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SCO attempts to kill Linux
by Saiful Amin 22 May '03

22 May '03

Could SCO Be the Death of Linux? Unix vendor SCO is suing IBM, claiming Linux stole its Unix, then gave it away to the world. The Open Source Initiative just fired back with a stinging rebuke, claiming that the suit could kill Linux off just as it's starting to gain traction. Anticipating a huge legal mess, the other big enterprise OS player, Microsoft, just licensed source code and software patents from SCO. So now Big Green's in Happyland, while IBM and Linux are in the doghouse -- at least according to SCO. What will the judge say? If you use Linux or open source anywhere in your organization, this may be the most important story of the year! Read the story at: http://eletters.wnn.ziffdavis.com/zd/cts?d=75-11-1-1-692598-307-1 Regards, Saiful Amin Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500 019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 http://purl.org/net/saiful Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker

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XLRI on strategies for e-library
by Nivedita.Sharma＠fluor.com 21 May '03

21 May '03

Hello, May some of you would be interested to participate in this programme: Nivedita Sharma Sr. Technical Librarian Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Management Development Programme at XLRI Jamshedpur-July 2003 Topic Strategies for Electronic Libraries Dates July 28-Aug 1, 2003 Venue XLRI Jamshedpur Programme Dr. Sangayya S. Sirumath Coordinator Website http://www.xlri.ac.in/mdp For details Email at mdp(a)xlri.ac.in Some more information............................... Introduction and Objectives The electronic library is delivering information, whenever required, to the user's desktop, wherever that may be. Librarians therefore, will increasingly need to provide their services in some electronic form rather than face-to-face contact with their users. As academics become more willing and more accustomed to using electronic information on a regular basis, they will become increasingly dependent on technology for digital information access. In networked environment, information providers can supply their information directly to the end-user. Thus the move to an electronic information environment will radically alter the way in which a library operates and interacts with its users, and library professionals will need to consider their own future role as intermediaries. The electronic library will form a crucial part of an institution's information service provision and is likely to leave a much wider remit than that of the traditional library. This Programme addresses the Strategies for Electronic Libraries and library professionals who will undergo changes because of different ways which will be found to bring information from the creator to the end users. Methodology Experienced professors from library and information science area will conduct the sessions. The main instrument of learning will be case studies, exercises, presentations, discussions and practicals in computer lab. Expected Participants Professionals of Library and Information Science, working in corporate firms, Academic, Special and Public Library, will immensely benefit from this Programme. Programme Contents Electronic Library Environment Electronic Library Programme Planning for e-Library BDBMS; OPAC; e-Journals ; e-Resources; Virtual Services IT Products & Information Services Network Information System Computer Network Internet and Intranet Consortia and Resource sharing Library Web Site Design & Development Trends in Web Based Services Internet as Information Source Information Marketing Knowledge Management in e-Environment Nivedita Sharma Sr. Technical Librarian Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Offline web pages in IE
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 16 May '03

16 May '03

Dear Friends: You may be aware that Internet Explorer Version 5 and above provide for Offline web pages. If you would like to preserve a copy of a web page on your hard disk and want to view it without visiting (going online) the page again, you can use this facility. There are many other ways of achieving this). It is under favorites - make this page available offline. While making a Page available offline, you can schedule a job such that the page is visited automatically at desired intervals and your local file remains updated. There is also a provision to get yourself a mail message to tell that a certain Offline Page has been revised/updated! Now my question is: Can this Offline Viewing facility be used for dynamic web pages. I have found it works well for static web pages that are changed infrequently, manually. This does not seem to work for dynamic web pages coming as a result of, say, a search query. Is there a way to utilize "Make this favorite for offline Viewing' facility for dynamic web pages? If we can, then we have a very powerful tool for running SDI services. I hope all of you get what I mean! Any comments? regards Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 (Website: www.vic-ikp.info ) Ph: 2348 0053; Fax: 2348 0007; Ph. Res: 2784 6631

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Research essays about net 6
by Shyam Prasad pujar 16 May '03

16 May '03

Dear Members, Following site has a good compilation of around 4200 research essays about the net (Internet studies and Network Research). Most research essays listed here are from 2003 down to 1999. It could be useful for some of you. http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/sem/pool.htm 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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by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 May '03

16 May '03

Friends: Do we really value information seeking skills? Do our organizations - academic, corporate, government, non-governmental - really encourage people to develop skills for searching and sharing information? Do we recognise gatekeepers and information evangelists? Here is something an outstanding development information specialist has said in another list. Read and I am sure he will set you thinking. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -------- Here is a URL for a paper I wrote on "The Practical Reality of Knowledge Management within Development Initiatives" - http://www.telecommons.com/reports.cfm?itemid=219 - click on the Microsoft Word icon to download the paper. The paper touches on some of the organizational requirements necessary for staff - such as extension workers - to feel comfortable seeking, sharing and using information/knowledge. The simple task of searching the Internet for information requires some skill, but more importantly, staff require an organizational mandate and clear support from management so that they can spend time accessing information, and have management encouragement to use the tools they need to do so. If an extension worker wants to spend two hours at a local cybercafe to search for information on the carabao industry, for example, do their managers actively encourage them to do so? Do their job descriptions include this task? Has the organization developed simple procedures - staff meetings, lunch seminars, internal and external newsletters, etc. - to help staff share what they have learned? Is there a performance appraisal procedure that acknowledges and rewards time spent searching for and sharing information? Are their extension outreach mechanisms that allow extension workers to help farmers make use of what the extension worker has learned? Does the organization spend time developing staff skills to insure that information it produces is clear, valuable to audiences, and of high quality? Internal organizational structures and procedures are critically important. I find, however, that extension and research organizations do not often spend a great deal of time planning how to integrate knowledge management into day to day work so that concrete improvements in agricultural systems can be realized. Organizations that are serious about knowledge management, involve staff members and managers in participatory planning exercises to design the processes, policies and procedures to make it work. And they set measurable goals and objectives to monitor and improve processes, policies and procedures as they move along. Good, participatory planning leads can address some of the questions Ajit asks: - identification of skills that need improvement, and ways to improve those skills - identification of institutional and infrastructural constraints, and ways to transcend those constraints, remove them, or create new incentives - identification of possible local, regional, national and international communities of practice that managers and staff wish to associate with for knowledge sharing - and practical ways to take advantage of those communities of practice Finally, staff incentives are critically important - perhaps the most important component of knowledge management. People tend to work on tasks that are rewarding - personally, organizationally, financially, etc. This is also true for senior managers who seek to implement knowledge management activities - they require high level organizational mandates and incentives tied to knowledge management performance outcomes for the staff they supervise. All the best, Don Richardson Director TeleCommons Development Group ESG International Guelph, Ontario, Canada Email: don(a)telecommons.com

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Indian Science output- a report -In-Cites
by Mailing List Manager 14 May '03

14 May '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:09:17 +0530 (IST) From: Shalini R.Urs <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> We have been hearing (sometimes) conflicting reports about India's Science Output. Here is a recent report that you might find interesting.India's number of papers and average citations per paper are steadily increasing! The ISI Research Services Group has prepared this data and has made it available through the Science Watch publication and corresponding on-line version called In-Cites. You can find the report at the URL below. http://www.in-cites.com/countries/india.html -- Shalini ------------- Prof.Shalini R.Urs Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-514699 Fax:91-821-519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Classification on Ayurveda (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 13 May '03

13 May '03

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:19:42 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Friends: Niscom Project on Traditional Knowledge Dihital Library also looks into Classification aspects. Here is a news item: ======== TKDL- A safeguard for Indian traditional knowledge by Nirupa Sen Excerpted from: Current Science 82 (9): 1070-71. India has woken up to the task of protecting her traditional knowledge from patent bio-piracy. The trigger was the successful revoking by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of patents filed on turmeric, neem and basmati. This success set the tarmac from which the new initiative called the 'Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)' is getting ready for flight. The first phase of TKDL on ayurveda is marked for completion in October this year. For bringing out a TKDL on ayurveda, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 6 June 2001 between the National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), New Delhi and the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. When compiled, TKDL would have documented the traditional knowledge available in the public domain in a digitized format. Starting with the existing literature in ayurveda, it would later cover unani, siddha, naturopathy, homeopathy and folklore medicine. In the first phase, a 'Traditional Knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC)' is being prepared for 2147 medicinal plants. The content of TKDL would initially consist of about 35,000 'slokas' (verses) from ayurveda. These slokas gleaned from 14 ancient texts and recognized books would be digitally transcribed into a readable form and made available both in Indian and foreign languages. The methodology adopted in setting up TKDL is explained below. TKDL would help patent examiners the world over to have a ready reference to Indian traditional knowledge, while granting patents in such domains. The project cost for TKDL is about Rs.1.18 crore. TKDL is an effort that brings together the Department of ISM&H, CSIR and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. : At the inauguration of TKDL in New-Delhi on 26 March 2002, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, C. P. Thakur emphasized that TKDL would play 'a crucial role not only in documenting our precious heritage in the area of traditional health-care systems, but also in preventing bio-piracy and un- - scrupulous patenting of indigenous herbal medicinal formulations'. He stated that in the prevailing era of globalization, only the efficient would survive. Therefore we need to protect ourselves from theft of traditional knowledge. The TKDL, he added, could also serve as a useful reference point for research workers. The awareness that such a library would create might help the cause of preventing extinction of rare species. Awareness generated could be helpful in the propagation of such species in conjunction with farmers, Thakur felt. R. A. Mashelkar, Director General of CSIR, while speaking on this occasion pointed out that the global market for herbal/traditional medicines is US $ 60 billion, with an annual growth rate of 5- 15%. In this, China's share is about US $ 7-8 billion and India's US $ 400- 500 million. He also referred to a TKDL Task Force study of the US Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) database conducted in March 2000. The study showed that out of 4896 references on 90 medicinal plants mentioned in the USPTO database, 80% of these references was on seven medicinal plants of Indian origin: Kumari, 'Mustaka, Tamraparna, Garjara, Atasi, Jambira, Kharbuja. The findings revealed that out of the 762 patents on medicinal plants studied, 360 of them could be characterized as traditional. There has been international acceptance of TKDL, Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) constituted a group of members from USPTO, China, Japan, European Patent Office and India for discussing the findings of the TKDL Task Force. The group presented their views at the International Patent Classification (IPC) Union meeting in February this year. The outcome is to create a new sub-class for TKRC in IPC and link TKRC with ayurveda. India's TKDL database has also been selected for a pilot study by 170 member states of WIPO. India presently is not a member of the IPC Union. When completed, TKDL would help patent examiners for easy retrieval of traditional knowledge-related information, thus avoiding the possibility of granting patents to unoriginal inventions. Further, a review process of patents already granted in light of the TKDL database would help in cancellation of some patents. Methodology used for TKDL Slokas from ayurvedic texts are first identified. Each sloka is read and converted into structured language using Traditional Knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC). TKRC is innovative in itself. The TKRC classification has been evolved for about 5000 subgroups as against one group in file International Patent Classification (IPC) for traditional knowledge. The TKDL portal would be based on XML standards and would be platform-independent. The codes for each sloka are fed into a data entry screen and also saved on the database. Computer-savvy ayurveda experts carry out the data entry. These are then decoded in different languages. The ayurvedic formulations can be presently decoded in English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish. In future, it would be available in 20 foreign languages and all Indian languages. The decoded format of the formulation is easy to read and understand, even by the layman. The web version of TKDL would include a web-based search interface. This would provide for a full text search and retrieval of traditional knowledge information on IPC and keywords in multiple languages. TKRC would be an integral part of TKDL, and would provide a background on ayurvedic concepts, definitions and scientific basis of Indian systems of medicine. In addition, it would carry information on practitioners, hospitals and dispensaries. There are several search features incorporated in the format. According to V. K. Gupta, Director of National Institute of Science Communication, the TKDL software developed in-house does not do transliteration but it does smart translation. Once abstracted, data from the slokas are converted into several languages using Unicode meta data methodology. The software developed can perform smart translation of botanical names and ayurvedic descriptions from traditional terminology into modern terminology. Examples of this are 'Kumari' to 'Aloe Vera', or 'Mussorika' to 'small pox', etc. Nirupa Sen, 1333 Poorvanchal Complex, I.N.U. New Campus, New Delhi 110067, India (e-mail: nirupasen(a)vsnl.net). ================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 (Website: www.vic-ikp.info ) Ph: 2348 0053; Fax: 2348 0007; Ph. Res: 2784 6631

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300-Year-Old Plant Treatise Bears New Fruit (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 13 May '03

13 May '03

Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 22:42:53 +0530 From: Atanu Garai <atanu_garai(a)hotmail.com> A 325-year-old treatise on the medicinal plants of the southern Indian state of Kerala, just translated into English, promises to raise a storm in the world of traditional plant-based remedies and biopirates. NEW DELHI, May 08, 2003-- Fully 325 years after its publication in Amsterdam, the 132-volume Hortus Malabaricus ("Garden of Malabar"), a treatise on the medicinal plants of the southern Indian state of Kerala, has finally been translated from Latin into English - and it has unlocked a wealth of information for historians, botanists and medical researchers. Its original author, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, the Dutch governor of the former princely state of Cochin between 1670 and 1677, would have approved of the effort taken by the Kerala University in bringing out an English version after it defied translation for centuries. More:http://www.gvnews.net/html/DailyNews/alert4336.html Source of News:http://www.propoor.org ******************************************** Atanu Garai MLIS Student 2001-03 Department of Library and Information Science University of Calcutta College St.Campus Kolkata 700 073 India Email:atanu_garai@hotmail.com OR atanu_garai(a)indiatimes.com http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu_garai ********************************************

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FW: [BOAI] Launch of Directory of Open Access Journals
by Mailing List Manager 13 May '03

13 May '03

Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 09:06:57 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> LUND UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS May 12, 2003 Lund, Sweden - Lund University Libraries today launches the Directory of Open Access Journals ( DOAJ, http://www.doaj.org ), supported by the Information Program of the Open Society Institute ( http://www.osi.hu/infoprogram/ ), along with SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, ( http://www.arl.org/sparc ). The directory contains information about 350 open access journals, i.e. quality controlled scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the web. The service will continue to grow as new journals are identified. The goal of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and accessibility of open access scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The directory aims to comprehensively cover all open access scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system. Journals in all languages and subject areas will be included in the DOAJ. The database records will be freely available for reuse in other services and can be harvested by using the OAI-PMH ( http://www.openarchives.org/ ), thus further increasing the visibility of the journals. The further development of DOAJ will continue with version 2, which will offer the enhanced feature of allowing the journals to be searched at the article level, and is expected to be available in late fall 2003. "For the researcher DOAJ will mean simplified access to relevant information said Lars Bjrnshauge, Director, Lund University Libraries. The directory will give open-access journals a simple method to register their existence, and a means to dramatically enhance their visibility. Moreover, level, the next stage of DOAJ development will save research time and increase readership of articles." If you know a journal that should be included in the directory, use this form to report it to the directory: http://www.doaj.org/suggest. Information about how to obtain DOAJ records for use in a library catalog or other service you will find at: http://www.doaj.org/articles/questions/#metadata.

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Subscription information for PLoS Biology (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 13 May '03

13 May '03

Dear List members, It could be of interest to few of you. Regards, S.M. Pujar Assistant Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ----------- Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 16:42:45 -0700 From: Rebecca Kennison <rkennison(a)plos.org> Subject: Subscription information for PLoS Biology Apologies for cross-posting. Please circulate widely. The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization of scientists committed to making scientific and medical literature a public resource, is pleased to announce that we have established a nonprofit scientific publishing venture and that we will be publishing our first open-access journal, PLoS Biology, in October 2003. The PLoS journals will be governed and operated by scientists, and these publications will retain all of the important features of scientific journals, including rigorous peer review and high editorial and production standards. The journals will employ a new publishing model that will allow PLoS to make all published works immediately available online, with no charges for access and no restrictions on subsequent redistribution or use. PLoS has already assembled an outstanding academic editorial board and a first-class professional editorial team. We began accepting manuscript submissions for PLoS Biology on May 1, 2003. As an open-access journal publisher, we will provide the online versions of all our journals free of charge to anyone with Internet access, but we also intend to offer a paper version for those who wish to pay for that. Distribution of the paper copy will follow a traditional subscription model, although the price for subscription will be as close to cost for printing and mailing as possible. We have set the subscription price for 2004 at $160/year, which includes shipping. This is the subscription price for both the United States and the rest of the world. The subscription comprises all 12 issues published in 2004 as well as the three issues (October, November, and December) that will appear in 2003. If you would like a sample copy of PLoS Biology or if you wish to subscribe to the print version of the journal, please either contact us directly at subscriptions(a)plos.org to add your names to our database or complete our subscription form, found at http://www.plos.org/journals/biology/pbio_subscribe.pdf. Additional information about the Public Library of Science, as well as copies of the Call for Papers for PLoS Biology, may be found at our website, www.plos.org <http://www.plos.org/> .

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Classification on Ayurveda
by Mailing List Manager 13 May '03

13 May '03

Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 14:28:02 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> Dear all, I wish to know if there is a separate classfication on Ayurveda.. DDC gives only one number and that is just not sufficient..or will it be sensible to create a new classification based on Allopathic class numbers after mapping the equivalents? although 100 percent mapping may not be possible. Regards. -Manish Mankad Information Executive Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri (E), Mumbai, 400 099 INDIA ext. 208/330 (022) 28276 208 28276 330

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What is a library anymore, anyway?
by Mailing List Manager 12 May '03

12 May '03

From: "[iso-8859-1] Saiful Amin" <saifulamin(a)yahoo.com>Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 19:50:25 +0100 (BST) What is a library anymore, anyway? by Michael A. Keller, Victoria A. Reich, and Andrew C. Herkovic Libraries in the future will undertake local control, especially for long-term preservation and accessibility of digital as well as analog collections. Failure to embrace that role would cause libraries and librarians rapidly to lose relevance and value as Internet and other digital resources develop. Local control of collections is critical both to assure permanence and to provide a key degree of selectivity, which ^ contrary to the irrational exuberance of making everything available to everybody ^ is vital to providing service to communities of readers. Librarians need new tools, such as the LOCKSS system, to enable both persistence and selection of electronic information. Read this interesting article at: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_5/keller/ Regards, Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500 019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 http://purl.org/net/saiful

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Can India go all alone in applying ICT to Rural Development?
by Mailing List Manager 12 May '03

12 May '03

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 09:39:48 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends at lis-forum: I got this mail in another list. Found it extremely interesting and worth sharing with you all. Arun Dear Colleagues: The recent episode of Media Lab Asia raises an important issue. Can India go all alone in applying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Rural Development? The first question to be answered is, Does the Indian Government believe that applying ICT is essential for rural development? On paper there is evidence that it does. On the ground, it looks as if it is driven by personalities and not purpose. Many of the Government schemes and projects in this area have not been evaluated rigorously or lessons learned from them. Applying ICT for rural development is not just opening an information kiosk but developing the services and content necessary for supporting activities in rural development. This needs significant transformation in its Institutions and Organizations. There is strong evidence that India missed the opportunities offered by the personal computer and local and wide area networking to improve its Institutions and Organizations engaged in rural development and is now missing the opportunities from use of the Internet to improve governance, health, food security, agriculture, education and trade etc. for rural areas. The second question is what are the strengths of India in going all alone? A country that can launch Geo-Stationary Satellites does certainly have the technological skills. There are several initiatives in ICT application for rural areas that have drawn attention for their innovativeness and it is said in many International circles that if an "IT cannot work in India, it will not work elsewhere in developing countries". India is a leading test bed of ICT application for rural areas of developing countries and others use it for testing their ideas. India can certainly do it and if it needs collaboration, it is more South-South so that costs of innovating the needed technologies can be spread around developing countries. The third question is, what are its weaknesses? To answer this question, India should look at how other ICTs such as radio, television and telephones penetrated into rural areas. Radio receivers in the 1960's and 70's were made cheaply, batteries became available, the All India Radio established a strong network of local radio stations using medium wave band providing context specific rural information. In 1980's television black and white television sets became cheaper, low power transmitters and regional and state level television services were established. This led to the second generation Cable TV use largely supported in peri-urban and rural areas by small private entrepreneurs. Telephones became more ubiquitous, at least on major rural roadsides, through another public-private partnership of PCOs. The lessons India should learn are, let the government create the infrastructure for rural areas and let there be public-private partnership for the network and content. In case of new ICT, such as for access to the Internet, India would need public-private-community partnerships. The weaknesses, as I see it, is not of technology. The type of technology India needs for providing cheaper access to ICT services in rural area is already there. What India does not really have is a policy for ICT use across sectors in rural development. India has a telecomm policy, an education policy, an agricultural policy, livestock policy etc. but it has not integrated ICT either in these policies or integrated these sectoral policies into an ICT policy for development. Until India does this, It will not be able to decide how to lower access costs to ICT based services or create opportunities for partnerships. The fourth question is what are the opportunities? ICT and information access is becoming more a basic necessity just as electricity and water. The experience of Spain and Portugal of providing Automatic Teller Machines in rural areas that enabled farmers to access financial credit which in turn enabled these countries to become the vegetable and fruit baskets of Europe should be a lesson for India and is the type of direction needed from the Government to support ICT application in rural development. If India can prove success in ICT application in rural areas in the next few years, it can be a leader in ICT trade and services for Asia and Africa. The fifth question is of threats? The threats, as I see them, are more from not applying ICT in rural areas than in going alone. Indian software skills are world renown. With a billion people, the domestic market for intellectual capital (information and because the core issue will be context specific content in health, agriculture, education etc. which the North does not have for developing countries and not the hardware. IMHO India can go alone or with more South-South collaboration in this area of applying ICT to rural development. In the revamped Media Lab Asia, let its main mission be to apply ICT successfully in rural development and enable India to be a leader in trade and providing ICT services to rural areas in developing countries. Can Mr. Shourie do this? Warm regards, Ajit

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Kuvempu Univeristy LIS Dept. Alumni Home page
by library＠beamseducation.ae 10 May '03

10 May '03

Dear professionals, Dept. of PG Studies and Research in Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka, is completing it's 10 year on December 1st, 2003, In this view LIS Dept. has inuagarated its, LIS Dept. Alumni, in this view, the Dept. is hosting it's Alumni Home page, in this view, I would like to have ur views on the upcoming our Dept. alumni site. The URL is http://www.kuvlib.cjb.net/ And it's Happy to inform you all that, I am one of the first batch student of the same LIS Dept. Kuvempu University, who is presently working in Learning Resource Centre, Dubai. With Kind regards Vijayakumar M ************************************************************** Vijayakumar M Learning Resource Centre Beams International Education Institute Post Box. 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 009714-3342929 or 009714-3342928 Mobile : 0097150-4734077 Fax : 009714-3342922 e-mail : vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in Home Page : http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/

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[Fwd: library management summer school courses]
by Mailing List Manager 09 May '03

09 May '03

Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 07:42:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> FYI Three library management courses, as part of the International > Summer School on the Digital Library, will be held at Tilburg > University, the Netherlands, in August 2003. The courses focus on: > > - Library vision and strategy (2 days, 11-12 August) > - Change management (3 days, 13-15 August) > - Management of electronic resources and e-publishing (3 days, 25- > 27 August) > > The full programme of all three courses is now available via the > course website at http://www.ticer.nl/summer03/. > > Registration should take place preferably before 1 June.

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NCSI Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL)
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 08 May '03

08 May '03

Dear All We are pleased to announce: Workshop on Developing Digital Libraries using Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) 2.6.2003 to 4.6.2003 Organized by: National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Venue: NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Number of participants: 20 About the Workshop: Affordable software is a key requirement for successful development and deployment of digital libraries. Though it is possible today to create simple digital libraries using prevailing Web and database technologies, it would take lot more effort to develop software that integrates functions such as metadata, full text search and retrieval, multilingual support, access management, and support for multiple document formats. Greenstone (GSDL) is a suite of software for building and distributing such digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project (http://www.nzdl.org/) at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO (http://humaninfo.org/). It is open-source software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own digital libraries. More details of the software and example digital libraries built using the software is available at http://www.greenstone.org/ The goal of this Workshop is to enable individuals and organisations to initiate building their digital libraries. The specific objective of the workshop is to impart practical training to participants in using GSDL for creation and maintenance of digital libraries. Focus is on installing, configuring, application and administration of this package. At the end of the Workshop, you should have acquired the knowledge and skill sets required to build your own digital libraries using GSDL. The workshop covers both introductory and advanced use of GSDL. Apart from experienced and knowledgeable resource persons who will lead the workshop, NCSI has excellent infrastructure, including a switch-based LAN, servers, laboratory, lecture hall and Internet connectivity. Each participant will have a dedicated workstation to work with. Latest version of GSDL software package (version 2.39) will be distributed to the participants on CD-ROM. The workshop is limited to twenty (20) participants on first-come-first-served basis. Last date for receiving registrations is 25th May 2003. More details of the workshop, including workshop content, fees, and registration form can be downloaded from the following URL: http://144.16.72.189/gsdl-ncsi-workshop.doc If you are unable to download this document, let me know. A text-based registration form is given below for your convenience. Do contact us for any more information you may need. Regards - Rajashekar ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-3600271, 3601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-3601426, 3600683 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 ---------------------------------------- NCSI Workshop on DEVELOPING DIGITAL LIBRARIES USING GREENSTONE DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE (GSDL) 2.6.2003 to 4.6.2003) Registration Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Participant's Name: (Ms./ Mr./ Dr./ Prof.) Position: Organization: Address: City: Pin: Telephone: Fax: Email: Registration details: First participant (Rs. 6,000/-) Additional participant from the same organization (Rs. 4,000/-) (Note: Additional participant and main participant share the same workstation) (Pl. use copy of this form and provide details separately) I need accommodation in IISc campus: YES / NO (Accommodation cost is included in the registration fee for the dates 1-5 June 2003) Dates of accommodation requirement: From: To: Payment details: DD No. & date: Bank drawn on: Amount: (Note: DD to be drawn in favour of "The Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore", payable at Bangalore) Date: Signature: Please fill this form and send it to the coordinator, along with the registration fee, on or before 25th May 2003. Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman National Centre for Science Information(NCSI) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012(India) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Phone : 080-3601427, 3600271 Fax : 080-3601426, 3600683

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Request for Journal subscription Lists
by Mailing List Manager 07 May '03

07 May '03

Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 12:48:34 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Friends: I am happy to say that the response for my "Request for current list of subscriptions" has been good. I wish to thank the following persons who have sent me their lists, pointers, URLs etc Mr SM Pujar of IGDIR, Mumbai Mr Mank Nand lal of Dabur, Munbai Mr Arunachalam of MSSRF Mr S Siva Chidambaram of NCAER, delhi Mr Sainful Abideen of IIITM-Kerala Mr Manish Mankand of HLRC, Mumbai Mr Ratnakar Apsari of Informatics Lis-forum has about 250 individual subscribers coming from more than a hundred libraries in India. I hope many more of you would take the pains to provide data relating to your library. Thanks. Vyasamoorthy, P

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FW: [bytesforall_readers] NEWS-US: eBooks are flying off the libr
by Mailing List Manager 07 May '03

07 May '03

Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:49:14 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> This may be of interest to emala members and lis-forum members. Arun Subject: eBooks Are Flying Off the Library Shelves Dear friends, The success of the Cleveland Public Library's Digital Connection has been phenomenal with hundreds of best-selling eBooks being checked out within the first days of opening. OverDrive is issuing the following press release on Monday, May 5 which we have sent to you as a courtesy. If you have any questions, please contact me or Loree Potash at lpotash(a)overdrive.com. Best regards, Jennifer Jackson OverDrive, Inc. jjackson(a)overdrive.com ******************************************************* eBooks Are Flying Off the Library Shelves Library website offers self-service checkout and return of eBooks for reading on PCs and PDAs CLEVELAND -- May 5, 2003) All day and night an automated service is sending out email notices to patrons that their library eBook is now available for check-out. With the click of a mouse, card holders of the CLEVNET online lending library at http://dlc.clevnet.org can download digital versions of Prey, Lovely Bones, Cliff's Notes, or copies of hundreds of other popular fiction, travel, business, study guides, IT, or other titles from leading authors and publishers. The eBook titles are available in both Adobe Acrobat and Palm Reader formats that allow patrons to read eBooks using their own PC, notebook, Tablet PC or PDA devices. Since the opening of Digital Library Connection on April 8 the vast majority of the opening collection of 1,000 eBook titles was checked out from the virtual shelves in a matter of days. Now every time an eBook's lending period expires or a patron returns an eBook early, a programmed email notice is instantly sent to the patron next on a waiting list for the title. The waiting patron can click on the link in the email notice and immediately download the title. The website manages the circulation of the eBook collection based upon the rules established by the librarians at the Cleveland Public Library. "We are exceptionally pleased with both the ease of use and patron acceptance of the circulating eBook system," stated Cindy Orr, Head of Collection Management for Cleveland Public Library. "To keep up with the unexpected demand for eBook titles we have already re-ordered and added hundreds of new eBook titles to the collection. The CLEVNET Digital Library Connection provides 24/7 access to a growing digital collection to serve our patrons from the convenience of their homes, offices or schools," Ms. Orr added. The success of the Cleveland Public Library system has gained international attention for both Cleveland Public Library and OverDrive, Inc. the eBook technology vendor providing the services and titles for the system. "We are installing similar digital library systems in several US and UK libraries. The service automates access for both librarians to develop and manage their digital collection, and self-service access to the collection for their patrons," stated Pamela Turner, OverDrive's Director of Content. "We have added new categories of eBooks for libraries to circulate. These include reference, scientific, and educational materials to support school and library learning initiatives," according to Ms. Turner. Media Contact: Loree Potash (216) 573-6886 ext. 202 - lpotash(a)overdrive.com ******************************************** Jennifer A. Jackson OverDrive, Inc. (216) 573-6886, ext. 207 jjackson(a)overdrive.com

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Free Document Library from CoL
by Mailing List Manager 07 May '03

07 May '03

Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:47:56 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> --Original Message----- From: Paul West [mailto:pwest@col.org] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 6:44 AM I'd like to bring to your attention the availability of a document library. You can perform full text searches for documents using concept, pattern and Boolean searches (see search tips for combining techniques). Library access pages are customised for different audiences so you could try one of these: Open and Distance Learning: http://colfinder.org/odl Development: http://colfinder.org/dev Health: http://colfinder.org/health Food Security: http://colfinder.org/food Business Management: http://colfinder.org/manage Governance: http://colfinder.org/gov SchoolNet: http://colfinder.org/sn Resources are full-text and you will be directed to the original copy of the document via the Internet. PDFs can be rendered in plain text to allow fast downloads, even with slower Internet lines. On the results page, click the title of the document for the quick, plain-text version, or the link below it for the original document. Use of this digital library service is free. While the material is available via the Internet without security restrictions, all normal referencing conventions (to the original source of the material) should be followed when using content. Please feel free to add any of the above links to your websites. Regards Paul --- Paul G. West Education Specialist: Knowledge Management The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Suite 600, 1285 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 3X8, CANADA PH: +1(604)775-8200 (Switchboard) / FAX: +1(604)775-8210 / DIR: +1(604)775-8236 WEB: http://www.col.org / E-MAIL: pwest(a)col.org COL knowledge finder: http://www.colfinder.org/odl

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[lisnet] Summary of Vth MANLIBNET
by JK Vijayakumar 07 May '03

07 May '03

Dear All I am enclosing herewith the summary of " 5th Annual National MANLIBNET Convention" Held at XLRI Jamshedpur during March 6-8 2003. Due to the regular work load, I am not able to arrange as early, sorry for the delay. Regards Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath Librarian,XLRI ------------------------------------------- XLRI � MANLIBNET 5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL MANLIBNET CONVENTION ON � EMERGING DIGITAL LIBRARY INITIATIVES AND FUTURE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN INDIA � held at XLRI � Jamshedpur during March 6-8, 2003 SUMMARY OF CONVENTON DELIBERATIONS XLRI Jamshedpur and MANLIBNET conducted the Fifth Annual National Convention on � EMERGING DIGITAL LIBRARY INITIATIVES AND FUTURE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN INDIA� at XLRI � Institute of Management and Labour Studies, Jamshedpur during March 6-8, 2003. Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath, Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur was the Organizing Secretary. More than 70 delegates from IIMs, IITs, Business Schools, Universities, R&D institutions, Industrial set-ups and Colleges, from all over the country participated in the convention. Mrs. Nidhi Khare, District Commissioner, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur, while inaugurating the convention on March 6, by lighting the ceremonial lamp, highlighted the role of libraries in the socio-economic and cultural development of society. Keynote Speaker Dr. K.M.Muttayya, University Librarian Tata Institute of Social Science � Mumbai, said �Evolution of the role of Library Science Professionals has largely and continuously been influenced by technology applications in Libraries. Professionals status have been changing periodically from Custodian, Book Keeping Data Managers, Information Managers, Chief Information Officers, and now Chief Knowledge Managers, can become �Wisdom Administrators.� He mentioned a few significant challenges posed by Digital Library Initiatives. The rich Indian paradigm of holistic development of information professionals has now been recognized world over. The four pillars of learning are: Learning to know, Learning to do, Learning to live together, Learning to be, adapted by Librarians. Librarians have the hidden strength, talent, opportunity to respond, and potentiality for the acceptance of the challenges posed by changing time and technology. When professionals serve them in the best possible way in spite of all limitations, they feel like �When I go to him begging, whatever I get, I loose it again and again, when he comes to me for alms, I open myself to recognize enormous treasure within�. Twenty first century belongs to information managers. Indian Business and Management Institute will be shaping the destiny of the world as its leader. As information managers, they have to shoulder responsibility of shaping the destiny of the country. They have all the necessary potential skills and competencies. They need to believe in themselves and need to harness their potentials fully and it will depend upon developing a positive mindset. It is assured this conference will make an effort to release that positive energy which will guide the destiny of management education, which is leading our country to greater heights. Fr. P. D. Thomas. S.J Director XLRI Jamshedpur in his Presidential Address highlighted of recent developments in information and communication technologies, especially the Internet and the WWW, which have brought significant changes in the way we generate, distribute, access and use information. For centuries, we are familiar with printed information sources. Publishers have played a key role in the generation of printed information while distributors, booksellers and especially libraries have played a key role in the distribution of information. For hundreds of years we have been using printed information sources � either by purchasing them, or by using them through libraries. The situation began to change with the introduction of computers and there has been a dramatic change over the past few years. Building a sustainable digital library presumes that the systems and services meet the needs of some user community. We need a much better understanding of who the users of these systems are, and what use they make of them. Many users continue to use physical libraries, but they expect their libraries to provide a rich mixture of physical and digital collections. We need to consider a new generation of users, with experiences and expectations different from those on whom the first generations of online catalogue, information retrieval systems and digital libraries were tested. To move toward operational systems and services, more research is needed on digital library uses and users, and this work needs to be conducted in many different environments. Having realized the inter sect oral cooperation as the main contemporary social and economic order, the effective organization alliance is the need of the hour. In order to achieve the goals and accelerate achieving the set output of these objectives, leading to the collective vision of the future direction and support thereof, the Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) will continue to sustain its efforts to attain the set visions. Mr. Ashok Jambhekar, President MANLIBNET spoke about the objectives of the MANLIBNET and requested the Chief Guest, Mrs. Nidhi Khare to release proceedings of the Convention and released of the Souvenir by Fr. P.D.Thomas. S.J Director, XLRI. Welcoming the chief guest and the delegates on the occasion, Fr. E.A Augustine. S.J Administrator, XLRI, emphasized the electronic library systems. Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath, Organizing Secretary of the convention, while thanking the dignitaries on the dais as well as the delegates and invitees , hoped that Digital Libraries will significantly impact the quality of education and, indeed, the quality of life over the next decade. The convention identified new opportunities for libraries, to support librarians in developing a vision, and to provide librarians with tools to initiate a change in their own organization. This was followed by inauguration of the Exhibition of Books, furniture and equipments, library related software, databases etc., by Fr. P.D.Thomas. S.J, Director, XLRI. Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath, the Organizing Secretary of the convention began the session by inviting and introducing the Rapporteur General for the convention, Mr. K.M.Rudresh, S.I.T. Tumkur, Chairman for the session, Mr. Chikkamalliah of IIMB Bangalore and Rapporteur for the session Mr. Jitendra Sharma IIML New Delhi. In all six papers related to the �Digital Libraries�, the first paper has presented by Mr. AkhlaQ Ahmed, CWDS New Delhi, on � Developing Digital Library : A Practicle Exercise�, stressed on the digital library planning, technical requirements, building up digital collection. The technology and information resources on their own cannot make up an effective digital library, the role of people and service provided remains important.. The paper entitled �Digital rights management : Managing rights in the electronic age� by Mr. B.B.Chand, IIM Indore, highlighted digital rights management as the outcome of research to protect the rights digitally. It also depends on the usability, reliability, scalability, availability and interoperability with respect to content creation, storage and distribution. The author responded the Queries raised by Mr. M.G.Srikumar, Librarian, IIM - Calicut. The paper on � Design and development of digital library : An initiative at TISS, Jointly written by Dr. M.M.Koganurmath and Mallikarjune Angadi Tata Institute of Social Science � Mumbai. Authors� highlighted, new technologies are forever redefining the model of delivering instruction and service to keep pace with the technological advancement in information and communication to meet the expectations of the users. They stressed the objectives of digital library application and sincere efforts to establish a modern knowledge management system at TISS library � Mumbai. In response to queries raised by Mr. Ashok Jambhekar, Mr. M.G. Srikumar and Mr. Ckikkamalliah, Dr. M.M.Koganurmath explained the services given under the INFLIBNET Project at TISS Library. The paper entitled �Business research information: A study of business databases used by management institutes� jointly written by Dr. D.Shivalingaiah Mangalore University and Dr. K. Manjunath TAPMI, Maniple, Highlighted role of electronic databases in supporting and shaping influence on B-Schools for their academic, research and consulting activities. Author�s emphasized the Indian context and utility of the databases. The paper on �Digital libraries: Problems and challenges� jointly written by Dr. Mahesh V Mudhol and Dr. Shivalingaiah, Readers, DLIS, Mangalore University, Mangalore, discussed digital libraries problems, challenges and critically analyzed the difficulties and trends of digital library services in India. Mr. G.B.Bhojaraju, Information Offcer, IRMRA, Thane and Dr. M.M.Koganurmath, University Librarian, TISS, Mumbai, joint authors of paper on �Database system: A case study of ATEC Central library� highlighted the in-house library automation, database technology, information retrieval system. They elaborated the ATEC database system and its future perspectives. Authors have responded the queries raised by Dr. S.D.Khan and Mr. Ashok Jambekar. The Chairman�s observations in this context were that technological support and library professional service motto will be helping the implementation of digital library service in India. The post lunch technical session chaired by Dr. Shivalingaiah, Reader, DLIS, Mangalore University, Mangalore and Mr. Malikarjune Angadi, TISS Mumbai, acted as the Rapporrteur. Five papers on different aspects of �Computer and network based information services�. The paper on � Information navigator future professionals beyond the beginning� by Mr. P.V.Rajkumar, Anna University, Chennai, has explained the role of library professionals and of the service perspective in the digital library environment. Another paper on � Web enabled in house library and information services: A case study of SIT Library� by Dr. A.Y.Asundi, Retired Professor, Bangalore University Bangalore and Mr. K.M. Rudresh Librarian, SIT Tumkur, has explained the case study of SIT library. It also depict, how library of an engineering college has plans to provide web-enabled in house services to its clientele and how the institutes computer and communication infrastructure can be utilized by the library and benefit to its users with help of in-house and external resources on the Internet. Dr. D.S.Thakur, Documentation Officer, NIEPA � New Delhi, presented a paper on � Value of information and online information resources�. He has explained how electronic era has posed some exciting challenges and opportunities to explore the ways of electronic publishing online resources and difficulties faced by the users. The paper on � Digital libraries for e-governance: A proposition for a developing country like India� by Mr. Rajanish Dass and Mr. Arindam Mukherjee highlighted, how various researcher have studied e-governance concepts and how it has been influencing the social environment, how social movement had itself become the cardinal force in the framing and how the concept of digital libraries may be used for e-governance especially in India. He has clarified the queries raised by Dr. P.R.Goswami, Director, NASSDOC, New Delhi. The third technical session was chaired by Mr. C.Ramaswamy, Former Divisional Manager ( Information Service), Tata steel, Jamshedpur and Mr. Anil Kumar Librarian. NIRMA, Ahmedabad, acted as the Rapporrteur. Mr. N.B.Chaudhury, former Librarian, REC, Rourkela and Ms. Partiva Acharya, Librarian RIMS, Rourkela presented a paper on �Knowledge management� They have enumerated the concept and role of library in Knowledge Management. Another paper also on � Knowledge Management� presented by joint authors Mr. A Anja Reddy and Ms. K Sunitah Deve, KITS, Ramtek describes various factors and process involved in the knowledge management system. Mr. Chandra K Swain, Librarian REM, Bhubaneswar and Dr. Sunil K Satepathy Librarian DBC Bhatei, Joint authors presented a paper on � Cooperation, Consortia, coordination: Key considerations in management college library automation�, explained the action plan to establish cooperation, consortia and coordination among the management college libraries to facilitate automation programme. Joints authors Ms. Shoba Kulkarni, Mr. M.N.Jadav, IIT and TISS, Mumbai respectively have written a paper on � Knowledge Management: New challenge for academic library managers� highlighting the knowledge management system in Scientific and social science libraries and role of library in managing the knowledge repository generated by the diverge group of users in academic environment. A paper on �Resource sharing and cooperative acquisition of electronic information resources through consortia: A case of IIM libraries� written by Mr. Chikkamallaiah, Ms. Neela and Ms. Usha, IIM Bangalore discusses the collective experience of IIM libraries in organizing and implementing the deals of resource sharing and cooperative acquisition of e-journals and databases for the benefit of providing better, faster and cheaper services. On behalf of author Mr. Shaji P John EBSCO publishing has clarified the queries raised by Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath, Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur. The chairman�s of the session concluded with remarks of five papers. On second day of the convention Mr. N.V.Sathyanarayana, CMD Informatics (I) Ltd. Bangalore, delivered a lecture on �Access tools and consortia imperatives of digital library initiatives� he expressed the practicality and market trends of different databases and how libraries can be able to access on consortia bases for implementation of digital libraries initiatives in India. The fourth technical session was chaired by Mr. C.V.Hiremath Librarian, UTI Mumbai and Mr. M.G.Sreekumar, Librarian, IIMK, Calicut has acted as Rapporteur. Paper on � Manpower development in IT environment� was presented by Ms. Prative Acharya. She has highlighted manpower development, human resources development, skill requirement etc., in the IT environment. Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur has presented a paper on �Digital Libraries: An overview of social, economic and legal issues�, he expressed on overall idea of the social, economic and legal issues connected with digital libraries. Digital libraries development and utility are not only influenced by technology but they have to consider other factors viz., library professionals, researchers, government, and that users themselves have a major role to play in the fulfillment of the dream of providing distributed global digital libraries. Author has clarified queries raised by Ms. Swati Bhattacharyya and Mr. M.G. Srikumar. Mr. Jagannathan, Mr. Diwakar Loshali, Mr. Nakul Kumar Gupta, Nilesh Kumar and Mr. J Prem, Students of XLRI presented a paper on � Library in the digital era: A case for building a learning organization� They pointed out that, create a learning environment by making the library a repository of knowledge, so that it can be a center that provides the end user with multi utility services. This session was ended with two interesting vendor presentations by ProQuest database by Mr. Kelvin Low, Area Manger, S.E.Asia, Malaysia and Informatics (India) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore. The chairman�s expressed his observations and remarks of the session. The last technical session was chaired by Dr. P.R.Goswami, Director, NASSDOC and Mr. G.Bhojaraju, Information Officer, IRMRA, Mumbai acted as Rapporteur. The paper on � Marketing of indigenous databases in the field of S&T: A survey conducted in CSIE Library and information centers of Lucknow� by Ms. Shiva Kanajia, JRF, DLIS, University of Lucknow, discussed about the survey conducted in CSIR library and findings of the marketing concepts found existing and taking place in the national information scenario, and concludes with findings and suggestions. She has clarified the queries raised by Mr. Ashok Jambhekar. Mr. Rajesh Singh, Researcher DIS, Finland and Mr. M.K.Singh IIM Lucknow, presented a paper on � Information marketing in digital environment: Some reflections� paper analyzes the role of information in marketing processes associated with the digital world and implications of digital environment and changing context of marketing communications highlighted. Author clarified the queried raised by Mr. Chikkmalliah and Mr. Balasubramanyam. The paper on � Marketing of information products and services in a knowledge driven society� joint authors Mr. M.G. Srekumar and Mr. M Gangatharan, IIMK, Calicut has described the basis of library marketing and the popular methods and services and have focuses on the WWW, IIMK portal as a case study. The author clarified the queries raised by Mr. Jitendra Sharma, Mr. Anil Kumar and Dr. P.R.Goswami. The last paper on the technical session was �Library and information marketing plan: A model approach� by joint authors Mr. C.V.Hiremath. Senior Librarian, UTI Mumbai and Dr. C.R.Karisiddappa, Professor and Chairman, DLIS, Karnataka University, Dharwad, has identified the need and purpose of the marketing plan for information products and services in the changing LIS environment and its users. They have further discussed a model approach to implement the marketing concept effectively and successfully in the area of information marketing in LIS environment. The author clarified the queries raised by Mr. N.V.Sathynarayana, CMD, informatics (I) Pvt. Ltd. The session ended with chairman�s observations and remarks. After the lunch break Ms. Indrani Bhattacharyya, Manager, British Council Library, Kolkata delivered the lecture on �Information Marketing�. She expressed the BCL strategic plans and services offered to the public. Two days presentations in the technical sessions ended with a cultural programme performed by XLRI students. The third day of the convention started with penal discussion on � Consortium of Management Libraries�. The session chaired by Ms. Swati Bharracharyya. Librarian, was IIMK Kolkata, and Panelists were Ms. Indarni Bharracharyya, Mr. Ashok Jambhekar, Mr. Chikkamallaiah, Dr. P.R.Goswami and Mr. Anil Kumar. The chairman�s observation in this context were that, library consortium is a collective activity of any group of libraries towards a common goal. It has to be actively encouraged by publishers, government policies, library authorities, Professionals, and users. IT also plays an important role in setting standards for usage measurement and other related activities in the field of digital services. The Chief Guest of the valedictory session Fr. T.A.Mathias. S.J, Former Director of XLRI gave the certificates to the delegates and best paper-cum-presentation award to the authors. While delivering the valedictory address, Fr. T. A. Mathis S.J., described the importance of Library and its service in the academic environment and rapid changes of reading habits. He highlighted the role of information, channels and technology in the present scenario. The session, which was chaired, by Mr. Ashok Jambhkar President of MANLIBNET, mentioned the �Future plans and strategy of the Management Libraries Network and role of professionals in the management education in India and positive mind set for the active networking among the professionals and their respective institution libraries. On behalf of MANLIBNET and delegates, he highly appreciated XLRI and its authorities for active support and facilities for the grand success of the fifth MANLIBNET National Convention. Finally, the convention ended with hearty vote of thanks by Dr Sangayya S Sirurmath, Librarian and Organizing Secretary of the Convention. --------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. 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Announcing INFLIBNET's PLANNER-2003 at Shillong
by JK Vijayakumar 06 May '03

06 May '03

PLANNER- 2003 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region)- A Convention Theme: Automation of Libraries in North East Region: Trends, Issues and Challenges November 6-7, 2003 Organised by INFLIBNET Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Ahmedabad - 380009 in Colloboration with North Eastern Hill University Shillong, Meghalaya - 793 014 ------------------------------------------------ PLANNER stands for Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region (PLANNER). INFLIBNET has made an attempt to organize this event in collaboration with universities and other academic institutions located in North East.. This Convention will provide a unique forum to the library professionals, information providers and users involved in automation and networking of libraries to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest in the region. First PLANNER is being organized for the professionals in the North Eastern region at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during November 6-7, 2003. In future, this special event would regularly be held at other parts of the North Eastern universities/institutions on rotational basis OBJECTIVES OF PLANNER The aim of the conference is to discuss emerging trends in the field of libraries with special focus on North Eastern Region. PARTICIPATION This Convention provides a unique opportunity to the following delegates. v Academicians and researchers looking for information access facilities to enhance academic pursuits in North Eastern Region v Librarians of University, Colleges and R & D institutions and their professional colleagues in North Eastern Region v Faculty members from library and information science departments in North Eastern Region v Information Scientists and professionals engaged in library automation and networking in North Eastern Region v Professionals working in R & D libraries in North Eastern Region v Information providers, consultants and user in North Eastern Region v Professionals from other academic institutions in North Eastern Region v Computer professionals in North Eastern Region "Professionals from other parts of the country can also participate." VENUE The convention will be held at North Eastern Hill University, Mayurbhang Complex, Shillong, Meghalaya THEME OF THE CONVENTION In changing scenario of Indian Libraries, INFLIBNET has played major role in bringing IT culture and establishing infrastructure in Indian Universities. In spite of major initiatives of INFLIBNET, libraries encounter manifold problems and uneven developments, but major problem is the emergence of new technologies. E-resources, digital libraries, search engines, Library Consortia, Standards and formats are some important issues, which need discussion. Keeping all the above issues in mind, the Programme Committee has selected the theme of the convention The main theme of the PLANNER � 2003 is "Automation of Libraries in North East Region: Trends Issues and Challenges". The sub-themes and the topics to be covered under each sub-themes are given below. Sub Themes : 1. IT based Activities 2. Emergency of Consortia 1. IT based Activities The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have brought revolutionary changes in handling delivering and storage of information. The transition of traditional library collections to digital or virtual collections presented the librarian with new opportunities and challenges. The internet, especially WWW has given the librarian a new dynamic role to play in the society and serve the new information based in better ways than every before, Because of the powerful features of web i.e. distributed, heterogeneous, collaborative, multimedia, Standards and Protocols, architecture, world wide web has revolutionized the way people access information and has opened up new possibilities in areas such as digital libraries, Virtual libraries, efficient information retrieval and dissemination. Topic under this sub-theme are:- v Library automation v Database Development v Standards and Protocol v Search Engines v Electronic Document Delivery v Digital library 2. Emergency of Consortia The recent development of library consortia can be considered a major step towards library cooperation. Impact of electronic resources on collection development; new developments in e-journal licensing, various pricing models of consortia, the roles of librarians, and library consortia has brought revolutionary changes in the field of Library and information science. It is important to notice the initiative of INFLIBNET at national level for subscription of e-journals for entire academic community which will provide better, easier and faster access to number of electronic journals to the end uses. In order to obtain the benefits of electronic journals, INFLIBNET has taken up number of initiatives at national level. It is appropriate to discuss following topics under consortia. v UGC-INFONET v Library Consortia v Electronic Publishing v E-Journal Subscription v Copy right and IPR INFLIBNET Centre: Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is a major mission of the UGC initiated in 1991 with an objective to automate and network libraries in Academic and R & D System to facilitate resources sharing at different levels and promote scholarly communication among academicians and researchers in the country. Till now, 142 universities have been funded by the UGC under this programme for automation and networking. Creation of national union databases, development of an integrated library management software (SOUL) human resources development, on-site training. Providing bibliographic information services, extending technical help and guidance from time to time to academic libraries in automation and networking are some of major activities of the INFLIBNET Center. Very soon center is going to play major role in E-learning. A number of modules are under development on different subject, which will be mounted on centre�s web site for facilitating distance education through e-learning. UGC has signed on MOU with ERNET India for establishing UGC INFONET linking about 170 universities, UGC Regional Centres and IUC�s. This network will also have connectivity to internet. INFLIBNET will play a major role in content creation for this network. To create awareness about library automation and spread IT culture among library professionals, INFLIBNET has started organizing INFLIBNET Regional Training Programme on Library Automation (IRTPLA) in different regions of the country. Recently INFLIBNET has initiated subscription of the E-Journals for academic libraries in India. INFLIBNET has played major role in library automation. SOUL designed and developed by INFLIBNET, which is cost affective and user friendly software has been installed in 170 universities/institutions. NORTN EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY North Eastern Hill University was set up by an Act of Parliament and notified on 19th July 1973. The objectives of the university as laid down in the Act are �To disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit; to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of the hill areas of the Northeastern region, and in particular, their intellectual, academic and culture advancement� Presently University has 6 schools headed by Dean of the School.. These schools are school of Economics, Management and Information Science, School of Human and Environmental studies, School of Humanities and Education, School of Life Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, and school of Social sciences. There are total of total of 22 departments working under these schools NEHU library has rich collection and caters to the needs of the academic community of the University. Presently total collection of the library is 2,16,095 of bibliographic records. Library Catalogue is accessible through OPAC to the users. There are many special collection in the library and one of the most important is on �North Eastern Books�. NEHU is actively participating INFLIBNET Programme. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS We solicit your submissions of papers in any areas of the theme and the sub themes, which explore issues in effectively and efficiently informing users through information technology. Papers based on research, practical experience and survey will only be accepted for presentation and inclusion in the pre-convention volume. Full papers, on different themes, as per the standard formats should reach the Editors directly on or before 30th September 2003. Papers should not exceed 10 single spaced pages (Use A4 Format, Times 12 Pt font, Margins: Left � 3 cm, others � 2 cm ). The cover page must contain: a resume of about 150 words 3-5 keywords, names and affiliation of author(s) author�s e-mail, phone, fax, postal address along with passport size photograph. Full papers should be submitted in MS word by email or on Floppy to the editors. All accepted abstracts would be published in the conference proceedings. Paper on IT based activities should be sent to the following editor Dr. Narendra Lahkar Department of Library & Information Science 100, GU Campus, Gauhati University, Guwahati � 781 014 (India) Phone : (0361) 2571954 ( O) 2571257 ( R) Mobile: (98640) 53349 e-mail: n_lahkar(a)yahoo.com Paper on consortia should be sent to the following editor Prof. Mrs.) Veena Saraf Head, Deptt. of Library Science NEHU, Shillong � 793 014 (Meghalaya) Phone : 091 �0364 � (O)231617 (R) 550932 E-mail : Ibscnehu(a)sancharnet.in or Veena57(a)hotmail.com REGISTRATION FEE : The Delegate registration fee is Rs 500/- The delegates will be provided with convention kit, Proceedings volume, lunch and tea (On two convention days only) TA/DA and accommodation charges will have to be borne by sponsoring organization/participants. Please send your completed registration form along with the registration fee through Demand Draft drawn in favour of Organising Secretary, PLANNER � 2003, payable at Shillong to Mrs. I MaJaw, Organising Secretary PLANNER � 2003 not later than September 30, 2003. DD should be drawn on nationalized banks only. Please note that delegate registration fee of Rs 500/- for the PLANNER, does not include accommodation fee. Students and retired library professional can register by paying Rs 200/- Only. TUTORIALS INFLIBNET will be organizing two tutorials on 6th November 2003 on following topic. Tutorial fee is Rs 100/- per delegates. 1. Building up of Digital Libraries 2. How to set up LAN in Libraries Experts in respective fields will conduct these tutorials. The focus will be on practical aspects and problem solving. Each tutorial will be of three hour duration. Both the tutorials will be held in parallel, from 9.30 � 12.30 hrs. The charges per tutorial is Rs. 100/- and is to be paid in advance by DD to the �Organising Secretary, PLANNER � 2003� payable at Shillong on or before September 30, 2003. The fee covers tutorial materials and tea. CONVENTION DATES The PLANNER-2003 is spread over two days from November 6-7, 2003. The inaugural session will be held on November 6, 2003 in the forenoon. The tutorial and technical sessions will be held on immediately after inauguration. ACCOMMODATION Please note that accommodation has to be booked in advance by making payment. Arrangements are being made to accommodate the delegates in Guest Houses / Hostels furnished with adequate amenities. Delegates who need accommodation may send Rs. 300/- as accommodation booking fee along with the registration fee. For any accompanying person, additional fee of Rs. 300/- per person may be sent. Delegates may indicate request for accommodation in the registration form. This will be done on first come first served basis. Person desirous of staying only in Hotel may kindly contact Organising Secretary for rates and availability. Mrs. I Majaw Organising Secretary, PLANNER � 2003 University Library North Eastern Hill University Mayurbhanj Complex, Shillong � 793 014(Meghalaya) Phone : 091- 0364 � 2231682(Off..); 2547985 (Res.) nehulibr(a)sancharnet.in All queries may be sent to : Mr. Prem Chand Chief Coordinator, PLANNER � 2003 Scientist � C, INFLIBNET Center (An IUC of UGC) P.B.NO 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad � 380009 Phone 091-079 - 6305971, 6304695 (Off.); 7548670(Res.) Fax : 091-079 - 6300990, 6307816 E-mail : premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in Programme Committee: Chairman: Dr. T A V Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad ( Gujarat) Convenor: Sh. K. Prakash, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad ( Gujarat) Members: 1.Sh. M. Maltesh, Asstt. Librarain, Arunachal Pradesh University, (Arunachal Pradesh) 2.Sh. Umesh Gohel, INFLIBNET Centre, Technical Advisor, (Gujarat) 3.Mrs. Lucy Bendang Nagaland University, Kohima, (Nagaland) 4.Mrs. Sumana Chakravarty , Information Scientist, Tezpur Univerisity, Tezpur, (Assam) 5.Sh. Joteen Singh Information Scientist, Manipur University, (Manipur) 6.Miss Lalremsiami, Mizoram University, Aizwal, (Mizoram) 7.Ms. Jacklin, Lecturer, NEHU, Shillong (Meghalaya) 8.Sh. Firstborn Sumer, Information Scientist,NEHU, Shillong (Meghalaya) 9.Sh. Themsu Imchen, Assistant Librarian, Lumami Campus (Nagaland) 10.Sh. U.K. Gogoi, Deputy Librarian, Dibrugarh University (Assam) 11.Sh. Jayanta Bhattacharjee, Information Scientist, Assam University, Silchar (Assam) 12.Dr. H S Chatkraborty, Deputy Librariabn, Tripura University. ( Tripura) GOVERNING COMMITTEE:- Chief Patrons : Prof. Arun Nigavekar, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi Patrons : 1.Sh. Mihsalan Suchiang, Ministry of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Meghalaya 2.Prof. Mrinal Miri, Vice chancellor, NEHU, Shillong ( Meghalaya) 3.Dr. S Ramani, Chairman, Governing Board, INFLIBNET 4.Sh. T.L. Thanga, Secretary (IAS) NEC, Shillong (Meghalaya ) 5.Prof. T Mibang, Vice Chancellor, Arunchal Pradesh University (Arunachal Pradesh) 6.Prof. P Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor, Tejpur University (Assam) 7.Dr. K Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University (Assam) 8.Prof. S C Saha, Vice Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar (Assam) 9.Dr. G N Talukdar, Vice Chancellor, Gauhati University, Guwahati (Assam) 10.Dr. K. Bijoy Singh, Vice Chancellor, Manipur University, Imphal (Manipur) 11.Dr. Dalip Kumar Basu, Vice Chancellor, Tripura University, Agrtala (Tripura ) 12.Dr. A K . Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Mizoram University, Aizwal (Mizoram) 13.Prof. G D Sharma,Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University, Kohima (Nagaland) PLANNER � 2003 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE November 6-7, 2003 November 6, 2003 � Thursday 0800 1100 hrs. : Registration 0930 12.00 hrs : Tutorials (Parallel Session) 1205 1230 hrs : Inaugural Session 123 0 1330 hrs : Lunch 1345 1530 hrs : Technical Session 1530 1545 hrs : Tea 1545 1700 hrs : Technical Session 1715 1815 hrs : Cultural Section 1830 1930 hrs : Dinner November 7, 2003 0900 1100 hrs : Technical Session 1100 1115 hrs : Tea 1115 1300 hrs : Technical Session 1300 1400 hrs : Lunch 1400 1530 hrs : Technical Session 1530 1545 hrs : Tea 1545 1645 hrs : Panel Discussion 1645 1730 hrs : Valedictory / Concluding Session Note : If necessary, the technical sessions will be held in Parallel. The Schedule is tentative and is subject to Change. ---------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! 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REMINDER - CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 06 May '03

06 May '03

Subject: REMINDER - CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER K. G. Saur Verlag Munich, Germany Announces the 2003 annual award for Best LIBRI Student Paper Since 1950, through 53 volumes, LIBRI International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, LIBRI is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2003." This competition supports LIBRI's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. We are proud once again to recognize the very best article with this special award. Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. For 2003, there is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: May 31, 2003 The best paper will be selected by a panel consisting of the members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board, and other international experts. The paper will be judged on the basis of * originality of thought and observation * depth of research and scholarship * topicality of problems addressed * the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2003:3 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with a complementary subscription to LIBRI for 2003. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2004. Manuscripts should be sent to the LIBRI Editorial Office, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk. Authors instructions are available at the Libri site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award.

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Indian Sources - Help Sought
by Mailing List Manager 05 May '03

05 May '03

Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 10:53:19 +0530 (IST) From: Library <library(a)rri.res.in> Dear Friends, Can anyone help? You can write directly to David Byrne. Thanks, Girija Srinivasan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 361 0122 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 16:11:15 +0100 From: david.f.byrne(a)bt.com To: bchu(a)physics.utoronto.ca, slapam-l(a)lists.yale.edu, pam-apf(a)anu.edu.au Subject: [Pam-apf] Indian Sources - Help Sought I am trying to get hold of copies of certain pieces of Indian legislation. Are there any members of the list with contacts that may assist - I have tried a few contacts in India but with no success. David Byrne Head of Information BT Group Legal T+44 20 7356 5533 * +44 20 7356 5605 *david.f.byrne(a)bt.com *PP A6M, BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7AJ

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trying to locate the following books
by Mailing List Manager 05 May '03

05 May '03

Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 09:08:23 +0530 From: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear Sir/Madam: I am trying to locate the following books: DDC: a practical guide, by Lois Mai Chan. 2nd ed. Learn DDC (Ed 21), by Mary MOrtimer DDC 21st ed: A Study Manual and Number Building Guide, by Mona L Scott. I shall appreciate it very much if you could kindly let me know about their availability (library/personal collection/book shop) in India. Also, I would like to know about any other foreign titles dealing with DDC 20 and later editions. Many thanks for your help. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. 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

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Request for Journal subscription Lists
by Mailing List Manager 05 May '03

05 May '03

Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 17:16:57 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Dear Friend: This is a request to all members of the Lis-Forum: In our work document delivery work, we need efficient tools to find out who is procuring what. Our own Union List of serials in seventeen member libraries of IKP Knowledge Network is available in our website. You might have heard about JCCC@VIC , a consortium to improve the utilization of periodicals collection -- set up by VIC in collaboration with Informatics India. We do use INSDOC's NUCCSI heavily. Union lists of IISC & IITs, some CSIR units etc are available To augment our collection of such Journal Holdings Lists, Could you kindly send me (at: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) a soft copy of YOUR LIBRARY's current periodicals subscrition list? We do not mind any file format - be it Excel, access, dbf, word file. If you happen to have consolidated holdings catalogs in print form kindly mail them to us. If you know of other India Union Catalogs on the net please let us know. Redundancy of information is no problem. Thanks Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 (Website: www.vic-ikp.info ) Ph: 2348 0053; Fax: 2348 0007; Ph. Res: 2784 6631 ===============

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