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I am attracted by the honesty of Gandhi than by the glitter and glamour of Google-Prof K.S. Deshpande
by vasanth raj 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Dear SirMadam The Ruby Red day of Dept. of LIS University of Mysore witnessed for "I am attracted by the honesty of Gandhi than by the glitter and glamour of Google."- K. S. Deshpnade. The fullstory covered by The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/25/stories/2005062511900300.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE! http://in.mail.yahoo.com Dear SirMadam The Ruby Red day of Dept. of LIS University of Mysore witnessed for "I am attracted by the honesty of Gandhi than by the glitter and glamour of Google."- K. S. Deshpnade. The fullstory covered by The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/25/stories/2005062511900300.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/25/stories/2005062511900300.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE! http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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Publisher's Annoucement - Single Journal Articles
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

Dear Professionals Idea Group Publishing now offers to sell any single journal article or teaching case. Appended below are the details: " Idea Group Publishing offers an extensive collection of research articles and teaching cases that are available for electronic purchase by visiting www.idea-group.com/articles. You will find over 700 journal articles and over 250 case studies from over 20 journals available . The website also offers a new capability of searching journal articles and case studies by category. To take advantage of this new feature, please use the link above to search within these available categories: -Business Process Reengineering -Data and Database Management -Distance Learning -E-commerce -Emerging and Innovative Technologies -End User Computing -Healthcare -Human Side of IT -Information Resource Management -Internet-Based Technologies -IS/IT Planning -IT Education -IT Management -Knowledge Management -Organization Politics and Culture -Software Engineering Tools -Strategic Information Systems Design, Implementation -Systems Planning -Telecommunication and Networking -Virtual Offices -Client Server Technology -Decision Support Systems You can now view the table of contents for each journal so it is easier to locate and purchase one specific article from the journal of your choice. To see a sample, please visit http://www.idea-group.com/journals/toc.asp?ID=199&volume=Vol%2E+18%2C+No%2E…. " Hope the information provided by the publisher will be of help to Libraries and Individuals. ++ 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 Idea Group Publishing now offers to sell any single journal article or teaching case. Appended below are the details: " Idea Group Publishing offers an extensive collection of research articles and teaching cases that are available for electronic purchase by visiting http://www.idea-group.com/articles www.idea-group.com/articles . You will find over 700 journal articles and over 250 case studies from over 20 journals available . The website also offers a new capability of searching journal articles and case studies by category. To take advantage of this new feature, please use the link above to search within these available categories: -Business Process Reengineering -Data and Database Management -Distance Learning -E-commerce -Emerging and Innovative Technologies -End User Computing -Healthcare -Human Side of IT -Information Resource Management -Internet-Based Technologies -IS/IT Planning -IT Education -IT Management -Knowledge Management -Organization Politics and Culture -Software Engineering Tools -Strategic Information Systems Design, Implementation -Systems Planning -Telecommunication and Networking -Virtual Offices -Client Server Technology -Decision Support Systems You can now view the table of contents for each journal so it is easier to locate and purchase one specific article from the journal of your choice. To see a sample, please visit http://www.idea-group.com/journals/toc.asp?ID=199&volume=Vol%2E+18%2C+No%2E… http://www.idea-group.com/journals/toc.asp?ID=199&volume=Vol%2E+18%2C+No%2E… . " Hope the information provided by the publisher will be of help to Libraries and Individuals. ++ 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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Hindi software tools and fonts
by Madhuresh 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

In a drive to take computers to the masses through local language interfaces, the IT Department today released free Hindi software tools and fonts, and said such software would made available in 22 Indian languages within the next six months. Releasing the software in the Capital, the National Advisory Council (NAC) Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, said, "With this launch, we have taken one more progressive step. Mr Rajiv Gandhi would have been happy to see the rapid strides that our country is taking in the IT sector, as this was his dream." The software can either be downloaded from the Web site www.ildc.gov.in or ordered in a CD format. The CD contains tools developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), IIIT, Hyderabad, and private companies such as Modular Infotech, Cyberscape Multimedia Ltd, Priya Informatics, Cadgraf Digital System Ltd, C K Technologies, Prologix and Softview. The tools in Hindi include Hindi True Type Fonts (TTF) with Font Driver, UNICODE-compliant Open Type Fonts (OTF) for Hindi, Hindi Language Multifont Keyboard Engine for TTF, Hindi UNICODE-compliant keyboard driver, BharateeyaOO.o in Hindi, Firefox browser in Hindi, GAIM-Multiprotocol Messenger in Hindi, Columba-Hindi e-mail client, Hindi OCR, Hindi dictionary, spellchecker, generic fonts code and storage code converter for Hindi, Assan typing tutor for Hindi and English, Integrated Word Processor, and Hindi language translation tool and text-to-speech system. Full news at http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/21/stories/2005062103180500. htm 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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Tribute to Prof. Vidyut Khandwala
by jyoti shreeram bhabal 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association, Mumbai Dear all, Prof. (Ms.) Vidyut Khandwala, Ex- University Librarian of SNDT Womens University and Head of SHPT School of Library Science has passed away on 3rd June 2005. Prof. Khandwala distinguished herself by her professional and academic leadership and dynamism. She was responsible for developing the SNDT Womens University Library on modern lines, and for the establishment and growth of the SHPT School of Library Science. Her initiative in library continuing education and extension programmes made SNDT Womens University Library and SHPT School of Library Science landmarks in the field of Library Science. To pay tribute to Late Prof. Vidyut Khandwala and her dynamic contribution in Library and Information Science field, SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association has organised a condolence meeting on Saturday, 2nd July 2005 at , SNDT Womens University Library, 2nd Floor, 1-Nathibai Thackersey Road, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 at 4.00 pm. Kindly inform other professionals who are in touch with you. You all are requested to make it convenient to attend. Hon. Secretary SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association Mumbai. Email- shptsndt(a)bom7.vsnl.net.in Tel. No. 022 22072792 022 22085439 SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association, Mumbai Dear all, Prof. (Ms.) Vidyut Khandwala, Ex- University Librarian of SNDT Womens University and Head of SHPT School of Library Science has passed away on 3rd June 2005. Prof. Khandwala distinguished herself by her professional and academic leadership and dynamism. She was responsible for developing the SNDT Womens University Library on modern lines, and for the establishment and growth of the SHPT School of Library Science. Her initiative in library continuing education and extension programmes made SNDT Womens University Library and SHPT School of Library Science landmarks in the field of Library Science. To pay tribute to Late Prof. Vidyut Khandwala and her dynamic contribution in Library and Information Science field, SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association has organised a condolence meeting on Saturday, 2nd July 2005 at , SNDT Womens University Library, 2nd Floor, 1-Nathibai Thackersey Road, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 at 4.00 pm. Kindly inform other professionals who are in touch with you. You all are requested to make it convenient to attend. Hon. Secretary SHPT School of Library Science Past Students Association Mumbai. Email- shptsndt(a)bom7.vsnl.net.in Tel. No. 022 22072792 022 22085439 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Library Traineeship in the Resource Centre at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:07:42 +0530 From: ts kumbar <ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org> Dear Colleagues, We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly bring the following informa= tion to the notice of interested fresh ( with M.L.I.Sc) Graduates in Librar= y and Information Science and recommend the potential candidates. Regards Dr. T S Kumbar Resource centre DA-IICT Gandhinagar Tel. 079-30510550 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= Sub: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre a t Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, G andhinagar. Gujarat Dear Sir/Madam We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of I= nformation and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar,= Gujarat, is promoted by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It has been estab= lished on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Guja= rat has granted it the University Status under the State Act and is recogni= zed by UGC. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a= batch size of 240 students at Undergraduate level in Information and Commu= nication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of masters' and doctora= l programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate freshers with minimum fi= rst class in Masters in Library and Information Science, well versed in Com= puter application to Library and Information Services. Duration of Traini= ng is for a period of one year. However, guarantee of continued employment = cannot be given. The trainees gets a fixed stipend between Rs.5000 to Rs.60= 00 depending on their quality etc, per month with no other facilities / ben= efits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Resource= Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semeste= r and 2.00am during examination period and is open on holidays and Sundays.= Selected trainees may have to work during these extended hours on rotation= basis. The Institute has fully computerized in-house operations and services of th= e Resource Centre and provides access to wide variety of digital collection= , catering to the needs of the Faculty/ Staff and students. Plans are on to= convert this Resource Centre into a complete Digital Resource Centre. Reso= urce Centre has recently implemented the electromagnetic technology based s= ecurity systems for reading materials. Interested candidates are requested to send your bio-data by email addresse= d to H. R Officer at hr(a)da-iict.org ( a copy of the same may be marked to = ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org ). The last date for receiving the application is 3= 0th June, 2005.The short listed candidates will be called for a written tes= t and the interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over th= e email. Yours sincerely Executive Registrar Dhirubhai Ambani Instiute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag. No.4 Near Indroda Circle Gandhinagar 382009 Gujarat http://www.da-iict.org

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Key Open Access Concepts
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

An excerpt from the Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals (OAB) that provides a brief overview of OA concepts is now available in HTML-tagged format. Additional links have been added, and old links checked and updated. As part of the OAB, it is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://www.escholarlypub.com/oab/keyoaconcepts.htm Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston, Library Administration, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. E-mail: cbailey(a)uh.edu. Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Open Access Bibliography: http://www.escholarlypub.com/oab/oab.htm Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm

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RE: [LIS-Forum] software tools:document management +knowledge management
by aparajita＠icicikp.com 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Dear Sir, You can find a considerable number of free-open source softwares/tools for purpose of document/knowledge management on the following URL, use "digital library" as the search keyword here: http://sourceforge.net/search/ regards Aparajita Suman Information Officer, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA <mailto:aparajita@icicikp.com> Phone - Office: +91(40)23480054 Fax: +91(40)23480007 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:09 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] software tools:document management +knowledge management Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:47:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Omana <manas_ind55(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Friends, Could you please give me a list of document management and (or) knowledge management tools for an industrial library. Regards Omana.K Librarian GMR Energy Limited Bangalore _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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software tools:document management +knowledge management
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:47:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Omana <manas_ind55(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Friends, Could you please give me a list of document management and (or) knowledge management tools for an industrial library. Regards Omana.K Librarian GMR Energy Limited Bangalore

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Vacancy - MAHE , Dubai Campus - Reg
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:08:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Maruthu Pandian <haipandian79(a)yahoo.com> Job Title : Assistant Librarian Organization : Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal, Dubai Campus Qualification and Experience - MLISc., with 2+ years of experience. - Candidates with above 4 years of experience need not apply. Expectations/Requirements - Good communication and presentation skills - Good attitude and commitment towards the occupation - Experience in the automated library environment - Essential computer/IT skills - Ability to assist with selection, maintenance, monitoring and promotion of library materials - Customer focused approach - Willing to work in shifts Last Date Candidates are advised to send their resume with their photographs and passport details (preferably by email) on or before 29.06.2005. Those who have applied earlier need not apply again. Contact Details Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)-Dubai Campus Building No:14, Knowledge Village, P.O.Box.: 500689, Dubai, U.A.E. Tel.: 009714-3664577 Fax.: 009714-3664094 E-Mail: mahehr(a)mahedubai.com Job Profile Primary Job Function To assist in the provision and effective operation of a high quality, accessible library and information service in accordance with best value principles. Main Duties and Responsibilities - To handle the circulation activities with less assistance and minimum supervisory. - To do the Classification (DDC) / Cataloguing (AACR II / MARC) with minimum guidance. - To assist in stock selection, maintenance of appropriate stock and promotion as required for the Library - To maintain files related to various activities of the library - To provide an efficient, friendly and welcoming service to all library users - To take full responsibility for management of services in the absence of the Librarian Regards BM Pandian

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Google Launches Enterprise version of Google Desktop Search
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:50:45 +0530 From: Bhojaraju Gunjal <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, This may be useful for u... Google Launches Enterprise version of Google Desktop Search Google CEO Eric Schmidt Delivers Keynote at Gartner ITXPO Google Mini Arrives in Europe Google Search Appliance Connects to Databases and Content Management Systems Google Launches Enterprise version of Google Desktop Search http://www.google.com/newsletter/gsa/article1_0605.html IT professionals can use Google Desktop Search for Enterprise to extend the power of Google Desktop Search across an entire organization. You can provide desktop search to as many employees as you'd like � while strictly enforcing your security policies. Google Desktop Search for Enterprise integrates with the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini for unified search across your PC, intranet and the Internet itself. Attend a free webinar to learn how you can deploy Google Desktop Search for Enterprise in your organization. Read more.<http://www.google.com/newsletter/gsa/article1_0605.html> Google Search Appliance Connects to Databases and Content Management Systems http://www.google.com/newsletter/gsa/article4_0605.html The Google Search Appliance now connects to relational databases, as well as content management and CRM systems, portals and legacy applications. These enhancements enable customers to provide search across both structured and unstructured data. Read more.<http://www.google.com/newsletter/gsa/article4_0605.html> Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju Gunjal, Librarian � Knowledge Management, Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com KM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ************************************************************************************************ ICICI 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(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************************************************

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software tools:document management +knowledge management
by Omana 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

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Job Opportunities at the British Council, Mumbai
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:57:27 +0530 From: Bhojaraju Gunjal <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> *Job Opportunities at the British Council, Mumbai* The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. We are inviting applications for the following posts that form part of our managerial team in Mumbai. *Public Relations Manager* You will have a minimum of 2 years work experience in corporate communications/journalism. Excellent writing and editing skills are essential. ** *Education Projects Manager * You will have a good first degree in any subject with a minimum of 3 years work experience with excellent communication and management skills. An overview of the Indian and British education system is desirable.** ** *Marketing Manager � Corporates & Educational Institutes* You will have a postgraduate qualification in Marketing and a minimum of 2 years marketing management experience. An overview of the British education system is desirable. ** *Education UK Partnership Manager * You will have a good first degree in any subject with a minimum of 3 years work experience with excellent communication and management skills. An overview of the Indian and British education system is desirable.** Recruitment will be based on the competencies listed in the job description/person specification, which is available along with the British Council application form and organisation profile at the *About Us � Job opportunities <http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-careers.htm>** *section in our website *www.britishcouncil.org.in<http://www.britishcouncil.org.in/> * Please note that no other application form will be accepted. The completed application form should be sent to Head Resources and IT, British Council, C Wing, II Floor, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021. The last date for receipt of applications is *4 July 2005. *Only shortlisted candidates will receive a reply. Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju Gunjal, Librarian � Knowledge Management, Homepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com KM-Forum Moderator : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/ ************************************************************************************************ ICICI 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(a)yahoo.com ************************************************************************************************ Keep in Touch Always !!! ************************************************************************************************

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Libraries resist FBI move
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:44:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Rashid Hussain <ras_botlib(a)yahoo.co.in> Now FBI is focusing on the people who borrowed the book or any information related to Osama Bin Laden after the terrorists attack in US. for detail please have a look on the following article by Jamie Wilson. Focus on people who borrow books on Osama bin Laden The bookish calm of a public library might not seem like the most obvious place to hunt for terrorists, but according to a report the FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies involved in counter-terrorism have made more than 200 requests for information about borrowers from libraries since September 11. A list of people who had borrowed a book on Osama bin Laden was among the information to have been demanded since the introduction of the Patriot Act, the legislation that has enhanced the Government's powers to investigate alleged terrorist activity after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. The power to subpoena library records has been fiercely resisted by the American library association, which believes it could put people off reading certain books or subjects. It commissioned the study after the Justice Department sought to play down the likely number of requests for library records. ``What this says to us is that agents are coming to libraries and they are asking for information at a level that is significant, and the findings are completely contrary to what the Justice Department has been trying to convince the public [of],'' Emily Sheketoff, the executive director of the library association's Washington office, said. The use of the Patriot Act to request information from librarians came to public attention last year when a library in Washington State received a demand for information after a user took out a book on Osama and found a handwritten note in the margin saying: ``Hostility toward America is a religious duty and we hope to be rewarded by God.'' The borrower went to the FBI who in turn went to the library seeking names and information on borrowers who had taken out the biography since 2001. The library turned down the request and fought a subsequent subpoena. Critics claim that the Act is an infringement of civil liberties and that it has increasingly been the subject of debate in Congress. � � Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004 Source: http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/22/stories/2005062200191700.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! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football

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Library Website
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:46:10 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> You can find each and every component which are necessary and desirable in a Library website in the Panjab University Library website. The URL is : www.library.puchd.ac.in <http://www.library.puchd.ac.in> -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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Request for articles
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: 21 Jun 2005 05:41:11 -0000 From: Navin Soni <navin_soni(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Professionals, One of our research fellow wants to have the following articles: 1 UAVs & Ucavs, Vayu aerospace & defence review, IV/2004, p 61. 2 Eurosatory 2004,Vayu aerospace & defence review, IV/2004, p 81. Anybody who have above articles may have please send us a copy on urgent basis With regards Navin Kumar Soni DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House Delhi- 110054 (M) 09868459805

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Re library website its content
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: 21 Jun 2005 10:29:07 -0000 From: Sharad Jadhav <email2sharad(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Badan, A good library website may contain one or all of following items, described lucidly. A library website should work as a "One Point Access to Library Info". The design of Website should be simple, navigation between pages should be easy. A sitemap provided will helpful for users. Online Catalogue Search Journals Articles Resources Facilities Services Library Forms Library Personnel Library Timings Online Journals New Arrivals Current Awareness List Borrower's Entitlement AV Resources Info Library's F.A.Q. Library Contact Info Any other info may be added as per requirement. Yours sincerely, Sharad Jadhav National Insurance Academy, Pune 411045 Maharashtra sharad7703(a)yahoo.co.in

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Re: library website its content , design and uses in providing services to user
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:39:08 +0530 From: vishal mali <vishalmali2(a)gmail.com> Dear all The below is a list of some useful articles on Library Website/homepage, which may be solve query of Mr.Badan Barman in some extent. http://www.mardiros.net/design-guidelines.html http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/paper3.htm http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html with warm regards. -- VISHAL MALI PROJECT ASSISTANT II NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY PUNE-8

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LIS Alumni of Panjab University, Chandigarh
by Sukhdev Singh 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Dear Friends, If you are an Alumni of Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, then consider becoming member of PU LIS eGroup. Some of us can meet our lost and forgotten Batch Mates here virtually. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulis/ to become member or email to pulis-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com --Sukhdev Singh. An Alumni of PU LIS Year - 1986 & 1987

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Even Graduates Can Pursue PhD Now !!!
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:08:35 +0100 (BST) From: Anand Dodamani <anand_karuni(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear friends, Exciting news! Even a graduate can pursue Ph.D. now ! Yes. A graduate may now be able to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy from Mumbai University. The University apex body, the Management Council, has decided to make graduates eligible for pursuing PhDs from this academic year. However the candidates will have to clear an Aptitude Test conducted by the University Department or Research Centre from where they want to pursue the Ph.D. Earlier graduates were not eligible for the course. Only a post graduate with minimum 60% marks could opt for research. Managing Council has now also decided to relax the eligibility criterion for post graduates. Now a post-graduate with 55% will also be eligible for research. Only Mumbai University has implemented the new PhD guidelines and it was done by vice-chancellor Dr. Vijay Khole. Thanks to the University Authorities for this remarkable decision. Regards, Anand. Mr. Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors Colony, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 Cell. 0 + 9821301585 "Good librarians are costly, but bad librarians cost more."anand.

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Fwd: Open Access to Oeuvre of Bosc and of Chanier on Open Access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

--- Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:58:25 +0100 > From: Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> > Subject: Open Access to Oeuvre of Bosc and of > Chanier on Open Access > To: > AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG > > (1) There has been dramatic Open Access Progress in > France > > > http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all&country=fr > http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php > > This progress owes a great deal to its earliest and > most dedicated > Hexagonal champion, Helene Bosc (who is reputed to > be retiring > this year, but of course such rumours can never > really be given > much credence de facto even if true de jure when > they concern such > indefatigable individuals). > > Below is a list of some of HB'S pertinent work. See > especially > her recent chapter in Aubry & Janik (2005) and her > website: > http://www.tours.inra.fr/prc/internet/documentation/communication_scientifi… > > (2) Another formidable Open Access champion in > France is Thierry Chanier, > whose work is on the Technology of Information and > Communication > in Education (TICE). His specialty is scientific > publication in the > humanities and social sciences, he has founded > several Open Access > Journals, and now he has written an excellent and > very up-to-date book > on Open Archives and Open Access: > > Chanier, T. (2004) Archives ouvertes et > publication scientifique: > Comment mettre en place l'accès libre aux > résultats de la recherche? > [Open Archives and Scientific Publication: How > to Provide Open Access > to Research Results?] L'Harmatan, Paris. Open > Access Full Text: > http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/documents/archives0/00/00/14/86/index_fr.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bosc, H. (2005) Archives ouvertes : quinze ans > d'histoire [Open > Archives: Fifteen Years of History]. In Aubry, > C. and Janik, J., > Eds. Les Archives Ouvertes : enjeux et > pratiques. Guide à l'usage > des professionnels de l'information, pages pp. > 27-54. ADBS, Paris. > Open Access Full Text: > http://cogprints.org/4408/ > [In French] English Summary: Both the idea and > the benefits of > providing open access to scientific publications > are now coming to > be understood by a growing number of researchers > who publish in new > open access journals. However, the potential of > the complementary > strategy of self-archiving in Open Archives -- > which could provide > immediate open access to all scientific articles > -- is still > under-utilized. This chapter describes the > various attempts in the > last fifteen years to generalize the > self-archiving practice first > adopted by physicists, who have been providing > open access to their > work since 1991. The benefits of self-archiving > and open archives > are explained. The adoption of the practice of > self-archiving by > researchers and their institutions is still too > slow. The reasons for > this delay are discussed. The official policies > adopted by various > institutions following the Berlin 3 meeting in > Southampton (UK) > now makes it more likely that the practice of > self-archiving will > spread considerably in 2005.The open access > thereby provided will > increase the scientific impact of research > worldwide > > Bosc, H. and Harnad, S. (2005) In a paperless > world a new role > for academic libraries: Providing Open Access. > Learned Publishing. > http://cogprints.org/4200/ > > Bosc, H. (2004) Pour une plus grande visibilité > des travaux des > chercheurs : l'exemple de l'archive ouverte > PhysiologieAnimale > http://cogprints.org/4412/ > > Bosc, H. (2003) La Budapest Open Access > Initiative (BOAI) > pour un libre accès aux résultats de la > recherche. Terminal. > http://cogprints.org/4409/ > > Bosc, H. (2003) Le droit des auteurs à mettre en > accès libre leurs > propres résultats de recherche [Authors' right > to provide open access > to their own research results.]. > http://cogprints.org/4411/ > > Bosc, H (2002) Mise en service d'une archive > numérique. Launching > an archive. > http://cogprints.org/4415/ > http://cogprints.org/4416/ > > Bosc, H. (2001) Partager et utiliser des > connaissances scientifiques: > de la responsabilité individuelle à la > responsabilité collective. INRA > mensuel. > http://cogprints.org/4410/ > > Stevan Harnad ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Institutional Repositories - Aggregation?
by M. Paul Pandian 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Hi, I was looking for a source that may list all the institutional repositories across the world including India. I could not find one. If there is one, please do let me know. We witness quite a few institutional repositories across the globe including India in the last few years. However, the number of articles archived are not very encouraging particularly in India. This is one problem. The other problem is that there is no comprehesive listing of archives that exist today. Even if there is one, searching across archives is another issue. In order to promote the OA, we may have to do the following: 1. Promoting the concept of OA and its benefits in our own organisation ( - aggressively being carried out by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam and others so that more archives can be setup. More people must join them). 2. Populating the archives that are already setup -- is a very difficult task. There needs to be continous efforts in pursuading the research and academic community for this. 3. A Common aggregated database of all the archives that will harvest metadata from the individual archives and provide a common search interface. May be the individual archive can register with this common aggregated database with harvesting details. This will also enhance the reach out of OA articles. Just a thougt. Thanks. M. Paul Pandian ========================================================================= Scientific Officer (Library) | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences | 4th Cross Road | Cable: MATSCIENCE Central Institutes of Technology Campus| Phone: +91-44-2254 1856 Tharamani | Fax: +91-44-2254 1586 CHENNAI (Madras) | E-mail: pandian(a)imsc.res.in TAMILNADU - 600 113, INDIA | URL:http://www.imsc.res.in/library/Index.php =========================================================================

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 27, Issue 32
by rose shee 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fw: TB Rajashekar (Subbiah Arunachalam) 2. Fwd: Call for Papers (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) 3. Science Research Portal (Shyam Prasad pujar) 4. Deep Web Search From Yahoo (Mailing List Manager) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:44:27 +0530 From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: TB Rajashekar To: , Message-ID: <005c01c57210$ec6ff2d0$791e09c0@Arun> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uhlir, Paul" To: "Subbiah Arunachalam" Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 1:35 AM Subject: RE: TB Rajashekar > Dear Arun, > > Thank you for sharing the background about Raja in memory of his > untimely, tragic death. I had the privilege of meeting him in Paris two > years ago at a Symposium I co-organized with UNESCO and CODATA on Open > Access and the Public Domain. I had very high regard for him and am > saddened by his departure from our midst. I know he will be greatly > missed. > > Best wishes, > > Paul ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:16 +0100 (BST) From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Call for Papers To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, ila delhi , iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com, iaslic kolkata , list forum Message-ID: <20050616121216.10387.qmail(a)web60425.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" IRMJ wrote: Subject: Call for Papers Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:03:08 -0400 ****** CALL FOR PAPERS ****** ****** SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JULY 13, 2005 ****** INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association http://www.idea-group.com/irmj Editor-in-Chief: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Information Resources Management Association Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) International Editorial Review Board http://www.idea-group.com/irmj MISSION OF IRMJ: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ). The Journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology. The primary mission of IRMJ is to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics. It is our further aim to educate organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage these valuable resources. Coverage of IRMJ: Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on the managerial and organizational aspects of information resource and technology management: * Application of IT to Operation * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Technologies and Issues * Business Process Management and Modeling * Data Warehousing and Mining * Database Management Technologies and Issues * Decision Support and Group Decision Support Systems * Distance Learning Technologies and Issues * Distributed Software Development * E-collaboration * Electronic Commerce Technologies and Issues * Electronic Government * Emerging Technologies Management * End User Computing Issues * Enterprise Resource Planning * Executive Information Systems * Global Information Technology Management * Healthcare Information Technology * Human and Societal Issues in IT Management * Information Technology Education and Training Issues * Information Technology Security and Ethics * IS/IT Education * IT Governance Issues * IT Innovation and Diffusion * IT Management in Public Organizations * IT Management Research and Practice * IT Outsourcing * IT/E-business in Small Businesses * Knowledge Management * MIS Re-engineering Management * Mobile Commerce * Multimedia Computing Technologies and Issues * Object Oriented Technologies and Issues * Project Management * Software Process Improvement * Standards and Standardization Issues * Strategic IT Management * Supply Chain Management * Systems Development and CASE * Telecommunications and Networking Technologies * Virtual Organizations * Virtual Teams * Web Services and Technologies SUBMITTING TO IRMJ: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at www.idea-group.com/irmj. All manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least five members of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal for a double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to irmj(a)idea-group.com by ****** NO LATER THAN JULY 13, 2005. ****** All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Editor-in-Chief Information Resources Management Journal E-mail: irmj(a)idea-group.com www.idea-group.com/irmj Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PCcalling worldwide with voicemail lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fw: TB Rajashekar (Subbiah Arunachalam) 2. Fwd: Call for Papers (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) 3. Science Research Portal (Shyam Prasad pujar) 4. Deep Web Search From Yahoo (Mailing List Manager) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:44:27 +0530 From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: TB Rajashekar To: , Message-ID: <005c01c57210$ec6ff2d0$791e09c0@Arun> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uhlir, Paul" To: "Subbiah Arunachalam" Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 1:35 AM Subject: RE: TB Rajashekar > Dear Arun, > > Thank you for sharing the background about Raja in memory of his > untimely, tragic death. I had the privilege of meeting him in Paris two > years ago at a Symposium I co-organized with UNESCO and CODATA on Open > Access and the Public Domain. I had very high regard for him and am > saddened by his departure from our midst. I know he will be greatly > missed. > > Best wishes, > > Paul ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:16 +0100 (BST) From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Call for Papers To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com, ila delhi , iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com, iaslic kolkata , list forum Message-ID: <20050616121216.10387.qmail(a)web60425.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" IRMJ wrote: Subject: Call for Papers Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:03:08 -0400 ****** CALL FOR PAPERS ****** ****** SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JULY 13, 2005 ****** INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association http://www.idea-group.com/irmj Editor-in-Chief: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Information Resources Management Association Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) International Editorial Review Board http://www.idea-group.com/irmj MISSION OF IRMJ: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ). The Journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology. The primary mission of IRMJ is to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics. It is our further aim to educate organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage these valuable resources. Coverage of IRMJ: Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on the managerial and organizational aspects of information resource and technology management: * Application of IT to Operation * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Technologies and Issues * Business Process Management and Modeling * Data Warehousing and Mining * Database Management Technologies and Issues * Decision Support and Group Decision Support Systems * Distance Learning Technologies and Issues * Distributed Software Development * E-collaboration * Electronic Commerce Technologies and Issues * Electronic Government * Emerging Technologies Management * End User Computing Issues * Enterprise Resource Planning * Executive Information Systems * Global Information Technology Management * Healthcare Information Technology * Human and Societal Issues in IT Management * Information Technology Education and Training Issues * Information Technology Security and Ethics * IS/IT Education * IT Governance Issues * IT Innovation and Diffusion * IT Management in Public Organizations * IT Management Research and Practice * IT Outsourcing * IT/E-business in Small Businesses * Knowledge Management * MIS Re-engineering Management * Mobile Commerce * Multimedia Computing Technologies and Issues * Object Oriented Technologies and Issues * Project Management * Software Process Improvement * Standards and Standardization Issues * Strategic IT Management * Supply Chain Management * Systems Development and CASE * Telecommunications and Networking Technologies * Virtual Organizations * Virtual Teams * Web Services and Technologies SUBMITTING TO IRMJ: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at www.idea-group.com/irmj. All manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least five members of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal for a double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to irmj(a)idea-group.com by ****** NO LATER THAN JULY 13, 2005. ****** All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Editor-in-Chief Information Resources Management Journal E-mail: irmj(a)idea-group.com www.idea-group.com/irmj Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PCcalling worldwide with voicemail

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(no subject)
by Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Karnataka State Library Association ® C/o Canara Bank School of Management Sciences Central College campus Bangalore University, Bangalore-1 No.KALA/AGM/2001-2005/june18 AGM notification Annual General-body Meeting (AGM) of KALA is convened on 9th July 2005, Saturday, at 4.00 PM. All the members are requested to make it convenient to attend the AGM. Venue: Granthangana, City Central Library, RPC layout (near Bus stop) Vijayanagar, Bangalore- 560040 AGENDA: 1. Tabling Annual report 2001- 2005 2. Tabling Audited statement report 2001-2005 3. Election of Governing body members - Election Officer- Sri.N.V.Sathyanarayana, Informatics 4. Official announcement of elected GB members by election officer 5. Presidents Address Ms.Adilaksmi S Secretary, KALA

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Context-based Software Language
by Farooque Shaheen 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

A new software language may give computers better comprehension of what their human operators mean. Most people understand instructions well enough to carry out simple tasks. And more complex tasks can be handled when clear instructions are at hand. Computers lack the range of conceptual understanding that humans have, and must be programmed in exacting detail to carry out specific tasks. Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with researchers in France, Germany, Japan, and the UK, have developed a context-based language. The language, released as ISO 18629, has manufacturing environments as its focus. Process planning, validation, scheduling, and control have been mentioned as processes suited for the language. Researchers developing the language programmed in almost 300 concepts like "duration" and "sequence." A computer programmed with this language will function like a rudimentary artificial intelligence, acting on a word's meaning. It will also be able to understand sequence words like "before." Software vendors will have to wait for final ISO approval before they begin designing systems and solutions using the new language. Source: http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050620ComputersUnders… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 A new software language may give computers better comprehension of what their human operators mean. Most people understand instructions well enough to carry out simple tasks. And more complex tasks can be handled when clear instructions are at hand. Computers lack the range of conceptual understanding that humans have, and must be programmed in exacting detail to carry out specific tasks. Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with researchers in France, Germany, Japan, and the UK, have developed a context-based language. The language, released as ISO 18629, has manufacturing environments as its focus. Process planning, validation, scheduling, and control have been mentioned as processes suited for the language. Researchers developing the language programmed in almost 300 concepts like "duration" and "sequence." A computer programmed with this language will function like a rudimentary artificial intelligence, acting on a word's meaning. It will also be able to understand sequence words like "before." Software vendors will have to wait for final ISO approval before they begin designing systems and solutions using the new language. Source: http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050620ComputersUnders… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Digital Library Tool Kit
by Roopa E 20 Jun '05

20 Jun '05

Dear Friends, Digital Library tool kit is sponsored by Sun Microsystems, It is Useful for those who are contemplating to setting up digital library & trying to distribute digital content on World Wide web. Please refere to this URL http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/whitepapers/pdf/digital_library… this document will clarify Mrs. Vijayalakshmi R Deshpande doubts Thanks & Regards Roopa. E Mail: roops_e(a)yahoo.co.in _________________________________________________________________ Adore Arshad Warsi? http://server1.msn.co.in/sp05/iifa/ Think he is the funniest?

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Fwd: Statement on Open Access from the Russell Group of UK Universities
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Jun '05

19 Jun '05

The Russell Group, nineteen of the UK's major research-led universities http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/index1.html http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/documents/rep_distrib.html have released a Statement on Scholarly Communication and Publishing http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/2005/scholarly_communication.htm echoing the recommendations of the UK Parliamentary Select Committee http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/399… by pledging to "support the development of institutional repositories of research papers... [and to] actively encourage their researchers to deposit their work in them". (Of the Russell Group 84% [16/19] already have institutional repositories.) http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all&country=uk Birmingham http://eprints.bham.ac.uk/ Bristol http://rose.bris.ac.uk/dspace/ Cambridge http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/ Cardiff Edinburgh http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/ Glasgow http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/ Imperial College http://eprints.imperial.ac.uk/ King's College London http://eprints.kcl.ac.uk/ Leeds http://sherpa.leeds.ac.uk/ Liverpool London School of Economics http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/ Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne http://rogue.ncl.ac.uk/ Nottingham http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/ Oxford http://eprints.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ Sheffield http://sherpa.leeds.ac.uk/ Southampton http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/ University College London http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/ Warwick http://eprints.csc.warwick.ac.uk/ ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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library website its content , design and uses in providing services to user
by badan barman 18 Jun '05

18 Jun '05

Respected all, I am a student of M.L.I.Sc. 4th sem, gauhati university, assam.I want to know each and every aspect of the topic library website its content , design and uses in providing services to user, so request guidance/information/ refference from the LIS-FORUM group.Any information regarding my topic will be of great helpful for me. Thanking you. __________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends 'n family snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://in.photos.yahoo.com

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Entrez: the cross-database life science search engine
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:57:41 +0530 From: Rupak Chakravarty <rupak2811(a)gmail.com> Now, 23 databases can be searched simultaneously through Entrez (the life science search engine). It includes PubMEd, Pubchem, Gensat and the likes. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Librarian Panjab University Library Chandigarh 160014 INDIA

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Deep Web Search From Yahoo
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:37:44 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Deep Web Search From Yahoo A new search service from Yahoo! announced on Thursday will position the internet media company as a distributor and aggregator of paid-for content from an area known as the ?deep web?. In what could prove to be a challenge to online services such as Reed Elsevier's LexisNexis and Dow Jones' and Reuters' Factiva, Yahoo Search Subscriptions is launching with initial content from just seven sources. Subscription services that have signed up with Yahoo include ConsumerReports.org, The Wall Street Journal Online, TheStreet.com and The New England Journal of Medicine. In the coming weeks, Yahoo plans to add content aggregators Factiva and LexisNexis AlaCarte. Source: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/076d0c1e-de89-11d9-92cd-00000e2511c8.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Science Research Portal
by Shyam Prasad pujar 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Dear Members, It is a free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases. Search can be made by selecting scientific disciplines. It can be accessed at: http://scienceresearch.com/search/index.php Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Fwd: Call for Papers
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

IRMJ <irmj(a)idea-group.com> wrote: Subject: Call for Papers Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:03:08 -0400 ****** CALL FOR PAPERS ****** ****** SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JULY 13, 2005 ****** INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association http://www.idea-group.com/irmj Editor-in-Chief: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Information Resources Management Association Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) International Editorial Review Board http://www.idea-group.com/irmj MISSION OF IRMJ: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ). The Journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology. The primary mission of IRMJ is to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics. It is our further aim to educate organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage these valuable resources. Coverage of IRMJ: Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on the managerial and organizational aspects of information resource and technology management: * Application of IT to Operation * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Technologies and Issues * Business Process Management and Modeling * Data Warehousing and Mining * Database Management Technologies and Issues * Decision Support and Group Decision Support Systems * Distance Learning Technologies and Issues * Distributed Software Development * E-collaboration * Electronic Commerce Technologies and Issues * Electronic Government * Emerging Technologies Management * End User Computing Issues * Enterprise Resource Planning * Executive Information Systems * Global Information Technology Management * Healthcare Information Technology * Human and Societal Issues in IT Management * Information Technology Education and Training Issues * Information Technology Security and Ethics * IS/IT Education * IT Governance Issues * IT Innovation and Diffusion * IT Management in Public Organizations * IT Management Research and Practice * IT Outsourcing * IT/E-business in Small Businesses * Knowledge Management * MIS Re-engineering Management * Mobile Commerce * Multimedia Computing Technologies and Issues * Object Oriented Technologies and Issues * Project Management * Software Process Improvement * Standards and Standardization Issues * Strategic IT Management * Supply Chain Management * Systems Development and CASE * Telecommunications and Networking Technologies * Virtual Organizations * Virtual Teams * Web Services and Technologies SUBMITTING TO IRMJ: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at www.idea-group.com/irmj. All manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least five members of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal for a double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to irmj(a)idea-group.com by ****** NO LATER THAN JULY 13, 2005. ****** All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Editor-in-Chief Information Resources Management Journal E-mail: irmj(a)idea-group.com www.idea-group.com/irmj Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PCcalling worldwide with voicemail IRMJ <irmj(a)idea-group.com> wrote: Subject: Call for Papers Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:03:08 -0400 ****** CALL FOR PAPERS ****** ****** SUBMISSION DUE DATE: JULY 13, 2005 ****** INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (IRMJ) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association http://www.idea-group.com/irmj Editor-in-Chief: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Information Resources Management Association Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) International Editorial Review Board http://www.idea-group.com/irmj MISSION OF IRMJ: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ). The Journal publishes original material concerned with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology. The primary mission of IRMJ is to be instrumental in the improvement and development of the theory and practice of information resources management, appealing to both practicing managers and academics. It is our further aim to educate organizations on how they can benefit from their information resources and all the tools utilized to gather, process, disseminate, and manage these valuable resources. Coverage of IRMJ: Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on the managerial and organizational aspects of information resource and technology management: * Application of IT to Operation * Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Technologies and Issues * Business Process Management and Modeling * Data Warehousing and Mining * Database Management Technologies and Issues * Decision Support and Group Decision Support Systems * Distance Learning Technologies and Issues * Distributed Software Development * E-collaboration * Electronic Commerce Technologies and Issues * Electronic Government * Emerging Technologies Management * End User Computing Issues * Enterprise Resource Planning * Executive Information Systems * Global Information Technology Management * Healthcare Information Technology * Human and Societal Issues in IT Management * Information Technology Education and Training Issues * Information Technology Security and Ethics * IS/IT Education * IT Governance Issues * IT Innovation and Diffusion * IT Management in Public Organizations * IT Management Research and Practice * IT Outsourcing * IT/E-business in Small Businesses * Knowledge Management * MIS Re-engineering Management * Mobile Commerce * Multimedia Computing Technologies and Issues * Object Oriented Technologies and Issues * Project Management * Software Process Improvement * Standards and Standardization Issues * Strategic IT Management * Supply Chain Management * Systems Development and CASE * Telecommunications and Networking Technologies * Virtual Organizations * Virtual Teams * Web Services and Technologies SUBMITTING TO IRMJ: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at www.idea-group.com/irmj. All manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least five members of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal for a double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to irmj(a)idea-group.com by ****** NO LATER THAN JULY 13, 2005. ****** All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Editor-in-Chief Information Resources Management Journal E-mail: irmj(a)idea-group.com www.idea-group.com/irmj Sent to: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messen… Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.beta.m… calling worldwide with voicemail

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Fw: TB Rajashekar
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Uhlir, Paul" <PUhlir(a)nas.edu> To: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 1:35 AM Subject: RE: TB Rajashekar > Dear Arun, > > Thank you for sharing the background about Raja in memory of his > untimely, tragic death. I had the privilege of meeting him in Paris two > years ago at a Symposium I co-organized with UNESCO and CODATA on Open > Access and the Public Domain. I had very high regard for him and am > saddened by his departure from our midst. I know he will be greatly > missed. > > Best wishes, > > Paul

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[BOAI] T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Open Access Pioneer: 1954-2005 (fwd)
by Lohrii Kaini Mahemei 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

********************************************************* Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come - Rabindranath Tagore. Lohrii Kaini Mahemei NCSI,IISc, Bangalore - 560012. Ph# +91-080-22932511,23600271. ********************************************************* Subject: [BOAI] T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Open Access Pioneer: 1954-2005 [Forwarding from Subbiah Arunachalam and N. Balakrishnan. --Peter.] Dr T B Rajashekar - A Tribute Dr Tarikere Basappa Rajashekar, who was the Associate Chairman of the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, was killed in a road accident near Bangalore on 3 June 2005. Raja, as he was known to his close friends, was an achiever. When many others were talking about digital libraries, he started working on building one. He was clear in what he wanted to do and he went about it with dedication and commitment and what is more he knew his limitations and never attempted to do anything in which he did not have the required expertise. He was serious about his work and never would waste his time or energy in fruitless pursuits. When new technologies came in quick succession and transformed the way we handle information, Raja was quick to learn those technologies and apply them intelligently in the areas of database management and information dissemination. Raja's role in the creation of the Nation's first computerized current awareness service in the early 1980s at NCSI is commendable. He was one of the earliest in India to use COBOL and database, in both of which he had a rich experience and knowledge, in library applications. He had an exemplary skill in programming and an innate ability to understand, apply and disseminate newer programming paradigms to stay current all the time. Right from the early days of NCSI, Raja not only led the young team from the front with his insistence on discipline and timely delivery of quality services but also played a key role in capacity building. He was largely responsible for the content and curriculum of the 18-month training programme on information and knowledge management at NCSI, which is unlike any other programme taught anywhere else in India. The curriculum always reflected the most recent developments. Not only did he teach the key courses (information and knowledge organization, digital library and information services in enterprises, internet information resources and services) but also helped his younger colleagues to acquire the skills to teach state-of-the-art courses. Many of the professionals trained by him occupy important positions across the country and elsewhere and have been contributing immensely to the growth of information science. The fact that they stayed in touch with him and continue to hold him in reverence, vindicates the fact that Raja was not only a great and inspiring guru but also a fine gentleman. Raja had become synonymous with NCSI. Raja set up India's first interoperable institutional open access archive, but was dismayed at the rather slow pace at which it was filling. When it was pointed out that he should be more proactive and meet with faculty and talk to them about the archive, he took the suggestion in the right spirit and at the time of his tragic death there were more than 2,000 papers in the archive. He had conducted many training programmes on setting up open access archives. Raja was also largely responsible for marrying the Greenstone digital library software with an earlier version of the Eprints software (when the latter did not support full-text searching), and a few months before his death he and his colleague Francis Jayakanth, in collaboration with researchers at the Old Dominican University, developed two approaches to make CDS-ISIS databases OAI compliant. Raja was also the first in India to set up an e-mail based electronic discussion forum for the library and information science (LIS) professionals. Since its inception in 1994, he moderated the LIS-Forum democratically. Born on 2 November 1954, Raja took his bachelor's degree in library science from the Mysore University and the postgraduate Associateship in documentation and information science from the Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bangalore. After a few years at the National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, he had a brief stint at the British Council Library in New Delhi, where he impressed everyone with his technical savvy. It is then he moved to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and worked quietly and earned a reputation as a performer. Along the way he also took a doctoral degree from the Poona University. A very shy person, Raja would keep himself away from the limelight. Deeply committed to his family, when he took a sabbatical in 2000 he did not move out of Bangalore. He worked for Informatics (India) Ltd, a Bangalore-based company, and developed an excellent multidisciplinary current awareness tool, an e-journal portal and gateway called J-Gate, to aggregate thousands of journals. He also wrote a series of essays on digital libraries. Raja was on many committees, including the CODATA, and had contributed to the development of INFLIBNET and INDEST. He was also elected Fellow of the Society of Information Science (India). When he was on course to achieve much more, fate has snatched him away from us. The large number of condolence messages received from within the country and elsewhere is an indication of the regard he had earned. Once he remarked to his students, what mattered in life was what one left behind for others to remember and continue. By that yardstick he has done extremely well. The best tribute the LIS professionals in this country could pay to Raja is to set up institutional open access archives as soon as possible and fill them with papers, modernize their curricula and teach their students the values practiced by him. Subbiah Arunachalam & N Balakrishnan ----------------------------- Subbiah Arunachalam is Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 600 113, India N Balakrishnan is Chairman, Information Sciences Division, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

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Articles Request
by Arvind Bhadrashetty 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Dear Professionals, One of our user wants to have the following articles. 1. Stollery J L & Ehwany A A M ;A note on the use of boundary layer model for correlating film cooling data,International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol8. No 1, 1965, pp55-65. 1. Stollery J L & Ehwany A A M ;On the use of boundary layer model for correlating film cooling data,International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol l0. 1967, pp101-105. Anybody having access to the above articles may please send us the copy. Regards Arvind M Bhadrashetty BrahMos Aerospace Adj To DRDL Rear Gate Kanchanbagh Hyderabad - 500 058 Andhra Pradesh bmkchyd(a)brahmos.com Arvind Bhadrashetty Dear Professionals, One of our user wants to have the following articles. 1. Stollery J L & Ehwany A A M ;A note on the use of boundary layer model for correlating film cooling data,International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol8. No 1, 1965, pp55-65. 1. Stollery J L & Ehwany A A M ;On the use of boundary layer model for correlating film cooling data,International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol l0. 1967, pp101-105. Anybody having access to the above articles may please send us the copy. Regards Arvind M Bhadrashetty BrahMos Aerospace Adj To DRDL Rear Gate Kanchanbagh Hyderabad - 500 058 Andhra Pradesh bmkchyd(a)brahmos.com Arvind Bhadrashetty http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Lib Trainees wanted: Mumbai+Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
by Mailing List Manager 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:43:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Puttaraj Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, GREETINGS. HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH National Cetre of the Government of Indlafor Nuclear Science and Mathematics V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai - 400 088. Fax: +9 t -22-2556 6803 EmaD: hbcadm(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in Ref.: HBC/EST/Scientific/ 530 tr : + 9 t -22-2558 0036, 2555 47 t 2, 2556 77 t t, 2555 5242 June 7, 2005 NOTICE No. 2/05 LIBRARY TRAINEES Applications are hereby invited from fresh B. Lib.lM. Lib degree holders for induction as Library Trainees in the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education which is a constituent unit of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, an autonomous body ofthe Govt. of India, Department of Atomic Energy. The HBCSE Library houses over 15, 000 books and journals catering to wide range of subjects. The Trainees appointed will thus have hands on experience with the library procedures and exposure to modern techniques of maintaining large scientific libraries. Educational qualifications: Fresh B. Lib / M. Lib., Age: Below 30 years. The tenure of the training will be one year. At the end of which the candidates will be given a certificate of experience. .. The selected candidates will be paid a consolidated honorarium of Rs.5,OOO/-p.m. They may be required to work in shifts and on Saturdays, Sundays and other public holidays. Applications giving full details with the copies of relevant certificates should reach the Sr. Administrative Officer, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, T.I.F.R, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai- 400 088, on or before June 22, 2005 positively. regards, Puttaraj.

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MyDLIS 40-Inagugral -Seminar-Invite
by Shalini R Urs 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

University of Mysore Department of Library and Information Science 40th Anniversary Celebrations June 24, 2005 Seminar On Repositioning the Information Profession in the Market place Inauguration by Prof. K S Deshpande Keynote address by Dr. Madanmohan Rao Editor, 'The Knowledge Management Chronicles' Adjunct Faculty, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore Presided by Prof. J Shashidhara Prasad Hon'ble Vice Chancellor University of Mysore You are cordially invited Venue : Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences Auditorium. --- THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE Session 1 9.30a m-11.00 a m The inaugural session Session 2 11.30 a m -1.00 p m Repositioning the information profession: why and how (invited talks) 1. K.S.Raghavan, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore 2. N.V.Sathyanaryana, CMD, Informatics India, Bangalore 3. M.S.Sridhar, ISRO, Bangalore (Chair: V. G. Talawar) Session 3 2.00 p m-3.30 p m Curriculum transformations : contemporary vs. conventional : a debate 1. M.K.Jagadish, AIRC, Chennai 2. B.P.Prakash, TCS, Mumbai 3. G.K.Manjunath, IGIDR, Mumbai (Moderator : Shalini R Urs) Session 4 4.00 p m-6.00p m Round Table on 'Oaks from Acorns - reflections of the alumni' 1. P.Y.Rajendra Kumar, Director, Public Libraries, Karnataka 2. B.S.Maheshwarappa, Professor, Gulbarga University 3. B. G. Sunder Singh, Scientist, DSIR, GOI 4. T.D.Kemparaju, Professor, Bangalore University 5. Lalitha Aswath, Professor, Bangalore University 6. Ramesh Babu. B, Professor, University of Madras 7. Chikkammallaih, IIM, Bangalore 8. T. Vijaykumar, Novell, Bangalore 9. Ratnakar Aspari, consultant, New Delhi 10. K.S.Chudamani, JRD Tata memorial Library, IISc, Bangalore (Moderator: M Puttannaiah) Session 5 6.0-6.30 pm Felicitations to retired DLIS faculty 7.30p m- 9.30 pm Dinner Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm  University of Mysore Department of Library and Information Science � 40th Anniversary Celebrations June 24, 2005 � Seminar On Repositioning the Information Profession in the Market place � Inauguration by Prof. K S Deshpande Keynote address by Dr. Madanmohan Rao Editor, ‘The Knowledge Management Chronicles’ Adjunct Faculty, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore � Presided by Prof. J Shashidhara Prasad Hon’ble Vice Chancellor University of Mysore You are cordially invited Venue : Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences Auditorium. --- � THE � PROGRAM SCHEDULE Session 1 �� 9.30a m-11.00 a m � The inaugural session �� Session 2 �� 11.30 a m -1.00 p m Repositioning the information profession: why and how (invited talks) K.S.Raghavan, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore N.V.Sathyanaryana, CMD, Informatics India, Bangalore M.S.Sridhar, ISRO, Bangalore �� (Chair: V. G. Talawar) Session 3 �� 2.00 p m-3.30 p m Curriculum transformations�: contemporary vs. conventional : a debate M.K.Jagadish, AIRC, Chennai B.P.Prakash, TCS, Mumbai G.K.Manjunath, IGIDR, Mumbai ( Moderator : Shalini R Urs ) Session 4 �� 4.00 p m-6.00p m Round Table on ‘Oaks from Acorns - reflections of the alumni’ P.Y.Rajendra Kumar, Director, Public Libraries, Karnataka B.S.Maheshwarappa, Professor, Gulbarga University B. G. Sunder Singh, Scientist, DSIR, GOI T.D.Kemparaju, Professor, Bangalore University Lalitha Aswath, Professor, Bangalore University Ramesh Babu. B, Professor, University of Madras Chikkammallaih, IIM, Bangalore T. Vijaykumar, Novell, Bangalore � Ratnakar Aspari , � consultant, New Delhi � K.S.Chudamani, JRD Tata memorial Library, IISc, Bangalore � (Moderator: M Puttannaiah) Session 5 �� 6.0-6.30 pm Felicitations to � retired DLIS faculty �� 7.30p m- 9.30 � pm �� Dinner � � Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www. vidya nidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm �

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Elsevier?s Scirus Opens Repository Search Service
by Mailing List Manager 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:40:49 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other =0D research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and = =0D full-text delivery through Elsevier?s free, sci-tech search engine, Scirus (http://www.scirus.com). The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto?s T-Space collection ( http://tspace.library.utoronto.ca). All of T-Space?s digital files and data are available to the open Web.=0D The new alternative formats for data will stretch beyond Scirus? current non-HTML/XML formats, e.g., PDF, Postscript, PowerPoint, etc. However, for now, Scirus will not offer special handling of images, programs, or data sets beyond better metadata. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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More on ACS vs PubChem
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Friends: Here are two news stories on the ACS vs PubChem tussle. They appeared in Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Scientists around the world, especially those living in the United States should mobilise support for PubChem. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----------------------------------------- More on ACS v. PubChem 1. Stephanie Wright, Dueling Databases, TechnoBiblio, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'The dialog this issue has generated has been hot and heavy with PubChem supporters explaining that PubChem is complementary to CAS, not duplicative. CAS supporters are complaining of "unfair, improper competition from the government". Aside from the fact that I'm a librarian and believe that information should be free, I think I'm even more rankled as a taxpayer. ACS Chief Executive Officer, Madeleine Jacobs, wrote in a recent letter to Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts: "The fact that the data collected into PubChem is "public domain" is completely irrelevant. Assembling information and publishing it in a variety of forms is what the private sector does. We believe that taxpayers should not fund the entry of NIH into the information industry more broadly than is necessary to disseminate the information whose creation it funds." What this basically says to me is that as a taxpayer, I can pay for the research but if I want access to it, I have to pay the private sector....The logic in this escapes me. Of course, ACS was perfectly happy with government funding of information products when it accepted NSF funds for the development of the CAS Registry System. This issue is about so much more than NIH vs. ACS. It is yet another example of a dangerous trend. Just look at the Department of Energy's now defunct database, PubScience, shut down by the Software and Information Industry Association. If we let a valuable resource like PubChem (as well as other freely accessible databases: ERIC, Agricola, PubMed) get shut down, we might as well give up on the whole open-access venture and we'll only have ourselves as librarians, and taxpayers, to blame.' 2. Aliya Sternstein, Publishers make appeal to lawmakers in NIH dispute, Federal Computer Week, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'American Chemical Society officials are asking lawmakers to rein in those responsible for a federal database of molecular structures because they say it will cut into the society's income from the sale of similar information. The National Institutes of Health created PubChem in 2004 as part of NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research initiative to speed the discovery of new medical treatments....Brian Dougherty, senior adviser to the chief strategy officer at ACS, said the society suggested forming a technical working group to set parameters for PubChem. "NIH has been unwilling to put anything in writing," Dougherty said. "We think this is going to put us out of business if it keeps growing and no parameters are set." NIH officials said they are confused about why ACS insists that PubChem will harm the society's business interests. "What is in common is a relatively small number of compound structures and names," said Christopher Austin, senior adviser to the translational research director at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center at the National Human Genome Research Institute. "ACS has gotten hung up on this," he said. "CAS has 25 million structures. PubChem has about 850,000. PubChem is a subset. Not everything that is in CAS is relevant to biomedical research." NIH officials said narrowing PubChem's focus could slow medical progress. "It would have profoundly negative effects on this new paradigm of making medical discoveries," Austin said.' Friends: Here are two news stories on the ACS vs PubChem tussle. They appeared in Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Scientists around the world, especially those living in the United States should mobilise support for PubChem. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----------------------------------------- More on ACS v. PubChem [A] 1. Stephanie Wright, http://www.technobiblio.com/archives/2005/06/dueling_databases.php Dueling Databases , TechnoBiblio , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'The http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/acs_pubchem.html dialog this issue has generated has been hot and heavy with PubChem supporters explaining that PubChem is complementary to CAS, not duplicative. CAS supporters are complaining of "unfair, improper competition from the government". Aside from the fact that I'm a librarian and believe that information should be free, I think I'm even more rankled as a taxpayer. ACS Chief Executive Officer, Madeleine Jacobs, wrote in a recent letter to Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts: "The fact that the data collected into PubChem is "public domain" is completely irrelevant. Assembling information and publishing it in a variety of forms is what the private sector does. We believe that taxpayers should not fund the entry of NIH into the information industry more broadly than is necessary to disseminate the information whose creation it funds." What this basically says to me is that as a taxpayer, I can pay for the research but if I want access to it, I have to pay the private sector....The logic in this escapes me. Of course, ACS was perfectly happy with government funding of information products when it accepted NSF funds for the development of the CAS Registry System. This issue is about so much more than NIH vs. ACS. It is yet another example of a dangerous trend. Just look at the Department of Energy's now defunct database, http://www.fcw.com/article78138-11-13-02-Web PubScience, shut down by the Software and Information Industry Association. If we let a valuable resource like PubChem (as well as other freely accessible databases: ERIC, Agricola, PubMed) get shut down, we might as well give up on the whole open-access venture and we'll only have ourselves as librarians, and taxpayers, to blame.' 2. Aliya Sternstein, http://www.fcw.com/article89163-06-13-05-Print Publishers make appeal to lawmakers in NIH dispute , Federal Computer Week , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'American Chemical Society officials are asking lawmakers to rein in those responsible for a federal database of molecular structures because they say it will cut into the society's income from the sale of similar information. The National Institutes of Health created PubChem in 2004 as part of NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research initiative to speed the discovery of new medical treatments....Brian Dougherty, senior adviser to the chief strategy officer at ACS, said the society suggested forming a technical working group to set parameters for PubChem. "NIH has been unwilling to put anything in writing," Dougherty said. "We think this is going to put us out of business if it keeps growing and no parameters are set." NIH officials said they are confused about why ACS insists that PubChem will harm the society's business interests. "What is in common is a relatively small number of compound structures and names," said Christopher Austin, senior adviser to the translational research director at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center at the National Human Genome Research Institute. "ACS has gotten hung up on this," he said. "CAS has 25 million structures. PubChem has about 850,000. PubChem is a subset. Not everything that is in CAS is relevant to biomedical research." NIH officials said narrowing PubChem's focus could slow medical progress. "It would have profoundly negative effects on this new paradigm of making medical discoveries," Austin said.'

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Scirus and Google index institution archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Friends: All Indian institutinal and central archives may register with both Google and Scirus and reap the benefits. The Unversity of Toronto librarian Marshall (Peter) Clinton, whom I met a few weeks ago at his office, finds linking his university archive with these two search services beneficial. Please read the brief news story appended below. Prof. Balki & Francis (at IISc), Dr Krishnan at NCL, and Ms Naina Pandita at NIC might wish to register their archives with both Scirus and Google, if they have not done so already. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More on the Elsevier/Scirus repository search service Barbara Quint, Elsevier's Scirus Opens Repository Search Service, Information Today NewsBreaks, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and full-text delivery through Elsevier's free, sci-tech search engine, Scirus. The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto's T-Space collection. All of T-Space's digital files and data are available to the open Web. Marshall (Peter) Clinton, director of information technology services at the University of Toronto Libraries, said that a similar arrangement with Google preceded Scirus' arrangement by several months. He estimates that both Scirus and Google's improved service has improved access for both on-campus and off-campus users of the T-Space site. Ammy Vogtlander, Scirus' general manager, attributes the development of the Scirus Repository Search service to the fact that "Elsevier understands that an increasing amount of valuable content is currently held in academic repositories." She indicated that working directly with institutional repositories would allow Scirus to reach unique metadata and full-text material. It will also allow Scirus to reach content in alternative formats to journal articles or reports....According to Vogtlander, "We already had full indexing of various sites and institutional repositories, but now, for participating repositories, we will target key reports, have higher quality indexing, better display of results, and more accurate metadata." She found it odd that some institutional repositories, for all their important content, "offer no full text, only metadata."...Google Scholar has introduced linking to "appropriate copy" or restricted access content. (See Library Collections Linked on Google Scholar for Free.) When asked about Google Scholar's clustering and linking, Vogtlander said that Scirus is considering clustering. For now, however, Scirus users will see multiple results ranked on frequency of terms and date. Scirus also can't handle Open URL linking to library-licensed content....Vogtlander seems to see the world in different terms from traditional Elsevier. In reference to the policy of not charging for Scirus' services, even the new Repository Search service, she stated: "We must understand the free service business. There are different business models now, and Web searching is seen as free."' (PS: I like this: Elsevier and Google competing to offer superior indexing of OA repository content. --- Peter Suber in Open Access News, 13 June 2005) Friends: All Indian institutinal and central archives may register with both Google and Scirus and reap the benefits. The Unversity of Toronto librarian Marshall (Peter) Clinton, whom I met a few weeks ago at his office, finds linking his university archive with these two search services beneficial. Please read the brief news story appended below. Prof. Balki & Francis (at IISc), Dr Krishnan at NCL, and Ms Naina Pandita at NIC might wish to register their archives with both Scirus and Google, if they have not done so already. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More on the Elsevier/Scirus repository search service [A] Barbara Quint, http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050613-2.shtml Elsevier's Scirus Opens Repository Search Service , Information Today NewsBreaks , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and full-text delivery through Elseviers free, sci-tech search engine, http://www.scirus.com/ Scirus . The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto's http://tspace.library.utoronto.ca T-Space collection. All of T-Space's digital files and data are available to the open Web. Marshall (Peter) Clinton, director of information technology services at the University of Toronto Libraries, said that a similar arrangement with Google preceded Scirus' arrangement by several months. He estimates that both Scirus and Google's improved service has improved access for both on-campus and off-campus users of the T-Space site. Ammy Vogtlander, Scirus' general manager, attributes the development of the Scirus Repository Search service to the fact that "Elsevier understands that an increasing amount of valuable content is currently held in academic repositories." She indicated that working directly with institutional repositories would allow Scirus to reach unique metadata and full-text material. It will also allow Scirus to reach content in alternative formats to journal articles or reports....According to Vogtlander, "We already had full indexing of various sites and institutional repositories, but now, for participating repositories, we will target key reports, have higher quality indexing, better display of results, and more accurate metadata." She found it odd that some institutional repositories, for all their important content, "offer no full text, only metadata."...Google Scholar has introduced linking to "appropriate copy" or restricted access content. (See http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050516-1.shtml Library Collections Linked on Google Scholar for Free .) When asked about Google Scholar's clustering and linking, Vogtlander said that Scirus is considering clustering. For now, however, Scirus users will see multiple results ranked on frequency of terms and date. Scirus also can't handle Open URL linking to library-licensed content....Vogtlander seems to see the world in different terms from traditional Elsevier. In reference to the policy of not charging for Scirus' services, even the new Repository Search service, she stated: "We must understand the free service business. There are different business models now, and Web searching is seen as free."' (PS: I like this: Elsevier and Google competing to offer superior indexing of OA repository content. --- Peter Suber in Open Access News , 13 June 2005)

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Red Hat Releases Newest Fedora
by Farooque Shaheen 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualization, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development. Among other features, Fedora Core 4--released Monday--comes with the Xen virtualization software, which lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. Xen competes with software from EMC's VMware and with Microsoft virtual machine products. Fedora Core 4 uses version 2.10 of Gnome or version 3.4 of the KDE graphical desktop software. It includes the Evince software for reading Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and OpenOffice.org 2.0. It also includes the Global File System (GFS) software for distributing files across a group of computers. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualization, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development. Among other features, Fedora Core 4--released Monday--comes with the Xen virtualization software, which lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. Xen competes with software from EMC's VMware and with Microsoft virtual machine products. Fedora Core 4 uses version 2.10 of Gnome or version 3.4 of the KDE graphical desktop software. It includes the Evince software for reading Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and OpenOffice.org 2.0. It also includes the Global File System (GFS) software for distributing files across a group of computers. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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[LIS-Forum] Version 58, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Version 58 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,420 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/ Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is about 200 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 470 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston, Library Administration, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. E-mail: cbailey(a)uh.edu. Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Open Access Bibliography: http://www.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/ Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm

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workshop announcement
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:41:00 -0400 From: anjrao <anjrao(a)indiatimes.com> Dear sir kindly announce the following workshop events yours sincerely Janardhana Rao A N Librarian M S Ramiah institute of Management Bangalore-54 Email:msriml@rediff.com National Workshop on �Library and Information Services (LIS) for Quality Higher Education A one-day national workshop on �LIS for Quality Higher Education� was jointly organized by the NAAC and the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Management (MSRIM), Bangalore on May 21, 2005. The MSRIM was the venue. Welcoming the participants to the workshop, Prof. Balachander of MSRIM underlined the need for good academic libraries in the higher education context. During his inaugural address, Prof. V.S. Prasad, Director, NAAC used the occasion to recall his association with the good libraries and librarians in the past and said that for a �learner�, librarian can be the best friend on an educational campus. In any field, limitations were always there but so were opportunities, he felt. The objective of the librarian should always be �total user satisfaction�. Prof. L. M. Patnaik, I.I.Sc, Bangalore, in his Presidential address, said that unlike in past when information sources were scarce, after the advent of internet, the present is characterized by information abundance; one of the key roles of the librarian was to pin-point the user to the appropriate information source and help conserve time and energy of the user. The workshop consisted of five sessions, including the last session earmarked for discussion and feedback. Mr. Anil Gowda of MSRIM made a presentation on �Accreditation and Certification: An Overview of NAAC, NBA and ISO Processes�. Explaining the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act upon) Model for quality, he said that identifying problems correctly is the first step towards quality improvement. During his session on �ISO Certification and Academic Libraries�, Dr. Harish Chandra, Chief Librarian, IIT, Chennai emphasized that library functioning ought to be user-focused. He said that librarian was not just a custodian of books, as may have been the case till recently, but had evolved as an interpreter of thought contents. Pointing out that the IIT, Chennai had a separate website for e-books, he stressed the need for academic libraries to have a vision. Conceding that the �hybrid libraries� will always remain, as only then would the LIS be truly satisfactory, he said �customer satisfaction� and �customer confidence� should continue to guide the library agenda. After mentioning the impressive fact that the consultancy services of his Institute had touched the Rs.30 crore mark, he elaborated on the benefits of ISO Certification for academic libraries and explained the effect measures like �users writing the librarian�s CR�, and �ISO Certification� have had on their library system. Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa, Karnataka University, Dharwad, dealing with �Quality Indicators for LIS: Parameters of NAAC� said that no quality higher education was possible without quality LIS. Dr. Pichappan, Annamalai University explained �e-Learning and Digital Library Practices in enhancing the quality of LIS�. He asserted that quality of research and quality of higher education were inseparably linked. Explaining the technology developments in the library field, he hoped that e-learning would possibly neutralize brain-drain. During the course of the day, Balani Infotech and SSG Systems Ltd. made presentations on �e-Resources� and �Integrated Digital Library and Library Management� respectively. In her valedictory address, Dr. Mariamma Verghese, Senior Education Consultant, NAAC expressed the need for enhancing the use of library as the most crucial learning resource and the need to be in step with the technology of the times for providing good library service. The workshop was hugely attended. About 60 senior library professionals from all over the country and the academic staff of MSRIM and the NAAC participated. The event was coordinated by Mr. Janardhan Rao of MSRIM and Dr. Srinivasa Raghavan of NAAC.

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Fwd: [LISDWD] Karnatak University needs University Librarian
by Dr. R M Vatnal 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Note: forwarded message attached. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. R M VATNAL Head, Computer Section, University Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad - 580 003 INDIA Ph: 0836-2747121 Ext: 313(O) 2770907(R) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html

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SHRADDANJALI MEETING
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:54:54 +0000 from: I.R.N. Goudar <goudar#css.nal.res.in> Friends, A reminder about this evening's SHRADDANJALI MEETING. - Goudar SHRADDANJALI MEETING (Request: Please inform about this to friends, colleagues and students personally/through telephone, etc) As you are aware Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, a distinct star of our profession met a tragic accident and passed away on 3rd June 2005. He was given a tearful farewell the next day in the presence good number of his relatives, friends, colleagues and student community. We request you to join us in the CONDOLENCE MEETING arranged to pay homage to the departed soul. Date and Time: Monday, 13th June 2005 at 6.00 pm Venue: "Granthangana" Nagara Kendra Granthalaya West Zone, Hampinagar (RPC Layout) Vijayanagar, Bangalore -560040 (Very near to last RPC Layout Bus Stop Contact No. 23209691 (Chief Librarian, NKG) Meeting Organised by: Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for LIS Society for Information Science (SIS), Bangalore Chapter Students/Friends/Colleagues of Dr. TBR -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@fcss.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Refresher course in LIS
by Dr. Nabi Hasan 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Friends The Sambalpur University is organizing a Refresher course in LIS from 11th July to 31st July 2005. Further information may be obtained from ascsu(a)rediffmail.com 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 --------------------------------- 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 Friends The Sambalpur University is organizing a Refresher course in LIS from 11th July to 31st July 2005. Further information may be obtained from mailto:ascsu@rediffmail.com ascsu(a)rediffmail.com 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: mailto:nabihasan@rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com mailto:nabihasan@gmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http:// hillagric.ernet.in 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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Promoting OA among teachers and students
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Friends: In an earlier mail I said that it is important to alert scientists and research students to the papers available for free from the hundreds of OA archives around the world. A friend of mine, Prof. Ganapathy Baskaran of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (Bhatnagar Award winner for physics), spends about two hours in every workshop he conducts for university and college teachers and research students telling the participants about how to get the best out of the Internet. He actually demonstrates using an Internet connected PC in the classroom how one can learn a great deal from variety of sources and actually download the full text of key papers. We should encourage many others who conduct summer/winter schools and refresher courses to do the same. Clearly many researchers are not aware of important developments like open access and all they need is a little push. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: In an earlier mail I said that it is important to alert scientists and research students to the papers available for free from the hundreds of OA archives around the world. A friend of mine, Prof. Ganapathy Baskaran of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (Bhatnagar Award winner for physics), spends about two hours in every workshop he conducts for university and college teachers and research students telling the participants about how to get the best out of the Internet. He actually demonstrates using an Internet connected PC in the classroom how one can learn a great deal from variety of sources and actually download the full text of key papers. We should encourage many others who conduct summer/winter schools and refresher courses to do the same. Clearly many researchers are not aware of important developments like open access and all they need is a little push. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Article requested
by Yashwant G Kanade 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Respected Sir/Madam Could you kindly help to get this article? A galling aphid furnishes its home with a built in pipeline to the host food supply by Wool,A.; Aloni,R.; Ben-Zvi,A.; Wollberg,M. (1999) Entomological Experimentalist et Applicata 91(1) 183-186 With Regards Mahua Graduate Student CES, IISc, Bangalore-12 mahua(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Library profile for the souvenir
by gayathri sen 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear members, PLEASE TREAT THIS AS PERSONAL REQUEST I request all the Heads/Librairans/Information Officers of major and unique libraries in Bangalore to send a one page profile giving their collections and special services they extend to their users to be published in the NACLIN 2005 souvenir. The libraries may be Research (IISc, NCSI, NAL, CMTI,ISRO,NIMHANS,IIAP, RRI, Kidwai Cancer Research,Forest Research Lab.,ISEC etc.etc) Academic Libraries (Bangalore University, Rajiv Gandhi Institue of Health Scie. IISc etc) Public Libraries (British Library, City Central Library) Corporate libraries (WIPRO, Infosys, Accenture Astra Zenica etc. etc.) This should be submitted on A4 size paper along with the electronic copy sent through e mail, so as to reach the following address before 15th July 2005 The Organising secretary, NACLIN 2005, PES Institute of Technology, 100 Feet Ring Road,BSK III stage, Bangalore -560085 INDIA Tel: 91-80-30918985/26721983 Fax: 91-80-26720886 Mobile: 9341713094 E-mail: librarian_pesit(a)yahoo.co.in Regards, Gayathri Sen Librarian & Head, Central Library PESIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear members, PLEASE TREAT THIS AS PERSONAL REQUEST I request all the Heads/Librairans/Information Officers of major and unique libraries in Bangalore to send a one page profile giving their collections and special services they extend to their users to be published in the NACLIN 2005 souvenir. The libraries may be Research (IISc, NCSI, NAL, CMTI,ISRO,NIMHANS,IIAP, RRI, Kidwai Cancer Research,Forest Research Lab.,ISEC etc.etc) Academic Libraries (Bangalore University, Rajiv Gandhi Institue of Health Scie. IISc etc) Public Libraries (British Library, City Central Library) Corporate libraries (WIPRO, Infosys, Accenture Astra Zenica etc. etc.) This should be submitted on A4 size paper along with the electronic copy sent through e mail, so as to reach the following address before 15th July 2005 The Organising secretary, NACLIN 2005, PES Institute of Technology, 100 Feet Ring Road,BSK III stage, Bangalore -560085 INDIA Tel: 91-80-30918985/26721983 Fax: 91-80-26720886 Mobile: 9341713094 E-mail: mailto:librarian_pesit@yahoo.co.in librarian_pesit(a)yahoo.co.in Regards, Gayathri Sen Librarian & Head, Central Library PESIT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Pubchem vs ACS + CAS. Taxpayers support Pubchem
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Friends: The Alliance of Taxpayers in the USA have come out with support for Pubchem. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ATA broadening its mission to support OA The Alliance for Taxpayer Access was formed in August 2004 to support the NIH policy. Now that the NIH policy has been adopted, the ATA is broadening its mission. Originally the ATA rested on three principles calling for OA to publicly-funded medical research through the NIH. Now it rests on four principles calling for OA to publicly-funded scientific research of all kinds. The change will allow the ATA to defend PubChem against the ACS and to push for OA to research funded by other US agencies, such as the NSF. The member-organizations of the ATA are a wide range of US universities, libraries, and public-interest non-profits. If your US-based organization is not a member, please urge it consider joining. Friends: The Alliance of Taxpayers in the USA have come out with support for Pubchem. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ATA broadening its mission to support OA [A] The http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ Alliance for Taxpayer Access was formed in August 2004 to support the NIH policy. Now that the NIH policy has been adopted, the ATA is broadening its mission. Originally the ATA rested on three principles calling for OA to publicly-funded medical research through the NIH. Now it rests on four principles calling for OA to publicly-funded scientific research of all kinds. The change will allow the ATA to defend PubChem against the ACS and to push for OA to research funded by other US agencies, such as the NSF. The member-organizations of the ATA are a wide range of US universities, libraries, and public-interest non-profits. If your US-based organization is not a member, please urge it consider joining.

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Pubchem vs ACS + CAS
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Friends: There is a tussle going on in the United States between the bosses of the Chemical Abstracts Service (a part of the American Chemical Society) and Pubchem, a new service supported by NIH. Now a number of health-related academic libraries have come out openly in support of Pubchem. Chemists and life scientists and librarians around the world should come out openly in support of Pubchem and also write to the members of the American Chemical Society requesting the office bearers of ACS and CAS not to sabotage Pubchem, which provides valuable technical information at no cost. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] AAHSL supports PubChem The Association of Academic and Health Science Libraries has publicly released its June 7 letter in support of PubChem. Excerpt: 'I am writing on behalf of the Association of Academic and Health Science Libraries (AAHSL). AAHSL represents 128 libraries located at the nation's academic health centers responsible for training physicians andother health care professionals, providing clinical care, and conducting NIH-funded and other research. We want to express our enthusiastic support fo continuation of PubChem, a chemical database of immense importance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubChem represents a vital next step for NIH in leveraging its investment in the Human Genome Project, integrating output from the Molecular Libraries Screening Center Netwowrk (MLSCN) and other publicly available data sources, such as NIH's protein structure resources and records of biomedical literature within PubMed and available full-text in the PubMed Central digital archive. PubChem is a powerful tool...that will...lead to medical breakthroughs for clinical treatment of diseases....We believe that [the ACS] concern is unfounded and that the American public is well served by continued development and maintenance of PubChem. By ensuring that publicly financed knowledge is broadly accessible, NIH is enhancing the return on public investment in research and stimulating further innovation by public and private scientific enterprises....It is a mistake to endanger the promise of the [NIH] Roadmap by imposing restrictions on Pubchem that fundamentally undermine its utility. There is simply too much at stake.' Friends: There is a tussle going on in the United States between the bosses of the Chemical Abstracts Service (a part of the American Chemical Society) and Pubchem, a new service supported by NIH. Now a number of health-related academic libraries have come out openly in support of Pubchem. Chemists and life scientists and librarians around the world should come out openly in support of Pubchem and also write to the members of the American Chemical Society requesting the office bearers of ACS and CAS not to sabotage Pubchem, which provides valuable technical information at no cost. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] AAHSL supports PubChem [A] The http://www.aahsl.org/ Association of Academic and Health Science Libraries has publicly released its June 7 http://www.aahsl.org/document/AAHSL_PubChemLetter_June_2005.pdf letter in support of PubChem . Excerpt: 'I am writing on behalf of the Association of Academic and Health Science Libraries (AAHSL). AAHSL represents 128 libraries located at the nation's academic health centers responsible for training physicians andother health care professionals, providing clinical care, and conducting NIH-funded and other research. We want to express our enthusiastic support fo continuation of PubChem, a chemical database of immense importance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubChem represents a vital next step for NIH in leveraging its investment in the Human Genome Project, integrating output from the Molecular Libraries Screening Center Netwowrk (MLSCN) and other publicly available data sources, such as NIH's protein structure resources and records of biomedical literature within PubMed and available full-text in the PubMed Central digital archive. PubChem is a powerful tool...that will...lead to medical breakthroughs for clinical treatment of diseases....We believe that [the ACS] concern is unfounded and that the American public is well served by continued development and maintenance of PubChem. By ensuring that publicly financed knowledge is broadly accessible, NIH is enhancing the return on public investment in research and stimulating further innovation by public and private scientific enterprises....It is a mistake to endanger the promise of the [NIH] Roadmap by imposing restrictions on Pubchem that fundamentally undermine its utility. There is simply too much at stake.'

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