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Bulk vacancy of Librarian by DSSSB, Govt. of NCT of Delhi
by Mukesh Anand 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear LIS Professionals & Students, *Govt. of NCT of Delhi, DSSSB*, 3rd Flor, UTCS Building, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi -110 032 Advertisement No.- 02/2007 Opening date for receipt of Applications 16-04-2007. Closing date for receipt of Applications 02-05-2007. Place of submissionof Applications in person or by post : Reception Counter, (Ground Floor), Office of DSSSB, UTCS Building, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi -110 032 Group 'B' Post (Non Gazetted / Non Ministerial Post) Fee Rs. 100/- *Librarian* in Directorate of Education. Post Code - 017/ 07 *Vacancies -* *147 (UR-48, OBC-49, SC-10 & ST -40)* (Including PH (O) - 01, HH-02 & VH (LV)-03 Essential Qualifications - 1. Degree from a recognised University or equivalent, 2. Bachelor's degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science from a recognised University Institute or equivalent, 3. Experience of 2 years in a Library/ Computerization of a Library or 1 year certificate in Computer Application from a recognized Institute or equivalent (recognized by any State or Govt. of India) *Pay Scale* - 5500-175-900. Probation Period 2 Years Age - Not exceeding 30 Years (Relaxable as per instructions or orders issued by the Central Govt.) Group 'C' Post (Non Gazetted / Non Ministerial Post) Fee Rs. 50/- *Librarian* in Directorate of Training & Technical Education. Post Code 018/07 *Vacancy - 01 (OBC)* Essential Qualifications & experience - 1. Graduation from recognized University with Diploma in Library Science 2. One year professional experience OR Bachelor in Library Science Desireable Qualification - Speed of 30 w.p.m. in typing Pay Scale - 5000-150-8000. Probation Period -2 Years Age - Below 35 Years (Relaxable as per instructions or orders issued by the Central Govt.) You may refer: *The Hindu 29/3/'07 Thrusday Page # 9* *Rozgar Samachar / Employment News dated 14/4/'07* You may visit - www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in Regards, *Mukesh Anand* M Lib I Sc Final Year *Banaras Hindu University*, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Fulltext Articles
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear LIS Professionals FreeFullText.com provides links to the full-text content of over 7000 scholarly periodicals that anyone may access online for FREE. The issues which are available for free are indicated for each title below. The design of this site is optimized for users seeking specific articles for which they already have the citation.http://www.freefulltext.com/ With Regards Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Integrated Library Software for Engineering College Library
by K.R. Mulla 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear professional friends, This is good news for engineering colleges of Karnataka, Do you know that the *Visvesvaraya** Technological University** (VTU) is MOU with PALPAP Chinch Software International (InsProPlus Division)* the company is providing free Software of Campus Network Software, which includes the Library is also one module this is going to link with VTU Main Server. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla Skype Me: K.R.Mulla ------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Regarding Deep Web
by kumar gowdappa patil 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear Rajashekaran, a. The Deep Web is nothing but the portion of the World Wide Web which has not been indexed by surface search engines such as Google due to technical reasons or due to limitations because of policy matters. Many specialized search tools/search engines exist for exploring the deep web. Once we have found the right search tool/engine, same search strategies can be employed as in the case of general search engines; but the hard part is to find the appropriate deep web search source. For information regarding using surface search engines to find deep web content please visit http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro/mm/invisible/index_html?b_start:int=5. b. There is nothing that can be termed as the most popular and useful deep web search engine. There is no Google equivalent in the Deep Web. The index base of deep web search engines is limited and often restricted to specialized databases and other non-html formats such as PDF and PPTs. Further, it seems, the index of each deep web search engine is unique in its own way and therefore it is next to impossible to find a panacea for search problems when it comes to Deep Net. The way left is to identify the appropriate web source/search engine and do search there. For example, for health related information, one can take help of deep search engines such as mammahealth (www.mammahealth.com/) closurelook (www.closerlooksearch.com/) or specialized health databases. However, the following deep web search engines can be tried: i. Direct Search: http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm ii. CompletePlanet http:// www.completeplanet.com iii. Turbo 10: http://turbo10.com iv. Incywincy: http://www.incywincy.com/ A list of such tools/engines can be found at www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/web/invis/invisible.htm Nothing definite can be told about the popularity of deep web search engines because the existence of deep web itself is not known to the majority of the Internet users. c. http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb.htm and deepwebresearch.blogspot.com/ offer a rich source of links to deep web related topics. The links lead to highly informative sources and cover the best that is available on the WWW about the deep web. Kumar Patil,Belgaum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Librarian Newsletter
by sri priya 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear Friends, you'd like to sign up for the Google Librarian Newsletter, which is sent on a quarterly basis, visit the Newsletter Archives and enter your email address in the sign-up box at the bottom of the page, or simply join the Google Librarian Newsletter list at Google Groups. http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_newsletter.html Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library professional required - Bangalore
by Vijayakumara 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear All, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore is looking for a dynamic librarian for their institution. Professional Qualification 1. PG in Library and Information Science 2. PhD/ Mphil in Library and Information Science 3. PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking or PG Diploma in Computer Application or related computer science diploma/ degree. Professional Expereince 10 years or more in Exclusively in Engineering college, R&D Libraries and/or related libraries. Salary As per professional experience and qualification Send your CV at the earliest to The Principal, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore - 560 049, Karnataka or The Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bidarahally, Bangalore - 560 049, Karnataka Regards Vijayakumar \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an Article
by GRTP Library 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear All Request you to send any articles relating to " Bearings Industry trends" The Mentioned article is very urgentely required. Could you please help to get it by end of the day. Expecting Your Cooperation. Regards Swapna C ForwardSourceID:NT00008266 =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Good news for Govt School libraries
by vasanth raj 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Dear Sir/madam, Education Development Centre (EDC) in collaboration with DSERT and Department of Public instruction has launched a digital library for school children (Indian Educational Digital Library ).It has contain almost 450 interactive program modules of different subjects ranging from Astronomy to Water conservation. This will be a boost for govt public school to provide interactive based education for children's at the primary level along with the existing program like interactive radio programs like Keli-kali (Listen and Learn) and Chukki Chinna.This Digital library provides interesting stuffs to students of all levels with very user friendly interface.There are some modules on Indian freedom fighters and on Indian history. URL of the web site http://www.edudl.gov.in This site is designed and developed by vidyanidhi www.vidyanidhi.org.in ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management
by sandeep bhavsar 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management http://researcher.sfu.ca/cufts As a knowledgebase of over 375 fulltext resources, CUFTS provides Electronic Resource Management services, an integrated serials database, link resolving, and MARC records for your library. Visit the CUFTS screencasts http://researcher.sfu.ca/screencasts to see what CUFTS can do for your library. You can find out more about this product in the CUFTS Administration Guide. In addition to these subscription services, CUFTS also provides some powerful publicly-accessible services used by libraries around the world including: Resource Comparison Journal Search cufts2marc For More Information please contact : Kevin Stranack PKP/reSearcher Support Librarian Email: kstranac(a)sfu.ca Web: http://software.lib.sfu.ca/ IM: stranack(a)gmail.com Ivisit: stranack.6186 Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query: access to tutorials for mouse and keyboard skills
by C V Dookran 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Many thanks for the honour and privilege of belonging to your list-serve. Please let me know if it is possible to access material to teach basic keyboard skills to disadvantaged undergraduates. Please keep in mind that these are young adults who have embarked on distance tertiary education and who have, for various reasons, never touched a keyboard before. They visit the main campus library which is well-equipped with an electronic learning centre. We do have a program but I am always open to other methods of teaching. Amiably, Christina Dookran Instructional Librarian University of South Africa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (and attachments) is subject to restrictions and a disclaimer. Please refer to http://www.unisa.ac.za/disclaimer for full details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <<<<gwavasig>>>> <<<< gwavasig >>>>

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Engg-Lib-Forum (E-Group for Engineering College Librarians)
by K.R. Mulla 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

We welcome our new members to Engg-Lib-Forum (Engineering College Librarians Forum), from India and elsewhere. About the ELF. . . the Engineering Libraries forum, consists of librarians and information professionals concerned with the support of engineering education. We are involved in the provision of library services and the development of innovative approaches to networking information services. Our role is to promote the role of the library as an integral part of engineering education. In ELF we are at once pragmatic and futuristic. We help colleagues to cope with the everyday problems of library management through services such as our duplicate journal exchange. We also are pioneering the development of digital libraries through our work with technical publishers, universities and computer companies. Our members contribute to the technical literature and are regular speakers at meetings such as the National Online Meeting. The future holds dramatic change for engineering libraries and ELF will be there to help mold those institutions to best serve the coming generations of engineering students. Come join us! Share your experiences, concerns, and innovative ideas in ongoing discussions of best practices. Together let us learn how to evaluate practices, add value, enhance performance and profitability by choosing best practices and re-using that fit our situations and organizations. Hope to see lots of discussions happening in this forum. -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. ------------------------------------------------------------ Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krmulla ------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Misuse of Library Books
by binu david 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Dear Colleagues Our library is facing a serious threat from our users. Few students and faculty use to underline and make markings on books issued from the library. Kindly suggest a suitable punishment for these users. Also like to know what are the steps taken by my colleagues against this activities. Sincerely Binu David binudavid(a)indiainfo.com -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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All major Indian Journals on Forensic Medicine & Toxicology on Indianjournals.com
by Mailing List Admin 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

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Internet Resources Newsletter: April issue
by Mailing List Admin 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:39:37 +0100 From: "MacLeod, Roderick A" <R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk> ____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn149/irn149.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn149/irn149.html> No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, full text Newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html> An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for the Newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random quote Open Access - some pointers News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Press Releases NPG launches networking website for scientists Theses unbound: towards a national e-theses service for the UK Two centuries of civil engineering knowledge made available free to UK colleges and universities Intute Announces New Materials Science and Engineering Section Tribal Coordinates High Profile Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Technology Portals Book reviewe Negotiating Licences For Digital Resources, by Fiona Durrant. Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy Home: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html Blogging at: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/

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ILA Membership
by VINOD KUMAR 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Dear All Can anyone giving details regarding membership in following professional association. Indian Library Association IASLIC Kerala Library Association With regards Vinod Kumar K T Kanhangad, kerala e-mail:vinod_kaytee@rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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latest furniture to set up a library
by kavitha kumari 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Dear sirs I would like to know the latest funiture available and approx price details for set up a library Thanking you kavitha --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Deep Web(Invisible Web/ Deep Net) Search Strategies and details
by Rajan 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Dear All, Is there any good net resource that gives a good picture of the search strategies in the deep net ? I would also like to know the most popular and useful Deep web Search Engine. As well more resources that gives good idea on exploiting the deep net as an information professional. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian , Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur -680591 Ph 0487- 2204097 (O), 2201428 ( R)

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mailing lists
by Dr.D.P Prathap 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Dear Colleagues Kindly inform the other "mailing lists" in Library and information science. Yours sincerely Shanmuganathan, T. Library Sugarcane breeding institute coimbatore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need article
by Yashwant G Kanade 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Dear Moderator, Could you please circulate through LIS-FORUM? The following article is very urgentely needed one of our researches Could you please help to get it? Your cooperation is highely appreaciated. RF CMOS Self-Oscillating Gilbert Cell Mixer R. Kuzet, H. Foltz, and E. John (USA) In Circuits, Signals, and Systems~CSS 2005~ 10/24/2005 - 10/26/2005 Marina Del Rey, USA Editor(s): V.G. Oklobdzija With Regards -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Attempts Instant Translations
by Farooque Shaheen 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

In Google Inc.?s vision of the future, people will be able to translate documents instantly into the world?s main languages, with machine logic, not expert linguists, leading the way. Google?s approach, called statistical machine translation, differs from past efforts in that it forgoes language experts who program grammatical rules and dictionaries into computers. Instead, they feed documents humans have already translated into two languages and then rely on computers to discern patterns for future translations. While the quality is not perfect, it is an improvement on previous efforts at machine translation, said Franz Och, 35, a German who heads Google?s translation effort at its Mountain View headquarters south of San Francisco. ?Some people that are in machine translations for a long time and then see our Arabic-English output, then they say, that?s amazing, that?s a breakthrough,? said Och.?And then other people who have never seen what machine translation was ... they read through the sentence and they say, the first mistake here in line five -- it doesn?t seem to work because there is a mistake there.? But for some tasks, a mostly correct translation may be good enough. Speaking over lunch this week in a Google cafeteria famed for offering free, healthy food, Och showed a translation of an Arabic Web news site into easily digestible English. Two Google workers speaking Russian at a nearby table said, however, that a translation of a news site from English into their native tongue was understandable but a bit awkward. Och, who speaks German, English and some Italian, feeds hundreds of millions of words from parallel texts such as Arabic and English into the computer, using United Nations and European Union documents as key sources. http://www.livemint.com/2007/03/28091138/Google-attempts-instant-transl.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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To send article to 'Herald of Library Science'
by Seema Vasishta 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Dear All, Can anybody guide me how to send article to journal "Herald of Library Science" i.e. At which e-mail ID, what are the instructions for the aurthors etc. , as neither any site for that is available nor any information regarding this is available in the journal itself. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian Punjab Engineering College(DU) Chandigarh --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ranganathan's Relevance
by N.S. Harinarayana 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

There is an interesting article in Library review on "Ranganathan's relevance in the 21st century" by David McMenemy, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. It is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Downloada 3000 books on JAVA, C, C++, Oracle, Unix, SAP, much more
by Mailing List Admin 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:13:48 +0530 From: Chintha Nagabhushanam <chinthacn(a)gmail.com> Dear All This is good site for Students as well as Librarians one can download all PDF, HTML formated books worthy site http://www.akhilamatrix.com/computer_science.htm http://www.akhilamatrix.com/engi_books.htm http://www.akhilamatrix.com Best of Luck - Chintha

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[Special Issue - Call for Papers] KnowGenesis IJTC Special Issue on Digital Library
by Mailing List Admin 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:27:37 +0800 From: Saurabh Kudesia <saurabhkudesia(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleague, Knowgenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is please to announce a special issue on Digital Library dedicated to Library Sciences, Technical Communication Systems Design and Management. This special issue will include all topics of digital library research. We would be very honored if you or members of your research team would accept to contribute to this special issue by providing a paper. All papers will be refereed according to the KnowGenesis IJTC procedure. Main Theme: In recent years, the information on the Web, individuals or groups that select have converted the overwhelming example of a shared worldwide collection of information, into many digital libraries. We are in the process of creating a global infrastructure that will interconnect many computer networks and various forms of information technologies around the world, digital libraries being one of them. Knowgenesis International Journal for Technical Communication is one of the renowned journals in the world of technical communities. We have always been publishing each and every issue in the area of technical communication. This special issue focuses on the use, adoption and adaptation of digital libraries, which include work surrounding digital libraries and related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and social issues. The theme of this issue focuses the Digital Libraries and knowledge and technology. We are very much interested in methods which: combine intelligently different concepts for exploring and exploring the use of learning strategies in order to find efficiently near-optimal solutions; combine digitization techniques and discrete events of models; apply global approaches for multi-objectives Focus and Scope Participation from diverse backgrounds of digital library is encouraged. Submissions on all areas are welcome and may include research, system, evaluation, policy and position papers. Topics include but are not limited to: Social, institutional, and policy issues Pedagogical issues Document genres and electronic publishing Collection development and management Intellectual property User Communities Metadata and content Digital preservation Digital archives and museums Knowledge management Content management Digital library infrastructure and architecture Information retrieval Information mining Semantic web Semi-structured data management Web information gathering Information filtering Information extraction Hypertext and multimedia Security and privacy Submission guidelines Send your manuscript in soft copy to Saurabh Kudesia (Editor-in-chief, KnowGenesis IJTC) at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org or saurabhkudesia(a)gmail.com with the subject line "Submission for KG IJTC special issue on digital library " Before you submit your work, please ensure that Your paper does not exceed 3500 words The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. All URL addresses in the text ( e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click. All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Your brief profile, affiliations, contact/email address and your latest passport photo is included with the submission. Last date of submitting full paper 25 April 2007 More Information Send your queries to Saurabh Kudesia ( saurabhkudesia(a)gmail.com, editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org) About KnowGenesis IJTC KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines under Technical Communication. KnowGenesis IJTC is a volunteer effort that brought some of the finest International minds at one place. Thanks to their dedication and support, KnowGenesis IJTC became the first Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. Recently, UNESCO and Digital Curation Centre (DCC) UK have also included KnowGenesis IJTC in their list of international journals. KnowGenesis is proud to have authors listed from prestigious institutes like NISCAIR, University of Mississippi, University of Calcutta, STC IIT, IIIT, TIFR, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, National Informatics Centre (India), Lenta (Russia), Chabot-Las (California), Washington State Department of Information Services, GE Research and STC Chapters, to name a few. Latest and previous issues of KG IJTC are available at www.knowgenesis.net Sincerely, Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief, KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief at knowgenesis.org saurabhkudesia at gmail.com www.knowgenesis.net

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NIH Director supports OA mandate
by Mailing List Admin 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:58:04 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >From Peter Suber: NIH Director believes an OA mandate is now necessary Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NIH, told the Senate last week that the NIH public access policy should be strengthened from a request to a requirement. He was testifying before the committee responsible for funding the agency. Quoting the Alliance for Taxpayer Access: During testimony before the Senate Labor/HHS Subcommittee on Appropriations, NIH Director Zerhouni responded to a series of questions on the need for public access to NIH-funded research results. The questions were made by Subcommittee Chair Senator Harkin (D-IA). Dr. Zerhouni reiterated the need for publicly funded research to be made available to advance the conduct of science, and strongly asserted that the NIH the voluntary policy was not working. He made clear that the policy should be made mandatory. A video of Dr. Zerhouni's testimony is available through the Committee Web site. (Note that the link launches a Real Media file. The relevant discussion begins at 1:20.) Peter Suber's Comment. This is big. Nearly a year ago, in April 2006, Dr. Zerhouni told the same committee that "it seems the voluntary policy is just not enough". Now his position is considerably stronger. As I transcribe the video, he said: "We need to make [public access] a condition of federal fund granting....A mandatory policy seems to be the one that will be necessary for us to achieve our goals." Remember that in July 2004, Congress asked for a mandate and the NIH chose to adopt a request instead. Also remember that the policy is merely an in-house agency rule that the NIH can adopt or modify without a Congressional directive. Dr. Zerhouni: Now that you have decided that a mandate is necessary, I hope you will exercise your authority as Director to adopt it. The decision will bring large and lasting benefits to researchers in medicine and related fields, medical patients, practicing physicians, taxpayers, and the agency itself.

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