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Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, University Librarian, Anna University, Chennai
by sankaran arumugam 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear All, Our friend Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy has taken charge as University Librarian of Anna University (Chennai), one of the leading Technical University in India on Dec. 20, 2007. Earlier, he was the Deputy Librarian of The Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, Chennai, taking care of the Virtual Library, digitization, etc. He has done his research work under the guidance of Dr. A. Amudhavalli, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras. Dr. Krishnamoorthy has nearly 20 years experience in LIS field. He is an active member of several associations, and also former Treasurer of Madras Library Association. Let us wish him all success in his new job. WISH YOU ALL 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' Sankaran A --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Hindu News paper highlights Mysore University Library
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:52:43 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends, The Hindu News paper highlights the Mysore University Library Website. You can access this information from the URL: http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/19/stories/2007121952619300.htm With Regards, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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save british libraries
by thushanth tl 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

*Save British council libraries* ** ** British council has decided to close British libraries at Bhopal and Trivandrum by the end of February, 2008. It is shocking news for the library patrons. They have asked employees to take VRS or transfer. If this trend continues it will affect British libraries all over India. As library professionals we must do something to stop it. I invite every one in the forum to have a discussion on it and suggest some ways to stop it. Please sign the petition at the below link http://www.petitiononline.com/bcl64lib/petition.html Below are the links to some news regarding the closure http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shutters-to-fall-for-british-councils-libraries… http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=91074 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/004200712181710.htm http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/24/stories/2007122454720300.htm Please visit the following websites http://www.saveourbritishlibrary.org/ http://savebclbhopal.blogspot.com/ Thushanth T L Librarian ICFAI Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eGranthalaya Ver 3.0 Workshop , 9-11 January 2008 at NIC Bangalore
by Veena 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

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Mysore University Library Website
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:13:51 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Best wishes for New Year. On behalf of University Librarian and Staff of Mysore University Library, I am happy to inform you that, we have launched our Library Website on the Internet. You may access the same through the following URL:http://mul.uni-mysore.ac.in Most of the links, like online journals, open access are connected. One can also access the UGC-Info net online access journals. Prof P.Ishwar Bhat, Acting Vice Chancellor Inaugurated the virtual Zone, and he said "It is a big leap by the University library for having launched its own website. Students, research scholars and lecturers will be benefited through this website", he was speaking after inaugurating the virtual zone of Mysore University Library. The launch of this website will help many students in their research, information gathered such websites will be of great use to the students and the teaching faculty. Students should use more the facility in their endeavor towards success�, he added. On this occasion the University library website was inaugurated by journalist, Rajashekar Koti. Inaugurating the website, he said, "The Library is like a brain to any university or institution. University grant commission has been granting crores for the development of libraries in various universities".Mysore University Registrar B.G .Hosmat, I.F.S, launched the Data Base and University Finance Officer M.K.Sannaswamy released the "Outline of Library Website and Database" on this occasion. Your suggestions are most valuable to us. Thanking You, Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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What is the status of Children Libraries in India?
by Aman Jha 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear Forum Members I am writing a status paper on Children Libraries in India. Grateful if you could provide me useful information (statistics, legal status, NGOs/private initiatives, central/state govt. initiatives, public library status) on this. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World newspapers just at the touch of a button
by Mukesh Anand 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear Members', World newspapers just at the touch of a button / Kannal Achuthan (A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions via satellite transmission) CHENNAI: International tourists and frequent business travellers who seek the familiarity of reading their hometown newspapers in print can now do so right in Chennai. Thanks to satellite technology, about 200 newspapers from 55 countries in 32 languages are available at the touch of a button on a vending kiosk. "At present, our main customers are star hotels who buy foreign newspapers for their guests," said K. Ramasundaram, a resident of Chetpet, who runs the enterprise. The technology is offered by a Dutch firm. How it works A satellite newspaper kiosk is a fully automated unit that receives the latest editions of a network of newspapers via satellite transmission. A copy is printed on demand. Some of the newspapers in the network include USA Today (USA), The Observer (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain) and Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia) and Sports Nippon (Japan). "The price is about $ 5 (Rs. 240) a copy. The vending machine prints the copy within three minutes of a customer's request," said Mr. Ramasundaram. The copies are tabloid-sized and available in black-and-white format. Colour printing is to be soon available. Mr. Ramasundaram said his regular customers including Swiss guests residing in the Taj liked to read the print versions of newspapers from their countries on the same day of publication. Once the idea becomes popular, the vending machines can be installed in malls, airports and other public places where customers can print their own copies and pay by credit card, Mr. Ramasundaram said. The satellite newspaper service in Chennai can be reached at 28363447. Online Access :- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007122858120300.h… Print Access :-The Hindu dated 28th Dec., ' 07 (Friday) Page # 3 (Chennai City Edition) Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for journal article
by M KOTESWARA RAO 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear colleagues, One of our faculty member wanted an article from the following journal, which is not available in our library. We would appreciate it if anyone can kindly send a xerox copy of the same to us at the earliest. "The Great Sage in literary translation: Transformations for equivalent effect" By Di Jin (Source: BABEL Vol.35, No.3, 1989, pages 156-175) Dr. M Koteswara rao Librarian University of Hyderabad P.O. Central University Hyderabad-500 046 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"Content Management System"
by Smita Srinivasan 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Dear All, We are planning to implement a "Content Management System" to manage the content in our organisation. Please let me know of any good CMS application that we can use. Please also indicate its user-friendliness, cost, ease of implementation, if ready-to-use tutorials are available, size of content it can handle, number of users. etc. Kindly share your experiences with the same. Smita Srinivasan Information Executive QMed Knowledge Foundation Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright Law Violation
by Rajan 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Dear Ms Hena Gupta, The chapter XI of the Indian Copyright Act clearly indicates that a copyright is infringed when anyone distributes anything either for trade or in a way affecting prejudicially the owner of the copyright. Copyright protection has never been and cannot be applied rigidly to avoid hampering of progress in the society particularly in academic and research frontiers. A balance is always maintained between the interest of the creator and of the community while applying the law by the executive and judiciary. Most of the social purpose activities are exempted from the operation of the act. Research and private study are specifically among them. So there is no much to guard against any act which you are convinced as bonafide and can prove to be a non-commercial academic activity. The word distributes is not much important, but the resultant effect of the action of distribution is more important when somebody looks through the eyes of the law. The law is now being carefully looked upon as the copying is an easier task and digital world permits copying and distributing anything easier than ever before leading to so frequent violations. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message: Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:43:33 +0530 From: HENAG <HENAG(a)infosys.com> Subject: Re: [- Does it Violate Copyrights Laws Hello Ms Vasumathi, I need a clarification of your point number 3 below. You said librarian from a commercial organization can make copy of an article from a subscribed journal or library book for an employee of the same organization. However not allowed by the same or anyone else to get several copies of the said article or pages to distribute. Is there any line that we can draw between the word DISTRIBUTE and SERVE to the user of library? I am bit confused for the word fair use / single use, and I think specially when we librarians in a profit making organizations are concerned the copyright laws are not very transparently/ clearly expressed . It is somewhat vague or not thought of us while written them . If you have better way or explicitly written authorised document please name it , I would like to go through that . Best Regards Hena S Gupta ( Sr. Librarian) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET announces Workshop on KOHA, March 10-13, 2008
by Sangeeta Kaul 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

DELNET announces An Interactive Workshop on Koha An Open-Source Integrated Library System (ILS) : An ideal opportunity for Indian Libraries March 10-13, 2008 Venue : DELNET, New Delhi To DOWNLOAD e-Brochure click on the link below : www.delnet.nic.in/kohaws.pdf OR www.delnet.nic.in/kohaws.doc You are most welcome to write to us for details. With kind regards Sangeeta ______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011, 9810329992 (M) Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free email Search Tool From IBM
by Farooque Shaheen 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

IBM unveiled "smart" search software designed to help people find information buried in email. The software is powered by advanced algorithms that can interpret incomplete queries and find information such as phone numbers, people, meetings, presentations, documents, images, and more. Called IBM OmniFind Personal E-mail Search (IOPES), the semantic search tool is available at no charge on IBM alphaWorks. (www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/emailsearch) The email search tool is available as plug-ins for IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook. Common search concepts, such as dates, times, and phone numbers, are built into the software; additional search parameters, such as meeting requests or specific locations, can be defined and used on-the-fly without any programming expertise. Such user-defined concepts can be shared between individuals and can be used to build a more personalized search system. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=40490 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane International (India) Private Limited +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Submission - Re:Vacancy at Media Libray
by Mailing List Admin 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:10:37 +0530 From: anita(a)dnaindia.net DNA - Daily News & Analysis which launched in Mumbai in July 2005, is the fastest growing English newspaper in India. After Mumbai, Ahmedabad & Surat editions, DNA will be launching it's Pune edition soon. We are looking for a young and dynamic information professional(MLIS/BLIS) to join the Research, Archives & Syndication division of the company. The recruit would be based in Pune. Designation - Officer. Salary in the range of 12-13K per month CTC Those interested may please mail their CV to anita(a)dnaindia.net <mailto:anita@dnaindia.net> Anita Pujari General Manager DNA - Research, Archives & Syndication 91 22 39888888 Extn 451

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Request to send views to UGC Pay review committee
by Mailing List Admin 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Date: 27 Dec 2007 10:37:51 -0000 From: priya gopalkrishna kaimal <kaimalpriya29(a)rediffmail.com> � I request all the Librarians to respond for a common cause. We should be recoganised as teachers in terms of all the rules related to age of super annuation , Pay , Leave and the FIP programme, Facility for research , attending conference etc. So dear friends please put your views to http://www.ugc.ac.in/contact/ugcprc.html In UGC web site you can see pay review committe there you can submit your view . I hope all of you will join with me. Priya Pillai Libraian Bombay teachers Training College Priya R Pillai

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OCLC Launches Pilot Metadata Project
by Mailing List Admin 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:16:13 +0000 (GMT) From: noufal palliparamban <noufalkodur(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends, OCLC is going to launch Pilot Metadata Project. "It is crucial to the future of cataloging to find collaborative ways to take advantage of publisher ONIX metadata, and we must find efficient and centralized ways to store, enhance and normalize the metadata for the benefit of both library and publishing communities," said Renee Register, OCLC Global Product Manager for Cataloging and Metadata Services. "Librarians can and should participate in raising the quality of metadata in the marketplace, where we participate whenever we select and purchase materials." For full story: http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp… Noufal.P.P Assistant Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur --------------------------------- 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Special Lecture Invitation
by Mailing List Admin 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:19:24 +0530 From: Dr. Ramesh B <bramesha(a)hotmail.com> BANGALORE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Special Lecture Programme 2007-2008 Topic Skills Development for Library & Information Science (LIS) Professionals for Information/Knowledge Management By DR. A.L. MURTHY Director Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre Defence R & D Organisation, Ministry of Defence Metcalf House, DELHI - 110 054 Date & Time Venue 28th September 2007, 12.30 PM Dr. S. Radhakrishna Lecture Hall Dept. of Library & Information Science Sneha Bhavan building Jnanabharathi Campus Bangalore ALL ARE WELCOME Dr. T. D. Kemparaju Chairman Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore

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Supplying Journal Articles - Does it Violate Copyrights Laws
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Dear Dr Shukla and LIS-Forum Members I feel it is an interesting topic, therefore I have changed the subject of the discussion. The question is whether a Librarian violates Copyrights Laws if he supplies an Article to his user for personal use and research? This is perhaps accepted because here he is only working on behalf of the user. Also, so far Inter-Library Loans are concerned, there should not be any problem because no "copies" are made. Original Book / Journal is borrowed and given to user. Copyright Laws restricts only making copies of literary works. However, what happens when a librarian makes a copy and transmits over internet to requesting Librarian? Requesting librarian takes that digital copy, makes a print copy and hands over to its user, hoping that it would be used by its user for personal and research work. To me, it appears, there is a violation by the initiating librarian as he is not acting on behalf of his user. What others feel about this? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On 10/22/07, R.K.SHUKLA <milanramakant(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Though I agree with Mr. SukhdevSingh but I don,t agree with Ms Sen .It will > not be a violation of copyright if article is for personal use adnd research > . The demand for article shall be fulfilled by us if possible there is not > need of using the help of commercial services . commercial services should > be the last resort only. > r.k.shukla > librarian > DCE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gayathri sen > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:02 PM > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Demand for service > > > Dear friends, > > I completely agree with Mr. Sukhdev Singh's mail regarding mention of the > efforts made to get a particular information before it is posted in Lis- > Forum. > > Example- article requests should be tried with DELNET or other commercial > provoiders of DDS or write to publishers and make payment for it, so that > you will not violate copyright, and if it is nowhere available, then it > needs to be posted to forum, as a last resort. > > Though we know the deficiency of written communication skills of few, effort > should be made to present in a proper manner by the person who is posting. > The moderator may decide not to post such requests basically to maintain the > dignity of our profession. > > Gayathri Sen > PESIT > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > ________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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online catalogue
by saravanan 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Dear Friends and colleagues, Launching of the online catalogue of the documentary resources of the IFP (French Institute of Pondicherry) The IFP officially launched, on December 18, 2007, the online catalogue of its documentary resources, in the presence of the Minister for Education of the Government of Puducherry, the Consul General of France in Pondicherry and Chennai, and numerous invitees (researchers, librarians, members of cultural institutions, etc.). This catalogue, accessible on the Internet, contains the entire collection of books of the Institute (59000 documents in the domains of Indology, Social Sciences and Ecology) and allows to search and display, for the first time in India, records in Indian scripts (Sanskrit, Tamil etc.) and in Roman transliteration (for the books in Indology). It also enables to display the list of recent acquisitions made by the library. Access to the catalogue (from the WEB page of the Institute's library): http://www.ifpindia.org/-Library-.html Thanking you, with regards, Mr. G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : www.ifpindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Public Access Mandate Made Law (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Friends: The US President has mandated open access to all research papers resulting from NIH funds. Long ago six of the seven research councils in the UK have mandated OA for publicly funded research. The Wellcome Trust has also mandated OA for all research funded by it. When are we going to mandate OA for research funded by Indian taxpayers? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:17:35 -0500 > From: Jennifer McLennan <jennifer -- arl.org> > Subject: [ATA-MEMBERS] Public Access Mandate Made > Law > > Alliance for Taxpayer Access > www.taxpayeraccess.org > > For immediate release > December 26, 2007 > > Contact: > Jennifer McLennan > jennifer [at] arl [dot] org > (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 > > PUBLIC ACCESS MANDATE MADE LAW > President Bush signs omnibus appropriations bill, > including National Institutes of Health research > access provision > > Washington, D.C. December 26, 2007 President > Bush has signed into law > the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. > 2764), which includes a > provision directing the National Institutes of > Health (NIH) to provide the > public with open online access to findings from its > funded research. This is > the first time the U.S. government has mandated > public access to research > funded by a major agency. > > The provision directs the NIH to change its existing > Public Access Policy, > implemented as a voluntary measure in 2005, so that > participation is > required for agency-funded investigators. > Researchers will now be required > to deposit electronic copies of their peer-reviewed > manuscripts into the > National Library of Medicine¹s online archive, > PubMed Central. Full texts of > the articles will be publicly available and > searchable online in PubMed > Central no later than 12 months after publication in > a journal. > > "Facilitated access to new knowledge is key to the > rapid advancement of > science," said Harold Varmus, president of the > Memorial Sloan-Kettering > Cancer Center and Nobel Prize Winner. "The > tremendous benefits of broad, > unfettered access to information are already clear > from the Human Genome > Project, which has made its DNA sequences > immediately and freely available > to all via the Internet. Providing widespread > access, even with a one-year > delay, to the full text of research articles > supported by funds from all > institutes at the NIH will increase those benefits > dramatically." > > "Public access to publicly funded research > contributes directly to the > mission of higher education,² said David > Shulenburger, Vice President for > Academic Affairs at NASULGC (the National > Association of State Universities > and Land-Grant Colleges). ³Improved access will > enable universities to > maximize their own investment in research, and widen > the potential for > discovery as the results are more readily available > for others to build > upon.² > > ³Years of unrelenting commitment and dedication by > patient groups and our > allies in the research community have at last borne > fruit,² said Sharon > Terry, President and CEO of Genetic Alliance. ³We¹re > proud of Congress for > their unrelenting commitment to ensuring the success > of public access to > NIH-funded research. As patients, patient advocates, > and families, we look > forward to having expanded access to the research we > need.² > > ³Congress has just unlocked the taxpayers¹ $29 > billion investment in NIH,² > said Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC > (the Scholarly Publishing > and Academic Resources Coalition, a founding member > of the ATA). ³This > policy will directly improve the sharing of > scientific findings, the pace of > medical advances, and the rate of return on benefits > to the taxpayer." > > Joseph added, ³On behalf of the Alliance for > Taxpayer Access, I¹d like to > thank everyone who worked so hard over the past > several years to bring about > implementation of this much-needed policy.² > > For more information, and a timeline detailing the > evolution of the NIH > Public Access Policy beginning May 2004, visit the > ATA Web site at > http://www.taxpayeraccess.org. > > ### > > The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of > patient, academic, > research, and publishing organizations that supports > open public access to > the results of federally funded research. The > Alliance was formed in 2004 to > urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from > taxpayer-funded research > become fully accessible and available online at no > extra cost to the > American public. Details on the ATA may be found at > http://www.taxpayeraccess.org. > > > -- > Jennifer McLennan > Director of Communications > SPARC > (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources > Coalition) > http://www.arl.org/sparc > (202) 296-2296 ext 121 > jennifer -- arl.org > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MANLIBNET announcing the National Conference
by mahesh sati 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Professional, I take great pleasure that MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK (MANLIBNET) announcing the National Conference on "Business and Management Libraries: the Decade Ahead"on 4 to 6,February 2008 at ICSSR, New Delhi. I take this opportunity to extend warm invitation to practitioners, academicians, consultants, Scholars, Researchers, Professionals and students in Management and Library Science. Interested Professionals confirm their seat immediately.It is a golden opportunity for all Library Science professionals,Because it fulfill all requirement regarding modern Digital/Computerised library/management systems.And give maximum output in minimum charges.Please do confirm your seats. Thanks & Regards, Mahesh Chandra Sati BA,BLIS,MLIS,DCF,MA-Eco.(Pur.) Library Professional EMPI Business School New Delhi-110074 Mob.-9968349200 E-Mail-mahesh.sati(a)gmail.com jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences, January 9-18, 2008.
by Puttaraj Choukimath 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Friends, FYI: regards, Puttaraj. ______________ Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences. As a part of its ongoing programmes, MPISSR is organising a ten-day training workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences during January 9-18, 2008. The objective of this training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer system and its usages, the workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniques descriptive and inferential statistics using cross-tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by them. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free lodging and boarding. Duly filled applications should reach latest by November 15, 2007 to The Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain - 456 010; for inquiry, e-mail to dc_sah(a)yahoo.co.uk. Source: University News, Vol. 45 (43), Oct 22-28, 2007, pp.26-27. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congrats.. Dr Ramesh, Bangalore University
by suresh jange 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Dear Library Professionals, I on behalf of the Library professionals in the country wish to congratulate Dr. Ramesh, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University for receiving the prestigious award "A.G. Motiwale Award for Young LIS Professionals" for the year 2007 from the Indian Library Association (ILA) for his best research paper and presentation during 53rd All India Library Conference and this award was presented during the Valedictory function of 53rd All India Library Conference held at Osmania University, Hyderabad. I am sure this is just a beginning for his commitment, dedication and sincerity with ever smiling, makes us proud of being part of this moment and wish him all the best in his future academic and research endeavor. With regards, Dr Suresh Jange Gulbarga University Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library trainee
by Mailing List Admin 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:00:42 +0530 From: Satish Munnolli <smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in> Walk in Interview ACTREC is looking for young and dynamic freshers for induction as LIBRARY TRAINEES for a period of six months which may be extendable up to one year Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), situated in 60 acre land at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai is a new state of the art R & D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). The Institute comprises of basic research wing and clinical research centre. It also has a 50- bed hospital fully equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. The Institute library is fully automated and all its functions & services are operated on LibSuite (ASP version) software. It houses over 15000 books and back volumes of journals and has access to over 2000 journals through ScienceDirect and other online databases round the clock. Thesis, Institutional Reports, Staff Publications, CD ROMs, Video Cassettes are the other resources available to all Scientific Community. The library has installed DSpace software on one of the machines and initiated the digitization activities. It has plans to digitize its Thesis collection and introduce enhanced electronic information services in the coming years. Interested candidate should have Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc) with first class from a recognized University. Candidate in the age group of 25 years with Science background, knowledge of library software and computer skills will have an added advantage. The selected candidate will be paid a stipend of Rs.6000/- per month with accommodation facilities in the Institute hostel which is located in the campus. Trainee may have to work during flexible hours on all working days including week ends. Trainee appointed will have an opportunity to work in a computerized library with hands-on-experience on all library procedures and exposure to modern techniques of maintaining scientific and medical library. Candidates fulfilling above requirements may walk in for an interview on 04 January, 2008 at 10.a.m. at the Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Khanolkar Shodhika, ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai alongwith detailed CV, attested copies of all certificates and testimonials in original. (M. A. Sharma) Asstt. Adminstrative Officer TATA MEMORIAL CENTRE ADVANCED CENTRE FOR TREATMENT, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CANCER Kharghar, Navi Mumbai- 410 210 Tel.91-22-27405000 . Fax: 91-22-27405085 . e-mail: office(a)actrec.gov.in . website : www.actrec.gov.in

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UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal on information literacy for South Asia launched
by Puna Das 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

UNESCO-SALIS e-Learning Portal on information literacy for South Asia launched The Indian Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), in collaboration with UNESCO, launched the e-Learning Portal for Awareness Raising on Information Literacy. This project has its genesis in recommendations of a UNESCO supported Workshop on Information Literacy Competency Development for Information Professionals and Special Educators organized in November 2006 by SALIS in Chennai, India, and subsequent Information Literacy sensitization workshops held in Delhi and Nagpur in December 2006. The Portal aims to raise awareness, sensitize and enhance information literacy competency skills of common information users as well as information professionals and educators in the South Asian sub-region. Its objectives are fully in line with UNESCOs mandate to bridge the digital divide and UNESCOs vision of knowledge societies. The Portal covers a number of self-learning modules, such as: Information Communication Technology (ICT), Information Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Information Services for Disabled People, Freedom of Information, etc. The information literacy competency skills promoted by the Portal derive from the existing international standards, adopted by UNESCO, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the American Library Association (ALA) and other professional societies. Indian library experts, in collaboration with lifelong learning experts, have developed the contents of the Portal modules using Moodle open source learning content management software. e-Learning Portal: http://salisonline.org/ Anup Kumar Das B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Ph. 26713000 extn. 208 Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language published
by Puna Das 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language published The Thapar University in Patiala, India, in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India and the UNESCO Office in New Delhi, published a WINISIS Training Manual in Hindi language. This Manual contains three self-learning modules: WINISIS A Practical Guide; Creating Web Interface for CDS/ISIS Databases using GenisisWeb; and Publishing CDS/ISIS Databases on CD-ROM using GenisisCD. These self-learning modules are the outcome of the Advanced Workshop on CDS-ISIS for Windows, held at the Thapar University on 14-18 May 2007. The Training Manual covers all aspects of WINISIS: installation of software, creation of the database, database operations, customization of search interfaces and display formatting language. Advanced features, such as hyper-linking, web interfacing, full-text document processing and automation of libraries, are also present in this document. Target audience of this Manual is library professionals working in academic, special and public libraries as well as students of library science courses. The Manual will also be helpful to small organizations, which are building digital archives in local library setup or on CD-ROMs. After practicing the laboratory exercises given in the Manual, the learners will be able to install WINISIS software and its web application tools GENISIS; create and manage bibliographic or full-text databases. This Manual is particularly useful in the South Asian region, where availability of training material in local languages is crucial for providing public information services with the help of free and open source software (FOSS). Full-text Available at: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/25725/11982281209winisis_training_manu… Anup Kumar Das B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029 Ph. 26713000 extn. 208 Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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forthcoming conferences
by Mailing List Admin 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:00:53 +0000 (GMT) From: mahesh sati <satimclib(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professional, Dr. Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi Organise XXVI All India IASLIC Conference -2007,December 26-29, 2007,The theme of the conference is "Digital Media and Library Information Services". For more detail please visit http://jmi.nic.in/ZHL/iaslic_conference.htm TERI,New Delhi organise Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL,8 � 10 January 2008 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. For more detail please visit http://www.teriin.org/events_inside.php?id=18417 Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi,ORGANIZES NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Recent Technological Trends in Management and Library system :Issues and Challenges. January 4 & 5, 2008. Interested Professionals confirm their seat immediately.It is a golden opportunity for all Library Science professionals,Because it fulfill all requirement regarding modern Digital/Computerised library/management systems.And give maximum output in minimum charges.Please do confirm your seats. Thanks & Regards, Mahesh Chandra Sati BA,BLIS,MLIS,DCF,MA-Eco.(Pur.) Library Professional EMPI Business School New Delhi-110074 Mob.-9968349200 E-Mail-mahesh.sati(a)gmail.com

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Need article
by Mailing List Admin 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:18 +0530 From: venu.kumaris(a)wipro.com Dear All, Request you to please send below articles, 1. The Adjective check list as a predictor of lifelong learning in the human services professions, "C. Livneh", Psychological Reports, vol. 65, pp. 603-610, 1989. 2. The evolution of the engineering community: Pressures, opportunities, and challenges," "J. A. Haddad" , Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, pp. 5-9, 1996. Thanks and Regards Venukumari Email: venu.kumaris(a)wipro.com

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Request for article
by jiteshkjain＠indiatimes.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Dear All I am in need of the following article for our research work. If anybody can provide me the soft/hard copy of it, that will be a great help to us. Indian Medical Gazzette, Vol 136 No 8, page 309, 2002. Looking forward for your kind help. best regards Jitesh Jain Librarian Zydus Research Center Ahmedabad +919426424047 -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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lecture invitation
by srels 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Dear Moderator, Please arrange to announce the following lecture invitation for the benefit of the professional colleagues. Dr. K.N. Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ------------- Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 and Ranganathan Centre for Information Stuides, Bangalore cordially invites you to a Lecture on WEB 2.0: CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES by Dr. Mohamed Taher Information Specialist, Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Monday, 7th January 2008 at 6.00 p.m. at SRELS premises RSVP: Ph:23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Reports on libraries in THE HINDU
by T. Shahab 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Good to read about progress being made at the Madras University Library towards modernisation of the professional practices and making the competencies relevant to the emerging demands under the inspiring leadership of Prof.Ms.Amudhavalli. I wish to learn in some detail regarding the online theses database at the Madras University library. How the concept of the institutional repositories has been implemented?? Regards. T. SHAHAB Central Library Hamdard University, New Delhi:110062. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Admin Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:24 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reports on libraries in THE HINDU Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Reports on libraries published in THE HINDU Chennai Edn. recently. Libraries have modern day promises to keep http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494470300.htm DVD library, an in-thing now http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494490300.htm We can't turn a blind eye to their special need http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494500300.htm What they say http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494480300.htm Regards sankaran _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Challanges Library and Information Service - SPALIS- 2008
by KR. Senthil Kumar 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Professionals National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Challanges Library and Information Science - SPALIS- 2008 http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com/spalis-2008 SPALIS- 2008 National Seminar on "Emerging Trends and Challenges in Library and Information Services" 6-8 February, 2008 Organized by A.V.V.M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) POONDI- 613503 THANJAVUR(dt) TAMILNADU AND BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TRICHY IN ASSOCUATION WITH INDIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (IALA) VENUE AUDITORIUM A.V.V.M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) POONDI- 613503 THANJAVUR(dt) TAMILNADU REGISTRATION FEE OF Rs.600/ FOR EACH PARTICIPANT INCLUDES CONFERENCE KIT. PROCEEDINGS , REFRESHMENT AND LUNCH DURING THE CONFRENCE DAYS. THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IS Rs.300/ ONLY Dr.A.Ganesan Organizing Secretary P.G.Dept of Library and Information Science A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi- 613503 Thanjavur ayyapillaiganesan(a)yahoo.com Mobile: 9443008292, 9443648113, 9486310120 -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR Asst. LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Impact Factors / “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Friends, There is a very popular saying - "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." So, "Statistics" has been labeled as one type of lies. This is due to the fact meant that even the most accurate statistics could be used to support inaccurate arguments. "Impact Factors" are also statistics derived out of academic citations. If not understood properly could be misused to support wrong arguments. Need not say again that these too are statistics after all. These numbers originated from the "Information Storage and Retrieval" domain as the by-product of "citation indexing". However are being increasingly (mis)used in measuring the academic excellence of individual scientists. If we go about 60 years back, we know that in 1950s, lot many things were happening in the Information Storage and Retrieval domains. Machines (Every Computers) had shown the promise of information revolution. However, natural languages were found to be inadequate to map concepts with words or phrases. Major problems were mainly due the use of synonyms, homonyms, gender, numbers, order of words in phrases and punctuation marks in natural languages. These grammatical goodies enrich natural languages and make sense to human brains. However in the domain of information retrieval these inhibited one-to-one mapping between concepts and words. So controlled vocabularies like MeSH were being developed. Mr. Eugene Garfield however thought of innovative way of mapping between concepts by relying on the citations among articles. It goes like this; if "A" cites "C" and "B" also cites "C" then "A" and "B" are referencing to same concept. He did not use "words" to map "concepts" and hence avoided the problems associated with languages. (In 1958, Eugene Garfield starts ISI with a loan of US$500. - Science for Sale - Features - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science - http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/sciforsale/default.htm ) Garfield developed the concept of citation indexing in 1950s. A product based on his citation indexing - "Science Citation Index (SCI)" was released officially in 1964. It was meant to be a tool of scientific information retrieval. SCI become more popular for its utility to measure scientific productivity rather than being a search engine. It was due to its by-product "SCI Journal Citation Reports (JCR)" launched officially in 1975. A parameter was evolved to compare various large journals and this parameter become to know as Journal Impact Fact. In the absence of any other objective criteria – Journal Impact Factor has been widely accepted parameter for comparing the "quality" of journals. E. Garfield himself describes the rise of SCI and Impact Factors in the following article. - E. Garfield. The evolution of the Science Citation Index (2007) - http://www.iec.cat/1jcrc/GarfieldEEvolution.pdf However, one should always remember that "Impact Factors" that are calculated are only applicable to journals included in ISI database (SCI). I am very frequently encountered by this question – what is the impact factor of some Indian journal? Well very few Indian journals are covered in SCI database, so except for few, most do not have impact factors. I feel like replying –There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and impact factors! Because I know that these "impact factors" being applied to areas for which they were never meant. It sometimes becomes very difficult to explain that it undercounts the number of citations from journals in less-developed countries. The research priorities for less-developed countries could be entirely different that of developed countries. If the research is not of contemporary interest of journals indexed in ISI databases it is unlikely to be cited. Linking research to citations and impact factors could lead to a situation where the less-developed countries fund for the research problems of the developed countries. Academic administrators - without knowing complexities of the Impact Factors – are now increasingly temped to apply these to measure the individual productivity of scientists. The following article explains the problem with such "numbers". - Richard Monastersky. "The Number That's Devouring Science", The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 14 2005. Here is one more reference: - P.O. Seglen. Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. (1997) BMJ 314(7079): 498-502. PubMed: 9056804. [Try - http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/314/7079/497 for full text] However, there is one good thing about these "Impact Factors". They at least are best at indicating the "popularity" of journals. Well - does "popularity" and "quality" means the same? One more thing - they arose from "citation indexing" which the founders of Google used to develop a killer search engine. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
by sri priya 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

E-JASL is an independent, professional, refereed electronic journal dedicated first and foremost to advancing knowledge and research in the areas of academic and special librarianship. Published and distributed by the International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP), Athabasca, Canada. http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/ Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Capacity Building of School Librarian
by rajendra kumar panda 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar is going to organize a five days training programme on "Capacity Building of Vidyalaya Librarians to modernise Vidyalaya Library" Date: 7th to 11th January, 2008 twenty two Kendriya Vidyalaya Librarians of KVS Bhubaneswar Region are invited to particiapte. R.K.Panda Librarian KV,GOPALPUR MS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Salary of Librarian in Academic Library
by librarymahad 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention about the salary of Librarian in Academic Library. I have seen in most of the cases the librarian is being neglected in respect of salary. For example you can see the advertisement In Times of India, Mumbai dated 5th December, 2007. On page XIV, an advertisement is there from ICRI (Institute of Clinical Research India) where they will be paying a lecturer with a minimum Rs 40000 - 60000, whereas the Librarian will be paid Rs 8000 to 12000. All these as gross in month. Even though the year of experience is same for both the case. Why this type of negligence towards the library professionals. What we as a library professional, should do? What way are doing for that? I would like to have some discussion on this matter. Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das, B. Sc. (Chem.), ADIS/DRTC., M. Phil. Sr. Librarian / TPM & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 Mobile : 09420836138 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reports on libraries in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Reports on libraries published in THE HINDU Chennai Edn. recently. Libraries have modern day promises to keep http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494470300.htm DVD library, an in-thing now http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494490300.htm We can't turn a blind eye to their special need http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494500300.htm What they say http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120494480300.htm Regards sankaran

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Shaping the future information science professionals - report in THE HINDU
by Mailing List Admin 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:42:53 +0000 (GMT) From: sankaran arumugam <sankaran_thehindu(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Revamping Library Science course, Madras University in lead Report published in THE HINDU Education Plus Highlights: Shaping the future information science professionals The course is aimed at equipping the digital age librarian with skills in handling online database, Internet, software, and multimedia tools. HI-TECH LIBRARIANS: Students of the Department of Information Science working in their laboratory at the University of Madras. For detailed report, click the link http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/12/17/stories/2007121750050300.htm Regards sankaran

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Extension of e-Resources to private universities...
by K Prakash 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, There is an article published in the "The Economics Times" regarding extension of e-Resources to other than UGC funded universities. You can follow the below mentioned link go through the article; UGC for downloading 5000 journals at low rates Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India AHMEDABAD: For over 200 private universities http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Educatio… With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 70, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Version 70 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,195 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/02/18/summary-of-baileys-d… Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm New versions of SEPB are announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Asso. Professor post(12, 000-18, 300) in Lib. Sc. at Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Respected Members'; Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur Advt. No. 03/2007/T Applications in the prescribed from r invited for appointment on the post of Asso. Professor (12,000-18,300) in Lib. Science subject (Gen. Cat.) The application form along with qualification as per UGC norms & eligibility conditions can be downloaded from University website http://uniraj.ernet.in The Prescribed from duly filled up must reach the office of the Registrar, Univ. of Rajasthan,Jaipur on or before 02.01.2008. Thank & Regerads, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dramatic growth of Open Access series : DOAJ with highest journal
by Mallikarjun 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear Professionals Dramatic growth of Open Access Series The Dramatic Growth of Open Access Series is a quarterly series (end of March, June, September, and December) of key data illustrating the growth of open access, with additional comments and analysis. The series is available in open data(http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqCs8wrw32HHTWuRwgm6bQA&gid=0) its shows DOAJ has already close to 3000 journals as compared to science direct the largest publisher with 2000 journals. so its showing how Gold road is gaining momentum. with regards Mallikarjun Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University 09777034183 ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://curiouslib.blogspot.com/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian post in South-Eastern Railway Zone, Kolkata
by Mukesh Anand 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Dear LIS Students'. Libarian post in English & Hindi mixed medium school Scale of Pay - Rs. 5,500-9,000 Unresevered - 1 Post in South Eastern Railway (Year of Formation in 1955, headquarter at Kolkata) with Divisions at Adra(West Bengal), Kharagpur (West Bengal),Chakradharpur (Jharkhand) & Ranchi (Jharkhand). N.B. :- This vacancy of Librarian might be in Railway School of Ranchi or Chakradharpur Division. Age on 1.1.' 08 - 20-45 Years Education Qualification :- Bachelor Degree in Lib. Sc. OR Bachelor Degree & Diploma in Librarianship Exam. Fee - Rs. 60/- Stage of Selection :- a- Single Stage Written Exam. b- Verification of Documents c- Interview Closing Date :- 14th January, 2008 (upto 17.30 hours) For complete advertisement & other details See Employment News issue dated 15-21 December, 2007 Page # 22-26 For Application Form & Personal Data Sheet visit www.rrbkolkata.org All the Best Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy @ BMSIT, Yelahanka, Bangalore-64
by Gopalakrishna Venkatappa 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Applications are invited for the post of Library Assistant, in B M S Institute of Technology, P.B.No.6443, Avalahalli, Dodballapur Main Road, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560064, Ph. 65369469, from PUC+ Diploma holders in LIS with One year experience. Please rush your resumes to the Librarian in the above address. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information about OCR systems availability in Oriya Language
by Kshirod 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, I would be greatful, if any body provide me information about any OCR systems available for Oriya language. Thanks, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Education Database:80 Open Education Resource (OER) Tools for Publishing and Development Initiatives
by Mailing List Admin 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:07:31 -0800 (PST) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Online Education Database: 80 Open Education Resource (OER) Tools for Publishing and Development Initiatives OERs provide teaching and learning materials that are freely available and offered online for anyone to use. Whether you're an instructor, student, or self-learner, you have access to full courses, modules, syllabi, lectures, assignments, quizzes, activities, games, simulations, and tools to create these components. http://oedb.org/library/features/80-oer-tools Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bio-Medical Information Retrieval from Net
by Sukhdev Singh 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

My presentation - Bio-Medical Information Retrieval from Net [ http://snipurl.com/1v51n ] now finds mention in Peter Suber's Blog. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007/12/using-oa-resources-for-biomedica… How fast the news travels !!! --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Museum of Knowledge to come up in Chandigarh
by Farooque Shaheen 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Based on the postulates laid down by Corbusier - ethics, sociology, economics, technology, it will be a state-of-the-art building with discussion rooms, research facilities and a library. With an objective to collect and disseminate information, the MoK would have a digital library storing books, tapes, CDs, computers. Visitors will also avail Internet facility, the spokesman said. http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/17144240/Museum-of-Knowledge-to-come-up.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Keane International (India) Private Limited +1-925-831-1676 Ext 40366 (VOIP) +91-80-26678388 Ext 4105 (Tel) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries on the Agenda: an international seminar on library advocacy
by Seth, Renu 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

"Libraries on the Agenda": an international seminar on library advocacy 13th March 2008 at Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi Max Mueller Bhavan (MMB) and the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) in collaboration with the French Embassy, British Council and Instituto Cervantes are pleased to announce a one day international seminar on Library Advocacy under the aegis of the President of The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA ), Dr. Claudia Lux. The Government of India is committed to the creation of a knowledge society by providing equitable, high quality cost effective access to information and knowledge resources and services to meet the informational, educational, recreational and cultural needs of the community through various national, institutional and public libraries. Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in his inaugural address for the National Knowledge Commission on 2nd August 2005, recognized public libraries as an extremely important element in the foundation of a knowledge economy. In order to reach the goal of creating a knowledge society, the establishment of the National Knowledge Commission has been a major step in this direction. The stage is set for radical transformation in the country's library sector and commendable work is already underway to ensure sustained development of libraries in the form of 10 recommendations given by the working group on libraries such as setting up of a National Commission on Libraries, creating a Central Library Fund, greater community participation in library management etc. To support the endeavours of the Government of India and to synergise the efforts made all over Europe towards library advocacy, MMB and NKC in collaboration with the French Embassy, British Council and Instituto Cervantes, call upon information professionals from all types of libraries to attend this one day international seminar on "Libraries on the Agenda", which is also the motto of the IFLA Presidency of Dr. Claudia Lux. Seminar Objectives: - To facilitate the understanding of how to mount an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library services - To explore the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in their own organizations, but also in their community and state - To facilitate discussions on how to make libraries a partner in life long learning and relevant for every citizen of the country - Deliberations on implementation of the recommendations of the working group on libraries and to share the formula for success of the prospering library landscape in European countries The Seminar programme will include presentations by experts and policy makers from Europe and India, interactive sessions amongst the participants and a panel discussion in the evening. Participants: The seminar is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, library users, institutional and community leaders. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants will be very limited. Registration: Download registration form in PDF format The registration fee is Re. 500/ per participant . Please note: - The seats are limited and registration is on first come first served basis. Registration closes on 15 February 2008. - The Demand Draft (DD) Should be made in favour of Max Mueller Bhavan, payable at Delhi Kindly post the filled-in registration forms to the address below:: Renu Seth Chief Librarian Regional Information Centre Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi-110001 India Tel: 91-11-23 32 95 06 Fax: 91-11-23 32 55 34 seth(a)delhi.goethe.org www.goethe.de/newdelhi <<registration form.pdf>> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The world's first online tool to identify and aggregate an organization's research output portfolio - The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 facilitates faster decision-making
by Kumar, Perdeep (ELS-DEL) 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Introducing the world's first online tool to identify and aggregate an organization's research output portfolio. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 facilitates faster decision-making Amsterdam, The Netherlands December 13, 2007 - Scopus(r), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, today announced that a sought after literature research tool, the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 will be launched in January. This new feature will speed up the search process by enabling users to find all the documents belonging to a specific organization. Doing so will save users valuable time which can be better invested in performing the actual research analysis. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 is a unique tool which automatically identifies and matches an organization with all its research output. Scopus is the first to offer its customers this organizational matching functionality across its entire database of over 15,000 peer reviewed journals. This will be welcome news for deans, faculty heads, researchers and funding bodies who understand just how difficult and time-consuming this task has been up to now. Using a combination of sophisticated algorithms and a comprehensive knowledge base, the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 will quicken the rate at which data can be collated for research performance measurement at the institutional level. The feature automatically matches the multiple name variants attributed to an organization. This is extremely useful where several name variants of an organization may exist or may be recorded differently by publishing authors. One such an example is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where articles found in Scopus and published by authors belonging to this institute carry more than 1,700 name variants. Other reasons for these numbers of variations can be attributed to organizations changing their name, having similar names, or they may merge or separate. This can make it challenging to clearly identify a single organization's complete body of work. "Up until now we have had to employ personnel to carry out this mammoth task. It is both a slow and expensive process. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 produces the same results in significantly less time. This not only helps us to reduce the number of staff needed but also allows us to focus on research analysis rather than data collection and filtering activities." says David Clay is Deputy Head of Academic Liaison and Finance at the University of Liverpool. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 makes it easier for him to evaluate his own institution and others. Users will benefit immediately from the initial version of the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1, available in January. The next phase, scheduled for release in the first half of 2008, will offer users enhanced functionalities. Scopus is actively soliciting feedback from individual organizations in order to enhance the data clarity. "We are delighted to be able to introduce the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1 to the market," says Niels Weertman, Director Product Management Scopus. "We've invested heavily in developing a feature that will deliver significant time and cost benefits to our users. Ultimately it will help deans, chancellors and faculty heads make resource allocation and strategic planning decisions more efficiently." For further information on Scopus or the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1, please visit: www.info.scopus.com/affiliationidentifier. For feedback on the Scopus Affiliation Identifier, please contact: affiliationfeedback(a)scopus.com. About Scopus Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus is designed and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information about the articles covered, but also integrates Web and patent searches directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other applications like reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please visit www.info.scopus.com. <http://www.info.scopus.com/news/press/www.info.scopus.com.> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google knol
by vimal kumar 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Dear Friends, Google going to start a Wikipedia like project to build a collaborative effort for another free encyclopedia. Read more to know about Knol Project, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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