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information reg library profession job sites in india
by vijay kumar 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

dear colleagues i want to know job sites related to library and information science professionals other than www.infolibrarian.com which is nice and catering the needs of professionals in the field. waiting a positive reply thanking you yours faithfully vijaya kumar --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. dear colleagues i want to know job sites related to library and information science professionals other than http://www.infolibrarian.com www.infolibrarian.com which is nice and catering the needs of professionals in the field. waiting a positive reply thanking you yours faithfully vijaya kumar http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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dlrg@drtc.isibang.ac.in
by pradyot bharatkar 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Dear professional this has been the DRTC Colloquium on the following topic. you all are invited for this Colloquium. INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8TH MILE, MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE 560059 DRTC Colloquium CHANGING PARADIGM OF INFORMATION LANDSCAPE. ABSTRACT The information landscape like everything else is rapidly changing. Some of the most important factors that are driving this transformation are: a) The revolution brought about by I.T and its impact. b) Increasing informatization of the society resulting from the growing importance of information in the knowledge society. Given this, it is important to take cognizance of the changes that have taken place in the information world.This first colloquium for the current academic year seeks to provide a birds eye view of the major changes that have taken place in the information world.This colloquium is also intended to set the backdrop for other colloquia . SPEAKERS TOPICS 1. Randhir Kumar : Overview on Information landscapes. 2. Sukla Chakroborty : Introduction. 3. Sucheta Lahiri : Changes in respect to Information Institutions. 4. Hema Singh : Changes in respect to Information users. 5. Protiti Majumdar : Changes in respect to Information storage Media. 6. Samiksha Yadav : Changes in respect to Information access and search. 7. Ananya Sarkar : Changes in respect to Information handling and processing. 8. Neha Singh : Changes in respect to Information transfer and dissemination. 9. Md. Ehtesham : Conclusion. Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 5th oct 2005. Time : 2.00 P.M. All are cordially invited. Dr. K.S. Raghavan. (Colloquium Coordinator). Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS Ist year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. Dear professional this has been the DRTC Colloquium on the following topic. you all are invited for this Colloquium. INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8 TH MILE, MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE 560059 DRTC Colloquium CHANGING PARADIGM OF INFORMATION LANDSCAPE. ABSTRACT The information landscape like everything else is rapidly changing. Some of the most important factors that are driving this transformation are: a) The revolution brought about by I.T and its impact. b) Increasing informatization of the society resulting from the growing importance of information in the knowledge society. Given this, it is important to take cognizance of the changes that have taken place in the information world.This first colloquium for the current academic year seeks to provide a birds eye view of the major changes that have taken place in the information world.This colloquium is also intended to set the backdrop for other colloquia . SPEAKERS TOPICS 1. Randhir Kumar : Overview on Information landscapes. 2. Sukla Chakroborty : Introduction. 3. Sucheta Lahiri : Changes in respect to Information Institutions. 4. Hema Singh : Changes in respect to Information users. 5. Protiti Majumdar : Changes in respect to Information storage Media. 6. Samiksha Yadav : Changes in respect to Information access and search. 7. Ananya Sarkar : Changes in respect to Information handling and processing. 8. Neha Singh : Changes in respect to Information transfer and dissemination. 9. Md. Ehtesham : Conclusion. Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 5 th oct 2005. Time : 2.00 P.M. All are cordially invited. Dr. K.S. Raghavan. (Colloquium Coordinator) . Pradyot S. Bharatkar http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS Ist year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/security_centre/*http://uk.… Yahoo! Security Centre .

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queries
by Mailing List Manager 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 06:15:51 +0100 (BST) From: mangesh talmale <elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals, can anybody help me providing following information. my queries are 1. what is meant by content page service. 2. what is the mail alert service. with regards Mangesh Talmale Librarian D.Y.Patil Medical College and Research Center, Pimri Pune-411018 email- elibmangesh(a)yahoo.co.in

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oss4lib-discuss -- for free software in libraries
by vimal kumar 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Dear Library Professionals, There is a listserv service available to inform about open source solutions in libraries. According to its administrators "the oss4lib listserv is used for new project and site announcements as well as general discussion" . The 'oss4lib listserv' is maintained by 'OSS4LIB: open source systems for libraries' website developed by Daniel Chudanov. The website listed a lot of open source solutions suitable for libraries. Web Links 1. oss4lib-discuss -- for free software in libraries Listserv http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oss4lib-discuss 2. 'OSS4LIB: open source systems for libraries' www.oss4lib.org Vimal kumar Asian School of Business Library Trivandrum, Kerala vimal0212(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Dear Library Professionals, There is a listserv service available to inform about open source solutions in libraries. According to its administrators "the oss4lib listserv is used for new project and site announcements as well as general discussion" . The 'oss4lib listserv' is maintained by 'OSS4LIB: open source systems for libraries' website developed by Daniel Chudanov. The website listed a lot of open source solutions suitable for libraries. Web Links 1. oss4lib-discuss -- for free software in libraries Listserv http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oss4lib-discuss http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oss4lib-discuss 2. 'OSS4LIB: open source systems for libraries' http://www.oss4lib.org www.oss4lib.org Vimal kumar Asian School of Business Library Trivandrum, Kerala mailto:vimal0212@yahoo.com vimal0212(a)yahoo.com Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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job
by DJ manjunatha 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Dear Friends Wanted Female Librarian B.Lib/ M.Lib St. Paul's Educational Institution (Primary, High School D.Ed & B.Ed Colleges) Prashanth Nagar (pattegarapalya) Vijaya Nagar, Bangalore-79 Ph: 23287415 & 57600313. Walk-in Interview for immediate appointment. with regards dj manjunatha --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Dear Friends Wanted Female Librarian B.Lib/ M.Lib St. Paul's Educational Institution (Primary, High School D.Ed & B.Ed Colleges) Prashanth Nagar (pattegarapalya) Vijaya Nagar, Bangalore-79 Ph: 23287415 & 57600313. Walk-in Interview for immediate appointment. with regards dj manjunatha Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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accreditation in lis
by Mailing List Manager 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:03:51 +0000 From: nishavathi elangovan <e_nishavathi(a)hotmail.com> is there any accreditor for library and information science in india like ALA's COA? e. nishavathi librarian t.s. narayanaswami college of arts and science chennai - 30103

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Librarians are Teachers
by Mailing List Manager 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 02:49:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Aloor Thomas Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, I have already raised the issue of UGC Career Advancement Scheme for Librarians, few weeks back and requested all professionals to whole heartedly join this effort to rectify this anomaly. As the qualifications prescribed by UGC for the direct post of Deputy Librarian is MLISc + 5 years experience in Asst. Librarian, it is justifiable to fix the qualifications for the post of Asst. Librarian as:- MLISc 55% + NET or 5 years Experience in Junior Libraian or equivalent (ie, the post just below the Asst. Libraian). The career advancement and other conditions like advance increments, etc. for libraians should be equal to that of teachers in colleges/universities. It is highly unjustifiable to equate the librarians with Asst. Registrars. In Kerala, all posts of Asst./Dy./Joint Registrar are filled by promotion. Their recruitment qualifications are only any Degree. Their promotion is far far sppedier than the teachers and other cadres. That is, an Asst. Registrar will normally be promoted to Dy. Registrar wihtin 2 years and also to the Joint Registrar post within another two years. AT. FRANCIS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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Microsoft Office 12 Will Support PDFs
by Farooque Shaheen 04 Oct '05

04 Oct '05

Microsoft will build a "Save As" function in Office 12 for publishing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications' documents in the popular PDF format. Users will be able to save documents in PDF form by using the "Save As" command from within Office applications. "Instead of printing the document and faxing it, or overnight-mailing it, customers can save a PDF and electronically distribute a read-only, 'as-printed' representation of the document. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171202726 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Microsoft will build a "Save As" function in Office 12 for publishing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications' documents in the popular PDF format. Users will be able to save documents in PDF form by using the "Save As" command from within Office applications. "Instead of printing the document and faxing it, or overnight-mailing it, customers can save a PDF and electronically distribute a read-only, 'as-printed' representation of the document. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171202726 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Yahoo to follow google path
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books An unusual alliance of corporations, nonprofit groups and universities plans to announce today an ambitious plan to digitize hundreds of thousands of books over the next several years and put them on the Internet, with the full text accessible to anyone http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/03/business/03yahoo.html Ultimately we, the Info. Professionals are going to be benefitted :-) Regards **************************************** Sreeharsha BG i2 Technologies "One i2 Place" #132 / 133, DivyaSree Technopolis Yamalur Post, Off Airport Road, Bangalore 560 037. Phone: +91-80-3028 8016 Email: sreeharsha_gopalakrishna(a)i2.com visit us @ www.i2.com **************************************** Values are more important than People...!!!

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Lecture on 'PROJECT PROPOSAL WRITING' - SALIS Monthly lecture - Nov 2005
by Arunachalam Hariharan 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Kindly make it convenient and do attend the lecture Topic : "PROJECT PROPOSAL WRITING" Speaker : Ms.Gunavathy. J.S, Lecturer, Madras School of Social Work Chennai. Date : 09.10.05 Time : 11.00 a.m. Venue : III Floor, Connemara Public Library Chennai Tea at 12.00 noon ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE! Expecting to meet you all, V.Sakthi Rekha Secretary SALIS-Chennai Chapter vsakthirekha(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY: DRAFT PAPER BRINGS ISSUES
by K A. Sardesai 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Respected Sir, The draft initative from the government is a nice issue.As mentioned in your mail i shall be glad to add to the contents suggested by you, are Government reports, agricultural data, NSSO reports , statistical abstracts, databases related to simple subjects like purchase of land ,scholarshipes,foreign education, etc.The website should be userfriendly. also as a librarian i shall like to add to this project the job opportunities for Library professionals staring from Library certificate course to Doctorate level. Otherwise as usual the opporunities will be diverted towards IT ptofessionals. In Maharashatra, as my experience in giving coaching to Library Certificate course ,the students are well educated and ask for the job opprtunities.As the jobs.com are asking for your attracred CVS for various other proessionals with grand packages there is are no columns for Library and information Science professionals except one or two academic librarians. I know I am diverting the topic ,but I feel we may take this issue with Libforum and if u are one of the institution if on the captioned subject it will be humble request. Thanking You kshipras

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Call for participation
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:32:51 +0530 (IST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Call for participation (fwd) From: "Anita S. Coleman" <asc(a)u.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, October 2, 2005 1:29 am To: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Arun, I am writing to bring our survey scholarly communication behaviors to your attention. Would you please forward the invitation below to lists that you think are appropriate and encourage colleagues to participate in survey? I encourage you to complete the survey as well. Best, Anita Coleman ----------Forwarded message ---------- You are invited to complete an online survey of scholarly communication behaviors specifically those related to self-archiving. The survey is part of a study that is being conducted by the editors of DLIST. The survey is available at http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/survey.html. DLIST, http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/, is the Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, an Open Access Archive (OAA) and cross-institutional repository of full-text electronic resources in Library and Information Science and Information Technology. Additionally, DLIST offers an open access aggregator and federated search service through DL-Harvest, http://dlharvest.sir.arizona.edu/, which brings together materials from ten (10) archives. You are welcome to complete the survey whether or not you are a current user of DLIST. DLIST is a service of the School of Information Resources and Library Science in partnership with the Learning Technologies Center of the University of Arizona. Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------- Anita S. Coleman, Asst. Prof. School of Information Resources & Library Science University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719 Phone: +1 (520) 621-3565 | Fax: +1 (520) 621-3279 Email: asc(a)u.arizona.edu | URL: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~asc ----------------------------------------------------------------

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OA for Publications from govt funded research projects
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 11:13:54 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> To: dgcsir(a)hq.csir.res.in Dear Dr Mashelkar: Here is some good news from onr of the largest funders of biomedical research in the world. CSIR and other government agencies in India funding and supporting S&T research may do well to adopt a similar policy -- all papers resulting from public funding must be made available via open access archives (or published in 100% open access journals). Early this week I attended a three-day workshop on networking for higher education and research in Africa held at CERN. It was a very fruitful meeting where stakeholders from Africa and Europe came together and discussed all related issues. Mr Ponraj from Rashtrapathi Bhavan was there and in his talk he told about how India is helping Africa in its own way. Africans are really looking forward to working closely with India and learning from our experience. I also attended a few sessions at the WSIS PrepCom-3 and several institutions and groups are interested in promoting open access to scientific literature through the WSIS process. I think the time is ripe for India to (1) go ahead and adopt open access in a big way, and (2) to provide support to Africa in going ahead with open access. Africa is looking for low cost equipment (PCs, routers, etc) and low-cost connectivity and Internet access. These are areas India is reasonably well-placed to help. And the forthcoming WSIS meet at Tunis is a great opportunity to make an announcement. We could also depute a team from IISc, Bangalore (NCSI), to conduct a series of workshops on setting up OA archives in Africa. I will be grateful if you could lead India's efforts in this area. Regards. Arun (Subbiah Arunachalam) ------- Wellcome Trust OA mandate starts tomorrow Open Access a Must for Wellcome Trust Researchers, a Wellcome Trust press release, undated but released today. Excerpt: Next week (October) the Wellcome Trust becomes the first scientific research funder to insist that papers emanating from its grant awards are placed in an open access repository. From the 1st October it will become a condition of funding, that papers will have to be posted on PubMed Central (PMC) the free-to access, life sciences archive developed by the National Institutes of Health and made accessible within 6 months of publication. To facilitate this, the Wellcome Trust has with the help of NIH established a manuscript submission system, through which papers accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal can be deposited in PMC. From the 1st October next year all existing Trust grant holders will have to deposit future papers into PubMed Central. This delay will allow existing grant holders time to adjust to the new policy and let us know what problems if any they may experience, affording us time to overcome them. During this time the Trust, working in partnership with other UK life sciences funders, plans to establish a UK version of PubMed Central UKPMC. Wellcome-funded researchers should submit their papers to PMC via the NIH manuscript submission system and consult the Wellcome page of manuscript submission information. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Librarian Position at Art of Living
by Mailing List Manager 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Dr. Prasad of SRELS, Bangalore, wanted the following announcement regarding an opening for Librarian's position at the Art of Living Institute of Sri Sri Ravishankar. Probable candidates with MLIS or equivalent degree may get in touch with Mr. Vinay on 9886615014 or email him at srisriresearch(a)rediffmail.com - Moderator

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NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY: DRAFT PAPER BRINGS ISSUES INTO FOCUS
by Farooque Shaheen 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

The Hindu Business Line Imagine having access to all documentary resources of national significance including manuscripts, ancient literary works, census and statistical data and even research thesis, with a single click of a mouse. Moving a step closer towards integrating the efforts of various Ministries and organisations who are involved in creating individual digital content,into a single pool - `National Digital Library', the IT Department has come out with a draft paper to debate policy issues including type of content to be digitised, required standards, and Intellectual Property Rights of material over digital domain. "There will be a need to look into the content that should be digitised.Priority should be given for content relating to India, digitising legal documents such as plans and policies, history of legal access, census and statistical data, spatial data and other relevant information. Priority should also be attached to digitising material related to education and research purposes such as thesis, research work, reference material," the paper, which has now been circulated amongst various stakeholders including Ministries, research organisations, academic institutions and chambers for feedback, said. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100102580400.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 The Hindu Business Line Imagine having access to all documentary resources of national significance including manuscripts, ancient literary works, census and statistical data and even research thesis, with a single click of a mouse. Moving a step closer towards integrating the efforts of various Ministries and organisations who are involved in creating individual digital content,into a single pool - `National Digital Library', the IT Department has come out with a draft paper to debate policy issues including type of content to be digitised, required standards, and Intellectual Property Rights of material over digital domain. "There will be a need to look into the content that should be digitised.Priority should be given for content relating to India, digitising legal documents such as plans and policies, history of legal access, census and statistical data, spatial data and other relevant information. Priority should also be attached to digitising material related to education and research purposes such as thesis, research work, reference material," the paper, which has now been circulated amongst various stakeholders including Ministries, research organisations, academic institutions and chambers for feedback, said. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100102580400.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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OA mandated by funding agency
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

The Wellcome Trust OA mandate takes effect The Wellcome Trust announced last November that it would soon start requiring OA to the results of all Wellcome-funded research. The policy took effect yesterday, October 1, 2005. The Wellcome Trust is the largest private funder of medical research in the UK and the first research funding agency in the world, private or public, to mandate OA to the publications arising from its research grants. We're three policy steps ahead of where we were in April 2003, when the Wellcome Trust and other major research funding agencies met in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to discuss their interest in OA. (1) At that time, the funders decided to use what they called the carrot, not what they called the stick. Hence, in the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (issued in June 2003), they agreed to pay the processing fees charged by OA journals but not to require OA archiving. (2) Then in the summer of 2004, both the US House of Representatives and the UK House of Commons recommended mandatory OA archiving for the results of publicly-funded research. In the US, the recommended requirement was weakened to a request and became the NIH public-access policy. In the UK, the recommendation was rejected by the government but picked up by the independent RCUK, which will announce an OA mandate next month to take effect next year. (3) The third step took place yesterday. We now have a working OA mandate from a major funder of research. The Wellcome Trust policy is superior to the NIH policy in three key respects. First, it's a requirement, not a request. Second, it does not permit delays longer than six months from the date of publication. The third difference is easy to overlook but at least as important as the first two. The Wellcome policy does not require publisher consent and therefore does not accommodate publisher resistance. The Wellcome policy points out that grantees have agreed to provide OA to their Wellcome-funded research, and that "[a]n author's obligations to the Wellcome Trust will therefore, in almost all cases, pre-date any agreement with a journal." If publishers insist on copyright terms inconsistent with the prior funding agreement, then the Trust simply tells grantees to choose among three options: (a) give the journal fewer rights than it wants and retain the right to comply with the funding agreement, (b) insert a Wellcome-written paragraph into the publisher's copyright transfer agreement allowing the grantee to comply with the funding agreement, or (c) find another publisher. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd018855.html This is an exemplary solution to the problem. It's not only superior to the NIH policy, which depends on publisher consent, but to the draft RCUK policy, which makes its OA mandate "subject to copyright or licensing arrangements" that might be adopted by publishers. The Wellcome Trust is a private charity, not a government agency. Hence, the "taxpayer argument" for OA doesn't apply to it. While the taxpayer argument is strong, and properly central to the NIH and RCUK policies, it has tended to steal the limelight from the other strong arguments for OA policies at funding agencies. I hope the Wellcome policy will bring these other arguments back to prominence. OA shares knowledge and accelerates research. It benefits everyone who does research and everyone who depends on research. Funders of research have the same interest in realizing these benefits whether they are using public or private money. If research is useful enough to fund, then it's useful enough to share. Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ November 2004 announcement of new policy to mandate OA archiving http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node3302.html September 30 press release announcing the October 1 implementation date http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX026822.html http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_09_25_fosblogarchive.html#a11280810… Authors Guide and FAQ to the Wellcome Trust OA policy http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtd018855.html

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Free Open-source S/W for ETDs
by Indira Koneru 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Dear Professionals, VTLS announces VALET for ETDs; a free, open-source, Web submission solution for electronic theses and dissertations, [VTLS, Inc.] VTLS announced that it is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gift to the academic community: VALET for ETDs. Available free as open-source software, VALET is a Web submission solution for managing electronic theses and dissertations. The software is now available for download from the VTLS website. http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml ------------------------------ Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: indk68(a)hotmail.com indk68(a)yahoo.com Dear Professionals, VTLS announces VALET for ETDs; a free, open-source, Web submission solution for electronic theses and dissertations, [VTLS, Inc.] VTLS announced that it is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gift to the academic community: VALET for ETDs. Available free as open-source software, VALET is a Web submission solution for managing electronic theses and dissertations. The software is now available for download from the VTLS website. http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml http://www.vtls.com/Products/valet-for-ETDs.shtml ------------------------------ Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Dept. of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad - 500 082 E-mail: mailto:indk68@hotmail.com indk68(a)hotmail.com mailto:indk68@yahoo.com indk68(a)yahoo.com

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OCLC Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo
by Rajeev Sharma 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo Open WorldCat offers the convenience of locating library-owned materials on the Web-and the tools give added convenience of performing search from handy locations on PC desktop. Visit: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm Rajeev Sharma Officer - Information Services Transport Corporation of India Ltd. Gurgaon OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google /Yahoo Open WorldCat offers the convenience of locating library-owned materials on the Weband the tools give added convenience of performing search from handy locations on PC desktop. Visit: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/searchtools/default.htm Rajeev Sharma Officer - Information Services Transport Corporation of India Ltd. Gurgaon

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RE: National Digital Library
by Aman Jha 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Friends, There is a source mistake in my previous posting. Please read The Hindustan Times in place of TOI. 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 -----Original Message----- From: Aman Jha Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:53 PM To: 'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in' Subject: National Digital Library Importance: High Friends, Government of India had initiated a National Digital Lirbary project in 2002. A draft paper was sent to nearly 80 organisations in the country for their comments this summer. The DIT is now analysing their views and will incorporate them in the revised paper. Over the next six months, DIT will conduct brainstorming session on the revised draft paper and come out with a concept paper... For more information, you may like to read the TOI article. Source: TOI, 29 September 2005, page no. 15. 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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Change of Address
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Dear Friends: I wish to inform you that I am leaving ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad today (30th Sep 2005) after completing a four year contractual project here. My new Email address is: vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com I shall continue to be interested in Info services activity. Dr P Vyasamoorthy (ex of Satyam, IDL etc etc) 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ========== Dear Friends: I wish to inform you that I am leaving ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad today (30th Sep 2005) after completing a four year contractual project here. My new Email address is: mailto:vyasamoorthy@gmail.com vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com I shall continue to be interested in Info services activity. Dr P Vyasamoorthy (ex of Satyam, IDL etc etc) 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ==========

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RFID For Indian Libraries
by P.K Sinha 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Respected Seniors and My Friends, I have come across an interesting presentation on the web about RFID for Indian Libraries on the web , pl. check http://www.libsuite.com/libsuite_rfid/rfid_files/Default.htm I think the concept is quite interesting ! Warm Regards, Sinha P.K Asst Librarian _________________________________________________________________ Stock Market Made Easy! http://www.sharekhan.com/campaign/OpenNewAccount.asp?ProdID=23&SrcID=59 Join Sharekhans FirstStep. learn the basics.

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Documents Online through the JISC licence
by sandeep ashok bhavsar 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Dear Colleagues All Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK can now offer their staff and students access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records - DocumentsOnline. Institutions can subscribe DocumentsOnline through the JISC licence - to subscribe please follow the instructions found at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html With DocumentsOnline, users can tap into a rich archive of public records, including academic sources, maps, images, government documents, wills and family history sources. The breadth and depth of the content ensures its relevance across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas including: architecture, environmental management; history; international relations and politics; legal history; military history and war studies. New material will be added, which will be available at no extra charge to subscribing institutions. Find out DocumentsOnline can benefit staff and students: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline_fpd.html Pricing Information is available at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html To determine which band your institution is in, see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_allbanding.html Register for a no obligation free trial today! To take advantage of a no obligation 30 day free trial, please contact trial_access(a)jisc.ac.uk. Please remember to include DocumentsOnline in the subject line of your email and let us know which online resource(s) you would like trial access to. regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Chendni Thane(W). Mo.9867437438 email : sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk Dear Colleagues All Higher and Further Education institutions in the UK can now offer their staff and students access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records - DocumentsOnline. Institutions can subscribe DocumentsOnline through the JISC licence - to subscribe please follow the instructions found at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html With DocumentsOnline, users can tap into a rich archive of public records, including academic sources, maps, images, government documents, wills and family history sources. The breadth and depth of the content ensures its relevance across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas including: architecture, environmental management; history; international relations and politics; legal history; military history and war studies. New material will be added, which will be available at no extra charge to subscribing institutions. Find out DocumentsOnline can benefit staff and students: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline_fpd.html Pricing Information is available at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_documentsonline.html To determine which band your institution is in, see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_allbanding.html Register for a no obligation free trial today! To take advantage of a no obligation 30 day free trial, please contact trial_access(a)jisc.ac.uk. Please remember to include DocumentsOnline in the subject line of your email and let us know which online resource(s) you would like trial access to. regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Chendni Thane(W). Mo.9867437438 email : sandeep31581(a)yahoo.co.uk 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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Congrats to ARD Prasad and SV University
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

>From Peter Suber blog Arun ---- The new institutional repository at Sri Venkateswara University Andhra Pradesh, SVU digital library has Harvesters for easy access to research works, NewIndPress, September 29, 2005. Excerpt: The newly inaugurated digital library in Sri Venkateswara University has some unique features, which makes it unique from any other university library. The home page of SV University Library has two services - HDD and OAIster listed under a heading - Harvesters. HDD stands for Harvester of Digital Documents and it is a computer programme, which retrieves Meta Data (bibliographic information) from various digital repositories (databases) of a particular subject worldwide. According to A R D Prasad of Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, who developed the Harvester for SVU Digital Library, every university and research institute maintains a digital database of dissertations, research papers, thesis, scientific papers and journals of a particular subject, which are not [yet] retrieved by ordinary search engines like Google. ------

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National Digital Library
by Aman Jha 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Friends, Government of India had initiated a National Digital Lirbary project in 2002. A draft paper was sent to nearly 80 organisations in the country for their comments this summer. The DIT is now analysing their views and will incorporate them in the revised paper. Over the next six months, DIT will conduct brainstorming session on the revised draft paper and come out with a concept paper... For more information, you may like to read the TOI article. Source: TOI, 29 September 2005, page no. 15. 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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Re: RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by Navin Soni 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Dear Sir Its really a necessity of time that all the information posted on LIS-forun should be classified so that selection of information or necessity of person be fulfilled. "Right infromation, right time, to right person" be followed. On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >LIS Forum has its special and important role in disseminating LIS related information among LIS professionals, as it was initiated by NCSI with the support of NISSAT. > >Since it is "moderated" my real LIS professionals at NCSI, the issue of irrelevancy doesn't arrise. Still the members feel so, Moderators can frame a policy and publish it in the Forum. > >To stop reading all mails appearing forums, I have a suggestion. We can catagorise the messages under different themes. > >For Example, if there is an announcement about a conference programme, the SUBJECT line can be "Conf-Ann: National Seminar on..........", if it is a seminar organised by KALA, it can be "Conf-Ann-KALA: National Seminar on .......". > >Same way we can put "Trg-Ann-NCSI: Workshop on DSpace by NCSI.....". > >If there is some discussion going on, then it can be "Dis-Relevance of LIS Forum" > >Interlibrary Loans can be put under "ILL-Req-Kashmir University" or "DocDel-Req-Kashmir University"..like that. > >Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". (More specific) >So one can delete or open these mails 'flooded' on their inboxes, by reading the Subject line. Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". > >Even the mails send to LIS forum doesn't have a subject which reveals the message, the moderator can catagorise it an put a subject. > >My personal opinion is that LIS forum should publish messages related o LIS profession, whether it is local, regional, state, national or international. But at the same time, the sender should use his or her common sense, whether to publish it in a national forum or not. > >Regards > >J K Vijayakumar >Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >wrote: >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:22:27 +0530 >To: khaisernikam(a)yahoo.com >There is a saying "Facts are Secred&Comments are free, " .As far as I am >concerened , i feel what ever news we get on LIS - FORUM is just fine & it >is doing well .It is well with in its scope and aims ."Knowledge is power >sharing knowledge is wwealth ". >So long as we communicate some thing original , academic & professional >information irrespective of where it comes from ( I mean geographical -- >zonal ,regional or local etc.) it should not matter . We must also adeher >to very high ethical standards. >However ,certain items like sending festival greetings and sharing >personal information , may kindly be avoided . >These comments are purely personal ,and not to hurt any bodys feeling >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dr Khaiser Nikam >Reader /Management consultant >University of Mysore >Mysore -570 006 >0821-2419399(O) >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Yahoo! for Good >http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate >to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 (O)- 011-23818974 Email: navin(a)drdo.gov.in navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com navin1soni(a)gmail.com =================== Dear Sir Its really a necessity of time that all the information posted on LIS-forun should be classified so that selection of information or necessity of person be fulfilled. "Right infromation, right time, to right person" be followed. On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 JK Vijayakumar wrote : >Dear Professionals, > >LIS Forum has its special and important role in disseminating LIS related information among LIS professionals, as it was initiated by NCSI with the support of NISSAT. > >Since it is "moderated" my real LIS professionals at NCSI, the issue of irrelevancy doesn't arrise. Still the members feel so, Moderators can frame a policy and publish it in the Forum. > >To stop reading all mails appearing forums, I have a suggestion. We can catagorise the messages under different themes. > >For Example, if there is an announcement about a conference programme, the SUBJECT line can be "Conf-Ann: National Seminar on..........", if it is a seminar organised by KALA, it can be "Conf-Ann-KALA: National Seminar on .......". > >Same way we can put "Trg-Ann-NCSI: Workshop on DSpace by NCSI.....". > >If there is some discussion going on, then it can be "Dis-Relevance of LIS Forum" > >Interlibrary Loans can be put under "ILL-Req-Kashmir University" or "DocDel-Req-Kashmir University"..like that. > >Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". (More specific) >So one can delete or open these mails 'flooded' on their inboxes, by reading the Subject line. Subjects like "Help required" should be changed to "Help:Topic for Ph D Research". > >Even the mails send to LIS forum doesn't have a subject which reveals the message, the moderator can catagorise it an put a subject. > >My personal opinion is that LIS forum should publish messages related o LIS profession, whether it is local, regional, state, national or international. But at the same time, the sender should use his or her common sense, whether to publish it in a national forum or not. > >Regards > >J K Vijayakumar >Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >wrote: >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:22:27 +0530 >To: khaisernikam(a)yahoo.com >There is a saying "Facts are Secred&Comments are free, " .As far as I am >concerened , i feel what ever news we get on LIS - FORUM is just fine & it >is doing well .It is well with in its scope and aims ."Knowledge is power >sharing knowledge is wwealth ". >So long as we communicate some thing original , academic & professional >information irrespective of where it comes from ( I mean geographical -- >zonal ,regional or local etc.) it should not matter . We must also adeher >to very high ethical standards. >However ,certain items like sending festival greetings and sharing >personal information , may kindly be avoided . >These comments are purely personal ,and not to hurt any bodys feeling >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dr Khaiser Nikam >Reader /Management consultant >University of Mysore >Mysore -570 006 >0821-2419399(O) >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >Yahoo! for Good >http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate >to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805 (O)- 011-23818974 Email: navin(a)drdo.gov.in navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com navin1soni(a)gmail.com =================== 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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