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Re: [LIS-Forum] Engineering Databases
by Mailing List Admin 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:46:46 +0000 (GMT) From: nirmala reddy <nirmabag(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear sir I suggest that your college join INDEST -AICTE Consortium. so that you will have access to e-journals, DEL, EDSU etc. It is strongly recommended by AICTE. For more details pl. visit the site http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/home.php Nirmala Reddy, YTIET, Bhivpuri, Karjat.

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Expanded coverage for free technology search service - TechXtra
by MacLeod, Roderick A 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Expanded coverage for free technology search service - TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk <BLOCKED::http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/> TechXtra, the free service for finding material in engineering, mathematics and computing, has added a bundle of new sources to its cross-search. Now, it's possible to search across 31 major collections (over 4 million items) for articles, eprints, technical reports, books, theses & dissertations, teaching & learning resources, the latest industry news and job announcements, and more! In addition, TechXtra has partnered with GlobalSpec to bring you a free Patents and Standards search facility. We've also increased the coverage of our OneStep Industry News and Job Announcement services by adding numerous new sources. And that's not all! There are new, free, trade magazine subscriptions available, and we've also made some enhancements to the service which make it easier to use. The new collections now covered by TechXtra's cross-search are: * Emerald - a well established publisher of academic and professional literature. TechXtra indexes a subset of Emerald Journals relevant to Engineering & Materials Science. Around 6,000 articles are indexed from approximately 15 Journals. Full text content is available to Emerald subscribers, or by pay-per-view. * JORUM - a searchable repository of learning and teaching resources for academic and support staff in the UK. TechXtra indexes around 1,500 JORUM objects. An Athens username and password are required to access the actual resources. * Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Virtual Library. TechXtra indexes a sample subset file from the ICE Virtual Library of papers produced between 1836-1998. Over 5,500 papers are indexed (including the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers). Full text content is available by subscription, or by pay-per-view. These collections join arXiv, CISTI, CiteSeer, DOAJ, Inderscience, IoP, NASA Technical Reports, and many more in the TechXtra cross-search. For a full list of the collections covered by TechXtra, see: http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/index.html?action=collectiondetails TechXtra aggregates, so that you don't have to! In addition, TechXtra now offers a free Patents & Standards search: http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/patents/index.html <BLOCKED::http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/patents/index.html> provided in association with GlobalSpec. Many new feeds have been added to TechXtra's OneStep News service http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepnews/ <BLOCKED::http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepnews/> giving this even wider coverage of breaking industry news. Over 5,000 of the latest industry news items are currently listed. The new feeds include: * Platts - Nuclear, Metals, and Electric Power news. * Building Design & Construction News * IEEE Spectrum * Brightsurf Science News * PhysOrg News * SPIE NewsRoom * Control Design News * Wireless Net News OneStep Jobs, http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepjobs/ <BLOCKED::http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/onestepjobs/> which gives access to the very latest new job announcements, has also increased its coverage. Over 7,000 new jobs are currently listed. New sources include: * 1Job * Resource Personnel - Oil and Gas Jobs * CV - Library * iMechanica Jobs Various free trade magazine subscriptions are available via TechXtra's Magazine Subscription section http://techxtra.tradepub.com/ <BLOCKED::http://techxtra.tradepub.com/> Titles are available to professionals who qualify. Subjects include: * Construction - over 30 titles, including: Composites Technology, Construction Equipment, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, Landscape Construction, Professional Builder, and more... http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Cons <BLOCKED::http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Cons> * Engineering - over 80 titles, including: Assembly, Communications Technology, Control Design, Desktop Engineering, EDN, Flow Control, and more http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Eng <BLOCKED::http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Eng> * Internet - 30 white papers, guides and newsletters. http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Inet <BLOCKED::http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Inet> * Mechanical / Machine - over 25 titles, including: Industrial Market Trends, Machinery Lubrication, Plant Services, and more... http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Mech <BLOCKED::http://techxtra.tradepub.com/?pt=cat&page=Mech> Various enhancements are being made to the TechXtra service interface, making it easier to use. TechXtra's subject focus makes it an ideal finding tool for technology and technology-related materials. In the majority of cases, the full text of items found through TechXtra is freely available. This includes the 8,000 Australian theses, nearly half a million articles in computer and information science from CiteSeer, items found via ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World), thousands of eprints from arXiv in mathematics and computer science, 300 earthquake engineering technical reports from Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports, many articles from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), theses and dissertations from NDLTD, learning resources from the National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS), and more. TechXtra is a freely available service, developed at Heriot Watt University in the UK. We receive no external funding for its development, so we rely on word of mouth to spread the word. Why not tell your colleagues about TechXtra, or blog about the service, or place a link to it from your websites. A web version of this press release is available at: http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/news/press-release5.htm For more information about TechXtra, contact: Roddy MacLeod Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University Library Edinburgh 0131 451 3576 r.a.macleod(a)hw.ac.uk <BLOCKED::mailto:r.a.macleod@hw.ac.uk> -- 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] Engineering Databases
by Mailing List Admin 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:30:13 -0800 (PST) From: M.K. Prasanna <mkprasanna(a)yahoo.com> Hi Veeresh, Most online databases are prohibitive because of their cost. I would recommend the following in order of priority (I have been Librarian at premier Engg colleges before & now working for a corporate) based cost & on the possibility of justifying it to Management: NetLibrary- database of ebooks Safari Online - database of ebooks EBSCO Science & Technology (you can share it with your Sc. College too) Engineering Village ACM Digital Library You can also create an Elibrary with FindArticles, Ingenta & links to Enggg journals & buy ecopies of requested articles by paying per view, instead of annual subscriptions. You can for a Library Committee of Senior students & volunteer faculty to do selections regularly. Best Regards, Best Regards, Prasanna Information Officer Motorola Plot No. 12 HiTech Layout Madhapur, Hyderabad Tel: 40- 2347 1600 When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox ----- Original Message ---- From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:49:37 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Engineering Databases Date: 19 Jan 2007 09:08:42 -0000 From: veeresh hiremath <veer9999(a)rediffmail.com> Hello Everybody Can anyone of you suggest me useful databases (online and offline) for an engineering college library?

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Re: [LIS-Forum] online journals in Engg & Technology
by Mailing List Admin 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:25:27 -0800 (PST) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Engineering and Technology databases, there are many. A fair number are listed at PerX Listing of Engineering Repository Sources http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/perx/sourceslisting.htm and many commercial databases in engineering are listed in http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?id=0000010424 and also in the more recent http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Literature-Routledge-Studies-Informati on/dp/0824729641 Though it doesn't restrict itself to journal content, TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ might be useful to you, as it cross-searches 31 different collections (databases) in technology, and thereby facilitates access to over 4 million items on technological subjects, many (but by no means all) of which are freely available in full text. Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LibraryCareers
by Mailing List Admin 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:30:10 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> LibraryCareers.org http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/librarycareerssite/home.htm The site you need to steer potential recruits to. Jargon-free explanations of why the career might suit them, the kinds of libraries and library careers, the training required, and resources to help them achieve their career goal. Wikiseek: Search Wikipedia and its external links http://www.wikiseek.com/ The idea behind this restricted search is to retrieve more authoritative information and limit the effect of spam and search engine optimization schemes. Try it with subjects you know well and see if you think it succeeds.

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Internet Resources Newsletter: Latest issue is available
by Mailing List Admin 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:41:52 -0000 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/irn147/irn147.html <http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn147/irn147.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 News items of interest Find a swiki 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): SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #105 Blogorama News of Blogs, RSS, etc Calls for Papers by RSS Selected interesting Blogs and RSS feeds Press Releases Cambridge Information Group announces agreement to acquire Proquest Information and Learning Nature Publishing Group announces the launch of Nature Education JISC and partners launch European petition Expanded coverage for free technology search service - TechXtra 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

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Need guidence
by reshma toraskar 20 Jan '07

20 Jan '07

Dear All, Can anybody tell me which institute in India conduct PGDLAN(Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking) course fulltime. What is duration of course and what is procedure of admission for the same. Thank you. Regards Reshma __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Engineering Databases
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Date: 19 Jan 2007 09:08:42 -0000 From: veeresh hiremath <veer9999(a)rediffmail.com> � Hello Everybody Can anyone of you suggest me useful databases (online and offline) for an engineering college library? Veeresh c Hiremath Librarian, K J Somaiya College of Engineering Phone (D):(91-22)66449020, fax:(91-22)25152272 mobile:9867260884 Email:veer9999@rediffmail.com,hiremathvc@gmail.com,vchiremath@indiatimes.com,veereshmlisc@yahoo.com

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Call for International Papers-ALA Annual Conference
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:32:31 -0800 (PST) From: J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> CALL FOR PAPERS AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) IRRT INTERNATIONAL PAPERS COMMITTEE 2007 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, D.C. Cooperation Among Libraries Within the Same Geographic Region The American Library Association International Papers Committee invites proposals for papers for the ALA Annual Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. from June 21 through June 27, 2007. The International Papers Program provides librarians with an opportunity to exchange information about library services and collections throughout the world. The program also serves to stimulate the interest of U.S. librarians in international library matters. The 2007 International Papers Program theme is Cooperation among Libraries within the Same Geographic Region (for example, Latin America, Eastern Europe, West Africa, etc.). The IRRT Papers Committee invites librarians to submit papers that describe regional library cooperative programs that enhance user services; improve access to collections; serve as models for resource-sharing; increase efficiency in bibliographic control; collaborates preservation projects; or demonstrate application of emerging technologies. Other topics pertaining to geographic regional cooperative programs will be considered as well. For additional information, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/iro/iroactivities/papersession.htm SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL The deadline for proposals is Friday, February 23, 2007. International Relations Office American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611-2795 USA Fax: +1-312-280-4392 E-mail: intl(a)ala.org

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recruitment by Vijaya Bank
by Mailing List Admin 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:28:41 -0800 (PST) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends Vijaya Bank, Head Office invites applications for recruitment of Executives / Officers in Specialist and General categories VIJAYA BANK, a leading listed public sector bank, having Head Office in Bangalore , with all India representation, invites applications for recruitment Post Code Name of the post Scale Scale of Pay * (in Rupees) No. of Vacancies Age Maximum as on 01/12/06 33 SM-Librarian III 18240-22280 1 40 FULL DETAILS OF NOTIFICATION VISIT: http://www.vijayaba nk.com/recruitme nt/NoticeRecruit ment06_07. html wish you all the best WITH REGARDS s.sripriya

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A Self-Instructional Manual for Creation of a Digital Document Archive with Winisis
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:47:35 +0530 From: Rajan <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> Creation of Digital Document Archives with Winisis : A Manual -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are interested to get a simplified self-instructional manual that would help you to create a digital document archive with free software Winisis 1.5 alone, please contact librariankila(a)hotmail.com You can include text, pdf, audio, video or image documents in the archive and can search, retrieve and open the document easily. You can make metadata based search in the archive. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local administration Mulagunnathukavu - 680 581 Thrissur, India Ph 0487-2204097 (O) 2201428 (R)

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Subscription of the Journal 'SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science' (ISSN 0973-3108) - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Dear professional colleagues, You are requested to subscribe the journal SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science (ISSN 0973-3108) for the year 2007. The details are given below. kindly visit http://autolib-india.net/salis to get more details about the journal and also to download the journal brochure. You are also requested to contribute research articles for the journal. Scope : To disseminate latest developments, research activities, important work done in the field of Library and Information Science and Technology(LIST) and also to exchange knowledge, experience, issues and solutions among professionals and other interested groups. Coverage Library principles, practices and administration, TQM, benchmarking, trends and developments, policy formulations and issues, LIS services, metric and user studies, evaluation of library and information systems, services and products, LIS education and training, web based information services, information literacy, information and knowledge management, IPR, ICT applications, e-resources and e-services, metadata creation and standards, search engines, subject gateways and data mining, digital initiatives, standards, preservation and conservation strategies, open source initiatives, content development and e-publishing, human resource development, knowledge skills and capacity building initiatives. Periodicity Quarterly Subscription Details Rs. 1200 For institution Rs. 900 For members and individuals US$ 250 (Foreign) Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in www.harishchandra.com Co-Editor-in-Chief Dr. S. Muralidhar Scientist E, Head, TIRC C.V.R.D.E Avadi Chennai ? 600 054 saramurali(a)yahoo.com Editorial Advisory Board Members Mr. Jay Bhatt Information Services Librarian (Engineering) Hagerty Library, Drexel University, U.S.A. jay_bhatt_98(a)yahoo.com Prof. Pieter A. Van Brakel Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa, vanbrakelp(a)cput.ac.za Dr. Rajwant S. 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Call for Papers - National Seminar on Access to Social Science Information
by Puna Das 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

National Seminar on Access to Social Science Information | February 7 – 8, 2007 Organised by Department of Library and Information Science Vidyasagar University Medinipur – 721 102 West Bengal Though for a long time Social Science has been accepted as Science in the learned society, still it could not attract the same amount of attention as in case of Natural Sciences. So happened in case of Social Science Information also. As yet the pertinent features of Social Science Information have not been delineated. Consortia are primarily concerned about Natural Science journals only. There is a paucity of Social Science Information available digitally. Traditionally the libraries working primarily on Social Science Information do not find its due budget for its smooth functioning. But it is felt that the Social Science Information has not only made a significant contributions to the society but also it has a great impact in generating the information in the field of Natural Sciences. At this juncture, our department deems it necessary to organise a two-day National Seminar on Access to Social Science Information. Call for Papers We invite articles on the following sub-themes. Abstracts must reach us by 7th January, 2007. Full papers in MSWord, references following Indian Standard in CD or by e-mail must reach us by 21st Jan, 2007. Sub-themes a. Social Science Information: characteristic features b. Social Scientists’ attitude towards information c. Impact of Social Science Information on R & D d. Use and Users of Social Science Information e. Social Science Information: Sources, Systems and Services f. Impact of Social Science Information on socio-economic development g. Organisation and Control of Social Science Information h. ICT and Social Science Information i. Social Network Analysis Target Audience LIS Professionals, Students, teachers, researchers, administrators and other stake holders associated with Social Science Information processing and dissemination. All Communications should Address: Convener of the Seminar, 2007 Dept. of Library and Information Science Medinipur 721 102 Ph. (03222) 267 554/555/557/558 Extn. 448 Mob: 09434146158, 09434991159 e-mail: dlisc(a)vu.ernet.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das Personal webpage: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The new knowledge management?
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:52:04 +0530 From: dhanu.pattanashetti(a)accenture.com The new knowledge management? By Christopher Harris-Jones, Ovum 11 January 2007 The key objective of knowledge management (KM) is to make the expertise of individuals more widely available, and used, across the organisation. Effective delivery of KM has two major aspects. The first is the cultural, social and interpersonal element of encouraging people to share their knowledge and expertise, which is the most difficult element to implement effectively in organisations. The second aspect is the implementation of technology to support these activities, which is relatively straightforward in comparison with softer people-issues. The technologies used for KM have typically come from the collaboration software sector - for example discussion groups, workspaces and communication technologies (such as audio and video conferencing) - and these software tools are well developed. One of the perennial problems of KM has been to encourage people to share their knowledge. The rise of 'social media' such as blogs and wikis has seen a huge outburst of people wanting to share selected information (such as video clips). While this is hardly KM, it is a significant increase in the use of the Web to record and exchange information. Changes like these that happen voluntarily in the consumer sector have a habit of percolating into the corporate sector, which potentially gives a significant boost to the use of collaboration tools. However, any change in mindset is not always going to be helpful. A significant element of the motivation for the use of social networking tools is to publish rather than to use or re-use. One of the requirements of effective KM is to get the right people to share the right pieces of knowledge and expertise. While social media encourages sharing, it is not necessarily the right kind of sharing that will support effective KM and improve company performance. Access the complete report by Ovum : Social networks, collaboration and KM: spot the joins http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,50433,67075,68704 Regards, Dhanukumar M. Pattanashetti Knowledge Management Development Center (KMDC) ACCENTURE Bangalore

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Fwd: KnowGenesis IJTC supports OADL initiatives
by Sukhdev Singh 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Dear Friends, As you already know that a eGroup for promoting Open Access and Digital Libraries (OADL) was formed at Yahoo Groups - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ The OADL Group had set up a target (I) for itself to produce a Guide for helping people to develop Digital Libraries that can be accessed according to Open Access principles. "Wiki" mode collaboration was selected to produce this guide by setting a wiki at http://oadl.pbwiki.com/ Now this initiative has got the support of KnowGenesis IJTC. Which has selected it as initiative of the year for being an example of collaborative work. The proposed guide is still in infancy and is being receiving contributions of the OADL Group members. It is under Creative Commons License thus once ready could be freely distributed. Please come and Join the Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ and contribute to the OADL WIKI - http://oadl.pbwiki.com/ Let me not forget to thank KnowGenesis IJTC for their support. Sukhdev Singh, Co-Moderator OADL Group. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Saurabh Kudesia <editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org> Date: 18-Jan-2007 11:26 Subject: KnowGenesis IJTC supports OADL initiatives To: oadl(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: esukhdev(a)gmail.com Warm Greetings to all volunteers! Efforts, collaboration and dedication certainly make a mark and the fact remains true for the digital era as well. As part of KnowGenesis commitment to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration, we are supporting many activities around the globe that have the potential to define the way knowledge is collected, shared and disseminated. I am pleased to share that OADL has recently been selected as one of the volunteer effort to be supported by KnowGenesis. OADL is one of the best examples to prove how collaboration among community members can bring the difference to the society. KnowGenesis is proud to support OADL in its mission of developing Sukhdev, I will be sending the KG logo for the OADL wiki site/Yahoo!group in a separate mail. --------- About KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) KnowGenesis 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. For more information on KG IJTC and previous issues, visit www.knowgenesis.net or www.knowgenesis.org ------------- Kudos once again for your initiative! Best Wishes, Saurabh Kudesia Co-founder, Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) www.knowgenesis.org/tc www.knowgenesis.net/journal ------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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benifits of career advancement scheme
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:31:18 +0530 From: R.K.SHUKLA <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> Librarians in university and colleges in Uttar Pradesh to get benifits of career advancement scheme Allahabad High Court ,Lucknow Bench in a writ petition filed by U P Library Association has directed the state govt to give the benifits of carrer advancement scheme w.e.f. from 01.01.86,which were denied at the time of granting UGC scales to college and university librarians in the state.UPLA WAS FIGHTING FOR THE SAME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. R.K.SHUKLA LIBRARIAN DELHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DELHI AND PRO UP LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TEL 91-11 27871419

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DRTC Seminar on PM
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Date: 17 Jan 2007 08:44:45 -0000 From: hema singh <hemasingh2004(a)rediffmail.com> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V.College Post Bangalore-560059 Seminar On Project Management in Library and Information Center Project Management is a method and a set of techniques based on the accepted principles of management used for planning, estimating, and controlling work activities to reach a desired end result on time, within budget and according to specification. Projects have definite end points and temporary in nature but operations are ongoing, continuing and indefinite. Various Project Management techniques are available such as PERT, CPM, Gantt chart etc. PERT/CPM Techniques are very versatile techniques available for exploitation by Information Managers/librarians, and the executives. PERT/CPM minimizes the delays, interruptions and the conflicts in the whole functions of the system. Now Open source project management softwares are available, which can reduce human task, namely GanttProject, KPlatoOpen Workbench, DotProject etc. Project management is an almost unnatural act in libraries because libraries are mainly transaction-based institutions, but again in libraries there are many projects such as establishing a new service, implementing a new technology, information gathering, weeding a collection, digitizing a collection, installation of new equipments or facilities etc In this Seminar I will focus on the role of Project Management in Library and Information Center and application of CPM technique in acquisition section of a library. Speaker : Hema Singh ADIS 2nd year. Date & Time : 22nd January 2007, 2:00PM Venue : DRTC Classroom All are cordially invited Dr. Devika P. Madalli Seminar Co-ordinator

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Need help
by reshma toraskar 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Dear Professionals, I would like know what procedure do you follow in DDC-classification for the classification of subject which is not cover in DDC. For example in Homoeopathic subject like ORGANON, REPERTORY etc. Please help. Regards Reshma __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Date: 16 Jan 2007 10:16:30 -0000 From: sckumaresan <sckumaresan(a)rediffmail.com> Dear friends,     The first authour of the article mentioned below is a faculty in our institution and requires a copy of the article since the author\'s copy was not given by the publishers due to change in their policies. If any of you are subscribing the journal or have access to the same, i kindly request you send me copy of the same either hard or soft copy. Chattopadhyay, A. B ; Dubei, S.S and Bhattacharjee, A (INDIA) Modelling of DC � DC boost converter analysis of capacitor voltage dynamics, AMSE Modelling (Advances A) � 2005, Vol. 78 No. 6, pp 15 24. My postal address S.C.Kumaresan  Sr. Librarian BITS, Pilani - Dubai P.O. Box - 500022 Block 11, Dubai Knowledge Village  Dubai, UAE. Looking forward to your kind help S.C.Kumaresan SeniorLibrarian, BITS, Pilani - Dubai UAE --

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Dr Pitroda\'s letter to PM
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Date: 17 Jan 2007 04:53:52 -0000 From: sushanta kumar pathy <skpathy(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All,Its heartening to know that Dr Pitroda\'s keen interest to develop the library and information centres and setting up Indian Institute of Library Science. His initiatives should be supported and explored by all the library association. I welcome heartly Dr Pitroda\'s thought to develop the librarries and information centres to strengthen the knowledge commission. Regards Sushanta Kumar Pathy,RA(Library)NIFT, Gandhinagar

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Re: online journals in Engg & Technology
by MacLeod, Roderick A 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

In answer to Dr Trivedi's question concerning engineering and technology databases, there are many. A fair number are listed at PerX Listing of Engineering Repository Sources http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/perx/sourceslisting.htm and many commercial databases in engineering are listed in http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?id=0000010424 and also in the more recent http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Literature-Routledge-Studies-Informati on/dp/0824729641 Though it doesn't restrict itself to journal content, TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ might be useful to you, as it cross-searches 31 different collections (databases) in technology, and thereby facilitates access to over 4 million items on technological subjects, many (but by no means all) of which are freely available in full text. Roddy MacLeod ________________________________ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:18:19 +0530 From: mayank trivedi <mjt143 at gmail.com <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> > Can anyone give the information of online database of engg and technological journals available online paid of free? e.g. MEDLINE and PubMED in Medicine like wise is there any Engg Database? Awaiting for positive response, with regards, (Dr Mayank Trivedi) PhD Chief Librarian Pramukhswami Medical College Karamsad-388325 Gujarat-India mjt123 at gawab.com <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk <mailto:R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk> http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html In answer to Dr Trivedi's question concerning engineering and technology databases, there are many.� A fair number are listed at PerX Listing of Engineering Repository Sources� http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/perx/sourceslisting.htm http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/perx/sourceslisting.htm �and many commercial databases in engineering are listed in http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?id=0000010424 http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?id=0000010424 �and also in the more recent http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Literature-Routledge-Studies-Information/… http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Literature-Routledge-Studies-Information/… � � Though it doesn't restrict itself to journal content, TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ �might be useful to you, as it cross-searches 31 different collections (databases) in technology, and thereby facilitates access to over 4 million items on technological subjects, many (but by no means all) of which are freely available in full text. � Roddy MacLeod � Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:18:19 +0530 From: mayank trivedi < http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum mjt143 at gmail.com > Can anyone give the information of online database of engg and technological journals available online paid of free? e.g. MEDLINE and PubMED in Medicine like wise is there any Engg Database? Awaiting for positive response, with regards, (Dr Mayank Trivedi) PhD Chief Librarian Pramukhswami Medical College Karamsad-388325 Gujarat-India http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum mjt123 at gawab.com � Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian �� Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS �� Tel (0131) 451 3576 �� Fax: (0131) 451 3164 � mailto:R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk �� http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html �

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Ddatabases in the field of molecular biology
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Friends: Please spread the word among all new biologists and specialists in bioinformatics. Thanks and best wishes. Arun ------- Advice for OA database maintainers The January 2007 issue of Nucleic Acids Research is devoted to databases, mostly OA databases. (Thanks to bbgm.) From Alex Batemen's editorial introduction to the issue: The 2007 Database Issue of Nucleic Acids Research is the fourteenth in a series dedicated to databases in the field of molecular biology. These databases are essential resources for experimental and computational biologists alike and this compilation provides descriptions and updates of the most important of these databases, and serves to introduce newly compiled resources that provide specialist information in the biological area. The current issue is the largest yet and presents 68 new databases and updates of 106 existing databases. The 2007 Database Issue is not included in the print subscription to NAR. Instead, the Database Issue is freely available online to all under NAR's open access model. However, print copies are available for separate purchase by institutions and individuals.... Having now edited the database issue for 4 years and carefully inspected over a thousand different biological databases. I feel I am well placed to give advice to prospective authors. There are many important aspects to any web accessible database that might be published in [a future edition of] this issue.... Do attribute the original sources of derived data. Do make sure that you are not breaching any license terms by redistributing data.... Do make data available for bulk download as flat files or relational database tables with associated documentation. Web services and DAS are becoming popular ways to make databases programmatically available. Making these available can stop your website being ground to a halt by users trying to screen scrape all your data. Do allow users to provide feedback on your data and submit new data.... ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: online journals in Engg & Technology
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:18:19 +0530 From: mayank trivedi <mjt143(a)gmail.com> Can anyone give the information of online database of engg and technological journals available online paid of free? e.g. MEDLINE and PubMED in Medicine like wise is there any Engg Database? Awaiting for positive response, with regards, (Dr Mayank Trivedi) PhD Chief Librarian Pramukhswami Medical College Karamsad-388325 Gujarat-India mjt123(a)gawab.com

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PM asked to launch library commission
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:56:36 -0800 (PST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> PM asked to launch library commission Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 14: The National Knowledge Commission has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to constitute a National Commission on Libraries and create a Library Fund with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore to promote knowledge economy in the country. �A permanent, independent and financially autonomous NCL should be set up by the central government as a statutory body to address all the information needs of the citizens,� Commission chairman Mr Sam Pitroda said in a letter to the Prime Minister. As a prelude, the government should immediately set up a national mission of libraries, which should subsequently be converted into a permanent commission. �A Central Library Fund should be instituted for upgrading existing libraries over a period of 3-5 years. Initially, the value of fund from the government may be Rs 1,000 crore, which may be matched by the private sector through corporate philanthropy,� Pitroda suggested in the letter. He suggested that in order to facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors and to provide legislative framework, required legal support and financial backing to the library sector, the government could consider including libraries in the Concurrent List of the Constitution. Mr Pitroda pointed out that the Task Force of the Department of Culture be given adequate financial and administrative support to prepare a national consensus by undertaking a countrywide survey on a priority basis. Mr Pitroda also suggested that an Indian Institute of Library and Information Science be set up to boost research and development on libraries. The Commission Chairman pointed out that a specified percentage of the central and state education budgets must be earmarked for libraries and that public libraries ought to be run by the local self-government. �Libraries should also integrate with all other knowledge based activities in the local area to develop a community based information system,� he wrote in the letter. The catalogues of all libraries should be put on local websites with necessary linkages to enable networking of different types of libraries and setting up of the National Repository of Bibliographic Records and a centralised collaborative virtual enquiry handling system using the ICT, he said. http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2007-01-15&usrsess=1&clid… Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 --------------------------------- 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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[IFLA-L] WebCite - archiving system for webreferences
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) From: J. K. Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> http://www.webcitation.org/index Background Authors increasingly cite webpages in medical and scientific publications, which can "disappear" overnight. The problem of unstable webcitations has recently been recently referred to as an issue "calling for an immediate response" by publishers and authors. What is WebCiteR? WebCiteR is an archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites), which can be used by authors, editors, and publishers of scholarly papers and books, to ensure that cited webmaterial will remain available to readers in the future. If cited webreferences in journal articles, books etc. are not archived, future readers may encounter a "404 File Not Found" error when clicking on a cited URL. A WebCiteR reference is an archived webcitation, and rather than linking to the live website (which can and probably will disappear in the future), authors of scholarly works will link to the archived WebCiteR copy on webcitation.org. How do I use WebCiteR as an author to archive webpages I want to cite? WebCiteR is an entirely free service for authors who want to cite webmaterial, regardless of what publication they are writing for (even if the journal/publisher authors are writing for are not yet listed as members. Membership only means some sort of formal agreement with a publisher). We ask, however, to use WebCiteR primarily in the context of scholarly publications. The author of a citing manuscript can: * Either manually initiate the archiving of a single cited webpage (by using either the WebCite bookmarklet or the archive page) and manually insert a citation to the permanently archived webdocument on webcitation.org in his manuscript, or; * Upload an entire citing manuscript to the WebCite server via the comb page, which initiates the WebCiteR tool to comb through the manuscript and to archive all cited non-journal URLs. The WebCiteR software also replaces all URLs in the manuscript with a link to the permanently archived webdocument on webcitation.org. How can I use WebCiteR as an editor? If you are a journal editor, publisher, or copyeditor, the first thing you should do is to insert a note in your "Instructions for authors" asking your authors to use webcitation.org to permanently archive all cited webpages and websites, and to cite the archived copy rather than the original link, which may be "dead" in a few weeks, months, or years. Secondly, editors/copyeditors should initiate the archiving of cited webpages (see instructions above "How to use WebCiteR as an author") and replace all webcitations in a manuscript with links to the archived copy, before the manuscript is published. Thirdly, please notify us that you are using WebCiteR -- you will become a member of the WebCiteR consortium (which is free) by filling in the form. How can I use WebCiteR as a publisher? Contact us to become a partner in the WebCiteR consortium by filling in the form. Ask your editors to instruct their authors and copyeditors to cache all cited URLs "prospectively" before submission or at least during the copyediting process. Talk to us if you would like to submit XML files (for us to archive cited webpages automatically), or if you would like to have back-issues of your journal(s) analyzed for webcitations and the cited documents "retrospectively" archived. Except for archived content, this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Mark Perkins MLIS, MCLIP www.markperkins.info

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