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Insanity: Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Dear Friends Please read the sad news below. Should love for one script end up in destroying the other? THINK. Vyasamoorthy ======================================= Regional The Hindu dated 13/4/2005 http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200504131903.htm Fire breaks out in Manipur's biggest library Imphal, April 13 (PTI): Valuable books and other materials were destroyed when unknown persons set fire to Manipur's biggest library, 'Central Library', here today, official source said. Sources said fire personnel took more than five hours to control the fire. Chief librarian H. Devendra Singh told media persons that books worth over Rs 10 crore were destroyed in the fire. Activist of social organisation, MEELAN, which has been demanding introduction of Manipuri script in schools had "earlier threatened to burn the library if their demand was not accepted by the government", sources said. At present Bengali script is in used in Manipur. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Vandalism in Manipur
by shantha venkatesan 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Love for one script is not the apt phrase. This is a mere barbaric act committed owing to momentary impulse and instigation from all those who are bent upon destroying public property & priceless collections.This act needs to be condemned ruthlessly by all sane people. After committing unsocial actions how can they call themselves "social organisations" ? We need to understand through proper investigations as to how such an act got materialised as per the wishes of this organisation. Whether due precautions were taken after the threatening calls were received, Whether securities were posted after knowing the intentions of this orgn. etc. needs probing. Don't we experience emotional actions during union negotiations, strikes, admissions to top class institutions and many more which can be added to this list. All of us would like to know how to counter terrorism in educational institutes which is on the rise in modern world. Can non-violence correct the acts of terrorism ? THINK !!!!!!!!!All good samaritans should unite, co-operate and co-ordinate fearlessly in tackling such acts of vandalism Shantha Venkatesan. Senior Librarian Prof.M.M.Sharma Library U.I.C.T.Matunga (East) Mumbai400 019

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"54.53.49..48..0 - Hello Friends, Are you ready for the InfoQuiz?"
by Mouna 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

........ just fifty plus hours to go Register soon kyonki lock kiya jayaega Rock your brains take your chancesGrand prize could be yours! Best of Luck N V Sathyanarayana - Informatics -----Original Message----- From: Mouna [mailto:mouna@informindia.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:33 PM To: 'lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in' Subject: InfoQuiz 2005 - Count down begins - just six days to register Friends- the count down for the Exciting Event of the year - InfoQuiz 2005 has begun. Register soon to tease your brains and try your luck Visit www.informindia.co.in or www.infoquiz.org for details and register. With best wishes, N V Sathyanarayana - Informatics ______________________ InfoQuiz 2005 (An Informatics Silver Jubilee Celebration Event) Visit www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> to register and participate in the first ever Online InfoQuiz conducted by Informatics. InfoQuiz 2005 consists of two rounds: Round-1 : Online Quiz 18th April 2005 Round-2 : Stage Quiz 5th May 2005 (Top-6 Scorers of Round-1 qualify for Round-2, scheduled to be held in Bangalore. Expenses of these Top-6 scorers will be borne by Informatics) Prize Money: Winning Team will get Rs. 50,000/- cash plus trophy from Informatics. (And, a host of other sponsored Prizes from publishers like Springer and others.) Dateline: 1. Register between 6th and 17th April 2005 2. Round - 1 (Online Quiz) : 18th April 2005 3. Round - 2 (Stage Quiz-Bangalore) : 5th May 2005 REGISTER ONLINE BETWEEN 6TH AND 17TH April 2005 at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> or contact events(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:events@informindia.co.in>

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Required Patent Writer
by Madhuresh 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Dear Friends, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Bangalore is looking for a Patent Writer. The position will be Bangalore based. The person should have minimum 2 years of experience in writing patent particularly for Pharma/Chemistry. Min Qualification: M. Sc. In Chemistry or related discipline. The person should have good knowledge about organic chemistry, good understanding about how to interpret patent and generic structures. Please send your CV immediately to me at madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 212 Mobile 098861 82822

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Will the internet kill the printed book?
by asim kumar 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Dear professionals, Of course Internet is a medium where authors can put their knowledge in a form that is accessible easily, but the main question remains the same as the authenticity of the source and more important users choice of the source. As a professional my personal experience is that users ask for documents from internet but for the purpose of consultation they always prefer printed material. In our collection we have got more than 200 e-books, but users have always asked for their printed version, they feel more comfortable with that. So Internet will remain a platform for sharing knowledge and easy retrieval of that, but rest all depends on users choice and at the moment they are going for printed documents and driving force will remain users only. Asim Kumar, Librarian, The Jain Group of Institutions. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear professionals, Of course Internet is a medium where authors can put their knowledge in a form that is accessible easily, but the main question remains the same as the authenticity of the source and more important users choice of the source. As a professional my personal experience is that users ask for documents from internet but for the purpose of consultation they always prefer printed material. In our collection we have got more than 200 e-books, but users have always asked for their printed version, they feel more comfortable with that. So Internet will remain a platform for sharing knowledge and easy retrieval of that, but rest all depends on users choice and at the moment they are going for printed documents and driving force will remain users only. Asim Kumar, Librarian, The Jain Group of Institutions. http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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ILS benchmarks/benchmarking
by Carlos Vílchez Román 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Sorry if this has been posted before. Hi, my name is Carlos Vilchez-Roman, head of the Automation Office of the UNMSM Central Library. The Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos is located in Lima, Peru. I am looking for some benchmarks to evaluate the performance of our Integrated Library System (it is called Sabini, an ILS developen in Spain), spe- pecially the OPAC, but I have found nothing in the LIS periodicals such as Computers in Libraries or The Electronic Library. Anoyone knows an article or document (PDF/HTML) related to ILS benchmarks/benchmarking? I mean indicators such as: - Requests per second - Response time - Latency time and so on. Thanks for your time. Best, Carlos Vilchez-Roman Head of Automation Office Central Library - UNMSM --------------------------------------------------------------- Banco de Crédito BCP - Dedicados a hacerte la Banca más simple. Visita nuestra Banca por Internet http://www.viabcp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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LIBRARY SOFTWARE
by Manik Nand lal 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Dear Colleagues, Can you please let me know the list of LIBRARY SOFTWARE ( alongwith the Vendor's contact address, telephone, fax & E-Mail numbers) available in India? Thanking you & with best regards, N. MANIK DEPUTY MANAGER LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION 22, SITE IV, SAHIBABAD GHAZIABAD-201010 INDIA http://www.dabur.com TEL. 91-20-2777901/2778501 EXTN.2761 91-120-2772627 (DIRECT) 91-120-2959761 (DIRECT) FAX : 91-120-2777303

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Will the internet kill the printed book?
by Rashid Hussain 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Will the internet kill the printed book? More and more books are now being published electronically. Is it just a �passing gimmick� or the emergence of a phenomenon that will gather momentum? E-books are gaining popularity because they obviate the need for writers to place their skills and talents at the mercy of unscrupulous publishers, the cost of production starts from �very little to zero� since there are no production in advance of demand, warehousing and shipment costs � thus eliminating the frustration of not getting their work published and read by a wider public, they offer higher royalties to authors � at least 50% compared to 10-20% for printed books. So Dear professional will internet kill the printed book? So please share your thoughts and comment on this topic. For further reading about this article please visit the following site. http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article_sup.php?news_id=39644 = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research & Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore : 560059 Phone No. : 080-28483975 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! Will the internet kill the printed book? � More and more books are now being published electronically. Is it just a �passing gimmick� or the emergence of a phenomenon that will gather momentum? E-books are gaining popularity because they obviate the need for writers to place their skills and talents at the mercy of unscrupulous publishers, the cost of production starts from �very little to zero� since there are no production in advance of demand, warehousing and shipment costs � thus eliminating the frustration of not getting their work published and read by a wider public, they offer higher royalties to authors � at least 50% compared to 10-20% for printed books. � So Dear professional will internet kill the printed book? So please share your thoughts and comment on this topic. � For further reading about this article please visit the following site. � http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article_sup.php?news_id=39644 http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article_sup.php?news_id=39644 = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research & Training Centre(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore : 560059 Phone No. : 080-28483975 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31637/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ Try our new resources site!

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Lecture invitation - Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures, Bangalore
by SRELS 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Dear Coordinator : Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture invitation to the lis forum members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalroe 560 010. **** Executive Committee Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (11) (2005) on THE ETHICAL ISSUES IN LIS RESEARCH IN INDIA by Dr. B.S.Maheswarappa Professor, Dept. of PG Studies and Research in Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga Mr. H.C. Revannasidappa Librarian, S.B.M.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore presides on Saturday, 16th April 2005 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Dear Coordinator : Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture invitation to the lis forum members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalroe 560 010. **** Executive Committee Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (11) (2005) on THE ETHICAL ISSUES IN LIS RESEARCH IN INDIA by Dr. B.S.Maheswarappa Professor, Dept. of PG Studies and Research in Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga Mr. H.C. Revannasidappa Librarian, S.B.M.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore presides on Saturday, 16th April 2005 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010

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RE: [LIS-Forum] where can I find space fiction....
by Benny 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Dear Ms. Panse Try the following authors for an excellent collection of "space fiction" suitable for the school children. 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Terry Brooks 3. Robert Olen Butler 4. Christie Golden 5. Peter David 6. Diane Carey 7. Greg Cox 8. Michael Jan Friedman 9. Daffyd ab Hugh 10. Eric Kotani 11. Captain W.E. Johns 12. Sylvia Engdahl and also try the following ISBNs 0751370584; 0751370576 and try the following URLs http://www.sflovers.org/SFRG/ http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/authors.html http://www.computercrowsnest.com/directory/fdauthr.shtml Best wishes Benny.M.D. Librarian TISB www.tisb.org -----Original Message----- From: sumita panse To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: 4/12/05 4:11 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] where can I find space fiction.... Dear friends, Our children's monthly DIMDIMA of Bharatiya vidya bhavans is going to publish science special this year. I would like to know does any library has the books on space fiction stories or any writer who writes such stories. Sumita panse librarian amrita bharati Bharatiya vidya bhavan MSN Careers! http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2746??PS=47575 Your ticket to the best jobs! Sign up now! _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (4/11/05)
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Below is the latest issue of SEPW, which I am sending as a sample issue to the list. If you are interested in subscribing to this free biweekly e-publication, use this Web form: http://listserv.uh.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sepw&A=1 For other access methods, see the end of the document. ------------------------------------------------------------ Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog April 11, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ Next Weblog update on 4/25/05. Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large [1] 5, no. 6 [2] (2005): Walt Crawford continues his incisive commentary on current issues, new articles worth reading, and other topics. Highly recommended. Computers in Libraries 25, no. 4 [3] (2005): Includes "The Digitizing Project That Made SODA," "Following the Yellow Brick Road to Simplified Link Management," "My Three Wishes for Digital Repositories," "Open Source Digital Image Management Took Us from Raging Rivers to Quiet Waters [4]," and other articles. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 21 (April 2005 [5]): Includes "Access to Research in Cameroonian Universities [6]" and other articles. First Monday 10, no. 4 [7] (2005): Includes "Where Does Web Bibliographies' Author Information Come From? [8]" and other articles. Information Today [9] 22, no. 3 (2005): Includes "Bookblogs or Blogbooks? Are New Content Formats on the Way?," "NIH's Embattled Policy," and other articles. Journal of Digital Information 6, no. 1 [10] (2005): Includes "Digital Text Cycles: From Medieval Manuscripts to Modern Markup [11]" and other articles. Learned Publishing [12] 18, no. 2 (2005): Includes "The European Physics Publications Scene: Avant-Garde and Traditionalism," "HighWire Press: Ten Years of Publisher-Driven Innovation," "In a Paperless World a New Role for Academic Libraries: Providing Open Access," "Institutional Repositories: Is the Open Access Door Half Open or Half Shut?," "Open Access--The Impact of Legislative Developments," "Serving Science while Paying the Bills: The History of the Journal of Biological Chemistry Online," "The True Costs of Scholarly Journal Publishing," "Who Owns Scientific Data? The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Scientific Publication Chain," and other articles. LIBRES 15, no. 1 [13] (2005): Includes "The Evolution of a Documents Digitization Project within the American Library Association's New Members Round Table [14]" and other articles. Searcher [15] 13, no. 4 (2005): Includes "Linking Users to Open Access" and other articles. Science & Technology Libraries [16] 25, no. 3 (2005): Includes "Collecting Grey Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, with Examples from the Sciences and Technology" and other articles. SPARC E-News (February-March 2005 [17]): News about the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). SPARC Open Access Newsletter, no. 84 [18] (2005): News and commentary about the open access movement by Peter Suber [19]. Includes "Getting to 100% [20]," "Helping Scholars and Helping Libraries [21]," "Top Stories from March 2005 [22]," and other articles. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm Copyright © 2005 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. Houston: University of Houston Libraries, 1996-2005. http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html SEPW Mailing List Subscription http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm Atom Feed http://sepw.blogspot.com/atom.xml RSS Reed (FeedBurner) http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeb logrss Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/oab.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ [1] http://cites.boisestate.edu/ [2] http://cites.boisestate.edu/civ5i6.pdf [3] http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr05/index.shtml [4] http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr05/dunlap.shtml [5] http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/research/ejisdc/vol21.htm [6] http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/research/ejisdc/vol21/v21r2.pdf [7] http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_4/index.html [8] http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_4/craven/ [9] http://www.infotoday.com/it/default.shtml [10] http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/?vol=6&iss=1 [11] http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v06/i01/Hillesund/ [12] http://puck.ingentaselect.com/vl=1806762/cl=28/nw=1/rpsv/cw/alpsp/09531513/… [13] http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres15n1/ [14] http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres15n1/Ferris%20-%20Final.htm [15] http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.shtml [16] http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/TOC.asp?sku=J122 [17] http://www.arl.org/sparc/pubs/enews/feb05.html [18] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm [19] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/hometoc.htm [20] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#100 [21] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#libraries [22] http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#top

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loss of library books
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:34:38 -0400 From: anjrao <anjrao(a)indiatimes.com> Dear Colleagues The Directore of the Tecjnocal education is his letter No FAR/14353 DATED 31/12/1974 has stated thet a conference of Librarians of the the colleges in karnataka university was held on May 8 1973. In this resolution pased, it is recommended that a loss of 4 books for every 1000 books used (those which are lent out and those which are reference are consultanted in the premises of the library) be regarded normal loss and should be straight away writtes off. ORDER NO.FD 25 TCL 74: BANGALORE, DATED 18/JUNE/1974 BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT. OF KARNATAKA janardhana Rao A N librarian M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE

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where can I find space fiction....
by sumita panse 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Dear friends, Our children's monthly DIMDIMA of Bharatiya vidya bhavans is going to publish science special this year. I would like to know does any library has the books on space fiction stories or any writer who writes such stories. Sumita panse librarian amrita bharati Bharatiya vidya bhavan MSN Careers! http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2746??PS=47575 Your ticket to the best jobs! Sign up now!

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by Jayadev P Hiremath 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

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InfoQuiz 2005 - Count down begins - just six days to register
by Mouna 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Friends- the count down for the Exciting Event of the year - InfoQuiz 2005 has begun. Register soon to tease your brains and try your luck Visit www.informindia.co.in or www.infoquiz.org for details and register. With best wishes, N V Sathyanarayana - Informatics ______________________ InfoQuiz 2005 (An Informatics Silver Jubilee Celebration Event) Visit www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> to register and participate in the first ever Online InfoQuiz conducted by Informatics. InfoQuiz 2005 consists of two rounds: Round-1 : Online Quiz 18th April 2005 Round-2 : Stage Quiz 5th May 2005 (Top-6 Scorers of Round-1 qualify for Round-2, scheduled to be held in Bangalore. Expenses of these Top-6 scorers will be borne by Informatics) Prize Money: Winning Team will get Rs. 50,000/- cash plus trophy from Informatics. (And, a host of other sponsored Prizes from publishers like Springer and others.) Dateline: 1. Register between 6th and 17th April 2005 2. Round - 1 (Online Quiz) : 18th April 2005 3. Round - 2 (Stage Quiz-Bangalore) : 5th May 2005 REGISTER ONLINE BETWEEN 6TH AND 17TH April 2005 at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> or contact events(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:events@informindia.co.in>

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Vacancy at PES School of Engineering
by Subhash Reddy 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Dear Members PES is looking for M.Lib. Sc. candidates with computer skills for PES School of Engineering at Hosur Road Campus. The interested can meet the undersigned with their resume within 2 days at the address given below. Mrs. Gayathri Sen Librarian & Head PES Institute of Technology 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE - 560 085 Ph: (080) 30918985 www.pes.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Members � PES is �looking for M.Lib. Sc. candidates with computer skills for PES School of Engineering at Hosur Road Campus. The interested can meet the undersigned with their resume within 2 days at the address given below. � Mrs. Gayathri Sen Librarian & Head PES Institute of Technology 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK III Stage, BANGALORE - 560 085 Ph: (080) 30918985 http://www.pes.edu www.pes.edu � __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [eGovINDIA] Re: Request to C-DAC & NIC / Open Source
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Friends: Scientists and scholars who publish research papers in refereed journals and who submit research proposals to national and international donor agencies find commercial products such as EndNote, ProCite and Research Manager (all three of them sold by Thomson Group which also publishes Web of Science and Current Contents) very useful. I do not know of any open source product which can perform the same functions. Best wishes. Subbiah Arunachalam

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Candidates for SandBox(sm): Wiki Applications and Uses
by Gerry Mckiernan 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Apologies for Duplication Candidates for _SandBox(sm): Wiki Applications and Uses_ Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Wiki applications and uses implemented in * Corporations * Education * Government * Libraries * Research Environments for inclusion in my recently- established registry titled _SandBox(sm)_ . _SandBox(sm)_ is located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/SandBox.htm ] and is currently UnderConstruction. BTW: I Googled a number of months ago, and will do so again, but would prefer recommendations from my WorldWideWeb colleagues as well. In addition to the application and use of wikis in the institutions/organization noted, I am also interested in their application in/for novel venues (e.g., conferences, directories, etc.). I am also interested in learning of additional key/significant literature for potential inclusion in my WikiBibliography. [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ] P.S. Of course, in time, there will be a Wiki to allow uses to contribute, but it's not yet available [:-(] but StayTuned [:-)] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com http://disruptivescholarship.blogspot.com

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Position at Accenture, Chennai
by prabhakara.prabhu＠accenture.com 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Accenture Services, Chennai has an opening for a position of an Associate - Information Resource Centre on contract Basis. Salary to commensurate with qualification and experience. Educational: Basic Degree with DLISc, BLISc or MLISc in Library & Information Science. Experience: 6 Months - 2 years work experience, a passion for customers/library users, good team player, Preference would be given to persons with IT and global exposure. Job Requirements: * Book Procurement, Journal Subscription, Cataloguing and Classification * Online Database Resources, Managing the Digital Library Resources. * Providing Document Delivery Services (DDS) * Provide Reference & Referral Service * Computer Skills, Scanning, OCR, MS Office Tools, Web based searches. * Design and development of Web page, Database Design, & its management. Interested candidates may send their updated CV to me by 10.00 AM on Wednesday, 13th April 2005. PS: Those who have already responded/interviewed by Accenture in the last 6 months need not apply again. Best Regards ********************************************************** Prabhakara Prabhu Lead - Information Resource Centre Accenture - India Delivery Centre Bangalore Phone: +91- 80- 5138 4718 Email: prabhakara.prabhu(a)accenture.com *********************************************************** This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.  Accenture Services, Chennai has an opening for a position of an Associate – Information Resource Centre on contract Basis. �Salary to commensurate with qualification and experience. � Educational : Basic Degree with DLISc, BLISc or MLISc in Library & Information Science. � Experience: 6 Months – 2 years work experience, a passion for customers/library users, good team player, Preference would be given to persons with IT and global exposure. � Job Requirements: � � �� Book Procurement, Journal Subscription, Cataloguing and Classification � �� Online Database Resources, Managing the Digital Library Resources. � �� Providing Document Delivery Services (DDS) � �� Provide Reference & Referral Service � �� Computer Skills, Scanning, OCR, MS Office Tools, Web based searches. � �� Design and development of Web page, Database Design, & its management. � Interested candidates may send their updated CV to me by 10.00 AM on Wednesday, 13 th April 2005. � PS: Those who have already responded/interviewed by Accenture in the last 6 months need not apply again. � Best Regards ********************************************************** Prabhakara Prabhu Lead - Information Resource Centre Accenture - India Delivery Centre Bangalore Phone:� +91- 80- 5138 4718 Email: prabhakara.prabhu(a)accenture.com *********************************************************** � � This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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"NASA World Wind" - Innovative, Interesting & very useful for people interested in GIS / Geographical Information
by Samdarshi Pali 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Recently NASA has released "World Wind 1.3" as open source software. World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. As of now US is well covered with up to one meter resolution, INDIA and many other parts of world have a resolution of 15 meters (its better than having nothing). For US we may even see our cars but for India only up to the nearby village, river and mountain. This is an innovative, really interesting and very useful software for everyone interested in GIS / Geographical information. Broadband connection is recommended to download, as the software is a big 171MB size file. This is freely downloadable from NASA site: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ Best wishes Samdarshi Pali Reliance Engineering Associates Pvt Ltd 4W21 - G Block, First Floor Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City Koper Khairane, Navi Mumbai 400 709 Tel # Direct +91-22 - 303 85407

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Position vaccant
by Achar 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Dear Sir, Librarian is required for an International Business school in Bangalore. Post Graduates in library science, good communication skills, computer knowledge and with 1-3 years experience to run the library independently are welcome. Pl mail their Resumaes to achar_10(a)yahoo.com. Trainees from IIMs are given preference. Contact for further details:9880715660 Last date:25th April 2005 Dear Sir, Librarian is required for an International Business school in Bangalore. Post Graduates in library science, good communication skills, computer knowledge and with 1-3 years experience to run the library independently are welcome. Pl mail their Resumaes to mailto:achar_10@yahoo.com achar_10(a)yahoo.com . Trainees from IIMs are given preference. Contact for further details:9880715660 Last date:25th April 2005

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Fwd: Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive as OA Back-Up
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Friends: Here is some very good news fro Stevan Harnad. Thanks to the efforts of Peter Suber in collaboration with Brewster Kahle, the Internet Archive http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2F will now begin serving not only as a back-up for institutional OA archives worldwide, but also as an OA archive for those researchers who are not affiliated with universities or research institutions with OA archives of their own. Here is the announcement from Peter Suber's Open Access News http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_04_03_fosblogarchive.html#a11129743… followed by some excerpt's from Peter's Sparc Open Access Newsletter: More on Brewster Kahle and the OA projects of the Internet Archive Paul Boutin, The Archivist: Brewster Kahle made a copy of the Internet. Now, he wants your files, Slate, April 7, 2005. http://slate.msn.com/id/2116329/ Excerpt: 'Kahle is less the Internet's crazy aunt --the tycoon who can't stand to throw anything away-- than its evangelical librarian. "The history of digital materials in companies' hands is one of...loss," he tells me in a rushed meeting. Like it or not, the Web is the world's library now, and Kahle doesn't trust the guys who shelve the books....Instead of creating another startup that crawls the Web to make money, Brewster used his millions to preserve as much knowledge as possible and --just as important-- make it accessible to anyone who can get to a computer....The Internet Archive isn't just the Wayback Machine --the nonprofit's two dozen or so employees have filled an equal amount of disk space with uploaded film collections, presidential debates, Bugs Bunny cartoons, and news broadcasts from the Middle East. The archive is especially keen on books. They've scanned about 25,000 of them so far as part of the Million Book Project, a collaboration with Indian and Chinese agencies to create an online library in the place of bricks-and-mortar reading rooms....The final step in building the archive into a true global library: getting you to contribute. Ourmedia, a project launched two weeks ago, offers free, unlimited, permanent storage of your videos, photos, Word files, podcasts?anything that's not porn and not covered by someone else's copyright. The one catch: The files, stored on Internet Archive servers, will be freely available to anyone in the world.' (Peter Suber: If you missed it, see this announcement from SOAN for 4/2/05: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#oara 'Many publishing researchers don't have OA repositories in their institutions or disciplines. The missing piece of the puzzle is an OAI-compliant "universal repository" that will accept eprints from any scholar in any discipline. I'm very happy to say in public for the first time that Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive (IA) has agreed to launch just such a repository. I'm working with the technical staff of the IA to set it up now. Not only will it host new content for scholars with no other place to deposit their work, but it will offer to preserve all the other OAI-compliant repositories in the world. The IA's proven commitment to open access and long-term preservation make this a most exciting prospect.') http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#oara (2) Many publishing researchers don't have OA repositories in their institutions or disciplines. The missing piece of the puzzle is an OAI-compliant "universal repository" that will accept eprints from any scholar in any discipline. I'm very happy to say in public for the first time that Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive (IA) has agreed to launch just such a repository. I'm working with the technical staff of the IA to set it up now. Not only will it host new content for scholars with no other place to deposit their work, but it will offer to preserve all the other OAI-compliant repositories in the world. The IA's proven commitment to open access and long-term preservation make this a most exciting prospect. Moreover, the good people at the Creative Commons are working on a drag-and-drop interface for depositing new eprints in the IA repository. More details later. The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ (1) The process of OA archiving is not intrinsically time-consuming or intimidating, but even low barriers are too high when authors are desperately short of time. One piece of good news is that we are making progress on automating the generation of metadata. This will reduce both the time and the difficulty of self-archiving and one day may automate the entire process after an author clicks "yes". Another piece of good news is that a new study by Leslie Carr and Stevan Harnad based on "two months of submissions for a mature repository" shows that "the amount of time spent entering metadata would be as little as 40 minutes per year for a highly active researcher." The problem isn't a real time-sink but a groundless fear of a time-sink. Leslie Carr and Stevan Harnad, Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving. A preprint put online March 15, 2005. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2005_03_13_fosblogarchive.html#a11110069… Automating or semi-automating the archiving deposit process won't help scholars without deposit rights at an OA, OAI-compliant repository, and a universal repository won't help scholars who believe they are too busy to bother. That's why it's important that we're seeing progress on both fronts at once. Each development removes another excuse for not archiving. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Services Management - List of Books
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Services Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition By Paul Gemmel (Editor), Bart Van Looy (Editor), Roland Van Dierdonck (Editor) Paperback / 555 Pages / Trans-Atlantic Pubns / April 2004 / 027367353X Service Management, Operations, Strategy and Information Technology By James A. Fitzsimmons Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / August 2000 / 0072424192 Retailing Management, 5th Edition By Michael Levy, Barton A. Weitz Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / June 2003 / 0072553928 Service Operations Management: Strategy, Design and Delivery By Christine Hope, Alan Muhlemann Paperback / 352 Pages / Prentice Hall / September 1997 / 0131499157 Competing in a Service Economy: How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation, 1st Edition (Illustrated) By Michael D Johnson Hardcover / 190 Pages / John Wiley & Sons Inc / May 2003 / 0787961566 Automotive Service Management: Operations Management (Illustrated) By Mitch Schneider Paperback / 125 Pages / Thomson Learning / May 2003 / 1401826652 Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 9th Edition By Joel R. Evans, Barry Berman Hardcover / 584 Pages / Prentice Hall / July 2003 / 0131009443 Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 2nd Edition By Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl Hardcover / 567 Pages / Prentice Hall / April 2003 / 013101028X Foundations of Service Level Management By Rick Sturm, Mary Jander, Wayne Morris Paperback / 272 Pages / Macmillan Computer Pub / April 2000 / 0672317435 Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Creating Growth, Profits, and Customer Loyalty By Arthur Middlebrooks, Craig Terrill Hardcover / 268 Pages / McGraw-Hill / October 1999 / 0844224413 Managing Service Quality By Paul Kunst (Editor), Jos Lemmink (Editor) Hardcover / 121 Pages / Sage Pubns / January 1996 / 1853963305 -------------------------- Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India Telephone: 040-55787065 Fax: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications Services Management: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition By Paul Gemmel (Editor), Bart Van Looy (Editor), Roland Van Dierdonck (Editor) Paperback / 555 Pages / Trans-Atlantic Pubns / April 2004 / 027367353X Service Management, Operations, Strategy and Information Technology By James A. Fitzsimmons Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / August 2000 / 0072424192 Retailing Management, 5th Edition By Michael Levy, Barton A. Weitz Hardcover / McGraw-Hill College / June 2003 / 0072553928 Service Operations Management: Strategy, Design and Delivery By Christine Hope, Alan Muhlemann Paperback / 352 Pages / Prentice Hall / September 1997 / 0131499157 Competing in a Service Economy: How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation, 1st Edition (Illustrated) By Michael D Johnson Hardcover / 190 Pages / John Wiley & Sons Inc / May 2003 / 0787961566 Automotive Service Management: Operations Management (Illustrated) By Mitch Schneider Paperback / 125 Pages / Thomson Learning / May 2003 / 1401826652 Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 9th Edition By Joel R. Evans, Barry Berman Hardcover / 584 Pages / Prentice Hall / July 2003 / 0131009443 Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 2nd Edition By Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl Hardcover / 567 Pages / Prentice Hall / April 2003 / 013101028X Foundations of Service Level Management By Rick Sturm, Mary Jander, Wayne Morris Paperback / 272 Pages / Macmillan Computer Pub / April 2000 / 0672317435 Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Creating Growth, Profits, and Customer Loyalty By Arthur Middlebrooks, Craig Terrill Hardcover / 268 Pages / McGraw-Hill / October 1999 / 0844224413 Managing Service Quality By Paul Kunst (Editor), Jos Lemmink (Editor) Hardcover / 121 Pages / Sage Pubns / January 1996 / 1853963305 -------------------------- Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, 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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Loss of books in Libraries
by PRASHANTA KUMAR 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Dear Colleagues The UGC (India) Library Committee forcefully recommends to write off an inevitable loss @ 2 for every 1000 books issued. However in an open access library, annual loss of 3 volumes for every 1000 issues should be considered as a normal loss in normal circumstances as recommended by Dr. Ranganathan REF: Mittal, R. L. Library Administration: Theory and Practice, Fifth ed., 1987, p357-359 More details will be available in the book as mentioned above. ********************************* Mr. PRASHANTA KUMAR BEHERA ********************************* Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) (CSIR), Govt. of India Library Service Division, Po Box No- 6 Palampur, Himachal Predesh Pin 176061 Mobile- 94 181 055 72 E- mail- behera_iisc(a)rediffmail.com Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Colleagues The UGC ( India ) Library Committee forcefully recommends to write off an inevitable loss @ 2 for every 1000 books issued. However in an open access library, annual loss of 3 volumes for every 1000 issues should be considered as a normal loss in normal circumstances as recommended by Dr. Ranganathan REF: Mittal, R. L. Library Administration: Theory and Practice, Fifth ed., 1987, p357-359 More details will be available in the book as mentioned above. ********************************* http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif Mr. PRASHANTA KUMAR BEHERA http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif ********************************* Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) (CSIR), Govt. of India Library Service Division, Po Box No- 6 Palampur, Himachal Predesh Pin 176061 Mobile- 94 181 055 72 E- mail- mailto:behera_iisc@rediffmail.com behera_iisc(a)rediffmail.com http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Re: Loss of Books in Libraries
by Prafulla Chandra 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

You may find it useful to visit the following website for the guidelines issued by the Government of India on this issue. Unless it is proved that the loss of books is due to the dishonestry or negligence on the part of the librarian, it is unfair and unreasonable to penalise the librarian. http://www.kkbooks.com/ Click Conversion Rate Link at the top. Loss of three volumes per one thousand volumes issued/consulted in a year may be taken as reasonable provided such loss cannot be attributed to dishonesty or negligence on the part of the Librarian. Loss of a book of the value exceeding Rs.200/- (Rupees two hundred) and the books of special nature and rarity shall invaribly be investigated and consequential action taken. All such losses will, however, be written off only by a competent authority. T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Request for Services Management
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

dear professional friends, Ms.Meeta Rathod, wants websites relating to service management, if any one can help, please send the details to her address. please see her mail thanks laxman laxman rao meeta rathod <mudita96(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear sir, This is Meeta Rathod, Librarian, B.R.C.M. college of Business Administration,Surat. We are running the undergraduate course of Business Administration under the affiliation of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,Surat. >From the next academic session our university is introducing the new subject i.e. Services Management in the fifth semester of BBA. We are getting titles on Services marketing but not on Services Management. Can you help me on this subject?Kindly suggest me some titles or web sites from where I can get materials on this subject. Thanking You, Faithfully Your's Meeta Rathod 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com dear professional friends, Ms.Meeta Rathod, wants websites relating to service management, if any one can help, please send the details to her address. please see her mail thanks laxman laxman rao meeta rathod <mudita96(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: Dear sir, This is Meeta Rathod, Librarian, B.R.C.M. college of Business Administration,Surat. We are running the undergraduate course of Business Administration under the affiliation of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,Surat. >From the next academic session our university is introducing the new subject i.e. Services Management in the fifth semester of BBA. We are getting titles on Services marketing but not on Services Management. Can you help me on this subject?Kindly suggest me some titles or web sites from where I can get materials on this subject. Thanking You, Faithfully Your's Meeta Rathod 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Workshop on ICT for Information Managment at IIT Bombay
by Daulat Jotwani 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay has planned to organize a 5-days Training Workshop on ICT for Information Management in S&T Institutions on 16-20 May 2005. The main objective of the workshop is to expose participants to the state-of-the art in library systems and services and how ICT can transform it into a more efficient, knowledge sharing organization facing new challenges and fulfilling aspirations of its users. The important topics to be covered in the workshop include : · Overview of information communication technology applications in the libraries, · Web designing, development of library website · Web-based information sources and services, subject portals · Digital / electronic sources, e-journals, e-books, e-databases, leveraging INDEST consortium for augmenting more e-resources · Development of digital library, hybrid library · Open archives, GSDL, eprints, Dspace, · RFID Only 30-35 participants, on first-come-first-served basis, will be taken for the course from IITs, IISc, NITs, other engineering colleges, scientific and technical institutions. Preference will be given to those from INDEST participating institutions. Interested persons may forward their application in the enclosed proforma by email / fax at the earliest to the Librarian, IIT Bombay. Participants will be provided hostel accommodation free of charge. TA/DA will have to be borne by the participants or their sponsoring organizations. WORKSHOP ON ICT FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN S&T INSTITUTIONS 16-20 MAY 2005 PROFORMA Name : ____________________________________ Designation : ____________________________________ Institution/Organization : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Address : ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Telephone / Fax No. ____________________________________ Email : ____________________________________ Accommodation needed : Yes / No Signature -- Daulat Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227

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Advertisement for the next batch of IKM Training Program
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

For favor of notice board and wide circulation ---------------------------------------------- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION (NCSI) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE B A N 0 A L 0 R E- 560012 REQUIRES Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Trainees No. of positions: 11 [GEN-4, OBC-2, SC-1, ST-1, and Sponsored Candidates-03] Advt. No.R(IB)008-2/2005. Minimum Qualifications: 1. Ist Class Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with minimum of II Class Master's Degree in Library/Information Science or Associateship in Documentation/Information Science awarded by DRTC or INSDOC. One or two years of experience in a Library/Information Centre and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. OR Ist Class B.E., M.B.B.S., or M.Sc with a minimum of one year experience in information handling. 2. SC/ST candidates with pass class will also be considered. 3. The sponsored candidates should forward their application through proper channel. No stipend will be paid to sponsored candidates. Training is for a period of 18 months w.e.f. 01.08.2005 on a stipend of Rs.5,000/- per month (Fixed). Visit our website at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ for details of the programme and Online Application Registration [Please note that the above website address is meant only for IKM training programme of NCSI - item # II in the advertisement. Also, Applications sent by email attachments and/or by emails WILL NOT be entertained]. GENERAL CONDITIONS Only those who have completed their qualifying examinations and have been awarded the degrees on the date of advertisement, need apply. The Institute will have no obligation to absorb the canditates on completion of the training. No accommodation will be available on the Institute campus. Candidates who are desirous to be considered strictly on the aforesaid conditions may duly fill the Online Application Registration form available at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/online.htm. A hard copy of the online application registration form along with photocopies of Marks Cards, Cast Certificate of SC, ST, or OBC (OBC certifcate should be in the GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of PH candidates, copy of medical certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent on or before 29 April 2005 to: ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-lB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560 012, superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of IKM Trainee". Dated: March 2005 REGISTRAR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Live DSpace Sites acroos the world
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:24:23 +0530 From: Yatrik Patel <yatrik(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear All, The active Institutional Repositories / Archives from different countries, using the ground-breaking DSpace software is listed at DSpace Website. Follow the link "LIVE DSpace" at http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceInstances Yatrik Patel Scientist (CS) INFLIBNET Centre, India

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New POWERFUL Search engine..................
by Jayadev P Hiremath 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Dear All, New Search engine.........just give it a try : http://yagoohoogle.com/ Happy searching !!! Regards. Jayadev P Hiremath

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InfoQuiz 2005
by Mouna 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

InfoQuiz 2005 (An Informatics Silver Jubilee Celebration Event) Visit www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> to register and participate in the first ever Online InfoQuiz conducted by Informatics. InfoQuiz 2005 consists of two rounds: Round-1 : Online Quiz 18th April 2005 Round-2 : Stage Quiz 5th May 2005 (Top-6 Scorers of Round-1 qualify for Round-2, scheduled to be held in Bangalore. Expenses of these Top-6 scorers will be borne by Informatics) Prize Money: Winning Team will get Rs. 50,000/- cash plus trophy from Informatics. (And, a host of other sponsored Prizes from publishers like Springer and others.) Dateline: 1. Register between 6th and 17th April 2005 2. Round - 1 (Online Quiz) : 18th April 2005 3. Round - 2 (Stage Quiz-Bangalore) : 5th May 2005 REGISTER ONLINE BETWEEN 6TH AND 17TH April 2005 at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in> or contact events(a)informindia.co.in <mailto:events@informindia.co.in> _______________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is intended to be addressed. If you are not the intended recepient of this message and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately via e-mail. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Informatics ( India) Ltd will accept no responsibility or liability in respect to this e-mail other than to the intended addressees. _________________________________________________________________________________

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Do digital libraries violate the Third Law?
by Mailing List Manager 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:24:53 +0530 From: Manish Mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> I have some thoughts on the lines of Vasumathi. Well, we can not compare share purchase with information pickup.. if u still insist it to be the same, let us ask an honest question to those who did online share purchase WITHOUT expert advice and how many of them actually lost money bec their knowledge abt the company was superfluous i.e. something similar when u get first few hits on public search engines..If u get it right once does not guarantee anything. Idea is not to impose ourselves but to save the time of the users by giving them relevant info with least of the noise content. Ask any scientist who has filed the patent and has done a prior art search..To find out a seemingly simple concept, device, technique hidden under a mass of literaute is a task in itself. This is in the light of availability of built-in expert systems and full text search capabilities of the databases. The scientists willingly seek Info specialits help in doing so and is not surprising bec failure to detect a similar idea wd mean a huge avoidable expense. -Manish Mankad Information Services Ext: 208/460 Tel: 022 28276208 Hindustan Lever research Centre B.D. Sawant Marg Andheri (E), Mumbai 400099 INDIA -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:30:26 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, Let us be honest! Do not we ourselves go quickly go to google. And let us be frank, most of the times, it serves our purpose. We do not always need a comprehensive overview of all the [quality] literature available to answer our query. We do not always need a comprehensive literature search. Two or three hits answer our query. Trust, what the users say!!!! People are breaking free and are becoming self-reliant! They need less dependency on specialists. Do not we indulge in Self-Medication? Earlier we use to lose money through share-brokers. Now we can do the same ourselves, Online!!. --Sukhdev Singh

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Do digital libraries violate the Third Law?
by Mailing List Manager 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:30:26 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, Let us be honest! Do not we ourselves go quickly go to google. And let us be frank, most of the times, it serves our purpose. We do not always need a comprehensive overview of all the [quality] literature available to answer our query. We do not always need a comprehensive literature search. Two or three hits answer our query. Trust, what the users say!!!! People are breaking free and are becoming self-reliant! They need less dependency on specialists. Do not we indulge in Self-Medication? Earlier we use to lose money through share-brokers. Now we can do the same ourselves, Online!!. --Sukhdev Singh On Apr 5, 2005 1:52 PM, Dr. Murari P Tapaswi <murari(a)darya.nio.org> wrote: > Colleagues, > The article Shri Sukhdev Singh pointed to is interesting in today's context. > It ends saying "Getting authoritative information sources to potential > users" is the job of Librarians and Libraries, besides so many points in > favour of libraries. [truncated]

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Self-Learning Module on Digitization and Digital Libraries
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Dear All *** Apologies for any cross-posting of this message *** FAO has recently released a self-learning module on "Digitization and Digital Libraries". This was developed jointly between FAO and UNESCO with the support of the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). This module is intended to train librarians and other information specialists in the conceptual and practical bases for the digitization of collections, and in the creation and provision of access to digital libraries. This module is part of the Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) initiative of FAO, which has been developing a series of interactive self-paced learning modules, related to information management since 2001 for delivery on CD-ROM (http://www.fao.org/IMARK/). The first IMARK module on "Management of Electronic Documents", which covers the collection, archiving, management and dissemination of electronic documents and associated images was released in November 2003 and has been received quite well, notably in the Asian region. The "Digitization and Digital Libraries" module provides 31 lessons concerned with the creation and sharing of digital library collections. Lessons cover topics such as copyright issues, electronic formats for text and images, metadata and subject indexing, preservation of digital material as well as a comprehensive overview of the creation and management of digital documents. The module expands upon several of the topics covered in the module "Management of Electronic Documents" mentioned earlier. The 31 lessons (each roughly of 30-40 minutes learning time) are organized in 6 units: Unit 1: Conceptual Overview. Introduces digital libraries and the legal environment within which they operate. Examples from different subject domains are used to demonstrate the use and main features of digital libraries. Unit 2: Electronic Documents and Formats. Describes and provides a technical overview of the various formats of electronic documents, character encoding schemes and encoding scripts, document mark-up, and how to convert between the various formats. Unit 3: Metadata Standards and Subject Indexing. Describes the role of metadata, metadata types, various standards and their application in organizing electronic documents, including the Dublin Core. Introduces the principles and procedures of subject indexing. Unit 4: Creation and Management of Digital Documents. Covers the workflows involved in the creation and management of electronic documents, including the digitization, creation and adaptation of documents for a digital library, issues related to heritage documents. Unit 5: Creation and Sharing of Digital Libraries. Covers the processes and resources required for planning, implementing and managing a digital library project. Unit 6: Example of Digital Library Software Greenstone. Describes the use of the Greenstone Digital Library Software in building and providing access to digital library collections. The module uses Flash and XML technology for retrieving and presenting the lessons. In addition to the lessons themselves, the module provides the learners with access to an internal search function and a technical glossary, as well as with on-board and on-line reference materials, including relevant non-proprietary software applications and tools. The module also contains several additional resources, including Greenstone Digital Library software, three thesauri related to Agriculture and a digital imaging tutorial. The module CD-ROM is available free of charge. Visit IMARK website (http://www.fao.org/IMARK) for more details of the IMARK initiative and to request for a copy of this e-learning module CD-ROM. We sincerely hope that this module will help a large number of information professionals, particularly those who are not in a position to undergo formal education/ training in this area, in improving their conceptual and practical understanding of digitization and digital libraries. We also hope that this will lead to creation and sharing of greater number of quality digital library collections, particularly with local content. We welcome your critical comments and suggestions about this module which will help us to improve it further. Regards T.B. Rajashekar ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-23600271, 23601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-23601426, 23600683 Information (NCSI) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science URL: http://144.16.72.189/raja/ BANGALORE-560012 (India) ------------------------------------------------------------- SciGate: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ The IISc Science Information Portal

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Fwd: FW: Free Backfiles-archives-Blackwells
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

"Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake(a)email.uncc.edu> wrote:From: "Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake(a)email.uncc.edu> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Subject: FW: Free Backfiles-archives-Blackwells Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:00:47 EDT These journals on the Blackwell cite all STATE they have free archives. There are others that are free at the moment, but don't have a statement about whether they are free or not, and their are other titles that just make certain sections i.e. reviews, free. There are undoubtedly others. This was a quick run through. But it shows a significant number of major journals are making their backfiles free, across a range of subjects. BLACKWELL's Free Archives -([partial list I'm sure]} Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Published on behalf of the Institution Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Free access to issues over two years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= aos British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Published on behalf of The British Pharmacological Society All online journal issues older than one year are available free to all users. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= bcp Cellular Microbiology Free access to all review articles Free access to issues over two years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= cmi FEBS Journal Now with every published paper since 1967 available online! As a service to the scientific community, FEBS makes all online issues of the journal available free to users one year after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= ejb Genes to Cells All online journal issues older than 6 months are available free to all users. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= gtc Hereditas Hereditas is now an open-access journal. All content from the 2005 volume onwards is free for all to view. n.b. All issues from 1993 are marked "free content" http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= hrd Immunology An official journal of the British Society for Immunology As a service to the scientific community, all online issues of Immunology are available free to users one year after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= imm Journal of Applied Microbiology Published on behalf of the Society for Applied Microbiology As a service to the scientific community, the SfAM makes all online issues of JAM available free to users three years after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jam Journal of Internal Medicine All online journal issues older than December 2000 are available free to all users http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jim Journal of Neurochemistry Published on behalf of the International Society for Neurochemistry As a service to the scientific community, ISN makes all online issues of Journal of Neurochemistry available free to users two years after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jnc Molecular Microbiology Free access to issues over 18 months old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= mmi Plant, Cell and Environment Free access to content over three years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= pce The Plant Journal Published on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology " All online journal issues older than 12 months are available free to all users." (from journal front page) http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=TPJ&goto=journal July 1991 (Vol. 1 Issue 1 )-12 month wall Sociology of Health & Illness 1979-1996 free archives http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= shil Chuck Hamaker Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. "Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake(a)email.uncc.edu> wrote: From: "Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake(a)email.uncc.edu> To: <liblicense-l(a)lists.yale.edu> Subject: FW: Free Backfiles-archives-Blackwells Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:00:47 EDT These journals on the Blackwell cite all STATE they have free archives. There are others that are free at the moment, but don't have a statement about whether they are free or not, and their are other titles that just make certain sections i.e. reviews, free. There are undoubtedly others. This was a quick run through. But it shows a significant number of major journals are making their backfiles free, across a range of subjects. BLACKWELL's Free Archives -([partial list I'm sure]} Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Published on behalf of the Institution Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Free access to issues over two years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= aos British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Published on behalf of The British Pharmacological Society All online journal issues older than one year are available free to all users. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= bcp Cellular Microbiology Free access to all review articles Free access to issues over two years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= cmi FEBS Journal Now with every published paper since 1967 available online! As a service to the scientific community, FEBS makes all online issues of the journal available free to users one year after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= ejb Genes to Cells All online journal issues older than 6 months are available free to all users. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= gtc Hereditas Hereditas is now an open-access journal. All content from the 2005 volume onwards is free for all to view. n.b. All issues from 1993 are marked "free content" http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= hrd Immunology An official journal of the British Society for Immunology As a service to the scientific community, all online issues of Immunology are available free to users one year after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= imm Journal of Applied Microbiology Published on behalf of the Society for Applied Microbiology As a service to the scientific community, the SfAM makes all online issues of JAM available free to users three years after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jam Journal of Internal Medicine All online journal issues older than December 2000 are available free to all users http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jim Journal of Neurochemistry Published on behalf of the International Society for Neurochemistry As a service to the scientific community, ISN makes all online issues of Journal of Neurochemistry available free to users two years after original publication. In addition, the review articles in every issue are freely available. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= jnc Molecular Microbiology Free access to issues over 18 months old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= mmi Plant, Cell and Environment Free access to content over three years old http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= pce The Plant Journal Published on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology " All online journal issues older than 12 months are available free to all users." (from journal front page) http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?code=TPJ&goto=journal July 1991 (Vol. 1 Issue 1 )-12 month wall Sociology of Health & Illness 1979-1996 free archives http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code= shil Chuck Hamaker http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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MindShift: Disruptive Scholarship Revisited
by Gerry Mckiernan 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Apologies for Cross-Posting Colleagues/ If you have not yet made plans to attend the ACRL 12th National Conference in Minneapolis beginning later this week [ http://www.ala.org/acrlconftemplate1.html ], you still have time to do so! In addition to many opportunities to Listen-and-Learn from a variety of pre-conferences, presentations and poster sessions [ http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/12thnatconf/acrlprogram/program.htm ], you could be among the select few to attend MySession in which I will elaborate on my wiki-based vision/version of Scholarly Communication known as Disruptive Scholarship [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0502/0003.html ] Sooooo** Please mark you ConferenceCalendar: Pair Two | Saturday, April 9, 4:30 - 5:45 p.m.; 200AB Quality Assurance in the Age of Author Self-Archiving. In the age of author self-archiving, there are forces, factors, and influences other than pending classical peer review that can assure the quality of scholarship before formal publication. Among these alternative approaches are institutional review, 'critical peer response', 'action learning', and Total Quality Scholarship. Gain an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of conventional peer review process and develop an awareness of current and emerging alternative models to traditional peer review. Presenter(s): Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University [ http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/12thnatconf/acrlprogram/contributedp… ] NOTE: The emphasis will be on EMERGING! BTW: If you are unable to attend the entire session, please don't hesistate to stop by at the end to offer to buy me a beer [:-) Be Prepared For A MIND SHIFT !!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com http://disruptivescholarship.blogspot.com

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Introducing Bibliocasting List
by Gerry Mckiernan 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Posted on Behalf of Dave Lankes Apologies for Cross-Posting PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE WIDELY Introducing the Bibliocasting listserv. The bibliocasting listserv (bibliocasting(a)listserv.syr.edu) is dedicated to a discussion of streaming media in the library environment. This list grows out of the increasing popularity of "Podcasting," or the use of RSS and the Internet to download audio programs (like audio blogs) to computers and MP3 players. A recent Reuters story states: "Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults who own MP3 players like Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod say they have downloaded podcast programs from the Internet, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found...That means more than 6 million people are listening to a form of communication that emerged only last year, according to the nonprofit group." So what to post on the list? Examples of how libraries can build on the growing excitement of Podcasting; Questions on how libraries can use podcasting and other multimedia information they create to promote themselves and provide better service; Questions on how to podcast and other technical questions on streaming media including QuickTime Streaming, RealProducer, and others. In addition, the list will include postings of key articles, reports, and news about podcating and other streaming media in general and in the the library context. Bottom Line: We are looking to build a community of individuals interested in the application of multimedia in the library environment. SUBSCRIBING TO THE LIST You can get the listserv in two ways. The first is through e-mail. To subscribe to the list send an e-mail to listserv(a)listserv.syr.edu with the entire message (no subject line): subscribe bibliocasting FirstName LastName We have also set up a podcast for the list...that's right, you can listen to the list. Each post is transformed from text-to-speech, and syndicated using RSS. The RSS feed (podcast feed) for the list is at: http://drew.syr.edu/iis4/pod/pod.xml _____________________________ "Virtual Dave" Lankes, Ph.D. Executive Director Information Institute of Syracuse School of Information Studies, Syracuse University http://www.DavidLankes.org

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DSpace @ NCL
by Shyam Prasad pujar 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** Dear Members, National Chemical Laboratory [NCL], Pune, a CSIR lab of India, has launched its digital repository on the Internet. Presently it has a collection of 176 PhD theses (Chemical and Biological Sciences) along with some samples of Patents, research reports. Shortly, it will be added with more resources. The repository can be accessed at: http://dspace.ncl.res.in For information regarding this initiative, you may please contact: Dr. M. Karthikeyan Scientist Digital Information Resource Center (DIRC) National Chemical Laboratory NCL Post, Pune - 411 008. India Ph: +91-20-25893400 extn. 2483 -25893457 Extn. 23 FAX: + 91-202-5893973 http://www.ncl-india.org/ e-mail: karthi_ncl(a)yahoo.com; karthi(a)ems.ncl.res.in Regards, Shamprasad 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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etd@IISc: DSpace-based ETD repository of Indian Institute of Science
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Dear All I am glad to inform you that, as a collaborative effort between NCSI and IISc Library, we have recently set up etd@IISc, the theses repository of IISc, using DSpace. It is accessible at: http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ etd@IISc repository has been developed to capture, preserve and disseminate research theses of our institute. We expect the repository to grow in the coming days. etd@IISc is compliant to ETD-MS metadata specifications recommended by NDLTD and is also OAI v 2.0 compliant. etd@IISc grew out of two trainee projects in the NCSI IKM training programme. This service complements ePrints@IISc - the research publications repository of IISc (http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/) operational for about 2 years now. It is growing steadily and is receiving significant accesses from around the world, with about 15,000 abstract/ full text views per month. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Regards Rajashekar ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-23600271, 23601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-23601426, 23600683 Information (NCSI) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science URL: http://144.16.72.189/raja/ BANGALORE-560012 (India) ------------------------------------------------------------- SciGate: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ The IISc Science Information Portal

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Do digital libraries violate the Third Law?
by Sukhdev Singh 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Dear Friends, There is an interesting article on the following URL. http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA512… Some Extracts are given below: .."Every book, its reader" almost means that "resources look for people." Thus, the job of librarians is to help these resources find the people who want and need them the most. Library patrons, Ranganathan points out, often do not know enough about available resources to know what to request. Any organization of the electronic or physical library that focuses only on getting the readers what they ask for neglects two key components of good library practice: browsing and linking.. ..Because of today's confusing array of resources, new violations of the third law have emerged. Consider search engines. No one focused on creating a "well-arranged collection" of e-resources can ignore that users are going to Google for quick or even substantive information requests. Google gives marvelously fast access to massive amounts of information (and misinformation). It is almost everyone's favorite place for a quick search. In fact, one could say that Google usually passes the fourth law (save the time of the reader) with flying colors—except when the plethora of hits slows the reader down. With the advent of Google Print and particularly Google Scholar, more and more students and researchers will begin their work on Google... Any comments? Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/indmedtraining/

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request for pointers related to Mesuring Information Economy.
by Mailing List Manager 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:39:36 +0100 (BST) From: chaitra m <chaitra_7_m(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Sir/Madam, I am going to present assignment on "Measuring Information Economy:Input -Output Analysis" I would request you to provide some materials . Thanking you, Chaitra. Dept. of library & informaiton Science ,Manasagangothri. UOM, Mysore-06

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Donation of Computer Journals
by Anita Kumari 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Dear Members We are interested in donating Computer Magazines and Journals of previous years. Interested Libraries please may contact at below address. Looking forward. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Library Operations IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100 Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com Dear Members We are interested in donating �Computer Magazines and Journals of previous years. Interested Libraries please may contact at below address. Looking forward. Thanks with Regards Anita Kumari Library Operations IBM India Research Lab. Block - 1, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : +91-11-2686 1100 �Ext:2161 Fax : +91-11-2686 1555 E-Mail : anitkuma(a)in.ibm.com

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Civilians not allowed entry to library in Cantt
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

My Comment: Please read the news item below. A library in such a sorry state of affairs -- is not worth fighting - not even for entry rights by civilians. We need to bother only when the library is worth something. Vyasamoorthy, P Express News Service http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=123613 Lucknow, April 3: THE board reads: Civilians not allowed! No, we are not taking you back to the British raaj but to our very own Cantt area. If you are a bibliophile and also a civilian in the cantonment area, you should be ready for the rude fact that the area does not offer library facility to those not a part of the defence forces. Those from the force have a well-equipped library on the main Mahatma Gandhi road but no civilian is allowed to have access to the books there, as it is open only for defence personnel and ex servicemen. Moved by the inconvenience of over one lakh civilians who live in the cantonment area, erstwhile chief executive officer of the Cantonment Board, Indrajit Kaur had taken the initiative to get an existing library in Sadar area, near the government hospital, renovated in the year 2000. Books worth lakhs of rupees were purchased and brought here for the first-of its-kind library for people of non-defence background in the area. The library had separate sections for children and adults depending on their tastes, but with the passage of time, the library has become an epitome of neglect. The situation has come to such a pass that it is rarely opened these days and no new books have been purchased for the last three years and the existing books are rotting. "We have raised the issue a number of times but no one is ready to pay heed to the genuine demands of the civilians. All efforts have gone in vain. The issue of library will not be solved forever unless the cantonment board holds its elections (which have been put on hold for the last two years following an SC intervention) ," maintains Shyam Narain Pandey, the former corporator of the cantonment board. ==================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Job Openings at Monitor
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

Dear Friends Monitor Information Services are the Hyderabad headquartered Importers, Distributors and Library suppliers of Technical Books, CD-ROM'S and E-books. Monitor currently caters to R&D Libraries spread across length and breath of India. To fulfill our expansion plans for the year 2005-06, there are job openings at various levels in our Sales n Marketing Division. We are interest in young dynamic educated experienced persons looking forward to work with a growing national-level organization. We extend remuneration n fringe benefits best comparable with the industry standard. Please send your detailed resume by e-mail at jobs(a)monitorinfo.com or by post to our mailing address, given below. Job Interviews will be conducted in various regions during May'2005. Please forward this message to person/s, you know, who may be interested in such job opening. Thanks n Regards The HR Manager MONITOR INFORMATION SERVICES 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Opp. Deepak Theatre, Narayanguda Hyderabad - 500 029 T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com Dear Friends Monitor Information Services are the Hyderabad headquartered Importers, Distributors and Library suppliers of Technical Books, CD-ROM'S and E-books. Monitor currently caters to R&D Libraries spread across length and breath of India. To fulfill our expansion plans for the year 2005-06, there are job openings at various levels in our Sales n Marketing Division. We are interest in young dynamic educated experienced persons looking forward to work with a growing national-level organization. We extend remuneration n fringe benefits best comparable with the industry standard. Please send your detailed resume by e-mail at mailto:jobs@monitorinfo.com jobs(a)monitorinfo.com or by post to our mailing address, given below. Job Interviews will be conducted in various regions during May'2005. Please forward this message to person/s, you know, who may be interested in such job opening. Thanks n Regards The HR Manager MONITOR INFORMATION SERVICES 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Opp. Deepak Theatre, Narayanguda Hyderabad - 500 029 T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27552390 http://www.monitorinfo.com http://www.monitorinfo.com

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Amazing : 2 GB from Gmail
by Jayadev P Hiremath 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

SAN JOSE: A year after unveiling a free e-mail service with a full gigabyte of storage, Google is doubling the capacity of each account and plans to keep bumping up the limit in the future. Once the upgrade takes effect on Friday, Gmail users will be able to store up to 2 gigabytes of e-mail and attachments for each account. Even more capacity will be made available after that as it becomes feasible, the company said. "Our goal is to make sure storage is no longer an issue for Web mail users," said Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer Web products. The announcement was made on the first anniversary of the Internet search engine's launch of Gmail, which surprised many users with its generous storage allotment and prompted rivals Yahoo and Microsoft to boost the capacity of their own free Web mail services.

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Oa increases research impact
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Here is the abstract of a talk Stevan Harnad will deliver at Indiana University on 5 April 2005. Please spread the word about the advantages of institutional archiving. Arun Maximizing Research Impact Through Institutional Self-Archiving Stevan Harnad Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southhampton Abstract: There are two roads to Open Access (OA) (toll-free online full-text access to peer-reviewed journal articles)/ The "golden" road is for the world's 24,000 peer-reviewed journals to convert from the user-institution cost-recovery model to the author-institution cost-recovery model (OA Journal Publishing), as about 5% of them have done. There is still some risk and uncertainty associated with this untested gold-journal cost-recovery model, however, so most journals (91%) have instead taken the "green" road, giving their authors the green light to provide OA for their own individual articles if they wish, by self-archiving them in their own institutional OA Eprint Archives. There is still much confusion about these two very different roads to OA, with some thinking that OA = OA Publishing (gold). Some also think OA is only or mainly to solve the libraries' serials crisis (the journal pricing/affordability problem), whereas the real problem OA is intended to solve is the researchers' access/impact problem. The proposed US, UK, Australian and Canadian mandates to self-archive all funded research are also widely misunderstood as mandating gold, pressuring publishers toward adopting the OA Journal cost-recovery model, whereas they are in fact mandating green, pressuring fundees to provide OA for their findings by self-archiving them. I will present quantitative evidence on the degree to which supplementing the licensed journal access version of an article with an author self-archived Open Access version of the same article increases both the citation impact and the usage (download) impact of the article; the evidence also shows that download impact today can predict citation impact in 2 years. More information. Biographical Sketch: Stevan Harnad was born in Hungary, did his undergraduate work at McGill University and his graduate work at Princeton University, and is currently Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science at University of Quebec/Montreal. His research is on categorisation, communication and cognition. Founder and Editor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (a paper journal published by Cambridge University Press), Psycoloquy (an electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association), and the CogPrints Electronic Preprint Archive in the Cognitive Sciences. He is Past President of the Society for Philosopy and Psychology, and author and contributor to over 150 publications, including Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech (NY Academy of Sciences 1976), Lateralization in the Nervous System (Academic Press 1977), Peer Commentary on Peer Review: A Case Study in Scientific Quality Control (Cambridge University Press 1982), Categorical Perception: The Groundwork of Cognition (Cambridge University Press 1987), The Selection of Behavior: The Operant Behaviorism of BF Skinner: Comments and Consequences (Cambridge University Press 1988) and Icon, Category, Symbol: Essays on the Foundations and Fringes of Cognition (in prep). Here is the abstract of a talk Stevan Harnad will deliver at Indiana University on 5 April 2005. Please spread the word about the advantages of institutional archiving. Arun Maximizing Research Impact Through Institutional Self-Archiving Stevan Harnad Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southhampton Abstract: There are two roads to Open Access (OA) (toll-free online full-text access to peer-reviewed journal articles)/ The "golden" road is for the world's 24,000 peer-reviewed journals to convert from the user-institution cost-recovery model to the author-institution cost-recovery model ( http://www.doaj.org/ OA Journal Publishing ), as about 5% of them have done. There is still some risk and uncertainty associated with this untested gold-journal cost-recovery model, however, so http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php most journals (91%) have instead taken the "green" road, giving their authors the green light to provide OA for their own individual articles if they wish, by self-archiving them in their own institutional http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse OA Eprint Archives . There is still much confusion about these two very different roads to OA, with some thinking that OA = OA Publishing (gold). Some also think OA is only or mainly to solve the libraries' serials crisis (the journal pricing/affordability problem), whereas the real problem OA is intended to solve is the researchers' access/impact problem. The proposed US, UK, Australian and Canadian mandates to self-archive all funded research are also widely misunderstood as mandating gold, pressuring publishers toward adopting the OA Journal cost-recovery model, whereas they are in fact mandating green, pressuring fundees to provide OA for their findings by self-archiving them. I will present quantitative evidence on the degree to which supplementing the licensed journal access version of an article with an author self-archived Open Access version of the same article increases both the citation impact and the usage (download) impact of the article; the evidence also shows that download impact today can predict citation impact in 2 years. http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ More information . Biographical Sketch: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ Stevan Harnad was born in Hungary, did his undergraduate work at McGill University and his graduate work at Princeton University, and is currently Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science at University of Quebec/Montreal. His research is on categorisation, communication and cognition. Founder and Editor of http://www.bbsonline.org/ Behavioral and Brain Sciences (a paper journal published by Cambridge University Press), http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ Psycoloquy (an electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association), and the http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ CogPrints Electronic Preprint Archive in the Cognitive Sciences. He is Past President of the Society for Philosopy and Psychology, and author and contributor to over 150 publications, including Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech (NY Academy of Sciences 1976), Lateralization in the Nervous System (Academic Press 1977), Peer Commentary on Peer Review: A Case Study in Scientific Quality Control (Cambridge University Press 1982), Categorical Perception: The Groundwork of Cognition (Cambridge University Press 1987), The Selection of Behavior: The Operant Behaviorism of BF Skinner: Comments and Consequences (Cambridge University Press 1988) and Icon, Category, Symbol: Essays on the Foundations and Fringes of Cognition (in prep).

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Free E-Journals in Business Management
by Mailing List Manager 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:16:52 +0530 From: Satish Kanamadi <kanamadi(a)indiatimes.com> Dear Ms.Stuthy, Please visit Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org) This gateway service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals and aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1513 journals in the directory. Currently 381 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 70885 articles are included in the DOAJ service. It has 15 Free ejournals under Business category and about 19 free e-journals under economics category. 27 e-journals listed under Psychology subject heading could also be useful to you. Regards, Satish Kanamadi ------------------------------------------------------------ Satish Kanamadi Asst.Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Deemed University) Deonar MUMBAI - 400 088 Tel: (022)25563290-96 Extn.285 Email: kanamadi(a)hotmail.com kanamadi(a)indiatimes.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:19:17 +0100 (BST) From: shilpa sthuthy shilpa_sthuthy(a)yahoo.co.in Dear Sir/Madam, I am Sthuthy doing my post graduation in Dept. of Library and Information Science. Recently my topic for my academic project work as been announced and i need your help in doing it. If you know any URL links for free E-journals or directory in business managment plz let me know. with warm regards, Sthuthy Shilpa.A Dept.of Library and Information Science Manasagangothri Mysore. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Indiatimes Email now powered by APIC Advantage. Help! Help

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Re: [bytesforall_readers] Some Indian journals on the DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

This list appears to be incomplete. After all the description says "Some" Indian journals .... All journals published by INSA, IASc and MedKnow are open access journals. Can INFLIBNET make a list of ALL INDIAN OA journals, please? Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred(a)bytesforall.org> To: <bytesforall_readers(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: [bytesforall_readers] Some Indian journals on the DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL > > http://www.doaj.org/search?query=India > > ICMR Bulletin > ISSN: 03774910 > Subject: Medicine (General) > Publisher: Indian Council of Medical Research, Division of Publication & > Information, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India > Language: English > Keywords: medicine > Start Year: 1998 > > Indian Heart Journal > ISSN: 00194832 > Subject: Cardiovascular > Publisher: The Cardiological Society of India > Language: English > Keywords: cardiology, cardiovascular diseases > Start Year: 2001 > > Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry > ISSN: 09701915 > Subject: Biochemistry > Publisher: Association of Clinical Biochemists of India > Language: English > Keywords: clinical biochemistry, health care, laboratory science > Start Year: 2002 > > Indian Journal of Surgery > ISSN: 09722068 > Subject: Surgery > Publisher: Medknow Publications on behalf of the Association of Surgeons > of India > Language: English > Keywords: surgery, medicine > Start Year: 2002 > > Indian Journal of Tuberculosis > ISSN: 00195707 > Subject: Internal medicine > Publisher: Tuberculosis Association of India > Language: English > Keywords: public health, tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, chest > diseases > Start Year: 2000 > > Journal of the Association of Physicians of India > ISSN: 00045772 > Subject: Medicine (General) > Publisher: Association of Physicians of India > Language: English > Keywords: medicine > Start Year: 2003 > > Journal of the Indian Medical Association > ISSN: 00195847 > Subject: Medicine (General) > Publisher: Indian Medical Association > Language: English > Keywords: medicine, India > Start Year: 2002 > > Medical Journal Armed Forces India > ISSN: 03771237 > Subject: Medicine (General) > Publisher: Armed Forces Medical Services, Minestry of Defence > Language: English > Keywords: medicine > Start Year: 2000 > > Neurology India > ISSN: 00283886 > Subject: Neurology > Publisher: Medknow Publications on behalf of the Neurological Society of > India > Language: English > Keywords: medicine, neurology > Start Year: 2002 > > The Journal of Family Welfare > ISSN: 00221074 > Subject: Gynecology and Obstetrics --- Gender Studies > Publisher: Family Planning Association of India > Language: English > Keywords: sexual health, reproductive health, family planning, fertility > control, family living > Start Year: 2004 > > Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs > ISSN: 09711198 > Subject: Biotechnology > Publisher: Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs - India > Language: English > Keywords: biotechnology, artificial organs, biomaterials > Start Year: 2000 > > -------------------------------- > Thanks for this useful link to: > K PRAKASH > Scientific/Technical Officer-I > Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre > An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission > Near Gujarat University Guest House > Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, > AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India > > > > _____ > _/ ____\____ Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa > \ __\/ \ India T +91.832.2409490 M +919822 122436 > | | | | \ http://fn.swiki.net http://goabooks.swiki.net > |__| |___| / http://www.bytesforall.net http://www.bytesforall.org > \/ ----------------------------------------------------- > Sign up for low-volume, high-quality news summaries and updates from > Goa at http://newsfromgoa.swiki.net * It's free and volunteer-driven. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > bytesforall_readers-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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MyLISA Monthly Lecture - April 2005
by SUNIL M.V. 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Dear Professional, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association MyLISA, Mysore Invites you for a Lecture on �Copyright law and literary works� By MOHAN JOSEPH B.A, LLM on 2nd April 2005 at 3.30 pm VENUE: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore MyLISA --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. Dear Professional, � Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association MyLISA, Mysore � Invites you for�a Lecture on � �Copyright law and literary works� � By �� MOHAN JOSEPH B.A, LLM on 2nd April 2005 at 3.30 pm � VENUE: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore � MyLISA � � � Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31855/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoti… Join the fun.

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A talk by Stevan harnad at Indiana University
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Open Access Scientometrics Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK April 4th, 2005 | 6-7p | LI 001 One of the ways to measure and predict research influence, direction and impact is through citation analysis. Articles cite one another, and citations can be counted, and lineages traced. Co-citation analysis is another way of analyzing structure and influence: Who is cited together with whom? Hub/authority analysis allows articles to be weighted by whether they are reviews citing many related articles, or they are influential works cited by many articles. The citation equivalent of Google's PageRank allows citations to be weighted, recursively, by how cited the citing work is. A citation has a higher weight if the citing article is itself a highly cited article. A new web-based measure is article downloads; these turn out to be correlated with and hence predictive of citations 18 months later, and even longer if the article is a pre-publication preprint. The latency from download time to citation time has also been steadily shrinking as more preprints and postprints are made openly accessible (OA) online. OA articles have significantly, sometimes dramatically higher citation impact than non-OA articles. Making more of the literature OA will not only make it more accessible and enhance its usage and impact, but it will make powerful new forms of scientometric analysis for monitoring and measuring research possible. REFERENCES & LINKS: http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/ch.htm Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2005) Earlier Web Usage Statistics as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Technical Report, ECS, University of Southampton. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10647/ Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2004) Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals. D-Lib Magazine 10(6). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10207/ Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Yves, G., Charles, O., Stamerjohanns, H. and Hilf, E. (2004) The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access. Serials review 30(4). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10209/ Open Access Scientometrics Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK April 4 th , 2005 | 6-7p | LI 001 One of the ways to measure and predict research influence, direction and impact is through citation analysis. Articles cite one another, and citations can be counted, and lineages traced. Co-citation analysis is another way of analyzing structure and influence: Who is cited together with whom? Hub/authority analysis allows articles to be weighted by whether they are reviews citing many related articles, or they are influential works cited by many articles. The citation equivalent of Google's PageRank allows citations to be weighted, recursively, by how cited the citing work is. A citation has a higher weight if the citing article is itself a highly cited article. A new web-based measure is article downloads; these turn out to be correlated with and hence predictive of citations 18 months later, and even longer if the article is a pre-publication preprint. The latency from download time to citation time has also been steadily shrinking as more preprints and postprints are made openly accessible (OA) online. OA articles have significantly, sometimes dramatically higher citation impact than non-OA articles. Making more of the literature OA will not only make it more accessible and enhance its usage and impact, but it will make powerful new forms of scientometric analysis for monitoring and measuring research possible. REFERENCES & LINKS: http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/ http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/ch.htm http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/ch.htm Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2005) Earlier Web Usage Statistics as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Technical Report, ECS, University of Southampton. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10647/ http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10647/ Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2004) Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals. D-Lib Magazine 10(6). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10207/ http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10207/ Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Yves, G., Charles, O., Stamerjohanns, H. and Hilf, E. (2004) The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access. Serials review 30(4). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10209/ http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10209/

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