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Free Copies of World Bank Title
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

Dear All Appended below is the list of recipient libraries who will shortly receive a free copy of World Bank Title, 'India and the Knowledge Economy' Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune Vidyanidhi Digital Library, University of Mysore, Mysore M G State Institute of Public Administration, Chandigarh Loktak Power Station Library, Manipur Central Electrochemcial Research Institute, Karaikudi National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad ICRISAT, Hyderabad Community Information Service Centres, Tenali INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY, Kolkata Army Institute of Management, Kolkata Monitor Information Services thanks all the forum members for their participation in this free copy distribution campaign. Sincerely ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications Dear All Appended below is the list of recipient libraries who will shortly receive a free copy of World Bank Title, 'India and the Knowledge Economy' Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune Vidyanidhi Digital Library, University of Mysore , Mysore M G State Institute of Public Administration, Chandigarh Loktak Power Station Library, Manipur Central Electrochemcial Research Institute, Karaikudi National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad ICRISAT, Hyderabad Community Information Service Centres, Tenali INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY, Kolkata Army Institute of Management, Kolkata Monitor Information Services thanks all the forum members for their participation in this free copy distribution campaign. Sincerely ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Elsevier Enhances Scopus
by Farooque Shaheen 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

Scopus, the abstract and indexing (A&I) database of scientific, technological, and medical research information developed last year by Elsevier, has apparently beat all expectations for the success of its market adoption. In June, 6 months after its launch, the company announced it had signed its 500th customer. And, following an agreement with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC; http://www.jisc.ac.uk), more than 60 universities in the U.K. are now taking part in the introductory offer for Scopus. Today, July 18, Scopus is announcing a range of new updates and features that further its mission of providing an easy-to-use, comprehensive system for conducting scientific research. The product is not viewed as a stand-alone, but rather as one that fits within the research process and supports the workflow by seamlessly integrating third-party research tools. New features being introduced include close integration with RefWorks, the bibliographic management tool from CSA; interoperability with the chemical structure searching in MDL?s CrossFire Commander; and several content integration enhancements. In November 2004, Elsevier launched Scopus, its ambitious project designed in close collaboration with librarians and researchers that promised to be the most comprehensive STM database. At the time, Elsevier said that it aimed to make the Scopus service ?as easy to use as Google,? with fewer clicks to the full text than any service available. Since then, Scopus has been building on its foundation and adding enhancements to accelerate and simplify the research experience. Source: http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050718-1.shtml Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Scopus, the abstract and indexing (A&I) database of scientific, technological, and medical research information developed last year by Elsevier, has apparently beat all expectations for the success of its market adoption. In June, 6 months after its launch, the company announced it had signed its 500th customer. And, following an agreement with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC; http://www.jisc.ac.uk), more than 60 universities in the U.K. are now taking part in the introductory offer for Scopus. Today, July 18, Scopus is announcing a range of new updates and features that further its mission of providing an easy-to-use, comprehensive system for conducting scientific research. The product is not viewed as a stand-alone, but rather as one that fits within the research process and supports the workflow by seamlessly integrating third-party research tools. New features being introduced include close integration with RefWorks, the bibliographic management tool from CSA; interoperability with the chemical structure searching in MDL’s CrossFire Commander; and several content integration enhancements. In November 2004, Elsevier launched Scopus, its ambitious project designed in close collaboration with librarians and researchers that promised to be the most comprehensive STM database. At the time, Elsevier said that it aimed to make the Scopus service “as easy to use as Google,” with fewer clicks to the full text than any service available. Since then, Scopus has been building on its foundation and adding enhancements to accelerate and simplify the research experience. Source: http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050718-1.shtml Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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DWPI to include Indian Patents...
by Poornima Narayan 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

Source: 'Online' July-August 2005... Dear Fellow Professionals, Thomson Scientific announced that Derwent World patents Index (DWPI) will now include Indian patents, both pre-grant applications and granted patents, following the culmination of the government's long process of amending India's national patent laws to ensure conformity with Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) norms. Indian Patent coverage starts with data published December 4, 2004, when the new law took effect [215/386-0100; www.thomson.com] Poornima Narayana -- ----------------------------------------------------- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072

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Re: Size Reduce Software
by Ravi Nandhan 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Dear Sir, You can pls visit the below given URL:- (Also many others are available) http://www.mp3-converter.com/wma/ http://www.mp3-converter.biz/ http://www.blazemp.com/blaze_media_pro.asp You find so many SW here, the tutorials will be given in the package. Pls choose whichever you feel is suitable one for you. As MP3 is already a compressed format of audio, WMA is the next option.(eg. On an avg 120 MP3 songs can be burnt on a CD, where as if WMA is the choice, a CD can hold upto 200 songs Apprx.) There are lots of converters available. You are sure to loose the quality if you compress audio files. If WAVE format has surround sound, then if you compress it to MP3 it may loose quality and further down if you convert it to WMA. Thx and regards, Ravi > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:54:44 +0100 (BST) > From: Radheshyam yadav <shyamtyadav(a)yahoo.co.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Size Reduce Software > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: <20050713105445.56638.qmail(a)web8407.mail.in.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hello techy people, > > I would like to ask for your help. I have some mp3 songs with 5 mb average size, can anyone give me some tu$ > > > > Radheshyam Yadav > Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. > Information Management, > Surat, > Ph. 0261-2862792 > Mobile: 09898065128 -- --------------------------------------------------------- V. Ravi Nandhan Project Assistant National Centre for Science Info. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 e-mail:ravinandan@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ravinandhan(a)gmail.com Mobile : 94486 08533 Ph.Off.: +91 80 22933273 (Direct) +91 80 23600271-Ext.:23 & 24 ---------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Becoming a Librarian (SANJAY_B)
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:28:27 +0530 From: Lata Suresh <lata(a)iihmr.org> I suggest that everybody who ever is mailing to the group should give their details. regards Lata Suresh Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org OR iihmr(a)iihmr.org

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rules dealing with stock verification
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:09:41 +0100 (BST) From: Dr. Nabi Hasan <nabihasan2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Friends Our university has asked about the ICAR/UGC Rules, dealing with stock verification of Books and other documents and the power of Librarian and Director/VC to write off the lost/ mutilated documents. Our total collection is about 80000 documents. Since there is no collective Semester Break of the students, we are not in a position to close the library and complete the stock verification of the library documents. The Audit people are pressing hard to conduct the Stock Verification. Being in the same system, u can better understand the problem. Therefore you are kindly requested to please supply the copy of the rules or any such notification/ document lying with u or may be made available by you. An early reply in this regard will be highly appreciable With warm regards Dr. Nabi Hasan Library System Administrator University Library, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062 (India) Phone: 01894-283184 (Direct), 01894-230361 (O) Cell- 9418149447, 01894-234571 (R) E-Mail: nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http://hillagric.ernet.in

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Local Area Network (LAN} for a university library
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:12:44 +0530 From: badan barman <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> Respected all, I want to study the existing plan for Local Area Network (LAN) for a University Library which are available online, for geeting help to make a plan for my own university library ( Gauhati University, Assam). I also want to know each and every aspect of the topic, so request refferences to online sources from the LIS-FORUM members. Any information regarding my topic will be of great helpful for me. Thanking you. Badan Barman M.L.I.Sc., 4 th semester Gauhati University, Assam E-Mail id -badanbarman(a)gmail.com

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Site For You: Conservation of Library materials...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Dear All, GREETINGS. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/ CoOL, a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials. Happy Browsing! Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Rearding Barcode
by Vandana Khandelwal 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Dear all Good morning One of my library readers needs information on "how to construct BAR-CODE (barcode technology) reader system. The symbology being used is the PDF - 417. He needs this information for his project. If any information regarding the above subject is available with you kindly send it to us at your earliest. Librarian MAE, Alandi ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Public libraries in private mgmt
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Please read the news below. In every city there may be a number of such privately owned public libraries. How about some PhD student studying these and subscription libraries -- how they supplement government efforts? Vyasamoorthy, P ========== http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20050716012637&Topic=0&Title… Institute of World Culture opens reference library Saturday July 16 2005 11:48 IST BANGALORE: The Indian Institute of World Culture in Basavangudi has opened up the K T Behanan Library on the second floor of its new Diamond Jubilee block. The library, which boasts a rare collection of books, used to be housed in the old building and was opened only on request. The new library will be open for reference everyday from 10 to 11.30 in the morning except Mondays. The shelves hold rare personal collections of late Dr K T Behanan, who used to be associated with institute. "Dr Behanan donated his entire collection before he passed away. We set up a library in his memory," said Y M Balakrishna, the institute's honorary secretary. The library got a further boost in 1963 when Dr Behanan's wife, M T Behanan, set up a permanent endowment for the institute for a substantial amount at the Canara Bank. "With the annual amount, more books are periodically add to the K.T. Behanan Library," adds Balakrishna. Among the large collection are eight volumes of the Encyclopaedia of World Art, 15 volumes of the Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology and entire collection on Sri Aurobindo, Srimad Bhagvad Gita, 24 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, complete works of Sankaracharya, complete works of Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Balzac, Elliot, Holmes, Hawthorne, Poe, Thackeray besides modern self-help books. The institute has also added new books to its old library and the children's section. "The new block has just opened and more people are visiting it," says Balakrishna. Balakrishna said there are plans to include some magazines also at the new library. Some of Dr Behanan's collections have also been kept on shelves at the old block, where they can also be borrowed. ==================

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Fwd: Re: [LIS-Forum] Value of LIS Profession and Professional
by sri Lakshmi 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

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OAI-PMH functionality in NewGenLib
by Jai Haravu 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Dear Friends I am happy to announce that NewGenLib, the library automation and networking software developed jointly by Kesavan Institute and Verus Solutions Pvt., Ltd. has now added functionality to harvest metadata from open access archive repositories that use either the Dublin Core or MARC-21 (MARC-XML) standards. The harvested metadata points to the URL of the digital content. The functionality also allows a library to archive publications of its own researchers in the library's catalogue database. Since NewGenLib allows networking of several libraries in its networking/consortium version, a Host library can harvest metadata from Associate libraries and vice versa. Other libraries that might want to harvest metadata from NewGenLib databases on the web can do so as records in Dublin Core, MARC-XML or in MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), an XML schema, intended to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original resource description records. We would be happy to provide clarifications and more information on this new development. L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [http://www.kiikm.org/] 69 Krishnapuri Colony West Marredpally Sedcunderabad 500 026 Tel: 91-40-27803947 Dear Friends I am happy to announce that NewGenLib, the library automation and networking software developed jointly by Kesavan Institute and Verus Solutions Pvt., Ltd. has now added functionality to harvest metadata from open access archive repositories that use either the Dublin Core or MARC-21 (MARC-XML) standards. The harvested metadata points to the URL of the digital content. The functionality also allows a library to archive publications of its own researchers in the library's catalogue database. Since NewGenLib allows networking of several libraries in its networking/consortium version, a Host library can harvest metadata from Associate libraries and vice versa. Other libraries that might want to harvest metadata from NewGenLib databases on the web can do so as records in Dublin Core, MARC-XML or in MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), an XML schema, intended to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original resource description records. We would be happy to provide clarifications and more information on this new development. L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [ http://www.kiikm.org/ http://www.kiikm.org/ ] 69 Krishnapuri Colony West Marredpally Sedcunderabad 500 026 Tel: 91-40-27803947

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ALA accredited degree (MLIS) is needed for getting job in USA/Canada...
by K Prakash 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Hello, I received a plea from a library professional who emigrated to Canada. She has completed her B.Sc.(Physics); BLIS, MLIS (1998) from IGNOU. She has worked for British Council Library and few other institutions, she has about 10+ year experience in Library field. Now her MLIS degree is not considered as equivalent to MLS/MLIS of Canadian Universities, the authorities are asking for ALA accredited degree. She contacted ALA, they are saying she has to contact CLIP, UK and it is not replying to her. If anybody can help her on this issue, please write to her email id monasahu2000(a)yahoo.com [I had made a follow up on this issue quite some time back in some listserv, they were discussing now a days few universities/institutions are offering jobs for Library Professionals of India, China etc. nationals(where there is no ALA accredited degree offered). But some type of document proof is needed to support this.] With best regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91-079-2630 5971/2630 4695 Extn: 38(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.); Fax: 91-079-2630 0990 # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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SLA Annual Conference 2005 - Presentations
by Aman Jha 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Dear friends, PowerPoint presentations of sessions held at the Annual Conference of Special Library Association (SLA) are available at no cost(20 presentations currently available). <http://www.sla.org/content/Events/confpresentations/05confpresent.cfm> There is one presentation on 'Search the Web', that may be useful for freshers upgrading search skills on the web. Link is given below: http://www.batesinfo.com/sla-2005-60-tips.pdf With best wishes, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 * Fax: 0124-5014080

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Becoming a Librarian
by SANJAY_B 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Hi, I sincerely suggest when people forward these kind of lengthy articles should give the context, authors detail and gist (Abstract) of the article. That will help us to prioritize the reading. Thanks, B. SANJAY Central Library, Education and Research, Infosys Technologies Limited, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560100 Board : (91)-(080)-28520261 Ext 52086 Fax: (91)-(080)-28520742 We enable you to leverage knowledge anytime, anywhere! -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Jayadev P Hiremath Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:48 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; corporatelibrns(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Becoming a Librarian When I defended my dissertation at the University of Toronto in 1993, I was worried about my prospects for employment on the tenure track in English. Five years earlier, my adviser had been encouraging when I had proposed writing an interdisciplinary study of Restoration and 18th-century music drama. I wrote a respectable dissertation on the interrelations of music and theater -- on John Dryden, Henry Purcell, John Gay, and George Frideric Handel -- one that earned praise from my committee and from which I was eventually to publish three long articles in standard academic journals. By the time of my defense, I had some teaching experience, had presented a number of conference papers, and had shown my well-roundedness -- artistically and administratively -- by running a successful baroque-music chamber ensemble in Toronto for five years. Still, I was worried. The job market was abysmal; moreover, while I was a U.S. citizen, I was applying to American colleges and universities from a Canadian graduate program. I suspected that I would be at a considerable disadvantage for this reason alone, because I had gathered that many American academic employers seem to strongly favor graduates of American institutions. Plus, I had already cast about for jobs at the MLA meeting the preceding year, and had no nibbles at all. Yet it was not until I went on the job market with the all-important "Ph.D. in hand" that I realized exactly how grim my prospects were. Despite some initial interest, search committees proved not to be falling all over themselves to embrace my expertise. They seemed at a loss to appreciate what I might do for their departments. Over the next few years, those departments that told me anything about my rejection offered some version of the explanation that I was "too specialized." This made no sense to me: Isn't the whole point of a doctoral dissertation to demonstrate deep knowledge in whatever corner of your discipline you choose? I gather what they meant was not that I was too specialized, but that I was not specialized in ways or in matters to which they could relate. For the time being, I was able to survive on adjunct work and on tutoring at writing centers. I assumed that eventually some door would open; all I had to do was keep demonstrating my commitment to the profession by being a model teacher and scholar. Six years after completing my Ph.D., I had worked at as many colleges -- including some really good ones like MIT. I had taught freshman composition, medieval and Renaissance survey courses, "Foundation of Western Civilization," Shakespeare, "Fiction to 1832," you name it. I had published several articles and book chapters and had more in the works; had presented additional conference papers; and had won postdoctoral fellowships to conduct research at libraries including Harvard University's, the Huntington Library, and the British Library. I had also hand-crafted nearly 500 cover letters, tailored as many CV's to particular jobs, and spent far more than any adjunct could be expected to pay on photocopying, dossier requests, and postage. Instead of increasing my marketability, my achievements resulted in ever-more-deafening silence from prospective employers. Meanwhile, although I enjoyed interacting with students in the classroom, the onerous task of grading was getting me down, as were the low pay and the ineligibility for benefits. Add to this the frustration of feeling that, unless a miracle occurred, I would probably never be allowed to teach a high-enough level course to share what I liked most about academe -- the research process -- with my students. After an on-campus interview at a typical state college for a job teaching four courses each semester, including two sections of "developmental" (read: remedial) English every term -- a job that I was nonetheless not offered -- I was fed up. It was time for a career change. Since the first days of graduate school, I had been devoted to library work, and had developed great respect for the research librarians who had helped me unearth the countless treatises, pamphlets, play texts, and musical scores I needed to produce my scholarship. I was good at both knowing what to look for and finding necessary materials in libraries myself, particularly rare-book libraries. About the time of the state-college rejection, a friend who was a library director in Boston (where I was living at the time), and who was familiar with both my skills and my frustration, suggested I pursue a career in academic librarianship; she even offered to help get me started by forwarding my CV to other librarians she knew. Unfortunately, I had just attended a nonprofit job fair along with, it seemed, every inhabitant of the city of Boston. The crowds were wrapped around Mass. Ave and Huntington all the way to the Museum of Fine Arts. What jobs were on offer? Box-office clerk, file clerk, and the like. Thus, when my librarian friend offered to help, I was in such despair that all efforts felt hopeless; Every option seemed like the dead end that teaching and nonprofits had proved to be. Still, something in me growled, "Just give it a chance." I met with two Harvard librarians, and to my delight, both said instantly that a Ph.D. in English and a master's in library science would make a "powerful combination" of credentials for a future librarian. One even helped me get a job as a library assistant at Widener Library, and I gratefully accepted. Encouraged by this happy turn of events, I applied to Simmons College's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, was accepted, and believed I was finally on my way. Of course, there was still a little matter of tuition to worry about. Did I dare assume any further debt, given my precarious financial circumstances? I felt I had no choice but to go forward; I bit the bullet and took out additional student loans. After working in technical services at Harvard for a year, now with a semester of library school behind me, I applied for the job of library associate for collection maintenance and public services (responsible for the day-to-day operations of the main library) at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I was offered this job and learned many further skills -- mainly managerial -- while completing my degree at Simmons. Between Harvard and the master's program, I learned the ropes of librarianship and had fun doing so; I even learned the art of artist's bookmaking and got academic credit for it. The next challenge would be finding a job as a professional librarian. As I approached graduation from Simmons, I attended a job fair there, at which, to my utter amazement, two representatives from Yale appeared. Tentative, I approached them. One, my current boss, said that Yale was looking for a librarian for literature in English. I already knew that, having scoured the job ads for months, but I thought there was no way I would be seriously considered, given that, in the scheme of things, I had barely begun my transition to academic librarianship. Nevertheless, he encouraged me to apply, saying that we were in a seller's market and that Yale really needed but was having trouble attracting qualified subject specialists. To my further amazement, he followed up with a phone call early the next week, urging me to apply to Yale. Yale offered me the job less than a month from the date of the Simmons fair, and I remain happily ensconced in my current position. I have landed on my feet at long last. My position at Yale offers multiple rewards. I am the collection development specialist or "selector" for all of Sterling Memorial Library's and Cross Campus Library's materials related to literatures in English: print, microform, and digital. That means I manage a six-figure budget, one of the largest Yale library portfolios. I run the undergraduate and graduate bibliographic instruction programs -- some mandatory, some elective -- for the English department in my capacity as their library liaison. That means I have a lot of direct contact with students, both in the classroom and in follow-up, one-on-one sessions. It also means that every day I teach my favorite subject of all: library research skills. Let me end with a plug for the importance of teaching such skills. Julie Walker, executive director of the American Association of School Librarians, says that most students will have multiple careers, so the knowledge they gain in college will not serve them throughout their lives: "It will be their ability to navigate information that will matter." I couldn't agree more. Todd Gilman is the librarian for literature in English at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. 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Local Area Network (LAN} for a university library
by badan barman 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

From-Badan Barman E-Mail id -badanbarman(a)gmail.com Date-14-07-2005 Respected all, I want to study the existing plan for Local Area Network (LAN) for a University Library which are available online, for geeting help to make a plan for my own university library ( Gauhati University, Assam). I also want to know each and every aspect of the topic, so request refferences to online sources from the LIS-FORUM members. Any information regarding my topic will be of great helpful for me. Thanking you. Badan Barman M.L.I.Sc <http://M.L.I.Sc>. 4 th semester Gauhati University, Assam E-Mail id -badanbarman(a)gmail.com From-Badan Barman E-Mail id mailto:-badanbarman@gmail.com -badanbarman(a)gmail.com Date-14-07-2005 Respected all, I want to study the existing plan for Local Area Network (LAN) for a University Library which are available online, for geeting help to make a plan for my own university library ( Gauhati University, Assam). I also want to know each and every aspect of the topic, so request refferences to online sources from the LIS-FORUM members. Any information regarding my topic will be of great helpful for me. Thanking you. Badan Barman http://M.L.I.Sc M.L.I.Sc . 4 th semester Gauhati University, Assam E-Mail id mailto:-badanbarman@gmail.com -badanbarman(a)gmail.com

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Fw: Data from Chemical Abstracts
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Friends: Greetings from Chennai. Here is some informtion obtained from Chemical Abstracts Service on the contributions made by different countries to the journal literature abstracted in CA during 2004. USA 23.2%, People's Republic of China 12%, Japan 11.8% Germany 6.2%, UK 4.6%, France 3.7%, Russia 3.7% Italy 3.1%, INDIA 2.6%, Canada 2.5%, S.Korea 2.4%. China is second only to USA in the number of journal papers and India is 9th. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Greetings from Chennai. Here is some informtion obtained from Chemical Abstracts Service on the contributions made by different countries to the journal literature abstracted in CA during 2004. USA 23.2%, People's Republic of China 12%, Japan 11.8% Germany 6.2%, UK 4.6%, France 3.7%, Russia 3.7% Italy 3.1%, INDIA 2.6%, Canada 2.5%, S.Korea 2.4%. China is second only to USA in the number of journal papers and India is 9th. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Value of LIS profession and professionals
by Iqbalahmad U Rajgoli 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Dear Members, This mail is with regard to the interview experience shared by Ms.Sri Laxmi: Once again the role of LIS professionals has been raised. Whenever such mails are posted to the forum, we get mails from other members of the forum asking our library professional associations to do something in this regard. I think our associations have restricted their role to organizing conferences/seminars etc. Our associations have bee requested many times through this forum. Are they listening our voice? Our associations should workout with UGC, NAAC, AICTE and related bodies to bring out some norms/guidelines as regards to the salaries of the LIS professionals in College libraries. Following is just a typical example of how interviews was conducted: Once my senior friend went for a interview for the post of librarian in some college in Bangalore. It was a interview of a kind. One of the interview committee member told him that he will be paid Rs.2000 pm and he is recruited here till the NAAC committee visit is over. That's all. No questions about his qualifications, experience etc. It has been seen that at the time of interview who so ever demands less salary will be recruited. We have innumerable examples of such typical interviews. Can anybody tell me how many college libraries have a permanent librarian post? How well paid the college librarians are? The need of the hour is that our so called library professional associations should come together with NAAC, UGC and AICTE and bring out some norms/guidelines as regards to the pay scale of library professionals. When I was studying MLISC my professor often use to say that "WE ARE IN SUCH A NOBLE PROFESSION WHERE WE ARE ALWAYS AT THE END OF GIVING, WHO ELSE OTHER THAN ALMIGHTY GOD, WHO IS ALWAYS AT THE END OF GIVING". It should not mean that we keep on serving our users without getting due credit and respectable salary........ These are my personal views and are not intended to critisize anybody. Yours -------------------------------------------------- IQBALAHMAD U RAJGOLI SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT - B ISRO HQ LIBRARY ANTARIKSH BHAVAN NEW BEL ROAD BANGALORE - 560 094 PH: 2217 2010 & 2217 2011 MOBILE: 94480 56262 *********************************************************************** Our new domain is 'isro.gov.in'. All e-mails may be sent using address as user(a)isro.gov.in --------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ***********************************************************************

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Seminar Invitation from MyLISA
by SUNIL M.V. 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association® In collaboration with Kesavan Institute for Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) & Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (VSPL) Presents Seminar on Web-based Library Automation and Networking software by Sri L.J. Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management Demonstration of NewGenLib Library Automation Software by Sri E.M. Siddartha Verus Solutions Pvt., Ltd. Date: July 16, 2005 at 2.30 pm Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore Program Schedule Time Program by 2.30 to 2.50 KIIKM An Introduction Sri. L J Haravu 2.50 to 3.30 Web-based Library Automation and Networking software Case study of NewGenLib, developed jointly by KIIKM and VSPL Sri. L J Haravu 3.30 to 3.40 Tea Break 3.40 to 5.10 Demonstration of NewGenLib Sri. E M Siddartha Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association ® In collaboration with Kesavan Institute for Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) & Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (VSPL) Presents Seminar on Web-based Library Automation and Networking software by Sri L.J. Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management Demonstration of NewGenLib Library Automation Software by Sri E.M. Siddartha Verus Solutions Pvt., Ltd. Date: July 16, 2005 at 2.30 pm Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore , Manasagangothri, Mysore Program Schedule Time Program by 2.30 to 2.50 KIIKM An Introduction Sri. L J Haravu 2.50 to 3.30 Web-based Library Automation and Networking software Case study of NewGenLib, developed jointly by KIIKM and VSPL Sri. L J Haravu 3.30 to 3.40 Tea Break 3.40 to 5.10 Demonstration of NewGenLib Sri. E M Siddartha Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

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MyLISA Annual Day Invitation
by SUNIL M.V. 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association ® (MyLISA) Cordially invite you for the Annual Day Celebrations On July 16, 2005 at 6.00pm Chief Guest Sri I.R.N. Goudar Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore Presided by Dr. G. Raghavendra Rao Principal, National Institute Engineering (NIE), Mysore Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore Dr. Shalini R. Urs Sunil MV President Secretary Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association ® (MyLISA) Cordially invite you for the Annual Day Celebrations On July 16, 2005 at 6.00pm Chief Guest Sri I.R.N. Goudar Head, ICAST National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore Presided by Dr. G. Raghavendra Rao Principal, National Institute Engineering (NIE), Mysore Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore , Manasagangothri, Mysore Dr. Shalini R. Urs Sunil MV President Secretary Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Lecture on 22nd July 2005
by Lata Suresh 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Kindly announce the below message:- A lecture and discussion on the topic "Future of Libraries" will be held in the Rajasthan University Library. Date 22 July 2005 Time 11.00 am By Principal Information Officer, American Library. For more details please contact:- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta Deputy Librarian Rajasthan University Library Jaipur - 302 004 Ph: 0141- 270 7866 E-mail: pawan_jp(a)sancharnet.in regards Lata Suresh Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal MArg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org OR iihmr(a)iihmr.org

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Village knowledge centres
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Government of India Comes Forward to Support Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai 600 113, India New Delhi, 12 July 2005 India's Finance Minister, Mr Palaniappan Chidambaram, announced today that the Government of India would support the Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre, to the tune of Rs 65,000 million [roughly US $1,500 million). He was speaking at the Second Convention of the National Alliance for Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre, held at New Delhi. Conceived by Prof. M S Swaminathan, the man who brought in the Green Revolution to India, the Mission aims to usher in a knowledge revolution in India by connecting all the more than 600,000 villages of a India in a knowledge network by 15 August 2007, the 60th anniversary of India's Independence. After a series of meetings with a wide cross section of people from government, academia, civil society organizations and corporations, Prof. Swaminathan announced the Mission 2007 in mid 2004. As such a huge programme cannot be undertaken by any single organization, Swaminathan went on to build a National Alliance, perhaps the largest multi-stakeholder partnership in the field of ICT-enabled development in the world. There are more than 150 members in the Alliance including the University of California, Berkeley; MIT, Cambridge; IDRC, Ottawa; the Nasscom Foundation, New Delhi, and OneWorld. The first convention of the National Alliance was held in New Delhi in October 2004. The second convention took place in New Delhi on 11 and 12 July 2005. Among the people who spoke at the convention are His Excellency the President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam; Mr P Chidambaram, the Finanace Minister of India; Mr Mani Shankar Iyer, Minister for Panchayati Raj; Mr M V Rajasekaran, Minister of State for Planning, and a number of senior government officials. The President Of India, Dr Abdul Kalam was very happy to see more than 135 elected Fellows of the National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity - all of them grassroots workers from rural India. Mr Mani Shankar Iyer suggested that the Village Knowledge Centres should preferably be established in collaboration with the Panchayati Raj (village level government) institutions and thus empower the village level leaders and the communities. -----

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Size Reduce Software
by Radheshyam yadav 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hello techy people, I would like to ask for your help. I have some mp3 songs with 5 mb average size, can anyone give me some tutorials and the software to reduce its size to a more phone friendly size? Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com Hello techy people, I would like to ask for your help. I have some mp3 songs with 5 mb average size, can anyone give me some tutorials and the software to reduce its size to a more phone friendly size? Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com

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Latest Research Trends
by Achar 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear PRofessional collegues, please explore your ideas on topics on latest research trends as i am planning to start my research work shortly. This will help in taking up a hot topic. Thanks Achar Librarian Ohio business school Bangalore Dear PRofessional collegues, please explore your ideas on topics on latest research trends as i am planning to start my research work shortly. This will help in taking up a hot topic. Thanks Achar Librarian Ohio business school Bangalore

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Value of LIS Profession and Professional
by sri Lakshmi 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hello, Here is an experience of an interview attended by by me at one of the academic college at Mysore. There was an adversitement in a news paper calling for the interview for the post of Librarian at one of the institution at Mysore. It was a walk in Interview. I went to the interview and I was passed. The next day they said me to join for their institution as librarian. The conditions were like , they wanted their library to be automated with in 1 month (with more than 1000 documents) without any assistant and many other things like it is a full time job, 700 students, should serve the institution, facility given to the students should be very good etc. etc.All the things needed to be done in a hightech pattern. Finally my turn came to ask about the pay scale. The reply was Rs 1500 per month. You cant get more than this because you will not be teaching any students,you will not be doing any other work like a teacher etc. What do you say about this? Lakshmi. ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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University Librarian Felicitated
by Shyam Prasad pujar 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear Members, Dr P.V. Konnur, University Librarian, Goa University has been felicitated on July 10, 2005 at Panaji by Goa Kannada Samaj for his services to Goa University Library and Kannada community in Goa. Details of the press release can be found at: http://www.freewebs.com/gksp/ Regards, S.M. Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai

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Good one on Passwords
by Jayadev P Hiremath 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Read it or forward it to your System administrator Back in the dark ages of the Internet as we know it -- before we had so many malware threats and Web application vulnerabilities -- strong passwords were the security solution. This was especially true in Windows after it was discovered just how easy it was to capture and crack LANMan passwords in NT. Even today, it seems that practically everyone (both inside and outside IT) has their own opinion on what it takes to create and enforce secure passwords. The consensus is that if we use uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters at least seven to eight characters in length, then our passwords are magically unbreakable. It's simply not true. Every year, I test a fairly large number of standalone Windows workstations, servers and domains for password vulnerabilities. Network managers occasionally tell me they know everyone has weak passwords, but most are completely unaware just how widespread the problem is. Based on what I've seen, most passwords that supposedly meet the "generally accepted" requirements can be guessed with some basic trial and error -- a nominal effort that can lead to high payoffs for the bad guys with little chance that they'll get caught. There are some legitimate password challenges that network managers struggle with. Many of these end up being serious security vulnerabilities that lead to risks most organizations aren't prepared to handle. The following are some common password management misconceptions along with an idea or two on hardening Windows security. Myth #1: Assigning all users passwords will help keep their workstations secure. Big mistake. Responsibility and accountability must be placed in the user's control. Otherwise, what incentive do they have to do better? Notice I didn't say that password policy enforcement should be placed in their hands. That's a different issue. Security decisions never should be placed in the hands of users. Rather, enforce strong passwords via written policy, GPOs or another password management system, and ongoing auditing. Also, what happens when a rogue or ex-network administrator abuses an innocent user's account? There's hardly an audit trail that can fix this. Myth #2: Having tight physical security will make systems safe against sniffers and password crackers. What happens when authentication for internal Citrix NFuse Web interfaces, Web applications and other systems are tied into Windows domain accounts? The password problem that was once just an internal issue is now opened up to the world. This is a big, big problem that's affecting more and more systems. Myth #3: Upper management can't force users to remember complex passwords, so it will just accept anything bad that may or may not occur. What I'm finding is that most upper managers and executives don't really understand the gravity of the problem. They think all users can be trusted, that no one shares their passwords, and that there's really not much to lose when a standard user account is compromised. Here's a trick to shed some light on the issue: Simply log in with basic user rights, and see what you can see on network servers and workstation shares. Perform basic text searches, and look for words such as "ssn," "credit card," "dob" and other things that users have been granted access. Your findings are sure to make even the biggest nonbelievers realize there's a security problem -- especially when combined with the technical vulnerability I mentioned in the point above. Myth #4: Requiring users to change passwords often will keep Windows secure. Again, this is another major misconception. What's the natural human tendency when we can't keep up with new passwords -- especially multiple passwords that must be changed every 30, 60 or 90 days? We write them down. This is a real tough one to prevent if users are forced to jump through unrealistic hoops in the name of security. The solution here is to create strong but easily remembered passwords (or better yet passphrases). And if they're never shared or suspected to have been compromised, why change them often if ever? The latter is what I always recommend. As long as we're forced to use passwords for our computing needs, I think passphrases are the only realistic solution. Build on the upper/lower/numerical/special character idea, but create passphrases that are long, impossible to crack and memorable. Once you explain it in simple terms and give good examples like "Man, I LOVE hard rock music!" your users' and executives' eyes will light up. It's virtually guaranteed.

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EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear Colleagues FYI & Use EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network and American International Health Alliancehttp://www.eurasiahealth.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=3531&pid=3531http:/… Building information systems in health care -A reference guide forhealth care decision-makers- Croatia.http://lrc.aiha.com/English/Training/MImanual-Eng.pdf A Guide to Electronic Libraries http://lrc.aiha.com/English/Training/LibGuide-Eng.pdf EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network (a project of the AmericanInternational Health Alliance/AIHA) is an on-line clearinghousefeaturing a library of multilingual health resources, databases, andinteractive forums. This clearinghouse--designed to serve as arepository for clinical practice guidelines, medical textbooks, andother educational materials that are available in the languages of theNew Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe(CEE)--provides users with access to information, tools, and trainingto enhance the knowledge of healthcare professionals in the region. A key feature of EurasiaHealth is its network of regularly updateddatabases that literally puts information at the fingertips of NIS/CEEhealth professionals in their native language, in even the most remoteareas of the region. Users can search the Multilingual Library bylanguage, subject, and type of material (articles, conferenceproceedings, presentations, clinical practice guidelines, etc.), tofind downloadable full-text educational documents and other materials.A medical conferences database provides news about upcoming events inthe region or of international interest. The regional health projectsdatabase provides in one place a comprehensive record of current, pastand planned health projects in the NIS/CEE countries conducted by NGOsand other organizations. Other databases provide information ongrants and funding resources, regional contacts, Internet medicalsites, glossary terms, and links to healthcare organizationsthroughout the region. While the Knowledge Network addresses all aspects of health andmedicine, a particular focus lies in several specialty subjectareas--such as community health, emergency medicine, healthmanagement, HIV/AIDS, infection control, maternal and child health,medical informatics, nursing, primary healthcare, and women'shealth--that represent common, critical issues throughout the region. Through research and collaboration, the EurasiaHealth team isconstantly working to develop and catalog new resources in each ofthese areas. The EurasiaHealth Web site also features a variety of interactiveforums, including discussion forums, a teleconsultation forum, and aset of Internet mailing lists, that allow healthcare professionals tocommunicate and consult directly with one another. Theteleconsultation forum supplies a template for clinicians to postinformation about interesting or difficult cases and enables them torequest feedback from hundreds of colleagues and specialists atpartner institutions and the world over. These consultation requestsare then sent out via the EurasiaTeleconsult Internet mailing list. The foundation of EurasiaHealth is the experiences and resources thathave been developed through AIHA's health care partnership program,which brings together over 350 health care institutions, includinghospitals, health systems, medical universities, government bodies andNGOs in the NIS, CEE and the United States. EurasiaHealth works withan ever-expanding community of organizations to offer newhealth-related resources in the languages of the NIS/CEE region. For information on how you or your organization can contribute to thegrowing base of EurasiaHealth resources, contact us atlibrary(a)eurasiahealth.org. Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge Management, (Sharepoint Administrator)Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.comKM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/************************************… OneSource Ltd.148, Bhaskara Plaza, R.V.Road,V.V.Puram, Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA. Tel:+9180-2650 2540 Ext:103 Fax:+9180-2650 2086 Cell:+91-944 836 9905 E-mail: bhojarajug@yahoo.com************************************************************************************************

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InfoWatch Apr-June 2005
by M.R Lalitha 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear LIS-Forum member, The April-June 2005 combined issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Apr-June 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue 1. academici - The Virtual Academy [Personal and academic networks] 2. Active hardware.com [Information and reviews on computer hardware-related topics] 3. BioModels database [A resource with mathematical models of biological interests] 4. CADdepot.com [A repository of freeware and shareware tools for use with AutoCAD and other CAD systems] 5. Integratet Microbial Genomes (IMG) [Analysis of genomes] 6. Earthquake Information Network (EQNET) 7. Educating the Net Generation - A new EDUCAUSE e-book [Aptitudes, attitudes and learning styles of the present-day Net Gen students] 8. Energy TechNet - Inventions and innovations technology toolbox for energy technology developers 9. Enviropedia - An encyclopedia of environment 10. ExactAntigen monoclonal antibody database 11. IntAct - Analysis tools for protein interaction data 12. KM's Site - PC corner 13. NASA - How does this work? 14. Online conversion [A tool providing quick conversions of a wide range of mathematical and everyday measurements] 15. O'Reilly CodeZoo [Free, reusable software code components for programmers] 16. Platinum Group Metal (PGM) database [Physical properties and characteristics of Platinum group metals] 18. Science Lobby - Electronics resource center 19. The Science foresight project 20. wiseGEEK - Clear answers for common questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Becoming a Librarian
by Jayadev P Hiremath 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

When I defended my dissertation at the University of Toronto in 1993, I was worried about my prospects for employment on the tenure track in English. Five years earlier, my adviser had been encouraging when I had proposed writing an interdisciplinary study of Restoration and 18th-century music drama. I wrote a respectable dissertation on the interrelations of music and theater -- on John Dryden, Henry Purcell, John Gay, and George Frideric Handel -- one that earned praise from my committee and from which I was eventually to publish three long articles in standard academic journals. By the time of my defense, I had some teaching experience, had presented a number of conference papers, and had shown my well-roundedness -- artistically and administratively -- by running a successful baroque-music chamber ensemble in Toronto for five years. Still, I was worried. The job market was abysmal; moreover, while I was a U.S. citizen, I was applying to American colleges and universities from a Canadian graduate program. I suspected that I would be at a considerable disadvantage for this reason alone, because I had gathered that many American academic employers seem to strongly favor graduates of American institutions. Plus, I had already cast about for jobs at the MLA meeting the preceding year, and had no nibbles at all. Yet it was not until I went on the job market with the all-important "Ph.D. in hand" that I realized exactly how grim my prospects were. Despite some initial interest, search committees proved not to be falling all over themselves to embrace my expertise. They seemed at a loss to appreciate what I might do for their departments. Over the next few years, those departments that told me anything about my rejection offered some version of the explanation that I was "too specialized." This made no sense to me: Isn't the whole point of a doctoral dissertation to demonstrate deep knowledge in whatever corner of your discipline you choose? I gather what they meant was not that I was too specialized, but that I was not specialized in ways or in matters to which they could relate. For the time being, I was able to survive on adjunct work and on tutoring at writing centers. I assumed that eventually some door would open; all I had to do was keep demonstrating my commitment to the profession by being a model teacher and scholar. Six years after completing my Ph.D., I had worked at as many colleges -- including some really good ones like MIT. I had taught freshman composition, medieval and Renaissance survey courses, "Foundation of Western Civilization," Shakespeare, "Fiction to 1832," you name it. I had published several articles and book chapters and had more in the works; had presented additional conference papers; and had won postdoctoral fellowships to conduct research at libraries including Harvard University's, the Huntington Library, and the British Library. I had also hand-crafted nearly 500 cover letters, tailored as many CV's to particular jobs, and spent far more than any adjunct could be expected to pay on photocopying, dossier requests, and postage. Instead of increasing my marketability, my achievements resulted in ever-more-deafening silence from prospective employers. Meanwhile, although I enjoyed interacting with students in the classroom, the onerous task of grading was getting me down, as were the low pay and the ineligibility for benefits. Add to this the frustration of feeling that, unless a miracle occurred, I would probably never be allowed to teach a high-enough level course to share what I liked most about academe -- the research process -- with my students. After an on-campus interview at a typical state college for a job teaching four courses each semester, including two sections of "developmental" (read: remedial) English every term -- a job that I was nonetheless not offered -- I was fed up. It was time for a career change. Since the first days of graduate school, I had been devoted to library work, and had developed great respect for the research librarians who had helped me unearth the countless treatises, pamphlets, play texts, and musical scores I needed to produce my scholarship. I was good at both knowing what to look for and finding necessary materials in libraries myself, particularly rare-book libraries. About the time of the state-college rejection, a friend who was a library director in Boston (where I was living at the time), and who was familiar with both my skills and my frustration, suggested I pursue a career in academic librarianship; she even offered to help get me started by forwarding my CV to other librarians she knew. Unfortunately, I had just attended a nonprofit job fair along with, it seemed, every inhabitant of the city of Boston. The crowds were wrapped around Mass. Ave and Huntington all the way to the Museum of Fine Arts. What jobs were on offer? Box-office clerk, file clerk, and the like. Thus, when my librarian friend offered to help, I was in such despair that all efforts felt hopeless; Every option seemed like the dead end that teaching and nonprofits had proved to be. Still, something in me growled, "Just give it a chance." I met with two Harvard librarians, and to my delight, both said instantly that a Ph.D. in English and a master's in library science would make a "powerful combination" of credentials for a future librarian. One even helped me get a job as a library assistant at Widener Library, and I gratefully accepted. Encouraged by this happy turn of events, I applied to Simmons College's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, was accepted, and believed I was finally on my way. Of course, there was still a little matter of tuition to worry about. Did I dare assume any further debt, given my precarious financial circumstances? I felt I had no choice but to go forward; I bit the bullet and took out additional student loans. After working in technical services at Harvard for a year, now with a semester of library school behind me, I applied for the job of library associate for collection maintenance and public services (responsible for the day-to-day operations of the main library) at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I was offered this job and learned many further skills -- mainly managerial -- while completing my degree at Simmons. Between Harvard and the master's program, I learned the ropes of librarianship and had fun doing so; I even learned the art of artist's bookmaking and got academic credit for it. The next challenge would be finding a job as a professional librarian. As I approached graduation from Simmons, I attended a job fair there, at which, to my utter amazement, two representatives from Yale appeared. Tentative, I approached them. One, my current boss, said that Yale was looking for a librarian for literature in English. I already knew that, having scoured the job ads for months, but I thought there was no way I would be seriously considered, given that, in the scheme of things, I had barely begun my transition to academic librarianship. Nevertheless, he encouraged me to apply, saying that we were in a seller's market and that Yale really needed but was having trouble attracting qualified subject specialists. To my further amazement, he followed up with a phone call early the next week, urging me to apply to Yale. Yale offered me the job less than a month from the date of the Simmons fair, and I remain happily ensconced in my current position. I have landed on my feet at long last. My position at Yale offers multiple rewards. I am the collection development specialist or "selector" for all of Sterling Memorial Library's and Cross Campus Library's materials related to literatures in English: print, microform, and digital. That means I manage a six-figure budget, one of the largest Yale library portfolios. I run the undergraduate and graduate bibliographic instruction programs -- some mandatory, some elective -- for the English department in my capacity as their library liaison. That means I have a lot of direct contact with students, both in the classroom and in follow-up, one-on-one sessions. It also means that every day I teach my favorite subject of all: library research skills. Let me end with a plug for the importance of teaching such skills. Julie Walker, executive director of the American Association of School Librarians, says that most students will have multiple careers, so the knowledge they gain in college will not serve them throughout their lives: "It will be their ability to navigate information that will matter." I couldn't agree more. Todd Gilman is the librarian for literature in English at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library.

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PhDs invading library profession in the US of A
by Jayadev P Hiremath 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

A Matter of Degrees By TODD GILMAN First Person Personal experiences on the job market Previous articles Easy-to-print version E-mail this story If you're a Ph.D. in the humanities, do you need a master's degree in library and information science to pursue a career as an academic librarian or as a curator of special collections? That question has lately generated impassioned arguments among Ph.D.'s who seek to enter the field of librarianship, as well as among librarians and curators concerned over the integrity of their profession. My qualified answer is yes, the library-science credential is essential -- unless the Ph.D. really, truly, and demonstrably has the equivalent experience. Before I elaborate, let me review my own background: I'm a Ph.D. in English who switched gears in the face of an abysmal faculty-job market, earned a master's in library science, and landed on my feet as an academic librarian at Yale University. Admittedly, Ph.D.'s who attend library school may or may not acquire such earth-shaking skills and wide-ranging theoretical knowledge as will justify the seemingly unreasonable outlay of time, effort, and expense required of one who has already endured the tribulations of a doctoral program. That is, at least in part, the motivation and justification for a new fellowship program and other recent initiatives that promise to set humanities Ph.D.'s on the fast (and free or low-cost) track to academic librarianship while bypassing most if not all library-school requirements. Still, the M.L.I.S., short for master's in library and information science (it's also known in some quarters as the M.L.S., for master's of library science), continues to serve as both a practical and an intellectual entreé into professional librarianship. What's more, the M.L.I.S. protects the library profession from becoming degraded in the way that teaching has been in academe. As a rule, Ph.D.'s do fine if they land a tenure-track job in their discipline. They get respect, decent pay, benefits, research leave, and promotions based on merit. But that's a big if. A frightening percentage of Ph.D.'s who seek to teach these days wind up slogging away as adjuncts. According to John W. Curtis of the American Association of University Professors, "The most recent comprehensive figures from the Department of Education show that in fall 2001, 44.5 percent of all faculty were in part-time positions -- nearly all without tenure -- and an additional 19.2 percent of faculty were in full-time, non-tenure-track positions." Why has that happened? Because the supply greatly outweighs the demand. Even more insulting, Ph.D. adjuncts are so hungry that academic departments can further cheat them by offering the same low pay (or close to it), ineligibility for benefits and promotion, and so on, which are offered to those with no more than an M.A. Those Ph.D.'s are denied a living wage because in the eyes of academic departments -- to echo Gertrude Stein -- an adjunct is an adjunct is an adjunct. That despite significant differences between a Ph.D. and an M.A. in the extent and cost of their education, teaching experience, and (more often than not) publishing records. Earning the lofty Ph.D., therefore, fulfills its promise for only a lucky few -- the tenured and tenure-track -- while the vast majority drift away on the ice floe. The value of the Ph.D. has been degraded indeed. For the library profession to admit Ph.D.'s to our profession without the M.L.I.S. would result in a flooded market and would condemn librarians to experience the same miserable, exploitative conditions so many Ph.D.'s now suffer. Equally damaging, hiring too many Ph.D.'s who skipped the M.L.I.S. training could create a glass ceiling for librarians who have that degree but no Ph.D. They would become (in status terms) the nurses to these doctors -- even though this particular breed of doctors is not qualified to give orders to such nurses. In fact, the nurses would wind up teaching the doctors their jobs while still being held in lower esteem, a bitter irony that would force library morale down the tubes. And of course the library would then be run by those with the least experience in the profession. Irrespective of such potential dire consequences, we must consider the question of professional standards. What exactly have M.L.I.S.-trained librarians learned that those with Ph.D.'s haven't? Analytical, descriptive, physical, and textual bibliography. The history of books and printing. Issues in cataloging library materials. The book trade -- current, rare, out of print, or all of those, including how best to manage vendors, approval plans, and standing orders. How to identify appropriate collecting levels for different subjects in different kinds and sizes of libraries. How to analyze a given library collection for purposes of, say, transfer to remote storage, filling in gaps, or preservation. How to analyze the pros and cons of a given electronic database or reference resource. How to manage acquisitions and other budgets. Digital library inititatives. The composition and scope of the essential bibliographic utilities like WorldCat, Eureka, and ESTC. How best to search any of the myriad electronic databases licensed by the modern library. What archivists do, how they do it, and why. You get the idea. Don't get me wrong: As I have said in my previous columns, I believe that academic librarianship is a great career alternative for many humanities Ph.D.'s who choose not to teach. I also believe that many library-school courses, as currently taught, leave much to be desired, and that library schools could never even hope to provide the deep subject expertise that scholars acquire in doctoral programs and that is so vital to much academic library work. Some Ph.D.'s who wish to be librarians doubtless have some of the training and experience necessary (particularly those who possess the aptitude to be librarians and are well-versed in bibliography), but they most certainly do not have enough of either to be taken seriously as library professionals. To argue that because you have spent years in libraries you are qualified to run one strikes me as claiming that because you have been visiting the dentist and brushing and flossing your teeth all your life you can perform a root canal. The creation of the profession of librarianship was an innovation of the late 19th century, by which point libraries had become too complicated to be run by dilettantes from academic departments. Hiring such people now to run our libraries -- which are vastly more complicated than those that gave rise to our profession -- sets us back over a hundred years. Indeed, the notion that we need professional librarians to run a modern library is even more valid today than it was in Melville Dewey's age. Although I have taken the position that the M.L.I.S. remains and should remain the necessary minimum credential, I must acknowledge that Ph.D.'s without the master's and with no background in librarianship still occasionally are hired by academic libraries, especially as curators of special collections at Ivy League and a few other major universities. That happens because, unfortunately, some senior administrators overvalue the prestige of the Ph.D. degree and undervalue the M.L.I.S. Librarianswho know that the master's and the training and experience it represents are what qualify a candidate to perform the jobreact to such hiring practices the way that senior faculty members would to learning that an M.A. in English with no teaching experience had been made head of their English department. Who can blame us? So while you might luck out and land one of those quirky plum jobs, if you hope to stay mobile in the library profession over the long term, you simply must earn the M.L.I.S. Todd Gilman is the librarian for literature in English at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library.

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Seminar notification
by SRELS 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following for the benefit of our professional colleagues. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore *********** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore in collaboration with M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore is organizing a National Seminar on Information /Knowledge Organization in the Humanities and Two Special Lectures 1. Reaching the Unreached in the Digital Information World (Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (13)(2005) by Dr. N. Vijayaditya, Director General, NIC, New Delhi 2. Gutenberg to Google : Changing Facets of Libraries (Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lecture (25) (2005) by Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Professor and Chair person DLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore Date and Venue 9-11 August 2005 M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, Bangalore 560 054 ( Seminar Registration Fee : Rs.2000.00. Last date for Registration 1st August 2005 ) For details contact : Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 080 - 23305109 ; E-mail : srels(a)vsnl.com For accommodation contact : Mr. A. N. Janardhana Rao Librarian M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management M.S. Ramaiah Nagar MSRIT Post Bangalore 560 054. Ph: 080- 25695546 ; 23608769 ; E-mail : anjrao(a)indiatimes.com Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following for the benefit of our professional colleagues. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science , Bangalore *********** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore in collaboration with M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore is organizing a National Seminar on Information /Knowledge Organization in the Humanities and Two Special Lectures 1. Reaching the Unreached in the Digital Information World (Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (13)(2005) by Dr. N. Vijayaditya, Director General, NIC, New Delhi 2. Gutenberg to Google : Changing Facets of Libraries (Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lecture (25) (2005) by Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Professor and Chair person DLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore Date and Venue 9-11 August 2005 M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, Bangalore 560 054 ( Seminar Registration Fee : Rs.2000.00. Last date for Registration 1st August 2005 ) For details contact : Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 080 - 23305109 ; E-mail : mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com For accommodation contact : Mr. A. N. Janardhana Rao Librarian M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management M.S. Ramaiah Nagar MSRIT Post Bangalore 560 054. Ph: 080- 25695546 ; 23608769 ; E-mail : mailto:anjrao@indiatimes.com anjrao(a)indiatimes.com

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New Librarian: Panjab University Library
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:42:40 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in *To all LIS professionals,*=0D ** =0D *Dr. V.K. Anand has joined Panjab University Library as University Libraria= n =0D from today on the superannuation of Mr. A.R. Sethi who has retired =0D yesterday.=0D *=0D -- =0D Rupak Chakravarty=0D Assistant Librarian=0D Panjab University Library=0D Chandigarh 160014=0D INDIA=0D

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Consilience rescheduled for December 2005
by madhu ks 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Dear All, We regret to inform you that our conference on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), Consilience currently scheduled for July 8th and 9th 2005, has been rescheduled for December due to lack of sufficient funds/sponsorship and adequate speaker confirmations. We are looking for funds and also intend to get more key-note speaker confirmations for the rescheduled event. We apologize for all the inconvenience caused. The research teams are requested to submit their papers by 20th July 2005. Also, kindly forward this email to all your research volunteers. Thank you, Warm regards, Ankur Singla for Law and Technology Committee National Law School of India University Bangalore. --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com Dear All, We regret to inform you that our conference on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), Consilience currently scheduled for July 8th and 9th 2005, has been rescheduled for December due to lack of sufficient funds/sponsorship and adequate speaker confirmations. We are looking for funds and also intend to get more key-note speaker confirmations for the rescheduled event. We apologize for all the inconvenience caused. The research teams are requested to submit their papers by 20th July 2005. Also, kindly forward this email to all your research volunteers. Thank you, Warm regards, Ankur Singla for Law and Technology Committee National Law School of India University Bangalore . How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com

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Congrats to our Dept of LIS
by Ravi Nandhan 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Dear All, I would like to share the good things happening in our Dept.of Lib and Information Science, Univ. of Mysore, Mysore. I am sending this so that other Universities can also do similar things where our community students can have the oppurtunities to grow better. First thing I would like to share is about the Campus interview (No, it is not about BE but our own LIS). Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) had conducted campus interview in our Dept. and have selected two girl candidates who appeared for the written test and then faced two rounds of interviews, first round in our dept. and the second in Chennai and finally got through successfully. One student is of Master of Information Management (the first IM course in Indian Universities) and the other is MLISc. Both are lucky enough to draw 5 digit salary (just think how many of us struggled in the beginning to draw a four digit salary, that too the first digit starting only with 1or 2). My sincere thanks to our dept and also to TCS for the campus interview which is first of its kind. Apart from this one student was successful in NET last year(2004) and one student was successful this year, congrats to them and my thanks to them for making the dept proud. Also so many useful events are being conducted by MYLISA. The initiative on communication and personlity development classes is too good for the students and so many have benefitted from this too. Paper clippings competition is conducted and is very interesting one too, wherein we had to collect news about LIS and related articles (I am a proud winner(2004) but not to mention I got second, more funnily out of only 2 serious participants). I would like to point out that students get to read news papers and the same could be asked to be put in the GSDL so that a student gets the idea how to collect in GSDL. Special thanks to Shalini Mam for this. Other than this I would like to request the faculty to encourage students in writing papers for the conferences and journals and this must be made compulsary so the student gets good exposure in writing as well as to the LIS field. Thanks and regards -- --------------------------------------------------------- V. Ravi Nandhan Project Assistant National Centre for Science Info. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 e-mail:ravinandan@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ravinandhan(a)gmail.com Mobile : 94486 08533 Ph.Off.: +91 80 22933273 (Direct) +91 80 23600271-Ext.:23 & 24 ---------------------------------------------------------

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New .mobi suffix for wireless websites
by Mailing List Manager 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:32:25 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> Consumers will soon be able to recognise websites specially designed for use by mobile phones by the new ?.mobi? suffix, which will be introduced alongside the popular ?.com? and other top-level domain names. The new suffix was approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at a Luxemburg meeting on Monday. The first websites for mobile devices, which will be fit for a small screen and limited memory and bandwidth, will be ready in 2006. Mobile Web services will also use geographic information to take advantage of the changing location of a mobile device, for instance to find the nearest hospital, ICANN chairman Vint Cerf said. The new domain name was requested by a group of powerful mobile phone operators and handset makers, which set up a joint venture to encourage companies and Web site designers to create mobile Web pages. Member companies include Hutchison 3, GSM Association, Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone. If more Web pages are optimised for handheld devices, rather than desktop or laptop computers with big screens, these companies hope more consumers will upgrade their phones. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=96200 Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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World Bank New Title - free copies
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Dear Professionals The World Bank has just published a title which directs suggests India to use knowledge more effectively to raise the productivity of agriculture, industry, and services and reduce poverty. More details of the title, India and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunities by Carl Dahlman , Anuja Utz, Published July 2005, List US$ 25.00 are available at http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=4855483 Monitor Information Services, Hyderabad will provide Free Copies of this useful title to a limited number of small libraries across India. Please send your Library details in the format below to monitorsales(a)gmail.com Name of Library / Institution Contact Person's Name and E-Mail id Postal Address with Telephone numbers Free Copies will be sent by paid Courier/Regd Book Post and the recipient libraries name will be forwarded to this forum. I sincerely hope that small libraries will avail of this free offer. Best Wishes ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications Dear Professionals The World Bank has just published a title which directs suggests India to use knowledge more effectively to raise the productivity of agriculture, industry, and services and reduce poverty. More details of the title, India and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunities by Carl Dahlman , Anuja Utz, Published July 2005, List US$ 25.00 are available at http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=4855483 http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=4855483 Monitor Information Services, Hyderabad will provide Free Copies of this useful title to a limited number of small libraries across India. Please send your Library details in the format below to mailto:monitorsales@gmail.com monitorsales(a)gmail.com Name of Library / Institution Contact Person's Name and E-Mail id Postal Address with Telephone numbers Free Copies will be sent by paid Courier/Regd Book Post and the recipient libraries name will be forwarded to this forum. I sincerely hope that small libraries will avail of this free offer. Best Wishes ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Opp. Deepak Theatre, Hyderabad - 500 029, India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Workshop & Training Details
by Mailing List Manager 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:42:30 +0530 From: Saiful Amin <mail2saiful(a)gmail.com> Hi, You can visit the following site for information on upcoming programmes: http://www.infolibrarian.com/conf.htm Regards, Saiful On 7/11/05, Radheshyam yadav <shyamtyadav(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote:=0D > =0D > Dear=0D > =0D > Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe i= n =0D > Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send m= e =0D > details of workshop and training programe.=0D > =0D > I am also looking training programe on information technology like digita= l =0D > libraries, information management, Internet services etc.=0D > =0D > With regards,=0D > Radheshyam Yadav=0D > Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd.=0D > Information Management,=0D > Surat,=0D > Ph. 0261-2862792=0D > Mobile: 09898065128=0D > =0D > Free=0D > antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages=0D > Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com=0D > =0D > =0D > _______________________________________________=0D > LIS-Forum mailing list=0D > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in=0D > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum=0D > =0D > =0D > =0D -- =0D Saiful Amin=0D Information Specialist=0D Edutech India=0D 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road=0D Chennai 600006, India=0D Tel: +91 44 2833 0999=0D GSM: +91 98407 76214=0D Fax: +91 44 2833 1777=0D www.edutechindia.com <http://www.edutechindia.com>=0D "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."=0D ------=_Part_9747_5830260.1121087550201 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline You can visit the following site for information on upcoming programmes: http://www.infolibrarian.com/conf.htm http://www.infolibrarian.com/conf.htm Regards, Saiful On 7/11/05, Radheshyam yadav < mailto:shyamtyadav@yahoo.co.in shyamtyadav(a)yahoo.co.in > wrote: Dear Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe in = Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send me = details of workshop and training programe. I am also looking training programe on information technology like digital = libraries, information management, Internet services etc. With regards, Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com http://in.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list mailto:LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum http://ncsi.iisc.ernet= .in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- Saiful Amin Information Specialist Edutech India 8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 GSM: +91 98407 76214 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 http://www.edutechindia.com www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong." ------=_Part_9747_5830260.1121087550201--

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Apply for B.Lib and MLIS
by Mailing List Manager 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Date: 11 Jul 2005 12:18:32 -0000 From: akhtar hussain <ahussain2(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Candidates: Those of you who are interested in applying for the said courses for the academic years, 2005-2006, may write to: DEPPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE, CCS,UNIV of MEERUT. You may please IMMEDIATLY CONTACT MR JAMAL AHMAD SIDDIQUI(CO-ORDINATOR,DEPP. OF LIBRARY &INFORMATION SCIENCE,CCS,U,MEERUT). CONTACT. NO. 09837206030 BY AKHTAR HUSSAIN FACULTY DEPT.LIB.&INFOR.SC. CCSU,MEERUT ahussain2(a)rediffmail.com abdul_mlis(a)yahoo.com

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PNAS digitally archived back to 1915 (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:01:01 EDT From: "Kendall, George" <GKendall(a)nas.edu> To: liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu Subject: PNAS digitally archived back to 1915 I am posting the following on behalf of the PNAS publisher, Ken Fulton: The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is pleased to announce that its legacy content dating back to volume 1, issue 1, in 1915 is now digitally archived, searchable, and freely available on the PNAS web site at www.pnas.org <http://www.pnas.org/> . PNAS presents its free digital archive in conjunction with its 90th anniversary. The digital collection spans nearly a century of seminal scientific research, and comprises more than 390,000 pages and 80,000 articles. We encourage everyone to browse and read the PNAS digital collection, which contains research of exceptional importance and broad interest. PNAS is a break-even operation and relies about equally on author fees and on subscription fees to cover its operating costs. PNAS subscribers gain access to the most recent 6 months of published content. Sincerely, Ken Fulton Publisher, PNAS

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RE: [LIS-Forum] This library is for the kids only!
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Dear Friends, I thank Prronima Narayan, Ravindran of NCSI, Geetha Venkatraman of TCS, B Sanjay of Infosys, SM Pujar of IGDIR, and others giving me contact details for Hippocampus. I shall contact Mr Malhotra directly. Thanks for all the overwhelming help. Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: Poornima Narayan [mailto:poornima@css.nal.res.in] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:14 PM To: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] This library is for the kids only! Dear Dr. Vyasamoorthy "Hippocampus' is generally closed on mondays so I could not contact him personally. However, I am furnishing his official contact address. 'Hippocampus" 525, 16th Main Road, 3rd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034. # 080-25630206 He is ususally at his work spot by 11 a.m. Poornima Narayana On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com wrote: > *********************** > Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. > *********************** > > > Dear Friends, > > Please see the Rediff Story below. > > Can some Bangalore based friend furnish the contact address of Mr Malhotra? > > Thanks > > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, > RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 > ================================ > > http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/09spec1.htm > > This library is for the kids only! > > Arati Menon Carroll | July 09, 2005 > > > >From 10 years at Infosys to founder CEO of the high-profile IT company Bangalore Labs, three years ago Umesh Malhotra looked every bit the typical corporate executive. Then in 2002, after selling Bangalore Labs to PlanetOne Asia, Malhotra put his cash to good use and chased a nagging dream. By March 2003, Hippocampus, Malhotra's very own library for Bangalore's children, was up and running. > > >From IT to I Read > I have an engineering degree from IIT Chennai. I picked up the first job I was offered on campus, at a then little known IT company called Infosys Technologies. After 10 years at Infosys, managing their electronics payment vertical, my business vertical contributed 5 per cent of company revenue. > > I quit in 1999 to start Bangalore Labs, an IT infrastructure management company. Two-and-a-half years later, we sold the company. I quit IT and followed my dream to start a children's library. > > What is Hippocampus? > Hippocampus is not a library, or a club, a work shop, or a community centre -- it is all that and more. We call it an experience centre -- a vibrant and dynamic environment offering an almost endless range of opportunities from every area of life. > > Today, the Hippocampus library has more than 7,000 books for children to choose from. Children can choose and watch DVDs in the film room, or play games on the available PCs. > > Kids can choose from six Hippocampus clubs -- the Art Club, Music club, Journalism Club (a club which lets them start their own newspaper), Nature Club, Cooking Club and the Adventure Club -- and participate in themed monthly activities and creative learning forums. > > The inspiration > Before I quit Infosys, my wife and I spent 18 months in the US and were astounded by all that a child there is exposed to in terms of education and hands-on experience. There were public libraries in every neighbourhood. > > Here you could find children of all ages engaged in reading, working on school projects or checking out activities and workshops that they could sign up for during the course of the year. > > And all this, amazingly, was free. When we came back to India, in 1999, we realised that although an enormous number of children's books are published each year, children in India have hardly any access to them. While the inspiration for Hippocampus came from American public libraries, the concept itself took a life of its own. > > Not just a library for rich kids > Our experience centre in Bangalore's Koramangala residential area was set up for privileged children. In December 2004, we opened a second centre. But we're far from being just a library for rich kids. > > The Hippocampus Reading Foundation, which we set up together with our non-profit partners like the Akshara Foundation, among others, is involved in setting up libraries for kids in slum communities, government schools, and NGO-run schools. > > We currently run 38 such libraries. They have to prove that they are serious enough about the cause to raise a one-time investment of Rs 5,000 per 20 kids. After that, we work with them on an ongoing basis for free. > > We have also introduced a reading reward system whereby children are positively reinforced for their reading habits, with quarterly day trips organised for winners. > > Where do we go from here? > Ultimately, we want all children to read. Just this week, along with Wipro, we began a pilot run of taking over library transformations in lower income group schools. We loan the initial investment to these schools who repay based on an affordable installment plan. > > This is not a business opportunity, it was born out of the realisation that we need to fix a problem in school libraries and that all our work can't be outside schools. We want our entire reading programme to be built around a sustainable model. > > We charge our beneficiaries in different segments based on their income levels. Today, because our work with less privileged children has expanded so much, we're running on a bit of a deficit. > > But we're working on alternative revenue streams like developing reading fluency assessment tests that we can then sell to mainstream schools for profit. In two years, our entire programme will be self-sustaining. > Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, > ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, > RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA > Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- Poornima Narayana Contact: 080-25086083 (O) Dy Head, ICAST 080-26682781 (R) N.A.L E mail: poornima(a)css.nal.res.in Airport Road prn_1_in(a)yahoo.com Bangalore 560 017 Fax: 080-25268072

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This library is for the kids only!
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Dear Friends, Please see the Rediff Story below. Can some Bangalore based friend furnish the contact address of Mr Malhotra? Thanks Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 ================================ http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/09spec1.htm This library is for the kids only! Arati Menon Carroll | July 09, 2005 >From 10 years at Infosys to founder CEO of the high-profile IT company Bangalore Labs, three years ago Umesh Malhotra looked every bit the typical corporate executive. Then in 2002, after selling Bangalore Labs to PlanetOne Asia, Malhotra put his cash to good use and chased a nagging dream. By March 2003, Hippocampus, Malhotra's very own library for Bangalore's children, was up and running. >From IT to I Read I have an engineering degree from IIT Chennai. I picked up the first job I was offered on campus, at a then little known IT company called Infosys Technologies. After 10 years at Infosys, managing their electronics payment vertical, my business vertical contributed 5 per cent of company revenue. I quit in 1999 to start Bangalore Labs, an IT infrastructure management company. Two-and-a-half years later, we sold the company. I quit IT and followed my dream to start a children's library. What is Hippocampus? Hippocampus is not a library, or a club, a work shop, or a community centre -- it is all that and more. We call it an experience centre -- a vibrant and dynamic environment offering an almost endless range of opportunities from every area of life. Today, the Hippocampus library has more than 7,000 books for children to choose from. Children can choose and watch DVDs in the film room, or play games on the available PCs. Kids can choose from six Hippocampus clubs -- the Art Club, Music club, Journalism Club (a club which lets them start their own newspaper), Nature Club, Cooking Club and the Adventure Club -- and participate in themed monthly activities and creative learning forums. The inspiration Before I quit Infosys, my wife and I spent 18 months in the US and were astounded by all that a child there is exposed to in terms of education and hands-on experience. There were public libraries in every neighbourhood. Here you could find children of all ages engaged in reading, working on school projects or checking out activities and workshops that they could sign up for during the course of the year. And all this, amazingly, was free. When we came back to India, in 1999, we realised that although an enormous number of children's books are published each year, children in India have hardly any access to them. While the inspiration for Hippocampus came from American public libraries, the concept itself took a life of its own. Not just a library for rich kids Our experience centre in Bangalore's Koramangala residential area was set up for privileged children. In December 2004, we opened a second centre. But we're far from being just a library for rich kids. The Hippocampus Reading Foundation, which we set up together with our non-profit partners like the Akshara Foundation, among others, is involved in setting up libraries for kids in slum communities, government schools, and NGO-run schools. We currently run 38 such libraries. They have to prove that they are serious enough about the cause to raise a one-time investment of Rs 5,000 per 20 kids. After that, we work with them on an ongoing basis for free. We have also introduced a reading reward system whereby children are positively reinforced for their reading habits, with quarterly day trips organised for winners. Where do we go from here? Ultimately, we want all children to read. Just this week, along with Wipro, we began a pilot run of taking over library transformations in lower income group schools. We loan the initial investment to these schools who repay based on an affordable installment plan. This is not a business opportunity, it was born out of the realisation that we need to fix a problem in school libraries and that all our work can't be outside schools. We want our entire reading programme to be built around a sustainable model. We charge our beneficiaries in different segments based on their income levels. Today, because our work with less privileged children has expanded so much, we're running on a bit of a deficit. But we're working on alternative revenue streams like developing reading fluency assessment tests that we can then sell to mainstream schools for profit. In two years, our entire programme will be self-sustaining. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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A9 launched OpenSearch
by Madhuresh 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

"We want OpenSearch to do for search what RSS has done for content." OpenSearch is a collection of technologies, all built on top of popular open standards, to allow content providers to publish their search results in a format suitable for syndication. You can see how this works on A9.com. Many sites today return search results as a tightly integrated part of the website itself. Unfortunately, those search results can't be easily reused or made available elsewhere, as they are usually wrapped in HTML and don't follow any one convention. OpenSearch offers an alternative: an open format that will enable those search results to be displayed anywhere, anytime. Rather than introduce yet another proprietary or closed protocol, OpenSearch is a straightforward and backward-compatible extension of RSS 2.0, the widely adopted XML-based format for content syndication. Any site that has content-and a search box-can choose to return results in OpenSearch RSS. This includes travel sites, classifieds, encyclopedias.... If you can provide search results for something, it probably can fit into the OpenSearch model. Returning OpenSearch results is easy-the format is the standard set of XML elements, plus three additional elements designed to support navigation between pages. OpenSearch is comprised of: OpenSearch RSS: XML format for providing open search results. OpenSearch Description Documents: XML files that identify and describe a search engine. OpenSearch Aggregators: Sites, such as A9.com, that can display OpenSearch results. OpenSearch is not a search engine-it is a way for search engines to publish their search results in a standard and accessible format. And because OpenSearch is built on top of standard RSS, existing tools-such as blog readers-can read OpenSearch results natively. While existing RSS tools can't take advantage of all of the advanced features that OpenSearch offers, this backward compatibility guarantees a rich set of client applications for OpenSearch today. This item is taken from http://opensearch.a9.com/ Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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xqDoc
by Madhuresh 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

After several months of development, Elsevier, Inc. announced the initial release of xqDoc, an open source XQuery documentation tool. See details at http://www.xqdoc.org XQuery, under development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (http://www.w3.org/XML/Query), is a new query/programming language based on XML and used in conjunction with XML databases such as MarkLogic (http://www.marklogic.com), a commercial database, and eXist (http://exist.sourceforge.net) on the open source side. As XQuery applications became more complex, it became evident that a tool was needed to assist with documenting the ever growing and equally complex XQuery modules. xqDoc provides a simple vendor neutral solution for documenting XQuery library and main modules, as well as tools to generate a user friendly presentation of this documentation and cross referencing information. This is being accomplished through (4) specific components: 1. xqDoc proposes a new commenting convention that extends the currently defined XQuery comment style. This convention is modeled after Java's Javadoc commenting style, and provides a simple, uniform way to document XQuery source code. 2. xqDoc defines a standard xqDoc XML schema. This schema provides a neutral format for storing information for user-defined XQuery modules as well as 3rd party proprietary functions that may be implemented in other programming languages. 3. xqDoc provides a vendor neutral Java based conversion package that parses an XQuery library or main module and generates an xqDoc XML document modelled after the xqDoc XML schema. Support for specific XML database platforms is provided by writing vendor specific drivers to store the generated xqDoc XML into the vendor's database. 4. xqDoc provides a vendor neutral presentation component, consisting of XQuery main modules and a library module, that can process the xqDoc XML document(s) stored in a XML database and generate an extensively hyperlinked XHTML navigation interface. This news item is picked up from Elsevier and xqDoc website. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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TWIKI Blog
by Mailing List Manager 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:56:54 +0530 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna(a)i2.com Dear Professionals, I want to know whether anybody using TWIKI, an opensource blog in their organisation??? I am having some problem while downloading the files from the site on windows platform.... Thanks Sreeharsha BG ************************************************** Values are more important than People...!!! **************************************************

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Workshop & Training Details
by Radheshyam yadav 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

Dear Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe in Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send me details of workshop and training programe. I am also looking training programe on information technology like digital libraries, information management, Internet services etc. With regards, Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 --------------------------------- Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com Dear Please let me know details of next coming workshop or training programe in Library science field. I will be very grateful if you could kindly send me details of workshop and training programe. I am also looking training programe on information technology like digital libraries, information management, Internet services etc. With regards, Radheshyam Yadav Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. Information Management, Surat, Ph. 0261-2862792 Mobile: 09898065128 Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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Wiki for LIS
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Here is a Wiki for the LIS Professionals http://www.liswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Thanks Sreeharsha BG **************************************** Universe is Vast and Sometimes Dark... But you are not all alone...!!!

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Reasearch Topics for PhD in Library & INformation Science.
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Dear Friends, Quite often many librarians wishing to do PhD ask me what topic they should choose. Though I am at a loss to answer such a pround question, I would like to re-circulate a list of topics that I complied some years ago. Some topics might still interest current day researchers. Best wishes Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 =============== Now for the list ============ 1. Professional associations and their role in the development of the LIS: IASLIC. ILA. IATLIS, SIS. ALSD. APLA. etc. Role in training of professionals, dissemination of professional information, safeguarding professional interests, etc. 2. House journals as sources of technical information: A look into the structure. contents. availability. bias. price and procurability can be studied. 3. Analysis of employment opportunities for library professionals: Who employs whom-what are entry qualifications, salary. pay-scales, promotional avenues and opportunities, language preferences. etc. 4. Book review as source of book selection: Assessment of book reviews-content, bias, timeliness, criticality, objectivity, comprehensiveness, authority, etc. 5. Bibliotherapy under Indian situation: A study of use of books and reading to cure certain chronic diseases and mental disorders. Libraries in hospitals. availability of trained manpower in this regard. 6. Conferences/seminars-resolutions and their implementation: resolutions adopted in several national conferences / seminars / symposia and their implementation. 7. Indian dissertations/theses as cited documents: Analysis of the citation of dissertations/theses in LIS published/unpublished by other researchers/authors in LIS. 8. Occupational health hazards of library personnel: allergic problems from dust, age, problems in using chemicals in photocopying, book preservations, binding; problems with user community (burn out issues) 9. Indian patents and their use: availability of patent literature in libraries. Its use, indexing patterns, awareness among user community, availability, etc. 10. Survey of Indian software packages for library automation: a survey of software packages brought out by private companies -hardware/software requirements, compatibility, user friendliness, etc. 11. Study of title and content pages of Indian publications: insufficient data, variant data, ambiguity, authorship, price, disfigurement, etc. 12. Book indexes in Indian texts: indexes and their usefulness, comprehensiveness, correctness, arrangement, style, reader's view, etc. 13. Role of media on library movement and development: analysis of articles appeared in newspapers, radio talks, telecasts on library development, their role in public opinion, legislation, etc. 14. Women librarians/LIS teachers in India: role, impact, parity, contribution, etc. 15. Problems of non-use and misuse of library materials: vandalism, theft, loss of books, security aspects; less used and unused books, weeding out policy, etc. 16. Survey of map libraries/tape libraries, etc. 17. Philosophical basis for Ranganathan's Five Fundamental Categories. 18. Universe of knowledge: the Indian conception - its treatment in ancient Indian classics. 19. Notational techniques in DOC, CC and UDC. 20. Study of auxiliaries in DOC, CC and UDC. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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KALA AGM and Elections
by I.R.N.Goudar 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Dear friends, I am happy to learn that AGM of Karanataka State Library Association has been convenede on Saturday, 9th July 2005 at 4.00 pm at Granthangana, City Central Libary, RPC Layout (Near last RPC Layout Bus stop), Vijayanagar. KALA being apex state level LIS Professionl Association we need to attend this meeting in large number and make the meeting a success and more meaningful event. There is a need to look at the meeting with a broad and true spirit to fulfill the aspirations of peers who have nurtured KALA all these days. The entire Govering Body and members need to be active not just the key office bearers. There should be good coordination between various LIS Associations atleast at state level. We have to set up a Web site of KALA with all details and links to other LIS Professional Associations within and out side the country. It is my personal request to all members of KALA to attend the meeting and give useful suggestions and elect competent Governing Body representing all sectors like Schools, Colleges, Engineering & Medical colleges, Universities, Institutions, Corporate Bodies, etc. It is my feeing that participation should be by all regions of Karnataka and also out of state and not just Bangalore based members. I also suggest the presence of interested non-members as observers in the interest of KALA. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Yahoo rolls out SMS web search for mobiles
by Rashid Hussain 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. BEIJING, July 8 -- Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. The new service, called SMS Short Message Service) Search, is designed to let people get specific information, such as weather, stock quotes and business addresses, and use shortcuts on the keypad to take less time for users to input their queries. For example, typing in "w" and the ZIP code will retrieve a short weather forecast, Yahoo said. The tool was announced Thursday. If the information sought is not included in the first set of results, users can request and receive additional input. People also can save the responses and reply to them repeatedly over time to get updates of the same information, such as stock quotes for a particular company. In addition, Yahoo also said that it was expanding its Yahoo Search on Mobile, which was previously available only on advanced phones such as the Treo. Now any Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone, which includes most mobile phones with a color screen, can do Web searches. Last October, Google, the No. 1 Web search engine, launched its own service that let users use mobile phones or handheld devices to do Web searches using text messages, or short message service, which is also known as SMS. Unlike Google, however, once a user retrieves a reply from Yahoo's text message search service, they can refresh it without having to retype the query, said Thad White, who runs mobile services for Yahoo. That could be useful, he added, for retrieving the latest stock quote on a company. Source: http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib(a)gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. BEIJING, July 8 -- Yahoo has rolled out a new mobile search service that lets users in US send short text message queries and retrieve results from their mobile phones. The new service, called SMS Short Message Service) Search, is designed to let people get specific information, such as weather, stock quotes and business addresses, and use shortcuts on the keypad to take less time for users to input their queries. For example, typing in "w" and the ZIP code will retrieve a short weather forecast, Yahoo said. The tool was announced Thursday. If the information sought is not included in the first set of results, users can request and receive additional input. People also can save the responses and reply to them repeatedly over time to get updates of the same information, such as stock quotes for a particular company. In addition, Yahoo also said that it was expanding its Yahoo Search on Mobile, which was previously available only on advanced phones such as the Treo. Now any Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone, which includes most mobile phones with a color screen, can do Web searches. Last October, Google, the No. 1 Web search engine, launched its own service that let users use mobile phones or handheld devices to do Web searches using text messages, or short message service, which is also known as SMS. Unlike Google, however, once a user retrieves a reply from Yahoo's text message search service, they can refresh it without having to retype the query, said Thad White, who runs mobile services for Yahoo. That could be useful, he added, for retrieving the latest stock quote on a company. Source: http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/content_3190985.htm Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib(a)gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) Yahoo! Mail for Mobile http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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