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[Fwd: [bytesforall_readers] Free to use and free to edit, Wikipedia is growing fast...]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Friends: I received it in the mail today. Best wishes. Arun ---- Free to use and free to edit, Wikipedia is growing fast. Now its founder has announced a series of new projects, writes Sean Dodson Thursday August 11, 2005 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1546162,00.html In less than five years, what started out as a small side project with a budget of a few thousand pounds has grown into one of the web's greatest success stories. Wikipedia, the open, editable encyclopedia, and its sister projects have gone from absolutely nothing to 22m entries in less than half a decade. In doing so, Wikipedia - the centrepiece of the Wikimedia empire - has become the most detailed encyclopedia in history. And its breathtaking pace has yet to show any sign of slowing. As an online knowledge database, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) has one significant advantage over its expert, professional predecessors: anyone is free to edit it. Equally, anybody is free to delete entries or add new ones. The system works by using editable web pages known as wikis (hence the name), which let ordinary users make changes as they see fit. And, in handing this power to the people, Wikipedia has become more than just a hobby - for some it is almost a religion. Last Friday, the movement held its first ever international conference, Wikimania, in a youth hostel in Frankfurt, with 400 delegates who'd flown in from all over the world. The Wikimedia Foundation is to knowledge what the Open University is to academia, except it operates on an annual budget of $800,000 (Â£450,000) and - perhaps most surprisingly - with a staff of just one person. It is written and administered by a legion of volunteers who work for free. Tens of thousands of devotees, self-confessed wikimaniacs, squirrel away at the world's information, trying to cover "the sum of all human knowledge" in every language spoken by humans - and a few, such as Sanskrit and Old English, that are long dead. As well as the encyclopedia, the foundation also offers a dictionary, a taxonomy of the species and a nascent news service. All operate under the same ideals of openness and public cooperation without the need of financial incentive. At Wikimania, Jimmy Wales, the movement's founder, identified the next pieces of the jigsaw likely to fall into place. In his keynote address, Wales named a list of things "that should be free". While not quite commandments, they amount to 10 ideas about how the "Free Culture Movement", as he termed it, could extend the wiki ethic beyond the pages of its ever-growing encyclopedia. Among the projects under discussion are an online atlas charted by members of the public; a repository of classical music to be performed by student orchestras; a file format to rival the mighty MP3; an online curriculum stretching from kindergarten to university; and an archive of images of paintings by the old masters. In short, Wikipedia is to spread its wings over many more forms of culture. What's more, there are already 10,000 book "modules" being collaboratively written within the pages of Wikipedia. Soon, they will be published under the foundation's banner thanks to a deal with an "on demand" publisher. It could, says Wales, signal a whole new kind of book publishing. He also urged his hardcore following - the various volunteer "chapter heads" who administer the wiki projects and police the site for copyright violations and mindless vandalism - to go forth and multiply. This is important to Wales because while Wikipedia is becoming a wider movement theoretically open to anyone, only an elite of users actually bother. According to the movement's own statistics, there are 3,800 hardcore users making more than 100 edits a month, and another 18,000 who make at least five. Then there is a long tail of casual users who use Wikipedia as just another authoritative source - as they might have once used Britannica or Microsoft's Encarta, making the odd edit only if the urge takes them. As the movement gets bigger, its organisation becomes more difficult. Already there are Wikimedia "chapters" in Germany and France, who help organise fundraising and hand out administration tasks. A UK chapter (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK) is also beginning to form, with a small group of wikipedians meeting in central London every couple of months. One of its regulars, Dave Gerard, a part-time volunteer editor and full-time computer system administrator, freely admits he is "addicted" to Wikimedia and spends several hours every day on work related to the site. Like most editors, his primary motivation is to do "some public good". "I've been filling my head with information for decades," he says. "This is a chance to get it all back out again." He is not alone. Ever since the library of Alexandria was built, the dream of amassing vast quantities of information has inspired the world. "What we're doing," says Wales, is building "a world in which every person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge." Just as astonishingly, he thinks it will take just a decade to achieve this ambition. According to Wales, there are more than 22m Wikimedia entries extending across 200 languages. The aim is to provide for "every language in the world spoken by at least one million people" by 2015. If this sounds like chaos, think again: it's more akin to the ideas that fired the imaginations of 19th century political radicals such as Matthew Arnold and Mikael Bakunin. It is anarchy representing a self-regulating cooperative of free thinkers acting voluntarily for a greater common good - and it works in practice, too. There is a rumour, started by a factual error in Time Magazine, that the Wikipedia entries for US presidential candidates George Bush and John Kerry were "frozen" during last year's election campaign, so fierce was invective-laden spam being slapped around by both sides. In fact, the page was closed "less than 2% of the time," according to Wales. Even in the heat of battle, Wikipedia can be relied upon as an impartial and trustworthy source. It should stay that way. Wikipedia will, says Wales, never carry a commercial advertisement, nor rely on government funding. The Wikimedia Foundation is paid for by contributions from charitable foundations and its reading public. Help comes from all quarters: Yahoo recently donated its old servers (banks of which reside in clusters in Paris, Amsterdam and Florida) and the Foundation holds bandwidth-buying fundraising drives. In February, wikimaniacs were so keen to stump up the cash that they overshot their target of $75,000 (Â£42,000) in just a few days. The organisation's entire budget is also online. In more ways than one, Wikimedia is an open book. Which is why it is easy to discover that there are 600,000 articles in the English language volume alone - not counting another 70,000 entries on its sister Wiktionary. More than 1,250 new articles - over 500 an hour - are added every day, and entries are becoming ever more detailed. The average number of edits - the inevitable revisions and corrections - in the English encyclopedia is now more than 10, with the entries increasing in quality as the project matures. That it achieves all this on it's small annual budget is astounding. The fact that it only employs one person is doubly so. Wales started Wikipedia in January 2001, as an offshoot to a failed commercial encyclopedia, Nupedia. He made his first fortune from his days treading the Chicago trading floors in futures and options, and made another with a dotcom that peddled content - including soft porn -in the late 90s. He now describes himself as "independently wealthy". Given that background, it's unsurprising that very little content gets censored. And the site takes a provocative stance on the copyright of old paintings, allowing images to be posted freely on the site. "I've told the National Portrait Gallery I'll see them in court," says Wales. It has so far avoided any serious trouble, though Wikipedia has twice been blocked from China - "We don't know if this was just a mistake" - and once from Saudi Arabia, but only for a few hours in each instance. In February 2002, most participants of the Spanish Wikipedia broke away to establish the rival Enciclopedia Libre, but there is now talk of welcoming them back. It could be said that the mark of a good technology is when Microsoft starts "borrowing" your ideas. Microsoft's Encarta announced in April that it was adopting wiki-style open editing for its for-profit encyclopedia. Others, such as the Free Encyclopedia, have copied the ideas pretty much wholesale. So can the other encyclopedias hope to match Wikipedia's pace? Maybe not, because Wikipedia has become something else. "Books like the Encyclopedia Britannica are nothing else than simple knowledge compendiums without any political soul," says Jean-Baptiste Soufron, a legal adviser to the Wikimedia Foundation. "I am convinced that Wikipedia is the only real encyclopedia of our days because it's the only one that relies on a real political goal: to pursue freedom over content and information." Links Wiktionary www.wiktionary.org Jimmy's blog http://blog.jimmywales.com Wiki Statistics http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Statistics_overview [Thanks to Eddie Fernandes <eddie at fernandes.u-net.com> for sending this in. -FN]

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Book Request
by Siva Chidambaram 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Dear professionals/fellows Could you please tell me the following book is available in your Library. Preferably in New Delhi. Rao, U. R., 1996. Space technology for sustainable development. 564pp, ISBN 0 07 462368 0, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing, New Delhi. Thanks with regards ****************************************************** S.Siva Chidambaram Librarian National Institute of Public Finance and Policy 18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area Near J.N.U. East Gate, New Delhi - 110067 India Phone:91-11-26569303,26569780,26569784 Fax: 91-11-26852548 Email:ss_chidambaram@yahoo.com.in ***************************************************** Dear professionals/fellows Could you please tell me the following book is available in your Library. Preferably in New Delhi. Rao, U. R., 1996. Space technology for sustainable development. 564pp, ISBN 0 07 462368 0, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing, New Delhi. Thanks with regards ****************************************************** S.Siva Chidambaram Librarian National Institute of Public Finance and Policy 18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area Near J.N.U. East Gate, New Delhi - 110067 India Phone:91-11-26569303,26569780,26569784 Fax: 91-11-26852548 Email:ss_chidambaram@yahoo.com.in *****************************************************

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KALA: Dream/Agenda
by I.R.N.Goudar 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Dear friends, Myself and my team of newly elected office bearers of KALA (Karnataka State Library Association) thank all those who have sent greetings and also all members of KALA for having reposed confidence in us and entrusted the important responsibility. The team is very cohesive with representation from different types of libraries including public, college, industry, school, research institute and university (library and department). Over the years KALA has seen many ups and downs. It has glorious history of having great personalities from public life, educationists, industrialists like late H. Narasimhaiah, S.R. Kanti and A.C. Devegowda as its office bearers. The erstwhile Mysore Library Association started by Dr. Ranganathan lead for establishing our Association in its present name KALA. There is strong professional link between Dept. of Public Libraries and KALA. We have a dream of making KALA as a model Professional Association with the following Agenda, set for ourselves, a few being already in the list of KALA objectives: 1. Increase the membership base 2. Make the Association its name worth - Membership and activities beyond Bangalore - Membership of Karnataka LIS people working out of state 3. Enrolling other professional people having strong link with LIS 4. Divisional/District representatives to reach entire state and beyond 5. Functional Committees and Special Interest Groups 6. Reviving monthly lectures/ Round table discussions 7. Organising Workshops and Seminars 8. Developing links with all State/National and other Library Associations including ILA, IASLIC, SIS, etc 9. Work closely with other local Associations like CLA, SLA, ITLA, BSLG and also SRELS 10. Set up a e-mail discussion group 11. Establish cordial and functional relation with Publishing industry and vendors 12. Take up the matter concerned to status of LIS profession in the matter concerned to salary, representation in different committees, etc 13. Setting up of KALA Web site 14. Reviving KALA News Letter 15. Generating revenue to meet the expenses of KALA Activities 16. Entrust young LIS professionals with the responsibility of carrying forward the KALA's mission and activities more vigorously 17. Prepare LIS Professionals to cope up with the Digital Era 18. Using KALA's good relation with Dept of Public Libraries, work with them for literacy at village level and promote library cause 19. Try to have it own office place for KALA 20. Associate with NGO's to promote school libraries We will come up with detailed action plan soon after we take charge of KALA. We thank all earlier Presidents, Secretaries and other office bearers for their contributions and support for KALA and its activities and seek their guidance in our endeavor. We seek suggestions, guidance and help from members of all forums and associations. Once again we thank all of you. I.R.N. Goudar President, KALA on behalf of all Office Bearers -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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SALIS Awards for the year 2005 - announcement - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2005. SALIS Awards 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National level) ------------------------------------------------------- SALIS instituted an award- sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, in the name of `Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award' . Aim of instituting the award: To honor and recognize library professionals - for their outstanding contributions to the profession. Eligibility: Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in any parts in India. Must be a citizen of India About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. AutoLibTamilnadu Best Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only) 3. AutoLib Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only: Age below 40 years) Must be a citizen of India The above two awards are sponsored by M/s AutoLib Software System , a leading Library Automation Solution Provider at Chennai. AutoLib Software System ---------------------------------- AutoLib Software System has been established to provide low cost and high quality library automation solutions. They undertake all types of library automation projects. One of their objectives is to recognize and encourage library professionals who contribute more for the profession. `AutoLib' is a popular library automation software in Tamilnadu- installed in many reputed institutions, is one of their products. --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Eligibility for the above two Awards : Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in Tamilnadu region.Must be a citizen of India Nominations for all the three awards ( by Library professionals holding responsible position or by self) are invited for the year 2005 from eligible professionals. The application form can be obtained from the Convener, SALIS Award Committee by sending a self addressed stamped (Rs.10/-) cover or downloaded from http://autolib-india.net/salis.html. or by sending E-mail to salisawards(a)yahoo.com. The other details are given in the application form. Filled-in application along with necessary supporting documents should be sent in a sealed cover to The Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, C/o, AutoLib, B2-Solai Apartments(opp to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai 600 089. Last date for the receipt of filled application is 30.09.2005. For any clarifications, E-mail to the convener salisawards(a)yahoo.com Convener SALIS Award Committee ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Fw: [bytesforall_readers] Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a Bangladesh NGO, today received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award and US $1 million for its innovative approach to providing free public access to computers and
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication Promoting Communication Technology for a Fairer World Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a Bangladesh NGO, today received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award and US $1 million for its innovative approach to providing free public access to computers and the Internet Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a Bangladesh NGO, today received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award and US $1 million for its innovative approach to providing free public access to computers and the Internet. Through the use of indigenous boats converted into mobile libraries, schools, and the Mobile Internet Educational Units on Boats program, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha provides educational services, access to technology, and computer training to poor communities in a Northern Bangladesh watershed. The boats, which anchor at remote villages, rely on generators or solar energy and mobile phones for Internet access. Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan is the executive director of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha and founder of the boat project. The project's web site is www.interconnection.org/sss/ Relying on skilled volunteers, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha educates men, women, and children on issues ranging from agricultural practices and to micro enterprise and literacy. Farmers learn about strategies for productive and sustainable farming and the ecological hazards of pesticides. Throughout the year, they are able to connect with educators via onboard e-mail and check current farm prices online to remain competitive in the local market. Students who would otherwise be unable to attend school during the monsoon season continue their education through the year using the libraries' onboard field staff. With literacy rates in Bangladesh at only 42 percent, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is making a significant impact on educating young people, especially girls. In fact, over 70 percent of the program's beneficiaries are women. The annual Access to Learning Award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the innovative efforts of libraries, organizations or library agencies outside the United States in providing no-cost public access to this technology. For more information, visit www.clir.org <http://www.clir.org/> or www.gatesfoundation.org <http://www.gatesfoundation.org/> . Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication Promoting Communication Technology for a Fairer World Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a Bangladesh NGO, today received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award and US $1 million for its innovative approach to providing free public access to computers and the Internet Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a Bangladesh NGO, today received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award and US $1 million for its innovative approach to providing free public access to computers and the Internet. Through the use of indigenous boats converted into mobile libraries, schools, and the Mobile Internet Educational Units on Boats program, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha provides educational services, access to technology, and computer training to poor communities in a Northern Bangladesh watershed. The boats, which anchor at remote villages, rely on generators or solar energy and mobile phones for Internet access. Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan is the executive director of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha and founder of the boat project. The project's web site is http://www.interconnection.org/sss/ www.interconnection.org/sss/ Relying on skilled volunteers, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha educates men, women, and children on issues ranging from agricultural practices and to micro enterprise and literacy. Farmers learn about strategies for productive and sustainable farming and the ecological hazards of pesticides. Throughout the year, they are able to connect with educators via onboard e-mail and check current farm prices online to remain competitive in the local market. Students who would otherwise be unable to attend school during the monsoon season continue their education through the year using the libraries' onboard field staff. With literacy rates in Bangladesh at only 42 percent, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is making a significant impact on educating young people, especially girls. In fact, over 70 percent of the program's beneficiaries are women. The annual Access to Learning Award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the innovative efforts of libraries, organizations or library agencies outside the United States in providing no-cost public access to this technology. For more information, visit http://www.clir.org/ www.clir.org < http://www.clir.org/ http://www.clir.org/ > or http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ www.gatesfoundation.org < http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ > .

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info needed in connection with libraries of various states of INDIA
by abhijit bhowmick 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Friends, I need the following data in connection with the libraries of different States of INDIA. I need the information to study the Indian picture of Library Services. INFO NEEDED Name of the State : Number of Libraries : Total number of the members of the libraries : Annual report, if any, of Library Department : Whether the State Central Library of the State is computerized : e-mail address of any contact person of the SCL : May I get help from anybody. Abhijit Kr Bhowmick District Library Officer, Howrah West Bengal Contact : a_k_b(a)vsnl.net --------------------------------- Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots more. http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html Friends, I need the following data in connection with the libraries of different States of INDIA. I need the information to study the Indian picture of Library Services. INFO NEEDED Name of the State : Number of Libraries : Total number of the members of the libraries : Annual report, if any, of Library Department : Whether the State Central Library of the State is computerized : e-mail address of any contact person of the SCL : May I get help from anybody. Abhijit Kr Bhowmick District Library Officer, Howrah West Bengal Contact : http://in.f83.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=a_k_b@vsnl.net&YY=11413&order=do… a_k_b(a)vsnl.net Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots more. http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html

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request for article
by Yashwant G Kanade 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Dear Members, Below are some of papers for which i am looking for soft/hard copies. Latest publications in similar areas would help me a lot. 1.Agricultural applications of expert systems concepts ARTICLE Agricultural Systems, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 3-18 Pierce Jones 2.Intelligent information systems for production management in agriculture and horticulture ARTICLE Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 5, Issue 1, August 1989, Pages 131-136 Toyoki Kozai and Takehiko Hoshi 3.Expert systems: Applications to agriculture and farm management ARTICLE Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 2, Issue 3, February 1988, Pages 173-182 R. Doluschitz and W. E. Schmisseur 4.Expert systems for agriculture ARTICLE Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 1985, Pages 31-40 J. M. McKinion and H. E. Lemmon Waiting for your repsonse. With Warm Regards Yashwant G Kanade CES.IISc., Bangalore-12 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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RE: [LIS-Forum] M.Phil in Library and Information Science
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:40:05 +0530 From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Information provided by Mouni is very useful. It brings to our knowledge not only about MPhil Courses by distance mode in LIS but, at a more basic level, about universities we did not know. Thanks Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:02 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] M.Phil in Library and Information Science Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:59:51 +0530 From: mouni(a)nitt.edu In response to Mr. Pravesh Choudary, ISM, Dhandbad request, the following information is furnished for enabling him to do M.Phil. in Library and Information Science. The following UGC authorised and reputed Universitites in Tamil Nadu offer the M.Phil. degree course through distance mode. 1. Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu 2. Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu 3. Vinayaga Mission (Deemed University), Salem, Tamil Nadu 4. SASTRA University, Vallen, Tamil Nadu The candidate who possess masters degree in Library and Information Science is eligibile for admission. There are many study centres at major cities for these universities in our country. Application can also be had from the study centres and filled in application form can also be submitted through the study centres. The duration of the course is 1 year. There are 3 theory papers and one dissertation and via. The candidate can choose any authorised guide by the universitity. Many faculty of the LIS department of our country have been authorised to guide the M.Phil dissertation. For more details the study centres of the universities or websites of the universities concerned may be visited or the Registrars of the universities can be cantacted. P. Mounissamy Central Library National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli-620 015 Tamil Nadu _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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KALA office bearers/corrections (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:57:35 +0530 From: Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah <sidda(a)nimhans.kar.nic.in> Karnataka State Library Association (R) C/o Library and Information Center, NIMHANS, Bangalore- 560029 No.kala/05/2005-2006 Dated 17-08-2005 I am happy to announce the name of the newly elected office bearers of the KALA for two years (2005-2007). Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah President KALA ------------- President Mr. IRN Goudar Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore Vice - President Dr. Y.M.Patil Libraraian Raman Research Institute Bangalore Vice - President Mr. Marana Basrie Chief Librarian City Central Library South Zone, Bangalore General Secretary Dr. T.D.Kemparaju Professor, Dept LIS Bangalore Univ. Tresureer Mr. Desai Goudar Librarian DSERT, Bangalore Joint Secretary Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, Librarian, Indian Statistical Inst Bangalore Joint Secretary Ms. Kota Saraswathi Librarian PG Centre Surana College Bangalore ----------

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Dr. S.R. Ranganathan's Birthday Celebrations
by Ratnakar Aspari 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Kindly circulate the following message on lis-forum. With best wishes A. Ranakar New Delhi __________________________________ RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE, New Delhi Cordially invites you to 113th Birthday Celebration of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan at the Auditorium of Hall No. VII Pragati Maidan, New Delhi On August 27th , 2005 Saturday at 2.00 P.M. Dr. Abdul Rehman Kamruddin Secretary General, Tipu Sultan Advanced Study & Research Centre, Mysore and Former Advisor, UNESCO & UNIDO will deliver Ranganathan Memorial Lecture on "RELEVANCE & IMPACT OF Dr. S R Ranganathan CONTRIBUTION IN DIGITAL ERA". Hon'ble Shri A. Rehman Khan, Deputy Speaker, Rajya Sabha will be the Chief Guest. SUBHASH DESHMUKH Programme Coordinator. Job hunting? Get the right one! http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2740??PS=47575 Log on to timesjobs TODAY

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M.Phil in Library and Information Science
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:59:51 +0530 From: mouni(a)nitt.edu In response to Mr. Pravesh Choudary, ISM, Dhandbad request, the following information is furnished for enabling him to do M.Phil. in Library and Information Science. The following UGC authorised and reputed Universitites in Tamil Nadu offer the M.Phil. degree course through distance mode. 1. Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu 2. Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu 3. Vinayaga Mission (Deemed University), Salem, Tamil Nadu 4. SASTRA University, Vallen, Tamil Nadu The candidate who possess masters degree in Library and Information Science is eligibile for admission. There are many study centres at major cities for these universities in our country. Application can also be had from the study centres and filled in application form can also be submitted through the study centres. The duration of the course is 1 year. There are 3 theory papers and one dissertation and via. The candidate can choose any authorised guide by the universitity. Many faculty of the LIS department of our country have been authorised to guide the M.Phil dissertation. For more details the study centres of the universities or websites of the universities concerned may be visited or the Registrars of the universities can be cantacted. P. Mounissamy Central Library National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli-620 015 Tamil Nadu

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newly elected office bearers of KALA
by Mailing List Manager 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:55:12 +0530 From: Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah <sidda(a)nimhans.kar.nic.in> Karnataka State Library Association (R) C/o Library and Information Center, NIMHANS, Bangalore- 560029 No.kala/05/2005-2006 Dated 17-08-2005 I am happy to announce the name of the newly elected office bearers of the KALA for two years (2005-2007) Mr.IRN Goudar President Dr.Y.M.Patil Vice - President Mr.Marana Basrie Vice - President Dr.T.D.Kemparaju Genaral Secretary Mr.Patawardan Treasurer Dr.Anjanappa Joint Secretary Ms.Kota Saraswathi Joint Secretary Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah President KALA

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OpenMED@NIC crosses 500 Mark
by Sukhdev Singh 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Dear Members, The OpenMED@NIC which was launched just two months back now has than 500 articles. It is an open access self-archiving international archive for Medical and Allied Sciences [including Bio-Medical, Medical Informatics, Dental, Nursing and Pharmaceutical Sciences]. The earliest article dates back to 1952. It is available from the URL http://openmed.nic.in and provide free facility for authors / journals to archive their published / unpublished articles or other research related documents. Institutions can also register and build their Institutional Repositories on OpenMED@NIC. Almost all search engines and other OAI service providers index data from http://openmed.nic.in . This ensures maximum visibility and exposure to articles/documents archived at OpenMED. SO, DO YOU SELF-ARCHIVE? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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PGDLAN COURSE FROM IGNOU
by Nivedita.Sharma＠fluor.com 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Hello Team Members Can I get qualitative feedback on Library Automation Course offered by IGNOU(PGDLAN). This course was started 2 yrs back. I was going thru the IGNOU web site, it doesn't have much details about the programme. Regards Nivedita Sharma Knowledge and IT Services Delivery - Fluor Fluro Daniel India Pvt. Ltd Gurgaon Haryana 122 002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Open Access and Electronic Publishing Session @InfoVision2005- join the debate
by Shalini R Urs 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Dear friends, Participate and join the debate - at the Panel on E-Publishing: Changing Paradigms and shifting markets on September 15 at the InfoVision2005 Summit This panel begins with a keynote by Prof. Jean Claude Guedon of University of Montreal, Canada, the founder of Surfaces, the first Canadian electronic scholarly journal, and a champion of Open Access Publishing from the Open Society Institute. The session is anchored by Ms. Judith Turner, the editor of Journal of Electronic Publishing - University of Michigan Press, USA. Joining the great debate are Mr. H.S. Balaram, Editor, Times of India, Ms. Mr. Rajiv Seth, president, Cybermedia services, Ms. Nancy Buckley from Blackwell publishing, Come and enjoy the intensive and incisive debates on topical issues that affect the Information Landscape of the future at the InfoVision 2005 Summit For more details visit the website www.infovision2005.org Shalini Urs Coordinator- InfoVision2005 -- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Tele: 91-821-2514699 Fax: 91-821-2519209 Homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.html

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Infosys launches 'A library for a school' in Gulbarga district
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20050816025454&Page=K&Title=… Infosys launches 'A library for a school' in Gulbarga district Tuesday August 16 2005 13:16 IST GULBARGA: The launching of 'A Library for a School' scheme by Infosys Foundation was the highlight of the celebrations of the 59th Independence Day here on Monday. The ambitious scheme envisaging provision of books worth Rs.10, 000 to every government school was inaugurated at a simple function in the Durbar Hall of the Aiwan-E-Shashi guesthouse. Though the beneficiary schools are from Gurmitkal assembly constituency in Yadgir taluk the function was organised at the far off district head quarter. Foundation Chairpersons Sudha Murthy symbolically handed over five kits each containing 144 books costing about Rs.10, 000 to the head masters of five government schools of Gurmitkal in the presence of Minister for Water Resources and Transport Mallikarjun Kharge. Gurmitkal is the assembly constituency of Kharge from where he has been elected to the assembly for a record eight times in a row. There are 169 government lower, higher and secondary schools in Gurmnitkal constituency and all of them will be getting free books under the Infosys Foundation scheme. The Foundation also offered sewing machines to five poorest of the poor women all hailing from Gurmitkal in an effort to bring about economic stability to their families. Handing over the book-kits, Sudha Murthy declared that all government Kannada medium secondary schools will be given book-kits in Gulbarga district in a phased manner. She wanted teachers to evince interest in inculcating reading habits among children so that children can develop love for reading in their life. Mallikarjun Kharge lauded Infosys Foundation for taking up educational charities on a large scale. Sent by ======= 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

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post ponement of refresher course in Jammu University
by sangeeta gupta 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Dear COlleagues We r sorry to say that Refresher Course in library Science has been postponed for probably in the month of November due to unavoidable circumstances. We will write to you later in the month of October. sorry for inconvenience. Dr. sangita Gupta Reader( Course Coordinator ) Deptt of Library science University of jammu jammu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Is there any refresher course
by Mailing List Manager 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:35:11 -0700 (PDT) From: veena dusane <veenadusane2003(a)yahoo.com> Dear members Is there any agency/university which sponsors to attend refresher course or conference or seminar for library staff. It will be nice of you, if you will able to provide information about the refresher course in India. Thanking you Veena

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The newest open access journal from Hindawi
by Mailing List Manager 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:06:08 +0100 (BST) From: M.Prasanna <mitubpj(a)yahoo.co.in> August 10, 2005 The newest open access journal from Hindawi The Hindawi Publishing Corporation announce one more addition to its open access journal collection. The Journal of Nanomaterials (JNM) will be edited by Michael Hu of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and it can be found at www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/. JNM is open access with a business model based on article processing charges to be paid by the authors' institution or research grant. The journal shall have an online edition, which is free with no subscription or registration barriers, and a print edition which shall be priced at a level reasonable for covering the printing cost. All articles published in JNM shall be distributed under the "Creative Commons Attribution License," which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. JNM brings the number of open access journals published by Hindawi to eight. The first seven journals are in the areas of biomedicine, computer engineering, mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. Hindawi is planning to launch several more open access journals in the next few months. For more information please contact: Paul Peters Senior Publishing Developer Hindawi Publishing Corporation E-Mail: http://in.f85.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=paul.peters@hindawi.com&YY=81754… paul.peters(a)hindawi.com The Hindawi Publishing Corporation is an STM publisher with 25 journals (17 subscription based and 8 open access) and two book series. The company website is located at http://www.hindawi.com/ http://www.hindawi.com < http://www.hindawi.com/ http://www.hindawi.com/ Prasanna

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XML Query Test Suite Released
by Mailing List Manager 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:45:29 +0100 (BST) From: noufal palliparamban <noufalkodur(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends, The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group are pleased to release the XML Query Test Suite (XQTS). The groups invite W3C Members and the public to run this suite of approximately 7,000 test cases with any or all of the over 20 implementations of the XML Query draft specification. Your feedback will help the Working Groups judge the implementability of the XML Query language, help to improve interoperability, and help XML Query advance on the W3C Recommendation Track. Contributions of additional test cases are invited. XML home page. Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology

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Google's digital library on hold
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Google has shelved its ambitious library project -- to scan every book in the world -- for three months to allow copyright holders time to opt out of being scanned and included in Google's index. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B80E824B0-2A2A-4670-A62E-4… Thanks Sreeharsha BG

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Inauguration of NLSIU Library, Bangalore
by madhu＠nls.ac.in 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Director, Faculty, Staff, Members of the General Council, Executive Council & Academic Council of the NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY Cordially invite you to the inauguration of Shri Narayanrao Meligiri Memorial National Law Library By The Visitor Honble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti Chief Justice of India On Saturday, the 27th of August, 2005 at 5.00 p.m --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards

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IBM Introduces Open Software Framework for Analysis of Unstructured Information
by Bhojaraju G 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Apologies for cross postings Dear Colleagues, IBM Introduces Open Software Framework for Analysis of Unstructured Information by Paula J. Hane --------------------------------------------------------------------------------August 15, 2005 — IBM has been working on an engineering foundation tosupport applications that make sense of the facts, meaning, andrelationships in unstructured information. IBM's UnstructuredInformation Management Architecture (UIMA) is an architecture andframework platform for creating, integrating, and deployingunstructured information management solutions that use combinations ofsemantic analysis and search components. The company has justannounced it is making UIMA available as free, open source software.The UIMA framework has already been embedded in IBM products,including IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, whichIBM said is the first commercially available software platform forprocessing content based on the UIMA standard. IBM WebSphere PortalServer and Lotus Work Place also leverage UIMA for content processing.In addition, 16 software vendors have announced commercial support forand adoption of UIMA. For full details pl referhttp://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050815-3.shtml Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian–Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator)Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.comKM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/************************************… 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 ************************************************************************************************Visit "KM Cyberary" @http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html & Pl put yourcomments on Guest Book.

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Announcement
by SRELS 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Sir: Kindly arrange to announce the following message to the members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ******** Message : To all the present and past students of DRTC It is proposed to compile a Directory of all the present and past students of Documentation Research and Training Centre (Indian Statistical Institute). Please send details including the mailing address and e-mail id to Dr. K.N. Prasad, Treasurer, DRTC Alumni Association C/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. Ph: (080) 23305109; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com If you have the details of address of your classmates at drtc, please send them. K.N. Prasad DRTC Alumni Association Sir: Kindly arrange to announce the following message to the members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ******** Message : To all the present and past students of DRTC It is proposed to compile a Directory of all the present and past students of Documentation Research and Training Centre (Indian Statistical Institute). Please send details including the mailing address and e-mail id to Dr. K.N. Prasad, Treasurer, DRTC Alumni Association C/o. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010. Ph: (080) 23305109; E-mail: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com If you have the details of address of your classmates at drtc, please send them. K.N. Prasad DRTC Alumni Association

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OA and journal copyrights policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

Permissions for OA archiving from LIS journals Anita Coleman and three co-authors, Copyright Transfer Agreements in an Interdisciplinary Repository, a conference presentation, n.d. but archived on August 10, 2005. Abstract: Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTA) are a rich source of rights information related to self-archiving. According to the Eprints Self-Archiving FAQ, "To self-archive is to deposit a digital document in a publicly accessible website, preferably an OAI-compliant Eprint Archive." This poster describes a study undertaken by DLIST whereby the CTAs of selected LIS journals were analyzed for publisher statements on the rights of authors related to self-archiving. The study differs from efforts such as the SHERPA/RoMEO database that resulted from the large open access studies of Project RoMEO. The main differences are: 1) our focus on LIS journals and 2) focus on journals rather than publishers, since publishers appear to have different policies and CTAs for each of their journals. RoMEO/SHERPA focus on publishers in all disciplines and as such LIS is not fully/adequately represented. DLIST, Digital Library of Information Science and Technology is an Open Access Archive (OAA) for Library and Information Science and Technology based on E-prints; a cross-institutional disciplinary repository for the Information Sciences that focus on cultural heritage institutions such as Archives, Libraries, and Museums using interdisciplinary perspectives. To some researchers cultural heritage institutions and formal educational organizations are the critical information infrastructures for building the knowledge society.

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