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OA & RCUK policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Friends: Here is something interesting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun --------- OA Working Group comment on the RCUK policy The Open Access Working Group has publicly released its August 23 comment on the draft RCUK policy. Excerpt: We believe that open-access research dissemination is an indispensable part of the overall remedy to the serious problems now facing the system of scholarly communication. Moreover, open access is a necessary ingredient in any plan to fully realize the social benefits of scientific advances. While these advantages are important no matter the source of the funding, it is particularly critical when the research is publicly funded and the resulting output is a public good....Implementation of [the draft] policy will result in taxpayers gaining immediate, full and direct access to the research for which they have already paid. Moreover, such a policy will increase the return on the government's investment in this research; as a result of deposit the research becomes more accessible, discoverable, sharable, and for these reasons, more useful, than toll-access research....We are particularly pleased to note that the Research Council's policy requires grantees to deposit final published articles, greatly enhancing the policy's chances for successfully achieving these important goals and ensuring maximum participation....To further ensure the success of this policy, we would suggest that the Research Councils consider revising the section of the policy that specifically relates to the timing of the deposit of research materials. [The current language in paragraph 14.b] seems to allow publishers, in cases where they have become the copyright-holder, to object to deposit or to demand long delays or embargoes prior to deposit or public release. We encourage the Research Councils to close this loophole before the final draft is finished to ensure that deposit does indeed occur at the desired point, at or around the time of publication. We note that the draft policy exempts researchers from the requirement to deposit their research in instances where they do not have access to an institutional or disciplinary repository. We hope that the Research Councils will implement strategies to encourage the development of repositories in the U.K. in a manner that makes deposit available to all researchers. The OAWG members who signed this comment are the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Medical Library Association (MLA), Public Knowledge (PK), and the Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). I participated in the drafting of this comment. Friends: Here is something interesting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun --------- OA Working Group comment on the RCUK policy [A] The http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/oawg.html Open Access Working Group has publicly released its August 23 http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/RCUK.html comment on the http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/index.asp draft RCUK policy . Excerpt: We believe that open-access research dissemination is an indispensable part of the overall remedy to the serious problems now facing the system of scholarly communication. Moreover, open access is a necessary ingredient in any plan to fully realize the social benefits of scientific advances. While these advantages are important no matter the source of the funding, it is particularly critical when the research is publicly funded and the resulting output is a public good....Implementation of [the draft] policy will result in taxpayers gaining immediate, full and direct access to the research for which they have already paid. Moreover, such a policy will increase the return on the government's investment in this research; as a result of deposit the research becomes more accessible, discoverable, sharable, and for these reasons, more useful, than toll-access research....We are particularly pleased to note that the Research Councils policy requires grantees to deposit final published articles, greatly enhancing the policys chances for successfully achieving these important goals and ensuring maximum participation....To further ensure the success of this policy, we would suggest that the Research Councils consider revising the section of the policy that specifically relates to the timing of the deposit of research materials. [The current language in paragraph 14.b] seems to allow publishers, in cases where they have become the copyright-holder, to object to deposit or to demand long delays or embargoes prior to deposit or public release. We encourage the Research Councils to close this loophole before the final draft is finished to ensure that deposit does indeed occur at the desired point, at or around the time of publication. We note that the draft policy exempts researchers from the requirement to deposit their research in instances where they do not have access to an institutional or disciplinary repository. We hope that the Research Councils will implement strategies to encourage the development of repositories in the U.K. in a manner that makes deposit available to all researchers. The OAWG members who signed this comment are the American Association of Law Libraries ( http://www.aallnet.org/ AALL ), the American Library Association ( http://www.ala.org/ ALA ), the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries ( http://www.aahsl.org/ AAHSL ), the Association of College & Research Libraries ( http://www.ala.org/acrl/ ACRL ), the Association of Research Libraries ( http://www.arl.org/ ARL ), the Medical Library Association ( http://www.mlanet.org/ MLA ), Public Knowledge ( http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/Public Knowledge PK ), and the Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition ( http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC ). I participated in the drafting of this comment.

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LIBRARIANS ARE DOING SCIENTIFIC WORK
by Aloor Thomas Francis 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Librarians are doing Scientific Work Mr. Gautam Bahl revealed the following: As per the letter dated 9th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C. has denied to to revise the Career Advancement Scheme for Librarians and Physical Education Teachers on the following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. In this regard, I think that the recommendation of the UGC and decision of the Govt. of India on the matter is highly unscientific and biased. All the research agencies of the Govt. of India such as DRDO, CSIR, ISRO, DAE, etc. give full parity to their library professionals with their other scientists. In these agencies, the designation, scale of pay, career advancement scheme, retirement age, etc. are same to all categories, including librarians. If the Govt. of India is providing parity to the librarians of its research agencies, why the UGC is denying the similar parity to its Librarians. Moreover, the recruitment qualifications and other terms are same for teachers and librarians. It is not justifiable to equate the librarians with the Assistant/Deputy Registrars. I strongly believe that, this may be the reason to change the designation of librarians by the Govt. of Andra Pradesh into Lecturers/Assistant Professors. In the Agricultural Universities in India, the designation of Physical Education Teachers is Assistant/Associate Professors as in the case of other teachers. In these context, how the UGC can enforce its new rules ?. The act of the UGC will finally reflect in the quality of education and research. In future, this field will become unattractive to the best candidates. So, it is the duty of everybody to get it rectified the decision of the UGC. A.T. FRANCIS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN KERALA AGTRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: UGC Career Advancement for Library Professionals
by gautam bahl 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Dear Mr. Francis, The latest information I have on this matter is: As per the letter dated 9th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C in reply to letter No. F 3-1/94 (PS) - 7 dated 5th feb, 2001 regarding CAS for Assistant Librarians/College Librarians, Astt. Director of Physical Education, College DPEs and Astt. Registrars, the ministry has clearly denied to agree to a revised CAS to the above mentioned categories citing following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. If you need a copy of the aforesaid letter, please mail me your postal address. Some of the professional associations in the North India are gearing up to fight this matter for details you can contact Mr I B Verma General Secreatary, Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA) Mobile 0-9814721417 e-mail vermaib(a)yahoo.co.in With regards, Gautam Bahl Librarian T.S Central State Library, Sec 17, Chandigarh. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Mr. Francis, The latest information I have on this matter is: As per the letter dated 9 th May, 2005 of ministry of HRD, Deptt. of secondary and higher education to The Secretary, U.G.C in reply to letter No. F 3-1/94 (PS) - 7 dated 5th feb, 2001 regarding CAS for Assistant Librarians/College Librarians, Astt. Director of Physical Education, College DPEs and Astt. Registrars, the ministry has clearly denied to agree to a revised CAS to the above mentioned categories citing following reasons: 1. No absolute parity of these categories of personnel involved in the subject case with teachers in universities and colleges has been conceded. 2. The Rastogi committee has recommended different treatment to categories of teachers on the one hand and categories like Astt. Registrars, Librarians, physical education instructors on the other in Universities and colleges, in whose cases the committee had recommended only for the continuance of the existing CAS / existing path of carrier advancement including the continuance of existing residency period; there is no case/scope for considering benefits over and above these recommendations. If you need a copy of the aforesaid letter, please mail me your postal address. Some of the professional associations in the North India are gearing up to fight this matter for details you can contact Mr I B Verma General Secreatary, Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA) Mobile 0-9814721417 e-mail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulis/post?postID=EZzbiiORN7CgJnJRQoqr3dcLbew… vermaib(a)yahoo.co.in With regards, Gautam Bahl Librarian T.S Central State Library, Sec 17, Chandigarh . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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IJITAM: call for papers submission
by Puttaraj Choukimath 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Hi All, Greetings. http://www.vit.ac.in/ A new Internationa Journal Information Technology: Applications and Management (IJITAM) Dedicated to: Innovative and Path Breaking Applications, Strategic and Futuristic Technology Management, Achieving Excellence and Improved Productivity in Industry Sector, Optimal Utilization of Research and Development Resources, Collaborative Research and Use of ICT in Education etc. Effective and Efficient Decision Making for Responsive Governance Integrated Processes and Workflow Management for Corporate Governance Systems Approach for Managing ICT Infrastructure 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. Hi All, Greetings. http://www.vit.ac.in/ http://www.vit.ac.in/ A new Internationa Journal Information Technology: Applications and Management (IJITAM) Dedicated to: Innovative and Path Breaking Applications, Strategic and Futuristic Technology Management, Achieving Excellence and Improved Productivity in Industry Sector, Optimal Utilization of Research and Development Resources, Collaborative Research and Use of ICT in Education etc. Effective and Efficient Decision Making for Responsive Governance Integrated Processes and Workflow Management for Corporate Governance Systems Approach for Managing ICT Infrastructure 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 Yahoo! Mail for Mobile http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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S R RANGANATHAN'S DAY CELEBRATION
by vasappa gowda 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

"Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library,Mangalore " is celebrating Dr. S R Ranganatha's Day on 04th Sept,2005(Sunday) at 10 AM at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore. Dr. Kemparaju, Professor, Dept. of LIS, Bangalore University will give key note address. Prof. Narahari, President, Karnataka State College Teachers Association will be the chief guest. Prof. Eugine Lobo, Principal, St.Aloysius College, Mangalore will precide over the function. Sri. Mohandas, retired librarian, NITK, Surathkal and Sri. Ram Sherigar,Librarian, Poornaprajna College, Udupi will be honoured for their retirement. And Dr. T. Y.Mallaiah, Deputy Librarian, Mangalore University and Dr. Purushathama Gowda, Sr. Assistant Librarian, Mangalore University will be felicitated for their award of Doctoral Degree in LIS. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED VASAPPA GOWDA, SR. LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA. e-mail vasgowda(a)yahoo.co.in Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2497109(R) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com " Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library,Mangalore " is celebrating Dr. S R Ranganatha's Day on 04th Sept,2005(Sunday) at 10 AM at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore. Dr. Kemparaju, Professor, Dept. of LIS, Bangalore University will give key note address. Prof. Narahari, President, Karnataka State College Teachers Association will be the chief guest. Prof. Eugine Lobo, Principal, St.Aloysius College, Mangalore will precide over the function. Sri. Mohandas, retired librarian, NITK, Surathkal and Sri. Ram Sherigar,Librarian, Poornaprajna College, Udupi will be honoured for their retirement. And Dr. T. Y.Mallaiah, Deputy Librarian, Mangalore University and Dr. Purushathama Gowda, Sr. Assistant Librarian, Mangalore University will be felicitated for their award of Doctoral Degree in LIS. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED VASAPPA GOWDA, SR. LIBRARIAN, BESANT EVENING COLLEGE, MANGALORE-575003, KARNATAKA STATE,INDIA. e-mail mailto:vasgowda@yahoo.co.in vasgowda(a)yahoo.co.in Ph (0824) 2491204(O) (0824) 2497109(R) Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads
by Subbiah Gunasekaran 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Dear Members: Please read the article. ---- Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads By Michael Hill August 29, 2005 Associated Press Writer GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed. Rather, public libraries from New York City to Alameda, Calif., are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles to which they can listen on their computers or portable music players -- all without leaving home. Librarians say such offerings help libraries stay relevant in the digital age. Barbara Nichols Randall, director of the Guilderland Public Library in suburban Albany, said the library considered the needs of younger readers and those too busy to visit. "This is a way for us to have library access 24/7," she said. There's still one big hitch, though: The leading library services offer Windows-friendly audiobook files that can't be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s massively popular iPod player. Vendors such as OverDrive Inc. and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Inc.'s NetLibrary have licensing deals with publishers and provide digital books using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Audio format, which includes copyright protections designed to help audiobooks stand apart from the often lawless world of song swapping. A patron with a valid library card visits a library Web site to borrow a title for, say, three weeks. When the audiobook is due, the patron must renew it or find it automatically "returned" in a virtual sense: The file still sits on the patron's computer, but encryption makes it unplayable beyond the borrowing period. "The patron doesn't have to do anything after the lending period," said Steve Potash, chief executive of OverDrive. "The file expires. It checks itself back into the collection. There's no parts to lose. It's never damaged. It can never be late." Potash said about 1,000 libraries have signed up for OverDrive's audiobook service since its debut late last year. NetLibrary, teaming up with Recorded Books, launched a similar service in January and counts 200 library customers. Libraries offering audiobook downloads range from large institutions in New York and Los Angeles to smaller ones for Cleveland, Ohio, Maricopa County, Ariz., North Little Rock, Ark. and Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii State Public Library System signed up earlier this month. Guilderland pays NetLibrary about $6,000 a year for more than 850 titles. Randall considers that a good deal, noting that a single audiobook can cost the library up to $80 when bought on CD. Under the NetLibrary program, Guilderland gets a set number of downloads for all titles each year, and a single title can be borrowed by multiple patrons simultaneously as long as the cap hasn't been reached. Downloads over the cap cost extra. Patrons must provide their own audio players, although they may listen on their home computers if they do not have one. Other libraries make different arrangements. OverDrive, for example, generally takes a more traditional approach. When a copy is checked out, no other patron may download it until the borrowing period ends. It's still unclear what impact such services will have on audiobook download sales from companies such as Audible Inc., although one analyst suggested it could inspire more sales as patrons buy for keeps a title they had borrowed. "It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this," said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. Digital downloads are a part of a natural progression for libraries, which have evolved from lending books to cassettes and videotapes to CDs and DVDs. OverDrive recently launched a video download service for libraries. Librarians say they had little interest in audiobook downloads just a few years ago, but they have since noticed what everyone else has: the ubiquity of people sporting earbuds on streets, buses and malls. Nearly 28 million portable audio players were sold last year, according to In-Stat, a technology research company. With more than 21 million sold, the iPod remains the signature portable player. But it uses the Advanced Audio Coding format with FairPlay, its own digital rights management system and one incompatible with Windows' technology. Just as the lack of a standard digital audio format has fragmented the music download market, it affects audiobooks. Users of iPods can still listen to books purchased through sources such as audible.com or Apple's own iTunes Music Store, but the library services, for now, are geared toward computers and devices that support Windows Media Audio files. OverDrive files can be burned to CDs and converted to iPod friendly formats, but NetLibrary's cannot. Marge Gammon of NetLibrary said that despite iPod's cache, the company wanted a product that could be played on a range of devices. OverDrive's Potash notes there's a growing market of portable audio players, some priced lower then $50 (Regular iPod models start at $299, though the Minis start at $199 and Shuffles at $99). Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company has no plans to change its copy-protection formats and would not comment on the incompatibility issue. Librarians say they have heard complaints from iPod users, but there's little they can do beyond waiting for the industry to sort out its differences. One California library shunned the download services completely, largely because of iPod's popularity. Instead, Newport Beach Public Library bought 15 iPod Shuffles and loaded them up with audiobooks from iTunes to loan out. Patrons are liable for any loss or damage, though librarian Genesis Hansen said there's been no problems so far. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_082905.asp?trk=nl ----- Thanks S.Gunasekaran Dear Members: Please read the article. ---- Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads By Michael Hill August 29, 2005 Associated Press Writer GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed. Rather, public libraries from New York City to Alameda, Calif., are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles to which they can listen on their computers or portable music players -- all without leaving home. Librarians say such offerings help libraries stay relevant in the digital age. Barbara Nichols Randall, director of the Guilderland Public Library in suburban Albany, said the library considered the needs of younger readers and those too busy to visit. "This is a way for us to have library access 24/7," she said. There's still one big hitch, though: The leading library services offer Windows-friendly audiobook files that can't be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s massively popular iPod player. Vendors such as OverDrive Inc. and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Inc.'s NetLibrary have licensing deals with publishers and provide digital books using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Audio format, which includes copyright protections designed to help audiobooks stand apart from the often lawless world of song swapping. A patron with a valid library card visits a library Web site to borrow a title for, say, three weeks. When the audiobook is due, the patron must renew it or find it automatically "returned" in a virtual sense: The file still sits on the patron's computer, but encryption makes it unplayable beyond the borrowing period. "The patron doesn't have to do anything after the lending period," said Steve Potash, chief executive of OverDrive. "The file expires. It checks itself back into the collection. There's no parts to lose. It's never damaged. It can never be late." Potash said about 1,000 libraries have signed up for OverDrive's audiobook service since its debut late last year. NetLibrary, teaming up with Recorded Books, launched a similar service in January and counts 200 library customers. Libraries offering audiobook downloads range from large institutions in New York and Los Angeles to smaller ones for Cleveland, Ohio, Maricopa County, Ariz., North Little Rock, Ark. and Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii State Public Library System signed up earlier this month. Guilderland pays NetLibrary about $6,000 a year for more than 850 titles. Randall considers that a good deal, noting that a single audiobook can cost the library up to $80 when bought on CD. Under the NetLibrary program, Guilderland gets a set number of downloads for all titles each year, and a single title can be borrowed by multiple patrons simultaneously as long as the cap hasn't been reached. Downloads over the cap cost extra. Patrons must provide their own audio players, although they may listen on their home computers if they do not have one. Other libraries make different arrangements. OverDrive, for example, generally takes a more traditional approach. When a copy is checked out, no other patron may download it until the borrowing period ends. It's still unclear what impact such services will have on audiobook download sales from companies such as Audible Inc., although one analyst suggested it could inspire more sales as patrons buy for keeps a title they had borrowed. "It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this," said Phil Leigh, a senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. Digital downloads are a part of a natural progression for libraries, which have evolved from lending books to cassettes and videotapes to CDs and DVDs. OverDrive recently launched a video download service for libraries. Librarians say they had little interest in audiobook downloads just a few years ago, but they have since noticed what everyone else has: the ubiquity of people sporting earbuds on streets, buses and malls. Nearly 28 million portable audio players were sold last year, according to In-Stat, a technology research company. With more than 21 million sold, the iPod remains the signature portable player. But it uses the Advanced Audio Coding format with FairPlay, its own digital rights management system and one incompatible with Windows' technology. Just as the lack of a standard digital audio format has fragmented the music download market, it affects audiobooks. Users of iPods can still listen to books purchased through sources such as audible.com or Apple's own iTunes Music Store, but the library services, for now, are geared toward computers and devices that support Windows Media Audio files. OverDrive files can be burned to CDs and converted to iPod friendly formats, but NetLibrary's cannot. Marge Gammon of NetLibrary said that despite iPod's cache, the company wanted a product that could be played on a range of devices. OverDrive's Potash notes there's a growing market of portable audio players, some priced lower then $50 (Regular iPod models start at $299, though the Minis start at $199 and Shuffles at $99). Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company has no plans to change its copy-protection formats and would not comment on the incompatibility issue. Librarians say they have heard complaints from iPod users, but there's little they can do beyond waiting for the industry to sort out its differences. One California library shunned the download services completely, largely because of iPod's popularity. Instead, Newport Beach Public Library bought 15 iPod Shuffles and loaded them up with audiobooks from iTunes to loan out. Patrons are liable for any loss or damage, though librarian Genesis Hansen said there's been no problems so far. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_082905.asp?trk=nl ----- Thanks S.Gunasekaran http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Need Marc21 Experts
by kss 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

We may shortly need experts in Marc21 and Library Congress Subject classification system capable of undertaking Cataloging work in Indic languages (Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu) on demand basis. Those interested may send the details to kss(a)informindia.co.in K S Subba Rao Director Informatics India Ltd. 337 Karuna Complex Sampige Road Malleshwaram Bangalore 560 003

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MULISSA - Friday Talk
by harinarayana＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA) ivites you to the Friday Talk. Details given below: Speaker : Mr. S. Shashishekar Topic : Information for an open society Date : September 2, 2005 Time : 4 PM Venue : Department of Library and Information Science, Manasagangotri Abstract: The lecture intends to discuss the internet ways of information generation including blogs, wikis, the legal aspects, technical aspects amongst other points. Harinarayana Faculty Advisor MULISSA

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UGC Career Advancement for Library Professionals
by Aloor Thomas Francis 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Dear Professionals, As per the 1996 Pay Revision, the UGC has reduced the redisency period from eight years to six years for teachers, but retained as eight for librarians. If there is any change, I would like to know the present rules of the UGC regarding the career advancement of University Assistant Librarians and College Librarians to Senior Grande and Selection Grade. A.T. FRANCIS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Corporation Bank to Gift Hi-Tech Library to City
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

News -- Mangalore: Corporation Bank to Gift Hi-Tech Library to City http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=14176&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+… Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (SS) Mangalore, Aug 31: The city will soon be gifted with a state-of-the-art public library. Thanks to Corporation Bank, this venture is a part of its centenary year celebrations. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on Tuesday, August 30, here. V K Chopra, bank chairman and managing director, laid the foundation stone. The library to be constructed near Mangala stadium here, will consist of three floors, with books stored on the first floor. It will have separate sections for administration and a multipurpose reading hall. The reading hall, reference and periodicals sections, will be housed on the ground floor. The numismatic and philatelic museum will also be based on the ground floor, while the internet and video conferencing systems will be in the basement. Each floor will have an area of 3700 to 4000 square feet each. The construction will be completed by February 2006, a release from the bank said. Facilities like book lending and retrieval will be computerized. An ATM counter will be a part of the structure too. Audio visual equipments for conducting discussions and exchange of knowledge among similarly facilitated libraries all over the world, will also be available. The Bank has intentions to set up libraries in nearly 25 other villages in the country, by the end of this year. 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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Late Dr. T B Rajashekar's collection project
by PRASANNA TS 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Dear Professionals Its almost three months now since Dr. T B Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, departed from us so unexpectedly. He was a born leader, a great visionary, an excellent teacher, an eminent Scientist, and one of the pioneers of the OAI and Digital Libraries movement in the country. Each and every publication/presentaion of his carries a great wealth of information and knowledge. We should ensure that all his works should be preserved for the posterity. We at NCSI-NET, a professional group comprising of present Students, Project assistants, Alumni and Staff of NCSI, are initiating few projects to carry forward his vision and work. Part of this initiative includes, putting together all his publications, presentations, and course materials. We are working to bring all his works in an online volume or in a CD form. We have already started working on it and collected some his publications from his Personal Computer, NCSI server and from Web. We request you to please let us know if any of you have worked with him in the past in writing a paper, making a presentation and so on. If so, we will get in touch with you in a separate mail indicating the format in which we would like to have the details of your work with Dr. T B Rajashekar. Or, we would appreciate if you could provide us at least the following details: Title of the work, format (pdf, ppt, etc), Source (Conf, journal etc), Co-authors, Year, etc. We are planning to bring out this volume on his Birth anniversary i.e. 2nd November. Hence we don't have much time and request you to get back to Mr. T S Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com OR prasan_ts(a)yahoo.com ) OR Rajendra Babu(rajendra.babu(a)capco.com), on or before 10th September 2005. Your response before 10th September would be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, NCSI-NET co-coordinators. --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page Dear Professionals Its almost three months now since Dr. T B Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, departed from us so unexpectedly. He was a born leader, a great visionary, an excellent teacher, an eminent Scientist, and one of the pioneers of the OAI and Digital Libraries movement in the country. Each and every publication/presentaion of his carries a great wealth of information and knowledge. We should ensure that all his works should be preserved for the posterity. We at NCSI-NET, a professional group comprising of present Students, Project assistants, Alumni and Staff of NCSI, are initiating few projects to carry forward his vision and work. Part of this initiative includes, putting together all his publications, presentations, and course materials. We are working to bring all his works in an online volume or in a CD form. We have already started working on it and collected some his publications from his Personal Computer, NCSI server and from Web. We request you to please let us know if any of you have worked with him in the past in writing a paper, making a presentation and so on. If so, we will get in touch with you in a separate mail indicating the format in which we would like to have the details of your work with Dr. T B Rajashekar. Or, we would appreciate if you could provide us at least the following details: Title of the work, format (pdf, ppt, etc), Source (Conf, journal etc), Co-authors, Year, etc. We are planning to bring out this volume on his Birth anniversary i.e. 2nd November. Hence we don't have much time and request you to get back to Mr. T S Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com OR prasan_ts(a)yahoo.com ) OR Rajendra Babu(rajendra.babu(a)capco.com), on or before 10th September 2005. Your response before 10th September would be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, NCSI-NET co-coordinators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

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The European Library
by Saiful Amin 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Greetings! The European Library (TEL) is a very interesting project I found today while surfing. It has a federated search engine to search 43 European national library catalogues for a whopping 11 million records! The search results are also very well presented and quite fast. Source: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.htm Regards, Saiful Some details from their website: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY? The European Library webservice is a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced. The Vision of the European Library is: Provision of equal access to promote world-wide understanding of the richness and diversity of European learning and culture. The Mission of the European Library is: The European Library exists to open up the universe of knowledge, information and cultures of all Europe's national libraries. WHO IS THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY FOR? The European Library service is aimed at informed citizens world-wide (both professional and non-professional) who want a powerful and simple way of finding library materials. Moreover, it is expected to attract researchers as there is a vast virtual collection of material from all disciplines. It offers anyone with an interest a simple route to access European cultural resources. WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY? *It brings together disparate collections on your desktop and will allow for cross-collection searching *It presents integrated results and will deliver digital objects *It enables types of collection-level searching which would otherwise be impossible *It is a major contribution to research both in making resources widely available and by making possible new connections through exploitation of a huge virtual library collection. *The European Library encourages new research! -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Question: Ranganathan & Information Logistics
by Alireza Noruzi 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear Indian Colleagues, Im looking for the precise bibliographic information of Ranganathan's definition of "Information Logistics - as a branch of information management - deals with information flows inside of an organisation. The goal is the optimization of availability and retention time of information. Information logistics concerns the provision of the right information at the right time in the right form and quality for the right user, at the right place." According to my knowledge the definition is dated 1954, but I can not detect a publication from that year. Can anybody help me in detecting the primary source of that definition? Kind regards A. Noruzi www.nouruzi.itgo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Indian Colleagues, Im looking for the precise bibliographic information of Ranganathan's definition of " Information Logistics - as a branch of information management - deals with information flows inside of an organisation. The goal is the optimization of availability and retention time of information. Information logistics concerns the provision of the right information at the right time in the right form and quality for the right user, at the right place." According to my knowledge the definition is dated 1954, but I can not detect a publication from that year. Can anybody help me in detecting the primary source of that definition? Kind regards A. Noruzi www.nouruzi.itgo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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InfoVision-2005
by I.R.N.Goudar 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear Professionals, LIS profession is facing the challenge of repositioning and redefining our skills and responsibilities.If one sees the latest program schedule of InfoVision 2005 (www.infovision2005.org/prgmstrc.html) which is just 3 weeks away, it looks like a great treat for LIS professionals. This great summit presents a galaxy of international and Indian speakers from both academia and industry. Ronald Larsen from Pitsburg's School of Information Science, Judith Turner, the editor of Journal of Electronic Publishing, speakers from Google and Yahoo, Sify and Rediff, and the publishing visionaries like Derk Haank from Springer who is credited with ScienceDirect success in his his earlier position at Elsevier are few to name. This is an opportunity to LIS professionals to interact with many more from LIS Profession, IT Industry, Content Creaters and so on. The Organisers have also announced a concessional registration fee of Rs. 5000/- for delegates from academic institutions. I suggest and urge my professional colleagues to take a look at the program and not to miss the event. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Ctrl+C
by Thapar, Amit 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear all, We copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of JavaScript's and ASP. Just try this: 1) Copy any text by ctrl+c 2) Click the Link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm 3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by this web page. Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, creditcard numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Solution To Avoid This To avoid this, do the following: Tools 1. Go to internet options->security 2. Press custom level 3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script. Now the contents of your clipboard are safe. with regards, 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/ LOVE is like a CIGAR "It starts with a fire..... continues with smoke.....and ends in ashes... But dont worry - I am chain smoker" "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... " Dear all, We copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of JavaScript's and ASP. Just try this: 1) Copy any text by ctrl+c 2) Click the Link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm 3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by this web page. Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, creditcard numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Solution To Avoid This To avoid this, do the following: Tools 1. Go to internet options->security cid:028201c5ad57$7a90d800$cc0ea8c0@niper.ac.in 2. Press custom level cid:028401c5ad57$7a90d800$cc0ea8c0@niper.ac.in 3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script . Now the contents of your clipboard are safe. with regards, 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/ LOVE is like a CIGAR "It starts with a fire..... continues with smoke.....and ends in ashes... But dont worry - I am chain smoker" "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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Case Material: Provisions of IPR laws
by tariq22＠gmail.com 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear All I am looking for provisions of Intellectual Property and Copy Right laws in India with regard to Case MateriaL used in Business School and included in reading list The information I require is that if a case is released for use in courses should it be OR not be openly available in the Library I request you to kindly enlighten me with the requisite provisions AND practices in this regard. Thanks and Regards -- Dr.Tariq Ashraf Librarian Indian Institute of Management Prabandh Nagar, Lucknow 226 013 (India) Ph: 0522-2736944[Direct] Res: 011-55125312 Mobile : 9935-639130 Fax: 91-0522 -2734025-2734027 Email: tariq(a)iiml.ac.in; tariq22(a)gmail.com URL: http://iiml.ac.in Dear All I am looking for provisions of Intellectual Property and Copy Right laws in India with regard to Case MateriaL used in Business School and included in reading list The information I require is that if a case is released for use in courses should it be OR not be openly available in the Library I request you to kindly enlighten me with the requisite provisions AND practices in this regard. Thanks and Regards -- Dr.Tariq Ashraf Librarian Indian Institute of Management Prabandh Nagar, Lucknow 226 013 (India) Ph: 0522-2736944[Direct] Res: 011-55125312 Mobile : 9935-639130 Fax: 91-0522 -2734025-2734027 Email: mailto:tariq@iiml.ac.in tariq(a)iiml.ac.in ; mailto:tariq22@gmail.com tariq22(a)gmail.com URL: http://iiml.ac.in http://iiml.ac.in

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Intern for couple of months
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear Professionals, We are looking for an intern for a period of 3 months. Could you please refer any of your students having strong DDC, Cataloging Communication & Computer skills Stipend would be ~ Rs. 5000 PM. Suitable candidates please send in their updated CV to this mail id. Thanks **************************************** Sreeharsha BG i2 Technologies ‘One i2 Place’ #132 / 133, DivyaSree Technopolis Yamalur Post, Off Airport Road, Bangalore 560 037. Phone: +91-80-3028 8016 Handfone: +91-98867 26915 Email: sreeharsha_gopalakrishna(a)i2.com visit us @ www.i2.com ****************************************

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Sharing your book collection with strangers !!!
by Jayadev P Hiremath 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

FYI. Regards. Jayadev P Hiremath http://www.bookcrossing.com/ bookcrossing n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. Let's get right down to it. You know the feeling you get after reading a book that speaks to you, that touches your life, a feeling that you want to share it with someone else? BookCrossing.com gives you a simple way to share books with the world, and follow their paths forever! http://www.mybookyourbook.co.uk mybookyourbook can best be described as an on-line co-operative library. Each member contributes a small number of book titles to the central database at mybookyourbook with these books remaining on their own shelf until requested by another member. Imagine a catalogue consisting of several thousand books spread throughout the country! The more members, the greater the choice of books. www.paperbackswap.com What is PaperBackSwap? We are a group of real people who have formed a Club to swap paperback books with each other. No gimmicks. No spam. No advertising. No kidding. We are not a large corporation trying to sell you something. We're just a group of real folks who wanted a way of trading paperbacks with each other through the U.S. mail. Please read the testimonials and you will understand that this book club is for rea

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FW: mylibrary@ockham
by Madhuresh 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

FYI. Index of various subjects and topics like Library Science (4100 articles), Life Science (35,000 articles), Mathematics (150,000 articles), Medicine (15,000 articles), Theses (182,000), Journals (1500 Open Access), Articles (57,000), EBooks (1200) etc. is available. All these can be searched separately as well as with a single Master Index. Just do a search and see the various functionalities and options it offers. From: emorgan(a)nd.edu Date: August 24, 2005 08:12:23 EDT [Please excuse the cross-posting.] Thanks to the GREAT work of Xiaorong Xiang (a Ph.D student here at Notre Dame in Computer Science), we have all but finished the development work on MyLibrary@Ockham. See: http://mylibrary.ockham.org/ MyLibrary@Ockham uses MyLibrary to collect, organize, and cache more than 430,000 records harvested from various scholarly OAI archives. The system then uses reports written against the database to find things like all the items classified as articles or all the items classified as medicine. These reports are sent to an indexer (Plucene), and finally an SRU interface was created allowing people to search the index. The SRU interface sports a number of cool features including: * lists of suggested alternative spellings with ASPELL * lists of possible synonyms using WordNet * lists of statistically created keyword The point of all this work is three-fold: 1) to demonstrate how digital library collections and services can be easily implemented using standard protocols and open source software 2) to address the perennial problem of "finding more like this one" 3) to demonstrate how the library profession can collect, organize, archive, and disseminate scholarly content if it is published using open access publishing techniques For more information about the system as well as to see how the content is organized, see: http://mylibrary.ockham.org/?cmd=about http://mylibrary.ockham.org/?cmd=facets Fun! -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Faculty positions
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Dear colleague FYI The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University is looking to fill a few positions for next academic year: * Biomathematics/Dynamical Systems (Tenure track, Assistant Prof) * Chair (open field and open rank) * Algebra and/or Discrete Mathematics (Tenure track, Assistant Prof) Would you be so kind in distributing/posting this information for any potential candidates within your department/center? The html versions of the job postings can be found at: http://nlds.sdsu.edu/search2005.html ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications Dear colleague FYI The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University is looking to fill a few positions for next academic year: * Biomathematics/Dynamical Systems (Tenure track, Assistant Prof) * Chair (open field and open rank) * Algebra and/or Discrete Mathematics (Tenure track, Assistant Prof) Would you be so kind in distributing/posting this information for any potential candidates within your department/center? The html versions of the job postings can be found at: http://nlds.sdsu.edu/search2005.html http://nlds.sdsu.edu/search2005.html ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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InfoVision-2005
by Mailing List Manager 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:01:23 +0000 From: Ravichandra Rao.I.K. <ikrrao(a)hotmail.com> � The first ever-global summit InfoVision-2005, will be held in Bangalore for practicing Information Professionals � both from Industries and Academia. � It is being organized with an objective to provide an opportunity for the LIS Professionals to interact with the leaders in the field. � The summit is organized by IIT-B and Informatics, Bangalore for two days from 15 th September 2005. The summit focuses on: �� . IT & IM � E-learning & digital libraries � IPM � ideologies, legalities and technologies � Polity framework for information society � E-publishing � KM etc � Those who have not yet registered, may kindly contact the Secretariat of the InfoVision-2005. � For details, see : � http://www.infovision2005.org/ I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO Member, Organizing Committee

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On the advantages of OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Friends in Africa: Universities and research labs in Africa needs OA more than anyone else. Friends of OA would like to hear your voices supporting and demanding OA. Best wishes. Arun ----- Response to Olivieri In the August 27 issue of the Times Higher Education Supplement, Stephen Pinfield and Paul Ayris have a letter to the editor responding to Rene Olivieri's article of August 19, Making a pig's ear of an unscientific free-for-all. Excerpt: It is ironic that Rene Olivieri's criticism of supporters of open access...often lapsed into the polemical when this was a label he was trying to pin on his opponents. Despite his calls for the current debate to be more scientific, he omitted to mention many of the relevant facts. In particular, he failed to acknowledge the anomalies of the current system of research publishing. Universities generate research papers, give them away free of charge to publishers and then buy them back at high prices. Researchers give away their services as authors, referees and editorial board members all free of charge and yet their institutions have to buy back the value they have added. Prices are high because (as the Office of Fair Trading has observed) price competition does not properly operate in the academic periodicals market. This means institutions cannot afford to purchase all of the periodicals they would like and so researchers do not have easy access to all of the literature they need. Furthermore, society in general cannot get access to research funded by public money. Researchers want their work to be read and cited, and yet the impact their work can make is being limited. The rise of the Web, which makes wide distribution of content quick and easy, is making the system - which was developed a paper-based world - look anachronistic. Open access has the potential to overcome many of these problems. It is not just an interesting theory. There are a number of working examples, ranging from institutional databases of research papers to new peer reviewed journals. Many mainstream publishers are themselves experimenting with open access models and funding bodies are investing in experiments and studies to see what the future holds. Increasingly, research funders and governments are coming to see the benefits. Better communication means better science. Widening access will benefit the scientific community but will also bring benefits to health care, knowledge transfer and the public understanding of science. Empirical evidence of these benefits is beginning to emerge. Further work should be encouraged for the benefit of the academic community and society in general. Rather than try to turn back the oncoming tide, publishers such as Mr Olivieri would be better advised to ride the wave. Stephen Pinfield is the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Director of Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. Paul Ayris is the Director of Library Services and Copyright Officer at University College London. Friends in Africa: Universities and research labs in Africa needs OA more than anyone else. Friends of OA would like to hear your voices supporting and demanding OA. Best wishes. Arun ----- Response to Olivieri [A] In the August 27 issue of the http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/ Times Higher Education Supplement , Stephen Pinfield and Paul Ayris have a letter to the editor responding to http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_08_14_fosblogarchive.html#a11245643… Rene Olivieri's article of August 19, http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2024070 Making a pig's ear of an unscientific free-for-all . Excerpt: It is ironic that Rene Olivieri's criticism of supporters of open access...often lapsed into the polemical when this was a label he was trying to pin on his opponents. Despite his calls for the current debate to be more scientific, he omitted to mention many of the relevant facts. In particular, he failed to acknowledge the anomalies of the current system of research publishing. Universities generate research papers, give them away free of charge to publishers and then buy them back at high prices. Researchers give away their services as authors, referees and editorial board members all free of charge and yet their institutions have to buy back the value they have added. Prices are high because (as the Office of Fair Trading has observed) price competition does not properly operate in the academic periodicals market. This means institutions cannot afford to purchase all of the periodicals they would like and so researchers do not have easy access to all of the literature they need. Furthermore, society in general cannot get access to research funded by public money. Researchers want their work to be read and cited, and yet the impact their work can make is being limited. The rise of the Web, which makes wide distribution of content quick and easy, is making the system which was developed a paper-based world look anachronistic. Open access has the potential to overcome many of these problems. It is not just an interesting theory. There are a number of working examples, ranging from institutional databases of research papers to new peer reviewed journals. Many mainstream publishers are themselves experimenting with open access models and funding bodies are investing in experiments and studies to see what the future holds. Increasingly, research funders and governments are coming to see the benefits. Better communication means better science. Widening access will benefit the scientific community but will also bring benefits to health care, knowledge transfer and the public understanding of science. Empirical evidence of these benefits is beginning to emerge. Further work should be encouraged for the benefit of the academic community and society in general. Rather than try to turn back the oncoming tide, publishers such as Mr Olivieri would be better advised to ride the wave. Stephen Pinfield is the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Director of Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. Paul Ayris is the Director of Library Services and Copyright Officer at University College London.

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Infovision promotion
by Mailing List Manager 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

KM thoughts at InfoVision 2005 Knowledge Management is a discipline, which is in the limelight today. But, traditional LIS profession has been in the business of KM since the very beginning. Besides cross-functional collaboration for organizational strategic impact, the processes of classification and cataloguing systems form the basis of KM. Content management, one of the most critical aspects of KM is an extension and expansion of information processes in libraries. InfoVision - www.infovision2005.org <http://www.infovision2005.org/> is bringing a world-renowned expert in KM - Dr. Richard McDermoott. ( http://www.mcdermottconsulting.com <http://www.mcdermottconsulting.com/> ). Dr Dermott is a widely sought after speaker in the KM world. Join us at InfoVision to know what is new in the world of KM With Regards, Kottai Head - KM Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab

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coverage of OA documents by search engines
by Mailing List Manager 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:09:09 +0530 (IST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: According to a recent posting by Eberhard Hilf, "the scientific OA documents on local institutes servers are barely covered by retrieval engines" and DOAJ lists only a part of OA journals. The OA supporters should coax search engines to cover OA documents in all OA repositories and persuade DOAJ and other similar services to cover OA journals far more comprehensively. Arun

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Fw: [IAMSLIC:5359] H index to quantify an individual's scientific output
by M.P.Tapaswi 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Sorry for cross-posting but should be of interest to the ones interested in citation studies. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Berteaux To: iamslic(a)ucdavis.edu Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:37 AM Subject: [IAMSLIC:5359] H index to quantify an individual's scientific output This morning a faculty member asked about a new factor which he had just read about in Science that measures the impact or stature of individual scientists. It's called the H Index after Jorge Hirsch who proposed it. For any researcher the h number is the largest number for which it is true that the researcher has h publications with at least h citations. For example, an eminent physicist has the very high h number of 110 because he has 110 publications with at least 110 citations. The article goes on to say that the h index can be easily found using WoK and then sorting by "times cited". There's more information at: http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/9/1 This page also provides a link to the original article by Hirsch, "An index to quantify an individual's scientific output". Note that the examples given were from a 20 year backfile so I'm not sure how that translates if your backfiles don't go back that far. -- Susan ============================================== Susan S. Berteaux...Head, Science & Technology Library Syracuse University...Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 Ph: 315/443-9766...Fax: 315/443-5549...Email: ssbertea(a)syr.edu Sorry for cross-posting but should be of interest to the ones interested in citation studies. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:Ssbertea@syr.edu Susan Berteaux To: mailto:iamslic@ucdavis.edu iamslic(a)ucdavis.edu Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:37 AM Subject: [IAMSLIC:5359] H index to quantify an individual's scientific output This morning a faculty member asked about a new factor which he had just read about in Science that measures the impact or stature of individual scientists. It's called the H Index after Jorge Hirsch who proposed it. For any researcher the h number is the largest number for which it is true that the researcher has h publications with at least h citations. For example, an eminent physicist has the very high h number of 110 because he has 110 publications with at least 110 citations. The article goes on to say that the h index can be easily found using WoK and then sorting by "times cited". There's more information at: http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/9/1 http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/9/1 This page also provides a link to the original article by Hirsch, "An index to quantify an individual's scientific output". Note that the examples given were from a 20 year backfile so I'm not sure how that translates if your backfiles don't go back that far. -- Susan ============================================== Susan S. Berteaux...Head, Science & Technology Library Syracuse University...Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 Ph: 315/443-9766...Fax: 315/443-5549...Email: mailto:ssbertea@syr.edu ssbertea(a)syr.edu

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