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scanning books and copyright laws
by Byrappa, Ananda (Research) 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

Anuradha, Copyright law does not allow you to scan the books even for academic and research purpose. You need to take written permission from the publisher/copyright holder to digitize any book. Its unlikely that you get a permission from them. As an alternative, you may want to consider online books like knovel, netlibrary, e-brary, 24/7 etc for subscription. Again they may not fill your requirements as these e-book models are still evolving (slowly!) There are security methods to control accessing digital documents. For example, British Library(BL), London is recently started using 'secured document delivery' method for their electronic document delivery service. Which allows end users to access the document only one time. You may wish to visit BL website for more details Regards, Anand ________________________________________ Ananda T. Byrappa Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre Pvt.Ltd., 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone : +91-80-2503-2618, DialCom: 8*901 2618 Fax : +91-80-2841-2114, Email : Ananda.Byrappa(a)ge.com -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:00 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 21 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004 (premchand) 2. RE: "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" (Mailing List Manager) 3. What is best about BL ? (Mailing List Manager) 4. report location (Mailing List Manager) 5. The Times of India (Mailing List Manager) 6. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 (Mailing List Manager) 7. Journal enquiry (Vrushali Rane) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:46:42 +0530 From: "premchand" <premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004 To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <009901c48e61$4d0fa7a0$0501a8c0@premchand> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Dear professionals, INFLIBNET is organizing second convention i.e. PLANNER -2004 (Promotion of library Automation and Networking in North East Region.) at Imphal in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal, during 4-5 November, 2004. The theme of PLANNER 2004 is: Content creation, access and management in networked environment. Sub themes of Convention are : 1 Digitization , Archiving and Indexing 2 Networking and Access 3 Content Management Last date for submission of paper is 18th Sep, 2004 We earnestly solicit your partnership, involvement and participation to make the above event a grand success. . Prem Chand INFLIBNET Centre ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:32:30 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301331020.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Already Sathya and Vyasamoorthy have rightly pointed out that the Gandhinagar library IS NOT THE FIRST to computerise. A simple verification of facts was all that was needed. But then who cares for facts at a time when what matters is one has to SOMEHOW be seen as the first, truth be damned. But why this fetish about being first. All we want is libraries should serve the local communities in the best possible manner. They are not running a race competing with each other. All of them want to serve their clientele and we should hel them do that. Is there anything more we can ask for? Subbiah Arunachalam -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:27 PM To: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago.... ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:33:23 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] What is best about BL ? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301332530.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: 25 Aug 2004 09:22:22 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All, Many academic, public and special Libraries have automated their operations over a period of time. Just like BL's they too have used LIBSYS. It would be interesting to know as to what is best about British Libraries ? Regards. Rajesh ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:34:50 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] report location To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301333460.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:58:00 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Sir / Madam Does any information center/ library has the following report Title:Indian Logistics Market Date Published: 20 Jul 2004. Publisher: Frost & Sullivan Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:36:38 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] The Times of India To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301335560.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:49:21 +0530 From: Puttaraj A Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Interesting news 4 u 2 work un-inturrupted with ur COMPs! Good Day, Puttaraj. A.C. AL, TISS, Mumbai. Please click on the link below to go to the page. If you think someone you know would like to read it too, do mail it to them. Check This Out!!! Log on to : http://www.timesofindia.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:38:18 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0408301337180.1833(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act. 2. Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to control that inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document. Like this i am having unlimited queries. Whom should i contact at hyderabad who can clear my doubts. Anuradha ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:13:08 +0530 From: Vrushali Rane <librarian(a)nmims.edu> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Journal enquiry To: "'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in'" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Message-ID: <468F3D82FB31D71197040004ACB81A6B810582@NTSERVER> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear All, Hi! Can anyone tell me where do I get the back issues ie from 1980-1993 of 'The Journal of Portfolio Management'. Your help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks & Regards Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle(W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577/26183688/26143177 Fax:26114512 E-Mail:librarian@nmims.edu ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 21 *****************************************

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RE: [LIS-Forum] A library for the spiritual-minded
by HENAG 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

Pls find the details below, Chinmaya Mission, #2, 13th avenue Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600031. Phone - 28365202 / 28365046. Regards, Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 9:53 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; >; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] A library for the spiritual-minded Please see the news item quoted below. Can someone from Chennai give me the correct address and cantact particulars of this library? Thanks. Vyasamoorthy, P ============================================================ http://newstodaynet.com/26aug/rf11.htm A library for the spiritual-minded NT Bureau Chennai, Aug 26: The Central Chinmaya Mission Trust has opened a library at Chinmaya Heritage Centre here with books on religion, vedanta and sacred scriptures of country for the benefit of the spiritual-minded. The library was inaugurated by Prof S P Thyagarajan, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, in the presence of Swami Mitrananda, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai. Books on philosophy, education, yoga, medidation, biography and auto-biography of great saints, philosophers and statesmen, self-discovery and development and other similar subjects are available there. The library has already received books from leading publishing houses including Sri Ramakrishna Math, Anandashram, Kanhangad (Kerala), Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sri Gaudiya Math, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Sri Ramanashramam, Tiruvannamalai, Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, Sri Satya Sai Publications Trust, Chennai, the Theosophical Publishing House and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Rachi. =======================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 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 17, Issue 18
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:03:52 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] anuradha" <radha_inf(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals I will be thankful if any of you reply to my questions. 1. If i want to scan few books and make availabe to our patrons that is for academic and research purpose only --- what about the copywright act. 2. Once i digitize the book and if it is made availabe - How to control that inf is not copied or printed out or made any changes the person who ever is accessing the document. Like this i am having unlimited queries. Whom should i contact at hyderabad who can clear my doubts. Anuradha

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The Times of India
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:49:21 +0530 From: Puttaraj A Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Interesting news 4 u 2 work un-inturrupted with ur COMPs! Good Day, Puttaraj. A.C. AL, TISS, Mumbai. Please click on the link below to go to the page. If you think someone you know would like to read it too, do mail it to them. Check This Out!!! Log on to : http://www.timesofindia.com

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report location
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:58:00 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Sir / Madam Does any information center/ library has the following report Title:Indian Logistics Market Date Published: 20 Jul 2004. Publisher: Frost & Sullivan Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd.

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What is best about BL ?
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Date: 25 Aug 2004 09:22:22 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All, Many academic, public and special Libraries have automated their operations over a period of time. Just like BL's they too have used LIBSYS. It would be interesting to know as to what is best about British Libraries ? Regards. Rajesh

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RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Mailing List Manager 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Already Sathya and Vyasamoorthy have rightly pointed out that the Gandhinagar library IS NOT THE FIRST to computerise. A simple verification of facts was all that was needed. But then who cares for facts at a time when what matters is one has to SOMEHOW be seen as the first, truth be damned. But why this fetish about being first. All we want is libraries should serve the local communities in the best possible manner. They are not running a race competing with each other. All of them want to serve their clientele and we should hel them do that. Is there anything more we can ask for? Subbiah Arunachalam -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:27 PM To: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago....

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Journal enquiry
by Vrushali Rane 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Dear All, Hi! Can anyone tell me where do I get the back issues ie from 1980-1993 of 'The Journal of Portfolio Management'. Your help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks & Regards Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle(W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577/26183688/26143177 Fax:26114512 E-Mail:librarian@nmims.edu

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Forthcoming library event: PLANNER- 2004
by premchand 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Dear professionals, INFLIBNET is organizing second convention i.e. PLANNER -2004 (Promotion of library Automation and Networking in North East Region.) at Imphal in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal, during 4-5 November, 2004. The theme of PLANNER 2004 is: Content creation, access and management in networked environment. Sub themes of Convention are : 1 Digitization , Archiving and Indexing 2 Networking and Access 3 Content Management Last date for submission of paper is 18th Sep, 2004 We earnestly solicit your partnership, involvement and participation to make the above event a grand success. . Prem Chand INFLIBNET Centre

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About Bibliometry and the five laws of S. R. Ranghanathan
by Carlos Vílchez Román 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hi everybody, Sorry if this message has been posted before. My name is Carlos Vílchez-Román, a Peruvian librarian, faculty member of the Library and Information Science School of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. I have finished a study about library and information science research in Peruvian universities, but I have some doubts with the theory framework, especially this: The bibliometric laws (Bradford, Zipf and Lotka) and the five laws of Ranghanatan could be considered part of the Lakatos' hard core? As you know, Imre Lakatos coined the term "scientific research programs", as a conceptual alternative to the Kuhn's paradigm. Since this topic is highly controversial I want to know different perspectives. Any information would be appreciated. Best regards, Carlos Vílchez-Román Peruvian Librarian --------------------------------------------------------------- Banco de Crédito BCP - Dedicados a hacerte la Banca más simple. Visita nuestra Banca por Internet http://www.viabcp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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A library for the spiritual-minded
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Please see the news item quoted below. Can someone from Chennai give me the correct address and cantact particulars of this library? Thanks. Vyasamoorthy, P ============================================================ http://newstodaynet.com/26aug/rf11.htm A library for the spiritual-minded NT Bureau Chennai, Aug 26: The Central Chinmaya Mission Trust has opened a library at Chinmaya Heritage Centre here with books on religion, vedanta and sacred scriptures of country for the benefit of the spiritual-minded. The library was inaugurated by Prof S P Thyagarajan, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, in the presence of Swami Mitrananda, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai. Books on philosophy, education, yoga, medidation, biography and auto-biography of great saints, philosophers and statesmen, self-discovery and development and other similar subjects are available there. The library has already received books from leading publishing houses including Sri Ramakrishna Math, Anandashram, Kanhangad (Kerala), Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sri Gaudiya Math, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Sri Ramanashramam, Tiruvannamalai, Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune, Sri Satya Sai Publications Trust, Chennai, the Theosophical Publishing House and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Rachi. =======================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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FW: IEEE to Introduce New Browser Requirements in 2005
by Byrappa, Ananda (Research) 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

This may be of interest to you... Regards, Anand -----Original Message----- From: m.spada(a)ieee.org [mailto:m.spada@ieee.org] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:16 AM To: Byrappa, Ananda (Research) Subject: IEEE to Introduce New Browser Requirements in 2005 IEEE TO INTRODUCE NEW BROWSER REQUIREMENTS IN 2005 New Web browser requirements will go into effect in January 2005 to support a major upgrade of the IEEE Xplore (TM) online delivery system. The new requirements are based on IEEE Xplore usage statistics that indicate the most highly used browsers and browser compatibility with required elements of the new design. IEEE Xplore may not function if the requirements identified below are not followed. BASIC REQUIREMENTS - Internet browser - Connection to an Internet Service Provider - For best dial-up performance, a 56.6 or higher modem is recommended - Adobe® Acrobat Reader 5.X or higher - Direct parallel or LAN-attached printer with at least 300 dpi resolution - Compatible mouse PLATFORM AND BROWSER REQUIREMENTS > WINDOWS - Internet Explorer 5.X or higher - Netscape 7.X or higher - Opera 7.23 - Mozilla Firebird > MAC - Internet Explorer 5.2.3 - Netscape 7.1 > UNIX - Internet Explorer 5.X or higher - Netscape 7.X or higher OTHER REQUIREMENTS The following options must be enabled within the browser: - Cookies - JavaScript - CSS styles IEEE Xplore powers online subscriptions for IEEE members, as well as institutional online collections like the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL). The interface also enables access to more than 1,000,000 free technical-paper abstracts, as well as individual article purchases online. More than 900 current IEEE standards are also available through the interface. Please do not reply to this automated message. For more information, contact onlinesupport(a)ieee.orgMichael Spada ______________________________________________________________________________________ Ananda T Byrappa e-mail: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com Whitney Knowledge Centre, GE Global Research Work: +91-80-25032618 DCom:8*9012618 John F. Welch Technology Center Fax: +91-80-28412114 Address: EPIP, Phase-II, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Rd., Bangalore 560066, INDIA

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TCA Review: "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals"
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce the publication of my review of "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals" in _The Charleston Advisor_ (6:1) (July 2004): 24-31, 35-37). I'll self-archived a copy of the article at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ProjectEuclid.pdf ] "By providing current and forthcoming access to more than 30 significant mathematical and statistics journals within a common framework, Project Euclid has clearly realized its primary goal of addressing "the unique needs of independent and society journals through a collaborative partnership with scholarly publishers, professional societies, and academic libraries." Through its range of access and distribution plans and its associated varied subscription options, Project Euclid has achieved its goal of providing low cost access to its component journals." "In addition to providing free search and access to abstracts with article references, Project Euclid offers a variety of user-centered browse, search, and display functionalities ... . Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --- George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

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Web Feeds for Enhanced Governmental Information Services
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Colleagues/ Once again I seek the Wisdom of the Web for recommendations of governmental information services that do/could/would benefit from the addition of general or specific Web feeds (e.g., RSS, Atom, etc.). For examples of libraries that offer enhanced services, please see _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_, one of my latest registries available at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] "_RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ is a categorized registry of library services that are delivered or provided through RSS/XML, Atom, or other types of Web feeds. RSS is an initialism for RDF Site Summary / Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication. In general, for each entry, the home institution library is listed, as is a hotlinked entry for the item. When available, a link to the feed, or an associated information page, is provided." For those new to Web Feeds, please See and Read Any and All items of potential interest the RSS(sm) General Bibliography at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/GenBib.htm ] I am particularly interested in the *specific* information services offered by the following federal entities that might benefit from a WebFeed MakeOver [:-) : Library of Congress National Agricultural Library National Library of Education Defense Technical Information Center Air Force ,Army, Navy Executive Office of the President Governmental Printing Office (GPO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Science Foundation (NSF) National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) (Department of Energy) Smithsonian Institution U.S. Information Agency BTW: I am aware of the Most Excellent registry edited by Ray Mathews called _RSS in Government_ at [ http://www.rssgov.com/ ] Thanks in Advance!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Enhanced Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --- George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

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Position Announcement--Database Designer
by prafulla tv 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Position Announcement NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for the position of DATABASE DESIGNER. NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NES�s 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledge�arts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. Based in Hyderabad, the successful candidate would be responsible for the design of various database products, using latest information and communication technologies. NES is looking for candidates who have a BLISc or MLISc or any other equivalent degree. In addition, the candidates should possess the ability to communicate in a formal, clear, empathetic and pleasant style, with excellent command of written and spoken English. Good typing skills are required as the working environment involves online computer use for access to offices worldwide. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize one�s potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Ann�s Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com Applications are accepted until position is filled. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Dear Sri Prakash, City Central Library, Hyderabad developed its OPAC containing around 3.6 lac titles (including branches) long ago. They used TLMS package. It has mutilingual support except for Urudu. For Urudu they have used English transliteration. While OPAC is available for public use in the library premises, circulation module is for library staff only. Circulation involves bar coded membership cards and bar coded labels for books. Branches are yet to be linked up, though the branch library data is with central library ints OPAC. Internet has been made available in City Central Library for a very long time (3-4 years?). Dr Rama Reddy of UOHYD was the adivisor/consultant for the automation project. Moreover the same library takes part in the famous Million Books Project of Carnegy Mellon University -- Several Thousand books have been digitised and amde available for public using good sophisticated digital scanning set up. Bangalore too has some public libraries fully automated. If you talk of non-State funded public libraries British Library Automation is the Best by all standards. Best wishes VYasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: K Prakash [mailto:prakash@inflibnet.ac.in] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:07 PM To: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to beinaugurated" Dear Sir, They have used SOUL s/w developed by INFLIBNET Centre. First in the sense may be"First among the public libraries". With best wishes/ regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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RE: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inau gurated"
by sathya 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

There is already a public library in Bangalore to claim credit as the first library. Last year, the City Central Library (West), Vijayanagar, launched itself as a computerized library with internet connectivity, OPAC etc. Sathya -------------------------------------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003, India Phone : 91-80-23365940 www.informindia.co.in -------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com [mailto:Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:00 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inaugurated" Forwarded for the information of Lis-forum members. What is 'First' about this Shaik only knows! ================== http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=96567 First computerised library in country to be inaugurated 23rd August 2004. Bashir Pathan Gandhinagar, August 22: The Gandhinagar District Library will earn the distinction of being the first computerised library in the country, when it will be thrown open for the general public at a function here on August 24, to be organised by the State Youth and Culture Department. The computerisation of the library, with Internet connectivity, has been done by the State Directorate of Libraries, under a project funded by Kolkata-based Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation under the Union Human Resources Development Ministry. It is envisaged, under the project, to introduce computerisation in all government district libraries in the state. Director of Libraries A F Shaikh told Express Newsline on Saturday that computerisation of district libraries in five of the 26 districts was over, which included Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Bharuch and Junagadh. The Gandhinagar library would be the first to be inaugurated on August 24 by Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who also holds the Youth and Culture portfolio. Shaikh said the process of computerising the remaining district libraries was on and would be over by March next year, while the computerisation of two central libraries - one each in Gandhinagar and Vadodara - would be completed under the project by the end of this year. All district and central libraries would have internet facilities and be connected with the G-SWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) under the Centre-aided project. ''Once the system is in place, a book-lover will be able to avail a book of his choice sitting at home from any district library. He has to just surf a list of books posted by the Directorate on the Internet and place an order for that book,'' he explained. Asked, the director said postal charges for dispatching of books to the readers would be borne by the concerned government district library authorities. The reader has to dole out a meagre Rs 40 as one-time deposit to register himself with the government library of a district. The directorate has received a Rs 1.50-crore grant from the Kolkata-based Foundation under the project to purchase computers, hardware, software, colour TVs, VCRs and create other infrastructure facilities at the district and central libraries being computerised with internet linking. The Foundation has accepted the government's proposal to provide grant of Rs 4 lakh to help charitable trusts set up taluka or village-level libraries. The government has also plans to computerise its nine brail libraries in Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Visnagar, Idar, Bhachau, Ahmedabad and, Mehamdabad. ================================================= 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 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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"First computerised library in country to be inaugurated"
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

Forwarded for the information of Lis-forum members. What is 'First' about this Shaik only knows! ================== http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=96567 First computerised library in country to be inaugurated 23rd August 2004. Bashir Pathan Gandhinagar, August 22: The Gandhinagar District Library will earn the distinction of being the first computerised library in the country, when it will be thrown open for the general public at a function here on August 24, to be organised by the State Youth and Culture Department. The computerisation of the library, with Internet connectivity, has been done by the State Directorate of Libraries, under a project funded by Kolkata-based Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation under the Union Human Resources Development Ministry. It is envisaged, under the project, to introduce computerisation in all government district libraries in the state. Director of Libraries A F Shaikh told Express Newsline on Saturday that computerisation of district libraries in five of the 26 districts was over, which included Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Bharuch and Junagadh. The Gandhinagar library would be the first to be inaugurated on August 24 by Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who also holds the Youth and Culture portfolio. Shaikh said the process of computerising the remaining district libraries was on and would be over by March next year, while the computerisation of two central libraries - one each in Gandhinagar and Vadodara - would be completed under the project by the end of this year. All district and central libraries would have internet facilities and be connected with the G-SWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) under the Centre-aided project. ''Once the system is in place, a book-lover will be able to avail a book of his choice sitting at home from any district library. He has to just surf a list of books posted by the Directorate on the Internet and place an order for that book,'' he explained. Asked, the director said postal charges for dispatching of books to the readers would be borne by the concerned government district library authorities. The reader has to dole out a meagre Rs 40 as one-time deposit to register himself with the government library of a district. The directorate has received a Rs 1.50-crore grant from the Kolkata-based Foundation under the project to purchase computers, hardware, software, colour TVs, VCRs and create other infrastructure facilities at the district and central libraries being computerised with internet linking. The Foundation has accepted the government's proposal to provide grant of Rs 4 lakh to help charitable trusts set up taluka or village-level libraries. The government has also plans to computerise its nine brail libraries in Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Visnagar, Idar, Bhachau, Ahmedabad and, Mehamdabad. ================================================= 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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Self-Archiving Policy By Journal
by Shyam Prasad pujar 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Dear Members, Following site provides information about publishers, who are allowing self archiving. Just enter title of the journal in search box to know the details. You may also browse through the list of publishers. The site is still under construction, may add many more titles in the future. Presently it includes around 8689 titles from 100 publishers. http://romeo.eprints.org You may please inform about this site to faculty, research scholars and students of your organization. Regards, Pujar

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University of Mysore-Library School- Alumni Association
by Shalini R. Urs 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Dear Friends, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore was established on June 24, 1965 and has entered its 40th year of fruitful existence and contribution to society in general and to LIS profession in particular. At the threshold of crossing a milestone such as the 40th anniversary, it is time for the DLIS to introspect and prospect. We would like to collect as complete data as possible about our alumni and interact with them with a view to know where we stand in terms of our true 'contributions' to the LIS profession - our alumni and their contributions. In this context, the DLIS, University of Mysore intends to revitalize its Alumni Association- which has been kind of dormant for very long. We have christened the same as MULSAA ( Mysore University Library School Alumni Association) We have created a facility for the alumni of the DLIS- University of Mysore to upload their details online. Please visit the website- www.vidyanidhi.org.in/mulsaa Please note that there is no 'registration fee' For more information about your Alma Mater please visit- www.lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in You are also welcome to send your latest CV by mail to my colleague Dr.N.S.Harinarayana - harinarayana(a)lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in You are most welcome to send your CV by post as well- please down load the registration form I also request all our alumni to spread the good word-communicate this message to all their classmates and friends from the Mysore LIS School Join MULSAA and help us know ourselves better ---- Shalini ---- Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209

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WEBLIS: Library Integrated System (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:22:42 +0530 (IST) From: Shyam Prasad pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: WEBLIS: Library Integrated System Dear Members, UNESCO has released WEBLIS, a Web based Library Integrated System based on CDS/ISIS. It has been distributed as free-ware. The system has been developed by the Institute for Computer and Information Engineering (ICIE), Poland. The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules: 1. Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals, journals, miscellaneous -slides, photos, audio, video, etc) 2. OPAC -on-line public access catalogue- (basic and advanced search, history, saving queries function, and ISIS Query language facilities, thesaurus based search) 3. LOAN module (hold/reserve, loan/ renew, automatic claiming by e-mail or a traditional mail in word form, urgent task lists) 4. Statistical module (the main goal of the program is to generate statistical data aggregated from the CDS/ISIS databases). The software and documentation can be downloaded at: Software: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblis.zip Documentation: http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/weblisdoc.zip Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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University of Mysore -Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on DL-3
by Shalini R. Urs 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Department of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006 INFORMATICS Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries 3 Privacy- Preserving Data Mining by Dr. Jayant Haritsa Supercomputer Education & Research Centre and Department of Computer Science & Automation Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Guest of Honour Sri. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director INFORMATICS (India) Ltd., Bangalore Prof. J. Shashidhara Prasad Vice Chancellor University of Mysore, Mysore Presides You are cordially invited Date : 27th August 2004 Time : 3.00 P.M. Venue: Einstein Auditorium Department of Studies in Physics Manasagangotri, Mysore 6 Dr. Shalini. R. Urs Professor & Chairperson ------- Abstract of the talk : Data mining services require accurate input data for their results to be meaningful, but privacy concerns may influence users to provide spurious information. In this talk, we discuss whether users can be encouraged to provide correct information by ensuring that the mining process cannot, with any reasonable degree of certainty, violate their privacy. Specifically, we present a scheme, based on matrix-theoretic distortion of user data, that can simultaneously provide a high degree of privacy to the user, retain a high level of accuracy in the mining results, and be efficient with respect to its response times. The performance of the scheme is validated against representative real and synthetic datasets. ------ About the Speaker Jayant Haritsa is on the faculty of the Supercomputer Education & Research Centre and the Department of Computer Science & Automation at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He received the BTech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), and the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin (Madison). His research interests are in database systems. He is a recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from the Government of India, and the Sir C V Raman Young Scientist Award from the Government of Karnataka. ---- Bovet the Lecture series Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries was instituted by Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore at the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, in the year 2000 The Inaugural lecture on Beyond Search Engines: Putting information back in the centre stage of information technology was delivered by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore on November 10, 2001 The second lecture on Digital library: Technology, Law, the Society and the four Cs was delivered by Prof. N Balakrishnan, Head, Division of Information Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on October 24, 2002 ---------------- Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele:91-821-2514699 Fax :91-821-2519209

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WHO Health Leadership Service Accepting Applicants
by Tomas Allen 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Please excuse cross-posting. We would greatly appreciate you distributing this information and our call for applications to members of your institution whom you consider might be interested. Librarians being the great "brokers of information", I am sure that you know of people that are quality applicants. Thank you very much for your help. Tomas Allen WHO Library ******************************************************************************* World Health Organization's new young professionals programme, the Health Leadership Service (HLS), is now accepting applications until 15th September. The Health Leadership Service is recruiting promising young health professionals from around the world and will provide them with the opportunity to work and learn for two years within WHO. Mentored by senior WHO staff, these young professionals will form part of the next generation of health leaders. Eight to ten 'HLS Officers' will be recruited as WHO staff under a two-year non-renewable fixed-term appointment. Women and nationals of developing countries are particularly encouraged to apply For more information, and to apply, please go to http://www.who.int/health_leadership or email directly to HLSMailbox(a)who.int The Health Leadership Service secretariat EIP/HRH/LMF WHO 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland ********************************************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ So wird man Teil einer riesigen Chatgemeinde, die ihrer Zeit voraus ist. http://messenger.msn.ch?DI=1057&XAPID=2532

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Suggestion needed
by Mahesh G T 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Professionals, our library has a good collection of books as well as serials,even we have maintained the AICTE norms of collection,actualy we have quite lot of multiple copies rather titles,we r planning (demand from management) to weed out some old editions of the same titles,but the irony is that some of the old edition of the title is usefull for some extent say "Advertising Management" by Batra and others,currently we have its eleventh edition,but still students felt in need of 5th,6th editions of the title,we have come across like same situation for several titles, so could anyone plz help me out in how far it is better to weed out the old editions, is it worth to weed out the multiple copies,(old editions) does it not affect the collection development,and is there any weeding out policy, considering the above case. thanking you, Mahesh G T Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore. MB No - 9844182965. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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reference required
by Rajeev Sharma 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear Sir/ Madam Please give details of any recent study (2003/2004) regarding the opportunities in pharmaceutical sector for logistics/Transportation. Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center Transport Corporation of India Ltd.

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