageRank uses." Thomson has enjoyed a monopoly on citation numbers for years — its subscription products include the Web of Science, the Journal Citation Report and Essential Science Indicators. "Given the dominance of Thomson in this field it is very welcome to have journal indicators based on an alternative source, Scopus," says Anne-Wil Harzing of the University of Melbourne in Australia, who is developing citation metrics based on Google Scholar. Jim Pringle, vice-president for development at Thomson, says metrics similar to PageRank, such as SJR and Eigenfactor, have proven their utility on the web, but their use for evaluating science is less well understood. "Both employ complex algorithms to create relative measures and may seem opaque to the user and difficult to interpret," he says. Thomson is also under fire from researchers who want greater transparency over how citation metrics are calculated and the data sets used. In a hard-hitting editorial published in Journal of Cell Biology in December, Mike Rossner, head of Rockefeller University Press, and colleagues say their analyses of databases supplied by Thomson yielded different values for metrics from those published by the company (M. Rossner et al. J. Cell Biol. 179, 1091–1092; 2007). Moreover, Thomson, they claim, was unable to supply data to support its published impact factors. "Just as scientists would not accept the findings in a scientific paper without seeing the primary data," states the editorial, "so should they not rely on Thomson Scientific's impact factor, which is based on hidden data." Citation metrics produced by both academics and companies are often challenged, says Pringle. The editorial, he claims, "misunderstands much, and misstates several matters", including the authors' exchanges with Thomson on the affair. On 1 January, the company launched a web forum to formally respond to the editorial (see http://scientific.thomson. com/citationimpactforum). Declan Butler Thomson Scientific Impact Factor (IF) TOP TEN Rank Journal IF SJR 1 Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 63.3 7.3 2 New England Journal of Medicine 51.3 3.7 3 Annual Review of Immunology 47.2 22.4 4 Annual Review of Biochemistry 36.5 16.1 5 Reviews of Modern Physics 33.5 2.7 6 Nature Reviews Cancer 31.6 9.2 7 Physiological Reviews 31.4 7.9 8 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 31.4 12.2 9 Science 30.0 5.3 10 Cell 29.2 15.2 SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) TOP TEN Rank Journal IF SJR 1 Annual Review of Immunology 22.4 47.2 2 Annual Review of Biochemistry 16.1 36.5 3 Cell 15.2 29.2 4 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 14.2 26.6 5 Nature Immunology 12.5 27.6 6 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 12.2 31.4 7 Nature Reviews Immunology 11.1 28.7 8 Immunity 9.3 18.3 9 Nature Reviews Cancer 9.2 31.6 10 Nature Genetics 9.1 24.2 (c) Nature Publishing Group -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr.Vengan's demise
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:28:32 -0800 (PST) From: Chandrappa S <chandrappas(a)yahoo.com> Dear professionals, Dr. venagan was really an outspoken and a good library professional, who did his DRTC, his carear started IIT, iisc and shifted to University of Madras , let us prey god to give more strengh to his family chandrappa librarian Trigent software ltd Bangalore

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condolences
by amudhavalli alagusundaram 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear Friends, With deep sense of grief and sadness, the Dept of Information Science condole the sad and sudden demise of Dr R Vengan, Librarian Madras University Library, Chennai on 14th Janaury evening. May his soul rest in peace. amudhavalli Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DeLIver : an search system for engineering, physics and computer science journals
by sri priya 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

DeLIver is an experimental search system that you can access via the World WideWeb. It contains tens of thousands of articles from more than 50 engineering, physics and computer science journals published from 1995 to the present. DeLIver offers features not available in most other search systems. It allows you to search and view specific parts of the article, such as the figures, or references. This allows you to "fine tune" a search and get more relevant results. You can also access full-text articles from your desktop computer. http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu/deliver/about.htm http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu/deliver.asp 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] "Content Management System"
by Nerida Hart 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Have you thought about using OPen Source CMS systems. I know we have been looking at them at work, but don't know the names of them. Nerida > Smita Srinivasan <smita(a)qmedin.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > We are planning to implement a "Content Management System" to manage > the content in our organisation. Please let me know of any good CMS > application > that we can use. > > Please also indicate its user-friendliness, cost, ease of > implementation, if ready-to-use tutorials are available, size of > content it can handle, number of users. etc. > > Kindly share your experiences with the same. > > Smita Srinivasan > Information Executive > QMed Knowledge Foundation > Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Nerida Hart Lynsdale Park Burra Creek NSW 2620 0402 832 689 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Rare Books and Special Collections
by sri priya 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Rare Books and Special Collections http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/rarebooks/links A Selection of Internet Resources for Cataloguers compiled by PHILIP HIDER SILAS Philip_HIDER(a)nlb.gov.sg The following sites were selected as those the compiler considers most likely to be of interest and of use to the cataloguer. http://www.las.org.sg/resource/webcatalog.htm hesis on LIS : Global Library and Information Science : LIS - Books,Journals and Articles Archives. http://lisjournal.wiki.zoho.com/Thesis-on-LIS.html Scholarship opportunities for students of library and information science (prospective and current) http://www.newyorkbooks.org/stam/scholarships.htm World Public Library : Worlds Largest eBook Consortia http://worldlibrary.net/ Computer Science Info-sources http://comp.wikidot.com/ Mansfield University Library Resources http://lib.mansfield.edu/library.cfm Library Sites http://www.100toplibrarysites.com/ Commonly Asked Interview Questions - LIS http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/libjob/interview.html http://www.libsci.sc.edu/career/invufaqs.htm 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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Job: Library Cum Information Officer
by nagesh＠jncasr.ac.in 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear members, Jobs Posting: Library Cum Information Officer at(JNCASR) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, Bangalore-64 Advt. No. Advt. No.12/2007-2008 Please view http://www.jncasr.ac.in/advtno12200708.php for detailed information and application form. Best Regards, Nagesh Hadimani Library Assistant Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore-64 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib as open source
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:31:40 +0500 From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Dear LIS Professioanls, Heariest Congrats to Dr L J Haravu on his fantastic initiative. Dr Haravu's this initiative is like Tata's gift of Nano car to people of India. On the same day also LIS professionals got the news of NewGenLib as Open Source. I have always been supportive of this type of development using Open standards and not adopting and depending on foreign open source LIS softwares like Koha, Dspace and Eprints. I was also working on porting eGranthalaya software using open standards. But now onwards I would be happy to work with Dr Haravu for making Indian Library sector fully automated using indegenous open source product. Although NIC has already initiated eGranthalaya digtal agenda using Microsoft technologies for automation and networking of all the libraries across India and during 11th five year plan target is to cover all the libraries of the country. wishing again a grabd success. with regards P K Upadhyay OIC Library National Informatics Centre New Delhi

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Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as Open Source
by Mailing List Admin 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:31:42 +0530 From: L J Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> Dear List Members I am responding to several mails we received after the announcement of NewGenLib as open source. In particular I am responding to the very relevant questions, suggestions of DR Arunachalam, Dr I R N Goudar and Shwetank Upadhyaya. 1. The development company, Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd.., (VSPL) and Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) will continue to work on new versions and enhancements to the software. 2. We will soon contact Developer communities interested in ILMS software to download and join the development effort and/or give new ideas that would help enhance the software 3. Right now, we are busy with building a new version (3.0) with many new and customizable features and enhanced support to metadata and interoperabiltity standards. In fact the requirement specifications for this came jointly from FAO and us after a demonstration cum training programme that was held at FAO, Rome in June 2007. The new version, also open source, will become available sometime in June 2008. 4. Like other open source ILMS offerings, we hope that communities of practice will emerge over time so that there is healthy exchange of experiences and mutual technical support. 5. The discussion forum, https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780 should be used to report problems and solutions right from download issues to those in the functional modules. There will be answers from the developers and others that will hopefully democratize the support of the software 6. There is already a specialist IT services company, a sister company of VSPL called Verus IT Services Pvt. Ltd. (VISL) which will offer customer-specific services beginning from Installation, data conversion/data migration, training and ongoing support. These services will be charged for and a package of services is being worked out and will soon be announced. The idea is to help libraries implement the software and build library networks via service costs rather than product investments. We are also considering the possibililty of subscription-based services. 7. We will be approaching funding agencies in India (DSIR, DOE, RRRLF, etc.,) and abroad to help us conduct workshops and training programmes in different parts of the country/overseas. We are also seeking support of training centres such as DRTC and Schools of Library Science; professional bodies such as ILA, IASLIC, RCIS, SRELS, INFLIBNET, other library associations to help us take the software to public, academic and research libraries. We will look forward to the suggestions and support of the List members. DRTC has already promised their help. Dr A R D Prasad as all of you know has been a champion of open source and he has also been a source of inspiration to us. I hope I have been able to answer some of the concerns and views expressed by various professionals and I look forward to your support and suggestions. L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management

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Our leap to front page news, half a century ago - article in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear All, Did you know? Newspapers published advertisements on front page! Interesting! Read the article published in THE HINDU ================================= Highlights: Our leap to front page news, half a century ago Our Front Page, an editorial published in The Hindu of January 14, 1958, is a fine example of how a great newspaper wins and renews trust by being transparent and communicating openly with its readers, advertisers, and distributors. Today is the anniversary of an editorial breakthrough in the 129-year-old history of The Hindu. It was on January 14, 1958, in its eighth decade of publication, that our newspaper brought news to the front page on a daily basis. Until then, the page was given over to advertisements, in keeping with the worldwide broadsheet tradition. It was not that news never appeared on the front page before the 1958 transformation. A recent discovery by The Hindus archivists was that between June 2, 1941 and the big day, news did appear on Page 1 once a week, on Mondays for the most part but for a few intervening years on Sundays instead of Mondays. =============================================== Our Front Page, the third editorial published on January 14, 1958 and reproduced here, is a fine example of how a great newspaper wins and renews trust by being transparent and by communicating openly with its readers, advertisers, and distributors. http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/14/stories/2008011451021100.htm ============== Regards sankaran http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/14/stories/2008011451051100.htm --------------------------------- Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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450 years of history of printing and publishing industry
by sankaran arumugam 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Dear All, To know about the 450 years of history of printing and publishing industry, read the article published in THE HINDU. Highlights: From palm leaves to the printed word The history of the printing press in India is the history of the re-awakening of a nation. THE pioneering history of printing in India is inspiring as we celebrate its 450th anniversary this year. In October, India had the unique privilege of being the "Guest of Honour" at the Frankfurt World Book Fair. And we were the only country to be conferred this honour twice, in a span of 20 years, in 1986 and 2006. There are an estimated 16,000 publishers in India, producing about 70,000 titles every year. The annual turnover of the industry is estimated at Rs.700 crores. A good 40 per cent of the titles are in English, making India the largest producer of books in the English language after the United Kingdom and the United States. But, how did we reach this position?. To know more, click below http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2007/04/01/stories/2007040100080400.… Regards sankaran --------------------------------- Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- 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] Sad demise of Dr Vengan
by parameswaran n 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Dear Professionals, I am really sorry to hear the sad and shocking sudden demise of Dr. Vengan, University Librarian, Madras University Library. On behalf of all the professionals of Kerala Library Association I convey our heartfelt condolence to the family members of Dr.Vengan. Let God give them the strength to overcome the situation. Parameswaran.N Librarian Asian School of Business --------------------------------- Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Click here. -- 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] [Fwd: announcement regarding a workshop...]
by nirupama bawdekar 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Dear Moderator, Thank you for posting the announcement. The contact details were not included in the earlier announcement. Could you please re-post the same on LIS Forum? Thanks, nirupama bawdekar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A one day workshop on Librarianship 2.0: Emerging trends in connecting people to information Organised by SLA Asian Chapter in Co-ordination with MCCIA on February 08, 2008 Venue: ----- S. Moolgaonkar Auditorium MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Workshop Theme Today we have a wealth of information on the Web. Information can be transformed into knowledge with the addition of appropriate context to it. Context addition needs collaboration, communication and information sharing among group of people. The present Web 2.0 (the second generation Internet where the user generates content) movement is laying the groundwork for collaborative efforts. Librarianship 2.0 is about librarians embracing Web 2.0 technology to enhance services to the community they serve. Librarian 2.0 understands the user community deeply in terms of its goals and aspirations. This workshop covers usage of Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds, mashups, sharepoint as well as usage of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace for Content generation. It also focuses on other related topics such as Content Management; Digital Content, IPR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who Should Attend? Information professionals in all sectors - Academia,Government and Industry. (Librarians, Information Architects, KM Heads, Content Annotators, Chief Information Officers in industry). Workshop gives an excellent opportunity to learn emerging tools/platforms to interact with the user community. know best practices in knowledge / content management from practicing professionals. know latest information products from product and service providers establish a network with industry experts, solution providers and peer groups to share ideas and experiences. gain skills to deploy technology for enterprise advantage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Secretariat -------------------- Mrs. S. M. Panse Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture 505 & 506, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016 Tel : 2570 9231/000 email: sunitip(a)mcciapune.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers ---------- Eminent speakers from industry and library profession will be invited to speak and to share their experiences. Participation of experts from Microsoft (India) Ltd, Tata Consulting Services, DNA News Daily, Daphne Systems Pvt. Ltd. is confirmed. Advocate Dr.Mohan Dewan will deliberate on Digital Content & IPR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee: --------------------- Secretary : Suniti Panse, MCCIA Treasurer : K. Satyanarayana, TCS, Pune Meera Gaikaiwari, Algorhythms, Pune & India Representative, SLA Asian Chapter --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members : --------- *Nirupama Bawadekar, IUCAA, Pune *N. B. Dahibhate, NCL, Pune *Asha Gadre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune *Kishore Ingale, TCS, Mumbai *Shubhada Nagarkar, Departmentt of Library & Information Sciences, University of Pune *Nagnath R. Ramdasi, C-DAC, Pune *Debal Kar, TERI, Delhi; Secretaty, SLA Asian Chapter *Scott Davidson, President, SLA Asian Chapter Singapore --------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Fees ----------------- Early Bird registration Rs. 500/- (For SLA / MCCIA Members and Students early bird offer closes on 31st January 2008) For others early bird offer closes on 25th January 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular registration Rs. 700/- (Seats limited to 80) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Duly filled registration form should be sent to the Workshop Secretary, Mrs. Suniti Panse (sunitip(a)mcciapune.com)or to any of the committee members. Workshop timings 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Registration - 9.00 am to 9.30 am ----------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form Name_____________________________________ Designation ________________________________ Affiliation __________________________________ Address ___________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Telephone / Fax ____________________________ Email _____________________________________ Rs................/- enclosed as registration fees vide Cheque / Draft No................................ dated.......................................... drawn in favour of SLA Workshop Librarianship 2.0 payble at Pune. Please send the completed form to the Workshop Secretariat. Place ................................... Date..................................... ----------------------------------------------------------------- About the Workshop Organizers ---------------------------- About SLA --------- Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves the information profession, including corporate, academic, government, corporations, media, finance, science, research, academies, museums, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and nontraditional enterprises information specialists. The mission of the Special Libraries Association is to advance the leadership role of SLA members in putting knowledge to work for the benefit of decision makers in rporations, government, the professions, and society as well as to shape the destiny of our information and knowledge-based society. For further details : www.sla.org SLA Asian Chapter in a nutshell ---------------------------------- Special Libraries Association is one of the worlds largest information related Associations with 12,000 members in 85 countries with 58 chapters and 25 divisions. The Asian chapter covers a large geographical area consisting of 22 countries. MCCIA in a nutshell --------------------- Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) is a premier industry association with over 2200 members from different sectors. It is one of the most prominent and active Chambers of Commerce in India. It has been catalyst for economic development of Pune and making Pune a global business destination. The Asian chapter - plans: 1. Networking with Asian Libraries and Information Centers. 2. To organize Annual Meetings of Asian Librarians and Information Professionals. 3. To organize Workshops / Seminars in various countries of the region. 4. To provide guidelines and professional support to the Asian Libraries. 5. To provide training to Asian Chapter information professionals. ---------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer D, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No. 4, Ganeskhind Pune 411 007, India Tel:(020)25604308 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request to Dr Haravu for training program on NewGenLib in india
by Sanjay Kataria 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Dear Friends, It is really good time to congrats Dr. Haravu and his technical team for their efforts. I am agreed the words of Dr. I.R.N. Goudar regarding the technicalities of the software. Prof ARD & his team given momentum and made term Open Source Software is very simple. Many of us have experimented on many OSS like Dspace,Greenstone,Eprint, Khoa. Now, time has come for NewGenLib. May i request to Dr Haravu to take initiative to conduct some of training program on NewGenLib in India. This will help us to understand the technicalities of NewGenLib its basic requirements. I suggest that INFLIBNET, DELNET, SALIS or other agency should take initiative to conduct the training program with help of Dr Haravu. I am ready to take the initiative to organize a training program on NewGenLib at my university with all best possible infrastructure and facilities. With regards, Dr. Sanjay Kataria Librarian Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University A-10, Sector-62, Noida (UP) India-201307 Ph. +91 9810503341 E-mail: sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in, skataria.jiitu(a)gmail.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:06:59 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Furthering NewGenLib Dear All, We got yet another excellent open software with all possible standards and hitherto un-available fulltext linking. This is the right time to think ways of intertwining it with our daily professional practices in some more libraries. As Dr Goudar pointed out, we need to think of evolving strategies to promote it by building up the capacity of a group of IT friendly professionals in learning, handling ,developing simple documentation and helping others to use the software in their libraries. Many excellent and easily usable pieces of software fail to root well in our profession, mainly because of the failure or deficiency in delivering the content of training in a simple and incremental manner to suit the new adult learners. Creation of simple manuals and giving training in a simple,cohesive and modular manner is essential. Any software is very easy to use, if someone help you know the proper sequence of choosing the option. If the proper sequence is not taught, using any simple software is a difficult task. So we need to design our training and promotion policy on thie NewGenLib software strategically, in a context where IT enabled libraries are envisaged far more than earlier by all, including the knowledge commission. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:25:02 +0530 (IST) From: "I.R.N.Goudar" <goudar(a)css.nal.res.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib-What next? Dear Professionals, Great news! NewGenLib, library automation software has become open source software. This welcome development raises many questions: a. What would be the role of Mr. Haravu and his colleagues now onwards? b. Who would support the further development of NewGenLib? c. Who would give the support for installation, customization and porting the whole data if one would like to migrate to this software? d. What about the libraries who have baought NewGenLib earlier? etc Initially we should hold one day brain storming round table meeting of selected 15-20 top level Indian librarians in the country who have successfully automated their libraries in a big way and few LIS Faculty along with Dr. Haravu and his technical team. I request Dr. ARD Prasad of DRTC to take a lead in this matter. Dr. I.R.N. Goudar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib is open-source now
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:48:07 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professor Haravu, Congratulations! I appreciate your initiative for launching New GenLib as open source software. In the today's information explotion especially on open source and open access era,this software is going to make revolution in the library field. M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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announcement regarding a workshop...
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:09:19 +0530 (IST) From: nirupama bawdekar <nub(a)iucaa.ernet.in> The Special Libraries Association Asian Chapter in co-ordination with Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune, is organizing a one-day workshop on Librarianship 2.0: Emerging trends in connecting people to information" on Friday, February 08, 2008, at the S. Moolgaonkar Auditorium, MCCIA, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016. regards, nirupama bawdekar -- Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer D, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No. 4, Ganeskhind Pune 411 007, India Tel:(020)25604308

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CALL FOR PAPERS: World Digital Libraries: an international journal
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:39:58 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> TERI is planning to publish a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries titled ?World Digital Libraries: an international journal?. The first issue of this journal will be May-June 2008. The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will be having global coverage with local focus and would provide a platform for decision-makers, planners, consultants, library and information science professionals to share their experiences. We would like to request all of you to submit paper for the same. We would welcome your contributions, suggestions and advice on the contents, which would help us in enriching the contents, quality and profile of the journal. Thanking you and with personal regards Yours sincerely, Debal C Kar, Fellow Library and Information Centre ************************************************************ TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail dckar(a)teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org ************************************************************ Aims and scope World Digital Libraries is an international peer-reviewed biannual journal. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches, as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance and dissemination of digital information focusing on research and integration of knowledge at the interface between resources and development. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will include articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies dealing with � theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues and security aspects; � initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; � current developments across the globe; and � dialogues between the scientific community and society at large. The journal will have global coverage with local focus and will provide its contributors and readers a platform to share their experiences. It will also facilitate dialogue among the digital library communities. Articles and reviews should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. The journal will also provide an update on topical developments in the field; notes on important breakthroughs; information on forthcoming conferences, workshops, seminars and relevant events; and highlight activities of national and international importance in the field. Editor-in-Chief: 1. Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India Advisory Board: Dr. R K Pachauri, D-G, TERI, New Delhi Editor Debal C Kar, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Editorial Board: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information Systems, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. A. Lakshmana Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, India Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Chief Librarian, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold, Professor, Computer Science, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Studios Austria, University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics, UK Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dr Michael Seadle, Director, Institute for Library and Information Science, Berlin Dr. V N Shuka, Director (Application), CDAC, India Dr. Ingeborg Torvik S�lvberg, Professor, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Dr. M G Sreekumar, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Visiting Professor, Department of Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Library and Information Science, Japan Prof. P. Tapio Varis Ph.D. , Acting President, Global University System, Unesco Chair in global eLearning with applications to multiple domains, Professor and Chair of Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, India Prof. Om Vikas, Director, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Prof Ian H. Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand

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Request for Article
by Mailing List Admin 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Date: 11 Jan 2008 13:00:35 -0000 From: nandeesh nandu <nandeesh_nandu(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Professionals, I needed the following paper: V.F. Leavers, “Survey: Which Hough Transform?&# 8221;, CVGIP: Image Understanding, Volume 58 , Issue 2 (September 1993) Pages: 250 – 264 (CVGIP – Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing) Kindly let me know if you get information about availability of this paper. Nandeesha. B. Deputy Librarian, International Institute of Information Technology, Electronic City, Bangalore - 100. Mail - nandeesha.b@ iiitb.ac. in Mob - +91 9945804989 --

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sad news -- Dr Vengan is no more- great loss to the profession--
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

helo friends i am really very sorry to share the unhappy news on this festival day. Dr Vengan, University Librarian, Univrsity of Madras, Chennai had expired around 5.oo pm today. it appears he was admitted to hospital for heart attack and there he lost his life. we the professioanls lost a senior professional and it is great loss to the profession. On behalf of the professioanls i pray God almighty to give strength to his family so that they can bear his loss. I pray God almighty to put his soul in rest. laxman rao --------------------------------- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as open source
by SUNIL M.V. 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

This is indeed a Nobel gesture for the Librarians from a Librarian. As a user of NewGenLib (http://opac.sdmimd.net) from past 1year, I feel this is one of the most robust and quality Integrated Library System (ILS) in the Indian ILS Products. The adherence to the international standards, the systematic workflow, interoperability standards and integration level of NewGenLib has brought best practices in the library administration. As mentioned by Dr. Francis Jaykanth, NewGenLib is true integrated software. It aims at integrating the concept of Library Automation, Institutional Repository and Digital Library and made librarians’ job easy. NewGenLib – a product developed by the able guidance of a Librarian, who is an authority in the area of library administration and library automation is the best of its kind. I thank Mr. Haravu, the Trustees of Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) and Versus Solutions for this gesture to the knowledge society. I am sure, your contribution will change the way Librarians think in adopting OS-ILS. With sincere thanks 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 ----- Original Message ---- From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:59:13 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as open source Dear Members of the List I am a very happy to announce that NewGenLib, the integrated library management system is now open source. Details are given below. NewGenLib Open Source NewGenLib (www.newgenlib.com) is now open source under the most widely used open source software licensing system called GNU GPL (General Public License) The open source binaries and source code can be downloaded from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib. Installation notes for Linux and Windows are also available at the site. The user manual is also downloadable. Librarians/developers who download the software can post their views, problems, solutions, discussions, etc., on https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780. NewGenLib is web-based and has a multi-tier architecture (www.kiikm.org/newgenlib_architecture.jpg) uses Java (a swing-based librarian’s GUI) and the JBoss (J2EE-based Application Server). The default backend used is the open source PostgreSQL. NewGenLib functional modules: Acquisitions management (monographs and serials); technical processing; circulation control; system configuration; a desktop reports application and an end-of-day process (scheduler) application. NewGenLib is compliant with MARC-21 format. Has a MARC editor Allows seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing templates Form letter templates are configurable using openOffice 2.0 as ODT and htm. SMTP mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent form functional modules. NewGenLib allows creation of institutional open access (OA) repositories compliant with the OAI-PMH. NewGenLib servers are SRU/W compliant supporting MARC-21 and MODS 3.0 metadata formats. CQL (level 1) with both Bath and Dublin Core Profiles are supported. NewGenLib is Unicode 3.0 compliant. It is an internationalized application. English and Arabic interfaces are already available. Is RFID ready. Regards L.J.Haravu Trustee Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management -- 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! 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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NewGenLib-What next?
by I.R.N.Goudar 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Dear Professionals, Great news! NewGenLib, library automation software has become open source software. I appreciate the initiative and gesture of Dr. LJ Haravu and his team of Keshvan Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, Hyderabad and also those who are behind this move. I am proud of this unique gift for L&IS and KM community in the world by Indian librarian community. I have seen the demonstration of this software, it uses open source platforms and other tools, confirms to open source standards unlike many commercial software. The features and the functionalities are of high standard. I am quite sure that this move will revolutionise library automation and digital library activities in a big way especially in India. This welcome development raises many questions: a. What would be the role of Mr. Haravu and his colleagues now onwards? b. Who would support the further development of NewGenLib? c. Who would give the support for installation, customization and porting the whole data if one would like to migrate to this software? d. What about the libraries who have baought NewGenLib earlier? etc I have following suggestions in this matter: a. Few Government institutions like DESIDOC, DSIR, NIC, INFLIBNET and Erstwhile INSDO also have developed library automation software like Maithriyee, Sanjay, SOUL, E-Granthalaya, Granthalaya, Suchika, etc. I strongly feel that all these institutions and others interested should put their efforts in further development and implementation of NewGenLib in all academic, specialized, public and industrial libraries in India in a synergized manner instead of wasting their manpower, time and money on their products. b. All Indian LIS schools should teach NewGenLib software as a part of their curriculum. Institutions like, DRTC, NCSI, NISCAIR can take the lead for developmental activities and training program. Keshavani Institute should get sizeable aid from Governmental agencies to carry forward the activity. Dr. Haravu's group can help the individual libraries for installation, customization, porting, etc and charge nominally for the service. c. National Knowledge Commission, ILA, IASLIC, SIS and other library associations should make note of this development and extend suitable help and guidance. d. Departments of Public Libraries of different states should not only adopt this software, but try to extend their help in the development of this software. e. We should stop promoting KOHA in our country. f. All professionals should come forward in further development of NewGEnLib and should help to compile good manual. Better we have a discussion group specifically meant for this puepose. g. NewGenLib has a nice module for Union Catalogue. We should make use of this to have Union Cataloges say of all Universities, State level Public Libraries, all CSIR Labs, etc. Initially we should hold one day brain storming round table meeting of selected 15-20 top level Indian librarians in the country who have successfully automated their libraries in a big way and few LIS Faculty along with Dr. Haravu and his technical team. I request Dr. ARD Prasad of DRTC to take a lead in this matter. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS AND HEARTFELT THANKS TO DR. HARAVU AND KESHAVAN INSTITUTE. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- 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] NewGenLib-What next?
by T. Shahab 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Hearty congratulation to Dr. Haravu and his team of committed library professioinals for their bold and beautiful step for successfully putting the NewGenLib automation package as an open source software. I also highly appreciate the candid and practical suggestion given by Dr. Goudar towards making this package stable and functional so that libraries at different levels of computerisation facilities may find it easy to implement. Regads. TANWIR Central Library, Jamia Hamdard New Delhi-62. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:25 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib-What next? Dear Professionals, Great news! NewGenLib, library automation software has become open source software. I appreciate the initiative and gesture of Dr. LJ Haravu and his team of Keshvan Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, Hyderabad and also those who are behind this move. I am proud of this unique gift for L&IS and KM community in the world by Indian librarian community. I have seen the demonstration of this software, it uses open source platforms and other tools, confirms to open source standards unlike many commercial software. The features and the functionalities are of high standard. I am quite sure that this move will revolutionise library automation and digital library activities in a big way especially in India. This welcome development raises many questions: a. What would be the role of Mr. Haravu and his colleagues now onwards? b. Who would support the further development of NewGenLib? c. Who would give the support for installation, customization and porting the whole data if one would like to migrate to this software? d. What about the libraries who have baought NewGenLib earlier? etc I have following suggestions in this matter: a. Few Government institutions like DESIDOC, DSIR, NIC, INFLIBNET and Erstwhile INSDO also have developed library automation software like Maithriyee, Sanjay, SOUL, E-Granthalaya, Granthalaya, Suchika, etc. I strongly feel that all these institutions and others interested should put their efforts in further development and implementation of NewGenLib in all academic, specialized, public and industrial libraries in India in a synergized manner instead of wasting their manpower, time and money on their products. b. All Indian LIS schools should teach NewGenLib software as a part of their curriculum. Institutions like, DRTC, NCSI, NISCAIR can take the lead for developmental activities and training program. Keshavani Institute should get sizeable aid from Governmental agencies to carry forward the activity. Dr. Haravu's group can help the individual libraries for installation, customization, porting, etc and charge nominally for the service. c. National Knowledge Commission, ILA, IASLIC, SIS and other library associations should make note of this development and extend suitable help and guidance. d. Departments of Public Libraries of different states should not only adopt this software, but try to extend their help in the development of this software. e. We should stop promoting KOHA in our country. f. All professionals should come forward in further development of NewGEnLib and should help to compile good manual. Better we have a discussion group specifically meant for this puepose. g. NewGenLib has a nice module for Union Catalogue. We should make use of this to have Union Cataloges say of all Universities, State level Public Libraries, all CSIR Labs, etc. Initially we should hold one day brain storming round table meeting of selected 15-20 top level Indian librarians in the country who have successfully automated their libraries in a big way and few LIS Faculty along with Dr. Haravu and his technical team. I request Dr. ARD Prasad of DRTC to take a lead in this matter. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS AND HEARTFELT THANKS TO DR. HARAVU AND KESHAVAN INSTITUTE. Goudar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ 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.

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