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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON OFFERS ONLINE ACCESS TO DISSOCIATION BY Dspace
by noufal palliparamban 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Dear friends, The University of Oregon Libraries, in collaboration with the university's psychology department, has created an online archive of Dissociation, a seminal psychology journal. Dissociation was published in ten volumes between 1988 and 1997 by Dissociative Disorders Research Publications, Ltd., as the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD). ISSD is a nonprofit, professional association organized to develop and promote comprehensive, clinically effective, and empirically-based resources and responses to dissociation and to address its relevance to other theoretical constructs. Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology and editor of ISSD's new journal, The Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, together with Frank Putnam of Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center, proposed the digitization project to ISSD, the university libraries, and the journal's original copyright holder, Richard Kluft, M.D. Visit:https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/1129 Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear friends, The University of Oregon Libraries, in collaboration with the university's psychology department, has created an online archive of Dissociation, a seminal psychology journal. Dissociation was published in ten volumes between 1988 and 1997 by Dissociative Disorders Research Publications, Ltd., as the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD). ISSD is a nonprofit, professional association organized to develop and promote comprehensive, clinically effective, and empirically-based resources and responses to dissociation and to address its relevance to other theoretical constructs. Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology and editor of ISSD's new journal, The Journal of Trauma & Dissociation , together with Frank Putnam of Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center, proposed the digitization project to ISSD, the university libraries, and the journal's original copyright holder, Richard Kluft, M.D. Visit: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/1129 https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/1129 Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 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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OA law project
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

QUT launches OA law project Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the first university anywhere to adopt an OA mandate, has launched an Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law project. >From the site: In todays ever-changing world, open access to knowledge is increasingly important, as both an economic and social force. This project aims to ensure that people can legally and efficiently share knowledge across domains and across the world. This will be of significance to the every day citizen through to top-end researchers. The project will develop legal protocols for managing copyright issues in an open access environment and investigate provision and implementation of a rights expression language for implementing such protocols at a technical level. At both levels, legal and technical, the project will integrate with existing open access repositories. The significance of the project is that it will provide a vital infrastructure to the open access landscape that does not adequately exist at the moment. Quoting Tom Cochran, QUT's Deputy Vice-Chancellor: It is often observed that the law and law making lags behind technology. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the maze of rights management and rights assertion surrounding access to content which is increasingly in digital form, often exclusively. Queensland University of Technology is pleased to be the supporting institution for this project, to systematically develop more assured processes, understandings and protocols to assist the smooth flow of knowledge and information for a variety of communities in future years. In doing so it particularly recognizes the public policy imperative of freeing up access to publicly funded research and its outputs. Also see the press release announcing the project (February 21, 2006): A new "open access to knowledge" project hosted by the Queensland University of Technology aims to ensure that anyone can legally share knowledge across the world, whether they be an every day citizen or a top end researcher. The QUT team, led by School of Law head, Professor Brian Fitzgerald is embarking on a $1.3 million, two year project to develop legal protocols for managing copyright issues in an open access environment. The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project, when complete, would provide legal protocols that would free up the national and international research environment and remove barriers to reusing and remixing information, Professor Fitzgerald said...."If researchers know they can safeguard their work with OAK Law protocols they will be more comfortable with making it available online and thus increase the stock of knowledge available to everyone," Prof Fitzgerald said. "The OAK Law protocols will benefit everyone from school students to Nobel Prize winners who can go online, do a Google search, find relevant research and use it without fear of being sued for copyright infringements. The project will work with cutting edge research repositories in marine science and medical research to ensure that all Australians have the right to access and, where permitted, reuse high quality research data in their daily lives."

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OpenDocument format for Govt documents in India
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Friends: We should campaign for adopting OpenDocument format for government documents. Arun ------ >From Peter Suber's blog New alliance promotes OpenDocument Format worldwide The mission of the new ODF Alliance is to promote the use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) worldwide, especially for government documents. >From yesterday's press release: As documents and services are increasingly transformed from paper to electronic form, there is growing recognition that governments and their constituents may not be able to access, retrieve and use critical records, information and documents in the future. A broad cross-section of associations, academic institutions, industry and related groups today joined together to form the OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), an organization dedicated to promoting open solutions to this problem. As technologies rapidly evolve, documents are created by public sector agencies using different applications that may not be compatible with one another today, let alone into the future. Through the use of a truly open standard file format that can be implemented by numerous and varied applications, the Alliance seeks to enable governments and their constituents to use, access and store critical documents, records and information both today and in the future, independent of the applications or enterprise platforms used for their creation or future access. Specifically, the ODF Alliance supports the use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an open XML-based collection of office document formats, including text, presentation and spreadsheet formats. ODF, the only established open standard document format, enables the retrieval of information and exchange of documents between different applications, agencies and/or business partners in a platform and application independent way. "With a broad cross section of support, the ODF Alliance will work to enable governments around the world to have greater control over and direct management of their documents, now and forever," said Ken Wasch, President of the Software & Information Industry Association, a leading member of the Alliance and the principal trade association of the software and digital content industry. "There's no doubt that the momentum of ODF is gaining traction worldwide as more people every day are discovering that it's a better way to preserve and access documents."...The Alliance is building support globally for use and recognition of ODF, and all organizations that share its goals are welcomed to join the effort. Organizations can join [here]....In recent months, jurisdictions such as the State of Massachusetts in the United States and others around the world are leading the way, by embracing open document formats. According to recent press reports, 13 nations globally are considering adoption of the OpenDocument format.

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A public domain registry for India
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Friends: Canada is setting up a public domain registry for publications available through open access. We in India shoud do so too. Best wishes. Arun ---- >From Peter Suber's blog Canadian public domain registry Canada will soon have an OA Public Domain Registry. >From yesterday's press release: Access Copyright, The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency and Creative Commons Canada, in partnership with Creative Commons Corporation in the US, today announced the development of a Canadian public domain registry. The ground-breaking project the most comprehensive of its kind in Canada will create an online, globally searchable [and OA] catalogue of published works that are in the Canadian public domain. Canada has a rich cultural heritage of literature, music and fine art that is in the public domain just waiting to be freely enjoyed, said Marcus Bornfreund of Creative Commons Canada, a non-profit organization that works in collaboration with Creative Commons US. The problem until now was that there was no easy way to identify whether or not works are in the public domain. This registry will change that. There is currently no one place where information about the public domain is collected. The registry will make published works in the Canadian public domain easily identifiable and accessible in an online catalogue. The project will develop in two stages first, a comprehensive registry of works by Canadian creators that are in the public domain will be established. Eventually, the reach of the registry will expand to include the published works of creators from other countries. The public domain registry will be a non-profit project and freely accessible to the public online....The Wikimedia Foundation, developers of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will supply software that will allow the public to contribute information to the registry. "The public domain is our shared cultural heritage, and the best ground for the great new ideas of the future," said Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "Without access to the public domain, we are cut off from our past, and therefore cut ourselves off from our future."...Individuals will be able to use the registry to determine whether a published work is in the public domain. The registry will also link to digital versions of the work, and provide information about where a paper copy of the work can be purchased. Quick and easy access to legally available content is vital as we move further into the digital age, said Roanie Levy, Access Copyrights Director of Legal and External Affairs. The public domain registry has limitless possibilities and will place Canadian cultural content at the leading edge of the public domain. Comment. Because legislators (in Canada and elsewhere) have frequently extended the term of copyright, it's non-trivial to figure out when a work is in the public domain. If the new registry is comprehensive, it will be useful for lifting this burden from ordinary users who don't want to risk liability, err on the side of non-use, or spend time and money tracking down copyright holders when it's no longer necessary. By adding links to OA versions of PD works, it will be even more useful. It should bring about one other consequence of great importance: heightened public awareness of the value of the public domain and the urgency of protecting it from further encroachments.

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Reg.: Accomodation -- National Seminar on Electronic Publications
by Dimple Patel 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Dear Participants and Paper Presenters, This is to inform you that we have reserved a few single rooms with double occupancy at JNTU Guest House, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The price for these rooms at JNTU guest house is Rs. 250/- per room per day. In case the rooms reserved by us at JNTU guest house get filled we have alternatively blocked few rooms at NISIET, Guest House, Yousufguda, where the cost of single room with double occupancy is Rs. 600/- per room per day. Kindly let us know quickly if you would like us to book rooms for you (on payment basis) and for the no. of persons booking is required. We can book accommodation at the guest house only on first come first serve basis. Sincerely, Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah Seminar Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on Electronic Publications ************************************************************************ Dr. Chennupati K. Ramaiah Professor & Director, Centre for Information Science, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action [MGNIRSA], Street No.17,Gaganmahal Road, Domalguda, Hyderabad 500 029. Telephone: 040-27672492; Fax: 091-40-27664920 Email: < cis.dsrf(a)gmail.com> or <chennupati_kramaiah(a)yahoo.com> ************************************************************************ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Infringment of copyright
by Murari 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

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

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Qualifications/Experience for University Librarians
by Aloor Thomas Francis 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, UGC has to ammend rules to strenghten the Library System of the Universities in India. Now, the UGC and the Govt. is totally neglecting this sector. The first example for this is that in majority of the Universities in India, the post of University Librarian is laying vacant. Out of seven universities in Kerala, only two have University Librarians. All others are running on "In-Charge" for several years. There are several reasons for this. Some of them are listed below: 1. No sufficient number of qualified candidates are available ( As per UGC norms). College Librarians / Asst. University Librarans with 18 years experience in the UGC cadre or Dy. Librarians are exinct species in Kerala. At present no candidates are available in Kerala. 2. The reason for this is that College Librarians appointed after 1990 are not getting UGC Pay Scales. 3. Since the College Librarians/Asst. Uty. Librarians are filled by promotion (3/4 posts), no candidate will get 18 years service in the UGC cadre. 4. If a person appointed at the age of 28 as College Librarian/Asst. Uty. Libraian in UGC scale only will qualify 4. This reduces the interest and pressure of librarians to aspire for this post and hence they try to hold the post as In-Charge. 5. University authorities also not taking active interest in this regard. Suggestions:- 1. Revise the Qualifications and Experience as follows: - MLISC + PhD in Library and Information Science - Total 18 years of professional experience in libraries, of which atleast 8 years should be in the UGC Cadre of Dy./Asst.Librarian or College Librarian. 2. In future, library professionals should be recruited to universities and colleges only in the UGC Cadre as in the case of teachers. 3. The ideal situation is the redesignation of the post of librarians as Lecturers/ Readers/ Professors. The designation of librarians in DRDO, CSIR, ISRO, etc. is "Scientists". With regards A.T. Francis Assistant Librarian Kerala Agricultural University From: Veerankutty Chelatayakkot <veerankutty(a)cusat.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Professionals, I invite your attention to the discrimination to Assistant University librarians in the qualification prescribed by the UGC to the post of University Librarian. Minimum qualification to University Librarian : (i) Master's degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC Seven point scale and consistently good academic record; (ii) At least thirteen years as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or eighteen years as experience as a college librarian (iii) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. As per this qualification, 18 years experienced College librarian can become a University Librarian. At the same time, an Assistant University Librarian with same experience cant apply to the post of University Librarian. Assistant University Librarian is equivalent to the College librarian. This can be easily understood by comparing the qualification prescribed to Deputy Librarian. Qualification to Deputy Librarian: (i) Master's degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC Seven point scale and Consistently good academic record; (ii) At least five years as a Assistant University Librarian / College Librarian (iii) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work If five years experienced Assistant University Librarians/ College librarians can apply to the post of Deputy librarian, why 18 years experienced Assistant University Librarian cant apply to the post of University Librarian. This is the discrimination. Veerankutty Chelatayakkot __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Carolyn Watters Lecture at DLIS Mysore - MULISSA Lecture Series
by N.S. Harinarayana 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Prof. Carolyn Watters, faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada addressed the students and staff of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore on the topic �Design considerations for web access on PDAs� on the Friday, March 3, 2006. Summary of the Lecture: Personal digital assistant (also called PDA) is a small handheld device that could be used as mobile phones, web browsers or media players. It was initially developed as personal organizers. Today, is being used for varieties of purposes including Internet access. Prof. Watters discussed the issues involved in display and input in a small screen devices. Browsing, Reading, Finding, and Comparison activities needs to be handled differently in a small screen devices. She demonstrated various methods available for these activities. The four common approaches to displaying web pages on small screen devices: Direct Migration, Linear, Overview and Overview were explained with examples. Overview method and the Gateway use the user�s familiarity of a web page to allow us to reduce a web page to fit within one screen on the PDA with a zooming capacity to expand sections of the page. She gave the details of some of the user study results about the effectiveness of these approaches. The lecture was attended by students, faculty members and researchers. Prof. Michael Shepherd of Dalhousie University was also present during the lecture. The program was organised as a part of MULISSA (Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) activity. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 !DSPAM:44092f6b137171673113986!

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LIBRI: CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER, 2006
by Shyam Prasad pujar 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

** Sorry for cross postings, if any ** > Announces the 2006 annual award for > > Best Libri Student Paper > > Since 1950, through 56 volumes, Libri: International Journal of > Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly > journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy > to remain one of the premier library journals, Libri is issuing a call > for "Best Student Paper of 2006." This competition supports Libri's > goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of > library and information science professionals. We are proud once again > to recognize the very best article with this special award. > > Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity > and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should > address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and > information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure > research papers are all welcome. > > Length: approx. 5,000-7,000 words > Language: English > Deadline: May 31, 2006 > > The best paper will be selected by an independent panel consisting of > selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other > international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of > > * originality of thought and observation > * depth of research and scholarship > * topicality of problems addressed > * the international readership of the journal > > The article will be published in the 2006:3 issue. The author of the > winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with > a complementary subscription to Libri for 2007. If the quality of > competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable > mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to > Libri for 2007. The normal provision to the author of 10 offprints and > one complete issue applies to all winners. > > Manuscripts should be sent to the LIBRI Editorial Office, > Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. > Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to > libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk. Author instructions and further indications > of the scope of papers suitable for publication in Libri are available > at the LIBRI site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. > > All submissions should include a cover sheet confirming: > * the name of the institution where the student is or was enrolled > > * the dates when the student is or was enrolled > * the date when the paper was written and the course for which it > was prepared if no longer a student > > > * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for > additional degrees outside the field of library and information > science are not eligible for this award. > ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: +91-22-2841 6514 * * Fax: +91-22-2840 2752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Reading Behavior in the digital enviornment
by Dr. N.J.Deshpande(Reader＠Jaykar Library) 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Reading Behavior in the digital enviornment The advent of digital media & the growing collection of digital documents have had profound impact on reading.with the growing amount of digital information available &increasing amount spend reading electronic media,the digiatl environment has begun to affect reading behivior. Digital media contribute to a transformative shift in reading. they introduce number of advantages, such asinterreactivity,non-linearity,immediacy of accessing information...etc

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postponement of national conference
by Mailing List Manager 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:57:50 +0530 From: Aditya Tripathi <aditya.tripath(a)gmail.com> This is to inform that due to some unavoidable circumstances the proposed "National Conference on Community Information Service: Challenges & Opportunities for Libraries", 2nd � 4th March 2006, jointly organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has been rescheduled and now will be held from 20th � 22nd March 2006. -- Dr. Aditya Tripathi Lecturer and Co-ordinator Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg

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Discrimination to Asst. Librarians
by Mailing List Manager 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

From: Veerankutty Chelatayakkot <veerankutty(a)cusat.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Professionals, I invite your attention to the discrimination to Assistant University librarians in the qualification prescribed by the UGC to the post of University Librarian. Minimum qualification to University Librarian : (i) Master's degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC Seven point scale and consistently good academic record; (ii) At least thirteen years as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or eighteen years as experience as a college librarian (iii) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. As per this qualification, 18 years experienced College librarian can become a University Librarian. At the same time, an Assistant University Librarian with same experience cant apply to the post of University Librarian. Assistant University Librarian is equivalent to the College librarian. This can be easily understood by comparing the qualification prescribed to Deputy Librarian. Qualification to Deputy Librarian: (i) Master's degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC Seven point scale and Consistently good academic record; (ii) At least five years as a Assistant University Librarian / College Librarian (iii) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work If five years experienced Assistant University Librarians/ College librarians can apply to the post of Deputy librarian, why 18 years experienced Assistant University Librarian cant apply to the post of University Librarian. This is the discrimination. Veerankutty Chelatayakkot

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Re: [LIS-Forum] request for an article
by Mailing List Manager 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear Member: I would like to thank the members who have expressed their views/comments on the subject "whether requests for full text articles coming from members working for commercial organizations should be entertained on this list or not". I have consolidated the replies received till 03 Mar, 2.30 pm and have appended it to this message. Let's wait for couple of more days before we take a final decision on the matter. Meanwhile, I would like to stress the point that this forum should be used only as a last resort to seek help from fellow members. Many a times the members just shoot off their queries to the forum without doing any homework themselves. I return at lease one or two mails every other day because the expectations of such mails is that the fellow members have to refer to the resources to answer the queries, which very well could have been done by the requesters themselves. Please ensure that you append full signature to your messages, especially when you are seeking help/response from fellow members. Thanks for your cooperation With warm regards, - moderator ------------------------------- I. I think there is no harm in providing reference service - availability related information or referral information - if tracking of full text article is really a problem for a member working for a commercial organisation. Let the requstee then collect the orginal article from the referrals. Many a times even an expert searcher experience lack of information regarding availability of articles, etc. Think about those who really need our help. Completely ignoring or not entertaining the request will be a negative approach for the profession. It also does not match to our ethical standards. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry ------------------ II. I agree with you. Krishna Yeri Librarian,IRMA, Anand ------------- III. I beg to offer a slightly different view. As far as copyright infringement is concerned, supplying one copy for personal use of a researcher is OK. It is immaterial whether the end user or his organisation is carrying out research in academic institution or is attached to an industrial research unit, whether fully commercial (say ranbaxy) or industrial research establishment funded by public funds (CDRI, for example). Research is research and the benefits of research go to all. Copyright laws pose no threat either, as per my understanding. However, if a company say Ranbaxy in private sector or IDPL in public sector wants to use the information for commercial purposes (marketing, publicity, beating down competition etc) then copyright fee or licensing fee for each copy must be paid for. Librarians who are a party to this kind of infringement must be aware of their limitations. The best thing would be to avoid ALL requests for photocopies being distributed via Lis-forum. Let us encourage large libraries and library networks funded by govt funds to be more responsive and co-operative in this matter. Regards Dr P vyasamoorthy ---------------------- 1V. I agree. We are an organization that procures and supplies articles to BOTH non-profit/academic, as well as commercial organizations. For the latter, we procure copyright fee paid copies and provide it to them. We have even procured from local libraries and then paid the copyright fee to the US Copyright Clearance Centre, and charged commercial clients for the same. (We discontinued this, because very often we got poor quality copies and the client was unhappy about that, specially after paying a high fee) Our experience has been that many Indian commercial companies are "conveniently unaware" of copyright fee for articles, and many libraries still do provide articles to commercial organizations, charging only a membership fee for services. The libraries do not take care of paying the copyright fee to the publisher/CCC So these commercial organizations take advantage and take copies from the libraries. They come to us if they cannot procure from a library, or if there is an urgency. I would urge that libraries either take on the onus of paying copyright fee on behalf of commercial organizations, or request such organizations to approach us, or any other agency that does similar work. Just as an additional information........We have been a Private Limited company, but are now running as a non-profit organization. Our legal status is in the process of change (taking much longer than I hoped it would), but we have been operating as a not for profit entity since Apr 2005 Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services

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Why can't Google Scholar be like Open J-Gate / OAIster
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

This morning was frustating with Google Scholar. I just wanted to get hold of some scholary literature on "Methods forBenchmarking Organisations". So, opened up Google Scholar<http://scholar.google.com> and fired the first term - "benchmarking".Good - 149,000 hits to good quality looking literature. So, startedclicking by one by one to see the hits. But, what is this?!! Almostevery click was asking me to pay somewhere 20 to 40 Dollars to havethe access to full text. Obiously - this is the locked up knowledgefor me. What is the use of these wonderful hits to high qualityliterature when I can not view them. Next I opened up Open J-Gate <http://www.openj-gate.com/> and firedthe same term "benchmarking". Had to wait for the results. Ultimatelygot the result - 216 hits. This served my purpose. Not that thesepointed to high quality papers. But I got what I wanted in return forwhat I could afford to pay for. No wasting of time in clicking andwaiting to learn that I can't afford to buy the stuff. Later found that OAIster <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/>gave 1674 hits for the same term. But then, all Open/Free Accessliterature may not be OAI compliant. Why can't Google creates a service for just Open/Free Access ScholaryLiterature and name it as OpenScholar?. Its better technology can helpsmall mortals like me. Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Message for Circulation on lis-forum
by ratnakar 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Will be thankful if you kindly circulate the following important information on lis-forum A. Ratnakar New Delhi __________________________________________________________________________ World’s largest Open Access e-journals portal launched The placid and lackadaisical information infrastructure scenario of the country saw a momentous action on Monday the 27th of Feb, when world’s first e-journals portal Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/> ) was launched by Bangalore based Informatics (India) Ltd as a free service for everyone across the globe. Informatics called the launch as India's contribution to the global research and the promotion of open access movement. Open Access to journals is what Open Source is for software. As the name suggests access to open j-gate is free for any one to access across the world. It has enhanced the information access of researchers not only in India but all over the world. The occasion for this historic launch was the 12th Annual Lecture on Informatics at Indian National Academy of Sciences (INSA), where over 200 senior professors, scientists, librarians and researchers from most of the top research and academic establishments of the country had gathered. Dr Jean-Claude Guedon, a global expert of open access movement and founder of Internet Society of Canada launched the Open J-Gate who was sent by the Open Society Institute (OSI), New York for this launch. There are hundreds of journals, which are available from various publishers and societies from across the globe free on the Internet. But all of them are widely scattered and searching the articles and getting to them is a very cumbersome job for researchers. Open J-Gate is the first portal in the world to index over 3000+ open access e-journals on one single searchable platform in the form of a standard database bridging the access gap. The nearest comparable initiative by Lund University, Sweden, covers less than 600 open access e-journals. UGC Vice Chairman Prof V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai shared his ideas on open access issues that affect the most to the global scientific fraternity and lauded the efforts of Informatics immensely for launching open J-Gate; a portal direly needed by the resource starved Indian scientific community in particular. Dr. Guedon dwelled on the history of the open access movement and emphasized on the need of expanding the open access movement across the globe. He congratulated the CMD of Informatics Mr. N V sathyanaryana for his philanthropic venture and hailed Open J-Gate as a revolutionary step for the global scientific community at large. Open J-Gate has over a million articles published in 2,000 plus peer reviewed research journals in addition to articles from over 1,000 trade and professional journals. The data base can be accessed at the URL www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/>

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Infringment of copyright
by Chitra P Rao 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

The Moderator According to my understanding if 1 copy is sent to anyone beit an academician or a Corporate it does not violate the law. If we give multiple copies and sell it then and only then it is an infringment. If there are too many requests from the same person or too many such requests then we can take a stand. However I have observed that the volume is not much. I may be wrong.. One another thing to consider is if it is a very rare or specialised request then we may consider the request. I can understnd it is difficult to route it to LIS but left to the individual they can sent it thru email etc..with price without is left to the individual Institute regulations. Chitra P Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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India and US launch knowledge initiative in agricuture
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

An excerpt from Times of India, 3 March 2006: "The visit also saw the launch of the Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture with a three-year financial commitment of $100 million to link universities, technical institutions and businesses and build projects in biotechnology." Arun

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Free text books
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

More on Freeload Press Freeload Press, which publishes OA textbooks supported by ads, is expanding its line. >From today's announcement: Following a highly successful beta launch, Freeload Press, Inc. (FP) announced today the expansion of its unique free textbook initiative. The company plans on providing one million free downloads of college e-textbooks and study aids--all supported by commercial sponsors. Staffed by experienced academicians, entrepreneurs and former textbook publishers, FP developed a breakthrough model providing students with free e-book versions of textbooks. Students download free e-books from FPs distribution web site, freeloadpress.com. The e-books, which are in Adobes PDF format, contain sponsors advertising or marketing messages. Corporate sponsors, among them FedEx Kinkos, pay FP to place unobtrusive messages in e-books at natural breaks in the text and layout. Paperback versions of the e-books, with advertising, can also be purchased for 65% less than comparable textbooks for the same courses. Halfway through the beta launch season, FP model has been used for 75 courses in over a dozen colleges, including U of Texas, Georgia Tech and U-Mass Lowell. The company estimates its beta list of books will save students over $500,000 in textbook costs this year. College instructors at over 350 colleges are registered and reviewing FPs offerings for next years courses with users.... The student survey data is trending at more than 97% approval rate of the model, said Ivancevich. and the instructor approval rating is north of 80%--which is well beyond the original forecast we conducted to launch the business. Instructors are more concerned with the high price of textbooks than we anticipated.

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InfoWatch February 2006
by M.R Lalitha 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The February 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) February 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AISWorld Net - Association for Information Systems 2. DigChip.com - Resources database on electronic components 3. Encyclopedia of the nations 4. File transit [A software distribution site] 5. FreeFullText.com [Links to free and fulltext scholarly periodicals on Internet] 6. Freshwater and marine image bank [A digital collection of images by University of Washington] 7. FSF/UNESCO - Free Software Directory 8. Gateway to astronaut photography of Earth 9. HighBeam research [A search interface for articles, reference and news on Internet] 10. ITC digital library [Digital Library for construction information technology] 11. Micromachining handbook - Introduction to micromachining with femtosecond laser pulses 12. Nanotube modeler - Generation of nano-geometries 13. National Science Day 14. Omics gateway [A portal of emerging fields of large-scale biology] 15. Special online collection - Breakthrough of the year 2005 [ A review by Science magazine] 16. Stardust@Home - An interactive internet search for interstellar dust in the stardust aerogel collector 17. Techdata - Engineering technical data reference tables 18. Tech-Recipes.com [Tutorials on programming and operating systems] 19. TPSX material database [A tool for aerospace researchers] 20. WorldNewspapers.com - World newspapers and magazines [A portal of news sites in english] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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NCSI-NET meeting on 4th March 2006.
by Babu Rajendra 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, We are happy to announce this month's NCSI-NET meeting to be held on Saturday 4th March 2006 at seminar hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore-12 from 11.00 am onwards. Mr. I R N Goudar would be delivering the lecture on Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. ==================== TITLE: Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. By Mr. I R N Goudar, Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology , NAL, Bangalore. ABSTRACT: The old concept 'consortia' means a strategic alliance of institutions having common interests. The applications of IT and IR systems for on-line catalogues, bibliographic databases and full text electronic documents have facilitated quick information exchange. The advent of e-publishing has brought a revolution in journal publication, subscription, access and delivery mechanism. Print subscriptions still continue to dominate publisher's revenue. While dwindling library budgets and growing number of journals force libraries to form consortia for accessing e-journals, other role players like primary publishers, aggregators, vendors, subscription agents and document delivery agencies have their own reasons to encourage consortia movement. The early 'subscription clubs', the so called consortia leaders have developed and adopted consortia strategies like mission, vision, goals, planning, structure, membership, management and standards suitable for different models. However, there are no universally acceptable e-journals pricing and licensing models. Same thing holds good for other kind of documents like books, technical reports, etc. Major concerns of consortia formation include funding, pricing, personnel, training, service, archiving, technology and copyright issues. The pricing factors include number of nodes, multiple campuses, access mode, training and perpetual access. Consortia models could be participants oriented or purpose oriented and homogeneous or heterogeneous. Many libraries especially in developing countries are not geared up for accessing e-Journals due to various reasons including user ignorance, infrastructure and funds. While there is an urgent need for changing the mindset of librarians, users and the administrators for subscribing to e-journals in India, a satisfying note is that few forward looking libraries have made a modest beginning in forming consortia. Some initiatives include - Indian Institutes of Management for accessing bibliographic databases, CSIR Laboratories for >3200 journals from 10 major publishers, FORSA for accessing Astronomy and Astrophysics journals, Hyderabad Knowledge Park members for J-Gate, INFLIBNET initiative for providing access to 100 universities for full text journals of Some ACS, RSC, IOP, and bibliographic databases, INDEST for a host of full text sources like ScienceDirect , IEL Online and few bibliographic databases for the benefit IITs, IISc, IIMs and engineering college and GE Global Research initiative for the benefit of different GE Centres world over. Some of the pricing and payment constraints specific to Indian libraries include - inadequate funds, single point payment, rigid administrative, financial and auditing rules, problems of defining asset against payment and pay-per-view not yet acceptable. Consortia approach is the only way to satisfy increasing information requirements of vast number of Indian academic and R& D community. ============================ Please confirm your participation to either me or Prasanna(t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators. ================ H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5 - 10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 http://www.capcoinstitute.com/ Capco Institute is the research arm of Capco Capco is the first services and technology solutions provider exclusively focused on forming the future of the financial markets. We unite thought leadership and practical application to improve profitability for our clients. ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Md. Sibli Sirajee 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi

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Book on Marketing of Library and Information Services
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:57:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Shantanu Ganguly <s_ganguly67(a)yahoo.co.uk> Dear All respected members: You will be all glad to know that a book was recently released in 24 Feb, 2006 in Munich, Germany during mid year meeting of the IFLA management and marketing section published by KG Saur Publishing entitled " Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives Edited on the behalf of IFLA by Dinesh K. Gupta , Christie Koontz , Angels Massisimo and R�jean Savard". The marketing of library services has now been recognised as an essential agenda item for almost all kinds of libraries all over the world. Presenting contributions from a truly international group of librarians, this book provides a broad spectrum on the topic, providing a useful tool for both working librarians and future librarians to understand vital issues relating to the marketing of library and information services at the local, national and international level. We are indeed glad that an expert in the most contemporary area of Marketing of Library and Information Services, is sitting at remotest corner of the country i.e., Kota, Rajasthan working as a Associate Professor in the Open University brought a bible on this topic from one of the leading publishing company alongwith all the renowned experts of this field. It is a matter of pride and prejudice for the country like India and especially for all the members of the Library and information science community. I wish him all the best for his future endeavours. If you want to read more details about this book then please log on to http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?content=kurzanzeige.cfm?show=0000015784&menu=c… With warm regards Shantanu Ganguly SHANTANU GANGULY Resi: A-67 Chittaranjan Park First Floor New Delhi - 110019 Tel: 26272596, (M): 9811330235 Off: Librarian and Information Manager Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) 3, Lodhi Institutional Area, Rai School Complex New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 24647820-21 --------------------------------- Can't remember an address in your address book? Enter the first few letters and Address AutoComplete will automatically finish it. Get Yahoo! Mail

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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 02:06:32 -0800 (PST) From: indra kaul <indrakaul(a)yahoo.com> Dear Mangesh, You have asked difference between scholarly publication, journal, and peer review journal Peer Review Journal The articles which have been submitted for publication by the author are got reviewed by publisher by peers (authorities on the subject). If the peers approve the article, it is published in the journal. If the peer has asked for modification, these comments are sent to the author to modify the article. The author modifies the article and resubmits it for publication. The publisher publishes the modified article in the journal. The journal in which all the articles are published after getting them reviewed by the peers is known as Peer Review Journal. Scholarly Publications: A Guide to the Differences Between Publications Students often ask, "How can I tell if this is a scholarly publication?" Although publications might not meet all of the criteria in the categories below, they essentially all fall into one of the four following types of publications. Scholarly Journal News/General Interest Popular Magazines Sensational Publications Format Has grave, serious format Attractive in appearance Generally slick/glossy with an attractive format Cheap newspaper format Graphics Graphs and charts to illustrate concepts Photos, graphics and illustrations used to enhance articles Photos, illustrations and drawing to enhance imageof publication Contains melodramatic, lurid or "doctored" photos Sources Cited sources with footnotes and/or bibliography Occasionally cite sources, but not as a rule Rarely cite sources. Original sources may be obscure Rarely cite sources of information Authors Written by scholars or researchers in the field or discipline Written for an educated, general audience by staff, free-lance or scholarly writers Written by the staff or free-lance writers for a broad audience Written by free-lance or staff writers Language Uses terminology, jargon, and the language of the discipline. Reader is assumed to have similar background Uses language apprporiate for an educated readership Uses simple language for minimal educational level. Articles are short, with little depth Contains language that is simple, easy-to-read and understand. Sensational style is often used Publication Criteria Subject to "peer review". Must meet approval of qualified scholars in the field Must meet standards of publication and be approved by editors No specific criteria No specific criteria Purpose To inform, report, or make original research available to the scholarly world Provide general information to a wide, interested audience Designed to entertain or persuade, to sell products or services Arouse curiosity and interest by distorting the truth. Often uses outrageous or startling headlines Publishers Generally published by a professional organization Published by commercial enterprises for profit Published for profit Published for profit Advertising Contains selective advertising Carries advertising Contains extensive advertising Contains advertising as luring and startling as the stories Examples Annals of Microbiology, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Physiology, Physics Letters Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Fortune, Psychology Today, Scientific American Better Homes and Gardens, GQ, Glamour, People, Sports Illustrated Globe, National Enquirer, National Examiner, Star, Sun Magazine or periodical: a magazine or periodical, especially one published by a specialist or professional body for its members, containing information and contributions relevant to their area of activity. indra kaul Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:19:15 +0000 (GMT) From: mangesh talmale DEAR PROFESSIONAL , could u please send the information regarding query: 1. what is the difference between scholarly publication journal and peer review journal. best regards mangesh talmale pune _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Re. RFID Implementation
by Sharad Jadhav 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Members, We thank library professionals for thier reply to our query posted on various library forums and information that they have provided regarding RFID implementation in library. Regards, Sharad Jadhav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Insurance Academy 25,Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, Pune 411 045 India http://www.niapune.com Email sharad(a)niapune.cpm sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Mobile: 09890369266 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Members, We thank library professionals for thier reply to our query posted on various library forums and information that they have provided regarding RFID implementation in library. Regards, Sharad Jadhav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Insurance Academy 25,Balewadi, Baner Road, NIA PO, Pune 411 045 India http://www.niapune.com/ http://www.niapune.com Email mailto:sharad@niapune.cpm sharad(a)niapune.cpm mailto:sharad7703@yahoo.co.in sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in Phones: +91 20 27204066(D), 27204000/4444(Board) Mobile: 09890369266 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Article indexing Database on CDs
by sandeep sharma 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear All, I want to know is there any database of article indexing available in the field of Management Science and Computer Science in form of CDs and DVDs. which covers the national as well as international journals. If you have any information please do contact me. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Sharma Librarian Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies 2A,2B, Madhuban Chowk Rohini Delhi-110085 Ph. 27867301,27864596 Extn.28 Cell. 9312386044 E-Mail: Sandybls2003(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear All, I want to know is there any database of article indexing available in the field of Management Science and Computer Science in form of CDs and DVDs. which covers the national as well as international journals. If you have any information please do contact me. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Sharma Librarian Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies 2A,2B, Madhuban Chowk Rohini Delhi-110085 Ph. 27867301,27864596 Extn.28 Cell. 9312386044 E-Mail: mailto:Sandybls2003@yahoo.co.in Sandybls2003(a)yahoo.co.in 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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