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fyi: Seminar CS for Digital Age Libraries, 11.02.2006, Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Dear all, Greetings. fyi: Best wishes, Puttaraj. SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NAAC ACCREDITED AND UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED ORGANISES SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES Saturday, February 11, 2006 Mr. Sangaraj Hosamani Dr. Ravindran Karathadi Librarian & Convener Principal VENUE : LIBRARY SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE P.L. LOKHANDE MARG, CHEMBUR, MUMBAI- 400 089 Tel: 2528 0926, 2522 8018 Fax: 2527 6084 E-mail: ictwizard(a)sify.com ABOUT US: Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce situated in the central suburbs of Chembur was established in the year 1986 by the members of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, an educational and charitable trust formed by devotees of Sree Narayana Guru, the legendary saint from Kerala to perpetuate his memory. The main objectives of the college is based on Sree Narayana Guru's principles i.e., to provide opportunities of higher education to children of backward and underprivileged strata of society without any discrimination of caste, creed, religion and language. The college enrolls students for the studies leading to the three years integrated course of B.Com. Degree. The college also runs an Advanced Computer Technology Course for its junior and degree students at a subsidized fee. In 2004 the college was accredited by NAAC with grade 'B'. The College is moving a step ahead to enhance the standard, quality and excellence in the field of higher education and has planned to organize a seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" to bring more efficiency in the functioning of libraries. LIBRARY, THE SOUL OF COLLEGE: The library over here has a well-stocked collection in Commerce, allied Disciplines and books in various other vistas of knowledge. The library also procures leading journals, periodicals and newspapers. Perspective plans are to convert the present library into a digital library to impart better and effective services to users. NEED OF THE SEMINAR: Communication is an important aspect for the survival and growth of an individual as well as an organization. Effective communication paves way for good inter-personal relationship. Several studies have been conducted not only on this topic but also to track the barriers of communication. The root cause of a problem within an organization is due to the lack of effective communication and therefore to improve the working atmosphere, one has to adapt oneself to the changing modes of the society and develop the needed skills from time to time so as to communicate effectively. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) are responsible for the emergence of Digital Technological revolution and this has brought before us the Digital Age. Libraries, like any other organizations, necessitates to adapt the applications of digital technology to provide more faster and efficient services to the users and hence, it has become the need to inculcate effective communication skills along with core competencies to cope up with the emerging trends for enhanced and effective communication in the libraries along with manpower. Our initiative in organizing this seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" is an endeavor to contribute our efforts towards the enhancement and needs of the library fraternity. We sincerely hope, that the outputs of the seminar would be instrumental in building up the required communication and core competency skills to communicate effectively in the digital environment. PARTICIPANTS: Librarians, Teachers, Research Scholars, Students of library schools and also for others interested in the theme. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION: a) A registration fee of Rs. 50/- per participant should be paid through Cash/Demand draft in favour of "Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai". b) No TA/DA will be paid. c) Participation Certificate will be awarded to all participants. PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm 1.00-1.30 pm Registration 1.30-2.00 pm Inauguration SESSION 2.00-2.30 pm Communication Process in Libraries: Present trends and Perspectives 2.30-3.00 pm Importance of adapting communication skills 3.00-3.30 pm Importance of syntax and pronunciation in communication 3.30-3.45 pm TEA 3.45-4.15 pm Role of etiquette and manners in communication 4.15-4.45 pm Communicating in digital environment 4.45-5.15 pm Communication as a tool in keeping Interpersonal relations PANEL DISCUSSION 5.15-5.45pm Need of CEP's for Library professionals 5.45-6.00 pm CONCLUSION Organisers reserves the right to modify any part of the programme under any unavoidable circumstances Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos Dear all, Greetings. fyi: Best wishes, Puttaraj. SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NAAC ACCREDITED AND UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI AFFILIATED ORGANISES SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES Saturday, February 11, 2006 Mr. Sangaraj Hosamani Dr. Ravindran Karathadi Librarian & Convener Principal VENUE : LIBRARY SREE NARAYANA GURU COLLEGE OF COMMERCE P.L. LOKHANDE MARG, CHEMBUR, MUMBAI- 400 089 Tel: 2528 0926, 2522 8018 Fax: 2527 6084 E-mail: ictwizard(a)sify.com ABOUT US: Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce situated in the central suburbs of Chembur was established in the year 1986 by the members of Sree Narayana Mandira Samiti, an educational and charitable trust formed by devotees of Sree Narayana Guru, the legendary saint from Kerala to perpetuate his memory. The main objectives of the college is based on Sree Narayana Guru's principles i.e., to provide opportunities of higher education to children of backward and underprivileged strata of society without any discrimination of caste, creed, religion and language. The college enrolls students for the studies leading to the three years integrated course of B.Com. Degree. The college also runs an Advanced Computer Technology Course for its junior and degree students at a subsidized fee. In 2004 the college was accredited by NAAC with grade 'B'. The College is moving a step ahead to enhance the standard, quality and excellence in the field of higher education and has planned to organize a seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" to bring more efficiency in the functioning of libraries. LIBRARY, THE SOUL OF COLLEGE: The library over here has a well-stocked collection in Commerce, allied Disciplines and books in various other vistas of knowledge. The library also procures leading journals, periodicals and newspapers. Perspective plans are to convert the present library into a digital library to impart better and effective services to users. NEED OF THE SEMINAR: Communication is an important aspect for the survival and growth of an individual as well as an organization. Effective communication paves way for good inter-personal relationship. Several studies have been conducted not only on this topic but also to track the barriers of communication. The root cause of a problem within an organization is due to the lack of effective communication and therefore to improve the working atmosphere, one has to adapt oneself to the changing modes of the society and develop the needed skills from time to time so as to communicate effectively. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) are responsible for the emergence of Digital Technological revolution and this has brought before us the Digital Age. Libraries, like any other organizations, necessitates to adapt the applications of digital technology to provide more faster and efficient services to the users and hence, it has become the need to inculcate effective communication skills along with core competencies to cope up with the emerging trends for enhanced and effective communication in the libraries along with manpower. Our initiative in organizing this seminar on "Communication Skills for Digital Age Libraries" is an endeavor to contribute our efforts towards the enhancement and needs of the library fraternity. We sincerely hope, that the outputs of the seminar would be instrumental in building up the required communication and core competency skills to communicate effectively in the digital environment. PARTICIPANTS: Librarians, Teachers, Research Scholars, Students of library schools and also for others interested in the theme. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION: a) A registration fee of Rs. 50/- per participant should be paid through Cash/Demand draft in favour of "Sree Narayana Guru College of Commerce, Mumbai". b) No TA/DA will be paid. c) Participation Certificate will be awarded to all participants. PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DIGITAL AGE LIBRARIES 1.00 pm - 6.00 pm 1.00-1.30 pm Registration 1.30-2.00 pm Inauguration SESSION 2.00-2.30 pm Communication Process in Libraries: Present trends and Perspectives 2.30-3.00 pm Importance of adapting communication skills 3.00-3.30 pm Importance of syntax and pronunciation in communication 3.30-3.45 pm TEA 3.45-4.15 pm Role of etiquette and manners in communication 4.15-4.45 pm Communicating in digital environment 4.45-5.15 pm Communication as a tool in keeping Interpersonal relations PANEL DISCUSSION 5.15-5.45pm Need of CEP's for Library professionals 5.45-6.00 pm CONCLUSION Organisers reserves the right to modify any part of the programme under any unavoidable circumstances Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu What are the most popular cars? Find out at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38382/_ylc=X3oDMTEzNWFva2Y2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlY… Yahoo! Autos

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InfoWatch- January 2006
by M.R Lalitha 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The January 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) January 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. 12manage - Management, methods, models and theory 2. AC/UNU Millennium Project - Global Challenges Facing Humanity: Challenges in science and technology 3. Best freeware downloads [System utilities and tips] 4. ChemAxon's free academic package 5. Chemistry of Isaac Newton [A website for Newton's alchemical work] 6. DataSheet4U.com [A free electronic engineering tool] 7. DrugBank database [A bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource] 8. Earth Science World ImageBank [Geoscience images by American Geological Institute] 9. Flash animations for physics 10. MATLAB central file exchange 11. Nanotechnology Whitepaper library 12. NOAA Paleoclimatology [Study of past climate for the understanding of environmental variability] 13. OAses - The open access toolbar 14. Problem solving with Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN) [An open source project for optimization software by IBM] 15. Softpedia - Free downloads encyclopedia 16. Sol-Gel gateway [A interdisciplinary resource for scientists and engineers] 17. Study skills online - An electronic guide to some of the best ways to study 18. Towards Best Practices (TBP) - Best practices in biocomplexity and sustainability 19. TutorialsWeb.com [Tutorials for professionals] 20. Windows memory diagnostic [A tool by Microsoft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Training on "Biomedical Information Retrieval"
by Sukhdev Singh 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "Rekha Gupta" <g.rekha(a)nic.in>To: indmedtraining(a)yahoogroups.comDate: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:30:09 -0000Subject: Training on "Biomedical Information Retrieval"Dear Friends, As you are already aware that the Indian Medlars Centre (IMC), NIC,New Delhi is conducting a 4 day-training programme on "BiomedicalInformation Retrieval" in February 2006 (21st-24th). This programmewould cover searching of Internet biomedical resources including NLMGateway and PubMED. In addition this would also include searchingIMC's databases - IndMED, medIND and OpenMED Archive. There is no course fee and it includes lunch, tea and all coursematerial (plus free Internet access during practise sessions).However, we wont be able to arrange accomadation as NIC, New Delhidoes not have a guest house attached with it. Nominations from private medical institutions (excluding drugcompanies) and clinicians, academicians and researchers are welcometo participate in this programme. Please remember there would be nocourse fee charged for this programme. To get more details and todownload the nomination form please visit the following TRAININGlink on our homepage http://indmed.nic.in For more clarfications you are welcome to contact me. Rekha Gupta,Course-CoordinatorPh: 011-24362359/011-24305533email: g.rekha(a)nic.in

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Dr. K.M. Haneefa joined T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam as its Librarian
by NIKHIL EYEROOR 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear All, It gives me immense pleasure to inform all LIS professionals that Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K, has joined at T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala as its Librarian. Dr. Haneefa holds BSc., PGDCA, MLISc, PhD., and awarded JRF and Lectureship from UGC in 1999. He worked with NIT Calicut, IISR Calicut and Calicut University. He has successfully completed the Library Automation project of Indian Institute of Spices Research Library and involved in setting up of the state-of-the-art IT infrastructure in IISR Library. He has published few research papers in professional journals and participated and presented papers in many national and international conferences. Dr. Haneefa can be reached at hanee4u(a)gmail.com and haneefcalicut(a)yahoo.com -- NIKHIL EYEROOR LIBRARIAN, P.A.AZIZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KARAKULAM , TRIVANDRUM, PIN: 695 564 MOB: 09447515691

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Removal tool for the virus W32.Blackmal@mm
by Thapar, Amit 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

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Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan
by Bhojaraju G 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 1. REVIEWS: Of treasure troves of knowledge From: HAMEED AHMED librarianthinktank(a)yahoo.com Hear we have the essence of the hard work done by Dr.Khalid Mehmood "Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan". It is a well-researched book with a staggering range of references. The book review is available at:- http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm The book is essentially organized as an academic research work comprising the key elements of background, review of related literature, methodology, analysis of data and model for libraries. Half of the book comprises appendices including a structured questionnaire. Figures and tables are also provided to drive the point home. Hameed Ahmed Librarian,SHRDC Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 1. REVIEWS: Of treasure troves of knowledge From: HAMEED AHMED mailto:librarianthinktank@yahoo.com librarianthinktank(a)yahoo.com Hear we have the essence of the hard work done by Dr.Khalid Mehmood "Alternative Funding Model for Libraries in Pakistan". It is a well-researched book with a staggering range of references. The book review is available at:- http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books10.htm The book is essentially organized as an academic research work comprising the key elements of background, review of related literature, methodology, analysis of data and model for libraries. Half of the book comprises appendices including a structured questionnaire. Figures and tables are also provided to drive the point home. Hameed Ahmed Librarian,SHRDC Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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WHY CV GETS INTO THE DUSTBINS
by Suresh Kumar Tejomurtula 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear Student Friends, Please Visit the following LINK, which describes why the CV are often gets into the "dustbin" rather than a "Circular filing cabinet". http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… I too like to have any news and articles which help me enhance my thoughts and my career. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ------ NAREN Regards Tejomurtula Suresh Kumar(Final Student) Dept. Library Information Science Andhra University Visakhapatnam Dear Student Friends, Please Visit the following LINK, which describes why the CV are often gets into the "dustbin" rather than a "Circular filing cabinet". http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… http://newsweaver.ie/recruitireland/e_article000494356.cfm?x=b6hmJNb,b3QKVD… I too like to have any news and articles which help me enhance my thoughts and my career. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ------ NAREN Regards Tejomurtula Suresh Kumar(Final Student) Dept. Library Information Science Andhra University Visakhapatnam

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Lecture on Communication Skills for the 21st Century Librarians
by Gowri Ravindranth 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Dear Friends: You are invited for the Subject program. Program details as follows: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Cordially invite you to a lecture by Commodore S. Shekhar on Communication Skills for the 21 st Century Librarians at 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2006 Venue: Tata Consultancy Services Limited, No.1 Jawaharlal Nehru Road 100 feet Road, Vadapalani, Chennai The Programme 5.30 p.m. Tea 5.55 p.m. Welcome address and introduction of the speaker by Dr. A. Amudavalli, President, MALA 6.00 p.m. Talk by Commodore Shekhar 6.40 p.m. Q & A 6.55 p.m. Vote of Thanks by Ms. Githanjali Chandrasekhar, Branch Head, Library and Information Services, TCS. ^^^^^^^^^ Commodore S Shekhar Commodore S Shekhar is a Graduate of the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla on completion of which he was awarded the prestigious Telescope for being the Best All Round Naval Cadet of his course. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1964. He has completed his Engineering Degree from the Naval Engineering College , Lonavala, and Post Graduation in Weapons System Engineering from the Naval Post Graduate School , Jamnagar . He volunteered for Submarine service, and underwent specialist training at the Submarine Training School , Vladivostok . He is also a graduate of the National Defence College , New Delhi from which he was awarded the Master of Defence Science degree from the Allahabad University . After a distinguished career in the Indian Navy, Commodore Shekhar has conducted leadership workshops, seminars and group discussions to officers of the Indian Navy, Defence Training Academy , Academics at the refresher course programs in the University of Madras and foundation course students at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Southern Regional Centre. He also conducts soft skills workshops for leading corporates in India . Looking forward to see you on 4th Feb. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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Health Economics, Policy and Law - now available free online
by pradip umdale 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Dear Professionals First issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law by cambridge is now available free online. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=HEP&volumeId=1&issueI… Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Asst. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Technical Apprentices are required at NRSA Hyderabad
by ishwar bandi 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 www.donboscoit.ac.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket All fresh professionals, There is a opportunity to start your career National Remote Sensing Agency (An Autonomous Organising Under Department of Space, Govt. Of India) Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Requires Graduate And Technical Apprentices Applications are invited for selection of Graduate/ Technician/ DCCP Apprentices, under the Apprentice Act 1961 (as amended from time to time) Graduate Apprentices Qualifications: First Class Bachelor's Degree Engineering/ Technology in the concerned disciplines. (Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month) Discipline No. of positions available (a) Library Science (M.Lib.Sc) 02 For full details kindly visit NRSA website - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/ www.nrsa.gov.in / Andhra Prabha Daily. Applications completed in all respects should reach the Admin Officer (R&R), National Remote Sensing Agency, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 within 20 days by Ordinary Post from the date of release of this advertisement. The applications should be sent in a cover superscribed "Applications for Graduate/ Technician Apprenticeship Training (Discipline:......) Advt. No. NRSA.A.06/2006 Sincerely Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 http://www.donboscoit.ac.in/ www.donboscoit.ac.in mailto:icbandi@yahoo.co.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:i@rediffmail.com Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket

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Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil. This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam Dear Friends: Please visit http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/ and read " A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories" by http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author1 Martin Feijen and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/vanderkuil/#author2 Annemiek van der Kuil . This is the kind of thing Indian librarians should do! Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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India can learn from OA initiatives in The Netherlands
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. Read more about repositories ... DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital 'treasure chests' ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the SURF Foundation. Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch DARE project has launched NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's announcement: The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories (DARE), [2] the Dutch Research Database (NOD), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from NWO, [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future. Friends: The Netherlands is in the forefront of Open Access. I append here two news stories. One is about DARENET and Cream of Science and the other about NARCIS. The Dutch are very conscious about making their scientific output reach the widest possible audience and to showcase the best of Dutch science. We in India can learn from the Dutch example. We can showcase our best work - for example by creating an archive of full text papers of the Fellows of the major Academies (such as INSA, IASc), the equivalent of the Dutch Cream of Science. We can create a network of distributed institutional archives. Many studies have shown that papers available on OA archives are cited far more often than papers available only through toll-access journals. Subbiah Arunachalam DAREnet Worldwide access to Dutch academic research results. DAREnet gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. It is accessible from home and anywhere else on the planet. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/dare.darenet Read more about DAREnet ... The top of the bill, the cream on the cake, can be found through Cream of Science. The publications of over 200 top scientists in the Netherlands can be found here. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/keur.page Read more about Cream of Science ... As of December 2005 DAREnet harvests 60,000 digital records from the Institutional repositories of sixteen institutes. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about repositories ... http://www.darenet.nl/image.view/DAREtodream DARE: a new, rapid form of communication academic research results DAREnet is the network of Digital Academic REpositories. It is a result of the national DARE programme involving all Dutch universities and several academic and research organisations as well. Its aim is to coordinate and stimulate a network of Dutch repositories (= digital treasure chests ) containing academic research information. It thus enhances the accessibility to and visibility of this information, both national as international. DARE is a national initiative coordinated by the http://www.surf.nl/en/ SURF Foundation. http://www.darenet.nl/page/language.view/repositories Read more about DARE ... Launch of NARCIS, gateway to Dutch research The Dutch http://www.darenet.nl/en/ DARE project has launched http://www.narcis.info/narcis/?language=en NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System). From today's http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/index2.php?oid=54 announcement : The DARE project NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System) has recently lauched the beta version of its website; the gateway to Dutch scientific research information. NARCIS offers central access to Dutch research information. Information produced by Dutch universities, research institutes, KNAW and NWO is gathered and searchable here. In addition NARCIS is the entry par excellence for scientists, policy makers, intermediary organisations, journalists and the public for obtaining a survey on ongoing research in the Netherlands. The NARCIS website uses (among others) these information resources: [1] information from the digital academic repositories ( http://www.darenet.nl/en/page/language.view/home DARE ), [2] the Dutch Research Database ( http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/ NOD ), [3] public information from university METIS systems, [4] research information from http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/SPPD_5R2QE7_Eng NWO , [5] news sites from academic and research institutes, [6] information from outside universities through intelligent harvesting), [7] datasets. NARCIS offers research information in the broadest sense of the word and has therefore a wider focus than DAREnet has. Searching for material that is directly available when found, DAREnet is the place to be. Searching for information about research, researchers or (ongoing) research projects NARCIS gives insight without having to know in with information source to look. When full content results are available, NARCIS links through to the publication. Because NARCIS and DAREnet have similar functionalities, the two services might be combined in the future.

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UN supports Negroponte's project
by Subbiah Arunachalam 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. Mercury News / AP, January 26, 2006 [A] UN lends backing to the $100 laptop The United Nations will lend its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive laptops to children worldwide. Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will sign a memorandum of understanding Saturday with Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, on the $100 laptop project, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The programme aims to ship 1 million units by the end of next year to sell to governments at cost for distribution to school children and teachers. UNDP will work with Negroponte's organisation to deliver 'technology and resources to targeted schools in the least developed countries,' the UN agency said in a statement. The aim is to have governments or donors buy the laptops and give full ownership to the children. Negroponte, who is also chairman of the MIT Media Lab, has said he expects to sell 1 million of them to Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and N igeria. The laptop will run on an open-source operating system. Its colour will be lime green, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and to fend off thieves. http://unu-merit.nl/ictweekly/ref.php?nid=2494 Mercury News / AP , January 26, 2006

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Sad News
by K.R. Mulla 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / krmulla(a)rediffmail.com www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.hkbkeducation.org Hoo God????????????? I shocked to know the sudden and untimely demise of Dr. V S Cholin. I pray Allmighty to give strength to his family members to bear this great loss. I request all of you to join me in my prayers for peace to the departed soul. -- K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore-560 045. (Office): +91-802544 1722 / 3744 / 3690 / 3698 (Fax):+91-802544 3813 Mobile:+91-94480 31969 mailto:mulla_kamalasab@yahoo.com mulla_kamalasab(a)yahoo.com / mailto:krmulla@rediffmail.com krmulla(a)rediffmail.com http://www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ www.geocities.com/mulla_kamalasab/ http://www.hkbkeducation.org www.hkbkeducation.org

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Knowledge Organization in the LIS curriculum
by Bhojaraju G 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

--------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ --------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear colleagues, here is a reference and a link to a recent publication suggesting core issues for the LIS curriculum. The full report is available in pdf from the Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen. kind regards, Birger Hjørland Broughton, V.; Hansson, J.; Hjørland, B. & López-Huertas, M. J. (2005). [Chapter 7:] Knowledge Organization. IN: European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education. Ed. by L. Kajberg & L. Lørring. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science. (Pp. 133-148). (Chapter 7, on knowledge organization alone: http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf http://www.db.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/KnowledgeOrg_chapter%207.pdf Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095.INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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DRTC - Seminar On Blogs and CMS
by pradyot bharatkar 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra, 2nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. Bharatkar, 2nd year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30th Jan 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now --------------------------------- INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8 th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 Seminars on Blogs & Content Management System Blogs Abstract For years the blog has been applied for personal use. Now its low cost, flexibility, and adaptability has seen it applied in a number of information enterprises including the newspaper publishing, stock trading, corporate communications; where information sharing is the goal, including the libraries. That established, there are a number of potential applications for the technology in library instruction and reference services. In my seminar I would try to cover blog as a phenomenon and its common features as available and particularly its applications to libraries. Speaker: Rajib Mitra , 2 nd year ADIS ************************************************************* Content Management System Zope & Plone Open Web Application for CMS Abstract Content management (CM) means many things to many people and has become a catchall phrase for the information professionals. The term content means recorded information or knowledge or data copied to or prepared originally in computer readable media, i.e., digitized information. Thus in simple terms, CM is something that helps in managing digital content. There are so many tools, among them open web application is one of them, which solve the problem of information society to share valuable content with a worldwide audience in an effective and efficient way. In this seminar I would focus on Open Web Applications like Zope & Plone and its applications as CM tools. Speaker: Pradyot S. Bharatkar , 2 nd year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 30 th Jan 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dr. A.R.D Prasad (Seminar Incharge) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ Pradyot S. Bharatkar http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/cars/*http://uk.cars.yahoo.… Yahoo! 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Invitation for a lecture
by SRELS 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following invitation to the subscribers of LIS-FORUM. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to a lecture on CASE WRITING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT by Dr. Padma Upadhya Director, Research and Training, Acharya Institute of Management, Bangalore 560 058 on 3rd February 2006 at 6.00 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com

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Global Digital Format Registry
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

The Harvard University Library (HUL) has received a grant from theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two year project leading to thedeployment of the Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR). The GDFRwill provide sustainable distributed services to store, discover, anddeliver representation information about digital formats. Details - http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/ --Sukhdev Singh,NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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IBM donates analysis software to open source
by Bhojaraju G 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

FYI *Dear Colleagues* *IBM donates analysis software to open source* Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com <http://www.vnunet.com/> 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its Unstructured Information Management Architecture <http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/> (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software Thanks and Regards *Bhojaraju G* Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** *GCI Solutions* (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ FYI Dear Colleagues IBM donates analysis software to open source Knowledge management tool released under Common Public License Tom Sanders in California, http://www.vnunet.com/ vnunet.com 25 Jan 2006 IBM has released the source code of its http://www.research.ibm.com/UIMA/ Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) technology to the open source community. The Java-based technology enables the analysis of information in unstructured documents such as documents, images, comment and note fields, email messages as well as audio and video. Rather the perform search queries based on keywords, it allows users to look for concepts and related topics. For full details pl refer http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149122/ibm-donates-analysis-software Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Knowledge Management Practice ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** GCI Solutions (SEI CMM Level 4 Company), 31 Grape Garden, 17th H Main, Kormangala, 6th Block, Bangalore - 560 095. INDIA. Ph: 91 80 2552 2059 Ext. 421, Fax: 91 80 2553 8415, Cell: +91 944 836 9905 URL: http://www.g-c-i.com www.g-c-i.com ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** Please do visit and put your comments on my Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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The new worm " Nyxem "
by Satish Munnolli 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad'. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem worm-also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm-is programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. "F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened,' he said. "We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time,'' Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, there's no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secure's security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says 'Miss Lebanon 2006' or 'School girl fantasies gone bad', according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in Dear members, Hope, many members might have received junk mails since last couple days with a subject 'Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad. Here is the news of this new worm - Nyxem Kama Sutra worm erases computer files Anti-virus vendors are warning of a rapidly spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem wormalso nicknamed the Kama Sutra wormis programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened, he said. We are expecting to see problems in two weeks time, Hypponen said. The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, theres no indication where Nyxem originated. While most anti-virus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a web site that records new infections. According to F-Secures security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night. The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says. Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35% of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he added. The worm harvests email addresses and then sends itself out again. The email subject line may contain text that says Miss Lebanon 2006 or School girl fantasies gone bad, according to Sophos. Agencies Source: Times of India, 25.01.2006 Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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38 and Counting - medIND adds "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging"
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Dear Friends "The Indian Journal Radiology and Imaging" becomes the 38th Journal tobe available from http://medind.nic.in i.e. medIND. So medIND now provides free access to 38 Indian Biomedical Journals.All these journals are either indexed in IndMED or PubMed. No registeration or password is required to access http://medind.nic.in --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Drtc colloquium on "INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE"
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:46:30 +0000 (GMT) From: pradyot bharatkar <pradyot_bharatkar(a)yahoo.co.uk> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 8th Colloquium on INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE ABSTRACT We are living in an era, which is referred to as the knowledge era. IT has played and continues to play a major role in shaping the form and format of a wide range of activities related to business, scholarly communication, governance etc. Due to the changes in Hardware, Software, Storage technologies, Telecommunication technology, the resources and services of libraries have also changed and are expanding. The outstanding advances in IT and e-media related fields have made it necessary to change the traditional image and to adapt to the challenges posed by these new technologies. In this colloquium we will focus on �INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE CYBER AGE.� TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. OVERVIEW PROTITI MAJUMDAR 2. TOOLS HEMA SINGH & SAMIKSHA YADAV 3. RESOURCES Md. EHTESHAM & SUKLA CHAKRABORTY 4. SERVICES ANANYA SARKAR, SUCHETA LAHIRI & RANDHIR KUMAR 5. CONCLUSION NEHA SINGH All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 31ST JANAUARY, 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis)

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New Delhi World Book Fair
by ++Mukesh Anand++ 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications  Monitor Information Services cordially invites you to New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 27January - to 04 February ' 2006 <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Team Monitor will be stationed at Applied Media stall nos. 22 & 23 in Hall No. 1 to extend seamless support to you in visiting various book-stalls at the book-fair Looking forward to meet you during New Delhi World Book Fair Sincerely Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services New Delhi - 110027 Telephone: 011-42133676 Mobiles: 0 98913 51634 / 0 98492 54764 - - Head Office:Hyderabad Branch: Kharagpur http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Library Suppliers of Science, Technology & Management Publications <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]>

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Video on MeSH - Medical Subject Headings
by Sukhdev Singh 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

So you want to search the largest bibliographic database in the fieldof Medicne i.e. PubMed. Let me tell you that you need Knowledge ofMeSH for better precision and recall [1] in your search results. The bad news is that MeSH is not easy to learn. But the good news is that US National Library of Medicine hasproduced a 12-minute video on MeSH. It is on development, structureand use of the MeSH vocabulary. This video is available on the NLM Web site in three formats:Macromedia Flash (60MB), Apple QuickTime (100), and Windows Mediaformats (30MB). [So try only if you have a broadband connection] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/ References:1. http://www.hsl.creighton.edu/hsl/Searching/Recall-Precision.html ---Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://indmed.nic.in http://medind.nic.in http://openmed.nic.in

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Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills
by Satish Munnolli 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. Western Regional Instrumentation Centre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills. Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guide's way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile: 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile: ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under 'Contents' of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in WRIC at Mumbai University Campus is organising a one day interactive workshop on 'Thesis Writing Skills' on 5th of February 2006. It is an interesting workshop for all postgraduate students of any discipline and basically targeted to PhD aspirants. You may display the info on concerned departmental notice boards for the benefit of registrants. W estern R egional I nstrumentation C entre Mumbai (An Institution Funded by the UGC, New Delhi ) Announces An Interactive Workshop On Thesis Writing Skills Date: 5 February 2006 Time: 10 am to 6 pm Venue WRIC Lecture Hall University of Mumbai Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E) Mumbai-400 098 A research work is assessed on the basis of a written report or a thesis submitted to a university awarding the degree. A thesis is not just a long essay. It must have a formal structure and a standard style. It requires careful planning and writing skills. Clear writing reflects clear thinking. The quality of research is mirrored in the thesis. Therefore, it is a crucial and difficult stage in research. Realising this difficulty of researchers, the Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai has organised an interactive workshop on Thesis Writing Skills . Topics for the workshop have been selected based on the rich experience of a group of senior professors who have guided and assessed research work. Scope The workshop is planned to cover the structure, style and strategies related to writing a thesis. The spirit of the workshop meticulously takes care of the following few points. · The content of the workshop does not interfere with the research guides way of supervising the work, but it only supplements his/her task. · It is independent of the theme/subject of research. · It does not intend to teach research methodology. Contents The workshop is aimed at giving a number of practical tips in the following areas. · Strategic planning of writing process or what do the referees look for and how to meet their expectations. · Conceptual organisation of the information gathered from various sources for writing. · Writing Process - Chapter scheme - Sections, paragraphs, sentences, words - Maintaining continuity and flow of ideas - Style and Style Manuals - Referencing of print and electronic sources - Bibliography - Nuances of English Language: Choice and rendering of words and punctuation · Graphics, Illustrations and Tables · Order of introductory and end pages · Appendices and Annexes · Instructions to the data-entry operator and binder · Readability Tests · Editing and Proofreading · Exhaustive check-list before handing over the manuscript for binding. · Instructions for producing the content for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programme · Preparation for presentation and viva-voce Method of Instruction Combination of lecture, discussions and exercises. Participation The workshop is useful for any person doing research leading to Ph.D or postgraduate degree programme. Those who are planning to do research of any type also find the proceeds immensely useful. It is designed to save time, money and heartburn of researchers. Course Fees: Rs 500/- Contact: Dr S K Savanur Ph: 2652 6141 E-Mail: mailto:sksavanur@rediffmail.com sksavanur(a)rediffmail.com Mobile : 98201 50352 Application Form An Interactive Workshop on Thesis Writing Skills 5 February 2006 10 am to 6 pm Name: _____________________________ Age: ________ Designation: _____________ Subject: _______________ Address for Correspondence: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Telephone: (O): ____________ ® ___________ E-Mail: ___________ Mobile : ____________ Details of Current Research Activity: _________ ________________________________________ Specific Problems in Writing Your Thesis, if any: (Other than those stated under Contents of the workshop) __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Registration Fees: Rs500/- Cheque/DD: Cash: (Favouring Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai) Payment Details: ________________________ Signature of the Candidate Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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Free Antivirus Software
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:02:30 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> Dear All, The Free edition of AVG-ANTIVIRUS can be downloaded from the site: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 Its efficient and secure. -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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iPODs and Video Podcasting
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital offers videopodcasts for the public on healthy heart living at http://www.cvmd.org/ . iPODs and Video Podcasting are becoming an excellent way of educating. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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PLEDGE for Information Scientists / Librarians and Other Scientists
by Sukhdev Singh 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Can We take the following PLEDGE today? --WE WILL RETAIN and EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO SELF - ARCHIVE OURINTELLECTUAL OUTPUT. ----------------------Sukhdev Singhhttp://purl.org/net/sukhdev

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Funder requires grantees to share data quickly
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Funder requires grantees to share data every two months Sharon Begley, In Switch, Scientists Share Data to Develop Useful Drug Therapies, Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2006. (Thanks to John Wilbanks.) Excerpt: >From Alzheimer's and diabetes to cancer, schizophrenia and even baldness, the list of ailments that elude cure marches on. The crisis in "translational science," or turning basic discoveries into therapies, has been brewing for years, but it hit a depressing nadir in 2005, when just 20 new drugs won approval from the Food and Drug Administration....[T]he three-year-old Myelin Repair Foundation...requires that the five biologists it supports share results in real time. Because they don't keep discoveries under wraps until publication, they can build on each other's work sooner....The foundation's insistence that its scientists exchange results every two months is a sea change from the standard every-two-to-five-years progress report. "This has been one of the most difficult transitions, getting scientists to understand accountability in the short term," says Robert Miller of Case Western Reserve University.

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lib furniture
by Rajendra Thaty 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Dear all, I would like to have the addresses and e-mail ids of firms dealing with furnitre and stationery and other items used in Libraries. Please help. Also, please send information about mouse repeller, and where can I procure it from? Regards, RAjendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) Dear all, I would like to have the addresses and e-mail ids of firms dealing with furnitre and stationery and other items used in Libraries. Please help. Also, please send information about mouse repeller, and where can I procure it from? Regards, RAjendra Rajendra Kumar Thaty Librarian Samabalpur University Central Library Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa PIN 768019 Telephone# 0663-2430548 (O) 98610-47084 (Mob) http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Open Access News
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Friends: I just visited the cluster map of Open Access News hits. Most readers of Open Access News are in Western Europe and North America. There are not many users in India and hardly anybody in China! This must be rectified. We need to improve our advocacy efforts! Friends: I just visited the cluster map of Open Access News hits. Most readers of Open Access News are in Western Europe and North America. There are not many users in India and hardly anybody in China! This must be rectified. We need to improve our advocacy efforts!

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Nobel laureate Richard Roberts advocates Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Friends: Here is a report on a talk by a Nobel laureate. I am trying to get the full text of the talk. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Richard Roberts at Johns Hopkins on OA Yesterday Richard Roberts --Nobel laureate and OA advocate-- gave the Sixth Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. Karl Broman liked it: This afternoon, I went to the best seminar of the year. Sure, it's just January 19, but I'm confident that I won't attend a better seminar this year, as it was among the best I've ever attended....Why did I enjoy the seminar so much? First, [Roberts] began with a bit of a sermon about the importance of open access journals. That if you're anywhere but Hopkins (and a few other places), it's extremely difficult to get access to the literature. He also made the important point that: wouldn't it be great if the entire scientific literature, ever, was accessible online for searching? It's easily within our power. There are so many interesting papers that are languishing in dust. If they could all be online, and if the full text were free for searching, wouldn't everything be so much better? I was completely on his side from the start. Friends: Here is a report on a talk by a Nobel laureate. I am trying to get the full text of the talk. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Richard Roberts at Johns Hopkins on OA Yesterday Richard Roberts --Nobel laureate and OA advocate-- gave the Sixth Annual Daniel Nathans, M.D. Lecture in Molecular Genetics at Johns Hopkins University. http://kbroman.blogspot.com/2006/01/best-seminar-of-year.html Karl Broman liked it : This afternoon, I went to the best seminar of the year. Sure, it's just January 19, but I'm confident that I won't attend a better seminar this year, as it was among the best I've ever attended....Why did I enjoy the seminar so much? First, [Roberts] began with a bit of a sermon about the importance of open access journals. That if you're anywhere but Hopkins (and a few other places), it's extremely difficult to get access to the literature. He also made the important point that: wouldn't it be great if the entire scientific literature, ever, was accessible online for searching? It's easily within our power. There are so many interesting papers that are languishing in dust. If they could all be online, and if the full text were free for searching, wouldn't everything be so much better? I was completely on his side from the start.

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FIP is a Feloowship awarded by the UGC
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, After my posting regarding the denial of FIP, I have received several e-mails asking me what is FIP. Let me please explain it. F.I.P (Faculty Improvemnet Programme) is a UGC sponsored Fellowship for College Teachers for doing their M.Phil and Ph.D. by availing two years leave. The entire salary for the substitute will be provided by the UGC. The present FIP scheme ends with March 2007, when the Xth plan period ends. The UGC has extende the benefit of FIP to physical education teachers and librarians. As such several librarians have availed this benefit previously. Thank you for all your responses. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Dear Professionals, After my posting regarding the denial of FIP, I have received several e-mails asking me what is FIP. Let me please explain it. F.I.P (Faculty Improvemnet Programme) is a UGC sponsored Fellowship for College Teachers for doing their M.Phil and Ph.D. by availing two years leave. The entire salary for the substitute will be provided by the UGC. The present FIP scheme ends with March 2007, when the Xth plan period ends. The UGC has extende the benefit of FIP to physical education teachers and librarians. As such several librarians have availed this benefit previously. Thank you for all your responses. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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Reminder: NCSI-NET talk on OJS on Saturday, 21st Jan
by Suvarsha Walters 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Title : Open Journal Systems and the Challenge to Improve Research Capacity in India Date and Time: Saturday 21st January, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. Venue: Seminar Hall of NCSI, IISc, Bangalore. Speaker: By Patrick Inglis, PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center Abstract of the talk: India remains a leader in the field of science and technology. Some of its institutions of higher education, as well as several research and design facilities, are some of the best in the world. But there are also the less prestigious institutes that do not enjoy the same research facilities as the privileged ones. This has the effect of creating a deep division between those who have access to knowledge and those that do not, but it also limits the ability of students and scholars at these other institutions to partake in the production and dissemination of information. Not only will more researchers gain from greater access to knowledge with free online publication media, but that this greater access will improve the scholarly quality of the research produced. When knowledge is free and open access it can provide a foundation for further research to emerge from the exchanges made between increasing numbers of participants. The presentation will expand upon the argument for open access scholarship in the public interest by introducing the Open Journal Systems developed at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and the benefits this software can bring to the intellectual community in India. (A demo of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software will also be given.) About Patrick Inglis: Patrick Inglis is a PhD student in sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He studies the effects of globalization on labor and business management and will conduct part of his dissertation research in Bangalore, India. While a master's degree student in education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, he was a member of the Public Knowledge Project research team that developed the first version of the Open Journal Systems. He continues to work with the Public Knowledge Project in shaping current and future versions of the software. ------------------------------- Please confirm your participation to Prasanna (t.s.prasanna at intel.com) or Suvarsha (suvarsha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators

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Regd. posting a message on LIS forum...
by guhamba 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Could you post the following message on LIS Forum.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Home-based jobs for first class MLIS in the coming months. Those who are 30+ years of age and can spare a minimum of 4 hours per day may send their resume with details of experience to: kss(a)informindia.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards, D.Guhamba Informatics International Projects Division (IIPD) 112/7 11th Cross 5th Main Malleswaram Bangalore 560003

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Language CDs and software
by Parinita Samant 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear All, I am looking for foreign language CDs and software. Do you know of any distributors/vendors for the same? Could you give me the details..?? Thanks & Regards Parinita DISCLAIMER: This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com <mailto:mailadmin@hexaware.com>.  Dear All, � I am looking for foreign language CDs and software. Do you know of any distributors/vendors for the same? Could you give me the details..?? � Thanks &� Regards � Parinita � DISCLAIMER: This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com

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Fwd: Google's Newsletter for Librarians - 2nd issue
by pradeep kumar 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

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(no subject)
by shruthi jayaram 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear Friends, I want to a document on Laws on prevention of corruption. Please let me know the where do i get this book. shruthi Librarian Public Affairs Centre koramangal Dear Friends, I want to a document on Laws on prevention of corruption. Please let me know the where do i get this book. shruthi Librarian Public Affairs Centre koramangal 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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Re: [nmlis] BEWARE
by Thapar, Amit 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

Dear all, The information which i received from my friends in Software R & D, i wish to share with all of you. Yahoo Virus - Be Watchful and Wise not to rush to open The Yahoo server is pumping one virus with different email addresses be careful do not open any attachment you don't know the extension. these mails are in form of pictures which are not displayed plus an attachment. be careful . I am talking about the individual mails which you will receive in your Inbox . HOWEVER VIRUS SPOOFS MAIL ADDRESSES OF SENDERS AND IT MAY SPOOF Anybody's ADDRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS IN GROUPS .SO BEWARE. IT MAY SEND MAIL USING YOUR ID OR MY ID OR A FRIENDS ID OR A GOUP ID. W32.Galil.F@mm Discovered on: February 02, 2004 Last Updated on: February 05, 2004 10:13:52 AM W32.Galil.F@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine or Microsoft Outlook to spread. It harvests email addresses from the files in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Outlook address book, as well as the files whose extensions are .asf, .avi, .doc, .jpg, .mdb, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .pps, .ram, .rar,or .xls. The worm may spoof the "From" field. The email message has a randomly selected subject line, which may also be the attachment name. The attachment has a .bhx, .exe, .hqx, mox, .mim, .uu , .uue, or .xxe extension. It is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and is compressed with UPX. Also Known As: W32/Holar.gen@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Holar.f [Kaspersky] Type: Worm Infection Length: 67,934 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX If you receive any mails subject contains following these please do not open. A Great Video Fw: Fw: DSC-00465.jpg Fw: Funny :) Fw: Picturs Fw: Real show Fwd: image.jpg Fwd: Photo give me a kiss Miss Lebanon 2006 My photos Part 1 of 6 Video clipe Photos Re: Please be careful and do not open any unknown attachment which may contain virus. Have a good day !! amit@urservice ----- Original Message ----- From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. To: D.B.Eswara Reddy ; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; ila delhi ; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; iaslic kolkata Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [nmlis] BEWARE dear friends there are many mails being sent on my name from my mail ID. these messages are not sent by me.as it appears that these mails consist the virus, please be careful. can some one help me to stop this type of mails originating from some other mischievous people. thanks laxman rao "D.B.Eswara Reddy" <devaereddy(a)yahoo.com> wrote: This is the reason why we have been craving for moderation. Thanks, Eswara Reddy --- "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> wrote: > > Hi, > > If you have received any mail from any member or > your any Friend > consisting of Three Snaps/Photo (Unviewable) and > there is an > attachment of Zipped file Don't open that e-mail as > that is a very > dangerous Virus and will harm your Windows Registry > and Antivirus so > your antivirus will not work any more. > > This Virus will take all private information (Like > Passwords) and > other stuff like that and then people will receive > e-mails with the > same virus from your ID and you might be in some > trouble. > > Be Safe and don't open that e-mail > > This e-mail will Approximately of 181 to 183 KB > > Will consist Three Photos which your browser will > show that it > remained unable to open. > > There will be a WinZip Attachment with file > extensions .mim, .hqx, mox, etc. with that e-mail > > This e-mail could be from one of your friends but > he/she is not the > Original sender of the mail. > > Regards, > Amit D.B.Eswara Reddy,PhD Assistant Professor Texas A & M University College Station,Texas 77843,USA Devaereddy(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) Vice President, Association of British Scholars(AP Chapter) Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40-27682290(off) 9246547599(Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "nmlis" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear all, The information which i received from my friends in Software R & D, i wish to share with all of you. Yahoo Virus - Be Watchful and Wise not to rush to open The Yahoo server is pumping one virus with different email addresses be careful do not open any attachment you don't know the extension. these mails are in form of pictures which are not displayed plus an attachment. be careful . I am talking about the individual mails which you will receive in your Inbox . HOWEVER VIRUS SPOOFS MAIL ADDRESSES OF SENDERS AND IT MAY SPOOF Anybody's ADDRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS IN GROUPS .SO BEWARE. IT MAY SEND MAIL USING YOUR ID OR MY ID OR A FRIENDS ID OR A GOUP ID. W32.Galil.F@mm Discovered on: February 02, 2004 Last Updated on: February 05, 2004 10:13:52 AM W32.Galil.F@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine or Microsoft Outlook to spread. It harvests email addresses from the files in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Outlook address book, as well as the files whose extensions are .asf, .avi, .doc, .jpg, .mdb, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .pps, .ram, .rar,or .xls. The worm may spoof the "From" field. The email message has a randomly selected subject line, which may also be the attachment name. The attachment has a .bhx, .exe, .hqx, mox, .mim, .uu , .uue, or .xxe extension. It is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and is compressed with UPX. Also Known As: W32/Holar.gen@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Holar.f [Kaspersky] Type: Worm Infection Length: 67,934 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX If you receive any mails subject contains following these please do not open. A Great Video Fw: Fw: DSC-00465.jpg Fw: Funny :) Fw: Picturs Fw: Real show Fwd: image.jpg Fwd: Photo give me a kiss Miss Lebanon 2006 My photos Part 1 of 6 Video clipe Photos Re: Please be careful and do not open any unknown attachment which may contain virus. Have a good day !! mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:naglaxman@yahoo.com Prof. N. Laxman Rao. To: mailto:devaereddy@yahoo.com D.B.Eswara Reddy ; mailto:iatlis@yahoogroups.com iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; mailto:ilanet1@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in ila delhi ; mailto:nmlis@yahoogroups.com nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; mailto:iaslic@vsnl.net iaslic kolkata Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [nmlis] BEWARE dear friends there are many mails being sent on my name from my mail ID. these messages are not sent by me.as it appears that these mails consist the virus, please be careful. can some one help me to stop this type of mails originating from some other mischievous people. thanks laxman rao "D.B.Eswara Reddy" < mailto:devaereddy@yahoo.com devaereddy(a)yahoo.com > wrote: This is the reason why we have been craving for moderation. Thanks, Eswara Reddy --- "Thapar, Amit" < mailto:amitt@niper.ac.in amitt(a)niper.ac.in > wrote: > > Hi, > > If you have received any mail from any member or > your any Friend > consisting of Three Snaps/Photo (Unviewable) and > there is an > attachment of Zipped file Don't open that e-mail as > that is a very > dangerous Virus and will harm your Windows Registry > and Antivirus so > your antivirus will not work any more. > > This Virus will take all private information (Like > Passwords) and > other stuff like that and then people will receive > e-mails with the > same virus from your ID and you might be in some > trouble. > > Be Safe and don't open that e-mail > > This e-mail will Approximately of 181 to 183 KB > > Will consist Three Photos which your browser will > show that it > remained unable to open. > > There will be a WinZip Attachment with file > extensions .mim, .hqx, mox, etc. with that e-mail > > This e-mail could be from one of your friends but > he/she is not the > Original sender of the mail. > > Regards, > Amit D.B.Eswara Reddy,PhD Assistant Professor Texas A & M University College Station,Texas 77843,USA Devaereddy(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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New Stuff
by Thapar, Amit 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

The Master of Disaster http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ The damage to libraries during the hurricanes has inspired librarians to rethink their disaster planning. Preparedness expert Jon Schultz offers a "Beginner's Disaster Planning Site for Libraries, Businesses and Institutions." At a bare minimum, check out his "One-Hour Emergency Plan" and his "When Disaster Strikes" checklist. The Shop Window: Compelling and Dynamic Library Portals http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM Steven Abram explores how your library's web site can entice people to enter and explore. Which reminds me, take a look at the new University of Toronto Libraries site, whose design is worth studying http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive." The Master of Disaster http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ http://www.themasterofdisaster.com/ The damage to libraries during the hurricanes has inspired librarians to rethink their disaster planning. Preparedness expert Jon Schultz offers a "Beginner's Disaster Planning Site for Libraries, Businesses and Institutions." At a bare minimum, check out his "One-Hour Emergency Plan" and his "When Disaster Strikes" checklist. The Shop Window: Compelling and Dynamic Library Portals http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000485040.cfm?x=b6h9CVc,b2rpQhRM Steven Abram explores how your library's web site can entice people to enter and explore. Which reminds me, take a look at the new University of Toronto Libraries site, whose design is worth studying http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ http://main.library.utoronto.ca/ mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9855701060 / 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/ "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive."

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Unacknowledged convergence of open source, open access, and open science
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

John Willinsky[1] in an article[2] argues that initiatives like opensource software, open access to research and scholarship, and openscience are based on common commitments and priciples. All theseinitiatives are committed to resist any barriers to exchange ofinformation and ideas. Even the business model is almost similierbased on the principles of (1) the efficacy of free software and research; (2) the reputation–building afforded by public access and patronage; and, (3) the emergence of a free–or–subscribe access model. Still, with this much in common, the strong sense of convergence amongthese open initiatives has yet to be fully realized, to the detrimentof the larger, common issue. He talks of three principles: Principle One: Before software was open, it was freePrinciple Two: The economics of patronagePrinciple Three: Free or subscribe Some extracts of his article: .."To pursue a strictly business perspective on open source softwareonly serves to prevent readers from realizing open source's closeconnections to the long–standing traditions of open science.".. .."The publishing economy of scholarly journals is dominated by arather perverse property relation, in which the last investor in theresearch production chain — consisting of university, researcher,funding agency, and publisher — owns the resulting work outrightthrough a very small investment in relation to the work's overall costand value.".. .."Open source software is also free like free beer, in most instances.".. .."With the use of open source code, no less than with scholarly work,the property right at issue is almost entirely a matter of respectingthe authorship of the original work".. .."Scholarship has long strived to open its processes to critique andcontribution, even if at best those processes are shaped inhistorically contingent ways. The open access movement is no lessdevoted to lowering barriers by enabling more researchers and studentsto read the current published literature.".. .."perhaps 15 percent of the current literature is being posted byauthors in archives.".. .."Open access has the potential to make very close to the entire bodyof literature available to anyone with an Internet connection ... Thiswould make a considerable difference to a wide range of scholars,students and others who are otherwise unable to obtain or affordaccess. What is holding back this far greater circulation ofknowledge, at this point, is general lack of faculty awareness andinterest in increasing access to published literature.".. References: 1.John Willinsky is Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technologyat the University of British Columbia http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/willinsky.htm 2."Unacknowledged convergence of open source, open access, and open science"First Monday, volume 10, number 8 (August 2005), http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_8/willinsky/index.html ------------Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Regd. posting message on LIS forum...
by guhamba 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Could you post the following message on LIS Forum.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We require enthusiastic and brilliant MLIS to work in our library services division, which offers ample scope for growth. Starting salary: Rs. 6,500 and other standard company benefits. Those with consistent first class from SSC onwards need only apply to: kss(a)Informindia.co.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks & Regards, D.Guhamba Informatics International Projects Division (IIPD) 112/7 11th Cross 5th Main Malleswaram Bangalore 560003

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Article Indexing of Indian Journals
by Chitra P Rao 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Respected collegues of the Library Professional: On 5th Jan I had sent out a message on the LIS forum on the above topic.. I would like to respond to the same. I have recieved many replies and interestingly those who have OA inititive in their Libraries are from NIC and IGIDR. That is my point exactly when we have such a large population of Librarians in our country why only a select few can take up such projects.. Answers to this are many.. my only conclusion is that it is not very probable to undertake this kind of tasks without Committment from within and the organization you work in. Hence my mail to the LIS Forum. Interestingly I have come accross one email from Divan Enterprises a part of Globe publishing which has undertaken a very valient effort in this direction. His objective is to have a single platform of Indian Journals and to highlight Indian Contributions Globally. He is in constant touch with various Indian Publishers to give him the right to host their Journals online as well as provide this service to all Librraies. For procuring Indian Journals online abstracts and full text.. This I found to be the answer to what I was trying accomplish.. I request that all of us should write to the publishesrs of journals which we subscribe and ask them to host their journal on the site.. This is the address of the site. http://indianjournals.com I request your feedback on this and hope to get good cooperation from Publishers and Libraries to support this.. With regards chitra Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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Relationship between "IndMED" and "Yoga for depression: The research evidence"!!
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Relationship between "IndMED" and "Yoga for depression: The research evidence"!! I just came accross an article where researchers from UK includedIndMED [ http://indmed.nic.in ] as part of their research methodology.The abstract of the same is given below of this email. Do I need to say more about utility of IndMED? And I keep remindingpeople IndMED is not for Indians(?). It is for exposure of IndianResearch world wide. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://indmed.nic.in ; http://medind.nic.in and http://openmed.nic.in ------------------------------Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 89, Issue 1-3, Pages 13-24http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2005.08.013 Yoga for depression: The research evidence Karen Pilkingtona; Graham Kirkwooda; Hagen Rampesc and Janet Richardson [--Research Council for Complementary Medicine, London, UK--School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, 115 NewCavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK--Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, NorthwestCommunity Mental Health Team, Edgware, Middlesex, UK--Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth and Research Councilfor Complementary Medicine, London, UK] Received 8 April 2005; revised 31 August 2005; accepted 31 August2005. Available online 26 September 2005. Abstract:-Background- Yoga-based interventions may prove to be an attractive option for thetreatment of depression. The aim of this study is to systematicallyreview the research evidence on the effectiveness of yoga for thisindication. -Methods- Searches of the major biomedical databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE,ClNAHL, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library were conducted. Specialistcomplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the IndMED databaseswere also searched and efforts made to identify unpublished andongoing research. Searches were conducted between January and June2004. Relevant research was categorised by study type and appraised.Clinical commentaries were obtained for studies reporting clinicaloutcomes. -Results- Five randomised controlled trials were located, each of which utiliseddifferent forms of yoga interventions and in which the severity of thecondition ranged from mild to severe. All trials reported positivefindings but methodological details such as method of randomisation,compliance and attrition rates were missing. No adverse effects werereported with the exception of fatigue and breathlessness inparticipants in one study. -Limitations- No language restrictions were imposed on the searches conducted but nosearches of databases in languages other than English were included. -Conclusions- Overall, the initial indications are of potentially beneficial effectsof yoga interventions on depressive disorders. Variation ininterventions, severity and reporting of trial methodology suggeststhat the findings must be interpreted with caution. Several of theinterventions may not be feasible in those with reduced or impairedmobility. Nevertheless, further investigation of yoga as a therapeuticintervention is warranted.

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Need to change selection criteria
by rajkumar mallik 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Dear Professional friends, In the information age we became the most important among all professionals, but in carreer and opportunities we are far away from real things.Today in our education industry there is many more scopes to provide regular professional as well as corresspondence courses and both the courses get equal opportunities, still then regular courses has no more importance, As am writing this , whenever our regular students applied for any post they are not called for interview or cutoff when short listing , as there is less percentage as compared to corresponding courses,In my opinion if reqiured criteria if full filled then without short listing there may be other option like written test or screening test, then there is scope of getting better result, because in regular courses there is too much difficult to get much more percentage as compared to correspondence.But the selection commettee makes cuttoff candidates having eligibility criteria full filled, So my request to our professional's who are in recruitment committee should think fo it. thank you Raj Kumar Mallik Research Assitant, Scientometric Unit Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) V.Ramalingaswami Bhavan Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Dear Professional friends, In the information age we became the most important among all professionals, but in carreer and opportunities we are far away from real things.Today in our education industry there is many more scopes to provide regular professional as well as corresspondence courses and both the courses get equal opportunities, still then regular courses has no more importance, As am writing this , whenever our regular students applied for any post they are not called for interview or cutoff when short listing , as there is less percentage as compared to corresponding courses,In my opinion if reqiured criteria if full filled then without short listing there may be other option like written test or screening test, then there is scope of getting better result, because in regular courses there is too much difficult to get much more percentage as compared to correspondence.But the selection commettee makes cuttoff candidates having eligibility criteria full filled, So my request to our professional's who are in recruitment committee should think fo it. thank you Raj Kumar Mallik Research Assitant, Scientometric Unit Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) V.Ramalingaswami Bhavan Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/holidayprints/*http://pa.yahoo.com/… See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.

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Monologue of Ranganathan - MULISSA activity at DLIS, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Let's Hear Ranganathan - Friday Talk activity at DLIS, Mysore S.R. Ranganathan is undoubtedly an undisputed champion of Indian librarianship. His seminal contributions, particularly in the field of library classification, have attracted the attention of the best in the world. Melvil Dewey and Ranganathan, the two giants in the field of Library Classification, never met face to face. But Ranganathan, on few occasions, has communicated with Dewey. Ranganathan�s talk in 1964 on his interactions with Dewey has been recorded at University of Toronto and digitized by William Denton (available at http://www.miskatonic.org/library/ranganathan-audio.html). We came to know about this in one of the postings in LIS-FORUM. With a view to inspire students, the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore had organized the local broadcasting of the audio file on the Friday, January 13, 2006. As some part of the audio is not clear, the transcription of the same was also simultaneously displayed using a multimedia projector. In the opinion of the students, they were trilled to hear Ranganathan in absentia. More than 45 students and a few faculty members attended the event. This event was organized by Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA). Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore in his introductory remarks outlined the major contributions of Ranganathan to Library and Information Science in general and library classification in particular. -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 -- N.S.Harinarayana Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Ph: 2419393 !DSPAM:43cf2b46148781804284693!

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Knowledge Society, Societal GRID and Knowledge Sharing
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

I would like to present some extracts Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam'srecent speech. These are on Knowledge Society, Societal GRID andKnowledge Sharing. -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT THE PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2006, 17-01-2006. KOLKATAhttp://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/eventslatest1.jsp?id=1126 ..."The whole purpose of education in a country is to develop andenhance the potential of our human resource and progressivelytransform it into a knowledge society. The knowledge society will be asociety producing products and services that are rich in both explicitand tacit knowledge, thus creating value added products. The realcapital of this knowledge society will be its knowledge components.The society will be highly networked to create knowledge intensiveenvironment along with enabling process to efficiently create, share,use and protect knowledge. Our education system should re-align itselfat the earliest to meet the needs of the present day challenges and befully geared to participate in the societal transformation throughinnovation, which is the key to competitiveness. It should alsodevelop a global outlook. India has many strengths. It has to reachout and make our individuals and institution capable of succeeding ina competitive world".... "The core of the connectivity model is Electronic Connectivity forprosperity of one billion people is the partnership betweengovernmental and multiple institutions in the public and privatedomains. The strength of this partnership for collaborative growth andeconomic prosperity is facilitated by free flow of knowledge andinformation in a seamless manner cutting across levels and boundariesembracing all walks of life in the three sectors of the economy suchas Agriculture, manufacturing and services sector.".. ..."To maximize the synergy between the various components ofeducation, healthcare, e-governance, rural development we need toestablish connectivities among them. These connectivities willcertainly bring seamless access and information flow among the variousdomains leading to maximization of GDP and productivity; hence, thereis need for establishing the GRIDs namely Knowledge grid, healthcaregrid, e-governance grid and the PURA knowledge grid. Thisinterconnecting grid will be known as societal grid. Knowledgesharing, knowledge utilization and knowledge re-use is very vital byall constituents of the society for promoting non-linear growth."... --------------------------------------------------- --Sukhdev Singh.http://openmed.nic.in

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Dr. Cholin's Demise
by Francis Jayakanth 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

I have been away from office (and email) for more than a week now. The sad news about the untimely demise of Dr. Cholin was revealed to me just yesterday. It was indeed shocking news for me. It is very unfortunate that the LIS fraternity has lost yet another stalwart in a short span of time. Apart from being a great professional, he was a true gentleman, ever willing to lend a helping hand to anybody who was in need of it. I had had couple email exchanges with him just the last week and it is hard to believe that he is no more with us today. I have just been able to go through couple of messages posted on this forum about Dr. Cholin's achievements. It is very impressive and heartening that an alumni of NCSI had so much of professional achievements in a short career of just over a decade. As Mr. Prafulla Chandra has rightly mentioned, like his teacher and mentor, late Dr. T B Rajashekar, Dr. Cholin is a role model for the budding LIS professionals. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. Francis NCSI, IISc -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

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Denial of F.I.P for Librarians in Kerala
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Dear Professionals, I am doing Ph.D. under the F.I.P scheme of the UGC from June 2005. Now the authorities in the Directorate of Collegiate Education and Higher Education Secretariate are saying that Librarians donct come under Teaching Fellows. As such they have denied another applicant's claim for F.I.P. I fear that my tenure in F.I.P also will be ended by a government order. Please give your opinions and suggestions so that I can manage this situation which may gradually affect others also. I request the authorities of Kerala Library Association to be alert in this matter. Gopakuamr.V Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science Magalore University Mangalagangothri, Mangalore - 574 199 Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Dear Professionals, I am doing Ph.D. under the F.I.P scheme of the UGC from June 2005. Now the authorities in the Directorate of Collegiate Education and Higher Education Secretariate are saying that Librarians donct come under Teaching Fellows. As such they have denied another applicant's claim for F.I.P. I fear that my tenure in F.I.P also will be ended by a government order. Please give your opinions and suggestions so that I can manage this situation which may gradually affect others also. I request the authorities of Kerala Library Association to be alert in this matter. Gopakuamr.V Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science Magalore University Mangalagangothri, Mangalore - 574 199 Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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So Sad
by Chinmaya Rout 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Dear Friends I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise od Dr. Cholin the young scintist of INFLIBNET. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. Regards, With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout ICMR Library(Room No-213) Ansari Nagar New Delhi-29 Mobile No-09868412978 Phone No-011-26589585(O) Dear Friends I am deeply shocked to know the unfortunate & sad demise od Dr. Cholin the young scintist of INFLIBNET. May God give peace to the departed soul and give strength and courage to the family members to bear the loss. I strongly believe that the LIS community will remember him forever. Regards, With Regards:- Chinmaya Kumar Rout ICMR Library(Room No-213) Ansari Nagar New Delhi-29 Mobile No-09868412978 Phone No-011-26589585(O) 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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