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LIS education in developing countries
by Mailing List Manager 01 May '06

01 May '06

Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:38:43 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> -- Original Message -- From: "Catherine Johnson" <johnson(a)sois.uwm.edu> To: <sigiii-l(a)asis.org> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:27:46 -0500 Subject: [Sigiii-l] LIS education in developing countries CALL FOR PAPERS The International Information and Library Review is soliciting papers for a special issue addressing the following broad theme: LIS Education in developing countries and emerging democracies. Libraries and other information services can be significant tools in the economic and social development of developing countries and emerging democracies. Often, however, library and information science education in these countries lacks the expertise and experience to produce librarians who can shape their libraries and information services to function effectively in the global information society. This special issue of The International Information and Library Review will focus on the state of LIS education in developing countries and emerging democracies. Related themes could include but are not limited to: � Case studies of LIS curriculum development in developing countries � The social and cultural context of LIS curricula in specific countries � Challenges in translating knowledge gained from a Western-based LIS education into a developing world context � Use of information and communication technologies to provide access to LIS education to students in developing countries � Evaluation of Western-based LIS programs delivered either in face to face or online formats to students from developing countries. � Challenges faced by students from developing countries who are enrolled in LIS programs in the West � Personal reflections on LIS education in developing countries and emerging democracies Papers are solicited from LIS practitioners and educators in both the developed and developing world that address the state of LIS education in developing countries in either practical or theoretical terms DEADLINES: Please submit a 150 word abstract by July 1st and the full paper by September 1st, 2006. The abstract and paper can be submitted as a word attachment to: Catherine Johnson, PhD School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee <johnson(a)sois.uwm.edu>johnson(a)sois.uwm.edu _______________________________________________ Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in

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From Peter Suber's blog
by Mailing List Manager 01 May '06

01 May '06

Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:40:31 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> As libraries incorporate OA, they become libratories Leo Waaijers, From Libraries to 'Libratories', Liber Quarterly, 16, 1 (2006). Only this abstract is free online, at least so far. While the eighties of the last century were a time of local automation for libraries and the nineties the decade in which libraries embraced the internet and the WWW, now is the age in which the big search engines and institutional repositories are gaining a firm footing. This heralds a new era in both the evolution of scholarly communication and its agencies themselves, i.e. the libraries. Until now libraries and publishers have developed a digital variant of existing processes and products, i.e. catalogues posted on the Web, scanned copies of articles, e-mail notification about acquisitions or expired lending periods, or traditional journals in a digital jacket. However, the new OAI repositories and services based upon them have given rise to entirely new processes and products, libraries transforming themselves into partners in setting up virtual learning environments, building an institution's digital showcase, maintaining academics' personal websites, designing refereed portals and - further into the future - taking part in organising virtual research environments or collaboratories. Libraries are set to metamorphose into 'libratories', an imaginary word to express their combined functions of library, repository and collaboratory. In such environments scholarly communication will be liberated from its current copyright bridle while its coverage will be both broader - including primary data, audiovisuals and dynamic models - and deeper, with cross-disciplinary analyses of methodologies and applications of instruments. Universities will make it compulsory to store in their institutional repositories the results of research conducted within their walls for purposes of academic reporting, review committees, and other modes of clarification and explanation. Big search engines will provide access to this profusion of information and organise its mass customisation. PS: The same issue of LQ contains a report by Raf Dekeyser on The LIBER Workshops on the "Open Archives Initiative" at CERN, Geneva. But it doesn't even have a free abstract online, or not so far. Arun

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InfoWatch Mar-Apr 2006
by M.R Lalitha 01 May '06

01 May '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The March-April 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) March-April 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AbbreviationZ [A directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet] 2. ArrayTrack [A tool for managing gene expression data] 3. Astrophysics Visualization Archive (AVA) 4. Cell Centered Database [Internet database for cellular imaging data] 5. ChemRefer [A search engine for chemistry literature available on Internet] 6. Council for Biotechnology Information 7. developerWorks- Linux [IBM's technical resource for developers] 8. European Strong Motion Database (SESD) 9. ITJobsWatch [A perspective on the prevailing IT jobs market conditions] 10. NASA planetary photojournal 11. Natural Resources Database (NRDB) - Free GIS for developing countries 12. New Semiconductor Materials Archive 13. Platonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia (PRIME) 14. Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (PETSc) 15. Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) [By National Science Foundation, USA] 16. Science and Visualization Challenge 17. Structural design of concrete building components 18. Web Design Reference Site 19. WHAT IF web interface [A molecular modelling package] 20. World Wind [Windows software for Landsat satellite imagery] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PAU Library to digitise research publications
by Mailing List Manager 01 May '06

01 May '06

Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:26:59 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Ludhiana, April 27: Dr M S Randhawa Library of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has decided to digitize all the available data in dissertations abstracts, research reports and research articles on CD archives. The digital data will also be put online shortly for easy and quick access. PAU librarian Dr S S Chahal said that a new digitisation cell has been created in the library, and a high-end- flat-bed-scanner has been specially purchased for this purpose. The entire process of digitisation will be completed in six months, he addded. The library has the largest collection of agricultural books and periodicals in the region, numbering over three lakh. Sources say that the library already provides information services like CD-ROM databases, ICRISAT library database and J-gate online services, with access to 7,500 journals. Subsidised fast Internet services is also provided for researchers and students. Besides these, some new services like 'Agricultural Expressions' comprising newspaper clippings has also been started. The Vice Chancellor has allotted a special additional grant of Rs 15 lakh to sustain the continuity of periodicals, informed Dr Chahal. Arun

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following invitation to the lis-forum members. K.N. Prasad Convenor Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Committee c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 **** Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Committee Kuvempu University Department of Library and Information Science Jnana Sahyadri Shankaraghatta 577 451 Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Series - 5 5th May 2006 Chief Guest Prof. Rajendra Chenni Chairman Department of English Kuvempu University Prof. T.N. Shankaranarayana Director School of Languages Kuvempu University will preside You are cordially invited Date : 05.05.2006 Time : 11.00 a.m. Venue : Prof. Venkataramaiah Hall, Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri Sri. Praveen Chandra, I.F.S. Registrar Dr. K.N. Prasad Dr. B.S. Biradar Convenor Local Convenor Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following invitation to the lis-forum members. K.N. Prasad Convenor Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Committee c/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 **** Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Committee Kuvempu University Department of Library and Information Science Jnana Sahyadri Shankaraghatta 577 451 Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Series - 5 5th May 2006 Chief Guest Prof. Rajendra Chenni Chairman Department of English Kuvempu University Prof. T.N. Shankaranarayana Director School of Languages Kuvempu University will preside You are cordially invited Date : 05.05.2006 Time : 11.00 a.m. Venue : Prof. Venkataramaiah Hall, Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri Sri. Praveen Chandra, I.F.S. Registrar Dr. K.N. Prasad Dr. B.S. Biradar Convenor Local Convenor

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EU, China to Link Up High-Speed Electronic Networks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

Friends: China is getting the benefit of high speed network connection with Europe and this would benefit science in China a great deal. Should not India get connected with the European and North American networks and enhance research collaboration with the advanced countries? Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -------------------------------------- From Grid Today (SUN Microsystems), 28 April 2006 Breaking News: EU, China to Link Up High-Speed Electronic Networks Communication and collaboration among 45 million researchers and students across Europe and China will be greatly facilitated by a new Sino-European high-speed network connection. Co-funded by the European Union, China and European National Research and Education Networks, the ?4.15 million ($5.67 million)-ORIENT (Oriental Research Infrastructure to European NeTworks) project will benefit all Sino-European research, including radio astronomy, sustainable development, meteorology and Grid computing, by helping to step up the flow of information between Europe and China. The ORIENT project is supported by the EU's 6th Research Framework Programme. "ORIENT enables truly international research co-operation, by making geographic location almost irrelevant," commented Information Society media commissioner Viviane Reding. "Access to applications such as telemedicine, digital libraries and e-learning will help the general public, as well as the research community, to build academic and cultural links between Europe and China and an open exchange of opinions and expertise between Chinese and European researchers. And at the same time, ORIENT will bring together the world's best minds to tackle global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development." ORIENT will connect Europe's GÉANT2, the world's most advanced international research and education network and the Chinese research networks CERNET and CSTNET on an overland route via Siberia. Scheduled to go live later in 2006 it will link over 200 Chinese universities and research institutions, at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps. It will be coordinated by research networking organisation DANTE in Europe and the CERNET network in China. The ORIENT launch follows Commissioner Reding's meeting with Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing in January. At the meeting, both sides agreed that e-infrastructure (advanced networking and Grid technologies) and its applications would play a key role in economic and social development and acknowledged the high importance of bilateral cooperation. Commissioner Reding, during her visit in China, had emphasised the importance of cooperation among researchers and students for the development of open societies. The project began on March 1 and will run for three years. Funding of the link will come from three sources: 50 percent of the project cost will be provided by CERNET (from the Chinese Ministries of Education, and Science and Technology respectively); 25 percent from the European Commission; and the final 25 percent contributed by Europe's National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). A number of Sino-European research projects have already been established and are looking forward to use the ORIENT connection. EUChinaGrid will extend the European Grid infrastructure for e-Science to China, supporting the international extension of the European Research Area (ERA). The EXPReS radio-astronomy project will see European radio telescopes connected to partners in China. ORIENT will provide a complementary service to TEIN2, the Asia-Pacific research network which went live in December 2005. TEIN2 links 10 countries, including China, at speeds of up to 622 Mbps, fostering regional collaboration. Each network will benefit from the connectivity provided by the other, increasing capacity and providing backup links in the event of failure. In addition to DANTE and CERNET, the project is supported by several European NRENs, namely GARR (Italy), DFN-Verein (Germany), RENATER (France), UKERNA (UK), GRNET (Greece) and CESNET (Czech Republic). Friends: China is getting the benefit of high speed network connection with Europe and this would benefit science in China a great deal. Should not India get connected with the European and North American networks and enhance research collaboration with the advanced countries? Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -------------------------------------- From Grid Today (SUN Microsystems), 28 April 2006 Breaking News: EU, China to Link Up High-Speed Electronic Networks Communication and collaboration among 45 million researchers and students across Europe and China will be greatly facilitated by a new Sino-European high-speed network connection. Co-funded by the European Union, China and European National Research and Education Networks, the 4.15 million ($5.67 million)-ORIENT (Oriental Research Infrastructure to European NeTworks) project will benefit all Sino-European research, including radio astronomy, sustainable development, meteorology and Grid computing, by helping to step up the flow of information between Europe and China. The ORIENT project is supported by the EU's 6th Research Framework Programme. "ORIENT enables truly international research co-operation, by making geographic location almost irrelevant," commented Information Society media commissioner Viviane Reding. "Access to applications such as telemedicine, digital libraries and e-learning will help the general public, as well as the research community, to build academic and cultural links between Europe and China and an open exchange of opinions and expertise between Chinese and European researchers. And at the same time, ORIENT will bring together the world's best minds to tackle global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development." ORIENT will connect Europe's GÉANT2, the world's most advanced international research and education network and the Chinese research networks CERNET and CSTNET on an overland route via Siberia. Scheduled to go live later in 2006 it will link over 200 Chinese universities and research institutions, at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps. It will be coordinated by research networking organisation DANTE in Europe and the CERNET network in China. The ORIENT launch follows Commissioner Reding's meeting with Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing in January. At the meeting, both sides agreed that e-infrastructure (advanced networking and Grid technologies) and its applications would play a key role in economic and social development and acknowledged the high importance of bilateral cooperation. Commissioner Reding, during her visit in China, had emphasised the importance of cooperation among researchers and students for the development of open societies. The project began on March 1 and will run for three years. Funding of the link will come from three sources: 50 percent of the project cost will be provided by CERNET (from the Chinese Ministries of Education, and Science and Technology respectively); 25 percent from the European Commission; and the final 25 percent contributed by Europe's National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). A number of Sino-European research projects have already been established and are looking forward to use the ORIENT connection. EUChinaGrid will extend the European Grid infrastructure for e-Science to China, supporting the international extension of the European Research Area (ERA). The EXPReS radio-astronomy project will see European radio telescopes connected to partners in China. ORIENT will provide a complementary service to TEIN2, the Asia-Pacific research network which went live in December 2005. TEIN2 links 10 countries, including China, at speeds of up to 622 Mbps, fostering regional collaboration. Each network will benefit from the connectivity provided by the other, increasing capacity and providing backup links in the event of failure. In addition to DANTE and CERNET, the project is supported by several European NRENs, namely GARR (Italy), DFN-Verein (Germany), RENATER (France), UKERNA (UK), GRNET (Greece) and CESNET (Czech Republic).

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Purdue's Distributed Institutional Repository
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

From Peter Suber's blog. Purdue's Distributed Institutional Repository Purdue University is developing a Distributed Institutional Repository. Amy Page Christiansen has a short article about it in the current HPC Wire. Excerpt: Purdue Libraries and Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) are collaborating on an initiative that includes innovative software developed on campus to help researchers store, sort, archive, retrieve and manage large-scale data and information. The Distributed Institutional Repository is a Web-based data portal that provides tools and systems to manipulate large data sets and to help users understand the origins of data and learn about additional research applications using the same data. "The DIR is an architecture Purdue Libraries developed which utilizes a unique approach to pulling access together from a number of distributed repositories," said Scott Brandt, professor of library science and associate dean for research for Purdue Libraries. Most institutional repositories use a single system within a single software environment. In addition to data repositories built by ITaP and the Libraries, the DIR will access a wide variety of information systems, including electronic dissertations e-prints and archival special collections...."The Libraries have always supported research through building and organizing collections," Brandt said. "With a distributed repository, we hope to enhance discovery and use of data across campus." An institutional repository is necessary to meet the growing need to house massive amounts of data and to make it usable for users across the academic environment, Brandt said....Purdue added its own twist through software developed by Michael Witt, senior research systems administrator for Purdue Libraries, that can interface between SRB [Storage Resource Broker] and standard OAI-PMH software (open archives initiative-protocol for metadata harvesting), which allows repositories to talk to each other...."We need to be able to access this data wherever it resides," Brandt said. "This gives us different ways to test that access and discovery." Part of the overall initiative is to work with Purdue's Cyber Center to address issues related to interoperability of data -- representing and combining data in new ways to generate knowledge. In addition to providing a home for researchers' massive data sets, the repository project also will spur decisions about data-rights management, sharing of intellectual property and length and format of data archival storage. The DIR developers are giving a public talk about it at Purdue on May 2. From Peter Suber's blog. Purdue's Distributed Institutional Repository http://www.purdue.edu/ Purdue University is developing a Distributed Institutional Repository . Amy Page Christiansen has a short http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/640030.html article about it in the current HPC Wire . Excerpt: Purdue Libraries and Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) are collaborating on an initiative that includes innovative software developed on campus to help researchers store, sort, archive, retrieve and manage large-scale data and information. The Distributed Institutional Repository is a Web-based data portal that provides tools and systems to manipulate large data sets and to help users understand the origins of data and learn about additional research applications using the same data. "The DIR is an architecture Purdue Libraries developed which utilizes a unique approach to pulling access together from a number of distributed repositories," said Scott Brandt, professor of library science and associate dean for research for Purdue Libraries. Most institutional repositories use a single system within a single software environment. In addition to data repositories built by ITaP and the Libraries, the DIR will access a wide variety of information systems, including electronic dissertations e-prints and archival special collections...."The Libraries have always supported research through building and organizing collections," Brandt said. "With a distributed repository, we hope to enhance discovery and use of data across campus." An institutional repository is necessary to meet the growing need to house massive amounts of data and to make it usable for users across the academic environment, Brandt said....Purdue added its own twist through software developed by Michael Witt, senior research systems administrator for Purdue Libraries, that can interface between SRB [Storage Resource Broker] and standard OAI-PMH software (open archives initiative-protocol for metadata harvesting), which allows repositories to talk to each other...."We need to be able to access this data wherever it resides," Brandt said. "This gives us different ways to test that access and discovery." Part of the overall initiative is to work with Purdue's Cyber Center to address issues related to interoperability of data -- representing and combining data in new ways to generate knowledge. In addition to providing a home for researchers' massive data sets, the repository project also will spur decisions about data-rights management, sharing of intellectual property and length and format of data archival storage. The DIR developers are giving a http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/rcac/events/library.htm public talk about it at Purdue on May 2.

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[LIS-Forum] Version 62, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Version 62 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,680 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 http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/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 5.3 Other Legal Issues 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 Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 220 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 580 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)digital-scholarship.com 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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workshop
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear Moderator, pl post this message in news groups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies for cross posting of this message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear profssional friends, The Department of LIS, Andhra University will conduct a Workshop on 'Design and development of digital libraries using DSpace on Windows' from October 9-13. Dr M.G.Sreekumar will be the resource person. For further details pl contact the undersigned. Thank you, Varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam.

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Zittrain on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

From Peter Suber's blog: What form of OA should universities recommend to faculty? Jonathan Zittrain gave his inaugural lecture yesterday as Oxford's first Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation. His title: The future of the Internet - and how to stop it. A webcast is available. The Oxford press release contains this tidbit: Another issue explored during Professor Zittrain's lecture, was the potential of the Internet for scholars and students around the world. He argued: 'Universities should encourage or even require their faculties to publish in open access journals and to publish working papers ahead of final drafts, so that their work is not locked up by some journal copyrights which are increasingly testing the budgets of libraries who wish to subscribe.' Comment. I applaud Zittrain for endorsing OA in his inaugural lecture. However, universities should require deposit in OA repositories not publication in OA journals (although they should encourage publication OA journals). (1) There aren't enough OA journals today and there won't be for some time. OA journals can easily grow in size but cannot as easily grow in number or scope. (2) Even when there are enough OA journals and they cover every research niche, a requirement to publish in OA journals would limit the freedom of authors to publish in the journals of their choice. (3) If the goal is OA, then universities needn't steer faculty away from subscription journals, at least when these journals consent to the OA archiving of peer-reviewed postprints, as about 70% of them do today. By contrast, (4) OA repositories are available today; (5) they scale quickly and easily; (6) they are compatible with the survival of conventional journals; and (7) they are compatible with author freedom to submit their work wherever they like. These are the reasons why all the OA mandates by funding agencies (public and private) focus on OA repositories, not OA journals. From Peter Suber's blog: What form of OA should universities recommend to faculty? http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/zittrain.html Jonathan Zittrain gave his inaugural lecture yesterday as Oxford's first Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation. His title: The future of the Internet and how to stop it . A http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20060411_141 webcast is available. The Oxford http://www.physorg.com/news65281929.html press release contains this tidbit: Another issue explored during Professor Zittrains lecture, was the potential of the Internet for scholars and students around the world. He argued: Universities should encourage or even require their faculties to publish in open access journals and to publish working papers ahead of final drafts, so that their work is not locked up by some journal copyrights which are increasingly testing the budgets of libraries who wish to subscribe. Comment . I applaud Zittrain for endorsing OA in his inaugural lecture. However, universities should require deposit in http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm#archives OA repositories not publication in http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm#journals OA journals (although they should encourage publication OA journals). (1) There aren't enough OA journals today and there won't be for some time. OA journals can easily grow in size but cannot as easily grow in number or scope. (2) Even when there are enough OA journals and they cover every research niche, a requirement to publish in OA journals would limit the freedom of authors to publish in the journals of their choice. (3) If the goal is OA, then universities needn't steer faculty away from subscription journals, at least when these journals consent to the OA archiving of peer-reviewed postprints, as about http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php 70% of them do today. By contrast , (4) OA repositories are available today; (5) they scale quickly and easily; (6) they are compatible with the survival of conventional journals; and (7) they are compatible with author freedom to submit their work wherever they like. These are the reasons why all the OA mandates by funding agencies (public and private) focus on OA repositories, not OA journals.

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Suppliers of CDs & DVDs on Management
by Dipaali K Bhosle 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear All, Can you tell me other than Multimedia HRD who can source the CDs & DVDs on management topics. If not then which public libraries will have collection of the same? Thanks & Regards, Dipaali K Bhosle INFOMEDIA Mumbai Dear All, Can you tell me other than Multimedia HRD who can source the CDs & DVDs on management topics. If not then which public libraries will have collection of the same? Thanks & Regards, Dipaali K Bhosle INFOMEDIA Mumbai

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Indianjournals.com - Seminars
by Chandrima Roy 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear All! Indianjournals.com is proud to share the overwhelming response from the Journal Publishing Societies and Libraries in the Seminars hosted on 12th April, 2006 at India International Centre, New Delhi and on 13th April, 2006 in Bareilly. Please click on the link below to view the Proceedings of the seminars: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=news_and_events We are planning to organize our next region based Seminars on "E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals" during June - July 2006 in Calcutta (Eastern Region), Bangalore (Southern Region) and Mumbai (Western Region). The events will be in the larger interest of the Journal Publishing Societies and the Libraries to explore the scope of Online Publishing. Event dates are yet to be finalized. You may please forward your interest for Participation in the same at the earliest along with your complete Address Details so that we can send formal invitation letter well on time for each region. Maximum two representatives from each institute are expected. Detailed entries can be forwarded to info(a)indianjournals.com . There is no registration fee and also these will be non-residential seminars. 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 Website: http://www.docdelserv.com http://www.indianjournals.com  Dear All! � Indianjournals.com is proud to share the overwhelming response from the Journal Publishing Societies and Libraries in the Seminars hosted on 12 th April, 2006 at India International Centre, New Delhi and on 13 th April, 2006 in Bareilly . Please click on the link below to view the Proceedings of the seminars: � http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=news_and_events http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=news_and_events � We are planning to organize our next region based Seminars on “E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals” during June – July 2006 in Calcutta (Eastern Region), Bangalore (Southern Region) and Mumbai (Western Region). The events will be in the larger interest of the Journal Publishing Societies and the Libraries to explore the scope of Online Publishing. Event dates are yet to be finalized. You may please forward your interest for Participation in the same at the earliest along with your complete Address Details so that we can send formal invitation letter well on time for each region. Maximum two representatives from each institute are expected. Detailed entries can be forwarded to mailto:info@indianjournals.com info(a)indianjournals.com . There is no registration fee and also these will be non-residential seminars. � 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 Website: http://www.docdelserv.com �� http://www.indianjournals.com � �

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Nominations are invited for SALIS Awards for the year 2006
by Arunachalam Hariharan 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2006. SALIS Awards 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National level) ------------------------------------------------------ SALIS instituted an award- sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, in the name of `Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award' . Aim of instituting the award: To honor and recognize library professionals - for their outstanding contributions to the profession. Eligibility: Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in any parts in India. Must be a citizen of India About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. He has also received many awards including SALIS Life Time Achievement Award Previous Year Award winners: 1. Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET â for the year 2004 2. Prof. (Dr.) M.Suriya, HOD, Dept of Library & Information Science & Librarian, Annamalai University â for the year 2005 ------------------------------------------------------ 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only) 3. AutoLib -Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only: Age below 40 years) Must be a citizen of India The above two awards are sponsored by M/s AutoLib Software System , a leading Library Automation Solution Provider at Chennai. AutoLib Software System ---------------------------------- AutoLib Software System has been established to provide low cost and high quality library automation solutions. They undertake all types of library automation projects. One of their objectives is to recognize and encourage library professionals who contribute more for the profession. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eligibility for the above two Awards : Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in Tamilnadu region. Must be a citizen of India Previous Award Winners: 1. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award Dr Dr.K.Nithyanandham, Director-in-charge, Librray, Anna University 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award Mr. T. Stephen CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore Mr. S.Swaminathan, Librarian, Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya College of Education, Coimbatore Nominations for all the three awards ( by Library professionals holding responsible position or by self) are invited for the year 2006 from eligible professionals. The application form can be obtained from the Convener, SALIS Award Committee by sending a self addressed stamped (Rs.10/-) cover or downloaded from http://autolib-india.net/salis or by sending E-mail to salisawards(a)yahoo.com. The other details are given in the application form. Filled-in application along with necessary supporting documents should be sent in a sealed cover to The Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, C/o, AutoLib, B2-Solai Apartments(Opp to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai - 600 089. Awards will be presented to the winners in the form of a Silver Medal, Citation and a shawl. The awards will be presented to the winners during the SALIS 2006 National Conference to be held at Karunya Deemed University, Coimbatore on 9th June 2006. Last date for the receipt of filled application is 15.05.2006 For any clarifications, E-mail to the convener at salisawards(a)yahoo.com -------------------------------- Mr. Jesudas Manalan Convener SALIS Award Committee & Librarian Bishop Heber College, Trichi â 17 & Secretary, SALIS Tiruchi Chapter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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The Bottom Line on E-Textbooks
by raja ram 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear Professionals, REMEMBER the paperless society? That was the world that would emerge once there was a computer on every desktop. Well, there are computers in every dorm room and laptops in every lecture hall, but even at the front lines of the digital revolution, the printed textbook still rules. By EDWARD WYATT,Published: April 23, 2006, Newyorktimes Read in full: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/innovate.html regards, rajaram --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Professionals, REMEMBER the paperless society? That was the world that would emerge once there was a computer on every desktop. Well, there are computers in every dorm room and laptops in every lecture hall, but even at the front lines of the digital revolution, the printed textbook still rules. By EDWARD WYATT,Published: April 23, 2006 , Newyorktimes Read in full: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/innovate.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/innovate.html regards, rajaram Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Workshop on E-Resources and IPR issues 14-16 June 2006
by D Jotwani 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay has planned to organize a 3-days Training Workshop on e-Resources and IPR Issues on 14-16 June 2006. The main objective of the workshop is to expose participants to the relevance of IPR issues vis-a-vis usage of e-resources. Thanks to the success of the Consortia model of acquisition, libraries have been able to provide access to several thousands e-books and journals to their users without the constraints of space and time. While application of Information and Communication Technologies and Consortia approach have benefited large number of libraries and their users, it has added responsibilities to ensure that the usage is made within the framework of Intellectual Property Rights and the interests of the creators of information/knowledge are protected. Library and information professionals providing e-resources-based information services have important role to play in this area and this workshop will provide them with a broader view of the implications of IPR while discharging their responsibilities and serving their users. The important topics to be covered in the workshop include : 1.Overview of the state of art information communication technologies in the libraries, 2.e-journals, e-books, e-databases 3.Intellectual Property rights vis-a-vis e-resources 4.Vendors presentations 5.RFID Only 30-35 participants, on first-come-first-served basis, will be taken for the course from IITs, IISc, NITs, other engineering colleges, scientific and technical institutions. Preference will be given to those from INDEST/AICTE Consortium participating institutions. Interested persons may forward their application in the enclosed proforma by email / fax at the earliest to the Librarian, IIT Bombay. Two participants from the consortium participating institutes will be provided free registration. Other participants will be charged Rs 1000-/ as registration fee which includes workshop kit, hostel accommodation, working lunch, and tea/coffee during sessions. TA/DA will have to be borne by the participants or their sponsoring organizations. For Registration Fee concessions, applications must be forwarded thru thier parent organizations. Thank you WORKSHOP on e-Resources and IPR Issues, 14-16 June 2006 PROFORMA Name : ____________________________________ Designation : ____________________________________ Institution/Organization : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Address : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Telephone / Fax No. ____________________________________ Email : ____________________________________ Accommodation needed : Yes / No Signature -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227(fax) Mobile 09819808920

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Workshop on E-Resources and IPR issues - correction of date
by D Jotwani 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear All In continuation of my previous mail, it is informed that the dates of workshop are 14-16 June 2006 (and not 14-16 May). Regrets for inconvenience. Thanks. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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request information for e-publishing tranning
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Date: 25 Apr 2006 09:03:09 -0000 From: planisamy ilangumaran kumar <kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com> dear sir i am librarian for last eight years,i request information for any e-publishing tranning institute in chennai,cost of expenditure,best institute address needed,any short term course avaiable.please any one forewared to our mail. thanking you ilangumaran.p kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com

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"Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..."
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:00:44 +0530 From: Swapan Patra <skpatra(a)gmail.com> RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE, New Delhi We have the pleasure to announce the 120th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 29th April, 2006 (5th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. *Venue : National Foundation For India,* *Core IV A , Upper Ground Floor,* *India** Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 110003* * * *Topic : E-Journals* * * *Speaker : Ms. Mesra Malik* *Librarian,* *National Foundation For India, New Delhi*

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Workshop on E-Resources and IPR issues
by D Jotwani 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay has planned to organize a 3-days Training Workshop on e-Resources and IPR Issues on 14-16 May 2006. The main objective of the workshop is to expose participants to the relevance of IPR issues vis-a-vis usage of e-resources. Thanks to the success of the Consortia model of acquisition, libraries have been able to provide access to several thousands e-books and journals to their users without the constraints of space and time. While application of Information and Communication Technologies and Consortia approach have benefited large number of libraries and their users, it has added responsibilities to ensure that the usage is made within the framework of Intellectual Property Rights and the interests of the creators of information/knowledge are protected. Library and information professionals providing e-resources-based information services have important role to play in this area and this workshop will provide them with a broader view of the implications of IPR while discharging their responsibilities and serving their users. The important topics to be covered in the workshop include : 1.Overview of the state of art information communication technologies in the libraries, 2.e-journals, e-books, e-databases 3.Intellectual Property rights vis-a-vis e-resources 4.Vendors presentations 5.RFID Only 30-35 participants, on first-come-first-served basis, will be taken for the course from IITs, IISc, NITs, other engineering colleges, scientific and technical institutions. Preference will be given to those from INDEST/AICTE Consortium participating institutions. Interested persons may forward their application in the enclosed proforma by email / fax at the earliest to the Librarian, IIT Bombay. Two participants from the consortium participating institutes will be provided free registration. Other participants will be charged Rs 1000-/ as registration fee which includes workshop kit, hostel accommodation, working lunch, and tea/coffee during sessions. TA/DA will have to be borne by the participants or their sponsoring organizations. For Registration Fee concessions, applications must be forwarded thru thier parent organizations. Thank you WORKSHOP on e-Resources and IPR Issues, 14-16 May 2006 PROFORMA Name : ____________________________________ Designation : ____________________________________ Institution/Organization : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Address : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Telephone / Fax No. ____________________________________ Email : ____________________________________ Accommodation needed : Yes / No Signature -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227(fax) Mobile 09819808920

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Libraries Build Communities
by Thapar, Amit 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Libraries Build Communities http://librariesbuildcommunities.org/ A blog Steven Cohen and Chrystie Hill are using to gather materials for a forthcoming book on this subject. Read and/or contribute stories about how your own library is building community. They'd appreciate your filling out their online survey while you're visiting the site. amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." "Life is just Fun, like a scoop of Ice Cream, - Enjoy it before it melts ! " Libraries Build Communities http://librariesbuildcommunities.org/ http://librariesbuildcommunities.org/ A blog Steven Cohen and Chrystie Hill are using to gather materials for a forthcoming book on this subject. Read and/or contribute stories about how your own library is building community. They'd appreciate your filling out their online survey while you're visiting the site. mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." "Life is just Fun, like a scoop of Ice Cream, - Enjoy it before it melts ! "

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Google released a 3D modelling software
by Sukhdev Singh 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Google released a 3D modelling software called SketchUp < http://sketchup.google.com/ >. It is available in both free and commercial versions. "With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. And once you've built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies". --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Library Access to Scholarship
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

I was going through a section of "Cites & Insights" 6, Number 7: May 2006 <http://cites.boisestate.edu/civ6i7.pdf > entitled Library Access to Scholarship <http://cites.boisestate.edu/v6i7e.htm> . Apart from others things it highlights: --OA Librarian, oalibrarian.blogspot.com, "Open Access resources for librarians --The impact of open access on library and information science (a research project). It's a project proposal from Cheryl Knott Malone and Anita Coleman (both at the University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library Science). --College & Research Libraries will be freely available after a six-month embargo --A group of librarians, college administrators, and scholars issued a call to action to preserve online scholarly journals, noting that such journals "could vanish into oblivion should publishers go out of business or face other calamities." --On April 10, the Public Access Working Group (an advisory panel to NIH) reaffirmed its support for strengthening of the NIH public access policy, calling for the policy to be mandatory and for the maximum embargo to be six months. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Publication required
by Lata Suresh 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Dear Profesionals, One of our reasercher is looking for the following. I.G. Sarason and B. Sarason -Social Support Scale. 1987 If anyone of you can help ?? Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033, RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org Dear Profesionals, One of our reasercher is looking for the following. I.G. Sarason and B. Sarason -Social Support Scale. 1987 If anyone of you can help ?? Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033, RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : mailto:lata@iihmr.org lata(a)iihmr.org

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open course ware
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

From Peter Suber's blog How can open courseware make education better? Toru Iiyoshi, Opportunity is Knocking: Will Education Open the Door? Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, April 2006. (Thanks to A.G. Rud.) Excerpt: [O]ne of open education's most critical questions --how can open education's tools and resources demonstrably improve education quality?-- [is] rarely mentioned [at conferences on open education]....The main tenet of open education is to make educational assets freely available to the public. This is becoming easier and less expensive as network and multimedia technology evolves....But several obstacles may stand in the way of using these and other powerful tools and resources in ways that will actually improve the quality of education. First, although the tools and resources are readily available, transferring practical knowledge about how to use them is not easy. Indeed, this kind of pedagogical know-how is notoriously hard to make visible and portable....[T]he vast majority of this kind of practical knowledge remains tacit and invisible in the experiences of the educator or educators who created the materials....This is why Carnegie's Knowledge Media Lab is working...to develop and disseminate support tools and resources that capture not only materials but the stories and experiences of real teachers using those materials in...concrete settings.... Second, true success in open education requires a change in education culture and policy. The education community values activities like scholarly writing and pursuing new research questions....But...adapting or improving another's educational materials is rarely understood to be a creative, valuable contribution.... Finally, we must look beyond institutional boundaries and connect efforts among many settings and open source entrepreneurs....An initiative like the Sakai Project, for example, which is working to design, build, and deploy a new online education platform that includes course management, electronic portfolio, assessment, collaboration, communication, and other tools actually coordinates multi-institutional collaborative efforts and offers institutions the chance to collectively advance teaching and learning....This is the kind of cooperation and knowledge sharing that will catapult open education to a new level. ...I anticipate three dramatic improvements over time: increased quality of tools and resources, more effective use, and greater individual and collective pedagogical knowledge. Ideally, all will occur simultaneously, combining local classroom innovations and learned lessons through global knowledge sharing....Opportunity is knocking. Will we open the door? From Peter Suber's blog How can open courseware make education better? Toru Iiyoshi, http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1151 Opportunity is Knocking: Will Education Open the Door? Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching , April 2006. (Thanks to A.G. Rud.) Excerpt: [O]ne of open education's most critical questions --how can open education's tools and resources demonstrably improve education quality?-- [is] rarely mentioned [at conferences on open education]....The main tenet of open education is to make educational assets freely available to the public. This is becoming easier and less expensive as network and multimedia technology evolves....But several obstacles may stand in the way of using these and other powerful tools and resources in ways that will actually improve the quality of education. First, although the tools and resources are readily available, transferring practical knowledge about how to use them is not easy. Indeed, this kind of pedagogical know-how is notoriously hard to make visible and portable....[T]he vast majority of this kind of practical knowledge remains tacit and invisible in the experiences of the educator or educators who created the materials....This is why Carnegie's http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/KML Knowledge Media Lab is working...to develop and disseminate support tools and resources that capture not only materials but the stories and experiences of real teachers using those materials in...concrete settings.... Second, true success in open education requires a change in education culture and policy. The education community values activities like scholarly writing and pursuing new research questions....But...adapting or improving another's educational materials is rarely understood to be a creative, valuable contribution.... Finally, we must look beyond institutional boundaries and connect efforts among many settings and open source entrepreneurs....An initiative like the http://www.sakaiproject.org Sakai Project , for example, which is working to design, build, and deploy a new online education platform that includes course management, electronic portfolio, assessment, collaboration, communication, and other tools actually coordinates multi-institutional collaborative efforts and offers institutions the chance to collectively advance teaching and learning....This is the kind of cooperation and knowledge sharing that will catapult open education to a new level. ...I anticipate three dramatic improvements over time: increased quality of tools and resources, more effective use, and greater individual and collective pedagogical knowledge. Ideally, all will occur simultaneously, combining local classroom innovations and learned lessons through global knowledge sharing....Opportunity is knocking. Will we open the door?

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LIS Courses : International Accreditation/Certification
by J. K. Vijayakumar 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hello all, Few months back, there was a discussion in Indian LIS forums about the accreditation of Indian LIS course at international level. I would like to inform you that IFLA has started a new Discussion group named "LIS Education in Developing Countries: Discussion Group". Please visit http://www.ifla.org/VII/dg/lisdg/index.htm for details. -------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. Hello all, Few months back, there was a discussion in Indian LIS forums about the accreditation of Indian LIS course at international level. I would like to inform you that IFLA has started a new Discussion group named "LIS Education in Developing Countries: Discussion Group". Please visit http://www.ifla.org/VII/dg/lisdg/index.htm http://www.ifla.org/VII/dg/lisdg/index.htm for details. -------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar 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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