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IKM Training Course at NCSI, IISc: Advertisement inviting applications
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION (NCSI) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE B A N 0 A L 0 R E- 560012 REQUIRES TRAINEES in the "Information and Knowledge Management (IKM)" training programme of National Centre for Science information (NCSI) Advt. No.R(IB)308-2/2003, No. of positions: 11 [GEN-04, OBC-01, SC-1 ,ST-01, Sponsored Candidates-03, PH-1 (reserved for hearing impaired, if suitable candidates are not available under this category, orthopaedically handicapped persons would be considered) 1. I Class Bachelor's Degree in any subject with Master's Degree in Library/Information Science or Associateship in Documentation/Information Science awarded by DRTC or INSDOC with a minimum of II Class. One or two years of experience in a Library/Information Centre and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. OR I Class B.E. or M.B.B.S. with a minimum of one year experience in information handling. 2. SC/ST candidates with pass class will also be considered. 3. The sponsored candidates should forward their application through proper channel. No stipend will be paid to sponsored candidates. Training is for a period of 18 months w.e.f. 01.08.2003 on a stipend of Rs.5,000/- per month (Fixed). ABOUT THE IKM TRAINING PROGRAMME The programme includes 2 semesters of course work, 2 months of industrial training and 6 months of project work. Visit our website http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ for more details of the course, including course schedule and syllabus. Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) training programme is conducted by NCSI with the support of NISSAT, DSIR, Govt. of India. GENERAL CONDITIONS Those who have completed their qualifying examination and awarded the degree only need apply. The Institute will have no obligation to absorb them on completion of the training. No accommodation will be available on the Institute campus. Candidates who are willing to be considered strictly on the aforesaid condition may send their application in plain paper with details of their (I) Name, (ii) Date of Birth, (iii) Address, (iv) Educational Qualifications (indicating examinations passed, year, percentage and class obtained since SSLC/Matriculation), (v) Caste(SC/ST/OBC/GEN) (vi) Copy of the medical certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment in the case of PH candidates, together with xerox copies of Marks Card, Certificates to ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-lB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560 012 on or before 09.05.2003. Dated 09.04.2003 REGISTRAR

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list of journals published in India
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Dear Mr Kanade: You may find the following title useful: Directory of Periodicals Published in India 1994. Compiled by Susheel Kaur and P. Sapra. Delhi: Sapra & Sapra Publishers. This Directory includes several journals pertaining to your fields of interest. 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] List of journals published in India
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:24:20 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> hi u may be knwoing the directories, such as ulrich, which gives u all the journals list. if u want to see the core, u may try to look for citation index as source. best is-u should go to few libraries, on the basis of their experience, u should make a list. if u look from the list, u may go wrong. every time, seniors experience and advise will go a long way, therrefore, consult senior librarians all the best wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:26:02 +0530 > From: Yashwant Kanade <kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in> > > Respected Sir / Madam, > > We would like to subscribe to journals published from > India related to > Ecology, Environment, Pollution, Biodiversity, Energy, > Solar energy Animal > behaviour, Forestry, Agriculture and so on. > > Kindly any one help us to get list of titles and > correspondance address? With Warm Regards > > YASHWANT G KANADE > CES, Indian Institute of Science > Bangalore 560012, Karnataka > > E Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in > ceslib(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Contributions for COMLA Bulletin
by anjali gulati 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Professionals COMLA solicits contributions for COMLA Bulletin, the details are attached below Regards Anjali RVP- Asia Region, COMLA COMLA Bulletin Notes for Contributors Contributions to the COMLA Bulletin may take one of the following forms: (a) Original articles (b) News items (c) Book reviews Contributions are published only in English, and are subject to review by the Editor. Minor corrections will be made to grammatical and linguistic errors without changing the meaning of the text. The desired length of articles is 2000 to 5000 words. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of 75 to 100 words as well as a brief statement concerning the author's professional status and experience. Authors should also provide contact information including a street or postal address and an email address. Authors should remember that acronyms and abbreviations should be spelt out the first time they are used in the text, and that each article must contain sufficient background for each reader to understand it, regardless of their professional training. Illustrative material containing statistical data should be presented as charts or diagrams. Photographs should be submitted in TIF format or as positive prints (hard copy). The article should, if at all possible, be submitted either as an email attachment or on a 3.5-inch floppy diskette, using Microsoft Word. Those who do not have access to a computer or email should ensure that the article is submitted as a typewritten manuscript. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain copyright clearance for any copyrighted material which is included. Articles are published at the discretion of the Editor. All contributions should be sent to: The Editor COMLA Bulletin P O Box 5894, Kampala, Uganda Fax 256-41-348625 or via email to library(a)imul.com cc: batambuze_charles(a)hotmail.com Office Address Ms. Anjali Gulati Lecturer Deptt of Library Science University of Jammu New Campus Ambedkar Road Jammu-180006 J & K India Ph:(O): 91-191-436778 E-mail: anjali_g26(a)rediffmail.com Permanent Postal Address Ms. Anjali Gulati C 355 Raja Jee Puram Lucknow-226017 Uttar Pradesh India Ph: (R): 91-522-662214 _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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by suvarsha＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

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by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

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engineering journal
by deep <shatua＠rediffmail.com (deep ) 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

dear professionals, can anybody help me providing the folowing information? i am a librarian of hyderabad base engineering college. we would like to subscribe some important and useful foreign engineering journals (mainly print version). my queries are- 1. what are the most useful engineering journals for btech or mtech standard? 2. any local vendor supplies those journals? if so give address of them. i don't like to go for consortia or any other membership kind of approach. As we need hardly 10-15 journals to subscribe. regards sudip Sudip (Visit: http://shatua.tripod.com ) Librarian Karshak Engineering College Secunderabad-9 Tel: 040 775-3520, 775-3489 visit: http://www.geocities.com/sudiphatua/sudiphome.html _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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OAI in India, Lecture report
by a_tara＠yahoo.com 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hello, Please find enclosed the minutes of the lecture "Open Archive Initiative in India" by Dr. T.B.Rajashekar, which was held on 30th March 2003 at NCSI. Thanks & Regards, -- NCSI-Net co-ordination team Minutes The monthly meeting for March 2003 was held on 30th March 2003. The speaker for the day was Dr. T. B. Rajashekar, who was sharing his experiences at the "International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science", which was held from 10-11 March 2003, in Paris. Organized by ICSU, CODATA, UNESCO and ICSTI, the symposium aimed to explore the value of public domain and open access data information. He started of by explaining the oft mis-understood terms "Public Domain" and "Open Access". Public Domain is defined as Sources and types of data and information whose uses are not restricted by statutory IP law and legislation. Information available for public use without authorization. Open Access is propriety information that is made available openly and freely available on the Internet or on other media by the rights holder, but retains some or all the exclusive property rights that are guarantee under statutory IP laws. Open access maybe provided by all types of public/private sector. Mentioning about the Workshop conducted on Science in the Information Society, he said that he was part of the working group, which consisted of 8-10 people. Their workgroup was focused on "Ensuring universal access to scientific knowledge internationally, including overcoming the digital divide." The action points, which the group came out with, are 1. Human and institutional capacity building, building on existing centers of expertise and stores of knowledge. 2. Encourage wider access of knowledge to the developing world. Explaining the need for OAP he said that the provision of free online access to quality information, open domain and open access to scholarly material. Enablers like OAI, BOAI, SPARC, FOS have enabled this service to gain popularity. Its of value to developing countries to help scientist protect IP, remove access barriers, enhance national research capacity, improve visibility leading to improve economy. The open Access Publication in India was explained with examples. Prominent are: 1. Indian Academy of Science (http://www.ias.ac.in), which has 11 journals online. The print edition is priced, but online available for free. 2. INSA, which was established in 1935 has archival issues of 4 journals online 3. Vidyanidhi the project by University of Mysore (http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in) 4. eprints at IISc (http://eprint.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) 5. University Library project at IISc, which hopes to provide free to read, searchable collection of one-million books (out of copyright) 6. Scidata by NCL, which provides free access to all related data of NCIM (http://www.ncl-india.org/ncim) Others, which were mentioned, were 1. National Health Information Collection: A portal for Indian health data and information. They are developing free software for the same. 2. URDIP: Open access to Indian patents and medicinal plants 3. Scigate: Service from NCSI (http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) 4. Aero Info: Aerospace virtual library He said that a model for OAP in India should evolve, which would create a national network of distributed inter-operable, open access digital repositories of Science & Technology Research material from Institutions and Journals. This should network with other global services. Research and Development centers should create their own digital repositories, incorporate peer review/quality control. Establish new online only open-access journals, science journals to adopt open access publication. The role of the librarian, he said is very significant in this scenario. The Librarian can help in creating and developing repositories and content management. He also suggested that a national level mechanism is very essential to promote OAP. Working groups should be set up to work towards this goal. It was a very educative talk, which revolved around Open Access and the myths surrounding it. He put across the entire concept in a very informative manner, thus educating the listeners to revolution, which is making inroads into the sub-continent very soon. Minutes recorded by Ayesha Taranum __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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International CALIBER 2003: A Brief
by vjkjk＠yahoo.com 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

International CALIBER 2003: A Brief Report ------------------------------------------- by Prem Chand, Scientist-C, INFLIBNET Convenor, CALIBER-2003 Organising Committee premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in --------------------------------------------- INFLIBNET Center has successfully organized CALIBER- 2003 at Nirma Education and Research Foundation, Ahmedabad during 13- 15th February 2003. The theme of CALIBER 2003 was Mapping Technology on Libraries and People. CALIBER is an annual event of INFLIBNET, which is being organized in collaboration with Universities and Educational Institutions. This was the 10th convention in series and was the First International event. Total of 316 delegates participated in this convention, which included delegates from USA, Philippines, UK, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh apart from Indian delegates. There was an overwhelming response to the call for papers. Authors from different countries contributed and presented papers during the convention. In the proceeding of CALIBER-2003, 67 full text papers and 39 abstracts have been published. About 100 delegates registered for two pre-conference tutorials on Designing and Implementation of Local Area Network and Developing Digital Collection. Prof. B.H. Jajoo, Computer & Information Systems Group, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Dr. Dr. Jagdish Arora, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai were the resource persons for these tutorials, respectively. The conference was inaugurated by Shri Narender Modi, the Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat State . After lighting the lamp, Shri Modi released the proceedings volume of CALIBER 2003. Shri Modi in his address emphasized that the knowledge must spread and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues should not come in the way of knowledge dissemination Dr. Karsanbhai Patel, Chairman, NERF released the souvenir and CD of CALIBER proceeding. Dr Anup K. Singh, Director NIM welcomed the delegates earlier. Dr. T A V Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET Centre highlighted the activities & plans of INFLIBNET for promoting IT culture in academic sector and transforming Indian academic libraries. He also informed about UGC-Infonet programme, which is coming up in a big way. Under the programme, INFLIBNET will subscribe to core journal in electronic form and make them accessible to academic community in India. Dr. Dilip Kumar Basu, Vice-Chancellor, Tripura University delivered keynote address. Dr. S. Ramani, Chairman, Governing Board of INFLIBNET, in his opening remarks, highlighted the role of private institutions and trusts like NERF, who would play a vital role in making the education truly global one. Shri H Anil Kumar, Organising Secretary, CALIBER-2003 proposed the vote of thanks. Total deliberations of the CALIBER-2003 were divided in to four technical sessions under sub themes. The first session on Library Automation started with the theme paper presented by Dr T A V Murthy and Shri V S Cholin from INFLIBNET Centre. 23 papers were presented in this session out of 43 selected papers. Sh. A R Sethi of Punjab University chaired this session. The second session on User Studies held in parallel with the theme paper from Prof I V Malhan of Jammu University and chaired by Prof. K C Sahoo of Hari Singh Gaur University. There were about 19 papers presented out of 28 selected papers. The third session was on Consortia and had the theme paper presented by Prof Ajit Kembhavi of IUCAA and Dr T S Kumbar of INFLIBNET. Total 11 papers were presented in this session out of 25 selected papers and was chaired by Dr R B Gaddagimath of Gulbarga University. The session on Telecommunication was chaired by Prof I K Ravichandra Rao of DRTC, in which 4 papers were presented out of 11 selected. Dr P K Jaiswal of Mizoram University acted as the Rapporteur General of the conference and he was assisted by Dr Pravakar Rath, Prof. R S R Varalaxmi, Mr V S Cholin, Mr K Prakash, Mr Rajesh Chandrakar, Mr Rajendra Thaty, Ms Swadha Majumadar and Ms Pragnya Pathak in different sessions. CALIBER 2003 brought out few new things like, CALIBER 2003 Updates, a daily conference newsletter covering the daily events, report of technical sessions and interviews of experts were brought out and circulated to the delegates. In addition to the printed copy of the proceedings, delegates have been given the CD of the proceeding. The entire proceeding will be soon available on INFLIBNET web site at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Mr. P. Pannervel IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad was Chief Guest for valedictory function. He underlined the importance of right information at the right time and he said that information technology is changing significantly the way the society was conducting. There is a need for partnership between the industry and the society for overall benefits. Prof. Girish Agrawal, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad was the guest of honor for this function and highlighted the changing role of librarians in electronic environment. Dr. P.K. Jayaswal, Rapporteur General presented the report on the technical session and read out on the recommendations made for consideration to UGC, INFLIBNET and university libraries. The Director, INFLIBNET, presented the foreign delegates form Sri Lanka and Philippines with mementos. The valedictory function concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. H. Anil Kumar, Organising Secretary of CALIBER-2003. Around 20 companies from the fields of electronic and online information vendors, books publishers, sellers and subscription agencies displayed their products in the Exhibition arranged at the CALIBER venue. A cultural programme with a flavor of Gujarat folk dances was put up by Mudra Institute of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad after the inaugural function. See you all next year for International CALIBER-2004 ------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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Workshop on Website designing and hosting at INFLIBNET
by vjkjk＠yahoo.com 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

--------------------------------------------- Workshop on Website designing and hosting 16 20 June, 2003 Synopsis Most people recognize the importance of the Internet, but few realize how easy it is to learn the skills required to produce a basic web presence. Numerous institutions and libraries are switching their presence on to the web by hosting their websites and making their databases online. As UGC-INFONET, a project of UGC is fast coming up; the universities have to be ready with the content and the WebPages so it can be mounted onto the web server. INFLIBNET Centre has identified this challenge and designed a 5 day training course on website designing and hosting. Contents: The Basics of HTML · HTML language & the browser · Basic Mark-up tags · Document structure · Exercises · HyperText links · Uniform Resource Locators · Exercises · Inserting Images · Paragraphs, line breaks & white space · Exercises · Creating Graphical Buttons · Adding Lists to documents · Preformatted text · Exercises Web Page Customisation With Cascading Style Sheets · Basic Style sheet Concepts · Elements of style · Style syntax · Style classes · Style properties · Tag-less styles · Applying styles: which type and when? · Text properties in CSS · Using fonts, using lists in CSS · Customise using colour · Coloured backgrounds · Images as backgrounds · Coloured text & links · Horizontal rules · Exercises GIFs, & JPEGs · What are they? Bitmaps · GIF images · JPEG images · PNG images · Creating GIFs, JPEGs & PNGs · Interlacing images · Anti-aliasing · Making images transparent · Animated Images HTML Editing and Proofing Tools · Recent Developments · HTML tools & editing programmes · HTML checkers HTML Tables · Tables · What are they? · Why use them? · How to create them HTML Forms · Filling-out forms · Designing forms · How web servers process forms Embedding Multimedia · Sound · Video HTML and Embedded Programming · Basic approaches: server based or browser based Suitable for The course is intended for library / information science professionals who need to develop high-quality websites for their universities / institutions / colleges. Number of participants A maximum of 16 candidates will be selected for the course. First come first based. Delivery To an even greater extent than normal, this web site design course is delivered through hands-on exercises, backed up by experts actually involved and having practical experiences. Schedule location and dates 5 days form 16th June 2003 to 20th June 2003 at, Information and Library Network Centre (An IUC of UGC), Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No: 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, Gujarat. Fee details Rs 1500.00 per person. This fee covers the cost of the workshop kit containing the training material, Internet access time and working lunch including two teas during the sessions. The fee is to be paid by a single Demand Draft drawn in favor of Director, INFLIBNET Centre. DD should be obtained only from a nationalized bank. Boarding and lodging INFLIBNET will arrange free accommodation (with minimum required amenities) to all the participants on prior reservation. Application The application form, downloadable from INFLIBNET website should be submitted to The Director, INFLIBNET Centre, (An IUC of UGC), Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No: 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, Gujarat on or before 9th June 2003 latest by 5.30 PM along with a recent passport size photograph of the applicant. Application with out photograph will be rejected. For More information, please contact Shri B.Ramesh Scientist B (CS) Email: ramesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in Shri H.G. Hosamani Scientist B (LS) Email: hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in Tel: 079- 6304695, 6305971, 6308528 Fax: 079-6300990,6307816 --------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [nmlis] Award to Dr. K.A. Raju
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

> From: devi rama <ramadevi_tella(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 03:14:56 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Award to Dr. K.A. Raju > > Library Management Division (LMD) of Special Libraries > > Dear Friends > Association, Washington, D.C., USA has announced a > competition in January, 2003 for writing a paper in > English on the theme " Leadership and Management > Principles Applied to Library ". > > Dr. K.A. Raju, Professor and Head (CORD), National > Institute of Rural Development has submitted a paper > entitled "Traditional Values Skill Relevant in Library > Usage and Readership Enhancement (LURE) : Challenges > before Librarians", for the above competition. > > It is learnt from the organisers of the competition > that Dr. Raju's paper secured second place in the > competition from out of a total of 49 papers This > paper will be published in a special thematic volume > of "Science and Technology Libraries" entitled > "Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in > Developing Countries" and will be recognised as > Honorable Mention papers in the contest. > > In addition, the "Twinning" programme of the SLA, > Washington, DC Chapter will find a chapter or > Division to support Dr. Raju with a two year > membership in SLA. > > Dr. T. Rama Devi > Documentation Officer > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and > more > http://tax.yahoo.com > ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS) AND President, Academy of Library Science & Documentation, Hyderabad. Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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National Seminar Regitration.
by manjunath＠mail.tapmi.org 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Dear Professionals, Sub: National seminar on Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries on April 25 - 26, 2003 at TAPMI Manipal. . It is happy to note that the response to seminar is very good. Many papers papers have been submitted by faculty memebrs and library professionals for presentation. Prof. Balaveera Reddy Vice Chancellor of VTU and BM Hedge, VC of MAHE will be the Chief guests for inaugural and validictory sessions. the dates are nearing , if you have not registered, you do the same immeidately so that we can reserve accommodation. You can pay the registration fee at registration counter. but please register your in advance fo rnecessary arrangeements. As you know the registration fee Rs.500/ includes boarding and lodging at TAPMI Hostel. Plus Registration KIT. Rigister by giving your name, designation, postal address + email. We are plannnig to distribute participants' list on seminar day. Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian and organising secretary, T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 119, Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India Ph: 91- 08252 - 573551(O) 575161(R) Fax: 91- 08252 - 570699/570622 email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com

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ELSSS
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 12:29:24 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: All economists and other social scientists might find http://www.elsss.org very useful. Please alert your friends as well as librarians in economics and sociology. thanks. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ELSSS, the ELectronic Society for Social Scientists is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at solving the ever deepening crisis in scholarly and scientific communication created by the pricing policies of some commercial publishers that have forced libraries in the developed world to cut their journal portfolios and to slash their book collection and that have priced developing and transition economies out of the knowledge loop altogether. With institutional support from the Royal Economic Society <http://www.res.org.uk>, the University of St Andrews <http://www.st-and.ac.uk>, the Consortium of University and Research Libraries <http://www.curl.ac.uk>, and Scottish Enterprise Fife, ELSSS is committed to: Increase competition in the academic journal publishing marketplace by providing direct and credible alternatives to specific high-priced journals; Introduce a fairer and more efficient way of producing, distributing, and using academic journals whereby the system that currently produces large rents being earned by some commercial publishers is replaced by a mechanism that yields lowest-cost access and widest dissemination by rewarding only those individuals who contribute to making high-quality journals, namely, authors, referees, and editors - with substantial savings for libraries and the academic and student community.

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peer review
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:06:58 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: I received it by email from a friend and editor of a medical library journal. I thought many of you would find it useful. Best wishes. Arun Those of you who are interested in looking into the peer review process further may be interested in the following: The indispensible starting point for serious study of peer review is Ann C. Weller's "Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses" (ASIST, 2001). This is a systematic review of over 1,100 studies of the peer review process and includes chapters on Editors and Editorial Boards, Role of Reviewers, Reviewers and their Biases, and Peer Review in an Electronic Environment, among other topics. In 1986, JAMA sponsored the first International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication. The proceedings of the 4th Congress, which was held in Barcelona in September 2001, are published as a special theme issue of JAMA, June 5, 2002, volume 297, number 21. In 2000/2001, the journal Academic Medicine underwent a thorough study of their own peer review process. The results of that study, which includes very useful information on the peer review process at other publications, is presented in Academic Medicine, September 2001, volume 76, number 9. And finally, Ann Weller recently brought to my attention a new publication from BMJ Books, "How to survive peer review" by Elizabeth Wager, Fiona Godlee and Tom Jefferson (BMJ Books, 2002). I haven't seen it yet, but it comes highly recommended. T. Scott Plutchak Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham tscott(a)uab.edu

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Math-Net
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:57:27 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Today, many mathematicians and mathematical institutions offer information on the Web. Math-Net coordinates the electronic information and communication activities of the global mathematical community with the aim to enhance the free-flow of information within the community. Math-Net is a global electronic information and communication system for mathematics providing e.g. results of mathematical research and development, teaching material, information about working mathematicians and mathematical institutions Math-Net is defined in more detail in the Math-Net Charter. Please take part in the Math-Net Initiative! Please visit: http://www.math-net.org/about for more information. Please alert all mathematicians and Departments of Mathematics. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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IFLA MANIFESTO ON OPEN ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY LITERATURE AND RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:13:15 -0800 (PST) From: gayathri sen <gayatsen(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, With due regards and respects to authors and publishers, I strongly feel that publications of research conducted either with or without the support of public funds, should be made available free, at least after a lapse of 3 to 5 years, or as per law for the betterment of humanity. You never know, who, in what way will make use of this research work for some positive outcome. Many a times some trend setting work may go unnoticed by some great genius due to lack of access to information, and lack of funds. We woe this to this world, for getting this precious human birth. Fortunately technological revolution and the net have made the world so small and many things possible. Gayathri Sen PESIT, Bangalore, INDIA

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RE: Publicly funded research
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:10:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Close to three-fourths of investment in scientific research in India comes from the Government - through different departments such as the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Biotechnology, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the University Grants commission. The Heads of these departments could insist that all those who receive funds for research from them should publish their finding in open access journals (such as Current Science in India, which is absolutely free on the Web). The question is 'Will they?' What is surprising is that the scientists of the world, who are presumably 'scientific' while performing their research do not seem to be 'scientific' when it comes to disseminating their findings. We need more Stevan Harnads, Peter Subers and Leslie Chans to talk ceaselessly about the advantages of the open access system till a vast majority of the world's scientists are converted! Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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RE: Translators/Service providers (TB Anand)
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:57:38 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> National Chemical Laboratories, Pune for German and Japanese : Contact person : Mr. NB Dahibhate nbd(a)ems.ncl.res.in Mr. Vinit Pathak , 1/1 Bakul, 79, Lallubhai Park, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400058 for German and French : Tel: 022 26702272 Dr. Rajni Tandon, 001, Vigyan, Plot 23, Sec 17, Vashi, New Mumbai for German : Tel No: 022 27653249 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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Translators/Service providers
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:00:44 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Mr Ananad, Our Website, http://www.vic-ikp.info/search.htm has a small directory of Indian Translators and Tanslation Companies. It has nearly 800 addresses for 13 languages. The site requires the user to to register before accessing any of the six searchable databases. (kindly discover what other databases we have, by visiting there. If you do not wish to register (because you are an occassional user) you can use this guest account:- UserId: info(a)icicikp.com Password: info845 Incidentally, we request Lis-Forum members to point out errors and suggestions to improve the Translation database on our site. We are grateful to NISSAT for funding and encouraging our efforts. For help in Japanese Translation you may contact: Dr Kirankumar Momaya [momaya(a)dms.iitd.ernet.in] of IIT Delhi as he has extensive contacts with Japanese Industry. Best Wishes Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hderabad 500078 (Website: www.vic-ikp.info ) Ph: 2348 0051; Fax: 2348 0007; Ph. Res: 2784 6631 ==================================

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Publicly funded research
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:55:01 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Recently I received this on the mail: While I don't believe the US government can dictate WHERE something is published, I do believe it has every right and even an obligation (to the public health if nothing else) to dictate the conditions of how the published research that comes out of grants it funds. Specifically, it could require that all of it be made available to the public free, as Medline is now. I believe it is such a big player (the elephant in the living room?) that it could make such a requirement stick. Sure, JAMA can get it "first" (or Nature or Science), but then it also becomes available elsewhere. If publishers don't like it, then so much the better for open access journals. Harvey Brenneise Michigan Public Health Institute hbrenne(a)mphi.org --- I agree. Results of all publicly funded research - whether funded by US Govt or Pakistani Govt or Cuban Govt - should be made available free. Surely, the governments have a right to pass suitable legislation. Arun

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A & M Magazine
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:12:16 -0800 (PST) From: Mr.Bhojaraju G <bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues, WISH U ALL HAPPY UGADI (GUDI PADWA) i feel to share the following for kind your information. As quoted by Prof. N. Laxman Rao about the "A & M Magazine", even we too have lost our subscription amount for the same. They didn't reply to e-mails nor their address is correct at Delhi for communiaction. So kindly don't go for that publication in future, if anyone is planning to subscribe for the same. Bhojaraju G. Library-cum-Information Officer, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA), (ISO-9001 Certified), B-88 / U-2, Road No. 24, Wagle Industrial Estate,Thane - 400 604. INDIA. Ph: 022-2581 1348, 2580 3753 Telefax : 2582 3910 E-mail : bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com www.irmra.org

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salis WORKSHOP on RESEARCH METHODS & STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES IN LIS"
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:49:22 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] A Hariharan" <salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in> SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SALIS) (TRICHY CHAPTER) & JAMAL MOHAMED COLLEGE, TRICHY Jointly organise A one day workshop on " RESEARCH METHODS & STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE" DATE: 12TH APRIL 2003 : VENUE: JMC LIBRARY,TRICHY 620020(Near TOLGATE) REGISTRATION FEES: Rs100/(which include working Lunch & Tea) FOR FURTHUR DETAILS CONTACT: Mr.ABDUL BAHREE LIBRARIAN JAMAL MOHAMED COLLEGE(JMC) TIRUCHIRAPALLI- 620 020 PH #0431-2331235 (off), 2333447(Res) OR L. PARISUTHARAJ LIBRARIAN & Chairman, SALIS Trichy Chapter REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE TIRUCHIRAPPALLI- 620015 email :psraj@rect.ernet.in Webmail:parisutharajl@hotmail.com Phone :Off. 0431-2500181 Extn:3431,Res.0431-2501090 A. Hariharan Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) 5c, Regency Park, Manapakkam Chennai - 600 116 Tel : 044- 2252 1085, 2252 1084,2252 2234 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in Web : http://autolib-india.net/salis.html

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Translators/Service providers
by anandtb＠yahoo.com 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

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invitation to Curzonco Seshachalam Lectures
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:00:42 +0800 From: SRELS <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> 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 the CURZONCO-SESHACHALAM LECTURES (2) (2003) on Internet, Information Delivery Chains and Intermediation by Shri. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman and Managing Director, Informatics(India) Ltd., Bangalore at The Choksi Hall (Opposite to Aerospace Engineering Dept.) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Prof. S. Sadagopan Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore will preside on 5th April 2003, at 18.00 hrs

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Forwarded mail....
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:32:31 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Lane, Megan. "[21]Is This the Library of the Future?" [22]BBC News Online (18 March 2003) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2859845.stm). - Written in a rather whimsical style, this short article makes a serious statement about the direction in which libraries are evolving. The word 'library' may eventually be dropped from our vocabulary, to be replaced by the 'idea store'. Books are being displaced by computers, multimedia content, playgrounds, thematic displays, and cafes. This is proving extremely propular, given the surge in client population. The library locales mentioned are local, however, the transformation of libraries is universal. - [23]MG Lynch, Clifford A. "[24]Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" [25]ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC p. 1-7 (February 2003) (http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html). - In this article, Clifford A. Lynch, with his usual clarity and insight, overviews institutional repositories, discusses their strategic importance, examines key issues, considers how they may promote infrastructure standards, and speculates on possible future developments. He defines an institutional repository as "a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members." A repository could contain research materials (including data files), teaching materials, and documentation about the institution. A critical function of a repository is the long-term preservation of this information. Lynch voices three concerns about repositories. First, they should not become a tool for enforcing administrative control over faculty works. Second, they should not be unduly constrained by policies designed to promote other agendas such as creating virtual e-journals (although they may contribute to this effort by providing essential infrastructure that supports it). Third, they should not be established without institutions making well-considered, long-term commitments to their operation. On this point, he notes that: "Stewardship is easy and inexpensive to claim; it is expensive and difficult to honor, and perhaps it will prove to be all too easy to later abdicate." Lynch feels that repositories will promote progress in the areas of preservation formats, identifiers, and digital rights management. Over time, most higher education institutions will have repositories, and other types of institutions may as well. The "federation" of repositories will become an increasingly important area for experimentation. - [26]CB Pace, Andrew K.. The Ultimate Digital Library: Where the New Information Players Meet Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. - This highly readable and provocative book should be required reading for any librarian who wishes to pay attention to where the field is heading. Although Pace may not be able to tell us with any certainty where we will end up, he knows the current hot spots and he touches on them all. From the pivotal relationship between libraries and vendors to competition from dot.coms, the changing face of public services, and the erosion of basic reader rights, this slim volume belies the span of territory covered inside. You may not have all the answers after reading this book, but you'll know some key questions and will have pondered them along with one of the sharpest minds of the profession. Strap yourself in and take the ride. - [27]RT

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