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Training Workshop on Optimal Use of e-Resources on INDEST Consortium
by Daulat Jotwani 13 May '04

13 May '04

Dear Colleague The Central Library, IIT Bombay has planned to organize a 2-days Training Workshop on Optimal Use of e-Resources available through the INDEST Consortium on 27-28 May 2004. The workshop is aimed at imparting training to the librarians and other staff in the institutions to ensure optimum utilization of INDEST resources for the benefits of their users. It will also provide participants with an opportunity to discuss their concerns and difficulties directly with database producers / vendors. Only 30-35 participants, on first-come-first-served basis, will be taken for the course from engineering and technology institutions, NITs and other engineering colleges, preferably from the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa. Preference will be given to those from member institutions. Interested persons may forward their application in the enclosed proforma by email / fax at the earliest to the Librarian, IIT Bombay. Participants will be provided hostel accommodation free of charged. TA/DA will have to be borne by the participants or their organizations. D Jotwani, Librarian, IIT Bombay PROGRAMME 27th May 2004 Registration 0915 1000 hrs Inauguration 1000 1045 hrs Break 1045 1100 hrs Technical Session I 1100 1145 hrs INDEST Overview Technical Session II 1145 1230 hrs e-Resource at IITB Visit to IITB Library 1230 1315 hrs Lunch 1315 1400 hrs Technical Session III 1400 1445 hrs Elseviers Science Direct Technical Session IV 1445 1530 hrs CA - SciFind Scholar Break 1530 1545 hrs Technical Session V 1545 1630 hrs IEL Online 28th May 2004 Technical Session VI 0930 1015 hrs Compendex & Inspec on Ei-village Technical Session VII 1015 1100 hrs J-Gate/JCCC, Web of Science Break 1100 1115 hrs Technical Session VIII 1115 1200 hrs Current trends in Digitization Technical Session IX 1200 1300 hrs ACM & Emerald Lunch 1300 1400 hrs Technical Session X ETD at IIT Bombay 1400 1445 hrs Technical Session XI 1445 1530 hrs Springer-Link Valedictory 1530 1600 hrs PROFORMA Name : ____________________________________ Designation : ____________________________________ Institution/Organization : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Address : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Telephone / Fax No. ____________________________________ Email : ____________________________________ Accomodation needed : Yes / No Signature

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InfoWatch - Apr 2004
by M.R Lalitha 13 May '04

13 May '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The April 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Apr 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AllSyntax.com [Programming tutorials, code and sample programs] 2. BioPerl.org [An open-source Perl tools for bioinformatics, genomics and life science research] 3. Computer security dictionary - Dictionary of information security 4. DateDex - The calender directory of days, dates and events worldwide 5. DINO [A realtime 3D visualization program for structural biology data] 6. EE Times Design library 7. FirstScience.com - Amazing websites for interesting minds 8. Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) [Gene expression and molecular abundance data repository] 9. Gravity Probe B - Testing Einstein's universe 10. HP Labs technical reports 11. Living State Physics [Merges research of physics with exciting and significant biomedical investigations] 12. NASA GMCD Learning Center - A directory of Earth science data and services 13. Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) 14. Polymorph - Knowhere [How the structure of space determines the shape of the things] 15. Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP) 16. Sting Millenium Suite (SMS) [A software to study structures of macromolecules] 17. STORM [A nexus of Software Testing Online Resources] 18. TechRepublic - Real world, Relatime, Real IT 19. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) 20. Thingamablog [A cross-platform, standalone blogging tool] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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launch of lisgateway.com
by masoom raza 11 May '04

11 May '04

Dear friends I am glad to inform you about the launch of library and information science gateway.(www.lisgateway.com) LISGateway.com provides searchable and browsable catalogue of Internet based resources related to Library & Information Science. It encourages the exploitation of publishers material by providing free access to quality web resources. The data pages establishes links mainly to site, which have produced e-journals, e-books, reference resources etc.It improves the effectiveness of Internet searching and will serve as a source of information for LIS people. Users would be directed to high quality of Internet resources rather than to have evaluate, filter and organize the resources themselves. This gateway has been developed by Principal Investigator, UGC Major Research Project Lecturer, Deptt. of Library & Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India as a part UGC'S Major Research Project.This project will complete in June 2005.Please feel to share about the site at mail@lisgateway.com,masoom_r@lisgateway.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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New Title by The Director, CSIR
by Mailing List Manager 11 May '04

11 May '04

Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 13:35:16 +0530 From: Monitor Information Services <emonitor(a)sancharnet.in> New Title by Mr R.A.Mashelkar, Director CSIR -------------------------------------------- Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century This outstanding work s most important contribution lies in its vision of the organic cooperation of governments, institutions, supranational organisations, multinational corporations, small and medium enterprises, and civil society as they collectively fashion a 21st Century in which creativity and innovation are enabled to convert knowledge into wealth and social good. For this reason, as well as for its richly detailed treatment of trends and current reality in the field, Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century will be read and put to good use by business people, international lawyers, government officials, and interested academics in all parts of the world. Price: EURO 85.00 URL: http://www.aspenpublishers.com/Product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Aspen&category%5F… Ordering thru: MONITOR INFORMATION SERVICES library suppliers - books n cd-rom's 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 tel : 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 fax : +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com

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Fwd: failure delivery
by Mailing List Manager 11 May '04

11 May '04

Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 05:58:07 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> > Friends: > > Here is a brief exchange betwen Gene garfield and > Stevan Harnad. Enjoy reading it. > > Arun > [Subbiah Arunachalam] > > [Moderator's Note: To save iterations, my reply > follows below, immediately after Gene's posting -- > S.H.] > > > Stevan Harnad wrote: > > > > > The rate of new OA journal start-ups is not > > likely to increase > > > substantially, because the literature is > already > > journal-saturated, > > > and there are few new journal niches. Most OA > > journal growth is hence > > > likely to come from the conversion of existing > > TA (toll-access) > > > journals to OA, in one of three ways: (1) The > > journal remains TA, > > > but makes its online version OA. (2) The > journal > > abandons the TA > > > cost-recovery model and adopts the OA > > (author-end) cost-recovery > > > model. (3) The journal's editorial board and > > authorship -- hence, > > > effectively, its title -- defect to an OA > > publisher. > > > > I am surprised to hear you say this Steve. It > flies > > in the face of > > experience. You should re-read Derek Price's > > statements about the growth > > of invisible colleges. > > > http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/lilscibi.html > > > > The latest techniques in publishing make it all > the > > more likely that > > new journal start ups of all kinds will continue > to > > occur. I have known > > dozens of pioneering editors who started new > > journals because they could > > not get a professional society or a private > > publisher to act. Ironically > > it made several of them quite wealthy because > > neither the slow moving > > societies or the conservative publishers could not > > foresee the potential. > > > > At one time the president of Gordon and Breach > told > > me he could start > > a journal with 50 subscribers. And Robert Maxwell > > jumped in to publish > > journals like Tetrahedron because he could find a > > brilliant editor. > > > > Today any free spirit could start a new journal. > > Some will fail and > > some will succeed. The process of "twigging" as it > > was once called > > is inevitable. > > > > Eugene Garfield > > > > [Stevan Harnad's reply: I defer to Gene > > Garfield's far broader > > knowledge and experience on the subject of new > > journal start-ups > > (though it would be nice to see the actual > data > > on new journal > > start-ups for, say, the past 20 years, perhaps > > subdivided in terms of > > hybrid vs. online-only -- as well, of course, > as > > a count of how many > > journals, new and old, hybrid and online-only, > > went belly-up within > > the same period, after what interval). My > point, > > however, was about > > OA (Open Access) journal start-ups. Around > 1000 > > journals (5%) out > > of a total of about 24,000 journals are OA > > journals today, and the > > question was about how quickly that > *percentage* > > can be expected to > > rise (via either new journal creation or old > > journal conversion or > > both). I hold by my prediction that it will be > > very slow, whereas > > self-archiving, which is already at around 20% > > right now, can rise to > > include at least all the articles in the 83% > of > > journals that have > > already given self-archiving the official > green > > light, or even to > > 100%, virtually overnight. I think the > potential > > growth rates via > > these two roads -- gold and green -- differ by > > at least an order of > > magnitude. -- S.H.] > > > > ------------ > > Eugene Garfield, PhD. email > > garfield(a)codex.cis.upenn.edu > > tel 215-243-2205 fax 215-387-1266 > > President, The Scientist www.the-scientist.com > > Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com > > home page: www.eugenegarfield.org > > Past President, American Society for Information > > Science and Technology > > (ASIS&T) www.asis.org > > > > > > Chat instantly with your online friends? Get the > FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

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Re: Research on library consortium
by Mailing List Manager 11 May '04

11 May '04

From: "[iso-8859-1] vijaya kumara" <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Hi, find some titles that you can do research on consortium Library Consortium in R& D Libraries of Karnataka: A study on Pit falls Model of library consortium for university/ R&D libraries in Karnataka And others good luck Vijayakumar M ------------- Dear All, HI! I am a new entrant on Lis Forum. I wanted to know the type of research one can take up on library consortia. 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 ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.

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About ICONLIS-2004 convention
by Mailing List Manager 11 May '04

11 May '04

From: "[iso-8859-1] ishwar bandi" <icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in> To: mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear All, I'm Mr. ISHAPPA BANDI library science professional from Mumbai would like to know regarding ICONLIS conferance, which was held in March 15-16 2004. If any body is having information please forward to me. Thanking you Mr.ISHAPPA BANDI Librarian Fr. Agnel Technical Education Complex Sector-9a, Vashi New Mumbai-400703 Email:icbandi@yahoo.co.in

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(no subject)
by Vijayalaxmi R Deshpande 06 May '04

06 May '04

Dear Sirs, Can anyone help me in getting the following books from whom we can get immediately which we browsed on internet. 1. Transformer Maintenance Guide 2004/ Myers, S.D 2. Dranetz-BMI Field handbook for Power Quality Analysis by Bruce Lonie and Tom Shaughnessy of POWERCET 3. Conference proceedings distributech in CD-ROM by Utility Automation (Publisher; pennwell) 4. etz-Report 32: Open communication platform for telecontrol applications: benefits from the new standard IEC:60870-6 TASE:2 (ICCP) VDE ENGLISH VERSION 5. Guide to the project management body of Knowledge (A(PMBOK(R) GUIDE) BY Project Management Institute 6. Managing a small HRD Department; you can do more than you think by McCoy, Carol P (The Jossey-Bass Management Series)

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Talk on Open Access and Libraries by Dr. Leslie Chan, at NCSI 10th May 5.00 PM
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 06 May '04

06 May '04

National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Cordially invites you to a talk on OPEN ACCESS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES By Dr. Leslie Chan Program Supervisor, International Studies program and Supervisor, Joint Program in New Media Studies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough And Associate Director of Bioline International (a non-profit international electronic publishing collaboration) At 5.00 P.M. on 10th May 2004 (Monday) Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI Coffee/Tea will be served at 4.30 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ About the Speaker and the talk: Leslie Chan is Program Supervisor for the International Studies program and also supervisor of studies for the Joint Program in New Media Studies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Associate Director of Bioline International, a non-profit international electronic publishing collaboration with the main objective of improving the visibility and impact of health and other scientific information from developing countries. From 1997-2002, Leslie also served as the managing editor of an experimental digital publishing unit within the Centre for Instructional Technology Development. Recently, Leslie was appointed by the American Anthropological Association to the Steering Committee of AnthroSource, an innovative scholar 's portal that promises to transform teaching and research in the field of anthropology and beyond. The above positions reflect Leslie's long-term interest in the use of information technology in support of teaching, learning and research, as well as his commitment to engage in new modes of scholarly publishing, human capacity building and international co-operation. As part of the Advisory Member of the Civil Society Science working group at the World Summit on the Information Society, he is preparing to take part in the second phase of the WSIS to ensure that open access to science continues to be on the main agenda of the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis in 2005. He is also organizing a special session on "Linking local and global knowledge with ICT" at the upcoming Elpub 2004 meeting in Brazil in June. As one of the original participants and signatories of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Leslie has been active in advocating open access publishing and the development of online publishing projects that encourage scholars to explore new means of communicating their research. Leslie has been invited to participate in numerous international conferences on scholarly communication issues and conferences on ICT and development and he has conducted workshops on these topics for a wide variety of institutions, many of them in developing parts of the world. In this talk, Leslie will relate his various experiences in promoting alternative publishing initiatives at the University of Toronto as well as his involvement with the promotion of open access and institutional repositories. He will share some of the successes and failures of his projects and point to ways in which librarians and faculty could work together more productively to enhance the sharing, creation and dissemination of knowledge. ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-23600271, 23601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-23601426, 23600683 Information (NCSI) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science URL: http://144.16.72.189/raja/ BANGALORE-560012 (India) ------------------------------------------------------------- SciGate: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ The IISc Science Information Portal

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Free full text online
by Satish Munnolli 06 May '04

06 May '04

apologies for cross posting ! http://www.freefulltext.com/ The site directly links to over 7000 scholarly journals which allow some or all of their online content free. It's too good for those libraries wherein the library has INTERNET connection and do not subscribe to any online database. A real supplement to any library catalogue. Satish S. Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208

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Seeking Minimum Wages for Bhopal
by Jeetender 05 May '04

05 May '04

Dear Friends Most suppliers request a long period for publications wich have to be brought in from outside. Apropos, can some librarian fom Bhopal Area acquire this publication for us. We will be glad to reimburse first class courier charges for the same. Sincerely Jeetender Chandna (Vicky) Coordinator Information Systems email: vicky(a)irft.org <mailto:%20Jeetender%20Chandna%20%3cvicky@irft.org%3e> INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES FOR FAIRER TRADE Sona Udyog Industrial Estate Unit No.7, Parsi Panchayat Road Andheri (E), Mumbai 400069 INDIA Tel : (91-22) 2835 2811 / 2823 5246 (Extn: 24) Fax : (91-22) 2823 5245 Website : <http://www.irft.org/> http://www.irft.org

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Libraries in the Digital World
by Saiful Amin 04 May '04

04 May '04

Hi, Some articles may be of interest to library professionals. Regards, Saiful "Edward J. Valauskas" <ejv(a)UIC.EDU> wrote:Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 23:20:39 -0500 From: "Edward J. Valauskas" Subject: First Monday May 2004 To: FIRSTMONDAY(a)LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Dear Reader, The May 2004 issue of First Monday (volume 9, number 5) is now available at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/ ------- Table of Contents Volume 9, Number 5 - May 3rd 2004 Sharing Digital Resources: Selected papers from the Fifth Annual Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the University of Illinois at Chicago, March 3-5 2004, Chicago. Keynote at The Field Museum by John McCarter http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/mccarter/ Imaging Pittsburgh: Creating a shared gateway to digital image collections of the Pittsburgh region by Edward A. Galloway http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/galloway/ The power and problems of public media by David B. Liroff http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/liroff/ CAMEO: A free Internet reference on materials used in the production and conservation of historic and artistic works by Michele Derrick http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/derrick/ Choosing the components of a digital infrastructure by Tim DiLauro http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/dilauro/ Building semantic bridges between museums, libraries and archives: The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model by Tony Gill http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/gill/ The role of museums in online teaching, learning, and research by Kenneth Hamma http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/hamma/ Can technology make the recommendations of learning science practical and affordable? by Henry Kelly http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/kelly/ Building on success, forging new ground: The question of sustainability by Don Waters http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/waters/ On My Mind: Commentary on Web-Wise by Bill Barnett http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/barnett/ Lessons from the Silurian: On digitization and the human element by Edward J. Valauskas http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_5/valauskas/ ---------------------------- You've received this message because you're registered to First Monday's Table of Contents service. You can unsubscribe to this service by sending a reply containing the word unsubscribe in the body of the message or use the form at http://firstmonday.org/join.html First Monday Editorial Group ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony/

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Multilingual Glossary Database
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

Please visit the following link: http://www.proz.com/?sp=glosspost Excallent source for locating multilingual Glossary Lists Dictionaries etc. Useful for translators. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, Turkapally Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residece: +91(40)27846631

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Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures (3) (2004) - invitation
by Mailing List Manager 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:52:12 +0530 From: Srels <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Dr. K.N. Prasad Convenor Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures Committee, Bangalore Dept. of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore and Mysore Library and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA), Mysore Cordially invite you to the Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture (3)(2004) on "BOOK CULTURE" by Prof. C.P. Krishnakumar Director (Retd.), Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 at 11.00 a.m. at the Dept. of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore Prof. C.K.N. Raja Director, Legal Studies, Mahajana Law College, Mysore will preside All are welcome RSVP: Ph: 0821-2514699 (Shalini Urs) President & Members 080 23305109 (Prasad) Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lecture Committee Dr. K.N. Prasad Convenor

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Courier journals
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:07:11 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Loss Prevention Association of India, whose details are given below, have a publication covering "FireProtection in Warehouse Installation". Please contact them. Vyasamoorthy, P ============= LPA Head Office (Mumbai) Managing Director: Mr. T.V. Viswanathan Address : Loss Prevention Association of India Ltd. 4th Floor, Warden House, Sir P.M. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001, Maharashtra, India. Tel. Nos. : (022) 22870417 / 22870275 / 22872439 Fax No.: (022) 22816890 E-Mail : Managing Director: tvviswanathan(a)lpaindia.org Asst. General Manager: sudeshkapoor(a)lpaindia.org Manager (P&A): nmapte(a)lpaindia.org Manager (Tech.): abhijit(a)lpaindia.org Office - General: lpamumbai(a)lpaindia.org -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:24 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Courier journals Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:54:29 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Respected Professionals I am looking for journals/serials in courier industry and reference material for fire safety in warehouses. Looking forward for your kind help. Thanks and Best Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center ( BIC) ------------------------------------ Transport Corporation of India Ltd. TCI House, 69 Institutional Area. Sector 32, Gurgaon - 122 001 Haryana, India Ph: (91) (124) 2381603 - 07 Ext. 104 Fax: (91) (124) 2381611 Email: bic.crpo(a)tcil.com Web: www.grouptci.com --------------------------------------

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Re: Web Enabled Databases
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:28:54 +0530 From: Rajeev K R <krr(a)sasken.com> You can get an over view of "Web databases" from the below word document http://krr1972.tripod.com/webdatabases.doc There are many scripting languages and RDBMs that you can use to create web databases. First you have to decide on which RDBMs and scripting language you should use and then concentrate on its features. You can get examples of access + asp and mysql + perl examples from the above doc. With Warm Regards Rajeev K R Library & Information Center Sasken Communication Technologies Limited 139/25, Ring Road, Domlur Bangalore - 560071 India Email: krr(a)sasken.com Tel: + 91 80 25355501 Extn: 2021 Fax: + 91 80 25351133 URL: www.sasken.com

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Invitation for 4th ASSIST Two-Day National Seminar on DIGITAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LIBRARIES
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:16:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Biradar B.S. <bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, Myself on the behalf of 4th ASSIST National Seminar Organising Committee welcome you all for the 4th ASSIST National Seminar on "DIGITAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LIBRARIES" to be held on 30th April and 1st May 2004 at Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, Shimoga, Karnataka, India. All accepted papers bibliographies are hosted at the seminar site URLed http://www.freewebs.com/assist2004/ For further queries pls. contact me at bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com Attached is the Invitation. Thanks and Warm Regards Dr. B.S. Biradar, Chairman, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science, Kuvempu University, Jana Sahyadri, Shankarghatta, -577451, Shimoga Karnataka, India. Email : bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com : bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com Phone : 91-8282-657319 (Off.) : 91-8282-656142 (Res.)

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Courier journals
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:54:29 +0530 From: Rajeev Sharma <bic.crpo(a)tcil.com> Respected Professionals I am looking for journals/serials in courier industry and reference material for fire safety in warehouses. Looking forward for your kind help. Thanks and Best Regards Rajeev Kr. Sharma Officer - Information Services Business Information Center ( BIC) ------------------------------------ Transport Corporation of India Ltd. TCI House, 69 Institutional Area. Sector 32, Gurgaon - 122 001 Haryana, India Ph: (91) (124) 2381603 - 07 Ext. 104 Fax: (91) (124) 2381611 Email: bic.crpo(a)tcil.com Web: www.grouptci.com --------------------------------------

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Data to be stored on paper disc!
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:45:46 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Sony has developed Blu-ray Disc technology-based 25GB paper disc, along with Toppan Printing Co., aiming to produce low cost discs. Friday, April 16, 2004 NEW DELHI: Sony Corporation has announced that it has successfully developed a 25GB paper disc based on Blu-ray Disc technology. The paper discs, which marks a new phase in the Blu-ray disc technology, has been developed jointly by Sony and Toppan Printing Co Ltd. According to a Sony press release, the two companies have been working on for about a year on printing data onto Blu-ray discs made mostly of paper. The companies are aiming to produce lower-cost discs and expand the use of the technology. The discs will be able to store more than two hours of high-definition video. The companies plan to share more details about the new product at the Optical Data Storage conference beginning April 18, 2004 at Monterey, California. The Blu-ray Disc format uses blue laser light and is considered a successor to today's red-laser DVD drives. The discs that can store more than five times the capacity of current DVDs was introduced last year in Japan by Sony. The company is part of a group called the Blu-ray Disc Founders that promote the format. Talking about the paper discs, Toppans MD and head of corporate R&D division, Hideaki Kawai claimed that the use of printing technology on paper allows high level of artistic label printing on the optical disc, besides adding a level of security in some cases. "Since a paper disc can be cut by scissors easily, it is simple to preserve data security when disposing off the disc," he said. Sony claimed that the two companies were able to develop the paper discs by exploiting the fact that the Blu-ray Disc did not require laser light to travel through the substrate. Sony Corporation senior general manager of optical system development group Masanobu Yamamoto further said that it was also possible to decrease the amount of raw material used per unit of information by increasing the capacity of the disc. The worldwide production of optical discs is approximately 20 billion per year and optical discs are being adopted widely. The combination of paper material and printing technology is also expected to lead to a reduction in cost per disc and will expand usage. The Sony press release also said that the company would continue to work with Toppan towards developing the disc for practical usage. CyberMedia News ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 040-56547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ____________________________________________________________ Does your mail provider give you a free online calendar? Yahoo! does. Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com

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Minimum standard of library as per UGC norms
by Mailing List Manager 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:50:07 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Sanjay Kataria" <katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, Kindly provide the detailed information on Library standard as per UGC norms. Best regards Thanks & Regards =============================== Sanjay Kataria Librarian (Acting) Learning Resource Centre (Library) Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10,Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307 Ph. 9810503341 (Mobile) 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251 E-mail: katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com, sanjay.kataria(a)jiitindia.org

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ICADL2004-Shangai, China-Dec 13-17-Call for papers
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26 Apr '04

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:57:11 +0530 (IST) From: shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in -------------Apologies for cross postings------ Here is the call for papers for ICADL 2001. Important Dates are: Submission of Abstracts (full papers only) - June 10, 2004 Submission of Full Papers - July 1, 2004 Submission of Short Papers - July 1, 2004 --------- The 7th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries ------- International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization ( http://icadl2004.sjtu.edu.cn) Call for papers After its six-years efficient exploration in offering a forum to promote and share the latest development of technology of digital library, the International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) has turned out to be a grand annual event in the library and IT communities in Asia and the world as well. The 7th ICADL Conference in 2004 will be hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Library in Shanghai, China from December 13 to 17. The theme of this conference is: Digital Libraries International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization. Papers are solicited in a wide variety of digital library related areas, including (but not limited to): Main Topics: Service and Management New forms and models of DL services; Digital library performance, resources, usefulness, usability and evaluation;User studies: user communities, user needs, user behavior, usage pattern; Social, legal and economic issues related DL, such as privacy, intelligence property, information security, sustainability;Knowledge management and its application in DL; New institution roles and responsibilities of DL in 21st century. Live reference service Personalization service Collaboration and Localization Case studies on successful national, cross-regional and international DL collaboration projects and impact in Asia-Pacific Region;Preserving, organizing and disseminating Asian unique and indigenous knowledge and culture;Novel methods and tools for Asian languages information processing. Exploring a Cross-Culture Context for DL studies in Asia, social impacts of DL in Asia. Technology Digital library system: architectures, interoperability, mobile applications, agents related to DL;Access to distributed and heterogeneous digital collections: interoperability, scalability, relevant information discovery, meta-information integration, Mass storage;Information retrieval and data mining: novel IR technologies of text and multimedia, data mining; multi- and cross-lingual data access and searching, machine translation and machine learning; Information organization and content management: metadata and OAI, ontologies and semantic web, topic maps;Human-computer interaction: interfaces, visualization, portals, personalization;Technical standards、protocol in DL area and implication strategies; Grid technologies and digital libraries E-publication Proceedings Conference Proceedings will be composed of long (full) papers (10 pages), short papers (4 pages) and poster papers (2 pages) and be published by Springers Lecture Note Series in Computer Science (LNCS). Important Date: Submission of Abstracts (full papers only) June 10, 2004 Submission of Full Papers July 1, 2004 Submission of Short Papers July 1, 2004 Papers should be written in English and submitted in electronic format. More details will be released dynamically at the 7th ICADL Conferences website: http://icadl2004.sjtu.edu.cn. And much more will be given around March. Please contact us if you have any questions: Mr. Yuan Guojing, Ms. Guojing Email: icadl2004(a)mail.lib.sjtu.edu.cn Tel.: +86-21-62933229 Fax: +86-21-62820892 The Organization Committee of the 7th ICADL Conference Shanghai, P.R. China

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PNAS - Free on the web to Indian readers
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26 Apr '04

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:25:26 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> "All - Free access to PNAS Online was made available to India on Tuesday, April 20. We are excited about this development, and that PNAS Online and publications of the National Academies Press are now available in more than 140 developing countries. Please let me know if you have any difficulty with access to PNAS." -- Ken Fulton Publisher PNAS

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CMI launches Pervasive Computing initiative (fwd)
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26 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:41:41 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> CMI launches Pervasive Computing initiative For the last 40 years, humans have been slaves to their computers. Now the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) is setting up an innovative research community that will look for specific ways to reverse the relationship - and put humans firmly back in charge. For more information about these, and about CMI, please visit our website: http://www.cambridge-mit.org For more information please contact: Rachel Simpson, CMI 01223 448764 Mobile: 07796 261297 E-mail: r.simpson(a)cmi.cam.ac.uk

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FW: PNAS not yet free to Indians!
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26 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:56:49 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: I am happy to inform you that soon scientists and research students in India will get free access to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, immediately on publication. I have been writing to officials at the NAS for some time and this letter from Prof. Bruce Alberts, President, NAS, makes me extremely happy. Best wishes. Arun ------- I am pleased to be able to announce that, at the NAS publishing committee meeting a week ago, it was voted to increase the list of immediately free nations for PNAS to match the list for our immediately free PDFs of 3000 Academy books and reports. Those nations just added include India and South Africa, and will now total 140. All nations everywhere (including the US) have been getting PNAS for free for many years, following a 6 month delay from the publication date. The publisher of PNAS, Ken Fulton, and I will send everyone an email once the new system has been fully implemented on the PNAS website. There has been a brief delay because of the software installations needed to implement the change on the site. With best regards, Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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US patent Search
by Mailing List Manager 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:02:00 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G. <bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com> Dear Mr.Biradar, You may refer Patents Page : http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html <http://www.uspto.gov/> Search Page : http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/search-bool.html Example : Search Results for Chemistry (the same way u can do for others) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2 <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2= HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TER M1=chemistry&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=ptxt> &Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l =50&TERM1=chemistry&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=ptxt with regards Bhojaraju G. www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/>

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