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rsearch library definition
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:50:41 +0100 (BST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear professionals, Can any one of you tell me the definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. It would be most helpfull for my research. waiting for your kind help Vijayakumar M ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Post your profile.

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books on UK Pension
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:09:28 +0530 From: Saroj Karle <saroj.karle(a)patni.com> Hello, Id like to know from where I can get these books in India. I tried with many of the book suppliers in Mumbai. Kindly let me know ASAP. 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

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Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

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

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JCDL-2004-Call for Papers
by Shalini Urs 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Call for Papers: JCDL 2004 ========================== Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2004 Global Reach and Diverse Impact June 7-11, 2004 Tucson, Arizona, USA http://www.jcdl2004.org/ Jointly sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web (ACM SIGWEB) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) In cooperation with The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Coalition for Networked Information DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; implementation; interface design; human- computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, electrical engineering, information science, information systems, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practices, technology, education, medicine, intelligence analysis, social sciences, and humanities. All domains - academia, government, industry, and others - are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees. CONFERENCE THEME: GLOBAL REACH AND DIVERSE IMPACT In addition to the listed digital library research topics, JCDL 2004 encourages submission of papers that illustrate digital library's global reach and diverse impact. Examples include (but are not limited to): major national or cross-regional digital library projects; case studies exemplifying successful international collaboration and impact; innovative cultural preservation and dissemination projects aimed at preserving unique and indigenous knowledge; the development and use of digital library technologies for national (and international) security; digital library research for intelligence and security informatics; digital library techniques, content, and services based on cyberinfrastructure; digital library research for enhancing e-learning and education; and other novel and high- impact digital library projects. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- January 15, 2004: Full papers, panel, and tutorial proposals due February 10, 2004: Short papers, posters, proposals for workshops and demonstrations due March 31, 2004: Final submissions due PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site, following ACM format guidelines and using the template provided (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html) Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. The conference will award the Vannevar Bush Award to the best full paper. PANELS, POSTERS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------------------- Panels and posters provide opportunities to present work-in-progress, late- breaking results, or other efforts that would benefit from discussion with the community. Successful panel proposals should involve a controversial or emerging topic and articulate and entertaining panelists. Panel proposals must consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract explaining the topic and goals of the session along with a list of titles of individual presentations and/or viewpoints and contact information for the organizer, moderator, and panelists. Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of panels and posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations will allow attendees to have first-hand views of innovative digital libraries technology and applications and to talk informally with system developers and researchers. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site. TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS ----------------------- Proposals for tutorials and workshops are also solicited. Tutorials are intended to present a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals should be emailed directly to the tutorial chair. For further information please contact the tutorial chair. Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest in a new or emerging issue and provide a forum for discussion and exploration. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience; a description of the planned format, duration (half- or full- day), and expected number of attendees; information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals should be emailed directly to the workshop chair. For further information please contact the workshop chair. CONFERENCE LOCATION ------------------- JCDL 2004 will be held in Tucson, Arizona on June 7-11, 2003. Warmed by an abundance of desert sunshine, the meeting will be held in a rejuvenating resort environment inspired by the beauty of its pristine natural surroundings. Home to an amazing variety of birds, plants and wildlife, Tucson is an ideal choice for nature lovers, families, or those simply seeking a serene escape from daily pressures. It also is an inspiring setting for productive professional meetings. Outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and swimming, plus golf nearby. Weather in early June in Tucson is warm, but comfortable and pleasant. The Hilton El Conquistado will be the JCDL 2004 conference hotel. It is a 4-Star, 4-Diamond resort nested at the base of the Catalina Mountains. It features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views. There are additional 90 rooms (also Hilton) available nearby for overflow guests. This hotel has a spacious, open lobby that is perfect for networking. Many activities including horseback riding, jeep tours, and bicycle rentals, are available on site. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, hchen(a)eller.arizona.edu Howard Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University, wactlar(a)cmu.edu Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College, chingchih.chen(a)simmons.edu Program Co-Chairs: Mike Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, christel(a)cs.cmu.edu Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, aseplim(a)ntu.edu.sg Treasurer: Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, zeng(a)eller.arizona.edu Tutorial Chair: Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, assfoo(a)ntu.edu.sg Workshop Chair: Hsueh-hua Chen, National Taiwan University, sherry(a)ccms.ntu.edu.tw Panel Chair: Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University, giles(a)ist.psu.edu Poster and Demo Chair: Christopher Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, yang(a)se.cuhk.edu.hk Publicity Co-Chairs: Stuart Weibel, OCLC, weibel(a)oclc.org Su-shing Chen, University of Florida, suchen(a)cise.ufl.edu Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru(a)eller.arizona.edu Sponsorship Co-Chairs: Kurt Fenstermacher, University of Arizona, kurtf(a)eller.arizona.edu Edward A. Fox, Virginia Institute of Technology, fox(a)vt.edu Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: Kathy Larson, University of Arizona, larsonca(a)u.library.arizona.edu Jeanett McCray, University of Arizona, mccray(a)ahsl.arizona.edu Student Volunteer Coordinator: Byron Marshall, University of Arizona, byronm(a)eller.arizona.edu PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Ghaleb Abdulla, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert M. Akscyn, Knowledge Systems Robert B. Allen, University of Maryland William Arms, Cornell University Thomas Baker, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University Ann Blandford, University College of London, UK José Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles Donatella Castelli, Italian National Research Council, Italy Chao-chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Zhaoneng Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Key-Sun Choi, KAIST, Korea Gobinda Chowdhury, University of Strathclyde, UK Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress Susan Dumais, Microsoft Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech Amy Friedlander, Council on Library and Information Resources Norbert Fuhr, University of Dortmund, Germany Dave Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University C. Lee Giles, Penn State University Geneva Henry, Rice University William Hersh, Oregon Health & Science University Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for Information Technology R&D, USA Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Judith Klavans, Columbia University Traugott Koch, Netlab, Lund University, Sweden Don Kraft, Louisiana State University Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Ray Larson, University of California, Berkeley John Leggett, Texas A&M University David Levy, University of Washington Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Cathy Marshall, Microsoft Corporation Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine, USA Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center Sung Hyun Myaeng, Information & Communications University (ICU), Korea Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University Erich Neuhold, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, The Netherlands T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science, India Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum and Library Services Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Alfredo Sanchez, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico Frank M. Shipman, Texas A&M University Ingeborg Sølvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Costantino Thanos, CNR-ISTI, Italy Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, India Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Nancy Van House, University of California, Berkeley Stuart Weibel, OCLC Office of Research Rebecca Wesley, Stanford University Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jianzhong Wu, Shanghai Library, China Jerome Yen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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internet library for librarians
by ramshirish mamidala 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

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Fwd: Governor General of Canada Merit Award
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

Dear Professional friends, One of our fellow professionals Dr Venkateshwerlu (native of Tenali, andhra Pradesh) working at University of Windsor, got the Governor General of Canada Award for his contributions and distinguished service both with in and outside Canada. It is a matter of pride to all Indian professionals. On behalf of the professionals from India, I congratulate Dr.Venkateshwerlu for his achievements. He had sponsored and managing a orphanage in Tenali for last two decades. Dr.Venkateshwerlu garu -- We are proud of u. We wish u many such awards and achievements. LAXMAN RAO Subject: Governor General of Canada Merit Award Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:04:47 -0400 > --------------------------------- Dear friends: I thought of sharing the news with friends who have known me and associated with me for many years. The Government of Canada has accorded me the national honour in the form of Governor General of Canada Merit Award.The award giving ceremony takes place in Ottawa in November. The award recognises the contributions I have made over the years both within Canada and abroad. Thank you. T.Venkateswarlu University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Canada ===== 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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locate the following book in any library or book vendors
by Mailing List Manager 10 Oct '03

10 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:32:27 +0100 (BST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, Kindly help me to locate the following book in any library or book vendors to purchae or reffer in the library itself. Developing an IT strategy for your library / by Alec Gallimore. London: Library Assoc. Pub., 1997 - ISBN: 1856042618 waiting for your kind reply Vijayakumar M Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/

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definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science.
by vijaya kumara 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Dear professionals, Can any one of you tell me the definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. It would be most helpfull for my research. waiting for your kind help Vijayakumar M ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.Post your profile.

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Required Directory of Top 10 USA MIS colleges
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:27:42 +0530 From: A. B. Naikal <naikal(a)mahindrabt.com> Dear Professionals colleagues, Please let me know some online resources or directory to find out information about following matter. Ranking of colleges offering MIS( Management in information systems) course. (top 50 colleges in USA) With thanks and regards Naikal *********************************** Appasaheb Naikal Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd Oberoi Estate Gardens Wing-1, Near Chandivali Studio Andhri-East, Mumbai-400072 Tel: 91-22-5679 2000 Ext. 7438 Cell: 9820524320

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FREE ACCESS TO MIDDLE EASTERN & CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES DATABASE
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><smaller><smaller>Dear Professional Colleagues: Heres a news item from NISC of potential interest to librarians and information specialists. ________________________________________________________________________ NISC is offering FREE access to the <bold>Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies Database containing 3 lakh plus citations</bold> for the entire month of October 2003. Kindly bring this information to the notice of your faculty, researchers and students. To register, please visit NISCs website at www.nisc.com and click on the MECAS link located at the top of the home page. <bold>About the database: </bold>MECAS is a systematic, and non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Over 12,000 records of recently published & "grey" literature are added annually. Coverage includes the following fields: <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>political affairs & law </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>international relations </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>economic affairs: business & industry </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>cultural heritage, arts & humanities </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>society & social welfare </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>ethnic diversity & anthropology </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>significant religious events & movements </paraindent> <paraindent><param>out</param><FontFamily><param>Symbol</param>· <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>recent history (1900 - present) & archaeology</paraindent> Hundreds of links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are now available. __________________________________________________________________________ Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Need Information regarding RFID.
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Mr Babu, As far as I know, University of Hyderabad has a package VTLS [supplied by VTLS Software P Limited, B219 Sector 26, Noida, 201301 (UP)Phone: (91)(118) 2454 4235email: vtls(a)vsnl.net] capable of handling RFID tags for identifying/locating books. This technology has not been implemented. Dr Arora (now in IIT Delhi, sometimeback in IIT Bombay) was inquiring about RFID -- do not know if he has implemented anything. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu H [mailto:rajendra.babu@gistglobal.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID. Importance: High 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, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Libraries: How they stack up
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:45:03 +0530 From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> Dear Friends, One out of every six people in the world is a registered library user. Five times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend U.S. professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey games combined. Libraries hold 16 billion volumes worldwide-that's about 2.5 items for each person on earth. 1 million libraries worldwide. Total number of librarians worldwide: 690,000. If you are interested in above statistical data, this OCLC report - Libraries: How they stack up, is for you. This report provides a snapshot of the economic impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons of library economics and activities to other sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy. To access the report, just follow the URL http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com

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Need Information regarding RFID.
by Rajendra Babu H 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

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, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com

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Any digital libraries available in India
by ktrasu＠mypersonalemail.com 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear Professionals, I would like to know any libraries are converted into digital library in India and what are the initiatives taken up till to-day. If anybody knows, let me reply sir, if reply I grateful to you sir. thanking you k.thangarasu KANDASAMY THANGARASU Senior Documentation Asst CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSITUTE Adyar, CHENNAI - 600 020, INDIA Phone: + 91 44 24911389,24911386 Ext 216 (O) + 91 44 22530118 (R) email: ktrasu(a)mypersonalemail.com url: www.geocities.com/ktrasu/Index.html Register YourName(a)MyPersonalEmail.com Today ! http://www.MyPersonalEmail.com Free Email for a Global Community.

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medIND is Already Open Access
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear Friends There were few email on Open Access. We at NIC have already put 20 Biomedical Journals On-line at http://medind.nic.in . The project is called medIND and is already under open access policy. There is no charge for users to access it, infact there is no user authentication as such. Two more journals would be added soon. Spread the message!!!. [It is different from the bibliographic, IndMED, http://indmed.nic.in] Regards Sukhdev Singh __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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A Vacancy
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:33:46 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> A suitable candidate is required as the INFORMATION SPECIALIST for the large Indian business house based at Mumbai.. The job focus will be on developing and nurturing the Information Centre having chemistry, chemical technology and engineering as its core theme areas. The centre will have a modern, state-of-the-art Information acquisition/dissemination facility comprising of internal and external data sources. The candidate should have atleast a Masters degree in Library and Information Science with basic degree in sciences. Proficiency in Information Technology will be a pre-requisite. The compensation package will be good enough to attract best talent. Kindly e-mail your CV, mentioning the current and expected salary to : mamankad(a)hotmail.com 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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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 05:16:15 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Friends, It is the article that really matters not the journal Just read an interesting debate in Biomedcentral Open Access Forum regarding open access by Dr. Etienne Joly, an immunologist from Toulouse, France, who included a proposal for a new system of evaluating the impact of a scientific article and the use of such evaluation to determine the amount the author pays in publishing charges. Full correspondence is at the following site http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/forum/?letter=20030722ej Happy reading Bukhari

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Open Access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: 3 Oct 2003 04:35:19 -0000 From: afsar bukhari <bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com> Apologies for cross posting, if any, Wellcome support for open access! UK based charity Wellcome Trust has announced its support to fund authors for publishing in Open Access Journals. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031001/03/ Has also released a report ^ÓAn Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing^Ô http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubrepeas.html The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide its investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access dissemination fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt similar policies. ^ÓWith two pre-eminent funding bodies now offering significant support, and promising to cover publication charges, it is clear that open access publishing is set to become the way of the future." In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Seems we are heading in the right direction! Happy reading Warm regards Bukhari

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Wellcome Trust statement on open access
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:01:04 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Forwarding from the Wellcome Trust. This position statement is now online at the WT site, http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtvispolpub.html Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] A position statement by the Wellcome Trust in support of open access publishing The mission of the Wellcome Trust is to "foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health." The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed journals. The Trust has a fundamental interest in ensuring that neither the terms struck with researchers, nor the marketing and distribution strategies used by publishers (whether commercial, not-for-profit or academic) adversely affect the availability and accessibility of this material. With recent advances in Internet publishing, the Trust is aware that there are a number of new models for the publication of research results and will encourage initiatives that broaden the range of opportunities for quality research to be widely disseminated and freely accessed. The Wellcome Trust therefore supports open and unrestricted access to the published output of research, including the open access model (defined below), as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible. Specifically, the Trust: · welcomes the establishment of free-access, high-quality scientific journals available via the Internet; · will encourage and support the formation of such journals and/or free-access repositories for research papers; · will meet the cost of publication charges including those for online-only journals for Trust-funded research by permitting Trust researchers to use contingency funds for this purpose; · encourages researchers to maximize the opportunities to make their results available for free and, where possible, retain their copyright, as recommended by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science, and similar frameworks; · affirms the principle that it is the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of the journal in which a researcher's work is published, that should be considered in funding decisions and awarding grants. As part of its corporate planning process, the Trust will continue to keep this policy under review. Definition of open access publication1 An open access publication is one that meets the following two conditions: 1. The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual (for the lifetime of the applicable copyright) right of access to, and a licence to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship2, as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use. 2. A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving (for the biomedical sciences, PubMed Central is such a repository). Notes: 1. An open access publication is a property of individual works, not necessarily of journals or of publishers. 2. Community standards, rather than copyright law, will continue to provide the mechanism for enforcement of proper attribution and responsible use of the published work, as they do now. The definition of open access publication used in this position statement is based on the definition arrived at by delegates who attended a meeting on open access publishing convened by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in July 2003.

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The History of Media Librarianship: A Chronology
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:23:28 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> From: madhav rao <madhavdkj_vsnp(a)yahoo.co.in> > Before media centers could be established, non-print > technological instructional aids had to be developed. > > Before libraries could be established, "books" had to > be written. > > But before books could be written man had to learn how > to write. > > Thus the beginnings of today's library media centers > must be traced back to the earliest beginnings of > writing more than 5,000 years ago.' > > -------Amy R. Loucks-DiMatteo The following is a chronology of the history of media > librarianship. Although the term "media" includes both > print and non-print materials, this history primarily > explores the development of non-print materials. > > See the URL for more!! > > http://www.sis.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/Syllabi/519Complete/readings/his… edialib.html > > Regards > A. Madhava Rao > Nexus Information Services Corporation > Secunderabad

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Library Automation/Technology Glossary
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:19:53 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Hello friends, i am sure u may be aware that one of the important website useful to the llibrarians is www.libraryhq.com u find very useful information in this website. for exmple the following thesaurus had been given in the same website. open the website and try to use it and get benefit. laxman rao Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html)

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Online Health Sites a Worldwide Worry
by Mailing List Manager 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:56:21 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: A number of people are using the net to find information on topics in which they are not experts. In fact I know of people who use this kind of searches on behalf of others and even charge fees for such 'data mining' sevices. One should be wary of such searches, indicates the following report from Australia. Sinclair, Jenny. "Online Health Sites a Worldwide Worry" The Sydney Morning Herald (16 September 2003) (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/15/1063478109311.html) - A study by a Melbourne researcher -- who is also a nurse and a communications consultant -- concluded that most health-oriented websites "failed to meet basic standards." Many are "commercially driven," the study found, and others are downright misleading. The study reviewed the top 100 sites returned by a Yahoo! search for breast cancer, diabetes and depression, and compared them to the Health On the Net Foundation's code of conduct. The biggest failing was the amount of unverified information found on 58 of the sites. Other issues: "user confidentiality, openness about sponsorship and, importantly, making sure that users treat the information as complementary to proper medical treatment, rather than replacing it." The study did find that there was plenty of good information out there, and that it is generally a good idea for people to have unfettered access to online health information. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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PubMed Central backfile project (fwd)
by Library 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Forwarded by 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: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:14:22 -0700 From: george(a)LIBRARY.CALTECH.EDU Reply-To: Electronic Resources in Libraries <ERIL-L(a)LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU> To: ERIL-L(a)LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU Subject: [ERIL-L] PubMed Central backfile project PubMed Central (PMC) has initiated a major archival scanning project in conjunction with several participating publishers <http://pubmedcentral.com/about/scanning.html>. NLM is committed to providing cover-to-cover images of the journal issues, back through volume 1 of all participating titles. American Society for Microbiology (10 journals) and BMJ Publishing Group (BMJ and specialist journals; 21 titles) are the two largest publisher blocs. PNAS backfiles will apparently be created independently from the versions in JSTOR. PNAS is already the most heavily used title by Caltech from PMC, by more than an order of magnitude. With an additional 75 years of backfile becoming available, unfettered by IP-ranges or usernames & passwords, many grad students and faculty, working at home or on the road, will find PNAS via PMC to be an indispensable adjunct to their research. George S. Porter Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science Caltech, 1-43 Pasadena, CA 91125-4300 Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681

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Fwd: Re: On the Need to Take Both Roads to Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

>From Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk>: > There will be an Open Access conference October > 20-22 in Berlin. Below > is a URL for the conference, followed by the > abstract of my own paper > (to be given in session 4.3): > > OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCIENCES AND > HUMANITIES > (organized by the Max Planck Society in > association with ECHO) > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin1.htm > > http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/index.htm > October 20 - 22, 2003, Berlin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My own paper will be entitled: > > On the Need to Support Both Open-Access > Strategies: > Open-Access Publishing (P) and Open-Access > Self-Archiving (S) > > Stevan Harnad > > ABSTRACT: It has taken a very long time for the > research community > to at last awaken to the importance of, the need > for, and the > attainability of toll-free online access to the > full text of all > peer-reviewed research articles for all > researchers ("open > access"). There are two roads to open access: > (P) Open-Access > Publishing and (S) Open-Access Self-Archiving. > It would be a great > pity, and a great loss for open-access and > research impact, if > today's long-overdue open-access initiatives > were now to be focused > exclusively, or even primarily, on Open-Access > Publishing (P), which > may be the easier concept to understand, but is > the slower, more > indirect and more uncertain of the two means of > attaining open access > today. Open-access publishing requires 3 steps: > > (P1) creating or converting 23,500 > open-access journals (there > are only 500 open-access journals today, and > 23,500 toll-access > journals), > > (P2) finding a means of covering open-access > publication costs > (varying from <$500 to >$1500 per article), > and > > (P3) persuading the authors of each of the > 2,500,000 refereed > research articles published annually to > publish them in these > 23,500 new open-access journals instead of > in the 23,500 > established toll-access journals. > > Open-access self-archiving requires only one > step: > > (S1) persuading the authors of each of the > annual 2,500,000 > refereed research articles to self-archive > them in addition to > publishing them in the established 23,500 > toll-access journals. > > As 55% of the established journals already > support self-archiving > (and many more will agree if asked), > > http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%2… > > and as at least three times as many articles are > open-access today > because their authors have self-archived them > than because they > have been published in an open-access journal, > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/dual-strategy.ppt > > it is undeniable that self-archiving is the > faster, more direct, > and more certain of the two means of attaining > open-access > today. Moreover, self-archiving is probably also > the single most > powerful means of hastening us all toward the > era of universal > open-access publishing! The optimal joint > open-access strategy that > the Berlin Declaration should accordingly > support and promote is > that all researchers should: > > (P) publish in an open-access journal today > wherever a suitable > open-access journal is available today; > > and > > (S) wherever a suitable open-access journal > is not available > today, publish in a toll-access journal but > also self-archive > the article in your institutional > open-access archive today. > > Fully support both open-access publishing (P) > and open-access > self-archiving (S). > > Harnad, S. (2003) Electronic Preprints and > Postprints. Encyclopedia of > Library and Information Science Marcel Dekker, Inc. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/eprints.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Online Archives for Peer-Reviewed > Journal > Publications. International Encyclopedia of Library > and Information > Science. John Feather & Paul Sturges (eds). > Routledge. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/archives.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Self-Archive Unto Others as Ye > Would Have Them > Self-Archive Unto You. > The Australian Higher Education Supplement. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/unto-others.html > > Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. & Oppenheim, C. > (2003) Mandated online > RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives: > Improving the UK Research Assessment Exercise whilst > making it cheaper > and easier. Ariadne. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/Ariadne-RAE.htm > > Harnad, S. (2003) Maximising Research Impact Through > Self-Archiving. > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/che.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Stevan Harnad > Chaire de Recherche du Canada > Centre de Neuroscience de la Cognition (CNC) > Universite du Quebec a Montreal > Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3P8 > tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# > fax: 1-514-987-8952 > harnad(a)uqam.ca > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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Wellcome to fund publication in open-access journals
by Krishnan 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

>From NATURE (Oct 2nd issue) Wellcome to fund publication in open-access journals DECLAN BUTLER [PARIS] One of the world's largest research charities, the UK-based Wellcome Trust, has lent its support to calls for 'open access' to the scientific literature. A report to be released by Wellcome this week — An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing — says that the current system of thousands of subscription journals "does not operate in the interests of scientists and the public, but is instead dominated by a commercial market intent on improving its market position". In the report, the trust announces that it will allow scientists that it funds to use their grants to pay author charges required by open-access journals. In a separate statement, the trust also pledged its support for online journals, such as those of the Public Library of Science (PLoS), which will test alternatives to the 'reader pays' model of most research journals, which charge readers or libraries for subscriptions. Such open-access journals aim to transfer all publishing costs up front as a 'dissemination' fee paid by authors or their institutions, with papers then being made available free online. "As a funder of research, we are committed to ensuring that the results of the science we fund are disseminated widely and are freely available to all," says Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust. "Unfortunately, the distribution strategies currently used by publishers prevent this." One of the obstacles to adoption of the alternative models may be scientists' reluctance or inability to pay dissemination fees — often around $1,500 — when they can publish for free in subscription journals. By endorsing the use of its research grants to pay such fees, the trust is supporting the idea that publication costs should generally be included as part of overheads on research spending. The US-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute has already agreed to provide its investigators with up to $3,000 each in 2004 to cover open-access dissemination fees. In its report, Wellcome calls on other funding bodies to adopt similar policies. "The fundamental point is that as a research funder we have to question whether it is right that we, and others, are in the position of having to pay to read the results of the research that we fund," says Walport. Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:krish@ems.ncl.res.in"krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in HYPERLINK "http://www.ncl-india.org"http://www.ncl-india.org Tel: 020-5893457; Fax: 020-5893973 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 9/23/2003

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