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Article Request
by Mailing List Manager 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:37:01 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear All I need following article : 1.Altshuller A. P. (1993) Production of aldehydes as primary emissions and from secondary atmospheric reactions of alkenes and alkanes during the night and early morning hours. Atmospheric Environment 27A, p21-p32. 2.Carlier P., Hannachi H. and Mouvier G. (1986) The chem- istry of carbonyl compounds in the atmosphere---a review. Atmospheric Environment 20, p2079-p2099. Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 Ph(Res): 33-25768192, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in

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WIKI FREES UP INTERNET PUBLISHING
by Farooque Shaheen 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Free software is about to get freer. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday his for-profit company, Wikia, is ready to give away ?for free ? all the software, computing, storage and network access that website builders need to create community collaboration sites. Wikia, a commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia, will go even further to provide customers ? bloggers or other operators who meet its criteria for popular websites ? 100% of any advertising revenue from the sites they build. Started two years ago, Wikia (http://www.wikia.com) aims to build on the anyone-can-edit success of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia. Using the same underlying software, called MediaWiki, Wikia hosts group publishing sites, known as wikis, on topics from Star Wars to psychology to travel to iPods. ?It is open-source software and open content,? Wales said in a phone interview. ?We will be providing the computer hosting for free, and the publisher can keep the advertising revenue.? http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/780225.cms Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Free software is about to get freer. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday his for-profit company, Wikia, is ready to give away —for free — all the software, computing, storage and network access that website builders need to create community collaboration sites. Wikia, a commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia, will go even further to provide customers — bloggers or other operators who meet its criteria for popular websites — 100% of any advertising revenue from the sites they build. Started two years ago, Wikia (http://www.wikia.com) aims to build on the anyone-can-edit success of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia. Using the same underlying software, called MediaWiki, Wikia hosts group publishing sites, known as wikis, on topics from Star Wars to psychology to travel to iPods. “It is open-source software and open content,” Wales said in a phone interview. “We will be providing the computer hosting for free, and the publisher can keep the advertising revenue.” http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/780225.cms Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Special Lecture on Knowledge Organization
by DRTC General 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 December 12, 2006 You are cordially invited to attend the following Special lecture. The lecture will be held at DRTC Class Room at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker: Dr. H. Peter Ohly Social Science Information Centre, Bonn, Germany & Secretary General of ISKO Topic: Future of Knowledge Organization Date and Time: 14th December 2006, 11:30 AM I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO Professor and Head, DRTC

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Re: Open Research Metrics
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Dear Prof. McCullam: Thanks very much. Why are not chemists, biologists, and engineers follow the world's computer scientists and adopt mass civil disobedience [a concept perfected by Mahatma Gandhi]? Or why cannot scientists all over the developing world do the same? I am forwarding this to several discussion lists in India. Regards. Arun --- Andrew McCallum <mccallum(a)cs.umass.edu> wrote: > Computer Science researchers practiced mass civil > disobedience, and > simply posted their papers on their personal web > pages in violation > of the copyright. > > It became just a common practice, that the > publishers changed their > policies. > > > > On Dec 11, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Subbiah Arunachalam > wrote: > > Dear Prof. McCullam: > > > > Thanks very much for the quick response. Don't you > > face resistance from journal publishers and > threats > > based on copyright law when you include papers > > published in scholarly journals? > > > > Many researchers in India do not post their papers > > (full text) on to institutional archives as they > are > > not sure about what the journal publishers would > do! > > > > Best regards. > > > > Arun > > [Subbiah Arunachalam] > > > > > > > > --- Andrew McCallum <mccallum(a)CS.UMASS.EDU> wrote: > > > >> On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Subbiah Arunachalam > >> wrote: > >>> Dear Professor McCallum: > >>> > >>> I want to know more about Rexa and visit the > site. > >>> Please give me the url. Can we replicate Rexa > for > >>> other areas, especially chemistry, where leading > >>> journal publishers are unwilling to allow Open > >> Access? > >> > >> http://rexa.info > >> > >> If you could point me at Chemistry publications > >> sites that allow > >> spidering, I'd be happy to add them to our list. > >> > >>> What percentage of the over seven million papers > >> in > >>> Rexa are full text, are from Indian > institutions? > >> > >> Only about 300k are full text now. Getting more > in > >> there is simple > >> matter of spidering and pushing the PDFs through > our > >> pipeline. We > >> have all the infrastructure in place to do this > now, > >> and will begin a > >> major run in the coming month. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Andrew > >> > >> -- > >> Andrew McCallum > >> mccallum(a)cs.umass.edu > >> Associate Professor > >> www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum > >> Comp Sci Dept, UMass Amherst 413-545-1323 > (w) > >> > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http:// > > uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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SALIS-DLIS, RTM Nagpur University-UNESCO workshop on IL on 28.12.2006 at Nagpur
by Arunachalam Hariharan 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Dear friends and professional colleagues, I am pleased to inform that One Day Sensitization Workshop on Information Literacy (IL) is jointly being organized by the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) and Dept of Library and Information Science, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, supported by UNESCO, on December 28, 2006. Venue: DLIS, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur The contents of the workshop are: Information Literacy Overview Components of IL Information Literacy Models Information Literacy Competency Standards UNESCO/IFLA School/Public Library Manifesto ICT Literacy and ICT Technologies Objectives of Workshop: To raise awareness about Information Literacy, its needs and uses To give an overview of Information Literacy, Information Literacy models and standards to LIS professionals To give an overview of ICT to the participants To facilitate LIS professionals to provide better information services to the end users Methodology: Lectures/Presentations Tutorials Discussions Resource Persons: Experts from reputed academic institutions, Govt. and IT field. Target Participants: LIS professional working in Nagpur and near by regions/states Preference will be given to young LIS professionals and students. No. of Participants: The number of participants is limited to 60. Mode of selection: The participants will be selected on the basis of age, qualification, nature of work, profile of the institutions etc. Registration Fee: NIL Traveling Allowance (TA): No TA/DA will be paid to the participants Last date for registration: December 23, 2006. More details of the Workshop can be available at http://autolib-india.net/salis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Salis_info Completed registration form can be sent to: Dr. (Mrs) D. Rajyalakshmi Workshop Convener & HOD, DLISc Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur 440 010. E-mail : rldesaraju(a)rediffmail.com Phone :- 0712 2548577 ------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers, DVK library, Bangalore
by alex arun 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Greetings from DVK central Library, Bangalore! We are happy to inform you that we are conducting a One Year Library Training cum Apprenticeship Programme for the freshers of library and information science. It is a unique formation to the modern librarianship. Interested candidates can send their resume on or before 31st December 2006 . for more details email to: dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com Fr. John Neelankavil CMI Chief Librarian DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 41116353 --- lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Software tools in seven Indian languages > (Mailing List Manager) > 2. Microsoft's Office Open XML format becomes a > standard > (Farooque Shaheen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:47:48 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Manager > <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Software tools in seven Indian > languages > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612081245160.31912(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed > > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:37:24 +0530 > From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> > > CDAC to launch software tools in seven Indian > languages > Sapna Agarwal / Mumbai/ Pune=A0December 07, 2006 > The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing > (CDAC) is all set to launc= > h software tools in Punjabi, Marathi, Malyalam, > Kannada, Assamese, Bengali = > and Oriya by March 2007. > =A0 > The company had launched Hindi, Tamil, Telgu and > Urdu regional language sof= > tware tools in 2005. > =A0 > =93The new software incorporates customer > requirements for a localised vers= > ion of open source software for email client, multi > protocol messenger, bro= > wser and office suite besides a content management > tool. It contains the st= > andard key board drivers, text speech and converters > to change from true ty= > pe to open type fonts. A new feature called queters, > a =91Do It Yourself=92= > software kit to increase speed of typing, has been > introduced and even the= > terminology is a mix of layman and purists, as > against only purists termin= > ology,=94 said S Ramakrishnan, director general, > CDAC. > =A0 > Mahesh Kulkarni, group coordinator,CDAC, Graphics > and Intelligence-based Sc= > ript Technology (GIST), said, =93The launch date was > advanced from the firs= > t quarter of 2006 to 2007 to incorporate user > feedback in making the softwa= > re more user friendly.=94 GIST is a technology that > facilitates the use of = > Indian languages in IT. > =A0 > The regional language software development > initiative comes under the Techn= > ology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) > project of Department of Info= > rmation Technology (DIT), Government of India under > which CDAC is an aggreg= > ator bringing together the work of different > organisations under one umbrel= > la. > =A0 > It is working with CK Technology, Modular Infotech, > The Indian Institutes o= > f Technology=92s (IITs) Kanpur, Kharagpur and > Mumbai, Microsoft, Google and= > IBM. > =A0 > CDAC is a part of a nation wide consortium of 25 > institutions for undertaki= > ng R&D in regional languages. The consortium is > working on four projects re= > lated to regional text translation and recognition. > =A0 > =93We are in advanced stages of development on these > technologies,=94 said = > Ramakrishnan adding that they have accelerated their > focus on developing th= > ese technologies this year. > =A0 > Ramakrishnan hopes to bag a Rs 8 crore project for > voice-based multi lingua= > l information access (V-MIA) railway reservation > system. > =A0 > =93The project is in the final stages of approval by > the DIT and Department= > of Science and Technology and we will work in a > consortium with other inst= > itutions to develop the voice-to-voice information > access system for the ra= > ilways,=94 he said. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:47:17 +0530 > From: Farooque Shaheen > <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Microsoft's Office Open XML > format becomes a > standard > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > > <OF416C1750.F9FA76B9-ON6525723E.0027E80B-6525723E.0028560A(a)caritor.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > At the general assembly of Ecma International in > Zurich, Switzerland, > Microsoft's Office Open XML--a set of specifications > detailing the > document formats in Microsoft's office--was > certified as a standard. > > In addition, the membership-based standards > organization voted to propose > Office Open XML to the larger International > Organization for > Standardization (known as ISO) for standards > approval through its > fast-track process. > > These document formats are the default for Office > 2007, an upgrade to > Microsoft's productivity suite that was released to > businesses late last > month and expected to be available to consumers next > January. > > http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sails+through+document+standard+vote/2100-101… > > Thanks & Regards, > Farooque Shaheen, > Caritor India Pvt Ltd. > Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 > VOIP- 40366 >

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Special Lectures at DRTC
by DRTC General 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 You are cordially invited to attend the following Special lectures. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker: Dr. Hildrun Kretschmer COLLNET, Berlin Humboldt University Berlin and Dalian University of Technology, China Topics: An Overview of Social Network Date and Time: 12th December 06 at 2:00 PM Topics: A Well-ordered Distribution of Co-authorship Date and Time: 14th December 06 at 2:00 PM I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO Professor and Head, DRTC

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Job Opening for MLIS/Post Graduates
by jyothi 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Twenty-six years old Information based Public Limited company located in Jayanagar, Bangalore is looking out for an experienced MLIS/Post Graduate up to the age of 50 with exposure to producing/or using online information products. The candidate should be comfortable with production related software applications and be capable of managing a production team of 30 members. CTC will be around Rs. 2 -2.5 lakhs. Interested may send their C.V. to: <mailto:kss.subbarao@gmail.com> kss.subbarao(a)gmail.com Regards Jothy Dear Friends, Twenty-six years old Information based Public Limited company located in Jayanagar, Bangalore is looking out for an experienced MLIS/Post Graduate up to the age of 50 with exposure to producing/or using online information products. The candidate should be comfortable with production related software applications and be capable of managing a production team of 30 members. CTC will be around Rs. 2 -2.5 lakh s . Interested may send their C.V. to : mailto:kss.subbarao@gmail.com kss.subbarao(a)gmail.com Regards Jothy

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Software tools in seven Indian languages
by Mailing List Manager 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:37:24 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> CDAC to launch software tools in seven Indian languages Sapna Agarwal / Mumbai/ Pune=A0December 07, 2006 The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) is all set to launc= h software tools in Punjabi, Marathi, Malyalam, Kannada, Assamese, Bengali = and Oriya by March 2007. =A0 The company had launched Hindi, Tamil, Telgu and Urdu regional language sof= tware tools in 2005. =A0 =93The new software incorporates customer requirements for a localised vers= ion of open source software for email client, multi protocol messenger, bro= wser and office suite besides a content management tool. It contains the st= andard key board drivers, text speech and converters to change from true ty= pe to open type fonts. A new feature called queters, a =91Do It Yourself=92= software kit to increase speed of typing, has been introduced and even the= terminology is a mix of layman and purists, as against only purists termin= ology,=94 said S Ramakrishnan, director general, CDAC. =A0 Mahesh Kulkarni, group coordinator,CDAC, Graphics and Intelligence-based Sc= ript Technology (GIST), said, =93The launch date was advanced from the firs= t quarter of 2006 to 2007 to incorporate user feedback in making the softwa= re more user friendly.=94 GIST is a technology that facilitates the use of = Indian languages in IT. =A0 The regional language software development initiative comes under the Techn= ology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) project of Department of Info= rmation Technology (DIT), Government of India under which CDAC is an aggreg= ator bringing together the work of different organisations under one umbrel= la. =A0 It is working with CK Technology, Modular Infotech, The Indian Institutes o= f Technology=92s (IITs) Kanpur, Kharagpur and Mumbai, Microsoft, Google and= IBM. =A0 CDAC is a part of a nation wide consortium of 25 institutions for undertaki= ng R&D in regional languages. The consortium is working on four projects re= lated to regional text translation and recognition. =A0 =93We are in advanced stages of development on these technologies,=94 said = Ramakrishnan adding that they have accelerated their focus on developing th= ese technologies this year. =A0 Ramakrishnan hopes to bag a Rs 8 crore project for voice-based multi lingua= l information access (V-MIA) railway reservation system. =A0 =93The project is in the final stages of approval by the DIT and Department= of Science and Technology and we will work in a consortium with other inst= itutions to develop the voice-to-voice information access system for the ra= ilways,=94 he said.

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Microsoft's Office Open XML format becomes a standard
by Farooque Shaheen 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

At the general assembly of Ecma International in Zurich, Switzerland, Microsoft's Office Open XML--a set of specifications detailing the document formats in Microsoft's office--was certified as a standard. In addition, the membership-based standards organization voted to propose Office Open XML to the larger International Organization for Standardization (known as ISO) for standards approval through its fast-track process. These document formats are the default for Office 2007, an upgrade to Microsoft's productivity suite that was released to businesses late last month and expected to be available to consumers next January. http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sails+through+document+standard+vote/2100-101… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 At the general assembly of Ecma International in Zurich, Switzerland, Microsoft's Office Open XML--a set of specifications detailing the document formats in Microsoft's office--was certified as a standard. In addition, the membership-based standards organization voted to propose Office Open XML to the larger International Organization for Standardization (known as ISO) for standards approval through its fast-track process. These document formats are the default for Office 2007, an upgrade to Microsoft's productivity suite that was released to businesses late last month and expected to be available to consumers next January. http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sails+through+document+standard+vote/2100-101… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Journals, copyright and open access archiving
by Mailing List Manager 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:15:11 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is a message I received from another list. It tells you about the diff= iculties faced by developing country librarians who want to bring the compl= ete works of great scientists into public domain through open access reposi= tories. Surprisingly, some publishers - in this case Taylor & Francis - are= unwilling to grant permission to place papers published in their journals = several decades ago in an institutional open access archive. While one may = find a way out and get these papers accessible to anyone who wants to read = them, the true face of such publishers are exposed by such incidents. Dear all, We are very keen to make open access not only the papers of C.V. Raman but also any other articles/talks by him or on him. We have already made = available on our digital repository the newspaper clippings on him. All the 6 volumes of his collected papers have been scanned and we have the pdf files ready. Now only the publishers permission is needed to make them open access. We have written to all of them but getting all their permission is not assured. Already Taylor & Francis have declined to give permission to make their articles open access. Publisher's copyright policies may in fact be the biggest barrier to making this entire collection open access. However, the Indian Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society have given us permission to = begin with. Our plan in these circumstances is to make articles open access wherever permission is clearly given and to make the rest restricted access. At least the metadata will then be freely available for all. Anyone interested can email us for a copy. I am sure that those who have established repositories are facing similar problems. But we are doing our best. With best wishes, Girija Srinivasan Raman Research Institute Library, Tel:+91 80 2361 0122 / Extn 250---------= For those of you who may not know Sir C V Raman, he was a leading physicist= of his generation and the only Indian to have won a science Nobel Prize. [= Prof. Amartya Sen won in Economics, and Mother Teresa for Peace. Prof. Subr= ahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Prof. Har Gobind Khorana were US citizens when t= hey won the Nobel Prize.] Prof. Raman was Director of the Indian Institute = of Science, Founder-Director of the Raman Research Institute and the Founde= r-President of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He passed away in November 1= 970 at the age of 82. Scientists should refrain from signing publishers' agreements without readi= ng them carefully. They should never surrender copyright to their creative = works - resaerch papers. Many journals agree to make changes in the standar= d copyright transfer form they use. Over 90% of about 9,000 journals survey= ed allow archiving of papers published in them. The rest of the journals sh= ould be persuaded to fall in line, and if they refuse scientists around the= world should boycott them - they shoud refrain from publishing in them, sh= ould not act as referees for those journals and should not be members of th= eir editorial boards. As most research is performed with public support - research grants from go= vernments and other donors - it is not proper on the part of researchers to= sign away copyright to journal publishers. One can only give first (or eve= n exclusive) right to publish the papers. Authors and their institutions sh= ould retain all rights to use the material subsequently in whatever way the= y want to. If journals can claim copyright to articles simply because they publish, sh= ould not the funding agencies claim copyright to work produced with their m= oney and should not the authors retain the copyright simply because the pap= er is their creative work? Subbiah Arunachalam=

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NCSI-Net Invites you for a Special lecture
by Mailing List Manager 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:48:43 +0530 From: anitha mk <anitha_m(a)aurigene.com> Dear All, NCSI-NET, the alumni association of NCSI staff, project assistants and trainees, cordially invites you all for a talk on Library Automation in Germany - by Prof. Achim Osswald on Saturday, 9th December 2006. The following are the details of the talk: Topic: Library Automation in Germany: More a Glimpse than the State of the Art Review Speaker: Dr. Achim Osswald Date and Time: 9th December 2006, 11 AM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc. About the talk: The presentation will look back at Library Automation in Germany and will then focus on the major players at present: The German National Library and supporting subject based libraries, the Cooperative Library Networks, there role in Library Automation and their services offered. About the speaker: Dr. Achim Osswald is a professor at University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Department of Library and Information Science (now: Institute of Information Science ), Germany. Currently, he is at the DRTC, ISI, Bangalore, as a visiting scientist. The complete CV of Dr. Achim is available at: http://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/institut/personen/osswald/Osswald_leb_en.htm Kindly confirm your attendance to Mr. Francis Jayakanth at his e-mail id: franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Thanks and Regards, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators

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List of Indian Library Journals and also research areas in LIS ( in text format)
by Arunachalam Hariharan 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Dear Friends and colleagues, have sent a list of Indian Library Science Journals compiled by our SALIS Trichy Chapter as an attached word file. But many did not receive the file since most of the e-groups accept only text files. Many of our colleagues and friends wanted again to send as a text file. Therefore, I am again sending the same as text file. Sorry for sending again thanks once again A. Hariharan SALIS ------------------------------------------ List of Indian Library and Information Science Periodicals Compiled by SALIS (Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science) Trichy Chapter Sl.No Title Address Frequency Annual Subscription Rs. 01. Annals of Library and Information Studies ISSN.0972-5423 Address: The Editor Annals of Library and Information Studies,NISCAIR,14. Satsung Vihar Marg. New Delhi - 110 067, Ph: (011) 26560141,26560143,2650189; Fax: (011) 2686 2228, Email: annals(a)niscair.res.in Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: Rs. 500.00 02 DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology ISSN.0971-4383 Address: The Editor Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) Metcafe House Delhi- 110 054 Ph: (011) 2381 9975 Fax: (011) 2381 3591 Email: dirdesidoc(a)vsnl.net Frequency: Bi-Monthly Subscription Amount:: Individual-150.00 Subscription Amount: Institution 450.00 03 Herald of Library Science ISSN. 0018-0521 Address: The Editor Herald of Library Science, C-239, Indira Nagar Lucknow- 226 016 Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 545.00 04 IASLIC Bulletin ISSN.0018-8441 Address: The Editor IASLIC Bulletin P291, CIT Scheme, No.6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkatta 700 054 Ph: 2352 9651 Email: iaslic(a)vsnl.net URL: http://www.iaslic.org Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: Institution-1200.00 (Free for Members) 05 ILA Bulletin ISSN.0970-4728 Address: The Editor Indian Library Association , A/40-41, Flat No.201,Ansal Building , Dr.Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi- 110 009 Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 750.00 (Free for Members) 06 Indian Journal of Information , Library and Society ISSN.0971-4286 Address: The Editor Bharati Publications Nua Shai Saraswati vihar PO-Naya bazzar Cuttack- 753 004 Orissa(INDIA) Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 455.00 07 Information Studies ISSN.0971-6726 Address: The Editor Ranganathan Centre fo Information Studies , C/O Saratha Ranganathan Endownment for Librray science , 702, Upstairs , 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560 010 Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 500.00 08 International Information Communication and Education Address: The Editor International Information Communication and Education (INICE), C239, Indira Nagar , Lucknow- 226 016 Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 450.00 09 Journal of Library and Information Technology (Previously Published as Library and Librarian) Address: The Editor C/o Dr.C.K.Sharma, Near Telephone Exchange, Sonda Road, Modinagar-201 204 Distt. Ghaziabad Frequency: Monthly Subscription Amount: 400.00 10 Journal of Library and Information Science Address: The Editor Central News Agency Private Limited 4E/15 Jhandewalan Extn.. New Delhi- 110 055 Ph: 011-41541111 Grams: AKHBARGAR Fax: (011) 23626036, Email: subs(a)cna-india.com http://www.cna-india.com Subscription Amount: 400.00 11. KELPRO Bulletin The General Secretary KELPRO Bulletin C/o Kerala University Library Thiruvananthapuram- 695 034 Frequency: Half Yearly Subscription Amount: 500.00 12. Library Herald ISSN. 0024-2292 Address: The Editor Library Herald, Post Box No 1270, Ranganathan Bhavan, C Block, Community Centre, Near CGHS Dispensary, Naraina Vihar , New Delhi- 110 028 Ph: (011) 25893507, Email: dla_39(a)yahoo.co.in Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 800.00 13. Lucknow Librarian Address: The Editor Utter Pradesh Library Association (Lucknow Branch), Post Box No. 446, Lucknow- 226 001 Frequency: Quarterly Subscription Amount: 300.00 14. 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SALIS-Anna University one day seminar on Future Libraries on 30.12.2006
by Arunachalam Hariharan 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

One day Seminar on Future Libraries Jointly Organized by University Library, Anna University & Society for the Advancement of Library & Information Science(SALIS)- Chennai Chapter Date: 30 December 2006 Venue :Vivekananda Auditorium, Anna University, Chennai 600 025 About the Seminar: Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes due to impact of globalization, economic competition and revolution of ICT. Internet, web resources, digital libraries, ICT tools and techniques, etc have made a significant change in the existing library system services. Library resources are being made available in a variety of medias and formats. Libraries are not in a position to subscribe print and e-resources for a variety of reasons and constraints. Technology, methods and procedures, standards, formats and medias, have been changing rapidly for creating, organizing, processing, storing and accessing the resources. It is a major challenge before the Librarians to cope with the new technological and digital challenges. On the other hand, the requirements of the users also change frequently due to information explosion/overload, proliferation, fusion and fission of new subjects and research areas. Accessing, filtering, evaluating the right information and provide to the right users is a major task of the future librarians. Objective: The objective of the seminar is to provide a platform for the participants to discuss, plan and prepare for the future libraries. Sub-themes of the Seminar:  Functions and services of future Libraries  Requirements of future users  Digital Libraries Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, OAI, Metadata  Content creation, Portal, Search Engines  Consortia, Management of Digital and Web Resources  ICT Implementation  Capacity Building Initiatives  Skills, Role, Challenges and opportunities of future Librarians  Threats  Preparing for the future Resource Persons: Senior Library professionals and experts from reputed institutions Target Participants : Library and Information Science(LIS) professionals working in Engineering, Arts & Science Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges, Research Institutions, Public Libraries, Corporate Bodies and Software Companies Registration Fee: Rs.250/- (SALIS Members, students and trainees) Rs.300/- non members Registration fee includes seminar kit, working lunch, tea and snacks. Spot registration will also be done Completed registration form can be sent to: Dr. K. Nithyanandam Organising Secretary & University Librarian, Anna University Chennai- 600 025. 22352174/22203336/22203406 Cell 09444337936/9841115092 k_nithyanandam(a)annauniv.edu One day Seminar on Future Libraries Registration Form 1.Name: 2.Designation: 3.Qualification: 4.Name of Organization: 5.Address for Communication: 6. Tel: Off: Res: 7. Cell: 8. E-mail: 9. Fax: 10. Fee Particulars: DD. No. Dated Amount (DD in favour of Director i/c, University Library, Anna University' payable at Chennai) Signature of the Participant Details about the seminar will be posted at: www.annauniv.edu/library http://autolib-india.net/salis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Salis_info E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index

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Fwd: [Asis-l] First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference CFP
by J. K. Vijayakumar 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

FYI. Rick Kopak <rkopak(a)interchange.ubc.ca> wrote: Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:57:13 -0800 From: Rick Kopak <rkopak(a)interchange.ubc.ca> To: asis-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference CFP First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007 WEBSITE: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/493 The Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that the first international PKP conference will be held from July 1113, 2007 in Vancouver. The conference will provide opportunities for those involved in the organization, promotion, and study of scholarly communication to share and discuss innovative work in scholarly publishing, with a focus on the contribution that open source publishing technologies (such as Open Journal Systems) can make to improving access to research and scholarship on a global and public scale. The conference will appeal to all those with an interest in the future of scholarly publishing community: software developers and technical support specialists; journal publishers, editors, and staff; librarians; and researchers in scholarly publishing. CALL FOR PAPERS Abstract Deadline (required): January 15, 2007 Paper and PowerPoint Submission (desired but not required for public posting): July 1, 2007 This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/submit.php . Presentations can include: Single papers (abstract max of 500 words) Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 500 words) Call for Papers Announcement The conference stream for those involved in the practices and study of journal publishing will focus on the following themes and topics: * Scholarly publishing in developing countries; * Open access and the academy: reforming and opening the peer review process, implications for academic freedom; * New journals, new models: the how and why of starting a new journal, new economic models for old journals, encouraging open data and related practices; * Promotion and growth: building readership, authorship, and reviewership; open access is public access - challenges and benefits; * Improving the features and design of publishing software The conference stream for librarians and information specialists will focus on the following themes and topics: * The role of libraries in supporting and developing emerging or alternate forms of scholarly communication, e.g., the library as publisher, implications for collections budgets and policies; * Incorporating and supporting open access publications as part of current collections and related services; * Using PKP software and related open source tools in libraries, e.g., best practices or case studies. The conference stream for open source software developers and other technical experts working with PKP software will address the following: * Understanding and working with PKP software and its plug-in architecture; * Building a PKP developers community including software contributions and collaborative projects; * PKP software development priorities and plans. ____ ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com FYI. Rick Kopak <rkopak(a)interchange.ubc.ca> wrote: Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:57:13 -0800 From: Rick Kopak <rkopak(a)interchange.ubc.ca> To: asis-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Asis-l] First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference CFP First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007 WEBSITE: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/493 The Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that the first international PKP conference will be held from July 1113, 2007 in Vancouver. The conference will provide opportunities for those involved in the organization, promotion, and study of scholarly communication to share and discuss innovative work in scholarly publishing, with a focus on the contribution that open source publishing technologies (such as Open Journal Systems) can make to improving access to research and scholarship on a global and public scale. The conference will appeal to all those with an interest in the future of scholarly publishing community: software developers and technical support specialists; journal publishers, editors, and staff; librarians; and researchers in scholarly publishing. CALL FOR PAPERS Abstract Deadline (required): January 15, 2007 Paper and PowerPoint Submission (desired but not required for public posting): July 1, 2007 This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/submit.php . Presentations can include: Single papers (abstract max of 500 words) Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 500 words) Call for Papers Announcement The conference stream for those involved in the practices and study of journal publishing will focus on the following themes and topics: * Scholarly publishing in developing countries; * Open access and the academy: reforming and opening the peer review process, implications for academic freedom; * New journals, new models: the how and why of starting a new journal, new economic models for old journals, encouraging open data and related practices; * Promotion and growth: building readership, authorship, and reviewership; open access is public access - challenges and benefits; * Improving the features and design of publishing software The conference stream for librarians and information specialists will focus on the following themes and topics: * The role of libraries in supporting and developing emerging or alternate forms of scholarly communication, e.g., the library as publisher, implications for collections budgets and policies; * Incorporating and supporting open access publications as part of current collections and related services; * Using PKP software and related open source tools in libraries, e.g., best practices or case studies. The conference stream for open source software developers and other technical experts working with PKP software will address the following: * Understanding and working with PKP software and its plug-in architecture; * Building a PKP developers community including software contributions and collaborative projects; * PKP software development priorities and plans. ____ ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Invitation for seminar on Semantic Web
by anand pandey 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 SEMINAR On Semantic Web and its role in meaningful information retrieval Currently, the resources available on the Web are mainly meant for human. The machine has only limited possibilities in using these resources. Search engines, instead of giving precise record in reply to a query, produce results with high recall. The Semantic Web is an innovative concept, to make data interpretable for computers. It gives the possibility of representing the data of the Web in a meaningful way. The focus of this seminar will be on Semantic Web and its related technologies as well its role in a meaningful information retrieval. Speaker : Anand Kumar Pandey Junior Research Fellow Date & Time : 11th December 2006, 2:00 PM Venue : DRTC Classroom All are cordially invited Professor and Head DRTC INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 SEMINAR On Semantic Web and its role in meaningful information retrieval Currently, the resources available on the Web are mainly meant for human. The machine has only limited possibilities in using these resources. Search engines, instead of giving precise record in reply to a query, produce results with high recall. The Semantic Web is an innovative concept, to make data interpretable for computers. It gives the possibility of representing the data of the Web in a meaningful way. The focus of this seminar will be on Semantic Web and its related technologies as well its role in a meaningful information retrieval. Speaker : Anand Kumar Pandey Junior Research Fellow Date & Time : 11th December 2006, 2:00 PM Venue : DRTC Classroom All are cordially invited Professor and Head DRTC http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Alliance for Taxpayer Access in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Friends: Here is a report from Peter Suber's blog written by Judea Franck of the Colorado State University. Please read it carefully and tell me should we delay formation of an Alliance for Taxpayer Access in India and fight for people's rights for open access to the results of taxpayer-funded research. Should we not persuade our parlimentarians to legislate open access to all publicly-funded research? Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------- The public interest in OA and FRPAA Judea Franck, Who should have access to federally funded research? Inside the 2006 Federal Research Public Access Act, Library Connection (from Colorado State University), Fall 2006. (Thanks to Jennifer McLennan.) Excerpt: Who should have access to federally funded research? Researchers? Professors? Students? Taxpayers? Should research findings be freely available on the Internet? What would be the impact if colleagues in all fields could exchange information with the click of a mouse and without the barriers of membership, subscriptions, or dues? These questions have recently been brought to the forefront by the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA).... After his experiences on the battlefields of World War I, Alexander Fleming made a shocking discovery-bacteria could be an even deadlier force than enemy artillery. In the startling conditions of trench warfare, infection caused 15 percent of war-related fatalities, or roughly 5.5 million out of 37 million total deaths. Fleming returned to his London laboratory driven to find some way to prevent these deaths. His pursuit eventually led to the discovery that mold, specifically penicillin, could kill bacteria....[W]hen Fleming published his findings in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1928, his work raised little interest and was nearly lost to scientific obscurity. It was not until 1938, ten years later, that British scientist Ernst Chain and Australian scientist Howard Florey rediscovered Fleming's article.... [I]n today's world, with information increasingly at one's fingertips, it is amazing to note that some of the very same barriers that resulted in the ten-year delay of penicillin research and countless other discoveries still exist.... Just imagine if Fleming could have sat down at a computer and told colleagues in England and beyond about the miracle mold that could knock out staph bacteria. In fact, the number of visitors to digital content on Web sites so far outnumbers traditional journal circulations that the potential to broadly, widely, and immediately impact the scientific community via publishing online is nearly limitless. Take, for example, the journal Science. Science is one of the most commonly cited journals and boasts 130,000 print subscriptions. Yet its Web site, which contains a mix of free and subscription-required portions, receives 1.8 million weekly visits.... [There] is a growing movement to grant taxpayers access to research that is funded with taxpayer dollars. Led largely by the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, an organization in which CSU is a founding member, the movement insists on developing open, online access to federally funded research. Its main advocates include universities, libraries, consumer groups, and perhaps most notably a long list of patient advocate groups including the Genetic Alliance, a coalition of 600 disease-specific organizations that advocates for better healthcare treatments. Sharon Terry became the coalition's president after she and her husband encountered astounding barriers to research literature that would help them understand the debilitating genetic disorder from which both of their children suffered. The Terrys worked around those barriers by volunteering at a hospital and gaining access to the hospital's library. Armed with the research that they were first denied, the Terrys became experts on their children's disorders and, working with a network of scientists, became co-discoverers of the gene responsible for the disorder. Although it is uncommon for lay individuals to make such a significant impact in the research community, 80 percent of taxpayers, according to a recent Harris interactive poll, support a right to "open access" and have a strong desire not necessarily to view research findings themselves, but rather to feel the real-world benefits reflected when their own doctors, pharmacists, and other practitioners have better access to cutting-edge discoveries.... Peter Suber's comment: This is one of the best articles I've seen on the public interest (as opposed to the self-interest of researchers as authors and readers) in OA and FRPAA. Friends: Here is a report from Peter Suber's blog written by Judea Franck of the Colorado State University. Please read it carefully and tell me should we delay formation of an Alliance for Taxpayer Access in India and fight for people's rights for open access to the results of taxpayer-funded research. Should we not persuade our parlimentarians to legislate open access to all publicly-funded research? Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------- The public interest in OA and FRPAA Judea Franck, http://lib.colostate.edu/about/news/library_connection/fall06.pdf Who should have access to federally funded research? Inside the 2006 Federal Research Public Access Act , Library Connection (from Colorado State University), Fall 2006. (Thanks to Jennifer McLennan.) Excerpt: Who should have access to federally funded research? Researchers? Professors? Students? Taxpayers? Should research findings be freely available on the Internet? What would be the impact if colleagues in all fields could exchange information with the click of a mouse and without the barriers of membership, subscriptions, or dues? These questions have recently been brought to the forefront by the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA).... After his experiences on the battlefields of World War I, Alexander Fleming made a shocking discoverybacteria could be an even deadlier force than enemy artillery. In the startling conditions of trench warfare, infection caused 15 percent of war-related fatalities, or roughly 5.5 million out of 37 million total deaths. Fleming returned to his London laboratory driven to find some way to prevent these deaths. His pursuit eventually led to the discovery that mold, specifically penicillin, could kill bacteria....[W]hen Fleming published his findings in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1928, his work raised little interest and was nearly lost to scientific obscurity. It was not until 1938, ten years later, that British scientist Ernst Chain and Australian scientist Howard Florey rediscovered Flemings article.... [I]n todays world, with information increasingly at ones fingertips, it is amazing to note that some of the very same barriers that resulted in the ten-year delay of penicillin research and countless other discoveries still exist.... Just imagine if Fleming could have sat down at a computer and told colleagues in England and beyond about the miracle mold that could knock out staph bacteria. In fact, the number of visitors to digital content on Web sites so far outnumbers traditional journal circulations that the potential to broadly, widely, and immediately impact the scientific community via publishing online is nearly limitless. Take, for example, the journal Science . Science is one of the most commonly cited journals and boasts 130,000 print subscriptions. Yet its Web site, which contains a mix of free and subscription-required portions, receives 1.8 million weekly visits.... [There] is a growing movement to grant taxpayers access to research that is funded with taxpayer dollars. Led largely by the http://www.taxpayeraccess.org Alliance for Taxpayer Access , an organization in which CSU is a founding member, the movement insists on developing open, online access to federally funded research. Its main advocates include universities, libraries, consumer groups, and perhaps most notably a long list of patient advocate groups including the http://www.geneticalliance.org Genetic Alliance , a coalition of 600 disease-specific organizations that advocates for better healthcare treatments. Sharon Terry became the coalitions president after she and her husband encountered astounding barriers to research literature that would help them understand the debilitating genetic disorder from which both of their children suffered. The Terrys worked around those barriers by volunteering at a hospital and gaining access to the hospitals library. Armed with the research that they were first denied, the Terrys became experts on their childrens disorders and, working with a network of scientists, became co-discoverers of the gene responsible for the disorder. Although it is uncommon for lay individuals to make such a significant impact in the research community, 80 percent of taxpayers, according to a recent Harris interactive poll, support a right to open access and have a strong desire not necessarily to view research findings themselves, but rather to feel the real-world benefits reflected when their own doctors, pharmacists, and other practitioners have better access to cutting-edge discoveries.... Peter Suber's comment: This is one of the best articles I've seen on the public interest (as opposed to the self-interest of researchers as authors and readers) in OA and FRPAA.

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Microsoft is going to release book search tool , a rival to google's book search
by Mailing List Manager 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:28:36 +0530 From: praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> *Microsoft debuts book search tool* *Anyone wanting to view an obscure tome from the vaults of the British Library will be able to look for it online from Thursday. * Microsoft is releasing its Live Search Books, a rival to Google's Book Search, in test, or beta, version in the US. The digital archive will include books from the collections of the British Library, the University of California and the University of Toronto. Books from three other institutions will be added in January 2007. *Search full text * All the books currently included in the project will be non-copyrighted but later it will also add copyrighted work that publishers have given permission to include in the project. "We feel very strongly about copyright. We don't do any mass scanning of in-copyright works," said Danielle Tiedt, the general manager of Live Search Selection for Microsoft. Initially the database of available books will be searchable from the book search engine's home page or as a category on the main Windows Live Search page. Later Microsoft plans to integrate all the books scanned into its general search engine. "What we are focusing more of our efforts on for live searching is integrating all of those content types together to give you the most relevant results. If, for example, it's a search on historical content, chance are the most authoritative content may be found in a books search," said Ms Tiedt. The system has a feature called "search inside a book" which will allow users to search the full text of books. "We've focused on making the search experience really impactful...People will have full access to all of the text," said Ms Tiedt. A separate global digital library plan by Google is also under way. The search giant is spending $200m (�110m) to create a digital archive of millions of books from four top US libraries. It is also digitising out-of-copyright books from the UK's Oxford University. In contrast to Microsoft Google's plans include adding both copyright and non-copyright books from participating institutions. Although only copyrighted books will be available to view in full text, its project has come under fire from the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild Source:BBC News 06/12/2006 ************************************************** praveen kumar veeramalla , Library,National Remote Sensing Agency. Hyderabad

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China invests heavily in scientific R&D
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

>From Businessweek China: A Rising R&D Power By the end of 2006, China will be the second-highest investor in research and development, according to OECD figures by Candace Lombardi By the end of 2006, China will be the second-highest investor in research and development, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The burgeoning economic powerhouse has rapidly increased the money and manpower being invested in R &D, and spending by government and businesses will reach more than US$136 billion in 2006, the OECD said Monday. For comparison, Japan, formerly the nation with the second-highest investment in research and development, will dole out US$130 billion this year, and the EU nations (including France, Germany and the U.K.) together will allocate US$230 billion. "The rapid rise of China in both money spent and researchers employed is stunning. To keep up, OECD countries need to make their research and innovation systems more efficient and find new ways to stimulate innovation in today's increasingly competitive global economy," Dirk Pilat, the head of the OECD's Science and Technology Policy division, said in a statement. The U.S. maintains a strong lead as the No. 1 spender on innovation at US$330 billion, but not as large a lead when it comes to personnel. China saw an increase in the number of researchers of 77 percent between 1995 and 2004. The country now has 926,000 researchers, compared with 1.3 million in the U.S., according to the OECD report, "Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006." As China has grown in leaps and bounds economically, it has also been gaining in outsourcing, patent portfolio evaluation, chip manufacturing, and even Internet usage, the report noted. The calculations on R&D were based on spending trends observed between 2000 and 2005, the OECD said. What is most notable, according to the report's authors, is the rate at which China's numbers are growing. Its R&D went from 0.6 percent of its GDP (gross domestic product) in 1995 to more than 1.2 percent in 2004. That doubling growth rate is faster than the rate of growth for China's entire economy. The OECD includes members from 30 democratic nations, including the U.S. Provided by ZDNet AsiaWhere Technology Means Business ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Learning Commons launches 'Copyright, copyleft and everything in between'
by vimal kumar 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Learning Commons launches 'Copyright, copyleft and everything in between'. This excellent project is a multimedia curriculum for youth on copyright alternatives in South Africa. It covers the social and economic impact of technology from an African perspective, focusing specifically on the origins of copyright and the impact of open source software and open content on African development. The materials have been released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike South Africa licence which enables you to freely copy and share the files, make derivatives (including translations) - even for commercial use. http://www.learningcommons.co.za/index.htm Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. Learning Commons launches 'Copyright, copyleft and everything in between'. This excellent project is a multimedia curriculum for youth on copyright alternatives in South Africa. It covers the social and economic impact of technology from an African perspective, focusing specifically on the origins of copyright and the impact of open source software and open content on African development. The materials have been released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike South Africa licence which enables you to freely copy and share the files, make derivatives (including translations) - even for commercial use. http://www.learningcommons.co.za/index.htm Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in Have a burning question? Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1… Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know.

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KALA Lectures
by M Krishnamurthy 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Dear Professional Colleague, I remind you that KALA has organised the following two lectures in collaboration with NCSI, IISc 1. Speaker 1: Mr Arthur Smith, Director, OCLC Topic: OCLC and WORLD CAT 2.Speaker 2: Mr Scott Wasinger, CEO, Net Library Topic: E-books and Net Library Date: 7th Dec 2006 at 4.00 PM Venue: Conference Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. PLEASE INFORM YOUR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS TOO. Goudar Prof. N.V. Joshi President, KALA Chairman, NCSI, IISc EC Members & Office Bearers, KALA M.Krishnamurthy *************************************** Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D Fulbright Scholar (University of Illinois, USA) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 www.isibang.ac.in/library Ph:91-80-8483002/3 Fax :91-80-28484265

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Digit Supplement on Google
by Farooque Shaheen 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Dear Professional, This month Digit magazine has come up with a supplement on Google. It'll help you to use google services more effectively. You may also find some books on the same topic in the market. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Dear Professional, � � � � � � � � � � � � � �This month Digit magazine has come up with a supplement on Google. It'll help you to use google services more effectively. You may also find some books on the same topic in the market. � � � � � � � � Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Higher education in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Friends: Here is an article from the International Herald Tribune on collegiate and university education in India. It says quoting a NASSCOM report, that only 10% of college graduates (and 25% of engineering graduates) are employable. I fully agree with that statement. Even century-old universities are in doldrums. Urgent refoerms are needed in the higher education sector. Let us hope the nowledge Commission comes up with some good and implementable ideas. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----------------------- For many Indians, higher education does more harm than good By Anand Giridharadas / International Herald Tribune Published: November 26, 2006 MUMBAI - It would seem a good time to be Kinjal Bhuptani. She is a college student studying business in the financial capital of one of hottest economies on earth. But she has no illusions of sharing in India's newfound prosperity when she graduates from Hinduja College this spring. While others land $100,000-a- year jobs at Goldman Sachs and Microsoft, she is more likely to make $4 a day selling credit cards door to door. Bhuptani's mistake, if you can call it that, was not getting into one of India's most elite universities, like the Indian Institutes of Management or Indian Institutes of Technology. Those who are admitted go on to enjoy big paychecks on Wall Street and to manage some of the world's largest companies. In the shadow of those elite institutions, most of the 11 million students in the 18,000 Indian colleges and universities receive starkly inferior training, heavy on obeisance and light on marketable skills, students, educators and business leaders say. All but a tiny handful of graduates are considered unemployable by top global and local companies. "We might as well not have studied," Bhuptani said. The Indian educational system is locking millions of students in the bottom berth of a two-tier economy, critics argue, depriving the country of the fullest expression of their talents and denying students a chance to share in the fruits of reform. The problem, experts say, is in a classroom environment that infantilizes students well into their mid-20s, emphasizing silent note-taking and discipline at the expense of analysis, debate and persuasion. Students at second- and third-tier colleges suffer not because of a dearth of technical ability or intelligence, critics note. Most simply lack the "soft skills" sought by a new generation of employers but still not taught by change-resistant colleges: the ability to speak crisp English with a placeless accent, to design and give PowerPoint presentations, to write in logically ordered paragraphs, to work collegially in teams, to grasp the nuances of leadership. "It's almost literally a matter of life and death for them," said Kiran Karnik, president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies, an influential trade body that represents many of India's leading employers. A study that the group published last year concluded that just 10 percent of Indian graduates with generalist degrees were considered employable by major companies, compared with 25 percent of engineers. "The university has become a placeholder," said Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a former Harvard professor who recently resigned in frustration from the National Knowledge Commission, a panel advising the Indian government on overhauling its education system. India is one of those rare countries where you become less able to find a job the more educated you get. College graduates suffer from higher jobless rates - 17 percent in the 2001 census - than high school graduates. But even as graduates complain of the paucity of jobs, companies across India lament a lack of skilled talent. The paradox is explained, experts say, by the poor quality of the undergraduate experience. India's thousands of colleges are swallowing millions of new students every year, only to spit out degree holders that no one wants to hire. The differences between elite colleges and those attended by the majority can be striking. St. Stephens College in New Delhi, one of the country's best-known colleges, counts among its alumni a well-known novelist (Amitav Ghosh), a top United Nations official (Shashi Tharoor), and a former president of Pakistan (General Muhammad Zia-ul- Haq), and offers an illustration, through contrast, of what lesser institutions lack. P. Jacob Cherian, the acting principal, said the essential difference was a focus on leadership and communication skills, neglected at most other institutions. As on leading Western campuses, the students have frequent chances to meet and attend speeches by prominent leaders. "It's when you practice the skills that you actually learn them," Cherian said. But outside elite enclaves like St. Stephens, tertiary education is an exercise in drudgery. Take, for example, Hinduja College in Mumbai. It is in one of India's richest enclaves, but it is a second-tier, no-name school, exemplifying a middling college experience. Between lectures, dozens of students swarmed around a reporter to complain about their education. "What the market wants and what the school provides are totally different," said Sohail Kutchi, a commerce student. The students said they were not learning to communicate effectively, even as mainstay activities in the Indian economy evolve from pushing papers to answering phones and making presentations. There were few chances to work in groups or hold discussions. And in this purportedly English-language college, the professors used bad grammar and spoke in thick accents. Education experts argue that students are also graduating without the ability to assess problems and find creative solutions, in large part because their professors encourage them to be meek and obsequious. "Out! Out! Close the door! Close the door!" a management professor barked at a student who entered his classroom at Hinduja two minutes late. A second student, caught whispering, was asked to stand up for the duration of class. At Hinduja, the mode of instruction is often more evocative of a communist re- education camp than a modern campus. That is bad news for Indian companies, which are on a hiring binge. Infosys, a leading outsourcing company, will take on 25,000 new people this year, from a pool of 1.5 million applicants. The rejected are likely to include many smart graduates who merely lack skills like communication, poise and global exposure, said Mohandas Pai, director of human resources at Infosys. "You might be very bright," he said, "but since you are studying in the vernacular you cannot speak good English. You are not taught presentation skills in your college, so you lose out." Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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collection of the papers of Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate
by Mailing List Manager 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:00:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Here is a news item I read and in a way it made me a bit sad. --- Papers of Harold Varmus The National Library of Medicine has released an OA collection of the papers of Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, former director of the NIH, president and director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and co-founder of the Public Library of Science. Sloan-Kettering has its own collection. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) --- Why am I sad? It is very good that whoever wants to read the papers of Prof. Varmus can read all of them in full text. That makes me happy. But what about the papers of the great scientists of India? For example, when are we going to digitize and make available through open access repositories the collected works of Srinivasa Ramanujan, C V Raman, Meghnad Saha, Satyen Bose, J C Bose, G N Ramachandran, C R Rao, C N R Rao and several others? Years ago, CSIR brought out the collected papers of Meghnad Saha in print. Indeed, INSA and IASc should join hands and digitize the collected works of all their Fellows - both current and past - and make them available through an interoperable repository. Also, Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Announcement of 5th International Convention CALIBER-2007
by K Prakash 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hello, Ok, thanks. Here is the required information. Theme: Information and Knowledge Management in Networked World Dates: 8-10th February, 2007 Venue: Panjab University, Chandigarh With best regards. Bye. ________________________________________________ K Prakash ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mankad, Manish" <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> To: "K Prakash" <prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in>; <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:11 AM Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Announcement of 5th International ConventionCALIBER-2007 > I have a suggestion. > > Please provide, the Location and dates of such events in the first line > itself. > The detailed email below does not indicate this obvious information. > > Regards. > > -MANISH MANKAD > Information services > > Tel: 080 39830958 > > Hindustan Lever Research Centre > 64, Main Road, > Whitefield > Bangalore, 560066 > INDIA

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