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New Year Wishes
by Mailing List Manager 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:31:41 +0530 From: SRELS <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Dear Member : The Trustees and the Staff of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore. Wishes you a Happy & Prosperous New Year.

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Talk on "Universal Access to Cyberspace" by Dr. John Rose
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with the The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore cordially invite you to a public lecture by Dr. John Rose Information Society Division UNESCO, Paris, France on UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO CYBERSPACE at The Seminar Hall National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012 on Monday, 29th December 2003, at 5.30 p.m. Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore will preside ------------------------------------------------------- RSVP: Ph:3305109(Prasad, SRELS) E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com 3600271(Rajashekar, NCSI) raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Coffee: 5.00 P.M.

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Websites required
by Mailing List Manager 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:42:48 +0530 From: kss <kss(a)informindia.co.in> Hi Geetha, We are a company specialised in web research. We not only identify websites as per given seleection criteria but also index or keyword them. We have been offereing this service to several US companies. In the past we have identified 60,000 websites in the area of Life/Health Sciences, 15,000 Arts amd Humanity sites, 15,000 Linguistics, Social Science and Poltical Science, 15,000 Engineering sites. We charge US$1.5 per site identification including indexing. We generally do not undertake mere identification of sites. However, as a special case, we could offer this service at US$0.30/site provided the minimum number of sites to be identified is more than 1000. Tks. & Regds K S Subba Rao Director Informatics International Projects Division Informatics India Ltd 112/7, Vikas 11th Cross, 5th Main Malleshwaram Bangalore 560 003 Tel: 3464878 Fax: 3344598 www.informindia.co.in www.j-gate.informindia.co.in

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Academic ranking of world universities
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:10:31 -0500 From: Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur <rcgaur(a)tifr.res.in> Shanghai University has conducted a study in which they have ranked world's universities according to their research merits. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India has been ranked at position in between 27-36 in Asia/Pacific and in between 251-300 position in the world. In case if you are interested, Rankings can be found here: http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm Regards Ramesh

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save US$ 225 on ' Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science'
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:40:25 +0530 From: Monitor Information Services <emonitor(a)sancharnet.in> Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 2nd edition published in May'2003 in 4 vol. set is being offered at its low pre-publication price of US$ 1275.00 instead of its current price of US$ 1500.00. Librarian who could not take advantage of its pre-publication price earlier can avail this limited period offer. Library Discounts permissible. Contact for full details Best Wishes Mukesh Anand emonitor(a)sancharnet.in

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Websites required
by Mailing List Manager 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Date: 25 Dec 2003 04:58:01 -0000 From: Geetha <vgitha(a)rediffmail.com> Sir we are looking for different websites in the area of business process engineering kindly forward the same by return mail with regds *********** Geetha Admin. Executive Indegene Life Systems 130, 1st Main, 5th Block Koramangala Bangalore-560095 geetha(a)indegene.com www.indegene.com

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Distribution of the Extremal of Random varibales
by Hema Prem 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

Dear all, Does anyone have information on the Distribution of the Extremal of Random varibles. Someone from bangalore had some info on this..long back.. kindly let me know, i need that asap regards hema -- Hema Prem Research Student Dept of Management Studies Indian Institute Of Science Bangalore - 12 Ph: 91-80-3604538,2933269 (Lab) 91-80-2932291 (hostel) Room # 34 Fax: 91-80- 3604534

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Use of SCI-based publicaiton counts by Subbiah Arunachalam Current Science 25 Nov 2003
by Mailing List Manager 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

This excellent two page article is available free of charge at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov252003/1391.pdf The author refers to a short piece I published in 1994 about “Research Fronts”. This appeared in Current Contents under the rubric “Citation Comments”. Since the print version of Current Contents is generally not available the full text can be found at: http://www.isinet.com/essays/citationanalysis/11.html/

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FW: Nature Magazine through INDEST
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Dear All I am forwarding this message from Dr. Jagdish Arora, Librarian, IIT Delhi and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium. The message is self explanatory. Those interested in this offer for online access subscription to Nature magazine, may kindly get in touch with Dr. Arora. Regards Rajashekar T.B. Rajashekar NCSI, IISc -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Jagdish Arora [mailto:jarora@library.iitd.ernet.in] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:13 AM To: Rajashekar Dr. T.B. Subject: Nature Magazine through INDEST Dear Rajashekar, Can you post the following message on the LIS Forum Listserv: The Nature would be available for subscription through the INDEST Consortium. We have received highly discounted rates of subscription. However, you will have to place your order urgently (before 20th) and make payment before 31st Dec., 2003 to avail this rate. Interested institutions may please contact me for the rates. Regards Jagdsish Arora

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Need inforantion about the library designation/stucture in unversity with new payscale (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:01:10 +0530 From: Chandrakant Gangrude <chandrakant(a)tiss.edu> Dear Members, Date -18/12/2003 I need some information about the Library Structure in Deemed University with payscale ,if have any information about the University level with Designation form Librarian to Library Asst. Please send it. *********************************************************************************************** Chandrakant Gangurde Tata Institute of Social Sciences sion-Trombay Road, Deonar, MUMBAI-400088. Tel. 022-25563290 - Ext.-285 E-mail : chandrakant(a)tiss.edu, gangurdechandrakant(a)yahoo.co.in

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FW: Project Assistant @ Digital Library of RGUHS
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

-----Original Message----- From: hemanthrao [mailto:hemanthrao@rguhs.ac.in] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:49 PM To: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Project Assistant @ Digital Library of RGUHS Dear respected Sir, Sub: Call for Project Assistant at Digital Library of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka You are hereby requested to host the following information at Lis-Forum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Library of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is the nerve centre of HELINET consortium, providing round the clock access to global and local health science information to the faculty, students and researchers of all the colleges and institutions affiliated to the University. This library is looking for a candidate to work as project assistant on temporary basis for a period of one year. The details of the appointment are as below. Post : Project Assistant Duration : 1 Year (on Contract basis) Payment : 8k /month Essential Qualification : MLISc and IT exposure/experience Last date : On or Before 19/12/2003 Desirable : ~~~~~~~~~~~ Advanced training in IT application to Library Science. The preference will be given to the candidates residing in Bangalore. Candidates having good communication skill in English/Hindi/Kannada Nature of work: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Handling Digital Library services/Projects, Teaching assignments and Library resource management Contact details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr.R.Rama Raj Urs Consortium Co-ordinator Digital Library Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka hemanthrao(a)rguhs.ac.in hemanthrao(a)hotmail.com Ph: 080-6546930,6546935 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With regards, Hemanth Rao C. Technical Assistant Digital Library@RGUHS

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(Fwd) "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Lit
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:07:23 -0600 Send reply to: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group <LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)IASTATE.EDU> Subject: "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" To: LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" "An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good" [ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml ] I am pleased to inform you that my chapter on "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature" written for a volume on _E-Serials Collection Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities _ (edited by David C. Fowler. New York : Haworth Information Press, 2004) has been officially published [http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/sampletext/4879.pdf] Chapter 10. Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature 197 Budapest Open Access Initiative 197 New Generation Journals 199 Self-Archiving 200 EPrints 201 Open Archives Initiative 206 Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 208 Roles and Responsibilities of Self-Archiving 212 "The Future of Ideas" 215 FROM THE CONCLUSION: Whether the self-archiving model becomes the new paradigm for scholarly publishing as envisioned by its proponents will depend not only on improved archiving and retrieval software and systems but also, and more importantly, on the degree to which all stakeholders endorse and embrace its potential as a viable and sustainable publishing alternative. I have self-archived the article at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Open.pdf Season's Greetings! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Open Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." [ http://www.sric.org/voices/2003/v4n2/ ] ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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_Library Knowledge Bases_
by Gerry Mckiernan 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

_Library Knowledge Bases_ For a new registry (and future presentations and articles), I am greatly interested in identifying library-created or library-related Knowledge Bases that have been applied to any and all venues (Acquisitions, Cataloging, Collection Development, Reference, or Library Systems, etc.). A Knowledge Base / Knowledgebase may be defined as a database with a focus on empirical or practical knowledge. In recent years, Knowledge bases have become common components for many businesses and services. The RealNetworks "Customer Support" Knowledge Base. [ http://service.real.com/kb/ ] is an excellent example of a technical support knowledge base. I am interested in library-created OR library-related Knowledge Bases Perhaps the most sophisticated Library Knowledge Base was the one planned as part of the OPAL Project. " The OPAL (Online Personal Academic Librarian) [ http://library.open.ac.uk/aboutus/opal/intro.html ] started as an eighteen month research project based at the Open University Library which is exploring the development of a fully automated online 24/7 reference service for distance students. The project began in November 2000 and was a partnership between the OU Library, the OU Knowledge Media Institute, and the libraries of the University of Leicester and the University of London's Birkbeck College." SEE ALSO: "The OPAL Project: Developing An Automated Online Reference System For Distance Learners" in the June 2001 issue of D-Lib Magazine. [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june01/06inbrief.html] Another innovative library-based Knowledge Base is EARS (Electronic Access to Reference Services), a service available from the Learning Resources division of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. [ http://library.unn.ac.uk/ears/ ] The *Most* impressive general knowledge base that I've discovered in a recent Quick-and-Dirty search is START, [ http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/infolab/index.html ] "the world's first Web-based question answering system, has been on-line and continuously operating since December, 1993. It has been developed by Boris Katz and his associates of the InfoLab Group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Unlike information retrieval systems (e.g., search engines), START aims to supply users with "just the right information," instead of merely providing a list of hits. Currently, the system can answer millions of English questions about places (e.g., cities, countries, lakes, coordinates, weather, maps, demographics, political and economic systems), movies (e.g., titles, actors, directors), people (e.g., birth dates, biographies), dictionary definitions, and much, much more... ." As Always, I Welcome Any and All contributions, queries, comments, nominations, Cosmic Insights, Etc. Etc. Etc. [I am NOT, however, interested in corporate Knowledge Bases per se] Articles, reports, studies, school papers or projects regarding Library Knowledge Bases are also of major interest for a planned General Bibliography. [I am NOT, however, interested in literature about Knowledge Bases per se] The registry is titled: KBL(sm): A Registry of Library Knowledge Bases and will be located at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/KBL.htm ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan, KnowledgeBased Librarian Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." [ http://www.sric.org/voices/2003/v4n2/ ]

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Two Useful Articles
by Saiful Amin 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear All, I recently came across two interesting articles in the First Monday magazine, which might interest library professionals. 1. The Internet and the right to communicate by William J. McIver, Jr., William F. Birdsall, and Merrilee Rasmussen http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/mciver/ 2. Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing countries by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/ Best regards, Saiful -- [Please http://remember.to/edit_messages ] Saiful Amin c/o, Learning Resource Center Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com

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Regarding research work in India on"Time and cost analysis of technical services in libraries".
by Mr. Mukesh Saikia 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear Friend, I shall be grateful if you kindly inform me about the research work on the following topics: 1."Time and cost analysis in technical services in libraries "or 2. "Technical services in india" and 3. " Ranganathan's library staff formula" ------------------------ M.Saikia ( Mukesh Saikia) Tezpur University Napaam: Tezpur-28 Assam: India Pin-784028 Phone: 91-03712-267092(Off), 267184(Res),03621-286301(Res) Fax: 91-03712-267006,267005 E-mail:m_saikia03@yahoo.co.uk

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RE: [LIS-Forum] best sites in LIS
by Mailing List Manager 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

This is a good question. I hope many members answer your question. You may write to Dr S Krishnan of NCL, Pune, and Mr S Gunasekaran of CECRI, Karaikudi. Also ARD Prasad of DRTC. They are pretty good at such sources. Arun

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Senior scale of University Asstt.Librarian
by Mr. Mukesh Saikia 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear Friends, I shall be grateful if you kindly send the latest UGC circular for senior scale of Asstt. Librarian of University and Carrer Advancement programme for University Asstt.Librarian. With regards, ------------------------ M.Saikia ( Mukesh Saikia) Tezpur University Napaam: Tezpur-28 Assam: India Pin-784028 Phone: 91-03712-267092(Off), 267184(Res),03621-286301(Res) Fax: 91-03712-267006,267005 E-mail:m_saikia03@yahoo.co.uk

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UK S&T Committee is to conduct an inquiry into scientific publications
by Mailing List Manager 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:10:25 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (CORP, GEITC)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> This may be of interest to you... Regards, Anand The Science and Technology Committee(of the UK House of Commons)is to conduct an inquiry into scientific publications. The Committee will be looking at access to journals within the scientific community, with particular reference to price and availability. It will be asking what measures are being taken in government, the publishing industry and academic institutions to ensure that researchers, teachers and students have access to the publications they need in order to carry out their work effectively. The inquiry will also examine the impact that the current trend towards e-publishing may have on the integrity of journals and the scientific process. The Committee is inviting written evidence on the following points: *What impact do publishers' current policies on pricing and provision of scientific journals, particularly "big deal schemes", have on libraries and the teaching and research communities they serve? * What action should Government, academic institutions and publishers be taking to promote a competitive market in scientific publications? *What are the consequences of increasing numbers of open-access journals, for example for the operation of the Research Assessment Exercise and other selection processes? Should the Government support such a trend and, if so, how? *How effectively are the Legal Deposit Libraries making available non-print scientific publications to the research community, and what steps should they be taking in this respect? *What impact will trends in academic journal publishing have on the risks of scientific fraud and malpractice? The Committee would welcome written evidence from interested organisations and individuals addressing these points. Evidence should be submitted by Thursday 12 February 2003. The oral evidence sessions will begin in March. In announcing the inquiry, the Chairman of the Committee, Ian Gibson MP, said "Journals are at the heart of the scientific process. Researchers, teachers and students must have easy access to scientific publications at a fair price. Scientific journals need to maintain their credibility and integrity as they move into the age of e-publication. The Committee will have some very tough questions for publishers, libraries and government on these issues." Evidence should be sent in hard copy to the Clerk of the Science and Technology Committee, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Please send an electronic version also, in Word format, via e-mail to scitechcom(a)parliament.uk or on disk. Guidance on the submission of evidence can be found at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm Further information on the work of the Committee can be obtained from Committee staff on 020 7219 2793/4. Previous press notices and publications are available on the Committee's internet homepage: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_and_technology_committee… Notes for Editors *Under the terms of Standing Order No. 152 the Committee is empowered to examine the 'expenditure, policy and administration of the Office of Science and Technology and its associated public bodies'. The Committee was appointed on 12 November 2001.

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Fw: [IAMSLIC:3729] Publisher Copyright Policies
by murari 13 Dec '03

13 Dec '03

Following may be of interest to the users of this group too. Regards, -Murari Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: Pauline Simpson <ps(a)soc.soton.ac.uk> To: <iamslic(a)ucdavis.edu> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: [IAMSLIC:3729] Publisher Copyright Policies > The ROMEO listing of Publishers Copyright Policies has now been converted > to a database > > http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php > > also provides the opportunity to add publishers > > Pauline > > Pauline Simpson, > Head of Information Services, Southampton Oceanography Centre > and > Head of Engineering, Science and Math Faculty Library Services > and > TARDIS (Univ Southampton e-Prints) Project Manager > > University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, > Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England > > Tel: +44-(0)23 8059 6111: Fax +44-(0)23 8059 6115 > email: ps(a)soc.soton.ac.uk ; ps2(a)soton.ac.uk > Web : http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Fw: Library Security System
by Mailing List Manager 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:38:32 -0800 (PST) From: gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> Dear friend, We have library security system called EAS electronic article survillence system. Does not mean you can compleatly avoid loss of books. It will only alert the Personnel at check point. So think twice before you purchase. here is the address. Monitor electronics pvt ltd Pune e-mail magic(a)giaspn01.vsnl.net.in India Satcom Ltd. B'lore e-mail rajesh(a)indiasatcom.com Essae Technologys Pvt. ltd, B'lore e-mail essaebir(a)vsnl.net Regards, Gayathri Sen PESIT, B"lore

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best sites in LIS
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Dear Professional Colleagues: Could you please recommend around 25 best web sites relating to LIS which enable a professional to keep himself up to date or provide an overview of the electronic resources/tools available in LIS such as listserves, bulletin boards, alert services, new books, reference tools, cataloging and classification resources, etc.? Many thanks for your help Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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InfoWatch - November 03
by M.R Lalitha 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Dear LIS-Forum member, The November 2003 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) Nov 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AnalyzeThat.net - Math & circuit analysis 2. BioInteractive [Biology-focused teaching materials by Howard Hughes Medical Institute] 3. Circuit sage [A website designed by integrated circuit designers for circuit designers] 4. CommsDesign.com - An online resource for communications design engineers 5. Elsevier's Author gateway 6. Free electronic book - Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition 7. FreeTechMail.org - A search engine for IT e-Newsletters 8. GenePath - An intelligent assistant to discover genetic pathways 9. Heavy-Atom Derivatives of protein crystals (HAD) 10. Lives of microorganisms - A micronaturalist's notebook 11. Mental Athletics Programme creativity center (MAP) 12. Molecular Biology Toolkit (MBT) 13. OAI for beginners - The Open Archives Forum online tutorial 14. Ponder this- IBM's monthly puzzles 15. Research 101 [Student guide to improve how to research] 16. Solar flare theory [A website by NASA] 17. Stay safe online [Guide for securing personal computer] 18. The National Academies, USA [Advisors to the nation on science engineering and medicine] 19. TrooBloo database - A database of technology tutorials, code,examples & articles 20. Wayne's Windows 2000 resources for administrators and users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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World Social Forum International Workshop
by Mailing List Manager 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:28:07 +1000 From: Dr. Muttayya <muttayya_k(a)vsnl.com> Dear Sir, Kindly make available the following announcement to the members of the forum. with high regards Dr. Muttayya K Librarian, TISS Dear Members, World Social Forum (WSF) is taking place in Mumbai 16-21, January 2003.On this occasion Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD), Bytes For all, and Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences are jointly organizing a library focused International Workshop on Sunday 18th January 2004 at Mumbai. Details of the workshop can be found on the website: www.nigd.org/libraries/mumbai. Theme: Democratization of Information with a Focus on Libraries Date : Sunday 18th January 2004 Timing: 09.00am Registration Venue: Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, TISS, Mumbai Coordinator: Dr.Muttayya Koganuramath, Librarian, TISS IFLA Chair Ms.Kay Raseroka will be delivering the Key Note Address. Theme: Democratization of Information with a Focus on Libraries Sub themes for Panel Discussions 1. The right to memory 2. Library paradigm - library power 3. Alternative knowledge formation 4. Information literacy and capacity building 5. Open source systems in the library and on the net 6. Digital Divide The list of Panel Members: Dr. C.R.Karisiddappa, President, Indian Library Association and Professor and University Librarian, Karnatak Univeristy Dr. T.A.V.Murthy, Director Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), Indian Universities Library Network (UGC) Ahmedabad Dr. Mike Featherstone, Director, Theory, Culture & Society Centre Professor of Sociology and Communications, Nottingham Trent University Dr. Pandey S.K.Sharma, Principal Library and Information Officer, University Grants Commission, New Delhi Ms. Mirja Ryynanen, MA, lecturer and politician; (she chaired the Finnish Library Association 1991-1997) Fred Noronha, Journalist, co-founder of Bytes for All, a South Asian group of volunteers who work for IT for Social Changes issues. Sunil Abraham Ayrookhuziel, Team leader of MAHITI company in Bangalore Mr. Mikael Book, MA, Director, Katto-Meny Cooperative Society, Helsinki Dr.E. Rama Reddy, University Librarian, University of Hyderabad Dr.T.S.Kumbar, Librarian, Dhirubhai Institute of Information Technology, Gandhinagar Dr.Sangayya Shirurmath Librarian and Head, NICMAN Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. A more complete list of speakers/panelists will be included in the final programme. I request you all to contribute your ideas, notes, articles etc on this forum. Spread the word about this in my opinion exceptionally interesting workshop; tell about the webpages at http://www.nigd.org/libraries/mumbai to your friends and to all friends of the libraries! Yours sincerely Dr.Muttayya Koganuramath Coordinator and Librarian, TISS ************************************** DR. MUTTAYYA KOGANURAMATH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B.No.8313, Sion-Trombay Rd., Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, INDIA. Ph: 91-22- 2556 3289-96; Extn.281(O) 91-22- 2558 3375(R) Direct: 91-22-25513350 Fax: 91-22- 2556 2912 E.Mail : muttayya(a)bom3.vsnl.net.in Website: www.geocities.com/tisslibraryin **************************************

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International CALIBER-2004 and World Book Fair in New Delhi
by JK Vijayakumar 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

Dear Friends, Professionals who attend International CALIBER-2004 can also visit the 15th New Delhi World Book Fair (the biggest event in India for books). This will be held in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India during 14 Feb 2004 - 22 Feb 2004. International CALIBER-2004 registration is open now. Last date for receiving full paper is December 15, 2003. This convention will be held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India during 11 Feb - 13 Feb, 2004. We solicit international and national level participation in terms of technical papers and delegates. Welcome to New Delhi, INDIA. IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers December 15, 2003 Intimation to Author(s) January 1, 2004 Last date for Registration January 15, 2004 Convention Dates February 11-13, 2004 Contact Details Paper Submission Dr T A V Murthy Editor-in-Chief Director INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in copied to salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration Dr. Gayas Makhdumi Organising Secretary CALIBER-2004 University Librarian Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi � 110 025, India Phone:+91-11-26984910/26981717(Ext. 472) Fax:+91-11-26982360 E-mail:zhl@jmi.ernet.in Queries can also be sent to Mr S M Salgar Chairman, CALIBER-2004 Scientist-G INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad � 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 (Ext 33) Fax:+91-79-6300990 E-Mail: salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in More details are available in the conference website http://caliber2004.inflibnet.ac.in/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

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Lecture on Interoperability for Digital Libraries
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore in collaboration with the National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore cordially invite you to a public lecture by Dr. Michael Shepherd Professor and Director, Health Information, Faculty of Computer Science Dalhousie University, Canada on Interoperability for Digital Libraries at The Seminar Hall National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 on Friday, 12th December 2003, at 5.30 p.m. Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Professor and Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore will preside ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- RSVP: Ph: 3305109 (Prasad, SRELS) E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com 3600271 (Rajashekar, NCSI) raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

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