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Indianjournals.com - Statistics
by Chandrima Roy 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hello Everybody! We are glad to inform you that indianjournals.com today successfully completes its one year! Overall Statistics of Indianjournals.com as on date since its launch on 30th May 2005 are as follows: No. of Publications: 34 Societies Associated: 28 Issues Archival: 146 Subject Areas Covered so far: 8 Open Access Journals: 6 Visitors So far as on 1st May, 2006: 69,431 Latest Journals (Issues) uploaded: 1) International Journal of Cow Science Year 2005, Volume-1, Issue-2 (December) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijcs <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijcs&volume=1&issue =2&type=toc> &volume=1&issue=2&type=toc 2) Journal of Veterinary Parasitology Year 2005, Volume-19, Issue-2 (December) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jvp <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jvp&volume=19&issue =2&type=toc> &volume=19&issue=2&type=toc 3) LBS Journal of Management Research (*New Journal*) Year 2004, Volume-2, Issue-2 (December) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&type=home> &type=home For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&volume=2&iss ue=2&type=toc> &volume=2&issue=2&type=toc 4) Indian Journal of Microbiology Year 2005, Volume-45, Issue-4 (December) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijm <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijm&volume=45&issue =4&type=toc> &volume=45&issue=4&type=toc 5) Regulateri Year 2006, Issue-27and28 (December 2005-March 2006) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:rt <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:rt&volume=2006&issu e=27and28&type=toc> &volume=2006&issue=27and28&type=toc 6) Resources, Energy, and Development (TERI Press) Year 2006, Volume-3, Issue-1 (March) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:read <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:read&volume=3&issue =1&type=toc> &volume=3&issue=1&type=toc To access the full text of other free Journals, kindly log on to http://www.indianjournals.com Thanks & Regards Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: croy(a)docdelserv.com croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: http://www.docdelserv.com http://www.indianjournals.com  Hello Everybody! � We are glad to inform you that indianjournals.com today successfully completes its one year! Overall Statistics of Indianjournals.com as on date since its launch on 30th May 2005 are as follows: No. of Publications: �� 34 Societies Associated: �� 28 Issues Archival: �� 146 Subject Areas Covered so far: �� 8 Open Access Journals: �� 6 Visitors So far as on 1st May, 2006 : �� 69,431 Latest Journals (Issues) uploaded: � 1) International Journal of Cow Science �� Year 2005, Volume-1, Issue-2 (December) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijcs&volume=1&issue=2&t… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijcs&volume=1&issue=2&t… � 2) Journal of Veterinary Parasitology �� Year 2005, Volume-19, Issue-2 (December) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jvp&volume=19&issue=2&t… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jvp&volume=19&issue=2&t… � 3) LBS Journal of Management Research (*New Journal*) �� Year 2004, Volume-2, Issue-2 (December) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&type=home http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&type=home � For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&volume=2&issue=2… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:lbsjmr&volume=2&issue=2… � � 4) Indian Journal of Microbiology �� Year 2005, Volume-45, Issue-4 (December) � For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijm&volume=45&issue=4&t… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijm&volume=45&issue=4&t… � 5) Regulateri Year 2006, Issue-27and28 (December 2005-March 2006) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:rt&volume=2006&issue=27… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:rt&volume=2006&issue=27… � � 6) Resources, Energy, and Development (TERI Press) Year 2006, Volume-3, Issue-1 (March) For TOC & Abstracts, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:read&volume=3&issue=1&t… http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:read&volume=3&issue=1&t… � � To access the full text of other free Journals, kindly log on to http://www.indianjournals.com http://www.indianjournals.com � Thanks & Regards Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, “A” Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi – 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: � croy(a)docdelserv.com �� croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: http://www.docdelserv.com �� http://www.indianjournals.com �

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RFID: Beyond the Drive for Five
by Saiful Amin 30 May '06

30 May '06

Greetings, Five cents for a RFID tag is said to be the tipping point for its adoption. "We've been talking about the mythical five-cent price point for years," notes Mike Liard, RFID practice director for Venture Development Corp. "Is it possible? Yes. But it may not necessarily be the type of tag you're looking for." Indeed, makers of RFID chips know this, which is why most haven't rushed to put nickel tags on the market. Instead, they've been content to cut prices at a steady rate of about 5 to 10 percent per year since 2000, while simultaneously improving the technology. As a result, users of the tags are already employing them in applications undreamed of a decade ago, despite their inability to reach the elusive nickel price point. The bottom line is that while RFID vendors have been lowering their prices and improving their technology, they've been carving out new niches for themselves. Increasingly, RFID tags are being used on pallets, cartons, garments, luggage, DVD cases, pill bottles and library books. And in the future, experts foresee more use in low-cost everyday items, from lipstick cases to cereal boxes. While they won't replace the bar code any time soon, they nevertheless offer non-line-of-sight capability, which means they can gather information of their whereabouts without being individually handled. As a result, they're capable of deterring theft and counterfeiting. Why does adoption of RFID always seem to lag behind forecasts? Experts say there are good reasons, including: - Benefits aren't always easily understood by potential users. - Process changes take time, especially when people must be re-trained and machines must be re-programmed. - Developing the infrastructure for RFID calls for major capital investment. Read the full article at: http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6324161.html Regards, Saiful -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 2/2, Union Street Off Infantry Road Bangalore 560001, India Tel: +91 80 4112 3437 M: +91 93438 26438 Fax: +91 80 4151 7801 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Re: Quality is essential in LIS also
by Aloor Thomas Francis 30 May '06

30 May '06

Dear Professionals, The decision of UGC to give exemption to the M.Phil and Ph.D. Holders is not fair. It may be better if the UGC has rectified the defect if any in the NET exam. Maximum, the UGC can give exception for candidates with MPhil/PhD and some years of teaching/professional experience. Qualifing the NET by their students is a proud to the colleges/universities. If so, we can think who is favouring the present decision of the UGC. People who can not clear NET will be against the NET Exam. The arguments favouring the UGC decision are that, people are not getting cleared the NET easily. If we favour such arguments, why we want Post Graduate Degrees itself to become teachers. This will be like persons with telant in teaching, but with out subject knowledge. Why we want competitive exams for IAS, job, etc. The selection may be on the basis of marks in qualifying exams. like degree, PG, +2, etc. Another argument was why librarians qualify NET. Since the librarians are not engaged in imparting knowledge and research, of course we should not clear the NET. Moreover, we should not go for MPil/PhD. But, We NEED UGC SCALE. This is our only right as Librarians. Moreover, we should represent to change our designations from librarians/scientists/engineers/ etc. to librarians and if possible, as store keepers. Francis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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File Sharing Service from PeerFactor
by Farooque Shaheen 30 May '06

30 May '06

PeerFactor has announced a new service that allows users to share files of any size. The service allows users to upload files to PeerFactor?s servers and receive a link which they can send by email instead of sending email with a huge attachment. A demo PeerFactor site is available at http://www.peerfactor.fr/send/ Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 PeerFactor has announced a new service that allows users to share files of any size. The service allows users to upload files to PeerFactor’s servers and receive a link which they can send by email instead of sending email with a huge attachment. A demo PeerFactor site is available at http://www.peerfactor.fr/send/ Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105

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EAS System - Library Security
by Rafiq 30 May '06

30 May '06

Dear colleagues in profession, I beg to differ with Gayathri Sen of the PESIT-Engineering College (leaving aside her claim to be the 2nd library in the country to have implemented EAS system!). While observations made by Gayathri Sen must be certainly based on her experiences, it cannot be generalized that the RFID and EAS systems are only for 'show off'. Percolation of RFID in libraries is a good technological advancement in our profession. I have seen this system working very fine, without any hassles, in a number of libraries in India and abroad, and we should really boast of its implementation in Indian libraries. It is unfortunate that Gayathri Sen landed in wrong vendors' land with some infamous product, hence her problems and sufferings. Else her experience could have certainly been of jubilation, pride and exuberance. Rafiq Ansari Senior Manager - Library TV Division, The Times of India Group Kamala Mills Compound Lower Parel (West) Mumbai - 400 013 Email: rafiq.ansari(a)timesgroup.com -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:04 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 38, Issue 43 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. EAS systems - Library Security (gayathri sen) 2. Dr. TBR Memorial Lecture (anitha mk) 3. Indian Edition of DDC (veena bhat) 4. Regarding Technical Course (bharathi niranjana) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 01:54:40 -0700 (PDT) From: gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] EAS systems - Library Security To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <20060529085440.64893.qmail(a)web52904.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Friends, Ours was the first library in Karnataka and Second in our country after IUCCA, Pune to install EAS Security System in Libraries. US consulate had this for other purpose and not for its library. My experience: 1. Not very reliable 2. Return on Investment not good 3. Service is poor. We bought it from Monitor Electronics, Pune but the product was imported. They did not have office in Bangalore and every time we had to bear their conveyence charge plus repair charge whcih worked out to be too expensive in the long run. 4.Service was not immediate because they had to come from Pune. 5. Product acts only as deterrant for stealing, but total loss cannot be prevented. 6. Too many false alarms. 7. Adds only value but not a must buy. 8. You can buy it if you have too much finance to spend, or to show off to others and say you have a very modern library. 9. Newer versions may be slightly bettter. 10. Right now we have stopped depending on this. Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT-Engineering College --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Revision of AACR- outcomes of the JSC meeting
by Indira K. 30 May '06

30 May '06

Dear Professionals, the outcomes of the JSC meeting held in Ottawa from April 24-28, 2006 and the structure of RDA (Resource Description and Access) can be captured from: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/0604out.html Indira Koneru Dear Professionals, the outcomes of the JSC meeting held in Ottawa from April 24-28, 2006 and the structure of RDA (Resource Description and Access) can be captured from: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/0604out.html http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/0604out.html Indira Koneru

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The Hindu Speaks on Libraries
by K.R.Mulla 30 May '06

30 May '06

Dear professionals, Sorry for cross posting this mail The Hindu Speaks on Libraries This book in 304 pages is a compilation of news, views, editorials etc. on libraries covering the period 1918 to 1992. This gives a general view of the developments in this field over the past seven decades and a half and serves a useful reference book for librarians and information scientists. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 To buy online Copies can be had on payment of USD 8 (EIGHT only - To all foreign countries - including Airmail Regd. book post charges) or INR 120/- (Indian Rupees One Hundred and Twenty Only - Within India by Regd. book post) by demand draft payable at Chennai, India favouring KASTURI & SONS LTD. (No seamail mode entertained for any countries. We do not have arrangements to send copies by V.P.P) Address for communication: Customer Relations Division Circulation Department The Hindu 859 & 860 Anna Salai Chennai - 600002 Tamil Nadu India Ph: 91-44-28589060 Fax: 91-44-28545703 email: subscribe http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 Insert a catchy tag line here Mr. K. R.Mulla Head - LIC HKBK College of Engineering Sy. No. 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore 560 045 Karnataka, India http://krmulla.googlepages.com tel: fax: mobile: +918025441722 +918025443813 +19-94480-31969 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? Dear professionals, Sorry for cross posting this mail The Hindu Speaks on Libraries This book in 304 pages is a compilation of news, views, editorials etc. on libraries covering the period 1918 to 1992. This gives a general view of the developments in this field over the past seven decades and a half and serves a useful reference book for librarians and information scientists. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 javascript:void window.open('http://www.hindu.com/books/index.htm'); To buy online Copies can be had on payment of USD 8 (EIGHT only - To all foreign countries - including Airmail Regd. book post charges) or INR 120/- (Indian Rupees One Hundred and Twenty Only - Within India by Regd. book post) by demand draft payable at Chennai, India favouring KASTURI & SONS LTD. (No seamail mode entertained for any countries. We do not have arrangements to send copies by V.P.P) Address for communication: Customer Relations Division Circulation Department The Hindu 859 & 860 Anna Salai Chennai - 600002 Tamil Nadu India Ph: 91-44-28589060 Fax: 91-44-28545703 email: mailto:subs@thehindu.co.in?subject=The Hindu Speaks on Libraries subscribe http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0  cid:000501c683b0$81ffde30$3402a8c0@libserver1 Insert a catchy tag line here Mr. K. R.Mulla Head - LIC HKBK College of Engineering Sy. No. 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore 560 045 Karnataka, India http://krmulla.googlepages.com http://krmulla.googlepages.com tel: fax: mobile: +918025441722 +918025443813 +19-94480-31969 https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=47244715461&v0=150405&k0=868755986 Add me to your address book... http://www.plaxo.com/signature Want a signature like this?

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IIMK-INDEST/AICTE Workshop on 'IRs' during 17-19 July 2006
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear Colleagues: The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (http://www.iimk.ac.in) & the INDEST/AICTE Consortium (http://indest.iitd.ac.in/) are pleased to annouce the joint Workshop on 'Institutional Repositories', scheduled during 17-19 July 2006, at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK). The objective of this 3-day Workshop is to provide intensive training on building Institutional Repositories (IRs) using the Open Source Software DSpace. The target audience include the librarians, information science and software professionals, and IT faculty belonging to the INDEST/AICTE Consortium Institutions, the academia, Government, Corporate and the NGOs in India. The details of the workshop are furnished below. The workshop brochure as well as the Registration Form are available at http://www.iimk.ac.in/fdpcalendar2006.htm A hardcopy of the brochure shall be forwarded upon request. Thanking you and with regards, Sreekumar ========================================================================== Workshop Content ---------------- The Workshop shall facilitate the participants create IRs using 'DSpace' in the Windows platform, which include software installation, configuration, customization and other related workflow operations, content development and management, Internet publishing, designing and creating standard metadata sets to describe digital objects and encoding it in standard markup formats. The three-day workshop shall cover Open Access concepts, Scholarly Institutional Repositories, DSpace, and Metadata Standards. The prime focus areas are: ------------------------- Institutional Repositories: Open Access Archives, OAI, OAI-PMH - working principle, and cases. DSpace: Overview, Installations (Java 2 SDK, Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, mod_jk, Apache Ant, PostgreSQL, DSpace), Configuration, Administration, and Customization. Metadata Standards: Concepts, Dublin Core, METS and MODS. Hands-on Sessions Workshop Faculty ---------------- 1. Dr. M.G. Sreekumar, Librarian & Head, CDDL, IIM Kozhikode 2. Dr. Jagdish Arora, National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium & Librarian, IIT Delhi 3. Dr. R. Radhakrishna Pillai Associate Professor of IT, IIM Kozhikode 4. Dr. Saji Gopinath, Associate Professor, IIM Kozhikode 5. Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC (ISI), Bangalore 6. Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Head, Informatics Centre, INSA, New Delhi 7. Sh. Ashok Pathak, Systems Manager, IIM Kozhikode Workshop Participants --------------------- Twenty participants, on First Come First Served basis, will be taken from INDEST/AICTE Consortium participating Institutions. Twenty participants, on First Come First Served basis, will be taken from Other Academic/Industry/ Research Institutions Workshop Fee ------------ INDEST/AICTE Consortium Institutions - Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thouand Only) Others Rs.4000/- (Rupees Four Thousand Only) Workshop Registration --------------------- The interested individuals may please register for the Workshop on or before July 01 2006. DD or Cheque to be drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Payable at Calicut. Workshop Coordinator -------------------- Dr. M.G. Sreekumar, Librarian and Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK Campus (Post), Calicut-673570, E-mail : mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in, Phone :0495-22809140. For Further details ------------------- Please refer the brochure and registration form that can be downloaded from the IIMK Website at http://www.iimk.ac.in/fdpcalendar2006.htm or contact FDP office 0495-2809208. -- Dr. M. G. Sreekumar Librarian & Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O. Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673 570 ------------------------------------------------ Phone : +91 495 2809140 Mobile : 09447654066 Fax : +91 495 2803010/11 Email : mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in Web : http://www.iimk.ac.in; : http://iimk.ac.in/mgsree.htm ===========================================================================

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Regarding Technical Course
by bharathi niranjana 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hello Good Evening Sir, I am Bharathi, Librarian. I need your guidence to do my technical education related to our Profession. I have done my master degree in library and information science(MLISc) and also i have knowledge of basic coputer science. Now I am thinking to do C, C++, Oracle(PL/ SQL) and .Net course in bangalore. What about your Suggessions on this please. I am thinking to do my job in corporate side on my profession degree and these computer course. Please guidehow it helpfull if i do these course and which centre is better in bangalore. I will be highly oblize you if suggest me Thanking you Bharathi H N E-mail: brbharathi(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- How should a woman equip herself to travel safe even when she's unescorted? Share your knowledge with real people on Yahoo! India Answers Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger Download now Hello Good Evening Sir, I am Bharathi, Librarian. I need your guidence to do my technical education related to our Profession. I have done my master degree in library and information science(MLISc) and also i have knowledge of basic coputer science. Now I am thinking to do C, C++, Oracle(PL/ SQL) and .Net course in bangalore. What about your Suggessions on this please. I am thinking to do my job in corporate side on my profession degree and these computer course. Please guidehow it helpfull if i do these course and which centre is better in bangalore. I will be highly oblize you if suggest me Thanking you Bharathi H N E-mail: mailto:brbharathi@yahoo.co.in brbharathi(a)yahoo.co.in How should a woman equip herself to travel safe even when she's unescorted? Share your knowledge with real people on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswerswomen/*http://in.answers.yahoo.co… Yahoo! India Answers Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/freesms/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/download… Download now

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Dr. TBR Memorial Lecture
by anitha mk 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear All, NCSI-NET is organizing Dr. TBR Memorial Lecture on Saturday, 3rd June, 2006 to commemorate the first death anniversary of our beloved Sir, Dr. T.B Rajashekar. The details of the Memorial Lecture are given below: Title: E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research Speaker: Prof: N.J Rao, CEDT Dept., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Time: 6 PM Date: 3rd June, 2006 Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore After this, a collection of the works of Dr. TBR will be released in a CD. Prof. Joshi, Chairman of NCSI, will preside over the proceedings. The event will end with a high tea. We request you all to attend this Lecture and make it a successful event. Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to - anitha_m(a)aurigene.com or ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com Thanks and Regards, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators  Dear All, � NCSI-NET is organizing Dr. TBR Memorial Lecture on Saturday, 3rd June, 2006 to commemorate the first death anniversary of�our � beloved Sir, Dr. T.B Rajashekar. The details of the Memorial Lecture are given below: � Title: E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research � Speaker: Prof: N.J Rao, CEDT Dept., Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore � Time: 6 PM � Date: 3rd June, 2006 � Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore � After this, a � collection of the works of Dr. TBR will be released � in a CD.� � � Prof. Joshi, Chairman of NCSI, will preside over the proceedings. The event will end with a high tea. � We request you all to attend this Lecture and make it a successful event. Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to – mailto:anitha_m@aurigene.com anitha_m(a)aurigene.com or mailto:ravi.nandhan@capco.com ravi.nandhan(a)capco.com � Thanks and Regards, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators � � � �

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Indian Edition of DDC
by veena bhat 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear All, Indian Edition of DDC is available in 3 Volumes in market. Any of you been using Indian Edition of DDC? Best Regards, Veena Bhat --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Dear All, Indian Edition of DDC is available in 3 Volumes in market. Any of you been using Indian Edition of DDC? Best Regards, Veena Bhat New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman5/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

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EAS systems - Library Security
by gayathri sen 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear Friends, Ours was the first library in Karnataka and Second in our country after IUCCA, Pune to install EAS Security System in Libraries. US consulate had this for other purpose and not for its library. My experience: 1. Not very reliable 2. Return on Investment not good 3. Service is poor. We bought it from Monitor Electronics, Pune but the product was imported. They did not have office in Bangalore and every time we had to bear their conveyence charge plus repair charge whcih worked out to be too expensive in the long run. 4.Service was not immediate because they had to come from Pune. 5. Product acts only as deterrant for stealing, but total loss cannot be prevented. 6. Too many false alarms. 7. Adds only value but not a must buy. 8. You can buy it if you have too much finance to spend, or to show off to others and say you have a very modern library. 9. Newer versions may be slightly bettter. 10. Right now we have stopped depending on this. Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT-Engineering College --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Dear Friends, Ours was the first library in Karnataka and Second in our country after IUCCA, Pune to install EAS Security System in Libraries. US consulate had this for other purpose and not for its library. My experience: 1. Not very reliable 2. Return on Investment not good 3. Service is poor. We bought it from Monitor Electronics, Pune but the product was imported. They did not have office in Bangalore and every time we had to bear their conveyence charge plus repair charge whcih worked out to be too expensive in the long run. 4.Service was not immediate because they had to come from Pune. 5. Product acts only as deterrant for stealing, but total loss cannot be prevented. 6. Too many false alarms. 7. Adds only value but not a must buy. 8. You can buy it if you have too much finance to spend, or to show off to others and say you have a very modern library. 9. Newer versions may be slightly bettter. 10. Right now we have stopped depending on this. Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT-Engineering College Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Access Journals?
by Sukhdev Singh 29 May '06

29 May '06

Interesting document by Thomson Scientific, Thanks Venkatesh for sharing it with the group. The following para is worth noting: "The evolving environment of scholarly publishing includes additional avenues for making content openly available. Our findings suggest that over 55% of the journals and over 65% of the articles indexed in Web of Science in 2003 are produced by publishers who permit some form of self-archiving, and could be made OA by author archiving." The data studied in the document is of 2003. I hope the figure (65%) of the articles indexed in Web of Science that can be self-archived by authors might have improved by now. According to ROMEO Project < http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php > 93% of the journals surveyed by them allow some form of author archiving. Even if we go by the Web of Science 2003 figures, it can be concluded that 65% of the best articles can be made OA by self-archiving. And the beauty is that it does not matter where on the earth these are archived, OAI-PMH protocol will ensure their universal discovery and access. Just like libraries are essential for teaching / research institutes - OA Repositories should also be must to reflect institutional / country's intellectual output. Yes - OA Repositories are no substitute to journals - but stores them - just like libraries hold books / journals. Now, let us decide what we should be doing in this matter? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in On 26/05/06, LS Venkatesh <venkatesh(a)edutech.com> wrote: > > Dear friends: > > While on the subject of OA journals, I thought that those who are interested in this topic will find the white paper on "The Impact of Open Access Journals" by Thomson Scientific very useful. The whitepaper, though published in 2004, is available at the following link and could give some very interesting insight into the evolution of OA journals, the trends, impact factor of OA journals and importantly, the lead from Asia Pacific, contrary to usual western dominance. > > > http://www.thomsonscientific.com/media/presentrep/essayspdf/openaccesscitat… > > > Hope you will find it useful. > > > Regards, > > Venkatesh > ----------- > > > Venkatesh L S > General Manager > Edutech India Pvt Ltd > 8, Khader Nawaz Khan Road > Chennai 600 006, India > Tel: +91 44 28330999 > Fax: +91 44 28331777 > GSM: + 91 98403 21214 > www.edutechindia.com > "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong." > >

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Homeopathic drugs to preserve books, manuscripts!
by Krishna Maraddi 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear All, Please go through this article. Homeopathic drugs to preserve books, manuscripts! 4 4 Certain homeopathic medicines are useful to prevent & remove fungus in books and manuscripts 4 4 The basic properties of the paper would remain unchanged after the treatment by homeopathic drugs 4 4 Sulphar Iodatum, Petrolim, Arsenicum and Rumux in different potencies are found to be most effective in the treatment of books and manuscripts After proven efficacy on human beings, homeopathy medicines can now be used to prevent fungal growth in books, old documents and manuscripts -- a breakthrough research says. In the first of its kind study, scientists at National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) have found that certain homeopathic medicines are useful to prevent and remove fungus in books and manuscripts. Following over-a-decade of reaserch in this regard, certain medicnies had been successfully tested and found to be extremely useful in treating the fungus on the books, NRLC scientist Dr Shashi Dhawan along with Dr K L Garg, who achieved the breakthrough said. The paper division of the Lab also studied the physico-chemical properties of the paper and found that the basic properties of the paper would remain unchanged after the treatment by homeopathic drugs, Dr Dhawan said. NRLC, which is engaged in preservation and conservation of historical and heritage buildings through its expertise is venturing into preservation of documents and manuscripts for the first time. Various drugs were tested during the course of research which had started in 1995. Sulphar Iodatum, Petrolim, Arsenicum and Rumux in different potencies were found to be most effective in the treatment of books and manuscripts, Dr Dhawan, the Head of Bio-deterioration Division of the NRLC, said. She said the findings had already been published and well received everywhere. Earlier, the fungus on books and manuscripts was treated successfully by NRLC scientists through chemicals but homeopathic medicines were environment-friendly and not harmful in any way, she said in reply to a query. Homeopathic medicines are environment-friendly, non-hazardous and without side effects in human beings, books and manuscripts will also have no bearings of this off-beat treatment, the scientists claimed. Dr Dhawan said the application of homeophatic medicinies was done on plants but its use on books and manuscripts was being tried for the first time. Tropical and sub-tropical countries like India, where humid weather prevails, the attack of fungus on books is more prevalent. This breakthrough research would go a long way in treatment of books and manuscripts. Yours Krishna Maraddi Librarian SKSVM Agadi college of Engg. & Tech. Laxmeshwar Dist; Gadag --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Dear All, Please go through this article. Homeopathic drugs to preserve books, manuscripts! 4 4 Certain homeopathic medicines are useful to prevent & remove fungus in books and manuscripts 4 4 The basic properties of the paper would remain unchanged after the treatment by homeopathic drugs 4 4 Sulphar Iodatum, Petrolim, Arsenicum and Rumux in different potencies are found to be most effective in the treatment of books and manuscripts After proven efficacy on human beings, homeopathy medicines can now be used to prevent fungal growth in books, old documents and manuscripts -- a breakthrough research says. In the first of its kind study, scientists at National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) have found that certain homeopathic medicines are useful to prevent and remove fungus in books and manuscripts. Following over-a-decade of reaserch in this regard, certain medicnies had been successfully tested and found to be extremely useful in treating the fungus on the books, NRLC scientist Dr Shashi Dhawan along with Dr K L Garg, who achieved the breakthrough said. The paper division of the Lab also studied the physico-chemical properties of the paper and found that the basic properties of the paper would remain unchanged after the treatment by homeopathic drugs, Dr Dhawan said. NRLC, which is engaged in preservation and conservation of historical and heritage buildings through its expertise is venturing into preservation of documents and manuscripts for the first time. Various drugs were tested during the course of research which had started in 1995. Sulphar Iodatum, Petrolim, Arsenicum and Rumux in different potencies were found to be most effective in the treatment of books and manuscripts, Dr Dhawan, the Head of Bio-deterioration Division of the NRLC, said. She said the findings had already been published and well received everywhere. Earlier, the fungus on books and manuscripts was treated successfully by NRLC scientists through chemicals but homeopathic medicines were environment-friendly and not harmful in any way, she said in reply to a query. Homeopathic medicines are environment-friendly, non-hazardous and without side effects in human beings, books and manuscripts will also have no bearings of this off-beat treatment, the scientists claimed. Dr Dhawan said the application of homeophatic medicinies was done on plants but its use on books and manuscripts was being tried for the first time. Tropical and sub-tropical countries like India, where humid weather prevails, the attack of fungus on books is more prevalent. This breakthrough research would go a long way in treatment of books and manuscripts. Yours Krishna Maraddi Librarian SKSVM Agadi college of Engg. & Tech. Laxmeshwar Dist; Gadag Yahoo! 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Exemption from NET
by Lavji N. Zala 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear LIS-Forum Colleagues, The decision taken by UGC to give exemption to the M.Phil and Ph.D. Holders form net is not fair. It is just like, IIMs and IITs offer admissions without CAT. Feel, what happens if this type of situation may be imposed in the education sector? Testing to the aspirants through the national or international standards (NET, CAT, IEEE, GMAT, TOEFL, PMT and so on.), is essential to produce qualitative and intellectual (because the competitive exams always test the aspirants at maximum aspects of intellectuality) persons rather than concentrate on quantity. Why the students from self financed management institutes (who offer admission without any national entrance test and believe in quantity) do not steps with the students of other institutes (who believe in quality and test the knowledge of aspirants through the national standards /entrance exams) in context to knowledge, innovation, self - determination and so on. Quality gives you assurance. There may many alternatives of quality but the alternatives will affect the national standards (standardization) and education system and create double standard system. I do not believe that the M.Phil and Ph.D holders have not capacity, however they have to pass through the national test and prove them as NET holders. They are very experienced persons in context to teaching but the at the other side the person having plenty of experience and knowledge in concerned filed but without having degree S/he may not be eligible for concerned field. This decision will create chaos in the standardization of aspirants. The nation can achieve the vision corruption-free India in education if it doesnt allow the chance for thinking towards DOUBLE-STANDARD but think of ONLY ONE STANDARD THAT IS CALLED NET/SLET. FYI: I have been trying to be a NET Holder since 2000 but I have not cleared it till date. regards, Lavji N. Zala Library Officer, Knowledge Exchange and Information Centre (KEIC), Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), Shela, Ahmedabad Pin- 380058 Phone: +91 2717 237946-51 ----------------------------------------- (on mail) Email Disclaimer: Information contained and transmitted by this e-mail is confidential, proprietary, and legally privileged data of Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), that is intended for use only by the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. You are requested to delete this e-mail immediately and notify the originator. Any views expressed by an individual do not necessarily reflect the views of MICA. While this e-mail has been checked for all known viruses, the addressee should also scan for viruses. Internet communications can not be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete. MICA does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. ---------------------------------------------------------

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Requirement of MIS Operator
by Dipaali K Bhosle 29 May '06

29 May '06

GlacierDear All, We are looking out for a male candidate, BSc with Statistics or mathematics along with LIS background. The job includes operating MIS system, which will include a data entry and then statistical analysis of the data. The candidate will also maintain Knowledge Centre in the absence of Knowledge Officer. Post will be on contractual basis and remuneration as per current industry value. Interested candidates can apply at dipaali.bhosle(a)infomediaindia.com Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle INFOMEDIA Mumbai Glacier  Dear All, We are looking out for a male candidate, BSc with Statistics or mathematics along with LIS background. The job includes operating MIS system, which will include a data entry and then statistical analysis of the data. The candidate will also maintain Knowledge Centre in the absence of Knowledge Officer. Post will be on contractual basis and remuneration as per current industry value. Interested candidates can apply at mailto:dipaali.bhosle@infomediaindia.com dipaali.bhosle(a)infomediaindia.com mailto:dipaali.bhosle@infomediaindia.com Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle INFOMEDIA Mumbai

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Information about electronic gates reg:-
by librarian＠gitam.edu 29 May '06

29 May '06

Dear Colleagues, Please let know the details and address of elecftronic security gates to avoid the theft of books from the library. librarians pl. share your experience after installing the electronic security gates. Pleasse send me the detailed address of the vendors with approximate cost. Wsith regards, Dr.K.Satyanarayana, Knowledge Resource Centre, G.I.T.A.M., Visakhapatnam-45,. Andhra Pradesh

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need information for how get job,accredition aborad
by Mailing List Manager 29 May '06

29 May '06

Date: 24 May 2006 06:17:30 -0000 From: planisamy ilangumaran kumar <kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com> � dears i complete M.L.I.S degree and 7 year experience in enginerring college as librarian i like migrate foriegn countries. please give guidance and how get job in foriegn countries. thanking you kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com

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Retroconversion of documents
by ashok upadhyay 29 May '06

29 May '06

lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: 1.Subject- REQUEST- Retroconversion of documents From (Ashok Upadhyay) Dear Friends, I am doing my PhD work on " Retroconversion of documents " For this purpose I want some material and links by which I could take some help regarding to my topic.Kindly comforward to help me. Expecting your valuable information thanks & regards, Ashok Upadhyay (Research Scholar)Deptt. ofLib.&Inf. Sc.AMU, Aligarh ashoka143(a)gmail.com akualig(a)rediffmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Answers Share what your know-how and wisdom Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger Download now lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: 1.Subject- REQUEST- Retroconversion of documents From (Ashok Upadhyay) Dear Friends, I am doing my PhD work on " Retroconversion of documents " For this purpose I want some material and links by which I could take some help regarding to my topic.Kindly comforward to help me. Expecting your valuable information thanks & regards, Ashok Upadhyay (Research Scholar)Deptt. ofLib.&Inf. Sc.AMU, Aligarh mailto:ashoka143@gmail.com ashoka143(a)gmail.com mailto:akualig@rediffmail.com akualig(a)rediffmail.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswersshare/*http://in.answers.yahoo.co… Yahoo! India Answers Share what your know-how and wisdom Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/freesms/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/download… Download now

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Fw: Resignation of IFLA Secretary General
by JK Vijayakumar 28 May '06

28 May '06

Magda Bouwens <Magda.Bouwens(a)ifla.nl> wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:38:05 +0100 From: "Magda Bouwens" To: Subject: Resignation of IFLA Secretary General It is with great regret that IFLA announces that the Secretary General, Mr Ramachandran, has resigned for personal reasons effective 31 December 2004. IFLA is very grateful to him for his service to the Federation during his tenure of the post. Drawing on his wide experience gained during a distinguished career in librarianship in Singapore and Southeast Asia, Mr Ramachandran brought new perspectives to IFLA which have enhanced the planning processes. IFLA wishes Mr Ramachandran well in his future endeavours and thanks him for his contributions to global librarianship. Kay Raseroka IFLA President __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Fwd: Request to librarians
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 28 May '06

28 May '06

Here is (strange) request to librarians in Sociology, public libraries etc. http://0044c40.netsolhost.com/downloads/WEAAD_CallToAction_Poster.pdf Can you please visit the above link, download the poster and display it in yourLibrary Notice Board? Whatever else you can do to publicize "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" among clientele of your library would be most appreciated. Thanks -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631 -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631 Here is (strange) request to librarians in Sociology, public libraries etc. http://0044c40.netsolhost.com/downloads/WEAAD_CallToAction_Poster.pdf http://0044c40.netsolhost.com/downloads/WEAAD_CallToAction_Poster.pdf Can you please visit the above link, download the poster and display it in yourLibrary Notice Board? Whatever else you can do to publicize "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" among clientele of your library would be most appreciated. Thanks -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631 -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Fwd: [libtech] Jobs at GOA
by jaypee hugar 27 May '06

27 May '06

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Open Access Journals?
by Chandrima Roy 26 May '06

26 May '06

Based on my understanding, discussions and as per the details given by Peter Suber on http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm Can we summarize the points as under? - Features of Open Access: A) Free for User i) Users are free to quote or refer the text ii) They are free to download iii) Users are free to add the downloaded text to their archive iv) As Online Access Literature is free of most copyright and licensing restrictions, no permissions are required to make the information freely available on users' platform, from any other platform B) Authors/ Publishers have to bear the cost i) As an Author, if one has information but cannot pay, then? Can he look for subsidy? ii) A Publisher, who is either Commercial or Governmental needs to fund the project. So, the finance will come from where? a) Excess charging of Print Version? (That is possible in case of established journals only) b) Subsidy? (Again available to established journal only) OR c) Advertisements? (Again depends upon the Journal Standard) Chandrima Roy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:14:20 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh < <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> esukhdev at gmail.com> Who bears the cost of the author's intellectual inputs?!! The same should bear the cost of author's publication. What is reported in scholarly journals? -- Research output. Who does that research? -- Scientists / Scholars. And Scientists / Scholars get salary for that. They need infrastructure to work in. They work on Research Projects that cost money. Who bears all the cost? Publication costs are just a fraction of the total cost of the research output. So it makes sense to spend a bit extra to expose the research results, gain maximum impact of it and build ground for further research. So funding agencies ( Govt. or Others) need to spend little extra to publish the research / project outcome which they sponser. Public funding agencies have their publication wings - they just need to allow free / open access to their publications. Atleast to their online versions. Indian Council for Medical Research is an example which provides free access to their journal - Indian Journal of Medical Research. Well there are other models as followed by BioMed Central and PLoS. Advertising revenues could be other. Don't we have Free-to-Air TV Channels? Hey! Do we pay for listening to FM Radio Channels? - Private or Public. I would suggest - --All publications consuming public money to produce should be publicly accessible - at least their online versions. --All publicly funded research should be mandated to be open-archived by the author with in a time frame. --All teaching / reseach institutions should set-up their institutional repositories. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 02:18:16 -0700 (PDT) From: ranjit dharmapurikar < <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> d_ranjit at yahoo.com> Dear Sir, You have asked about the cost of open source journals. who will bear the cost. Of course, the publisher, agency, person who is putting the journal on the net is required to bear the cost. Keeping the facility of open source journals is a way of an advertisement. Generally what I have observed that these open source journals are very old. Whenevr they found that there is not demand for such articles then they declear it as an open source journal. At least with this open source journals users will learn and will come to know that such titled journals are available. So it is a way of an advertisement. What I think. Like out dated goods are sold by maximum discount for attracting the customers towards new and fresh product. The same story can be applicable with open source journals R.G. Dharmapurikar  Based on my understanding, discussions and as per the details given by Peter Suber on http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm � Can we summarize the points as under? – Features of Open Access: � <![if !supportLists]> A) �� <![endif]> Free for User i ) �� Users are free to quote or refer the text ii) �� They are free to download iii) �� Users are free to add the downloaded text to their archive iv) �� As Online Access Literature is free of most copyright and licensing restrictions, no permissions are required to make the information freely available on users’ platform, from any other platform � <![if !supportLists]> B) �� <![endif]> Authors/ Publishers have to bear the cost <![if !supportLists]> i) �� <![endif]>As an Author, if one has information but cannot pay, then? Can he look for subsidy? <![if !supportLists]> ii) �� <![endif]>A Publisher, who is either Commercial or Governmental needs to fund the project. So, the finance will come from where? <![if !supportLists]> a) �� <![endif]>Excess charging of Print Version? (That is possible in case of established journals only) <![if !supportLists]> b) �� <![endif]>Subsidy? (Again available to established journal only) �� OR <![if !supportLists]> c) �� <![endif]>Advertisements? (Again depends upon the Journal Standard) � Chandrima Roy � -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- � Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:14:20 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh < http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum esukhdev at gmail.com > � Who bears the cost of the author's intellectual inputs?!! � The same should bear the cost of author's publication. � What is reported in scholarly journals? -- Research output. Who does that research? -- Scientists / Scholars. � And Scientists / Scholars get salary for that. They need infrastructure to work in. They work on Research Projects that cost money . � Who bears all the cost? � Publication costs are just a fraction of the total cost of the research output. So it makes sense to spend a bit extra to expose the research results, gain maximum impact of it and build ground for further research. � So funding agencies ( Govt . or Others) need to spend little extra to publish the research / project outcome which they sponser . Public funding agencies have their publication wings - they just need to allow free / open access to their publications. Atleast to their online versions. Indian Council for Medical Research is an example which provides free access to their journal - Indian Journal of Medical Research. � Well there are other models as followed by BioMed Central and PLoS . Advertising revenues could be other. � Don't we have Free-to-Air TV Channels? Hey! Do we pay for listening to FM Radio Channels? - Private or Public. � I would suggest - � --All publications consuming public money to produce should be publicly accessible - at least their online versions. � --All publicly funded research should be mandated to be open-archived by the author with in a time frame. � --All teaching / reseach institutions should set-up their institutional repositories. � -- Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in � Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 02:18:16 -0700 (PDT) From: ranjit dharmapurikar < http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum d_ranjit at yahoo.com > � Dear Sir, You have asked about the cost of open source journals. who will bear the cost. Of course, the publisher, agency , person who is putting the journal on the net is required to bear the cost. Keeping the facility of open source journals is a way of an advertisement. Generally what I have observed that these open source journals are very old. Whenevr they found that there is not demand for such articles then they declear it as an open source journal. At least with this open source journals users will learn and will come to know that such titled journals are available. So it is a way of an advertisement. What I think. Like out dated goods are sold by maximum discount for attracting the customers towards new and fresh product. The same story can be applicable with open source journals R.G. Dharmapurikar �

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Providing information about electronic security gates-reg:-
by librarian＠gitam.edu 26 May '06

26 May '06

Dear Colleagues, Please let know the details and address of elecftronic security gates to avoid the theft of books from the library. librarians pl. share your experience after installing the electronic security gates. Pleasse send me the detailed address of the vendors with approximate cost. Wsith regards, Dr.K.Satyanarayana, Knowledge Resource CEntre, G.I.T.A.M., Visakhapatnam-45,. Andhra Pradesh

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Regarding the reply for security gate
by vandana gambhir 26 May '06

26 May '06

Dr.K.Satyanarayana, Knowledge Resource Centre, The E-security gate is quite beneficial for your library. You can contact to 3 M, Amba Electronic, B-54, Flatted Factories Complex, Jhandewalan, New Delhi-55 Conerned Person E-mail: jitender_k(a)vsnl.net It will cost you about 8 lacks. Vandana Gambhir Pathways World School, Gurgaon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Dr.K.Satyanarayana, Knowledge Resource Centre, The E-security gate is quite beneficial for your library. You can contact to 3 M, Amba Electronic, B-54, Flatted Factories Complex, Jhandewalan, New Delhi-55 Conerned Person E-mail: mailto:jitender_k@vsnl.net jitender_k(a)vsnl.net It will cost you about 8 lacks. Vandana Gambhir Pathways World School, Gurgaon Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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