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Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences, 09-18 Jan 2006, MPISS, Ujjain
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences As a part of its ongoing programmes, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (MPISSR) is organising a ten-day Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences between January 9 and January 18,2007. The objective of the training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer and its usages, the Workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniquesdescriptive and inferential statistics using Frequency, Mean, cross-tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by the group. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free accomodation. The Participants will be charged a fee of Rs 800 in case of teachers; Rs 400 for PhD students with fellowship; Rs 200 for PhD students without fellowship. Selected participants may have to deposit Rs 800V- as earnest money, which is refundable only after full attendance in the Course. Interested candidates may submit their applications by November 15, 2006 to the Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain 456 010. SOURCE: University News, Vol. 44 (41), Oct 09-15 2006, pp.27 Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Why keep checking for Mail? The all-new Yahoo! Mail shows you when there are new messages. Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences As a part of its ongoing programmes, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (MPISSR) is organising a ten-day Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences between January 9 and January 18,2007 . The objective of the training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer and its usages, the Workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniquesdescriptive and inferential statistics using Frequency, Mean, cross- tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by the group. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free accomodation. The Participants will be charged a fee of Rs 800 in case of teachers; Rs 400 for PhD students with fellowship; Rs 200 for PhD students without fellowship. Selected participants may have to deposit Rs 800V- as earnest money, which is refundable only after full attendance in the Course. Interested candidates may submit their applications by November 15, 2006 to the Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain 456 010. SOURCE: University News, Vol. 44 (41), Oct 09-15 2006, pp.27 Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu/ www.tiss.edu Why keep checking for Mail? The http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42242/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail shows you when there are new messages.

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Update on ""Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India""
by Thomas Abraham 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Here is an update on the details pertaining to the "Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India". As per decisions taken here, the following amendments have been made to the earlier announcement. 1. No Registration Fee will be charged for attending the workshop. 2. The last date for receiving online application has been extended to 1st November 2006. This is for your kind information. Please pass this information on to other colleagues. Please Visit the Website. Project Website :http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ Workshop Website:http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in India, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - No registration fee. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 1st November 2006. Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165 Here is an update on the details pertaining to the "Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India". As per decisions taken here, the following amendments have been made to the earlier announcement. 1. No Registration Fee will be charged for attending the workshop. 2. The last date for receiving online application has been extended to 1st November 2006. This is for your kind information. Please pass this information on to other colleagues. Please Visit the Website. Project Website : http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ Workshop Website: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in India, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - No registration fee. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 1st November 2006. Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: mailto:sjpi@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165

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Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar
by anitha mk 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear members, This is to inform you that NCSI-NET, an association comprising of staff, students and alumni of NCSI, is organizing the second national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of final year/semester Library and Information Science course or its equivalent. The details of the seminar are given below. Seminar Title : Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Competencies for the budding Information Professionals in the Digital Era Date: November 11, 2006 (Saturday) Venue: National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Target audience: Students of the final year/semester of Masters in Library & Information science course or its equivalent Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the budding professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to our LIS profession. The present Seminar will give the students an overview of Designing the Library Websites for maximum usability and Effective Web searching. There will be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. Registration fee: Rs. 150/- We are not making any arrangements for accommodation. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc, in the workshop web site in due course of time. Last date for registration: November 2, 2006. More details about the registration can be found at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html Kindly bring this to the attention of the students in your department and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also give an opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other universities and with professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc Thanking You, Yours sincerely, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators  � Dear members, � This is to inform you that NCSI-NET, an association comprising of staff, students and alumni of NCSI, is organizing the second national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of final year/semester Library and Information Science course or its equivalent. The details of the seminar are given below. � Seminar Title�� : Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Competencies for the budding Information Professionals in the �� Digital Era � Date:�� November 11, 2006 (Saturday) � Venue:�� National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 � Target audience:� Students of the final year/semester of Masters in Library & Information science course or its equivalent � Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the budding professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to our LIS profession. The present Seminar will give the students an overview of Designing the Library Websites for maximum usability and Effective Web searching. There will be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. � Registration fee:� Rs. 150/- � We are not making any arrangements for accommodation. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc, in the workshop web site in due course of time. � Last date for registration: November 2, 2006 . More details about the registration can be found at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html � � Kindly bring this to the attention of the students in your department and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also give an opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other universities and� with professionals working in the industry and academia. � For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop � Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc � Thanking You, � Yours sincerely, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators � � �

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interesting news: "A 'library' to preserve species"
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A 'library' to preserve species " Full story: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… ====================================================================== Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A 'library' to preserve species " Full story: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… ====================================================================== Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu/ www.tiss.edu Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42974/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview Check it out.

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Article request
by A. B. NAIKAL 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear all, Greetings from S. P. Jain Center of Management, Singapore. One of our student need below mentioned 2 articles for his project work. If anybody is subscribing to these journals, kindly send me a soft copy of the same. Thanks in advance for your kind help. 1. Title: A Delphi Forecast for the Singapore Tourism Industry: Future Scenario and Marketing Implications Author(s): Yeong Wee Yong, Kau Ah Keng, Tan Leng Leng Journal: European Journal of Marketing ISSN: 0309-0566 Year: 1989 Volume: 23 Issue: 11 Page: 15 - 26 Pub: MCB UP Ltd. 2. Title:The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources Author: Butler, R.W. (1980), Journal: Canadian Geographer, Vol 31 (1) With Regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian S P Jain Center of Management Singapore --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. Dear all, Greetings from S. P. Jain Center of Management, Singapore . One of our student need below mentioned 2 articles for his project work. If anybody is subscribing to these journals, kindly send me a soft copy of the same. Thanks in advance for your kind help. 1. Title: A Delphi Forecast for the Singapore Tourism Industry: Future Scenario and Marketing Implications Author(s): Yeong Wee Yong, Kau Ah Keng, Tan Leng Leng Journal: European Journal of Marketing ISSN: 0309-0566 Year: 1989 Volume: 23 Issue: 11 Page: 15 - 26 Pub: MCB UP Ltd. 2. Title: The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources Author: Butler , R.W. (1980), Journal: Canadian Geographer, Vol 31 (1) With Regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian S P Jain Center of Management Singapore How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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10th Anniversary Version of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Version 64 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,780 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html This is the 10th anniversary version of SEPB, whose first version was published in October 1996: http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/01/sepb.html The PDF version of SEPB is produced annually. The 2005 PDF file is available (Version 60, published 12/9/2005). http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/60/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm The Open Access Webliography (with Ho) complements the OAB, providing access to a number of Websites related to open access topics. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/cwb/oaw.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The 2005 annual PDF file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 210 pages long. The PDF file is over 560 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries E-Mail: cbailey(a)uh.edu Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others)

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Opening for Junior Officer at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise - Chennai
by om prakash ram 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear all,We are looking for full time Junior Documentation officer (Male Candidates only) at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise, ChennaiQualification:Masters Degree in Library and Information Science / Documentation with at least 55%Should have very good communication skillsGood at using MS Office toolsKnowledge in using Digital library software / systemsExperience in Archives Management DesirableMinimum One-year experienceSalary 8K PMInterested Candidates may come for a walk in interview on 29th October 2006 between 10 AM to 3 PM at below given address.HSBC, Ground Floor,No.30, Rajaji SalaiChennai - 600001Land Mark: Opposite to Beach Railway Station.Good Luck!!!Warm Regards,Omprakash Ram044-25252169\"The more you love what you are doing, The more successful it will be for you\". ~ Jerry Gillies Dear all, We are looking for full time Junior Documentation officer (Male Candidates only) at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise, Chennai Qualification: Masters Degree in Library and Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% Should have very good communication skills Good at using MS Office tools Knowledge in using Digital library software / systems Experience in Archives Management Desirable Minimum One-year experience Salary 8K PM Interested Candidates may come for a walk in interview on 29th October 2006 between 10 AM to 3 PM at below given address. HSBC, Ground Floor, No.30, Rajaji Salai Chennai - 600001 Land Mark: Opposite to Beach Railway Station. Good Luck!!! Warm Regards, Omprakash Ram 044-25252169 "The more you love what you are doing, The more successful it will be for you". ~ Jerry Gillies 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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OutsourcingNewsclippings
by B sridhara 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear colleagues, We are interested to outsource our News clippings service and looking for Delhi based people/company. Job involves, 1. Scanning and editing 15-20 news per day 2. Conversion of images to Tif,Jpeg etc 3. Naming of images/news according to our well defined format. 4. Converting images into pdf text readable 5. Converted pdf images into single file(Just like e-book) 6. E-mail to at least more than 100 address 7. Finally entering data and uploading into our news clipping database. For further information regarding this can contact me through mail (This may including your manpower your hardware software etc) If anybody know who are involved in such activites may pl be informed to them. Warm regards Sridhara B Scientist DESIDOC Dear colleagues, We are interested to outsource our News clippings service and looking for Delhi based people/company. Job involves, 1. Scanning and editing 15-20 news per day 2. Conversion of images to Tif,Jpeg etc 3. Naming of images/news according to our well defined format. 4. Converting images into pdf text readable 5. Converted pdf images into single file(Just like e-book) 6. E-mail to at least more than 100 address 7. Finally entering data and uploading into our news clipping database. For further information regarding this can contact me through mail (This may including your manpower your hardware software etc) If anybody know who are involved in such activites may pl be informed to them. Warm regards Sridhara B Scientist DESIDOC 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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RE: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits
by Aman Jha 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

This I believe may not be true. I think exposure to digital media has diverted the attention of print media readers towards digital media reading/viewing. I don't think reading habbit has declined at all. Well, you can say 'reading habbit has changed'. If this is the case then there shoule not be anything to surprise. Because the whole world is changing, Economy is shifting towards developing countries. Knowledge generation and flow of information are happening more in India and China and other emerging economies. This I am saying because 94 per cent of the economic growth of a country is due to growth in knowledge generation and dissemination. And if knowledge generation and information dissemination is more in India, that means there are more users/readers. "Nobel laureate economist Robert Solow showed that seven-eighth of the growth of US from 1900 to 1950 was accounted for by technical progress, while only one-eighth was driven by capital. A study by Denison, of factors contributing to the growth of the US economy from 1929 to 1982, attributes 94 per cent of that growth to factors relating to knowledge generation and dissemination: 64 per cent of this is linked to advances in knowledge generation (i.e. R&D) and another 30 per cent to advances in education. By one recent estimate, 50-60 per cent of all industrial output is based on information." [Quoted from 'India vision 2020: the report'] Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-4014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Parinita Samant Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM To: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Importance: High Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. 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 . ************************************************************************ *************************************************** DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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concerns of libraries and librarians
by Enukonda Rama Reddy 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- 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 Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 mailto:enukondar@yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:enukondar@gmail.com enukondar(a)gmail.com 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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Declining reading habits
by Parinita Samant 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. 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, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, a nd why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this – any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. [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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Very good article on Actionable URLs (Dlib October 2006)
by noufal palliparamban 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Please see the link http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur --------------------------------- 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 Please see the link http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur 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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Research assistance
by Mailing List Manager 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:10:45 +0100 (BST) From: santosh kumar verma <ksverma99(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals I have registered for my Ph.D. Programme. My tentative topic is 'Collection Development in the Indian Universities and their importance in electronic age.' Kindly guide me through references and Journal's article relevant for doctorate. All the best wishes from me. Thanking you, Santosh Kr. Verma NEHU Tura Campus Tura

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Request to post the details of e-Books Seminar
by Amit Verma 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Sub: Seminars on e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-Learning Gone are the days of searching books for information. The digital era is making books exist as interconnected nodes in a vast web of stored literature, all accessible at the click of a mouse. In view of the changing dynamics of the access, licensing and technology related to e-Books and continuing its mission of promoting Library-Publisher partnership, Informatics once again brings together four major publishers of electronic books, dictionaries and reference works to give you an insight into the future of e-Books. Bangalore October 30, 2006 Le Meridien Hotel Mumbai November 1, 2006 Le Meridien Hotel Kolkata November 3, 2006 Hotel Hyatt Regency New Delhi November 6, 2006 Hotel Mariott Welcome The Seminar focus this year is e-Books and titled as : e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-learning. The publishers joining this event are: * Ovid Technologies * Springer Science + Business Media * Thieme Publishers * Taylor & Francis The Program Structure: * Keynote on Seminar Topic * Panel Debates on issues related to the topic .The Panel Debate topic this year is e-Book: Technology, Business Models & User Perspective Please register yourself for the location of your choice at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> More information about the Seminars is available at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> REGISTRATION is FREE. For more details you can also write to us at events(a)informindia.co.in Thanks and Regards Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics (India) Limited 337, Karuna Complex, 3rd Floor, Sampige Road, Malleswaram Bangalore 560003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940 Mobile: 91 98459 41610 www.informindia.co.in FREE! World's largest portal for 3000+ Open Access Journals www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/>  Sub: Seminars on e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-Learning � � Gone are the days of searching books for information… The digital era is making books exist as interconnected nodes in a vast web of stored literature, all accessible at the click of a mouse.� In view of the changing dynamics of the access, licensing and technology related to e-Books and continuing its mission of promoting Library-Publisher partnership, Informatics once again brings together four major publishers of electronic books, dictionaries and reference works to give you an insight into the future of e-Books. � � Bangalore �� October 30, 2006 �� Le Meridien Hotel Mumbai�� November 1, 2006 �� Le Meridien Hotel Kolkata �� November 3, 2006 �� Hotel Hyatt Regency New Delhi �� November 6, 2006�� Hotel Mariott Welcome � � The Seminar focus this year is e-Books and titled as : e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-learning. � The publishers joining this event are: � � �� Ovid Technologies � �� Springer Science + Business Media � �� Thieme Publishers � �� Taylor & Francis � The Program Structure: � Keynote on Seminar Topic Panel Debates on issues related to the topic .The Panel Debate topic this year is e-Book: Technology, Business Models & User Perspective � � Please register yourself for the location of your choice at http://www.informindia.co.in/ www.informindia.co.in � More information about the Seminars is available at http://www.informindia.co.in/ www.informindia.co.in � REGISTRATION is FREE. � For more details you can also write to us at mailto:events@informindia.co.in events(a)informindia.co.in � � � � � � � Thanks and Regards Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics ( India ) Limited 337, Karuna Complex, 3rd Floor, Sampige Road , Malleswaram Bangalore 560003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940 Mobile : 91 98459 41610 www.informindia.co.in FREE! World's largest portal for 3000+ Open Access Journals� http://www.openj-gate.com/ www.openj-gate.com �

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Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
by rupesh kumar 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians by Eric H. Schnell The most time consuming aspects of managing a library Web service are the creation and maintenance of site documents and assets. Although the organizational structure and contents of a Web site varies from library to library, participants in all library Web projects need to be familiar with the concepts and terminology associated with creating documents and resources for the Web. This document is not an in-depth HTML guide, but is instead a general introduction to Web content creation. Newer technologies are briefly described and references to other resources are provided. This is also an interactive document and provides the reader access to associated resources. check out the fulltext of the book at http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. The most time consuming aspects of managing a library Web service are the creation and maintenance of site documents and assets. Although the organizational structure and contents of a Web site varies from library to library, participants in all library Web projects need to be familiar with the concepts and terminology associated with creating documents and resources for the Web. This document is not an in-depth HTML guide , but is instead a general introduction to Web content creation. Newer technologies are briefly described and references to other resources are provided. This is also an interactive document and provides the reader access to associated resources. check out the fulltext of the book at http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Request to send URL of Institutioanl repositories
by sarika sawant 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Dear LIS members, Its kind request to LIS members who have developd institutional/digital repositories for their institutions to send URL to me. Also if anybody aware of any other institutional/digital repositories pl do write URL to me s1b1s(a)rediffmail.com Thanking you in anticipation. Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Dear LIS members, Its kind request to LIS members who have developd institutional/digital repositories for their institutions to send URL to me. Also if anybody aware of any other institutional/digital repositories pl do write URL to me s1b1s(a)rediffmail.com Thanking you in anticipation. Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ 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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Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India
by Thomas Abraham 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, Univerity of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in india, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - A registration fee of Rs.1000/- is charged per participant. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 21st October, 2006 Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165 ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, Univerity of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in india, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - A registration fee of Rs.1000/- is charged per participant. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 21st October, 2006 Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi at http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165

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OA and public libraries in India
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:13:44 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: The 'Open Access' movement is picking up worldwide. As one aspect of the OA movement, many large libraries in the western world, especially in the United States of America, are digitizing their collections and making them available free on the Internet. The latest to join this movement is the University of Wisconsin at Madison. When will we in India start offering books and periodicals in Indian languages - Samskrit, Pali, Tamil, Teleugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarathi, Hindi, Urdu, etc. - for free viewing (and downloading) on the Internet? Do our public libraries have a policy on open access? Should not organizations such as CDAC and HP India, Google India play an active role in digitizing Indian language content available with major libraries? Many universities around the world (including some in China) led by MIT, Cambridge, are making their course material freely available on the Internet under the 'Open Course Ware' project. Some are offering even video files of lectures by eminent teachers. In order to become a knowledge society, India needs to provide such access to high quality university course material. Incidentally, Indians are among the most avid users of the MIT open course ware. Arun Wisconsin joins the Google Library project UW-Madison joins massive Google Book project, a press release from the University of Wisconsin, October 12, 2006. Excerpt: The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Google announced an agreement today to expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from more than 7.2 million holdings at the UW-Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. The university is the eighth library to join Google's ambitious effort to digitize the world's books and make them searchable on Google Book Search. The combined library collections of UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society comprise one of the largest collections of documents and historical materials to be found in the United States. The collections are ranked 11th in North America by the Association of Research Libraries in Washington, D.C. "Wisconsin is in a position to take a leading role in making the primary documents of U.S. government history freely accessible on the Internet for anyone to find and use," says UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell. Adds Edward Van Gemert, interim director of the UW-Madison General Library System: "Whenever possible, the university intends to make the complete content of public documents available on the Internet, including text, images and maps." ... The Wisconsin project will initially focus on library collections that are free of copyright restrictions. Most books published before 1923 and publications of the U.S. government are in the public domain by law....

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Journal on Machine Tool Maintenance
by kishore kumar chinni 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hi, Good Morning. We would like to subscribe a Indian / Foreign - Journal / Periodical on Machine Tool Maintenance. Kindly let me know the availability of the same. With regards C.V.S.KISHORE KUMAR LIBRARIAN ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE SHIVAM ROAD, VIDYANAGAR HYDERABAD - 500 007 CELL : 9866004977 OFFICE : 040-27428058 ------------------------------------------------- "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." Hi, Good Morning. We would like to subscribe a Indian / Foreign - Journal / Periodical on Machine Tool Maintenance. Kindly let me know the availability of the same. With regards C.V.S.KISHORE KUMAR LIBRARIAN ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE SHIVAM ROAD, VIDYANAGAR HYDERABAD - 500 007 CELL : 9866004977 OFFICE : 040-27428058 ------------------------------------------------- "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." 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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China forges ahead in patenting
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Here is an Associated Press news story you might wish to read. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------- U.N. Report: Sharp Rise In China Patents POSTED: 7:43 pm EDT October 15, 2006 UPDATED: 7:43 pm EDT October 15, 2006 GENEVA -- Patent filings in China increased by more than six times in a decade, helping the Asian country make a dramatic leap in catching up to the world leaders in patent activity, the U.N. agency that oversees intellectual property said Monday. More than 130,000 applications from Chinese and foreigners were filed with Beijing in 2004, the last year for which figures were available, the World Intellectual Property Organization said. That catapulted China into fifth place in the total number filed, behind Japan, the United States, the European Patent Office and South Korea. Over 65,000 of the applications were from Chinese, a six-fold jump from 1995, WIPO said. About the same number of foreign individuals and companies also applied in China, over seven times more than nine years earlier. Patent filings as a whole only grew at an average rate of 4.75 percent annually during this period, the U.N. agency said. "Patent statistics are increasingly recognized as useful indicators of inventive activity and of technology flows," WIPO said in a 43-page report. The Japanese continue to be the world's greatest patent filers, responsible for four in five of the nearly 450,000 applications in the country during 2004, according to WIPO. They also filed 137,800 with foreign offices, the most of any nationality. The U.S. came in second in applications received, with 403,050, and filings made by American-based inventors in foreign countries, which stood at 124,600. However, U.S. patent authorities received the highest number of applications from abroad, over 167,000, followed by the European office, China and Japan. WIPO said, however, that the distribution of patent filings worldwide "is changing over time, in particular as (South Korea) and China are becoming major industrial economies." "The use of the patent system is growing quickly in the northeast Asian region," the report said. The number of applications received in South Korea almost doubled between 1995 and 2004. Per capita, Koreans were the second most frequent to file for patent protection, behind the Japanese. Americans, Germans and Australians rounded out the top five. - Associated Press Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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[Now Available] KnowGenesis IJTC Vol 1 Issue 3
by Saurabh Kudesia 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues, KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) has just published its latest issue at http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. For your convenience, the issue is also available at KnowGenesis Online Library (www.knowgenesis.org/tc) as single PDF file. To access the journal online, you'll need your login ID and password. Please note that your credentials for accessing the journal is different from that required for KnowGenesis library. You can register yourself with KnowGenesis Library by visiting http://knowgenesis.org/tc/index.php?option=com_registration&task=register Thanks for the continuing interest in our work. We are looking forward for your visit to our website. -- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief@... www.knowgenesis.net/journal *************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS - Vol 1 Issue 3, Sept 2006 Editorial --------- Winning the Cross-Cultural Marathon By Saurabh Kudesia pp 4-5 Rendezvous with KnowGenesis --------------------------- Dr. Carol Barnum Professor, Information Design Director, Usability Center, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA pp 6-9 Book Review ----------- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation pp 10 Managing Your Documentation Project pp 10 Guest Column ------------ Quality Criteria for Indexes, Website Navigation and Search By Fred Brown pp 11- 19 Research -------- Contribution of the Indian Medical Service to the Documentation of Materia Medica, Medicinal Plants and Medical Topography of India, 1750-1925 By Prof. A. Neelameghan pp 20-30 Fluctuations in Document Accessibility: A Study of Five Search Engines By Prof. S.M.Shafi and Rafiq A. Rather pp 31-35 Regular ------- Perception at work By Prema Lawrence pp 36-39 *************************** ABOUT KNOWGENESIS JOURNAL ------------------------- KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines under Technical Communication. KnowGenesis IJTC is a volunteer effort that brought some of the finest International minds at one place. Thanks to their dedication and support,KnowGenesis IJTC became the first Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. 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article request for project
by anand ulaya 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues, One of our student is in need of the following book chapter. Book title: Global and International Organization Development (this books contains Collection of articles) Author: Sorensen, Peter F., Jr.; Head, Thomas C.; Mathys, Nicholas J.;Preston, Joanne; Cooperrider, David Article Title: OD under political, economic and national crisis By Claudio J.Fuchs page no 331- 342 I shall appreciate receiving a softcopy or hard copy of this article. Please send the Same to the following address: anandulaya(a)yahoo.com Thanking you, With Regards Anand Ulaya Library Aisstant SDM Institute for Management Development Library No.1 Chamundi Hill Road Siddarthanagar Post Mysore 570 011 India Anand U --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Dear Colleagues, One of our student is in need of the following book chapter. Book title: Global and International Organization Development (this books contains Collection of articles) Author: Sorensen, Peter F., Jr.; Head, Thomas C.; Mathys, Nicholas J.;Preston, Joanne; Cooperrider, David Article Title: OD under political, economic and national crisis By Claudio J.Fuchs page no 331- 342 I shall appreciate receiving a softcopy or hard copy of this article. Please send the Same to the following address: http://us.f531.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=anandulaya@yahoo.com&YY=50673&y… anandulaya(a)yahoo.com Thanking you, With Regards Anand Ulaya Library Aisstant SDM Institute for Management Development Library No.1 Chamundi Hill Road Siddarthanagar Post Mysore 570 011 India Anand U Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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Re: Citation/Reference Management Software
by rupesh kumar 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

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Grants for International Training Programme on Information, 2007
by Shamprasad Pujar 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

Dear Members, STIUMULATE: International training programme for 2007 has been announced. Under this programme, total 12 participants from developing countries will receive full grants with return air-fair to attend this programme. The last date for applying the grants is: January 31, 2007. Interested members may apply for this programme. The details of the programme is available at: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate7/stimulate7-announcement.htm Regards, S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in

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Manpower Planning
by JANARDHANA RAO A. N 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, I would like to know the details about manpower planning in Academic libraries (U G & PG) programmes asper UGC or AICTE If any body have details, kindly send us as earliast With regards Janardhana Rao A.N Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore-560054 Dear Professionals, I would like to know the details about manpower planning in Academic libraries (U G & PG) programmes asper UGC or AICTE If any body have details, kindly send us as earliast With regards Janardhana Rao A.N Librarian M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore-560054

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