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[Fwd: Fwd: New ICTP Open Access Archive]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

ICTP, after considerable persuatio, has set up an OA archive using EPrints software, but I have not checked it yet. Please see the attached message from Gunasekaran. Arun

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[Fwd: Scientists as Foxes and Hedgehogs!]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Friends: Scientists are of different kinds. Some dig deeper (and work on a single problem) and others have a broad sweep. Read Freeman J Dyson's article in the latest issue of NY Review of Books. For providing information support to scientists, one must know their research interests and the way they do science. Arun In the latest New York Review of books (dated 20 Oct 2005): http://www.nybooks.com/ Wise Man <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18350> *By Freeman J. Dyson* Great scientists come in two varieties, which Isaiah Berlin, quoting the seventh-century-BC poet Archilochus, called foxes and hedgehogs. Foxes know many tricks, hedgehogs only one. Foxes are interested in everything, and move easily from one problem to another. Science needs both hedgehogs and foxes for its healthy growth, hedgehogs to dig deep into the nature of things, foxes to explore the complicated details of our marvelous universe. Albert Einstein was a hedgehog; Richard Feynman was a fox. --- Arun

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A new document format that guarantees eternal life to documents
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

>From Peter Suber at 10/11/2005 10:05:00 AM. New group pushes the OpenDocument Format The OpenDocument Fellowship is a new advocacy organization pushing the OASIS Open Document format. From the press release (October 10): The Open Document Fellowship promotes the new internationally agreed standard for digital documents, Open Document Format (OpenDocument). The Fellowship, formed in September, has attracted support and interest from around the globe. The Fellowship's aims include providing factual information about the Open Document Format, such as the degree to which companies and their products are committed to supporting the format, and making sure that OpenDocument can be always supported by any software application or company. The organisation also supports the development of software tools to complement the format....Founding member Adam Moore, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., said: "As a true Open Standard, OpenDocument is available for the benefit of all. It levels the competitive playing field and provides wider opportumities for innovation, diversity and choice. This choice and diversity is a natural evolutionary consequence of the market maturity of general productivity software. We believe all responsible citizens in the digital market place will embrace ODF as the central focus for document production." Users whose data is stored in OpenDocument will never again face the problem of not being able to access data because the application that created it is no longer available to them. Open standards already enable users of different computer systems (both hardware and software) to access the Internet and communicate with each other. ODF enables users of different computer systems to freely exchange and use files.

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State Level Workshop at Hubli;A report
by Suresh Horakeri 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Dear Sir/ Madam, I would like to inform you all that Karnakata State Librarians Associartion has organised one day work shop at Hubli on 9-10-2005,at P C Jabin Science College. I am attaching a brief report of the work shop, Kindly go through the report, Thanks Regards, Horakeri. Hubli: State Level One day Workshop on library Automation and Digital Libraries organised by Karnataka State Librarians Association in collaboration with Aar Gees Business Solutions, an Electronic Management Software, known as eLib here at P C Jabin Science College on Sunday, the 9th October 2005. Mr. Shankaranna Munavalli, the Director K L E Society, Belgaum and President Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who inaugurated the workshop said persistence, would lead to success. He stressed the need for a change in the culture at libraries and added one should concentrate on weakness and rectify them. Dr S L Sangam, Chairman and Professor, DLIS, Karnataka University, Dharwad, said the importance of libraries had increased in the globalization. He said all libraries should have access to information of any kind. He explained about concept of Digital Libraries, Objectives, Characteristics, and Key features, Components, Function and Services rendered by DL. Dr D M Kotturshettar, Principal PC Jabin Science College spoke. Mr. Mahesh D Horakeri, President, Karnataka State Librarians Association presided. In his presidential address, he said librarians association not only fighting for their professional demands but association is organizing so many academic developmental activities also for librarians to improve their skills in organ sing information using latest technology available in the IT sector. Noted economics and commerce scholar Prof K D Basava was felicitated on the occasion. Mr S G Tigadi welcomed the gathering and Mr. A R Dharwadkaer proposed vote of thanks. Mr. B S Malwad conducted the programme. Dr Ramesh Naik, Lecture, DLIS, KUD and Mr. Verru Uppin, Aar Gees Business Solutions were present on the Dias. Over 75 librarians from various parts of the state participated in the workshop. Dr S L Sangam. Mr. Veer Uppin, Mr Guru Angadi. Ms Shruti Nayak presented paper on Library Automation and software. In the evening closing ceremony, Mr. Basavraj S Horatti, Honorable Minister of Rural Development and Panchyat Raj and Science and Technology, Govt of Karnataka was the Chief Guest. Addressed the gathering, he said librarians should provide relevant information and good services to user of their library. He assured the librarians that he will put sincere effort in solving the various problems faced by librarians, viz pay fixation and Promotion, etc. Mr. Mahesh Horakeri and Mr. Viru Uppin were present on the dais. References, The Hindu dated 10-10-2005, http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/10/stories/2005101001360300.htm The Hindu Karnataka - Hubli-Dharwad News Importance of libraries stressed.htm The news covered in ETV Kannada news at 10:30pm on 9-10-2005, Sanje Darpan Kannada daily on 9-10-2005, Kannada Dailys, Vijay Karnataka, Praia Vani, Kannada Prabha, Usha Kiran, on 10-10-2005. English Dailys: Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Vijay Times on 10-10-2005 Thanks, Regards, Horakeri. Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Dear Sir/ Madam, I would like to inform you all that Karnakata State Librarians Associartion has organised one day work shop at Hubli on 9-10-2005,at P C Jabin Science College. I am attaching a brief report of the work shop, Kindly go through the report, Thanks Regards, Horakeri. Hubli: State Level One day Workshop on library Automation and Digital Libraries organised by Karnataka State Librarians Association in collaboration with Aar Gees Business Solutions, an Electronic Management Software, known as eLib here at P C Jabin Science College on Sunday, the 9 th October 2005 . Mr. Shankaranna Munavalli, the Director K L E Society, Belgaum and President Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who inaugurated the workshop said persistence, would lead to success. He stressed the need for a change in the culture at libraries and added one should concentrate on weakness and rectify them. Dr S L Sangam, Chairman and Professor, DLIS, Karnataka University , Dharwad, said the importance of libraries had increased in the globalization. He said all libraries should have access to information of any kind. He explained about concept of Digital Libraries, Objectives, Characteristics, and Key features, Components, Function and Services rendered by DL. Dr D M Kotturshettar, Principal PC Jabin Science College spoke. Mr. Mahesh D Horakeri, President, Karnataka State Librarians Association presided. In his presidential address, he said librarians association not only fighting for their professional demands but association is organizing so many academic developmental activities also for librarians to improve their skills in organ sing information using latest technology available in the IT sector. Noted economics and commerce scholar Prof K D Basava was felicitated on the occasion. Mr S G Tigadi welcomed the gathering and Mr. A R Dharwadkaer proposed vote of thanks. Mr. B S Malwad conducted the programme. Dr Ramesh Naik, Lecture, DLIS, KUD and Mr. Verru Uppin, Aar Gees Business Solutions were present on the Dias. Over 75 librarians from various parts of the state participated in the workshop. Dr S L Sangam. Mr. Veer Uppin, Mr Guru Angadi. Ms Shruti Nayak presented paper on Library Automation and software. In the evening closing ceremony, Mr. Basavraj S Horatti, Honorable Minister of Rural Development and Panchyat Raj and Science and Technology, Govt of Karnataka was the Chief Guest. Addressed the gathering, he said librarians should provide relevant information and good services to user of their library. He assured the librarians that he will put sincere effort in solving the various problems faced by librarians, viz pay fixation and Promotion, etc. Mr. Mahesh Horakeri and Mr. Viru Uppin were present on the dais. References, The Hindu dated 10-10-2005 , http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/10/stories/2005101001360300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/10/stories/2005101001360300.htm The Hindu Karnataka - Hubli-Dharwad News Importance of libraries stressed.htm The news covered in ETV Kannada news at 10:30pm on 9-10-2005 , Sanje Darpan Kannada daily on 9-10-2005 , Kannada Dailys, Vijay Karnataka, Praia Vani, Kannada Prabha, Usha Kiran, on 10-10-2005 . English Dailys: Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Vijay Times on 10-10-2005 Thanks, Regards, Horakeri. Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu 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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NCSI in news
by Ayesha Taranum 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Hi, Clipping from Monday's (10 October 2005) Business Line on self-paced training module on digitalisation and digital libraries. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/10/10/stories/2005101000230400.… Regards, -- Ayesha __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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MULISSA Quiz
by N.S. Harinarayana 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Believing in the axiom that like charity, knowledge begins at home, the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), Mysore organized a written quiz - �How well do you know your library?� for the students of MLISc and MIM on the Saturday, October 8, 2005. The objective of the quiz was to motivate the students to know more about their library. The quiz prompted the students to visit the nook and corner of the Mysore University library (MUL) observing the facilities and services available; interact with the library staff; and interact among themselves about the MUL to prepare for the competition. Fifty five students attended the competition. The event is organized as one of the activities of Mysore University Library and Information Science Association (MULISSA) for the current year. Quiz format: The quiz was a question based competition involving fifty objective type questions. The questions centered on Library building, Resources, Services offered, Infrastructure available and Library Staff of the Mysore University Library. This written quiz had negative marking too. The winners were Mr. Mahadeva Prasad and Mr. Nagashayana of III and I Semester MLISc respectively. Some reflections: 1) Not surprisingly, the third semester students have generally performed better than the first semester students. This is because the third semester students have more acquaintance with the library than their first semester counterpart. 2) Only small percentage of students (10%) managed to score more than 50% marks. 3) A few students failed to get very obvious and common sense based answers right (such as the direction of the University building, loan period etc). Though the data is too small for generalization, the results make one to ponder about the question �Do we need to make LIS more library-centered and practice oriented?� A more detailed analysis is being carried out and will be presented in due course. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393

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ETD: Scirus Partners with NDLTD
by Bhojaraju G 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

*Apologies for X Postings* DISSERTATIONS: Scirus Partners with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the World's Largest Theses and Dissertations Portal Scirus Partners with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the World's Largest Theses and Dissertations Portal Elsevier Press Release http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/ authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_00321 <http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/id9j> AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 5, 2005 - Elsevier today announced a landmark partnership between Scirus, its free science-specific search engine, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) to add the extensive collection of theses and dissertations of its member institutes to Scirus. In addition to indexing the content on Scirus.com <http://Scirus.com>, Scirus will power a search service on the repository's site. The service will ensure this content will be easier to find on both the NDLTD and Scirus websites. The launch of the service was announced this week in Sydney at NDLTD's annual conference ETD2005. "Until now, theses and dissertations have not been fully leveraged by postgraduate students and researchers in their work because these documents have been difficult to find and retrieve," said Deborah Kahn, an associate at Electronic Publishing Services, Ltd. To combat this trend, Scirus has indexed over 200,000 theses and dissertations, in more than twelve languages, including English, Portugese, French, German, Spanish and Taiwanese, among others. The theses and dissertations are from institutes around the world, including their largest content contributors Library and Archives Canada, Hong Kong University, Brazilian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (IBICT), MIT, University of Uppsala, National Sun Yat-Sen University of Taiwan (NSYSU) and Virginia Tech. Adding to the growing success of Scirus' Repository Search service, the addition of NDLTD's impressive compilation of theses and dissertations supports Scirus' strategy to cover important and relevant scientific information. By providing full-text and fielded search capabilities on both Scirus and NDLTD's site, Scirus ensures users can easily search and find the information they need beyond web and journal content. ---------------------------------------- The complete press release may be found at the URL above. Gary Price has posted a brief news report in Search Engine Watch regarding this Scirus database development. New Content Added to Elsevier's Scirus Science-Specific Database Posted by Gary Price on Oct. 5, 2005 <http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051005-175426> Fast Fact: One of the largest, if the not the largest, database of dissertations comes from UMI/ProQuest and contains more than 2 million titles dating back to 1861. Newer disserations (past two years) can be searched and previewed online for free. It's also possible to order the full text and have it delivered via mail or online. Dissertation & Theses Database UMI Products <http://www.umi.com/products/pd-product-Dissertations.shtml> Dissertation & Theses database is recognized worldwide because of its comprehensive coverage, high-quality information, and rigorous editorial control. The database is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses. Subject Area: All Formats: Abstracts and indexing, full image Media: Electronic, CD-ROM Overall dates of coverage: 1861 - present Total titles covered: more than 2 million Dissertation & Theses offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Over 1.7 million dissertations and theses are available from the UMI vaults on microfilm or in hardcopy, and researchers can preview many recent documents electronically through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database, which lets users see the first 24 pages of thousands of documents online. ---------------------------------------- Read more on the web page cited immediately above. Many colleges and universities subscribe to this database in the ProQuest version and others obtain this database from services like SilverPlatter, OVID, FirstSearch, and other online databanks. The Thompson Dialog search service provides a good summary of this database and its search capabilities in the Dialog databank in this Dialog Blue Sheet. Dissertation Abstracts Online <http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0035.html> Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@...<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/post?postID=Vo723GDlDq4JQXxF0wBZ23uS…> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org <http://www.lifeofflorida.org/>> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G, ************************************************************ Pl do visit & put your comments on Guest Book "KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html Apologies for X Postings DISSERTATIONS: Scirus Partners with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the World's Largest Theses and Dissertations Portal Scirus Partners with Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the World's Largest Theses and Dissertations Portal Elsevier Press Release http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/ http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_0… http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/ authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_00321 A shorter URL for the above link: < http://snipurl.com/id9j http://snipurl.com/id9j > AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 5, 2005 - Elsevier today announced a landmark partnership between Scirus, its free science-specific search engine, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) to add the extensive collection of theses and dissertations of its member institutes to Scirus. In addition to indexing the content on http://Scirus.com Scirus.com , Scirus will power a search service on the repository's site. The service will ensure this content will be easier to find on both the NDLTD and Scirus websites. The launch of the service was announced this week in Sydney at NDLTD's annual conference ETD2005. "Until now, theses and dissertations have not been fully leveraged by postgraduate students and researchers in their work because these documents have been difficult to find and retrieve," said Deborah Kahn, an associate at Electronic Publishing Services, Ltd. To combat this trend, Scirus has indexed over 200,000 theses and dissertations, in more than twelve languages, including English, Portugese, French, German, Spanish and Taiwanese, among others. The theses and dissertations are from institutes around the world, including their largest content contributors Library and Archives Canada, Hong Kong University, Brazilian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (IBICT), MIT, University of Uppsala, National Sun Yat-Sen University of Taiwan (NSYSU) and Virginia Tech. Adding to the growing success of Scirus' Repository Search service, the addition of NDLTD's impressive compilation of theses and dissertations supports Scirus' strategy to cover important and relevant scientific information. By providing full-text and fielded search capabilities on both Scirus and NDLTD's site, Scirus ensures users can easily search and find the information they need beyond web and journal content. ---------------------------------------- The complete press release may be found at the URL above. Gary Price has posted a brief news report in Search Engine Watch regarding this Scirus database development. New Content Added to Elsevier's Scirus Science-Specific Database Posted by Gary Price on Oct. 5, 2005 < http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051005-175426 http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051005-175426 > Fast Fact: One of the largest, if the not the largest, database of dissertations comes from UMI/ProQuest and contains more than 2 million titles dating back to 1861. Newer disserations (past two years) can be searched and previewed online for free. It's also possible to order the full text and have it delivered via mail or online. Dissertation & Theses Database UMI Products < http://www.umi.com/products/pd-product-Dissertations.shtml http://www.umi.com/products/pd-product-Dissertations.shtml > Dissertation & Theses database is recognized worldwide because of its comprehensive coverage, high-quality information, and rigorous editorial control. The database is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses. Subject Area: All Formats: Abstracts and indexing, full image Media: Electronic, CD-ROM Overall dates of coverage: 1861 - present Total titles covered: more than 2 million Dissertation & Theses offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Over 1.7 million dissertations and theses are available from the UMI vaults on microfilm or in hardcopy, and researchers can preview many recent documents electronically through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database, which lets users see the first 24 pages of thousands of documents online. ---------------------------------------- Read more on the web page cited immediately above. Many colleges and universities subscribe to this database in the ProQuest version and others obtain this database from services like SilverPlatter, OVID, FirstSearch, and other online databanks. The Thompson Dialog search service provides a good summary of this database and its search capabilities in the Dialog databank in this Dialog Blue Sheet. Dissertation Abstracts Online < http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0035.html http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0035.html > Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/post?postID=Vo723GDlDq4JQXxF0wBZ23uS… jwne@... < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold > < http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html > < http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html > < http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html > < http://www.lifeofflorida.org/ http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org > Digital Divide Network < http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne > Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G, ************************************************************ Pl do visit & put your comments on Guest Book "KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html

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Economic Assessment of Library?
by Aman Jha 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Friends, Library professionals have to face some common questions from the senior management. What is the usefulness of library? Does it still relevant in the age of google? People always doubt about its economic contribution made to the society and the organisation. They do not understand the hidden intellectual and economic contribution made by the library to its parent organisation and the society . They never give priority to library. And hence there is no economic freedom given to it. QUALITY IS LOST HERE. While some smart professionals keep the record ready to face such silly questions. Many professionals lack the skills (proper) to assess the usefulness of library from the economic point of view. I have come across a recently released report by the Seattle Public Library, 'The Seattle Public Library Central Library: Economic Benefit Assessment". This report assesses the impact of the New Central Library on Seattle's economy based on quantitative and qualitative analysis. I hope this report will benefit most of the professionals in assessing their library's economic contribution to society and the organisation. The report is available for free download at http://www.berkandassociates.com/pdf/PresentationSlides.pdf Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080 Friends, Library professionals have to face some common questions from the senior management. What is the usefulness of library? Does it still relevant in the age of google? People always doubt about its economic contribution made to the society and the organisation. They do not understand the hidden intellectual and economic contribution made by the library to its parent organisation and the society . They never give priority to library. And hence there is no economic freedom given to it. QUALITY IS LOST HERE. While some smart professionals keep the record ready to face such silly questions. Many professionals lack the skills (proper) to assess the usefulness of library from the economic point of view. I have come across a recently released report by the Seattle Public Library, 'The Seattle Public Library Central Library: Economic Benefit Assessment". This report assesses the impact of the New Central Library on Seattle's economy based on quantitative and qualitative analysis. I hope this report will benefit most of the professionals in assessing their library's economic contribution to society and the organisation. The report is available for free download at http://www.berkandassociates.com/pdf/PresentationSlides.pdf http://www.berkandassociates.com/pdf/PresentationSlides.pdf Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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The Scientist supports OA archiving
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

In praise of institutional repositories Richard Gallagher, Why We Need Institutional Repositories, The Scientist, October 10, 2005. Excerpt: Despite rapid explosion of knowledge in the life sciences, the full promise of digitization, storage and curation is nowhere close to being fully realized. The large-scale discipline-specific repositories that quickly became mainstream in information-intense branches such as genomics and proteomics are just the tip of the iceberg. The other seven-eighths comes in the shape of institutional repositories, such as MIT's DSpace, which provide the most comprehensive mechanism for digital preservation and dissemination. DSpace and other wide-ranging digital archives are truly transforming. They will house research data, journal articles, theses, teaching and learning materials, information for the general public, symposia and lectures, and informal accounts of life in the lab. While they are primarily being developed at universities, there is no reason why customized repositories shouldn't be introduced in other contexts, including industry....This new generation of institutional repositories does not compete with existing databases, it complements and extends them. At the same time, it reaffirms the position of an institution (in the case of a university) as a scholarly center and community hub.

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Fwd: First Call for Papers, InSITE Conference
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Eli Cohen & Betty Boyd <EliCohen(a)informingscience.org> wrote:To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: First Call for Papers, InSITE Conference Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:57:24 -0400 From: Eli Cohen & Betty Boyd <EliCohen(a)informingscience.org> InSITE in England June 25-28, 2006 Informing Science + IT Education Conference Please Post and Distribute to Colleagues First Call for Papers and Reviewers Laxman Rao, Please help* with the 2006 InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference. The conference will be held at University of Salford in Manchester, June 25-28 and includes a banquet at the Manchester United Football Club. * by submitting, reviewing, promoting, and sponsoring 1. Submit a paper by the end of November and attend the conference this June. The conference is very friendly and supportive. It brings together colleagues from various disciplines and from around the world to discuss their common research and teaching problems and solutions. Accepted papers are published in either the conference proceedings or one of the Informing Science Institute's journals. All our publications are available online free of charge to everyone without regard to membership. Your papers are read and cited by colleagues around the world. Some topics that are particularly of interest are the following: Issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through information technology. IT is used in all fields, so papers from all disciplines are welcome Information Technology Education such as curriculum and techniques for teaching IT Knowledge &Learning Objects any aspect of knowledge and learning objects, such as theory, practice, innovation, and research Doctoral Studies Papers all issues in the teaching and mentoring of doctoral students Misinforming/Disinforming and Bias in informing systems. All submissions undergo blind review by six or more external referees and you receive copies of the reviewers comments. 2. Be a conference paper reviewer Will you review three submissions related to your areas of interest during December? If you have not already signed up, please Sign up here. 3. Help us promote the conference to colleagues around the world. If you are willing to help promote the conference among colleagues, please download, print, and post a copy of a tri-fold call-for-papers: A4 size letter size. 4. Ask your school to sponsor InSITE The conference also welcomes and relies on sponsors. Your school, faculty, or university can become an academic sponsor for as little as ₤300. Sponsors names and logos are displayed on the conference website, printed materials, and advertising. Other sponsorships are also available. If you know of someone that may be interested in sponsorship, we have a letter to potential sponsors that we can send to you. ₤500 Basic corporate sponsorship ₤750 Named Fellowship for one overseas delegate ₤1000 Named coffee/tea break ₤1500 Named reception ₤2000 Named lunch or partial sponsorship of banquet ₤4500 Named Banquet Sponsorship Thank you in advance for whatever help you can provide. We look forward to your participation in InSITE 2006 and future conferences. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. -eli and Betty Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd Conference Organizers Informing Science Institute organizers(a)InformingScience.org Please remove the lines below before forwarding -- To unsubscribe from this list, click this link To update your preferences, visit this link 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 Eli Cohen & Betty Boyd <EliCohen(a)informingscience.org> wrote: To: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Subject: First Call for Papers, InSITE Conference Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:57:24 -0400 From: Eli Cohen & Betty Boyd <EliCohen(a)informingscience.org>  http://www.salford.ac.uk/ http://www.salford.ac.uk/images/common/logo.gif http://insite.nu/ I n SITE in England June 25-28, 2006 Informing Science + IT Education Conference Please Post and Distribute to Colleagues First Call for Papers and Reviewers Laxman Rao, Please help * with the http://insite.nu/ 2006 I n SITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference. The conference will be held at University of Salford in Manchester, June 25-28 and includes a banquet at the http://www.manutd.com/home/ Manchester United Football Club . * by submitting, reviewing, promoting, and sponsoring 1. http://review.insite.nu/ Submit a paper by the end of November and attend the conference this June. The conference is very friendly and supportive. It brings together colleagues from various disciplines and from around the world to discuss their common research and teaching problems and solutions. Accepted papers are published in either the http://proceedings.informingscience.org/ conference proceedings or one of the http://informingscience.org/ Informing Science Institute's journals . All our publications are available online free of charge to everyone without regard to membership. Your papers are read and cited by colleagues around the world. Some topics that are particularly of interest are the following: Issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through information technology. IT is used in all fields, so papers from all disciplines are welcome Information Technology Education such as curriculum and techniques for teaching IT Knowledge &Learning Objects any aspect of knowledge and learning objects, such as theory, practice, innovation, and research Doctoral Studies Papers all issues in the teaching and mentoring of doctoral students Misinforming/Disinforming and Bias in informing systems. All submissions undergo blind review by six or more external referees and you receive copies of the reviewers comments. 2. Be a conference paper reviewer Will you review three submissions related to your areas of interest during December? If you have not already signed up, please http://review.insite.nu/ Sign up here . 3. Help us promote the conference to colleagues around the world. 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32 Tips To Inspire Innovation for You and Your Library
by Shyam Prasad pujar 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Dear Members, Good advice, could be of interest to you. 32 Tips To Inspire Innovation for You and Your Library, Part 1, 2 and 3 by Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix vice president of Innovation Part-I: http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000423643.cfm?x=b5dRbWJ,b2rpQhRM,w Part-II: http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000436456.cfm?x=b5yKS7f,b2rpmkgK Part-III: http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000458643.cfm?x=b5dRbWJ,b2rpQhRM,w 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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Trainee for Libarary in Bangalore
by DJ manjunatha 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Dear Friends D.V.K College (Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram) Institution wanted to some few trainee for library so those students completed your MLISc. course apply immdiatly contact Address Fr. Jhon Neelankavil CMI lIBRARIAN, dvk Central Library Dairy Crcle, Hosur Road Dharmaram College Campus Bangalore-560029 phone no. 080-51116353/51116350 Fax: 080-51116000 Email:dvklibrary@yahoo.com Web: www. dharmaram.com with Regards D Jmanjunatha IIMB --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Dear Friends D.V.K College (Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram) Institution wanted to some few trainee for library so those students completed your MLISc. course apply immdiatly contact Address Fr. Jhon Neelankavil CMI lIBRARIAN, dvk Central Library Dairy Crcle, Hosur Road Dharmaram College Campus Bangalore-560029 phone no. 080-51116353/51116350 Fax: 080-51116000 Email:dvklibrary@yahoo.com Web: www. dharmaram.com with Regards D Jmanjunatha IIMB 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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MULISSA - Friday Talk - Report - DLIS, University of Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

MULISSA event 5: Friday Talk Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA), Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Mysore, Mysoreorganized a lecture on �St. Agnes College information center - a Profile� by Smt. S.T. Sudha, Librarian, St. Agnes College, Mangalore on October 7, 2005 at 3.30 pm. She is at present dupted as a full time researcher at DLIS, Mysore under Faculty Improvement Programme. The lecture was arranged in the umbrella of �Friday Talk� series. Summary of the talk: St. Agnes College was established in the year 1921 and it is one of the leading women�s colleges in India and is known for imparting value-based education. The college is offering courses in arts, Science, commerce business management, and computer science. It also offers honors, diploma, certificate and other remedial courses. The college has been accorded �A� grade by NAAC in its assessment report. St. Agnes college information center is one of the pivotal centres for the college. Information center imparts formal and informal education indirectly through print and electronic media, advises the faculty in their scholarly pursuits. The information center helps the user community in curricular, co-curricular and extra curricular activities. Services are rendered to outsiders, faculty and students. It renders services like circulation, reference, CD-Rom, textual information service, reprography, newspaper clippings, index to articles of topics pertaining to different disciplines and other general topics, internet, scanning services and personal assistance to all the users. User education is imparted at the beginning of the year based on requirements of the users. The information center is putting its conscientious efforts to transform the readers from passive learners to voracious readers. Faculty members are requested to stimulate intellectual curiosity and imbibe self-learning skills among the students. The librarian has trained and motivated her staff members to synthesize technology and traditional print culture to ensure invaluable service to the user community. The information centre of the college has also organized a few workshops, seminars, exhibitions and image analysis events. Students asked a few questions on computerization, preparation required by library for NAAC assessment, method of stock verification, status of the librarians etc. Ms. B. Pramodini welcomed the gathering and Mr. M. Sunil Kumar proposed vote of thanks. This report is prepared by Mr. B. Raghu of 3rd Semester MLISc under the guidance of MULISSA faculty advisor. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393

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RE: [LIS-Forum] queries
by Mailing List Manager 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:09:44 +0530 From: Shwetank <shwetank(a)unikensystems.com> Dear Mangesh, Content Page Service is one of the services Libraries offer to their users, where users can see the content of all / or important Journals online, The Libraries which don't use any online services they can get the xerox of content pages of all the journals and keep it after binding. Most of the digital libraries offer this service. or you can get this service separately if your software doesn't support it. Mail Alert facility : It is another feature of digital libraries, in this as soon any new journal arrives in the library, users get the mail alerts automatically, Basically users can set different types of alerts to be received e.g. Book overdue alert, Fine alert, New arrival alert, event alert, and many more, Mail alert facility can be used by Librarians also for tracking periodicals or due payments. If you have any more doubt please let me know on http://www.deekshasystems.com/feedback.htm or visit http://www.deekshasystems.com/faq.html or mail me at shwetank(a)deekshasystems.com With Regards Shwetank Upadhyaya Chief Executive Officer Deeksha Systems Pvt. Ltd. A-5 "Shrushti" Baner Road Pune -411045 India +91-20-30911117 +91-9373308287

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Job opportunity @ Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai.
by kishore.ingale＠tcs.com 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

Job opportunity @ Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai. Designation:Officer-Library and Information Science( one post ) Qualifications and Experience: MLISc/ADIS with 0 to 2 years experience in library/documentation /information handling preferably in corporate, scientific and technology environments. Flair for IT, good communication and interpersonal skills and willing to work in flexi hours. Scale of pay: Best in Industry Last Date: Oct 25, 2005 Job Description:The person would be a member of the Mumbai library team .His/Her responsibilities include house keeping operations ,information services,web pages,handling electronic resources etc. Key Responsibilities:Assist the Branch Library and Information Center (BLIC) Head/ Independently handle a satellite library under the supervision of the BLIC Head to achieve the objectives of Library and Information Center namely: i. Provide uninterrupted Library services ii. Provide timely information services iii. Deliver Housekeeping operations to the utmost satisfaction of the customer iv. Create and archive information assets for future use Interested candidates may e-mail their resume to: banalata.das(a)tcs.com . Alternatively, hard copies can be posted to: Ms.Banalata Das Manager - Library & Information Services Plot no 64,Offshore Development Center, Tata Consultancy Services,SEEPZ, Andheri-E,Mumbai-4000 096 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Limited Air India Building 10th Floor, Nariman Point Mumbai - 400021,Maharashtra Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Job opportunity @ Tata Consultancy Services , Mumbai. Designation : Officer-Library and Information Science( one post ) Qualifications and Experience: MLISc/ADIS with 0 to 2 years experience in library/documentation /information handling preferably in corporate, scientific and technology environments. Flair for IT, good communication and interpersonal skills and willing to work in flexi hours. Scale of pay: Best in Industry Last Date: Oct 25, 2005 Job Description: The person would be a member of the Mumbai library team .His/Her responsibilities include house keeping operations ,information services,web pages,handling electronic resources etc. Key Responsibilities: Assist the Branch Library and Information Center (BLIC) Head/ Independently handle a satellite library under the supervision of the BLIC Head to achieve the objectives of Library and Information Center namely: i. Provide uninterrupted Library services ii. Provide timely information services iii. Deliver Housekeeping operations to the utmost satisfaction of the customer iv. Create and archive information assets for future use Interested candidates may e-mail their resume to: banalata.das(a)tcs.com . Alternatively, hard copies can be posted to: Ms.Banalata Das Manager - Library & Information Services Plot no 64,Offshore Development Center, Tata Consultancy Services,SEEPZ, Andheri-E,Mumbai-4000 096 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Kishore Ramdas Ingale Tata Consultancy Services Limited Air India Building 10th Floor, Nariman Point Mumbai - 400021,Maharashtra Mailto: kishore.ingale(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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BHU seminar news
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

From: clbhu(a)sify.com Dear Sir We are happy to inform you that the Central Library, Banaras Hindu University is going to organize a Seminar on "Digital Preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materials" on 24th December 2005. The Seminar aims to provide education & training to the library professional & other concerned persons for the Digital Preservation of Manuscripts & Rare Materials. We request you to kindly publish our seminar news in your journal.Thanking you,Yours faithfully,Dr. Sanjiv SarafDy. Librarian, Central Library, BHU &Organising Secretary,National Seminar of Digial Preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materialse-mail: gyanshrisanjiv(a)rediffmail.com clbhu(a)sify.com --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos From: clbhu(a)sify.com Dear Sir We are happy to inform you that the Central Library, Banaras Hindu University is going to organize a Seminar on "Digital Preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materials" on 24th December 2005. The Seminar aims to provide education & training to the library professional & other concerned persons for the Digital Preservation of Manuscripts & Rare Materials. We request you to kindly publish our seminar news in your journal. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Dr. Sanjiv Saraf Dy. Librarian, Central Library, BHU & Organising Secretary, National Seminar of Digial Preservation of Manuscripts and Rare Materials e-mail: gyanshrisanjiv(a)rediffmail.com clbhu(a)sify.com http://ads.sify.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/mail.sify.com/sentmail@Bottom How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/photos/*http://uk.photos.ya… Get Yahoo! Photos

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ILA Conference 2005
by Suresh Horakeri 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Dear Sir/Madam, I am happy to inform you that this year annual All India Library Conference2005 of the Indian Library Association will be held at Kurukshetra. The conference dates are from December 16-18 2005 and venue is Kurukshetra University. For more details, please visit: http://www.nitkkr.org/ILA/ila.htm All are requested to attend the Conference and make it a grand success. Thanks, Regards, Horakeri Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Dear Sir/Madam, I am happy to inform you that this year annual All India Library Conference2005 of the Indian Library Association will be held at Kurukshetra. The conference dates are from December 16-18 2005 and venue is Kurukshetra University. For more details, please visit: http://www.nitkkr.org/ILA/ila.htm http://www.nitkkr.org/ILA/ila.htm All are requested to attend the Conference and make it a grand success. Thanks, Regards, Horakeri Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri(a)yahoo.co.in horakeri(a)bvb.edu Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Empanelment of Librarians/ Assistant Librarians for Colleges in West Bengal
by Puna Das 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

The West Bengal College Service Commission, Kolkata invites applications from Indian Citizen for preparation of merit panels of eligible candidates in the following identified subjects for recommendation towards the basic grade posts of Librarians / Assistant Librarians in the vacancies as may be requisitioned by the College Authorities from time to time in the Non-Govt. Degree Colleges including Teachers Training Colleges affiliated to the State Universities of West Bengal. Qualifications : (i) Consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks (without any sort of grace or rounding off) or an equivalent grade in the MLIS/ MLS or equivalent. (ii) UGC-NET for Lecturership in Library and Information Science (iii) Proficiency in Bengali or Nepali Language Last Date of Application: 11.11.2005 Advt. No. 2/2005 For details visit: www.wbcsc.ac.in _________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Google and Sun Microsystem partnership
by Subbiah Arunachalam 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Here is a brief news story from Financial Times. A shot in the arm for open source champions! Arun Google and Sun Microsystems announced a partnership on Tuesday that will offer Sun's word processing and spreadsheet software online through Google's websites and toolbars, creating a formidable rival to Microsoft's Office software package. The deal will allow users to access Sun's Openoffice files and work on projects from any personal computer, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. Both companies declined earlier in the day to give details of the deal in advance of their formal announcement. However, shares in Sun rose 8 per cent to $4.54 in afternoon trading. Shares in Microsoft fell ahead of the announcement, on fears the partnership would create a serious challenge to the software company's dominance. Copyright 2005 Financial Times Here is a brief news story from Financial Times. A shot in the arm for open source champions! Arun Google and Sun Microsystems announced a partnership on Tuesday that will offer Sun's word processing and spreadsheet software online through Google's websites and toolbars, creating a formidable rival to Microsoft's Office software package. The deal will allow users to access Sun's Openoffice files and work on projects from any personal computer, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. Both companies declined earlier in the day to give details of the deal in advance of their formal announcement. However, shares in Sun rose 8 per cent to $4.54 in afternoon trading. Shares in Microsoft fell ahead of the announcement, on fears the partnership would create a serious challenge to the software company's dominance. Copyright 2005 Financial Times

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credit card for library purchases...
by Nirupama Bawdekar 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Dear Colleagues, We are considering the possibility of using a credit card for library purchases. We are also discussing with our accounts and bank authorities to know it's feasibility. However, I am interested in obtaining inputs from library professionals who have had experience in using a credit card for library purchases. I will be grateful for your inputs. regards, Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar S/T Officer C, Library *************************************************************************** Mrs Nirupama Bawdekar Scientific/Technical Officer-Library Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Post Bag No. 4, Ganeshkhind Pune 411 007 India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- email: nub(a)iucaa.ernet.in, telephone:+91-20-25604308, fax: +91-20-25604699 **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 31, Issue 3: Librarians are Teachers
by K A. Sardesai 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Dear Sir, I am supportingthe argument by u on the captioned subject.The Librarian profession is not only debitted in academics level but the organizations like Reserve Bank of India has also not considering the promotional issue for their Librarians category. Here for general side cader every after 3 years there is a chance for promotion and for repeaters minimum 3 chances are considered. Even the Lounge supervisors, Security officers,engineers have chances after 3 years for next promotion but for Librarians there are nochances even they have completed more than 5 years. The job expected and responsibilities are increasing day by day. The requirements for one next promotion you must be Post graduate with first class whereas for other category, even a graduate with no grade has been called for. I am the solo asst Librarian since 1997 and brought up the library from its manual to computerised level. The oral feedback is excellent from management as well as other rhan RBI Users.Still no up gradation in my level.(I have represented very often and therefore feel like leaving the job) The nation is passing Information Act, National Digital Library, every year 1000s are coming out with certificate, graduate and postgraduate level but no job opportunities.Tell me what acition we should take in this regard.I shall be glad to know any fine solution and will be happy to help from our forum where the God fathers in this field are one of the speakers/ guides of the forum. Kindly do not misunderstand me. Kshipras

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RE: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4 : Website other than inforlibrarian
by K A. Sardesai 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Dear Vijaykumar, I also support your question. I have asked for solution from lisforum regarding job opprunities even for Library Certificate course which is run by all government. When your student asked this question really we have no other way but to tell them try your luck. Even for degree and post graduates the opportunities are least.In times and Nakuri dot com llike advertise news paper supplements never give exposures to this field except few academic where set/net is compusory. Why Librarians are supposed to go for this exams if they are not in teaching profession . Please guide us. kshipras

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Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
by Bhojaraju G 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information The October 1, 2005 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature onElectronic Sources of Information" is available at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sourcesof Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources ofInformation: A Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with allaspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-printmaterials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters incollected works. This edition includes 2,157 indexed titles. Both theIndex and the Bibliography are continuously updated. Introduction, which includes sample search and instructions how to usethe Subject Index and the Bibliography, is located at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM This message has been posted to several mailing lists. Please excuseany duplication. **************************************************Marian Dworaczek*Monographs Coordinator*University of Saskatchewan Library*E-mail: marian.dworaczek(a)usask.ca *Home Page: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator)Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com**************************************… do visit & put your comments on Guest Book"KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.htmlKM-Forum Founder: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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i2010 Digital Libraries - European digitization project
by Bhojaraju G 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

i2010 Digital Libraries - European digitization project FYI Soon after Google announced its plans for Google Print for Libraries,several European countries began discussing the idea of doing the samesort of thing for European resources. There are now some details available about the European project(called "i2010 Digital Libraries"). See Gary Price's Search EngineWatch blog entry for more info: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051003-192507 Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator)Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com**************************************… do visit & put your comments on Guest Book"KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.htmlKM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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Registration of Case Material
by tariq22＠gmail.com 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Dear Professional Colleagues I am looking for some information about the process of registration/copyrighting of case material developed by an individual/teacher/researcher /organisation etc. I understand that there exist a particular process which has to be followed in this regard. I also hear that there is some official agency in Hyderabad which grants such registration/ copy right etc and a particular documentation is required to apply there like certificate from the organisation involved in the development of case study about the genuineness of case material. I would feel immensely grateful if information about the procedure/ name of agency/contact details etc may be shared with me With thanks Dr.Tariq Ashraf Librarian Indian Institute of Management Prabandh Nagar, Lucknow 226 013 (India) Ph: 0522-2736944[Direct] Res: 011-55125312 Mobile : 9935-639130 Fax: 91-0522 -2734025-2734027 Email: tariq(a)iiml.ac.in; tariq22(a)gmail.com URL: http://iiml.ac.in Dear Professional Colleagues I am looking for some information about the process of registration/copyrighting of case material developed by an individual/teacher/researcher /organisation etc. I understand that there exist a particular process which has to be followed in this regard. I also hear that there is some official agency in Hyderabad which grants such registration/ copy right etc and a particular documentation is required to apply there like certificate from the organisation involved in the development of case study about the genuineness of case material. I would feel immensely grateful if information about the procedure/ name of agency/contact details etc may be shared with me With thanks Dr.Tariq Ashraf Librarian Indian Institute of Management Prabandh Nagar, Lucknow 226 013 (India) Ph: 0522-2736944[Direct] Res: 011-55125312 Mobile : 9935-639130 Fax: 91-0522 -2734025-2734027 Email: mailto:tariq@iiml.ac.in tariq(a)iiml.ac.in ; mailto:tariq22@gmail.com tariq22(a)gmail.com URL: http://iiml.ac.in http://iiml.ac.in

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