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Journals in the Time of Google
by vimal kumar 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

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Google Custom Search Engine
by ramshirish.m＠tcs.com 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Dear All Google has introduced a tool that allows websites and blogs to offer visitors a cutomised version of its search engine, narrowing down its vast index so the results are more relevant for users. URL: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ regards ramshirish *********************** Ramshirish Mamidala Tata Consultancy Services Library and Information Centre Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Kondapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== 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 Dear All Google has introduced a tool that allows websites and blogs to offer visitors a cutomised version of its search engine, narrowing down its vast index so the �results are more relevant for users. URL: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ regards ramshirish *********************** Ramshirish Mamidala Tata Consultancy Services Library and Information Centre Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Kondapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== 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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123rd Monthly Meeting of RRC on 28th October, 2006
by Puna Das 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

We have the pleasure to announce the 123rd Monthly Meeting of RRC on 28th October, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: NASSDOC, 35 Firoze Shah Road (near Mandi House), New Delhi-110001 Topic: Journal Subscription : Pros and Cons Speaker: Sh. Sanjeev Puri, Director, Central News Agency Pvt. Ltd. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager, Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Ph. 0124-2578715, 09350880165 __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science - Announcement -reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Professional colleagues and friends, I am very happy to inform you that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is being in the process of publishing a peer reviewed journal with international coverage called âSALIS Journal of Library and Information Scienceâ (ISSN 0973-3108) from the calendar year 2007 onwards. It is an an Official Journal of SALIS which will be published as quarterly. I express my sincere thanks to Dr.Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT for accepting our request to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief for the journal. Many leading Library and Information Science professionals and experts in our country and also abroad have accepted our invitation to serve members of the Editorial Advisory Board. I also express my sincere thanks to them. The coverage of the journal is given below: Coverage: Library principles, practices and administration, TQM, benchmarking, trends and developments, policy formulations and issues, LIS services, metric and user studies, evaluation of library and information systems, services and products, LIS education and training, web based information services, information literacy, information and knowledge management, IPR, ICT applications, e-resources and e-services, metadata creation and standards, search engines, subject gateways and data mining, digital initiatives, standards, preservation and conservation strategies, open source initiatives, content development and e-publishing, human resource development, knowledge skills and capacity building initiatives I request all our professional colleagues and friends in India as well as in abroad to contribute your research work for publication in the journal . I also seek your support, views, opinions, suggestions, etc to make this journal as one of the best in our field. Kindly send your research work for publication to: Dr. Harish Chandra Editor-in-Chief SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India Ph: 91-44-22574951 e-mail: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in The Other details of the journal are given below. Kindly send a mail if you need printed journal brochure. Thanking you. A.Hariharan President SALIS hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOurnal Brochure ----------------------------------- SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science ISSN 0973-3108 An Official Journal of SALIS Published by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Scope: To disseminate latest developments, research activities, important work done in the field of Library and Information Science and Technology(LIST) and also to exchange knowledge, experience, issues and solutions among professionals and other interested groups. Coverage: Library principles, practices and administration, TQM, benchmarking, trends and developments, policy formulations and issues, LIS services, metric and user studies, evaluation of library and information systems, services and products, LIS education and training, web based information services, information literacy, information and knowledge management, IPR, ICT applications, e-resources and e-services, metadata creation and standards, search engines, subject gateways and data mining, digital initiatives, standards, preservation and conservation strategies, open source initiatives, content development and e-publishing, human resource development, knowledge skills and capacity building initiatives. Contributions: Articles are invited based on research work, case studies, practical applications, report of important projects, short communications, etc. Authorâs Responsibilities: Copyright: Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should have not been published previously or submitted elsewhere for consideration to any other publication at the same time. An undertaking has to be signed by the author that the article submitted is not an infringement of any existing copyright and the author will indemnify the publisher against any breach of any existing copyright. Each article should accompany a prescribed journal article form duly completed and signed by the author. Manuscript Guidelines: Manuscript in English should be in triplicate and typed in MS-WORD with double spacing, wide margins, and on one side of an A4-size bond paper. All submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter giving affiliation and full address, e-mail, telephone, of all the authors. The length of the article should not exceed 5000 words or 8 (eight) pages. Title : Should be concise, specific and complete Abstract: Maximum 200 words highlighting the significance of the research, scope, methodology, and conclusion Keywords: Up to 8 (eight) Table: Must be numbered consecutively in Roman numerals Figures: Must be numbered consecutively in Indo-Arabic numerals. Charts/graphs/line drawings in jpeg formats at least 300 dpi resolution and 10 cm wide References: Chicago style (15th Ed.) Examples: Book: Davis, Paul. The Fifth Miracle: The search for the origin of life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Journal: Burnett, Kathleen and Eliza T. Dresang. âRhizomorphic Reading: The Emergence of a New Aesthetic in Literature for Youth.â Library Quarterly 69 (October 1999 ): 421-45. Reference list in author-date style Journal: Burnet, Kathleen, and Eliza T. Dresang. 1999. Rhizomorphic Reading: The Emergence of a New Aesthetic in Literature for Youth. Library Quarterly 69 (Oct.): 421-45. Book: Davis, Paul. 1999. The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. Submission: Final version of manuscript should be submitted as an e-mail attachment. The author should ensure that the article is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. All permissions that may be required to reproduce illustrations or previously published materials or to cite unpublished data or personal communications should accompany the manuscript in writing. Major changes are rarely permitted after an article has been accepted. Authors are advised not to submit the downloaded papers. The Publisher/Editorial Board reserves the right of addition, deletion, alteration and rejection of the articles without any prior intimation to the author(s). Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in www.harishchandra.com Co Chief Editor Dr. S. Muralidhar, Scientist âEâ, CVRDE (DRDO), Chennai saramurali(a)yahoo.com Editorial Advisory Board Dr. Jagdish Arora Librarian & National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium IIT Delhi jarora(a)library.iitd.ac.in Dr. A. Amudhavalli Professor & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chennai amudha75(a)yahoo.com Mr. Jay Bhatt Information Services Librarian (Engineering) Hagerty Library, Drexel University, U.S.A. jay_bhatt_98(a)yahoo.com Prof. Pieter A. Van Brakel Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa, vanbrakelp(a)cput.ac.za Mr. Prakash Chand Coordinator, CSIR E-Journals Consortium NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi prakashc(a)niscair.res.in Dr. Rajwant S. Chilana Associate Professor of Library Administration and South Asian Studies Librarian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, USA, rchilana(a)gmail.com Prof. Robert Davison Dept of Information Systems City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong isrobert(a)cityu.edu.hk Dr.G.E.Gorman, FCLIP, FRSA, Professor, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Gary.Gorman(a)vuw.ac.nz Prof. C.R.Karisiddappa Chairman, DLIS, Karnataka University, Dharwad kasiddappa(a)gmail.com Dr. H.K. Kaul Director, DELNET, Delhi, hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in Prof. I.V. Malhan Head, DLIS, University of Jammu, Jammu imalhan_47(a)rediffmail.com Mr. Allireza Noruzi Faculty Member, DLIS, University of Tehran, Iran nouruzi(a)gmail.com Prof. B.S. Nigam Head, DLIS, MCRP University, Bhapal NOIDA Campus, D12A Sector 20, NOIDA-201301 profbsnigam(a)rediffmail.com Prof. Edward Proctor Electronic Resources Librarian & Associate Professor of Library Science Missouri State University, USA edwardproctor(a)gmail.com Prof. Pravakar Rath Head, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com Dr. A. R. D. Prasad Associate Professor DRTC, Bangalore ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Prof. N. Laxman Rao DLIS, Osmania University, Hyderabad naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Mr. Reyaz Rufai Librarian, University of Kashmir, Srinagar rufai(a)kashmiruniversity.net Dr. Shalindra Kumar Reader, DLIS, Delhi University, Delhi shail3(a)yahoo.com Dr. Diljit Singh Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur diljit(a)um.edu.my Prof. Jagtar Singh DLIS, Punjabi University, Patiala jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Dr. S. Surianarayanan Librarian, S.P.K College, Alwarkurichi tvl_avittam(a)sancharnet.in Prof. M. Suriya Head, DLIS & Librarian, Annamalai University au_suriya(a)rediffmail.com Prof. VG Talwar DLIS, University of Mysore muvgt(a)yahoo.co.in Mrs. Pradeepa Wijetunge, Director, NILIS,University of Colombo, Sri Lanka director_nilis(a)yahoo.com Associate Editors Mr. Jesudas Manalan Librarian, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchi Mr. L. Parisutharaj Librarian, NIT, Tiruchi Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha Librarian, MSSW, Chennai Mrs. Lata Suresh Librarian, IIHM, Jaipur Editorial Assistance Mr. K. Karunairaghavan Mr. Sanjay Kataria Mr. P. Panneerselvam Mr. S. Pasupathy Mr. C. R. Sekar Mr. G. C. Shivakumar Periodicity: Quarterly Annual Subscription Rs. 1000 For institution Rs. 750 For members and individuals US$ 250 (Foreign) Please visit http://autolib-india.net/salis to get full details about the journal, instructions to the author, subscription details, declaration by the author etc. or send mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in or contact (Tel) 91-44-2252 2448/4201 4772 All correspondence regarding submission of manuscripts, publication, book reviews, forthcoming professional events and advertisements should be addressed to: Dr. Harish Chandra Editor-in-Chief SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India Ph: 91-44-22574951 e-mail: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in URL: http://www.harishchandra.com Printed and Distributed by Murugan Magazine Distributors, Mumbai Payment and subscription enquiries should be addressed to: M/s Murugan Magazine Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 209, Keytuo Industrial Estate, Kondivita Road, MIDC, Andheri(E), Mumbai â 400 059, India Tel: 91-22-66776777; Fax: 91-22-66776888 E-mail: murugan(a)murugan.in www.murugan.in Managing Editor and Publisher A.Hariharan President, SALIS B2-Solai Apts (Opp.to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai â 600 089 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Library success: A best practice wiki
by Mailing List Manager 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:12:56 +0100 (BST) From: Mallikarjun <mallikarjun23j(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends We all have heard and know about Wikipedia and its success , There is one wiki in our field also and it is highly informative, Library success: A best practice wiki It is onestop shop for all information in our field http://libsuccess.org/ Thanks Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) IIM,Kozhikode ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://mallikarjunlis.blogspot.com/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues Please read the conference year as February 21-23, 2007 (instead of 2006) in the last posting for Call for Papers. Best regards ARD Prasad ------------------------------------------- > LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration > > International Conference on > Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) > > February 21-23, *2006* 2007 ------------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:35:22 +0530 (IST) > From: "Dr. A.R.D. Prasad" <icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007 > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > <28921.210.212.206.68.1161576322.squirrel(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this reminder] > > ==================================================== > LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration > > International Conference on > Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) > > February 21-23, *2006* 2007 > > Documentation Research & Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India > ============================================================= > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > *** Paper Submission Date: October 31, 2006*** > > ***Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007*** > > ==== INTRODUCTION ==== > > The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented > challenge to information professionals in generating efficient > information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the > digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information > and this has led to a demand for organized information services and > resulted in digital library and institutional repositories. > > Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content > and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized > resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much > research interest and aims at efficient information representation and > retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations > for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient > knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research in > Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different areas > differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in the > area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in > Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic. > Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic > Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine interaction. > > Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical > Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge > organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form > of Prof. S.R. Ranganathans faceted approach to classification. In > recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to practical > modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at DRTC has > experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) > techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic > classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the > Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI > announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. > The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of > Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. > > ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== > > Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those > mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers > based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme > of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in > the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission > instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also > on the conference website. > > > The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes through > tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and presentations. > Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to deliver theme > papers > and invited talks on select topics. > > INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS > ---------------------- > Papers should not exceed eight (12) pages and have to follow the ICSD-2007 > formatting guidelines (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/guidelines.html) > Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as MS_WORD (or Open Office > WORD) > and PDF via e-mail to the following address: > > icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with CC to icsd2007(a)gmail.com > > At least one of the authors of the accepted article has to be registered > for the conference before the delivery of the camera-ready paper. > Otherwise the article will not be included in the proceedings. > > ==== THEMES ==== > > The conference is based on two broad themes viz. Semantic Web and Digital > libraries > and the convergence of both the technologies: > > Digital Libraries: > ------------------ > * Open Access to Information. Open Standards and Open Source Tools > for OA > * Digital Libraries Development > * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories > * Digital Resource Management strategies > * Content Development: Policies > * Content development: tools and techniques > * Technology issues in Digital Services > * Design of Digital Information Services > * Digital Resource Organization > * Retrieval issues in digital environment > * Standards and specifications for digital objects > * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks > * Varied media and format resources > * Multilingual Digital Libraries > * Patron interaction and facilitation tools > * Digital Library applications and case studies > * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies > * Long Term Digital Preservation > * Digitization best practices > > Semantic Web: > ------------- > * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval > * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies > * Architecture for Semantic Web > * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools > * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval > * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services > * Vocabulary and taxonomy development > * Methodologies for ontology development > * Best-practice examples and case studies > * Tools for ontology development, analysis and comparison > * Comparison and evaluation of ontologies > * Ontology management, maintenance, versioning > * Methodologies for ontology merging, alignment, and integration > * Applications of Semantic Web > * Semantic Web technologies and Digital Libraries > * Semantic Markup: Languages and techniques > > Any other topics under the two broad themes. > > ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== > > Paper Submission > > * Submission of full paper with abstract: October 31 , 2006 > * Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 > * Submission of CAMERA-READY papers, incorporating comments: December > 31, 2006 > > Registration > > * Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007 > * Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards > > ==== REGISTRATION ==== > > * Early Bird Registration: (January 01, 2007) > ------------------------ > Rs. 4000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > * After January 01, 2007: > Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > * Tutorial: > --------- > Rs. 1000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > > ==== CONTACT & ENQUIRIES ==== > > Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) > Associate Professor, > Documentation Research and Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, > 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 > Karnataka, INDIA > Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 > Fax : 91-80-28484265 > Email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > icsd2007(a)gmail.com (in CC) > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 43, Issue 25 > ***************************************** >

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informationliteracy
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 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 Access Institutional Repositories with NewGenLib
by L J Haravu 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Friends A movie file which demonstrates how ICRISAT, an international agricultural research centre, creates its OAI-PMH compliant open access repository using NewGenLlib may be seen at http://www.kiikm.org/icrisat_open_archive.wmv Either click the URL in this submission or copy the URL to your browser to view or save the file before viewing it. Haravu

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Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era
by Harish Chandra 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr. P.Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai www.harishchandra.com Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr . P . Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at mailto:hchandra@iitm.ac.in hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai http://www.harishchandra.com www.harishchandra.com

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Vacancy announcement
by msnraj 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 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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Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this reminder] ==================================================== LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) February 21-23, 2006 Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India ============================================================= http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Paper Submission Date: October 31, 2006*** ***Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007*** ==== INTRODUCTION ==== The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented challenge to information professionals in generating efficient information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information and this has led to a demand for organized information services and resulted in digital library and institutional repositories. Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much research interest and aims at efficient information representation and retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research in Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different areas differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in the area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic. Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine interaction. Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form of Prof. S.R. Ranganathans faceted approach to classification. In recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to practical modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at DRTC has experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also on the conference website. The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes through tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and presentations. Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to deliver theme papers and invited talks on select topics. INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS ---------------------- Papers should not exceed eight (12) pages and have to follow the ICSD-2007 formatting guidelines (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/guidelines.html) Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as MS_WORD (or Open Office WORD) and PDF via e-mail to the following address: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with CC to icsd2007(a)gmail.com At least one of the authors of the accepted article has to be registered for the conference before the delivery of the camera-ready paper. Otherwise the article will not be included in the proceedings. ==== THEMES ==== The conference is based on two broad themes viz. Semantic Web and Digital libraries and the convergence of both the technologies: Digital Libraries: ------------------ * Open Access to Information. Open Standards and Open Source Tools for OA * Digital Libraries Development * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories * Digital Resource Management strategies * Content Development: Policies * Content development: tools and techniques * Technology issues in Digital Services * Design of Digital Information Services * Digital Resource Organization * Retrieval issues in digital environment * Standards and specifications for digital objects * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks * Varied media and format resources * Multilingual Digital Libraries * Patron interaction and facilitation tools * Digital Library applications and case studies * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies * Long Term Digital Preservation * Digitization best practices Semantic Web: ------------- * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies * Architecture for Semantic Web * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services * Vocabulary and taxonomy development * Methodologies for ontology development * Best-practice examples and case studies * Tools for ontology development, analysis and comparison * Comparison and evaluation of ontologies * Ontology management, maintenance, versioning * Methodologies for ontology merging, alignment, and integration * Applications of Semantic Web * Semantic Web technologies and Digital Libraries * Semantic Markup: Languages and techniques Any other topics under the two broad themes. ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== Paper Submission * Submission of full paper with abstract: October 31 , 2006 * Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 * Submission of CAMERA-READY papers, incorporating comments: December 31, 2006 Registration * Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007 * Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards ==== REGISTRATION ==== * Early Bird Registration: (January 01, 2007) ------------------------ Rs. 4000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * After January 01, 2007: Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * Tutorial: --------- Rs. 1000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) ==== CONTACT & ENQUIRIES ==== Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) Associate Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 Fax : 91-80-28484265 Email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in icsd2007(a)gmail.com (in CC) *******************************************************************

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Darwin goes open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Friends: Here is a story from Guardian Unlimited that should warm the hearts of scientists and open access champions! The entire works of Charles darwin including pictures are now available open access. Arun ------------ Darwin's entire works go online Ian Sample, science correspondent Thursday October 19, 2006 The Guardian A missing notebook clutched by a Shropshire lad who circumnavigated the globe, returned to Britain, and demolished the Victorian hubris that humans stood alone as the pinnacle of creation is published for the first time today. The original notebook, which documents Charles Darwin's observations throughout his five-year voyage to the Amazon, Patagonia and the Pacific aboard HMS Beagle, is presumed stolen, but using a microfilm copy, Cambridge University scientists today make it available free online, along with the entire works of the scientist credited with the most important advance in science of the past 300 years. The collection brings Darwin's breathtaking range of writing together for the first time, with 50,000 pages of searchable text, and tens of thousands of images, many from previously unpublished manuscripts, together with notebooks, diaries and original publications such as The Origin of Species, The Voyage of the Beagle (the Journal of Researches) and The Descent of Man. Audio versions of key works will be free to download at the project website, darwin-online.org.uk. "Nowhere possesses this complete collection. It's a complete run of his papers which has never been assembled in any form anywhere," said John van Wyhe, director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online project. Randal Keynes, Darwin's great, great grandson, told the Guardian the project fulfilled the Darwin family's long-standing aim to have all of the scientist's work available for everyone. ___________________________________________________________ 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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Is India a threat to US domination in technology?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Friends: Here is what a US expert thinks about China and India as threats to the US domination in technology. He says we have a poor government in India, our education system (barring a few exceptions) is no good and our infrastructure is crumbling. Should we not do something to improve? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- In his recent book, "Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East", Clyde Prestowitz quotes a Chinese friend: "We've had a couple of hundred bad years, but now we're back." Yet shrugging off the burden of history is not so easy, particularly when, as recently as 1966-76, the brightest and sparkiest people were dumped in labour camps. The Chinese have been able to turn their country into a manufacturing giant because of their willingness to work harder and longer; but turning it into a service giant, let alone an innovation hub, will require different qualities. China's biggest problem is a culture of deference--a culture that was refined by the mandarin tradition and then reinforced by the Communist Party. For many Chinese it is bad form to question superiors. So far, China has been much more adept at borrowing other people's ideas than producing its own, particularly when it comes to high-level innovation. But there are plenty of other problems, ranging from poor English-language skills to weak intellectual-property rights. Many Western companies are rightly nervous about developing new products in a country where ideas are routinely stolen. India's difficulties have more to do with another intractable problem: poor government. The country's infrastructure is crumbling and the education system is hugely uneven. The Indian Institutes of Technology are very good at producing a highly educated elite, but run-of-the-mill colleges are often of poor quality. The result is graduate unemployment of 17% at a time when the high-tech economy is booming. ___________________________________________________________ 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] Declining Reading Habits
by librarymahad 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear all, In my past experience as a Librarian in GIDC Rofel Institute Of Management Studies I have seen that reading habit of the students is also markably declined. I have found the probable reasons also. 1) They were getting ready-made notes, data, projects, etc. which are available in the markets. It is also pretty clear that when students are getting their required in ready made form, they are not willing to read books and prepared notes from those. Which we used to do. Reading various types of books and getting the best of books for any answer to a question. 2) They are so burdened with lots of activities in the Study period that they were not willing to read books from where they can prepared notes. 3) Some are so lazy that at the time of examination they only want the READY MADE. The other thing we also think about the decline of reading habit is the TV programme. I have seen that the house wifves who used to read 5 or 6 novel in a week from a particular library are not at all visiting the library. I wanted to know the cause. The simple answer now we are not getting time because of TV Soaps. I partially agreed that the reading habit is declined for more use of internet information or e-book. But how many of general people is able to effort for that? We are really using that but in which way that is being used and useful? Who are the person using those? Those all have to be consider in your survey. Regards, Wish you all a very Happy Dipavali!!! Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. Sr. Librarian & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining Reading Habits Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read. What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining. Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader's requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just-in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707

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Programme on Information Literacy and Promotion of Reading Habits for Corporation School Students - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear All, As you may aware that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is organizing many programmes for the Corporation School Children since 2003 through its various chapters to promote reading habits and also to motivate the students to use the Library. SALIS is organizing similar programmes in this year also as part of National Library Week Celebrations. The details of the programmes are given below: Objective of the Programmes: 1. To promote Information Literacy/Reading Habits of Corporation School Children Programme Type: Speech Competition Topics: 1. Role of Libraries in Nation Building (OR) 2. Role of Libraries in Career Development of Students Eligibility: Students of Corporation Schools studying IX, X, XI and XII standards. Fee: No Fee Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Preliminary Round : 05.11.2006 â 09.30 A.M Time : 5 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 FINAL Round: Date: 12.11.2006 Time: 9.30 A. Time: 10 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 A panel of judges will select the winners based on the following criteria 1. Oratory Skill 2. Body Language 3. Contents Prizes: First prize : Books worth Rs.1000/- (minimum) Second prize: Books worth Rs.750/- Third prize : Books worth Rs.500/- The winners will receive the above prizes during the National Library Week Celebrations between 14th and 20th, November 2006 at Chennai The date & time of the function will be intimated to the winners to receive the prices. For further details of the programme and registration of names, kindly contact: Mr. P.Panneer Selvam Programme Co-ordinator SALIS Chennai Chapter B2- Solai Apartments (Opp to MGR garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai â 600 089 e-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.com cell: 9841103912 All are cordially invited for the programme. Kindly inform the same to all the concerned. . Thank you. Wish you all a very HAPPY DEEPAVALI & RAMZAAN ---------------------------------------------------- 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Reading habit
by Mailing List Manager 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:24 +0530 From: Rafiq <rafiq.ansari(a)timesgroup.com> Dear All, We are debating a very subjective issue. People not coming to Library and not borrowing books in no way indicate decline in reading habits. Reading today has shifted from print to electronic. Downloading e-books or taking print out of searched pages from the Internet is as good as physically borrowing books from the Library. In the present milieu (though it has always been so), the world is a university where learning is online. And no learning is possible without reading; I repeat reading - be it physical or online. The crux of the issue, nevertheless, is that "Reading is Living", and a person who does not read dies before time, he may be physically alive, though. So let's strive to promote "reading habit" per se rather than wasting efforts in finding results of surveys indicating that the reading habit is declining. Regards, Rafiq Ansari Senior Manager - Library Television Division The Times of India Group Mumbai Tel - (022) 24810633 rafiq.ansari(a)gmail.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. [truncated]

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Request for article
by Yashwant G Kanade 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Dear Moderator, Could you please arrange to send this information through LIS-FORUM? With Best Regards Dear Sir, Can you Please check if the following article can be made available. Its urgently required. I can arrange for funds to pay for it as well. Friend, A. D. and A. White (2000). "Evaluation and analysis of a dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model under preindustrial conditions at the global scale." Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14(4): 1173-1190. Thanking you rajiv -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @ces.iisc.ernet.in, and is believed to be clean.

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PubFocus - a tool for statistical analysis of Medline indexed articles.
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Just came to know about a tool called PubFocus. This would be useful for those having interest in statistical analysis of published articles in Medline. http://www.pubfocus.org/ "Pubfocus performs statistical analysis of the MEDLINE/PubMed search queries enriched with the additional information gathered from journal impact factor database and forward referencing database. PubFocus outputs basic statistical information on publication trends, publishing journals and most prolific authors including separate analysis of the first authors (commonly most contributing scientists) and last authors (commonly principal investigators)." Just tried out, it takes lot of time. But since it is free without any alternative - it is worth it. --Sukhdev Singh, http://indmed.nic.in NIC. New Delhi.

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Declining Reading Habits
by Parinita Samant 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read. What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining. Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader's requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just-in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** Declining Reading Habits Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read . What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining . Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader ’ s requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just- in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************

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OA and librarians!
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:58:38 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >From Peter Suber's blog Providing OA to library literature Dorothea Salo, Open access to the library literature, Caveat Lector, October 17, 2006. Excerpt: Im shocked that nobody is calling me names. Instead, a productive discussion is starting about open access to the library literature.... [T]he costs and benefits of open access apply to us librarians too. We certainly have overpriced journals and trade publications. We certainly have journals that sold out and saw their prices soar. We certainly have journals and trade publications that ask us to sign ridiculous copyright-transfer agreements.... [T]heres more value for us, in the long run [in providing OA to library literature] --its called eating our own dog food. We cant reasonably go out and evangelize self-archiving to faculty when we arent doing it ourselves. We cant evangelize open-access journals when we dont publish in them.... I mean, our very own guidebooks militate against open access! I was reading the publication chapter in The Successful Academic Librarian last week (ambitious, thats me) when I ran smack into (paraphrased) There are open-access journals, but they arent well-known, so most librarians consider them dubious publication outlets at best. Oh, great; thanks ever so, O Molder of the Mind of the Young. That isnt even true, for $DEITYs sake! Find me a techie librarian who doesnt know about D-Lib and Ariadne. One. So what is a librarian who publishes in the library literature to do? At a minimum, I suggest the following: * Read all copyright transfer agreements. Its flat-out irresponsible not to. If you dont like what youre reading, ask if thats the only agreement available, and be prepared to detail your concerns. * For those agreements that do not appear to allow self-archiving or do not address self-archiving, ask the editor May I self-archive this paper? Editors and publishers need to hear that their authors want to do this; we mustnt let publishers hide behind but our authors dont care! Just asking the question is not going to kill your acceptance chances (especially if you ask this after your paper is accepted!). * Whenever possible, submit your work to an existing open-access journal. Gold-OA has a chicken-and-egg problem; authors wont submit to OA journals unless other authors do, and Molders of the Minds of the Young wont give credence to OA journals until they know people (good people!) who publish in them. We dont necessarily need to start more OA library journals. We need to utilize the ones we do have fully. (That said watch this space.) * Know OA resources in our field. Use them, and point other librarians to them. Im at DLIST all the time these days. Want to go a little further? There are ways.... [PS: Here cutting six good suggestions; see the whole post.]

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OA progressing well in Europe
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:43:41 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> More on DRIVER Tracey Caldwell, Europe starts to build an Open Access information network, Information World Review, October 17, 2006. Excerpt: The EU is to network research papers across Europe to create a free public information resource. The Driver project will use simple internet-based infrastructures to make accessible scientific and technical reports, research articles, experimental and observational data, rich media and other digital objects. The European Commission's research infrastructure unit will fund the 18-month project. During this time Driver (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research) will prepare for the future expansion and upgrade of the infrastructure across Europe and aim to ensure the widest possible user involvement. Ten international partners are supporting the project. Driver will help countries to create networks of open access (OA) repositories. It will build on existing institutional repositories and networks from countries including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK.... Open access commentator Peter Suber welcomed the launch: "This is big. It should greatly increase the number of OA institutional repositories. Its testbed will demonstrate powerful new services, enticing universities to make their research output available to these services through local incentives to deposit. And it should make it much easier for public funding agencies in European countries to mandate OA archiving for all the research they fund." (From Peter Suber's blog)

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More libraries in North America join OCA
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:21:35 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> New contributors to the Open Content Alliance The Boston Library Consortium, Indiana University, University of Alberta, University of Georgia, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have joined the Open Content Alliance. - From Peter Suber's blog. ----- Many large university (and public) libraries in the west are joining hands with either the Open Content Alliance or Google to digitize their huge collections, especially books. Indian libraries with unique collections (in Indian languages) will do well to join this movement. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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universal open access to neuroscience literature
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:04:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> OA to neuroscience literature Alexei Koudinov and Svetlana Nekrasov, Developing Universal Open Access to Neuroscience Literature, a presentation at the Neuroscience 2006 conference (Atlanta, October 14-18, 2006). Also see Alexei's blog notes on the presentation. - From Peter Suber's blog. ---- When will Indian neuroscientists (and other biomedical researchers) satrt self-archiving their papers? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 7 for free download
by Farooque Shaheen 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and made it available for free download at the Internet Explorer 7 site(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx). IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6, and offers tabbed browsing, an anti-phishing toolbar, a redesigned interface, and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls. It's Microsoft's first launch of an all new browser since the release of IE6 in 2001. The launch comes days after the Release Candidate 3 (RC3) release of Firefox, which has a similar feature set to Internet Explorer. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and made it available for free download at the Internet Explorer 7 site(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx). IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6, and offers tabbed browsing, an anti-phishing toolbar, a redesigned interface, and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls. It's Microsoft's first launch of an all new browser since the release of IE6 in 2001. The launch comes days after the Release Candidate 3 (RC3) release of Firefox, which has a similar feature set to Internet Explorer. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Job Vacancies - Geneva and Nairobi - ind
by Tomas Allen 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Sorry for cross postings and for those interested, please contact the agencies directly Tomas Job posting - Library and Information ManagementOfficer/Systems Librarian International Labour Organization Vacancy Notice No: 2006/38 Deadline for applications: 17 November 2006 Currently accepting applications Grade: P-3 Contract type: Fixed-term appointment Duty Station: Geneva Headquarters Switzerland https://erecruit.ilo.org/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?o_c=2000&intra=1… The Bureau of Library and Information Services is mandated to provide relevant and up-to-date information and information services to ILO constituents and staff, researchers, practitioners, and the general public. The incumbent of this post reports to the Senior Systems Librarian Job posting Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) Technical Officer Level L 2 Duration of contract 1 year, Renewable (Subject to availability of funds) Duty Station Nairobi Date of Issue 15 October 2006 Date of closure 15 November 2006 Organizational Unit United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Remuneration; Depending on professional background, experience and family situation, a competitive compensation and a benefits package offered. http://www.unep.org/vacancies/PDF/OARE.pdf Overall responsibility Within the cluster of the Sergio Vieira de Mello UN library, the Technical Officer will be responsible for technical support to the OARE Project (Online Access to Research in the Environment) including liaison with external partners, UNEP regional and country offices, participating country institutions, Yale University, WHO-HINARI, and FAO-AGORA administration team. _________________________________________________________________ Try Search Survival Kits: Fix up your home and better handle your cash with Live Search! http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improve&locale=…

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