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Workshop on CBSOR- ISI Library, Kolkata
by Nibedita Ganguly 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

Dear Professionals, It is a pleasure to inform you that the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Indian Statistical Institute is going to be celebrated during December 17, 2006 to December 16, 2007. On this occasion the Library, Documentation and Information Science Division, Kolkata is organizing a Workshop on Consortia based Subscription of Online Resources (CBSOR) on 30 March, 2007. The Information Brochure along with the programme details is enclosed herewith. Details are also available at the URL: http://isical.ac.in/~serial/consortia.html For further details please contact: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. (Mrs) Nibedita Ganguly Dy. Librarian & Workshop Convener- CBSOR Library, Docu & Inf.Sc. Div Indian Statistical Institute 203, B. T. Road, Kolkata - 700 108 Phone: +91-33-2575 2108/2110 FAX : +91-33-2578 1412 Email: gnibedita(a)isical.ac.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Anurag Acharya of Google Scholar speaks about libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

Friends: Here is an interview with Dr Anurag Achrya, the man behind Google Scholar. Please see <http://www.google.com/librariancenter/articles/0612_01.html>. Anyone interested in working in a library and searching information will find it useful. Please share it with library users, particularly scientists, professors and research students. Subbiah Arunachalam ------------------------ ___________________________________________________________ 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

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Request
by Christina Dookran 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Greetings, I am an instructional librarian, based at the Universiry of South Africa. I am interested in the practice of teaching information problem-solving to undergraduates, more especially the Big Six model. Please share your practical information and experience with me. Many thanks. Yours sincerely, Christina Dookran UNISA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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BOSS !!! Do you know it?
by Sukhdev Singh 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Friends, today I came to knew about a Linux Distribution called BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions). It is developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of Free / Open Source Software in India. Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support. For more details please visit http://www.nrcfoss.org.in/boss --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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The IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program
by Ajay Kum Sharma 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Dear Library Professionals This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and OCLC PICA, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, up to five individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC PICA in Leiden, Netherlands. The program includes lectures, seminars and mentoring and gives Fellows opportunities to explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit selected North American and European libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe portions of an OCLC Members Council meeting, gaining insight into issues affecting global library cooperation and the governance of a global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries, meet leading practitioners and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. For more details click on http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm Thanks and Regards Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26591467 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and OCLC PICA, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. [A] Program overview On an annual basis, up to five individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC PICA in Leiden, Netherlands. The program includes lectures, seminars and mentoring and gives Fellows opportunities to explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit selected North American and European libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe portions of an OCLC Members Council meeting, gaining insight into issues affecting global library cooperation and the governance of a global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries, meet leading practitioners and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. For more details click on http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm Thanks and Regards Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26591467 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/

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University of Mysore Renotification for teaching posts
by rupesh kumar 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Dear All, University of Mysore has issued a renotification for teaching posts in various disciplines in the University campus as well as in constituent colleges. As per the renotification, the application for the posts of Professor, Reader and Lecturer can be obtained from the office of the Registrar, University of Mysore from 03-01-2007 to 16-01-2007 upto 4-00 PM. The last date for submitting the filled in applications is 16-01-2007 5 PM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Renotification is available on the University Website http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/ The first notification is available at http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/umweb/attach/1143440836_ET8-Notification-2006.p… --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com University of Mysore has issued a renotification for teaching posts in various disciplines in the University campus as well as in constituent colleges. As per the renotification, the application for the posts of Professor, Reader and Lecturer can be obtained from the office of the Registrar, University of Mysore from 03-01-2007 to 16-01-2007 upto 4-00 PM. The last date for submitting the filled in applications is 16-01-2007 5 PM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Renotification is available on the University Website http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/ http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/ The first notification is available at http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/umweb/attach/1143440836_ET8-Notification-2006.p… http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/umweb/attach/1143440836_ET8-Notification-2006.p… --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Search Constitution of India Online
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

The *Constitution of India* was passed by the Constituent Assembly of India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India>on November 26 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26>, 1949<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949>, and came into effect on January 26 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26>, 1950 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950>. India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>celebrates January 26 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26> each year as Republic Day<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day>. It is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world, containing 444 articles and 12 schedules, as well as numerous amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the English language<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language>version. for more information from the Constitution of India visit this link: http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch -- With kind warm regards -------------------------------- Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ---------------------------------- sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com The Constitution of India was passed by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India Constituent Assembly of India on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26 November 26 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949 1949 , and came into effect on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 January 26 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950 1950 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India celebrates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 January 26 each year as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day Republic Day . It is the longest written constitution of any independent nation in the world, containing 444 articles and 12 schedules, as well as numerous amendments, for a total of 117,369 words in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English language version. for more information from the Constitution of India visit this link: http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch http://india.gov.in/govt/constitutions_india_bak.php#sch -- With kind warm regards -------------------------------- Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ---------------------------------- mailto:sanjeevmlis@gmail.com sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com

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open access and copyright concerns
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Friends: Here are two news stories from Peter Suber's "Open Access News". Another academic VP for FRPAA David S. Stern, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs of Hamline University, has added his signature to the SPARC list of U.S. university presidents and provosts endorsing open access to publicly-funded research and the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (FRPAA). The tally is now up to 132. Permanent link to this post Posted by Peter Suber at 1/09/2007 02:50:29 PM. ----- eIFL on copyright and OA eIFL.net has released its Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries under a CC license. One section is on Open Access to Scholarly Communications. ---- Please persuade your vice chancellor/ director/ dean, head of department to mandate OA archiving of all research papers by faculty and students. Please read the Handbook on Copyright and persuade publishing authors in your institution not to sign away all their rights to a journal publisher. Tell them they have a right to modify the copyright agreement form sent by the journal publisher. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Confirm Deligates seat
by mahesh sati 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Dear Professional, EMPI Business School,New Delhi, organize a National Convention on Digital library in March 19-20,2007.Interested Professionals confirm their seats by That E-Mail-empidlnc2007(a)gmail.com For mor details log on our website www.empidlnc.org It is a golden opportunity for all Modern 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 MLib.Inf.Sc.,DCF (Library Science Professional) Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Dear Professional, EMPI Business School,New Delhi, organize a National Convention on Digital library in March 19-20,2007.Interested Professionals confirm their seats by That mailto:E-Mail-empidlnc2007@gmail.com E-Mail-empidlnc2007(a)gmail.com For mor details log on our website http://www.empidlnc.org www.empidlnc.org It is a golden opportunity for all Modern 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 MLib.Inf.Sc.,DCF (Library Science Professional) Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference
by J. K. Vijayakumar 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

Please circulate among your professional colleagues. The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference will be held at Lisbon, Portugal during 3 - 6 July, 2007 as a part of The IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2007). The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management. Detailed Call for Papers are available at http://www.esociety-conf.org/cfp.asp Important Dates - Submission Deadline: 26 February 2007 - Notification to Authors: until 27 April 2007 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 18 May 2007 - Late Registration (first call): After 18 May 2007 - Conference: Lisbon - Portugal, 3 to 6 July 2007 Visit IADIS e-Society 2007 conference website at http://www.esociety-conf.org/ and MCCSIS 2007 website at http://www.mccsis.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Please circulate among your professional colleagues. The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference will be held at Lisbon, Portugal during 3 - 6 July, 2007 as a part of The IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2007) . The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management. Detailed Call for Papers are available at http://www.esociety-conf.org/cfp.asp http://www.esociety-conf.org/cfp.asp Important Dates - Submission Deadline: 26 February 2007 - Notification to Authors: until 27 April 2007 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 18 May 2007 - Late Registration (first call): After 18 May 2007 - Conference: Lisbon - Portugal, 3 to 6 July 2007 Visit IADIS e-Society 2007 conference website at http://www.esociety-conf.org/ http://www.esociety-conf.org/ and MCCSIS 2007 website at http://www.mccsis.org/ http://www.mccsis.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Vacancy in MUICT Mumbai for Sr. Librarian
by Mailing List Manager 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 07:19:29 +0000 (GMT) From: gireesh ganjihal <ga_gireesh(a)yahoo.co.in> University of Mumbai, Institute of Chemical Technology (MUICT) (AUTONOMOUS) APPLICATIONS are invited in the prescribed forms for the post of Sr. Librarian. No. of Post:1 Salary:Senior Librarian 12,000-420-18,300. Last date: 5th Feb, 2007 Please find the details : http://www.udct.org/info/advt-teaching-2007.htm With Thanks and Regards, Gireesh A. Ganjihal Central Library, Infosys Tecnhologies Ltd. Bangalore.

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Details of SIS-24th National Convention and Conference
by rajesh bhardwaj 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Dear Professionals, Plz. see the details of SIS-24th National Convention and Conference. ** ***Registration Fee:* * * Keeping in mind the philosophy of the partner institution i.e. the L,al Bahadur Shastri Institute of Mgmt., Delhi, SIS has consciously stipulated a nominal registration fee of Rs. 500/-. All Bank Drafts my be sent in the name of " Society for Information Science, New Delhi" Drawn in Syndicate bank before 15th Jan.2007. Contact to Dr. Ramesh Kundra r_kundra(a)yahoo.com Ph. 011-25843011 *Programme* * * In keeping with the above Conference will provide experts in the field as to under following four theme *1. Content **Management* - Digital Library Concepts - Digital Preservation, Manuscripts and Archiving - E-Publishing. Dublin Core and Metadata Issues - Content Management, Knowledge Management - E-learning - Institutional Repository. *2. Technology Management* * *- Technology: Planning, Development and Management - Semantic, Thesauri Generation, Ontologies, System Scalability and Interoperability, Standards - Digital Library Architecture, Networking Technology - Human Machine Interface, User Interaction and Futuristic. *3. Digital Rights Management* * *- Copyright and legal Issues - Copyright cases in India *4. Policy Development* - Digital library Policies - Indian Initiatives *PAPER SUBMISSION* * * Interested participants may send their contributions on or before *January 15th 2007** *on any topic listed above. *CONFERENCE DIRECTOR* * * *Dr. R.L. Raina, *Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Shastri Sadan, Sector 3, R.K.Puram, New Delhi 110022 *Key Speakers *include the following: Dr. Jagdish Arora (lIT, New Delhi); Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur (IGNCA, New Delhi); Dr. Ravinder Chadha (Parliament, New Delhi ), Dr. Inder Vir Malhan (Jammu University); Mr. Shantanu Ganguly (IIM Lucknow); and Dr. Sangeeta Kaul (Delnet, New Delhi). *Participants would include:* Library and Information Science Professionals; Information Technology Professionals; Knowledge Workers; Policy Makers; Educationists; Archivists; Content and Knowledge Managers; IT Service Providers; Information Providers and Vendors; Museologists; Electronic Publishing etc. -- Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj Assistant Librarian, Delhi College of Engineering, Bawana Road- Delhi 110042 M-9213567224, Off-011-27871018- Ext- 2203 http://www.rajweb.name and http://www.dce.edu/library Dear Professionals, Plz. see the details of SIS-24th National Convention and Conference. Registration Fee: Keeping in mind the philosophy of the partner institution i.e. the L,al Bahadur Shastri Institute of Mgmt., Delhi, SIS has consciously stipulated a nominal registration fee of Rs. 500/-. All Bank Drafts my be sent in the name of " Society for Information Science, New Delhi " Drawn in Syndicate bank before 15 th Jan.2007. Contact to Dr. Ramesh Kundra mailto:r_kundra@yahoo.com r_kundra(a)yahoo.com Ph. 011-25843011 Programme In keeping with the above Conference will provide experts in the field as to under following four theme 1. Content Management - Digital Library Concepts - Digital Preservation, Manuscripts and Archiving - E-Publishing. Dublin Core and Metadata Issues - Content Management, Knowledge Management - E-learning - Institutional Repository. 2. Technology Management - Technology: Planning, Development and Management - Semantic, Thesauri Generation, Ontologies, System Scalability and Interoperability, Standards - Digital Library Architecture, Networking Technology - Human Machine Interface, User Interaction and Futuristic. 3. Digital Rights Management - Copyright and legal Issues - Copyright cases in India 4. Policy Development - Digital library Policies - Indian Initiatives PAPER SUBMISSION Interested participants may send their contributions on or before January 15th 2007 on any topic listed above. CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Dr. R.L. Raina, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Shastri Sadan, Sector 3, R.K.Puram, New Delhi 110022 Key Speakers include the following: Dr. Jagdish Arora (lIT, New Delhi ); Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur (IGNCA, New Delhi ); Dr. Ravinder Chadha (Parliament, New Delhi ), Dr. Inder Vir Malhan ( Jammu University ); Mr. Shantanu Ganguly (IIM Lucknow); and Dr. Sangeeta Kaul (Delnet, New Delhi ). Participants would include: Library and Information Science Professionals; Information Technology Professionals; Knowledge Workers; Policy Makers; Educationists; Archivists; Content and Knowledge Managers; IT Service Providers; Information Providers and Vendors; Museologists; Electronic Publishing etc. -- Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj Assistant Librarian, Delhi College of Engineering, Bawana Road- Delhi 110042 M-9213567224, Off-011-27871018- Ext- 2203 http://www.rajweb.name http://www.rajweb.name and http://www.dce.edu/library http://www.dce.edu/library

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Bold Norwegian librarians
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Friends: We must congratulate the four Norwegian university librarians for the bold stand they have taken in not renewing subscriptions to the 778 electronic journals published by British publishing house and making their decision publicly known. Other librarians should follow suit and authors around the world should boycott publishing their papers in journals which charge exhorbitant subscription prices. Not only these publishers make huge profits and impose highly restrictive copyright agreements on authors, but also get into influential positions in international organizations meant to support science and scholarly communication in poor countries. Why would international organizations allow such a thing - counterproductive to their purported intentions - to happen is a mystery. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------ >From Peter Suber's "Open Access News" Norwegian libraries reject Blackwell journals because of high prices Four Norwegian university libraries issued a joint statement on January 2: This autumn Norwegian university libraries have attempted to reach an agreement on access to electronic journals from Blackwell Publishing. The negotiations have come to an end without a successful result. Therefore from January 1, 2007 library patrons at the universities will no longer be able to access the 778 e-journals in Blackwell electronic portfolio. The reason for this is that the university libraries feel that Blackwell Publishing has stipulated unacceptable conditions and price increases. Blackwell has journals covering all universities disciplines, so this will affect all our users, says library director Helge Salvesen of Tromsø University Library. Libraries experience that publishers no longer negotiate but dictate prices and access conditions. The university library directors are in unanimous agreement that this situation is no longer acceptable.... Journal prices exceed the general retail price index, and moderate increases in library budgets cannot close the gap.... The statement is signed by the library directors of the University of Trondheim, University of Tromsø, University of Oslo, and University of Bergen. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Programme at NIT Silchar
by Kishor Satpathy 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

CENTRAL LIBRARY & ISTE TEACHER CHAPTER NIT SILCHAR Cordially invites you To the Panel Discussion on QUALITY IN Education Panelist Prof. G Biswas Vice Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar Prof. G D Sharma Former Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University Prof. N B Biswas Dean & Head, Deptt. of Education, Assam University, Silchar Dr. Sunrit Mullick Regional Officer & Education Advisor United States Educational Foundation in India & Prof. P K Banik Director, NIT Silchar Date: 11.01.07 Time: 1 PM Onwards Venue: CET Hall, NIT Silchar For Detail information please contact Kishor Satpathy, Librarian & Secretary, ISTE Chapter (M: 9435073452) Kishor C Satpathy Coordinator,Continuing Education Cell & Project Coodinator, Virtual Class Room & Digital Library National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Silchar 788010,Assam,India Ph: 91 3842 240055(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com (personal) kishor(a)nits.ac.in (official) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com CENTRAL LIBRARY & ISTE TEACHER CHAPTER NIT SILCHAR Cordially invites you To the Panel Discussion on QUALITY IN Education Panelist Prof. G Biswas Vice Chancellor , Assam University, Silchar Prof. G D Sharma Former Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University Prof. N B Biswas Dean & Head, Deptt. of Education, Assam University , Silchar Dr. Sunrit Mullick Regional Officer & Education Advisor United States Educational Foundation in India & Prof. P K Banik Director, NIT Silchar Date: 11.01.07 Time: 1 PM Onwards Venue: CET Hall, NIT Silchar For Detail information please contact Kishor Satpathy, Librarian & Secretary, ISTE Chapter (M: 9435073452) Kishor C Satpathy Coordinator,Continuing Education Cell & Project Coodinator, Virtual Class Room & Digital Library National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Silchar 788010,Assam,India Ph: 91 3842 240055(W) 240906 (R), Fax: 91 3842 233797 Mobile: 9435073452 E mail : kishor_satpathy(a)yahoo.com (personal) kishor(a)nits.ac.in (official) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Searching the Web
by champe mishra 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Searching the net is an essential component of ones online life and a variety oftools meant for it are in place.The distinct feature of the search tools arena is the incessant inflow of new tools. Before settling down with a tool, one finds another one appearing on the scene. Even savvy netizens find it challenging to keep up with the developments in this realm. This edition of NetSpeak provides a brief description of the latest products in this genre.SearchMash .Anyone dealing with websearch products has to make sure that any new offerings from Google are explored. One will never be disappointed.Google has recently launched (http://www.searchmash.com/about/privacy.html) a test search service called SearchMash(http://www.searchmash.com/). Alongside the usual searchoutput (results are similar to those of Google, but each is numbered), the service provides options to get searchoutput from blog, image and video sites as well. An advantage of Search- Mash is the More Resultsoption available at the bottom of the output page forshowing the next set of results in the same page.Another notable feature is Hide Details, which lets you hide the details displayed along with each web page thus helping you to view more results per page. Google Notebook search Google Notebook helps us easily clip web content, add notes or comments and store\it online. Also, one can make her notebook public and share the contents with others. Now, Google has started a search service for finding information available on publicnotebooks.With Google Notebook search service (http://www.google.com/notebook/search) you may find lots of valuable information.However, this search service has generated some controversy as many people store private information on notebooks and share it without realising the implications.Decipho (http://decipho.com/) is another search service explored by this author.Besides the normal web search, this service has additional features contributed byits users. When you invoke a search,you can specify whether it is for shopping or research or both. Another feature is the subject-specific clustering of the results. For instance, if you start a search on statistics,the service presents you categories such as Statistics online, Glossary of statistics, Stats and Math Statistics. The search engine Hakia(http://www.hakia.com/),scheduled to activate its full operation sometime in 2007, seems to be a promising search tool. The beta version is available for testing its potential.One distinction of this service relates to question/answer facility. By framing good questions, you could obtain appropriate answers. In this regard, you can use the service along with other question/answer services such as Brainboost. Also, for certainqueries, Hakia providescategorised results. CometQuery (http://www.cometquery.com/) is yet another addition to the search tool landscape.With each of the links in the output, the service displays its screenshot as well.Open source journals As mentioned in the past,lots of open access repositories on a range of subjects that include Science, Medicine,Engineering and Business are in place.An open access repository permits anyone to access and use its content for free. Open- DOAR, the Directory of Open Access Repositories (http:// www.opendoar.org/index.html) is a good place to locate several such open content sources.To help you access the content stored on various repositories available on its list, OpenDOAR has recently assembled a search service using Googles new search tool, Google CSE.For more details: http://www.opendoar.org/search.php. Champeswar Mishra, Library and Information Centre (LIC) Indian Institute Of Management,Kozhikode IIM Campus P.O., Kunnamagalam, Kerla , India, pin-673571 Phone no- 0495-2809143 -147,148 Fax: +91-495-2803010-11 Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Searching the net is an essential component of ones online life and a variety oftools meant for it are in place.The distinct feature of the search tools arena is the incessant inflow of new tools. Before settling down with a tool, one finds another one appearing on the scene. Even savvy netizens find it challenging to keep up with the developments in this realm. This edition of NetSpeak provides a brief description of the latest products in this genre.SearchMash .Anyone dealing with websearch products has to make sure that any new offerings from Google are explored. One will never be disappointed.Google has recently launched (http://www.searchmash.com/about/privacy.html) a test search service called SearchMash(http://www.searchmash.com/). Alongside the usual searchoutput (results are similar to those of Google, but each is numbered), the service provides options to get searchoutput from blog, image and video sites as well. An advantage of Search- Mash is the More Resultsoption available at the bottom of the output page forshowing the next set of results in the same page.Another notable feature is Hide Details, which lets you hide the details displayed along with each web page thus helping you to view more results per page. Google Notebook search Google Notebook helps us easily clip web content, add notes or comments and store\it online. Also, one can make her notebook public and share the contents with others. Now, Google has started a search service for finding information available on publicnotebooks.With Google Notebook search service (http://www.google.com/notebook/search) you may find lots of valuable information.However, this search service has generated some controversy as many people store private information on notebooks and share it without realising the implications.Decipho (http://decipho.com/) is another search service explored by this author.Besides the normal web search, this service has additional features contributed byits users. When you invoke a search,you can specify whether it is for shopping or research or both. Another feature is the subject-specific clustering of the results. For instance, if you start a search on statistics,the service presents you categories such as Statistics online, Glossary of statistics, Stats and Math Statistics. The search engine Hakia(http://www.hakia.com/),scheduled to activate its full operation sometime in 2007, seems to be a promising search tool. The beta version is available for testing its potential.One distinction of this service relates to question/answer facility. By framing good questions, you could obtain appropriate answers. In this regard, you can use the service along with other question/answer services such as Brainboost. Also, for certainqueries, Hakia providescategorised results. CometQuery (http://www.cometquery.com/) is yet another addition to the search tool landscape.With each of the links in the output, the service displays its screenshot as well.Open source journals As mentioned in the past,lots of open access repositories on a range of subjects that include Science, Medicine,Engineering and Business are in place.An open access repository permits anyone to access and use its content for free. Open- DOAR, the Directory of Open Access Repositories (http:// www.opendoar.org/index.html) is a good place to locate several such open content sources.To help you access the content stored on various repositories available on its list, OpenDOAR has recently assembled a search service using Googles new search tool, Google CSE.For more details: http://www.opendoar.org/search.php. Champeswar Mishra, Library and Information Centre (LIC) Indian Institute Of Management,Kozhikode IIM Campus P.O., Kunnamagalam, Kerla , India, pin-673571 Phone no- 0495-2809143 -147,148 Fax: +91-495-2803010-11 Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Various news items from Inderscence
by MacLeod, Roderick A 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Here are some news items from Inderscience Publishers which may interest members of lis-forum 1. An RSS feed of Calls For Papers for special issues published by Inderscience is now available: http://www.inderscience.com/rss/calls.php <http://www.inderscience.com/rss/calls.php> 2. A New Articles Channel gives details of the latest articles published in Inderscience journals: http://www.inderscience.com/rss/rss.php <http://www.inderscience.com/rss/rss.php> 3. The Inderscience News Blog http://inderscience.blogspot.com/ gives information about new journal titles, new issues of the Highlights newsletter, Calls for papers, announcement of inaugural issues, contents of special issues, selective editorials, and more. 4. You can Search the full-text of 11978 articles in 143 Inderscience Journals at: http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=moreSearch 5. Inderscience has just launched a new journal: International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation (IJHFMS) http://www.inderscience.com/ijhfms <http://www.inderscience.com/ijhfms> ISSN (Online): 1742-5557 ISSN (Print): 1742-5549 IJHFMS will have particular focus on the following: * Human factors theory as related to computational models of human performance and interaction with virtual environments * Simulator-based evaluations of human factors issues * Computer simulation of human behaviour and performance * Digital human modelling and simulation * Developments in simulation and virtual environments to address human factors and ergonomics issues * Human performance modelling * Simulation of physiological behaviour, measures, and predictions Readership: IJHFMS is an archival record of original technical publications. The intent is to provide state of the art knowledge to professionals in human factors, ergonomics, animation, modelling and simulation of humans and human factors, academics, researchers, policy makers, and designers. Editor in Chief: Dr. Karim A. Malek Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 USA amalek(a)engineering.uiowa.edu <mailto:amalek@engineering.uiowa.edu> Content available by subscription. Abstracts available online. Articles available in HTML and PDF format. Current Issue: Volume 1 No 1 2006 Roddy MacLeod Here are some news items from Inderscience Publishers which may interest members of lis-forum 1. An RSS feed of Calls For Papers for special issues published by Inderscience is now available: http://www.inderscience.com/rss/calls.php http://www.inderscience.com/rss/calls.php 2. A New Articles Channel gives details of the latest articles published in Inderscience journals: http://www.inderscience.com/rss/rss.php http://www.inderscience.com/rss/rss.php 3. The Inderscience News Blog http://inderscience.blogspot.com/ http://inderscience.blogspot.com/ gives information about new journal titles, new issues of the Highlights newsletter, Calls for papers, announcement of inaugural issues, contents of special issues, selective editorials, and more. 4. You can Search the full-text of 11978 articles in 143 Inderscience Journals at: http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=moreSearch http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=moreSearch 5. Inderscience has just launched a new journal: International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation (IJHFMS) http://www.inderscience.com/ijhfms http://www.inderscience.com/ijhfms ISSN (Online): 1742-5557 ISSN (Print): 1742-5549 IJHFMS will have particular focus on the following: * Human factors theory as related to computational models of human performance and interaction with virtual environments * Simulator-based evaluations of human factors issues * Computer simulation of human behaviour and performance * Digital human modelling and simulation * Developments in simulation and virtual environments to address human factors and ergonomics issues * Human performance modelling * Simulation of physiological behaviour, measures, and predictions Readership: IJHFMS is an archival record of original technical publications. The intent is to provide state of the art knowledge to professionals in human factors, ergonomics, animation, modelling and simulation of humans and human factors, academics, researchers, policy makers, and designers. Editor in Chief: Dr. Karim A. Malek Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 USA mailto:amalek@engineering.uiowa.edu amalek(a)engineering.uiowa.edu Content available by subscription. Abstracts available online. Articles available in HTML and PDF format. Current Issue: Volume 1 No 1 2006 Roddy MacLeod

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ICSD-2007 :: Extended Deadline for Early Bird Registration
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ============================================= ========== ICSD-2007 Call For Participation Early Bird Registration is now open till 25th January, 2007 (Hard deadline) ========== ============================================= INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMANTIC WEB & DIGITAL LIBRARIES February 21-23, 2007 (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd) Bangalore, India Conference Venue: NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore ==== | TUTORIAL SPEAKERS & TOPICS ==== # Dr. Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead "Introduction to the Semantic Web" # Dr. Anupriya Ankolekar, Research Associate, AIFB Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany "Semantic Technologies for Digital Libraries" # Mr. Anurag Arora, (Coordinator - Digitization) & Mr. Vaibhav Chauhan, (Conservator), National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi, India "Digitization and Conservation of Manuscripts" # Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India "Digitization and Digital Preservation of Indian Cultural Hertitage" ==== | PLENARY SPEAKER ==== # Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, Italy ==== | INVITED SPEAKERS ==== # Prof. Peter Schirmbacher, Institut for Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, University of Humboldt, Berlin, Germany # Prof. Frederick Friend, JISC Scholarly Communication Consultant, Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL, England # Dr. Johannes Keizer, Library & Documentation System Division, Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy # Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dept of Computer Science, University of Dalhousie, Canada ==== | REGISTRATION ==== To avail early bird registration price, please register on or before 25th January, 2007. * Early Bird registration: Till 25th January, 2007 Rs. 4000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates) ; USD 150 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) * Late Registration: 26th January, 2007 onwards Rs. 5000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 175 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) * Tutorial: Rs.1000 (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 40 (Foreign Delegates other than SAARC) Note: Registration Fee includes conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Registration form is available for download at http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/icsd-files/icsd_registration_form.doc Kindly post the filled-in registration forms to the address below: Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Convenor, ICSD 2007 DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore, Karnataka (India) Pin - 560059 Electronic copy of registration form duly filled and signed can be sent to icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, but official copy should also be sent by regular mail. Please note: The Demand Draft (DD) Should be made in favour of Indian Statisitcal Institute, payable at Bangalore. Outstation cheques should include additional transaction fee. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Convenor ICSD-2007 DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore INDIA

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one terabyte drive
by Mailing List Manager 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:40:44 +0530 From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Here comes the terabyte hard drive With a terabyte drive, consumers can store 250,000 MP3 songs. That's enough for two solid years of listening without a single repeat. For details, visit, http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6147409.html -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 66 A torn book is better than a never touched book.

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European Resaearch Council keen to mandate open access
by Mailing List Manager 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:05:13 -0800 (PST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >From "Open Access News" ERC pledges to adopt an OA mandate The Scientific Council of the European Research Council has issued a Statement on Open Access (December 2006). For full story, visit: http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/open-access.pdf

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Copyright addenda
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Friends: Whenever an author publishes a paper in a journal the publishes sends a copyright agreement form, which is often restrictive, and would not allow the author to eithera archive his paper in his institutional archive or even use a table or figure in his lecture notes or a book he wants o write without levying a fee! To overcome this ridiculous situation the author could modify the copyright agreement using one of the fillowing addenda, says Peter Suber. Librarian friends may please alert scientists they serve. There are many different author addenda but in my view these are the best: SPARC Author's Addendum http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.html Science Commons Scholar's Copyright project http://sciencecommons.org/literature/scholars_copyright SURF-JISC License to Publish http://www.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/authors/licence/ Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Website for Free Software
by Farooque Shaheen 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Like softpedia.org and download.com,http://www.freewarefiles.com, hosts a huge collection of free-to-use utilities; complete with ratings and user recommendations. The resource is neatly divided in to sections including games, audio-video, Internet tools, business, graphic design, programming, Web development, screensavers, utilities, themes, drivers, etc. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Like softpedia.org and download.com,http://www.freewarefiles.com, hosts a huge collection of free-to-use utilities; complete with ratings and user recommendations. The resource is neatly divided in to sections including games, audio-video, Internet tools, business, graphic design, programming, Web development, screensavers, utilities, themes, drivers, etc. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Librairans World
by Pranaykumar D (Soft-AID Computers P.Ltd.) 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Hello All, I have come across a very Interesting website www.librariansworld.com hope it will intrest you too. Thanks & Regards, Pranaykumar Soft-AID (Bangalore) 080-23464717 / 23444860 9844278564 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Information transmitted by this EMAIL is proprietary to Soft-AID and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this EMAIL immediately notify the sender at Soft-AID or mail admin(a)softaid.co.in and delete this EMAIL including any attachments. Hello All, I have come across a very Interesting website http://www.librariansworld.com www.librariansworld.com hope it will intrest you too. Thanks & Regards, Pranaykumar Soft-AID (Bangalore) 080-23464717 / 23444860 9844278564 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Information transmitted by this EMAIL is proprietary to Soft-AID and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this EMAIL immediately notify the sender at Soft-AID or mail mailto:admin@softaid.co.in admin(a)softaid.co.in and delete this EMAIL including any attachments.

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Open Access Repositories over the World
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The *Open*DOAR <http://www.opendoar.org/index.html> service provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. *Open*DOAR staff harvest and assign metadata to allow categorisation and analysis to assist the wider use and exploitation of repositories. Each of the repositories has been visited by *Open*DOAR staff to ensure a high degree of quality and consistency in the information provided: *Open*DOAR is maintained by SHERPA. Service Aims of *Open*DOAR <http://www.opendoar.org/index.html> *Survey the growing field of academic open access research repositories and categorise them in terms of locale, content and other measures. * *Produce a descriptive list of open access repositories of relevance to academic research. * *Provide a comprehensive & authoritative list for end users wishing to find particular types of, or specific repositories. * *Deliver a comprehensive, structured and maintained list with clear update and self-regulation protocols to enable development of the list. * *Play a prominent international role in the organisation of and access to open access repository services. * *Support Open Access outreach and advocacy endeavours within institutions and globally. * .......................................................... Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ----------------------------------------------------------- sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in [A] Dear LIS Professionals and Managers The http://www.opendoar.org/index.html Open DOAR service provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world. Open DOAR staff harvest and assign metadata to allow categorisation and analysis to assist the wider use and exploitation of repositories. Each of the repositories has been visited by Open DOAR staff to ensure a high degree of quality and consistency in the information provided: Open DOAR is maintained by SHERPA. Service Aims of Open DOAR http://www.opendoar.org/index.html Survey the growing field of academic open access research repositories and categorise them in terms of locale, content and other measures. Produce a descriptive list of open access repositories of relevance to academic research. Provide a comprehensive & authoritative list for end users wishing to find particular types of, or specific repositories. Deliver a comprehensive, structured and maintained list with clear update and self-regulation protocols to enable development of the list. Play a prominent international role in the organisation of and access to open access repository services. Support Open Access outreach and advocacy endeavours within institutions and globally. .......................................................... Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302 Mobile: +91-97328-95328 ----------------------------------------------------------- mailto:sanjeevmlis@gmail.com sanjeevmlis(a)gmail.com mailto:sanjeevmlis@yahoo.co.in sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in

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Request for article
by Manju C 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

I am Manju C now I joined for MPhil Course in Library and Information Science and I selected the topic "Webometrics" So i Need one article That is Published in Annals of Library and Information Studies entitled Webometric study of LIbrary and Information Science Literature Published IN vol. 49 No.1 if any one have that article please send me Thanking you Manju C Librarian Miranda College of Nursing Bangalore Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php I am Manju C now I joined for MPhil Course in Library and Information Science and I selected the topic "Webometrics" So i Need one article That is Published in Annals of Library and Information Studies entitled Webometric study of LIbrary and Information Science Literature Published IN vol. 49 No.1 if any one have that article please send me Thanking you Manju C Librarian Miranda College of Nursing Bangalore Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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The American Physical Society Provides Open Access to Articles
by noufal palliparamban 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hello, It is very intresting news for us.... The American Physical Society (APS) has recently announced a program where most of their articles can be made publicly available to anyone who wishes to read them. In order for an article to be made "Free to Read," the APS requires a modest fee ($975/Physical Review article and $1300/Physical Review Letter article), which anyone can pay, and the article will then be available for download by the general public for free. This does not mean that the APS surrenders the copyright to these articles, nor can they be posted on any other websites without prior permission. Source: http://www.omninerd.com/2007/01/04/news/1086 Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Hello, It is very intresting news for us.... The American Physical Society ( http://www.aps.org/ APS ) has recently http://prl.aps.org/edannounce/PRLv97i11.html announced a program where most of their articles can be made publicly available to anyone who wishes to read them. In order for an article to be made "Free to Read," the APS requires a modest fee ($975/Physical Review article and $1300/Physical Review Letter article), which http://publish.aps.org/FREETOREAD_FAQ.html anyone can pay , and the article will then be available for download by the general public for free. This does not mean that the APS surrenders the copyright to these articles, nor can they be posted on any other websites without prior permission. Source: http://www.omninerd.com/2007/01/04/news/1086 http://www.omninerd.com/2007/01/04/news/1086 Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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