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Linking Up Bibliographies: DOI Harvesting Tool Launched by CrossRef
by vimal kumar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Authors, editors, publishers, and librarians all have a vested interest in supporting the widest dissemination of digital scholarship, particularly authoritative and "authorized" copies of scholarly publications. CrossRef, the reference-linking network of the Publishers International Linking Association (PILA), has officially launched a free DOI look-up feature called Simple-Text Query. Users can enter whole bibliographies with citations in almost any bibliographic format and receive back the matching Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for these references to insert into their final bibliographies. From: Infotoday Newsbreaks. Read more http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Friends, Authors, editors, publishers, and librarians all have a vested interest in supporting the widest dissemination of digital scholarship, particularly authoritative and "authorized" copies of scholarly publications. CrossRef, the reference-linking network of the Publishers International Linking Association (PILA), has officially launched a free DOI look-up feature called Simple-Text Query. Users can enter whole bibliographies with citations in almost any bibliographic format and receive back the matching Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for these references to insert into their final bibliographies. From: Infotoday Newsbreaks. Read more http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals (fwd)
by K.S. Chudamani 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear professionals, I would like to organize a session on risk management in libraries for the following international event. Kindly send your papers before 10th January to my email at kschudamani(a)rediffmail.com Chudamani ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:47 -0400 From: rmci2007(a)iiis-info-cyber.org To: KSC(a)LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN Subject: Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals As a response to the many requests we have received, the Organizing Committee of the 4th International Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics: RMCI 2007 (Orlando, Florida, USA. July 8-11, 2007), has decided to extend the deadline for papers/abstracts submissions, as well as for Invited Sessions proposals. New deadlines: Abstract/paper draft submissions and Invited Session Proposals: January 10th, 2007 Authors Notification: February 10th, 2007 Camera ready, full papers: March 1st, 2007 The registration fee of effective invited sessions organizers will be waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, a package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial "Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems". The market price of this package is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at RMCI 2007 web page. For submissions or Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the web site: http://www.iiis-cyber.org/rmci2007 Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Best regards, RMCI 2007 Secretariat If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please send an email to rmci.remove(a)iiis-sci.org with REMOVE MLRMCI in the subject line. Address: Torre Profesional La California, Av. Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

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National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education
by Gowri Ravindranth 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education 29 - 30 January 2007 Call for Papers Organized by Department of Information Science University of Madras Chennai 600 005 Information Literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to `recognise when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information'. It forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and investigations, becomes more self-directed and assures greater control over their own learning process. Developing lifelong learning is central to the mission of higher education institutions ensuring that individuals have the intellectual abilities of reasoning and critical through helping them construct a framework for learning how to learn. Higher education institutions provide the foundation for the students towards lifelong personal and professional growth. Since information literacy augments student's competency with accessing evaluating, managing, and using information, it is now considered by several regional and national accredited associations as a key outcome for students and scholars. Seminar Objectives The Seminar is directed towards enabling an individual to: Determine the extent of information required; Access the needed information effectively; Evaluate information and its sources critically; Incorporate selected information into one's knowledge base; Use information to accomplish a specific purpose; Understand the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of information. Seminar Participants Faculty members and Researchers in Library and Information Science Librarians working in varied institutions/corporate sectors Managers in any information centres All researchers in all other disciplines Call for Papers Papers are invited on the theme and any of sub-themes. The Sub-themes are: Information Literacy - Means and Methods Information Literacy Models Information Literacy Standards Information Literacy and Libraries Information Literacy - Case Studies The paper should not exceed 3000 words inA4 size word document. The paper should include name of the author, affiliation, mailing address, telephone and e-mail address, submitted in CD-ROM along with the printed version. The paper can be sent to under mentioned address.The electronic version of text can also be sent to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emala/post?postID=t7Ot8JvaCUd55YSLAREi… mu_dis(a)yahoo.co.in The last date for submission of paper is 10th January 2007 Registration Fees Registration fee is Rs. 300/- per delegate.The Registration fee includes conference kit, tea and working lunch on the days of conference. The filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft / Local Cheque in favour of can be sent to the following address on or before the 15th January 2007. Prof. A. Amudhavalli Professor & Head Dept. of Information Science University of Madras Chepauk, Chennai 600 005 Phone No.: 25368778 Ext 278 E-mail: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emala/post?postID=3f0mAbnGAYuV3EJpw8_z… amudha75(a)yahoo.com On request accommodation can be facilitated Registration Form National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education 29 - 30 January 2007 Name (in Block Letters): Designation: Parent body: Contact Address: Phone No.: Mobile: E-mail: Payment Details Amount.: DD / Cheque No.: Name of the Bank & Branch: Signature Date: Note: The registration closes on 15th January 2007. Catch all the cricketing action right here. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2755??PS=47575 Live score, match reports, photos et al.

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Openings for NCIS-trained MLIS Professionals
by guhamba 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

We at Informatics india Ltd, a 26-year old Public limited company located in Jayanagar, Bangalore are in need of around five NCIS trained post-graduates in MLIS for our electronic products and information processing departments. The applicants should have good oral and written communication skills, with 0-1 year experience and should be based in Bangalore. Remuneration will be the range of Rs.10,000-11,500 depending on the capabilities. Those interested may respond with CV at email: resumes.info(a)yahoo.co.in within 5 days, indicating the grades right from SSLC and also their expertise in handling electronic products, usage of Internet, familiarity with MS-Access, VB etc. Regards, Guhamba

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Invitation from DLISC Thane
by sandeep bhavsar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Respected All Department of Library and Information Science, Joshi Bedekar College Thane. Invite you to a talk on How to use Internet and evaluation of websites By Ms. Wendy Zaman* Information Resource Officer, American Embassy, New Delhi Venue : Thorale Bajirao Peshve Hall 'Janadweep'VPM' S Thane College Campus Chendani Bundar Road Thane West Date: Wednesday,the 20th December, at 11.00 AM ======================================================= *Wendy Zaman joined the Foreign Service as an Information Resource Officer in February 2003. She arrived in India in December 2004. She works as the consultant for the seven American Information Resource Centers (AIRCs), also known as American Libraries in New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Mumbai in India as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Wendy worked as a university librarian in Florida for three years. Before that, she lived throughout Asia and Africa for over twenty years and worked in a variety of libraries, ranging from universities to international schools to NGOs and consulting firms. Wendy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from American University in Washington, DC and a Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences from Long Island University in New York. ============================================================= Best Regards Prof. Narayan Barse Librarian and Coordinator DLIS VPM's Joshi Bedekar College Thane Cell 9963051287 --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine Department of Library and Information Science, Joshi Bedekar College Thane. Invite you to a talk on How to use Internet and evaluation of websites By Ms. Wendy Zaman* Information Resource Officer, American Embassy, New Delhi Venue : Thorale Bajirao Peshve Hall 'Janadweep'VPM' S Thane College Campus Chendani Bundar Road Thane West Date: Wednesday,the 20th December, at 11.00 AM ======================================================= *Wendy Zaman joined the Foreign Service as an Information Resource Officer in February 2003. She arrived in India in December 2004. She works as the consultant for the seven American Information Resource Centers (AIRCs), also known as American Libraries in New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Mumbai in India as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Wendy worked as a university librarian in Florida for three years. Before that, she lived throughout Asia and Africa for over twenty years and worked in a variety of libraries, ranging from universities to international schools to NGOs and consulting firms. Wendy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from American University in Washington, DC and a Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences from Long Island University in New York. ============================================================= Best Regards Prof. Narayan Barse Librarian and Coordinator DLIS VPM's Joshi Bedekar College Thane Cell 9963051287 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/pc_mag/*http://us… All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine

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Open Access and Digital Libraries Wiki - http://oadl.pbwiki.com/
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Open Access and Digital Libraries Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/> has set up a Wiki at http://oadl.pbwiki.com/ to facilitate working on a "Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries". This is the "TARGET - I" of the group and being done a collaborative manner. The WIKI presently lists a broad structure of the proposed guide. Suggestions are most welcomed. Thanks Sukhdev Singh. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/

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11th Five year plan (2007-2012) and Libraries
by K A. Sardesai 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Manju, I agree with your opinion.In Maharashatra the number of Libraries and that of Librarian's ratio is un favourable.This is because the package the Librarians are supposed to get is based with very very less comparative to teachers/professors and others. we try to impress the profiles of librarianship on the management who are typical and burocrat mentalities except the emerging corporate fileds.These corporates are interested in IT areas expert than Library professionals to manage their collection / knowledge/documents etc.They do not think the professionaly and technicalyy expert Librarian, as the attitudes are dominatings. Instead of thinking Government to do something for us the Corporates Like INFOSYS, WIPROS, Banking and Financial Institutions where knowledge hubs and research are in progress. Our forum may take initiative not only to a particular part of the country but it should be in all states. At the same time we must make our profesionals to move towards skills of new developed IT and always upgrade ourselves with creative mind for offering services.We didnot get the experts/enthu library workers where they are needed.This is because the salary/benefits/educational qualifications etc are the hurdeles.As emerging corporates are tying educational institutes for their work forces library professionals should also get such opportunities.Recently ET / TO I dated 18/ 12/06 have annouced such type of picking up work forces or making their own organisations as educational base for future job opportunities in the company itself. Government otherwise is busy with politics and many issues but the thing may be possible if we approach our President who loves education and research and that of creative minds. I request our great forum expert to do something bright for librarians all over the country. Kshipra Sardesai

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Fwd: K-Community hosted by FirstSource (formerly ICICI OneSource)
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:28 +0530 From: Manju manju <manjax4u(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of this month: December 20th. The agenda for our gathering is as follows: 6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.: Networking/Introductions 6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Welcome Address by Host: FirstSource 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.: Talk and facilitated discussion by PPR Rao, President of Bizworth, 'Bringing Innovation to the Workplace' 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Next Steps and Conclusion Outline of Talk and Discussion: First we shall explore the current business context and talk of the ICT, its impact on the information society, the rising importance of Knowledge assets, the networked society and the emergence of Innovation as the key competitive element for organisations. Then we shall quickly establish a common understanding on few operating words like 'Knowledge Management', 'Intellectual Capital', and 'Innovation'. We shall then examine the sequence of steps to put KM on a sound footing in business organisations. This will bring about the role of Innovation too. Then we shall examine in some detail about Innovation as a 'process' and a few practical steps that can be taken to make it happen in our day to day work while still fighting out all that goes in a day to keep the transactions going. Here, we shall try to demystify Innovation and put it into some simple Do's and Don'ts as well as the leadership / Management philosophies that are essential for the promotion and health of Innovation process in our organisations. At the end, we shall summarise a few guide lines that will help us in structuring our work in such a way that Innovation gets deployed into the day to day working and not an esoteric, stand alone operation. Speaker Background: PPR Rao is President and co-founder of Bizworth, and Management Consultant focusing on Intellectual Capital Management, Process Management, Business Excellence and Manufacturing Management. An engineer by qualification, his professional career spanning 38years has been spent in Public and Private Sectors, Engineering, Auto electrical and IT industries covering the functions of Manufacturing, Services and Business leadership. He served reputed companies like BHEL, English Electric, Nippon Denso, Wipro, Digital Equipment and WeP peripherals. He held various positions in the IT industry like Chief Executive, Customer Services for Wipro, Director Services for Digital, COO for WeP. He served in the national executive of MAIT for more than six years and during that period he also chaired their Business Excellence Committee. He has been associated with CII Southern Region and served their Manufacturing as well as IT panels. Address of Hosting Organization: Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (formerly ICICI One Source) 1 - 3, RMZ Ecospace Tower - 3A, Sarjapur Outer Ring Road Bangalore 560 037 Phone: 080 66208000 RMZ Ecospace is located in Marathahalli - Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, it is six kms from the Bangalore Airport and 12 kms from the Central Business District. Ecospace is flanked on one side by a six lane Ring Road and on the other side by untouched greenery.Accenture is the prominent building while you enter.The third building is FirstSource (formerly ICICI One Source). The venue is at 2 flr conference room. Sincere Regards, P.S. MANJUNATHA (manjax4u) LIBRARIAN B.N.M.I.T.SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore URL: www.k-community.org Bangalore, India

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Re: Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980
by veena bhat 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Can you please provide the appropriate sources for "Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980" and let me have some worthwhile reading material on the topic. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Veena Bhat IIIT, Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Sir/ Madam, Can you please provide the appropriate sources for "Socio political unrest in Peoples' Republic of China after 1980" and let me have some worthwhile reading material on the topic. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Veena Bhat IIIT, Pune __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fw: 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award
by Farooque Shaheen 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Professionals, FYI. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 ----- Forwarded by Farooque Shaheen/IN/CTR on 12/19/2006 10:23 AM ----- "Cheryl Hansen" <cahansen(a)esi-il.com> Sent by: owner-sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu 12/19/2006 02:37 AM To <sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu> cc Subject 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award It is time to nominate yourself or a colleague for the 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award. The Engineering Division is now co-sponsoring the Award with Sci-Tech and the monetary amount has gone up to US $2,000. This award is presented to a librarian from outside of the United States and Canada. The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian from outside the U.S. and Canada to attend the annual SLA Conference. The award will consist of conference registration, lodging and airfare, not to exceed US$2000. The 2007 Conference will be held June 3-6 in Denver, CO. Qualifications are : Be a current member of SLA, preference given to members of the SLA Science-Technology and Engineering Divisions. Reside and work outside of the U.S. and Canada, be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information capacity, preferably in the science, technology and engineering areas. The nomination forms can be found on the Sci-Tech Division Website http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… or you can contact the Sci-Tech Division Awards Chair Sheila Rosenthal Manager, Library Services Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA 412/268-7846 ph 412/268-5758 fax slr(a)sei.cmu.edu Dear Professionals, � � � � � � � � � � � � FYI. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 ----- Forwarded by Farooque Shaheen/IN/CTR on 12/19/2006 10:23 AM ----- "Cheryl Hansen" <cahansen(a)esi-il.com> Sent by: owner-sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu 12/19/2006 02:37 AM To <sla-st(a)welles.library.northwestern.edu> cc Subject 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award It is time to nominate yourself or a colleague for the 2007 Bonnie Hilditch International Science-Technology & Engineering Divisions Librarian Award. � The Engineering Division is now co-sponsoring the Award with Sci-Tech and the monetary amount has gone up to US $2,000. � This award is presented to a librarian from outside of the United States and Canada. �The purpose of the award is to provide an opportunity for a librarian from outside the U.S. and Canada to attend the annual SLA Conference. �The award will consist of conference registration, lodging and airfare, not to exceed US$2000. �The 2007 Conference will be held June 3-6 in Denver, CO. Qualifications are : Be a current member of SLA, preference given to members of the SLA Science-Technology and Engineering Divisions. �Reside and work outside of the U.S. and Canada, be working currently in a library, information center, library school or other information capacity, preferably in the science, technology and engineering areas. � The nomination forms can be found on the Sci-Tech Division Website http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… http://units.sla.org/division/dst/Award/BonnieHilditchInternationalAward.ht… � or you can contact the Sci-Tech Division Awards Chair Sheila Rosenthal Manager, Library Services Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA 412/268-7846 ph 412/268-5758 fax mailto:slr@sei.cmu.edu slr(a)sei.cmu.edu

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[LIS-Forum] Version 66, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Version 66 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,830 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. The SEPB URL has changed: http://sepb.digital-scholarship.org/ or http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html There is a mirror site at: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepb.html The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog URL has also changed: http://sepw.digital-scholarship.org/ or http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm There is a mirror site at: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm The SEPW RSS feed is unaffected. 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 HTML 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 HTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://sepw.digital-scholarship.org/ 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://sepr.digital-scholarship.org/ (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The 2005 annual PDF file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 210 pages long. The PDF file is over 560 KB. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/60/sepb.pdf 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. E-Mail: cwbailey(a)digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others.)

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FW: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007
by J. K. Vijayakumar 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

-----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces(a)asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of Dr Julian Warner Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:04 AM To: sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its eighth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2007 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. The theme of this paper contest is: "Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science" The theme may be addressed at either the country or regional level issues. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme, such as, but not limited to the following: Egovernance in developing countries, Factors, issues, case studies etc pertaining to rural/urban digital divide and the information infrastructure (connectivity, access, hardware, cost implications, emerging trends etc) in developing countries. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and digital libraries Collecting, preserving and disseminating IK. Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic and cultural issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. Information organization, management, access, and retrieval. Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. Information technology, social equity and development: IT and governance, IT and the new economy, including the future of work and implications of technological hardware and software developments; the role of ICTs in conflict management, etc. There will be six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including Julian Warner (Chair), Judy Jeng (Co-Chair), Yunfei Du, Nathalie Leroy, Sue O'Neill Johnson, Yin Zhang, and Liwen Vaughn. Selection Criteria Papers will be selected through a peer review process. The judging criteria will be based on: Originality of paper in the developing world environment (originality of the project described, etc.) Relevance to the Paper contest. Presentation and organization. Style. The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and ONLY in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by March 31, 2007, to j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk, preferably as Microsoft Word attachments. Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) for more information about the SIG III International Paper Contest, including Frequently Asked Questions, past CFPs, previous winners and winning papers, and stories from previous winners. A copy of this call for papers can be found at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm Julian Warner School of Management and Economics The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland email j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk home page http://www.qub-efrg.com/staff/jwarner/ _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Post Box W-1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library http://libinfospace.blogspot.com ---------------------------------- Head Quarters: #2 Wall Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces(a)asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of Dr Julian Warner Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:04 AM To: sigiii-l(a)asis.org Subject: [Sigiii-l] asist sig iii international paper contest 2007 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its eighth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2007 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. The theme of this paper contest is: "Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science" The theme may be addressed at either the country or regional level issues. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme, such as, but not limited to the following: Egovernance in developing countries, Factors, issues, case studies etc pertaining to rural/urban digital divide and the information infrastructure (connectivity, access, hardware, cost implications, emerging trends etc) in developing countries. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and digital libraries Collecting, preserving and disseminating IK. Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic and cultural issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. Information organization, management, access, and retrieval. Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. Information technology, social equity and development: IT and governance, IT and the new economy, including the future of work and implications of technological hardware and software developments; the role of ICTs in conflict management, etc. There will be six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including Julian Warner (Chair), Judy Jeng (Co-Chair), Yunfei Du, Nathalie Leroy, Sue O'Neill Johnson, Yin Zhang, and Liwen Vaughn. Selection Criteria Papers will be selected through a peer review process. The judging criteria will be based on: Originality of paper in the developing world environment (originality of the project described, etc.) Relevance to the Paper contest. Presentation and organization. Style. The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=622845&dc=GF The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-25, 2007. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and ONLY in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by March 31, 2007, to j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk, preferably as Microsoft Word attachments. Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) for more information about the SIG III International Paper Contest, including Frequently Asked Questions, past CFPs, previous winners and winning papers, and stories from previous winners. A copy of this call for papers can be found at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/paper_contest/2007/CFP2007.htm Julian Warner School of Management and Economics The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland email j.warner(a)qub.ac.uk home page http://www.qub-efrg.com/staff/jwarner/ _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Sigiii-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigiii-l ---------------------------------- J. K. 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DRTC Colloquium (2) 2006-08
by Mailing List Manager 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Date: 17 Dec 2006 07:04:54 -0000 From: Ehtesham <ehte786(a)rediffmail.com> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 DRTC Colloquium - 2 (2006-08) �LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARES: THE INDIAN SCENARIO� ABSTRACT The availability of hardware and Library Management Softwares (LMSs) at affordable price has resulted in a fairly wide adoption and use of LMSs in India. Almost all special libraries in India have either adopted a computer-based system or planning actively to go for library automation. LMSs are being used both in library management and for providing user support services. In this colloquium, we will concentrate on generations, features and some advantages of some selected LMSs available in India. TOPICS SPEAKERS 1.Introduction Radha Rani Rit 2.Generations of LMSs Mita Sarkar 3.LMSs of foreign origin used in India Mithun Raj M 4.LMSs developed over LMSs of foreign origin Syed Raiyan Ghani 5.LMSs of Indian origin Ayesha Khatoon Anila S. 6.Conclusion Sanjeev Kumar Sunny Venue :DRTC Classroom Date : 20th of December Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Dr.K.S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator)

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Darwin online
by Mailing List Manager 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:14:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: The Complete Works of Darwin are now available at <http://darwin-online.org.uk/>. When are we going to get the complete works of India's great scientists online at one place? Will DST, DSIR or DBT undertake such a programme or fund some agency to undertake such a project? [The Raman research Library is working on bringing out the collected works of Sir C V Raman. The University of Arizona is trying to build a repository of all the writings of Prof. S R Ranganathan.] Regards. Subbiah Arunachalam

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11th Five year plan (2007-2012) and Library Development
by manju nayak 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Dear Moderator, Our country’s 11th Five-Year Plan will begin from April 2007 with the objective of making India one of the fastest developing nations by setting various plans with a vision to eradicate poverty, providing education to all etc. In this context we need to attract Planning Commission’s attention to give importance for the development of the Library System in general and the Public Library system in particular, as we all know the role Library plays in providing information and also imparting knowledge in any given society. But it is unfortunate that so for no five-year plan has given any due importance for the development of library system in India. No one will disagree that in the 21st century we are living in a knowledge based society. Ideas rule the world, Knowledge is power. Libraries function as an auxiliary educational institution to make knowledge citizen. So, the importance of this knowledge center is very essential to cater to the information needs of all members of the society. So I hope that the coming 11the five year plan gives due importance for the promotion of knowledge center if we fight together for the cause of professional development. I request LIS-Forum moderator to open this topic for discussion so as to get various ideas of the professionals in the area with which we can prepare a roadmap for the renovation of the Library System in India. Below mentioned are some of my suggestions for the development of library in the 11th plan. 1. Establishment of one more National Library in South India, particularly in Bangalore which is the hub of Information Technology and also it is considered as one of the Asia’s fastest growing cosmopolitan cities. 2. Establishment of Public Library in every village across the country. 3. Establishment of Centre for Excellence for Digital Library Development and Research. 4. Establishment of School Library in every school. Thanks Manju Naika Central Institute of Indian Languages Library Mysore. Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php  Dear Moderator, Our country’s 11 th Five-Year Plan will begin from April 2007 with the objective of making India one of the fastest developing nations by setting various plans with a vision to eradicate poverty, providing education to all etc. In this context we need to attract Planning Commission’s attention to give importance for the development of the Library System in general and the Public Library system in particular, as we all know the role Library plays in providing information and also imparting knowledge in any given society. But it is unfortunate that so for no five-year plan has given any due importance for the development of library system in India . No one will disagree that in the 21st century we are living in a knowledge based society. Ideas rule the world, Knowledge is power. Libraries function as an auxiliary educational institution to make knowledge citizen. So, the importance of this knowledge center is very essential to cater to the information needs of all members of the society. So I hope that the coming 11the five year plan gives due importance for the promotion of knowledge center if we fight together for the cause of professional development. I request LIS-Forum moderator to open this topic for discussion so as to get various ideas of the professionals in the area with which we can prepare a roadmap for the renovation of the Library System in India . Below mentioned are some of my suggestions for the development of library in the 11th plan. 1. Establishment of one more National Library in South India , particularly in Bangalore which is the hub of Information Technology and also it is considered as one of the Asia ’s fastest growing cosmopolitan cities. 2. Establishment of Public Library in every village across the country. 3. Establishment of Centre for Excellence for Digital Library Development and Research. 4. Establishment of School Library in every school. Thanks Manju Naika Central Institute of Indian Languages Library Mysore . Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Google Releases Customized Version of IE 7
by Farooque Shaheen 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Google Inc. has released a customized version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) browser in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine. The customized version of IE 7 can be downloaded from http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7 In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Google's customized version of IE 7 also provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google homepage they can personalize. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 Google Inc. has released a customized version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) browser in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine. The customized version of IE 7 can be downloaded from http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7 In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Google's customized version of IE 7 also provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google homepage they can personalize. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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OADL finds mention in Peter Scott's Blog
by Sukhdev Singh 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Open Access and Digital Libraries <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/> community group figures in Peter Scott's Library Blog Checkout - http://xrefer.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-access-and-digital-libraries.html The group has also set up for itself "TARGET" to collaboratively develop a Guide for Digital Libraries based on OA Principles. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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ILA Verghese award year 2005
by Biradar B.S. 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Dear Moderator Kindly announce this information in LIS forum: ILA P.V.Verghese award for the best paper published in ILA Bulletin for the year 2005 is owned by Dr B.S.Biradar and joint author Dr.B.T.Sampathkumar, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jananasahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451, Shimoga, Karnataka. The award will be presented in the forthcoming ILA Conference to be held at Srinagar (Garhwal) during 26th to 29th December 2006 (official letter received from D.V.Singh General Secretary, ILA). With regards Dr.B.S.Biradar Dr. B.S. Biradar, Chairman, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science, Kuvempu University, Jana Sahyadri, Shankarghatta, -577451, Shimoga Karnataka, India. Email : bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com : bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com Phone : 91-8282-657319 (Off.) : 91-8282-656142 (Res.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Moderator Kindly announce this information in LIS forum: ILA P.V.Verghese award for the best paper published in ILA Bulletin for the year 2005 is owned by Dr B.S.Biradar and joint author Dr.B.T.Sampathkumar, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jananasahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451, Shimoga, Karnataka. The award will be presented in the forthcoming ILA Conference to be held at Srinagar (Garhwal) during 26 th to 29 th December 2006 (official letter received from D.V.Singh General Secretary, ILA). With regards Dr.B.S.Biradar Dr. B.S. Biradar, Chairman, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Science, Kuvempu University, Jana Sahyadri, Shankarghatta, -577451, Shimoga Karnataka, India. Email : bs_biradar(a)yahoo.com : bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com Phone : 91-8282-657319 (Off.) : 91-8282-656142 (Res.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Ranganathan on Dewey
by rupesh kumar 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Dear All, Found this interesting audio in which Ranganathan speaks about Dewey. The first 1 min 56 seconds audio is very poor because of damage of the original cassette. Rest is good. Visit http://www.miskatonic.org/files/ranganathan-on-dewey.mp3 for audio and http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/ranganathan_on_dewey_transcript.html for an english transcription of the audio. Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Found this interesting audio in which Ranganathan speaks about Dewey. The first 1 min 56 seconds audio is very poor because of damage of the original cassette. Rest is good. Visit http://www.miskatonic.org/files/ranganathan-on-dewey.mp3 http://www.miskatonic.org/files/ranganathan-on-dewey.mp3 for audio and http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/ranganathan_on_dewey_transcript.html http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/ranganathan_on_dewey_transcript.html for an english transcription of the audio. Regards, Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A new Wiki book on business
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 Dec '06

17 Dec '06

Write a business book with Wharton, MIT Sloan, and Pearson December 11th, 2006 The Wall Street Journal on a new Wiki book project: In a move that could shake up the book industry, publishing giant Pearson PLC is joining with two top business schools to create a business book authored and edited by a wiki an online community dedicated to writing The wiki book, produced by a community of business experts and managers, will be called We Are Smarter Than Me. It will explore how businesses can use online communities, consumer-generated media such as blogs, and other Web content to help in their marketing, pricing, research and service. Barry Libert, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant who is CEO of Shared Insights Inc., a Woburn, Mass., company, persuaded London-based Pearson, the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Sloan School to help develop the new book, which will be published under Pearsons Wharton School Publishing imprint. The book is being created at wearesmarter.org under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Call for Applications - 2007 SLA Business & Finance Division International Travel Award, sponsored by ISI Emerging Markets
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

Friends: If you have not attended an SLA conference so far and if you are a business library/ info specialist, here is an opportunity to win financial support for attending the 2007 SLA Annual Conference. Years ago I was invited to speak at the SLA Annual Conference held at Brighton, UK, and I found the meeting very useful. The papers presented were of a high standard. Many of them could have been published in international journals with stringent refereeing standards. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] >From "Robert Frederick Clarke, Mr" <robert.clarke(a)mcgill.ca> To: "International Information Exchange Caucus" <sla-kiie(a)lists.sla.org> Dear colleague: Applications are being sought for the 2007 SLA Business & Finance Division International Travel Award, sponsored by ISI Emerging Markets. This award is available to business library and information specialists from non-G8 countries who have not previously attended a SLA Annual Conference. The 2007 SLA Annual Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA from June 3-6, 2007. The deadline for applications is Friday, January 12, 2007. For complete information on how to apply, please consult the SLA Business & Finance Division website at: http://www.slabf.org/division_awards_desc.html <http://www.slabf.org/division_awards_desc.html> Please give this message the widest possible distribution. Regards, Robert F. Clarke Chair, International Relations Committee SLA Business and Finance Division Voice: (514) 398-5725 Fax: (514) 398-6273 Email: slabfinternational(a)yahoo.ca Website: www.slabf.org <http://www.slabf.org/> ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Request to give information about books for descriptive paper of Library & information Science for Librarian post of KVS
by ramdeo upadhey 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

To, The Forum Member LIS Forum, Bangalore Respected Sir, In relation to above subject that I am one of the candidate appeared for Competitive Exam to be conducted by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for recruitment of Librarians. In that exam there is one objective & one descriptive paper each of 200 marks . I am not knowing correct books for this subject. So please suggst me books for preparation of Objective as well as descriptive question papers of Librarian exam or LIS exam book wriitten for competitive exam & Oblidge me. Thanking You Yours Sincerely Ramdeo Upadhey Teacher, Science, Maths, Ashoka Education Foundation, Nashik(M.S.) Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php To, The Forum Member LIS Forum, Bangalore Respected Sir, In relation to above subject that I am one of the candidate appeared for Competitive Exam to be conducted by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for recruitment of Librarians. In that exam there is one objective & one descriptive paper each of 200 marks . I am not knowing correct books for this subject. So please suggst me books for preparation of Objective as well as descriptive question papers of Librarian exam or LIS exam book wriitten for competitive exam & Oblidge me. Thanking You Yours Sincerely Ramdeo Upadhey Teacher, Science, Maths, Ashoka Education Foundation, Nashik(M.S.) Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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The Ten Library Stories That Shaped 2006
by Mallikarjun 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

The Ten Library Stories That Shaped 2006 Another year, another few thousand stories on LISNews! Read on for a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly library stories of 2006, including "Get Tasered @ your library," "P is for Privacy," and "The Quote of the Year." in http://features.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/15/137213 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com The Ten Library Stories That Shaped 2006 Another year, another few thousand stories on LISNews! Read on for a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly library stories of 2006, including "Get Tasered @ your library," "P is for Privacy," and "The Quote of the Year." in http://features.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/15/137213 http://features.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/15/137213 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Digital information in the Information Research field
by sheela nag 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

Dear Professionals, The journals and newsletters listed here all include at least a sample of papers or news items that are freely accessible. Sites that simply provide the contents lists of journals that are not freely accessible are not listed. Note that only journals that still appear to be 'live' at the time this list was compiled are included. We welcome news of new journals and newsletters that you have found useful and that have free content. E-mail your suggestions to Professor Tom Wilson Go through this link http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html Regards Sheela Shivakumar Sheela S Junior Librarian IBA , Bangalore. sheelasheela(a)gmail.com Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Dear Professionals, The journals and newsletters listed here all include at least a sample of papers or news items that are freely accessible. Sites that simply provide the contents lists of journals that are not freely accessible are not listed. Note that only journals that still appear to be 'live' at the time this list was compiled are included. We welcome news of new journals and newsletters that you have found useful and that have free content. E-mail your suggestions to mailto: t.d.wilson(a)shef.ac.uk Professor Tom Wilson Go through this link http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html Regards Sheela Shivakumar Sheela S Junior Librarian IBA , Bangalore. mailto:sheelasheela@gmail.com sheelasheela(a)gmail.com Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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OA and copyright
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Dec '06

16 Dec '06

Friends: People often ask the question "We have surrendered the copyright to the journal publisher. How can we archive our papers?" There is no need to surrender copyright to work one has performed to a journal publisher. One can always negotiate with the publishers. Now alternative contracts are readily available. Please see the following excerpt. Regards. Arun -------- Hirtle, Peter B. Author Addenda: An Examination of Five Alternatives D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 12 No. 11, November 2006 Extracts: "Until recently, the primary method that authors could use to retain some rights in their writings was to rewrite the contract with the publishers themselves. Thanks to the development of standardized author addenda, the task has become much simpler. An author's addendum is a standardized legal instrument that modifies the publisher's agreement and allows the author to keep key rights." ... "Three different organizations MIT , Science Commons (through its Scholar's Copyright project), and SPARC have worked with lawyers to develop self-sufficient addenda that address these issues. These addenda can be attached to the publishing contracts received by publishers and are likely to be legally binding." Recommendation "While not perfect, author addenda can be an important tool that authors can use to retain the rights they want or that their employing institutions request that they retain. They can be an important component in ensuring open access to articles from either an institutional or a subject repository. The Scholar's Copyright addenda can also provide legal protection to authors who have contributed preprints to such repositories and then do not notice that the contract they sign with the publisher asks them to guarantee that the publisher will be able to exercise exclusive rights in the work. "Of the addenda analyzed, the Scholar's Copyright OpenAccess-CreativeCommons 1.0 Addendum, provides the greatest benefit to authors. In the absence of data on acceptance by publishers, authors may wish to submit it to the publishers along with the publisher's copyright transfer agreement." Comment: Peter Suber made reference to author addenda, most of which are analysed here, in his comments on the SURF-JISC Licence to Publish. In view of Hirtle's conclusion on the "absence of data on acceptance by publishers", another of Suber's remarks applies, that authors publishing in Romeo-green journals do not need to negotiate a different agreement, thus keeping it simpler than using new and untested legal constructs. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Digital South Asia Library
by Mailing List Manager 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:17:21 +0530 From: KR. Senthil Kumar <alagusenthil(a)gmail.com> Digital South Asia Library - Schwartzberg Atlas The Digital Library of South Asia, University of Chicago, IL, US. Supplied note: "The Digital Library of South Asia, at the University of Chicago, has just mounted a digital version of Schwartzberg's invaluable historical atlas [Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia. 2nd impression, with additional material. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. - ed.]. See [the URL below]. We're still calling this a trial release. A number of smallish improvements will be added over the next few weeks. Some major improvements involving a GIS interface should be available before the middle of next year. - jn." [The interactive map viewer requires an ADOBE Flash Player. - ed.] URL http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/ -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR

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A new database from NIH
by Mailing List Manager 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:06:56 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> from Peter Suber's blog NIH launches new OA database The http://www.nih.gov/ NIH has launched a new OA database on genome wide association studies.=A0 >From = today's http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2006/nlm-12.html announcement Arun

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Why IITs have fallen in global rankings ( Manju Naika)
by manju nayak 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

There have been lots of discussion/debates among certain academic community who share the kind of concern expressed by Prof. Pankaj Jalote, not just in IITs but also in the higher education sector in general and central research institutes and universities in particular. There has been a hue and cry over `fall in quality’ and how to improve the quality of higher education, especially in the post 1990s. One major reason for the alleged fall in quality was the `governmental interferences’ as also mentioned in the Prof.Pankaj Jalote opinion as the autonomy of IIT is a `myth’ and also by citing some e.g. It is important to locate these debates in the context to understand the larger `forces’ that shaped it. 1990s was crucial period to understand the history of modern political India. The government’s decision to implement mandal commission report, the liberalization of country’s economy, the growth of identity politics of subaltern groups and also the rise of Hindutva politics happened during this period. As these factors are pertinent to the topic in debate I would like to go little further to show the link between these factors and the current debate on the falling standard of quality education and fixing the government for it. Studies have shown us that there was a near absence of OBCs, Dalits (both faculty and students) in these so called premier institutes (like IIT) ever since its inception and also there were ways and means to subvert the meager reservation made mandatory for the SCs and STs. The government’s decision to implement mandal commission was to make these exclusive spaces more inclusive. One has to welcome any such move in the otherwise deeply hierarchical society like ours. But the sudden hue and cry over falling standard of quality can ben seen as a response to the govt’s decision to implement 27% reservation for OBCs and also a strategy to subvert it. It is also important to notice the conspicuous absence of the notion of equality in any of these `how to improve the quality’ debates also in the above subject, which is of crucial important in a hierarchical society like ours. One can raise disturbing questions like why don’t you speak about equality which would lead to point out the problems of the positions taken in the above subject. Another major aspect I have with the Prof.Pankaj Jalote is that he is trying to put IIT vs universalities in other countries, especially US and countries which have, of late, been following neo-liberal market economic policies. As one goes through this topic one feels as if IIT has nothing to do with this society. And also the job of the national universities and the research institutes SHOULD NOT be to serve the market and its needs. If one feel so that is because of the intellectual dishonesty. IIT are established to fulfill certain objectives not to compete with other countries institute where social structure is entirely different from ours and also not to fight for ranking list. Criteria used for ranking is ultimate and perfect one? Any one criteria used for ranking in the list is there in the IITs objectives? International Publication and Prize award method is it not biased? The running of public institutes cannot be compared with that of the private as the former especially knowledge production centers like universities DO NOT run with the market principle of profiteering. It’s important to monitor what kind of knowledge these so called premier institutes like IIT are producing and who the products of these institutes serve. As more and more private forces, to name one TATA, are trying to take stake in the higher education, it becomes more important to see what role IIT like institute should have to perform. If one argues, by any means, that it has to continue to be exclusive spaces, then one goes against the very basic principle on which our constitution is founded, that is equality. The votaries of `global standard’, `competition’ etc (which is largely a discursive construct of the market economy) do not and will not understand the spirit of our constitution because they are blind to the social reality and lack insight Selection committee is existed in present day also, their duty is to suggest suitable candidate, but final selection power should not in the hands of again selection committee members. If these institutes are getting fund from the Government. Why they need autonomous, they must follow the guidelines of the Govt. If they need complete autonomy it is better to go for Capital Market instead of asking autonomy for Tax payer’s money. I will be happy if IIT education is accessible lowest section of our society without too much competition. There should be minimum one IIT in every state in the country. Then this is really tremendous achievement than being NO 1 in the World Ranking list. Thanks Manju Naika Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php  There have been lots of discussion/debates among certain academic community who share the kind of concern expressed by Prof. Pankaj Jalote, not just in IITs but also in the higher education sector in general and central research institutes and universities in particular. There has been a hue and cry over `fall in quality’ and how to improve the quality of higher education, especially in the post 1990s. One major reason for the alleged fall in quality was the `governmental interferences’ as also mentioned in the Prof.Pankaj Jalote opinion as the autonomy of IIT is a `myth’ and also by citing some e.g. It is important to locate these debates in the context to understand the larger `forces’ that shaped it. 1990s was crucial period to understand the history of modern political India . The government’s decision to implement mandal commission report, the liberalization of country’s economy, the growth of identity politics of subaltern groups and also the rise of Hindutva politics happened during this period. As these factors are pertinent to the topic in debate I would like to go little further to show the link between these factors and the current debate on the falling standard of quality education and fixing the government for it. Studies have shown us that there was a near absence of OBCs, Dalits (both faculty and students) in these so called premier institutes (like IIT) ever since its inception and also there were ways and means to subvert the meager reservation made mandatory for the SCs and STs. The government’s decision to implement mandal commission was to make these exclusive spaces more inclusive. One has to welcome any such move in the otherwise deeply hierarchical society like ours. But the sudden hue and cry over falling standard of quality can ben seen as a response to the govt’s decision to implement 27% reservation for OBCs and also a strategy to subvert it. It is also important to notice the conspicuous absence of the notion of equality in any of these `how to improve the quality’ debates also in the above subject, which is of crucial important in a hierarchical society like ours. One can raise disturbing questions like why don’t you speak about equality which would lead to point out the problems of the positions taken in the above subject. Another major aspect I have with the Prof.Pankaj Jalote is that he is trying to put IIT vs universalities in other countries, especially US and countries which have, of late, been following neo-liberal market economic policies. As one goes through this topic one feels as if IIT has nothing to do with this society. And also the job of the national universities and the research institutes SHOULD NOT be to serve the market and its needs. If one feel so that is because of the intellectual dishonesty. IIT are established to fulfill certain objectives not to compete with other countries institute where social structure is entirely different from ours and also not to fight for ranking list. Criteria used for ranking is ultimate and perfect one? Any one criteria used for ranking in the list is there in the IITs objectives? International Publication and Prize award method is it not biased? The running of public institutes cannot be compared with that of the private as the former especially knowledge production centers like universities DO NOT run with the market principle of profiteering. It’s important to monitor what kind of knowledge these so called premier institutes like IIT are producing and who the products of these institutes serve. As more and more private forces, to name one TATA, are trying to take stake in the higher education, it becomes more important to see what role IIT like institute should have to perform. If one argues, by any means, that it has to continue to be exclusive spaces, then one goes against the very basic principle on which our constitution is founded, that is equality. The votaries of `global standard’, `competition’ etc (which is largely a discursive construct of the market economy) do not and will not understand the spirit of our constitution because they are blind to the social reality and lack insight Selection committee is existed in present day also, their duty is to suggest suitable candidate, but final selection power should not in the hands of again selection committee members. If these institutes are getting fund from the Government. Why they need autonomous, they must follow the guidelines of the Govt. If they need complete autonomy it is better to go for Capital Market instead of asking autonomy for Tax payer’s money. I will be happy if IIT education is accessible lowest section of our society without too much competition. There should be minimum one IIT in every state in the country. Then this is really tremendous achievement than being NO 1 in the World Ranking list. Thanks Manju Naika Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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EBM Librarian Wiki
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

This is an interesting wiki from Medical Librarians. Shows what future librarians would be doing in future. Check out EBM Librarian - http://ebmlibrarian.wetpaint.com/ . It is a wiki is to develop a community of librarians who are involved in teaching and supporting the practice of evidence based medicine (ebm) or evidence based practice (ebp). --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Google Launches Patent Search
by Farooque Shaheen 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

The patent search site, launched as a beta, is designed to sift through the approximately 7 million U.S. patents by a variety of parameters including filing date, issue date, patent number and inventor. http://www.google.com/patents Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 The patent search site, launched as a beta, is designed to sift through the approximately 7 million U.S. patents by a variety of parameters including filing date, issue date, patent number and inventor. http://www.google.com/patents Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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Stories and more
by sheela nag 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

Dear Professionals, If you are looking for an apt quotation, or information on a topic; if you are bored, and want to read a favourite story; if you want to read classics you have never read before; if you want to read the poems of some of the best poets; if you want a feel of old english literature; if you just want to read..... Try this website : www.Bartleby.com Check out the Reference,Verse, Fiction and Non-fiction segments. Dip into great books at your own time, free of cost. Regards Sheela S Sheela S Junior Librarian IBA , Bangalore. sheelasheela(a)gmail.com Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Dear Professionals, If you are looking for an apt quotation, or information on a topic; if you are bored, and want to read a favourite story; if you want to read classics you have never read before; if you want to read the poems of some of the best poets; if you want a feel of old english literature; if you just want to read..... Try this website : http://www.bartleby.com/ www.Bartleby.com Check out the Reference,Verse, Fiction and Non-fiction segments. Dip into great books at your own time, free of cost. Regards Sheela S Sheela S Junior Librarian IBA , Bangalore. mailto:sheelasheela@gmail.com sheelasheela(a)gmail.com Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries~T - Call for contributions
by Mailing List Manager 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:44:38 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Open Access and Digital Libraries Group (OADL, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/ - New Members Welcomed) intends to develop a "Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries". It would be distributed freely under Creative Commons license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ . Developmental approach would according to the principles of "wiki" but would list all its major contributors. Please come forward to author this documents. You may contribute by: 1. Suggesting the Table of Content. 2. Contributing topics to it. 3. Sharing your experiences. 4. Editing it. 5. Refuting it. If you are a member of the OADL Group than contribute directly through emails to the group. Otherwise send your emails to oadl-owner(a)yahoogroups.com . Mature Drafts would available under files section of the group. Thank you. Sukhdev Singh, Co-Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/

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Apprenticeship Trainees
by M Krishnamurthy 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Applications are invited by Indian Statistical Institute,Library, Bangalore for apprenticeship trainee from graduate and diploma holders for a period of one year w.e.f Jan2, 2007. Stipend payable is Rs 5000/=p.m for graduate trainee and Rs. 4000/=p.m for diploma holders. Last date for receipt of application is 20th December 2006. Preference will be given to local candidates. Applications may be addressed to Prof. I.K.Ravichandra Rao, Head, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore 560059 email: ikrrao(a)hotmail.com M.Krishnamurthy *************************************** Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 www.isibang.ac.in/library Ph:91-80-8483002/3 Fax :91-80-28484265

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IBM, Yahoo Launch Free Enterprise Search Tool
by Farooque Shaheen 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

IBM and Yahoo Inc. have developed a free, entry-level enterprise search application that at least one analyst believes will seriously disrupt the low-end segment of this market, where Google Inc. has been selling many of its Mini search devices. IBM and Yahoo released the server-side application on Wednesday as a free download aimed at companies that haven't tried out enterprise search because of cost and complexity concerns. It is available for download at omnifind.ibm.yahoo.net. The software, called IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition, is designed to be simple to install and use, and can index up to 500,000 documents from more than 200 file types, including Adobe Systems Inc.'s PDF and Microsoft Corp.'s Word and Excel. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&tax… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 IBM and Yahoo Inc. have developed a free, entry-level enterprise search application that at least one analyst believes will seriously disrupt the low-end segment of this market, where Google Inc. has been selling many of its Mini search devices. IBM and Yahoo released the server-side application on Wednesday as a free download aimed at companies that haven't tried out enterprise search because of cost and complexity concerns. It is available for download at omnifind.ibm.yahoo.net. The software, called IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition, is designed to be simple to install and use, and can index up to 500,000 documents from more than 200 file types, including Adobe Systems Inc.'s PDF and Microsoft Corp.'s Word and Excel. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&tax… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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LIS-job: Assistant Knowledge Manager The Archive (Mumbai) ...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Hello Dears, OSIANs CONNOISSEURS OF ART INDIAS PREMIER AUCTION HOUSE & ARCHIVE continues to expand OsiansConnoisseurs of Art was founded in 2000 as Indias pioneering Auction House and foremost Archive for the Indian Arts. In six years Osian's has established itself as an unique, cutting-edge cultural institution as well as the foremost builder of knowledge-bases for the Indian Fine and Popular Contemporary Arts, Cinema and Architectural Heritage Assistant Knowledge Manager The Archive (Mumbai) Will be required to assist the Custodian in the documentation and management of our vast archival & research library on the Indian Arts and link it to electronic systems. Should possess a Masters degree and comprehensive knowledge of library packages such as CDS/ISIS, LIBSYS, LIBRARIAN SUITE, SLIM, LIBRARY WORLD and be familiar with the DDS and international trends in archiving systems. Should possess excellent English language skills and the confidence to innovate and build unique documentation systems. Archivist-Researchers The Archive (Mumbai) Should have a masters degree in the arts or sciences; an eye for detail and a desire to function towards developing the knowledge base of the arts in India. Computer proficiency and attitude for research essential. Experience with a library/ archive/ project documentation preferred. Excellence in English a pre-requisite. Candidates with photography expertise interested in working with visuals may also apply for positions in the Visual Archive. References essential for all positions. Remuneration strictly on par with qualifications and ability to perform. Please send your CV with the post& location clearly specified, within 7 days via email only to: Senior Vice-President Human Resources bakhtawar(a)osians.com www.osians.com 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 --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. Hello Dears, OSIANs CONNOISSEURS OF ART INDIAS PREMIER AUCTION HOUSE & ARCHIVE continues to expand OsiansConnoisseurs of Art was founded in 2000 as Indias pioneering Auction House and foremost Archive for the Indian Arts. In six years Osian's has established itself as an unique, cutting-edge cultural institution as well as the foremost builder of knowledge-bases for the Indian Fine and Popular Contemporary Arts, Cinema and Architectural Heritage Assistant Knowledge Manager The Archive (Mumbai) Will be required to assist the Custodian in the documentation and management of our vast archival & research library on the Indian Arts and link it to electronic systems. Should possess a Masters degree and comprehensive knowledge of library packages such as CDS/ISIS, LIBSYS, LIBRARIAN SUITE, SLIM, LIBRARY WORLD and be familiar with the DDS and international trends in archiving systems. Should possess excellent English language skills and the confidence to innovate and build unique documentation systems. Archivist-Researchers The Archive (Mumbai) Should have a masters degree in the arts or sciences; an eye for detail and a desire to function towards developing the knowledge base of the arts in India. Computer proficiency and attitude for research essential. Experience with a library/ archive/ project documentation preferred. Excellence in English a pre-requisite. Candidates with photography expertise interested in working with visuals may also apply for positions in the Visual Archive. References essential for all positions. Remuneration strictly on par with qualifications and ability to perform. Please send your CV with the post& location clearly specified, within 7 days via email only to: Senior Vice-President Human Resources bakhtawar(a)osians.com http://www.osians.com www.osians.com 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: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu/ www.tiss.edu Have a burning question? Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1… Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know.

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European Digital Library
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Friends: Europe is making big strides in setting up the new European Digital Library. I am looking forward to the day when we in India can proudly announce such achievements. And I look forward to men like Prof. N Balakrishan of IISc and the head of the Million Books Digital library Project in India to lead the way. Progressive corporates like Informatics India can also pitch in. Arun ------------- >From Peter Suber's blog Progress on The European Library Bigger European Digital Library? Tell me more! Euractiv, December 11, 2006. (Thanks to ResourceShelf.) Excerpt: More than six million books, documents and other culturally significant works should become available online in the new European Digital Library during the next five years, thanks to the information society technologies (IST) programme TEL-ME-MOR.... With the project due to complete its objectives by the end of January 2007, TEL-ME-MOR [http://www.telmemor.net/] is well on the way to achieving its objectives. Content from eight out of the ten newly included national libraries has already been integrated into the European Digital Library.... Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Urban vs rural India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

>From Hindustan Times India leaves Bharat behind Chetan Chauhan New Delhi, December 13, 2006 There is a startling contrast in the pace of infrastructure development between rural and urban India. The cities are experiencing swift development changes while in rural areas things remain static. The India Infrastructure Report 2006, to be released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, shows the disconnect between the two Indias. In the four sectors telecommunications, power, roads and transport and water and sanitation studied by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), the quality and quantity of service has been found to be substantially lower than in cities. The report has urged policy-makers to provide incentives to the private sector to involve itself in rural areas. Telecommunications High monthly rentals (between Rs 90-150) and poor service quality has restricted rural teledensity to 1.67 per cent as compared to 25.90 per cent in urban India. Of the ten states studied, only Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal have more than one public call office in a village. The reason is that those in villages are not willing to spend money on private connections. This explains why the national per capital annual telecommunication expenditure is only Rs 2.9. The story in West Bengal is different. The Grameen Sanchar Society has provided wireless phones through its rural vendors with an assurance of quality service. A fixed percentage of revenue goes to the government and the rest to the Society. Power Punjab tops the NCAER list with 99.87 per cent power connectivity in village homes compared to just 17.82 per cent in Orissa. Punjab's monthly expenditure on power is also the highest at Rs 219 while Tamil Nadu with a high power connection penetration rate spends Rs 39 per home. This could be because Punjab has many more metered connections than Tamil Nadu, the report said. The report is critical of power subsidy in the rural sector, which has prohibited the private sector from taking over distribution networks. Water and sanitation Most villages get water but the report has raised doubts over the quality and sustainability of the supply. For example, 2,17,000 villages have water quality problems. Excess fluoride, arsenic, nitrate, iron and salinity are causing health hazards. Sanitation is no better with only Kerala and Punjab fount to be satisfactory performers. The report reveals that the villagers who spend on water get better quality and example of this is Kerala. There piped water connectivity is 100 per cent per capita as the per capita monthly expenditure on drinking water is Rs 22, highest in the country. Roads and transport Only 55 per cent of villages are connected by roads. "The lack of roads means that 20-30 per cent of the agricultural, horticultural and forest produce gets wasted because it cannot be transported to marketing and processing units," the report said. Email Chetan Chauhan: cchauhan(a)hindustantimes.com ___________________________________________________________ Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/fifaworldcup_uk/

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FW: Why IITs have fallen in global rankings
by shalini 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Something to ponder on.. While India is getting euphoric about positioning itself as the knowledge capital..some cold facts and bold opinions about what ails Indian Academia..and why we are falling behind. _____ Slip Sliding Away Why IITs have fallen in global rankings Pankaj Jalote The writer is Microsoft chair professor at IIT Delhi. IITs have been slipping in the global university rankings for the last few years. In our euphoria about India's progress, such reports are mentioned in passing and then promptly forgotten. IITs have made a name for themselves largely on the success of its graduates, and less on the strength of its R&D output. And most global ranking of universities are predominantly based on R&D. The performance of IITs (and other such institutions in India) is likely to continue dropping globally. This is not to say that they are static - indeed the R&D output from IITs is increasing, but relative to others it is slipping. Interestingly, the relative decline is not because established R&D centres in the US and Europe are becoming bigger, but because newer entrants from China, Korea and Singapore are doing much better. The central reason for the decline of IITs in relative ranking is the archaic academic governance structures that exist in Indian institutes. Autonomy of these institutes is a myth. Consider these facts: the director of institutes is appointed not by a selection committee of experts but by the ministry; pay scales of faculty and grades are decided by government; starting a new course in an IIT could even require permission of Parliament; and there is regular interference in the administration and set-up of these institutes such as reservation of seats without proper consultation. These are a reminder that though in daily affairs the autonomy is there, there is little autonomy in making structural changes or bringing about any significant changes. A fallout of tight government control is the archaic system of fixed increment-based salary scales with no regular performance evaluation. This means that faculty members get a regular increment in their salaries, regardless of their performance. There are no regular or yearly appraisals, on which salary increments are decided. This system is guaranteed to lead to mediocrity and lack of competitiveness. This is the bane of academic governance, giving absolutely no elbow room to promote excellence or reward performance. No private company in India would think of this - all of them have performance appraisals, on which increments and promotions are decided. In academics, however, career paths are still largely decided on patronage from government. The only means of recognition are publishing in international journals and conferences. Contrast this with the situation in China. About 15 years ago, the Chinese brought about changes in its academic governance structure. The salary of a professor in top university consists of three parts - one given by government which follows the usual scales; another given by the university allowing better institutes to compensate better; and a third based on performance of the faculty member in project and R&D work. The result of this structural change is there for all to see. The contribution of Chinese scientists to premier journals and conferences has been steadily increasing, and is now a threat to western dominance. The situation is the same in Korea and Singapore. Universities in Singapore moved some 15 years ago to a model where the compensation of a faculty had three components - one basic, one based on market forces where a faculty member in demand got more pay, and a third based on performance. The US has been following performance-based evaluation for years - the yearly increment of a faculty member depends on his performance. Pakistan seems to have recently started a somewhat less sophisticated scheme to reward its researchers for every international paper they publish. The impact of this is an increased number of paper submissions from Pakistan. Earlier, much of Europe followed a fixed scale salary model. But most countries have now either migrated to, or are moving towards, an appraisal-based compensation system. Australia and the UK follow it, Germany and Italy are moving towards it. As expected, many faculty members are not happy about it. They are threatened by more transparency, but there is also a realisation that even developed countries cannot expect to do well using old models of governance. It is clear that unless transparency about the output of individual researchers as well as that of institutes is not brought about, along with incentives and compensation based on an appraisal of the quality and quantity of output, India will continue breeding mediocrity and complacency. However, appraisal without suitable autonomy is even worse - institutes will then become the playground of power brokers from outside the system. IITs have suitable structures to potentially implement such schemes and lead the way, if they get the right leadership and necessary autonomy. Unfortunately, the leadership of these institutes, being a beneficiary of political patronage, is unwilling to take any bold moves. They have tended to play safe and keep the ministry happy, rather than bring about innovation and controversial changes. So, changes are undoubtedly needed, without which Indian institutions will continue to slide. But it is doubtful whether any movement along this direction will be undertaken. That is why I believe that IITs will continue slipping in global rankings, despite having the potential to improve. __._,_.___ . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11710407/grpspId=1705946590/msgI d=153/stime=1166010801/nc1=3848479/nc2=4025375/nc3=3> __,_._,___  Something to ponder on.. While India is getting euphoric about positioning itself as the knowledge capital….some cold facts and bold opinions about what ails Indian Academia….and why we are falling behind… � � Slip Sliding Away Why IITs have fallen in global rankings Pankaj Jalote The writer is Microsoft chair professor at IIT Delhi . IITs have been slipping in the global university rankings for the last few years. In our euphoria about India 's progress, such reports are mentioned in passing and then promptly forgotten. IITs have made a name for themselves largely on the success of its graduates, and less on the strength of its R&D output. And most global ranking of universities are predominantly based on R&D. The performance of IITs (and other such institutions in India ) is likely to continue dropping globally. This is not to say that they are static — indeed the R&D output from IITs is increasing, but relative to others it is slipping. Interestingly, the relative decline is not because established R&D centres in the US and Europe are becoming bigger, but because newer entrants from China , Korea and Singapore are doing much better. The central reason for the decline of IITs in relative ranking is the archaic academic governance structures that exist in Indian institutes. Autonomy of these institutes is a myth. Consider these facts: the director of institutes is appointed not by a selection committee of experts but by the ministry; pay scales of faculty and grades are decided by government; starting a new course in an IIT could even require permission of Parliament; and there is regular interference in the administration and set-up of these institutes such as reservation of seats without proper consultation. These are a reminder that though in daily affairs the autonomy is there, there is little autonomy in making structural changes or bringing about any significant changes. A fallout of tight government control is the archaic system of fixed increment-based salary scales with no regular performance evaluation. This means that faculty members get a regular increment in their salaries, regardless of their performance. There are no regular or yearly appraisals, on which salary increments are decided. This system is guaranteed to lead to mediocrity and lack of competitiveness. This is the bane of academic governance, giving absolutely no elbow room to pr omote excellence or reward performance. No private company in India would think of this — all of them have performance appraisals, on which increments and promotions are decided. In academics, however, career paths are still largely decided on patronage from government. The only means of recognition are publishing in international journals and conferences. Contrast this with the situation in China . About 15 years ago, the Chinese brought about changes in its academic governance structure. The salary of a professor in top university consists of three parts — one given by government which follows the usual scales; another given by the university allowing better institutes to compensate better; and a third based on performance of the faculty member in project and R&D work. The result of this structural change is there for all to see. The contribution of Chinese scientists to premier journals and conferences has been steadily increasing, and is now a threat to western dominance. The situation is the same in Korea and Singapore . Universities in Singapore moved some 15 years ago to a model where the compensation of a faculty had three components — one basic, one based on market forces where a faculty member in demand got more pay, and a third based on performance. The US has been following performance- based evaluation for years — the yearly increment of a faculty member depends on his performance. Pakistan seems to have recently started a somewhat less sophisticated scheme to reward its researchers for every international paper they publish. The impact of this is an increased number of paper submissions from Pakistan . Earlier, much of Europe followed a fixed scale salary model. But most countries have now either migrated to, or are moving towards, an appraisal-based compensation system. Australia and the UK follow it, Germany and Italy are moving towards it. As expected, many faculty members are not happy about it. They are threatened by more transparency, but there is also a realisation that even developed countries cannot expect to do well using old models of governance. It is clear that unless transparency about the output of individual researchers as well as that of institutes is not brought about, along with incentives and compensation based on an appraisal of the quality and quantity of output, India will continue breeding mediocrity and complacency. However, appraisal without suitable autonomy is even worse — institutes will then become the playground of power brokers from outside the system. IITs have suitable structures to potentially implement such schemes and lead the way, if they get the right leadership and necessary autonomy. Unfortunately, the leadership of these institutes, being a beneficiary of political patronage, is unwilling to take any bold moves. They have tended to play safe and keep the ministry happy, rather than bring about innovation and controversial changes. So, changes are undoubtedly needed, without which Indian institutions will continue to slide. But it is doubtful whether any movement along this direction will be undertaken. That is why I believe that IITs will continue slipping in global rankings, despite having the potential to improve. __._,_.___ . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11710407/grpspId=1705946590/msgI… __,_._,___

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Retrospective Conversion
by Rajendra Thaty 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Dear all,I am the University Librarian of Sambalpur University. We want to put the cataloging data of all our books (about 1,20,000 in number)  into computerised database. I know many of you have already done this. May I know the best and quickest method for this? As it requires human involvement for jobs like preparation of input sheets, data entry and data verification etc, I request to please share with me your experiences. Also I would be interested to know cost implications per book for each of these jobs.Please treat it as urgent. Can I have your feedback within a couple of days please?Thanks   Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Prof B Behera Cntral Library Samabalpur University Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) I am the University Librarian of Sambalpur University. We want to put the cataloging data of all our books (about 1,20,000 in number) into computerised database. I know many of you have already done this. May I know the best and quickest method for this? As it requires human involvement for jobs like preparation of input sheets, data entry and data verification etc, I request to please share with me your experiences. Also I would be interested to know cost implications per book for each of these jobs. Please treat it as urgent. Can I have your feedback within a couple of days please? Thanks Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Prof B Behera Cntral Library Samabalpur University Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Call for Papers
by monawwer eqbal 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

VIDHIGYA The Journal of Legal Awareness is being published regularly by Integrated School of Law, Ghaziabad. The Journal welcomes and encourages original unpulished research based papers, articles, legal expressions, legal perception, global views & comments on various legal issues, book reviews and case laws. The Journal covers almost all the subjects relating to the study of law. Written material sent post/e-mail should include authors full name, designation, complete postal address, phone no. and fax no. Important Dates: December 31, 2006 Deadline for paper submission January 15, 2007 Completion of First Review January 25, 2007 Completion of Final Review February 15, 2007 Publication Authors intending to submit papers are encouraged to contact: Monawwer Eqbal Assistant Editor Delhi Hapur Bypass (NH-24), Dasna Rly. Crossing, Ghaziabad 201009 (U.P.) India Tel.- 91-120-2768951 Fax No.-91-120-2768952 E-mail:irc@gmail.com vidhigya(a)inmantec.edu Web: www.inmantec.edu --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW VIDHIGYA The Journal of Legal Awareness is being published regularly by Integrated School of Law, Ghaziabad. The Journal welcomes and encourages original unpulished research based papers, articles, legal expressions, legal perception, global views & comments on various legal issues, book reviews and case laws. The Journal covers almost all the subjects relating to the study of law. Written material sent post/e-mail should include authors full name, designation, complete postal address, phone no. and fax no. Important Dates: December 31, 2006 Deadline for paper submission January 15, 2007 Completion of First Review January 25, 2007 Completion of Final Review February 15, 2007 Publication Authors intending to submit papers are encouraged to contact: Monawwer Eqbal Assistant Editor Delhi Hapur Bypass (NH-24), Dasna Rly. Crossing, Ghaziabad 201009 (U.P.) India Tel.- 91-120-2768951 Fax No.-91-120-2768952 E-mail:irc@gmail.com mailto:vidhigya@inmantec.edu vidhigya(a)inmantec.edu Web: www.inmantec.edu Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Microsoft supports open access
by Mailing List Manager 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:45:02 +0530 (IST) From: arun(a)mssrf.res.in Friends: Here is an excerpt from a conversation between freelance technology journalist Richard Poynder and Prof. Tony Hey, Corporate vice president for technical computing at Microsoft. Prof. Hey explains why Microsoft supports open access. For the full text of the interview, please visit: http://poynder.blogspot.com/2006/12/conversation-with-microsofts-tony-hey.h… Regards. Arun -------

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An OA consultant in each university!
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Friends: Here is an interesting development at MIT, Cambridge. Arun ---------------- MIT's new Scholarly Publishing Consultant MIT has hired a Scholarly Publishing Consultant to advise faculty about their OA options. (Thanks to ResourceShelf.) From the announcement on the MIT Libraries News blog: The MIT Libraries now have a half-time position supporting MIT faculty and researchers who have questions about their options and rights in the world of scholarly publishing, which has evolved dramatically with the advent of the digital age. This position has been made possible with support from the Provosts office. In what ways would a faculty member make use of this new position? For example: * To ask about what rights you have over your own work, and how you can ensure that you have the rights in the future to do what you want with your work; * To ask questions about standard publisher copyright transfer agreements, including the use of MITs amendment to such agreements; * To gain feedback about options and rights related to archiving your work on the web, whether via a faculty home page, Dspace, or a discipline-based archive, or another means; * To discuss the options for publishing an article so that it will be openly available, without permission or subscription barriers, whether in a new open access journal or a long-standing journal; or * To ask about open access publication options, and funder or government policies in relation to those options. If you would like to discuss any of these issues, please contact Ellen Finnie Duranceau, who moved into the new position in mid September.... Peter Suber: Another great idea from MIT. Until OA is as familiar as email, every university should have something like this. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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UNESCO PRIZE for Best Perfomance in Assignments
by Shivendra Singh 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

UNESCO PRIZE for Best Perfomance in Assignments: International Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Program_CD/winners.htm -- Shiv E-mail: shiv.mail(a)gmail.com http://eirs.blogspot.com/ UNESCO PRIZE for Best Perfomance in Assignments: International Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Program_CD/winners.htm http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Program_CD/winners.htm -- Shiv E-mail: mailto:shiv.mail@gmail.com shiv.mail(a)gmail.com http://eirs.blogspot.com/ http://eirs.blogspot.com/

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New Group - Open Access and Digital Libraries
by Sukhdev Singh 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Friends, I am back from an International Conference on Digital Libraries, 5-8 Dec. 2006 organised by TERI at New Delhi (ICDL 2006). In one of the session there was comment that nothing is being done for "Open Access" movement in India. I feel this is incorrect. Lot of things are being done but by very few people. Yes, now we need to involve more and more people in this movement - both LIS professional as well educators, researchers and policy makers. The first step I can think of is forming a discussion group. I know there are other groups as well - but these are mostly oriented towards LIS professionals. We never know what our target users feel about issues that may dear to us. So a Group called "Open Access and Digital Libraries" is been created with the following URL. If you are interested in Open Access, you are welcome to join it. I would suggest to join it through its Web Interface: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl If for some reason you prefer to join it by sending email, send a blank email to the following: oadl-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Thanks, Sukhdev Singh. NIC.

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2006 best 2.0 applications
by sandeep bhavsar 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Respected All The 2006 award-winning web2.0 applications are worth a browse.. http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/# Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 40601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 elibrary : http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. Respected All The 2006 award-winning web2.0 applications are worth a browse.. http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/# Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 40601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 elibrary : http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Now you can http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/reading_pane/*htt… scan emails quickly with a reading pane . Get the new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/reading_pane/*htt… Yahoo! Mail .

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Openarchives.eu
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Friends: I received this through another list. Arun --------- >From "Giulio Blasi" <blasi(a)horizons.it> We are glad to announce the publication of the portal Openarchives.eu (http://www.openarchives.eu) developed by Horizons Unlimited ( Bologna , Italy http://www.horizons.it) in collaboration with the University of Illinois OAI-PMH Registry . Openarchives.eu is the European Guide to OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories in the world. We hope Openarchives.eu will help the OAI community in finding and searching OAI-PMH compliant digital collections around the world (we also provide a gateway for searching metadata through the most important service providers engines, including DOAJ). Openarchives.eu is a contribution to the Open Access community. Our mission is providing the open access community with a new set of tools for data and service providers in the Universities, Public Libraries and the Public Administration. We will be very grateful for any suggestion, comment, correction, integration or new infos you will send us to make our work better. We are open to any form of collaboration to share our data and increase visibility of open digital repositories. Best regards Dr Giulio Blasi _______________________________________________ Horizons Unlimited srl via Fioravanti 59/2 | 40128 - Bologna tel. 051-41.56.611 | fax 051-3370387 Email e MSN Messenger: blasi(a)horizons.it | Web: http://www.horizons.it

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How to prevent spam
by Sunil Kumar DP 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Dear Colleagues, How to prevent spam Click the bellow link http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com/Howtopreventspam.htm Regards -- Sunil Kumar DP Asst. Librarian Indian Business Academy Laxmipura Bangalore. Email sunildp1982(a)yahoo.com http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com Cell +919845562817 Dear Colleagues, How to prevent spam Click the bellow link http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com/Howtopreventspam.htm http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com/Howtopreventspam.htm Regards -- Sunil Kumar DP Asst. Librarian Indian Business Academy Laxmipura Bangalore. Email mailto:sunildp1982@yahoo.com sunildp1982(a)yahoo.com http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com http://sunildp1982.googlepages.com Cell +919845562817

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IMPACT FACTOR
by Manik Nand lal 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Dear Colleagues, Can you please let us know the IMPACT FACTOR for the following journal :- MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR : INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL RESEARCH http://www.medscimonit.com/medscimonit/ Please also let us know how to find out Impact Factor for a particular journal? What are the databases/search engines available for searching Impact factor apart from Journal website? Thanking you & with warm regards, N. MANIK MANAGER-LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTRE DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION 22 SITE IV, SAHIBABAD GHAZIABAD-201010 INDIA TEL. : 91-120-4378497 FAX : 91-120-4376902 This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary,or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately & delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. IMPACT FACTOR Dear Colleagues, Can you please let us know the IMPACT FACTOR for the following journal :- MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR : INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL RESEARCH http://www.medscimonit.com/medscimonit/ http://www.medscimonit.com/medscimonit/ Please also let us know how to find out Impact Factor for a particular journal? What are the databases/search engines available for searching Impact factor apart from Journal website? Thanking you & with warm regards, N. MANIK MANAGER-LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTRE DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION 22 SITE IV, SAHIBABAD GHAZIABAD-201010 INDIA TEL. : 91-120-4378497 FAX : 91-120-4376902 This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary,or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately & delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System Could Hold A Library On One Disc
by sandeep bhavsar 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System Could Hold A Library On One Disc Imagine taking the entire collection of historical documents at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and storing it on a single DVD. The technology developed by chemistry professor Kevin Belfield and his research team could eventually be used to store historical documents or create complicated databases that could give decision-makers quick access to critical information. (Photo: Jerry Klein) University of Central Florida Chemistry Professor Kevin D. Belfield and his team have cracked a puzzle that stumped scientists for more than a dozen years. They have developed a new technology that will allow users to record and store massive amounts of data -- the museum's entire collection or as many as 500 movies, for example -- onto a single disc or, perhaps, a small cube. Belfield's Two-Photon 3-D Optical Data Storage system makes this possible. "For a while, the community has been able to record data in photochromic materials in several layers," Belfield said. "The problem was that no one could figure out how to read out the data without destroying it. But we cracked it." Think of it this way. Television viewers can tape a show on a VHS tape. They can use the tape several times. But each time the same segment of the tape is used, the quality diminishes as the tape wears out. Eventually, the data is lost. The same is true of recordable DVDs. Belfield's team figured out a way to use lasers to compact large amounts of information onto a DVD while maintaining excellent quality. The information is stored permanently without the possibility of damage. The process involves shooting two different wavelengths of light onto the recording surface. The use of two lasers creates a very specific image that is sharper than what current techniques can render. Depending on the color (wavelength) of the light, information is written onto a disk. The information is highly compacted, so the disk isn't much thicker. It's like a typical DVD. The challenge scientists faced for years was that light is also used to read the information. The light couldn't distinguish between reading and writing, so it would destroy the recorded information. Belfield's team developed a way to use light tuned to specific colors or wavelengths to allow information that a user wants to keep to stay intact. The UCF team's work was published in Advanced Materials (2006, vol. 18, pp. 2910-2914) and recently highlighted in Nature Photonics. A patent is pending. Once the technology is fine-tuned, it could be used to store historical documents or create complicated databases that could give decision-makers quick access to critical information, Belfield said. Blu-Ray Disc Association and industrial leaders in computer and other media recently commercially introduced Blu-Ray Disc technology that allows for storage of 25 gigabytes (GB) on a single layer of a disc and 50 GB on two layers. It has been referred to as the next generation of optical disc format, and it offers high-definition quality. Belfield's technique allows for storing on multiple layers with the capacity of at least 1,000 GB and high-definition quality. The UCF team has received a $270,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue its work. The team will focus on making the technique even more efficient, partly by reducing the required laser power. The team's work with lasers and lights has other practical applications. Belfield and his colleagues in the Department of Chemistry are exploring the use of light to detect and treat certain types of cancer. Belfield's research team is creating chemical agents that, after being injected into patients, will travel within the bloodstream to find and bind with cancer cells. Using light, doctors would then be able to see if and where a patient has cancer cells. Another agent could be injected that would then destroy the cancer cells when activated by light, without damaging other healthy cells. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System Could Hold A Library On One Disc Imagine taking the entire collection of historical documents at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and storing it on a single DVD. The technology developed by chemistry professor Kevin Belfield and his research team could eventually be used to store historical documents or create complicated databases that could give decision-makers quick access to critical information. (Photo: Jerry Klein) University of Central Florida Chemistry Professor Kevin D. Belfield and his team have cracked a puzzle that stumped scientists for more than a dozen years. They have developed a new technology that will allow users to record and store massive amounts of data -- the museum's entire collection or as many as 500 movies, for example -- onto a single disc or, perhaps, a small cube. Belfield's Two-Photon 3-D Optical Data Storage system makes this possible. "For a while, the community has been able to record data in photochromic materials in several layers," Belfield said. "The problem was that no one could figure out how to read out the data without destroying it. But we cracked it." Think of it this way. Television viewers can tape a show on a VHS tape. They can use the tape several times. But each time the same segment of the tape is used, the quality diminishes as the tape wears out. Eventually, the data is lost. The same is true of recordable DVDs. Belfield's team figured out a way to use lasers to compact large amounts of information onto a DVD while maintaining excellent quality. The information is stored permanently without the possibility of damage. The process involves shooting two different wavelengths of light onto the recording surface. The use of two lasers creates a very specific image that is sharper than what current techniques can render. Depending on the color (wavelength) of the light, information is written onto a disk. The information is highly compacted, so the disk isn't much thicker. It's like a typical DVD. The challenge scientists faced for years was that light is also used to read the information. The light couldn't distinguish between reading and writing, so it would destroy the recorded information. Belfield's team developed a way to use light tuned to specific colors or wavelengths to allow information that a user wants to keep to stay intact. The UCF team's work was published in Advanced Materials (2006, vol. 18, pp. 2910-2914) and recently highlighted in Nature Photonics. A patent is pending. Once the technology is fine-tuned, it could be used to store historical documents or create complicated databases that could give decision-makers quick access to critical information, Belfield said. Blu-Ray Disc Association and industrial leaders in computer and other media recently commercially introduced Blu-Ray Disc technology that allows for storage of 25 gigabytes (GB) on a single layer of a disc and 50 GB on two layers. It has been referred to as the next generation of optical disc format, and it offers high-definition quality. Belfield's technique allows for storing on multiple layers with the capacity of at least 1,000 GB and high-definition quality. The UCF team has received a $270,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue its work. The team will focus on making the technique even more efficient, partly by reducing the required laser power. The team's work with lasers and lights has other practical applications. Belfield and his colleagues in the Department of Chemistry are exploring the use of light to detect and treat certain types of cancer. Belfield's research team is creating chemical agents that, after being injected into patients, will travel within the bloodstream to find and bind with cancer cells. Using light, doctors would then be able to see if and where a patient has cancer cells. Another agent could be injected that would then destroy the cancer cells when activated by light, without damaging other healthy cells. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/free_from_isp/*ht… all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider.

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Rexa, a computer science repository
by Mailing List Manager 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:29:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Please alert all computer scientists you know to Rexa, a subject-based repository that has archived more than 7 million papers. In many ways it is similar to CiteSeer and Google Scholar but has additional features. The url is <http://hunch.net/?p=184>. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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