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by Mailing List Manager 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Date: 21 Dec 2005 11:27:43 -0000 From: sushmita das <sush7410(a)rediffmail.com> � Respected All!! I think this site will be of interest to all. http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/ http://gort.ucsd.edu/ Regards Sushmita NIC, New Delhi

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Re: Greenstone
by Mailing List Manager 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Date: 21 Dec 2005 09:59:52 -0000 From: sridi <kanakanala(a)rediffmail.com> dear nair pls go the website www.greenstone.org and their u can see the examples icon on the page an u find the indian/international projects/organisations using the greenstone software for the building the digital collections. www.greenstone.org bye sridhar On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 Mailing List Manager wrote : >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:15:09 -0500 (EST) > From: Saji S. Nair <ourdreamsblooming(a)excite.com> > >Dear all, > >Could you list the projects using Greenstone software for managing digital >collections/archives in India? > > >REGARDS >Saji S. Nair >Regional Cancer Centre library >Trivandrum >Kerala >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Opening at Honeywell for Senior Information / Library Professional
by Kottai, A (IE10) 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

The profile for the Senior Information professional / Senior Librarian at Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab (HTSL), Bangalore: B.Sc/M.Sc with M.L.I.Sc / NCSI / DRTC / INSDOC in Library & Information Science with 8 + years experience in a corporate information environment managing print and electronic collections, working with third-party information providers / vendors / publishers, passion for customer services, responsiveness, resourceful abilities, teamwork and good communication skills. The job will require: * Planning, organizing and effective management of library operations * Media procurement, cataloging, circulation * Managing magazines / journals and online databases resources * Providing Document Delivery Service (DDS) * Library automation / establishing digital libraries * Provide Reference & Referral Service, assisting customers in finding the required source / service * Computer Skills: MS Office Tools, Web based searches, Web & Associated technologies, Scanning, OCR among others * Sales & marketing of technical information products and services Other skills which are required but not limited include: * Plan, develop and manage libraries at various distributed locations of HTSL * Develops and manages convenient, accessible and cost-effective information services that are aligned with the strategic directions of the organization * Exposure to quality processes * Provide orientation, facilitation, promotion and support for library and information service users. * Assess information needs, design and market value-added information services * Use appropriate information technology to acquire, organize and disseminate information * Subscribe, maintain research support vendor databases and document repositories * Improve the existing Library OPAC by incorporating new features which can enhance the usability and add value to customers * Ability to work under pressure in order to meet strict deadlines, prioritize a varied workload, and a desire to work in a fast paced, demanding environment * Information research skills involving customization, personalization to individuals and business units * Leadership skills, maturity and high energy is essential * Excellent oral and written communication and inter-personal skills Qualifications: * Master's Degree in Information or Library Science * 8 + years experience in a Corporate Information Center or Corporate Library Note: 1. Those who applied or have attended interview during last 1 year need not apply. 2. Candidates with Arts, Commerce and Life Sciences background will not considered. 3. Please state "Opening at Honeywell for Senior Information / Library Professional" on subject field without fail. 4. Last date to receive resume at our end is 31st December 2005. Contact Information: Ms. Nivedita Pabbathi Nivedita.Pabbathi(a)honeywell.com "This e-mail and any attachments thereto, are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and contain Honeywell confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying which amounts to misappropriation of this e-mail and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof." The profile for the�Senior Information professional / Senior Librarian at Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab (HTSL), Bangalore: B.Sc/M.Sc with M.L.I.Sc / NCSI / DRTC / INSDOC in Library & Information Science with 8 + years experience in a corporate information environment managing print and electronic collections, working with third-party information providers / vendors / publishers, passion for customer services, responsiveness, resourceful abilities, teamwork and good communication skills. � � The job will require: Planning, organizing and effective management of library operations Media procurement, cataloging, circulation Managing�magazines / journals and�online databases resources Providing Document Delivery Service (DDS) Library automation / establishing digital libraries Provide Reference & Referral Service, assisting customers in finding the required source / service Computer Skills: MS Office Tools, Web based searches, Web & Associated technologies, Scanning, OCR among others Sales & marketing of technical information products and services � Other skills which are required but not limited include: Plan, develop and manage libraries at various distributed locations of HTSL Develops and manages convenient, accessible and cost-effective information services that are aligned with the strategic directions of the organization Exposure to quality processes Provide orientation, facilitation, promotion�and support for library and information service users. Assess information needs, design and market value-added information services Use appropriate information technology to acquire, organize and disseminate information Subscribe, maintain research support vendor databases and document repositories Improve the existing Library OPAC by incorporating new features which can enhance the usability and add value to customers Ability to work under pressure in order to meet strict deadlines, prioritize a varied workload, and a desire to work in a fast paced, demanding environment Information research skills involving customization, personalization to individuals and business units Leadership skills, maturity and high energy is essential Excellent oral and written communication and inter-personal skills � Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Information or Library Science 8 + years experience in a Corporate Information Center or Corporate�Library � Note: 1. Those who applied or� have attended� interview during last 1 year need not apply. 2. Candidates with Arts,� C ommerce and Life Sciences background will not considered . 3. Please state “Opening at Honeywell for Senior Information / Library Professional” on subject field without fail. 4. Last date to receive resume at our end is 31st December 2005. � Contact Information: � Ms. Nivedita Pabbathi Nivedita.Pabbathi(a)honeywell.com � "This e-mail and any attachments thereto, are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and contain Honeywell confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying which amounts to misappropriation of this e-mail and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof." �

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Re. Greenstone
by Sharad Jadhav 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Dear Saji, Following are few urls for digital library using Greenstone. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Digital Library, Kozhikode URL: http://www.intranet.iimk.ac.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library National Centre for Science Information, IISc, Bangalore URL: http://vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=isearch Electronic Thesis and Dissertation, Digital Library, IIT Bombay, Mumbai URL http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/~mnj/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Archives of Indian Labour at http://www.indialabourarchives.org, NOIDA URL: http://www.indialabourarchives.org/ IIT Bangalore, Bangalore URL: http://www.mlasia.iitb.ac.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Demo Digital Library Collections, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore URL: http://144.16.72.147/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Hope this information is useful for you. Regards, Sharad Jadhav National Insurance Academy, Pune 45, India Sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in >Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:21:13 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Greenstone >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0512201720430.16467(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:15:09 -0500 (EST) > From: Saji S. Nair <ourdreamsblooming(a)excite.com> > >Dear all, > >Could you list the projects using Greenstone software for managing digital >collections/archives in India? > > >REGARDS >Saji S. Nair >Regional Cancer Centre library >Trivandrum >Kerala > > >------------------------------ Dear Saji, Following are few urls for digital library using Greenstone. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Digital Library, Kozhikode URL: http://www.intranet.iimk.ac.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library National Centre for Science Information, IISc, Bangalore URL: http://vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=isearch Electronic Thesis and Dissertation, Digital Library, IIT Bombay, Mumbai URL http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/~mnj/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Archives of Indian Labour at http://www.indialabourarchives.org, NOIDA URL: http://www.indialabourarchives.org/ IIT Bangalore, Bangalore URL: http://www.mlasia.iitb.ac.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Demo Digital Library Collections, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore URL: http://144.16.72.147/gsdl/cgi-bin/library Hope this information is useful for you. Regards, Sharad Jadhav National Insurance Academy, Pune 45, India Sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in >Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:21:13 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Greenstone >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0512201720430.16467(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:15:09 -0500 (EST) > From: Saji S. Nair <ourdreamsblooming(a)excite.com> > >Dear all, > >Could you list the projects using Greenstone software for managing digital >collections/archives in India? > > >REGARDS >Saji S. Nair >Regional Cancer Centre library >Trivandrum >Kerala > > >------------------------------ 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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How to check online shopping frauds
by Rajeev Sharma 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Business Standard: How to check online shopping frauds Online shoppers must look for an 's' after "http" in the web page address or URL For detailed article log on http://businessstandard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=209235 Regards Rajeev TCI, Gurgaon Business Standard: How to check online shopping frauds Online shoppers must look for an s after http in the web page address or URL For detailed article log on http://businessstandard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=209235 http://businessstandard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=209235 Regards Rajeev TCI, Gurgaon

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Very Urgent requirement of an article
by poornima ma 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Dear All, Thank you very very much for your immediate response. Your timely response has helped us a lot.!!!! It is really great that we have such a forum where we get to know many information , people and also quick response to our inquiries..!!! Thanks once again. Regards, Poornima Rao Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic city - phase 2 Bangalore. --- PRASANNA TS <prasan_ts(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Poornima > i have attached the article you have requested in > PDF format. > Let me know if you need any help. > > Thanks > T S Prasanna > > Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) > From: poornima ma > > > Hi All, > > We are in an urgent requirement of an article - > Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a > literature review. > Publisher : Springer Link. > Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 > Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. > > One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires > this article very > urgently. > > I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we > could access only the > abstract of the article. We are interested in having > the full text > article. Please help us to get this full text > article. > > We are preferebly looking for an online access of > the article. We also > appriciate the information regarding how to get the > information, ways & > means.. etc. > > Please help. > > Thanks & Regards, > Poornima Rao. > Librarian > TCS-BTS > Electronic City - Phase 2. > Bangalore. > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A new OA archive for ICT-enabled development
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Friends: OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi, has set up an Open Access archive for ICT-enabled development: http://open.ekduniya.net We will be grateful if you could visit the site and comment on it. Your suggestions will be of great value. Please send them to Dr B Shadrach, Director, OWSA, at <shaddy.shadrach(a)oneworld.net> with cc to <narendra.deo(a)oneworld.net>. Thanks and regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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OA and DCs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Friends: Please look up http://www.sist-sciencesdev.net/fichiers/Bulletins/Bulletin_200512_en.pdf for an article on OA and the developing countries by Barbara Kirsop, Leslie Chan and Subbiah Arunachalam. This is a shorter version of an article that appeared a few weeks ago in SciDev.Net. Season's Greetings. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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KALA-Veterans Day
by I.R.N.Goudar 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Dear Professionals ( Please convey this message to all Professionals you know) Karnataka State Library Association plans to hold "LIS Veterans Day" some time during early February, 2006. The purpose is to recognize the contribution of senior and elderly LIS Professionals and to honour them. The occasion will give an opportunity for younger professionals to meet and share the experiences of Veterans. KALA had organised such an event meaningfully on April 5, 1999 when it celebrated its 10th anniversary. This time we will honour all those who retired after April 5, 1999 and also those who retired earlier but KALA missed out in honouring them earlier. Criteria: 1. All Life Members of KALA OR 2. All LIS Professionals from Karnataka, served any where in the world. If you are the one under these categories, please send your biodata along with present address and telephone number. REQUEST TO OTHERS: If any of your friends or colleagues come under the categories mentioned above please send me the details or at least the address and telephone number enabling us to contact the honourable veterans. Please use the address/e-mail given below. I.R.N. Goudar President Karnataka State Library Association -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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[Fwd: OA and OS - Need for convergence]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Friends: Please read this article: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_8/willinsky/ ---- Please note that there will be a special session on Open Access at the Science Congress [Venue: MANAGE Auditorium, Hyderabad, Date: 6 January 2006, Time: 10.00 - 12.45]. Speakers include: Prof. N Balakrishnan, Associate Director, IISc, B'lore (Chairman) Dr Alma Swan, United Kingdom (Keynote) Dr Abhijit Lahiri, DSIR, New Delhi Dr V Balaji, ICRISAT, H'bad Dr D K Sahu, MedKnow Publications, Bombay Ms Naina Pandita, NIC, New Delhi Dr A R D Prasad, DRTC, ISI, B'lore Coordinator: Subbiah Arunachalam All are welcome. ---- Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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OA and CODATA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Friends: Here are two items from Peter Suber's blog. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] More on GICS Shuichi Iwata, Opening Remarks at the CODATA Session 1 within the Eighth Plenary Session of the World Summit on the Information Society, November 18, 2005. Iwata is the President of CODATA. Excerpt: At the first WSIS meeting in Geneva in December 2003, 175 countries adopted a landmark Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action....Article 10 of the Agenda for Action recognizes the importance of Access to Information and Knowledge, and Article 23 recognizes the important role of e-Science. Many actors and organizations within the scientific community already are engaged in activities that address these issues, in particular the importance of widespread access to scientific data and information. However, there is a growing perception of the need to coordinate and integrate these efforts. With this in mind, CODATA consulted extensively during the past year with the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Council of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Science Commons, UNESCO, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), CERN, and scientists and scholars from around the world. Earlier this week, we held a special event at a WSIS Satellite Event here in Tunis to launch a new initiative to create the Global Information Commons for Science. The Global Information Commons for Science Initiative is a multi-stakeholder undertaking with the following goals: (1) Improved understanding and increased awareness of the societal benefits of easier access to and use of scientific data and information, particularly those resulting from publicly funded research activities; (2) Wider adoption of successful methods and models for providing open availability on a sustainable basis and facilitating reuse of publicly-funded scientific data and information, as well as cooperative sharing of research materials and tools among researchers; and (3) Encouragement and coordination of the efforts of the many stakeholders in the worlds diverse scientific community who are engaged in efforts to devise and implement effective means to achieve these objectives, with particular attention to data and knowledge transfer from haves to not-haves, e.g., next generations, non-experts, developing countries. The Initiative will not duplicate existing efforts . Rather, it will provide a shared global platform to supplement and support members work on existing initiatives. To become a partner, organizations will need to make a commitment to undertake one or more activities that contribute to the stated goals. ------ Will open-source commitment lead to open-access commitment? Seven universities, four corporations, and one foundation announced a breakthrough plan yesterday "to accelerate collaborative research for open source software". From the press release (December 19): Specifically, the companies and universities agreed: [1] That intellectual property arising from selected research collaborations will be made available free of charge for commercial and academic use. [2] To an established set of guidelines that address the rights of the participants and the public. These twelve enterprises believe the principles will accelerate innovation and contribute to open source software research across a breadth of initiatives, thus enabling the development of related industry standards and greater interoperability, while managing intellectual property in a more balanced manner....Pervasive acceptance of the open collaboration principles by other universities and the IT industry, as well as the development of guiding principles for other research agreements remains at the core of the Summit team's continuing agenda. The goal is to shorten the time from the first spark, or idea, to the commencement of research on that idea. Summit participants developing and adopting these principles include the Kauffman Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University (Penn.), Georgia Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.), Stanford University (Calif.), University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, The University of Texas at Austin, Cisco, HP, IBM and Intel. Additional collaborators include the National Science Foundation, the Office of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman and the National Academies' Government University Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR). Comment. This is about open-source software, not open-access to research literature or data. But there are so many principles common to the two that the universities in the OS pact should be ready to adopt similar policies on OA, such as requiring or encouraging their faculty to deposit postprints of their published journal articles in an OA institutional repository. Update. Here's a nice nugget from Steve Lohr's story about the agreement in yesterday's New York Times. "This a great start to addressing the problem," said Peter A. Freeman, assistant director for computer and information science and engineering at the National Science Foundation. "It's a recognition by both sides that for precompetitive research, 'It's the science, stupid.' It's not the intellectual property."

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Very Urgent requirement of an article
by Mailing List Manager 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: poornima ma <poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com> Hi All, We are in an urgent requirement of an article - Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a literature review. Publisher : Springer Link. Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could access only the abstract of the article. We are interested in having the full text article. Please help us to get this full text article. We are preferebly looking for an online access of the article. We also appriciate the information regarding how to get the information, ways & means.. etc. Please help. Thanks & Regards, Poornima Rao. Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore.

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Very Urgent requirement of an article
by Mailing List Manager 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: poornima ma <poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com> Hi All, We are in an urgent requirement of an article - Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a literature review. Publisher : Springer Link. Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could access only the abstract of the article. We are interested in having the full text article. Please help us to get this full text article. We are preferebly looking for an online access of the article. We also appriciate the information regarding how to get the information, ways & means.. etc. Please help. For the detail information pls see the attachment Thanks & Regards, Poornima Rao. Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore.

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Very Urgent requirement of an article.
by poornima ma 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hi All, > We are in an urgent requirement of an article - > Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a > literature review. > Publisher : Springer Link. > Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 > Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. > > One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. > > I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could > access only the abstract of the article. > We are interested in having the full text article. > Please help us to get this full text article. > > We are preferebly looking for an online access of the > article. > We also appriciate the information regarding how to > get the information, ways & means.. etc. > > Please help. > For the detail information pls see the attachment > > > Thanks & Regards, > Poornima Rao. > Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Google's Newsletter for Librarians - 1st Edition
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:06:10 +0530 From: Satish Munnolli <smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in> Here is the first edition of Google's Newsletter designed for Librarians. www.google.com/librariannewsletter/1205 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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EU's commitment to support science in the developing world
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:35:38 +0530 (IST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is another story from SciDevNet dated 19 December on EU's commitment to support science in the developing world. As part of this programme, EU would do well to promote open access archiving both Europe wide and in the developing countries. Arun --- Details of the October meeting are here: http://www.cirad.fr/en/dossier/conf_europe/

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Greenstone
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:15:09 -0500 (EST) From: Saji S. Nair <ourdreamsblooming(a)excite.com> Dear all, Could you list the projects using Greenstone software for managing digital collections/archives in India? REGARDS Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre library Trivandrum Kerala

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Fwd: Wikiversity
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:11:29 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Wikiversity ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sloan, Bernie bernies(a)uillinois.edu Foster, Andrea L. Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia, Ponders a New Entity: Wikiversity. Chronicle of Higher Education. December 16, 2005. http://chronicle.com/free/2005/12/2005121601t.htm "Fans of Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, have proposed the creation of Wikiversity, an electronic institution of learning that would be just as open." Bernie Sloan Senior Information Systems Consultant Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213 Champaign, IL 61820-5752 Phone: (217) 333-4895 Fax: (217) 265-0454 E-mail: bernies(a)uillinois.edu -- Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Librarian�Knowledge Management/Sharepoint Administrator Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com ************************************************************ Please do visit and put your comments on Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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Microsoft kills Explorer for the Mac
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear all, Microsoft has killed Internet Explorer on the Mac. The software giant will end support for it at the end of the year (i.e.in 13 days) and will make no additional security or performance updates available from that point. From 31 January coming up, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Microsoft. A statement from the company read: "On June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005." It seems Microsoft is sticking to that. It suggests instead that Mac users may want to migrate to "more recent Web browsing technologies", such as Safari. Courtesy: www.techworld.com Thanking You Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear all, Microsoft has http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.asp… killed Internet Explorer on the Mac. The software giant will end support for it at the end of the year (i.e.in 13 days) and will make no additional security or performance updates available from that point. >From 31 January coming up, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Microsoft. A statement from the company read: "On June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005." It seems Microsoft is sticking to that. It suggests instead that Mac users may want to migrate to "more recent Web browsing technologies", such as Safari. Courtesy: http://www.techworld.com www.techworld.com Thanking You Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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INSAT-4A to be launched on Dec 22
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Library and Info Sc. Professionals, Bangalore, Dec 19: Preparations are in the final stages for the launch of INSAT-4A, India's heaviest satellite, from Kourou, French Guyana, on December 22. The 3,080 kg INSAT-4A, the first satellite to be launched in the INSAT-4 series, carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders to meet the requirement of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services, apart from 12 C-band transponders to augment the INSAT capacity for communication and DTH services. The Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan is in readiness to take control of INSAT-4A soon after Ariane-5 places it in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a release. In the following days after launch, MCF will conduct operations like orbit raising manoeuvres to take the satellite into the final 36,000 km circular Geosynchronous Orbit, the release said. MCF will also carry out regular operations and control of the satellite during its service life. The time for the INSAT-4A launch is fixed between 4.03 a.m. and 4.31 a.m. (IST) on December 22, the release said. (Agencies) courtesy:Chennai Online Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Library and Info Sc. Professionals, Bangalore, Dec 19: Preparations are in the final stages for the launch of INSAT-4A, India's heaviest satellite, from Kourou, French Guyana, on December 22. The 3,080 kg INSAT-4A, the first satellite to be launched in the INSAT-4 series, carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders to meet the requirement of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services, apart from 12 C-band transponders to augment the INSAT capacity for communication and DTH services. The Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan is in readiness to take control of INSAT-4A soon after Ariane-5 places it in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a release. In the following days after launch, MCF will conduct operations like orbit raising manoeuvres to take the satellite into the final 36,000 km circular Geosynchronous Orbit, the release said. MCF will also carry out regular operations and control of the satellite during its service life. The time for the INSAT-4A launch is fixed between 4.03 a.m. and 4.31 a.m. (IST) on December 22, the release said. (Agencies) courtesy:Chennai Online Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Workshop on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Library Professional and Students, WORKSHOP on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006 at digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India This workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. Get more details here: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/124334/1/1138 Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Library Professional and Students, WORKSHOP on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006 at digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India This workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. Get more details here: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/124334/1/1138 http://www.digitalopportunity .org/article/view/124334/1 /1138 Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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MDP on Managerial Excellence through Effective Communication
by madhuresh.singhal 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Message from Prof. R L Raina, Director, LBSIM. LBSIM DELHI announces a Management Development Programme on Managerial Excellence through Effective Communication. INTRODUCTION In today's world, competitive advantage originates more from knowledge than from the traditional sources of labour and capital. Knowledge has become the leveraging factor in making growth more robust, be it at the micro level or macro. And when knowledge is created, the information base becomes naturally widened and thereby its complexity increases almost exponentially. It is in this context that 'communication' comes to play a pivotal role in facilitating the process of organizational growth. Experience suggests, without this happening, organizations literally fail to take a leap forward in the right direction. Effective Communication', aimed at maintaining a constant and open flow of information inside and outside the organization, will hold the key as it can ensure right contact between the right seeker, producer and user of knowledge at right time. In other words, 'effective communication' has become a critical success factor for individuals as well as organizations to stay competitive in the present day context of 'knowledge-based economy'. PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to : * Demonstrate improved interpersonal and group communication skills * Design and communicate effective formal and informal messages * Make an effective business presentation with appropriate media support * Demonstrate improved persuasion and influencing skills for better negotiations * Develop sensitivity to Cross Cultural Communication BROAD CONTENTS In line with the above scenario, the programme has been designed around the following contents: * Expressive and receptive communication skills * Interpersonnel and group communication * Listening and non-verbal communication skills * Organising and writing business messages, proposals and formal reports * Preparing and delivering winning presentations * Communication in Negotiations * Cross Cultural Communication * Leveraging information technology for effective communication WHO SHOULD ATTEND The programme is aimed at executives, middle level managers, programme managers, trainers and teachers involved in Communication, Media Relations, PR & Knowledge/Information Management initiatives, and belonging to private industry, government agencies, the military, small business and independent consultants. Teachers in business schools, involved in teaching courses in the area of 'Communication for Management' will stand benefited a great deal particularly in terms of updating their knowledge and skill in what, why and how of teaching course/s in the area. METHODOLOGY The programme will follow a systematic approach to communication topics from basic skills and principles to more advanced strategies and techniques applied by managers everyday, besides the communication challenges, which they might have to face in future. With individualized coaching and constructive peer critique the course content draws extensively on real-life experiences and focuses on case studies, discussions, inspiring films and practical application of communications skills. The course will also arm you with useful communication tools such as worksheets, checklists, and templates to help you implement what you've learned. DURATION, DATE & VENUE 3 Days : February 7- 9, 2006 VENUE MDP Centre, LBSIM, Delhi FEES * Residential : Rs. 15,000/- * Non - residential : Rs. 10,000/- The fee will include tuition, course material and use of library and computer centre during the programme. Lunch, dinner and tea on all the three days will be provided by the Institute. REGISTRATION The enclosed nomination form duly filled in along with an Account Payee Demand Draft for the requisite nomination fee, made out in favour of the "Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi" and drawn on any bank at Delhi, should reach at least ten days before the commencement date of the programme. LAST DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL In the event of cancellation of nomination, 50 per cent of the fee would be refunded provided we receive such information at least seven days before the commencement date of the programme. However, the nominating organization could recommend change(s) in the nominee(s). PROGRAMME DIRECTOR Dr. Roshan Lal Raina is Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), a premier and dynamic institution in management education. Before joining LBSIM, Dr. Raina was Professor, 'Communication' at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), where he was also responsible for developing and managing state-of-the-art and world class academic infrastructure, including the learning resource centre. At IIML, Prof. Raina also successfully initiated and handled activities in areas like 'Corporate Communication', Media Relations' Student Affairs', and 'Alumni Affairs'. Dr. Raina's contributions in matters academic and administrative are many and varied. Dr. Raina had several prestigious assignments in educational institutes in US, UK, France, Germany, and Canada. Reputed organizations like the Fulbright Foundation (USA), the British Council (UK), the Max Mueller Bhawan (Germany), the ESCP-EAP (France), and the IDRC (Canada) sponsored these assignments. At home, too, he has worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, DSIR, and CSIR, all under GOI. In terms of research, he has authored 2 and edited 7 best selling books, and has made significant contributions (75 research papers in all to-date) in several peer-reviewed national and international journals: the areas include 'Corporate Communication & Media Relations', 'TQM', 'IT Applications', 'HRM' and 'Marketing in the Information Sector'. He has also presented 75 papers in national and international conferences/seminars floated by reputed organizations, universities included. He is on the editorial board of two professional journals in the country. His research and teaching are in the general area of Business Communication, Corporate Communication and Cross Cultural Communication. A regular speaker at top management Institutes, Dr. Raina is a frequent consultant for a wide range of clients and develops training programmes in the area of Effective Communication, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Persuasive Presentation and Conflict Resolution through Communication for organization in both Public and Private Sector. Concurrently, Dr. Raina has been involved in consulting and research assignments awarded by the JSI, Deliver, USA, IDRC, Canada, The Johns Hopkins University/Centre for Communication Programms, Baltimore, USA, the UP State Electricity Board (in connection with an injunction from the Apex Court), and the MHRD (GOI). Dr. Raina is a life member of several professional bodies in the country and holds the unique distinction of having bagged three of the top professional honours/awards. Dr. Raina can be reached at roshan(a)lbsim.edu ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, established in memory of the nation's second Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, is recognized as a premier and dynamic centre for excellence in management education, training, research & consultancy, mandated to create a new class of managers in tune with the needs of today's highly competitive global environment. The ethics, values and principles of Shastriji have been the constant guiding light to help us produce professionals with a humane and pragmatic approach. The Institute has been constantly ranked as one of the top twenty Business Schools in the country. Activities : * Two Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management. (AICTE Recognised) * Three Year Part-Time Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (Evening) (AICTE Recognised) * Three Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (Under Affiliation with GGSIPU, Delhi) * Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and Social Change * Management Development Programmes * Research and Consultancy * Seminars, Conferences and Workshops The Institute has entered into academic collaboration with several premier business schools abroad : LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD LBSIM has instituted the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. The honour carries an award of Rs. One Lac plus a Citation and a Plaque. The awardees are designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellows and their names are inscribed on the roll of honours of the Institute. The award is conferred every year by His Excellency, The President of India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. RECIPIENTS OF THE LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD Prof. C.K. Prahalad (1999) University of Michigan Business School, USA Mr. Sam Pitroda (2000) Chairman, World-Tel, UK Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy (2001) Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Dr. R.A. Mashelkar (2002) Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR Smt. Ela Ramesh Bhatt (2003) Founder General Secretary, SEWA Shri C.P. Srivastava (2004) Secretary-General Emeritus, International Maritime Organisation To reach us, please contact : The MDP Coordinator Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Shastri Sadan, Sector 3, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110022 Phones : (011) 26172407, 26161283, 26165071 Fax : (011) 26191080 E-mail : mdp(a)lbsim.edu Website : www.lbsim.edu

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Re: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:37:32 +0530 From: Rajesh Chandrakar <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in> I agree with Dr. Satya. The scenario is already happening in Europe and US and it is not partially, but 100%. I can explain the authentication system which is available for accessing the electronic journals with out IP-barriers from home. All the academic and research organizations in UK have a access of this authentication system by using login and password for individual users provided by ATHENS service, which is a product of Eduserv, Bath (UK). This system is free for them as it is funded by the JISC, UK for their education and research organizations. ATHENS system covers almost all electronic journals published by Europe and US e-publishers. I have my own experience of using this ATHENS system while pursuing my fellowship at Middlesex University, London. I have also come to know that in India, there are two British Libraries (from Delhi and from Mumbai, if I am not wrong) is using this system as it is free for them. Other than the UK organisation, has to subscribe this service if they want for there users. I know many US universities and Research organizations are using this servuce. It is fantastic system and manages millions of users without any trouble. for more information, you may visit http://www.athensams.net/ and http://www.eduserv.org.uk/. Regards, Rajesh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9898087422 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:12:35 +0530 > From: sathya <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> > > Sukhdev > > The scenerio imagined by you is very likely to happen and is already > happening partially. > Access models will break the current campus and IP-restriction barrior > making authenticated access from home a reality. > Academic & Research Librareis will either disappear or will become vendors. > Considering the fact that higher education is gradually moving in the > direction of student-funding, this scenerio is not unlikely. > Access cost @10% of total educational cost looks very high, but very > encouraging for libraries to turn vendors! > > Sathya > ---------------------------------- > N V Sathyanarayana > Informatics (India) Ltd > Bangalore 560003, India. > www.informindia.co.in >

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National Conference on Communication for Management, Teaching & Research in Indian Business Schools
by madhuresh.singhal 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Message from Prof. R L Raina, Director, LBSIM. LBSIM DELHI announces National Conference on Communication for Management, Teaching & Research in Indian Business Schools March 7 - 8, 2006 at LBSIM, Delhi RATIONALE In the context of global and multicultural business environment, communication problems of professionals assume great importance. Therefore, in a management school, developing abilities of effective communication in students is a major concern. 'Communication', thus, is a very important module. It prepares the students to excel in whatever they do by teaching them to express and advocate ideas effectively, and to understand and appreciate the diversity of human communication practices. The 'course inputs' help students develop and refine their 'communication' skills in various spheres, including communication in inter-personal, inter-group and inter-organizational relationships. The critical question, therefore, is how do we go about developing and delivering course inputs, which would be of significance and of value addition in respect of their current and future professional career. At broader levels, the students must also study communication climates and cultures, emergent networks, information environments, organizational symbols, information technologies, and cross-cultural communication in corporate settings. They must also understand the impact of messages transmitted by various mass media, role of communication in the functioning of complex organizations. The courses must also address issues such as target group analysis, internal/external communication integration, systems analysis and channel effectiveness. Again, the question is how do we go about incorporating such inputs in the course curriculum and delivering the same. Use of 'technology' in 'communication' is another area that needs to be comprehensively understood and investigated. Communication with new technologies is of great importance to students as they enter organizations in various capacities. This would include an understanding of the technologies and the effects of technology usage, theories of media choice and usage, implementation and adoption of communication technology in organizations. A special mention must be made here of the specific communication technologies (including Internet and intranets, WWW, email, computer conferencing, videoconferencing, electronic meeting systems, voice mail, pagers, fax, speech recognition, etc.) used in organizations. Of late, business schools (of excellence) have taken this issue very seriously and are offering courses in the area of 'communication' with an aim to equip the budding professionals with all those 'receptive' as well as 'expressive' communication skills that are needed by them the most to be successful in today's' highly competitive envirnment. However, a survey undertaken by IIM Lucknow to seek industry/alumni input/feedback for restructuring its course curriculum, revealed that the course/s taught in the area of Communication needed to be reworked upon, particularly in terms of content delivered, pedagogy followed and the assessment and evaluation techniques used. Similar revelations came up, in more concrete terms, in AMDISA Workshop (June, 2000) on 'Reinventing Management Education' as well as in IIM Ahmedabad 'National Seminar on Teaching Business Communication at Indian Business Schools' (March 2001). In line with the above scenario, the basic thrust of the conference would be to examine how this discipline is handled in leading business schools in the country. Soliciting enriching experiences from distinguished academics for discussion in the peer group, and publishing the findings will be an enriching contribution to the discipline. OBJECTIVES * To provide an opportunity to the academics to share their knowledge and experiences in teaching course/s on 'Communication for Management' in their respective schools; * To identify and bridge gaps in terms of the course content, pedagogy, evaluation mechanism, feedback etc; and * To get a first hand feel of Indian research initiatives in this upcoming area. COVERAGE The proposed two-day conference will provide an opportunity for deliberations among academics, professionals and practitioners on following issues : * Communication in the 'knowledge-economy'. * Course/s Content, Pedagogy, Feedback, Assessment, Evaluation. * Research initiatives in the area. * Industry response/feedback on 'teaching' as well as 'research' in the area. * Gaps, if any, vis-à-vis benchmark initiatives/practices. CALL FOR PAPERS Full papers, both conceptual as well as empirical, in about 5000 words are invited from academics as well as practitioners on topics related to any of the above facets of the conference, in double space (on A4 size paper) with 1 inch margin on all four sides using MS word 97/2000 (both hard and soft copies). The papers may be submitted on the following themes : 1. Teaching Course/s in "Communication for Management" in Indian Business Schools. (Course/s Content, Pedagogy, Feedback, Assessment, Evaluation) 2. Interface with Industry (Training & Consultation) in the area. 3. Research Initiatives in the area. 4. Industry response/feedback in the area. 5. Identifying & Bridging Gaps : Teaching, Research, Training & Consulting Initiatives in the area. DEADLINES To facilitate sincere academic interaction, the fee has been consciously kept as highly reasonable. Submission of Abstract December 26, 2005 Submission of Full Paper January 16, 2006 Confirmation about Acceptance of Paper January 31, 2006 REGISTRATION FEE Academics Rs. 2000/- Industry Professionals Rs. 3000/- Students Rs. 1000/- Registration fee includes a copy of the conference proceedings, registration kit, tea and lunch. However, the arrangements for boarding & lodging can be made on request of the participants. VENUE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi CONFERENCE PAPERS Full text of the papers received up to January 15, 2006, and accepted by January 31, 2006 will be made available at the time of conference. Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in, LBS Journal of Management & Research, after due review process. CONFERENCE CONVENOR Dr. Roshan Lal Raina is Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi. Before joining LBSIM, Dr. Raina was Professor, 'Communication' at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), where, besides teaching courses in the area of 'Communication for Management', conducting high impact and very well received training programmes for the corporate sector, as well as undertaking research and consulting programmes in the area, he was also responsible for developing and managing state-of-the-art and world class academic infrastructure. At IIML, Prof. Raina also successfully initiated and handled activities in areas like 'Corporate Communication' and 'Media Relations'. Dr. Raina's contributions in matters academic and administrative are many and varied. His research and teaching are in the general area of Business Communication, Corporate Communication and Cross Cultural Communication. A regular speaker at top management Institutes, Dr. Raina is a frequent consultant for a wide range of clients and develops training programmes in the area of Effective Communication, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Persuasive Presentation and Conflict Resolution through Communication for organization in both Public and Private Sector. Concurrently, Dr. Raina has been involved in consulting assignments awarded by the JSI, Deliver, USA, IDRC, Canada, The Johns Hopkins University/Centre for Communication Programms, Baltimore, USA, the UP State Electricity Board (in connection with an injunction from the Apex Court), and the MHRD (GOI). Dr. Raina is a life member of several professional bodies in the country and holds the unique distinction of having bagged three of the top professional honours/awards. Dr. Raina can be reached at roshan(a)lbsim.edu For any further information, please contact: Prof. R.L. Raina Director Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Shastri Sadan, Sector III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110022 Tel. : 26191081, 26172407 Fax : 91-11-26191080 E.mail. director(a)lbsim.edu Website : www.lbsim.edu ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, established in memory of the nation's second Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, is recognized as a premier and dynamic centre for excellence in management education, research, training & consultancy, mandated to create a new class of managers in tune with the needs of today's highly competitive global environment. The ethics, values and principles of Shastriji have been the constant guiding light to help us produce professionals with a humane and pragmatic approach. TOP RANKING SCHOOL The Institute has been constantly ranked as one of the top twenty Business Schools in the country. ACTIVITIES * Two Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management. (AICTE Recognized) * Three Year Part-Time Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (Evening) (AICTE Recognized) * Three Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (Under Affiliation with GGSIPU, Delhi) * Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and Social Change * Management Development Programmes * Research and Consultancy * Seminars, Conferences and Workshops COLLABORATION The Institute has entered into academic collaboration with several premier business schools abroad. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD LBSIM has instituted the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. The honour carries an award of Rs. One Lac plus a Citation and a Plaque. The awardees are designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellows and their names are inscribed on the roll of honours of the Institute. The award is conferred every year by His Excellency, The President of India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. RECIPIENTS OF THE LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD Prof. C.K. Prahalad (1999) University of Michigan Business School, USA Mr. Sam Pitroda (2000) Chairman, World-Tel, UK Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy (2001) Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Dr. R.A. Mashelkar (2002) Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR Smt. Ela Ramesh Bhatt (2003) Founder General Secretary, SEWA Shri C.P. Srivastava (2004) Secretary-General Emeritus, International Maritime Organisation Registration Form Name _______________________________________________________________________________ Designation_________________________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Tel. (O)____________________________________(M)________________________________ E.mail : ________________________________________________________________________ I enclose Cheque / Draft No. __________________________________ Dt. _______________________ for Rs. ____________________________________________________ Drawn on ____________________________________________________________________________ in favour of "Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management" payable at Delhi. Date : (Signature of Delegate) Name of Address of sponsoring organization (if any) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Date : (Signature & Designation)

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Best practices in LIS - reg
by srinivasa ragavan 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Professionals, I am again request you to send the best practices (good/healthy practice ) if any followed in your library and information services in various aspects of LIS to NAAC in the below mentioned fromat. The Naac is in the process of compiling a publicatrion on Best Practices in LIS for college and university libraries, the due acknowledgement will be given to the respective college/university/academic institutions' library in the publication for the selected practice. Thank you with regards S.Srinivasa ragavan, Librarian, NAAC. Invitation to College and University Librarians in sharing the best practices in Library and Information Services (LIS) College and University librarians are requested to compile the best practices implemented in your library in the format given below and send the same to NAAC by 30th December 2005. The NAAC is planning to bring out a publication on best practices in various applications of LIS The practices followed in the following areas of operations may be communicated through e-mail or by post to the address given below. DR. S.SRINIVASA RAGAVAN Librarian, NAAC 2/4, Dr. Rajkuamr Road, Rajaji Nagar P.B.No. 1075, Bangalore 560010 email. maduraiseenoo(a)yahoo.co.in 1.Management and Administration of Library A. General Polices · Stack Verification Methods · Membership · Resource Mobilization · Photocopy and copyright issues. B. Technical Processing Methods · Classification · Cataloguing Indexing techniques OPAC cataloguing facility Processing Time C. Manpower · Skilled/Semi-skilled/Unskilled Staff Training & Professional Involvement, CEP · Staff: Users: Collection ratio Managing the situation with limited staff? D. Facilities Ventilation, Fan, water, toilet facilities, Generator, Property Counter, etc · Notice boards, Sign Boards, Library Statistics, Research cubicles for scholars/teachers · Cleaning and Physical Outlet 2.Collection and Services A. Acquisition methods · Policy on book selection and Collection development · Accessioning methodologies · Periodicals & Peer reviewed journals · Book bank practices · Weeding out polices B. Periodical Section · Policy on selection of periodicals · Maintenance of receipts · Binding procedures · Display methods · User access to current journals · Maintenance of e-journals C. Information Services · Modern/Specialized services Library Networks/Consortia Consultancy, if any 3. Extent of the Use of Services · Use Behavior Promotion Marketability of Information Products User Surveys · User Group 4. Use of Technology A. Computerization · Software and Hardware use (ICT Infrastructure & Know-how) · Compilation of reports, reservation, fine collection, automatic reminder sent · Terminals for user and staff · Updating and Editing of Data · Techno stress Management B. Digital Library Practices/ Initiatives Access to E-Resources; Full text & Secondary periodicals · Access to E-Books; Standards & Codes; Reference Sources · Archives and Digital repositories · Hardware & Software for Digital Libraries The best practices followed in your Library and the resources required, (human and material resources) the ways and means of these practices, the problems faced, the suggestions to overcome the problems etc. are to be indicated briefly. Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian National Assessment and Accreditation Council 2/4,Dr.Rajkumar Road P.O.Box no.1075, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore 560010 ,India Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com Dear Professionals, I am again request you to send the best practices (good/healthy practice ) if any followed in your library and information services in various aspects of LIS to NAAC in the below mentioned fromat. The Naac is in the process of compiling a publicatrion on Best Practices in LIS for college and university libraries, the due acknowledgement will be given to the respective college/university/academic institutions' library in the publication for the selected practice. Thank you with regards S.Srinivasa ragavan, Librarian, NAAC. Invitation to College and University Librarians in sharing the best practices in Library and Information Services (LIS) College and University librarians are requested to compile the best practices implemented in your library in the format given below and send the same to NAAC by 30 th December 2005. The NAAC is planning to bring out a publication on best practices in various applications of LIS The practices followed in the following areas of operations may be communicated through e-mail or by post to the address given below. DR. S.SRINIVASA RAGAVAN Librarian, NAAC 2/4, Dr. Rajkuamr Road, Rajaji Nagar P.B.No. 1075, Bangalore 560010 email. mailto:maduraiseenoo@yahoo.co.in maduraiseenoo(a)yahoo.co.in 1.Management and Administration of Library A. General Polices · Stack Verification Methods · Membership · Resource Mobilization · Photocopy and copyright issues. B. Technical Processing Methods · Classification · Cataloguing Indexing techniques OPAC cataloguing facility Processing Time C. Manpower · Skilled/Semi-skilled/Unskilled Staff Training & Professional Involvement, CEP · Staff: Users: Collection ratio Managing the situation with limited staff? D. Facilities Ventilation, Fan, water, toilet facilities, Generator, Property Counter, etc · Notice boards, Sign Boards, Library Statistics, Research cubicles for scholars/teachers · Cleaning and Physical Outlet 2.Collection and Services A. Acquisition methods · Policy on book selection and Collection development · Accessioning methodologies · Periodicals & Peer reviewed journals · Book bank practices · Weeding out polices B. Periodical Section · Policy on selection of periodicals · Maintenance of receipts · Binding procedures · Display methods · User access to current journals · Maintenance of e-journals C. Information Services · Modern/Specialized services Library Networks/Consortia Consultancy, if any 3. Extent of the Use of Services · Use Behavior Promotion Marketability of Information Products User Surveys · User Group 4. Use of Technology A. Computerization · Software and Hardware use (ICT Infrastructure & Know-how) · Compilation of reports, reservation, fine collection, automatic reminder sent · Terminals for user and staff · Updating and Editing of Data · Techno stress Management B. Digital Library Practices/ Initiatives Access to E-Resources; Full text & Secondary periodicals · Access to E-Books; Standards & Codes; Reference Sources · Archives and Digital repositories · Hardware & Software for Digital Libraries The best practices followed in your Library and the resources required, (human and material resources) the ways and means of these practices, the problems faced, the suggestions to overcome the problems etc. are to be indicated briefly. Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian National Assessment and Accreditation Council 2/4,Dr.Rajkumar Road P.O.Box no.1075, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore 560010 ,India Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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