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suggestions from professional towards a research topic
by shaji joykutty 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Dear professionals , I am working as an MBA and MCA librarian, with experience in both academic as well as special libraries. I am planning to pursue my Ph.D programme in Library and Information Science from the university of madras, if selected. Kindly guide me in selecting and suggesting some new areas of interest in the subject for research. I have a flair for topics on knowledge management. Kindly help me out with the topics Mrs Shaji MBA librarian Ethiraj College for women chennai Expecting full cooperation from all the professionals in suggestions as well as in guidance throughout my research __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear professionals , I am working as an MBA and MCA librarian, with experience in both academic as well as special libraries. I am planning to pursue my Ph.D programme in Library and Information Science from the university of madras, if selected. Kindly guide me in selecting and suggesting some new areas of interest in the subject for research. I have a flair for topics on knowledge management. Kindly help me out with the topics Mrs Shaji MBA librarian Ethiraj College for women chennai Expecting full cooperation from all the professionals in suggestions as well as in guidance throughout my research __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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National conference
by Narayan Barse 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Hi Dear professionals VPM'S Joshi-Bedekar College is organising conference on the problems dealing with multilingual computing with special reference to indian language and marathi. For details visit website: www.vpmthane.org or mail to nbarse(a)hotmail.com N. S. Barse Librarian & Coordinator BLIS VPM'S Joshi-Bedekar College Chendani Bunder Rd, Thane West Pin 400601 Hi Dear professionals VPM'S Joshi-Bedekar College is organising conference on the problems dealing with multilingual computing with special reference to indian language and marathi. For details visit website: http://www.vpmthane.org www.vpmthane.org or mail to mailto:nbarse@hotmail.com nbarse(a)hotmail.com N. S. Barse Librarian & Coordinator BLIS VPM'S Joshi-Bedekar College Chendani Bunder Rd, Thane West Pin 400601

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Camera phones will be high-precision scanners
by Thapar, Amit 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Camera phones will be high-precision scanners The software, developed by NEC and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in Japan, goes further than existing cellphone camera technology by allowing entire documents to be scanned simply by sweeping the phone across the page. Commuters in Japan already anger bookstore owners and newsagents by using existing cellphone software to try to take snapshots of newspaper and magazine articles to finish reading on the train to work. This is only possible because some phones now offer very rudimentary optical character recognition (OCR) software which allows small amounts of text to be captured and digitised from images. But with the new software entire documents can be captured. As a page is being scanned the OCR software takes dozens of still images of the page and effectively merges them together using the outline of the page as a reference guide. The software can also detect the curvature of the page and correct any distortion so caused, enabling even the areas near the binding to be scanned clearly. Copyright furore Using the new software with a 1-megapixel camera held at least 20centimetres away, an A4 sized page takes about 3 to 5 seconds to scan. This produces between 21 and 35 images which the software merges together to extract the text and record any images. "The goal of our research is to enable mobile phones to be used as portable faxes or scanners that can be used any time," an NEC spokesman told . But the concern now is that this technology will catapult the publishing industry into a copyright furore similar to that which has gripped the recording industry in recent years. "There's no easy solution," says Andrew Yates, intellectual property adviser to the UK's Periodical Publisher's Association in London. "The music industry has been struggling with this for some time," he says. But with music the issue is whether or not you allow people to copy music they have already purchased, says Yates. Cause for alarm With print publishing the situation appears to be even more intractable because the new software will make it possible to make copies without even purchasing the original, he says. Licensing agreements may be one option he says. But also people will have to learn that certain rules of conduct still apply. "It is true that this technology may cause copyright issues if it were to be used in an unorthodox way," says the NEC spokesman. But NEC would never encourage such behaviour, he adds. According to NEC, their software is designed to sound an alarm when being used, to avoid any copyright conflicts. The company claims that any attempts to mute the device somehow or plug in headphones will not affect the audibility of this alarm. NEC and NAIST say they do not plan to commercialise their software for three years. Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) Sector-67, Phase-10 S.A.S.Nagar (Mohali) -160062, Punjab, INDIA Phone: 0172-2214682-87 Ext. 2073 Cell: 09417419457 e-mail: amitt(a)niper.ac.in URL: http://www.niper.ac.in/ "All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism." "Rain drop falling from the sky has nothing in mind except to hit the earth. No matter how tough the drop is, it still reaches its destiny! Be positive always, best of luck... " Camera phones will be high-precision scanners The software, developed by NEC and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST ) in Japan, goes further than existing cellphone camera technology by allowing entire documents to be scanned simply by sweeping the phone across the page. Commuters in Japan already anger bookstore owners and newsagents by using existing cellphone software to try to take snapshots of newspaper and magazine articles to finish reading on the train to work. This is only possible because some phones now offer very rudimentary optical character recognition (OCR) software which allows small amounts of text to be captured and digitised from images. But with the new software entire documents can be captured. As a page is being scanned the OCR software takes dozens of still images of the page and effectively merges them together using the outline of the page as a reference guide. The software can also detect the curvature of the page and correct any distortion so caused, enabling even the areas near the binding to be scanned clearly. Copyright furore Using the new software with a 1-megapixel camera held at least 20centimetres away, an A4 sized page takes about 3 to 5 seconds to scan. This produces between 21 and 35 images which the software merges together to extract the text and record any images. The goal of our research is to enable mobile phones to be used as portable faxes or scanners that can be used any time, an NEC spokesman told . But the concern now is that this technology will catapult the publishing industry into a copyright furore similar to that which has gripped the recording industry in recent years. Theres no easy solution, says Andrew Yates , intellectual property adviser to the UKs Periodical Publishers Association in London. The music industry has been struggling with this for some time, he says. But with music the issue is whether or not you allow people to copy music they have already purchased, says Yates. Cause for alarm With print publishing the situation appears to be even more intractable because the new software will make it possible to make copies without even purchasing the original, he says. Licensing agreements may be one option he says. But also people will have to learn that certain rules of conduct still apply. It is true that this technology may cause copyright issues if it were to be used in an unorthodox way, says the NEC spokesman. But NEC would never encourage such behaviour, he adds. According to NEC, their software is designed to sound an alarm when being used, to avoid any copyright conflicts. The company claims that any attempts to mute the device somehow or plug in headphones will not affect the audibility of this alarm. NEC and NAIST say they do not plan to commercialise their software for three years. Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) Sector-67, Phase-10 S.A.S.Nagar (Mohali) -160062, Punjab, INDIA Phone: 0172-2214682-87 Ext. 2073 Cell: 09417419457 e-mail: mailto:amitt@niper.ac.in amitt(a)niper.ac.in URL: http://www.niper.ac.in/ http://www.niper.ac.in/ "All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism." "Rain drop falling from the sky has nothing in mind except to hit the earth. No matter how tough the drop is, it still reaches its destiny! Be positive always, best of luck... "

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Six Barriers for Open Access Repositories.
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

>From the following paper, I could infer that there are six barriers to Open Access Repositories. [Gerard van Westrienen and Clifford A. Lynch (2005). Academic Institutional Repositories: Deployment Status in 13 Nations as of Mid 2005, D-Lib Magazine, 11(9), http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/westrienen/09westrienen.html ] These are: ONE--Confusion, Uncertainty and Fear on Copyright Issues. TWO--Doubts regarding Who and How the deposited material would be used. THREE--Doubts on getting proper attribution, impact factors and scholarly credit. FOUR--Myth of low quality material in institutional repositories. FIVE--Unfriendly submission procedures SIX--lack of mandatory provisions in the policies of institutions or funding organizations to deposit the outcome of academic research. We should strive to overcome these barriers, but How!!? --Sukhdev Singh,NIC. http://openmed.nic.in [Gerard van Westrienen and Clifford A. Lynch (2005). Academic Institutional Repositories: Deployment Status in 13 Nations as of Mid 2005, D-Lib Magazine, 11(9), http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/westrienen/09westrienen.html http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/westrienen/09westrienen.html ] These are: ONE--Confusion, Uncertainty and Fear on Copyright Issues. TWO--Doubts regarding Who and How the deposited material would be used. THREE--Doubts on getting proper attribution, impact factors and scholarly credit. FOUR--Myth of low quality material in institutional repositories. FIVE--Unfriendly submission procedures SIX--lack of mandatory provisions in the policies of institutions or funding organizations to deposit the outcome of academic research. We should strive to overcome these barriers, but How!!? --Sukhdev Singh,NIC. http://openmed.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Enquiry: Article required..
by salma 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Hi, Let me know if anyone of you can help me out to acquire this article.. have tried all possibilities to check at ebsco, proquest etc, but was unable to get the same, have tried in http://wsj.com tooo Title: Tracking Kids By GPS. Authors: Kinnersley, Hannah Kate Source: Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition; 12/24/2002, Vol. 240 Issue 124, pD2, 0p, 2bw Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *GLOBAL Positioning System AUTOMATIC tracking NAICS/Industry Codes: 48833 Navigational Services to Shipping Abstract: Evaluates several child-tracking systems and services that use global-positioning satellites, such as the Digital Angel Personal Safety and Location System and the Child Guard Imported by Marketing Unlimited. ISSN: 0099-9660 Accession Number: 8787752 ________________________________________________ Salma Khan Sr. Executive Information Services WIPRO Technologies, K-312, 5th block, Kormangala Bangalore - 560095 Phone :91-80-25538470(Direct) 91-80-25538301 Extn : 2571 8062003 (VOIP) 9945109819 (Celll) Fax : 91-80-25538116 Email : salma.khan(a)wipro.com ______________________________________________________ There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.  Hi, Let me know if anyone of you can help me out to acquire this article.. have tried all possibilities to check at ebsco, proquest etc, but was unable to get the same, have tried in http://wsj.com http://wsj.com tooo Title: Tracking Kids By GPS. Authors: Kinnersley , Hannah Kate Source: Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition; 12/24/2002 , Vol. 240 Issue 124, pD2, 0p, 2bw Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *GLOBAL Positioning System AUTOMATIC tracking NAICS/Industry Codes: 48833 Navigational Services to Shipping Abstract: Evaluates several child-tracking systems and services that use global-positioning satellites, such as the Digital Angel Personal Safety and Location System and the Child Guard Imported by Marketing Unlimited. ISSN: 0099-9660 Accession Number: 8787752 ________________________________________________ Salma Khan Sr. Executive Information Services WIPRO Technologies, K-312, 5th block, Kormangala Bangalore - 560095 Phone :91-80-25538470(Direct) 91-80-25538301 Extn : 2571 8062003 (VOIP) 9945109819 (Celll) Fax : 91-80-25538116 Email : mailto:salma.khan@wipro.com salma.khan(a)wipro.com ________________________________________________ ______ There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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MyLISA Lecture on Internet Resource for Information Professionals
by SUNIL M.V. 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) A Talk on Internet Resources for Information Professionals By Ayesha Taranum Senior Executive Information Center DSL Software Limited, Banaglore On 17th September 2005 at 4.00 P.M You are cordially invited Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Dept. of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore-6 Secretary, MyLISA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) A Talk on Internet Resources for Information Professionals By Ayesha Taranum Senior Executive Information Center DSL Software Limited, Banaglore On 17 th September 2005 at 4.00 P.M You are cordially invited Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Dept. of Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, Mysore-6 Secretary, MyLISA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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research work
by arun yadav 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi I am going for the research in "Marketing of library and information services and products in 21st century" If any one have any ideas or resorces.Please help me in the same. Thank You Arun yadav arunyadav28(a)yahoo.co.in Sr.Catalougure Acharya narendra dev public library Ashok marg Lko. --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Hi I am going for the research in "Marketing of library and information services and products in 21st century" If any one have any ideas or resorces.Please help me in the same. Thank You Arun yadav mailto:arunyadav28@yahoo.co.in arunyadav28(a)yahoo.co.in Sr.Catalougure Acharya narendra dev public library Ashok marg Lko. http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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Information boom
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Dear All, Here is an Excerpt with Prof. Shalini with Deccan Herald on the occasion of Foundation laying stone for I-SIM. ********************************************************** Information boom Shankar Bennur International School of Information Management is a strategy and a model to confront the challenges of crossing borders in terms of disciplines, institutional frameworks, sectors, and geo-spaces. Mysore will soon have a new generation centre called ‘International School of Information Management’ (I-SIM). This endeavour and initiative of University of Mysore is perhaps first of its kind in the country and also in Asia. Establishment of I-SIM and joining the International Consortium of I–Schools, could be described as a trail blazing effort of the University of Mysore. The University of Mysore is laying the foundation for the establishment of I-SIM in collaboration with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), Bangalore and School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and many other organisations including industry. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep152005/dheducation1628222005914… ********************************************************** Regards ~Sreeharsha

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Apply for IFLA/OCLC Fellowship Program - 2007
by JK Vijayakumar 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2007 For more details, visit http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm Application deadline: 17 March 2006 Selection: April-July 2006 Award announcement: August 2006 Program dates: April - May 2007 (specific dates to be determined) Jointly sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this program provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, five individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected to come to OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, for an intensive four-week program of lectures, seminars, and mentoring. Topics and issues include information technologies and their impact on libraries, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. During their visit to the United States, Fellows participate in seminars and workshops, observe portions of an OCLC Members Council meeting, and visit selected North American libraries and cultural heritage institutions. By observing a Members Council meeting, the Fellows gain insight into issues affecting global library cooperation and are exposed to the governance of a global library cooperative. Visits to selected North American libraries and cultural heritage institutions provide an opportunity for Fellows to meet leading practitioners and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. For more details, visit http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm ------------- Posted by J.K.Vijayakumar IFLA-OCLC Fellow-2002 --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2007 For more details, visit http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm Application deadline: 17 March 2006 Selection: April-July 2006 Award announcement: August 2006 Program dates: April - May 2007 (specific dates to be determined) Jointly sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this program provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, five individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected to come to OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, for an intensive four-week program of lectures, seminars, and mentoring. Topics and issues include information technologies and their impact on libraries, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. During their visit to the United States, Fellows participate in seminars and workshops, observe portions of an OCLC Members Council meeting, and visit selected North American libraries and cultural heritage institutions. By observing a Members Council meeting, the Fellows gain insight into issues affecting global library cooperation and are exposed to the governance of a global library cooperative. Visits to selected North American libraries and cultural heritage institutions provide an opportunity for Fellows to meet leading practitioners and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. For more details, visit http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm ------------- Posted by J.K.Vijayakumar IFLA-OCLC Fellow-2002 http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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PROF. K.A. ISAAC PASSED AWAY
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Dear fellow professionals Prof Isaac was one of the most senior and revered professionals in the country. he is being respected for his contribution. He is one of the personalities, who gave continuous support to the younger generation and his attitude is friendly to every one immaterial what the age may be. all the professionals feel sorry for his sad demise. on behalf of my self and all the professionals, i pray God almighty to provide peace to the departed soul. I request some one near to his place may convey the condolenses to the bereaved family laxman rao Sadasivan KP > wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:18:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Sadasivan KP <kps31147(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] PROF. K.A. ISAAC PASSED AWAY Dear Friends / LIS Professionals, I am reporting with deep sorrow, the sad demise of Professor K.A. Isaac , on 12th Sep. 2005 at night ! Professor Isaac was the former University Librarian & Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. He was the recipient of the Fellowship of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation. Prof. Isaac had held several important assignments, which included, Senate Member and Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University of Kerala, Governing Body Member of INSDOC, Special Officer (Library) of the M.G. University, UGC Professor, Chairman / Member of several Commissions & Committees, etc. Prof. Isaac, an ardent disciple of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, was responsible for initiating and developing the professional Library Science Education in Kerala through the DLIS of the University of Kerala, which he spearheaded for two-and-a-half decades since its inception. He had significantly contributed to the Public Library Movement and the Special Library development in the State too. Better known as the 'Father of Professional Librarianship in Kerala' and the 'Gentleman Librarian of India' , he was a beacon for LIS professionals - both young and old. His hundreds of disciples now stretch across the world, carrying out their professional jobs with mission mode. He had authored a number of well-known books including the titles 'Library Legislation' , ' Literature Search' and several Papers and Reports. Prof. Isaac had been the Patron of the Kerala Library Association too. The blend of his highly intellectual personality and refined behaviour made him a respected friend to limitless people cutting across all professions .That was the secret of his success too, for effectively disseminating the message of our profession to a wider domain - something very rare during these days! His demise is a great loss to the education sector in general and to the LIS domain, in particular! He is survived by his wife Chechamma and sons Madhu (Advocate, Trivandrum) and Balu (Professor, IIT Bombay) . Cremation : on 14.09.2005 (Wednesday) at 10.30 am at Pattoor Orthodox Cemetery, Trivandrum. Residential Address : G-10, 'Kadapuram' Shri Vidyadhiraja Nagar Poojapura, Trivandrum - 695 012 Tel : 91-471-2359502 Reported by : KP Sadasivan / Head, Library & Informatics / RRL (CSIR) Trivandrum and Vice President, Kerala Library Association __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. Dear fellow professionals Prof Isaac was one of the most senior and revered professionals in the country. he is being respected for his contribution. He is one of the personalities, who gave continuous support to the younger generation and his attitude is friendly to every one immaterial what the age may be. all the professionals feel sorry for his sad demise. on behalf of my self and all the professionals, i pray God almighty to provide peace to the departed soul. I request some one near to his place may convey the condolenses to the bereaved family laxman rao Sadasivan KP > wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:18:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Sadasivan KP <kps31147(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] PROF. K.A. ISAAC PASSED AWAY Dear Friends / LIS Professionals, I am reporting with deep sorrow, the sad demise of Professor K.A. Isaac , on 12th Sep. 2005 at night ! Professor Isaac was the former University Librarian & Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. He was the recipient of the Fellowship of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation. Prof. Isaac had held several important assignments, which included, Senate Member and Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University of Kerala, Governing Body Member of INSDOC, Special Officer (Library) of the M.G. University, UGC Professor, Chairman / Member of several Commissions & Committees, etc. Prof. Isaac, an ardent disciple of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, was responsible for initiating and developing the professional Library Science Education in Kerala through the DLIS of the University of Kerala, which he spearheaded for two-and-a-half decades since its inception. He had significantly contributed to the Public Library Movement and the Special Library development in the State too. Better known as the 'Father of Professional Librarianship in Kerala' and the 'Gentleman Librarian of India' , he was a beacon for LIS professionals - both young and old. His hundreds of disciples now stretch across the world, carrying out their professional jobs with mission mode. He had authored a number of well-known books including the titles 'Library Legislation' , ' Literature Search' and several Papers and Reports. Prof. Isaac had been the Patron of the Kerala Library Association too. The blend of his highly intellectual personality and refined behaviour made him a respected friend to limitless people cutting across all professions .That was the secret of his success too, for effectively disseminating the message of our profession to a wider domain - something very rare during these days! His demise is a great loss to the education sector in general and to the LIS domain, in particular! He is survived by his wife Chechamma and sons Madhu (Advocate, Trivandrum) and Balu (Professor, IIT Bombay) . Cremation : on 14.09.2005 (Wednesday) at 10.30 am at Pattoor Orthodox Cemetery, Trivandrum. Residential Address : G-10, 'Kadapuram' Shri Vidyadhiraja Nagar Poojapura, Trivandrum - 695 012 Tel : 91-471-2359502 Reported by : KP Sadasivan / Head, Library & Informatics / RRL (CSIR) Trivandrum and Vice President, Kerala Library Association __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/yahoo_com/security_centre/*http://u… Yahoo! Security Centre . _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Ad - British Library
by Dattatreya 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Ad - Untitled AdDear Moderator Request to post this message in LIS forum. Thanks Kulkarni d r Dy Manager British Library Ahmedabad Advertisement for the posts vacant at the British Library Ahmedabad has appeared in TOI. Applications are to be sent to ICCR New Delhi and the last date for applications is 25 September. Publication:Times Of India Ahmedabad; Date:Sep 10, 2005; Section:India; Page Number:9 Ad - Untitled Ad Dear Moderator Request to post this message in LIS forum. Thanks Kulkarni d r Dy Manager British Library Ahmedabad Advertisement for the posts vacant at the British Library Ahmedabad has appeared in TOI. Applications are to be sent to I CCR New Delhi and the last date for applications is 25 September. Publication: Times Of India Ahmedabad; Date: Sep 10, 2005; Section: India; Page Number: 9 getimage.dll?path=TOIA/2005/09/10/9/Img/Ad0091002.png

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CONDOLENCE MEETING ON THE DEMISE OF PROF. K.A.ISAAC
by Sadasivan KP 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Kerala Library Association is organising a Condolence Meeting on the sad demise of Prof. K.A. Isaac Date & Time 19.09.2005 (Monday) at 3.30 pm Venue Lecture Hall, DLIS University Library Building Kerala University Trivandrum All LIS professionals are requested to attend / participate. KP Sadasivan Vice President, KLA --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Kerala Library Association is organising a Condolence Meeting on the sad demise of Prof. K.A. Isaac Date & Time 19.09.2005 (Monday) at 3.30 pm Venue Lecture Hall, DLIS University Library Building Kerala University Trivandrum All LIS professionals are requested to attend / participate. KP Sadasivan Vice President, KLA Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Could u Please Help
by zahid wani 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Dear patrons could please provide information regarding public library systems in punjab and haryana as i am pursuing my research study on the public library systmes in these states and if some body think he/she can be of any help to me, then please write to me at zahid_rais(a)yahoo.com or zahid_rais(a)rediffmail.com . i will be grateful to the person and the this network. Zahid Ashraf wani PhD Res. Scholar Deptt. of Lib. & Inf. Science University of Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear patrons could please provide information regarding public library systems in punjab and haryana as i am pursuing my research study on the public library systmes in these states and if some body think he/she can be of any help to me, then please write to me at zahid_rais(a)yahoo.com or zahid_rais(a)rediffmail.com . i will be grateful to the person and the this network. Zahid Ashraf wani PhD Res. Scholar Deptt. of Lib. & Inf. Science University of Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Google Launches Industrial Strength Blog Search
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Google has introduced its long awaited blog search service, becoming the first major search engine to offer full-blown blog and feed search capabilities. It's been nearly two and a half years since Google purchased Pyra Labs, the company that built the hugely popular Blogger publishing service, and Google has been promising blog search ever since then. Know more @ http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3548411 Regards Sreeharsha BG

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request for journal
by sheeba jasmine 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Dear Friends, One of colleague is urgently looking for some journal articles for his research work. Kindly inform the availability of these articles. 1. Current Science of India V.25, p.143, 1956 2. Tetrahedran V.9, p.139 - 144, 1960 3. Olah 205 V.3, p.383 - 497 , 1964 4. Journal of Chemical Society B 579, 1966 5. Organic Reaction V.9, p.37 - 72 , 1957 With regards, D. Sheeba Jebaseeli, Librarian, Valliammai Engineering College, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603 203 nalathamalar(a)yahoo.co.in __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Google is Every Where
by Roopa E 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Dear professionals, Google is coming to the rescue of victims of Hurricane Katrina using Mapping Technology. It is evident that google is every where. In an effort to help displaced hurricane victims and their families, ad hoc communities of Internet users are using mapping technologies from Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) to track storm damage, analyze aerial photos and try to make sense of what little information is available. Three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf of Mexico, extensive flooding, widespread power outages and general chaos continue to prevent residents from returning home, and limit the amount of useful information emergency workers or members of the media can distribute to the world outside. What little information about individual neighborhoods gets out is spotty, at best, and hard to come by--largely from dramatic, but ill-defined TV news footage. "We're seeing a lot of images from New Orleans that lack context," says Shawn McBride, a phone switch technician from Spokane, Wash., who has been using satellite photos from the Google Earth service to track flooding and analyze damage to neighborhoods. "It's impossible to tell from the outside how things are." But along comes Google. One Web site, www.scipionus.com, is combating the confusion by encouraging users to annotate a Google Map of New Orleans with information about specific locations. Collectively, the community is creating a collaborative map Wikipedia. Anyone with something to add can enter a street address and leave a marker on the map at that location, providing a few lines of text about conditions at that spot. "Never flooded, typical wind damage, passable street 8-31-05," reads one tag. "Trey and April's We are OK ppl," reports another. The site, created by Jonathan Mendez and Greg Stoll, software engineers who work together in Austin, Texas, went up Wednesday afternoon, and already has attracted nearly 300,000 visitors, who've left more than 600 tags. Mendez, who grew up in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner, La., has family who evacuated the area to his home in Texas. "We all were watching the news and scouring the Web for any information we could get," he says. "There were forums set up for people looking for information on particular areas, but they had hundreds of posts with mostly questions and little information, and it was hard to read through it all. I kept thinking, 'I wish there were a map with all this info, so it would be easy to look this up.'" The site runs off of the same technology that has allowed Google users to keep track of everything from potholes to pizza parlors. In June, the company released code that allowed outside developers to use and adapt the Google Maps software. In the months since, Google "mashups" of geographic data have flourished. "My friend Greg had played with it to make a map with markers to particular locations, so I figured if we could get it so that anyone could add those markers straight from the Web, we could get the information on the map quickly," says Mendez. "People have said they've found it very useful." In a separate effort, other Web users have also made use of satellite photographs of the region available through the Google Earth service, a program which allows users to view satellite photos as if they were flying over them, panning, zooming and tilting the image at will. While most of those photos depict the area pre-hurricane, the software allows users to "overlay" other photos and images. So more recent aerial photos--even pictures from news services and solo photographers--can be reshaped and dropped onto a satellite map, illustrating the current conditions. Pleasantville, N.Y.-based editor and blogger Katherine Cramer helped popularize the practice, after she noticed similarities between a Google Earth shot of the south coast of Lake Pontchartrain, and a news photo illustrating a nearly swamped New Orleans neighborhood. "I looked at those and said, 'Somebody needs to be putting these images together and comparing them.'" Cramer posted a few thoughts on her Web site, which was linked to by Boing Boing, a hugely popular blog, and before long, she was getting e-mails and mashed-together images from people around the country. "Suddenly we had an impromptu collaborative process, mostly consisting of people I don't know," says Cramer. Shawn McBride made some of the first post-Katrina images, and posted them online in the Google Earth Current Events Community, a discussion board for users of the system. "Once you have an image that you want superimposed, it's kind of like a puzzle," he says. Photo manipulators look for distinguishing landmarks that appear in both news photos and the Google images--a warehouse with a red roof, for instance--and then stretch and tilt the photo until it lines up with the satellite map. The resulting image is sort of a hybrid overlay that can be directly viewed and manipulated in the Google Earth service, allowing users to see recent images of their neighborhood, inside the context of the entire city. "It's not as good as the original satellite image, but you can get a sense of whether a house is underwater or not," says Cramer. Cramer has posted a series of directions on her site describing how to use Google Earth to check out flood damage in New Orleans. "I wanted to come up with a process for your average frightened person, who can get at the Internet, but is not able to learn new software," she says. "I've had a lot of people say they couldn't find this information until they came to my site." Google Earth images with post-hurricane overlays even appeared on television Thursday, as a number of news networks used the tool to zoom in and out of affected areas to display the damage. Representatives of Google say they encourage this creative use of their mapping technology. "We've been kind of nurturing and growing that for the past two years," says John Hanke, former CEO of Keyhole, a digital mapping company acquired by Google in October of last year, who now serves as general manager of the Keyhole group at Google. On Thursday, Google began releasing new images of the flooded areas, and even posted links to a number of user-supplied image overlays. Hanke says the company will continue to make available new images over the next few days, and that Digital Globe, their satellite provider, is continuing to photograph the area.

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PROF. K.A. ISAAC PASSED AWAY
by Sadasivan KP 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Dear Friends / LIS Professionals, I am reporting with deep sorrow, the sad demise of Professor K.A. Isaac , on 12th Sep. 2005 at night ! Professor Isaac was the former University Librarian & Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. He was the recipient of the Fellowship of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation. Prof. Isaac had held several important assignments, which included, Senate Member and Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University of Kerala, Governing Body Member of INSDOC, Special Officer (Library) of the M.G. University, UGC Professor, Chairman / Member of several Commissions & Committees, etc. Prof. Isaac, an ardent disciple of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, was responsible for initiating and developing the professional Library Science Education in Kerala through the DLIS of the University of Kerala, which he spearheaded for two-and-a-half decades since its inception. He had significantly contributed to the Public Library Movement and the Special Library development in the State too. Better known as the 'Father of Professional Librarianship in Kerala' and the 'Gentleman Librarian of India' , he was a beacon for LIS professionals - both young and old. His hundreds of disciples now stretch across the world, carrying out their professional jobs with mission mode. He had authored a number of well-known books including the titles 'Library Legislation' , ' Literature Search' and several Papers and Reports. Prof. Isaac had been the Patron of the Kerala Library Association too. The blend of his highly intellectual personality and refined behaviour made him a respected friend to limitless people cutting across all professions .That was the secret of his success too, for effectively disseminating the message of our profession to a wider domain - something very rare during these days! His demise is a great loss to the education sector in general and to the LIS domain, in particular! He is survived by his wife Chechamma and sons Madhu (Advocate, Trivandrum) and Balu (Professor, IIT Bombay) . Cremation : on 14.09.2005 (Wednesday) at 10.30 am at Pattoor Orthodox Cemetery, Trivandrum. Residential Address : G-10, 'Kadapuram' Shri Vidyadhiraja Nagar Poojapura, Trivandrum - 695 012 Tel : 91-471-2359502 Reported by : KP Sadasivan / Head, Library & Informatics / RRL (CSIR) Trivandrum and Vice President, Kerala Library Association __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Friends / LIS Professionals, I am reporting with deep sorrow, the sad demise of Professor K.A. Isaac , on 12th Sep. 2005 at night ! Professor Isaac was the former University Librarian & Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. He was the recipient of the Fellowship of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation. Prof. Isaac had held several important assignments, which included, Senate Member and Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University of Kerala, Governing Body Member of INSDOC, Special Officer (Library) of the M.G. University, UGC Professor, Chairman / Member of several Commissions & Committees, etc. Prof. Isaac, an ardent disciple of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, was responsible for initiating and developing the professional Library Science Education in Kerala through the DLIS of the University of Kerala, which he spearheaded for two-and-a-half decades since its inception. He had significantly contributed to the Public Library Movement and the Special Library development in the State too. Better known as the 'Father of Professional Librarianship in Kerala' and the 'Gentleman Librarian of India' , he was a beacon for LIS professionals - both young and old. His hundreds of disciples now stretch across the world, carrying out their professional jobs with mission mode. He had authored a number of well-known books including the titles 'Library Legislation' , ' Literature Search' and several Papers and Reports. Prof. Isaac had been the Patron of the Kerala Library Association too. The blend of his highly intellectual personality and refined behaviour made him a respected friend to limitless people cutting across all professions .That was the secret of his success too, for effectively disseminating the message of our profession to a wider domain - something very rare during these days! His demise is a great loss to the education sector in general and to the LIS domain, in particular! He is survived by his wife Chechamma and sons Madhu (Advocate, Trivandrum) and Balu (Professor, IIT Bombay) . Cremation : on 14.09.2005 (Wednesday) at 10.30 am at Pattoor Orthodox Cemetery, Trivandrum. Residential Address : G-10, 'Kadapuram' Shri Vidyadhiraja Nagar Poojapura, Trivandrum - 695 012 Tel : 91-471-2359502 Reported by : KP Sadasivan / Head, Library & Informatics / RRL (CSIR) Trivandrum and Vice President, Kerala Library Association __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Course on IT Application ...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi e'body, IT Application in Libraries and in Information Management The National Documentation Centre (NDC) of National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi is an apex Documentation Center in India in the field of Population, Health & Family Welfare. The collection of the Documentation Center has grown to approximately 60,000 including bound journals. In addition to all the conventional services of a Documentation Center, it is fully automated & also provides modem services such as CD-ROM databases, On-line access at LAN, OPAC, etc. NDC has its own website and a bibliographic database of complete collection is ready to access on Internet through this site www.ndc-nihfw.org. Beside the above activities, NDC has been conducting a training course since last five years on IT Application in Libraries and Information Management. The next course seventh in its series is scheduled to be held from November 7-11, 2005. During the course, all the burning topics such as, Library Automation, Application Software, Online Access, CD-ROM Databases, LAN, Multimedia Application for Information Management & Preservation, Electronics Publishing, Digital Library, Web designing, Web Authoring, Net surfing, etc. will be discussed. Practical Demonstrations, Practical Assignment and field visit will also be arranged. Scholars interested in attending the Course may contact Sh. Salek Chand, Sr. Documentation Officer and Coordinator of the Course, National Documentation Center, NIHFW, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 067. Ph.II-26165959, Fax 11-26101623, Email: salekchand2003(a)yahoo.com UNIVERSITY NEWS, 43 (34), AUGUST 22-28, 2005, pp.18-19 Note: Reply from the Course Coordinator Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:05:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "SALEK CHAND" <salekchand2003(a)yahoo.com> Subject: IT course To: afzal333(a)rediffmail.com, cusmclib08(a)yahoo.com, brjd(a)rediffmail.com, puttuc(a)yahoo.com Dear Colleagues I appreciate your keen intrest in this course. The main features of the course are:- 1. No course fee 2. Lodging and boarding facilities are available with in the campus at very nominal cost. 3. Local site seeing programme also arranged on 10/11/05. 4. Contents are based on Latest Information Technologies. 5. Nomination should be sent on institute's letterhead. 6. You can join this course only after getting confirmation from our us. Rest is OK SALEK CHAND. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Hi e'body, IT Application in Libraries and in Information Management The National Documentation Centre (NDC) of National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi is an apex Documentation Center in India i n the field of Population, Health & Family Welfare. The collection of the Documentation Center has grown to approximately 60,000 including bound journals. In addition to all the conventional services of a Documentation Center, it is fully automated & also provides modem services such as CD-ROM databases, On-line access at LAN, OPAC, etc. NDC has its own website and a bibliographic database of complete collection is ready to access on Internet through this site http://www.ndc-nihfw.org/ www.ndc-nihfw.org . Beside the above activities, NDC has been conducting a training course since last five years on IT Application in Libraries and Information Management. The next course seventh in its series is scheduled to be held from November 7-11, 2005. During the course, all the burning topics such as, Library Automation, Application Software, Online Access, CD-ROM Databases, LAN, Multimedia Application for Information Management & Preservation, Electronics Publishing, Digital Library, Web designing, Web Authoring, Net surfing, etc. will be discussed. Practical Demonstrations, Practical Assignment and field visit will also be arranged. Scholars interested in attending the Course may contact Sh. Salek Chand, Sr. Documentation Officer and Coordinator of the Course, National Documentation Center, NIHFW, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 067. Ph.II-26165959, Fax 11-26101623, Email: salekchand2003(a)yahoo.com UNIVERSITY NEWS, 43 (34), AUGUST 22-28, 2005, pp.18-19 Note: Reply from the Course Coordinator http://mail.yahoo.com/ Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:05:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "SALEK CHAND" <salekchand2003(a)yahoo.com> Subject: IT course To: afzal333(a)rediffmail.com, cusmclib08(a)yahoo.com, brjd(a)rediffmail.com, puttuc(a)yahoo.com Dear Colleagues I appreciate your keen intrest in this course. The main features of the course are:- 1. No course fee 2. Lodging and boarding facilities are available with in the campus at very nominal cost. 3. Local site seeing programme also arranged on 10/11/05. 4. Contents are based on Latest Information Technologies. 5. Nomination should be sent on institute's letterhead. 6. You can join this course only after getting confirmation from our us. Rest is OK SALEK CHAND. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Request for announcement on Lis-Forum
by Ratnakar Aspari 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

We will be thankful if you kindly post the following item on the Lis-Forum. With best wishes A. Ratnakar New Delhi _____________________________________________________________________________ RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE Cordially invites you to VIIIth C V SUBBARAO Memorial Lecture at the Auditorium Hall, Sahitya Akademi, Firoz Shah Road, (Near Mandi House Chock) New Delhi On September 17th, 2005 Saturday at 10.00 A.M. VIIIth C V Subbarao Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr. K L Chopra Former Director IIT-Kharagpur on Ethics in Scientific Research

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Colloquium on OAP: Models & Technologies (fwd)
by I.R.N.Goudar 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Dear Professionals, KALA and SIS, Bangalore Chapter cordially invite for a Colloquium on (Presentation 30 minutes each + Discussion about 40 minutes) "Open Access Publishing: Models and Technologies" SPEAKERS: 1. Ms. Judith Turner, Editor, J. Electronic Publishing Topic: "S.R. Ranganathan, Andrew Carnegie, and Open Access" 2. Dr. Eric F. Van de Velde, Director, Library Information Technology, CALTECH, California, USA Topic: "Open Access Publishing: The view from the trenches at Caltech" Preciding and Moderosation of Discussion: Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director, Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Date & Time: Saturday, 17th Sept 2005 at 4.30 pm. Venue: Conference Room, British Library 26, Prestige Takt, Kasturba Cross Road, Bangalore-1 Tel: 080-22489220 E-mail: naik.sadashiv(a)in.britishcouncil.org Abstracts: "S.R. Ranganathan, Andrew Carnegie, and Open Access" Open Access Initiatives represent a new business model for publishing that is challenging commercial scholarly publishing. The question is, must it be an either-or situation, or can the two models thrive side by side -- and indeed support one another? "Open Access Publishing: The view from the trenches at Caltech" Caltech embarked on its Open Archives initiative, called Collection of Open Digital Archives (CODA), in January 2000. Since then, we have collected an institutional repository of over 4100 items. Just about half of these are Caltech doctoral theses. Other documents include: books, technical reports, preprints, reprints, oral histories, and popularizing scientific articles. High usage statistics quickly propelled CODA from a pilot study into a major strategic initiative of the Caltech library. In this talk, I will cover some of the challenges of this project, as well as our plans for the future. I.R.N. Goudar Dr. I.K.R. Rao President KALA & President, SIS Bangalore Chapter Secretary SIS Bangalore Chapter Prof. T.D. Kemparaj Secretary and Other 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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Google Keyword Search Tool
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Many of us may not know that: Google Keyword Tool at https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordSandbox is a very useful search tool for finding synoymous words and phrases. Though the tool is meant for selecting keywords to be assigned for matching Google Ads against search terms used by searchers, it is still useful to us, librarians. We can recollect and reconsider keywords that may be better for searching. For instance "literature search" returns: medical literature search literature search a literature search literature search on do a literature search literature search engine literature search engines search literature Isn' this great? 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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Positions Vacant for Library Professionals
by vijaya kumara 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

MVJ College of Engineering Library, Bangalore requires experienced library professionals with the knowledge of computer applications for the positions of Librarian, Assistant Librarian, and Library Assistant. The candidates who applied for our previous advertisement need to apply once again. Interested candidate may apply with in 10 days to Chief Administration Officer, MVJ College of Engineering, Near ITPL, Channasandra, Bangalore-560 067 Regards Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering (an ISO Certified Institution) Channasandra, Bangalore - 560 067, Karnataka, India Tel:+91-80-28452324 Ext. 234 library(a)mvjeducation.com or coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. MVJ College of Engineering Library, Bangalore requires experienced library professionals with the knowledge of computer applications for the positions of Librarian, Assistant Librarian, and Library Assistant. The candidates who applied for our previous advertisement need to apply once again. Interested candidate may apply with in 10 days to Chief Administration Officer, MVJ College of Engineering, Near ITPL, Channasandra, Bangalore-560 067 Regards Vijayakumar M \ \ | / / \ \ ~ ~ / / | @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering (an ISO Certified Institution) Channasandra, Bangalore - 560 067, Karnataka, India Tel:+91-80-28452324 Ext. 234 mailto:library@mvjeducation.com library(a)mvjeducation.com or mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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Teleos Recognizes India's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Teleos Recognizes India's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2005--Indian companies dedicated to growth through innovation and knowledge management delivered a year-on-year 38% average Total Shareholder Return, according to Teleos' new "2005 Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Report." The Winners of the inaugural Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study, conducted by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network, are (in alphabetical order): -- Eureka Forbes (Consumer products) -- i-flex solutions (IT solutions) -- Infosys Technologies (IT solutions) -- Satyam Computer Services (IT solutions) -- Tata Consultancy Services (IT solutions) -- Tata Steel (Metal fabrication) -- Wipro Technologies (IT solutions) Infosys Technologies has been recognized as the overall 2005 Indian MAKE Winner. A blue ribbon panel of senior Indian business executives and leading Indian-based knowledge management / intellectual capital experts have selected this year's Indian MAKE Winners. The expert panel rated organizations founded and headquartered in India against the MAKE framework of eight key knowledge performance dimensions which are the visible drivers of competitive advantage. The 2005 Indian MAKE Winners have been recognized as leaders in: -- creating a enterprise knowledge-driven culture -- developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership -- delivering knowledge-based products/services/solutions -- maximizing enterprise intellectual capital -- creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing -- creating a learning organization -- delivering value based on customer knowledge -- transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value According to Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos, "India is emerging as a dynamic center of innovative knowledge management. This inaugural Indian MAKE study serves as a benchmark to recognize those Indian companies which are leaders in effectively transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. These companies are building portfolios of intellectual capital and intangible assets which will enable them to out-perform their competitors -- both within India and abroad -- in years to come." http://tinyurl.com/8qogs Regards Sreeharsha

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Voluntary Data contribution
by G. K. Manjunath 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

We invite Indian LIS professionals to join our initiative which aims to develop a Free online Database consisting of index to Journal articles with abstract, book reviews and conference papers published in Indian Social Science Journals. For further details, please visit http://oii.igidr.ac.in thanks, g.k.manjunath CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA

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IFLA-ALP Workshop on Information Literacy at Punjabi University, Patiala.
by harry＠pbi.ac.in 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

****Apologies for cross postings**** IFLA-ALP Workshop on Information Literacy at Punjabi University, Patiala. The Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala is organizing a 5-day international workshop on Information Literacy from 3-7 October 2005. The theme of the workshop is 'Information Skills for Learning'. This is a follow-up workshop, the first one was held in Colombo (Sri Lanka) in November 2004. The following resource persons have confirmed their participation in this IFLA-ALP and Unesco sponsored workshop: Mr. Gerald Brown, Honorary Ambassador of the International Association of School Librarianship, Canada Prof. Russell Bowden (UK) Honorary IFLA Fellow, Sri Lanka Prof. Philip J Calvert, School of Information Management, University of Wellington, New Zealand. Dr Diljit Singh, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ms. Karen Bonanno, Australian School Libraries Association, Australia. Ms. June Wall, Australian School Libraries Association, Australia. Mrs. Pradeepa Wijetunge, Director, NILIS, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka About 30 foreign delegates from South and South East Asian countries are also participating in this workshop. Library and information professionals in India are invited to participate in this workshop. Only a limited number of seats (25-30) are available for Indian delegates. Applications for participation would be considered on first-come-first-served basis. IFLA and Unesco are sponsoring the International resource persons and delegates. Persons having knowledge/experience in the field of information literacy would be given preference. The registration fee for the workshop is as under: Indian delegates (with accommodation): Rs. 5000/- Indian delegates (without accommodation): Rs. 4000/- Registration fee includes food, workshop kit, and study materials. Modest accommodation would be provided on first-come-first-served basis in the university. In case a an intending participant requires star accommodation in a hotel, he would have to pay for it from his own sources. We would provide the interested persons with list of hotel addresses/phone numbers. Patiala is situated about 250 km north of Delhi and is well connected with rail and road. The nearest airport is Chandigarh (60 km). Punjabi University, the venue of the workshop, is situated 20 km off Rajpura. Rajpura is situated about 30 km from Ambala Cantt. on the Delhi- Amritsar National Highway no.1. The climate generally remains pleasant during first week of October and the temperature during these days remains between 30 degrees celcius (maximum) and 20 degrees celcius (minimum). For further details, interested persons may contact the workshop coordinator at the following address: Dr Jagtar Singh, Project Coordinator and Head Department of Library & Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Tel: 0175-3046179 (work) Email: kindu_jagtar(a)yahoo.co.in, empowering8(a)sify.com, jagtar(a)pbi.ac.in

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