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First Workshop on EPrints and LIS
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Friends: Please visit this page for full text of papers presented at a recent conference on open access to LIS papers, held at CERN, Geneva. http://www.aepic.it/conf/papers.php?cf=4 Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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ACRL supports OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Friends: Here is an item from Peter Suber's blog. Arun ---- ACRL journal now OA with six-month embargo The ACRL has announced that new issues of College & Research Libraries will be available free online after a six month embargo. From yesterday's press release: The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce that its scholarly research journal College & Research Libraries is available free of charge in PDF format on the ACRL website six months after publication. Retrospective issues now are available through volume 58 (1997). "The editorial board is delighted that the journal is freely available in its electronic form, said William Gray Potter, editor of College & Research Libraries. This new arrangement will benefit both the authors and the readers by making the articles more widely available. Exposing the content to Internet search engines will also make it easier to find and read the articles. At the same time, we are committed to preserving the rigorous review process that has served ACRL and the profession well over the past sixty-six years." ACRL supports open access to scholarship as a principle for reform in the system of scholarly communication. In addition to this new access to College & Research Libraries, ACRL encourages author self-archiving of its published articles in both institutional and disciplinary repositories. College & Research Libraries is a premier journal for research related to academic libraries, said ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee Chair Ray English. Making the contents of the journal openly accessible, following a six-month delay, will be of great benefit to practicing academic librarians and researchers, and it will also help authors increase the impact of their work. This move underscores ACRL's strong commitment to access to scholarly research. Permanent link to this post Posted by Peter Suber at 11/09/2005 04:51:00 PM.

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[Fwd: Current Science Special Section on Citation Indexing]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Friends: Subject: Special Section in Current Science on 50 years of Citation Indexing Current Science dated 10th November 2005 has come out (saw it on the web about an hour back) and contains a Special Section on "50 Years of Citation Indexing". You can see it on the web at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/contents.htm It contains ten articles on various aspects of citation indexing, its origins, present status, WOS and its competitiors and a colour advertisement on WOS. The articles are interesting not only to know the developments of WOS, Garfield's views on various issues pertaining to indexing and his seminal papers published in 1955 in "Science". Arun, who put together this special section, has contributed a short introduction ("In this issue"). Please spread the word. Happy reading. With best wishes A Ratnakar New Delhi

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Re: [bytesforall_readers] Fwd: Re: [GKD] $100 Laptop World-wide
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

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Website security
by T.V. Prafulla Chandra 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

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On OA in Canada - 1
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

BCLA comment for the SSHRC consultation on OA The British Columbia Library Association has publicly released its October 27 comment for the SSHRC consultation on OA. Excerpt (Thanks to Peter Suber): Overall, our belief is that the results of SSHRC funded research should be immediately openly accessible, with perhaps some exceptions, such as monographs. Results of research should be placed in an institutional repository. SSHRC funding for journals should cover all peer review, administration and manuscript preparation costs, but not costs associated with distribution. SSHRC funding for journals should be limited to fully open access journals....Whether funded by SSHRC or not, librarians are very actively engaged in open access. Many are depositing their articles in institutional repositories, or one of the two disciplinary repositories for Library and Information Sciences: E-LIS and D-LIST. Many are also publishing in open access journals. The British Columbia Library Association, in partnership with other library associations across the province, is in the process of developing a new, open access journal. Libraries and librarians are also leading the development of institutional repositories, as exemplified by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries Institutional Repository program.

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OA in Canada
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Friends: Here is an interesting article from the Toronto Star and it is of great relevance to scientists and scholars in India. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --- http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1000 The Canadian Move Toward Open Access [Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 8, 2005 as What Good Are Ideas If You Lock Them Up?] Prime Minister Paul Martin' s decision to appoint Dr. Arthur Carty, the former head of the National Research Council, as Canada' s first national science advisor, clearly signaled the importance of research and development to the nation' s future economic prosperity. This month Dr. Carty sent a clear message of his own - scientific success increasingly depends upon fostering a "culture of sharing" based on open access models of communication that leveragwww.ue the Internet to disseminate research quickly and freely to all. The move toward an open access model represents a dramatic shift for the scientific and research communities. For decades, politicians and policy makers have emphasized greater intellectual property protections as the key to research success. As a result, Ottawa has regularly increased the level of copyright protection and is, in fact, facing renewed pressure to consider extending protection with new database rights and an extension in the term of copyright protection. It is no surprise that the primary winners under this approach have been the major scientific journal publishers. While researchers rarely receive compensation for their contributions, the publishers have enjoyed a financial windfall by charging thousands of dollars for journals filled with the free content generated with the financial support of the public purse through millions of dollars in research grants. To add to the frustration, the researchers are themselves the publishers' best customers - universities, supported by taxpayer dollars, spend millions on research only to buy back the results of that research with millions more for scientific journals. As Dr. Carty notes, the future success of scientific research depends upon changing this debilitating cycle. He argues that "an open-access philosophy is critical to the system' s success: if research findings and knowledge are to be built upon and used by other scientists, then this knowledge must be widely available on the web, not just stored in published journals that are often expensive and not universally available." The movement towards open access is taking hold in many countries around the globe. The National Institute of Health in the United States and the Wellcome Trust in the United Kingdom have both announced that all of their funded research must be housed in archives that are available to other scientists and the general public. Moreover, last year a UK Parliamentary Committee recommended open access in a report titled "Scientific Publications: Free For All?." Open access has also attracted increasing attention from individual scientists. Several years ago more than 34,000 scientists in 180 countries called on publishers to make primary research articles available through online libraries, while the 2003 Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities encouraged scientists to publish in open access journals. Private sector initiatives have similarly embraced open access. The Public Library of Science, founded in 2000, has emerged as one of the leading scientific publishers, attracting contributions from leaders in many scientific fields seeking to publish under an open access model. Similarly, the Creative Commons initiative, which facilitates more limited copyright controls over content, has experienced an explosive increase in the number of works under its licenses. Now searchable through both Yahoo and Google, more than 60 million works including books, music, and films, have adopted Creative Commons licenses. In Canada, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, a leading federal granting agency, has become the first such agency to commit to open access for federally funded research. The SSHRC, which just concluded a public consultation on the issue, plans to ensure that all funded research will be freely available online in full text. As Dr. Carty acknowledges, a culture of sharing will require "a new mindset among researchers, administrators, governments and in some cases companies - everyone involved in the creation and dissemination of knowledge." This is certainly true of politicians. Dr. Carty notes that regulatory frameworks, presumably including copyright, may require change. Yet rather than facilitating reforms that would benefit research and education, last week Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla assured the House of Commons that Canada' s current copyright reform proposal "does not touch education." Across town, Industry Minister David Emerson used an address to the Canadian Club to rightly emphasize the need for national broadband connectivity and greater scholarship funding, yet he neglected to reference adoption of open access models to disseminate Canadian research. The failure to include policy reforms to facilitate the unlocking knowledge is an embarrassment. Canada has a world class Internet infrastructure and has experienced impressive growth in university based research and development. In fact, last week Statistics Canada reported that Canadian universities have also succeeded in greater commercialization of research initiatives with hundreds of spin-off companies that create new jobs and opportunities for all. If Canada is to maintain that growth, we should follow the advice of our new national science advisor. Science and research success depends on tearing down barriers, not erecting them. A national commitment to open access is the right place to start. Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He can reached at mgeist(a)uottawa.ca or online at www.michaelgeist.ca.

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Open Document Fellowship
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Friends: Please visit http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/HomePage, if you have not done so already. I have not had the time yet to go through this site. But soon I will. Arun Friends: Please visit http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/HomePage http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/HomePage , if you have not done so already. I have not had the time yet to go through this site. But soon I will. Arun

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Winners of MAKE - 2005
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

FYI Pls ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The winners of the 8th annual Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study, conducted by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network, have been announced. This year the following organizations have been recognized as 2005 Global MAKE Winners (in alphabetical order): - Accenture - BMW - BP - Buckman Laboratories - Dell - Ernst & Young - General Electric - Google - IBM - Infosys Technologies - McKinsey & Company - Microsoft - Nokia - PricewaterhouseCoopers - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - Samsung Group - Siemens - Sony - 3M - Toyota - Wipro Technologies To obtain your free Executive Summary of the "2005 Global MAKE Report," contact Teleos at e-mail: make_information(a)mac.com The 2005 MAKE reports - Asia, Europe, India, Japan, North America and Global - are available from Teleos either individually or as a set. Each report contains MAKE rankings, key findings, best knowledge practices, leaders by business sectors, trends, and profiles of winners. For more information on purchasing the MAKE Reports, contact: teleos(a)mac.com Best wishes Rory Chase Managing Director Teleos Tel: +44 1234 314197 Fax: +44 1234 308824 E-mail: teleos(a)mac.com Website: http://www.knowledgebusiness.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Google Advance Search: A way out of Copyright issues
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Dear Friends Many of you must be using Google. Google Advanced Search has one extra option now. It is under Usage Rights. There are three options (drop down menu) here. If you choose the last one here ("can be freely modified, adapted or built upon"), the results would contain items or pages that are free of copyright problem. This is one way of making sure that we do not unknowingly infringe upon others copyright -- that is if we bother about it!! -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, SENIORS (Society for Enriched Information of Relevance to Seniors), 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Blogging Competition at DLIS, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Blogs have taken the world by storm. Blogs and RSS (Real Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary) feeds and their applications in libraries are increasing exponentially. These applications range from current awareness type of settings in keeping up-to-date with new information, table of contents alerts of journal articles, feeds based on a research query in electronic databases, and news alerts from different subject areas. To introduce the students to the world of blogs, the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has organised a unique competition called �Express Yourself Online�. The modus operandi of the competition is as follows: � Students have to create their own blogs in Google blogger. � They have post their thoughts for a fortnight period starting from November 1, 2005. They can write on any topic of their choice. � Students can post as many entries as they wish during this period. � Two judges will be visiting these blogs frequently and provide suitable tips to individual bloggers. � Two best student bloggers will receive prizes. The links for the student blogs are available at http://nsharinarayana.blogspot.com . The judges of the competition have also created their blogs for this purpose and they are available at http://1ofthejudge.blogspot.com and http://2ndjudge.blogspot.com . LIS-FORUM members may visit these blogs and give comments. The two objectives of this competition are to induce some element of online culture in the students and to provide opportunity to express their thoughts freely. We feel that writing skills of students may be improved to some extent through this competition. The blogging competition is one of the events organized by Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA). -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393

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Call for Registration: IEEE Symposium(2005) - Emerging Trends in Wireless Networks
by Raju, MJM 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hello Can you please circulate this attached notice about the IEEE Annual Symposium on Wireless Networks. Thanks in advance. Raju MJM ________________________________________ MJM Raju Librarian Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd. Division: Siemens Communication Software 10th Floor, Raheja Towers, MG Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Phone : -91-080-25062245 (Direct) : -91-080-25062000 (Extn. 2245) FAX : -91-080-25594369 Mailto:Raju.MJM@Siemens.Com IEEE Bangalore Section: 14th Annual Symposium - 2005 "Emerging Trends in Wireless Networks" November 24-25, 2005 Hotel Capitol, Bangalore, India Wireless is the latest buzz in the industry, with mobile subscriptions overtaking the fixed network subscriptions in many places. Wireless is no longer just synonymous with voice communication; wireless data networks are catching the industry imagination. Wi-fi, Wi-MAX networks are now a reality and are increasing the user base enabling further extensions. Newer technologies like Wireless Sensor networks; Mobile Adhoc networks (MANETs), RFID are expanding the scope of wireless networks. This progress in network evolution demands enhanced architectures, optimal network management, newer protocols throwing open challenges for experts. IEEE Bangalore Section Annual Symposium 2005 will offer opportunities for students and professionals to delve in to the intricacies of the heterogeneous wireless networks and the emerging applications and services they deliver in the following sessions: * Emerging Wireless Networks * Emerging Network Management Systems * Emerging Mobile Device Technologies * Emerging Wireless Services Symposium also offers Industry invited talks on future trends in Wireless networks by technology leaders from Intel, Siemens, Motorola, Lucent, IBM , Infosys, ADC -Krone, D-link, etc. IEEE Bangalore section invites all interested ( members and other professionals) in this topic to attend the symposium without fail. Please check the Bangalore section website for up-to-date information: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/ <http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/> (also available in the attachments) Symposium Fees * IEEE Members: Rs. 800* * Other Participants: Rs. 1000 * IEEE Student Members: Rs. 400* * Other Student Participants: Rs. 500 * On producing the membership proof (IEEE Membership card) Registration includes coffee/Tea & lunch on both days of the Symposuim. Registration Details: The registration form and fee must be sent to the Convener of the Symposium at the address given below. Mode of payment would be Cash at Venue/DD/Local-cheque (Outstation cheques will not be accepted). The cheque or draft should be drawn on 'IEEE Bangalore Section', Payable at Bangalore (DONOT draw cheque in the name of convenor or Ravikiran. A etc). Every one, including authors/paper presenters are required to register. Advance registration before 5:00 PM, 20 November 2005 is necessary even in case you wish to pay by cash on the venue (e-mail the registration form to Ravikiran.A(a)gmail.com ). Otherwise mail the Registration Form along with the DD/Cheque to: Ravikiran A Program Manager - Software Development Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd 2nd Floor, S.N Building 1, M.G Road Bangalore 560001 Email :Ravikiran.A@Gmail.com Tel :+91-80-25062146 (Direct) , +91-9844350587 (Mob) Fax :+91-80-25062406 Please note that we do not undertake accommodation and transport arrangements. Please register for participation in the symposium on or before 20-November-2005, by sending the registration form attached through e-mail to block the seats. Corporate Support: Main Sponsors: SIEMENS(Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd) Co-Sponsors: ISRO Hello� � Can you please circulate this attached notice about the�IEEE Annual Symposium on Wireless Networks. � Thanks in advance. Raju MJM ________________________________________ MJM Raju Librarian Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd. Division: Siemens Communication Software 10th Floor, Raheja Towers, MG Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Phone : -91-080-25062245 (Direct) �� : -91-080-25062000 (Extn. 2245) FAX�� : -91-080-25594369 mailto:Raju.MJM@Siemens.Com Mailto:Raju.MJM@Siemens.Com � IEEE Bangalore Section: 14th Annual Symposium - 2005 "Emerging Trends in Wireless Networks" November 24-25, 2005 Hotel Capitol, Bangalore, India Wireless is the latest buzz in the industry, with mobile subscriptions overtaking the fixed network subscriptions in many places. Wireless is no longer just synonymous with voice communication; wireless data networks are catching the industry imagination. Wi-fi, Wi-MAX networks are now a reality and are increasing the user base enabling further extensions. Newer technologies like Wireless Sensor networks; Mobile Adhoc networks (MANETs), RFID are expanding the scope of wireless networks. This progress in network evolution demands enhanced architectures, optimal network management, newer protocols throwing open challenges for experts. IEEE Bangalore Section Annual Symposium 2005 will offer opportunities for students and professionals to delve in to the intricacies of the heterogeneous wireless networks and the emerging applications and services they deliver in the following sessions: Emerging Wireless Networks Emerging Network Management Systems Emerging Mobile Device Technologies Emerging Wireless Services Symposium also offers Industry invited talks on future trends in Wireless networks by technology leaders from Intel, Siemens, Motorola, Lucent, IBM , Infosys, ADC -Krone, D-link, etc. IEEE Bangalore section invites all interested ( members and other professionals)�in this topic to attend the symposium without fail. � Please check the Bangalore section website for up-to-date information: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/ http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/ ( also available in the attachments) Symposium Fees IEEE Members: Rs. 800* Other Participants: Rs. 1000 IEEE Student Members: Rs. 400* Other Student Participants: Rs. 500 * On producing the membership proof (IEEE Membership card) Registration includes coffee/Tea & lunch on both days of the Symposuim. Registration Details: The registration form and fee must be sent to the Convener of the Symposium at the address given below. Mode of payment would be Cash at Venue/DD/Local-cheque (Outstation cheques will not be accepted). The cheque or draft should be drawn on 'IEEE Bangalore Section', Payable at Bangalore (DONOT draw cheque in the name of convenor or Ravikiran. A etc). Every one, including authors/paper presenters are required to register. Advance registration before 5:00 PM, 20 November 2005 is necessary even in case you wish to pay by cash on the venue (e-mail the registration form to mailto:Ravikiran.A@gmail.com Ravikiran.A(a)gmail.com ). Otherwise mail the Registration Form along with the DD/Cheque to: Ravikiran A Program Manager - Software Development Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd 2nd Floor, S.N Building 1, M.G Road Bangalore 560001 Email �: mailto:Ravikiran.A@Gmail.com Ravikiran.A(a)Gmail.com Tel � �:+91-80-25062146 (Direct) , +91-9844350587 (Mob) Fax � �:+91-80-25062406 Please note that we do not undertake accommodation and transport arrangements. Please register for participation in the symposium on or before 20-November-2005, by sending the registration form attached through e-mail to block the seats. Corporate Support: Main Sponsors: SIEMENS(Siemens Public Communication Networks Pvt. Ltd) Co-Sponsors: ISRO

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Seminar on Information Requirements of Today's User - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Seminar on Information Requirements of Today's User Jointly Organized By Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) (Chennai Chapter) & B S A Crescent Engineering College, Chennai Date 12.11.2005 Time 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue Convention Centre - Seminar Hall B S A Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai - 600 048 Programme Schedule 08.30-09.30 AM Registration 09.30-11.00 A M Inaugural session and keynote address Changing dimensions of Library services 11.00-11.15 AM Tea Break 11.15-12.10 PM Technical Session I Web resources in various disciplines 12.10-01.00 AM Technical Session II Information requirements of today's user in the digital world 01.00-02.00 PM Lunch Break 02.00-02.45 PM Technical Session III Information literacy programmes for today's users 02.45-03.30 PM Technical Session IV Training the LIS professionals to meet the demands of today's users 03.30-03.45 PM Tea Break 03.45-04.30 PM Technical Session V Building digital library resources for your users 04.30-05.00 PM Valediction Seminar Coordinator Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha Secretary, SALIS Chennai Chapter Fee: Rs. 100 for SALIS members and Rs. 150 for non-members Completed registration form(s) can be sent to (multiple copies can be Xeroxed): Mr. P. PANNEERSELVAM Librarian & Organizing Secretary B S A Crescent Engineering College G S T Road, Vandalur, Chennai - 600 048 Phone: 044 22751347/48/50 Mobile: 9841103912 E-mail: p panneer(a)yahoo.com Seminar brochure can be downloaded from salis website http://autolib-india.net/salis.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Request for a book
by Yashwant G. Kanade 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Dear Members, Could you kindly help me to get the following title? because it is out of print copy and not avaliable in market. If it is available any library please inform us. Title: Animal acoustic communication: Sound analysis and research methods by Hopp S L, Springer, 1998 With Regards Yashwant Kanade CES, IISc, Bangalore Ph. 23600985 / 22932506 E-106,107 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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GOOGLE PRINT PROGRAMME UNDER BOOK DIGITISATION PROJECT
by T R B Sarma 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

This is the information regarding Google Online Digitisation Programme: Google and four US libraries planned to unveil on 3rd November the first collection of thousands of mostly 19th century American literary and historical works as the Web search leader seeks to regain momentum for its project to put library books online. Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, and the New York Public Library have contributed US Civil War history books, Government documents, the writings of Henry James, and other books to the Google Print programme. The books were scanned by the company's book digitisation project and can be read in entirely at http://print.google.com. The text is searchable and users can save images of individual pages. TRB SARMA Librarian, ISEC Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. 560 072. E-mail : trbsarma(a)isec.ac.in Telephone: 080-23215468 Extn. 302 This is the information regarding Google Online Digitisation Programme : Google and four US libraries planned to unveil on 3rd November the first collection of thousands of mostly 19th century American literary and historical works as the Web search leader seeks to regain momentum for its project to put library books online. Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, and the New York Public Library have contributed US Civil War history books, Government documents, the writings of Henry James, and other books to the Google Print programme. The books were scanned by the company's book digitisation project and can be read in entirely at http://print.google.com http://print.google.com . The text is searchable and users can save images of individual pages. TRB SARMA Librarian, ISEC Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. 560 072. E-mail : mailto:trbsarma@isec.ac.in trbsarma(a)isec.ac.in Telephone: 080-23215468 Extn. 302

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[communaute-edm] documents in english
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

Friends: Here is news about the book "Word Matters" - a collection of thirty essays by civil society activists -commissioned especially for distribution at the World Summit on the Information Society. Hope you find it interesting. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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The new Unesco report
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

Friends: Here is a 220-page report from UNESCO, Towards Knowledge Societies, well in time for distribution at WSIS, Tunis. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001418/141843e.pdf It talks about the need for open access among other things. Please spread the word. Arun

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Unesco on knowledge societies
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Improving access to knowledge Knowledge versus information societies: UNESCO report takes stock of the difference, a press release dated yesterday. Excerpt: A UNESCO report launched today urges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and knowledge divides between the North and South and move towards a smart form of sustainable human development. Towards Knowledge Societies, launched in Paris today by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, also advocates...sharing environmental knowledge and developing statistical tools to measure knowledge and help policy makers define their priorities....The Report, opens a panorama that paints the future in both promising and disquieting tones, says the Director-General, promising because the potential offered by a rational and purposeful use of the new technologies offers real prospects for human and sustainable development and the building of more democratic societies; disquieting for the obstacles and snares along the way are all too real. One of the main obstacles, according to the Report, is the disparity in access to information and communication technology that has become known as the digital divide. Only 11 percent of the worlds population has access to the internet and 90 percent of those connected live in industrialized countries. This digital divide is itself the consequence of a more serious split. The knowledge divide, write the authors, today more than ever, separates countries endowed with powerful research and development potential, highly effective education systems and a range of public learning and cultural facilities, from nations with deficient education systems and research institutions starved of resources, and suffering as a result of the brain drain. Encouraging the development of knowledge societies requires overcoming these gaps, consolidating two pillars of the global information society that are still too unevenly guaranteed access to information for all and freedom of expression....The stakes are high, stresses the Report, for the cost of ignorance is greater than the cost of education and knowledge sharing. It argues in favour of societies that are able to integrate all their members and promote new forms of solidarity involving both present and future generations. Nobody, it states, should be excluded from knowledge societies, where knowledge is a public good, available to each and every individual. (PS: The report itself is not online, at least so far.)

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Re: Shouldn't Indian libraries join either the Open Content
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Dear Balki: I agree with you. The Digital Library Initiative (in India) should negotiate with Internet Archives (OCA) and Google with the backing of the Government of India. Please talk about these aspects in the session on Open Access at the Science Congress in H'bad. Google's trouble looks to be temporary. Most legal experts in the USA including Lawrence Lessig have opined that the law suits against Google filed by the Authors' Guild and five publishers are rather weak and that the verdict will be in favour of Google (fair use clause). Best wishes. Arun > > Dear Arun: I am right now with Brewster Kale and also the scientists - > Sullivan from Google- > India and China are planning to join the OCA- As you know the Internet > Archives are our partners - they also host the books under the million > books project- > all three of us - The MBP team, Google and OCA realized that we have > complimentary strengths- > We have the great edge because of - > CMU- IISc& Indian Universities, Egypt, Australia and China Universities- a > great research strength- what was displayed today is almost mind boggling > research by the MBP team- The out reach of OCA and the disseminating power > of Google- we have mnearly 170,000 books in India, 500,000 books in China > and 100,000 books between Alexandria and OCa - we are targetting to host 1 > Million books between all of us in a combined portal before next year > annual meeting- ne sinle Million books portal- > > As you know Google's respect for our efforts is very great- regarding all > libraries in India joining the OCA or Google - you must think twice- oogle > is in trouble already- the best is to let the DLI interact through the > government with outsiders instead of every library interacting with > outsiders- the national perspective will be lost- > We had done this before and wasted money like hell- every one holding a > consrtium and talking about diitization- let us not do this again and > waste ovt money- > > Regards > Balki > Dear Balki: >> >> I have a specific question for you, as you are a pioneer and the first >> in >> India to set up both an open access institutional archive for research >> papers (at IISc) and the Million Books Digial Library. >> >> Should not major Indian libraries join the Open Content Alliance >> (promoted >> by Brewster Kahle) and/ or the Google Library? Major western libraries >> are >> joining one or the other, but our libraries have some unique collections >> in the areas of philosophy, religion, literature in our own languages, >> some of them (e.g. Sanskrit and Tamil) older than all the western >> languages, indigenous systems of medicine, etc. >> >> Please take the lead and make our books widely known and read around the >> world. Generations of Indians will begrateful to you! NCSI could be the >> nodal point. I am sure the Knowledge Commission and the Department of >> Culture can be approached for any funds required. Microsoft (USA) has >> pledged to scan 150,000 books. May be you could ask Microsoft (India) >> and >> other IT majors to lend support. >> >> Best wishes. >> >> Arun >> [Subbiah Arunachalam] > >

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Free LiBSUITE RFID Presentation
by Pranaykumar Dhiwar 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

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Microsoft in deal with British Library
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Microsoft on Thursday announced a “strategic partnership” with the British Library that will allow the software group to digitise 25m pages of content - the equivalent of 100,000 books. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b977c208-4cb3-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html Thanks Sreeharsha

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ILO, Geneva Job Offer
by Puna Das 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

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Open Course ware
by Subbiah Arunachalam 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Friends: The institutions listed below have publicly committed to the open publication of their materials in "opencourseware" initiatives, and are devoting resources to support these OCW projects. Incidentally, OCW was started by MIT, Cambridge. Not a single Indian university has joined the Open Course Ware movement! If we have an Alliance of Taxpayers, we can demand our universities to provide free access to their course ware! Arun China Visit the portal page for 156 Chinese-university OCW projects, featuring the following universities a.. Peking University b.. Tsinghua University c.. Zhejiang University d.. Xi'an Jiaotong University e.. Central South University f.. Beijing Jiaotong University g.. Sichuan University h.. Beijing Normal University i.. Dalian University of Technology j.. Central Radio and Television University k.. Shanghai Jiaotong University l.. Nanjing University m.. Jilin University n.. Northwest Polytechnic University o.. Southeast University p.. Sun Yat-Sen University q.. Fudan University r.. Huazhong University of Science and Technology s.. Renmin University of China t.. Huazhong Agricultural University Japan Visit the portal page for the following Japanese-university OCW projects a.. Keio University b.. Kyoto University c.. Tokyo Institute of Technology d.. Osaka University e.. University of Tokyo f.. Waseda University United States a.. Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health b.. Tufts University c.. Utah State University Vietnam a.. Fulbright Economics Teaching Program OCW Friends: The institutions listed below have publicly committed to the open publication of their materials in opencourseware initiatives, and are devoting resources to support these OCW projects. Incidentally, OCW was started by MIT, Cambridge. Not a single Indian university has joined the Open Course Ware movement! If we have an Alliance of Taxpayers, we can demand our universities to provide free access to their course ware! Arun China Visit the portal page for http://cnq.ocw.cn/ 156 Chinese-university OCW projects , featuring the following universities Peking University Tsinghua University Zhejiang University Xi'an Jiaotong University Central South University Beijing Jiaotong University Sichuan University Beijing Normal University Dalian University of Technology Central Radio and Television University Shanghai Jiaotong University Nanjing University Jilin University Northwest Polytechnic University Southeast University Sun Yat-Sen University Fudan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Renmin University of China Huazhong Agricultural University Japan Visit the portal page for the http://www.jocw.jp/ following Japanese-university OCW projects Keio University Kyoto University Tokyo Institute of Technology Osaka University University of Tokyo Waseda University United States http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health http://ocw.tufts.edu/?WT.mc_id=Link1 Tufts University http://ocw.usu.edu/ Utah State University Vietnam http://ocw.fetp.edu.vn/fetpocw.cfm Fulbright Economics Teaching Program OCW

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request for article
by Yashwant G. Kanade 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Respected Sir, I am in need of the following two papers. If you can help me find it, it would be of very great help. #1 Lack, D 1947. The significance of clutch size, I-II. Ibis, 89, 302-352. #2 Skutch, A.F 1949. Do tropical birds rear as many young as they can nourish? Ibis, 91, 430-435. Thank You Sir. -- R. Yuvaraj, Int. PhD in Biological Sciences, C/O Dr. Renee M Borges, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 560012 Phone +91-080-22933103

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OA and Copyright are compatible
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Dear Friends, I would like put forward a discussion between me and IJP editor on OA-India discussion forum. The comments by Dr. Peter Suber, an active advocate of OA, shows how OA and Copyright can be compatible with other. Please read all the emails. Thanks Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Suber <peters(a)earlham.edu> Date: Oct 31, 2005 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [oa-india] Re: OA To: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com>, Discussion Group for Open Access Workshop India <oa-india(a)dgroups.org> Cc: harnad(a)uqam.ca, peters(a)earlham.edu Sukhdev's response is correct. But I can elaborate further if that would help. Copyright is only anathema to OA when it is in the hands of someone who will not consent to OA. But when it is in the hands of someone who *will* consent to OA, then copyright is the legal basis of OA. It's the proof that the OA copy is not infringing anyone's rights. OA can be based on the absence of copyright (the public domain) or on copyright-holder consent. It's not limited to the former. For my own writings, I assert both the copyright and my consent to OA in order to answer all doubts about their status. The copyright statement means that I have the standing to authorize OA. The OA statement means that I have done so. In a similar way, Creative Commons licenses depend on copyright and do not bypass or abolish copyright. (Please feel free to forward this message to the OA-India list.) Best wishes, Peter Peter Suber Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College Author, SPARC Open Access Newsletter Editor, Open Access News blog http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/ peter.suber(a)earlham.edu At 05:06 AM 10/28/2005, Sukhdev Singh wrote: >In the copyright statement, "This is an open-access document" is >important. Which means that document can be further be distributed "as >such" along with copy-right notice. > >Please someone correct me if I am wrong. > >CC: harnad(a)uqam.ca and peters(a)earlham.edu for their comments. > >--Sukhdev Singh, NIC. >http://openmed.nic.in > > >On 10/28/05, R.Raveendran <ravee(a)jipmer.edu> wrote: > > Sukhdev > > > > There is a copyright statement at the bottom ("Copyright (c) 2004-2005, > > Peter Suber. This is an open-access document"). I thought copyright is > > anathema to OA and I am surprised the key protagonist of OA could not do > > without copyright!!!!!!! (Perhaps I need more lessons on OA). > > > > By the way, if I want to publish this write up (in toto) in the IJP, should > > I get permission from the copyright owner? > > > > R.Raveendran > > Chief Editor, IJP > > [IJP is a free access journal; not an OA journal] > > > > > > > > At 12:16 PM 10/26/2005, you wrote: > > >I am enclosing the contents of the link by Peter Suber on . Which > > >would be useful for anyone new to OA. Hope others won't mind. > > > > > >--Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in > > > > > >http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm > > > > > >A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access > > > by Peter Suber > > > > > > Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, > > >and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it > > >possible is the internet and the consent of the author or > > >copyright-holder. > > > > > > In most fields, scholarly journals do not pay authors, who can > > >therefore consent to OA without losing revenue. In this respect > > >scholars and scientists are very differently situated from most > > >musicians and movie-makers, and controversies about OA to music and > > >movies do not carry over to research literature. > > > > > > OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA > > >initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its > > >importance. Just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, so > > >do most journal editors and referees participating in peer review. > > > > > > OA literature is not free to produce, even if it is less expensive > > >to produce than conventionally published literature. The question is > > >not whether scholarly literature can be made costless, but whether > > >there are better ways to pay the bills than by charging readers and > > >creating access barriers. Business models for paying the bills depend > > >on how OA is delivered. > > > > > > There are two primary vehicles for delivering OA to research > > >articles: OA journals and OA archives or repositories. > > > > > > * OA archives or repositories do not perform peer review, but > > >simply make their contents freely available to the world. They may > > >contain unrefereed preprints, refereed postprints, or both. Archives > > >may belong to institutions, such as universities and laboratories, or > > >disciplines, such as physics and economics. Authors may archive their > > >preprints without anyone else's permission, and a majority of journals > > >already permit authors to archive their postprints. When archives > > >comply with the metadata harvesting protocol of the Open Archives > > >Initiative, then they are interoperable and users can find their > > >contents without knowing which archives exist, where they are located, > > >or what they contain. There is now open-source software for building > > >and maintaining OAI-compliant archives and worldwide momentum for > > >using it. The costs of an archive are negligible: some server space > > >and a fraction of the time of a technician. > > > > > > * OA journals perform peer review and then make the approved > > >contents freely available to the world. Their expenses consist of peer > > >review, manuscript preparation, and server space. OA journals pay > > >their bills very much the way broadcast television and radio stations > > >do: those with an interest in disseminating the content pay the > > >production costs upfront so that access can be free of charge for > > >everyone with the right equipment. Sometimes this means that journals > > >have a subsidy from the hosting university or professional society. > > >Sometimes it means that journals charge a processing fee on accepted > > >articles, to be paid by the author or the author's sponsor (employer, > > >funding agency). OA journals that charge processing fees usually waive > > >them in cases of economic hardship. OA journals with institutional > > >subsidies tend to charge no processing fees. OA journals can get by on > > >lower subsidies or fees if they have income from other publications, > > >advertising, priced add-ons, or auxiliary services. Some institutions > > >and consortia arrange fee discounts. Some OA publishers waive the fee > > >for all researchers affiliated with institutions that have purchased > > >an annual membership. There's a lot of room for creativity in finding > > >ways to pay the costs of a peer-reviewed OA journal, and we're far > > >from having exhausted our cleverness and imagination. > > > > > > For a longer introduction, with live links for further reading, > > >see my Open Access Overview, > > >http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm. > > > > > >First put online December 29, 2004. > > > > > >This introduction is also available in Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, > > >French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish and > > >Ukrainian. I welcome other translations. > > > > > >Peter Suber > > >Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge > > >Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College > > >Senior Researcher, SPARC > > >peters(a)earlham.edu > > > > > >Copyright (c) 2004-2005, Peter Suber. This is an open-access document.

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