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Submission of new nomination proposals for inscription on the Memory of the World Register
by Mailing List Manager 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:57:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> the World Register Submission of new nomination proposals for inscription on the Memory of the World Register: Last date for Submission: 31 March 2008 For details, visit, Memory of the World Programme Website http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI… Information Society Division Communication and Information Sector UNESCO House B 5/29 Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi 110 029, INDIA Email: d.anup-kumar(a)unesco.org Tel : 91-11-26713000 Fax : 91-11-26713001/02

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IndianJournals.Com becomes only website in India having largest collection of multidisciplinary Indian Publications
by Mailing List Manager 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:21:16 +0530 From: Chandrima Roy <croy(a)docdelserv.com> Hello Everybody! We are proud to announce that IndianJournals.com becomes the only website in India hosting largest number of Indian Publications in different subject areas. We are aiming at making this a common platform for all Indian Publications so that it becomes a readily available source for all Indian Publications and hence a source guide for all the users of Indian Journals. We thank you all for the continuous support provided in terms of suggesting and introducing journals, without which we would not have reached so far in such a short span of time. Statistics as on 31st October 2006 (since 30th May 2005 - date of inception): No. of Publications: 50 Societies Associated: 41 Issues Archival: 697 Subject Areas Covered so far: 9 Visitors So far as on 31st October, 2006: 120543 We look forward for your similar patronage in future also. Thanks & Regards :-) Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876

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Re:Who is using Koha in India
by Mailing List Manager 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:36:19 +0530 From: Eldho Joy <eldhoj(a)gmail.com> Sub: Koha users Dear Mr. Murari College of Engineering,Barton Hill, Trivandrum,Kerala is successfully using Koha.You will get more details from The New Indian Express dated,12/10/2006. Eldho Joy Librarian www.lbsitw.ac.in > > Dear Colleagues, > Can someone indicate who is using Koha (Library Management Software) in > India and their experiences. > > With warm regards, > > Murari P Tapaswi > National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India > Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 > www.nio.org, www.coastalhazards.info, www.mangroveindia.org >

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OA journals can be profitable for the publishers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Friends: Peter Suber's blog carries this item today. Dr D K Sahu of MedKnow Publications, Bombay, has 40 OA titles and his experience is similar to that of Hindwani's. Arun ------- Viable business models for OA journals Victoria Rae and Fytton Rowland, "Is there a viable business model for commercial OA publishing?" Forthcoming in Serials. Thanks to William Walsh for the alert as well as for this abstract: The study reported here investigated the potential viability of open access (OA) models for commercial scholarly journal publishers by means of interviews with knowledgeable professionals in the business. The conclusion was that it is as yet unproven whether or not a viable OA business model exists. There are likely to be widely different approaches between different disciplines in the future, with OA unlikely to find acceptance in the humanities and social sciences. However, if any viable OA models do exist, they are likely to be more sophisticated than those tried hitherto, and some suggestions are made regarding possible variables that might be tested in future experiments. On the particular issue of "free riders", it is suggested that the use of a Creative Commons Deed may enable publishers to continue to receive additional non-subscription revenue from industrial users. PS: On June 21, 2006, Hindawi reported that its OA journal collection was already profitable. It's possible that this article was finished and in press before that date. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Fwd: Library Exchange Service
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

FYI. Sorry for cross-postings. Cass Foster <Cass_Foster(a)centralaz.edu> wrote: Subject: Library Exchange Service Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:55:52 -0700 From: "Cass Foster" <Cass_Foster(a)centralaz.edu> To: Dear Librarians, Please excuse my intrusion. My name is Cass Foster. I am a theatre professor in Arizona that started an international service for librarians, professors and administrators. Networking is provided to help bring about temporary exchanges of homes and positions. Could be within the same country or with other countries. There are currently particpants from over 30 countries. Registration is free if you sign up before 15 September 2006. Please visit www.LibrarianExchange.NET to submit your registration at your early convenience. Regards, --cass Forwarded by J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Jasmine Court, Post Box W-1451 St. Johns, ANTIGUA, West Indies HQ: 501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10017, USA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. FYI. Sorry for cross-postings. Cass Foster <Cass_Foster(a)centralaz.edu> wrote: Subject: Library Exchange Service Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:55:52 -0700 From: "Cass Foster" <Cass_Foster(a)centralaz.edu> To: Dear Librarians, Please excuse my intrusion. My name is Cass Foster. I am a theatre professor in Arizona that started an international service for librarians, professors and administrators. Networking is provided to help bring about temporary exchanges of homes and positions. Could be within the same country or with other countries. There are currently particpants from over 30 countries. Registration is free if you sign up before 15 September 2006. Please visit www.LibrarianExchange.NET to submit your registration at your early convenience. Regards, --cass Forwarded by J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD Assistant Director - Library American University of Antigua Jasmine Court, Post Box W-1451 St. Johns, ANTIGUA, West Indies HQ: 501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10017, USA Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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News on Web science
by ryerna＠iitk.ac.in 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Dear Frineds, kindly share the following information http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/nov/03web.htm?q=tp&file=.htm Or Text version Now 'Web science' to help improve the Internet Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the British scientist who invented the World Wide Web, wants to turn the Internet into a science: Web science. In keeping with this, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southampton on Thursday announced the launch of the Web Science Research Initiative, a panel that will understand the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the Internet reported news.com The WSRI will have its headquarters at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT and at the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. The two collaborating universities will raise funds from the corporate world and set up a research centre 'that will sponsor Ph.D. students and ultimately create undergraduate curricula in Web science,' news.com reported. In a recent article, Berners-Lee had said that the Web has changed the ways people communicate, collaborate, and educate. But with the Net evolving rapidly, it is necessary to understand its potential impact in the future too. He said that since humans are the creators of Web pages and links between them, their interactions form emergent patterns in the Web at a macroscopic scale. These human interactions are, in turn, governed by social conventions and laws. Web science, therefore, must be inherently interdisciplinary; its goal is to both understand the growth of the Web and to create approaches that allow new powerful and more beneficial patterns to occur. The WSRI will have four directors: Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium; Wendy Hall, professor of computer science at University of Southampton; Nigel Shadbolt, professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Southampton; and Daniel J. Weitzner, principal research scientist at MIT. The father of the World Wide Web said that the social aspect of the Web demands that a field separate from computer science be explored. The WSRI members say that these social scientists and life sciences gurus can help study online communities and help 'Web scientists' understand how the Web operates and how it can be more responsive to the existing relationships people actually have online. The initiative will lead to better understanding of the Internet and will help improve the way people communicate, learn and work on the Internet. "We really must have a science of understanding this. We must be able to look at whether it's going to continue to serve us well, or whether we'll end up with some things which suddenly appear overnight and which in fact are very bad," Berners-Lee said in an interview with BBC.

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Journal on Knowledge Management
by librarymahad 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

Dear all, Request you to send me a list of Journals on Knowledge Management or on Learning organisation. If possible the publication details. Awaiting for your favourable response. Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. Sr. Librarian & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ Dear all, Request you to send me a list of Journals on Knowledge Management or on Learning organisation. If possible the publication details. Awaiting for your favourable response. Regards, Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. Sr. Librarian & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Changes
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

I have resigned my position as Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development at the University of Houston Libraries effective 1/31/07. Effective immediately, there are several important changes to the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB), Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (SEPR), and the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (SEPW) that users should be aware of: 1. These publications have been moved to my domain: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ SEPB http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepb.html SEPR http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepr.htm SEPW http://www.digital-scholarship.com/sepb/sepw.htm 2. While the UH Libraries will archive SEPB versions up to version 64, no new versions will be published on their Website. If you maintain a catalog record for SEPB, I would ask that you update it with the new address. Next Monday's SEPW will be published at the new site. 3. A transition version of SEPB (65) has been published at the new site. There are no content changes. This version simply makes a number of HTML coding adjustments needed for the new location. A Google Custom Search Engine replaces the prior search capability. Once Google starts indexing the new site, search results will be from that site. 4. The SEPW mailing list will be discontinued at the end work today. You can continue to get an e-mail version from FeedBurner. I'm sorry for the inconvenience of your having to sign up again; all that is required is your e-mail address. http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 5. The SEPW RSS feed remains the same: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss 6. You can continue to follow my digital publishing activities at my domain and at DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Thanks for your patience during this transition. -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. E-Mail: cwbailey(a)digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others.)

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onscreen key board
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Useful information in case your keyboard stops functioning for some reason and you need to use your computer in an emergency. In case you did not know this already ================== An On-Screen Keyboard in Windows. In case your keyboard or some keys stop working, Microsoft provides you with an alternative way to type-in using the mouse. To work this tool, Go to: 'Start menu' Select: 'Run' Type in: 'OSK' Press: 'OK' A keyboard will be displayed on your monitor, which you can use with your mouse -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors (Formerly SENIORS) 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500018 Phone 27846631

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Tools:Digital library tools: Digital Preservation Recorder(DPR)
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Tools:Digital Library Tools: Digital Preservation Recorder(DPR) Digital Preservation Recorder (DPR) has been developed by the National Archives of Australia to manage a digital preservation workflow. Features of the DPR * Cross platform uses a Java Runtime Environment. * Metadata recording. * User authentication and profiling. * Multiple concurrent users. * Detailed reporting. Preservation The carrying device is connected to the Preservation network and the individual data files are converted to XML via the open source application Xena. The XML files created by Xena are recorded on a second carrying device for transfer to the Digital Repository. Downloading DPR http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116934&package_id=127… How to start DPR: There are two ways to start DPR. Either may be effective depending on the Java Runtime Environment installation on a particular computer. The simplest way is to open a file manager via Windows Explorer or My Computer and navigate to the dprclient.jar file. Double click the jar file and wait a few moments for the Java Virtual Machine to start up and the DPR login to display. On some computers, it may be necessary to start DPR manually. Open a command prompt (Start, Run, cmd, OK) and navigate to the directory containing the dprclient.jar file Type: java -jar dprclient.jar The Java Virtual Machine should start in a few moments and the command prompt window may display some startup messages. The DPR user interface will follow and DPR is ready for use. Technical contact: digipres(a)naa.gov.au Source:http:http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpr Regards H.B Mallikarjuna -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda --------------------------------- 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 Tools:Digital Library Tools: Digital Preservation Recorder(DPR) Digital Preservation Recorder (DPR) has been developed by the National Archives of Australia to manage a digital preservation workflow. Features of the DPR * Cross platform uses a Java Runtime Environment. * Metadata recording. * User authentication and profiling. * Multiple concurrent users. * Detailed reporting. Preservation The carrying device is connected to the Preservation network and the individual data files are converted to XML via the open source application Xena. The XML files created by Xena are recorded on a second carrying device for transfer to the Digital Repository. Downloading DPR http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116934&package_id=127… http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116934&package_id=127… How to start DPR: There are two ways to start DPR. Either may be effective depending on the Java Runtime Environment installation on a particular computer. The simplest way is to open a file manager via Windows Explorer or My Computer and navigate to the dprclient.jar file. Double click the jar file and wait a few moments for the Java Virtual Machine to start up and the DPR login to display. On some computers, it may be necessary to start DPR manually. Open a command prompt (Start, Run, cmd, OK) and navigate to the directory containing the dprclient.jar file Type: java -jar dprclient.jar The Java Virtual Machine should start in a few moments and the command prompt window may display some startup messages. The DPR user interface will follow and DPR is ready for use. Technical contact: mailto:digipres@naa.gov.au digipres(a)naa.gov.au Source:http:http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpr Regards H.B Mallikarjuna http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda 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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Online Access to Research in the Environment
by Sanjo Jose 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain free access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science literature. Over one thousand scientific journal titles owned and published by over 200 prestigious publishing houses, scholarly societies, and scientific associations are now available in 70 low income countries. Another 36 countries will be added by 2008. Research is provided in a wide range of disciplines, including biotechnology, botany, climate change, ecology, energy, environmental chemistry, environmental economics, environmental engineering and planning, environmental law and policy, environmental toxicology and pollution, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, urban planning, zoology, and many others. http://www.oaresciences.org/en/ Also read http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301211300.htm Sanjo Jose, from Benda Kaal Ooru, "the town of boiled beans" IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalooru - 560 012 sanjo(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in sanjojose(a)gmail.com 09986635883 --------------------------------- 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 Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain free access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science literature. Over one thousand scientific journal titles owned and published by over 200 prestigious publishing houses, scholarly societies, and scientific associations are now available in 70 low income countries. Another 36 countries will be added by 2008. Research is provided in a wide range of disciplines, including biotechnology, botany, climate change, ecology, energy, environmental chemistry, environmental economics, environmental engineering and planning, environmental law and policy, environmental toxicology and pollution, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, urban planning, zoology, and many others. http://www.oaresciences.org/en/ http://www.oaresciences.org/en/ Also read http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301211300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/03/stories/2006110301211300.htm Sanjo Jose, from Benda Kaal Ooru, "the town of boiled beans" IKM Trainee, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalooru - 560 012 sanjo(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in sanjojose(a)gmail.com 09986635883 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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Amazing GoogleDuel !
by sarika sawant 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Dear All, A very interesting site http://www.googleduel.com/original.php Enter two words, names, or phrases, and find out which one occurs on more pages on the web. For example, try cat vs dog. So try out... All the Best......... Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Dear All, A very interesting site http://www.googleduel.com/original.php Enter two words, names, or phrases, and find out which one occurs on more pages on the web. For example, try cat vs dog. So try out... All the Best......... Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ 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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New Indian Oxford Journals office to open
by MUKHERJEE, Mithu 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Apologies for cross posting Please find below news which may be of interest to list members. For further information, please contact: Mithu Mukherjee Assistant Communications Manager Oxford Journals +44 (0) 1865 354471 mithu.mukherjee(a)oxfordjournals.org Oxford Journals strengthens position in South Asia with new Indian office Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), is pleased to announce the opening of a new sales office in India. Based in Kolkata, this will be managed by Kaushik Ghosh, recently appointed Library Sales Manager for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. OUP has a strong presence in India, with offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and its headquarters in Delhi. The new appointment for the Journals division marks an increased commitment to providing a fast, effective sales service to customers in this emerging market. Oxford Journals is an international publisher of scholarly journals, with over 180 publications across a broad range of subject areas, from the humanities and social sciences, to the sciences, and medicine. It reaches customers from over 190 countries worldwide, with offices based in the UK, USA, China, Japan, and now India. Oxford Journals has built strong relationships within the Indian market for several years, working with major library consortia across India and South Asia, including INFLIBNET (Information and Library Network), and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research). As a market where growth in investment for science and scholarly research is the second largest in the world, Oxford Journals hopes to expand on these existing relationships to ensure widespread access to its content. "We're delighted to have a permanent member of the team now based in India," commented Richard Gedye, Sales Director, Oxford Journals. He continued, "Kaushik brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked for Globe Publication Pvt Ltd for nine years, where he sold content to libraries and library consortia. Kaushik will be based in India, but will be managing sales of our print and electronic journals, digital archives, and consortia sales across South Asia." Kaushik can be contacted at the Oxford Journals India office from 4 November. Oxford Journals, India Office Plot No. A1-5 Block GP, Sector V Salt Lake Electronics Complex Kolkata 700 091 India Tel: +91 (33) 2357 3739/40/41, 2357 3947/8 Fax: +91 (33) 2357 3738 kaushik.ghosh(a)oxfordjournals.org END For further information please contact: Mithu Mukherjee Assistant Communications Manager Oxford Journals +44 (0) 1865 354471 Mithu.mukherjee(a)oxfordjournals.org Notes to editors: Oxford University Press (OUP) <http://www.oup.co.uk>, a department of the University of Oxford, is the world's largest and most international university press. Founded in 1478, it currently publishes more than 4,500 new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and employs some 3,700 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and journals. Read more about OUP <http://www.oup.com/about/> Oxford Journals <http://www.oxfordjournals.org>, a Division of OUP, publishes over 180 journals covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations. The collection contains some of the world's most prestigious titles, including Nucleic Acids Research, JNCI (Journal of the National Cancer Institute), Brain, Human Reproduction, English Historical Review, and the Review of Financial Studies. Read more about Oxford Journals <http://www.oxfordjournals.org/about_us.html>

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Information Required
by sandeep bhavsar 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Respected Professionals Please help me in getting this article TITLE : The aryan Theory of Race by Joan leopold INDIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW Vol.07 pp.271-297. Awaiting for your reply Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Please help me in getting this article TITLE : The aryan Theory of Race by Joan leopold INDIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW Vol.07 pp.271-297. Awaiting for your reply Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Fwd: Free Training on - "Biomedical Information Retrieval".
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Following is a Training Programme Announcement. Please contact the Course Coordinator directly. -------------- National Informatics Centre, New Delhi is conducting a four day-training programme on "Biomedical Information Retrieval" from 14th to 17th November, 2006. This programme would cover searching of Internet biomedical resources including NLM Gateway and PubMED. In addition this would also include searching NIC's databases - IndMED, medIND, Uncat and OpenMED Archive. There is no course fee. Lunch, tea, and Internet access during practise sessions would be provided. However, participants would have to arrange for their accommodation at Delhi and local commuting to reach NIC. Medical Librarians, Doctors, Health Administrators, Clinicians, Biomedical Academicians/Researchers are welcome to participate in this programme. Information regarding this is also available at http://indmed.nic.in For sending nominations please send an email to Mrs Rekha Gupta, Course-Coordinator. ONLY CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE TRAINING. Ph: 011-24362359/011-24305533 email: g.rekha <at> nic.in --------------------

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WSIS Related Publications from UNESCO
by Puna Das 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)Related Publications from UNESCO (Full-Text available from the link) Towards knowledge societies: UNESCO world report http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001418/141843e.pdf UNESCO’s basic texts on the information society http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001355/135527e.pdf Measuring and monitoring the information and knowledge societies: a statistical challenge http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/cscl/WSIS%20Statistical%20Report.pdf Measuring linguistic diversity on the internet/ by John Paolillo, Daniel Pimienta and Daniel Prado (2005) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001421/142186e.pdf Education in and for the information society/ by Cynthia Guttman (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001355/135528e.pdf Status of research on the information society (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001355/135509e.pdf Cultural and linguistic diversity in the information society/ edited by Milagros del Corral (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001329/132965e.pdf Science in the information society (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001330/133021e.pdf Gender issues in the information society (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001329/132967e.pdf Brazil(a)digitaldivide.com – Confronting inequality in the information society / by Bernardo Sorj (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001318/131870e.pdf Social Transformation in the Information Society: Rethinking Access to You and the World/ by William Dutton (2004). http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/12848/11065568745corpus-1-144.pdf/corp… Memory of the Information Society/ by Jean-Michel Rodes, Geneviève Piejut and Emmanuèle Plas (2003). http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/12531/10942043935memory_en.pdf/memory_… Building knowledge societies (2002) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001256/125647e.pdf Politics of the information society: the bordering and restraining of global data flows/ by Gus Hosein (2004) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001375/137516e.pdf Planetary sustainability in the age of the information and knowledge society: handbook for understanding and action (2003) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001318/131837eo.pdf Freedom of information: a comparative legal survey/ by Toby Mendel (2004) http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/19697/11232335331freedom_info_en.pdf/f… Information policies in Asia: a review of information and communication policies in the Asian region (2005) http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/076/Inf_policy.pdf Digital Community Services: Pacific Libraries And Archives: Future Prospects and Responsibilities – A Report/ by Esther Batiri Williams http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/6607/10395389010williams.pdf/williams.… Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information / prepared by Paul F. Uhlir. - Paris: UNESCO, 2004. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001373/137363eo.pdf Strong foundations: early childhood care and education - Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001477/147794e.pdf Libraries and the WSIS Action Lines/ by IFLA http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/WSIS-Action-Lines.pdf __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Availability of book
by K A. Sardesai 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Dear Friends, I shall be glad to know how to get the under noted book in Mumbai? If any Library is having in their collection kindly let me know.On the net it is showing a second hand old book. One of my user is badly asked for reference and we want to purchase the same. Capital output relations in Indian manufacturing 1946- 1964 / Hashim, S R and Dadi M M. : M S University, Baroda;1973 Thanks and regards Kshipra Sardesai

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Information About Leave Policy
by Prachi Bagad 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Hi All, I am working in an AICTE approved Engineering college as a Librarian. I want to know about the Maternity Leave Rules for such institutes. Can anyone suggest me the right source of information? I have tried AICTE website but couldn't get any specific information. Please help! regards, Prachi Bagad Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Hi All, I am working in an AICTE approved Engineering college as a Librarian. I want to know about the Maternity Leave Rules for such institutes. Can anyone suggest me the right source of information? I have tried AICTE website but couldn't get any specific information. Please help! regards, Prachi Bagad Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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JOB : Documentation Assistants for Environment Resource Centre (Library) at CSE, New Delhi [Last Date: Nov 10, 2006]
by kiran＠cseindia.org 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi invites applications for the post of Documentation Assistant, to work in the centres Knowledge Resource Centre (Library) which documents books, journals, news clippings and audio-video on environment and also compiles various information products on science and environment. Place of work: New Delhi Eligibility: Graduates or Post Graduates preferably in science/ecology/environment with familiarity in environment and conservation issues. A background in Library and Information Science is desirable. Prior experience of working in news clippings, audiovisual section of NGOs/ developmental organisations would be an added advantage. Must possess good communication skills in English and Hindi, both written and verbal. Must possess working knowledge of MS- Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint etc. Candidates interested in the audiovisual section must have a basic knowledge of electronic photo and film documentation, film production, etc. Should be comfortable in using software like Photoshop and Quark Express. JOB DESCRIPTION: 1.Scanning, marking, abstracting news clippings on environment and other developmental issues in print and electronic/digital editions of newspapers. 2.Electronic cataloguing of news clippings, books, photos, films, journals etc. 3.Independently handle, print and electronic/digital information services and products of the Knowledge resource centre. 4.Use of Internet to search for information on environment and other developmental issues. {E-mail your application with your resume to kiran(a)cseindia.org Last Date: Nov 10, 2006 Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 **************************************************************** Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi invites applications for the post of Documentation Assistant, to work in the centres Knowledge Resource Centre (Library) which documents books, journals, news clippings and audio-video on environment and also compiles various information products on science and environment. Place of work: New Delhi Eligibility: Graduates or Post Graduates preferably in science/ecology/environment with familiarity in environment and conservation issues. A background in Library and Information Science is desirable. Prior experience of working in news clippings, audiovisual section of NGOs/ developmental organisations would be an added advantage. Must possess good communication skills in English and Hindi, both written and verbal. Must possess working knowledge of MS- Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint etc. Candidates interested in the audiovisual section must have a basic knowledge of electronic photo and film documentation, film production, etc. Should be comfortable in using software like Photoshop and Quark Express. JOB DESCRIPTION: 1.Scanning, marking, abstracting news clippings on environment and other developmental issues in print and electronic/digital editions of newspapers. 2.Electronic cataloguing of news clippings, books, photos, films, journals etc. 3.Independently handle, print and electronic/digital information services and products of the Knowledge resource centre. 4.Use of Internet to search for information on environment and other developmental issues. {E-mail your application with your resume to kiran(a)cseindia.org Last Date: Nov 10, 2006 Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ****************************************************************

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Google Librarian Newsletter
by dibya pradhan 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Dear Professional Due to exciting developments relevant to the library community, Google(http://www.google.com/librariancenter/newsletter/)dedicating its newsletter to sharing them with others. In this issue, you'll find updates on a wide variety of tools to help your patrons track down the information they're looking for both on the web and in libraries. You'll also find new downloads a poster, flyer and quiz you can use as educational resources. With Regards. Yours faithfully, Dibya Kishor Pradhan(LIA) NIT, Rourkela Dear Professional Due to exciting developments relevant to the library community, Google(http://www.google.com/librariancenter/newsletter/)dedicating its newsletter to sharing them with others. In this issue, you'll find updates on a wide variety of tools to help your patrons track down the information they're looking for both on the web and in libraries. You'll also find new downloads a poster, flyer and quiz you can use as educational resources. With Regards. Yours faithfully, Dibya Kishor Pradhan(LIA) NIT, Rourkela 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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The Future of Science is Open
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

>From Peter Suber's blog: "The whole damn point of publishing research in the first place..." Bill Hooker, The Future of Science is Open, Part 1: Open Access, 3 Quarks Daily, October 30, 2006. Excerpt: I've never had an idea that couldn't be improved by sharing it with as many people as possible -- and I don't think anyone else has, either. That's why I have become interested in the various "Open" movements making increasing inroads into the practice of modern science. Here I will try to give a brief introduction to Open Access to research literature; in the second instalment I will look at ways in which the same concept of "openness" is being extended to encompass data as well as publications, and beyond that, what a fully Open practice of science might look like.... By analogy with Open Source, Open Access to the research literature entails the freedom to read, use and redistribute the published results of scholarly research and derivative works based on those publications. What follows is a version of Peter Suber's very brief introduction to OA; for more details, see his full Open Access Overview and Timeline of the OA Movement. The bottom line is this: Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.... [After summarizing OA journals and repositories] A personal example...I have yet to publish any data here in the US, but I published a dozen or so articles while I was at the University of Queensland. More than half of these are not freely available from the journals in which they were published (J Clin Virol, Virology, Biochim Biophys Acta, Mol Biochem Parasitol, Acta Tropica -- all Elsevier journals, pfui! -- and Rev Med Virol from Wiley InterScience). I couldn't find any full-text copies online using Google Scholar or PubMed, either. You cannot read these seven papers of mine without paying a fee (usually around $30) or physically going to a library which carries (and has therefore paid for) the journal and issue in question. Neither can my professional colleagues, unless their institution happens to subscribe to the journal or some package which includes it; these subscription fees are commonly extortionate (Elsevier being a particularly egregious offender). For you as a taxpayer, this means that you are denied access to information you've already paid for (since I've always been funded by government grants). For me as a scientist, it means that more than half of my life's work to date is, while not useless, certainly of much less use to the world than it might be. Given that a large part of why I do what I do is that I want to leave the world a better place than I found it, that is simply not acceptable to me. Fortunately, according to RoMEO, all of the journals concerned allow postprint archiving by authors, so I might be able to rescue it....Why would I go to all this trouble? Because OA offers significant benefits and advantages to a variety of stakeholders.... Benefits of Open Access 1. Maximal research efficiency. The usual version of Linus' Law says that given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow -- meaning that with enough people co-operating on a development process, nearly every problem will be rapidly discovered and solved. The same is clearly true of complex research problems. and OA provides a powerful framework for co-operation. For instance, Brody et al. showed that, for articles in the high-energy physics section of arXiv (one of the oldest archives available for such study), the time between deposit and citation has been decreasing steadily since 1991, and dropped by about half between 1999 and 2003. Alma Swan explains: "the research cycle in high energy physics is approaching maximum efficiency as a result of the early and free availability of articles that scientists in the field can use and build upon rapidly". Moreover, the machine readability of a properly formatted body of open access literature opens up immense new possibilities. Paul Ginsparg, founder of arXiv, observes: True open access permits any third party to aggregate and data mine the articles, themselves treated as computable objects, linkable and interoperable with associated databases. We are still just scratching the surface of what can be done with large and comprehensive full-text aggregations.... 2. Maximal return on public investment. Just as OA is, at least for now, primarily (though not exclusively) aimed at literature for which the authors are not paid any kind of royalty, so one obvious focus of attention is government-funded research. Why should taxpayers pay twice, once to support the research and then again when the scientists they are funding need access to the literature? More importantly, open access to a body of knowledge makes that knowledge more available and useful to researchers, physicians, manufacturers, inventors and others who make of it the various socially desirable outcomes, such as advances in health care, that government funding of research is intended to produce. Peter Suber has gone over this intuitive position in some detail here. 3. Advantages for authors. There are well over 20,000 scholarly journals, and even the best-funded libraries can afford subscriptions to only a fraction of them. OA offers authors a virtually unlimited, worldwide audience: the only access barrier is internet access (which is, of course, cheaper to provide in poorer nations than comprehensive libraries of print journals would be!). There is a large and steadily growing body of evidence showing that OA measurably increases citation indices (that is, the number of times other papers refer to a given article). For instance, of the papers published in the Astrophysical Journal in 2003, 75% are also available in the OA arXiv database; the latter papers account for 90% of the citations to any 2003 Astrophysical Journal article, a 250% citation advantage for OA. Repeating the exercise with other journals returns similar results. Not only is this of vital importance to academics when it comes to applying for funding or competing for tenure, it's more or less the whole damn point of publishing research in the first place: so that other people can read and use it! 4. Advantages for publishers: the benefits that accrue to authors of OA works also work to the advantage of publishers: more widely read, used and cited articles translates to more submissions and a wider audience for advertising, paid editorials and other value-add schemes. 5. Advantages for administrators.... 6. Scalability. Peter Suber has pointed out that, because it reduces production, distribution, storage and access costs so dramatically, OA "accommodates growth on a gigantic scale and, best of all, supports more effective tools for searching, sorting, indexing, filtering, mining, and alerting --the tools for coping with information overload." Online distribution is necessary but not sufficient for scalability, because subscribers to paid-access journals do not have unlimited budgets even if they are enormous institutional libraries. For end users to keep pace with the explosive growth of available information, the cost of access has to be kept down to the cost of getting online.... Posted by Peter Suber at 10/30/2006 12:37:23 PM. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Open Source Tools: E-Publishing : Digital Publishing System (DPubS)
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Open Source Tools: E-Publishing : Digital Publishing System (DPubS) Digital Publishing System (DPubS) is electronic publishing software for organizing, presenting, and delivering both open access and subscription-controlled scholarly communications in multiple formats (journals, books, conference proceedings, etc.). DPubS are in the Dienst system, developed within Cornell's Computer Science department DPubS is a full-featured, extensible publishing application designed on an open services model. The software enables publishers to organize, present, and deliver both open access and subscription controlled scholarly communications. Document formats currently supported are journals, monographs, and conference proceedings. The DPubS interface is based on a flexible XML/XSLT design, allowing rich and easy customization of a publication's web presence. Other features include full-text searching, OAI compliance, flexible access controls, and e-commerce capabilities. If desired, DPubS can utilize Fedora as an underlying repository. Similar support for DSpace will be added in early 2007. The system currently has administrative interfaces for basic tasks, such as submitting content, loading content, and setting user privileges. Development work is continuing on additional administrative functions and on editorial support tools. This functionality will likely be added beginning in early 2007 For download:http://dpubs.org/ DPubS has the following minimum requirements: * Hardware o Tested DPubS on Solaris 9 (sparc) Solaris 10 (sparc) and Linux (Red Hat FC4 for x86). o DPubS should work fine anywhere you can run Apache/mod_perl. * Perl 5.8+ * * Recommend perl 5.8+ because of the unicode support that was adding with 5.8. * Apache/mod_perl o Apache (1.3.x) and mod_perl (1.x) or Apache (2.x) and mod_perl (2.x). * Java o If Lucene search engine is used, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or greater is required. * Storage Space o The disk space needed for DPubS will depend primarily on the amount and type of content that you are going to publish. o The DPubS source code itself requires less than 10 MB of space. * RAM o A minimum of 256MB of memory is recommended for DPubS. Administrator Guide http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/AdminFunctions Presentation DPubS: This presentation will provide information about DPubS, the Digital Publishing System project that Penn State is working on with Cornell University. http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/Home Download the presentation (2.7 MB PPT file) http://http//transcoder.usablenet.com:8080/tt/tlt.its.psu.edu/fmc/itsforum/… -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libschool/ ################################################################## "All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda ################################################################## --------------------------------- 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 Open Source Tools: E-Publishing : Digital Publishing System (DPubS) Digital Publishing System (DPubS) is electronic publishing software for organizing, presenting, and delivering both open access and subscription-controlled scholarly communications in multiple formats (journals, books, conference proceedings, etc.). DPubS are in the Dienst system, developed within Cornell's Computer Science department DPubS is a full-featured, extensible publishing application designed on an open services model. The software enables publishers to organize, present, and deliver both open access and subscription controlled scholarly communications. Document formats currently supported are journals, monographs, and conference proceedings. The DPubS interface is based on a flexible XML/XSLT design, allowing rich and easy customization of a publication's web presence. Other features include full-text searching, OAI compliance, flexible access controls, and e-commerce capabilities. If desired, DPubS can utilize Fedora as an underlying repository. Similar support for DSpace will be added in early 2007. The system currently has administrative interfaces for basic tasks, such as submitting content, loading content, and setting user privileges. Development work is continuing on additional administrative functions and on editorial support tools. This functionality will likely be added beginning in early 2007 For download:http://dpubs.org/ DPubS has the following minimum requirements: * Hardware o Tested DPubS on Solaris 9 (sparc) Solaris 10 (sparc) and Linux (Red Hat FC4 for x86). o DPubS should work fine anywhere you can run Apache/mod_perl. * Perl 5.8+ * * Recommend perl 5.8+ because of the unicode support that was adding with 5.8. * Apache/mod_perl o Apache (1.3.x) and mod_perl (1.x) or Apache (2.x) and mod_perl (2.x). * Java o If Lucene search engine is used, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or greater is required. * Storage Space o The disk space needed for DPubS will depend primarily on the amount and type of content that you are going to publish. o The DPubS source code itself requires less than 10 MB of space. * RAM o A minimum of 256MB of memory is recommended for DPubS. Administrator Guide http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/AdminFunctions http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/AdminFunctions Presentation DPubS: This presentation will provide information about DPubS, the Digital Publishing System project that Penn State is working on with Cornell University . http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/Home http://wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/display/dpubs/Home Download the presentation (2.7 MB PPT file) http://http/transcoder.usablenet.com:8080/tt/tlt.its.psu.edu/fmc/itsforum/1… http://http//transcoder.usablenet.com:8080/tt/tlt.its.psu.edu/fmc/itsforum/… -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libschool/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libschool/ ################################################################## "All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda ################################################################## 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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Track your library - manjax4u
by Manju manju 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Dear All *As you read the books, RFID tags read the movement of books in the library* ** More<http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000120200.…> http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000120200.… MANJUINATHA P.S Dear All As you read the books, RFID tags read the movement of books in the library http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000120200.… More http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000120200.… http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000120200.… MANJUINATHA P.S

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Article Title: Assessment of Fire Damage to Pressure Vessels in a Refinery Unit
by Vandana.Karande＠ril.com 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

This is with reference to an article which was urgently needed......I had posted it in Lisforum....Mr.C. Jayakumar of Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD),Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)has helped us by providing a softcopy of the article. This is to request you all that the search is over. Please do not to work on the query. Thanks & Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Group Reliance Centre Tel No. 30327139 This is with reference to an article which was urgently needed......I had posted it in Lisforum....Mr. C. Jayakumar of Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD),Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)has helped us by providing a softcopy of the article. This is to request you all that the search is over. Please do not to work on the query. Thanks & Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Group Reliance Centre Tel No. 30327139

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M. Phil & Ph. D holder have more scope then UGC / NET qualified personnel
by badan barman 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

M. Phil & Ph. D holder have more scope then UGC / NET qualified personnel Respected all, I want to draw your kind attention to the fact that is happening Regarding employment opportunity, the M. Phil & Ph. D. holder have more scope in comparison to UGC / NET qualified personnel. As In the selection for different post the M. Phil and Ph. D holders where given 5 and 10 marks extra for their degree respectively. Whereas the NET qualified personnel does not eligible for such marks. So they are bound to lose when they come face to face with other M. Phil and Ph D candidate. This is happening in Assam, I don't know what the situation in other states of India is. Let me frank, Qualifying in the NET is a difficult task. It demands the exclusive subject knowledge from the candidate whereas the M. Phil and Ph D demand the time and money. (I apologies from the true research scholar) I personally know many candidates who are appearing for NET exam again and again but still they are unable to qualify. Now after the announcement of UGC regarding the exemption of M. Phil and Ph D holders from appearing NET they are joining the M. Phil programme under some mushrooming correspondent school, whose quality is doubtful. And after one year they are bound to challenge the NET qualified personnel and win the same. So, I personally feel that UGC by exempting M. Phil and Ph D holders from appearing NET without any clause, make another great mistake. It like the same of its previous announcement regarding the last date of submission of Ph. D thesis (December 2002 and revised date of December 2003) which degrades the quality of Research. Yours faithfully Badan Barman Research Assistant ICSSR Project "Rural Libraries of North East India: A machine readable database" Department of Library and Information Science Gauhati University, Assam (India). M. Phil & Ph. D holder have more scope then UGC / NET qualified personnel � � Respected all, � I want to draw your kind attention to the fact that is happening � Regarding employment opportunity, the M. Phil & Ph. D. holder have more scope in comparison to UGC / NET qualified personnel. As In the selection for different post the M. Phil and Ph. D holders where given 5 and 10 marks extra for their degree respectively. Whereas the NET qualified personnel does not eligible for such marks. So they are bound to lose when they come face to face with other M. Phil and Ph D candidate. This is happening in Assam, I don't know what the situation in other states of India is. � Let me frank, Qualifying in the NET is a difficult task. It demands the exclusive subject knowledge from the candidate whereas the M. Phil and Ph D demand the time and money. (I apologies from the true research scholar) � I personally know many candidates who are appearing for NET exam again and again but still they are unable to qualify. Now after the announcement of UGC regarding the exemption of M. Phil and Ph D holders from appearing NET they are joining the M. Phil programme under some mushrooming correspondent school, whose quality is doubtful. And after one year they are bound to challenge the NET qualified personnel and win the same. � So, I personally feel that UGC by exempting M. Phil and Ph D holders from appearing NET without any clause, make another great mistake. It like the same of its previous announcement regarding the last date of submission of Ph. D thesis (December 2002 and revised date of December 2003) which degrades the quality of Research. � � � Yours faithfully Badan Barman Research Assistant ICSSR Project "Rural Libraries of North East India: A machine readable database" Department of Library and Information Science Gauhati University, Assam (India).

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Tools: LIbrary Reference Services: Live Digital Reference Tools
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Tools: LIbrary Reference Services: Live Digital Reference Tools LiveRef(sm) is compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Science and Technology Services Department, Iowa State University Library.Ames, IA LiveRef(sm): A Registry of Real-Time Digital Reference Services is a categorized listing of libraries that offer real-time Library reference or information services using chat software, live interactive communications utilities, call center management software, customer interaction management software, Web contact center software, bulletin board services, interactive customer assistance system, or related Internet technologies. Use of the listed services may be restricted or limited to affiliated students, faculty, staff, or members. REAL-TIME DIGITAL REFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES * 24/7 Reference- * Anexa.com * AOL Instant Messenger(sm) (America Online) * Camden * ConferenceRoom(r) (WebMaster) * DesktopStreaming (tm) (Expertcity) * DigiChat (Digi-Net Technologies) * eGain Live (eGain) * eGain Voice (eGain) * eshare NetAgent(tm) 4.0 (eshare Communications, Inc. * eshare Re: sponse(tm) (eshare Communications, Inc.) * Groopz(tm) (Digi-Net Technologies) * GroupBoard (User Data Connections) * HumanClick(sm) (LivePerson(r)) * LiveAssistance (International Business Systems, Inc.) * Livehelper(sm) * LivePerson Chat (LivePerson(r)) * NetMeeting (Microsoft) * Netscape IRC * OnDemand(tm) (Convey Systems) * QuestionPoint(sm) (OCLC/Library of Congress) * Rakim * RightNow Live(tm) (RightNow Technologies) * Virtual Reference Software (Library Systems & Services, L.L.C. (LSSI)) * Virtual Reference Librarian (Docutek) * Volano * WebLine(r) (Cisco Systems) Source: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/LiveRef.htm Regards H.B Mallikarjuna, Indegene Bangalore. -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda --------------------------------- 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 Tools: LIbrary Reference Services: Live Digital Reference Tools LiveRef(sm) is compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Science and Technology Services Department, Iowa State University Library.Ames, IA LiveRef(sm): A Registry of Real-Time Digital Reference Services is a categorized listing of libraries that offer real-time Library reference or information services using chat software, live interactive communications utilities, call center management software, customer interaction management software, Web contact center software, bulletin board services, interactive customer assistance system, or related Internet technologies. Use of the listed services may be restricted or limited to affiliated students, faculty, staff, or members. REAL-TIME DIGITAL REFERENCE TECHNOLOGIES * 24/7 Reference- * Anexa.com * AOL Instant Messenger(sm) (America Online) * Camden * ConferenceRoom(r) (WebMaster) * DesktopStreaming (tm) (Expertcity) * DigiChat (Digi-Net Technologies) * eGain Live (eGain) * eGain Voice (eGain) * eshare NetAgent(tm) 4.0 (eshare Communications, Inc. * eshare Re: sponse(tm) (eshare Communications, Inc.) * Groopz(tm) (Digi-Net Technologies) * GroupBoard (User Data Connections) * HumanClick(sm) (LivePerson(r)) * LiveAssistance (International Business Systems, Inc.) * Livehelper(sm) * LivePerson Chat (LivePerson(r)) * NetMeeting (Microsoft) * Netscape IRC * OnDemand(tm) (Convey Systems) * QuestionPoint(sm) (OCLC/Library of Congress) * Rakim * RightNow Live(tm) (RightNow Technologies) * Virtual Reference Software (Library Systems & Services, L.L.C. (LSSI)) * Virtual Reference Librarian (Docutek) * Volano * WebLine(r) (Cisco Systems) Source: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/LiveRef.htm http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/LiveRef.htm Regards H.B Mallikarjuna, Indegene Bangalore. http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda 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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Need an article URGENTLY...............
by Vandana.Karande＠ril.com 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

hello Need following article urgently. Article Title: Assessment of Fire Damage to Pressure Vessels in a Refinery Unit Journal Title: Corrosion; May 1993 Thanks & Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Group Reliance Industries Ltd Mumbai Tel No. 30327139 hello Need following article urgently. Article Title: Assessment of Fire Damage to Pressure Vessels in a Refinery Unit Journal Title: Corrosion; May 1993 Thanks & Regards, Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Group Reliance Industries Ltd Mumbai Tel No. 30327139

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Journal editors unhappy with Elsevier's pricing policy (
by Mailing List Manager 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:28:05 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> A journal declaration of independence hits the mainstream press Gary Shapiro, A Rebellion Erupts Over Journals Of Academia, New York Sun, October 26, 2006. Excerpt: There's been a rebellion, not with pitchforks but pocket calculators. The nine members of the editorial board of the Oxford University-based mathematics journal Topology have signed a letter expressing their intention to resign on December 31. They cited the price of the journal as well as the general pricing policies of their publisher, Elsevier, as having "a significant and damaging effect on Topology's reputation in the mathematical research community." The subscription cost of journals can be difficult to determine, since institutions often subscribe to many periodicals in a single bundle. But according to Elsevier's Web site, in 2007 the cost of a single year (six issues) of Topology, in all countries except Europe and Japan, will be $100 for individuals and $1,665 for institutions. Founded through the vision of the Oxford topologist J.H.C. Whitehead in mid-century, Topology has an "illustrious history" with "some of the greatest names of 20th century mathematics" among its editorial and honorary advisory editorial board members, the editors wrote in their resignation letter, dated August 10. " Elsevier's policies towards the publication of mathematics research have undermined this legacy." A company spokesman, David Ruth, replied, "Elsevier regrets the decision taken by the editorial board of Topology, but we believe it doesn't fully reflect the changes we have made over the past decade, and continue to make, which have moderated price increases and provided considerably more value for customers, in terms of both cost per article and research efficiency." Board resignations have occurred at other Elsevier publications, such as the Journal of Logic Programming and the Journal of Algorithms, and also at a variety of other publishers such as Kluwer and Taylor and Francis. Of the Topology resignations, Mr. Ruth said, "Considering that Elsevier publishes more than 1800 journals, this still constitutes a pretty rare occurrence." ... One editor of Topology, John Roe, whose specialty is the relation between geometry and differential equations, said the rising cost of journals has concerned academics, not just mathematicians, for a long time. To those who favor free online access to scholarship, mass resignations of editors are "declarations of independence," a research professor of philosophy at Earlham College, Peter Suber, said. Usually, he said, an editorial board "has a long track record of failed negotiations with their publisher. The typical scenario is the editors resign, form a new journal at a lower price, and the old journal hires new editors." A Lehigh University mathematics professor, Donald Davis, who moderates an online algebraic topology discussion list, said, "University library budgets are no longer adequate to subscribe to all the journals they used to." The Head Librarian of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Library at New York University, Carol Hutchins, said, "The degree of choice is shrinking" and cited reasons such as the consolidation of publishing firms. "Elsevier's prices are very high," said an emerita mathematics professor at Barnard College, Joan Birman, who resigned a few years ago from the board of an Elsevier journal, Topology and Its Applications. She said her feeling was, "We do the work, we check each other, we referee the articles, edit and typeset them and send them to the publisher, which slaps them between two covers and charges a huge amount."... PS: Thanks to Gary Shapiro. This is the longest and most detailed article I've seen on a journal declaration of independence in the mainstream press. For background, see my blog post from August 11, 2006. I promise (as I've been saying since August...) to add this rebellion to my list of declarations of independence. Posted by Peter Suber at 10/26/2006 08:31:15 AM. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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scientific paper of the future
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Friends: You may like this presentation on the scientific paper of the future: http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/061014_eScience_Hannay.pdf Prof. Peter Suber alerted me to this paper. Regards. Arun Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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OCA makes good progress
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Friends: Here is a statement from Brewster Kahle, founder of the Open Content Alliance. After its first year, OCA has now scanned and cataloged over 30,000 books, available on its site. Today, OCA scans about 500 books a day and expects output to increase tenfold by the end of 2007. OCA partners include Yahoo!, the University of California, the British Library, Smithsonian Institution, University of Illinois, Boston Library Consortium, European Archive, O'Reilly Media, Research Library Group, as well as many other academic, technological, non-profit, and government organizations. Perhaps most importantly, Kahle said the OCA discussions honed in on the "open" in the Open Content Alliance. For OCA, the effort is more than a race to scan library book content for a commercial index, but extends to the use of that content. With OCA, "public domain means public domain," Kahle noted. "That was one of the 'aha' moments, that open as we know it may not be open enough and that the digitized public domain must be public domain. Libraries understand this; so does Yahoo." That means, Kahle says, once public domain books are scanned, there are "no restrictions at all on users, and anyone can build any service on top of it." --- Which libraries in India and other countries in the global Soth would like to join the Open Content Allince? In a knowledge-based world initiatives such as OCA and institutional repositoriers play a very important role. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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ProQuest supports ETDs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Friends: Even commercial firms have started supporting open access. Oracle has plans to go the whole hog with Linux and is expected to buy a major Linux company very soon. Now ProQuest is supporting open access to electronic theses and dissertatations. Read Peter Suber's blog entry reproduced below. Best wishes. Arun ---------- ProQuest offers OA option for ETDs ProQuest has launched UMI Open Access Publishing. >From the site: Open Access is a term used to describe content that a reader can access free of charge. With the new UMI® Open Access publishing service, graduate students can now publish their dissertations and theses with ProQuest on an open access basis. Those graduate student authors that choose to publish their graduate works on an open access basis will be significantly increasing the reach of their research.... The primary benefit of Open Access publishing is that it guarantees the widest possible exposure of your graduate research. It can also help ensure that the officially published version of your dissertation or thesis is the most widely available version in the primary literature.... In addition to the standard features of our Traditional publishing service - rigorous quality assurance, assignment of an ISBN, permanent storage in our microfilm vault, and so on - the Open Access publishing service includes the following: * Free, public access to your graduate work in PQDT Open, our online repository of Open Access graduate works (launching in late fall 2006). * Free access to your graduate work for all institutional subscribers to ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses (PQDT), the database of record for graduate research. * Explicit author permission for the degree-granting institution to make the full text of your graduate work available to the world through their institutional repository. How does Open Access publishing compare with ProQuest's Traditional publishing service? Read more here about the details and see a comparison chart showing the benefits of our Open Access and Traditional Publishing services.... Learn more about how Open Access publishing works in our downloadable Overview, and check out our Open Access Publishing FAQ. Posted by Peter Suber at 10/28/2006 03:46:00 PM. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Google:Google Co-op - Custom Search Engine for Indian Libraries and Librarians
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, Specialized Custom Search Engine for Indian libraries and librarians I have been working on my Google custom search engine for Indian Libraries and Librarians. I am working on finding a way to include Indian libraries and librarians web pages. If you have other websites or even individual web pages that should be added, please send me the URL. My goals for this search engine are: Provide a searchable interface to selected resources, Show how useful Google Custom Search can be. And also, please give me your feedback on how useful this search engine is to you. I would be incredibly grateful if someone is willing to help me with this. I can be reached at my email: hbmallikarjuna(a)gmail.com. Once again, thank you for all of your help and dedication. I need your comments or suggestions on how to improve the search engine and make it more useful, When leaving comments, please let us know who you are and what you do, as this will help us put the feedback in context. If you ever have any problems, questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact. hbmallikarjuna(a)gmail.com. Available at: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk Small URL: http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb It is available at : http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Home page: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk -- Regards H.B Mallikarjuna Indegene, Bangalore-38. Mobile: 9980998157 -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda --------------------------------- 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 Dear Professionals, Specialized Custom Search Engine for Indian libraries and librarians I have been working on my Google custom search engine for Indian Libraries and Librarians. I am working on finding a way to include Indian libraries and librarians web pages. If you have other websites or even individual web pages that should be added, please send me the URL. My goals for this search engine are: Provide a searchable interface to selected resources, Show how useful Google Custom Search can be. And also, please give me your feedback on how useful this search engine is to you. I would be incredibly grateful if someone is willing to help me with this. I can be reached at my email: mailto:hbmallikarjuna@gmail.com hbmallikarjuna(a)gmail.com . Once again, thank you for all of your help and dedication. I need your comments or suggestions on how to improve the search engine and make it more useful, When leaving comments, please let us know who you are and what you do, as this will help us put the feedback in context. If you ever have any problems, questions, comments, or suggestions , please contact. mailto:hbmallikarjuna@gmail.com hbmallikarjuna(a)gmail.com . Available at: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk Small URL: http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb It is available at : http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Home page: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=008216745263207366915%3As-dzhkvvpxk -- Regards H.B Mallikarjuna Indegene, Bangalore-38. Mobile: 9980998157 http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com/ -- Regards H.B.Mallikarjuna Email: hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjuna.blogspot.com http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ --"All power is within you, you can do anything and everything.Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there......"--Swamy Vivekananda 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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Who is using Koha in India
by Murari 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues, Can someone indicate who is using Koha (Library Management Software) in India and their experiences. With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 www.nio.org, www.coastalhazards.info, www.mangroveindia.org

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Firefox 2.0 Released
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Friends Firefox 2.0 has been released. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ The best new feature it has is the automatic spelling checking mechanism. I wish it could also include a Grammar checking tool as well. Anyway I am a satisfied Firefox user of its earlier version ( almost forgotten IE). I like the modular structure of the Browser. I put on lot of add-ons to Firefox [for example - a tool to rapidly post items to my blog - http://sukhdev.blogspot.com ]. --Sukhdev Singh. http://openmed.nic.in

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Kindly help find an article!!
by Chitra P Rao 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hello: Happy Diwali to one and all. I was trying to get this article rather urgently, need your help. If anyone can locate kindly email it to me or FAX NITIE FAX number is 022-28573251 ( Kindly mark it Kind Attn to Chitra Rao) Tabucanon: Project Planning and Controlling maintenance Overhaul of Power Generating units. (International Journal of Physical distribution and Logistics Management: Oct 1989 Vol 19 (10)) Hoping for a Quick Response Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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List of Journals in Library & Information Sc. published in India
by Seema Vasishta 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Dear Friends, Please provide me the list of all the journals in the field of Library & Information Sc. being published in India. Thanking you in anticipation. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian PEC(DU) Chandigarh --------------------------------- 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 Dear Friends, Please provide me the list of all the journals in the field of Library & Information Sc. being published in India. Thanking you in anticipation. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian PEC(DU) Chandigarh 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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PMB 3.0.2 version
by vimal kumar 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Dear Friends, PMB 3.0.2 now available for download. This new version is web 2.0 compliant. PMB is a powerful open source Library Management system. This ILS written in PHP and installation is easy. One draw back of this software is some documentation parts still in French. Library professionals from English speaking countries have to cooperate with this ILS project for English documentation. Click this link for PMB download page http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigb.net%2Fdownloa… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. Dear Friends, PMB 3.0.2 now available for download. This new version is web 2.0 compliant. PMB is a powerful open source Library Management system. This ILS written in PHP and installation is easy. One draw back of this software is some documentation parts still in French. Library professionals from English speaking countries have to cooperate with this ILS project for English documentation. Click this link for PMB download page http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigb.net%2Fdownloa… http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigb.net%2Fdownloa… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42974/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview Check it out.

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E-LIS Introduces Usage Statistics for Authors
by Imma Subirats 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Dear all, * Apologies for cross-posting * We are glad to announce that has been implemented a new Statistics module in E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science. The purpose of the statistics is to promote E-LIS repository and authors self-archiving as well, by demonstrating the accessibility and usage of deposited documents by access and downloads . Usage statistics (abstracts, downloads) are now available by the following elements: • Most viewed eprints in the last four weeks • Most viewed eprints in this year • Most viewed eprints in the last year • Most viewed eprints in all years • Repository-wide statistics by year/month • Repository-wide statistics by country You can see the implementation of the Statistics at http://eprints.rclis.org/. <http://eprints.rclis.org/.+>The use of statistics is basic for the development of Open Acess Model and for the achieve of our first objective: to encourage authors . Some examples are the following: • Prosser, David C. ( 2003) Scholarly communication in the 21st century : the impact of new technologies and models. *Serials : the journal for the serials community *16(2):pp. 163-167<http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=1180> . • Suber, Peter<http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=6671> (2006) *Open Access in the United States*, in Jacobs, Neil, Eds. *Open Access : Key strategic, technical and economic aspects*. Chandos Publishing <http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=6671>. • Estivill Rius, Assumpció and Abadal Falgueras, Ernest and Franganillo, Jorge and Gascón García, Jesús and Rodríguez i Gairín, Josep Manuel (2005) Uso de metadatos Dublin Core en la descripción y recuperación de artículos de revista digitales = Use of Dublin Core metadata for describing and retrieving digital journals . In *Proceedings DC-2005 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications*, Madrid (Spain). <http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=4792>• Parmar, Arvind Singh and Kumar, Sanghmitra A. and Prakash, Thushara (2004) Bibliometric analysis of information seeking behaviour related literature <http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=2332> We encourage other repositories to implement statistics for each archived document, In the case of E-LIS is used EPrints Software, but also DSpace has developed an Add-On for Statistics too. Some comments to the use of the statistics in E-LIS: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "All authors crave impact - we hope that what we write will affect readers and will make a difference. However, often it is difficult to tell if our work has even been read. Now we have a clue. The newly implemented download statistics in E-LIS tell me fascinating stories about the usage of my work - papers that I thought 'old news' are still being downloaded, the geographical distribution of readers is greater than I would have guessed. This is a wonderful tool for both authors and readers and shows, once again, the power of self-archiving. Now all I need to know is what the readers thought of my work!" David Prosser SPARC Europe "Having statistics for each article posted in E-LIS can be a valuable tool for the study of the development of the intellectual production in librarianship and information science. This and the use of bibliometric techniques would help us assess library development around the world…" Julio Santillan Aldana Responsible of the open access journal Biblios E-LIS Editor for Peru "The Eprint Statistics feature is an impressive new addition to E-LIS. It presents clear and immediate data on use of documents in the repository, something every author wants to see. I've found myself checking the statistics on my documents regularly and have also discovered that it's a very effective recruitment feature for E-LIS; colleagues who have never deposited in E-LIS have done so very soon after seeing the Eprints Statistics function in action". Andrew Waller Author and E-LIS Editor for Canada • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • For any information about the implementation do not hesitate to contact us. Best Regards, E-LIS Team <http://eprints.rclis.org/staff.html> -- Imma Subirats Coordinator E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science Dear all, * Apologies for cross-posting * We are glad to announce that has been implemented a new Statistics module in E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science. The purpose of the statistics is to promote E-LIS repository and authors self-archiving as well, by demonstrating the accessibility and usage of deposited documents by access and downloads . Usage statistics (abstracts, downloads) are now available by the following elements: • Most viewed eprints in the last four weeks • Most viewed eprints in this year • Most viewed eprints in the last year • Most viewed eprints in all years • Repository-wide statistics by year/month • Repository-wide statistics by country You can see the implementation of the Statistics at http://eprints.rclis.org/.+ http://eprints.rclis.org/. The use of statistics is basic for the development of Open Acess Model and for the achieve of our first objective: to encourage authors . Some examples are the following: http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=1180 • Prosser, David C. ( 2003) Scholarly communication in the 21st century : the impact of new technologies and models. Serials : the journal for the serials community 16(2):pp. 163-167 . • http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=6671 Suber, Peter http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=6671 (2006) Open Access in the United States , in Jacobs, Neil, Eds. Open Access : Key strategic, technical and economic aspects . Chandos Publishing . • http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=4792 Estivill Rius, Assumpció and Abadal Falgueras, Ernest and Franganillo, Jorge and Gascón García, Jesús and Rodríguez i Gairín, Josep Manuel (2005) Uso de metadatos Dublin Core en la descripción y recuperación de artículos de revista digitales = Use of Dublin Core metadata for describing and retrieving digital journals . In Proceedings DC-2005 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications , Madrid (Spain). • http://eprints.rclis.org/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint&id=2332 Parmar, Arvind Singh and Kumar, Sanghmitra A. and Prakash, Thushara (2004) Bibliometric analysis of information seeking behaviour related literature We encourage other repositories to implement statistics for each archived document, In the case of E-LIS is used EPrints Software, but also DSpace has developed an Add-On for Statistics too. Some comments to the use of the statistics in E-LIS: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "All authors crave impact - we hope that what we write will affect readers and will make a difference. However, often it is difficult to tell if our work has even been read. Now we have a clue. The newly implemented download statistics in E-LIS tell me fascinating stories about the usage of my work - papers that I thought 'old news' are still being downloaded, the geographical distribution of readers is greater than I would have guessed. This is a wonderful tool for both authors and readers and shows, once again, the power of self-archiving. Now all I need to know is what the readers thought of my work!" David Prosser SPARC Europe "Having statistics for each article posted in E-LIS can be a valuable tool for the study of the development of the intellectual production in librarianship and information science. This and the use of bibliometric techniques would help us assess library development around the world…" Julio Santillan Aldana Responsible of the open access journal Biblios E-LIS Editor for Peru "The Eprint Statistics feature is an impressive new addition to E-LIS. It presents clear and immediate data on use of documents in the repository, something every author wants to see. I've found myself checking the statistics on my documents regularly and have also discovered that it's a very effective recruitment feature for E-LIS; colleagues who have never deposited in E-LIS have done so very soon after seeing the Eprints Statistics function in action". Andrew Waller Author and E-LIS Editor for Canada • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • For any information about the implementation do not hesitate to contact us. Best Regards, http://eprints.rclis.org/staff.html E-LIS Team -- Imma Subirats Coordinator E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science

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Resources on Resources and Knowledge Generation
by Mailing List Manager 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:59:20 +0530 From: Rajankila <rajankila(a)hotmail.com> Dear All, Can anyone please suggest any good information material/internet resource/presentation that would help me prepare my presentation for a three hour session on "Resources and Knowledge Generation" in a UGC refresher course for the young teachers of the university month.. The focus should be on library utilization ,sources of information, Internet for information acess, collecting and managing notes,references etc. that would enable a teacher to build up his knowledge base. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration Mulagunnathu Kavu P O Thrissur - 680 581 India ---------------------------------------------------- Ph 91- 487-2204097(O) , 2201428 (R)

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Journals in the Time of Google
by vimal kumar 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Dear Professionals, Here is an interesting artilce titled "Journals in the Time of Google" appeared in Library Journal, give an over view of journal publishing in Internet and place of open access in the present scenario. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6321722.html Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. Here is an interesting artilce titled "Journals in the Time of Google" appeared in Library Journal, give an over view of journal publishing in Internet and place of open access in the present scenario. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6321722.html Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in Get your own http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains web address for just $1.99/1st yr . We'll help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Small Business .

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Google Custom Search Engine
by ramshirish.m＠tcs.com 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Dear All Google has introduced a tool that allows websites and blogs to offer visitors a cutomised version of its search engine, narrowing down its vast index so the results are more relevant for users. URL: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ regards ramshirish *********************** Ramshirish Mamidala Tata Consultancy Services Library and Information Centre Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Kondapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you Dear All Google has introduced a tool that allows websites and blogs to offer visitors a cutomised version of its search engine, narrowing down its vast index so the �results are more relevant for users. URL: http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ regards ramshirish *********************** Ramshirish Mamidala Tata Consultancy Services Library and Information Centre Plot 1, Jubilee Garden Main Road Kondapur Hyderabad - 500084,Andhra Pradesh India Ph:- 040-66675019 Mailto: ramshirish.m(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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123rd Monthly Meeting of RRC on 28th October, 2006
by Puna Das 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

We have the pleasure to announce the 123rd Monthly Meeting of RRC on 28th October, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: NASSDOC, 35 Firoze Shah Road (near Mandi House), New Delhi-110001 Topic: Journal Subscription : Pros and Cons Speaker: Sh. Sanjeev Puri, Director, Central News Agency Pvt. Ltd. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager, Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust, Regd.:25953, 1995) J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi Ph. 0124-2578715, 09350880165 __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science - Announcement -reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Professional colleagues and friends, I am very happy to inform you that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is being in the process of publishing a peer reviewed journal with international coverage called âSALIS Journal of Library and Information Scienceâ (ISSN 0973-3108) from the calendar year 2007 onwards. It is an an Official Journal of SALIS which will be published as quarterly. I express my sincere thanks to Dr.Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT for accepting our request to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief for the journal. Many leading Library and Information Science professionals and experts in our country and also abroad have accepted our invitation to serve members of the Editorial Advisory Board. I also express my sincere thanks to them. The coverage of the journal is given below: Coverage: Library principles, practices and administration, TQM, benchmarking, trends and developments, policy formulations and issues, LIS services, metric and user studies, evaluation of library and information systems, services and products, LIS education and training, web based information services, information literacy, information and knowledge management, IPR, ICT applications, e-resources and e-services, metadata creation and standards, search engines, subject gateways and data mining, digital initiatives, standards, preservation and conservation strategies, open source initiatives, content development and e-publishing, human resource development, knowledge skills and capacity building initiatives I request all our professional colleagues and friends in India as well as in abroad to contribute your research work for publication in the journal . I also seek your support, views, opinions, suggestions, etc to make this journal as one of the best in our field. Kindly send your research work for publication to: Dr. Harish Chandra Editor-in-Chief SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India Ph: 91-44-22574951 e-mail: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in The Other details of the journal are given below. Kindly send a mail if you need printed journal brochure. Thanking you. A.Hariharan President SALIS hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOurnal Brochure ----------------------------------- SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science ISSN 0973-3108 An Official Journal of SALIS Published by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Scope: To disseminate latest developments, research activities, important work done in the field of Library and Information Science and Technology(LIST) and also to exchange knowledge, experience, issues and solutions among professionals and other interested groups. Coverage: Library principles, practices and administration, TQM, benchmarking, trends and developments, policy formulations and issues, LIS services, metric and user studies, evaluation of library and information systems, services and products, LIS education and training, web based information services, information literacy, information and knowledge management, IPR, ICT applications, e-resources and e-services, metadata creation and standards, search engines, subject gateways and data mining, digital initiatives, standards, preservation and conservation strategies, open source initiatives, content development and e-publishing, human resource development, knowledge skills and capacity building initiatives. Contributions: Articles are invited based on research work, case studies, practical applications, report of important projects, short communications, etc. Authorâs Responsibilities: Copyright: Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should have not been published previously or submitted elsewhere for consideration to any other publication at the same time. An undertaking has to be signed by the author that the article submitted is not an infringement of any existing copyright and the author will indemnify the publisher against any breach of any existing copyright. Each article should accompany a prescribed journal article form duly completed and signed by the author. Manuscript Guidelines: Manuscript in English should be in triplicate and typed in MS-WORD with double spacing, wide margins, and on one side of an A4-size bond paper. All submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter giving affiliation and full address, e-mail, telephone, of all the authors. The length of the article should not exceed 5000 words or 8 (eight) pages. Title : Should be concise, specific and complete Abstract: Maximum 200 words highlighting the significance of the research, scope, methodology, and conclusion Keywords: Up to 8 (eight) Table: Must be numbered consecutively in Roman numerals Figures: Must be numbered consecutively in Indo-Arabic numerals. Charts/graphs/line drawings in jpeg formats at least 300 dpi resolution and 10 cm wide References: Chicago style (15th Ed.) Examples: Book: Davis, Paul. The Fifth Miracle: The search for the origin of life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Journal: Burnett, Kathleen and Eliza T. Dresang. âRhizomorphic Reading: The Emergence of a New Aesthetic in Literature for Youth.â Library Quarterly 69 (October 1999 ): 421-45. Reference list in author-date style Journal: Burnet, Kathleen, and Eliza T. Dresang. 1999. Rhizomorphic Reading: The Emergence of a New Aesthetic in Literature for Youth. Library Quarterly 69 (Oct.): 421-45. Book: Davis, Paul. 1999. The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. Submission: Final version of manuscript should be submitted as an e-mail attachment. The author should ensure that the article is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. All permissions that may be required to reproduce illustrations or previously published materials or to cite unpublished data or personal communications should accompany the manuscript in writing. Major changes are rarely permitted after an article has been accepted. Authors are advised not to submit the downloaded papers. The Publisher/Editorial Board reserves the right of addition, deletion, alteration and rejection of the articles without any prior intimation to the author(s). Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in www.harishchandra.com Co Chief Editor Dr. S. Muralidhar, Scientist âEâ, CVRDE (DRDO), Chennai saramurali(a)yahoo.com Editorial Advisory Board Dr. Jagdish Arora Librarian & National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium IIT Delhi jarora(a)library.iitd.ac.in Dr. A. Amudhavalli Professor & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chennai amudha75(a)yahoo.com Mr. Jay Bhatt Information Services Librarian (Engineering) Hagerty Library, Drexel University, U.S.A. jay_bhatt_98(a)yahoo.com Prof. Pieter A. Van Brakel Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa, vanbrakelp(a)cput.ac.za Mr. Prakash Chand Coordinator, CSIR E-Journals Consortium NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi prakashc(a)niscair.res.in Dr. Rajwant S. Chilana Associate Professor of Library Administration and South Asian Studies Librarian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, USA, rchilana(a)gmail.com Prof. Robert Davison Dept of Information Systems City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong isrobert(a)cityu.edu.hk Dr.G.E.Gorman, FCLIP, FRSA, Professor, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Gary.Gorman(a)vuw.ac.nz Prof. C.R.Karisiddappa Chairman, DLIS, Karnataka University, Dharwad kasiddappa(a)gmail.com Dr. H.K. Kaul Director, DELNET, Delhi, hkkaul(a)delnet.ren.nic.in Prof. I.V. Malhan Head, DLIS, University of Jammu, Jammu imalhan_47(a)rediffmail.com Mr. Allireza Noruzi Faculty Member, DLIS, University of Tehran, Iran nouruzi(a)gmail.com Prof. B.S. Nigam Head, DLIS, MCRP University, Bhapal NOIDA Campus, D12A Sector 20, NOIDA-201301 profbsnigam(a)rediffmail.com Prof. Edward Proctor Electronic Resources Librarian & Associate Professor of Library Science Missouri State University, USA edwardproctor(a)gmail.com Prof. Pravakar Rath Head, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl pkrath_99(a)hotmail.com Dr. A. R. D. Prasad Associate Professor DRTC, Bangalore ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Prof. N. Laxman Rao DLIS, Osmania University, Hyderabad naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Mr. Reyaz Rufai Librarian, University of Kashmir, Srinagar rufai(a)kashmiruniversity.net Dr. Shalindra Kumar Reader, DLIS, Delhi University, Delhi shail3(a)yahoo.com Dr. Diljit Singh Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur diljit(a)um.edu.my Prof. Jagtar Singh DLIS, Punjabi University, Patiala jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Dr. S. Surianarayanan Librarian, S.P.K College, Alwarkurichi tvl_avittam(a)sancharnet.in Prof. M. Suriya Head, DLIS & Librarian, Annamalai University au_suriya(a)rediffmail.com Prof. VG Talwar DLIS, University of Mysore muvgt(a)yahoo.co.in Mrs. Pradeepa Wijetunge, Director, NILIS,University of Colombo, Sri Lanka director_nilis(a)yahoo.com Associate Editors Mr. Jesudas Manalan Librarian, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchi Mr. L. Parisutharaj Librarian, NIT, Tiruchi Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha Librarian, MSSW, Chennai Mrs. Lata Suresh Librarian, IIHM, Jaipur Editorial Assistance Mr. K. Karunairaghavan Mr. Sanjay Kataria Mr. P. Panneerselvam Mr. S. Pasupathy Mr. C. R. Sekar Mr. G. C. Shivakumar Periodicity: Quarterly Annual Subscription Rs. 1000 For institution Rs. 750 For members and individuals US$ 250 (Foreign) Please visit http://autolib-india.net/salis to get full details about the journal, instructions to the author, subscription details, declaration by the author etc. or send mail to salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in or contact (Tel) 91-44-2252 2448/4201 4772 All correspondence regarding submission of manuscripts, publication, book reviews, forthcoming professional events and advertisements should be addressed to: Dr. Harish Chandra Editor-in-Chief SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India Ph: 91-44-22574951 e-mail: hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in URL: http://www.harishchandra.com Printed and Distributed by Murugan Magazine Distributors, Mumbai Payment and subscription enquiries should be addressed to: M/s Murugan Magazine Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 209, Keytuo Industrial Estate, Kondivita Road, MIDC, Andheri(E), Mumbai â 400 059, India Tel: 91-22-66776777; Fax: 91-22-66776888 E-mail: murugan(a)murugan.in www.murugan.in Managing Editor and Publisher A.Hariharan President, SALIS B2-Solai Apts (Opp.to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai â 600 089 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Library success: A best practice wiki
by Mailing List Manager 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:12:56 +0100 (BST) From: Mallikarjun <mallikarjun23j(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends We all have heard and know about Wikipedia and its success , There is one wiki in our field also and it is highly informative, Library success: A best practice wiki It is onestop shop for all information in our field http://libsuccess.org/ Thanks Mallikarjun Dora Library and information Assistant(Trainee) IIM,Kozhikode ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed........ http://mallikarjunlis.blogspot.com/

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Colleagues Please read the conference year as February 21-23, 2007 (instead of 2006) in the last posting for Call for Papers. Best regards ARD Prasad ------------------------------------------- > LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration > > International Conference on > Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) > > February 21-23, *2006* 2007 ------------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:35:22 +0530 (IST) > From: "Dr. A.R.D. Prasad" <icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007 > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > <28921.210.212.206.68.1161576322.squirrel(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this reminder] > > ==================================================== > LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration > > International Conference on > Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) > > February 21-23, *2006* 2007 > > Documentation Research & Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India > ============================================================= > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > *** Paper Submission Date: October 31, 2006*** > > ***Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007*** > > ==== INTRODUCTION ==== > > The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented > challenge to information professionals in generating efficient > information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the > digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information > and this has led to a demand for organized information services and > resulted in digital library and institutional repositories. > > Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content > and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized > resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much > research interest and aims at efficient information representation and > retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations > for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient > knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research in > Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different areas > differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in the > area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in > Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic. > Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic > Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine interaction. > > Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical > Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge > organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form > of Prof. S.R. Ranganathans faceted approach to classification. In > recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to practical > modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at DRTC has > experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) > techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic > classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the > Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI > announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. > The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of > Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. > > ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== > > Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those > mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers > based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme > of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in > the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission > instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also > on the conference website. > > > The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes through > tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and presentations. > Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to deliver theme > papers > and invited talks on select topics. > > INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS > ---------------------- > Papers should not exceed eight (12) pages and have to follow the ICSD-2007 > formatting guidelines (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/guidelines.html) > Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as MS_WORD (or Open Office > WORD) > and PDF via e-mail to the following address: > > icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with CC to icsd2007(a)gmail.com > > At least one of the authors of the accepted article has to be registered > for the conference before the delivery of the camera-ready paper. > Otherwise the article will not be included in the proceedings. > > ==== THEMES ==== > > The conference is based on two broad themes viz. Semantic Web and Digital > libraries > and the convergence of both the technologies: > > Digital Libraries: > ------------------ > * Open Access to Information. Open Standards and Open Source Tools > for OA > * Digital Libraries Development > * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories > * Digital Resource Management strategies > * Content Development: Policies > * Content development: tools and techniques > * Technology issues in Digital Services > * Design of Digital Information Services > * Digital Resource Organization > * Retrieval issues in digital environment > * Standards and specifications for digital objects > * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks > * Varied media and format resources > * Multilingual Digital Libraries > * Patron interaction and facilitation tools > * Digital Library applications and case studies > * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies > * Long Term Digital Preservation > * Digitization best practices > > Semantic Web: > ------------- > * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval > * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies > * Architecture for Semantic Web > * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools > * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval > * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services > * Vocabulary and taxonomy development > * Methodologies for ontology development > * Best-practice examples and case studies > * Tools for ontology development, analysis and comparison > * Comparison and evaluation of ontologies > * Ontology management, maintenance, versioning > * Methodologies for ontology merging, alignment, and integration > * Applications of Semantic Web > * Semantic Web technologies and Digital Libraries > * Semantic Markup: Languages and techniques > > Any other topics under the two broad themes. > > ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== > > Paper Submission > > * Submission of full paper with abstract: October 31 , 2006 > * Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 > * Submission of CAMERA-READY papers, incorporating comments: December > 31, 2006 > > Registration > > * Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007 > * Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards > > ==== REGISTRATION ==== > > * Early Bird Registration: (January 01, 2007) > ------------------------ > Rs. 4000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > * After January 01, 2007: > Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > * Tutorial: > --------- > Rs. 1000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); > USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) > > > ==== CONTACT & ENQUIRIES ==== > > Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) > Associate Professor, > Documentation Research and Training Centre, > Indian Statistical Institute, > 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 > Karnataka, INDIA > Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 > Fax : 91-80-28484265 > Email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > icsd2007(a)gmail.com (in CC) > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 43, Issue 25 > ***************************************** >

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informationliteracy
by priya gopalkrishna kaimal 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 Dear friends, please let me if there is any study conducted in india in the theme of Information Literacy , Information Literacy skills and teachers, Assessment of IL .priya Pillai librarian bombay teachers Trining colleg mumbai Priya R Pillai Librarian Bombay Teachers Training College ApolloBunder, Colaba,Mumbai-39 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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Open Access Institutional Repositories with NewGenLib
by L J Haravu 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear Friends A movie file which demonstrates how ICRISAT, an international agricultural research centre, creates its OAI-PMH compliant open access repository using NewGenLlib may be seen at http://www.kiikm.org/icrisat_open_archive.wmv Either click the URL in this submission or copy the URL to your browser to view or save the file before viewing it. Haravu

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Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era
by Harish Chandra 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr. P.Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai www.harishchandra.com Indian Institute of Technology Madras Central Library http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in http://www.cenlib.iitm.ac.in 23-10-2006 We are pleased to inform you that the Central LIbrary of IIT Madras, Chennai is organising Half Day Workshop on Information Handling in Digital Era on 30-10-2006 at 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM in the Media Resource Center of the Central Library. The worshop will cover Search Engines, Digital Preservation, Meta Data Standards and WIKISPACE. The following Speakers have agreed to deliever the lectures 1. Prof. I.V. Malhan, Prof. & Head Department of Library and Information Science University of Jammu, Jammu 2.Prof. Jagtar Singh Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 3.Dr . P . Pichappan, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Annamalai University, Chidambaram There is no fee for the worshop. Intended participants can register at mailto:hchandra@iitm.ac.in hchandra(a)iitm.ac.in on or before 30-10-2006 before 01:00 PM Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian IIT Madras, Chennai http://www.harishchandra.com www.harishchandra.com

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Vacancy announcement
by msnraj 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 From: S. Nagaraja. snraj(a)rediffmail.com The Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangothri, Mysore, arranged a walk in Interview for two Posts of JRFs in Library and Information Science,for its library automation project. The Walk in Interview will held on 27/10/2006 at 10.00 AM in the Institute. Essential Qualifications: Masters/Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science, Experience of Working in Library automation Projects. A good knowledge of working with computers and Library software. Desirable : Diplamo/Certificate in Computers and working knowledge of LIBSYS software. Remuneration: Rs. 8000/-PM. Age below 30 years. For further details Pl.see the notification appeared in Hindu, dated 15th October 2006. or Contact: Mr. S. Nagaraj, Librarian, Regional Institute of Education, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006. Phone: 0821-2413670 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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Last Call for Papers : ICSD-2007
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this reminder] ==================================================== LAST CALL FOR PAPERS & Early Bird Registration International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD-2007) February 21-23, 2006 Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India ============================================================= http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Paper Submission Date: October 31, 2006*** ***Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007*** ==== INTRODUCTION ==== The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented challenge to information professionals in generating efficient information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information and this has led to a demand for organized information services and resulted in digital library and institutional repositories. Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much research interest and aims at efficient information representation and retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research in Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different areas differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in the area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic. Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine interaction. Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form of Prof. S.R. Ranganathans faceted approach to classification. In recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to practical modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at DRTC has experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee celebrations, DRTC/ISI announces International conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. The objective is to bring together the best expertise in the areas of Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from leading initiatives worldwide. ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those mentioned above. An international review panel will review the papers based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the main theme of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers should follow the submission instructions that will be furnished along with acceptance note and also on the conference website. The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes through tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and presentations. Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to deliver theme papers and invited talks on select topics. INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS ---------------------- Papers should not exceed eight (12) pages and have to follow the ICSD-2007 formatting guidelines (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd/guidelines.html) Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as MS_WORD (or Open Office WORD) and PDF via e-mail to the following address: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in with CC to icsd2007(a)gmail.com At least one of the authors of the accepted article has to be registered for the conference before the delivery of the camera-ready paper. Otherwise the article will not be included in the proceedings. ==== THEMES ==== The conference is based on two broad themes viz. Semantic Web and Digital libraries and the convergence of both the technologies: Digital Libraries: ------------------ * Open Access to Information. Open Standards and Open Source Tools for OA * Digital Libraries Development * Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories * Digital Resource Management strategies * Content Development: Policies * Content development: tools and techniques * Technology issues in Digital Services * Design of Digital Information Services * Digital Resource Organization * Retrieval issues in digital environment * Standards and specifications for digital objects * Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks * Varied media and format resources * Multilingual Digital Libraries * Patron interaction and facilitation tools * Digital Library applications and case studies * Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies * Long Term Digital Preservation * Digitization best practices Semantic Web: ------------- * Semantic Web and Information Retrieval * Knowledge Organization and Ontologies * Architecture for Semantic Web * Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools * Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval * Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services * Vocabulary and taxonomy development * Methodologies for ontology development * Best-practice examples and case studies * Tools for ontology development, analysis and comparison * Comparison and evaluation of ontologies * Ontology management, maintenance, versioning * Methodologies for ontology merging, alignment, and integration * Applications of Semantic Web * Semantic Web technologies and Digital Libraries * Semantic Markup: Languages and techniques Any other topics under the two broad themes. ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== Paper Submission * Submission of full paper with abstract: October 31 , 2006 * Notification of acceptance with comments: November 30, 2006 * Submission of CAMERA-READY papers, incorporating comments: December 31, 2006 Registration * Early Bird Registration: January 01, 2007 * Late Registration: January 02, 2007 onwards ==== REGISTRATION ==== * Early Bird Registration: (January 01, 2007) ------------------------ Rs. 4000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * After January 01, 2007: Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) * Tutorial: --------- Rs. 1000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates); USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC) ==== CONTACT & ENQUIRIES ==== Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, (Conference Convenor) Associate Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490 Fax : 91-80-28484265 Email: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in icsd2007(a)gmail.com (in CC) *******************************************************************

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