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New way to browse and search arXiv
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

For the attention of all physicists. Please spread the word among physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, etc. Thanks. Arun ---- New way to browse and search arXiv Xstructure is a new way to browse and search arXiv. (Thanks to Richard Akerman.) >From the site: Among the features of this service are: [1] Automated generation of hierarchical classification scheme for the papers. The scheme results from classification of the papers from the arxiv database. The EqRank algorithm did the classification. The only input for the classification is the citation graph. The number of the levels in the hierarchy and the number of the clusters is determined by the algorithm. Generally, there is no external parameters (e.g., a preset list of clusters) in the algorithm. The algorithm creates the classification scheme, and indexes the papers by the created classification; [2] The classification is used to index the new papers. We plan to rebuild the classification scheme regularly. In this way, we will take into account that appearance of new papers may lead to emergence of new themes. Detection of new themes is one of our objectives; [3] A number of extra attributes (e.g. Theme name, Authority and Reference Articles, etc.) for the elements (themes) of the classification (see Help); [4] Accessability of the classification in response to search requests via display options, e.g., display as Tree of Themes, and Refrerence (Citation) Tree. At the moment, the service is available only for the hep-th sector of arxiv.org. Hopefully, it will be extended to cover a number of other sectors.

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We should take advantage of Sun Microsystems
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Dear Barbara/ Leslie/ Stevan/ Shaddy/ Senthil, Nancy: We should write to Sun folks to promote OA along with OS initiatives! And seek Sun's participation in Mission 2007. Arun ----- >From Peter Suber's blog More on Sun's open-source education initiative Darryl K. Taft, Sun to Open Source Education, ExtremeNano, March 7, 2006. Excerpt: Sun Microsystems is taking a cue from its successes with open source to help shape the future of education and bridge the digital divide, according to the company's chief executive, Scott McNealy. In a speech at Sun's WWERC (Worldwide Education and Research Conference) here [in NY] on March 7, McNealy said Sun has spun out its GELC (Global Education and Learning Community) effort into a nonprofit organization aimed at aimed at delivering self-paced, Web-based, free and open content --including curriculum, resources and assessment-- for the K-12 segment. Or, as McNealy put it, GELC is "open-sourcing education." McNealy said, "[The] opportunity here is to apply all the community development to textbooks, curriculum and assessment for K-12. So with the help of some folks at Sun we created the GELC, with 2,700 members worldwide and 370-plus projects." >From a Sun press release (March 7, 2006): Sun broke new ground in free and open-source computing in the creation of this non profit which aims to meet the needs of students by sharing best practices globally. The group named an executive director at the conference, Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan, formerly President of Educorp Consultants Corporation, and co-CEO of Core Learning Group, Private Equity Fund. The director will lead an advisory board with representatives from nearly every continent to extend the vision for this group. The GELC Executive Director directs all activities of the GELC, including managing the various working groups, monitoring technical developments, overseeing the education community process, managing the creation of GELC specifications and representing the GELC to external organizations.

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University library launches all-OA academic press
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Friends: Here is a news story from Peter Suber's blog. Indian universities will do well to follow this model. Best wishes. Arun U of Tennessee libraries launch all-OA academic press Newfound Press is a new digital imprint from the University of Tennessee University Libraries. All its publications will be OA. >From the site: Todays scholarly publishing environment presents a strategic opportunity for academic libraries to expand their role in the publications process. Universities are both creators and consumers in the information economy. A digital library press offers the potential for making scholarly and specialized resources widely available at a reasonable cost. The University of Tennessee Libraries is developing a framework to make scholarly and specialized works available worldwide. Newfound Press, the University Libraries digital imprint, advances the community of learning by experimenting with effective and open systems of scholarly communication. Drawing on the resources that the university has invested in digital library development, Newfound Press collaborates with authors and researchers to bring new forms of publication to an expanding scholarly universe. We consider manuscripts in all disciplines, encompassing scientific research, humanistic scholarship, and artistic creation. It will publish OA journals as well as OA books and OA multimedia scholarship. It only asks for non-exclusive rights from authors and offers CC licenses as an option. It works in partnership with the University of Tennessee institutional repository. And it links to Open Access News from the front page --from the phrase, Open Access. What's in it for us? PS: Kudos to the UT librarians! I wish this enterprise well and hope other universities consider testing the same waters. Update. Also see Scott Teague's article about the launch in the Daily Beacon Online.

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Fwd: British Library Desktop Document Delivery Via Google Scholar
by hbmallikarjuna 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

--- In libtech(a)yahoogroups.com, "hbmallikarjuna" <hbmallikarjuna@...> wrote: The internet's search engine and the world's greatest research library are joining forces to offer researchers, students and academics desktop delivery of millions of full text scholarly research articles.From today, searches on Google Scholar (http://www.scholar.google.com) will include links to the British Library's document delivery service. Search results will be matched against the Library's holdings and where a match is made, users will have the option to obtain articles held via the British Library's online document ordering interface, British Library Direct (http://direct.bl.uk) Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library, said: "We exist for everyone who wants to do research and we give priority to initiatives that make our collection more easily accessible." "By partnering with Google Scholar, the British Library will enable users to identify and locate relevant articles more effectively than has previously been possible. By linking results to our pay-as-you-go service, British Library Direct, we'll provide a swift and easy means for them to have the items they require delivered straight to their desktop." Below each successfully matched Google Scholar result, a `BL Direct' link will appear. Users that click on the link will be taken to an online ordering form already populated with the bibliographic details of the desired article enabling copyright fee-paid supply to the desktop. Until now, online subject searches yielded many results that could not provide researchers with access to full text. By linking Google Scholar's search software with one of the world's largest document supply services, users can now complete the discovery-to-desktop- delivery process. Particular subject strengths in the British Library's research collections include medicine, pharmacy, engineering, science, food and agriculture, economics, environment, law and education. Articles that are available from the Library can be delivered direct to users' desktops via Secure Electronic Delivery - in as little as two hours. For further information, please contact Ben Sanderson at the British Library Press Office (telephone +44 (0)1937 546126, email: ben.sanderson@...), or Google media contact Nathan Tyler (telephone: +1 650 253 4311, email: nate@...). Notes for Editors 1. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world's largest and most comprehensive research collection. The British Library's collections include 150 million items from every era of written human history beginning with Chinese oracle bones dating from 300 BC, right up to today's newspapers. Further information is available on the Library's website at www.bl.uk. 2. Google Scholar enables users to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Researchers, students, librarians and academics use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Source:http://www.managinginformation.com/ --- End forwarded message ---

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Trainee vacancy at SFIMAR
by M F Kumbar 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Dear All, St. Francis Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai is looking for the Trainee in Library. Qualification: MLISc or BLiSc with 2 years experience stifund for MLiSc candidates 5000/ and for BLiSc 4000/ fair knowledge of IT applications and also knowledge about library softwares. Interested candidates should e-mail their CV to : mfkumbar(a)gmail.com or send CV to the following address within 15 days M F Kumbar Librarian St. Francis Institute of Management and Research Mount Poinsur, S V P Road, Borivali -West, Mumbai - 400 103 Ph. No. 022 - 2891 7089 Extn.24 Fax : 022 - 2890 6567 Mobile : 9820895577 Dear All, St. Francis Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai is looking for the Trainee in Library. Qualification: MLISc or BLiSc with 2 years experience stifund for MLiSc candidates 5000/ and for BLiSc 4000/ fair knowledge of IT applications and also knowledge about library softwares. Interested candidates should e-mail their CV to : mfkumbar(a)gmail.com or send CV to the following address within 15 days M F Kumbar Librarian St. Francis Institute of Management and Research Mount Poinsur, S V P Road, Borivali -West, Mumbai - 400 103 Ph. No. 022 - 2891 7089 Extn.24 Fax : 022 - 2890 6567 Mobile : 9820895577 http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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New publication from the French Institute of Pondicherry
by saravanan 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Just Published JUST PUBLISHED Maram. Multipurpose tree database for agroecosystem research and appropriate management. [CD-ROM]. Santoshagouda V. Patil. Collection Ecologie no. 43, IFP-CIRAD, 2005. Language: English. Rs. 300 (11 ?) MARAM, signifying 'trees' in more than one South Indian language, is a computer aided database product endowed with considerable information on farm tree multiple uses - indeed the first of its kind in an electronic format in the peninsular Indian context. It covers a total of 269 woody species comprising 19 endemics from 544 small, medium and large farms spread over 61 districts in three states, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a useful and user-friendly product for all stakeholders of agroforestry such as researchers, fieldworkers and the farming community at large, on choice of species, their management and potential uses. The CD-ROM graphically illustrates the morphology, management practices, products and ecological services offered by such trees with the help of over 1500 vivid illustrations. Keywords: Agro-ecological zones, agroforestry, farmland, homegarden, multipurpose tree database, South India, tree-based systems About the author Santoshagouda V. Patil is currently a researcher in the Ecology department of the French Institute of Pondicherry and is involved in various research activities related to the Western Ghats and to biodiversity assessment projects. He has earlier worked on South Indian farming systems at the Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Training Institute, Bangalore. VIENT DE PARAITRE Maram. Multipurpose tree database for agroecosystem research and appropriate management. [CD-ROM]. Santoshagouda V. Patil. Collection Ecologie no.43, IFP-CIRAD, 2005. Langue: Anglais. Rs. 300 (11 ?) MARAM, traduction d' «arbres» dans plus d'une langue de l'Inde du Sud, est une banque de données soutenue par un système informatique, dotée d'une quantité considérable d'information sur les multiples usages des arbres des exploitations agricoles - la première du genre sous forme électronique dans la péninsule indienne. Elle couvre un total de 269 espèces d'arbres comprenant 19 espèces endémiques, recensées dans 544 petites, moyennes et grandes exploitations agricoles réparties dans plus de 61 districts de trois États : Karnataka, Kerala et Tamil Nadu. C'est un produit utile et convivial pour tous les acteurs de l'agroforesterie comme les chercheurs, les gens de terrain et la communauté des exploitants agricoles en général, pour le choix des espèces selon leur exploitation et leurs potentielles utilisations. Le CD présente la morphologie, les méthodes d'exploitation, les usages et les avantages écologiques de tels arbres avec l'aide de plus de 1500 claires illustrations. Mots-clefs: Zones agro-écologiques, agroforesterie, terres arables, jardin, base de donnée sur les arbres à usage multiple, Inde du Sud, verger, arboriculture L'auteur Santoshagouda V. Patil est actuellement chercheur dans le département d'Écologie de l'Institut Français de Pondichéry. Il est engagé dans diverses activités de recherche en lien avec des projets sur les Ghâts Occidentaux et l'étude de la biodiversité. Il a travaillé auparavant sur les systèmes d'exploitation agricole d'Inde du Sud au sein de l'Institut de Formation et de Recherche en Sériciculture de l'État du Karnataka. For your orders/enquiries, please contact: Pour toute commande ou demande d'information, veuillez contacter: Library French Institute of Pondicherry 11, St. Louis Street, P.B. 33, Pondicherry-605 001, INDIA Phone: (91)-413-2334168. Fax:(91)-413-2339534 E-mail:library@ifpindia.org Just Published .cont { MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 600px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } .left { FLOAT: left; WIDTH: 290px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } .right { FLOAT: right; WIDTH: 290px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } DIV#end { WIDTH: 600px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } .title1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center } .title2 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } .title3 { FONT-SIZE: 12px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } .text1 { FONT-SIZE: 11px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } .text2 { FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: pre; TEXT-ALIGN: center } .text3 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } cid:001701c642a2$daa3a250$59c809c0@ifpindia.org JUST PUBLISHED Maram. Multipurpose tree database for agroecosystem research and appropriate management. [CD-ROM]. Santoshagouda V. Patil. Collection Ecologie no. 43, IFP-CIRAD, 2005. Language: English. Rs. 300 (11 ) cid:001801c642a2$daa3a250$59c809c0@ifpindia.org MARAM, signifying 'trees' in more than one South Indian language, is a computer aided database product endowed with considerable information on farm tree multiple uses - indeed the first of its kind in an electronic format in the peninsular Indian context. It covers a total of 269 woody species comprising 19 endemics from 544 small, medium and large farms spread over 61 districts in three states, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a useful and user-friendly product for all stakeholders of agroforestry such as researchers, fieldworkers and the farming community at large, on choice of species, their management and potential uses. The CD-ROM graphically illustrates the morphology, management practices, products and ecological services offered by such trees with the help of over 1500 vivid illustrations. Keywords: Agro-ecological zones, agroforestry, farmland, homegarden, multipurpose tree database, South India, tree-based systems About the author Santoshagouda V. Patil is currently a researcher in the Ecology department of the French Institute of Pondicherry and is involved in various research activities related to the Western Ghats and to biodiversity assessment projects. He has earlier worked on South Indian farming systems at the Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Training Institute, Bangalore. VIENT DE PARAITRE Maram. Multipurpose tree database for agroecosystem research and appropriate management. [CD-ROM]. Santoshagouda V. Patil. Collection Ecologie no.43, IFP-CIRAD, 2005. Langue: Anglais. Rs. 300 (11 ) cid:001801c642a2$daa3a250$59c809c0@ifpindia.org MARAM, traduction d' «arbres» dans plus d'une langue de l'Inde du Sud, est une banque de données soutenue par un système informatique, dotée d'une quantité considérable d'information sur les multiples usages des arbres des exploitations agricoles - la première du genre sous forme électronique dans la péninsule indienne. Elle couvre un total de 269 espèces d'arbres comprenant 19 espèces endémiques, recensées dans 544 petites, moyennes et grandes exploitations agricoles réparties dans plus de 61 districts de trois États : Karnataka, Kerala et Tamil Nadu. C'est un produit utile et convivial pour tous les acteurs de l'agroforesterie comme les chercheurs, les gens de terrain et la communauté des exploitants agricoles en général, pour le choix des espèces selon leur exploitation et leurs potentielles utilisations. Le CD présente la morphologie, les méthodes d'exploitation, les usages et les avantages écologiques de tels arbres avec l'aide de plus de 1500 claires illustrations. Mots-clefs: Zones agro-écologiques, agroforesterie, terres arables, jardin, base de donnée sur les arbres à usage multiple, Inde du Sud, verger, arboriculture L'auteur Santoshagouda V. Patil est actuellement chercheur dans le département d'Écologie de l'Institut Français de Pondichéry. Il est engagé dans diverses activités de recherche en lien avec des projets sur les Ghâts Occidentaux et l'étude de la biodiversité. Il a travaillé auparavant sur les systèmes d'exploitation agricole d'Inde du Sud au sein de l'Institut de Formation et de Recherche en Sériciculture de l'État du Karnataka. For your orders/enquiries, please contact: Pour toute commande ou demande d'information, veuillez contacter: Library French Institute of Pondicherry 11, St. Louis Street, P.B. 33, Pondicherry-605 001, INDIA Phone: (91)-413-2334168. Fax:(91)-413-2339534 E-mail: mailto:library@ifpindia.org library(a)ifpindia.org

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providing the information regarding the publisher address of library science journal in india .( manmgesh talmale)
by mangesh talmale 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

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Requirement of Written accession register
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Accession registers are essential documents in a library. Librarian is taking charge of the items he has purchased for the library by under the entry. He has the resposibility and authority for what ever entry he has made in the register by signing under it. I do not think that, at present the technology can offer an alternative for this type of an inventory which can create suvh an authority and responsibility with a person in charge of the library. Moreover, for audit purposes an inventory of this type is most essential. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar DLIS, Mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Accession registers are essential documents in a library. Librarian is taking charge of the items he has purchased for the library by under the entry. He has the resposibility and authority for what ever entry he has made in the register by signing under it. I do not think that, at present the technology can offer an alternative for this type of an inventory which can create suvh an authority and responsibility with a person in charge of the library. Moreover, for audit purposes an inventory of this type is most essential. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar DLIS, Mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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free software of vachana sahitya
by Sampath Kumar 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Dear Friends I feel very happy to inform you that Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji of Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere, Karnataka, India, has introduced free download page for the Windows version of the Ganaka Vachana Samputa - a unique software on the Vachana Literature of 12th century AD in Karnataka. Recently Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr. Shivamurthy Swamiji visited Kuvempu University and gave a lecture on this software. I hope this will be more useful to our professionals those who are interested in vachana sahitya. You may vist www.taralabalu.org to download Ganaka Vachana Samputa. For further details you may write to: swamiji(a)vsnl.com With warm wishes Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf Sc Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga Karnataka ==================== Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf. Sc. KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, JNANA SAHYADRI-577451, Shimoga. Karnataka, INDIA Ph:94483 20187 www.freewebs.com/drbtsampathkumar Dear Friends I feel very happy to inform you that Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji of Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere, Karnataka, India, has introduced free download page for the Windows version of the Ganaka Vachana Samputa - a unique software on the Vachana Literature of 12th century AD in Karnataka. Recently Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr. Shivamurthy Swamiji visited Kuvempu University and gave a lecture on this software. I hope this will be more useful to our professionals those who are interested in vachana sahitya. You may vist www.taralabalu.org to download Ganaka Vachana Samputa. For further details you may write to: swamiji(a)vsnl.com With warm wishes Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf Sc Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga Karnataka ==================== Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf. Sc. KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, JNANA SAHYADRI-577451, Shimoga. Karnataka, INDIA Ph:94483 20187 www.freewebs.com/drbtsampathkumar http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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OA for publicly funded research - the German example
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Friends: We in India will do well to go one step beyond this model from Germany and follow the Wellcome Trust policy of mandating OA for all publicly funded research! Please read Peter Suber's comment at the end of this mail. Best regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------- From Peter Suber's blog OA to publicly-funded research in Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has adopted some Open Access Guidelines that encourage grantees to provide OA to DFG-funded research. (Thanks to Ingegerd Rabow.) From the press release (January 30, 2006): In 2003 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The DFG supports the culture of open access. Unhindered access to publications increases the distribution of scientific knowledge, thereby enhancing the authors' visibility and contributing to their reputations. The DFG has now tied open access into its funding policy. During their meetings in January 2006, the DFG's Senate and Joint Committee recommended encouraging funded scientists to also digitally publish their results and make them available via open access. In order to put secondary publications (i.e. self-archived publications by which the authors provide their scientific work on the internet for free following conventional publication) on the proper legal footing, scientists involved in DFG-funded projects are also requested to reserve the exploitation rights. Recommendations are currently being integrated into the usage guidelines, which form an integral part of every approval. They are worded as follows: "The DFG expects the research results funded by it to be published and to be made available, where possible, digitally and on the internet via open access. To achieve this, the contributions involved should either be published in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives (repositories), or directly in referenced or recognised open access journals, in addition to conventional publishing. When entering into publishing contracts scientists participating in DFG-funded projects should, as far as possible, permanently reserve a non-exclusive right of exploitation for electronic publication of their research results for the purpose of open access. Here, discipline-specific delay periods of generally 6-12 months can be agreed upon, before which publication of previously published research results in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives may be prohibited. Please ensure that a note indicating support of the project by the DFG is included in the publication." The revised usage guidelines are expected to be available in April 2006. Comment. It's a breakthrough for the DFG to incorporate its commitment to OA into its funding policy. On the other hand, it's ironic that it has proposed a policy like the NIH's, which merely encourages grantees to make their work OA, at a time when the NIH is documenting that mere encouragement does not work. I hope the DFG will read the NIH's January 2006 report to Congress, in which it shows that only 3.8% of its grantees have complied with its request or encouragement in the first eight months under the policy. The most effective way to assure OA to the results of DFG-funded research is to mandate it. Two good examples are the draft RCUK policy, not yet adopted, and the Wellcome Trust policy, in effect since October 2005. Friends: We in India will do well to go one step beyond this model from Germany and follow the Wellcome Trust policy of mandating OA for all publicly funded research! Please read Peter Suber's comment at the end of this mail. Best regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------- From Peter Suber's blog OA to publicly-funded research in Germany http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has adopted some http://www.dfg.de/en/news/information_science_research/other_news/info_wiss… Open Access Guidelines that encourage grantees to provide OA to DFG-funded research. (Thanks to Ingegerd Rabow.) From the http://www.dfg.de/en/news/information_science_research/other_news/info_wiss… press release (January 30, 2006): In 2003 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The DFG supports the culture of open access. Unhindered access to publications increases the distribution of scientific knowledge, thereby enhancing the authors' visibility and contributing to their reputations. The DFG has now tied open access into its funding policy. During their meetings in January 2006, the DFGs Senate and Joint Committee recommended encouraging funded scientists to also digitally publish their results and make them available via open access. In order to put secondary publications (i.e. self-archived publications by which the authors provide their scientific work on the internet for free following conventional publication) on the proper legal footing, scientists involved in DFG-funded projects are also requested to reserve the exploitation rights. Recommendations are currently being integrated into the usage guidelines, which form an integral part of every approval. They are worded as follows: "The DFG expects the research results funded by it to be published and to be made available, where possible, digitally and on the internet via open access. To achieve this, the contributions involved should either be published in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives (repositories), or directly in referenced or recognised open access journals, in addition to conventional publishing. When entering into publishing contracts scientists participating in DFG-funded projects should, as far as possible, permanently reserve a non-exclusive right of exploitation for electronic publication of their research results for the purpose of open access. Here, discipline-specific delay periods of generally 6-12 months can be agreed upon, before which publication of previously published research results in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives may be prohibited. Please ensure that a note indicating support of the project by the DFG is included in the publication." The revised usage guidelines are expected to be available in April 2006. Comment . It's a breakthrough for the DFG to incorporate its commitment to OA into its funding policy. On the other hand, it's ironic that it has proposed a policy like the NIH's, which merely encourages grantees to make their work OA, at a time when the NIH is documenting that http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_02_12_fosblogarchive.html#114010172… mere encouragement does not work . I hope the DFG will read the http://publicaccess.nih.gov/Final_Report_20060201.pdf NIH's January 2006 report to Congress , in which it shows that only 3.8% of its grantees have complied with its request or encouragement in the first eight months under the policy. The most effective way to assure OA to the results of DFG-funded research is to mandate it. Two good examples are the http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/index.asp draft RCUK policy , not yet adopted, and the http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html Wellcome Trust policy , in effect since October 2005.

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Information Literacy for All
by Indira K. 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear professionals, Final report of the "High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning" available at: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf Colloquium was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November 2005, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the report was released on 1st March 2006. The report argues that the existence of information holds little to no value to people who do not even know what information they need, much less whether it exists or not, or how to locate, evaluate and effectively use it. As a basic human right and core literacy in the digital world, promote IL and empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively for their personal and professional achievements. Indira -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500082. India Dear professionals, Final report of the "High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning" available at: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf Colloquium was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November 2005, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the report was released on 1st March 2006. The report argues that the existence of information holds little to no value to people who do not even know what information they need, much less whether it exists or not, or how to locate, evaluate and effectively use it. As a basic human right and core literacy in the digital world, promote IL and empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively for their personal and professional achievements. Indira Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500082. India

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Special lectures at DRTC
by Mailing List Manager 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:42:05 +0530 (IST) From: DRTC General <drtc(a)isibang.ac.in> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 March 7, 2006 Cordially invites you to attend the following Special lectures. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker: Dr. Michael Shepherd Professor, Faculty of Comp. Sc., Dalhousie University, Halifax. Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W5 Topics Accessing Tacit Knowledge Date and Time 9th March 2006 at 2:00 PM Name of the Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Watters Professor, Faculty of Comp. Sc., Dalhousie University, Halifax. Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W5 Topics Interface Design for Small Screen Devices Date and Time 10th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. Name of the Speaker: Dr. Michael Shepherd Topics Genre & Task for Web Filter Date and Time 14th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. Name of the Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Watters Topics Web Information Retrieval Date and Time 20th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO Professor and Head, DRTC

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Request to suggest better and economical technology
by mallikamh mallikamh 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear Friends, Please suggest which technology is better and economical for an Engg college library having 40,000 volumes a)EM (electromagnetic tape) b) RFID (Radio frequencey identification) Mallika MH Librarian, SSIT, Marulur Tumkur 572105 Karnataka --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Friends, Please suggest which technology is better and economical for an Engg college library having 40,000 volumes a)EM (electromagnetic tape) b) RFID (Radio frequencey identification) Mallika MH Librarian, SSIT, Marulur Tumkur 572105 Karnataka 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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Re: Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by G M Prabhakar 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear veena Accession register is one of the impotant document for the library record, especially in the medical libraries AR is the one of the most impotant source for MCI ( Medical council of India) insepection.if you are using the library software, you can easily generate the accession entries, and where ever i know all most all the library softwares have this facility.eg a) SLIM ( System for library and Information Management) b) Libsys etc. best regards G.M.Prabhakar Librarian www.tisb.org Dear veena Accession register is one of the impotant document for the library record, especially in the medical libraries AR is the one of the most impotant source for MCI ( Medical council of India) insepection.if you are using the library software, you can easily generate the accession entries, and where ever i know all most all the library softwares have this facility.eg a) SLIM ( System for library and Information Management) b) Libsys etc. best regards G.M.Prabhakar Librarian http://www.tisb.org www.tisb.org

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by Manjunath K 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear Ms. Veena, I think print( handwritten) copy of accession register may not necessary if the library is automated. Because the document data is already fed to computer. As Mr. Krishna Yeri said, most of the packages do have e-accession register. We can take one print out of new additions(if required) on regular intervals and treat it as accession register. In our library we have stopped writing accession many years back. However, we are regularly taking print out of all new books and treating it as accession register (for records). We have in-house package for our library automation. But still in many govt./aided college libraries, it is mandatory/insisted to maintain handwritten accession register and it will be used for annual auditing and the registrar will get a signature of authority/auditor. All said and done, the format (traditional/electronic accession register) depends on decision/directives of authorities of parent college/organisation. Manjunath _____________________________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist. Karnataka State, India Phone: 91-0820-2573551(off) 2575161(Res). manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of KR Yeri Librarian Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:31 PM To: veenabhatkudbail(a)yahoo.com Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era Dear Ms Veena Yes There is Computerised Accession Register. This is prime document for audit. Acc Register is available in almost all the Library softwares. We are using LibSys. It is available with LibSys. Thanks Krishna Yeri On 6 Mar 2006 at 1:39, veena bhat wrote: Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006
by Puttaraj Choukimath 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 18 - 19 April 2006 Organised by: Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (India), Bellanet International Secretariat (Canada), and South Asia Partnership International (Nepal) with support from IDRC, Canada and APDIP/UNDP, Thailand Description The conference aims to bring together participants from Asia, the Pacific and around the world to discuss, explore and collaborate around 3 key themes: access to knowledge and culture in Asia; models for collaborative knowledge and culture;and towards a healthy Asia Commons. Please Visit: http://www.asia-commons.net/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 18 - 19 April 2006 Organised by: Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (India), Bellanet International Secretariat (Canada), and South Asia Partnership International (Nepal) with support from IDRC, Canada and APDIP/UNDP, Thailand Description The conference aims to bring together participants from Asia, the Pacific and around the world to discuss, explore and collaborate around 3 key themes: access to knowledge and culture in Asia; models for collaborative knowledge and culture;and towards a healthy Asia Commons. Please Visit: http://www.asia-commons.net/ http://www.asia-commons.net/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu 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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china's plan to boost science
by Mailing List Manager 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 04:05:02 +0530 (IST) From: arun(a)mssrf.res.in China announces 58-point plan to boost science The policies are aimed at boosting China's scientific prowess Hepeng Jia 1 March 2006 Source: SciDev.Net [BEIJING] China has announced a broad set of policies intended to boost its scientific and technological development over the next 15 years. The 58 policies, released by China's cabinet on Sunday (26 February), include one stating that central and local government investment in science and technology should increase faster than China's economic growth rate. Duan Yibing, a senior researcher at the Institute of Policy and Management of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, points out that most of the policies can only take effect after relevant legislation is passed. They include policies to ensure that laws protecting intellectual property rights are not violated, and to encourage private sector involvement in research and development (R&D). Insurance companies and investment banks will, for instance, be able to supply venture capital to assist new companies doing research and development. Businesses will also be given new tax breaks to offset research costs. Previously, only high-tech companies were eligible for tax cuts, but now all research activities will be, says Duan. Although the plans focus on developing China's high-tech sector, they also include increases in state funding to popularise science, and to improve scientific training in rural areas. The announcement follows last month's release of China's national policy for medium and long-term scientific development (see China unveils plans for science-based development). These identified priority areas including energy, life sciences, environment and new materials, and pledged to increase China's investment in research and development to 900 billion yuan (US$112 billion) by 2020.

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Article Request - Urgently Required
by Mailing List Manager 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:43:36 +0530 From: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Dear All, We are in need of the following paper -- A. B. Slimane Rahmouni, N. Ellouze, "Pitch tracking based on adaptive mathematical morphology transformation and cepstral estimation", Proc. Journes Scientifiques Franco-Tunisiennes JSFT '2000, Monastir, Tunisie, 25-26 Octobre 2000. If any of you can get this pls send it to me at the earliest. Thanks in advance. Regards, M Nandeesha Tata Consultancy Services Limited Abhilash Software Development Centre, Plot No. 96, EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066,Karnataka India Mailto: m.nandeesha(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com

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Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by veena bhat 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune 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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RE: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by Benny M D 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear all Computerisation has its advantages and disadvantages. For example , if you have the administrative privileges it is possible to delete a certain entry in the database or edit it. You may be able to mislead the management by entering a different title against a lost or missing title by editing all data except the Accession Number. Accession Register on the other hand will give you complete record of an accessioned item and any editing is easily visible. Thus it is a tool in the hands of the librarian as well as the management to see that no maltreatment has happened to the accessioned records. Best wishes Benny M.D. Librarian www.tisb.org ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in on behalf of veena bhat Sent: Mon 3/6/2006 3:09 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era Dear all Computerisation has its advantages and disadvantages. For example , if you have the administrative privileges it is possible to delete a certain entry in the database or edit it. You may be able to mislead the management by entering a different title against a lost or missing title by editing all data except the Accession Number. Accession Register on the other hand will give you complete record of an accessioned item and any editing is easily visible. Thus it is a tool in the hands of the librarian as well as the management to see that no maltreatment has happened to the accessioned records. Best wishes Benny M.D. Librarian http://www.tisb.org www.tisb.org From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in on behalf of veena bhat Sent: Mon 3/6/2006 3:09 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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Confusion in putting the Seal, Lable, Book Card and Book Pocket
by veena bhat 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, As I have seen, each and every library is having its own method to put the seal, lables, Book Card and Book Pocket. Some professionals put the seal on the first page of the book and within the seal they will write the date. Some professinals put on the title page they won't write the date. Some other put it on a back of the title page and out side the seal they write the date. Some professionals write the call no. by using pen; some others use pencil. Some professionals maintain 2 secret pages; Some professionals only one. The same thing is for Pocket and Book Card also. Which is the correct method? Or there is no rules at all? Looking for your response. Best Regards, Veena Bhat --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. Dear Sir/ Madam, As I have seen, each and every library is having its own method to put the seal, lables, Book Card and Book Pocket. Some professionals put the seal on the first page of the book and within the seal they will write the date. Some professinals put on the title page they won't write the date. Some other put it on a back of the title page and out side the seal they write the date. Some professionals write the call no. by using pen; some others use pencil. Some professionals maintain 2 secret pages; Some professionals only one. The same thing is for Pocket and Book Card also. Which is the correct method? Or there is no rules at all? Looking for your response. Best Regards, Veena Bhat Brings words and photos together (easily) with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/PMall/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo.… PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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Re: Why can't Google Scholar be like Open J-Gate / OAIster
by Sukhdev Singh 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Thank you friends for responding to my post on "Why can't GoogleScholar be like Open J-Gate / OAIster "< http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2006/03/why-cant-google-scholar-be-like-open-j.…>to various Groups as well as on my blog < http://sukhdev.blogspot.com>. Some of the issues highlighted by you are presented towards theend of this message. My posted was purely from an end user's point of view. Who is notinterested what all Google Scholar, can offer and whether it helps incitation analysis [1]. The requirement was plain and simple "Resultset should be restricted to Free / Open Full Text ScholarlyLiterature". The purpose is to save unproductive "clicks" to paid /locked literature. Dr. S N Sarbadhikari [4] is quite near when hesuggests adding "open access full text" words to the query as such.However, it will remove many useful hits where these words are notpart of the text. Better would have been that an option is provided torestrict to free / open literature in the advanced search interface. Ihave written to Anurag Acharya of Google Scholar to provide such anoption< http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2006/03/suggestion-for-google-scholar.html >.It up to him -- to ignore the suggestion or profit from it. I am myself a fan of Google Scholar. Who knows ? - in future it couldeven beat Web of Science.< http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2006/02/will-google-scholar-beat-web-of.html >. The way it is negotiating with Journal Publishers for their content[2] as well as entering into agreements with libraries to provide fulltexts [3] -- the future could be near. Integration with OpenURLresolvers is also an interesting trend to watch [5]. References: [1] Sh. Jitendra N. Dash< http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/263 > "I found the following write-up by Mr. Singh is interesting but heavoided the strong point of Google Scholar(GS), free citationretrieval search engine." [2] JK Vijayakumar< http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/264 > "Google Scholar is negotiating with Journal Publishers for gettinginto their server, and harvest their ToC, Abstract and reference partsof each article. When GS comes out with its full version, any one cansearch for Scholarly literature, from the vast array of Free and Paidjournals, at the same time and at single place. The beauty of itsCitation search adds GS's expected acceptance among Academia." [3] He further refers to the following News Item:< http://www.bl.uk/news/2006/pressrelease20060302.html > "The internet's search engine and the world's greatest researchlibrary are joining forces to offer researchers, students andacademics desktop delivery of millions of full text scholarly researcharticles. >From today, searches on Google Scholar (http://www.scholar.google.com)will include links to the British Library's document delivery service.Search results will be matched against the Library's holdings andwhere a match is made, users will have the option to obtain articlesheld via the British Library's online document ordering interface,British Library Direct (http://direct.bl.uk) " [4] Dr. S N Sarbadhikari< http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/indmedtraining/message/678 > " I tried to test Scholar.Google with the search phrase: "benchmarkingorganizations open access full text" and could get access to many freefull text articles from the very first result page. " [5] Saiful Amin < http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/2006-March/003642.html >Highlights out how Google Scholar can be integrated with OpenURL resolvers. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Google Scholar will be MORE THAN Open J-Gate / OAIster etc
by JK Vijayakumar 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hi Colleagues, I agree with Mr. Dash. Scholars are looking for a "Search Place", where they can search for all information. Google Scholar is negotiating with Journal Publishers for getting into their server, and harvest their ToC, Abstract and reference parts of each article. When GS comes out with its full version, any one can search for Scholarly literature, from the vast array of Free and Paid journals, at the same time and at single place. The beauty of its Citation search adds GS's expected acceptance among Academia. Still it in its Beta. Remember that, we do not have a free service sofar, to do so. After retrieving the bibliographic Results, next step is to look for fulltext. If it is an Open Access journal, we can freely download them. What will happen to Paid articles. Here again, Google Scholar is started Document Delivery, and they already made arrangements with british library. See the press release at http://www.bl.uk/news/2006/pressrelease20060302.html. They will be collaborating with other Doc Delivery systems in near future. What will be its effect on Libraries? We will be getting a new free service, to which we used to pay huge amounts to Online Database providers. In near future these people will be forced to collaborate with GS, and Libraries will be benefited in great deal. We should understand that, the world wide resistance to Google from librarians are coming down, after their major projects like Google Scholar. As long as it is FREE, we will be benfitted. As librarians, our job is to support it, and lobby for its "FREE" status for ever. GS will be more than, what we have today. Vijayakumar J. K "Sh. Jitendra N. Dash" <jn_dash(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear Colleagues, I found the following write-up by Mr. Singh is intersting but he avoided the strong point of Google Scholar(GS), free citation retrieval search engine. Presently there is no search engine which provides citation(s) to scholarly papers freely. I found our scientists group is interested with GS,also I found citations are reliable.GS provides link to PubMed, free/open access journal, pay-based journals, books etc. Its features are discussed in peer reviewed journals like Nature.So,if GS will provide link only to free/open access journals papers then how users will come to know there citations in the journals which are subscribed in our libraries. Proper search technique retrieves relevant results. But one of the nagative points is GS was updated first time after six month of its initial launch (Nov, 2004) which is discussed. We may hope its present beta version may be evolved to a relevant search engine for scholars, specially in the areas where scholars are struggling for resources. Regards, JN Dash NII, New Delhi Sukhdev Singh wrote: This morning was frustating with Google Scholar. I just wanted to get hold of some scholary literature on "Methods for Benchmarking Organisations". So, opened up Google Scholar and fired the first term - "benchmarking". Good - 149,000 hits to good quality looking literature. So, started clicking by one by one to see the hits. But, what is this?!! Almost every click was asking me to pay somewhere 20 to 40 Dollars to have the access to full text. Obiously - this is the locked up knowledge for me. What is the use of these wonderful hits to high quality literature when I can not view them. Next I opened up Open J-Gate and fired the same term "benchmarking". Had to wait for the results. Ultimately got the result - 216 hits. This served my purpose. Not that these pointed to high quality papers. But I got what I wanted in return for what I could afford to pay for. No wasting of time in clicking and waiting to learn that I can't afford to buy the stuff. Later found that OAIster gave 1674 hits for the same term. But then, all Open/Free Access literature may not be OAI compliant. Why can't Google creates a service for just Open/Free Access Scholary Literature and name it as OpenScholar?. Its better technology can help small mortals like me. Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "medlib" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: medlib-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: medlib-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Hi Colleagues, I agree with Mr. Dash. Scholars are looking for a "Search Place", where they can search for all information. Google Scholar is negotiating with Journal Publishers for getting into their server, and harvest their ToC, Abstract and reference parts of each article. When GS comes out with its full version, any one can search for Scholarly literature, from the vast array of Free and Paid journals, at the same time and at single place. The beauty of its Citation search adds GS's expected acceptance among Academia. Still it in its Beta. Remember that, we do not have a free service sofar, to do so. After retrieving the bibliographic Results, next step is to look for fulltext. If it is an Open Access journal, we can freely download them. What will happen to Paid articles. Here again, Google Scholar is started Document Delivery, and they already made arrangements with british library. See the press release at http://www.bl.uk/news/2006/pressrelease20060302.html http://www.bl.uk/news/2006/pressrelease20060302.html . They will be collaborating with other Doc Delivery systems in near future. What will be its effect on Libraries? We will be getting a new free service, to which we used to pay huge amounts to Online Database providers. In near future these people will be forced to collaborate with GS, and Libraries will be benefited in great deal. We should understand that, the world wide resistance to Google from librarians are coming down, after their major projects like Google Scholar. As long as it is FREE, we will be benfitted. As librarians, our job is to support it, and lobby for its "FREE" status for ever. GS will be more than, what we have today. Vijayakumar J. K "Sh. Jitendra N. Dash" <jn_dash(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear Colleagues, I found the following write-up by Mr. Singh is intersting but he avoided the strong point of Google Scholar(GS), free citation retrieval search engine. Presently there is no search engine which provides citation(s) to scholarly papers freely. I found our scientists group is interested with GS,also I found citations are reliable.GS provides link to PubMed, free/open access journal, pay-based journals, books etc. Its features are discussed in peer reviewed journals like Nature.So,if GS will provide link only to free/open access journals papers then how users will come to know there citations in the journals which are subscribed in our libraries. Proper search technique retrieves relevant results. But one of the nagative points is GS was updated first time after six month of its initial launch (Nov, 2004) which is discussed. We may hope its present beta version may be evolved to a relevant search engine for scholars, specially in the areas where scholars are struggling for resources. Regards, JN Dash NII, New Delhi Sukhdev Singh wrote: This morning was frustating with Google Scholar. I just wanted to get hold of some scholary literature on "Methods for Benchmarking Organisations". So, opened up Google Scholar and fired the first term - "benchmarking". Good - 149,000 hits to good quality looking literature. So, started clicking by one by one to see the hits. But, what is this?!! Almost every click was asking me to pay somewhere 20 to 40 Dollars to have the access to full text. Obiously - this is the locked up knowledge for me. What is the use of these wonderful hits to high quality literature when I can not view them. Next I opened up Open J-Gate and fired the same term "benchmarking". Had to wait for the results. Ultimately got the result - 216 hits. This served my purpose. Not that these pointed to high quality papers. But I got what I wanted in return for what I could afford to pay for. No wasting of time in clicking and waiting to learn that I can't afford to buy the stuff. Later found that OAIster gave 1674 hits for the same term. But then, all Open/Free Access literature may not be OAI compliant. Why can't Google creates a service for just Open/Free Access Scholary Literature and name it as OpenScholar?. Its better technology can help small mortals like me. Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "medlib" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: medlib-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. 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Discrimination to LIS subject in SLET, karnataka
by yekanath kamble 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Dear professionals, I bring to your kind notice that, recently Kuvempu University, Shimoga has called for state Eligibility Test (SET) for several subjects, but our LIS subject is not called for. As we know last time in the year 2000 it was there but now it is discriminated why? day by day librarian/ asst.librarian are not required for the college and universites?. Recent fast some states have called for the same exams and there was our LIS subject but why not in karanata SET?. Hence, I request you all that, please discuss the issue with professionals and find the soulution faster. With regards, Yekanath N K 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 Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Dear professionals, I bring to your kind notice that, recently Kuvempu University, Shimoga has called for state Eligibility Test (SET) for several subjects, but our LIS subject is not called for. As we know last time in the year 2000 it was there but now it is discriminated why? day by day librarian/ asst.librarian are not required for the college and universites?. Recent fast some states have called for the same exams and there was our LIS subject but why not in karanata SET?. Hence, I request you all that, please discuss the issue with professionals and find the soulution faster. With regards, Yekanath N K 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 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Infringment of copyright - DO IT RIGHT IN FIRST PLACE
by Sukhdev Singh 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Friends,I would like further deviate from the topic. Why not to DO IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE? Why not to support and promote Open Access? Academic World would be much better. No fear of infringment of copyrights. Ranganathan's country-men must remember - "BOOKS ARE FOR USE". So workfor barrier - free access to scholarly information. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in On 3/4/06, Murari <murari(a)nio.org> wrote:> Dear Moderator,> I would like to take some deviation from main issue and share my experience> on document requests. The most important thing that keeps Librarians> together is the resource sharing. Libraries help each other in supplying the> requested documents. I am a member on another discussion list of> International Association of Marine Science Library and Information Centres> (Iamslic). On this, at one time, large number of mails were for the document> requests. One day the association thought of making a union catalogue and> that is now being used extensively. The catalogue is based on Z39.50> protocol (http://library.csumb.edu/cyamus/ill/search.php)> Why not the like minded Librarians in India take up such kind of activity> and the NCSI take lead in providing facility and infrastructure? I receive> requested documents within 24 hours of my request from US or Europe on this.> With this facility, my users are extremely happy. They believe that I can> get the required document almost next day!>> With warm regards,>> Murari P Tapaswi, NICMAS, National Inst Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004> Goa, India> Phone: 91-(0)832-2450 275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450 602/03> URL: www.nio.org; www.mangroveindia.org; www.coastalhazards.info;> www.indian-ocean.org>> _______________________________________________> LIS-Forum mailing list> LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum>

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