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[Fwd: OA and OS - Need for convergence]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Friends: Please read this article: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_8/willinsky/ ---- Please note that there will be a special session on Open Access at the Science Congress [Venue: MANAGE Auditorium, Hyderabad, Date: 6 January 2006, Time: 10.00 - 12.45]. Speakers include: Prof. N Balakrishnan, Associate Director, IISc, B'lore (Chairman) Dr Alma Swan, United Kingdom (Keynote) Dr Abhijit Lahiri, DSIR, New Delhi Dr V Balaji, ICRISAT, H'bad Dr D K Sahu, MedKnow Publications, Bombay Ms Naina Pandita, NIC, New Delhi Dr A R D Prasad, DRTC, ISI, B'lore Coordinator: Subbiah Arunachalam All are welcome. ---- Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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OA and CODATA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Friends: Here are two items from Peter Suber's blog. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] More on GICS Shuichi Iwata, Opening Remarks at the CODATA Session 1 within the Eighth Plenary Session of the World Summit on the Information Society, November 18, 2005. Iwata is the President of CODATA. Excerpt: At the first WSIS meeting in Geneva in December 2003, 175 countries adopted a landmark Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action....Article 10 of the Agenda for Action recognizes the importance of Access to Information and Knowledge, and Article 23 recognizes the important role of e-Science. Many actors and organizations within the scientific community already are engaged in activities that address these issues, in particular the importance of widespread access to scientific data and information. However, there is a growing perception of the need to coordinate and integrate these efforts. With this in mind, CODATA consulted extensively during the past year with the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Council of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Science Commons, UNESCO, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), CERN, and scientists and scholars from around the world. Earlier this week, we held a special event at a WSIS Satellite Event here in Tunis to launch a new initiative to create the Global Information Commons for Science. The Global Information Commons for Science Initiative is a multi-stakeholder undertaking with the following goals: (1) Improved understanding and increased awareness of the societal benefits of easier access to and use of scientific data and information, particularly those resulting from publicly funded research activities; (2) Wider adoption of successful methods and models for providing open availability on a sustainable basis and facilitating reuse of publicly-funded scientific data and information, as well as cooperative sharing of research materials and tools among researchers; and (3) Encouragement and coordination of the efforts of the many stakeholders in the worlds diverse scientific community who are engaged in efforts to devise and implement effective means to achieve these objectives, with particular attention to data and knowledge transfer from haves to not-haves, e.g., next generations, non-experts, developing countries. The Initiative will not duplicate existing efforts . Rather, it will provide a shared global platform to supplement and support members work on existing initiatives. To become a partner, organizations will need to make a commitment to undertake one or more activities that contribute to the stated goals. ------ Will open-source commitment lead to open-access commitment? Seven universities, four corporations, and one foundation announced a breakthrough plan yesterday "to accelerate collaborative research for open source software". From the press release (December 19): Specifically, the companies and universities agreed: [1] That intellectual property arising from selected research collaborations will be made available free of charge for commercial and academic use. [2] To an established set of guidelines that address the rights of the participants and the public. These twelve enterprises believe the principles will accelerate innovation and contribute to open source software research across a breadth of initiatives, thus enabling the development of related industry standards and greater interoperability, while managing intellectual property in a more balanced manner....Pervasive acceptance of the open collaboration principles by other universities and the IT industry, as well as the development of guiding principles for other research agreements remains at the core of the Summit team's continuing agenda. The goal is to shorten the time from the first spark, or idea, to the commencement of research on that idea. Summit participants developing and adopting these principles include the Kauffman Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University (Penn.), Georgia Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.), Stanford University (Calif.), University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, The University of Texas at Austin, Cisco, HP, IBM and Intel. Additional collaborators include the National Science Foundation, the Office of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman and the National Academies' Government University Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR). Comment. This is about open-source software, not open-access to research literature or data. But there are so many principles common to the two that the universities in the OS pact should be ready to adopt similar policies on OA, such as requiring or encouraging their faculty to deposit postprints of their published journal articles in an OA institutional repository. Update. Here's a nice nugget from Steve Lohr's story about the agreement in yesterday's New York Times. "This a great start to addressing the problem," said Peter A. Freeman, assistant director for computer and information science and engineering at the National Science Foundation. "It's a recognition by both sides that for precompetitive research, 'It's the science, stupid.' It's not the intellectual property."

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Very Urgent requirement of an article
by Mailing List Manager 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: poornima ma <poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com> Hi All, We are in an urgent requirement of an article - Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a literature review. Publisher : Springer Link. Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could access only the abstract of the article. We are interested in having the full text article. Please help us to get this full text article. We are preferebly looking for an online access of the article. We also appriciate the information regarding how to get the information, ways & means.. etc. Please help. Thanks & Regards, Poornima Rao. Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore.

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Very Urgent requirement of an article
by Mailing List Manager 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: poornima ma <poornima_ma(a)yahoo.com> Hi All, We are in an urgent requirement of an article - Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a literature review. Publisher : Springer Link. Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could access only the abstract of the article. We are interested in having the full text article. Please help us to get this full text article. We are preferebly looking for an online access of the article. We also appriciate the information regarding how to get the information, ways & means.. etc. Please help. For the detail information pls see the attachment Thanks & Regards, Poornima Rao. Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore.

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Very Urgent requirement of an article.
by poornima ma 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hi All, > We are in an urgent requirement of an article - > Inserts - megafillers in composite restorations: a > literature review. > Publisher : Springer Link. > Year Of Publication : March 2000. Page 1 - 8 > Journal: Clinical Oral Investigation. > > One of my cousin is doing his research who, requires this article very urgently. > > I had searched in http://openmed.nic.in where we could > access only the abstract of the article. > We are interested in having the full text article. > Please help us to get this full text article. > > We are preferebly looking for an online access of the > article. > We also appriciate the information regarding how to > get the information, ways & means.. etc. > > Please help. > For the detail information pls see the attachment > > > Thanks & Regards, > Poornima Rao. > Librarian TCS-BTS Electronic City - Phase 2. Bangalore. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Google's Newsletter for Librarians - 1st Edition
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:06:10 +0530 From: Satish Munnolli <smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in> Here is the first edition of Google's Newsletter designed for Librarians. www.google.com/librariannewsletter/1205 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

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EU's commitment to support science in the developing world
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:35:38 +0530 (IST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is another story from SciDevNet dated 19 December on EU's commitment to support science in the developing world. As part of this programme, EU would do well to promote open access archiving both Europe wide and in the developing countries. Arun --- Details of the October meeting are here: http://www.cirad.fr/en/dossier/conf_europe/

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Greenstone
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:15:09 -0500 (EST) From: Saji S. Nair <ourdreamsblooming(a)excite.com> Dear all, Could you list the projects using Greenstone software for managing digital collections/archives in India? REGARDS Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre library Trivandrum Kerala

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Fwd: Wikiversity
by Mailing List Manager 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:11:29 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Wikiversity ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sloan, Bernie bernies(a)uillinois.edu Foster, Andrea L. Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia, Ponders a New Entity: Wikiversity. Chronicle of Higher Education. December 16, 2005. http://chronicle.com/free/2005/12/2005121601t.htm "Fans of Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, have proposed the creation of Wikiversity, an electronic institution of learning that would be just as open." Bernie Sloan Senior Information Systems Consultant Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213 Champaign, IL 61820-5752 Phone: (217) 333-4895 Fax: (217) 265-0454 E-mail: bernies(a)uillinois.edu -- Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G Librarian�Knowledge Management/Sharepoint Administrator Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com ************************************************************ Please do visit and put your comments on Guest Book "KM Cyberary": http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.html KM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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Microsoft kills Explorer for the Mac
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear all, Microsoft has killed Internet Explorer on the Mac. The software giant will end support for it at the end of the year (i.e.in 13 days) and will make no additional security or performance updates available from that point. From 31 January coming up, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Microsoft. A statement from the company read: "On June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005." It seems Microsoft is sticking to that. It suggests instead that Mac users may want to migrate to "more recent Web browsing technologies", such as Safari. Courtesy: www.techworld.com Thanking You Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear all, Microsoft has http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.asp… killed Internet Explorer on the Mac. The software giant will end support for it at the end of the year (i.e.in 13 days) and will make no additional security or performance updates available from that point. >From 31 January coming up, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Microsoft. A statement from the company read: "On June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005." It seems Microsoft is sticking to that. It suggests instead that Mac users may want to migrate to "more recent Web browsing technologies", such as Safari. Courtesy: http://www.techworld.com www.techworld.com Thanking You Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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INSAT-4A to be launched on Dec 22
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Library and Info Sc. Professionals, Bangalore, Dec 19: Preparations are in the final stages for the launch of INSAT-4A, India's heaviest satellite, from Kourou, French Guyana, on December 22. The 3,080 kg INSAT-4A, the first satellite to be launched in the INSAT-4 series, carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders to meet the requirement of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services, apart from 12 C-band transponders to augment the INSAT capacity for communication and DTH services. The Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan is in readiness to take control of INSAT-4A soon after Ariane-5 places it in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a release. In the following days after launch, MCF will conduct operations like orbit raising manoeuvres to take the satellite into the final 36,000 km circular Geosynchronous Orbit, the release said. MCF will also carry out regular operations and control of the satellite during its service life. The time for the INSAT-4A launch is fixed between 4.03 a.m. and 4.31 a.m. (IST) on December 22, the release said. (Agencies) courtesy:Chennai Online Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Library and Info Sc. Professionals, Bangalore, Dec 19: Preparations are in the final stages for the launch of INSAT-4A, India's heaviest satellite, from Kourou, French Guyana, on December 22. The 3,080 kg INSAT-4A, the first satellite to be launched in the INSAT-4 series, carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders to meet the requirement of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services, apart from 12 C-band transponders to augment the INSAT capacity for communication and DTH services. The Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan is in readiness to take control of INSAT-4A soon after Ariane-5 places it in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a release. In the following days after launch, MCF will conduct operations like orbit raising manoeuvres to take the satellite into the final 36,000 km circular Geosynchronous Orbit, the release said. MCF will also carry out regular operations and control of the satellite during its service life. The time for the INSAT-4A launch is fixed between 4.03 a.m. and 4.31 a.m. (IST) on December 22, the release said. (Agencies) courtesy:Chennai Online Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Workshop on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006
by rahul kumar 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Library Professional and Students, WORKSHOP on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006 at digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India This workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. Get more details here: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/124334/1/1138 Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Library Professional and Students, WORKSHOP on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006 at digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India This workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. Get more details here: http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/124334/1/1138 http://www.digitalopportunity .org/article/view/124334/1 /1138 Thanking You Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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MDP on Managerial Excellence through Effective Communication
by madhuresh.singhal 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Message from Prof. R L Raina, Director, LBSIM. LBSIM DELHI announces a Management Development Programme on Managerial Excellence through Effective Communication. INTRODUCTION In today's world, competitive advantage originates more from knowledge than from the traditional sources of labour and capital. Knowledge has become the leveraging factor in making growth more robust, be it at the micro level or macro. And when knowledge is created, the information base becomes naturally widened and thereby its complexity increases almost exponentially. It is in this context that 'communication' comes to play a pivotal role in facilitating the process of organizational growth. Experience suggests, without this happening, organizations literally fail to take a leap forward in the right direction. Effective Communication', aimed at maintaining a constant and open flow of information inside and outside the organization, will hold the key as it can ensure right contact between the right seeker, producer and user of knowledge at right time. In other words, 'effective communication' has become a critical success factor for individuals as well as organizations to stay competitive in the present day context of 'knowledge-based economy'. PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to : * Demonstrate improved interpersonal and group communication skills * Design and communicate effective formal and informal messages * Make an effective business presentation with appropriate media support * Demonstrate improved persuasion and influencing skills for better negotiations * Develop sensitivity to Cross Cultural Communication BROAD CONTENTS In line with the above scenario, the programme has been designed around the following contents: * Expressive and receptive communication skills * Interpersonnel and group communication * Listening and non-verbal communication skills * Organising and writing business messages, proposals and formal reports * Preparing and delivering winning presentations * Communication in Negotiations * Cross Cultural Communication * Leveraging information technology for effective communication WHO SHOULD ATTEND The programme is aimed at executives, middle level managers, programme managers, trainers and teachers involved in Communication, Media Relations, PR & Knowledge/Information Management initiatives, and belonging to private industry, government agencies, the military, small business and independent consultants. Teachers in business schools, involved in teaching courses in the area of 'Communication for Management' will stand benefited a great deal particularly in terms of updating their knowledge and skill in what, why and how of teaching course/s in the area. METHODOLOGY The programme will follow a systematic approach to communication topics from basic skills and principles to more advanced strategies and techniques applied by managers everyday, besides the communication challenges, which they might have to face in future. With individualized coaching and constructive peer critique the course content draws extensively on real-life experiences and focuses on case studies, discussions, inspiring films and practical application of communications skills. The course will also arm you with useful communication tools such as worksheets, checklists, and templates to help you implement what you've learned. DURATION, DATE & VENUE 3 Days : February 7- 9, 2006 VENUE MDP Centre, LBSIM, Delhi FEES * Residential : Rs. 15,000/- * Non - residential : Rs. 10,000/- The fee will include tuition, course material and use of library and computer centre during the programme. Lunch, dinner and tea on all the three days will be provided by the Institute. REGISTRATION The enclosed nomination form duly filled in along with an Account Payee Demand Draft for the requisite nomination fee, made out in favour of the "Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi" and drawn on any bank at Delhi, should reach at least ten days before the commencement date of the programme. LAST DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL In the event of cancellation of nomination, 50 per cent of the fee would be refunded provided we receive such information at least seven days before the commencement date of the programme. However, the nominating organization could recommend change(s) in the nominee(s). PROGRAMME DIRECTOR Dr. Roshan Lal Raina is Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), a premier and dynamic institution in management education. Before joining LBSIM, Dr. Raina was Professor, 'Communication' at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), where he was also responsible for developing and managing state-of-the-art and world class academic infrastructure, including the learning resource centre. At IIML, Prof. Raina also successfully initiated and handled activities in areas like 'Corporate Communication', Media Relations' Student Affairs', and 'Alumni Affairs'. Dr. Raina's contributions in matters academic and administrative are many and varied. Dr. Raina had several prestigious assignments in educational institutes in US, UK, France, Germany, and Canada. Reputed organizations like the Fulbright Foundation (USA), the British Council (UK), the Max Mueller Bhawan (Germany), the ESCP-EAP (France), and the IDRC (Canada) sponsored these assignments. At home, too, he has worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, DSIR, and CSIR, all under GOI. In terms of research, he has authored 2 and edited 7 best selling books, and has made significant contributions (75 research papers in all to-date) in several peer-reviewed national and international journals: the areas include 'Corporate Communication & Media Relations', 'TQM', 'IT Applications', 'HRM' and 'Marketing in the Information Sector'. He has also presented 75 papers in national and international conferences/seminars floated by reputed organizations, universities included. He is on the editorial board of two professional journals in the country. His research and teaching are in the general area of Business Communication, Corporate Communication and Cross Cultural Communication. A regular speaker at top management Institutes, Dr. Raina is a frequent consultant for a wide range of clients and develops training programmes in the area of Effective Communication, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Persuasive Presentation and Conflict Resolution through Communication for organization in both Public and Private Sector. Concurrently, Dr. Raina has been involved in consulting and research assignments awarded by the JSI, Deliver, USA, IDRC, Canada, The Johns Hopkins University/Centre for Communication Programms, Baltimore, USA, the UP State Electricity Board (in connection with an injunction from the Apex Court), and the MHRD (GOI). Dr. Raina is a life member of several professional bodies in the country and holds the unique distinction of having bagged three of the top professional honours/awards. Dr. Raina can be reached at roshan(a)lbsim.edu ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, established in memory of the nation's second Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, is recognized as a premier and dynamic centre for excellence in management education, training, research & consultancy, mandated to create a new class of managers in tune with the needs of today's highly competitive global environment. The ethics, values and principles of Shastriji have been the constant guiding light to help us produce professionals with a humane and pragmatic approach. The Institute has been constantly ranked as one of the top twenty Business Schools in the country. Activities : * Two Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management. (AICTE Recognised) * Three Year Part-Time Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (Evening) (AICTE Recognised) * Three Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (Under Affiliation with GGSIPU, Delhi) * Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and Social Change * Management Development Programmes * Research and Consultancy * Seminars, Conferences and Workshops The Institute has entered into academic collaboration with several premier business schools abroad : LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD LBSIM has instituted the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. The honour carries an award of Rs. One Lac plus a Citation and a Plaque. The awardees are designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellows and their names are inscribed on the roll of honours of the Institute. The award is conferred every year by His Excellency, The President of India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. RECIPIENTS OF THE LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD Prof. C.K. Prahalad (1999) University of Michigan Business School, USA Mr. Sam Pitroda (2000) Chairman, World-Tel, UK Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy (2001) Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Dr. R.A. Mashelkar (2002) Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR Smt. Ela Ramesh Bhatt (2003) Founder General Secretary, SEWA Shri C.P. Srivastava (2004) Secretary-General Emeritus, International Maritime Organisation To reach us, please contact : The MDP Coordinator Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Shastri Sadan, Sector 3, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110022 Phones : (011) 26172407, 26161283, 26165071 Fax : (011) 26191080 E-mail : mdp(a)lbsim.edu Website : www.lbsim.edu

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Re: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:37:32 +0530 From: Rajesh Chandrakar <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in> I agree with Dr. Satya. The scenario is already happening in Europe and US and it is not partially, but 100%. I can explain the authentication system which is available for accessing the electronic journals with out IP-barriers from home. All the academic and research organizations in UK have a access of this authentication system by using login and password for individual users provided by ATHENS service, which is a product of Eduserv, Bath (UK). This system is free for them as it is funded by the JISC, UK for their education and research organizations. ATHENS system covers almost all electronic journals published by Europe and US e-publishers. I have my own experience of using this ATHENS system while pursuing my fellowship at Middlesex University, London. I have also come to know that in India, there are two British Libraries (from Delhi and from Mumbai, if I am not wrong) is using this system as it is free for them. Other than the UK organisation, has to subscribe this service if they want for there users. I know many US universities and Research organizations are using this servuce. It is fantastic system and manages millions of users without any trouble. for more information, you may visit http://www.athensams.net/ and http://www.eduserv.org.uk/. Regards, Rajesh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9898087422 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:12:35 +0530 > From: sathya <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> > > Sukhdev > > The scenerio imagined by you is very likely to happen and is already > happening partially. > Access models will break the current campus and IP-restriction barrior > making authenticated access from home a reality. > Academic & Research Librareis will either disappear or will become vendors. > Considering the fact that higher education is gradually moving in the > direction of student-funding, this scenerio is not unlikely. > Access cost @10% of total educational cost looks very high, but very > encouraging for libraries to turn vendors! > > Sathya > ---------------------------------- > N V Sathyanarayana > Informatics (India) Ltd > Bangalore 560003, India. > www.informindia.co.in >

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National Conference on Communication for Management, Teaching & Research in Indian Business Schools
by madhuresh.singhal 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Message from Prof. R L Raina, Director, LBSIM. LBSIM DELHI announces National Conference on Communication for Management, Teaching & Research in Indian Business Schools March 7 - 8, 2006 at LBSIM, Delhi RATIONALE In the context of global and multicultural business environment, communication problems of professionals assume great importance. Therefore, in a management school, developing abilities of effective communication in students is a major concern. 'Communication', thus, is a very important module. It prepares the students to excel in whatever they do by teaching them to express and advocate ideas effectively, and to understand and appreciate the diversity of human communication practices. The 'course inputs' help students develop and refine their 'communication' skills in various spheres, including communication in inter-personal, inter-group and inter-organizational relationships. The critical question, therefore, is how do we go about developing and delivering course inputs, which would be of significance and of value addition in respect of their current and future professional career. At broader levels, the students must also study communication climates and cultures, emergent networks, information environments, organizational symbols, information technologies, and cross-cultural communication in corporate settings. They must also understand the impact of messages transmitted by various mass media, role of communication in the functioning of complex organizations. The courses must also address issues such as target group analysis, internal/external communication integration, systems analysis and channel effectiveness. Again, the question is how do we go about incorporating such inputs in the course curriculum and delivering the same. Use of 'technology' in 'communication' is another area that needs to be comprehensively understood and investigated. Communication with new technologies is of great importance to students as they enter organizations in various capacities. This would include an understanding of the technologies and the effects of technology usage, theories of media choice and usage, implementation and adoption of communication technology in organizations. A special mention must be made here of the specific communication technologies (including Internet and intranets, WWW, email, computer conferencing, videoconferencing, electronic meeting systems, voice mail, pagers, fax, speech recognition, etc.) used in organizations. Of late, business schools (of excellence) have taken this issue very seriously and are offering courses in the area of 'communication' with an aim to equip the budding professionals with all those 'receptive' as well as 'expressive' communication skills that are needed by them the most to be successful in today's' highly competitive envirnment. However, a survey undertaken by IIM Lucknow to seek industry/alumni input/feedback for restructuring its course curriculum, revealed that the course/s taught in the area of Communication needed to be reworked upon, particularly in terms of content delivered, pedagogy followed and the assessment and evaluation techniques used. Similar revelations came up, in more concrete terms, in AMDISA Workshop (June, 2000) on 'Reinventing Management Education' as well as in IIM Ahmedabad 'National Seminar on Teaching Business Communication at Indian Business Schools' (March 2001). In line with the above scenario, the basic thrust of the conference would be to examine how this discipline is handled in leading business schools in the country. Soliciting enriching experiences from distinguished academics for discussion in the peer group, and publishing the findings will be an enriching contribution to the discipline. OBJECTIVES * To provide an opportunity to the academics to share their knowledge and experiences in teaching course/s on 'Communication for Management' in their respective schools; * To identify and bridge gaps in terms of the course content, pedagogy, evaluation mechanism, feedback etc; and * To get a first hand feel of Indian research initiatives in this upcoming area. COVERAGE The proposed two-day conference will provide an opportunity for deliberations among academics, professionals and practitioners on following issues : * Communication in the 'knowledge-economy'. * Course/s Content, Pedagogy, Feedback, Assessment, Evaluation. * Research initiatives in the area. * Industry response/feedback on 'teaching' as well as 'research' in the area. * Gaps, if any, vis-à-vis benchmark initiatives/practices. CALL FOR PAPERS Full papers, both conceptual as well as empirical, in about 5000 words are invited from academics as well as practitioners on topics related to any of the above facets of the conference, in double space (on A4 size paper) with 1 inch margin on all four sides using MS word 97/2000 (both hard and soft copies). The papers may be submitted on the following themes : 1. Teaching Course/s in "Communication for Management" in Indian Business Schools. (Course/s Content, Pedagogy, Feedback, Assessment, Evaluation) 2. Interface with Industry (Training & Consultation) in the area. 3. Research Initiatives in the area. 4. Industry response/feedback in the area. 5. Identifying & Bridging Gaps : Teaching, Research, Training & Consulting Initiatives in the area. DEADLINES To facilitate sincere academic interaction, the fee has been consciously kept as highly reasonable. Submission of Abstract December 26, 2005 Submission of Full Paper January 16, 2006 Confirmation about Acceptance of Paper January 31, 2006 REGISTRATION FEE Academics Rs. 2000/- Industry Professionals Rs. 3000/- Students Rs. 1000/- Registration fee includes a copy of the conference proceedings, registration kit, tea and lunch. However, the arrangements for boarding & lodging can be made on request of the participants. VENUE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi CONFERENCE PAPERS Full text of the papers received up to January 15, 2006, and accepted by January 31, 2006 will be made available at the time of conference. Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in, LBS Journal of Management & Research, after due review process. CONFERENCE CONVENOR Dr. Roshan Lal Raina is Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi. Before joining LBSIM, Dr. Raina was Professor, 'Communication' at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), where, besides teaching courses in the area of 'Communication for Management', conducting high impact and very well received training programmes for the corporate sector, as well as undertaking research and consulting programmes in the area, he was also responsible for developing and managing state-of-the-art and world class academic infrastructure. At IIML, Prof. Raina also successfully initiated and handled activities in areas like 'Corporate Communication' and 'Media Relations'. Dr. Raina's contributions in matters academic and administrative are many and varied. His research and teaching are in the general area of Business Communication, Corporate Communication and Cross Cultural Communication. A regular speaker at top management Institutes, Dr. Raina is a frequent consultant for a wide range of clients and develops training programmes in the area of Effective Communication, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Persuasive Presentation and Conflict Resolution through Communication for organization in both Public and Private Sector. Concurrently, Dr. Raina has been involved in consulting assignments awarded by the JSI, Deliver, USA, IDRC, Canada, The Johns Hopkins University/Centre for Communication Programms, Baltimore, USA, the UP State Electricity Board (in connection with an injunction from the Apex Court), and the MHRD (GOI). Dr. Raina is a life member of several professional bodies in the country and holds the unique distinction of having bagged three of the top professional honours/awards. Dr. Raina can be reached at roshan(a)lbsim.edu For any further information, please contact: Prof. R.L. Raina Director Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Shastri Sadan, Sector III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110022 Tel. : 26191081, 26172407 Fax : 91-11-26191080 E.mail. director(a)lbsim.edu Website : www.lbsim.edu ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, established in memory of the nation's second Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, is recognized as a premier and dynamic centre for excellence in management education, research, training & consultancy, mandated to create a new class of managers in tune with the needs of today's highly competitive global environment. The ethics, values and principles of Shastriji have been the constant guiding light to help us produce professionals with a humane and pragmatic approach. TOP RANKING SCHOOL The Institute has been constantly ranked as one of the top twenty Business Schools in the country. ACTIVITIES * Two Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management. (AICTE Recognized) * Three Year Part-Time Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (Evening) (AICTE Recognized) * Three Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (Under Affiliation with GGSIPU, Delhi) * Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and Social Change * Management Development Programmes * Research and Consultancy * Seminars, Conferences and Workshops COLLABORATION The Institute has entered into academic collaboration with several premier business schools abroad. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD LBSIM has instituted the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. The honour carries an award of Rs. One Lac plus a Citation and a Plaque. The awardees are designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellows and their names are inscribed on the roll of honours of the Institute. The award is conferred every year by His Excellency, The President of India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. RECIPIENTS OF THE LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL AWARD Prof. C.K. Prahalad (1999) University of Michigan Business School, USA Mr. Sam Pitroda (2000) Chairman, World-Tel, UK Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy (2001) Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Dr. R.A. Mashelkar (2002) Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR Smt. Ela Ramesh Bhatt (2003) Founder General Secretary, SEWA Shri C.P. Srivastava (2004) Secretary-General Emeritus, International Maritime Organisation Registration Form Name _______________________________________________________________________________ Designation_________________________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Tel. (O)____________________________________(M)________________________________ E.mail : ________________________________________________________________________ I enclose Cheque / Draft No. __________________________________ Dt. _______________________ for Rs. ____________________________________________________ Drawn on ____________________________________________________________________________ in favour of "Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management" payable at Delhi. 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Best practices in LIS - reg
by srinivasa ragavan 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Dear Professionals, I am again request you to send the best practices (good/healthy practice ) if any followed in your library and information services in various aspects of LIS to NAAC in the below mentioned fromat. The Naac is in the process of compiling a publicatrion on Best Practices in LIS for college and university libraries, the due acknowledgement will be given to the respective college/university/academic institutions' library in the publication for the selected practice. Thank you with regards S.Srinivasa ragavan, Librarian, NAAC. Invitation to College and University Librarians in sharing the best practices in Library and Information Services (LIS) College and University librarians are requested to compile the best practices implemented in your library in the format given below and send the same to NAAC by 30th December 2005. The NAAC is planning to bring out a publication on best practices in various applications of LIS The practices followed in the following areas of operations may be communicated through e-mail or by post to the address given below. DR. S.SRINIVASA RAGAVAN Librarian, NAAC 2/4, Dr. Rajkuamr Road, Rajaji Nagar P.B.No. 1075, Bangalore 560010 email. maduraiseenoo(a)yahoo.co.in 1.Management and Administration of Library A. General Polices · Stack Verification Methods · Membership · Resource Mobilization · Photocopy and copyright issues. B. Technical Processing Methods · Classification · Cataloguing Indexing techniques OPAC cataloguing facility Processing Time C. Manpower · Skilled/Semi-skilled/Unskilled Staff Training & Professional Involvement, CEP · Staff: Users: Collection ratio Managing the situation with limited staff? D. Facilities Ventilation, Fan, water, toilet facilities, Generator, Property Counter, etc · Notice boards, Sign Boards, Library Statistics, Research cubicles for scholars/teachers · Cleaning and Physical Outlet 2.Collection and Services A. Acquisition methods · Policy on book selection and Collection development · Accessioning methodologies · Periodicals & Peer reviewed journals · Book bank practices · Weeding out polices B. Periodical Section · Policy on selection of periodicals · Maintenance of receipts · Binding procedures · Display methods · User access to current journals · Maintenance of e-journals C. Information Services · Modern/Specialized services Library Networks/Consortia Consultancy, if any 3. Extent of the Use of Services · Use Behavior Promotion Marketability of Information Products User Surveys · User Group 4. Use of Technology A. Computerization · Software and Hardware use (ICT Infrastructure & Know-how) · Compilation of reports, reservation, fine collection, automatic reminder sent · Terminals for user and staff · Updating and Editing of Data · Techno stress Management B. Digital Library Practices/ Initiatives Access to E-Resources; Full text & Secondary periodicals · Access to E-Books; Standards & Codes; Reference Sources · Archives and Digital repositories · Hardware & Software for Digital Libraries The best practices followed in your Library and the resources required, (human and material resources) the ways and means of these practices, the problems faced, the suggestions to overcome the problems etc. are to be indicated briefly. Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian National Assessment and Accreditation Council 2/4,Dr.Rajkumar Road P.O.Box no.1075, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore 560010 ,India Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com Dear Professionals, I am again request you to send the best practices (good/healthy practice ) if any followed in your library and information services in various aspects of LIS to NAAC in the below mentioned fromat. The Naac is in the process of compiling a publicatrion on Best Practices in LIS for college and university libraries, the due acknowledgement will be given to the respective college/university/academic institutions' library in the publication for the selected practice. Thank you with regards S.Srinivasa ragavan, Librarian, NAAC. Invitation to College and University Librarians in sharing the best practices in Library and Information Services (LIS) College and University librarians are requested to compile the best practices implemented in your library in the format given below and send the same to NAAC by 30 th December 2005. The NAAC is planning to bring out a publication on best practices in various applications of LIS The practices followed in the following areas of operations may be communicated through e-mail or by post to the address given below. DR. S.SRINIVASA RAGAVAN Librarian, NAAC 2/4, Dr. Rajkuamr Road, Rajaji Nagar P.B.No. 1075, Bangalore 560010 email. mailto:maduraiseenoo@yahoo.co.in maduraiseenoo(a)yahoo.co.in 1.Management and Administration of Library A. General Polices · Stack Verification Methods · Membership · Resource Mobilization · Photocopy and copyright issues. B. Technical Processing Methods · Classification · Cataloguing Indexing techniques OPAC cataloguing facility Processing Time C. Manpower · Skilled/Semi-skilled/Unskilled Staff Training & Professional Involvement, CEP · Staff: Users: Collection ratio Managing the situation with limited staff? D. Facilities Ventilation, Fan, water, toilet facilities, Generator, Property Counter, etc · Notice boards, Sign Boards, Library Statistics, Research cubicles for scholars/teachers · Cleaning and Physical Outlet 2.Collection and Services A. Acquisition methods · Policy on book selection and Collection development · Accessioning methodologies · Periodicals & Peer reviewed journals · Book bank practices · Weeding out polices B. Periodical Section · Policy on selection of periodicals · Maintenance of receipts · Binding procedures · Display methods · User access to current journals · Maintenance of e-journals C. Information Services · Modern/Specialized services Library Networks/Consortia Consultancy, if any 3. Extent of the Use of Services · Use Behavior Promotion Marketability of Information Products User Surveys · User Group 4. Use of Technology A. Computerization · Software and Hardware use (ICT Infrastructure & Know-how) · Compilation of reports, reservation, fine collection, automatic reminder sent · Terminals for user and staff · Updating and Editing of Data · Techno stress Management B. Digital Library Practices/ Initiatives Access to E-Resources; Full text & Secondary periodicals · Access to E-Books; Standards & Codes; Reference Sources · Archives and Digital repositories · Hardware & Software for Digital Libraries The best practices followed in your Library and the resources required, (human and material resources) the ways and means of these practices, the problems faced, the suggestions to overcome the problems etc. are to be indicated briefly. Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian National Assessment and Accreditation Council 2/4,Dr.Rajkumar Road P.O.Box no.1075, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore 560010 ,India Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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Playstations
by Thapar, Amit 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Dear members, is it a nice idea to install game stations (like Xbox, playstations, etc.) in public libraries to increase membership and usage of other library materials ??? Comments pls. amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com Dear members, is it a nice idea to install game stations (like Xbox, playstations, etc.) in public libraries to increase membership and usage of other library materials ??? Comments pls. mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com

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Tips to recover scratched CDs...
by Thapar, Amit 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Tips to recover scratched CDs Don't you feel like crying every time you add another disc to your pile of scratched discs. Trashing that disc which contained your favorite songs, pics, files, games or videos is not easy. Read-on, if you find yourself wishing for a miracle every time your fav CD is scratched: Home Remedy : here's an easy home remedy, which might give you the desired results. Rub a small amount of toothpaste on the scratch and polish the CD with a soft cloth and any petroleum-based polishing solution (like clear shoe polish). Squirt a drop of Brasso and wipe it with a clean cloth. Technology to the rescue There are many softwares available on the net, which enable the recovery of the CD data. BadCopy Pro is one such software, which can be used to recover destroyed data and files from a range of media. Just a few clicks is all it requires to recover the disc from almost all kind of damage situation; be it corrupted, lost data, unreadable or defective. DiskDoctors is another popular company, which offers both software and solutions to recover data from a scratched CDs and DVDs. General Tips: * Always wipe the CD from the center outward with stratight spoke-like strokes. Wiping CDs in circles will create more scratches. * Do not scratch the graphics layer as you cannot repair the disc. HINT: Hold the disc up to a light with the graphics layer facing the light source. If you can see light thru the scratches at any point then the disc may be irreparable and or exhibit loading or playing errors. * Clean your Disc players lens regularly with a suitable product to ensure optimal viewing pleasure. * Make sure to use a soft, lint-free cloth to clean both sides of the disc. Wipe in a straight line from the centre of the disc to the outer edge. * If wiping with a cloth does not remove a fingerprint or smudge, use a specialized DVD disc polishing spray to clean the disc. * Only handle the disc by its outer edge and the empty hole in the middle. This will help prevent fingerprints, smudges or scratches. **************************************** Tips to recover scratched CDs Don't you feel like crying every time you add another disc to your pile of scratched discs. Trashing that disc which contained your favorite songs, pics, files, games or videos is not easy. Read-on, if you find yourself wishing for a miracle every time your fav CD is scratched: Home Remedy : here's an easy home remedy, which might give you the desired results. Rub a small amount of toothpaste on the scratch and polish the CD with a soft cloth and any petroleum-based polishing solution (like clear shoe polish). Squirt a drop of Brasso and wipe it with a clean cloth. Technology to the rescue There are many softwares available on the net, which enable the recovery of the CD data. BadCopy Pro is one such software, which can be used to recover destroyed data and files from a range of media. Just a few clicks is all it requires to recover the disc from almost all kind of damage situation; be it corrupted, lost data, unreadable or defective. DiskDoctors is another popular company, which offers both software and solutions to recover data from a scratched CDs and DVDs. General Tips: * Always wipe the CD from the center outward with stratight spoke-like strokes. Wiping CDs in circles will create more scratches. * Do not scratch the graphics layer as you cannot repair the disc. HINT: Hold the disc up to a light with the graphics layer facing the light source. If you can see light thru the scratches at any point then the disc may be irreparable and or exhibit loading or playing errors. * Clean your Disc players lens regularly with a suitable product to ensure optimal viewing pleasure. * Make sure to use a soft, lint-free cloth to clean both sides of the disc. Wipe in a straight line from the centre of the disc to the outer edge. * If wiping with a cloth does not remove a fingerprint or smudge, use a specialized DVD disc polishing spray to clean the disc. * Only handle the disc by its outer edge and the empty hole in the middle. This will help prevent fingerprints, smudges or scratches. ****************************************

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OA improves citation impact
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Friends: Here is some evidence for OA improving citation impact. From Peter Suber's blog. Arun More evidence supporting the OA impact advantage C. Hajjem, S. Harnad, and Y. Gingras, Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact, IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, 2005. Self-archived December 16, 2005. Abstract: In 2001, Lawrence found that articles in computer science that were openly accessible (OA) on the Web were cited substantially more than those that were not. We have since replicated this effect in physics. To further test its cross-disciplinary generality, we used 1,307,038 articles published across 12 years (1992-2003) in 10 disciplines (Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Health, Political Science, Economics, Education, Law, Business, Management). We designed a robot that trawls the Web for full-texts using reference metadata (author, title, journal, etc.) and citation data from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database. A preliminary signal-detection analysis of the robot's accuracy yielded a signal detectability d'=2.45 and bias = 0.52. The overall percentage of OA (relative to total OA + NOA) articles varies from 5%-16% (depending on discipline, year and country) and is slowly climbing annually (correlation r=.76, sample size N=12, probability p < 0.005). Comparing OA and NOA articles in the same journal/year, OA articles have consistently more citations, the advantage varying from 25%-250% by discipline and year. Comparing articles within six citation ranges (0, 1, 2-3, 4-7, 8-15, 16+ citations), the annual percentage of OA articles is growing significantly faster than NOA within every citation range (r > .90, N=12, p < .0005) and the effect is greater with the more highly cited articles (r = .98, N=6, p < .005). Causality cannot be determined from these data, but our prior finding of a similar pattern in physics, where percent OA is much higher (and even approaches 100% in some subfields), makes it unlikely that the OA citation advantage is merely or mostly a self-selection bias (for making only one's better articles OA). Further research will analyze the effect's timing, causal components and relation to other variables, such as, download counts, journal citation averages, article quality, co-citation measures, hub/authority ranks, growth rate, longevity, and other new impact measures generated by the growing OA database.

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Workshop on D-Space and WINISIS, Jan 4-8, 2006
by Biradar B.S. 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Workshop on D-Space and WINISIS 4-8 January 2006 Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri-57 451, Shimoga, Karnataka Venue: Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri-577 451, Shankaragatta, Shimoga, Karnataka. ABOUT KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY The Kuvempu University was established in the year 1987 is named after KUVEMPU, the Renowned National Poet. Situated in the picturesque Malnad region, literally in the lap of Sahyadri Western Ghats, the main university campus is adjacent to the Bhadra Wild Life Sanctuary, which has been declared as Tiger Reserve. It is one of the very few universities in India with a totally rural and green profile. Since its establishment as an affiliating, teaching and research university, it is contemplating to offer best suitable courses to the area and help the rural youth to compete in the fast changing world. The university has more than 30 Post-Graduate Departments offering various programmes at Masters and Doctors level, at Jnana Sahyadri campus. ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The Department of Library and Information Science was established in December 1993 offers two years M.Sc degree course in Library and Information Science since its inception. The course is designed to suit to the changing needs of the modern society. Greater emphasis has been laid in the curricula on IT oriented areas and practical aspects. To facilitate this, the department is equipped with necessary classrooms, furniture and equipment. It has an independent computer lab with 15 systems and internet facility. So far, the department has produced more than 270 M.Sc students and many of them have occupied better positions in Central/State Government departments, public/private enterprises, higher education institutions, R&D organizations and multinational companies. Some of them also have moved abroad. The department is also offering Ph.D. programme in Library and Information Science in regular mode and B.L.I.Sc and M.L.I.Sc programs in distance mode. It is active in teaching, training and consultancy activities. It has organized many national level seminars, conferences and UGC sponsored Refresher Courses in Library and Information Science. Now the department is holding five days workshop on D-Space and WINISIS. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The enormous growth of information and advances in technology have brought about a sea change in collection, organization and dissemination of information. IT has provided greater challenges to the libraries, both in storage technology as well as in dissemination mode. Capabilities for digital storage of archival resources and presently available variety of information resources in different digital forms have indeed contributed to the easy access of variety of resources from different corners of the globe. Even remote libraries need to necessarily think of developing digital resources, so as to access different kinds of resources for their users at low cost. In the light of different options available for providing better access to information resources to the users, Librarians need training in use of open software. Thus this workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. ABOUT D-Space D-Space, an open source software, which acts as a repository for digital research and educational material produced by an organization or institution. This is one of the important Open Source Software available at free of cost, used for developing digital library system to capture, store, index, preserve, and redistribute the intellectual output of a college/universitys research faculty in digital formats. It accepts any type of digital content, including text, images, audio, video etc. Registration: Registration Fee Rs. 600/- For ALUMNI Students Rs. 400/- DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, B.R.Project' sent before 24th December 2005. The registration fee includes participation, Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery). Note: Participants strength is restricted to 20 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. For further information you may please contact: Dr. B.S. Biradar, Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri Shankaragatta-577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka. Phone: Off : (08282) 257 319, Cell: 94484 42513 E-mail: bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com, __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Workshop on D-Space and WINISIS 4-8 January 2006 Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri-57 451, Shimoga, Karnataka Venue: Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri-577 451, Shankaragatta, Shimoga, Karnataka. ABOUT KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY The Kuvempu University was established in the year 1987 is named after KUVEMPU, the Renowned National Poet. Situated in the picturesque Malnad region, literally in the lap of Sahyadri Western Ghats, the main university campus is adjacent to the Bhadra Wild Life Sanctuary, which has been declared as Tiger Reserve. It is one of the very few universities in India with a totally rural and green profile. Since its establishment as an affiliating, teaching and research university, it is contemplating to offer best suitable courses to the area and help the rural youth to compete in the fast changing world. The university has more than 30 Post-Graduate Departments offering various programmes at Masters and Doctors level, at Jnana Sahyadri campus. ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE The Department of Library and Information Science was established in December 1993 offers two years M.Sc degree course in Library and Information Science since its inception. The course is designed to suit to the changing needs of the modern society. Greater emphasis has been laid in the curricula on IT oriented areas and practical aspects. To facilitate this, the department is equipped with necessary classrooms, furniture and equipment. It has an independent computer lab with 15 systems and internet facility. So far, the department has produced more than 270 M.Sc students and many of them have occupied better positions in Central/State Government departments, public/private enterprises, higher education institutions, R&D organizations and multinational companies. Some of them also have moved abroad. The department is also offering Ph.D. programme in Library and Information Science in regular mode and B.L.I.Sc and M.L.I.Sc programs in distance mode. It is active in teaching, training and consultancy activities. It has organized many national level seminars, conferences and UGC sponsored Refresher Courses in Library and Information Science. Now the department is holding five days workshop on D-Space and WINISIS. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The enormous growth of information and advances in technology have brought about a sea change in collection, organization and dissemination of information. IT has provided greater challenges to the libraries, both in storage technology as well as in dissemination mode. Capabilities for digital storage of archival resources and presently available variety of information resources in different digital forms have indeed contributed to the easy access of variety of resources from different corners of the globe. Even remote libraries need to necessarily think of developing digital resources, so as to access different kinds of resources for their users at low cost. In the light of different options available for providing better access to information resources to the users, Librarians need training in use of open software. Thus this workshop intended to provide training in use of Information Technologies in Library and Information Science work. ABOUT D-Space D-Space, an open source software, which acts as a repository for digital research and educational material produced by an organization or institution. This is one of the important Open Source Software available at free of cost, used for developing digital library system to capture, store, index, preserve, and redistribute the intellectual output of a college/universitys research faculty in digital formats. It accepts any type of digital content, including text, images, audio, video etc. Registration: Registration Fee Rs. 600/- For ALUMNI Students Rs. 400/- DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, B.R.Project' sent before 24 th December 2005. The registration fee includes participation, Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery). Note: Participants strength is restricted to 20 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. For further information you may please contact: Dr. B.S. Biradar, Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri Shankaragatta-577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka. Phone: Off : (08282) 257 319, Cell: 94484 42513 E-mail: mailto:bsbiradar53@rediffmail.com bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com , __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Google: Search or Destroy?
by Thapar, Amit 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Google: Search or Destroy? Google stands accused of copyright infringement by two major American authors’ associations and a French newswire. But the tools the company provides have done more to promote global access to information than any other. Here. librarians, lawyers, legislators and thinkers discuss the rights and wrongs of an internet giant. http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-copyrightlaw/google_3130.jsp amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com Google: Search or Destroy? Google stands accused of copyright infringement by two major American authors’ associations and a French newswire. But the tools the company provides have done more to promote global access to information than any other. Here. librarians, lawyers, legislators and thinkers discuss the rights and wrongs of an internet giant. http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-copyrightlaw/google_3130.jsp http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-copyrightlaw/google_3130.jsp mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com

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Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India
by Suvarsha Walters 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA 10th and 11th February, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, Univerity of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 10th and 11th February, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in India, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop aims to - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on session with the free journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS), which facilitates OAI-PMH indexing - Present talks by eminent persons on Open Access Publishing Registration Information: ------------------------ The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations, associations or private companies involved in academic and research publication OR have plans in the near future to start their own archives or publishing initiatives. Two members from the same organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members can be accommodated subject to the availability of seats. The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Cost: ----------------- - No registration fee is charged to the participants. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. - Accommodation, food, local transport and hospitality will be extended. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 2nd January, 2006 Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th January, 2006 Workshop Dates: 10th and 11th February, 2006 Registration form: ----------------- Available for download at: http:http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ojs-workshop/register.pdf Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ojs-workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- For more information check the URL: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ojs-workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in with regards, Suvarsha *********************************************************************** Suvarsha Walters, Project Assistant, National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012 INDIA Ph (Off): 080-23600271 / 22932511 Ph (Mobile): 98458 33694 E-mail: suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com suvarsha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ************************************************************************

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Re: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:12:35 +0530 From: sathya <sathya(a)informindia.co.in> Sukhdev The scenerio imagined by you is very likely to happen and is already happening partially. Access models will break the current campus and IP-restriction barrior making authenticated access from home a reality. Academic & Research Librareis will either disappear or will become vendors. Considering the fact that higher education is gradually moving in the direction of student-funding, this scenerio is not unlikely. Access cost @10% of total educational cost looks very high, but very encouraging for libraries to turn vendors! Sathya ---------------------------------- N V Sathyanarayana Informatics (India) Ltd Bangalore 560003, India. www.informindia.co.in ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] 2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:33:59 +0530 > From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > > Year 2020 - Online is In and Paper is Out: > > Let us assume by the year 2020: > -- All content required for teaching, learning and research is available > online. > -- 24/7 Access is available for free or fee. > -- Online content is well indexed and rated. > -- Vendors provide single point access to premium content and > organized free content. > -- Access is available at a cost, which is less then 10 % of the total > educational cost of a postgraduate student. > > What would be shape [should I call future?] of Academic and Research > Libraries? > Any wild guesses? > > Let us dare to imagine. > > Comments Please. > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > http://openmed.nic.in > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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OCLC Report : Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
by Mailing List Manager 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Date: 16 Dec 2005 07:12:43 -0000 From: Sharad Jadhav <email2sharad(a)rediffmail.com> �--apologies for cross postings-- An informative report from OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005) summarizes findings of an international study on information- seeking habits and preferences With extensive input from hundreds of librarians and OCLC staff, the OCLC Market Research team developed a project and commissioned Harris Interactive Inc. to survey a representative sample of information consumers. In June of 2005, we collected over 3,300 responses from information consumers in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Perceptions report provides the findings and responses from the online survey in an effort to learn more about: Library use Awareness and use of library electronic resources The Internet search engine, the library and the librarian Free vs. for-fee information The "Library" brand The findings indicate that information consumers view libraries as places to borrow print books, but they are unaware of the rich electronic content they can access through libraries. Even though information consumers make limited use of these resources, they continue to trust libraries as reliable sources of information. Inside the Report Introduction Part 1: Libraries and Information Sources--Use, Familiarity and Favorability Part 2: Using the Library--In Person and Online Part 3: The Library Brand Part 4: Respondents' Advice to Libraries Part 5: Libraries--A "Universal" Brand? Conclusion Appendix A: Supporting Data Tables Appendix B: Sample Verbatim Comments About OCLC Regards, Sharad Jadhav, National Insurance Academy, Pune 411045, India sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in

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BetaNews: Librarians Voice Support for OpenDoc
by sandeep bhavsar 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

BetaNews: Librarians Voice Support for OpenDoc Dec 16, 2005, 22 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (584 reads) (Other stories by Ed Oswald) "Five library associations voiced their support for the use of OpenDocument (ODF) in Massachusetts this week, sending a letter to William Galvin, the Commonwealth's Secretary of State. In it, the groups say the open source format is the best choice, as everyone has access to its specifications. "Secretary Galvin has publicly derided the plan, saying he has 'grave concerns' about switching to OpenDocument from Microsoft Office. He also had been rumored to be pushing the various state agencies to decline to participate..." Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. MUMBAI PH : 25364492 25446554 25339868 Mo : 9867437438 email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. BetaNews: Librarians Voice Support for OpenDoc Dec 16, 2005, 22 :00 UTC ( http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2005121602226OSPB#talkback_area 3 Talkback[s] ) (584 reads) (Other stories by http://www.linuxtoday.com/search.php3?author=Ed:Oswald Ed Oswald ) "Five library associations voiced their support for the use of OpenDocument (ODF) in Massachusetts this week, sending a letter to William Galvin, the Commonwealth's Secretary of State. In it, the groups say the open source format is the best choice, as everyone has access to its specifications. "Secretary Galvin has publicly derided the plan, saying he has 'grave concerns' about switching to OpenDocument from Microsoft Office. He also had been rumored to be pushing the various state agencies to decline to participate..." Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. MUMBAI PH : 25364492 25446554 25339868 Mo : 9867437438 email : mailto:sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/security_centre/*http://uk.… Yahoo! Security Centre .

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Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica
by sandeep bhavsar 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica Daniel Terdiman, December 16, 2005 The journal Nature says the open-access encyclopedia is about as accurate as the old standby. Over the last couple of weeks, Wikipedia, the free, open-access encyclopedia, has taken a great deal of flak in the press for problems related to the credibility of its authors and its general accountability. In particular, Wikipedia has taken hits for its inclusion, for four months, of an anonymously written article linking former journalist John Seigenthaler to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. At the same time, the blogosphere was buzzing for several days about podcasting pioneer Adam Curry's being accused of anonymously deleting references to others' seminal work on the technology. In response to situations like these and others in its history, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has always maintained that the service and its community are built around a self-policing and self-cleaning nature that is supposed to ensure its articles are accurate. Still, many critics have tried to downplay its role as a source of valid information and have often pointed to the Encyclopedia Britannica as an example of an accurate reference. For its study, Nature chose articles from both sites in a wide range of topics and sent them to what it called "relevant" field experts for peer review. The experts then compared the competing articles--one from each site on a given topic--side by side, but were not told which article came from which site. Nature got back 42 usable reviews from its field of experts. In the end, the journal found just eight serious errors, such as general misunderstandings of vital concepts, in the articles. Of those, four came from each site. They did, however, discover a series of factual errors, omissions or misleading statements. All told, Wikipedia had 162 such problems, while Britannica had 123. That averages out to 2.92 mistakes per article for Britannica and 3.86 for Wikipedia. "An expert-led investigation carried out by Nature--the first to use peer review to compare Wikipedia and Britannica's coverage of science," the journal wrote, "suggests that such high-profile examples (like the Seigenthaler and Curry situations) are the exception rather than the rule." And to Wales, while Britannica came out looking a little bit more accurate than Wikipedia, the Nature study was validation of his service's fundamental structure. "I was very pleased, just to see that (the study) was reasonably favorable," Wales told CNET News.com. "I think it provides, for us, a great counterpoint to the press coverage we've gotten recently, because it puts the focus on the broader quality and not just one article." He also acknowledged that the error rate for each encyclopedia was not insignificant, and added that he thinks such numbers demonstrate that broad review of encyclopedia articles is needed. He also said that the results belie the notion that Britannica is infallible. "I have very great respect for Britannica," Wales said. But "I think there is a general view among a lot of people that it has no errors, like, 'I read it in Britannica, it must be true.' It's good that people see that there are a lot of errors everywhere." To Britannica officials, however, the Nature results showed that Wikipedia still has a way to go. "The (Nature) article is saying that Wikipedia has a third more errors" than Britannica, said Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopedia Britannica. But Cauz and editor in chief Dale Hoiberg also said they were concerned that Nature had not specified the problems that it had found in Britannica. "We've asked them a number of questions about the process they used," Hoiberg said. "They said in (their article) that the inaccuracies included errors, omissions and misleading statements. But there's no indication of how many of each. So we're very eager to look at that and explore it because we take it very seriously." Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. MUMBAI PH : 25364492 25446554 25339868 Mo : 9867437438 email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica Daniel Terdiman, December 16, 2005 The journal Nature says the open-access encyclopedia is about as accurate as the old standby. Over the last couple of weeks, Wikipedia, the free, open-access encyclopedia, has taken a great deal of flak in the press for problems related to the credibility of its authors and its general accountability. In particular, Wikipedia has taken hits for its inclusion, for four months, of an anonymously written article linking former journalist John Seigenthaler to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. At the same time, the blogosphere was buzzing for several days about podcasting pioneer Adam Curry's being accused of anonymously deleting references to others' seminal work on the technology. In response to situations like these and others in its history, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has always maintained that the service and its community are built around a self-policing and self-cleaning nature that is supposed to ensure its articles are accurate. Still, many critics have tried to downplay its role as a source of valid information and have often pointed to the http://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopedia Britannica as an example of an accurate reference. For its study, http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html Nature chose articles from both sites in a wide range of topics and sent them to what it called "relevant" field experts for peer review. The experts then compared the competing articles--one from each site on a given topic--side by side, but were not told which article came from which site. Nature got back 42 usable reviews from its field of experts. In the end, the journal found just eight serious errors, such as general misunderstandings of vital concepts, in the articles. Of those, four came from each site. They did, however, discover a series of factual errors, omissions or misleading statements. All told, Wikipedia had 162 such problems, while Britannica had 123. That averages out to 2.92 mistakes per article for Britannica and 3.86 for Wikipedia. "An expert-led investigation carried out by Nature--the first to use peer review to compare Wikipedia and Britannica's coverage of science," the journal wrote, "suggests that such high-profile examples (like the Seigenthaler and Curry situations) are the exception rather than the rule." And to Wales, while Britannica came out looking a little bit more accurate than Wikipedia, the Nature study was validation of his service's fundamental structure. "I was very pleased, just to see that (the study) was reasonably favorable," Wales told CNET News.com. "I think it provides, for us, a great counterpoint to the press coverage we've gotten recently, because it puts the focus on the broader quality and not just one article." He also acknowledged that the error rate for each encyclopedia was not insignificant, and added that he thinks such numbers demonstrate that broad review of encyclopedia articles is needed. He also said that the results belie the notion that Britannica is infallible. "I have very great respect for Britannica," Wales said. But "I think there is a general view among a lot of people that it has no errors, like, 'I read it in Britannica, it must be true.' It's good that people see that there are a lot of errors everywhere." To Britannica officials, however, the Nature results showed that Wikipedia still has a way to go. "The (Nature) article is saying that Wikipedia has a third more errors" than Britannica, said Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopedia Britannica. But Cauz and editor in chief Dale Hoiberg also said they were concerned that Nature had not specified the problems that it had found in Britannica. "We've asked them a number of questions about the process they used," Hoiberg said. "They said in (their article) that the inaccuracies included errors, omissions and misleading statements. But there's no indication of how many of each. So we're very eager to look at that and explore it because we take it very seriously." Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. MUMBAI PH : 25364492 25446554 25339868 Mo : 9867437438 email : mailto:sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… calling worldwide with voicemail

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SITE FOR LIBRARIANS
by Suresh Kumar Tejomurtula 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Dear Student friends, Am a final student in LIS from Andhra University, I would like to let all the students know the information I've found. This a site for the students who are new to Internet http://www.lii.org/ Have a note of it friends, And I hope students from all the corners will share their informative knowledge with the remaining. Regards T.suresh Kumar Dept. Library & Information science Andhra University Visakhapatnam. Dear Student friends, Am a final student in LIS from Andhra University, I would like to let all the students know the information I've found. This a site for the students who are new to Internet http://www.lii.org/ http://www.lii.org/ Have a note of it friends, And I hope students from all the corners will share their informative knowledge with the remaining. Regards T.suresh Kumar Dept. Library & Information science Andhra University Visakhapatnam.

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NET JUNE'05 RESULTS OUT!!!
by rupesh kumar 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Dear All, The results of June 2005 UGC-NET exam is available on the UGC website http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/net.html Congratulations to the successful candidates and good luck to aspirants. Regards, RUPESH KUMAR.A. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear All, The results of June 2005 UGC-NET exam is available on the UGC website http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/net.html Congratulations to the successful candidates and good luck to aspirants. Regards, http://www.bub.ac.in/buLogo.jpg RUPESH KUMAR.A. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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New Stuff
by Thapar, Amit 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Library, Librarian and Librarianship Quotes http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html There's a lot of material for sig files here; you can also submit your own favorite quotes. Merriam-Webster Open Dictionary http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/ "where you can 1) submit and share entries that aren't already in our Online Dictionary, and 2) browse entries submitted by other members of the Merriam-Webster Online community." Among the recent submissions: "blogosphere" (THAT isn't in the dictionary yet?), "craptastic," "geekmeister," "chillax." amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com Library, Librarian and Librarianship Quotes http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/ellison/quotes/libquotesac.html There's a lot of material for sig files here; you can also submit your own favorite quotes. Merriam-Webster Open Dictionary http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/ http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/ "where you can 1) submit and share entries that aren't already in our Online Dictionary, and 2) browse entries submitted by other members of the Merriam-Webster Online community." Among the recent submissions: "blogosphere" (THAT isn't in the dictionary yet?), "craptastic," "geekmeister," "chillax." mailto:amit@niper amit@niper Cell: 9417419457 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com

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From libraries to 'libratories'
by Mailing List Manager 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:57:29 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Source: First Monday Volume 10, Number 12 - December 5th 2005 >From libraries to 'libratories' by Leo Waaijers http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_12/waaijers/ Abstract: While the eighties of the last century were a time of local automation for libraries and the nineties the decade in which libraries embraced the Internet and the Web, now is the age in which the big search engines and institutional repositories are gaining a firm footing. This heralds a new era in both the evolution of scholarly communication and its agencies themselves, i.e. the libraries. Until now libraries and publishers have developed a digital variant of existing processes and products,i.e. catalogues posted on the Web, scanned copies of articles, e-mail notification about acquisitions or expired lending periods, or traditional journals in a digital jacket. However, the new OAI repositories and services based upon them have given rise to entirely new processes and products, libraries transforming themselves into partners in setting up virtual learning environments, building an institution's digital showcase, maintaining academics' personal Web sites, designing refereed portals and - further into the future - taking part in organising virtual research environments or collaboratories. Libraries are set to metamorphose into 'libratories', an imaginary word to express their combined functions of library, repository and collaboratory. In such environments scholarly communication will be liberated from its current copyright bridle while its coverage will be both broader - including primary data, audiovisuals and dynamic models - and deeper, with cross-disciplinary analyses of methodologies and applications of instruments. Universities will make it compulsory to store in their institutional repositories the results of research conducted within their walls for purposes of academic reporting, review committees, and other modes of clarification and explanation. Big search engines will provide access to this profusion of information and organise its mass customization.

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2020 Shape of Academic and Research Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:33:59 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Year 2020 - Online is In and Paper is Out: Let us assume by the year 2020: -- All content required for teaching, learning and research is available online. -- 24/7 Access is available for free or fee. -- Online content is well indexed and rated. -- Vendors provide single point access to premium content and organized free content. -- Access is available at a cost, which is less then 10 % of the total educational cost of a postgraduate student. What would be shape [should I call future?] of Academic and Research Libraries? Any wild guesses? Let us dare to imagine. Comments Please. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Digital Content Management
by visakhi bapaiah pulagam 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Dear Collegues, We are planning to digitize the contents, subject heading / glossories from books of our library. Can any body kindly help me to write the name of the libraries where this type of project was done. Thanking U Dr. P. Visakhi Librarian, IASRI, New Delhi Dear Collegues, We are planning to digitize the contents, subject heading / glossories from books of our library. Can any body kindly help me to write the name of the libraries where this type of project was done. Thanking U Dr. P. Visakhi Librarian, IASRI, New Delhi 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: [oa-india] Re: Fw: [BOAI] Functioning IRs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Thank you Sukhdev for expressing your views openly so everyone will have an opportunity to reflect. 1.India has such a great reputation - as one of the world's best in software, for example - and many of our LIS professionals attend and speak at conferences on digital libraries and other adanced topics. Many Indian LIS professionals have spent several months in good US institutions as Fulbright scholars and a few have spent time in the UK (as exchange visitors). Many LIS departments do teach computer programming and use of technology in libraries as part of their curriculum. One would therefore expect that there should be no "fear of working with Linux," at least in leading research institutions and the better higher educational institutions. Assuming that some LIS professionals are not familiar with Linux, how long would it take to learn? 2. There is no harm in examining different software before one chooses one of them. For example, at NIC Sukhdev and colleagues took time before they decided to go ahead with GNU EPrints. Mr Muthu Madhan at NIT Rourkela took time to examine both DSPace and EPrints before he decided to work with DSPace. Indeed taking time to examine different software before a repository is set up, in my opinion, is a good thing. It gives one hands-on experience and strengthens one's involvement in OA. 3. Yes, the passing away of Raja is a great loss. But his legacy, viz. the IISc GNU EPrints archive, should inspire the rest of the community to set up similar archives in other institutions. Right now we have competent people such as Dr A R D Prasad, Dr D K Sahu and Sukhdev imself. When I wanted OneWorld South Asia to set up an archive for ICT-enabled Development (somewhat similar to penMED for biomedical research), I took the OWSA team to Sukhdev without prior appointment and he was kind enouugh to spare two hours (and he even offered to provide us lunch). My point is we have lost one of our best men, but mercifully we have others who are more than willing to help anyone who wants to set up an archive. 4. I have not heard of any computer science department coming forward to set up an institutional archive. By and large is going to be the LIS personnel who will have to set up and maintain institutional archives. At least in India, that is how it will happen. 5. When we held two workshops at MSSRF more than 18 months ago, virtually everyone of the participants told Leslie Chan that he/she would be able to set up an archive within a few months (ranging from 3-9 months). But only a few have actually set up till now. As the coordinator of the workshop, I wrote to virtually everyone of the participants more than once. I am not even sure how many of them spoke to their managements (Vice chancellor, Director, Registrar, Head of Dept, Dean, etc.). Things may improve only if there is an order from above! If heads of institutions/ funding agencies could mandate making publicly funded research available through open access, then people will start action. The recent versions of both DSpace and EPrints are pretty easy to install. Costs are not a major problem, but cannot be ignored altogether. Advocacy at all levels - at the levels of research students, faculty, heads of institutions, policy makers, donor agencies - should continue. And of course some introspection - just started by Sukhdev, for which he deserves our thanks. Let us hope Dr Alma Swan [who will speak at the Science Congress on 6th January and also visit Bangalore, Bombay and Delhi to meet with people and promote Open Access] will inspire a number of people to start new OA archives. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> To: "Discussion Group for Open Access Workshop India" <oa-india(a)dgroups.org> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:10 AM Subject: [oa-india] Re: Fw: [BOAI] Functioning IRs > However, Institutional Archives are not coming up as expected in > India. What are the reasons? > > I suspect the following could be some of the factors: > > - Fear of working with Linux. > - Spending too much time on deciding which IA Repository Software to use. > - Lack of technical leadership of the kind of Late Dr. Rajshekhar > - Confusion on Domain Area, whether computer department should set up > or initiative should be taken by libraries. Some librarians may even > fear loosing the (false?) tag of being the sole custodian of > knowledge > - Mere lip service to the whole issue. Boosting too much and doing too > little. > > Following could serve a solution to some extend. > > - Work to package all components required for installing and running : > Linux, Apache and EPrints. > - Distributing a set of CDs that will format a new machine, install > linux and eprints - all set and running. > - A national level team of practical professionals could be formed > that would implement the above two steps. > - State level teams could be formed that would take the distribution > CDs and implement the same in instituions / universities. It would > also provide training and support service for day to day running of > servers. > > However, the motivation and policy level lobbing is not included the > above solution. Moreover funding has also to be arranged. Someone > else may suggest the same. > > Regards > Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > http://openmed.nic.in > > > On 12/15/05, Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> wrote: >> >> >> >> [Forwarding from the AmSci OA Forum. --Peter Suber] >> >> >> Posted on behalf of Subbiah Arunachalam, Leslie Chan and Barbara Kirsop >> >> Regarding comments to the list on the costs of setting up and maintaining >> an >> Institutional Repository (IR), we agree that figures are being publicised >> about the costs without distinguishing whether these are solely for the >> institute's published research output or for a high-cost Institute-wide >> or >> Campus-wide resource for all purposes. So when issuing cost statements it >> is >> critical to explain precisely what is being set up, otherwise figures are >> meaningless. Because of these confusions, we are concerned that the very >> high figures quoted can deter smaller institutions and developing >> countries >> from setting up open access archives. >> >> To off-set such concerns, we know that over 70 repositories for research >> publications have already been set up in the developing world and we have >> evidence of the low costs associated with these. >> >> Only yesterday a colleague from India responded to a question we asked, >> saying '....organisations can do with a server just costing about 40 K >> (rupees) and use a broad band connectivity. This connectivity has become >> very cheap recently due the launch of Broadband Services by >> BSNL/MTNL/Private Cos. Running the server is also not a problem for us. >> We >> are already paid for other work. It just takes fraction of our time to >> maintain the server and handle the approval of uploaded articles. In the >> same manner, Indian Universities / Research Institutes already have >> infrastructure in form of libraries and librarians....' And we have had >> other similar reports from developing country organisations. >> >> Cost should not be used as an argument to dissuade organisations from >> setting up an eprints server. As Arthur says, costs are trivial compared >> with the overall institutional budgets and can generally be absorbed. If >> further examples of costs are to be reported, the purpose of the >> repository >> and the overall research budget of the institution should be stated at >> the >> same time. >> >> Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam, Barbara Kirsop >> Electronic Publishing Trust for Development >> >> >> Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, IICD, >> OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank >> --- You are currently subscribed to oa-india as: esukhdev(a)gmail.com >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> %%email.unsub%% > > Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, IICD, > OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank > --- You are currently subscribed to oa-india as: arun(a)mssrf.res.in > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-oa-india-137598Y(a)dgroups.org

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Re: [medlib] 2020 - Shape of Academic and Research Libraries
by Sukhdev Singh 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Dear Friends, Thank you all very much in responding to email on the above subject. Ihad made certain assumptions that could be true in the year 2020.Under such circumstances, what could be the Shape of Academic andResearch Libraries? I did not touch upon the Public and NationalLibraries, as their functions are more of serving the citizens and ofarchival of national heritage. Some of you [1][2] have valid reasons to question such assumptionsespecially when it comes to India. Infrastructure like Electricity andReliable Internet connectivity could be major hurdles. You won'tbelieve that even in Delhi, the capital of India, there are regularpower cuts. Even in day of Govt. Control of power distribution thesituation was much better. Only problem was billing and their payment.With private companies, billing and payments is no problem, can behandled conveniently over Internet. But the power cuts are a routineand unscheduled. So lesson learned is that Privatization withoutcompetition is worse. But friends, hold a bit, lack of infrastructure won't affect thecoming shape of libraries in India. The Reason? Our Research andTeaching depends largely depends on what is published outside India.Even good Indian content is published outside India. So we have nochoice if much of it is available in electronic format in future. Iagree with some of you [2][5] that paper is more convenient mode ofreading. But then efforts to develop display gadgets that will givethe comfort of paper are on way and by 2020 could be a reality. So, Ithink, whether we are ready or not – content may only available inelectronic form [3][6] from developed countries. Economics ofpublishing may not favor print formats. The publishers will bedistributing the content, as done now, in various business models –Free, Fee Based, Pay-per-view etc. Only thing would be that confusionsaround copyrights etc would be cleared and taken care of by the year2020. Friends, training of the end-users will also be not a major problemthen. The future users are the now primary school children. You willappreciate how both their teachers and parents keen to teach themcomputers. Infact, if a middle class Indian family is buying a homecomputer today, it is for their children. I hope this generation ofusers may be well ahead of present day users. I am not painting a gloomy picture for future of Librarianship. I amonly assuming a "worst – case scenario". I know, I was told in mymatriculation math class, how to solve problem and find unknownquantity – 'Let the quantity be "X" !!!' and so on. So friends, under the given assumptions, what would be the librariesof year 2020 look like? References:1. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/163 - Satish S Munnolli2. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/164 - Varalakshmi3. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/165 - Surinder Kumar4. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/166 - Vasumathi Sriganesh5. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/168 - Rama Reddy6. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medlib/message/167 - Prasanna --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.inhttp://indmed.nic.in

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Interesting book available- free full text Online
by madhuresh.singhal 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Dear Friends, In continuation of Mr. Pradeep's mail, I would like to add that National Academies Press is providing 3500+ books freely in PDF format. One can read the book online or can download full text pdf. There are couples of good titles in scientific publishing, DL's, Information Management, and on various major subjects ranging from Agriculture to Biology.....Computer......and Urban Development. One can get a full list of all freely available books (1959 till 2005). And when you are there at NAP website, try their Discovery Engine, which will give you the related keywords derived from the results and other options like Research dashboard, Find Similar etc. And also an interesting service is Reference Finder (Find more like your own document). Here you are provided with a text box where you can paste up to 8 pages of text from any other source or your own document and can get 1) relevant reports from NAP and other institutes OR 2) Extract key terms to produce a more fine-tuned set of resources to use to build web queries. Here are couples of titles which might be of general interest. Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Proceedings of a Symposium (2004) Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium (2004) A Patent System for the 21st Century (2004) Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education: Report of a Workshop (1998) Please note the change in my mail id and address. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 51172085, Ext. 25; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of pradip umdale Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:21 PM To: LIS-FORUM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interesting book available- free full text Online Dear Members An interesting book available- free full text Online - "Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: on Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering." http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309063639/html/index.html Regards Pradipkumar Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now.

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Google to launch music content feature
by rahul kumar 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Dear All, McGraw-Hill Professional, in its continuing effort to provide the most authoritative and innovative digital content to professionals and students worldwide, today announced the establishment of a Digital Advisory Board. The board comprises representatives from McGraw-Hill's customer base, including decisionmakers in corporate, public and academic libraries at Sun Microsystems, Weill Cornell Medical College, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, and the University of California-San Diego. To read more Click below: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8EGGFV83.htm?campaign_id=apn_… Regards Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida, UP --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear All, McGraw-Hill Professional, in its continuing effort to provide the most authoritative and innovative digital content to professionals and students worldwide, today announced the establishment of a Digital Advisory Board. The board comprises representatives from McGraw-Hill's customer base, including decisionmakers in corporate, public and academic libraries at Sun Microsystems, Weill Cornell Medical College, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, and the University of California-San Diego. To read more Click below: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8EGGFV83.htm?campaign_id=apn_… http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8EGGFV83.htm?campaign_id=apn_… Regards Rahul Kumar Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida, UP Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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New service aims to help developing world in research
by sandeep bhavsar 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

New service aims to help developing world in research Stefanie Olsen December 14, 2005 Scientists in developing countries may soon have better access to peer research on the Internet, thanks to a partnership between search specialists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Elsevier. MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is contributing technology to a joint project with Elsevier that will allow scientists with limited bandwidth to access information online more easily, the school announced on Tuesday. MIT's technology, called TEK, lets researchers with limited resources, such as outdated technology or weak funds, send a query to its servers and search engine. TEK will collect documents, compress them and send them back via email a week later, saving the recipient on connectivity costs. Combined with Elsevier's science search engine, dubbed Scirus, TEK will hone in on the science-related subset of the Web for researchers, according to the two partners. Called Search Scirus with TEK, the service "can help bridge the information divide between technologically advanced and developing countries, serving the global scientific community at large", Sharon Mombru, Scirus' senior product manager, said in a statement. The move comes as many projects are under way to bring more scientific information to the Web and mitigate the costs of otherwise pricey information. Google, for example, is adding many different sources of scientific data to its specialised search engine, Google Scholar. Still, the project doesn't directly address the slow connection speeds that bandwidth-challenged researchers face. MIT and Elsevier plan to bring the project to institutions with specific expertise in information-delivery to developing countries. "We hope that organisations with access to users in these countries will take Elsevier's lead and get involved... to help put this initiative into practice and extend the reach of valuable scientific information available on the Internet," said Saman Amarasinghe, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane(W) PH : 25364492 25446554 25339868 Mo : 9867437438 email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Exclusive Xmas Game, help Santa with his celebrity party - http://santas-christmas-party.yahoo.net/

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Fw: [BOAI] Functioning IRs
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

[Forwarding from the AmSci OA Forum. --Peter Suber] Posted on behalf of Subbiah Arunachalam, Leslie Chan and Barbara Kirsop Regarding comments to the list on the costs of setting up and maintaining an Institutional Repository (IR), we agree that figures are being publicised about the costs without distinguishing whether these are solely for the institute's published research output or for a high-cost Institute-wide or Campus-wide resource for all purposes. So when issuing cost statements it is critical to explain precisely what is being set up, otherwise figures are meaningless. Because of these confusions, we are concerned that the very high figures quoted can deter smaller institutions and developing countries from setting up open access archives. To off-set such concerns, we know that over 70 repositories for research publications have already been set up in the developing world and we have evidence of the low costs associated with these. Only yesterday a colleague from India responded to a question we asked, saying '....organisations can do with a server just costing about 40 K (rupees) and use a broad band connectivity. This connectivity has become very cheap recently due the launch of Broadband Services by BSNL/MTNL/Private Cos. Running the server is also not a problem for us. We are already paid for other work. It just takes fraction of our time to maintain the server and handle the approval of uploaded articles. In the same manner, Indian Universities / Research Institutes already have infrastructure in form of libraries and librarians....' And we have had other similar reports from developing country organisations. Cost should not be used as an argument to dissuade organisations from setting up an eprints server. As Arthur says, costs are trivial compared with the overall institutional budgets and can generally be absorbed. If further examples of costs are to be reported, the purpose of the repository and the overall research budget of the institution should be stated at the same time. Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam, Barbara Kirsop Electronic Publishing Trust for Development [Forwarding from the AmSci OA Forum. --Peter Suber] Posted on behalf of Subbiah Arunachalam, Leslie Chan and Barbara Kirsop Regarding comments to the list on the costs of setting up and maintaining an Institutional Repository (IR), we agree that figures are being publicised about the costs without distinguishing whether these are solely for the institute's published research output or for a high-cost Institute-wide or Campus-wide resource for all purposes. So when issuing cost statements it is critical to explain precisely what is being set up, otherwise figures are meaningless. Because of these confusions, we are concerned that the very high figures quoted can deter smaller institutions and developing countries from setting up open access archives. To off-set such concerns, we know that over 70 repositories for research publications have already been set up in the developing world and we have evidence of the low costs associated with these. Only yesterday a colleague from India responded to a question we asked, saying '....organisations can do with a server just costing about 40 K (rupees) and use a broad band connectivity. This connectivity has become very cheap recently due the launch of Broadband Services by BSNL/MTNL/Private Cos. Running the server is also not a problem for us. We are already paid for other work. It just takes fraction of our time to maintain the server and handle the approval of uploaded articles. In the same manner, Indian Universities / Research Institutes already have infrastructure in form of libraries and librarians....' And we have had other similar reports from developing country organisations. Cost should not be used as an argument to dissuade organisations from setting up an eprints server. As Arthur says, costs are trivial compared with the overall institutional budgets and can generally be absorbed. If further examples of costs are to be reported, the purpose of the repository and the overall research budget of the institution should be stated at the same time. Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam, Barbara Kirsop Electronic Publishing Trust for Development

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Free Live Presentation of LiBSUITE RFID system.
by Pranaykumar Dhiwar 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

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Interesting book available- free full text Online
by pradip umdale 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Dear Members An interesting book available- free full text Online - "Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: on Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering." http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309063639/html/index.html Regards Pradipkumar Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Members An interesting book available- free full text Online - "Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: on Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering." http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309063639/html/index.html http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309063639/html/index.html Regards Pradipkumar Pradeepkumar M Umdale Proj Ass. National Chemical Laboratory Information Division/ Library Pashan Rd., Pune- 411 008 Ph.No.91-20-25902031/25902038 (Direct) http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your partner now.

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Why is open access important for higher education?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Here is an interview, reproduced from Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Arun --- Interview with Ray English on OA Michael Roy, Open Access to Scholarship: An Interview with Ray English, Academic Commons, December 11, 2005. Ray is the Library Director at Oberlin College. Excerpt: Why is open access important for higher education? Open access is one strategy - and actually the most successful strategy so far - for addressing dysfunctions in the system of scholarly communication. That system is in serious trouble. High rates of price increase for scholarly journals (particularly in scientific fields), stagnant library budgets, journal cancellations, declining library monograph acquisitions, university presses in serious economic trouble, and increasing corporate control of journal publishing by a small number of international conglomerates that have grown in size through repeated mergers and acquisitions - those are all symptoms of the problem. Scholars have lost control of a system that was meant to serve their needs; more importantly, they are also losing access to research. Open access has extraordinary potential for overcoming the fundamental problem of access to scholarship. It is a means of reasserting control by the academy over the scholarship that it produces and of making that scholarship openly available to everyone - at anytime and from virtually any place on the globe. Why does open access matter to liberal arts colleges in particular? It is especially important for liberal arts colleges because of the access issue. Liberal arts college libraries have smaller budgets, compared to the research universities. While even the major research libraries cannot afford all of the journals that they need, the lack of access is an even bigger problem in the liberal arts college realm. Faculty at many liberal arts colleges are expected to be active researchers and independent study is also a hallmark of a liberal arts college undergraduate education. So the lack of access to journal literature can be even more problematic in the liberal arts college framework than it is for the research universities.... What's the hottest current issue related to open access? I think it's the issue of taxpayer-funded research. Both in this country and abroad there is increasing interest in making publicly-funded scientific research openly accessible. We saw the beginnings of that with the National Institute of Health policy that was instituted last year and I think we will soon see a broad national debate about the advisability of this for all U.S. government agencies. The United Kingdom is moving toward a comprehensive policy of mandating open access to all government-funded research. What is your role in the open access movement? I have been a member of the steering committee of SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) since its inception. SPARC, which is a coalition of academic and research libraries, has been a prominent advocate for open access. I have also played a leading role in the scholarly communications program of the Association of College & Research Libraries. I chaired a task force that recommended the ACRL scholarly communications initiative and I have been chair of the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee since it was established. Being involved with both SPARC and ACRL has put me in the middle of a number of these issues for the past several years. Here is an interview, reproduced from Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Arun --- Interview with Ray English on OA Michael Roy, http://www.academiccommons.org/the-commons/interviews/Ray_English_Open_Acce… Open Access to Scholarship: An Interview with Ray English , Academic Commons , December 11, 2005. Ray is the Library Director at Oberlin College. Excerpt: Why is open access important for higher education? Open access is one strategy and actually the most successful strategy so far for addressing dysfunctions in the system of scholarly communication. That system is in serious trouble. High rates of price increase for scholarly journals (particularly in scientific fields), stagnant library budgets, journal cancellations, declining library monograph acquisitions, university presses in serious economic trouble, and increasing corporate control of journal publishing by a small number of international conglomerates that have grown in size through repeated mergers and acquisitions those are all symptoms of the problem. Scholars have lost control of a system that was meant to serve their needs; more importantly, they are also losing access to research. Open access has extraordinary potential for overcoming the fundamental problem of access to scholarship. It is a means of reasserting control by the academy over the scholarship that it produces and of making that scholarship openly available to everyone at anytime and from virtually any place on the globe. Why does open access matter to liberal arts colleges in particular? It is especially important for liberal arts colleges because of the access issue. Liberal arts college libraries have smaller budgets, compared to the research universities. While even the major research libraries cannot afford all of the journals that they need, the lack of access is an even bigger problem in the liberal arts college realm. Faculty at many liberal arts colleges are expected to be active researchers and independent study is also a hallmark of a liberal arts college undergraduate education. So the lack of access to journal literature can be even more problematic in the liberal arts college framework than it is for the research universities.... Whats the hottest current issue related to open access? I think its the issue of taxpayer-funded research. Both in this country and abroad there is increasing interest in making publicly-funded scientific research openly accessible. We saw the beginnings of that with the National Institute of Health policy that was instituted last year and I think we will soon see a broad national debate about the advisability of this for all U.S. government agencies. The United Kingdom is moving toward a comprehensive policy of mandating open access to all government-funded research. What is your role in the open access movement? I have been a member of the steering committee of http://www.arl.org/sparc SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) since its inception. SPARC, which is a coalition of academic and research libraries, has been a prominent advocate for open access. I have also played a leading role in the scholarly communications program of the Association of College & Research Libraries. I chaired a task force that recommended the ACRL scholarly communications initiative and I have been chair of the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee since it was established. Being involved with both SPARC and ACRL has put me in the middle of a number of these issues for the past several years.

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Researchers Crack Biometric Security with Play-Doh
by rahul kumar 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear all A Professor at Clarkson University in New York has proved that biometric security systems can be easily "spoofed" with fake fingerprints. Read must at http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Biometrics-Cracked-with-Play-Doh/story.x… Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear all A Professor at Clarkson University in New York has proved that biometric security systems can be easily "spoofed" with fake fingerprints. Read must at http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Biometrics-Cracked-with-Play-Doh/story.x… http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Biometrics-Cracked-with-Play-Doh/story.x… Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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AOL Tests Remote Access Service
by rahul kumar 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear all America Online has begun testing a new service that lets users access their PC remotely from any computer that has a browser and is connected to the Internet. The new service, called LinktoPC, became available on Friday to AOL subscribers interested in trying it out, an AOL spokesperson said Monday. "We haven't offered this type of service before," he said. The technology behind LinktoPC comes from WebEx Communications, a company that specializes in online meetings and Web conferencing. get more at: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123911,00.asp Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear all America Online has begun testing a new service that lets users access their PC remotely from any computer that has a browser and is connected to the Internet. The new service, called LinktoPC, became available on Friday to AOL subscribers interested in trying it out, an AOL spokesperson said Monday. "We haven't offered this type of service before," he said. The technology behind LinktoPC comes from WebEx Communications, a company that specializes in online meetings and Web conferencing. get more at: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123911,00.asp http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123911,00.asp Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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Microsoft, MCI announce PC-to-phone calling partnership
by rahul kumar 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear all SEATTLE Microsoft and MCI said Monday they'll soon offer a service that lets customers place calls from their personal computers to regular phones. But the service will permit only outbound calls at first, even as rivals Yahoo and America Online allow instant messaging users to receive calls from conventional phones as well as to call out. Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, and MCI, the telecommunications provider being acquired by Verizon Communications, said they will begin a test run of the service in the United States this week. Broader availability is set for the first half of next year. Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear all SEATTLE Microsoft and MCI said Monday they'll soon offer a service that lets customers place calls from their personal computers to regular phones. But the service will permit only outbound calls at first, even as rivals Yahoo and America Online allow instant messaging users to receive calls from conventional phones as well as to call out. Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, and MCI, the telecommunications provider being acquired by Verizon Communications, said they will begin a test run of the service in the United States this week. Broader availability is set for the first half of next year. Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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Microsoft is expanding the reach of its mobile e-mail and IM services in India.
by rahul kumar 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear information Sc. and Library Patrons. The software giant's MSN division and messaging company Mobile 365 announced Tuesday that they've reached deals with five Indian mobile service providers. Under the deals, subscribers will be able to use text messaging on their cell phones to receive and reply to e-mail sent to their Hotmail accounts. They will also be able to use the MSN Messenger service from their phones. read in detail at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5993520.html Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear information Sc. and Library Patrons. The software giant's MSN division and messaging company Mobile 365 announced Tuesday that they've reached deals with five Indian mobile service providers. Under the deals, subscribers will be able to use text messaging on their cell phones to receive and reply to e-mail sent to their Hotmail accounts. They will also be able to http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5992141.html?tag=nl use the MSN Messenger service from their phones. read in detail at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5993520.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5993520.html Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Deemed University) A-10 , Sec-62, Noida(UP) Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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HarperCollins to create digital warehouse of books
by rahul kumar 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear all , NEW YORK U.S. publisher HarperCollins said Monday it plans to convert some 20,000 books in its catalogue into digital form in a bid to rein in potential copyright violations on the Internet. The move comes as the U.S. publishing industry is bringing lawsuits against Web search leader Google over its effort to scan copyrighted books in libraries a move the industry fears would set a dangerous copyright precedent. get the detail information from the link below http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-12-harpercollins-digital-books_x.… Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Dear all , NEW YORK U.S. publisher HarperCollins said Monday it plans to convert some 20,000 books in its catalogue into digital form in a bid to rein in potential copyright violations on the Internet. The move comes as the U.S. publishing industry is bringing lawsuits against Web search leader Google over its effort to scan copyrighted books in libraries a move the industry fears would set a dangerous copyright precedent. get the detail information from the link below http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-12-harpercollins-digital-books_x.… http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-12-harpercollins-digital-books_x.… Regards Rahul Kumar Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology A-10, Sec-62, Noida(UP) Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.com/;… Yahoo! Shopping

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LIS policy at National level
by Saji S. Nair 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Dear All, We have a plethora of policies in various disciplines and sub-disciplines at the national level. In our field, the National Policy on Library & Information System (NAPLIS) submitted in 1986 to the Government of India wasn't adopted. Eventhough an LIS policy is not a panacea, it could safeguard our professional interests to a large extent. In this era of Information & Communication Technologies, can we moot another one or restructure the NAPLIS? Bye Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Trivandrum Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Traditional Knowledge encyclopedia
by Saji S. Nair 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Dear All, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) project of NISCAIR is planning for a free electronic encycopedia, as an effort to tackle 'biopiracy'. The encylopedia comprising of 30 million pages will be made available at the public domain next year. See the news at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4506382.stm India hits back in 'bio-piracy' battle Bye Saji S. Nair Regional Cancer Centre Library Trivandrum Kerala _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Life sciences in semantic web
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

>From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" More on NeuroCommons Paul Krill, Semantic Web eyed for life sciences data, InfoWorld, December 9, 2005. Excerpt: The Semantic Web is getting a boost in the life sciences arena. The Semantic Web involves a concept in which data from multiple sources and ontologies can be integrated into a single information space. Experiment design automation (XDA) software vendor Teranode, which focuses on software for life sciences, plans to collaborate with Science Commons to build a neurology repository for the Semantic Web. Called Neurocommons.org, the project will provide a free repository of neurology-related data, tools and pathway knowledge for use by public and private researchers. Science Commons is an effort launched to promote the free flow of scientific information....Science Commons will use the Teranode XDA infrastructure for Neurocommons.org. All content will be available in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) format, allowing for participating foundations to use a shared repository of research.

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OA in China - the debate has begun
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

OA to publicly-funded journals coming in China Jia Hepeng, China launches campaign to boost local journals, SciDev.Net, December 7, 2005. Excerpt: The Chinese government has launched a campaign to encourage Chinese researchers to publish their results in domestic rather than international journals, and to place their results in free archives. "We will gradually make scientists publish research that is funded by the government agencies in leading domestic journals," said Wu Bo'er, director of the Department of Facilities and Financial Support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, at a meeting last week (30 November). At the heart of the campaign is a new fund that will provide financial support to between 300 and 500 of the country's 5,000 scientific journals. The money, whose total amount has yet to be announced, is intended to help the journals improve their editorial and print quality. Some journals will be encouraged to publish in English....At present, papers published by Chinese researchers in journals quoted in the Science Citation Index can bring substantial rewards, such as professorships, research grants and even housing. This has encouraged Chinese scientists to publish their results in foreign journals. To reverse the trend, Wu told SciDev.Net that Chinese scientists may eventually be required to publish their work domestically....Yu Zailin of Peking University disagrees with a ban on publishing in international journals, saying it would impede academic progress. He suggests that instead, Chinese scientists could be asked to write a Chinese paper to be published simultaneously or shortly after their foreign publication....Wang Li, chief editor of Changchun-based Journal of Jilin University, raises another concern. While he accepts that the government's campaign may help to strengthen the country's leading journals, he warns that it could have a less beneficial impact on other scientific publications. "If all Chinese researchers are encouraged to submit their papers to the leading journals, the middle and small-level domestic ones could suffer," says Wang....The government will also fund an online database of the full text of all papers published in journals selected to receive financial support. Both researchers and the public will have access to the database. Comment. I applaud the Chinese plan to improve many of its journals and provide OA to publicly-funded research and publicly-funded journals. However, I also support the concerns of Yu Zailin. One solution is to let researchers publish in the journals of their choice but expect them to deposit copies of their work in OA repositories. This is the approach taken by the NIH, Wellcome Trust, and RCUK. Researchers will still have an incentive to publish in the improved Chinese journals because of their new quality and new access policies.

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