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Web based Catalogue
by Krishnamurthy M 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Dear Moderator , Kindly arrange to announce the following information to the benefit of the LIS forum members. We are happy to announce that Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore Centre Library (ISIBC) has introduced the Web Opace service. ISIBC Library has rich collection in the field of Mathematics, statistics, Economics , Library and Information Science. Users may access library catalogue through web searach http://www.isibang.ac.in/library/index.htm Regards, M.Krishnamurthy -- Dr.M.Krishnamurthy Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265

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INFN ON PEST CONTROL MEASURES IN LIBRARUES
by K A. Sardesai 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Dear Vijay, These are some procedures which we are following in our Library and getting best results.I wish you these are simple and you might have tried. * First Library should be broomed daily and floor dusting with funnel and little soap should be applied twice in a week. * If more rats are destroying your clloection you may keep Mortin cake at the weekend and careul in searching the books on Monday that is start of the week.Mostly they eat this cake and die not immediately but in one or two days and they generally come in open space.But be attentive. * A personnel care is must for a Library. * Use napthalene balls at each corners, racks, cupboards and shelves. * Good light and ventelation if possible. * Harble Vekhand powder or stick may be kept to avoid germs. * To remove dust either use euroclean twice in a week or outsource some good worker once in a month for physical cleaning Kshipra

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Special Proceedings Issue of the 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library (ICUDL2005)
by Puna Das 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Special Proceedings Issue of the 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library (ICUDL2005), Oct. 31−Nov. 2, 2005, Hangzhou, P. R. China <Fulltext Contents available at: http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm> Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE (ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly) 2005 Vol. 6A No. 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Editor: Wu Xiu-fang On-line Editor: Lin Chang-dong CONTENTS Keynotes and Invited Speech on Digital Library The qualitative advantages of quantities of information: bigger is better/ LESK Michael Machines as readers: A solution to the copyright problem/ SHAMOS Michael I Towards a multilingual, multimedia and multimodal digital library platform/ HUANG Tie-jun, TIAN Yong-hong, WANG Chun-li, SHI Xiao-dong, GAO Wen Towards universal access to all knowledgeInternet Archive/ KAHLE Brewster Million Book Project vs Google Print/ ST. CLAIR Gloriana Digital libraries: A testbed for multimedia technology/ ZHUANG Yue-ting Universal Digital LibraryFuture research directions/ BALAKRISHNAN N. New mode of universal access and Global Memory Net/ CHEN Ching-chih Digital Library Technology Global Memory Net and the development of digital image information management system: Experience and practice/ ZHANG Sheng-qiang, CHEN Ching-chih Towards a self healing information system for digital libraries/ AMBATI Vamshi, REDDY Raj A text to speech interface for Universal Digital Library/ PRAHALLAD Kishore, BLACK Alan Spatial/temporal indexing and information visualization genre for environmental digital libraries/ CHEN Su-shing, GRUNWALD Sabine Technical features in the Portal to CADAL/ WU Jiang-qin, ZHUANG Yue-ting, PAN Yun-he Constructing a taxonomy to support multi-document summarization of dissertation/ OU Shi-yan, KHOO Christopher S.G., GOH Dion H. Exploiting multi-context analysis in semantic image classification/ TIAN Yong-hong, HUANG Tie-jun, GAO Wen Relighting multiple color textures/ DIAO Chang-yu, LU Dong-ming, LIU Gang Enhancing the usage pattern mining performance with temporal segmentation of QPop Increment in digital libraries/ CAO San-xing, KLEIN R. Rody, LIU Jian-bo Optical Character Recognition for printed Tamil text using Unicode/ SEETHALAKSHMI R., SREERANJANI T.R., BALACHANDAR T., Abnikant Singh, Markandey Singh, Ritwaj Ratan, Sarvesh Kumar Digital Library Service and Management Resource discovery in distributed digital libraries through visual knowledge navigation/ GU Qian-yi, AHMAD Faisal, SUMNER Tamara A sustainable development OCR system in CADAL application/ HUANG Chen, ZHAO Ji-hai, HU Xiao An integrated framework for discovering digital library collections/ CALHOUN Karen The Million Book Project at Bibliotheca Alexandrina/ ELDAKAR Youssef, EL-GAZZAR Khalid, ADLY Noha, NAGI Magdy Preserving the literary past, looking to the future: the first Hong Kong Literature Database/ MA Leo F.H., WONG Rita, LAU Paul Om: One tool for many (Indian) languages/ GANAPATHIRAJU Madhavi, BALAKRISHNAN Mini, BALAKRISHNAN N., REDDY Raj A simple approach for building transliteration editors for Indian languages/ PRAHALLAD Lavanya, PRAHALLAD Kishore, GANAPATHIRAJU Madhavi An experiment on digital library based on the method of TQM system/ YANG Ling-yun, ZHU Hai-kang <Fulltext Contents available at: http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm> ___________________________________________________ Swapan Kumar Patra/ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India New Delhi ____________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Special Proceedings Issue of the 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library (ICUDL2005), Oct. 31−Nov. 2, 2005, Hangzhou, P. R. China <Fulltext Contents available at: http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm > Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE (ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly) 2005 Vol. 6A No. 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Editor: Wu Xiu-fang On-line Editor: Lin Chang-dong CONTENTS Keynotes and Invited Speech on Digital Library The qualitative advantages of quantities of information: bigger is better/ LESK Michael Machines as readers: A solution to the copyright problem/ SHAMOS Michael I Towards a multilingual, multimedia and multimodal digital library platform/ HUANG Tie-jun, TIAN Yong-hong, WANG Chun-li, SHI Xiao-dong, GAO Wen Towards universal access to all knowledgeInternet Archive/ KAHLE Brewster Million Book Project vs Google Print/ ST. CLAIR Gloriana Digital libraries: A testbed for multimedia technology/ ZHUANG Yue-ting Universal Digital LibraryFuture research directions/ BALAKRISHNAN N. New mode of universal access and Global Memory Net/ CHEN Ching-chih Digital Library Technology Global Memory Net and the development of digital image information management system: Experience and practice/ ZHANG Sheng-qiang, CHEN Ching-chih Towards a self healing information system for digital libraries/ AMBATI Vamshi, REDDY Raj A text to speech interface for Universal Digital Library/ PRAHALLAD Kishore, BLACK Alan Spatial/temporal indexing and information visualization genre for environmental digital libraries/ CHEN Su-shing, GRUNWALD Sabine Technical features in the Portal to CADAL/ WU Jiang-qin, ZHUANG Yue-ting, PAN Yun-he Constructing a taxonomy to support multi-document summarization of dissertation/ OU Shi-yan, KHOO Christopher S.G., GOH Dion H. Exploiting multi-context analysis in semantic image classification/ TIAN Yong-hong, HUANG Tie-jun, GAO Wen Relighting multiple color textures/ DIAO Chang-yu, LU Dong-ming, LIU Gang Enhancing the usage pattern mining performance with temporal segmentation of QPop Increment in digital libraries/ CAO San-xing, KLEIN R. Rody, LIU Jian-bo Optical Character Recognition for printed Tamil text using Unicode/ SEETHALAKSHMI R., SREERANJANI T.R., BALACHANDAR T., Abnikant Singh, Markandey Singh, Ritwaj Ratan, Sarvesh Kumar Digital Library Service and Management Resource discovery in distributed digital libraries through visual knowledge navigation/ GU Qian-yi, AHMAD Faisal, SUMNER Tamara A sustainable development OCR system in CADAL application/ HUANG Chen, ZHAO Ji-hai, HU Xiao An integrated framework for discovering digital library collections/ CALHOUN Karen The Million Book Project at Bibliotheca Alexandrina/ ELDAKAR Youssef, EL-GAZZAR Khalid, ADLY Noha, NAGI Magdy Preserving the literary past, looking to the future: the first Hong Kong Literature Database/ MA Leo F.H., WONG Rita, LAU Paul Om: One tool for many (Indian) languages/ GANAPATHIRAJU Madhavi, BALAKRISHNAN Mini, BALAKRISHNAN N., REDDY Raj A simple approach for building transliteration editors for Indian languages/ PRAHALLAD Lavanya, PRAHALLAD Kishore, GANAPATHIRAJU Madhavi An experiment on digital library based on the method of TQM system/ YANG Ling-yun, ZHU Hai-kang <Fulltext Contents available at: http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/2005/A0511/index.htm > ___________________________________________________ Swapan Kumar Patra/ Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India New Delhi ____________________________________________________ Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! 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National Seminar on E-Publications - Directions to the Venue
by Dimple Patel 19 Mar '06

19 Mar '06

Dear All, This is to inform you that the venue for the National Seminar on Electronic Publications organized by Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action (MGNIRSA), Hyderabad is: JNTU Conference Hall, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, HYDERABAD - 500 072. How to reach the Venue? FROM AIRPORT: If you are travelling by air, you will arrive at the Rajiv Gandhi airport, Begumpet. The airport is centrally located, being within easy reach of both Hyderabad and Secunderabad. At the airport, you can hire prepaid taxis, private cars or auto-rickshaws (there are no 4-wheeler taxis in Hyderabad). FROM RAILWAY STATIONS AND BUS STATIONS: If you are traveling by train, you will alight at one of the following railway stations: Secunderabad, Hyderabad (at Nampally), Begumpet or Kachiguda. If you arrive by long distance bus, you will alight at the Jubilee Bus Station, Secunderabad, or at the Hyderabad Bus Terminal at Gowliguda. Buses are actually pretty flexible, and stop at quite a few places along the way. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: The State Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses are inexpensive. But, this is not the best option if you have a large amount of luggage on you, of course. There are two types of city bus services; ordinary Road Transport Corporation buses and the Metro Liners, operated by the APSRTC between 0500-2300 daily. RTC buses are crowded during rush hour. Metro Liners are comfortable but seats are limited. Metro Liners arent available everywhere, so its a good idea to check the route chart before you set out to see if there is service available. Buses you can take to reach JNTU Campus: From Secunderabad: 10K, 226 From Nampally: 225 From Kachiguda: 83K From Jubilee Bus Station: 226 There are many more buses going to Kukatpally from these points. You can enquire at the Enquiry counters available at the Bus stations. Telephone No.s of Bus Stations: Secunderabad : 23443399 Nampally : 23435162 Kachiguda : 27568624 Jubilee Bus Station: 27802203 Imlibun Bus Station: 24614406 LOCAL TRANSPORT: The auto rickshaws are metered, so make sure that the meter is showing the minimum fare (Rs. 10 now) when you get in, and that he's set the meter after you've engaged him. Pay what the meter shows when you get off, but if the minimum fare in the meter is still being shown as Rs. 8, the driver has to produce a card to show the actual amount. You will have to pay one and a half return amount if you are hiring an auto rickshaw between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Taxis are not widely used in Hyderabad although prepaid taxis are available at the airport, Secunderabad and Nampally railway stations. These are generally expensive. URLs about Hyderabad you can use: http://www.fullhyderabad.com/htdocs/visiting_the_city/home.phtml http://www.fullhyderabad.com/htdocs/visiting_the_city/hotels.phtml http://www.hitex.co.in/html/cityinform.htm For your accommodation enquiries on your arrival at Hyderabad please contact Mr. Murahari at 9848845841. Dr. C.K. Ramaiah, Director, Centre for Information Science, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17, Gaganmahal Road, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029, Andhra Pradesh. Telephone: 040-27672492; Facsimile: 091-40-27664920 Email: cis.dsrf(a)gmail.com or chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com Dimple Patel, Assistant Librarian, MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. INDIA. --------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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OPEN Genomics
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

From Peter Suber's blog OA to genome sequences for 11 more mammals Glyn Moody, The Power of Open Genomics, Open..., March 16, 2006. Excerpt: The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced the latest round of mega genome sequencing projects - effectively the follow-ons to the Human Genome Project. These are designed to provide a sense of genomic context, and to allow all the interesting hidden structures within the human genome to be teased out bioinformatically by comparing them with other genomes that diverged from our ancestors at various distant times. Three more primates are getting the NHGRI treatment: the rhesus macacque, the marmoset and the orangutan. But alongside these fairly obvious choices, eight more mammals will be sequenced too....If you are not quite sure whom to vote for, you might want to peruse a great page listing all the genomes currently being sequenced for the NHGRI, which provides links to a document...explaining why each is important (there are pix, too). More seriously, it is worth noting that this growing list makes ever more plain the power of open genomics. Since all of the genomes will be available in public databases as soon as they are completed (and often before), this means that bioinformaticians can start crunching away with them, comparing species with species in various ways. Already, people have done the obvious things like comparing humans with chimpanzees, or mice with rats, but the possibilities are rapidly becoming extremely intriguing....And beyond the simple pairing of genomes, which yields a standard square-law richness, there are even more inventive combinations involving the comparison of multiple genomes that may reveal particular aspects of the Great Digital Tree of Life, since everything may be compared with everything, without restriction. Now imagine trying to do this if genomes had been patented, and groups of them belonged to different companies, all squabbling over their "IP". The case for open genomics is proved, I think. From Peter Suber's blog OA to genome sequences for 11 more mammals Glyn Moody, http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2006/03/power-of-open-genomics.html The Power of Open Genomics , Open... , March 16, 2006. Excerpt: The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2006/nhgri-15.htm announced the latest round of mega genome sequencing projects - effectively the follow-ons to the Human Genome Project. These are designed to provide a sense of genomic context, and to allow all the interesting hidden structures within the human genome to be teased out bioinformatically by comparing them with other genomes that diverged from our ancestors at various distant times. Three more primates are getting the NHGRI treatment: the rhesus macacque, the marmoset and the orangutan. But alongside these fairly obvious choices, eight more mammals will be sequenced too....If you are not quite sure whom to vote for, you might want to peruse a great http://www.genome.gov/10002154 page listing all the genomes currently being sequenced for the NHGRI, which provides links to a http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/Sequencing/SeqProposals/Lowcoveragemam… document ...explaining why each is important (there are http://www.genome.gov/17516871 pix , too). More seriously, it is worth noting that this growing list makes ever more plain the power of open genomics. Since all of the genomes will be available in public databases as soon as they are completed (and often before), this means that bioinformaticians can start crunching away with them, comparing species with species in various ways. Already, people have done the obvious things like comparing humans with chimpanzees, or mice with rats, but the possibilities are rapidly becoming extremely intriguing....And beyond the simple pairing of genomes, which yields a standard square-law richness, there are even more inventive combinations involving the comparison of multiple genomes that may reveal particular aspects of the Great Digital Tree of Life, since everything may be compared with everything, without restriction. Now imagine trying to do this if genomes had been patented, and groups of them belonged to different companies, all squabbling over their "IP". The case for open genomics is proved, I think.

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INFN ON PEST CONTROL MEASURES IN LIBRARUES
by vijaykumar nayak 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

----------It is requested to post the following message---------- Dear Professionals, What are the measures required for controlling the pests at library. 1. For preventing the rats, 2. For book worms/ Dust etc. It is requested to give your valuable suggestions for preventing the pests . Thanking you Vijay Nayak VTU-Library Belgaum-590 014 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. ----------It is requested to post the following message---------- Dear Professionals, What are the measures required for controlling the pests at library. 1. For preventing the rats, 2. For book worms/ Dust etc. It is requested to give your valuable suggestions for preventing the pests . Thanking you Vijay Nayak VTU-Library Belgaum-590 014 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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Seminar notice
by Krishnamurthy M 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture invitation to the benefit of the LIS- forum members. Association of British Scholars Karnataka Chapter (Regd : 461/98-99) And British Library Cordially invite you to the special lecture on "Granad Challenges in Information Retrieval" by Michael Shepherd Professor Deparartment of Computers Science Dalhousie University, Canada at The British Lirbary on Saturday, 25th March 2006 at 4.30 PM. Prof.I.K.Ravichandra Rao Mr.K.T.Rajan Mr.R.Dhandapani Mr.I.H.Jagirdar (President) ( Secretary) (Treasurer) (Manager) -- Dr.M.Krishnamurthy Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265

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Stockholm Challenge 2006 award Finalist - OpenMED@NIC
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Dear Friends, Our OpenMED@NIC < http://openmed.nic.in > has been nominated as a finalist in the Health Category of the Stockholm Challenge 2006 award. List of finalists can be viewed at http://event.stockholmchallenge.se/finalists.php OpenMED@NIC is an Open Access Repository in Medical and Allied Sciences. Thanks --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Patents & Standarda
by ACHAR S 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Dear Professional collegues, Can anybody give some tips on how to maintain patents & standards in a manufacturing firm Where the library has to preserve this type of documents. Thanks Achar SBMJCE Bangalore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [oa-india] OpenMED as Stockholm Challenge 2006 Award Finalist
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Congrats to the NIC team! We hope they win the award. About five years ago MSSRF won the Stockholm Challenge Award for their Information Village research project. Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Naina Pandita" <naina(a)nic.in> To: "Discussion Group for Open Access Workshop India" <oa-india(a)dgroups.org> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 2:39 PM Subject: [oa-india] OpenMED as Stockholm Challenge 2006 Award Finalist > > We are happy to inform all that the OpenMED@NIC (http://openmed.nic.in) > has been nominated as a finalist in the Health Category of the Stockholm > Challenge 2006 award. List finalists can be viewed at > http://event.stockholmchallenge.se/finalists.php > > Naina Pandita > > > Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, > OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank > --- You are currently subscribed to oa-india as: arun(a)mssrf.res.in > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-oa-india-137598Y(a)dgroups.org

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RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE MEETING
by Puna Das 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Date : 10th March, 2006 We have the pleasure to announce the 120th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 24th March, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : National Foundation For India Core IV A , Upper Ground Floor India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 110003 Topic : Latest trends in Digital Libraries Speaker : Ms. Tulika Pandey, Additional Director,Department of Information Technology, New Delhi Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH Manager Program Committee F-46 A, MIG Flats, Hari Kunj, Hari Nagar NEW DELHI- 110 064 Ph. 25496916 ____________________________________________________ Swapan Kumar Patra Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) New Delhi - 110016 ____________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Date : 10th March, 2006 We have the pleasure to announce the 120th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 24th March, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : National Foundation For India Core IV A , Upper Ground Floor India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - 110003 Topic : Latest trends in Digital Libraries Speaker : Ms. Tulika Pandey, Additional Director,Department of Information Technology, New Delhi Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH Manager Program Committee F-46 A, MIG Flats, Hari Kunj, Hari Nagar NEW DELHI- 110 064 Ph. 25496916 ____________________________________________________ Swapan Kumar Patra Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) New Delhi - 110016 ____________________________________________________ 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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Panel Discussion on Library Budgeting
by SUNIL M.V. 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (R) (MyLISA), Mysore Cordially invites you to the Panel Discussion on LIBRARY BUDGETING Date and Time March 18, 2006 : 3.30pm to 4.30pm VENUE Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 004 PANEL MEMBERS Sri. M. Puttanaiah Librarian (Retd.), Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) Project Manager, JSS Consultants, SJCE Mysore Sri. H.Y. Mahakuteshwar Head, FOSTIS (CFTRI Library) Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore Dr. N.S. Harinarayana Senior Lecture Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (R) (MyLISA), Mysore Cordially invites you to the Panel Discussion on LIBRARY BUDGETING Date and Time March 18, 2006 : 3.30pm to 4.30pm VENUE Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 004 PANEL MEMBERS Sri. M. Puttanaiah Librarian (Retd.), Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) Project Manager, JSS Consultants, SJCE Mysore Sri. H.Y. Mahakuteshwar Head, FOSTIS (CFTRI Library) Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore Dr. N.S. Harinarayana Senior Lecture Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Wireless Networking in the Developing World
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

I received this in the mail this morning. The book may of interest to some of you. Best wishes. Arun > The new book Wireless Networking in the Developing World had five or > six case studies. It is publisned under the Creative Commons > Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. You can get individual parts of > the book by going to: > > http://wndw.net/index.html > > Bob Babione

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New OA LIS journal
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

>From Peter Suber's blog New OA journal in LIS Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is a new peer-reviewed OA journal published by the University of Alberta Learning Services. The inagural issue is now online. (Thanks to the Creative Librarian.) From the site: The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a wide number of topics.

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Rare collections in digital form
by Saji S. Nair 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Dear All, Around three lakh pages of 700 rare books could now be accessed in digital form, as Trivandrum Public library has recently completed its first phase of digitization project. Most of the documents are 200 years old and the digital form has been prepared without losing the originality of the text. This digital archiving project using ‘Nitya’ software was designed by the Centre for Informatics Research and Development, Trivandrum and supervised by a team of LIS professionals. Trivandrum public library is one of the oldest libraries in India and the first in Kerala. The library was set up during the reign of Swathi Tirunal, ruler of erstwhile Travancore, in 1829 A.D., a few years before the Imperial Library of Calcutta and the National Library were established. The library is ranked among the best in south India. In 1958, it was declared the `State Central Library'. Now, the institution functions under the Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala. The digitization project is the first of its kind in the state with full text retrieval of rare collections in English and Malayalam languages and will continue with some ambitious plans. Bye for now Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Thiruvananthapuram Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Colour scanner
by Smita Chandra 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, We are trying to find any library that has experience with the following or any model of Zeutschel colour scanner, OS 10000 TT A2 OS 8000 TT A2 We would like to get in touch with anybody who has experience using colour scanners from Zeutschel. Thanking you in anticipation, Yours sincerely, Smita-- ********************************************************************************** Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph.: 91-022-27484137 Mobile: 9820404583 Fax: 91-022-27480763 Email : smitac_in(a)yahoo.com ********************************************************************************** --------------------------------- Yahoo! Travel Find great deals to the top 10 hottest destinations! Dear Professionals, We are trying to find any library that has experience with the following or any model of Zeutschel colour scanner , OS 10000 TT A2 OS 8000 TT A2 We would like to get in touch with anybody who has experience using colour scanners from Zeutschel. Thanking you in anticipation, Yours sincerely, Smita-- ********************************************************************************** Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph .: 91-022-27484137 Mobile : 9820404583 Fax : 91-022-27480763 Email : mailto:smitac_in@yahoo.com smitac_in(a)yahoo.com ********************************************************************************** Yahoo! Travel http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTFscDlocTFiBF9TAzMyOTc1MDIEX3MDMjcxOTQ4MQ… Find great deals to the top 10 hottest destinations!

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OAI Capture by Search Engines
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

OAI Capture by Search Engines Frank McCown and Others [1] has made a study to determine how much OAI-PMH exposed metadata is being indexed by popular search engines. >From their sample they conclude that Yahoo indexed 65%, followed by Google (44%) and MSN (7%). 1. Search Engine Coverage of the OAI-PMH Corpus by Frank McCown, Xiaoming Liu, Michael L. Nelson, and Mohammad Zubair (submitted to IEEE Internet Computing). <http://library.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/getfile?LA-UR-05-9158.pdf> --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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SMEALSearch
by vimal kumar 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

SMEALSearch is a publicly available vertical digital library and search engine hosted at Penn State's Smeal College of Business that focuses on academic business documents. SmealSearch crawls the web and harvests, catalogs, and indexes academic business documents. The search engine crawls websites of academia, commerce, research institutes, government agencies, etc. for academic business documents, including published articles, working papers, white papers, consulting reports, etc. http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/index.html/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. SMEALSearch is a publicly available vertical digital library and search engine hosted at Penn State 's Smeal College of Business that focuses on academic business documents. SmealSearch crawls the web and harvests, catalogs, and indexes academic business documents. The search engine crawls websites of academia, commerce, research institutes, government agencies, etc. for academic business documents, including published articles, working papers, white papers, consulting reports, etc. http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/index.html/ http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/index.html/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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The Open Library
by yekanath kamble 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

LEARNING The open library By Usha Mukunda In this system the librarian moves beyond the concept to actual interaction with users The library is the core of every learning institution where information and knowledge are freely accessible to the learner community. But wait! Is this actually happening in our school and college libraries? When information is freely available on the Internet, is it not an anomaly to restrict access to it in the library? In fact the library has an edge over the Internet, because here the user can benefit from the librarian's presence to screen material for appropriateness, and authenticity. The students learn many important skills of hunting, gathering and assessing for value. They also pick up crucial messages from the adults who run the system. When they understand that there can be freedom only when it goes with responsibility, they have learnt a lesson for life. Against this background, the open library is a perfectly natural state of affairs. This is a library that is open at all times to all users. For the young person, there is no thought of misuse and mistrust as yet! It is up to us to keep it that way. What are the necessary ingredients for starting, and more importantly, sustaining an open library? Mutual trust is the ground from which the library functions. The first step and in fact, every step thereafter, is to be in communication and dialogue with the users. Then, the entire community of users, including the librarian, feels a sense of ownership and accountability. An open library does not imply a casual, or worse, a careless attitude. Rather, it demands of the librarian constant awareness and alertness to anticipate needs, opportunities for further enhancement, and possibilities for all eventualities. It requires affectionate but firm interaction with the users. This is not a list of super qualities but something that evolves out of the relationship with the living library. How can we move beyond the mere concept of an Open Library into the reality of it? Believing that it works (and it has) helps! How are the practical jobs in a library to be done with so much time going on interaction with users? First, make sure every class has a weekly library period. Now you have your work force. At this time, you can have activities to enhance reading and reference work. Students can help in reshelving and book repair. It is amazing how many books they rediscover during these pleasurable tasks. Methods for borrowing and returning can be made very simple enjoy it. Begin the year with an orientation session with every class. Then, over the year, involve children of all ages in book store trips and exhibitions to select books. In the school, organise activities to enhance the use of materials and resources. Arrange talks by authors and other teachers on their favourite books. If you do not want be left behind, find the right software and get your library automated. This will take you further into a successful open library and keep you on par with the most up-to-date libraries. The Open Library is a happy and lively place! YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. LEARNING The open library By Usha Mukunda In this system the librarian moves beyond the concept to actual interaction with users The library is the core of every learning institution where information and knowledge are freely accessible to the learner community. But wait! Is this actually happening in our school and college libraries? When information is freely available on the Internet, is it not an anomaly to restrict access to it in the library? In fact the library has an edge over the Internet, because here the user can benefit from the librarian's presence to screen material for appropriateness, and authenticity. The students learn many important skills of hunting, gathering and assessing for value. They also pick up crucial messages from the adults who run the system. When they understand that there can be freedom only when it goes with responsibility, they have learnt a lesson for life. Against this background, the open library is a perfectly natural state of affairs. This is a library that is open at all times to all users. For the young person, there is no thought of misuse and mistrust as yet! It is up to us to keep it that way. What are the necessary ingredients for starting, and more importantly, sustaining an open library? Mutual trust is the ground from which the library functions. The first step and in fact, every step thereafter, is to be in communication and dialogue with the users. Then, the entire community of users, including the librarian, feels a sense of ownership and accountability. An open library does not imply a casual, or worse, a careless attitude. Rather, it demands of the librarian constant awareness and alertness to anticipate needs, opportunities for further enhancement, and possibilities for all eventualities. It requires affectionate but firm interaction with the users. This is not a list of super qualities but something that evolves out of the relationship with the living library. How can we move beyond the mere concept of an Open Library into the reality of it? Believing that it works (and it has) helps! How are the practical jobs in a library to be done with so much time going on interaction with users? https://www.online.citibank.co.in/portal/citiinforms.jsp?form_id=newnriappf… http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/adsimages/red%20180X150.gif First, make sure every class has a weekly library period. Now you have your work force. At this time, you can have activities to enhance reading and reference work. Students can help in reshelving and book repair. It is amazing how many books they rediscover during these pleasurable tasks. Methods for borrowing and returning can be made very simple enjoy it. Begin the year with an orientation session with every class. Then, over the year, involve children of all ages in book store trips and exhibitions to select books. In the school, organise activities to enhance the use of materials and resources. Arrange talks by authors and other teachers on their favourite books. If you do not want be left behind, find the right software and get your library automated. This will take you further into a successful open library and keep you on par with the most up-to-date libraries. The Open Library is a happy and lively place! YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 Yahoo! Mail http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38867/*http://photomail.mai… Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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Open Access Medical Textbooks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

From Peter Suber's blog Amedeo Challenge expands donor base The Amedeo Challenge, which pays physicians to write OA textbooks, is now accepting small donations as well as large. (For the background, see my 3/3/06 posting.) Excerpt from Vaughan Bell on MindHacks: Amedeo Challenge, the site aiming to fund the creation of high-quality open-access medical textbooks, is now taking small and private donations. On the donations page you can give towards a 'bounty' for the completion of a textbook on a number of different topics. Medical professionals and researchers can work towards creating books to claim the bounty. So far, online books on HIV and influenza have already been published and bounties are available for books on tuberculosis and viral hepatitis. Of interest to readers here might be proposed books on Alzheimer's disease, neurology and Parkinson's disease (I've just donated 50 euros towards the creation of an open-access textbook on neurology and can't wait to see it online). When completed the books will be freely available for online viewing, to print, and will not have restrictions to prevent them from being translated into other languages....Spread the word! From Peter Suber's blog Amedeo Challenge expands donor base The http://amedeochallenge.org/ Amedeo Challenge , which http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_02_19_fosblogarchive.html#114089587… pays physicians to write OA textbooks , is now accepting small donations as well as large. (For the background, see my 3/3/06 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_02_26_fosblogarchive.html#114140119… posting .) Excerpt from http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/03/amedeo_challenge_now.html Vaughan Bell on MindHacks : Amedeo Challenge, the site aiming to fund the creation of high-quality open-access medical textbooks, is now taking small and private donations. On the donations page you can give towards a 'bounty' for the completion of a textbook on a number of different topics. Medical professionals and researchers can work towards creating books to claim the bounty. So far, online books on HIV and influenza have already been published and bounties are available for books on tuberculosis and viral hepatitis. Of interest to readers here might be proposed books on Alzheimer's disease, neurology and Parkinson's disease (I've just donated 50 euros towards the creation of an open-access textbook on neurology and can't wait to see it online). When completed the books will be freely available for online viewing, to print, and will not have restrictions to prevent them from being translated into other languages....Spread the word!

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BBC E-mail: Warning over African internet cable
by Arun 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Arun saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it. ** Message ** It is important that Africa has affordable (low-cost) high quality connectivity for OA to be meaningful. Arun ** Warning over African internet cable ** Campaigners fear that the new fibre optic cable to be built around East Africa could be a missed opportunity to speed up internet access in the region. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4787422.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/dailyemail/ > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm

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Yahoo! Messenger with Voice to Siemens Gigaset cordless phones.
by Roopa E 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, Here is an intresting news. "Siemens and Yahoo! are teaming up to bring Yahoo! Messenger with Voice to Siemens Gigaset cordless phones". Under the agreement, Siemens will offer a USB adapter that will let users make and receive calls through the free calling features of Yahoo! Messenger with Voice, and also to make calls to fixed phone lines through the Yahoo! Phone In and Phone Out premium services. The adapter promises to allow users to access their Yahoo! Messenger friends' lists, view contacts and presence status, and change their presence status from the Siemens phone. "While Siemens provides the plug-and-play cordless phone devices, Yahoo! delivers the 'killer-app' communication features that make in-home IP attractive to customers," said Martin Kinne, CEO of Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices. The Gigaset M34 USB adapter will be compatible with Gigaset cordless phones introduced after 2004 and should be available by the third quarter of this year. Regards Roopa. E

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two clicks for new books
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

My VistaPrint Electronic Business CardDear Moderator Please circulate the following message on lis-forum. Thanks Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing www.monitorinfo.com -------------------------------------------------- Dear Reader Monitor Links - you are just 2 mouse clicks away from Latest Books published by various international publishers in your areas of interest. First click on Monitor Links , Second click on any title of your interest. (or paste the link http://del.icio.us/newbooks in your browser for first click) Monitor Links updates these handpicked titles daily thus eliminitates your time consuming surfing of various publishers websites for latest books. Monitor Links is not confined to any publisher(s) thus offers unbiased and quality information for the benefit of its readers. Please forward & spread this message to all Book Readers, and send your comments and suggestions to monitorlinks(a)gmail.com thus helping to improve and upgrade the service. Happy Reading Monitor's Customer Care Center - - p.s. bookmark Monitor Links in your favorites for easy daily access MONITOR LINKS compiled by Monitor Information Services Hyderabad IIT-Kharagpur New Delhi My VistaPrint Electronic Business Card Dear Moderator Please circulate the following message on lis-forum. Thanks Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing http://www.monitorinfo.com www.monitorinfo.com -------------------------------------------------- Dear Reader http://del.icio.us/newbooks Monitor Links - you are just 2 mouse clicks away from Latest Books published by various international publishers in your areas of interest. First click on http://del.icio.us/newbooks Monitor Links , Second click on any title of your interest. (or paste the link http://del.icio.us/newbooks http://del.icio.us/newbooks in your browser for first click) http://del.icio.us/newbooks Monitor Links updates these handpicked titles daily thus eliminitates your time consuming surfing of various publishers websites for latest books. http://del.icio.us/newbooks Monitor Links is not confined to any publisher(s) thus offers unbiased and quality information for the benefit of its readers. Please forward & spread this message to all Book Readers, and send your comments and suggestions to mailto:monitorlinks@gmail.com monitorlinks(a)gmail.com thus helping to improve and upgrade the service. Happy Reading Monitor's Customer Care Center - - p.s. bookmark http://del.icio.us/newbooks Monitor Links in your favorites for easy daily access http://del.icio.us/newbooks MONITOR LINKS compiled by Monitor Information Services Hyderabad IIT-Kharagpur New Delhi

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Fwd: Seminar on Enhancing Research Through Usage of CSA Technology & Databases
by Saiful Amin 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Please announce this in LIS-Forum Seminar in Hyderabad -------------------------------- R&D experts today in industry, academia and government need cutting edge information resources and tools to enhance their efficiency. Academic and research institutions offering technology & research programs are thus preparing to increase their R&D focus by providing world class resources and databases to their students and faculty. Focusing on this need, EDUTECH and CSA are conducting a seminar on Enhancing Research Through Usage of CSA Technology & Databases for research institutions and companies engaged in research. Venue: Mehfil Hall, Taj Banjara, Hyderabad Date: 16 March 2006 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Speakers: Mr Joe Threlfall of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), UK will talk about the technologies and research databases available in the areas of natural sciences, arts & humanities, social sciences and technology research that serve as a guide to researchers to help them be more effective in their work. Dr. A. Aruna, Head of TIC & Library, GTRE, Bangalore will also share her views on best practices in utilizing research information. Seminar in Chennai ---------------------------- Mr Joe Threlfall of CSA will also talk about the 'Role of Electronic Databases in R&D Excellence' at the presentation being organized by EDUTECH and Central Library, IIT Madras. Venue: Media Resource Center, Central Library, IIT Madras Date: 17th March 2006 Time: 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm. All are welcome to attend these sessions. Kindly send your confirmations to aparna(a)edutech.com or call 044-28330999. Best regards, -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 2/2, Union Street Off Infantry Road Bangalore 560001, India Tel: +91 80 4112 3437 CDMA: +91 93438 26438 Fax: +91 80 4151 7801 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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CASSIR - Cross Archive Search Services for Indian Repositories
by Francis Jayakanth 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Dear Member: The correct URL to access the above service is: http://casin.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/oai/ There was an error in the URL mentioned in our previous mail. We apologize for the error. With Best Regards, - Filbert and Francis NCSI, IISc Bg

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