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Ask Your Librarian & INFLIBET--Corrected Copy
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 20 Oct '03

20 Oct '03

Dear Colleagues: Dear All: The enthusiasm shown by DRTC students through their active participation in the form of valuable postings and sending responses to queries in the LIS-Forum is praiseworthy and worthy of emulation by one and all. I have personally benefitted a lot from their contribution. This is a bright ray of hope. Perhaps, because of lack of Internet access, students of LIS from Indian universities are unable to participate. How about providing Internet access to all the Departments of Library and Information Science in India and offer facilities to LIS faculty and students to handle "live" reference queries (under the guidance of their Reference Tutor) from the public in the ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN service?This would offer the LIS students "real life" examples of the queries they would be facing in their career in future. More than the IT, we have to regain the joy of library service to make our professional life much more meaningful and inspiring. Also, there is an urgent need to make SOUL package an integral component of all our LIS education programmes at the university level. Once this is done, we would have within a couple of years, LIS manpower capable of appreciating and handling properly the SOUL software. It is hoped that INFLIBNET under the dynamic leadership of Dr TAV Murthy would break institutional barriers and strengthen all the DLIS in the country to make them adequately IT- equipped so that they would be participating actively in the HRD to support the INFLIBNET project. It is high time to recognise all the DLISs in the country as the stakeholders and beneficiaries of INFLIBNET programme. The logic is simple: if you train a member of the library staff, he/she would be often be contributing to his/her parent library. But, if you train a member of the faculty or student of DLIS in an Indian university, the benefits would be far-reaching and percolate to various sections of the society. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Impact Factor of Journals
by ppich＠vsnl.net 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear ALL: I would like to mention an important problem while using the Impact factor of the journals. They cannot be used as such when comparing the journals from different fields and subfields. Subfield normalisation can help to do it. P.Pichappan Dept. of Library & Information Science Annamalai University ppich(a)vsnl.net omprakash(a)admin.iitb.ac.in wrote Dear Mr Shivendra Singh Please try the following URL (pdf file) in future http://cbmc.umh.es/ebarrajon/pdf%C2%B4s/Impact%20factor%202002.pdf Any way I have given against each title wherever possible the impact factor for 2002 > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:57:04 +0530 > From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> > > Dear Sir/colleagues, > > I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the > year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. > > > Planta Medica 2.085 > > Phytotherapy Research 0.603 > > Phytochemical Analysis 0.97 > > Journal of Natural Products 1.737 > > Journal of Ethnopharmacology 0.78 > > Fitoterapia 0.486 > > Journal of Agriculture and food Chemistry 1.576 > > Biochemistry, bioscience and biotechnology Try from URL > > JCS- Perkin Trans I 2.208 > > Tetrahedron Letters 2.28 > With Best Wishes Omprakash Bhendigeri +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Omprakash Bhendigeri 25768927 / 257689299(O) Central Library 25722545/Extn 8929 IIT BOMBAY 25720393 (R) 2B/41, T C S Area Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, MUMBAI 400 076 INDIA omprakash(a)iitb.ac.in +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Thanks and Regards, > > Shivendra Singh > > Electronic Information Retrieval System > National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research > Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 > Phone: 9815526163 > http://sshivendra.tripod.com > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID.
by Saiful Amin 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Greetings, I don't know if you are still in need of information on RFID. Today I got some links from a newsletter which might interest you. RFID links... Libraries eye RFID to track books [MSNBC News] http://www.msnbc.com/news/975754.asp "SF library wants to track books with computers," San Jose Mercury News, 3 October 2003 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/6928513.htm Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/ City Library Adopts Controversial RFID Chips http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?issue=10-10-03&storyID=17547 RFID Zeitgeist http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=100132&threshold=-1 Hope it helps. Best regards, -- Saiful Amin c/o, Learning Resource Center Indian School of Business Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500019 Ph. +91-40-2318-7963/7999 Rajendra Babu H wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for > circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some > study on RFID. > > Warm Regards, > > H Rajendra Babu ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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concrete steps
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear Professional Colleagues: I am once again taking cue from Dr E. Rami Reddy's suggestion that we should do something concrete towards professional development (with ref to: Dr Lahiri's anguish). Here's something we can do using IT so that we may not face problems like the one Mr Saroj Karle is experiencing (books on UK Pension). To the best of my knowledge, The British Council Library network maintains a list of British publisher's representatives in India. However, this does not give the total picture of international publisher community. CONCRETE STEP 1 It would be useful if we develop a National Library Acquisitions Home Page containing the following components: 1. A national database of Indian publishers/booksellers in English and all other languages giving contact details (postal, email, web, etc.,), name of the contact person, their areas of specialisation (discipline-wise, topic-wise, etc.), regions served, terms of supply. Even the author publishers could be invited to become members of this database. 2. A national database of all the librarians (university, academic, public, special, etc.) listing their areas of specialisation in collection development, documents they wish to acquire or are searching for. The librarians could just post their requirements not as a firm order but only as an enquiry to find out from the publishers/booksellers regarding the availability of a document or their willingness to procure from abroad and supply. Once they receive reply from the publisher/bookseller, they can place the firm order. 3. A list of blacklisted publishers/booksellers who have indulged in unfair practices. 4. Latest GOC Rate Schedule (formulated with participation of all the parties who have a stake). We should have only one, authoritative GOC rate schedule. Mode of Operation The publishers/booksellers would be regularly announcing on the National Library Acquisitions home page, the new books procured by them from abroad. We visualise a scenario of SDI-type activity where the needs of the librarians and stock of the publishers/bookseller are matched for mutual benefit, particularly for foreign publications. To the best of my knowledge, The British Council Library network maintains a list of British publisher's representatives in India. However, this does not give the total picture of international publisher community. Advantages of National Library Acquisitons Home Page Offers equitable opportunities to publishers/booksellers in library supplies. Whoever responds first, would receive the order. If a foreign title is available with one of the Indian stockist, it could be known immediately and order placed for the same. Avoids running around from supplier to supplier for documents. Enables the librarians to have a perspective of foreign titles available in India. (Presently, the book selection by university libraries strongly favours those suppliers who send the books for physical examination. As such, the total literary output in a particular discipline is often not taken into consideration and many useful titles may be missed.) Helps the librarians to know which supplier can provide best service in a particular discipline/topic. Provides information to librarians about new foreign titles available in the Indian market. Booksellers can announce the documents procured by them from abroad. Through just a single email, they would be communicating this information to all the librarians in India. Serves as an effective public relations communication tool both for the librarians and publishers/booksellers. _______________________________________________ CONCRETE STEP 2 MAINTENANCE OF UNIVERSITY/LIBRARY DIRECTORIES Isn't it disappointing that we do not have a reliable, authoritative list which provides UP TO DATE INFORMATION of university librarians along with their contact details. The Web sites of our national bodies concerned with management of higher education and LIS networks DO NOT provide accurate, latest information about our universities. Can't we maintain an UP TO DATE directory of universities giving UP TO DATE details such as names of VCs, Registrars, University Librarians, their contact addresses, email ids, web sites, etc. Doesn't our IT know-how allow us to send an automatic email to every university library daily and request the university librarian to send information about changes in top univ personnel/univ librarians? If the university librarians do not disseminate latest information about changes in their university, then who will? Isn't it a disservice to the user community that we spend so much on creating web pages/directories but fail to maintain them on day to day basis thereby defeating the purpose of their creation and reducing their usefulness? We have miserably failed in meeting the requirements of Dr Ranganathan's definition of reference service as far as maintenance of directories of libraries/librarians/universities is concerned. Being based in India, at least some of us can keep track of the changes through newspapers, newsletters, etc. By providing names of VCs, Registrars, university librarians, etc. in our directories who had retired/shifted, are we not misguiding the users? How about the users abroad? Are we not projecting a negative image about our LIS profession by not taking care of these basic things? THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE A CONCRETE STEP. As always, reactions are welcome. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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ask yr librarian
by suresh kumar 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear profulla chandra, I really appreciate your views. It is an excellent idea.We have to work for that to ensure professionalism among us. let us hope for the best Suresh kumar.N Librarian Gr.I, Fluid Control Research Institute Palakkad - 678623.nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.In. Prafulla Chandra >Senior Editor ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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books on CD in science and engineering
by Vijayalaxmi R Deshpande 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Dear sir, I would like to have list of books avaialable in CD form in the field of science and engineering for our digital library project (I do not want to have ebooks available in websites). If anybody knows please send the list and oblige. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, (Smt. V.R.DESHPANDE) SENIOR LIBRARIAN Central Power Research Institute, P.B.No. 8066, Sadashivanagar Post BANGALORE 560 080

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impact factor of following journals- 2002
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:57:04 +0530 From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> Dear Sir/colleagues, I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. Planta Medica Phytotherapy Research Phytochemical Analysis Journal of Natural Products Journal of Ethnopharmacology Fitoterapia Journal of Agriculture and food Chemistry Biochemistry, bioscience and biotechnology JCS- Perkin Trans I Tetrahedron Letters Thanks and Regards, Shivendra Singh Electronic Information Retrieval System National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 Phone: 9815526163 http://sshivendra.tripod.com

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FW: books on UK Pension
by Saroj Karle 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Hello Friends, I want some good books on UK Pension system. Following are some of the titles. Im not able to find these books in Mumbai. If you know any place from where I can get these books please let me know. I need these books urgently. 1. Simple Guide to Pensions by John Claxton ISBN 1857038010 2. Allied Dubar Pensions Handbook by Anthony Reardon ISBN 0273654926 3. Pensions (Good Practise) by Andrew Serimshaw 4. Pensions Kit by Nicola Mitchell 5. Pensions Simplified by Harvey Andrew & Baterman Richard ISBN 1852523271 6. Take Control of Your Pension Action by Jonquil Lowe ISBN 0852029276 Thanks & Regards Saroj Karle Library Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Electronic Sadan III, TTC Industrial Area, Mahape Village, Navi Mumbai 400 701 Tel: 27611090; 27622651 Extn: 1274 Fax: 761 9602 Email: library.ttc(a)patni.com http://www.patni.com World-Wide Partnerships. World-Class Solutions. This e-mail message may contain proprietary, confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed. Any review, e-transmission dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error kindly delete this e-mail from your records. If it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, please notify us immediately at netadmin(a)patni.com and delete this mail.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor
by Sukhdev Singh 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Thanks for information. I had downloaded it long back. I have tried to send a message to the Technical Support Team of the product. Other List Members may kindly note. Regards Sukhdev >From: "murari" <murari(a)darya.nio.org> >To: "Sukhdev Singh" <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:51:24 +0530 > >Dear Sukhdev, > >On your recommendation, I downloaded the software and tried to install it. >But my pc gave me following virus warning. Ofcourse, you are not >responsible >for this but for your info. Regards, >- Tapaswi > >Scan type: Realtime Protection Scan >Event: Virus Found! >Virus name: Js.Trojan.WindowBomb >File: C:\Program Files\Evrsoft\1st Page 2000\IScripts\Buttons\Six buttons >from hell.izs >Location: C:\Program Files\Evrsoft\1st Page 2000\IScripts\Buttons >Computer: MURARI >User: library >Action taken: Delete succeeded : Access denied >Date found: Thu Oct 16 10:48:44 2003 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Sukhdev Singh <sukh_dev(a)hotmail.com> >To: <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>; <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:17 AM >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor > > > > I would also like to suggest a Free HTML Editor. I have using it now for >the > > Forth Year. You would enjoy it if you love coding in html unlike Front >Page. > > It is called "1st Page 2000 (Version 2.0 Free Edition)" and can be > > downloaded from http://www.evrsoft.com/ . > > > > "1st Page 2000 is a professional HTML editing software which lets you >create > > great websites fast! The visually appealing program comes bundled with >over > > 450+ Javascripts and supports all the latest web languages. Over 3+ >million > > downloads!" > > > > I would recommend it based on my personal experience. > > > > Regards > > Sukhdev Singh > > esukhdev(a)yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:03:13 >+0530 > > >(IST) > > > > > >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) > > >From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear friends, > > > AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes > > >fully-packed > > >with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of > > >solid > > >tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with >speed, > > >ease and convenience. > > > > > >AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker > > > 2. International Alphabet Support > > > 3. Windows XP Compatibility > > > 4. Code Explorer > > > 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes > > > 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor > > > > > >HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! > > > > > >So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ > > > > > >With Regards > > >Biswanath Dutta > > >Librarian > > >The Institute for Technology and Management > > >Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple > > >Baneerghatta Road > > >Bangalore- 560076 > > >e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com > > >Hello: (080)-6585737 > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >LIS-Forum mailing list > > >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The heat is on! Catch the latest action. > > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/formula2003/ Speed along with F1! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!

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Need help to get an article
by Yashwant G. Kanade 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Dear Members, Kindly help me to get the article: "Bradshaw,A.D. 1972; Some of the evolutionary consequences of being a plant; Evolutionary Biology 5; 25-47 (1972)" With Warm Regards YASHWANT G KANADE CES, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012; Ph.3600985 / 2932506 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in / kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Ask Your Librarian service
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Date: 15 Oct 2003 11:38:01 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> Dear colleagues , This has reference to the discussion initiated by Mr Prafulla regarding the situation and sevices provided by our universities . I endorse the view that we in India have not been able to have one window system to reply our patrons and it is high time that professionals should join together to develop a reference and information service on the type suggested by Mr prafulla " ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" besides re-engineering other services so that we may facel humilating situation and lag behind. tahnks and regards S M SHAFI

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RE: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, manish mankad wrote: > It will be good idea to start with McKinsey's report 'FAIDA ( Food & > Agriculture Integrated Development Action)' published in 1997. > > Also have a look at the book 'New technologies in food processing' by > Internatiomnal Life sciences Institute, India > > Do have alook at http://www.indiainfoline.com/fmcg/fopo.html > > Regards. > > > -Manish Mankad > Information Executive > Hindustan Lever Research Centre, > BD Sawant Marg > Andheri (E), > Mumbai, 400 099 > INDIA > > ext. 208/330 > > (022) 28276 208 28276 330 > > >

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reaction
by poornima ma 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Dear Madam, Yes , ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN is a wonderful idea if it comes to being . i will look forward for such services to the user communities.Thats really a great idea.i welcome ur sugetion. Poornima Rao Librarian Department of Management studies B.M.S College of Engineering Bull temple road, Bangalore. Mail: poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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PPT Slides on Digital Library Lecture now available on DLIST.
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Dear Members I have made available PPT Slides of the following lecture online on DLIST (http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/archive/00000267/) Since these are in PPT format, these can be used (reused) :-) if required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/archive/00000267/ Singh, Mr. Sukhdev (2003) Digital Libraries: What and How? : Lecture delivered during "Training Course on Internet Technology Applications in Libraries, 13th - 17th October, 2003, NIC Hqs, New Delhi, India" . Full text available as: Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt) - Requires Microsoft Powerpoint Abstract: These are about 73 PPT Slides of a Lecture on Digital Libraries. The Lecture Defines Digital Library and explains some myths surrounding it. Gives an overview of Digital Library Standards, Information Resources Organisation, Metadata, Digital Archiving and Preservation and Digital Library Services. Further it highlights Challenges, General Principles, Design Principles and Digital Collection Development in Digital Library development process. It concludes with some examples of Indian initiatives in Digital Libraries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regards Sukhdev Singh esukhdev(a)yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Celebrate Shakti. Send money to loved ones in India. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/navaratri/ Have a joyous Navratri.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

I would also like to suggest a Free HTML Editor. I have using it now for the Forth Year. You would enjoy it if you love coding in html unlike Front Page. It is called "1st Page 2000 (Version 2.0 Free Edition)" and can be downloaded from http://www.evrsoft.com/ . "1st Page 2000 is a professional HTML editing software which lets you create great websites fast! The visually appealing program comes bundled with over 450+ Javascripts and supports all the latest web languages. Over 3+ million downloads!" I would recommend it based on my personal experience. Regards Sukhdev Singh esukhdev(a)yahoo.com >From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free HTML editor Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:03:13 +0530 >(IST) > >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) >From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> > > > >Dear friends, > AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes >fully-packed >with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of >solid >tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with speed, >ease and convenience. > >AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker > 2. International Alphabet Support > 3. Windows XP Compatibility > 4. Code Explorer > 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes > 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor > >HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! > >So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ > >With Regards >Biswanath Dutta >Librarian >The Institute for Technology and Management >Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple >Baneerghatta Road >Bangalore- 560076 >e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com >Hello: (080)-6585737 > > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum _________________________________________________________________ The heat is on! Catch the latest action. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/formula2003/ Speed along with F1!

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(Fwd) Definition of Research Libray( a/c to ALA)
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: 14 Oct 2003 14:22:55 -0000 From: "aprajita suman" <aprajita_drtc(a)rediffmail.com> Send reply to: "aprajita suman" <aprajita_drtc(a)rediffmail.com> To: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Subject: Definition of Research Libray( a/c to ALA) Respected Shri Vijayakumar, I am sorry to send the required information a little late. Actually I saw the mail today only. According to ALA Glossary the definition of Research Library is: 1. A library which contains an in-depth collection in a particular subject field(such as a technical library) or in-depth collections in several subject fields(such as a university library or a large private or public library). The collections include pr imary sources and provide extensive chronological and geographical coverage. 2. A reference library. With regards, Aparajita Suman, 2nd year student(ADIS), Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile,Mysore Road, R V College PO, Bangalore 560 059 On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 prafulla(a)nisc.co.in wrote : >Dear Friends: > >It is rather sad that one of our professional colleagues Shri M >Vijayakumar should repeatedly request for a simple piece of >information: definition of 'research library' according to ALA >Glossary of LIS. Even after four days from the date of request, we >have failed to meet this request. I am sure that this book would be >available in several Indian university libraries. Had Indian university >librarians participated actively in the LIS-Forum, we would not have >faced this situation. > >All this reminds me of Dr Lahiri's anguish on lack of professionalism >and standards which he expressed so eloquently in one of the last >issues of Information Today & Tomorrow. There were many heated >arguments on Dr Lahiri's views. Prof E. Ram Reddy wrapped up the >whole discussion with a statement underlying the urgent need that >we all LIS professionals should do something concrete to improve >the situation. > >Even after five decades of attaining Independence and after >spending hundreds of crores on variety of LIS networks in India, we >do not have proper mechanism in place to find out from a single >window where a particular book/journal/information is available in >which Indian library. If we can't provide this basic service, does it >bring any glory to our profession among the public? The >infrastructure has failed us. Its high time for the LIS professionals to >turn proactive and reach out the public and meet their information >requirements in alternative ways. > >I think it is high time for LIS professionals to offer a FREE >reference service where any member of the public would be >welcome to post his problem/query and he would receive reply from >Indian librarians. To do this effectively, we need to ensure >participation of all university librarians, all Heads of Departments of >LIS (or any faculty member of DLISs specialising in reference >service) and librarians of State Central Libraries/District Central >Libraries throughout India. I think that LIS-FORUM may consider >expanding its mandate to provide this type of service. There is no >point in limiting ourselves to just LIS issues/concerns. What could >more sacred and professional that meeting the information >requirement of a needy user? Alternatively, we can start a national >level "ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" internet-based reference service. > >Suppose a reader walks into our library and requests for a >document/book/journal. If it is not available in our library, are we in a >position to tell him within 24 hours at least where it is available in >another Indian library? If we have a service like ASK >YOURLIBRARIAN, the user would just post the query/problem he is >facing and he would receive replies from all the libraries which have >that document. ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN can also provide >community information services at the national level. If a member of >public has some query relating to his day to day life >(education/health/employment/agriculture, etc.,), he would just post >his query to ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN and the librarians having that >information would reply to that query immediately. This single >window service would automatically solve the problem of the user: >whom should I contact for this information? > >I look forward to reactions from all members of the LIS-Forum. We >shoud take up strategic initiatives in this area to redeem our >professional glory. > >Regards >T.V. Prafulla Chandra >Senior Editor > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > NISC Export Services Pvt. 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RE: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:57:45 +0530 From: "Natarajan, Charumathy" <charu(a)ti.com> Hi, Why don't you check the following url for your need? http://www.sspindia.com Regards, Charumathy, Librarian Texas Instruments India Golf View Homes, Wind Tunnel Road Bangalore 560017 -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] food processing related info.

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impact factor
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:03:06 +0530 From: Shivendra Singh <shivendra(a)niper.ac.in> Dear Sir/colleagues, I would like to know the impact factor of following journals for the = year of 2002. I would appreciate if someone can send me. Thanks and Regards, Shivendra Singh Electronic Information Retrieval System National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Sector-67, SAS Nagar (Mohali) - 160062 Phone: 9815526163 http://sshivendra.tripod.com

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internet library for librarians
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:41:06 +0530 From: ramshirish mamidala <ramshirish(a)hotmail.com> Respected all, Here is an interesting website about library science resources. Here we will find internet resources related to our profession. It provides more than 3000 resources. http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/ regrards M.RAMSHIRISH,( ADIS Student) Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V.College PO, Bangalore 560 059 phone:080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002 Ext:495(ABC Lab) email:ramshirish@hotmail.com ram(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Free HTML editor
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Biswanath Dutta <dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, AceHTML, experience this powerful free HTML editor which comes fully-packed with outstanding features. Although completely free, its collection of solid tools helps novices and professional webmasters build websites with speed, ease and convenience. AceHTML 6 Key Features 1. HTML Syntax Checker 2. International Alphabet Support 3. Windows XP Compatibility 4. Code Explorer 5. 175 predefined DHTML and JavaScript codes 6. Powerful Style Sheet Editor HTML editors are our bread and butter, but AceHTML gave us cake! So to download go, http://freeware.acehtml.com/ With Regards Biswanath Dutta Librarian The Institute for Technology and Management Hulimavu, Behind Meenakshi Temple Baneerghatta Road Bangalore- 560076 e-mail: dutta_d2001(a)yahoo.com Hello: (080)-6585737

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Re: [Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets -More Info (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:26:41 +0530 From: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear Madam: The IMF website has World Economic Outlook document available freely. It is a lengthy document with many statistical tables. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2003/02/index.htm There's another document titled Financial Soundness Indicators available freely at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/fsi/eng/2003/051403bp.pdf My knowledge of Economics is zero. May be if someone with Economics background researches these documents, he may get hold of the data you are searching. Thanks T.V. Prafulla Chandra Date sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:13:31 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets > > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:37:28 +0100 (BST) > From: Anagha Agharkar <anaghaagharkar(a)yahoo.co.in> > > Hello, > I need the Non Performing Loans (also called Non > Performing Assets) for various emerging makerts > such as China, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, > Malaysia etc. for the past 10 years. > > Can anyone tell me where to source this information > from? Is there any publication which covers this > information? > > Thanks and best regards, > Anagha Agharkar > Librarian > ICICI Securities Ltd. > 41/44 Minoo Desai Marg, > Colaba, Mumbai - 5 > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Ask Your Librarian service
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Dear Friends: It is rather sad that one of our professional colleagues Shri M Vijayakumar should repeatedly request for a simple piece of information: definition of 'research library' according to ALA Glossary of LIS. Even after four days from the date of request, we have failed to meet this request. I am sure that this book would be available in several Indian university libraries. Had Indian university librarians participated actively in the LIS-Forum, we would not have faced this situation. All this reminds me of Dr Lahiri's anguish on lack of professionalism and standards which he expressed so eloquently in one of the last issues of Information Today & Tomorrow. There were many heated arguments on Dr Lahiri's views. Prof E. Ram Reddy wrapped up the whole discussion with a statement underlying the urgent need that we all LIS professionals should do something concrete to improve the situation. Even after five decades of attaining Independence and after spending hundreds of crores on variety of LIS networks in India, we do not have proper mechanism in place to find out from a single window where a particular book/journal/information is available in which Indian library. If we can't provide this basic service, does it bring any glory to our profession among the public? The infrastructure has failed us. Its high time for the LIS professionals to turn proactive and reach out the public and meet their information requirements in alternative ways. I think it is high time for LIS professionals to offer a FREE reference service where any member of the public would be welcome to post his problem/query and he would receive reply from Indian librarians. To do this effectively, we need to ensure participation of all university librarians, all Heads of Departments of LIS (or any faculty member of DLISs specialising in reference service) and librarians of State Central Libraries/District Central Libraries throughout India. I think that LIS-FORUM may consider expanding its mandate to provide this type of service. There is no point in limiting ourselves to just LIS issues/concerns. What could more sacred and professional that meeting the information requirement of a needy user? Alternatively, we can start a national level "ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN" internet-based reference service. Suppose a reader walks into our library and requests for a document/book/journal. If it is not available in our library, are we in a position to tell him within 24 hours at least where it is available in another Indian library? If we have a service like ASK YOURLIBRARIAN, the user would just post the query/problem he is facing and he would receive replies from all the libraries which have that document. ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN can also provide community information services at the national level. If a member of public has some query relating to his day to day life (education/health/employment/agriculture, etc.,), he would just post his query to ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN and the librarians having that information would reply to that query immediately. This single window service would automatically solve the problem of the user: whom should I contact for this information? I look forward to reactions from all members of the LIS-Forum. We shoud take up strategic initiatives in this area to redeem our professional glory. Regards T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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RLG's Union Catalog Available on the Open Web
by Madhuresh 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Dear Friends, I would like to share the following information with all of you. Research Libraries Group (RLG, http://www.rlg.org) builder of one of the world's largest union catalogs of merged library holdings, has opened a Web-based version of its file to all users of the Web, called as RedLightGreen (http://www.redlightgreen.com) The union catalog contains bibliographic records of holdings from all RLG's 160 member libraries, some of them among the largest. Currently, the collection of records from libraries, archives, and museums includes over 130 million holdings for some 42 million titles. RLG expects to make the file available to the public free through most of 2004, while it develops and implements a business model. Created over the course of 23 years, the massive union catalog covers books, serials, maps, films, recordings, archives, manuscripts, computer files, and more, from 300 countries in over 370 languages. RedLightGreen went live on Sept. 22. Records connect to library holdings and even supply local call numbers. RLG began the project of bringing the catalog to the Web in 2002 using an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant. Besides serving to locate valuable resources and verify citations, RedLightGreen also provides links beyond those of traditional catalogs and can even output citations in different standard bibliographic formats, i.e., APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago. Users can also e-mail results, purchase books or CD-ROMs, locate the nearest library owning the title, and even find online versions in some cases. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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food processing related info.
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:09:40 +0530 From: j sharma <jsharma(a)niilm.com> Dear Colleagues I am looking for information on following topics. I shall be thankful if any one of you could help me in locating or by sending the material. 1. Food processing industry in India 2. Need of food processing education in India 3. Human resources requirement in food processing industry 4. Marketing strategies for food processing industry Regards Jitender Sharma Librarian NIILM UNIVERSITY B-II/66, MCIE, Sher Shah Suri Marg Badarpur, New Delhi - 110044 Tel: 91-011-26941529/39, 26973143 (Dir.) Fax: 91-011-26948212 E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharma(a)hotmail.com

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Fwd: Re: an important document for librarians
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

--- ALAN HOPKINSON <A.Hopkinson(a)mdx.ac.uk> wrote: > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:44:28 +0000 (GMT) > From: ALAN HOPKINSON <A.Hopkinson(a)mdx.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: an important document for librarians > To: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> > > Dear Professor Laxman > > Thank you for your seasonal greetings. Also thank you for > the useful > websites. > > I have found a very useful e-booklet on metadata which > you and your > colleagues must surely find very useful. It is on the > American NISO > website (they develop the standards for US library > sector). > > The URL is at > > http://www.niso.org/news/Metadata_simpler.pdf > > Best wishes > > Alan Hopkinson > > > ================================================================= > Alan Hopkinson Email:a.hopkinson@mdx.ac.uk > Head of Library Systems Phone: 0208 411 5238 > Middlesex University FAX : 0208 411 5163 > Bounds Green Road Mobile: 07765 > 230260 > LONDON N11 2NQ > ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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