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Needing to relocate to Pune
by Chitra P Rao 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hello All: I am currently working as Head of the Library and Information Centre at NITIE. I ahve a totsal of 25 years experience, 13 in IT Industry and last 12 years at NITIE. I am looking for a suitable job in PUNE either in Public sector or Private, for personal reasons. Need your help in getting to know the right person/s to approach. Kindly help. Thanks and regards Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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Workshop on Institutional Repositories by MALA & CSI
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Dear friends, Pl. find an announcement on a three day workshop on Institutional Repositories being organised by MALA & CSI during the first week of Dec 2005. As the registration is limited to 30 persons, Pl. register as soon as possible. Also, pl. forward this mail to your friends who will be interested in attending this workshop. With regards HR Mohan Associate VP (Systems), The Hindu, 859 Anna Salai, Chennai 600002, INDIA Phone: 91-44-28413344 :: Fax : 91-44-28415325 Email: hrmohan(a)vsnl.com Web : http://www.hinduonline.com ===================================================================== Workshop Announcement ====================================================================== Workshop on Institutional Repositories (2-4, December 2005) Organized by Madras Library Association (MALA) and Computer Society of India (CSI) Division VIII & Chennai Chapter In association with M O P Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An Institutional Repository (IR), also called as â€˜e-prints archiveâ€™, is a digital archive of the research output created by the faculty, research staff, and students of an institution/university and accessible over the Internet to end-users both within and outside of the institution. This has drawn the strength from the Open Access movement (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/) This three-day Workshop envisages blending theory & practice training programme of First Level to acquaint all those engaged in learning the strategies, seeking support towards building Institutional Repositories. The beneficiaries of this programme are those Librarians, LIS Teachers, Information, Computer and Software Professionals who have the interests, initiatives and the need to set up such repositories in their organizations. The three-day workshop shall cover Open Access concepts, Scholarly Institutional Repositories, DSpace, and Metadata Standards. The prime focus areas are: - Institutional Repositories: Open Access Archives, OAI, OAI-PMH - working principle, and cases. - DSpace: Overview, Installations ( Java 2 SDK, Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, mod_jk, Apache Ant, PostgreSQL, DSpace), Administration, and Customization. - Metadata Standards: Concepts, Dublin Core, METS and MODS. - Hands-on Sessions The workshop will be conducted in a training laboratory equipped with desktop PCs with MS Windows Operating System. Each participant will be provided with a PC supplemented with LCD projected Demos, Lectures, Discussions, Case studies and Hands -on Sessions. Each participant shall be provided with a CD-ROM comprising of repository software DSpace, presentations, related and required above mentioned software packages and other resources relevant to Institutional Repositories, Metadata, and OAI. At the end of the workshop, each of he participants is expected to be well-versed and confident of installation of the necessary software packages to set up and develop institutional repositories. If need be, follow-up support shall be extended. Workshop Faculty: - Dr. M. G. Sreekumar, IIM Kozhikode - Ms. K. T. Anuradha, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Workshop Venue: Computer Laboratory, M O P Vaishnav College for Women, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600034. Workshop Fee: - MALA & CSI Members - Rs. 2500/- - Non-members - Rs. 3000/- - NRIs or Foreigners - US $ 100 Registration: Please register for the Workshop on or before 20th November 2005. The completed registrations with DD or cheque drawn in favour of Madras Library Association, Chennai are to be sent to: Prof. A. Amudhavalli, President, Madras Library Association, 16, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004. Workshop Contacts: - Prof. A. Amudhavalli - amudha75@y..., Phone: 044 - 22455922 - Mr. H. R. Mohan - hrmohan@v..., Phone: 044 - 28411687 or 044 - 28413344 Ext 411 For further details: Please refer the detailed brochure and registration form that can be downloaded from the MALA Website at www.accel-india.com/mala/ ======================================================================

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Conference on ICT for facilitating DLE
by Shyam Prasad pujar 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute Conference on ICT for facilitating Digital Learning Environments 11th - 13th January 2006 Organized by Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bangalore - 560059 Digital resources and technology facilitate provision of packaged and online services. The library and information profession has indeed shown much interest in the digital environment. However, due to some of the unique features of digital resources in networked and distributed mode, there is a need for orientation and training to enable harnessing the full potential of digital resources and services. The Digital Learning Environment (DLE) encompasses an interesting range of activities from making available online learning and teaching resources to services related to digital instruction, curriculum design, simulated classroom activities, monitoring, examination and quizzing. Learning is a life long endeavor with different age groups and aptitudes and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can be adequately deployed to facilitate the learning interest irrespective of social and physical constraints. Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) proposes to hold this conference on ICT for facilitating Digital Learning Environment with an objective to elucidate the latest techniques and methods in creating a Digital Learning Environment for information professionals. The conference focuses on the need of ICT, practical models to create the Digital Learning Environment (DLE), learning and teaching resources, modules, social factors and technological implications. The conference will comprehensively explore the theme and sub-themes through: * Invited lectures * Contributed papers * Demonstrations and hands-on sessions * Discussions Themes (but not limited to) Pedagogical paradigms in DLE Components of the Digital Learning Environment ICT for creating learning tools Technology for DLEs E-Learning and its impact on LIS profession Tools for e-learning Resources and method/s of instruction Training of Trainers in the DLE E-learning kiosks, projects and Case Studies Call for Papers A selected few case studies/papers will be presented and discussed. Those who intend to present a paper/case studies, may send the paper(s) (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) to Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560 059. E-versions in OpenOffice or MS-Word format maybe sent to devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with cc to devikapm(a)yahoo.com. The last date for submission is 10th December, 2005. =========================================================================== REGISTRATION FORM =========================================================================== Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute Conference on ICT for facilitating Digital Learning Environments 11th - 13th January 2005 REGISTRATION FORM Name : ----------------------------------------------- Address : ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Name and Address of Sponsor/Employer : ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Whether Accommodation required : Yes No Arrival Date : __________ Departure Date: __________ Telephone : ___________ Fax : _______________ E-mail : __________________________________ Demand Draft No .............................. Dated ..................... for Rs.2500/- (drawn in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) is sent herewith. Signature of Sponsoring Authority Signature of the Participant Date: Date: Place: Place: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The filled in registration forms may be mailed to: Dr. Devika P. Madalli Convener, DRTC ICT-DLE Conference, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Ph: (080) -2848-3002/3/4/5 Extsn:497 and 490 Fax: (080) - 2848-4265 Email: devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in, drtc(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Educational Cds
by Vijayakumara 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Dear Professionals, We are in the process of procuring the educational CDs in Engineering filed like Mechanical, Electronics, Computer Sceince & Information science. So kindly let me know their availability and e-mail or snail mail of thier distributors. looking for your kind information on the same yours vijayakumar \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Dear Professionals, We are in the process of procuring the educational CDs in Engineering filed like Mechanical, Electronics, Computer Sceince & Information science. So kindly let me know their availability and e-mail or snail mail of thier distributors. looking for your kind information on the same yours vijayakumar \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Dr. Vijayakumar M, Chief Librarian, East Point College of Engineering and Technology Bidarahalli, Kithaganoor Road, Virgonagar - Post, Bangalore - 5600 049, India Tel:080-8473888, 8473777 Fax:080-8472999, mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

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Trainee
by alex arun 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

Library Training Cum Apprenticeship Programme For Graduates And Postgraduates Of Library And Information Science Three more vacancies are left for Library Training Cum Apprenticeship Programme Send your resume immediately and make a call to (080) 51116350, 6353.we will let you know the selection procedures and tests. Pedagogy: Classroom Interactions, Practical Involvements, and Personality development Programmes. Stipend:We are planning to provide a stipend 30,000 rupees for Post Graduates, 25,000 rupees for graduates of library and information science per annum. Duration: Approximate ten months. Attendance: 90 to 95% attendance is required for this programme. Evaluation: There will be a proper evaluation on attendance, activities, group discussions, presentations and other tests. Certificate: After due evaluation the course organizers will give certificates. Holidays: The trainees are expected to take leave only the marked holidays, that are all Sundays and 13 holidays in a year approved by the library. Accommodation:The students can arrange accommodation with their on risk and expense. The same time we are ready to provide a dormitory with two tire coats for the boys and shared room for the girls, with a nominal rent. Food: The trainees have to make arrangements for food; campus provides cafeterias at various locations. Registration Fee: Rs.100/- Fee remittance at reporting time. How to Apply: 1. Send your resume to the DVK Central Library, Dharmaram College, Dharmaram College Post, Bangalore- 560 029 or E-mail us to dvklibrary(a)yahoo.com 2. Further formalities will inform you (for better communication add your Postal Address, E-Mail ID, Telephone Number, Mobile Number) Fr.John Neelankavil,CMI Librarian __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/

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Regarding Technical Education
by bharathi niranjana 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

Dear Sir Please forward this information to all our beloved prfessionals. Dear Professionals, I am Bharathi here in bangalore, i have completed MLISc and have 4 year experience as a librarian. Please now i want to do some technical related course which would most help full us to do our work succesfully in digital library and company(software) side job. So that i am requesting, please help me to do on your assurance. i am looking your well known information Thanking you Yours faithfully Bharathi H N --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Sir Please forward this information to all our beloved prfessionals . Dear Professionals , I am Bharathi here in bangalore, i have completed MLISc and have 4 year experience as a librarian. Please now i want to do some technical related course which would most help full us to do our work succesfully in digital library and company(software) side job. So that i am requesting, please help me to do on your assurance. i am looking your well known information Thanking you Yours faithfully Bharathi H N http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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A Round-Table, Chaired by: Umberto Eco, on "Strategies for Acquiring Mutual Knowledge"
by Puna Das 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

The Embassy of France in India, Delegation of the European Commission to India, Centre de Sciences Humaines, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan and Alliance FranÃ§aise de Delhi cordially invite you to a Round-Table Chaired by: Umberto Eco On "Strategies for Acquiring Mutual Knowledge" on Sunday 23rd October 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at M. L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance FranÃ§aise 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi â 110003 This will be followed by an open discussion with the audience and members of the press. ________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das Information and Communication Society of India New Delhi ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Fwd: Request
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

hi professional friends from eng colleges please help Mrs Chinmayee in building her library. laxman rao Chinmayee Bhange <> wrote: Date: 17 Oct 2005 10:56:01 -0000 From: "Chinmayee Bhange" <chinmayee_bhange(a)rediffmail.com> To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Request Sir, We, at St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) are in the process of building up our reference and periodical sections in the Library. I am trying to contact as many libraries of engineering colleges as possible in this regard. I would highly appreciate if the members of this group help me out in this matter. Please send me a list of journals (international + national) commonly subscribed by engg. colleges. I also require a list of reference books (books not prescribed in the syllabus but related to the core subjects such as IT, Computers and Electronics & Telecommunications). Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Chinmayee N. Bhange SFIT Library St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) Borivali (W) Mumbai, Maharashtra Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail hi professional friends from eng colleges please help Mrs Chinmayee in building her library. laxman rao Chinmayee Bhange <> wrote: Date: 17 Oct 2005 10:56:01 -0000 From: "Chinmayee Bhange" <chinmayee_bhange(a)rediffmail.com> To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: Request Sir, We, at St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) are in the process of building up our reference and periodical sections in the Library. I am trying to contact as many libraries of engineering colleges as possible in this regard. I would highly appreciate if the members of this group help me out in this matter. Please send me a list of journals (international + national) commonly subscribed by engg. colleges. I also require a list of reference books (books not prescribed in the syllabus but related to the core subjects such as IT, Computers and Electronics & Telecommunications). Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Chinmayee N. Bhange SFIT Library St. Francis Institute of Technology (Engg. College) Borivali (W) Mumbai, Maharashtra 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… Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… calling worldwide with voicemail

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The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the Fourth Science Circle Meeting
by Puna Das 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the Fourth Science Circle Meeting Lecture by: Prof. Dr. Lutz Heuser, Vice President, SAP Ltd., Germany Topic: "Enterprise Services Architecture & Semantic Web Services" and "E-Learning - useful for Indian students and scientists?" Date, Time: October 24th, 2005, 6.30 p.m. Venue: Gulmohar Auditorium India Habitat Centre Lodi Road, New Delhi. (Entry from gate number 3 on Vardhaman Marg.) The Lecture shall be followed by informal discussions and a get together. For details please contact wiss-20(a)newd.diplo.de Tel: 011-24199164 _______________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das Information and Communication Society of India New Delhi _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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article
by arun yadav 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

Dear Professionals I have seen an important articles in Economics Time dated 07-10-05 on page no. 17, entitled "Library on the click".You may check it. ARUN YADAV ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV PUSTAKALAYA ASHOK MARG LUCKNOW-10 --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Professionals I have seen an important articles in Economics Time dated 07-10-05 on page no. 17, entitled "Library on the click".You may check it. ARUN YADAV ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV PUSTAKALAYA ASHOK MARG LUCKNOW-10 http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Moodle
by vimal kumar 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Dear Professionals, Moodle, an open source Course Management System suitable for academic institutes now available in new edition (1.5.2). It can works both with Windows and Linux. Installation procedure is simple with EasyPHP. Moodle conatins modules of site management, user management, course management, assignment module, chat module, choice module, forum module, quiz module etc. Developers claims that it has 5,0000 users in 120 countries. Vimal kumar Asian School of Business Trivandrum Kerala vimal0212(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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The facts about Open Access
by Shyam Prasad pujar 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Dear Members, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), UK has brought out a report on 'The Facts about Open Access'. The complete report is available at: http://www.alpsp.org/pubs.htm It could be of interest to some of you. Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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CDS ISIS based circulation
by makekee＠msu.ac.zw 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Hie everybody How can i get the complete circulation system based on cds-isis. I appreciate any help. Ephraim Makeke ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Digital library inaugrated in Andhra Pradesh
by noufal palliparamban 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear friends, Really intresting news from AP . a digital reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. R. Sambasiva Rao,Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijawada, inaugurated a digital library in the university premises. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Prof. Rao said all books, journals and other reference material bought for the university library between 1986 and 2002 were given away to Siddhartha Medical College when it was de-linked from the university in 2000. The digital library would enable six students to browse the Internet at a time. They could copy the desired material on to a compact disc, a floppy disc or any other reprographic mode. The university had spent Rs. 7 lakhs to procure added pro-quest compact discs that provided access to all the published articles from 1998. Prof. Rao said that following an invitation extended to affiliated medical and dental colleges in the State by the university, as many as 31 colleges responded and thus the formation of a consortium of digital library became a reality. Financial deals were struck with a couple of e-journal suppliers to extend their services to medical and dental colleges. They would not only impart training to persons engaged in maintenance of the new facility in various colleges but also agreed to provide free access to all subscribers for the initial 15 days. He said that it was mainly a reference library for the fields of medical and allied sciences. Responding to the changing modes in the curriculum, the university had decided to focus on web-based resources and services. The library would remain open from 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days except on second Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. For Full text http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/13/stories/2005101309260300.htm Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Britain to fund OA repositories
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Friends: JISC will fund the launch, filling, and searching of OA repositories Mark Chillingworth, JISC win digitisation and repository funding, Information World Review, October 13, 2005. Excerpt: An extra £80 million is to be invested in digital information for education and research by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) it was announced today. JISC has been awarded the funds by the government's Spending Review and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). HEFCE's Strategic Development Fund has awarded JISC £30 million over two years, whilst the Spending Review, part of the Treasury Department has awarded £50 million over two years to enable JISC to enhance the digital infrastructure of the UK. "The UK leads the world in the use of ICT to support education and research, but continued investment is crucial to the future competitiveness of both," said Sir Howard Newby HEFCE chief executive of the award. JISC has outlined five strands that will receive funding. Universities will receive policy advice and technical guidance in setting up digital repositories, with JISC using the funding to develop a critical mass of repository content and a national structure that will allow users to search across federated repositories. Funding will also be applied to investment in the digitisation of scholarly resources in partnerships. --- This is something UGC and MHRD and DST should adopt in India! Arun ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Internet Archive
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

"Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge" Becky Hogge profiles Brewster Kahle in the October 17 New Stateman. Excerpt: Like other successful net entrepreneurs, Kahle has ploughed his spoils into a non-profit endeavour, and the result is the Internet Archive, an attempt to achieve what the ancient Greeks and Egyptians tried at the library of Alexandria: to make a permanent record of all human knowledge. But this time around the library will be on the internet, universally accessible and - crucially - flameproof....Yes, Kahle's goal is universal access to all knowledge, and so the Internet Archive aims to make every book ever written available over the web. "The ancient library of Alexandria collected 75 per cent of all the books of all the peoples of the world in 300BC. Our opportunity is to do that again, but then to one-up the ancients by making it available universally. It is technologically within our grasp and it could be one of the greatest achievements of humankind." In building this library, Kahle has had to sue his own country. The case, which is awaiting a hearing date, argues that copyright regulations enacted in anticipation of the digital age are contrary to the First Amendment. He explains: "I think it will come as a surprise to most people that the library system of physical books we grew up with has been made risky, if not illegal, in the digital world. This makes no sense. We needed some clarification as to what we as a library were allowed to do with, for example, out-of-print and orphan works, things that are traditionally found on the shelves of libraries. In the US, the way you ask a question like that is you file a lawsuit." By chance, I catch him on the morning he has announced the Open Content Alliance, a partnership between the Internet Archive, the search engine Yahoo! and the University of California to digitise historical works of fiction. The announcement comes nine months after Google launched a similar, huge-scale digitisation project. The two projects differ in the way they propose to offer the digital books once they have scanned them. Whereas Kahle's team would make full-text, searchable copies available to all users of the web, Google will allow access only from the libraries in which the original books are stored, and as extracts through its commercial service Google Print. When I ask Kahle how he feels about Google's project, he takes a deep breath. "We applaud the enthusiasm of Google to make steps in this area and digitise materials. But we would rather see an open system applied for the open content arena, in the same tradition as the open networks that brought us the internet. That fits much better with civic institutions like libraries." ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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General Interest: 14 great books
by pradip umdale 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Dear all, The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. Among these are 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon and Classical Botanical Illustrations, Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal The site even allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting ! quite remarkable. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. Information Division/ Library National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear all, The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. Among these are 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon and Classical Botanical Illustrations, Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal The site even allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting ! quite remarkable. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. Information Division/ Library National Chemical Laboratory Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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National Science Library (of NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi) welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members
by Puna Das 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

National Science Library, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi Membership The library is open to public and all are welcome to explore and utilize the collection in library premises. NSL welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members to utilize its huge and valuable collection. Retired CSIR staff are also eligible to become member. Membership fee and Security deposit Individual : Rs. 150/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Institution/Corporate member : Rs. 1000/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 9000/- Retired CSIR staff : Security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Issue rules Number of publications to be issued Individual : One book Institution : Six books Retired CSIR staff : One book Duration of loan : 30 days for all members Renewals : Once only for 30 days Overdue charges : Rs. 5/- per day for the first five days and subsequently Rs. 10/- per day Lending time (Monday to Friday) : 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 3.00 PM to 4.00 PM _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. National Science Library, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi Membership The library is open to public and all are welcome to explore and utilize the collection in library premises. NSL welcomes individuals / institutions for becoming members to utilize its huge and valuable collection. Retired CSIR staff are also eligible to become member. Membership fee and Security deposit Individual : Rs. 150/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Institution/Corporate member : Rs. 1000/- per annum against a security deposit of Rs. 9000/- Retired CSIR staff : Security deposit of Rs. 1500/- Issue rules Number of publications to be issued Individual : One book Institution : Six books Retired CSIR staff : One book Duration of loan : 30 days for all members Renewals : Once only for 30 days Overdue charges : Rs. 5/- per day for the first five days and subsequently Rs. 10/- per day Lending time (Monday to Friday) : 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 3.00 PM to 4.00 PM _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi
by Puna Das 14 Oct '05

14 Oct '05

Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi LIBRARIAN No. of Vacancies:-8 Post Graduate or Graduate in library science with minimum 5 year experience in a TV Channel. The suitable candidate will be responsible for managing the data archive. Apply to: jobs(a)s1television.com (Please mention Post Applied for in subject line) _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Librarian Positions at S1 Television, New Delhi LIBRARIAN No. of Vacancies:-8 Post Graduate or Graduate in library science with minimum 5 year experience in a TV Channel. The suitable candidate will be responsible for managing the data archive. Apply to: jobs(a)s1television.com (Please mention Post Applied for in subject line) _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Sucheta Lahiri
by Sucheta Lahiri 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Dear Professionals This brings to your kind notice that we,the students of Documentation Reaserch and Training Centre,has organized a collouium on 19th of october, 2005. The details of the collouium has been attached herewith. We would ,therefore,be highly obliged if you would give your kind visit to increase our morale up. Thanking you your's faithfully Sucheta LAhiri Associateship in documentation and information science. (First Year) Documenation Reasearch and Training Centre, Indian Statistaical Institute, Bangalore. Dear Professionals This brings to your kind notice that we,the students of Documentation Reaserch and Training Centre,has organized a collouium on 19th of october, 2005. The details of the collouium has been attached herewith. We would ,therefore,be highly obliged if you would give your kind visit to increase our morale up. Thanking you your's faithfully Sucheta LAhiri Associateship in documentation and information science. (First Year) Documenation Reasearch and Training Centre, Indian Statistaical Institute, Bangalore. 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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Yahoo, MSN to form World's largest IM community
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

MSN and Yahoo Messenger will be glued together, forming the world's largest instant messaging community at some 275 million combined users, the services' companies announced on Wednesday. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1870365,00.asp Thanks ~Harsha

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Need help Urgently !!!!!!!!
by Shraddha Lapasiya 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Hello All, This is to request you help me find details for the following: 1 Household income wise break-up of New Delhi population - need data related to the household income for Eg: no of houses that have a income in the bracket of Rs. 5,000 - 10, 0000. Requesting you to send me links from where this data can be extracted. Thanks and Regards, Shraddha --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Hello All, This is to request you help me find details for the following: 1 Household income wise break-up of New Delhi population - need data related to the household income for Eg: no of houses that have a income in the bracket of Rs. 5,000 - 10, 0000. Requesting you to send me links from where this data can be extracted. Thanks and Regards, Shraddha http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

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Jobs@IIT Delhi
by Puna Das 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Applications, on the prescribed form, are invited from the Indian Nationals for appointment on various posts (Including TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS - LIBRARY)at IIT Delhi. Advt. No. E.II/03/2005(E) See Advertisement details <http://www.iitd.ac.in/jobs/Advertisment_17_sept_2005.pdf> Download/View Application Form <http://www.iitd.ac.in/jobs/e-2form.pdf> Last Date: 28th October 2005. _____________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Quires ( Mangesh Talmale)
by mangesh talmale 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Dear collegagues, in our medical library books price are very high cost.( text,reference, hand book. manual etc.) my question is that what basis i can classify the books? which books is reference ? does any one have any information regarding the same ? let me reply sir. i grateful to u sir. Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian Indraprastha Complex c-1 /14 New sangvi ,PUNE-411018 Sincerely Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian D.y.patil,pune elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear collegagues, in our medical library books price are very high cost.( text,reference, hand book. manual etc.) my question is that what basis i can classify the books? which books is reference ? does any one have any information regarding the same ? let me reply sir. i grateful to u sir. Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian Indraprastha Complex c-1 /14 New sangvi ,PUNE-411018 Sincerely Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian D.y.patil,pune http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=elibmangesh@yahoo.co.in elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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request to sending articles
by mangesh talmale 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Dear collegagues, one of our research fellow is in need of the following reference not available with us. article barnabas , s.;krishnan, s and barnaba, j. molecular phylogeny of rodentia in the desent of genus bandicota.( journal of genetics 71( 1&2): 43-46 i shall appreciate receiving a photocopy of the article.please send the same aon the following address mangesh talmale Medical Librarian Indraprastha Complex c-1 /14 New sangvi ,PUNE-411018 Sincerely Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian D.y.patil,pune elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear collegagues, one of our research fellow is in need of the following reference not available with us. article barnabas , s.;krishnan, s and barnaba, j. molecular phylogeny of rodentia in the desent of genus bandicota.( journal of genetics 71( 1&2): 43-46 i shall appreciate receiving a photocopy of the article.please send the same aon the following address mangesh talmale Medical Librarian Indraprastha Complex c-1 /14 New sangvi ,PUNE-411018 Sincerely Mangesh Talmale Medical Librarian D.y.patil,pune http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=elibmangesh@yahoo.co.in elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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