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by dineshmail 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

Dear Friends, I am seriously looking for a book "Strategic Management for Academic Libraries" by Hayes, Greenwood Press, If anybody knows the avbailability of this book in any of the libraries in bangalore or other places, kindly inform me. Thanking you, Dinesh K S Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engg. & Tech. Devanahally, Bangalore.

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[Fwd: Re [bytesforall_readers] BBC Program on ICTs vs POVERTY]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Source: http://www.dev.tv ICTs vs POVERTY What role do ICTs have in banishing poverty? We have just had a Millennium Summit Plus 5 in New York. To no-one’s surprise, the ambitious so-called "Millennium Development Goals" for halving poverty are not being met. Could that be because in the 21st century we are overlooking the 21st century solution for bridging the divide between Rich and Poor? Namely: to invest more in ICTs – television, radio, computers, the Internet, mobile phones, and so on? On 30 September, at the headquarters of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, we are staging a Debate on the emerging agenda for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). An invited audience of 50 ICT movers and shakers will fire questions at a distinguished panel. The Debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 October 2005, in advance of Phase II of WSIS, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16-18 November 2005. This is your chance to have a say by sending your questions to Anita McNaught, moderator for the Debate. Send your questions right up to 12:00 GMT on 29 September 2005 on anita(a)dev.tv, and we will do our best to make sure they are put to the panel. This Debate is staged with support from SDC, GKP, and UNDP-APDIP.

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The knowledge revolution still eludes the Indian farmer -. P. Prabhakaran Nair
by vasanth raj 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Dear Sir/Madam, THREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation. The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society". The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front............... Further Information Source: Business line www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Sir/Madam, T HREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation. The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society". The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front............... Further Information Source: Business line http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Re: Gouder Plz don't get offended !! (fwd)
by I.R.N.Goudar 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Dear Dr. Kaiser, Your opinion given in the text is perfectly OK and I agree with you that we should avoid personal communication and festival/birtday greetings. Infact Lis-Forum is already following these norms. However a good personal experience having a relation to LIS or somebody's outstanding achievements in LIS, etc can go through forum. When somebody requests for an article or a book through forum (justified), but the response by resource library and in turn thanking mail by the requester be sent to the concerned person only, not through the forum. In my posting I have clearly mentioned quality, relevance, etc. This is in confirmity with what you have opined. This being the case where was the need to mention in the Subject? " Gouder PlZ don't get offended!! Goudar " On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, khaiser nikam wrote: > *********************** > Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. > ***********-*********** > > > Friends, > 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) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Career Explorer Magazine details
by Abhilash P P 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Dear Professionals we would like to subscribe the following two periodicals for our central library, 1. Career Explorer 2. The Beutifull Mind any one know the subscription details or address details please mail to us thanking you in advance with best regards ABHILASHAN P ASST LIBRARIAN SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH KUNIAMUTHUR (PO) COIMBATORE - 641 008 INDIA Dear Professionals we would like to subscribe the following two periodicals for our central library, 1. Career Explorer 2. The Beutifull Mind any one know the subscription details or address details please mail to us thanking you in advance with best regards ABHILASHAN P ASST LIBRARIAN SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH KUNIAMUTHUR (PO) COIMBATORE - 641 008 INDIA 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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Elocution Competition at DLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

MULISSA event � 4: Elocution Competition Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA), Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore organized an elocution competition for the students of MLISc and MIM on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 3.30 pm. The elocution competition was arranged by MULISSA to encourage the students to improve upon their public speaking abilities, to overcome impediments such as stammer, stutter, general nerves, and to increase their confidence in their communication. Each participant was asked to speak for two minutes about any topic of their choice. The competition received an overwhelming response from the student community. Public speaking tops the list of phobias for most people. Public speaking anxiety is very common among student community. The anxiety of students in public speaking center around: being embarrassed; worries about mistakes; looking stupid; judged unattractive; no one being interested in what they have to say; and not wanting to be the centre of attention. Speaking on the occasion Prof. Shalini R Urs urged the students to participate actively. Oratory is a skill that needs to be cultivated consciously, as no one is a born orator. Proper preparation and practicing/rehearsing would help to communicate better. She said, even most successful speakers practice their speech. She cited the examples of Sir Winston Churchill � one of the most successful orators of the world - being confessed in that he was practising his speeches for important occasion before a huge mirror. There was an interesting range of topics that the students chose to speak on. They include: places; leaders � political and spiritual; institutions of learning � colleges, Departments and Universities; education; jokes; eye donation; technology; fundamental duties; personal traits � self respect, friendship etc. Events like Siachen and Katrina were also subjects of talk in the elocution competition. One student talked for entire two minutes on his futile effort to find a topic for the elocution competition!! A quick feed back collected showed that students enjoyed the programme and at the same they felt that the programme has helped them to overcome their inhibitions to some extent. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore and Ms. Pushpa Joseph, Assistant Librarian, Mysore University Library, Mysore adjudged the student performance in the competition. Ms. M. Nagaveni and Ms. K. Savitha won the first and second prizes respectively. Giving his opinion on the competition, Dr. Kumbar said that these kinds of competition would help the students to improve their communication skill. He said apart from competition, the DLIS has been trying its best to improve the communication skills of students by way of compulsory seminars and assignments. It may be noted here that DLIS, Mysore has recently introduced one exclusive paper called �Personality Development and Communication Skills� in its MLISc curriculum. Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, the faculty advisor of MULISSA welcomed the gathering and Sri. C.S. Surendra proposed the vote of thanks. -- 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] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by M Koteswara Rao 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear Colleagues, I do agree that this LIS-Forum started by Late Dr. Rajashekar is the first of its kind in the country for library professionals. Over the year it has helped all of us in many ways. It is an example of a practical work done by Dr. TBR, and not just 'plain talk' given by many. However, I do not agree to Mr. Goudar's statement ".... Rather we need (not?) bother about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the postings....". I think that the quality and relevance of the content is also very important in lis-forum. We are already aware that many of the postings on this forum are too immature and lack quality and sense of direction. If we need to keep this forum active and alive, we should definitely adhere to some standards. M. Koteswara Rao ------------------------------------- Deputy librarian Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai - 600036, India Tele: 91-044-22574954 On Fri, September 23, 2005 2:14 pm, Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com said: > RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > I agree with Mr Gouder. > Lis-forum has already become (by virtue of heavy usage, members > from diverse institutions, and the perceived utility by subscribers) number one among such forums for librarians and library science. It is necessary for the professional to keep > abreast > of happenings > in the country. Therefore posts from other foru > m > s should be welcome. > > Only one minor problems needs to be addressed. As I am > greedy, I subscribe to several mailing lists: Lis-forum, corp. librarians, > Emala, IATLIS,Lis-net etc. When messages are cross-posted a lot of duplication at the subscriber's end occurs. As many messages > contain replies to some first link in a thread, one has to read through a lot of messages before deleting duplicates. > How can we avoid such duplication? > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > ]On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:05 PM > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE > Dear Professionals, > As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of > communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly expressed > his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an University. > In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned > professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, West Bengal or Karnataka. > I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether the > LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing some > issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. > I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 > Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 > Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 > National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

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)

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Open Journal Systems
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:18:42 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> *Dear Colleagues* ** FYI & Use.. *What is the Open Journal Systems?* Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research. OJS is open source software made freely available to journals worldwide for the purpose of making open access publishing a viable option for more journals, as open access can increase a journal's readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale (see PKP Publications <http://pkp.ubc.ca/publications/>). *Features* 1. OJS is installed locally and locally controlled. 2. Editors configure requirements, sections, review process, etc. 3. Online submission and management of all content. 4. Subscription module with delayed open access options. 5. Comprehensive indexing of content part of global system. 6. Reading Tools for content, based on field and editors' choice. 7. Email notification and commenting ability for readers. 8. Complete context-sensitive online Help support. Consult OJS in an Hour <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/OJSinanHour.pdf> for more details and to take OJS for a test-drive. *September 17, 2005: OJS 2.0.2 Released* This release features Microsoft IIS 6 support, LOCKSS<http://lockss.stanford.edu/>support, custom email templates, search enhancements, bug fixes and much more. See the Download <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download.html> page and release notes <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/RELEASE> for more information. *OJS 2.0 Release Announcement*<http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs2announcement.html> *OJS in an Hour* <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/OJSinanHour.pdf> *OJS Technical Reference* <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/OJSTechnicalReference.pdf> *Early Reviews of OJS* <http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/ojs_comments.html> *OJS FAQs<http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/faq.html> * *Examples of OJS Users <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/journals.html>* *Demo of OJS v2.0 <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/demo/present/>* *Demo of OJS v1.1.9<http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/demo/ojs119/> * *OJS Online Support Forum <http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/support/forum/index.php> * *Other Open Source Systems <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/other_OJS.html>* * Download <http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download.html>* Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G, Librarian�Knowledge Management Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com ************************************************************ ICICI OneSource Ltd. 148 Bhaskara Plaza, RV Road, VV Puram, Bangalore-560004, INDIA. Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com, bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************ Pl do visit & put your comments on Guest Book "KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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Dr. Ranganathan's Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:05:23 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends In the context "Open Access and Five Laws" messages [Given below] I would like to put my reactions. 1. The term "Open Access" was used by Dr. S.R Ranganathan to describe a library system where a "reader" is permitted to go to the stack and browse through the collection. This is what the modern libraries now follow. However, in those days, libraries were not "open access" as the readers were required to give details of required book to the Library Staff. At the most, a reader was permitted to access the Library Catalogue. By advocating "Open Access" he wanted to provide the benefits of "browsing approach" to the readers. 2. The Works of Dr. S.R Ranganathan are wonderful. I happen read the Original Works "FIVE LAWS and PROLEGOMENA to Library Classification. Five Laws has been written in a very interesting format of "Animated Talks / Dialogues". I wish these should be available now in Open Access [as understood these days] Mode. 3. SRELS may stand to loose financially. But then, There are ways to compensate. They may put up their own web site which may be sponsored / Or Advertisement revenue could be generated. 4. Technology / Hosting / Digitisation should not be a problem. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in =======================REFERENCE MESSAGES=================== Message: 3 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:57:39 +0530 (IST) From: "Prabhash.Rath" <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Apply Open Access to Five Laws? To: MichaelMay.10726764(a)bloglines.com Cc: michael.p.may(a)earthlink.net, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <42007.202.41.82.51.1127370459.squirrel(a)gipe.ernet.in> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Dear all This is actually a very good and useful suggestion. Really we talk a lot about Prof Ranganathan's five laws but I doubt really how many of us have really gone through the original work. Most of us get the references from the secondary sources only. Of course there are some other works like Prolegomena...etc. which are also often referred to but rarely seen in original, five laws being a small book can well be digitised.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open access to Dr Ranganthan's ideas
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:29:01 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Hello freinds the suggestion given by Dr Arunachalam is valid and a good suggestion. i feel that there is enough of scope to revise even the CCC and CC to a larger extent. Mainly, the CCC is much comfortably can be revised. unfortunately, many students and colleagues of Late Dr Ranganathan, take his name for their own purposes. they make use of SRR name for their selfishness. they never bothered to revise or sponsor intensive studies on his works. Every one takes pride in associating their names with SRR. I am one of the lucky persons to have taken a gift (CCC ) from SRELS in 1968, duly signed by the great man. there is every possibility of sponsoring studies on relevance of his theories. It is a known fact that five laws continue to be relevant in the changing information environment. it is high time for SRELS or DRTC or others who claim and boast themselves the great man's colleagues, to take the job seriously and do something to retain and promote the ideas of late Ranganathan. it is a known fact that SRR's contribution to this profession / knowledge, especially in India is phenomenal and no one can do as much as he has done at least in next century.already, the generation started ignoring him and his concepts. the schools are shying away to teach some of his concepts. still it is not late to take up to take the job and do some thing. i only suggest all professionals especially, who claim and take SRR' name for everything to take advantage should start working for popularising / improving the concepts and theories. in the process of writing this mail, i never meant hurting any individual. my apologies if some one gets hurt. laxman rao ----------------------------------------------------- Shahab <smshahabuddin(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: Dear friends: I have read the posting by Michael May asking for the digitisation of Dr Ranganathan's book, Five Laws of Library Science. It is very pathetic to know that due to the nonavailability of sufficient number of copies many library and information science graduates are unable to read the book. The case is similar for other books penned by Dr Ranganthan. He had preached open access and accessibility to information throughout his life. And it is his books being obstructed, by whatsoever the reasons be, for access.

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Oa in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Friends: Please look up http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number54/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=02 for my article on OA in India which appeared in Access recently. Arun Friends: Please look up http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number54/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=02 http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number54/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=02 for my article on OA in India which appeared in Access recently. Arun

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RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I agree with Mr Gouder. Lis-forum has already become (by virtue of heavy usage, members from diverse institutions, and the perceived utility by subscribers) number one among such forums for librarians and library science. It is necessary for the professional to keep abreast of happenings in the country. Therefore posts from other forums should be welcome. Only one minor problems needs to be addressed. As I am greedy, I subscribe to several mailing lists: Lis-forum, corp. librarians, Emala, IATLIS,Lis-net etc. When messages are cross-posted a lot of duplication at the subscriber's end occurs. As many messages contain replies to some first link in a thread, one has to read through a lot of messages before deleting duplicates. How can we avoid such duplication? Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:05 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE Dear Professionals, As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly expressed his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an University. In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, West Bengal or Karnataka. I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether the LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing some issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE I agree with Mr Gouder. Lis-forum has already become (by virtue of heavy usage, members from diverse institutions, and the perceived utility by subscribers) number one among such forums for librarians and library science. It is necessary for the professional to keep abreast of happenings in the country. Therefore posts from other foru m s should be welcome. Only one minor problems needs to be addressed. As I am greedy, I subscribe to several mailing lists: Lis-forum, corp. librarians, Emala, IATLIS,Lis-net etc. When messages are cross-posted a lot of duplication at the subscriber's end occurs. As many messages contain replies to some first link in a thread, one has to read through a lot of messages before deleting duplicates. How can we avoid such duplication? Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ]On Behalf Of I.R.N.Goudar Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:05 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE Dear Professionals, As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly expressed his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an University. In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, West Bengal or Karnataka. I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether the LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing some issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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SKCET LIBRARY WORKSHOP 2005
by Abhilash P P 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear Professionals Sri Krishna College of Engineering Technology , Dept of Library is organising one day workshop on 22nd Oct 2005 . Title of the Workshop: E-Resources: Collection Evaluation & Management Venue: Dept of Library Sri Krishna College of Engg & Tech, Kunaimuthur (Post) Coimbatore -641008, Tamil Nadu. Ph. 0422-2678001 (7 lines) Email: mailto:tamizhchelvan@gmail.com tamizhchelvan(a)gmail.com , mailto:skcetworkshop@yahoo.co.in skcetworkshop(a)yahoo.co.in The Workshop is intended to discuss the technological trends in digital libraries, discuss key issues involved in digital library development (using Greenstone Digital Library Open source software). Through this workshop, the participants come to know: Creating awareness on E-Resources E-resources format and standards Realising the importance of Institutional repositories Developing awareness of Digital Library Collection: and Enriching the participants on Digital Library on Open Resources (GSDL & Dspace) For further details please visit http://www.geocities.com/skcetworkshop/ http://www.geocities.com/skcetworkshop/ Expecting your participation with warm regards Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan, Librarian/Organising Secretary, Sri Krishna College of Engg & Tech, Kuniamuthur (PO) Coimbatore 641 008 Tamil Nadu - India. Email: tamizhchelvan(a)gmail.com Dear Professionals Sri Krishna College of Engineering Technology , Dept of Library is organising one day workshop on 22nd Oct 2005. Title of the Workshop: E-Resources: Collection Evaluation & Management Venue: Dept of Library Sri Krishna College of Engg & Tech, Kunaimuthur (Post) Coimbatore -641008, Tamil Nadu. Ph. 0422-2678001 (7 lines) Email: tamizhchelvan(a)gmail.com, skcetworkshop(a)yahoo.co.in The Workshop is intended to discuss the technological trends in digital libraries, discuss key issues involved in digital library development (using Greenstone Digital Library Open source software). Through this workshop, the participants come to know: Creating awareness on E-Resources E-resources format and standards Realising the importance of Institutional repositories Developing awareness of Digital Library Collection: and Enriching the participants on Digital Library on Open Resources (GSDL & Dspace) For further details please visit http://www.geocities.com/skcetworkshop/ Expecting your participation with warm regards Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan, Librarian/Organising Secretary, Sri Krishna College of Engg & Tech, Kuniamuthur (PO) Coimbatore 641 008 Tamil Nadu - India. Email: tamizhchelvan(a)gmail.com

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Could you please help me?
by Mailing List Manager 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:09:57 +0530 From: Dr.J.Samajdar <lalijyoti(a)vsnl.net> Dear colleagues, I am doing my PhD on Information seeking behaviour and information utilisation pattern of psychiatrists. Please help me with questionnaire/survey/references of literature on this topic. Please inform me about authentic sites on psychiatric literature. Addresses and/or email_id of Medical Library Associations. email_id of forums on college library/librarians. Hope to get some help from all of you. Regards. Susmita Librarian of M M C College,Kolkata,West Bengal,India Mobile:9830710918

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InfoWatch September 2005
by M.R Lalitha 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear LIS-Forum member, The September 2005 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) September 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue 1. Amino Acid-Nucleotide Interaction Database (AANT) 2. AZoNano.com - The A to Z of Nanotechnology 3. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) [A multi-disciplinary search engine to scholarly internet resources] 4. Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) 5. Engineering - An endless frontier [Insights into the underlying principles of engineering through a series of illustrated articles] 6. Flight Dynamics and Control toolbox (FDC) [A tool for aircraft dynamics analysis and flight control system design] 7. FreeMat [A free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing] 8. FreePCB - A printed circuit board layout editor 9. FreeTechBooks.com - Free computer science books and lecture notes 10. Industrial Control DesignLine [A resource for industrial engineers and designers for up-to-date information] 11. IT Backbones [A resource with white papers and news for the IT sector] 12. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) 13. Microsoft Research [A unique corporate research lab] 14. Open Online Education Network (OOEN) [A reference guide to online distance education] 15. Protein Spotlight - One month one protein 16. SCATMECH - Polarized light scattering C++ class library 17. Science conferences - A disitributed portal to select science and technology conference proceedings 18. Sky View Cafe [Java applet to view the movements of astronomical objects] 19. Sustainable building sourcebook 20. Xcalcs - Online calculations for structural engineers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to InfoWatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LIS-FORUM: ITS ROLE
by I.R.N.Goudar 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear Professionals, As you are aware LIS-FORUM has emerged as an effective means of communication and discussion among LIS Professionals in the country for the last few years. One of the Lis-Forum member has strongly expressed his feelings that postings covering Regional/State level associations should not be broadcast on Lis-Forum. But if you see the postings all these years, forum has been covering items issued by be it MALIBNET, KALA, MYLISA, RSC-Delhi, IATLIS, SIS, etc or a message from an University. In this way forum is networking LIS Professionals and concerned professional associations all over the country, be it fron Kashmir, TN, West Bengal or Karnataka. I am of the opinion that apart from discussing professional matters we should know what is going on in professional circles elsewhere too. While each Association can have its own discussion forum, important announcemnets should be covered by Lis-Forum irrespective of whether the LIS Association is State/Regional level one as long as the matter is of interest, as has been the case all these days. Rather we need bother about the quality, importance and relevance of the of the content in the postings. Infact Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar had posted an item toucing some issues concerned in this matter a year back or so. I INVITE LIS-FORUM MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR OPINION IN THIS MATTER. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Open access to Dr Ranganthan's ideas
by Shahab 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear friends: I have read the posting by Michael May asking for the digitisation of Dr Ranganathan's book, Five Laws of Library Science. It is very pathetic to know that due to the nonavailability of sufficient number of copies many library and information science graduates are unable to read the book. The case is similar for other books penned by Dr Ranganthan. He had preached open access and accessibility to information throughout his life. And it is his books being obstructed, by whatsoever the reasons be, for access. I would like to appeal the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), which holds the copyright for Dr Ranganathan's books, to concentrate on popularising his ideas by digitising all his works and giving it for free. It will be a boon for the students and professionals in the field of Library and Information Science. Now the technology has allowed us to achieve what Dr.Ranganathan has propounded/dreamt of in a greater way. Let us take advantage of the technology and emerging trends in publishing. S M Shahabuddin M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai, India Dear friends: I have read the posting by Michael May asking for the digitisation of Dr Ranganathan's book, Five Laws of Library Science. It is very pathetic to know that due to the nonavailability of sufficient number of copies many library and information science graduates are unable to read the book. The case is similar for other books penned by Dr Ranganthan. He had preached open access and accessibility to information throughout his life. And it is his books being obstructed, by whatsoever the reasons be, for access. I would like to appeal the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), which holds the copyright for Dr Ranganathan's books, to concentrate on popularising his ideas by digitising all his works and giving it for free. It will be a boon for the students and professionals in the field of Library and Information Science. Now the technology has allowed us to achieve what Dr.Ranganathan has propounded/dreamt of in a greater way. Let us take advantage of the technology and emerging trends in publishing. S M Shahabuddin M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai, India 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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RE: [LIS-Forum] Seminars conf proceeding info
by Parinita Samant 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Dear All, Its nice to meet (virtually) such like-minded people. Like Nivedita says, it is not possible to attend the conferences and seminars which are taking place. Useful information which is generated is limited to the people who attend the conferences. The barriers that we face, of time, physical location, finance etc can be overcome by achiving the information generated in the seminars/conferences etc, on an open platform (like Aparajita has suggested). In this way, all of us Library Proessionals could be keeping abreast with what is happening in the field, and we could implement some of the useful suggestions made. Our field is now fast changing. E-Learning is growing at a very fast pace. For a long time, professionals in our field have been battling with technology. "Sink or Swim" has made us adapt as and when necessary. But is this enough? Compared to the development of Libraries in the western society, and the kind of services they provide, we in India are lagging far behind (believe me, not for the lack of talent). Not that we need to follow where they lead, but surely we can pick and choose what is best and implement it!! Information, useful information, proper use of the same, and how to implement it whenever and wherever necessary should be made available to all. All of us try to make a difference wherever we work. The innovative ideas that we use to "sell and/or market" our skills, the difference that we make when we interact with our clientele etc should not be limited to just one library. New developments and where and how we could use the same could be shared by us all. Our ideas that have made a difference could be shared, anything that we have pioneered or we are planning to implement could be shared and discussed. That way, we will not only be able to perform better in our spheres, but also we could interact with people who have, "been there-done that", share their experiences learn from them and avoid mistakes and pit-falls. Thanks and Regards, Parinita HexaVarsity - Library 55919595 Ext. No 9707 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Parinita Samant Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:46 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seminars conf proceeding info Dear All, We all hear of a lot of Seminars and Conferences being organized by and for Library Professionals. Would it not be more beneficial if the reports/proceedings etc of these could be made available for all? Or, at least, the organizers could give out details of where to procure this kind of information from...! Just a thought...... Thanks and Regards, Parinita parinitas(a)hexaware.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Seminars conf proceeding info
by HENAG 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Thanks a lot Ms Parinita, The same thought also came in my mind. It would even be useful for them who could not attend the seminar for some reasons. Thanks & regards Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Electronics City. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Parinita Samant Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:46 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seminars conf proceeding info Dear All, We all hear of a lot of Seminars and Conferences being organized by and for Library Professionals. Would it not be more beneficial if the reports/proceedings etc of these could be made available for all? Or, at least, the organizers could give out details of where to procure this kind of information from...! Just a thought...... Thanks and Regards, Parinita parinitas(a)hexaware.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***

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Apply Open Access to Five Laws?
by MichaelMay.10726764＠bloglines.com 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Dear Colleagues, I am replying to the recent post about the article, "India pioneered open access publishing system" at http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep182005/state1942332005917.asp I believe S.R. Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science would have a greater impact on Open Access if the full text of the original edition of Five Laws was made freely available online for non-profit use by LIS professionals, scholars and students, and the general public worldwide. Although Five Laws is frequently cited as a seminal work in library and information science, the book itself does not appear to have ever been digitized or published in electronic format. Not even print copies of Five Laws are readily available for loan or sale, at least in the United States. According to OCLC's WorldCat, only about 50 libraries have copies of the first edition of Five Laws in their collections. While more libraries hold later editions and reprints, no editions of Five Laws appear to be in stock or currently available for sale from booksellers. A recent journal article estimates that between 4,000 and 5,000 students graduate from U.S. library schools each year. Since copies are not readily available, many of these students probably have not read Ranganathan's Five Laws, arguably the most important work in our field. The Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Laws for Library Science (SRELS) at Bangalore owns the copyright to the Five Laws of Library Science. Do any LIS-Forum subscribers have ideas about how SRELS might go about digitizing Five Laws? Are there any Indian libraries, universities, or non-profit organizations that would be able to donate technical expertise and equipment needed to adequately preserve and disseminate the text in digital format? Is any grant money available to help finance such a project? Would any librarians or students volunteer their time to help? Perhaps if we shared our ideas here and with SRELS at srels(a)vsnl.com, we could find a way to provide open access to the work identified as the origin of Open Access. Respectfully, Michael May Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. michael.p.may(a)earthlink.net

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33rd FIVE LAWS LECTURE
by DRTC General 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

DRTC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE 33rd FIVE LAWS LECTURE (2005) on ISO 9000 : 2000 and Special Libraries by Dr. A. Aruna Scientist "F", TIC/Library Gas Turbine Research Estab., C.V. Raman Nagar, Bangalore 560076 on Tuesday, 27th September 2005 at 6.30 pm. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, (Upstairs), 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010 Presided by Prof. K.S Raghavan Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059

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4th International Convention CALIBER - 2006 on Dymanic Interoperable Web based Information Systems at Gulbarga University, -India
by Mailing List Manager 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:10:36 -0700 (PDT) From: raghavendra patil <raghapatil(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professsionals, INFLIBNET Centre has been organising CALIBER every year in different parts of the country in collaboration with different universities.This Convention provides a unique forum to the library professionals, information providers and users involved in automation and networking of libraries to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. CALIBER-2006 on �Dymanic Interoperable Web based Information Systems� is being scheduled to be hosted at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga during February , 2006. For more Detials one can go through : http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2006/index.html With Regards Raghavendra Patil Librarian K J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology Somaiya Ayurvihar Complex, Near Everard Nagar, Eastern Express Highway, Sion, MUMBAI - 400 022 (INDIA) Telephone: 91-22-2402 8801/2408 0331/2404 2797 Ext:114 Fax: 91-22-2402 8804 E mail:raghavendra.patil@gmail.com,raghapatil@yahoo.com, URL: www.somaiya.edu

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For Google, Another Stormy Chapter !!!
by Shraddha Lapasiya 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Dear All, The world's most popular and fastest search engine is in mid of a controversy with regards to violation of copy rights...... TO KNOW MORE.. Read the news below: For Google, Another Stormy Chapter Fuzzy copyright laws leave plenty of room for controversy -- and a new lawsuit -- over the search engine's right to scan books For details : http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc20050922_5949_tc02… --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Dear All, The world's most popular and fastest search engine is in mid of a controversy with regards to violation of copy rights...... TO KNOW MORE.. Read the news below: For Google, Another Stormy Chapter Fuzzy copyright laws leave plenty of room for controversy -- and a new lawsuit -- over the search engine's right to scan books For details : http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc20050922_5949_tc02… http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc20050922_5949_tc02… Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Useful news
by Aman Jha 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Friends, Two news items, I found interesting in today's Hindu. May be interesting for you as well. 1. Libraries vs shopping malls [Delhi edition, Page no. 24] The story is all about Singapore's new national library and the library culture in Singapore. 2. Beware, malware is out there! [Delhi edition, Page no. 13] According to "Internet Security Threat Report" released on Wednesday by Symantec, Open software are no longer safe. 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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