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online catalogue
by saravanan 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Friends and colleagues, Launching of the online catalogue of the documentary resources of the IFP (French Institute of Pondicherry) The IFP officially launched, on December 18, 2007, the online catalogue of its documentary resources, in the presence of the Minister for Education of the Government of Puducherry, the Consul General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai, and numerous invitees (researchers, librarians, members of cultural institutions, etc.). This catalogue, accessible on the Internet, contains the entire collection of books of the Institute (59000 documents in the domains of Indology, Social Sciences and Ecology) and allows to search and display, for the first time in India, records in Indian scripts (Sanskrit, Tamil etc.) and in Roman transliteration (for the books in Indology). It also enables to display the list of recent acquisitions made by the library. Access to the catalogue (from the WEB page of the Institute's library): http://www.ifpindia.org/-Library-.html Thanking you, with regards, Mr. G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : www.ifpindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Public Access Mandate Made Law (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Friends: The US President has mandated open access to all research papers resulting from NIH funds. Long ago six of the seven research councils in the UK have mandated OA for publicly funded research. The Wellcome Trust has also mandated OA for all research funded by it. When are we going to mandate OA for research funded by Indian taxpayers? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:17:35 -0500 > From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer -- arl.org> > Subject: [ATA-MEMBERS] Public Access Mandate Made > Law > > Alliance for Taxpayer Access > www.taxpayeraccess.org > > For immediate release > December 26, 2007 > > Contact: > Jennifer McLennan > jennifer [at] arl [dot] org > (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 > > PUBLIC ACCESS MANDATE MADE LAW > President Bush signs omnibus appropriations bill, > including National Institutes of Health research > access provision > > Washington, D.C. December 26, 2007 President > Bush has signed into law > the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. > 2764), which includes a > provision directing the National Institutes of > Health (NIH) to provide the > public with open online access to findings from its > funded research. This is > the first time the U.S. government has mandated > public access to research > funded by a major agency. > > The provision directs the NIH to change its existing > Public Access Policy, > implemented as a voluntary measure in 2005, so that > participation is > required for agency-funded investigators. > Researchers will now be required > to deposit electronic copies of their peer-reviewed > manuscripts into the > National Library of Medicine¹s online archive, > PubMed Central. Full texts of > the articles will be publicly available and > searchable online in PubMed > Central no later than 12 months after publication in > a journal. > > "Facilitated access to new knowledge is key to the > rapid advancement of > science," said Harold Varmus, president of the > Memorial Sloan-Kettering > Cancer Center and Nobel Prize Winner. "The > tremendous benefits of broad, > unfettered access to information are already clear > from the Human Genome > Project, which has made its DNA sequences > immediately and freely available > to all via the Internet. Providing widespread > access, even with a one-year > delay, to the full text of research articles > supported by funds from all > institutes at the NIH will increase those benefits > dramatically." > > "Public access to publicly funded research > contributes directly to the > mission of higher education,² said David > Shulenburger, Vice President for > Academic Affairs at NASULGC (the National > Association of State Universities > and Land-Grant Colleges). ³Improved access will > enable universities to > maximize their own investment in research, and widen > the potential for > discovery as the results are more readily available > for others to build > upon.² > > ³Years of unrelenting commitment and dedication by > patient groups and our > allies in the research community have at last borne > fruit,² said Sharon > Terry, President and CEO of Genetic Alliance. ³We¹re > proud of Congress for > their unrelenting commitment to ensuring the success > of public access to > NIH-funded research. As patients, patient advocates, > and families, we look > forward to having expanded access to the research we > need.² > > ³Congress has just unlocked the taxpayers¹ $29 > billion investment in NIH,² > said Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC > (the Scholarly Publishing > and Academic Resources Coalition, a founding member > of the ATA). ³This > policy will directly improve the sharing of > scientific findings, the pace of > medical advances, and the rate of return on benefits > to the taxpayer." > > Joseph added, ³On behalf of the Alliance for > Taxpayer Access, I¹d like to > thank everyone who worked so hard over the past > several years to bring about > implementation of this much-needed policy.² > > For more information, and a timeline detailing the > evolution of the NIH > Public Access Policy beginning May 2004, visit the > ATA Web site at > http://www.taxpayeraccess.org. > > ### > > The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of > patient, academic, > research, and publishing organizations that supports > open public access to > the results of federally funded research. The > Alliance was formed in 2004 to > urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from > taxpayer-funded research > become fully accessible and available online at no > extra cost to the > American public. Details on the ATA may be found at > http://www.taxpayeraccess.org. > > > -- > Jennifer McLennan > Director of Communications > SPARC > (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources > Coalition) > http://www.arl.org/sparc > (202) 296-2296 ext 121 > jennifer -- arl.org > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.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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MANLIBNET announcing the National Conference
by mahesh sati 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Professional, I take great pleasure that MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK (MANLIBNET) announcing the National Conference on "Business and Management Libraries: the Decade Ahead"on 4 to 6,February 2008 at ICSSR, New Delhi. I take this opportunity to extend warm invitation to practitioners, academicians, consultants, Scholars, Researchers, Professionals and students in Management and Library Science. Interested Professionals confirm their seat immediately.It is a golden opportunity for all Library Science professionals,Because it fulfill all requirement regarding modern Digital/Computerised library/management systems.And give maximum output in minimum charges.Please do confirm your seats. Thanks & Regards, Mahesh Chandra Sati BA,BLIS,MLIS,DCF,MA-Eco.(Pur.) Library Professional EMPI Business School New Delhi-110074 Mob.-9968349200 E-Mail-mahesh.sati(a)gmail.com jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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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Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences, January 9-18, 2008.
by Puttaraj Choukimath 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Friends, FYI: regards, Puttaraj. ______________ Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences. As a part of its ongoing programmes, MPISSR is organising a ten-day training workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences during January 9-18, 2008. The objective of this training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer system and its usages, the workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniques descriptive and inferential statistics using cross-tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by them. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free lodging and boarding. Duly filled applications should reach latest by November 15, 2007 to The Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain - 456 010; for inquiry, e-mail to dc_sah(a)yahoo.co.uk. Source: University News, Vol. 45 (43), Oct 22-28, 2007, pp.26-27. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrats.. Dr Ramesh, Bangalore University
by suresh jange 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Library Professionals, I on behalf of the Library professionals in the country wish to congratulate Dr. Ramesh, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University for receiving the prestigious award "A.G. Motiwale Award for Young LIS Professionals" for the year 2007 from the Indian Library Association (ILA) for his best research paper and presentation during 53rd All India Library Conference and this award was presented during the Valedictory function of 53rd All India Library Conference held at Osmania University, Hyderabad. I am sure this is just a beginning for his commitment, dedication and sincerity with ever smiling, makes us proud of being part of this moment and wish him all the best in his future academic and research endeavor. With regards, Dr Suresh Jange Gulbarga University Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library trainee
by Mailing List Admin 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:00:42 +0530 From: Satish Munnolli <smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in> Walk in Interview ACTREC is looking for young and dynamic freshers for induction as LIBRARY TRAINEES for a period of six months which may be extendable up to one year Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), situated in 60 acre land at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai is a new state of the art R & D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). The Institute comprises of basic research wing and clinical research centre. It also has a 50- bed hospital fully equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. The Institute library is fully automated and all its functions & services are operated on LibSuite (ASP version) software. It houses over 15000 books and back volumes of journals and has access to over 2000 journals through ScienceDirect and other online databases round the clock. Thesis, Institutional Reports, Staff Publications, CD ROMs, Video Cassettes are the other resources available to all Scientific Community. The library has installed DSpace software on one of the machines and initiated the digitization activities. It has plans to digitize its Thesis collection and introduce enhanced electronic information services in the coming years. Interested candidate should have Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc) with first class from a recognized University. Candidate in the age group of 25 years with Science background, knowledge of library software and computer skills will have an added advantage. The selected candidate will be paid a stipend of Rs.6000/- per month with accommodation facilities in the Institute hostel which is located in the campus. Trainee may have to work during flexible hours on all working days including week ends. Trainee appointed will have an opportunity to work in a computerized library with hands-on-experience on all library procedures and exposure to modern techniques of maintaining scientific and medical library. Candidates fulfilling above requirements may walk in for an interview on 04 January, 2008 at 10.a.m. at the Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Khanolkar Shodhika, ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai alongwith detailed CV, attested copies of all certificates and testimonials in original. (M. A. Sharma) Asstt. Adminstrative Officer TATA MEMORIAL CENTRE ADVANCED CENTRE FOR TREATMENT, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CANCER Kharghar, Navi Mumbai- 410 210 Tel.91-22-27405000 . Fax: 91-22-27405085 . e-mail: office(a)actrec.gov.in . website : www.actrec.gov.in

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UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal on information literacy for South Asia launched
by Puna Das 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal on information literacy for South Asia launched The Indian Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), in collaboration with UNESCO, launched the e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising on Information Literacy. This project has its genesis in recommendations of a UNESCO supported Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for Information Professionals and Special Educators organized in November 2006 by SALIS in Chennai, India, and subsequent Information Literacy sensitization workshops held in Delhi and Nagpur in December 2006. The Portal aims to raise awareness, sensitize and enhance information literacy competency skills of common information users as well as information professionals and educators in the South Asian sub-region. Its objectives are fully in line with UNESCOs mandate to bridge the digital divide and UNESCOs vision of knowledge societies. The Portal covers a number of self-learning modules, such as: Information Communication Technology (ICT), Information Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Information Services for Disabled People, Freedom of Information, etc. The information literacy competency skills promoted by the Portal derive from the existing international standards, adopted by UNESCO, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the American Library Association (ALA) and other professional societies. Indian library experts, in collaboration with lifelong learning experts, have developed the contents of the Portal modules using Moodle open source learning content management software. e-Learning Portal: http://salisonline.org/ Anup Kumar Das B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Ph. 26713000 extn. 208 Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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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WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language published
by Puna Das 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language published The Thapar University in Patiala, India, in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India and the UNESCO Office in New Delhi, published a WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language. This Manual contains three self-learning modules: WINISIS A Practical Guide; Creating Web Interface for CDS/ISIS Databases using GenisisWeb; and Publishing CDS/ISIS Databases on CD-ROM using GenisisCD. These self-learning modules are the outcome of the Advanced Workshop on CDS-ISIS for Windows, held at the Thapar University on 14-18 May 2007. The Training Manual covers all aspects of WINISIS: installation of software, creation of the database, database operations, customization of search interfaces and display formatting language. Advanced features, such as hyper-linking, web interfacing, full-text document processing and automation of libraries, are also present in this document. Target audience of this Manual is library professionals working in academic, special and public libraries as well as students of library science courses. The Manual will also be helpful to small organizations, which are building digital archives in local library setup or on CD-ROMs. After practicing the laboratory exercises given in the Manual, the learners will be able to install WINISIS software and its web application tools GENISIS; create and manage bibliographic or full-text databases. This Manual is particularly useful in the South Asian region, where availability of training material in local languages is crucial for providing public information services with the help of free and open source software (FOSS). Full-text Available at: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/25725/11982281209winisis_training_manu… Anup Kumar Das B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Ph. 26713000 extn. 208 Email: puna_05(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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forthcoming conferences
by Mailing List Admin 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:00:53 +0000 (GMT) From: mahesh sati <satimclib(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professional, Dr. Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi Organise XXVI All India IASLIC Conference -2007,December 26-29, 2007,The theme of the conference is "Digital Media and Library Information Services". For more detail please visit http://jmi.nic.in/ZHL/iaslic_conference.htm TERI,New Delhi organise Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL,8 � 10 January 2008 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. For more detail please visit http://www.teriin.org/events_inside.php?id=18417 Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi,ORGANIZES NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Recent Technological Trends in Management and Library system :Issues and Challenges. January 4 & 5, 2008. Interested Professionals confirm their seat immediately.It is a golden opportunity for all Library Science professionals,Because it fulfill all requirement regarding modern Digital/Computerised library/management systems.And give maximum output in minimum charges.Please do confirm your seats. Thanks & Regards, Mahesh Chandra Sati BA,BLIS,MLIS,DCF,MA-Eco.(Pur.) Library Professional EMPI Business School New Delhi-110074 Mob.-9968349200 E-Mail-mahesh.sati(a)gmail.com

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Need article
by Mailing List Admin 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:18 +0530 From: venu.kumaris(a)wipro.com Dear All, Request you to please send below articles, 1. The Adjective check list as a predictor of lifelong learning in the human services professions, "C. Livneh", Psychological Reports, vol. 65, pp. 603-610, 1989. 2. The evolution of the engineering community: Pressures, opportunities, and challenges," "J. A. Haddad" , Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, pp. 5-9, 1996. Thanks and Regards Venukumari Email: venu.kumaris(a)wipro.com

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Request for article
by jiteshkjain＠indiatimes.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Dear All I am in need of the following article for our research work. If anybody can provide me the soft/hard copy of it, that will be a great help to us. Indian Medical Gazzette, Vol 136 No 8, page 309, 2002. Looking forward for your kind help. best regards Jitesh Jain Librarian Zydus Research Center Ahmedabad +919426424047 -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox! -- 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 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Dear Moderator, Please arrange to announce the following lecture invitation for the benefit of the professional colleagues. Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 and Ranganathan Centre for Information Stuides, Bangalore cordially invites you to a Lecture on WEB 2.0: CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES by Dr. Mohamed Taher Information Specialist, Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Monday, 7th January 2008 at 6.00 p.m. at SRELS premises RSVP: Ph: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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Reports on libraries in THE HINDU
by T. Shahab 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Good to read about progress being made at the Madras University Library towards modernisation of the professional practices and making the competencies relevant to the emerging demands under the inspiring leadership of Prof.Ms.Amudhavalli. I wish to learn in some detail regarding the online theses database at the Madras University library. How the concept of the institutional repositories has been implemented?? Regards. T. SHAHAB Central Library Hamdard University, New Delhi:110062. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:24 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reports on libraries in THE HINDU Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Reports on libraries published in THE HINDU Chennai Edn. recently. Libraries have modern day promises to keep http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494470300.htm DVD library, an in-thing now http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494490300.htm We can't turn a blind eye to their special need http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494500300.htm What they say http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494480300.htm Regards sankaran _______________________________________________ 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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National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Challanges Library and Information Service - SPALIS- 2008
by KR. Senthil Kumar 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Professionals National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Challanges Library and Information Science - SPALIS- 2008 http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com/spalis-2008 SPALIS- 2008 National Seminar on "Emerging Trends and Challenges in Library and Information Services" 6-8 February, 2008 Organized by A.V.V.M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) POONDI- 613503 THANJAVUR(dt) TAMILNADU AND BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TRICHY IN ASSOCUATION WITH INDIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (IALA) VENUE AUDITORIUM A.V.V.M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) POONDI- 613503 THANJAVUR(dt) TAMILNADU REGISTRATION FEE OF Rs.600/ FOR EACH PARTICIPANT INCLUDES CONFERENCE KIT. PROCEEDINGS , REFRESHMENT AND LUNCH DURING THE CONFRENCE DAYS. THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IS Rs.300/ ONLY Dr.A.Ganesan Organizing Secretary P.G.Dept of Library and Information Science A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi- 613503 Thanjavur ayyapillaiganesan(a)yahoo.com Mobile: 9443008292, 9443648113, 9486310120 -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR Asst. LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Impact Factors / “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Friends, There is a very popular saying - "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." So, "Statistics" has been labeled as one type of lies. This is due to the fact meant that even the most accurate statistics could be used to support inaccurate arguments. "Impact Factors" are also statistics derived out of academic citations. If not understood properly could be misused to support wrong arguments. Need not say again that these too are statistics after all. These numbers originated from the "Information Storage and Retrieval" domain as the by-product of "citation indexing". However are being increasingly (mis)used in measuring the academic excellence of individual scientists. If we go about 60 years back, we know that in 1950s, lot many things were happening in the Information Storage and Retrieval domains. Machines (Every Computers) had shown the promise of information revolution. However, natural languages were found to be inadequate to map concepts with words or phrases. Major problems were mainly due the use of synonyms, homonyms, gender, numbers, order of words in phrases and punctuation marks in natural languages. These grammatical goodies enrich natural languages and make sense to human brains. However in the domain of information retrieval these inhibited one-to-one mapping between concepts and words. So controlled vocabularies like MeSH were being developed. Mr. Eugene Garfield however thought of innovative way of mapping between concepts by relying on the citations among articles. It goes like this; if "A" cites "C" and "B" also cites "C" then "A" and "B" are referencing to same concept. He did not use "words" to map "concepts" and hence avoided the problems associated with languages. (In 1958, Eugene Garfield starts ISI with a loan of US$500. - Science for Sale - Features - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science - http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/sciforsale/default.htm ) Garfield developed the concept of citation indexing in 1950s. A product based on his citation indexing - "Science Citation Index (SCI)" was released officially in 1964. It was meant to be a tool of scientific information retrieval. SCI become more popular for its utility to measure scientific productivity rather than being a search engine. It was due to its by-product "SCI Journal Citation Reports (JCR)" launched officially in 1975. A parameter was evolved to compare various large journals and this parameter become to know as Journal Impact Fact. In the absence of any other objective criteria – Journal Impact Factor has been widely accepted parameter for comparing the "quality" of journals. E. Garfield himself describes the rise of SCI and Impact Factors in the following article. - E. Garfield. The evolution of the Science Citation Index (2007) - http://www.iec.cat/1jcrc/GarfieldEEvolution.pdf However, one should always remember that "Impact Factors" that are calculated are only applicable to journals included in ISI database (SCI). I am very frequently encountered by this question – what is the impact factor of some Indian journal? Well very few Indian journals are covered in SCI database, so except for few, most do not have impact factors. I feel like replying –There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and impact factors! Because I know that these "impact factors" being applied to areas for which they were never meant. It sometimes becomes very difficult to explain that it undercounts the number of citations from journals in less-developed countries. The research priorities for less-developed countries could be entirely different that of developed countries. If the research is not of contemporary interest of journals indexed in ISI databases it is unlikely to be cited. Linking research to citations and impact factors could lead to a situation where the less-developed countries fund for the research problems of the developed countries. Academic administrators - without knowing complexities of the Impact Factors – are now increasingly temped to apply these to measure the individual productivity of scientists. The following article explains the problem with such "numbers". - Richard Monastersky. "The Number That's Devouring Science", The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 14 2005. Here is one more reference: - P.O. Seglen. Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. (1997) BMJ 314(7079): 498-502. PubMed: 9056804. [Try - http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/314/7079/497 for full text] However, there is one good thing about these "Impact Factors". They at least are best at indicating the "popularity" of journals. Well - does "popularity" and "quality" means the same? One more thing - they arose from "citation indexing" which the founders of Google used to develop a killer search engine. --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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E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
by sri priya 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

E-JASL is an independent, professional, refereed electronic journal dedicated first and foremost to advancing knowledge and research in the areas of academic and special librarianship. Published and distributed by the International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP), Athabasca, Canada. http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/ 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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Capacity Building of School Librarian
by rajendra kumar panda 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar is going to organize a five days training programme on "Capacity Building of Vidyalaya Librarians to modernise Vidyalaya Library" Date: 7th to 11th January, 2008 twenty two Kendriya Vidyalaya Librarians of KVS Bhubaneswar Region are invited to particiapte. R.K.Panda Librarian KV,GOPALPUR MS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Salary of Librarian in Academic Library
by librarymahad 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention about the salary of Librarian in Academic Library. I have seen in most of the cases the librarian is being neglected in respect of salary. For example you can see the advertisement In Times of India, Mumbai dated 5th December, 2007. On page XIV, an advertisement is there from ICRI (Institute of Clinical Research India) where they will be paying a lecturer with a minimum Rs 40000 - 60000, whereas the Librarian will be paid Rs 8000 to 12000. All these as gross in month. Even though the year of experience is same for both the case. Why this type of negligence towards the library professionals. What we as a library professional, should do? What way are doing for that? I would like to have some discussion on this matter. Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das, B. Sc. (Chem.), ADIS/DRTC., M. Phil. Sr. Librarian / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 Mobile : 09420836138 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reports on libraries in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Reports on libraries published in THE HINDU Chennai Edn. recently. Libraries have modern day promises to keep http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494470300.htm DVD library, an in-thing now http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494490300.htm We can't turn a blind eye to their special need http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494500300.htm What they say http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494480300.htm Regards sankaran

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Shaping the future information science professionals - report in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:42:53 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Revamping Library Science course, Madras University in lead Report published in THE HINDU Education Plus Highlights: Shaping the future information science professionals The course is aimed at equipping the digital age librarian with skills in handling online database, Internet, software, and multimedia tools. HI-TECH LIBRARIANS: Students of the Department of Information Science working in their laboratory at the University of Madras. For detailed report, click the link http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/12/17/stories/2007121750050300.htm Regards sankaran

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Extension of e-Resources to private universities...
by K Prakash 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, There is an article published in the "The Economics Times" regarding extension of e-Resources to other than UGC funded universities. You can follow the below mentioned link go through the article; UGC for downloading 5000 journals at low rates Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India AHMEDABAD: For over 200 private universities http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Educatio… 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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Version 70, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Version 70 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,195 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Asso. Professor post(12, 000-18, 300) in Lib. Sc. at Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Respected Members'; Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur Advt. No. 03/2007/T Applications in the prescribed from r invited for appointment on the post of Asso. Professor (12,000-18,300) in Lib. Science subject (Gen. Cat.) The application form along with qualification as per UGC norms & eligibility conditions can be downloaded from University website http://uniraj.ernet.in The Prescribed from duly filled up must reach the office of the Registrar, Univ. of Rajasthan,Jaipur on or before 02.01.2008. Thank & Regerads, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. 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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Dramatic growth of Open Access series : DOAJ with highest journal
by Mallikarjun 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear Professionals Dramatic growth of Open Access Series The Dramatic Growth of Open Access Series is a quarterly series (end of March, June, September, and December) of key data illustrating the growth of open access, with additional comments and analysis. The series is available in open data(http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqCs8wrw32HHTWuRwgm6bQA&gid=0) its shows DOAJ has already close to 3000 journals as compared to science direct the largest publisher with 2000 journals. so its showing how Gold road is gaining momentum. with regards Mallikarjun Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University 09777034183 ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian post in South-Eastern Railway Zone, Kolkata
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear LIS Students'. Libarian post in English & Hindi mixed medium school Scale of Pay - Rs. 5,500-9,000 Unresevered - 1 Post in South Eastern Railway (Year of Formation in 1955, headquarter at Kolkata) with Divisions at Adra(West Bengal), Kharagpur (West Bengal),Chakradharpur (Jharkhand) & Ranchi (Jharkhand). N.B. :- This vacancy of Librarian might be in Railway School of Ranchi or Chakradharpur Division. Age on 1.1.' 08 - 20-45 Years Education Qualification :- Bachelor Degree in Lib. Sc. OR Bachelor Degree & Diploma in Librarianship Exam. Fee - Rs. 60/- Stage of Selection :- a- Single Stage Written Exam. b- Verification of Documents c- Interview Closing Date :- 14th January, 2008 (upto 17.30 hours) For complete advertisement & other details See Employment News issue dated 15-21 December, 2007 Page # 22-26 For Application Form & Personal Data Sheet visit www.rrbkolkata.org All the 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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