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Workshop On Open Source ILS
by Shilpa Lokhande 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Centre for Development for Advanced Computing (Formerly NCST) Gulmohar Cross Rd. No.9 Juhu, Mumbai 4 00 049 Is going to organise "A Two Day Workshop On Open Source ILS for Library Professionals: An Introduction" Date : November 29-30, 2006 Timings:10.00 hrs. to 17.00 hrs) Coverage of the Workshop: Introducing the concept of Open Source Features of Open Source ILS A full day Hands-on-session ILS. Registration Form A Two Day Workshop On Open Source ILS: An Introduction November 29-30, 2006 Registration Fees: Rs. 500/- Name: ______________________________________ Designation: __________________________________ Organization: _________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ ____________________________________________ Phone: ________________ Mobile: ________________ Email: ______________________________________ I enclose a cheque/ DD No.__________ for Rs. ______, in favour of C-DAC, Mumbai . Date: ________________ Signature: ______________ The number of participants will be limited to 20 to ensure individual attention. Registrations will be on first-cum-first-serve basis. Mail the completed registration form along with the registration fees to : The Librarian C-DAC (Formerly NCST) Gulmohar Cross Rd. No.9 JVPD, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049 Tel: 26201606, 26201574 Fax: 022-26210139, 26232195 Email: library(a)cdacmumbai.in Contact Persons: Truptee Shah / Savita Rao (Last date for receiving the registration form is November 26, 2006) (Please reply to this mail for pdf format of Registration form) Centre for Development for Advanced Computing (Formerly NCST) Gulmohar Cross Rd. No.9 Juhu, Mumbai 4 00 049 Is going to organise "A Two Day Workshop On Open Source ILS for Library Professionals: An Introduction" Date : November 29-30, 2006 Timings:10.00 hrs. to 17.00 hrs) Coverage of the Workshop: Introducing the concept of Open Source Features of Open Source ILS A full day Hands-on-session ILS. Registration Form A Two Day Workshop On Open Source ILS: An Introduction November 29-30, 2006 Registration Fees: Rs. 500/- Name: ______________________________________ Designation: __________________________________ Organization: _________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ ____________________________________________ Phone: ________________ Mobile: ________________ Email: ______________________________________ I enclose a cheque/ DD No.__________ for Rs. ______, in favour of C-DAC, Mumbai . Date: ________________ Signature: ______________ The number of participants will be limited to 20 to ensure individual attention. Registrations will be on first-cum-first-serve basis. Mail the completed registration form along with the registration fees to : The Librarian C-DAC (Formerly NCST) Gulmohar Cross Rd. No.9 JVPD, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049 Tel: 26201606, 26201574 Fax: 022-26210139, 26232195 Email: library(a)cdacmumbai.in Contact Persons: Truptee Shah / Savita Rao (Last date for receiving the registration form is November 26, 2006) (Please reply to this mail for pdf format of Registration form) 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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Google Launches Web Book Reader
by Farooque Shaheen 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Google launched a Web-based application for reading books digitized by the company's Book Search project. Like Google Maps and Gmail, the interactive tool works directly in a Web browser and supports zooming as well as a fullscreen mode. Books that are available through the search can still be downloaded in PDF format, but Google's online utility replaces the need for the bulky Adobe Reader. Users can switch to a two-page view that appears like a physical book, or read one page per screen like a standard Web page. Scrolling through the book is instant using the mouse. http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Launches_Web_Book_Reader/1164238467 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Google launched a Web-based application for reading books digitized by the company's Book Search project. Like Google Maps and Gmail, the interactive tool works directly in a Web browser and supports zooming as well as a fullscreen mode. Books that are available through the search can still be downloaded in PDF format, but Google's online utility replaces the need for the bulky Adobe Reader. Users can switch to a two-page view that appears like a physical book, or read one page per screen like a standard Web page. Scrolling through the book is instant using the mouse. http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Launches_Web_Book_Reader/1164238467 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India (P) Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Virtual Library
by T. B. Ghosh 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

The following URL may help the resaearcher and academics to find out information and other document. http://ghoshvlib.tripod.com/ T. B. Ghosh Librarian S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat - 395 007 (Gujarat) INDIA --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW The following URL may help the resaearcher and academics to find out information and other document. http://ghoshvlib.tripod.com/ http://ghoshvlib.tripod.com/ http://ghoshvlib.tripod.com T. B. Ghosh Librarian S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat - 395 007 (Gujarat) INDIA Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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other name for library
by mythili` krishnamurthy 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

The other equivalanrt name for Library will be NODAL LEARNING CENTER GYANA BHANDARA KNOWLEDGE SHARING CENTER Mythili.k M.Phil (Ph.d ) Librarian Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Bangalore-560 020 GYANA BHANDARA KNOWLEDGE SHARING CENTER Mythili.k M.Phil (Ph.d ) Librarian Seshadripuram Evening Degree College Bangalore-560 020

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The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries
by Thapar, Amit 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/ A blog from Nancy Dowd, marketer for the New Jersey State Library, which has done some amazing marketing (like the Superlibrarian campaign). She provides tips and links to interesting articles and presentations. The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/ http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/ A blog from Nancy Dowd, marketer for the New Jersey State Library, which has done some amazing marketing (like the Superlibrarian campaign). She provides tips and links to interesting articles and presentations.

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Paul Ginsparg on the value of open access archiving
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Friends: Please look up http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/26/38/9606 for a very interesting and informative article by open access pioneer Paul Ginsparg. You will realise how much scientists are missing by not yet making all their reserach papers open access and how much the progress of science is hindered by the indifference of policy makers who, in spite of much evidence, are not mandating open access for all research papers resulting from publicly-funded research. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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DELNET's Invitation
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

DELNET Developing Library Network cordially invite you and your colleagues to a lecture on Who Guards the Guards : Challenges and Strategies for Digital Preservation by Heather Brown Asst Director, Paper, Artlab Australia & Project Officer, State Library of South Australia, for University of South Australia Business Information Course on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Conference Room, DELNET JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj (Across Hotel Grand) New Delhi-110070 Tea : 2.30 pm RSVP : 32471010, 9810329992 ============================================================================= Do not live in the past, do not live in the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha (568-488 BC, Indian born, founder of Buddhism) ============================================================================= _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Urgent Need of GSDL Software
by Mailing List Manager 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:04:15 +0100 From: John Rose <johnrose(a)alumni.caltech.edu> Dear Mr Nath, There have been three Greenstone CD-ROMs issued by UNESCO, but you should get the most recent one with version 2.70 which can be obtained from Jean-Claude Dauphin at UNESCO <jc.dauphin(a)unesco.org>. Alternatively, you can download the most recent version, 2.71 from the Greenstone site at http://www.greenstone.org Please note that 2.71 is an "unstable" version which has many new functions but has not been completely debugged. The latest "stable" version is 2.70w (more recent than 2.70u on the UNESCO CD-ROM) which can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123 . The next stable version, 2.72, will be released around the end of 2006. It is very easy to update the version you are using by deleting the old one (keeping the existing collections) and installing the new one. Greenstone enables a very easy and complete conversion of CDS/ISIS databases, either "as is" (for publishing CDS/ISIS data only) or for building a digital library with the documents associated with CDS/SIS records. There is a guide for this at http://greenstone.sourceforge.net/wiki/gsdoc/others/CDS-ISIS_to_DL.doc . If you want to use version 2.71 for CDS/ISIS conversion (instead of using 2.70 or waiting for 2.72), there are a couple of fixes to be done, which I could provide. Finally, there is a South Asian Greenstone support effort whose website is http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in ; you can sign up for the discussion/help group for this effort on this site, and/or for the main Greenstone discussion groups on the main Greenstone site. Best regards, John Rose > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:14:36 -0800 (PST) > From: Kumar Amar Nath <karn190(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Urgent Need of GSDL Software > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > Dear All > please let me aware that how i can get the CD _Rom > version of GSDL Software any version. Actually I am > planning to make our library DIGITAL Library starting > from digital access of Article collection. It is > urgent please do the needfull. > > Kumar Aamar Nath > > Librarian > R& D Centre > HEG Ltd.Mandideep > Near Bhopal. > # 09424402359 John B. Rose 1 Bis, Rue des Châtre-Sacs 92310 Sèvres France Email: <johnrose(a)alumni.caltech.edu>

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msdewey: Human touch to search engine
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Dear Professionals, Search engine: Ms. Dewey -very interesting and funny search engine with Human touch.It's a flash based site with a real person constantly interjecting comments on your search with a lot funny expression and emotions. Something really funny, if you're idle on the page, you'll see ms Dewey knocking your monitor pointing you where you could possibly type in something to search. If you keep on idle, she'll then angry and then just giving up on you. http://www.msdewey.com/ -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear Professionals, Search engine: Ms. Dewey -very interesting and funny search engine with Human touch.It's a flash based site with a real person constantly interjecting comments on your search with a lot funny expression and emotions. Something really funny, if you're idle on the page, you'll see ms Dewey knocking your monitor pointing you where you could possibly type in something to search. If you keep on idle, she'll then angry and then just giving up on you. http://www.msdewey.com/ http://www.msdewey.com/ -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine : http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Library Officer - TCS Pune & Hyderabad positions
by k.satyanarayana＠tcs.com 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 120 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at Hyderabad (one position) & Pune (one position) Designation: ?Officer - Library & Information Centre? Last Date to Receive Applications: 4th Dec. 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.L.I.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc), MIM, MSc (ISc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Candidates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred. Knowledge of any foreign language (German, Spanish, Japanese) will be a plus. Job Description: The person would be a member of the Hyderabad / Pune library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services, housekeeping operations and circulation. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Interested candidates may email / post their resumes including complete academic records with percentage of marks, latest by 4th Dec. 2006, to For Hyderabad position, e-mail/contact Nagappa B. Branch Head - Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited Plot No. 1, Survey No. 64/2, Software Units Layout, Seri Lingampally Mandal, Hi-tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 081, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel. 91-40-6667 2533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com For Pune position, e-mail/contact Satyanarayana K V Branch Head - Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 54-B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate Pune - 411013 Tel. 91-20-6608 6454 Mailto: k.satyanarayana(a)tcs.com Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre". Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. ForwardSourceID:NT000377E2 =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Job Opportunity at Library & Information Centre (LIC) - Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Commencing operations in 1968, today TCS has a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries. TCS has one of the largest corporate library systems in India with 51 libraries located in 12 cities managed by 120 professionals. Backed with world class infrastructure facilities and high quality processes, TCS libraries offer a variety of information services in alignment to the business needs of the organization. TCS is looking for suitable candidates for the following position at Hyderabad (one position) & Pune (one position) Designation: “Officer - Library & Information Centre” Last Date to Receive Applications: 4th Dec. 2006 Qualifications & Experience: M.L.I.Sc/M.Sc (Lib.Sc), MIM, MSc (ISc)/ADIS or equivalent, with 0 to 3 years experience in library/documentation/information handling, preferably in corporate, scientific, technology environments. Candidates with a flair for IT and good communication skills will be preferred. Knowledge of any foreign language (German, Spanish, Japanese) will be a plus. Job Description: The person would be a member of the Hyderabad / Pune library team. His/her responsibilities would include handling electronic resources, web pages, information services, housekeeping operations and circulation. The person should be flexible to work at any of the locations within the city & carry out extended hours Key Responsibilities: Assist the branch libraries to achieve their objectives, namely: · Offer timely & relevant information services · Deliver housekeeping operations · Create and archive information assets · Provide uninterrupted library hours All positions are regular in nature & compensation will match the best in the industry Interested candidates may email / post their resumes including complete academic records with percentage of marks, latest by 4th Dec. 2006, to For Hyderabad position, e-mail/contact Nagappa B. Branch Head - Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited Plot No. 1, Survey No. 64/2, Software Units Layout, Seri Lingampally Mandal, Hi-tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 081, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel. 91-40-6667 2533/31 Mailto: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com For Pune position, e-mail/contact Satyanarayana K V Branch Head - Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services Limited 54-B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate Pune - 411013 Tel. 91-20-6608 6454 Mailto: k.satyanarayana(a)tcs.com Superscribe the envelope or mention in the subject line of the email as "Application for the post of Officer - Library & Information Centre". Please do not enclose photocopies of marksheets/certificates etc., now. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. ForwardSourceID:NT000377E2 =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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Lecture invitation
by srels 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Dear Moderator : Please announce the following invitation to a lecture organized by the SRELS, Bangalore. Thanking you, Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: (080) 23305109 Email: srels(a)vsnl.com ** *** ** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore Cordially invites you to a Special Lecture on VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICES by Prof. Achim Osswald Professor, Institute of Information Science, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany on Wednesday, 6th December 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 Email: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Moderator : Please announce the following invitation to a lecture organized by the SRELS, Bangalore. Thanking you, Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: (080) 23305109 Email: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com ** *** ** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore Cordially invites you to a Special Lecture on VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICES by Prof. Achim Osswald Professor, Institute of Information Science, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany on Wednesday, 6th December 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 Email: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com

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After CAS - Where is Parity
by ANIL SINGH 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Dear Friends, UGC has given CAS for librarians vide its notification dated 19 Oct 2006. From this notification, it seems that no advance increaments will be given to Assistant Librarians who joined the profession with PhD. And there is also no provision of giving two increaments for those who completed their PhD in service. In the case of Lecturership if someone has PhD before joining the service, he/she will get the senior scale after 4 years of service. But ALs whether they have the PhD or not, all will get the senior scale after six years of service. This anamoly shows that there is still no parity between librarians and teachers and we must raise this issue with UGC in collaboration with different library associations working in India. Anil Singh Division of Library, Documentation and Information National Council of Educational Research and Training Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: rathoreas(a)hotmail.com; dr_anilsingh(a)rediffmail.com Mobile: 98911-37368 Phone: 26560620-305 (Extn.) Eat well and eat right. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENIN/2731??PS=47575 Get tips on nutrition from Naini Setalvad

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Slideshare: Share your slides online
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Dear Professionals, Slideshare an ingenious tool for publishing/viewing slides online, It is like a YouTube for your Presentations, ...................More helpful . Get email notification when people comment on your slideshows You can get an RSS feed for a particular user on SlideShare. Now you can bookmark slideshows that you want to remember. See this e.g: 1. koha------http://tinyurl.com/yn43pg 2. Web 2.0 In Medicine & Library 2.0′03:20 11/22/2006, David Rothman, teaching/training, technology, web applications, --http://tinyurl.com/yabd5x -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear Professionals, Slideshare an ingenious tool for publishing/viewing slides online, It is like a YouTube for your Presentations, ...................More helpful . Get email notification when people comment on your slideshows You can get an RSS feed for a particular user on SlideShare. Now you can bookmark slideshows that you want to remember. See this e.g: 1. koha------http://tinyurl.com/yn43pg 2. Web 2.0 In Medicine & Library 2.0′03:20 11/22/2006, David Rothman, teaching/training, technology, web applications, -- http://tinyurl.com/yabd5x -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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The OA - open source software connection
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

>From Peter Suer's blog Open source science: solutions from outsiders Martha Lagace, Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation, Working Knowledge, November 20, 2006. An interview with Karim Lakhani, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School. (Thanks to John Russell.) Excerpt: In a perfect world, scientists share problems and work together on solutions for the good of society. In the real world, however, that's usually not the case. The main obstacles: competition for publication and intellectual property protection. Is there a model for encouraging large-scale scientific problem solving? Yes, and it comes from an unexpected and unrelated corner of the universe: open source software development. That's the view of Karim R. Lakhani, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School with an extensive research background in open source software communities and their innovation and product development strategies. His latest research analyzes how open source norms of transparency, permeable access, and collaboration might work with scientists. What he and his coauthors discovered: "broadcasting" or introducing problems to outsiders yields effective solutions. Indeed, it was outsiders --those with expertise at the periphery of a problem's field-- who were most likely to find answers and do so quickly. The study and its findings are described in his paper "The Value of Openness in Scientific Problem Solving," coauthored with Lars Bo Jeppesen, Peter A. Lohse, and Jill A. Panetta. It describes how broadcast search was used with 166 distinct scientific problems from the research laboratories of twenty-six firms from ten countries over a four-and-a-half year period. Problems involved everything from biotech to consumer products and agrochemicals.... Q: What is different about problem solving in the open source and science communities? A: Open source software developers are very pragmatic and focused on solving problems. Scientists are focused on problems too, but their priority is often publication and that can sometimes come in the way of openness and sharing. The ideals of science are, of course, openness, sharing, and no restrictions on the free flow of knowledge, but in practice that doesn't happen much at all. Some scientists, however, are pushing back and many say they need to rethink how they conduct science.... Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Library name
by Balesh Kumar 21 Nov '06

21 Nov '06

Dear sir, Other names of library can be 1. Learning Resources Center 2. Resources and Information Center Regards Balesh Kumar Librarian Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal Haryana --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear sir, Other names of library can be 1. Learning Resources Center 2. Resources and Information Center Regards Balesh Kumar Librarian Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal Haryana Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Fwd: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Awards for STUDENTS - Final call
by J. K. Vijayakumar 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

FYI Vika Kravchyna <vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:48:14 -0500 From: "Vika Kravchyna" <vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com> To: <asis-l(a)asis.org>, <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <sigiii-l(a)asis.org> Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Awards for STUDENTS - Final call ** Please forgive duplicate postings ** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG III) is pleased to announce that for 2007 we will be able to sponsor a group of deserving information science PhD and Masters students who STUDY and RESIDE in developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships. We are soliciting nominations of student candidates for the InfoShare Student Membership Award. Please send recommendations of deserving students to Vika Kravchyna (vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com) Please include a Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG III officers at the end of 2006. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: - sharing ASIS&T publications that you receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among your colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to your area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in your area on behalf of ASIS&T - organize student chapters and keep in touch with other student chapters around the world We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help. Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send your nominations to Vika Kravchyna (vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com) Deadline for all nominations is December 15, 2006. Best wishes, Vika Kravchyna ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new house payment FYI Vika Kravchyna <vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:48:14 -0500 From: "Vika Kravchyna" <vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com> To: <asis-l(a)asis.org>, <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, <sigiii-l(a)asis.org> Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Awards for STUDENTS - Final call ** Please forgive duplicate postings ** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG III) is pleased to announce that for 2007 we will be able to sponsor a group of deserving information science PhD and Masters students who STUDY and RESIDE in developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships. We are soliciting nominations of student candidates for the InfoShare Student Membership Award. Please send recommendations of deserving students to Vika Kravchyna (vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com) Please include a Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG III officers at the end of 2006. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: - sharing ASIS&T publications that you receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among your colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to your area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in your area on behalf of ASIS&T - organize student chapters and keep in touch with other student chapters around the world We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help. Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send your nominations to Vika Kravchyna (vika.kravchyna(a)arius3d.com) Deadline for all nominations is December 15, 2006. Best wishes, Vika Kravchyna ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies Blog http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9132-16414&moid=4116 Calculate new house payment

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Other name of the Library
by sankar p 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Dear Professionals Kindly give suggestions to the other name of the Library. Like that Knowledge Centre, Learning Centre, Learning Information Centre.. Thanks Sankar Librarian. sankarmp17(a)yahoo.com Yours Sankar P. --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Dear Professionals Kindly give suggestions to the other name of the Library. Like that Knowledge Centre, Learning Centre, Learning Information Centre.. Thanks Sankar Librarian. sankarmp17(a)yahoo.com Yours Sankar P. http://www.storage4all.com/uploads/60a158c834.gif Check out http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43257/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

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Urgent Need of GSDL Software
by Kumar Amar Nath 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Dear All please let me aware that how i can get the CD _Rom version of GSDL Software any version. Actually I am planning to make our library DIGITAL Library starting from digital access of Article collection. It is urgent please do the needfull. Kumar Aamar Nath Librarian R& D Centre HEG Ltd.Mandideep Near Bhopal. # 09424402359 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510k for $1,698/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre

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MyDLIS, MyLISA, and KALA - Library Week Celebrations
by mkumbar＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

As a part of National Library Week (Nov 14-20, 2006), MyDLIS (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore) in collaboration with MyLISA (Mysore Library and Information Scientists Association, Mysore) and KALA (Karnataka Library Association) had organized a talk on Books Speak by Prof. Lingadeveru Halemane, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore on November 16, 2006 at 4.30 PM. It was organized at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore. Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane, a linguist, writer and an eminent theatre personality delivered a lecture on the occasion. He began his speech by how he decided the topic for the talk. He said the topic of the occasion was derived from Safdar Hashmi s (A playwright and a father of Indian street play) Kitabein, a poem on importance of books in life. Prof. Lingadevaru has taken the audience for an intellectual journey with his vast experience and eloquent speech on the topic and linking the topic from literature post-modernism and to the developmental journalism. He spoke about the emergence of Readers Response Theory in the context of post-modernism and its influence in changing the path of the writings of the future. He shared his 15 years of experience with Literacy Mission and stressed the need for creating a literate society that enables to do value judgment in society. Prof. Halemane criticized the compartmentalized curricula based education system, because of its limitations to expand the knowledge base of the students. The emergence of interdisciplinary subjects in all branches of knowledge demands for the attitude for cutting across the barriers of curriculum. Further he said in spite of Internet, the popularity of books is not diminishing. He cited the example of jointly concluded Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany and the success of the book industry with all the technological advancement. Finally he concluded saying that Books are the only best companion and direct the right path in our life. Prof. Shalini Urs, President, MyLISA was present and spoke on this occasion. She said since the inception of MyLISA various activities are being conducted. She spoke about the importance of National Library Week and its celebrations in India. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman of the Department welcomed the gathering, Dr.N.S Harinarayana of the Department introduced the chief guest, Mr. M.V.Sunil, Secretary, MyLISA proposed the vote of thanks and Dr.M. Chandrashekara, Reader in the Department anchored the program. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Reader and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore 570 006

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Need articles (Sushant T. Yaragatti)
by Mailing List Manager 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:51:46 +0530 (IST) From: Sushant Yaragatti <sushant_ty(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends, Prof. Srinivas from Maharanis Science College, Mysore is in need of these articles for his project. Kindly forward this WORD/PDF version to his mail ID given below. mscwns(a)yahoo.com Following are the list of articles..... List of Journals Journal of Geophysical Research SL.No.VolumePageYear 19414661-146721989 210110839-108471996 3932461-24731988 4883869-end of article1983 Geophysical Research Letters SL.No.VolumePageYear 1202315-23181993 2202299-23021993 38927-end of article1981 48923-end of article1981 5254047-40501998 Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physic SL.No.VolumePageYear 152695-7051990 247835-8441985 356321-3351994 Advances in Space Research SL.No.VolumePageYear 114161-1641994 24175-1861984 310219-2281990 42021�.or so. �Universal and diurnal variations of mesospheric fields� By Zadorozhny and Tyutin 1997 Annales Geophysical or so. �Ann. Geophys� SL.No.VolumePageYear 1Not Known1544-15511998 Regards, Sushant T. Yaragatti Librarian, Christ Junior College, Bangalore-29. Ph.No.: 9343575517 email: sushant.yaragatti(a)gmail.com

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Why open access? Tim Brody answers
by Mailing List Manager 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:49:38 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Here is a short piece by Tim Brody of the University of Southampton. A strong arguement indeed in favour of mandating open access to all research, especially publicly funded research. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------- Open access and science I've been asked to contribute to a 'focus' section on open access: More precisely, do you think that open-access publication speeds up scientific dialog between researchers and, consequently, should be extended to the whole scientific literature as quickly as possible? Do you really think that Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? If yes, what are, according to you the main consequences on communication between scientists? For details, visit, http://oapeon.blogspot.com/2006/06/open-access-and-science.html

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Fwd: ETD2007 Conference in Uppsala, Sweden - Call for papers
by Mailing List Manager 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:40:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> --- Eva Müller <eva.muller(a)UB.UU.SE> wrote: > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:43:55 +0100 > From: Eva Müller <eva.muller(a)UB.UU.SE> > Subject: ETD2007 Conference in Uppsala, Sweden - > Call for papers > To: JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > From ETD2007 Conference Committee - etd2007(a)ub.uu.se > > Call for papers - ETD2007 > > 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses > and Dissertations > Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2007 > http://epc.ub.uu.se/ETD2007/ > ETD2007 - Added Value for E-theses

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Call for Paticipation at the International Workshop on Digital Library at Kolkata
by Arup Raychaudhury 20 Nov '06

20 Nov '06

International Workshop on Research Issues in Digital Libraries (in co-operation with ACM SIGIR) December 12-15, 2006, Kolkata http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwridl ========================================================================= We are pleased to inform you that we are going to organize an International Workshop on Research Issues in Digital Libraries in co-operation with ACM SIGIR, from 12th December to 15th December, 2006 in Kolkata, India. Contributors/Speakers: ---------------------- Karen Sparck Jones Hiromichi Fujisawa Donald H. Kraft Joemon M. Jose Carol Peters Prateek Sarkar George Nagy Hsin-Hsi Chen Stephen M. Griffin Norbert Fuhr Richard Wright Michael S. Hart Henry S. Baird Ian H. Witten William I. Grosky Michael J. Kurtz Stephen Robertson Christian Fluhr Gerard Huet Gabriella Pasi Michel Beigbeder Noriko Kando Brigitte Grau Edward A. Fox Topics: ------- http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwridl/program.html Indexing and retrieval techniques Cross-lingual information retrieval XML retrieval Natural language processing Multimedia indexing and retrieval Document image processing Evaluation methodology eBooks and society Registration: ------------- http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwridl/online.html Registration Fees: Indian participants International participants >From Academia: INR 4,000 From SAARC countries: USD 100 >From Non-Academia: INR 10,000 Others: USD 250 All SIGIR members are eligible for the academic registration rate. Please register online at http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwridl/online.html. Organizers: ----------- Indian Statistical Institute Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur -- Arup Raychaudhury _____________________________________________________________ Indian Statistical Institute |Phone: 91-33-2575 2106/2100/2118 203 B.T. Road | Kolkata 700 108 |Fax : 91-33-2578 1412 INDIA | _____________________________________________________________

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Google puts a face on Google Apps
by dibya pradhan 19 Nov '06

19 Nov '06

Dear professional Google puts a face on Google Apps Start Page to aggregate e-mail, calendar, and IM This week, Google will put a face on Google Apps for Your Domain, released as beta last August, when it unveils Start Page, a customizable home page for single users and organizations that will aggregate all of the Google applications. Just like Google Apps, the Start Page will also be hosted by Google and like the Apps, it will allow organizations to brand the Start Page as their own. (http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/13/HNgooglestart_1.html?source=NLC-S… Regards. Dibya Kishor Pradhan NIT, Rourkela Dear professional Google puts a face on Google Apps Start Page to aggregate e-mail, calendar, and IM This week, Google will put a face on Google Apps for Your Domain, released as beta last August, when it unveils Start Page, a customizable home page for single users and organizations that will aggregate all of the Google applications. Just like Google Apps, the Start Page will also be hosted by Google and like the Apps, it will allow organizations to brand the Start Page as their own. (http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/13/HNgooglestart_1.html?source=NLC-S… Regards. Dibya Kishor Pradhan NIT, Rourkela 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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Open Educational Resources
by Indira K. 18 Nov '06

18 Nov '06

Dear All, UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) are holding an Internet discussion forum to focus on the findings and conclusions from a draft OECD study on Open Educational Resources. The forum will be organized in three week-long sessions: a.. Week 1 (13-19 November): What do we know about users and producers of OER? b.. Week 2 (20-26 November): What are the motives or incentives and barriers for individuals and institutions to use, produce and share OER? c.. Week 3 (27 November - 1 December): What are the policy implications and the most pressing policy issues at institutional, regional and national level coming out from this study? http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23365&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumshome.php?queryforums_id=3 http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,2340,en_2649_33723_35023444_1_1_1_1,00.ht… Regards, Indira -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science Academic Wing ICFAI University 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500 082. Dear All, UNESCOs International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the OECDs Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) are holding an Internet discussion forum to focus on the findings and conclusions from a draft OECD study on Open Educational Resources. The forum will be organized in three week-long sessions: Week 1 (1319 November): What do we know about users and producers of OER? Week 2 (2026 November): What are the motives or incentives and barriers for individuals and institutions to use, produce and share OER? Week 3 (27 November 1 December): What are the policy implications and the most pressing policy issues at institutional, regional and national level coming out from this study? http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23365&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23365&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumshome.php?queryforums_id=3 http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumshome.php?queryforums_id=3 http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,2340,en_2649_33723_35023444_1_1_1_1,00.ht… http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,2340,en_2649_33723_35023444_1_1_1_1,00.ht… Regards, Indira Ms. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science Academic Wing ICFAI University 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500 082.

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