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Weedinhg out of books
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 06:16:49 +0100 (BST) From: suresh kumar <nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Members, Please let me know Govt. of India / CSIR /UGC / any approved guidelines regarding weeding out of books from library stock ((ie) number of books per year, procedures for weeding out,criteria for members of committee regarding this,etc etc) Thanking you, sureshkumar, librarian, Fluid Control Research Institute, (Govt. of India), palakkad-678623 kerala

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Re: [eGovINDIA] Fw: Volunteering for Loksatta - maharashtra chapter
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:39:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Recently there was a few postings (eGovIndia list) on the appointment of Mr sam Pitroda as the Head of a new Knowledge Commission with Prof. P M Bhargava as his deputy. Here is some news of interest. Arun MSSRf, Chennai ------- More on the Access to Knowledge (a2k) treaty Michael Geist, We can help bridge the digital divide, Toronto Star, April 25, 2005. Excerpt: 'Earlier this month, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted groundbreaking discussions in Geneva. The U.N. agency, which for years has been associated with ever-increasing intellectual property protections for the developed world, held talks about initiating a new intellectual property development agenda that holds the potential to shift some of its focus to the needs of the developing world. Although the precise issues to be addressed within the agenda are yet to be determined, a key element is the creation of an Access to Knowledge Treaty. It could include provisions on access to medicines and globally funded research, open access to scholarly research, as well as exceptions to patent and copyright laws that serve the interests of the developing world.'

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Celera to make genomic data OA
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:28:34 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends in Genomics: Here is some news you may find interesting. Arun MSSrf, Chennai -------- Celera to make genomic data OA Andrew Pollack, Celera to Quit Selling Genome Information, New York Times, April 27, 2005. (Requires registration.) Excerpt: "Celera Genomics, which raced with the publicly financed Human Genome Project to decipher the human DNA sequence, has decided to abandon the business of selling genetic information. The company said yesterday that it was discontinuing its genome database subscription business and putting the information into the public domain." The article reports that the company will deposit the data in a federally-run database, but does not specify which. Craig Venter, former leader of Celera, is quoted: "Moving the Celera data into the public domain is something I have been strongly in favor of, and I feel it sets a good precedent for companies who are sitting on gene and genome data sets that have little or no commercial value, but would be of great benefit to the scientific community."

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Digitizing library books
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:16:55 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> 19 National libraries in Europe resolve to digitize books European libraries join forces against Google global virtual library, TurkishPress.com, April 27, 2005. An unsigned news story. Excerpt: 'Nineteen European national libraries have joined forces against a planned communications revolution by Internet search giant Google to create a global virtual library, organisers said Wednesday. The 19 libraries are backing instead a multi-million euro counter-offensive by European nations to put European literature online. "The leaders of the undersigned national libraries wish to support the initiative of Europe's leaders aimed at a large and organised digitisation of the works belonging to our continent's heritage," a statement said....The statement was signed by national libraires in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The British National Library has given its implicit support to the move, without signing the motion, while Cyprus and Malta have agreed verbally to the text. Portugal is also set to approve it.' ------ When will libraries in the developing countries start work on making available their collections online and via open access? I urge all friends in Asia, Africa and Latin America to mount focused advocacy aimed at their national level policy makers. In India, Prof. N Balakrishnan (known as Balki) leads a team that aims to digitise a million books (in different languages). Prof. Adama Samasekou, Unesco, NEPAD, UNECA and other agencies should strive hard to get all of Africa's printed literature on to the digitised virtual library. Best wishes. Arun MSSRF, Chennai

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Re: [DDN] Software Freedom Day - Sept 10, 2005
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 10:43:41 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Phil and friends: We may also consider a similar freedom day for freeing the scientific and scholarly research literature from the clutches of toll-access journals so anyone with access to Internet can access the full text of research papers online. Already many individuals (such as Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Barbara Kirsop, Leslie Chan, Jean-Claude Guedon, Francis Muguet) and groups (Open Society Institute, Budapest Open Access Initiative, the Wellcome Trust, the Berlin Declaration group, the Electronic Publishing Trust, Bioline International) are active in this area, but they are not as numerous as the groups working in the FOSS movement. I believe that setting up interoperable open access institutional archives is the best hope for making universal access to relevant research information a level playing field. It is very important for scientists in the developing world. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] MSSRF, Chennai ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Shapiro" <pshapiro(a)his.com> To: <digitaldivide(a)milhouse.edc.org> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:35 AM Subject: [DDN] Software Freedom Day - Sept 10, 2005 > hi DDN communty - > > this upcoming global event looks like it will move things forward. > do please spread the word about the event and consider ways that you and > organizations (or businesses or government entities) you're connected with > can participate. > > http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ > > "Software Freedom Day is a global grassroots effort to promote the use of > Free and Open Source Software. Over 70 teams joined the celebration last > year, organising a range of events at schools, universities and public > places. This year, we have every opportunity to grow and make a serious > impact on public opinion." > > blog on, > > - phil > > if you're looking for ideas of what to do on that day, consider showcasing > Moodle. (Moodle.org) the smartest people i know are big fans of > Moodle. they include people right here in the DDN community. > > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/grstevens > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/sgatling > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/FrancesL > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/murdock > > see also > http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro/view?PostID=3137 > -- > Phil Shapiro pshapiro(a)his.com > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) > http://teachme.blogspot.com (weblog) > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) > http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media)

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Re: Open source library automation packages-Your opinion
by Mailing List Manager 02 May '05

02 May '05

Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:37:45 +0100 (BST) From: "MALLIKARJUNA, C" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, Would you please share your view/experience about using open source library automation packages. (Koha, Emilda, Avanthi, etc ) With Regards C.Mallikarjuna Librarian, S.B Group of Institutes, Bangalore-64. Mobile: 09343757228

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RE: [LIS-Forum] guidelines for posting/replying
by Babu Rajendra 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Dear Moderator, That's great initiative. As few members have the tendency of just sending the mails without any further details, such as what they work as, where are they working/writing from and so on. Precisely, members sending mails without their signatures, if some body need to talk to them on any other relevant matters, it's just impossible. We also have this bad habit of negativity towards what we do, and have developed this stubborn behavior to some extent. It has happened with me as well, some member wrote to Forum about something, I have asked him to include his signature. You may guess what a great reply I have got? (from a fellow professional?) like, is my e-mail not enough, I don't believe in showing what I am and so on so forth.... Let's make a difference in what we do. Thanks, H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5 - 10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:09 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] guidelines for posting/replying Dear Member: We appreciate your active participation in the LIS-Forum discussion list. Your valuable postings and replies to the queries posted by fellow members are very beneficial to the rest of the members on the list. We would also appreciate if you could follow certain minimal guidelines mentioned below while posting a message and/or while replying to a query posted by a fellow member: - Quite a few unsigned and/or unidentified messages are received on a regular basis. Many a times we return such mails to the originator with a request to include the affiliation details sufficient enough for the fellow members to identify the sender. Please adhere to this guideline strictly, failing which we may have to discard unsigned or unidentified postings - The preferred format for postings is plain text. If your mail clients default to other formats such as HTML, please configure your mail clients to send plain text while posting messages to the LIS-Forum list - Sending file attachments of any kind should be strictly avoided. Members circulating questionnaire should either convert their questionnaire to plain text and include it in the body of the message or should facilitate online submission of questionnaire - Ensure that your posting has a valid subject - Whenever there is a request for a fulltext article (such requests should be posted on this forum only as a last resort), the fellow members who intend to honour such requests, should interact with the requester directly. - While replying to a query, just include the relevant portion of the original message rather than including the the entire message. - Personal attacks of any kind will be just discarded - While drawing the attention of the fellow members to a particular news item/information, to the extent possible provide the URLs rather than just forwarding such news item/information. We solicit your cooperation in the smooth running of this list. With regards, - Moderator _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Library Trainees required in British Council, New Delhi
by Mailing List Manager 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:15:55 +0530 From: "Sharma, Anjana (India)" <anjana.sharma(a)in.britishcouncil.org> Trainees (Library & Information Science) The Knowledge & Learning Center, British Council, New Delhi, conducts 12 months training in Library & Information skills. No. of Candidates required: 2 Required Qualifications: Graduates in any discipline, with good communications skills and working knowledge of computers. Qualifications in Library & Information Science are desirable. The trainees will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs 6000/- Please mail resumes to Sudha.munjal(a)in.britishcouncil.org Last date:5th May 2005 British Council, New Delhi

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Invitation to Seminar on Footprints in the Sands of Info-Times - May 5, 2005
by Mouna 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Dear Friends: On the occasion of Informatics competing its 25th Year, we have organised a one-day seminar the details of which are given below. You are cordially invited. Please register for the seminar at www.informindia.co.in Thank you. N V Sathyanarayana Chiarman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ Footprints in the sands of Info-Times Informatics Silver Jubilee Seminar and InfoQuiz 2005 on 5-5-2005, at Taj Residency, Bangalore, 9.30 to 5.00 pm Inaugural Address Dr N Seshagiri Emeritus Scientist, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore (Former Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi) Looking Back to Look Ahead: A glimpse at 25 years of information revolution in India Guest of Honour Mr H K Patil Hon. Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs Govt. of Karnataka Right of Access to Information: Karnataka leads the nation Presided by Dr M S Thimmappa Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University, Bangalore Programme Schedule: 9.30 to 11.00 am: Inaugural Session 11.30 to 1.00 pm: Session-1: Information Times: Today & Tomorrow Speakers: Mr Terry MacManus, Director, Ovid Technologies,. Australia Information Access Paradigms Today Dr N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Information Sciences Division, Indian Instt. Of Science, Bangalore The Next Generation of Information Revolution Chaired by Prof. N Yathindra, Director, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore 2.00 to 3.15 pm: Session-2: InfoQuiz 2005 3.45 to 5.00 pm: Session -3: Google Vs Libraries - A Debate Panelists: Dr Jayant Haritsa Associate Professor, SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dr Gangan Prathap Scientisit-In-Charge, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore Dr T B Rajashekar Associate Chairman, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Moderator: Prof. Shalini R Urs, Chairperson, Dept of Library & Inf. Science, University of Mysore, Mysore Register for the seminar @ www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> or email to amit(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:amit@informindia.co.in> Phone: 91 80 23365940 Fax: 91 80 23344598

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Article Request
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:56:32 +0530 From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> ARTICLE REQUEST 1. Arsenic induced micronuclei formation in mammalian cells ad its counteraction by tea. Dona Sinha, Madhumita Roy, Maqsood Siddiqi, R. K. Bhattacharya. J. Environmental Pathology, Toxicology, Oncology, 2005, 24(1), 43-54. 2. Induction of apoptosis in human leukemia cells by black tea and its polyphenol theaflavin. Trina Kundu, Subhabrata Dey, Madhumita Roy, Maqsood Siddiqi, R. K. Bhattacharya. Cancer Letters, 3rd February, 2005. 3. JEPTO, 24(2), 115-128, 2005. Trina Kundu, R. K. Bhattacharya, M. Siddiqi and Madhumita Roy 4. JEPTO, 24(2), 129-140, 2005. Dona Sinha, R. K. Bhattacharya, M. Siddiqi and Madhumita Roy DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA MAIN CAMPUS : 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH : 91-33-2350 2402/03, 6619,6702 FAX : 91-33-2350 6790 CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH : 91-33-2337 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX : 91-33-2334 3886 Ph (Res) : 33-2672 1192, 3892 E-MAIL : akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in, arunchkr(a)vsnl.net.in, c_arunk(a)hotmail.com

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Workshop on quality higher education
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:37:08 -0400 From: anjrao <anjrao(a)indiatimes.com> kindly arrange to announce the folloing seminar programme to the Lis-form members yours truly janardhan rao an librarian MSRIM, Bangalore National Workshop on Library and Information Services for Quality Higher Education On 21 may 2005, at Bangalore Organizers: M.S Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore and National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) About the programme: Quality is the mantra of the knowledge world. Imparting Quality Education is the foremost objective of higher education system. Library took a pivotal role in assuring the quality of an Institution by offering a range of services and quality products in enhancing and sustaining the knowledge environment. To support this magnificent task this program has been convened with an aim of familiarizing quality practices and library standards to the library professionals for better learning environment in HEIs. Target audience would be librarians and professionals of Higher Education Institutions. The Program blends with presentations / demonstrations and discussions. The major topics to be discussed are: * Quality Indicators for LIS: Parameters of NAAC. * ISO Certification and Academic Libraries. * E-Learning and Digital Library Practices in enhancing Quality of LIS * Accreditation and Certification: An Overview of NAAC, NBA and ISO Process Registration Fee: Rs 200/- Per Participant. Interested members conform your participation by email, fax, phone or enclosed form latest by 16th May 2005, along with a cheque/cash for Rs 200/- favoring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore Resource Persons: 1. Dr. Karisidappa, Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sc. Karnataka University, Dharwad 2. Dr. Harish Chandra, Chief Librarian, IIT, Chennai 3. Dr. P. Pichappan, Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sc. Annamalai University 4. Prof.Anil B Gowda Asst. Prof. Consultant & Auditor M.S. Ramaiah Inst .Management Contact Address: Janardhana Rao A N Librarian M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml(a)rediffmail.com, anjrao(a)indiatimes.com, Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Ext:111 Mobile: 9880021875 Fax-08023601947

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Lecture invitation
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:22:59 +0530 From: SRELS <srels(a)vsnl.com> To: Listforum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Lecture invitation Dear Sir, Kindly arrange to post the following invitation to the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Convenor Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee C/o.Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 ********** Silver Jubilee year Mangalore University Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee, Bangalore Library, Department of Library and Information Science and D.K. and Kodagu Librarians Association, Mangalore cordially invite you to the Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture (4) 2005 Inauguration and Key-note address : Dr. Kayyara Kinhanna Rai (Renowned Poet) Chief Guest : Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, Inflibnet, Ahmedabad Presided : Shri. B.M. Idihabba, President, Kannada Development Authority, Bangalore Karanth Bhavan, University College, Mangalore, 5th May 2005 at 4.00 p.m. Shri. K. Sunder Naik, IFS. Dr. M.K. Bhandi Dr. K.N. Prasad Registrar Librarian Convenor Mangalore University Mangalore University Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee

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Two-day seminar on Knowledge Technology & Knowledge Industry
by Mailing List Manager 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:13:48 -0700 (PDT) From: K M Haneefa <haneefcalicut(a)yahoo.com> Apologies for cross postings Dear All, I am glad to inform you that we are going to organise a two-day seminar on Knowledge Technology & Knowledge Industry: Kerala's Development Potentialities on 27th & 28th May 2005 at Calicut University Campus. Fall of Information Technology IT offers an unlimited access to the vast depositories of data or information in terms of millions. But nobody can make use of more than 10 per cent of such a vast ocean of data or information, for they are fragmented, disorganized, unrelated and inassimilable. Now we can imagine the magnitude of the great wastage of human brainpower and other resources associated with IT for the generation, processing and transfer of such an unusable data and information. Humanity cannot afford such a loss for long. Hence a great fall of IT is inevitable within five years. Humanity needs filtered, logically organized or structured and meaningful information. That can be assimilated and retained. That alone becomes the part of the knowledgebase. Without Knowledge, data or information has no value. IT makes people rich in information and poor in knowledge. Now even ordinary housewife needs knowledge in so many domains in dealing with day-to-day problems. IT has not yet matured enough to handle or process knowledge and meeting the ever-expanding knowledge needs of humanity. All efforts in Artificial Intelligence, Experts Systems and the recent advances in web technology, XML and Semantic Web could not make much stride. This is because of a lack of proper understanding of the structure, meaningful organization and representation of knowledge and how knowledge is created, developed and retained in the brain for further use. When we study the thinking processes of the human brain, we can identify well-structured patterns of knowledge processing and communication of thoughts with a series of well-defined symbols. The existing pattern of the accessibility of knowledge and its processing and its creation or generation of man is very inefficient. Human beings still now could use only less than 8 per cent of the actual potentialities of the brain. Rise of Knowledge Technology All the existing knowledge, from the time of Vedas to the latest developments in Information Technology, has a common pattern and it is coded. If we could develop a device or formula for decoding the existing pattern of knowledge by analyzing the symbols used for the representation of their meaning and modify these patterns, then we could attain wonders in understanding the existing knowledge and creating a massive amount of new knowledge or even wisdom within a very short span of time. It is possible to find out a network-like pattern or structure when we put together all the existing knowledge, either scientific or aesthetic or mystical or spiritual. The total knowledge stock acquired or accessed by an individual in his life span is so small and there is no justification for spending so much time, energy and resources to acquire such a small stock of knowledge and to brand oneself as scholar or specialist. Our education system and the learning models are totally inefficient and unsuitable to the modern society, for they originally evolved when the total stock of knowledge was very small. A major shift from information to knowledge has been taking place. That leads to the emergence of a true knowledge society on a global basis. Knowledge Industry The future of humanity will be determined by 'Knowmatics' or Knowledge Science and 'Knowledge Technology'. They provide the tools for the effective processing and application of knowledge so as to develop Knowledge Industry and the Cyber Society. Then it is possible to bring all the knowledge spread across hundreds of domains or disciples into a single or unified system of conglomerated or embedded system so that an individual with average intellectual caliber can attain expertise in several domains within a short span of time. Knowledge Science and Technology are to be designed and developed to deal with augmentation of the thinking process by way of deliberate modification of knowledge assimilation and knowledge creation processes of the human brain and restructuring the pattern of knowledge organization with the development of suitable hardware and software that involves a series of complex tasks. Advanced level study and research in this field must be conducted. Knowledge Technology and Industry offer unlimited employment and developmental opportunities to India, especially Kerala. The actual strength of India is its traditional knowledge base that stimulates and activates the Indian youth to assimilate new knowledge. South India, especially Kerala can be considered as the global brain reserve of the twenty first century. If we can tap the superior brainpower of our youth, India can emerge as the most wealthy and powerful nation of the world within ten years. It is high time to develop and implement strategies and policies for the development of Knowledge Industry in Kerala. The Seminar In order to address these basic issues, it is proposed to organize a two-day seminar on 27th and 28th May 2005 in the Calicut University Campus by the Department of Library & Information Science. The Department has been conducting internationally recognized research / published works on Theories, Policies and Applications of Informatics / Information Technology, besides Knowledge Bases and Knowledge Theories, for the last twenty four years, under the leadership of Dr. Raju M. Mathew, one of the twelve members of the FID International Committee on Research on Theoretical Basis of Information, Moscow for two terms and the author of Mathew's Theories of Knowledge / Informatics (1985). The Seminar deals with the basic issues of the Fall and decline of IT and the Emergence of Knowledge Science / Knowmatics, Knowledge Technology, Knwoledge Industry and Potentialities of Kerala in Knowledge Industry. Emphasis will also be given for the formulation of the future oriented Knowledge Technology-Industry Policies and Strategies, besides exploring the Theoretical Foundations of Knowmatics and Knowledge Technology and Redesigning Universities for the Age of Knowledge Industry. T he Seminar is sponsored by the Kerala State Industrial Finance Corporation (KSIDC), the State Bank of Travancore and several other agencies. Experts from IISc, IIT and IIM, the Top Policy Makers and Major Players of IT Industry, besides the Central and State Ministers, are expected to participate in the Seminar. This is the first time that a seminar is organized on Knowledge Technology and Knowledge Industry. The registration and the other details of the seminar will be announced shortly. Tracks of the Seminar. The Seminar has been designed to run into Four Parallel Tracks. Detailed discussions will be made based on the invited papers presented by the experts. Following are the Tracks of the Seminar. I. IT & Knowledge Processing IT is still trapped in Data Processing, Storage and Transmission Social Importance of Knowledge over Information Fate of AI, Expert Systems, Semantic Web and XML Fall and Decline of IT in the Emerging Knowledge Society II. Knowmatics and Knowledge Technology Rise of Knowmatics & Knowledge Technology, Theoretical foundation of Knowmatics & Knowledge Technology Uses and Application Knowledge Technology KT and Society - Benefiting the Common Man and Experts alike. III. Knowledge Industry & Kerala Emergence of Knowledge Industry Global Markets for Knowledge Products and Services Tapping Kerala's Brain and Talents for Knowledge Industry. Policies and Strategies for Knowledge Industry in Kerala 1V. Universities and Knowledge Industry Knowledge Society and Failure of Universities in Kerala Redesigning Universities for the Knowledge Technology Study and Research in Knowmatics & Knowledge Technology Knowledge Industry and University Linkages. Registration Fee: The Seminar is open to IT Companies, Professionals, Trade and Business, Policy Makers and Academic Community. The registration fee for a Company or Firm is Rs.5000/- and two of its representatives can participate. For individuals representing trade, business and profession the registration fee is Rs.2000/-. It is Rs.500/- for a Faculty Member or Librarian and Rs.250/- for a Student. Sponsors need not pay registration fee. Participants will be served lunch and dinner and tea / coffee during sessions, besides seminar kit. The registration fee must be remitted by DD in favour of A/c No.CA 199075 of The Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, Calicut University payable at SBT, Calicut University. The DD along with duly filled registration form must be sent to: The Head of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, P. B. No 10, Calicut University, Kerala -673 635. Accommodation The organizers will provide necessary help in booking hotel rooms in Calicut City or the nearby Kadave Resort. Five and Three Star Hotels are available in Calicut City. A limited number of rooms are available in the University Guest House for which advance booking is required. The Venue of the Seminar is the spacious and beautiful Calicut University Campus, 12 KM away from the Calicut Air Port and 22 KM away from the historic Calicut City, with a lot of tourist attractions, including five and three star hotels. Registration Form 1. Name (Individuals or Company/Institution) : 2. Mailing Address : 3. E-mail : 4. Phone : Mobile : 5. Order of Preference of the Seminar Tracks (Please mark as I, II etc) (i) IT & Knowledge Processing (ii) Knowmatics and Knowledge Technology (iii) Knowledge Industry & Kerala (iv) Universities and Knowledge Industry 6. Food - Vegetarian or Non -Vegetarian : 7. Accommodation a) Calicut City Hotels: Five Star, Three Star b) University Campus Guest House 8. For booking accommodation any help is required or not : 9. Registration Fee : Rs. DD No Date Bank 10. Signature 11. Place : 12. Date : For further details, please contact: Dr. Raju M. Mathew, Reader & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science P.B. No 10, Calicut University Kerala -673635 Phone/ Fax : 0494-2400859 ( R ) Mobile: 9847411945 Mr. M.G. Sreekumar, Librarian and Head Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Kozhikode-673 571, Kerala Phone No: 0495-2809140, Fax: 0495-2803010-11 E-mail: mgsree(a)iimk.ac.in K.M. Haneefa Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O Kerala -673 635 Phone No. : 0494-2401144 * 286 (Office ); 9895842431 (Mobile) E-mail: haneefcalicut(a)yahoo.com; hanee4u(a)gmail.com regards K M Haneefa Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Kerala E-mail : haneefcalicut(a)yahoo.com Phone No: 09895842431, 0494-2401144*286 (Office)

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DRTC - Colloqua
by pradyot bharatkar 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

this will be the DRTC - ADIS student colloquam on 29 th april. you are cordially invited. thank you. ********************************************************************************************************************************** Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Banglore-560059. DRTC Colloquium on Application of Knowledge Organization System Abstract Knowledge Organization is a hot topic in the field of Library and Information Science and in 21st century. To survive in the competitive environment, libraries should manage their corporate knowledge resources more effectively because KO system is intended to encompass all types of schemes for organizing information and promoting knowledge management. The main objective of the KO is providing structured access to information by both way syntactically and semantically and improves information finding, use and assimilation by structured presentation of information to the users. This kind of system will help the resources, processes, and policies for analyzing user needs.This colloquium explains the evolution aspect of knowledge organization, and then reviews strategies and methods of organizing knowledge resources and its mapping. Speakers Topics 1. Pradyot Bharatkar Application of Knowledge Organization System: An Overview 2. Nupur Agrawal Knowledge Organization Methods 3. Rajib Mitra Web based Knowledge Organization Tools 4. Jagdish Rai Knowledge Mapping: Data Mining & Audit Venue : - DRTC Classroom Date : - 29th April 2005 Time : - 2: 00 pm. All are cordially invited Dr.Devika P. Madalli DRTC. Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS Ist year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in pradyot_bhrat(a)rediffmail.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com this will be the DRTC - ADIS student colloquam on 29 th april. you are cordially invited. thank you. ********************************************************************************************************************************** Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Banglore-560059. DRTC Colloquium on Application of Knowledge Organization System Abstract Knowledge Organization is a hot topic in the field of Library and Information Science and in 21st century. To survive in the competitive environment, libraries should manage their corporate knowledge resources more effectively because KO system is intended to encompass all types of schemes for organizing information and promoting knowledge management. The main objective of the KO is providing structured access to information by both way syntactically and semantically and improves information finding, use and assimilation by structured presentation of information to the users. This kind of system will help the resources, processes, and policies for analyzing user needs. This colloquium explains the evolution aspect of knowledge organization , and then reviews strategies and methods of organizing knowledge resources and its mapping. Speakers Topics 1. Pradyot Bharatkar Application of Knowledge Organization System: An Overview 2 . Nupur Agrawal Knowledge Organization Methods 3 . Rajib Mitra Web based Knowledge Organization Tools 4 . Jagdish Rai Knowledge Mapping: Data Mining & Audit Venue : - DRTC Classroom Date : - 29 th April 2005 Time : - 2: 00 pm . All are cordially invited Dr.Devika P. Madalli DRTC. Pradyot S. Bharatkar http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS Ist year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in mailto:pradyot_bhrat@rediffmail.com pradyot_bhrat(a)rediffmail.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Recruiting Graduate/Diploma Trainees
by Mailing List Manager 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:40:15 +0530 (IST) From: Poornima Narayan <poornima(a)css.nal.res.in> Sub: Recruiting Graduate/Diploma Trainees The digital library activity including setting up of Institutional Repository and other digitization jobs are being carried out at our Information Center (ICAST) at N A L . The center has set up necessary infrastructure both in terms of hardware and software to support DL activities. In this regard, we plan to recruit few Graduate (MLIS)/Diploma (LIS/Computer Science) Trainees. The tenure of the trainees' scheme is strictly for ONE year. While the Graduate trainees would get a stipend of Rs. 3500/- p.m, the Diploma Trainees will get 2,500/- p.m. Apart from the digitization activities, the incumbents may be involved in other activities including database creation etc. Preference will be given to those candidates having computer skills. Lis-forum members are requested to circulate this information to others. Those who are appearing for their examination during May 2005 are also eligible to apply. Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with detailed biodata and photocopies of their marks card to: Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL). Airport Road, Bangalore 560 017. -- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072

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guidelines for posting/replying
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Dear Member: We appreciate your active participation in the LIS-Forum discussion list. Your valuable postings and replies to the queries posted by fellow members are very beneficial to the rest of the members on the list. We would also appreciate if you could follow certain minimal guidelines mentioned below while posting a message and/or while replying to a query posted by a fellow member: - Quite a few unsigned and/or unidentified messages are received on a regular basis. Many a times we return such mails to the originator with a request to include the affiliation details sufficient enough for the fellow members to identify the sender. Please adhere to this guideline strictly, failing which we may have to discard unsigned or unidentified postings - The preferred format for postings is plain text. If your mail clients default to other formats such as HTML, please configure your mail clients to send plain text while posting messages to the LIS-Forum list - Sending file attachments of any kind should be strictly avoided. Members circulating questionnaire should either convert their questionnaire to plain text and include it in the body of the message or should facilitate online submission of questionnaire - Ensure that your posting has a valid subject - Whenever there is a request for a fulltext article (such requests should be posted on this forum only as a last resort), the fellow members who intend to honour such requests, should interact with the requester directly. - While replying to a query, just include the relevant portion of the original message rather than including the the entire message. - Personal attacks of any kind will be just discarded - While drawing the attention of the fellow members to a particular news item/information, to the extent possible provide the URLs rather than just forwarding such news item/information. We solicit your cooperation in the smooth running of this list. With regards, - Moderator

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Inflibnet E-Journals Usage Statistics
by kshema prakash 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Sorry for Cross Postings Dear Professionals: Many of the university libraries must be having access to Inflibnet E-Journals. We, at DEI have recently started accessing e-journals through Inflibnet. And, I need to monitor the usage of the e-journals and derive statistics over a period of an year. Can any body please tell me as to how to strategise and implement this task? Is it possible for a librarian to keep track of the usage, either by means of computers or by any other method? Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3098227 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Sorry for Cross Postings Dear Professionals: Many of the university libraries must be having access to Inflibnet E-Journals. We, at DEI have recently started accessing e-journals through Inflibnet. And, I need to monitor the usage of the e-journals and derive statistics over a period of an year. Can any body please tell me as to how to strategise and implement this task? Is it possible for a librarian to keep track of the usage, either by means of computers or by any other method? Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian -Gr I DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005 9897190604, 3098227 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Harrod's Librarian's Glossary and Reference Book
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Harrod's Librarian's Glossary and Reference Book 10th edition / 2005 A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Liberary Science, Publishing and Archive Management Listing over 10,000 entries, Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book spans everything from traditional printing terms to search engines and from book formats to URLs. Revisions for this tenth edition have centred in particular on the Information Society and its ramifications, on the general shift towards electronic resources, and on e-commerce, e-learning and e-government, whilst at the same time maintaining key areas predating the IT revolution. Web terminology, URLs and IT terms have been checked and updated, and coverage of terms relating to digitization and digital resources, portals, multimedia and electronic products has been revised or expanded as necessary. Harrod's Glossary now includes Knowledge Management terms, and this edition has also focused on developments in the field of intellectual property, copyright, patents, privacy and piracy. It gives wide international coverage of names, addresses and URLs of major libraries and other important organizations in the information sector, of professional associations, fellowships, networks, government bodies, projects and programmes, consortia and institutions, influential reports and other key publications. Entries are included on classification and file coding, on records management and archiving and on both the latest and the most enduring aspects of library and information skills. Even with the Web at your fingertips Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book remains a quicker reference for explaining specialist terms, jargon and acronyms, and for finding the URLs you need, whether you are working in a print-based or digital library, in archiving, records management, conservation, bookselling or publishing. Order Information: Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 monitorsales(a)gmail.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Harrod's Librarian's Glossary and Reference Book 10th edition / 2005 A Directory of Over 10,200 Terms, Organizations, Projects and Acronyms in the Areas of Information Management, Liberary Science, Publishing and Archive Management Listing over 10,000 entries, Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book spans everything from traditional printing terms to search engines and from book formats to URLs. Revisions for this tenth edition have centred in particular on the Information Society and its ramifications, on the general shift towards electronic resources, and on e-commerce, e-learning and e-government, whilst at the same time maintaining key areas predating the IT revolution. Web terminology, URLs and IT terms have been checked and updated, and coverage of terms relating to digitization and digital resources, portals, multimedia and electronic products has been revised or expanded as necessary. Harrod's Glossary now includes Knowledge Management terms, and this edition has also focused on developments in the field of intellectual property, copyright, patents, privacy and piracy. It gives wide international coverage of names, addresses and URLs of major libraries and other important organizations in the information sector, of professional associations, fellowships, networks, government bodies, projects and programmes, consortia and institutions, influential reports and other key publications. Entries are included on classification and file coding, on records management and archiving and on both the latest and the most enduring aspects of library and information skills. Even with the Web at your fingertips Harrod's Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book remains a quicker reference for explaining specialist terms, jargon and acronyms, and for finding the URLs you need, whether you are working in a print-based or digital library, in archiving, records management, conservation, bookselling or publishing. Order Information: Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 mailto:monitorsales@gmail.com monitorsales(a)gmail.com http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com

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British Man Finds 'Moore's Law' Magazine, Collects $10, 000
by Francis Jayakanth 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Dear Member: An interesting news article regarding a British engineer who found a copy of the April 19, 1965 Electronics magazine under the floorboards of his Surrey home. Quoting from the article: A British engineer whose wife complained about his stash of old magazines has collected $10,000 from Intel Corp. after he found a 40-year-old periodical in which the chip maker's co-founder predicted the future of the semiconductor industry. Complete article is available at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&e=3&u=/cmp/20050423/tc_c… - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Stevan Harnad's Haworth column, first in a series Stevan Harnad, On Maximizing Journal Article Access, Usage and Impact, Haworth Press, April 21, 2005. The first in a series of occasional columns called "Skywritings: Scholarly and Leisurely". This inaugural column brings readers up to speed on current OA issues, to set the stage for future columns. Excerpt: 'The mainstay of an author's research usage and impact is, and will remain, the publication of the article in the best possible peer-reviewed journal in its field. The bulk of the usage and citations will come from those users who have an individual or institutional subscription or site-license to the journal in which it is published (and, increasingly, to the online version of that journal). But the online age has also provided a way for authors to maximize their articles' usage and impact by supplementing this paid access to the publisher's official version of their article with an open access version of the article that authors self-archive on their own institutional websites for any would-be users webwide who cannot afford the paid access to the publisher's official version. A growing number of studies is showing that articles that have been supplemented with such self-archived versions have higher (and sometimes substantially higher) citation impacts than articles that have not been self-archived. All parties to the research publication and production co-benefit from this supplementary open-access self-archiving: Authors, their institutions, their funders, their publishers, and research itself. The author receives more citations (as well as more downloads). The institution has greater research impact, and its research output is more visible, attracting more researchers, students, and research funding. The research funder (and the tax payer funding the funder) receives greater return on their investment in the research. The journal gains a higher citation impact factor, wider visibility and greater usage per published article. And of course the progress and productivity of researchers and research itself are enhanced.' From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Stevan Harnad's Haworth column, first in a series [A] Stevan Harnad, http://www.haworthpressinc.com/library/StevanHarnad/04212005.asp On Maximizing Journal Article Access, Usage and Impact , Haworth Press, April 21, 2005. The first in a series of occasional columns called "Skywritings: Scholarly and Leisurely". This inaugural column brings readers up to speed on current OA issues, to set the stage for future columns. Excerpt: 'The mainstay of an author's research usage and impact is, and will remain, the publication of the article in the best possible peer-reviewed journal in its field. The bulk of the usage and citations will come from those users who have an individual or institutional subscription or site-license to the journal in which it is published (and, increasingly, to the online version of that journal). But the online age has also provided a way for authors to maximize their articles' usage and impact by supplementing this paid access to the publisher's official version of their article with an open access version of the article that authors self-archive on their own institutional websites for any would-be users webwide who cannot afford the paid access to the publisher's official version. A growing number of http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html studies is showing that articles that have been supplemented with such self-archived versions have higher (and sometimes substantially higher) citation impacts than articles that have not been self-archived. All parties to the research publication and production co-benefit from this supplementary open-access self-archiving: Authors, their institutions, their funders, their publishers, and research itself. The author receives more citations (as well as more http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10647/ downloads ). The institution has greater research impact, and its research output is more visible, attracting more researchers, students, and research funding. The research funder (and the tax payer funding the funder) receives greater return on their investment in the research. The journal gains a higher citation impact factor, wider visibility and greater usage per published article. And of course the progress and productivity of researchers and research itself are enhanced.'

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An OA advocate from Brazil
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Friends: Here is another Third Worlder urging us all to set up interoperable institutional open access archives! Arun Van de Sompel on the future of repositories Herbert Van de Sompel, Challenges ahead, a slide presentation at Kos, Greece, April 18, 2005. On the future of digital repositories, especially when we recognize their many uses and many kinds of content, facilitate access to their full contents (not just metadata), ensure a clean machine interface for downstream applications, and build a global network of interoperable repositories. F riends: Here is another Third Worlder urging us all to set up interoperable institutional open access archives! Arun Van de Sompel on the future of repositories [A] Herbert Van de Sompel, http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/presentations/olybris_keynote_2005.pdf Challenges ahead , a slide presentation at Kos, Greece, April 18, 2005. On the future of digital repositories, especially when we recognize their many uses and many kinds of content, facilitate access to their full contents (not just metadata), ensure a clean machine interface for downstream applications, and build a global network of interoperable repositories.

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Fw: [DDN] FW When iPod goes collegiate
by Mailing List Manager 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:02:53 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Students entering college in some US universities get free iPods! Arun > from the April 19, 2005 edition - > http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p11s01-legn.html > > When iPod goes collegiate > By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore | Correspondent of The Christian Science > Monitor > > When Kenneth Rogerson walked into his newspaper journalism class on the > first day of the school year, the professor could barely contain his > excitement. > > After a quick introduction he broke the big news: "We got the grant," he > told his class. "You all get iPods." > > As if on cue, the students exhaled an audible "whoa" and exchanged > elated glances. Duke University in Durham, N.C., had already made many a > headline as the first school ever to provide all incoming freshmen with > their own 20-gigabyte iPods - enough space to store up to 5,000 songs. > > Now, thanks to a grant program set up within Duke, some upperclassmen > were overjoyed to also become recipients of the slim white gadgets. > > (...)

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articles on ISO 9001:2000
by Mailing List Manager 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:23:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Vandana Khandelwal <vanu_kh(a)yahoo.com> Dear all I need good articles on ISO 9001:2000, I want information about the role of auditor in ISO and also information or article about Digital library, which content : collection, need of a digital library, sources of material, security, copyright, planning, budget, softwar & hardware needed etc. If you have any, kindly send me. Thanks & regards Vandana Khandelwal Librarian Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Alandi (D) Tal. Khed Pune

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Books across the border
by Jayadev P Hiremath 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Books across the border Publishers look to storm Wagah FE "We want to set up three Corner Bookstores in Lahore by the year-end, one in a coffee parlour," says Wadhwa, who also has his eye on Indian border cities like Amritsar and Ludhiana. The Corner Bookstore will also strengthen its presence in the Urdu-speaking belt of Lucknow and Kanpur. "The Urdu publishing industry is pretty vibrant in Pakistan. There is big demand for good Urdu literature in India. So we'll try to tie up with local publishers in Pakistan," says Wadhwa. Last August, Najam Sethi, chief of Vanguard Books, Lahore, entered into an distribution agreement with Foundation Books of India, New Delhi. The editor of The Friday Times had enthused that Pakistani books would be available in India for the first time since 1965. "Indian audiences are keen to read literature, Islamic and philosophy books by Pakistani authors," says Manas Saikia, chief executive, Foundation Books. Even better, Delhi-based Manohar Publishers' turnover from Pakistan is Rs 10 lakh, with their books distributed in Pakistan by Vanguard Books. Last month, The Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association, in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Publishers, organised the Lahore international book fair. About 40 Indian publishers participated in LIFB and over 150 people from the country visited Lahore. Indian publishers who participated in the fair included names like National Book Trust, Jaico, Orient Longman, Oxford, Sage and S Chand. "Pakistan is a good market for technical and scientific books. Moreover, the textbook market is the biggest in the country," says Ramesh Jain, proprietor of Manohar Publishers. Manohar is also in talks with publisher/bookseller Feroze Sons of Lahore and is looking at a co-publication arrangement. "They are one of the oldest publishers in Pakistan," says Jain. Meanwhile, Delhi-based Sage Publications has published two books written by Pakistani authors in the recent past. Politics of Identity: Ethnic Nationalism and the State of Pakistan by Adeel Khan has done pretty well in India. " We have managed to sell about 400-500 copies in the last five months. The response has been pretty encouraging," says Tejeshwar Singh, managing director, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd. Sage also publishes Asian Journal of Management. The material is put together by faculty members of the prestigious Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). "We have good relations with a few distributors and stockists in Pakistan. We have done a few special promotions with them in the recent past. The reading interests across the border are pretty much similar," comments Singh. With Track Two diplomacy gaining ground, publishers feel that books can help remove misconceptions that prevail in both countries. "They help in sharing points of view. We come to know their version of a particular subject," says Singh of Sage. Adds Jain,"Hordes of Pakistani publishers descend on the Delhi Book Fair and buy loads of books." But the trade is not without its pitfalls. For one, Indian books are being rampantly pirated across the border. "Once the market opens up and the book trade gains momentum, then piracy will automatically be curtailed," points out Jain. "Piracy knows no nationality. This is not particular to Indo-Pak trade," chuckles Singh. As book trade gains momentum, a larger issue pertains to tackling culturally sensitive issues. "Pakistanis fear cultural invasion from India," points out an industry source. For instance, books on Bollywood and Indian music have a huge fan follwing across the border. "90% of our books are international ones and as a policy we don't stock non-secular and culturally sensitive books," says Wadhwa of the Corner Bookstore.

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Fw: Literature on Gartner report
by Mailing List Manager 25 Apr '05

25 Apr '05

Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:22:56 +0530 From: Appasaheb Naikal <naikal(a)mahindrabt.com> Dear All, Please read my request as "Gartner report on software benchmark" With regards Appasaheb Naikal MBT Mumbai Library Tel: 022- 56792000 Ext. 7438 Fax: 022-28478959 Library URL: http://10.3.4.130/slim Visit us at: www.mahindrabt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Appasaheb Naikal To: LIS Net yahoo group Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Sent: April 25, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: Literature on Gardner report Dear Professionals, I am looking for some latest reports or links on "Gardner's report on software benchmark" Request you to share if you have any literature on this subject. Thanks in advance With regards Appasaheb Naikal MBT Mumbai Library Tel: 022- 56792000 Ext. 7438 Fax: 022-28478959 Visit us at: www.mahindrabt.com

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