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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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France forging ahead with OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

INRIA's commitment to OA INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Sciences and Control, has signed the Registry of Institutional OA Self-Archiving Policies. Here's how INRIA describes its OA policy on the registry policy page: 'INRIA (The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control) is about to launch an Open Archive dedicated to its scientific publications. INRIA Chairman Gilles Kahn has signed the Berlin Declaration last June and strongly embraces the Open Archive Initiative. He is convinced that such an archive will increase INRIA's scientific visibility and impact, keep track of INRIA's scientific output, and be of use to the whole scientific community. INRIA's Open Archive is part of the HAL Open Archive, produced by the CCSD (Center for Direct Scientific Communication) of CNRS, originally for physicists. INRIA is now collaborating with the CCSD for the future evolution of HAL [Hyper Articles Online]. INRIA scientists and their research partners will be strongly encouraged to use HAL-INRIA as a repository for their research. Documents to be archived include mostly submitted or accepted contributions in Conferences and Journals, book chapters, but also tutorials, INRIA reports, presentations, self-archived dissertations and preprints. It will also be possible to archive the proceedings of conferences organized, chaired or edited by INRIA scientists. Free access to archived articles will be granted whenever compatible with the publisher's requirements. INRIA Scientists have been advised to check the editor' copyright policy on http://romeo.eprints.org before signing any copyright agreement. Articles provided as LateX sources are automatically mirrored into ArXiv.' INRIA's commitment to OA [A] http://www.inria.fr/index.en.html INRIA , the French National Institute for Research in Computer Sciences and Control, has signed the http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Registry of Institutional OA Self-Archiving Policies . Here's how INRIA describes its http://www.eprints.org/signup/fullinfo.php?inst=FRANCE%3AINRIA%20%28The%20F… OA policy on the registry http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php policy page : 'INRIA (The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control) is about to launch an Open Archive dedicated to its scientific publications. INRIA Chairman Gilles Kahn has signed the Berlin Declaration last June and strongly embraces the Open Archive Initiative. He is convinced that such an archive will increase INRIA's scientific visibility and impact, keep track of INRIA's scientific output, and be of use to the whole scientific community. INRIA's Open Archive is part of the HAL Open Archive, produced by the CCSD (Center for Direct Scientific Communication) of CNRS, originally for physicists. INRIA is now collaborating with the CCSD for the future evolution of HAL [Hyper Articles Online]. INRIA scientists and their research partners will be strongly encouraged to use HAL-INRIA as a repository for their research. Documents to be archived include mostly submitted or accepted contributions in Conferences and Journals, book chapters, but also tutorials, INRIA reports, presentations, self-archived dissertations and preprints. It will also be possible to archive the proceedings of conferences organized, chaired or edited by INRIA scientists. Free access to archived articles will be granted whenever compatible with the publisher's requirements. INRIA Scientists have been advised to check the editor' copyright policy on http://romeo.eprints.org/ http://romeo.eprints.org before signing any copyright agreement. Articles provided as LateX sources are automatically mirrored into ArXiv.'

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Fw: [BOAI] France's INRIA Registers Commitment to Implement Berlin DeclarationSelf-Archiving Policy Recommendation
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Stevan Harnad" <harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> To: "American Scientist Open Access Forum" <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:52 PM Subject: [BOAI] France's INRIA Registers Commitment to Implement Berlin DeclarationSelf-Archiving Policy Recommendation > Prof. Jean-Pierre Verjus, Director of Scientific Information and > Communication for INRIA -- Institut national de recherche en informatique > et en automatique (French National Institute for Research in Computer > Sciences and Control) http://www.inria.fr/index.en.html -- has just signed > the > > Registry of Institutional OA Self-Archiving Policies > http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php > > INRIA is a national research institute with 6 units distributed > across France and totalling about 3000 personnel. > > This brings to 11 the number of universities and research institutes > worldwide that have so far committed themselves to adopting a > self-archiving policy to implement the Berlin Declaration (along the > lines recommended by the Berlin 3 Meeting in Southampton on 1 March): > > http://www.eprints.org/berlin3/outcomes.html > > The tally of universities and research institutes that have adopted > self-archiving policies to date is: > > France (4: 2 national institutes, 1 local institute, 1 laboratory), > Germany (2: 1 university + 1 local institute) > Australia (1 university), > India (1 local institute) > Portugal (1 university) > UK (1 university) > CERN (1 multi-national laboratory) > > This is only the beginning. The Institutional Archives Registry > > http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse > > lists a current total of 395 OAI-compliant Open Access Archives > in universities and research institutes in 40 countries. > > These universities and research institutes are now encouraged to adopt > an institutional self-archiving policy and to register and describe it > so that universites and research institutes worldwide can emulate them at: > > http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php > > Archive type (number): > > * Research Institutional or Departmental (170) > * e-Theses (54) > * Research Cross-Institution (51) > * Database (8) > * e-Journal/Publication (37) > * Demonstration (37) > * Other (38) > > Country (number): > > * United States (116) > * United Kingdom (52) > * Germany (28) > * Canada (26) > * Brazil (18) > * France (17) > * Netherlands (16) > * Australia (16) > * Italy (14) > * Sweden (11) > * India (6) > * Portugal (5) > * Belgium (5) > * Commercial (5) > * Japan (4) > * Denmark (4) > * China (4) > * Spain (4) > * Finland (4) > * Hungary (4) > * Colombia (3) > * Austria (3) > * South Africa (3) > * Switzerland (3) > * Mexico (3) > * Norway (3) > * Singapore (2) > * Chile (2) > * Greece (2) > * Ireland (2) > * Network (1) > * Argentina (1) > * Turkey (1) > * Russian Federation (1) > * Namibia (1) > * Peru (1) > * Slovenia (1) > * Israel (1) > * Croatia (1) > * Taiwan (1) > > AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: > A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing > open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) > is available at: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ > To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.… > Post discussion to: > american-scientist-open-access-forum(a)amsci.org > > UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional > policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, > please describe your policy at: > http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php > > UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: > BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access > journal > http://romeo.eprints.org/ > OR > BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when > a suitable one exists. > http://www.doaj.org/ > AND > in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article > in your institutional repository. > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ > http://archives.eprints.org/ >

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Free E-Journals in Business Management
by Mailing List Manager 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

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.

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Position vacant for Assistant Librarian, Library Assistant and Library trainee at Bangalore
by Mailing List Manager 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:01:22 -0800 (PST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> M V J College of Engineering library, Bangalore has given advertisement for Assistant Librarian, Library Assistan and Library Trainee. Interested candidates with following qualificaion may contact directly to the following address. Assistant Librarian: PG in Library science, knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting Library Assistant: BLISc/ DLISc Library science, knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting Library trainee: PG in Library science/ BLISc/ DLISc,knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting HOD-Library, MVJ College of Engineering, Channasandra, Near ITPL, Bangalore-560 067 Phone:080-28452324 Regards Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering (an ISO Certified Institution) Channasandra, Bangalore- 560 067, Karnataka, India Tel:+91-80-0-28452324 Ext. 234 library(a)mvjeducation.com or coolvg(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. --0-245767587-1112191282=:47833 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" M V J College of Engineering library, Bangalore has given advertisement for Assistant Librarian, Library Assistan and Library Trainee. Interested candidates with following qualificaion may contact directly to the following address. Assistant Librarian: PG in Library science, knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting Library Assistant: BLISc/ DLISc Library science, knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting Library trainee: PG in Library science/ BLISc/ DLISc,knowledge of Compuer applicaions in the library and typewriting HOD-Library, MVJ College of Engineering, Channasandra, Near ITPL, Bangalore-560 067 Phone:080-28452324 Regards Vijayakumar M ��\ \ | / / �� \ \� ~� ~ / / �� |� @ @ | ---------------oooo------ (_)-------------oooo------------------ Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering�(an ISO Certified Institution) Channasandra, Bangalore- 560 067, Karnataka, India Tel:+91-80-0-28452324 Ext. 234 mailto:library@mvjeducation.com library(a)mvjeducation.com �or mailto:coolvg@gmail.com coolvg(a)gmail.com Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=29915/*http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 Do more. Manage less. --0-245767587-1112191282=:47833--

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information on resource sharing OR networking in any region / state / group institution level
by Mailing List Manager 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:48:17 +0100 (BST) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> dear friends I am looking for latest information on resource sharing programs in India and other neighbouring countries either at LOCAL / STATE / REGIONAL / GROUP INSTITUIONS Such as CSIR or ICMR or nissat.( for eg. Management institutions, medical instituions etc) It could be formal or informal and wanted to have latest information. we can also find that there were several attempts to have city based network (for eg: mumbai, chennai, ahmedabad etc) and can any one please let me know what is the status. even information on DELNET and its role in the process of resource sharing is welcome. i request all the professional friends to please send me any information, if they can at the earliest. I am in need of this information for some academic work. thanks laxman rao 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

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temporary position at CFTRI Library
by padmavathi t 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Dear Co-ordinator, As we haven't received many responses, could you please post this advt. again in lis-forum. Thanking you, T.Padmavathi ____________ > > Dear Colleagues (Specially from Mysore), > > There is a small temporary position fetching > about Rs.2000/- p.m at our library. The person must > have science background with biological subjects and > also knowledge and experience of data entry using > CDS/ISIS package. Abstracting/ Indexing knowledge > with good typing speed is advantageous. Locals from > Mysore with accomodation to stay may contact the > head > of FOSTIS/Library Services. > > Thanks > > T.Padmavathi > FOSTIS/Library Services > CFTRI, Mysore 570 020 > e-mail: fostis(a)cscftri.ren.nic.in > Tel No: 0821-2515850 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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forum for school librarians
by Mailing List Manager 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:34:59 +0530 From: Mrs. Vaishnav <ytv(a)godrej.com> Dear All Here , in this forum we hv lots of interactions amongst Uni./corporate Libr= arians. Is there a forum/group interactive for school Libraries? if so, pl. send the info. Regards, Mrs. Vaishnav (Consulting Librarian-Godrej)

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seminar/ lecture announcement
by SRELS 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Dear Dr. Rajashekar : Kindly arrange to announce the following Seminar / Lecture programme to the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ********** First announcement NATIONAL SEMINAR ON INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE ORGAIZATION IN THE HUMANITIES (9-11 August 2005) and SRELS LECTURES(2005) on REACHING THE UNREACHED IN THE DIGITAL INFORMATION WORLD (Dr.S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures, No.13, 2005) by Dr. N. Vijayaditya Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi on 9th August 2005 and GUTENBURG TO GOOGLE : CHANGING FACETS OF LIBRARIES (Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures No.25,2005) by Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director, Information and Communication Division, and Professor & Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore on 10th and 11th August 2005 For registration and other details contact : The Executive Officer 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com Dear Dr. Rajashekar : Kindly arrange to announce the following Seminar / Lecture programme to the lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; E-mail: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com ********** First announcement NATIONAL SEMINAR ON INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE ORGAIZATION IN THE HUMANITIES (9-11 August 2005) and SRELS LECTURES(2005) on REACHING THE UNREACHED IN THE DIGITAL INFORMATION WORLD (Dr.S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures, No.13, 2005) by Dr. N. Vijayaditya Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi on 9th August 2005 and GUTENBURG TO GOOGLE : CHANGING FACETS OF LIBRARIES (Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures No.25,2005) by Dr. Shalini R. Urs Director, Information and Communication Division, and Professor & Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore on 10th and 11th August 2005 For registration and other details contact : The Executive Officer 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Ph: 23305109 ; E-mail: mailto:srels@vsnl.com srels(a)vsnl.com

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Dust to dust: Volumes of neglect at Central Library
by Jayadev P Hiremath 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

News item Books dating back to 1900s are being ruthlessly covered in dust and grime due to the on-going construction work at the library premises. It is a classic case of the fence eating the crop. The on-going renovation of the century old Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall, which houses the State Central Library, is turning out to be the worst enemy for its age-old residents –- more than 2.4 lakh precious and rare books. The library, strategically located in the middle of the greenery at Cubbon Park, is any book lover's delight. The wide-ranging collection at the library includes books on any given topic under the sun, some even dating back to the early 1900s. The library also houses a copyright section with every book published in the state since 1968 being available here. But today, dirt and debris greet you as you enter the library. The dust raised by the on-going renovation work has settled as a thick film on the books, racks, shelves and floor. The make-shift tarpaulin cover provide no protection to the priceless collection and have already started gnawing away the life of the books. 'Life hell now' The renovation work, which include cement plastering, painting and re-electrification of the library, was taken up by the Public Works Department (PWD) three months ago. Since then life has been hell for the regular visitors and staff alike. "The library has a fantastic collection including some very rare and out-of- print books. It is so depressing to see the books taking a beating due to all the dust," says Mr G M Shirahatti, a former director of Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore and a regular visitor at the library. Others who have long attachment with the library share similar feelings. "I consider it one of the best libraries in the entire state. But today with all the dust and din due to the construction work, it is not possible to sit inside the library. The dust has triggered allergic reaction among many visitors," says Dr Vanaja Kumar, head of department of Sociology, BMS Women's College, who has been using the library for the last 30 years. The periodicals section has been closed down, depriving visitors their dose of dailies, weeklies and other magazines. One of Bangalore's oldest monumental buildings, the history of the Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall dates back to 1903, when its foundation stone was laid in memory of Sir Seshadri Iyer, the Dewan of Mysore from February 1883 to March 1901. The library was taken over by the government as State Central Library under the provision of the Karnataka Public library Act in 1966. Catch-22 situation The staff of the library face a catch-22 situation. While they agree that renovation of the century-old building with its imposing red Gothic structure is the need of the hour, they cannot close the library. "Where shall we take all the books ?" asks Chief Librarian G C Nekar. "Moreover, it is examination time and hundreds of students are entirely dependent on the reference material available at the library for their studies," he points out. Regarding the damage to the books, Mr Nekar said his department has already issued several reminders to the PWD contractors to take necessary measures to protect the books during renovation work. However, these reminders seemed to have remained only on paper.

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(no subject)
by ysparihar＠cat.ernet.in 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Dear Sir, I wanted to know about the recent( at least within two years) mergers and acquisition of publisers, databases and print and online information services company. Please suggest websource for this , or send list of mergers took place. Yogesh Singh Parihar Library PO CAT Centre for Advanced Technology Indore

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Goa University Library Website
by Dr.P.V.Konnur 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues, The Librarian and all the staff members of the Goa University Library are very happy to present the revised Web Page of the Library, the same may be visited in the following URL: http://goalnet.unigoa.ac.in/gulibrary/index.htm UGC-Infonet e-journals can be browsed through this page. You can also see the same through the following URL: http://goalnet.unigoa.ac.in/gulibrary/Online_Journals.htm We thank all the discussion forum members who helped us with their feedback for revising this Web Site. Creation of a Web Page and its maintenance is a continuous effort. We request all of you to kindly give your feedback continuously as and whenever you find a change to be incorporated please mail to the following email address: konnur(a)unigoa.ac.in I belive you will contribute a greate service to the profession by sharing your views and suggestions, which will draw the attention of many Librarians and make them self-dependent. Looking forward for your continued support and suggestions for improvement in our services to our users Thanks, Dr.P.V.Konnur, University Librarian, Goa University Library, Taleigao Plateau, Goa - 403 206. Phone: 0832-2456031 (O) 0832-2451008 (R) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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training Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Science Research
by Mailing List Manager 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:45:51 -0800 (PST) From: Puttaraj Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Centre for Social Studies is organizing a seventeen days Training Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Science Research between May 18 and June 4, 2005 with the financial support from ICSSR, New Delhi. The Workshop will focus on philosophy of social science, theory, research methodologies, and practical issues at different stages of research beginning from formulation of research problem to data collection, analysis and reporting research. For more details visit http://www.centreforsocialstudies.org/ Please ignore if not concerned... regards, Puttaraj.

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LIS-Forum survey
by sri Lakshmi 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Dear Sir/Madam, I am a student of MLISc in University of Mysore. I have undertaken a project relating to LIS-Forum as a part of MLISc course under the guidance of Prof.V.G.Talawar. I intend to know your opinion about the extent of LIS-Forum�s utility, as a subscriber. May I request you Sir/Madam, kindly to spare your valuable time a little and fill up the questionnaire attached here in and forward the filled in questionnaire to my mail ID lakshmi_mlisc(a)yahoo.com . I will be grateful to you for the co-operation you would extend for me, without which my study will be incomplete. (Please do not send to LIS-Forum, send it to my mail id lakshmi_mlisc(a)yahoo.com only.) With regards, Sri lakshmi, MLISc Student, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore-570006 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! Dear Sir/Madam, �� I am a student of MLISc in University of Mysore. I have undertaken a project relating to LIS-Forum as a part of MLISc course under the guidance of Prof.V.G.Talawar. I intend to know your opinion about the extent of LIS-Forum�s utility, as a subscriber. May I request you Sir/Madam, kindly to spare your valuable time a little and fill up the questionnaire�attached here in and forward the filled in questionnaire to my mail ID mailto:lakshmi_mlisc@yahoo.com lakshmi_mlisc(a)yahoo.com . I will be grateful to you for the co-operation you would extend for me, without which my study will be incomplete. (Please do not send to LIS-Forum, send it to my mail id mailto:lakshmi_mlisc@yahoo.com lakshmi_mlisc(a)yahoo.com only.) � With regards, Sri lakshmi, MLISc Student, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore-570006 � 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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Fw: [DDN] Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Friends: Our President, Dr Kalam, has suggested on more than one occasion that we should adopt open source software. Brazil is adopting open source software (Linux, etc.) in a big way with full state support. In India there are several groups who are promoting the use of open source, but many state governments have tied up with compnies producing proprietary software! Also many Indians are contributing in a significant way to the advancement of open source software. Of course companies have marketing power, but open source advocates are distributed all over and are not yet able to match the marketing (and advertising) power of companies. Fortunately, companies such as IBM are now coming round to promoting open source software. Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin(a)edc.org> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <digitaldivide(a)milhouse.edc.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:07 PM Subject: [DDN] Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend (fwd) > > From the New York Times.... > > Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend > > This article profiles Brazil's PC Conectado program, which will distribute > computers and low-cost Internet access to one million low-income Brazilian > families. The government is currently debating whether all of these > machines should be installed with proprietary or free/open source > software. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/technology/29computer.html > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://www.tsunami-info.org > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > -----------------------------------

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Stevan Harnad's views
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Friends: In response to my question "Will it be better than each individual laboratory having its own archive in the long run? I welcome your views.", Stevan Harnad has sent this message. [I did not have any difficulty understanding Stevan's views; I circulated the exchange between him and the French OA expert among Indian OA enthusiasts just to gather their views on the issue of centralised vs distributed archives - Arun] Arun ----------- Arun, I'm afraid you may have misunderstood my message. The point was that unless a country already has a national, centralised research mega-institution distributed all over the country, as France does (CNRS), a national central archive is not a very practical proposition. In most countries, research institutions are independent local entities (mainly Universities or Labs). National research councils may fund their research, to be sure, but the entity that *provides* the research is the local institution, and it is that local institution that has the direct stake in maximising the usage and impact of its own research output by maximising its visibility and accessibility.=20 The best way research councils and government departments can help is by mandating that all funded research must be self-archived (and providing the funds to do so, if/when they are needed); further providing a central OAI-compliant archive (for those researchers whose local institutions cannot for some reason provide a local institutional one of their own) would be useful too. But the lion's share of the initiative for providing, monitoring and maintaining open access to their own local research output must come from the local research-provider institutions. OA is rather like the Internet itself in that respect. Please see the study of Swan et al., which analyses this matter in some depth: Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and O'Brien, Ann and Oppenheim, Charles and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton (2005) Delivery, Management and Access Model for E-prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education. JISC Report. http://cogprints.org/4122/ Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and Oppenheim, Charles and O'Brien, Ann and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton and Brown, Sheridan (2005) Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education. Learned Publishing. http://cogprints.org/4120/ Stevan Harnad Friends: In response to my question " Will it be better than each individual laboratory having its own archive in the long run? I welcome your views.", Stevan Harnad has sent this message. [I did not have any difficulty understanding Stevan's views; I circulated the exchange between him and the French OA expert among Indian OA enthusiasts just to gather their views on the issue of centralised vs distributed archives - Arun] Arun ----------- Arun, I'm afraid you may have misunderstood my message. The point was that unless a country already has a national, centralised research mega-institution distributed all over the country, as France does (CNRS), a national central archive is not a very practical proposition. In most countries, research institutions are independent local entities (mainly Universities or Labs). National research councils may fund their research, to be sure, but the entity that *provides* the research is the local institution, and it is that local institution that has the direct stake in maximising the usage and impact of its own research output by maximising its visibility and accessibility.=20 The best way research councils and government departments can help is by mandating that all funded research must be self-archived (and providing the funds to do so, if/when they are needed); further providing a central OAI-compliant archive (for those researchers whose local institutions cannot for some reason provide a local institutional one of their own) would be useful too. But the lion's share of the initiative for providing, monitoring and maintaining open access to their own local research output must come from the local research-provider institutions. OA is rather like the Internet itself in that respect. Please see the study of Swan et al., which analyses this matter in some depth: Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and O'Brien, Ann and Oppenheim, Charles and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton (2005) Delivery, Management and Access Model for E-prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education. JISC Report. http://cogprints.org/4122/ Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and Oppenheim, Charles and O'Brien, Ann and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton and Brown, Sheridan (2005) Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education. Learned Publishing. http://cogprints.org/4120/ Stevan Harnad

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pest control: request suggestions
by M P Tapaswi 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues, We are experiencing few minute holes in the books and bound volumes of journals since last few years. We spray pesticide on the collection at least once in three months (on contract from pest control agency). When we brought our observation to the notice of Pest control agency they claim that there is no live animal inside (we also could not identify any time). However, we notice fine powder /dust within the volumes over a period of time (the volumes are wiped once a month). Has any one come across such a problem? How risky is it and what is the solution? Please share your ideas and experiences. Note that we are close to sea and the library is NOT air-conditioned. With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275 (Direct); 91-(0)832-2450450 (EPBX) Fax: 91-(0)832-2450605/603 URL: www.nio.org

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OA improves journal impact
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Friends: Here is a paper that shows that availability of full text of papers in open access helps journals improve their impact. Dr D K Sahu has also reported (in an yet to be published study) similar findings based on his study of more than 20 open access journals published by MedKnow publications, Bombay. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=611&UID= Title: Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research Author(s): Murali NS, Murali HR, Auethavekiat P, Erwin PJ, Mandrekar JN, Manek NJ, Ghosh AK Source: MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 79 (8): 1001-1006 AUG 2004 Friends: Here is a paper that shows that availability of full text of papers in open access helps journals improve their impact. Dr D K Sahu has also reported (in an yet to be published study) similar findings based on his study of more than 20 open access journals published by MedKnow publications, Bombay. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=611&UID= http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=611&UID= Title: Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research Author(s): Murali NS, Murali HR, Auethavekiat P, Erwin PJ, Mandrekar JN, Manek NJ, Ghosh AK Source: MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 79 (8): 1001-1006 AUG 2004

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[Fwd: Re: [SI] Ann Okerson on institutional archives]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Friends, especially friends in India: Here is a very useful exchange. Can we in India think of a centralised archive similar to the one run by CCSD in France for all research councils and departments of the Central Government (CSIR, ICAR, DAE, Dept of Space, ICMR, etc.)? Will it be better than each individual laboratory having its own archive in the long run? I welcome your views. Arun ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [SI] Ann Okerson on institutional archives From: "Stevan Harnad" <harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: Mon, March 28, 2005 8:14 pm To: si(a)wsis-cs.org Cc: "Leslie Carr" <lac(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------- I have to point out that the information from Franck Laloe about CNRS's HAL is correct and very helpful but risks being extremely misleading about the cost of distributed institutional archiving. Here are the pertinent points: (1) France is unique in having a national research "mega-institution", the CNRS. This consists of CNRS researchers in just about all scholarly and scientific disciplines (not just those we call "science") distributed all over the country, either in independent CNRS unit or in CNRS units that are administratively associated with local universities. (2) I am not sure what percentage of the researchers and research output of France the CNRS comprises, but it is considerable, and if we add in the three other CNRS-like national research institutes (INSERM in medicine, INRA in biology and INRIA in information/computer science, which are all collaborating with CNRS in self-archiving their research output in HAL), that covers the great majority of French research output. (3) Because of this unified national mega-institution and mega-archive, France is in a position to take a huge step forward toward making 100% of French research output OA, thereby setting an example for the rest of the world. The total cost of this is very low, because of the economies of scale that come with having all national research output centralized in this way. (4) Most important of all, because all four of these institutions are indeed institutions, with the status of employer (and, I am not sure about this, but I believe also the status of research funder in some cases), CNRS, INSERM, INRIA and INRA are in a position to adopt a unified self-archiving policy at a national level, and to ensure that the policy is implemented in the whole country, by just about all of its researchers, for just about all of French research output, all at once. (5) Now the misinterpretation of all this: (5a) Few if any other countries are in a position to adopt and implement a national self-archiving policy like this, distributed across all disciplines. Their research output is local to their distributed universities and research institutions, and hence self-archiving policy must be distributed and local to those institutions. (5b) The cost of self-archiving *per local institution* (which is what I and Les, and others who have actually implemented such local archives said it was: about a $2000 server plus a few days one-time sysad time for start-up and a few days a year sysad time for maintenance) is far, far lower than the cost of national, central archiving (which is itself quite low). It may be that the national sum of the local costs of the institutional self-archiving across all local universities in a country comparable to the size of France will be somewhat higher than the price of France's single national archive, HAL, but *this national sum is *meaningless* in countries that have no such national structure! It is like summing the library book acquisition costs for each of the universities in a country and comparing them to central costs: There is no national "pocket" out of which all those local library acquisition budgets come, just as there is no national pocket for the sum of institutionsè computer, network, telephone or research travel costs. Such a comparison only makes sense for a country with centralized research, like France. (5c) HAL, though an excellent and no doubt robust and highly functional national research self-archiving system happens to be modelled on the properties of the Physics Arxiv. This is all fine, but rather arbitrary, in making comparisons with distributed local institutional self-archiving: There is no reason whatsoever why local institutions need to adopt either the particular properties of Arxiv or the strategies of a centralized national archive. The only thing that these local university archives need to ensure is that they are OAI-interoperable. The rest of the properties of HAL are merely specific further choices that have been made (many no doubt based on a priori guesses, not concrete experience or empirical study of optimality) it the special case of HAL and CCSD. (5d) Franck Laloe's guess that OAI-interoperability is not enough (to forestall a 'Tower of Babel;) is precisely that -- an a-priori guess. It has not been tested; all the a-posteriori evidence to date, from actual distributed university archives, is that the guess is simply incorrect: that what archives need is not more functionality (whether arxiv-like functionality, HAL-like functionality, or otherwise) but *more contents*. Archive content is the only thing standing between the research world and 100% OA. (5e) The only systematic analysis that has been done, comparing the merits of central, national self-archiving and distributed institutional self-archiving has come out very strongly in favour of distributed institutional self-archiving -- followed by central *harvesting* and (if desired) metadata enhancement. A primary reason given was the existing research culture of independent research universities and institutions, which is local, not centralized or national: CNRS and France are a prominent exception in this regard (and hence not considered in this study). One of the secondary reasons was cost. Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and O'Brien, Ann and Oppenheim, Charles and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton (2005) Delivery, Management and Access Model for E-prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education. JISC Report. http://cogprints.org/4122/ Swan, Alma and Needham, Paul and Probets, Steve and Muir, Adrienne and Oppenheim, Charles and O'Brien, Ann and Hardy, Rachel and Rowland, Fytton and Brown, Sheridan (2005) Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education. Learned Publishing. http://cogprints.org/4120/ So, in summary, the special case of CNRS+, HAL and France is a great asset to world OA, accelerating French OA provision substantially, in a way not possible in any other country, at a national and central level, and setting a splendid example (of systematic self-archiving policy) that will encourage the rest of the world's research institutions to self-archive too. But please, having already lost so much time in reaching 100% OA because of so many other misunderstandings, let us not now lose still more time in over-focusing on the local particulars of France's centralized research institutions, as these cannot be generalized literally to other countries lacking such centralized institutions. Even less should we focus on the special Arxiv- and other features HAL has elected to incorporate, or, indeed, the cost of HAL: The Arxiv features and their extensions are not essential (nor even necessarily optimal!) ones, OAI-interoprability is enough, and the costs of a national centralized archive have no basis for comparison with countries that distribute their research across independent universities and research institutions. What is essential is more content, *not* more functionality! The take-home message from France is that 100% self-archiving is desirable and feasible -- but the details (central-institutional vs. distributed-institutional, HAL's specific special features, and their cost) are, as they say in hexagonese: << des précisions inutiles >> (useless details). The principle of adopting and implementing institutional self-archiving policies for 100% of research output is what the rest of the world should be taking to heart from France's splendid example and initiative. Best wishes, Stevan Stevan Harnad On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Franck Laloe wrote: > At 18:15 26/03/2005, Leslie Carr wrote: > > >On 26 Mar 2005, at 15:14, Franck Laloe wrote: > > > >>We now have a goood experience of this question at CCSD, since we have run an archive for the CNRS (a French research institution) for a few years. Actually, the cost of running an archive is not much; one salary is needed to pay someone to check that the documents which are uploaded are OK for the archive; the price of the buyiung and manitaining the hardware is comparable or less. > >> > >>What costs more money, on the other hand, is to write new software. We constantly improve ours (it is now significantly different from ArXiv, although it remains compatible with it), and we pay three engineers for this. I would say that for a whole (medium size) country like France, a centralized system for all disciplins would cost about 10 salaries; this is of course an extremely small fraction of the research budget of the country. > > > >This is very interesting and important information. Would you be able to give an indication of the kinds of changes that you have had to build on the base software (I assume from your message that you began with arxiv)? With all of these systems, the devil (and the expense) is in the details, but the precise details differ from one situation to another. It would be a terrific insight to have an Institutional Repository costing data-point at the National end of the spectrum! > >--- > >Les Carr > > > > Well, maybe I should first say that I was reasoning more in terms of the contribution on one country (France for us) to international archives (or repositories, I do not know which word is best). Of course, if each institution in the country wants to have totally independent archives (even if compatible through OAI-PMH for instance), the overall cost would be much higher. In my country there are many institutions (we have universities, research institutions, what we call "grandes écoles", etc..), and the danger to build an expensive Babel tower is real. The whole idea of CCSD is to offer a kind of national (or international) service to all institutions that want to set up "direct scientific communcation" through openarchives; CCSD develops the software and maintains it, adapts it when special requirements are necessary, and will ensure the long term preservation (technical migrations, soft and hard). This is the general idea, with no special limit put at the borders of the country: if any scientific institution in the world wants to join, they are welcome, assuming a sufficient scientific qualité of course. > > The data base where the articles are stored is a single base, with homogeneous metadata. But our technique allows institution to create personalized environments, with their own texts, logos, screen layout, and even with additional metadata if useful. Everyone can have acess to the generaly system (sumbmission and consultation) either through a generic interface, or through a personalized interface that is institution dependent and selects only the articles belonging to the institution. Institutions which want to have a mirror of backup of all their data on a computer they own may do so, if for some reason they do not trust CCSD for keeping their material. > > I should add that it was agreed with our american friends who run ArXiv that every document that is collected by CCSD and belongs to one of the scientific caterogires of ArXiv will automatically be transferred to ArXiv. This works pretty well, and ensures more visibility to the articles we collect. But we also collect articles in history, education, linguistics, etc.. , which do not go to ArXiv for obvious reasons. > > In practice, of course, there is still a long way to go before we collect all scientific production of the country. CNRS is the largest research institution in France, and roughly speaking half of the scientific departements strongly support CCSD by asking their people; there is good hope to include more departements soon. We now have an agreement with another research institution in France, INRIA, so this will expand the impact of the system. Negociations with other scientific insitutions are undeway. Just a figure to give an idea: in 2004 we have collected 1 500 thesis files, i.e. about 10% of the national production. My hope is to be at about 50% in two or three years, but this is only an extrapolation for the moment. And our main goal is not limited to thesis, it includes all kinds of scientific documents (articles, conference proceedings, etc..). > > > No, at last, the answer to your questions! No, we did not start from the ArXiv software, and actually were not advised by Paul Ginsparg and colleagues to do so when we started in 2000, for good reasons. ArXiv is almost 15 years old, techniques have changed since. Our software, which we call Hal (as the crazy computer in the movie!) does many things that ArXiv does not do: as I said above, it allows a personnalization of environments, contains the notion of "stamps", of "collections", can extract lists of publications, etc.. It constantly evolves under the pressure of various demands, and this is why we need three engineers at CCSD. > > This has been a long message, I will stop here! But please do not hesitate to ask if you wish to know more. Concerning the cost of CCSD, it is easy to calculate: salaries for three engineers (count 4 if you count Marco and me, two part time physicists), offices, usual expenses, computers and servers (but this is not much, except if you count backup procedures which can be expensive if they are at a high level of security). > > best wishes > > > Franck Laloë > > > Franck Laloë, LKB, Dept de physique de l'ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, F 75005 Paris (France) > tel et fax 33 (1) 47 07 54 13 -- laloe(a)ens.fr > > > Franck Laloë, LKB, Dept de physique de l'ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, F 75005 Paris (France) > tel et fax 33 (1) 47 07 54 13 -- laloe(a)ens.fr > > _______________________________________________ > SI mailing list > SI(a)wsis-cs.org > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/si > _______________________________________________ SI mailing list SI(a)wsis-cs.org http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/si

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Library Apprentice training
by Jayadev P Hiremath 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Library Apprentice training Bangalore University has invited applications from eligible candidates for one year Library Apprentice Training for 2005-06. Candidates with B.Lib Science or M.Lib Science or Diploma holders in Library Science with second class are eligible to apply. Applications on a pain paper with complete resume can be sent to Registrar, Bangalore University, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056. Candidates who are undergoing training during the academic year 2004-05 are not eligible to apply again. A stipend of Rs 3500 per month will be paid during the training.Last date for submitting applications is March 30.

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IASLIC membership
by Mailing List Manager 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Date: 25 Mar 2005 06:23:41 -0000 From: anju govindani <anjugovindani(a)rediffmail.com> � Friends, Would you please tell me about the procedure of getting membership of IASLIC and some workshops & training programmes for the benefit of new librarians. Thanks!!! Anju Govindani Library Asst. ICFAI-Tech Bhilai(C.G.)

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SIGMOD/VLDB Digital Library Donation Program (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 27 Mar '05

27 Mar '05

** Sorry for cross postings, if any ** > [Dbworld] SIGMOD/VLDB Digital Library Donation Program > From: "Myung Kim " <mkim(a)ewha.ac.kr> > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:19:15 -0600 (CST) > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > SIGMOD/VLDB DIGITAL LIBRARY DONATION PROGRAM > > http://pike.ewha.ac.kr/sigmod-dvd > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ACM SIGMOD and the VLDB Foundation have established a joint program > to donate database literature to universities in developing countries, > with the goal of assisting in the expansion of the database community > in those countries. Currently available literature includes > SIGMOD's Silver Edition and the SIGMOD 2003 DiSC, both on DVDs. > The Silver Edition is a comprehensive collection of 30 years of > database research literature and related materials; the complete > table of contents for the Silver Edition can be found at > http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/anthology.html. > The 2003 DiSC contains the proceedings of many database research > conferences that took place in 2002, plus database research > journal issues from that year and other related materials; see > http://sigmod.discgenesis.net/ for the complete table of contents. > > A request for a donation should be made by visiting our website > (http://pike.ewha.ac.kr/sigmod-dvd) and filling out an application > form. An explicit designation that the applicant agrees to the > rules is required. The rules are as follows. > > (1) The donated material is for the use by all patrons of the > recipient library. > (2) The library will make the donated material available for > reference/limited circulation to the patrons. > (3) The library will take all conventionally accepted steps to > abide by the copyright restrictions on the material. > > Note that the donations will be made according to the following criteria. > > (1) Donations will be made to libraries in universities in developing > and undeveloped countries according to their UN classification. > (2) Donations to universities in developed countries will be made > only in the context of demonstrated need, at a lower priority. > (3) Only one packet per University library will be donated. > (4) Graduate degree awarding departments and universities will get > priority over non-graduate degree awarding departments and > universities. > > *** Requests will be processed in the order in which they arrive. > *** To apply for the 2-DVD Silver Anthology set and the SIGMOD 2003 DiSC, > please visit http://pike.ewha.ac.kr/sigmod-dvd and > fill out an application form. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Digital Library Donation Program Co-Directors > > Amr El Abbadi > Department of Computer Science > University of Califormia > Santa Barbara, CA 93106 U.S.A. > amr(a)cs.ucsb.edu > > Myung Kim > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > Ewha Womans University > Seoul 120-750, Korea > mkim(a)ewha.ac.kr

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Fwd: Librarian (School) vacancy in Bangalore
by hbmallikarjuna 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

--- In libtech(a)yahoogroups.com, "hbmallikarjuna" <hbmallikarjuna@y...> wrote: LIBRARIAN POST VACANCY IN LITTLE FLOWER PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE Essential Qualifications: The applicant should be possessing: i)Diploma in library and information science ii)1 year working experience with computer knowledge is essential. iii)Preference will be given to the applicants who residing in Bangalore. Please contact immediately, The Principal, Little flower public school, Banasankari III stage, Bangalore. 080-26422696(Office) --- End forwarded message ---

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request articles
by sheela nag 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

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Study released on electronic publishing
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Friends: I received this from the AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Hello: I wanted to share with you a summary of the results from a study The Science Advisory Board (http://www.scienceboard.net) just released on electronic publishing. I've included a blurb about it below and would be interested in any feedback or comments you might have regarding the findings. Thanks, Tamara ### The desire to publish one's research cuts across all scientific fields. Whatever the recipe for one's motivations: 1 teaspoon promotion, 3/4 cup tenure, 2 tablespoons salary, 1/4 cup communication, and a dash of enlightenment, researchers primarily rely on specialty journals to accomplish their publication goals. And in a relatively recent trend, they are increasingly turning toward online versions of specialty print journals to accelerate the publication process. This concentration by discipline coincides with the observation that while Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science enjoy widespread readership, researchers primarily read journals that focus on their narrow area of research. In an electronic journals study of more than 1,900 scientific and medical researchers, The Science Advisory Board found that researcher's assign greater value to online journals that directly aid in their career advancement.The primary attraction of the online versions of print journals is their immediacy: an overwhelming 88% of researchers want peer-reviewed articles posted online before the print version appears. Although a newer format, the future of the online versions of print journals appears to be secure. In fact, roughly 25% of the researchers indicated that it was "not at all" important to receive the print edition of a journal if they have access to the online version. Additionally, increasing use of online resources in recent years has lessened the importance of promoting new online journals in paper journals; instead, respondents typically learn about new journals through references in other articles or by searching the Internet for articles on a certain topic. While there appears to be increasing acceptance of the online versions of print journals by the scientific and medical communities, researchers indicated that the specific features unique to online journals can potentially be improved. Overall, 50% of researchers are highly satisfied with the additional information and search features of online journals. In contrast, 75% of researchers are highly satisfied with the content of online journals. Notwithstanding their affinity for electronic publishing, scientists and clinicians do not want cost to constrain their ability to publish papers or review others' work. Researchers indicated that fees related to these services should be nominal (less than $5/page). This value-consciousness influences scientists' opinions regarding the open access publishing system where there was a negative bias towards authors' fees. However despite these objections, fees are not a key determinant for authors when deciding where to submit their papers. This perception also holds true for how they access information. For instance, the acceptance of pay-per-view is growing-from 4% of researchers in a 2001 electronic journals study to 18% in this study. -- Tamara Zemlo, Ph.D., M.P.H. Executive Director ****************************************************** The Science Advisory Board 2111 Wilson Boulevard Suite 250 Arlington, VA 22201 TEL: (703) 778-3080 x 25 FAX: (703) 778-3081 t.zemlo(a)scienceboard.net http://www.scienceboard.net ****************************************************** Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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OAA at CERN
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Friends: Here is some good news for OAA supporters around the world. The world's largest particle physics laboratory, CERN, has just adopted and registered its Open Access Policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Over 40,000 of CERN's research articles is now OA, and this will soon approach 100% http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdsweb.cern.ch%2F The policy is temporarily available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/cern.pdf When will Indian universities, IITs, NITs and national labs set up their OA archives. Let us make 2005 the year of open access archives in India. Best wishes. Arun Friends: Here is some good news for OAA supporters around the world. The world's largest particle physics laboratory, CERN, has just adopted and registered its Open Access Policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Over 40,000 of CERN's research articles is now OA, and this will soon approach 100% http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdsweb.cern.ch%2F The policy is temporarily available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/cern.pdf http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/cern.pdf When will Indian universities, IITs, NITs and national labs set up their OA archives. Let us make 2005 the year of open access archives in India. Best wishes. Arun

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request for article
by Yashwant G Kanade 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Repsected Members, Kindly help me to get the following article: Einstein, Albert and Freud, Sigmund. Why War? International Journal of Group Tensions 1:3-25 January-March 1971. Thanks. With regards Yashwant Kanade

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workshop on “Advanced Website Designing and Database Management”
by chauhan 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Dear All, Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is organizing a workshop on “Advanced Website Designing and Database Management” during 27th June to 1st July 2005. This workshop is intended for young library and information professionals or computer professionals who need to develop high-quality websites for their universities/institutions/colleges and who are having basic knowledge of HTML. Registration form is available for downloading at INFLIBNET’s website. For more information please visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/res/brochure.htm or visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in . With kind regards ___________________________________________________________________________________ Suresh K Chauhan Project Scientist (LS) Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 43; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.) # Email:sureshbabal@yahoo.com; sureshbabal(a)sify.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Dear All, Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is organizing a workshop on “Advanced Website Designing and Database Management” during 27 th June to 1 st July 2005 . This workshop is intended for young library and information professionals or computer professionals who need to develop high-quality websites for their universities/institutions/colleges and who are having basic knowledge of HTML. Registration form is available for downloading at INFLIBNET’s website. For more information please visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/res/brochure.htm http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/res/brochure.htm or visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in . With kind regards ___________________________________________________________________________________ Suresh K Chauhan Project Scientist (LS) Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 43; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.) # Email: mailto:sureshbabal@yahoo.com sureshbabal(a)yahoo.com ; mailto:sureshbabal@sify.com sureshbabal(a)sify.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in

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Library position opening
by Casius C Issac 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Dear professional colleagues India Today Group is looking for three library professionals at entry level for a project at Delhi Essentially looking for people whom can index documents and photographes . People who are living in Delhi or NCR need only contact him . Interested candidates may call and fix an appointment with Mr Rajesh Sharma (telephone no 23315801 extn 263 )at latest by 25Mar05 telephone no 23315801 extn 263 (before 6 pm) You can also forward a copy of Your biodata to me Regards Casius C Issac Dear professional colleagues India Today Group is looking for three library professionals at entry level for a project at Delhi Essentially looking for people whom can index documents and photographes . People who are living in Delhi or NCR need only contact him . Interested candidates may call and fix an appointment with Mr Rajesh Sharma (telephone no 23315801 extn 263 ) at latest by 25Mar05 telephone no 23315801 extn 263 (before 6 pm) You can also forward a copy of Your biodata to me Regards Casius C Issac

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request for fulltext
by Mailing List Manager 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Date: 22 Mar 2005 10:29:07 -0000 From: Sangeetha Govindasami <sangeetha.govindasami(a)rediffmail.com> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in � Dear Members, One of the student needs the full text of the following articles. If you can help me in getting the articles I will be highly thankful to you. 1. Evaluation of physiological index on treadmill exercise testing of 294 healthy children in Shanghai area , Guo y, Zhou AQ, Gao W, LIF, LIY, Yang JP, Zhu M, Zhang HY , Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi. 2003 May 41 (5) 338-43 2. A comparison of continuous and intermittent progressive multistage exercise testing Fardy PS, Hellerstein HK , Med sci sports. 1978 spring; 10 (1): 7-12 PMID: 672550 [PUBMED-Indexed for MEDLINE] G.Sangeetha Ph.D in the Dept of LIS Annamalai University Tamil Nadu India

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RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORM(request for articles)
by theresa.williams＠wipro.com 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Sangeetha You may also search in Guide to periodical literature under the probable & desired topics Feminist theories. Best wishes Theresa Theresa Williams Information Services Division Wipro Technologies 72,Keonics E-city Hosur road Bangalore 560100 Tel:91-80-51381791 91-80-28520408#1791 FAX:91-80-28520478 VOIP:808-5512 Mobile:9845324613 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Manish Mankad Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:30 PM To: 'Sangeetha Govindasami'; LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORM(request for articles) You shd search magazines like Economic and Political weekly, Manushi for this issue in context to India. -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----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Sangeetha Govindasami Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:55 AM To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-FORM(request for articles) Dear Members, I am undergoing a research on gender issues. Hence I need some full text articles on Feminist theories. If any one can help me in sending the articles I would be highly thankful. Sangeetha G.Sangeetha Project Fellow Dept of LIS Annamalai University. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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Yahoo to upgrade email storage from 250MB to 1GB
by Farooque Shaheen 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Yahoo today announced it would increase the email storage from 250MB to 1GB. Global storage upgrade will begin in late April and take about two weeks to complete. The Internet media company also said it is beefing up anti-virus protection for free e-mail users, giving them the ability to remove viruses from attachments -- a feature that had only been available to paying users Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Yahoo today announced it would increase the email storage from 250MB to 1GB. Global storage upgrade will begin in late April and take about two weeks to complete. The Internet media company also said it is beefing up anti-virus protection for free e-mail users, giving them the ability to remove viruses from attachments -- a feature that had only been available to paying users Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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temporary position at CFTRI Library
by padmavathi t 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues (Specially from Mysore), There is a small temporary position fetching about Rs.2000/- p.m at our library. The person must have science background with biological subjects and also knowledge and experience of data entry using CDS/ISIS package. Abstracting/ Indexing knowledge with good typing speed is advantageous. Locals from Mysore with accomodation to stay may contact the head of FOSTIS/Library Services. Thanks T.Padmavathi FOSTIS/Library Services CFTRI, Mysore 570 020 e-mail: fostis(a)cscftri.ren.nic.in Tel No: 0821-2515850 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Fw: [BOAI] Finnish Prime Minister on OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Friends: The Prime Minister of Finland has spoken unequivocally in favour of open access. In fact, developing countries should be interested in making all knowledge open access much more than developed countries. Will political leaders, science policy makers and administrators of science and higher education in the developing countries follow the example of the Finnish Prime Minister? Or, even better, if heads of research institutions and vice chancellors of universities take the laed and set up their own institutions' interoperable open access archives - as Indian Institute of Science has done. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Suber" <peters(a)earlham.edu> To: <SPARC-OAForum(a)arl.org>; <boai-forum(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:01 AM Subject: [BOAI] Finnish Prime Minister on OA > [I thank Kimmo Kuusela, both for pointing out this speech and for the > translating this excerpt. --Peter.] > > > The Prime Minister of Finland, Mr. Matti Vanhanen, has said something > positive about open access. From his speech on 12 January (my quick > translation): > > "One important recommendation concerns the advancement of open access > scientific publishing. The goal is that scientific publications will be > freely available on the net for citizens and scholars. At the moment the > usage and availability of the scientific publications is curtailed by the > high subscription fees of printed journals and electronic scientific > publications, and also by publishing agreements in which the scholars > surrender some of their rights to the publishers. In the name of the > progress of science and for the benefit of research it is necessary that > the results of the scientific inquiry reach both the academic community > and the general public as soon and as easily as possible. I regard this > issue especially important also from the point of view of the Information > Society Programme of the government." > > The speech in Finnish: > http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/vn/liston/base.lsp?r=91325&k=fi&old=1300&rapo=… >

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positions at IMT Nagpur
by Mailing List Manager 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:27:51 +0530 From: Tarun Chaturvedi <tarun.chaturvedi(a)lycos.co.uk> Hi everyone, We're a new campus of Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad and started our session this year with MBA & MCA Programmes. We have a few positions in our Learning Resource Centre which are to be filled in soon. Minimum requirements for several positions (from Library Assistant to Asstt. Librarian) is as under: a.. Bachelors in Library Science preferably with one year experience in an educational institute. b.. Exposure to Libsys or CDS/ ISIS is desirable. Compensation package will not be a constraint for the right candidate. Please apply before March 15, 2005 days to: Chief Administrative Officer, Institute of Management Technology, 603, Khullar Appts, Byramji Town, Nagpur � 440013. Telefax: 0712-2562232 OR email your resume to tchaturvedi(a)imt.ac.in, tarunchaturvedi(a)imt.ac.in Thanks in anticipation. Tarun Chaturvedi (tchaturvedi(a)imt.ac.in) Librarian, Institute of Management Technology, Campus: 35th KM Milestone, Mouza-Dorli, Katol Road, Nagpur-441302 Telefax: +91 712 256 2232 City Office: 603, Khuller Apartment, Byramji Town, Nagpur-440013 Telefax: +91 712 259 3140

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Re: [DDN] Ourmedia and bridging the content digital divide
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Dear Andy: >From what I have heard so far, Ourmedia seems to be a very good thing to have happened. I will check it when I get some time. In the meanwhile, I would like you and other member of the DDN network to consider an equivalent site (or system) for all of the world's research output, in particular refereed journal articles in the sciences (including medicine, agriculture and engineerng) social sciences (including economics) and other areas of scholarly inqiry. There is so much new knowledge generated from different parts of the world, but locked away from those who need it and who can use it to advance knowledge. I am sure most of our members are aware of the open access movement and the tremendous benefits open access brings to knowledge creation. I would like to see the tremendous energy and enthusiasm that our members have are in some way channelised to proactively promote the culture of open access worldwide. I have spoken to both Fred Naronha and Partha Sarkar (of bytesforall) about the need to promote OA. I am also in touch with the leading academics promoting OA, such as Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Jean Claude Guedon, John Willinsky, Hans Falk Hoffman, and Bernad Schutz. I also realise that we have long way to go before we can achieve the ideal of a level playing field for information access, and we need focused advocacy and public education to achieve universal open access to scientific and scholarly literature. One thing I am sure about is that groups like ours with so many energetic and enthusiastic people with a zeal for public good causes can and must play a role. Especially those who are active in the open source movement and Ourmedia. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin(a)edc.org> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <digitaldivide(a)milhouse.edc.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: [DDN] Ourmedia and bridging the content digital divide > Like Phil noted earlier today, the launch of Ourmedia.org has generated a > lot of traffic, but I strongly recommend that list members take a few > minutes to visit the site; I think it's one of the most important new > websites to come along in a while. Ourmedia is trying to build an online > commons where anyone who wants to produce Internet content - particularly > podcasts, video blogs and other large media files - will have a free place > where they can host this content. Ourmedia is partnering with The Internet > Archive to host content, and Creative Commons for Internet-friendly > licenses. Just for kicks, I uploaded one of my podcasts yesterday (Anatomy > of a CNN Interview), and it's currently the most downloaded media file on > the Ourmedia site. I'm sure that won't last for very long, because there > are so many people out there with content much better than mine who will > soon be using the site to host their content. > > Anyway, please check out www.ourmedia.org when you get a chance; if it > doesn't work the first time, try and try again, because it's worth it. > This site, I'm sure, will do a lot of great work when it comes to bridging > the content side of the digital divide.... -ac > Andy Carvin

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Help
by kishor.awachar＠wipro.com 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear professional, This time UGC NET has changed syllabus for III paper. If we discuss about this then it will help all those who are seeking advice on this. So plz guide about this matter There are guidelines about new pattern on UGC Site but if discussion happens it will help lot Rgds/kishor Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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LIS-FORM(request for articles)
by Sangeetha Govindasami 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear Members, I am undergoing a research on gender issues. Hence I need some full text articles on Feminist theories. If any one can help me in sending the articles I would be highly thankful. Sangeetha G.Sangeetha Project Fellow Dept of LIS Annamalai University. Dear Members, I am undergoing a research on gender issues. Hence I need some full text articles on Feminist theories. If any one can help me in sending the articles I would be highly thankful. Sangeetha G.Sangeetha Project Fellow Dept of LIS Annamalai University. http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Ethics for forwarded emails
by Aman Jha 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear friends,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I receive so many emails from Mr Arun on OA through lis-forum. I read his email sometimes. One or two in a day is acceptable. But today more than 12 emails by him all forwarded emails made me think about my tolerance. I request him to reconsider while sending such emails. Also moderator is requested to think thrice while disseminating such emails. I think professionals would love his emails if he shares his own experience. There are many OA specific email groups and subscribers of that list-serve will better read such emails. Apology if I have hurt Mr Arun. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080 Dear friends, I receive so many emails from Mr Arun on OA through lis-forum. I read his e mail sometimes. One or two in a day is acceptable. But today more than 12 emails by him all forwarded emails made me think about my tolerance. I request him to reconsider while sending such emails. Also moderator is requested to think thrice while disseminating such emails. I think professionals would love his emails if he shares his own experience. There are many OA specific email groups and subscribers of that list-serve will better read such emails. Apology if I have hurt Mr Arun. Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 • Fax: 0124-5014080

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Full-length novels on tiny mobile screens
by Jayadev P Hiremath 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

TOKYO - Your eyes probably hurt just thinking about it: Tens of thousands of Japanese cell-phone owners are poring over full-length novels on their tiny screens. Now, Japan's cell-phone users are turning pages. Several mobile Web sites offer hundreds of novels — classics, best sellers and some works written especially for the medium. It takes some getting used to. Only a few lines pop up at a time because the phone screen is about half the size of a business card. But improvements in the quality of liquid-crystal displays and features such as automatic page-flipping, or scrolling, make the endeavor far more enjoyable than you'd imagine. A library in one hand In the latest versions, cell-phone novels are downloaded in short installments and run on handsets as Java-based applications. You're free to browse as though you're in a bookstore, whether you're at home, in your office or on a commuter train. A whole library can be tucked away in your cell phone — a gadget you carry around anyway. "You can read whenever you have a spare moment, and you don't even need to use both hands," says Taro Matsumura, a 24-year-old graduate student who sometimes reads essays and serial novels on his phone. Such times could be just around the corner in the United States, where cell phones are become increasingly used for relaying data, including video, digital photos and music. U.S. publisher Random House recently bought a stake in VOCEL, a San Diego-based company that provides such mobile-phone products as Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation programs. Random House also said it reached licensing arrangements with VOCEL to provide cell-phone access to the publisher's Living Language foreign language study programs and Prima Games video game strategy guides. Cell-phone books are also gradually starting to get traction in China and South Korea. In Japan, though, some people are really getting hooked, finding the phone an intimate tool for reading. A recent marketing study by Bandai found that more than half the readers are female, and many are reading cell-phone books in their homes. Surprisingly, people are using cell-phone books to catch up on classics they never finished reading. And people are perusing sex manuals and other books they're too embarrassed to be caught reading or buying. More common is keeping an electronic dictionary in your phone in case a need arises.

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Thesis sysnopsis request
by Chitra P Rao 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

I request your help in identifying the source for getting synopsis of Thesis, apart from abstracts on the following topic: "Technology based training Focussing on e learning in the Organizational Context" is the thesis topic of one of our PHD students. I am looking for thesis's synopsis on similar topics. Thank You Chitra Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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On open access - by an American librarian
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Please read this 2-page note from an American librarian. http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/hemminger.pdf Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Please read this 2-page note from an American librarian. http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/hemminger.pdf http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/hemminger.pdf Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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A biologist looks at OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Friends: Here is an eight-page white paper on OA by an American biologist. http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/peet.pdf Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Here is an eight-page white paper on OA by an American biologist. http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/peet.pdf http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/peet.pdf Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Wikimania - Call for Papers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Friends: Here is a conference some of you may be interested to take part. I received it from my friend Andy Carvin. Arun Wikimania Call for Papers http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Call_for_Papers Wikimania 2005 - The First International Wikimedia Conference will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 4 August 2005 to 8 August 2005. Wikimedia is the non-profit organization operating Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, and the Wikimedia Commons. We are now accepting papers and other submissions (from everyone within and outside the Wikimedia and Wikipedia communities) for presentations, workshops, and discussion groups. We are also accepting nominations for speaker panels and keynote speakers, and suggestions for other activities. Mail all submissions to cfp(a)wikimedia.org. For more conference information, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Main_Page.

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three new studies
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Friends: Here is some news from Peter Suber's blog. Arun Three repository studies from Eprints UK The Eprints UK project has released three new supporting studies: 1.. Philip Hunter and Michael Day, Institutional repositories, aggregator services and collection development, January 2005. Abstract: 'Institutional repositories are managed collections of the intellectual output of university and other research-based institutions. This report introduces collection development issues from two distinct perspectives. Firstly, it highlights issues that may need to be addressed by institutional repositories as OAI data providers. For example, repositories may need to make decisions on the type, quality and format of content, on submission workflows, rights management, access, sustainability and evaluation. Secondly, the report will consider similar issues from the perspective of third party service providers like ePrints UK that harvest selective metadata from institutional repositories. The concluding section will provide some recommendations on best practice for repositories to support such harvesting.' 2.. Philip Hunter, Institutional e-Print Repositories: Business and IPR Issues, March 16, 2005. Abstract: 'A report summarising business models and IPR issues in the context of the e-Prints UK poject.' Excerpt: 'What is not clear so far is how business models might apply to public organisations such as universities, archives, libraries etc. Many if not most public organisations do nevertheless have extant business models, usually in the form of a mission statement or corporate strategy....Most public organisations, in common with large corporate bodies, tend to employ multiple concurrent business models. For example University Libraries will employ a merchant model in its dealings with publishers and a community model in it's dealings with students....The overriding modus operendi for UK public organisations, however, is a model that is essentially fixed by the community through the government. For Universities this model works something like this: The government collects taxes and gives part of that money to educators. The educators increase the potential value of the workforce by producing well educated students. The students join the workforce, earn money and pay tax to the Government. This type of model could be called a social subscription model....Public organisations should embrace the OA approach for the following reasons. Sharing knowledge is a primary function and as we have seen is already written into their business models. It provides one means of conforming to the freedom of information acts - enacted Europe wide in 2000 and 2001....Any organisation using a public subscription model is very likely to be both amenable to and gain benefit from integrating the OA approach. Many private organisations could benefit from the OA approach at some level.' 3.. Michael Day, Institutional repositories and research assessment, undated. Abstract: 'This study concerns the potential role of institutional repositories in supporting research assessment in universities with specific reference to the Research Assessment Exercises in the UK. After a brief look at research evaluation methods, it introduces the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), focusing on its role in determining the distribution of research funding, the assessment process itself, and some concerns that have been raised by participants and observers. The study will then introduce institutional repositories and consider the ways in which they might be used to enhance the research assessment process in the UK. It will first consider the role of repositories in providing institutional support for the submission and review process. Secondly, the paper will consider the ways in which citation linking between papers in repositories might be used as the basis for generating quantitative data on research impact that could be used for assessment. Thirdly, this study will consider other ways in which repositories might be able to provide quantitative data, e.g. usage statistics or Webometric link data, which may be able to be used - together with other indicators - to support the evaluation of research.' These are the second, third, and fourth supporting studies from Eprints UK. The first came out in May 2003: Michael Day, Prospects for institutional e-print repositories in the United Kingdom. Friends: Here is some news from Peter Suber's blog. Arun Three repository studies from Eprints UK [A] The http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/ Eprints UK project has released three new http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/ supporting studies : Philip Hunter and Michael Day, http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/studies/coll-development/coll… Institutional repositories, aggregator services and collection development , January 2005. Abstract: 'Institutional repositories are managed collections of the intellectual output of university and other research-based institutions. This report introduces collection development issues from two distinct perspectives. Firstly, it highlights issues that may need to be addressed by institutional repositories as OAI data providers. For example, repositories may need to make decisions on the type, quality and format of content, on submission workflows, rights management, access, sustainability and evaluation. Secondly, the report will consider similar issues from the perspective of third party service providers like ePrints UK that harvest selective metadata from institutional repositories. The concluding section will provide some recommendations on best practice for repositories to support such harvesting.' Philip Hunter, http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/studies/business-ipr/business… Institutional e-Print Repositories: Business and IPR Issues , March 16, 2005. Abstract: 'A report summarising business models and IPR issues in the context of the e-Prints UK poject.' Excerpt: 'What is not clear so far is how business models might apply to public organisations such as universities, archives, libraries etc. Many if not most public organisations do nevertheless have extant business models, usually in the form of a mission statement or corporate strategy....Most public organisations, in common with large corporate bodies, tend to employ multiple concurrent business models. For example University Libraries will employ a merchant model in its dealings with publishers and a community model in it's dealings with students....The overriding modus operendi for UK public organisations, however, is a model that is essentially fixed by the community through the government. For Universities this model works something like this: The government collects taxes and gives part of that money to educators. The educators increase the potential value of the workforce by producing well educated students. The students join the workforce, earn money and pay tax to the Government. This type of model could be called a social subscription model....Public organisations should embrace the OA approach for the following reasons. Sharing knowledge is a primary function and as we have seen is already written into their business models. It provides one means of conforming to the freedom of information acts - enacted Europe wide in 2000 and 2001....Any organisation using a public subscription model is very likely to be both amenable to and gain benefit from integrating the OA approach. Many private organisations could benefit from the OA approach at some level.' Michael Day, http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/studies/rae/rae-study.pdf Institutional repositories and research assessment , undated. Abstract: 'This study concerns the potential role of institutional repositories in supporting research assessment in universities with specific reference to the Research Assessment Exercises in the UK. After a brief look at research evaluation methods, it introduces the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), focusing on its role in determining the distribution of research funding, the assessment process itself, and some concerns that have been raised by participants and observers. The study will then introduce institutional repositories and consider the ways in which they might be used to enhance the research assessment process in the UK. It will first consider the role of repositories in providing institutional support for the submission and review process. Secondly, the paper will consider the ways in which citation linking between papers in repositories might be used as the basis for generating quantitative data on research impact that could be used for assessment. Thirdly, this study will consider other ways in which repositories might be able to provide quantitative data, e.g. usage statistics or Webometric link data, which may be able to be used - together with other indicators - to support the evaluation of research.' These are the second, third, and fourth supporting studies from Eprints UK. The first came out in May 2003: Michael Day, http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/studies/impact/ Prospects for institutional e-print repositories in the United Kingdom .

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Wellcome Trust and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Friends: Robert Terry of the Wellcome Trust has written an excellent article in the March issue of PLoS, the wel-known open access journal. I found it interesting. Hope you do too. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- PLoS Biology Volume 3 | Issue 3 | MARCH 2005 Funding the Way to Open Access Robert Terry Robert Terry is Senior Policy Adviser at the Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom. E-mail: r.terry(a)wellcome.ac.uk Published: March 15, 2005 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030097 Copyright: © 2005 Robert Terry. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abbreviations: UKPMC, United Kingdom PubMed Central Citation: Terry R (2005) Funding the Way to Open Access. PLoS Biol 3(3): e97. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imagine this scenario. You're the director of one of the world's largest medical research charities, and you receive notification from one of your funded investigators in Africa reporting some exciting progress toward the development of a vaccine for malaria. The work has just been published, so you log onto the Web to do a quick keyword search, and a link to the article is brought up on your screen. Then imagine the frustration when you click on the link to read the message, "Access Denied-access to this journal is restricted to registered institutional and individual subscribers." And there's the rub: this actually happened to the Director of the Wellcome Trust. Prior to this, the committee that advises the Wellcome Trust Library were already asking whether the Trust should adopt a formal position on the continually increasing prices of journal subscriptions and the problems this trend was causing research libraries. These events encouraged the Trust to investigate the publication of scientific research, to see if there was anything research-funding organisations could be doing to stimulate change in what appears to be a failing market. As it turns out, there is quite a lot. I now believe it is the funders of research-charities, governments, and other publicly funded bodies such as national research agencies-who hold the purse strings that can untie scientific discoveries from a publishing market that is no longer serving the community as well as it could. That is why today the Trust is a leading advocate for enabling free access to research literature through support for new publishing models, such as that of the Public Library of Science, and the establishment of publicly accessible repositories, working in partnership with the United States National Institutes of Health-funded PubMed Central [1]. It is worth noting that the Trust is not a novice in seeking better ways to disseminate research findings. The fact that the sequence of the human genome is an openly accessible work is due in large measure to the Trust's determination that this information be in the public domain and not hidden behind commercial subscriptions. As a consequence of that insistence, we believe, these data are a more widely used and valuable resource. "Trust-funded researchers will have to deposit an electronic version of their manuscripts in PMC to be made available for free via the Internet within 6 months of publication." The Trust began its investigation of the scientific publishing sector by commissioning two pieces of research: one to inform itself of the economics of the publishing sector, and a second to explore whether there were alternative business models out there that could enable research to have the quality assurance it needs (peer review) whilst being available for free, using the Web as the medium of publication. The Economics of Publishing The first Trust-commissioned study described how scientific research publishing has traditionally worked and why it can be described, in economic terms, as a failing market [2]. Essentially, the producers (researchers as authors) and the consumers (researchers as readers) are isolated from any of the costs within the system. Researchers give away the copyright to their work, for free, to the publishers, who organise the peer review and copyedit the article. The publishers then sell it to libraries at prices that range from enough to cover their costs through to some pretty high profits-some over 30%. These profits escape from an otherwise self-contained financial cycle to satisfy shareholders or run learned societies; unlike typical publishing relationships, none are returned directly to the author (the researcher who wrote the piece) or even to the consulting experts (the researchers who provided the peer review). At the same time, researchers as readers access the material, if they are able to do so, through their employing institution, either using the library or-more typically now-via the Internet through the institution's subscription. To the researcher this access appears free, effectively creating a market system that has no pressures from the producers or consumers to change. One consequence of this is that publishers have been able to increase subscription prices well above inflation; the United Kingdom has seen subscription rates rise by more than 200% in the last ten years (Blackwell's periodical price indexes; [3]). The money used to fund UK libraries is all public money, and over 90% of the funds paying for research in the UK university system is either government or charitable [4]-so in a sense the people who are paying for the research cannot access its findings without paying an additional fee. Access denied at The Journal of Infectious Diseases This then begs the question of what alternatives there are to this traditional system, now that the Internet has become the researcher's tool of choice for searching and accessing the literature. The second piece of research commissioned by the Trust looked at different business models for research publishing, in order to address this question [5]. It compared open-access journals, which often levy a charge to publish but provide the journal for free, and the majority of the traditional models, which take the research for free but charge readers to read it. This study convinced the Trust that the best way forward to improve access to research findings would be through open access to scientific research articles. This essentially means two things: first, that the copyright holder or holders must grant to the public a free, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, copy, distribute, and make derivative works of their research article, in any medium for any purpose (excepting those that constitute plagiarism or other dishonest acts, of course); and second, that a digital copy must be deposited in an open public archival repository (for example, the US National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central). Whilst a debate continues as to the most appropriate route to achieve open access to all research literature, it is important to bear in mind that the publication and the archiving of research articles are intrinsically linked. Both aspects of open access need to be explored and experimented with, and the Trust is actively pursuing solutions for the problems of both. Alternative Business Models The findings of the second report seem to have caused quite a controversy-particularly in the suggestion that moving wholesale to an open-access publishing model might produce savings of up to 30% [6]. One common misinterpretation of this conclusion is that any such savings would be due solely to discontinuing the printed versions of publications that are freely available online. This is incorrect. In fact, if savings are to be made in an open-access model, they will largely be found in the variable costs of journal production-since an open-access journal will not have to cover the costs of subscription management, licence negotiations, or sales, and little is required for marketing and distribution. In a comparison included in the report, an article in a good- to high-quality journal produced in the subscription model is estimated to cost US$2,750. The equivalent cost under an author-side payment model is estimated as US$1,950-a comparable saving of 30% on the costs, and a saving of 90% when the variable costs are compared. It must be remembered that cost does not equate to price, so to these figures, regardless of the mode of publication, must be added overhead expenses and, of course, profit. However, if a truly competitive market is created-where payments are directed to publishers not by third parties but by those directly involved in the scientific enterprise, who could easily compare the varying article processing charges of different open-access publishers-then the actual savings might well be substantially higher. At its essence though, the open-access debate is not about economics, it is about access. That is why the Trust has been in discussion with the US National Library of Medicine about the possibility of creating a UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) as a publicly accessible repository for Trust-funded research. UK PubMed Central The proposal is that a UKPMC will be run as a proper electronic library: it will collect, collate, and archive whole journals and be developed to receive single articles as well. Submission will be as straightforward as attaching a document to an email. UKPMC will be able to accept manuscripts in any format, including Microsoft Word, and it will be the responsibility of UKPMC to convert the files it receives into extensible markup language (XML) to enable the appropriate document type definition (DTD) to be assigned. UKPMC will also correct the structural, content, and consistency errors that occur when converting text for digital preservation, and provide the conversion process to print a "clear" PDF version of included articles to those users who download them. This is a process well used by the National Library of Medicine, and the one most suited for the long-term, digital preservation of articles. And once articles are in a digital format they can be searched and used in different ways. For example, genome sequence data, chemical compounds, or protein structures embedded within an article can be searched for in other articles and linked directly to genome or structural databases uncovering new genetic markers, drug uses, or protein functions. The articles themselves become live research material greatly improving the efficacy of the research itself. For a funder, having all its research in one format, "under one roof", and searchable will improve the efficiency of strategy setting-for example, setting funding priorities-assessing the outputs of the funded research, and even gaining an insight into the impact of the work. As grants management becomes more electronic, there can be a direct link between original research proposals and the research outputs. For a medical charity like the Trust, I believe it is our duty to actively encourage the most efficient processes available to maximise the likelihood that the research we fund will have the greatest possible health benefit. That is why the Trust will be making it a requirement of its grant conditions that Trust-funded researchers deposit an electronic version of their manuscripts in UKPMC to be made available for free via the Internet within 6 months of publication. The delay means that this is not open access in the truest sense. However, the Trust considers that the development of a PubMed Central portal in the UK offers the best next step in the transition towards a situation where all high-quality peer-reviewed research is available for free via the Internet, whilst leaving all publishers room for manoeuvre in this changing market. References 1.. Wellcome Trust (2004 November 4) Wellcome Trust and National Library of Medicine in talks for worldwide open access archive. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX022826.html. Accessed 19 January 2005. 2.. Wellcome Trust (2003 October) An economic analysis of scientific research publishing: A report commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, revised ed. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003182.pdf. Accessed 19 January 2005. 3.. LISU (2002) LISU annual library statistics 2002. Leicestershire: LISU. 4.. Department of Trade and Industry HM Treasury Department for Education and Skills (2002 July) Investing in innovation: A strategy for science, engineering and technology. Available: http://www.ost.gov.uk/policy/science_strategy.pdf. Accessed 19 January 2005. 5.. Wellcome Trust (2004 April) Costs and business models in scientific research publishing: A report commissioned by the Wellcome Trust. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003184.pdf. Accessed 19 January 2005. 6.. Wellcome Trust (2004 April 1) New report reveals open access could reduce cost of scientific publishing by up to 30 per cent. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002874.html. Accessed 19 January 2005. Friends: Robert Terry of the Wellcome Trust has written an excellent article in the March issue of PLoS, the wel-known open access journal. I found it interesting. Hope you do too. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- PLoS Biology http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=1545-7885&vo… Volume 3 | Issue 3 | MARCH 2005 Funding the Way to Open Access Robert Terry [A] Robert Terry is Senior Policy Adviser at the Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom. E-mail: mailto:r.terry@wellcome.ac.uk r.terry(a)wellcome.ac.uk Published: March 15, 2005 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030097 Copyright: © 2005 Robert Terry. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. [A] Abbreviations: UKPMC, United Kingdom PubMed Central Citation: Terry R (2005) Funding the Way to Open Access. PLoS Biol 3(3): e97. Imagine this scenario. You're the director of one of the world's largest medical research charities, and you receive notification from one of your funded investigators in Africa reporting some exciting progress toward the development of a vaccine for malaria. The work has just been published, so you log onto the Web to do a quick keyword search, and a link to the article is brought up on your screen. Then imagine the frustration when you click on the link to read the message, Access Deniedaccess to this journal is restricted to registered institutional and individual subscribers. And there's the rub: this actually happened to the Director of the Wellcome Trust. Prior to this, the committee that advises the Wellcome Trust Library were already asking whether the Trust should adopt a formal position on the continually increasing prices of journal subscriptions and the problems this trend was causing research libraries. These events encouraged the Trust to investigate the publication of scientific research, to see if there was anything research-funding organisations could be doing to stimulate change in what appears to be a failing market. As it turns out, there is quite a lot. I now believe it is the funders of researchcharities, governments, and other publicly funded bodies such as national research agencieswho hold the purse strings that can untie scientific discoveries from a publishing market that is no longer serving the community as well as it could. That is why today the Trust is a leading advocate for enabling free access to research literature through support for new publishing models, such as that of the Public Library of Science, and the establishment of publicly accessible repositories, working in partnership with the United States National Institutes of Healthfunded PubMed Central [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 1 ]. [A] http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=slideshow&type=figure&doi… It is worth noting that the Trust is not a novice in seeking better ways to disseminate research findings. The fact that the sequence of the human genome is an openly accessible work is due in large measure to the Trust's determination that this information be in the public domain and not hidden behind commercial subscriptions. As a consequence of that insistence, we believe, these data are a more widely used and valuable resource. Trust-funded researchers will have to deposit an electronic version of their manuscripts in PMC to be made available for free via the Internet within 6 months of publication. The Trust began its investigation of the scientific publishing sector by commissioning two pieces of research: one to inform itself of the economics of the publishing sector, and a second to explore whether there were alternative business models out there that could enable research to have the quality assurance it needs (peer review) whilst being available for free, using the Web as the medium of publication. The Economics of Publishing The first Trust-commissioned study described how scientific research publishing has traditionally worked and why it can be described, in economic terms, as a failing market [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 2 ]. Essentially, the producers (researchers as authors) and the consumers (researchers as readers) are isolated from any of the costs within the system. Researchers give away the copyright to their work, for free, to the publishers, who organise the peer review and copyedit the article. The publishers then sell it to libraries at prices that range from enough to cover their costs through to some pretty high profitssome over 30%. These profits escape from an otherwise self-contained financial cycle to satisfy shareholders or run learned societies; unlike typical publishing relationships, none are returned directly to the author (the researcher who wrote the piece) or even to the consulting experts (the researchers who provided the peer review). At the same time, researchers as readers access the material, if they are able to do so, through their employing institution, either using the library ormore typically nowvia the Internet through the institution's subscription. To the researcher this access appears free, effectively creating a market system that has no pressures from the producers or consumers to change. One consequence of this is that publishers have been able to increase subscription prices well above inflation; the United Kingdom has seen subscription rates rise by more than 200% in the last ten years (Blackwell's periodical price indexes; [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 3 ]). The money used to fund UK libraries is all public money, and over 90% of the funds paying for research in the UK university system is either government or charitable [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 4 ]so in a sense the people who are paying for the research cannot access its findings without paying an additional fee. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… [A] http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=slideshow&type=figure&doi… http://biology.plosjournals.org/archive/1545-7885/3/3/figure/10.1371_journa… http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=slideshow&type=figure&doi… Access denied at The Journal of Infectious Diseases This then begs the question of what alternatives there are to this traditional system, now that the Internet has become the researcher's tool of choice for searching and accessing the literature. The second piece of research commissioned by the Trust looked at different business models for research publishing, in order to address this question [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 5 ]. It compared open-access journals, which often levy a charge to publish but provide the journal for free, and the majority of the traditional models, which take the research for free but charge readers to read it. This study convinced the Trust that the best way forward to improve access to research findings would be through open access to scientific research articles. This essentially means two things: first, that the copyright holder or holders must grant to the public a free, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, copy, distribute, and make derivative works of their research article, in any medium for any purpose (excepting those that constitute plagiarism or other dishonest acts, of course); and second, that a digital copy must be deposited in an open public archival repository (for example, the US National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central). Whilst a debate continues as to the most appropriate route to achieve open access to all research literature, it is important to bear in mind that the publication and the archiving of research articles are intrinsically linked. Both aspects of open access need to be explored and experimented with, and the Trust is actively pursuing solutions for the problems of both. Alternative Business Models The findings of the second report seem to have caused quite a controversyparticularly in the suggestion that moving wholesale to an open-access publishing model might produce savings of up to 30% [ http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/… 6 ]. One common misinterpretation of this conclusion is that any such savings would be due solely to discontinuing the printed versions of publications that are freely available online. This is incorrect. In fact, if savings are to be made in an open-access model, they will largely be found in the variable costs of journal productionsince an open-access journal will not have to cover the costs of subscription management, licence negotiations, or sales, and little is required for marketing and distribution. In a comparison included in the report, an article in a good- to high-quality journal produced in the subscription model is estimated to cost US$2,750. The equivalent cost under an author-side payment model is estimated as US$1,950a comparable saving of 30% on the costs, and a saving of 90% when the variable costs are compared. It must be remembered that cost does not equate to price, so to these figures, regardless of the mode of publication, must be added overhead expenses and, of course, profit. However, if a truly competitive market is createdwhere payments are directed to publishers not by third parties but by those directly involved in the scientific enterprise, who could easily compare the varying article processing charges of different open-access publishersthen the actual savings might well be substantially higher. At its essence though, the open-access debate is not about economics, it is about access. That is why the Trust has been in discussion with the US National Library of Medicine about the possibility of creating a UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) as a publicly accessible repository for Trust-funded research. UK PubMed Central The proposal is that a UKPMC will be run as a proper electronic library: it will collect, collate, and archive whole journals and be developed to receive single articles as well. Submission will be as straightforward as attaching a document to an email. UKPMC will be able to accept manuscripts in any format, including Microsoft Word, and it will be the responsibility of UKPMC to convert the files it receives into extensible markup language (XML) to enable the appropriate document type definition (DTD) to be assigned. UKPMC will also correct the structural, content, and consistency errors that occur when converting text for digital preservation, and provide the conversion process to print a clear PDF version of included articles to those users who download them. This is a process well used by the National Library of Medicine, and the one most suited for the long-term, digital preservation of articles. And once articles are in a digital format they can be searched and used in different ways. For example, genome sequence data, chemical compounds, or protein structures embedded within an article can be searched for in other articles and linked directly to genome or structural databases uncovering new genetic markers, drug uses, or protein functions. The articles themselves become live research material greatly improving the efficacy of the research itself. For a funder, having all its research in one format, under one roof, and searchable will improve the efficiency of strategy settingfor example, setting funding prioritiesassessing the outputs of the funded research, and even gaining an insight into the impact of the work. As grants management becomes more electronic, there can be a direct link between original research proposals and the research outputs. For a medical charity like the Trust, I believe it is our duty to actively encourage the most efficient processes available to maximise the likelihood that the research we fund will have the greatest possible health benefit. That is why the Trust will be making it a requirement of its grant conditions that Trust-funded researchers deposit an electronic version of their manuscripts in UKPMC to be made available for free via the Internet within 6 months of publication. The delay means that this is not open access in the truest sense. However, the Trust considers that the development of a PubMed Central portal in the UK offers the best next step in the transition towards a situation where all high-quality peer-reviewed research is available for free via the Internet, whilst leaving all publishers room for manoeuvre in this changing market. References [A] Wellcome Trust (2004 November 4) Wellcome Trust and National Library of Medicine in talks for worldwide open access archive. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX022826.html http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX022826.html . Accessed 19 January 2005. [A] Wellcome Trust (2003 October) An economic analysis of scientific research publishing: A report commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, revised ed. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003182.pdf http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003182.pdf . Accessed 19 January 2005. [A] LISU (2002) LISU annual library statistics 2002. Leicestershire: LISU. [A] Department of Trade and Industry HM Treasury Department for Education and Skills (2002 July) Investing in innovation: A strategy for science, engineering and technology. Available: http://www.ost.gov.uk/policy/science_strategy.pdf http://www.ost.gov.uk/policy/science_strategy.pdf . Accessed 19 January 2005. [A] Wellcome Trust (2004 April) Costs and business models in scientific research publishing: A report commissioned by the Wellcome Trust. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003184.pdf http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd003184.pdf . Accessed 19 January 2005. [A] Wellcome Trust (2004 April 1) New report reveals open access could reduce cost of scientific publishing by up to 30 per cent. Available: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002874.html http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002874.html . Accessed 19 January 2005.

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INASP and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Friends: Here is an article that appeared recently in PLoS Biology, a well-known open access journal. The author Ms Pippa Smart works for INASP. Prof. N Mukunda of CTS, IISc, Bangalore, is the chairman of the Advisory Board of INASP. I wish INASP promotes interoperable open access archiving around the world with the same zeal it is trying to promote free or subsidised access to key journals for scientists in the developing world. Best wishes. Arun ---------- PLoS Biology Volume 2 | Issue 11 | NOVEMBER 2004 International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications: Facilitating Scientific Publishing in Developing Countries Pippa Smart Pippa Smart is head of publishing and publishing initiatives for the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, Oxford, United Kingdom. E-mail: psmart(a)inasp.info Published: November 16, 2004 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020326 Copyright: © 2004 Pippa Smart. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abbreviations: AJOL, African Journals OnLine; INASP, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications Citation: Smart P (2004) International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications: Facilitating Scientific Publishing in Developing Countries. PLoS Biol 2(11): e326. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'The most important element that restricts our researchers is access to information.'-Subbiah Arunachalam, India, 2003 The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was established by the International Council for Science in 1992 to provide support for networking between information providers and users, particularly to bridge the information divide between the developed and developing world. Since 1992 INASP has worked, in response to requests, to develop its activities for capacity building in information production, access, and use, with an overarching vision that all people are able to access and contribute information, ideas, and knowledge necessary for sustainable and equitable development. To ensure that INASP activities are appropriate for the communities and cultures of the countries in which INASP works, local partners are used to build networks and to provide advice and support. Enhancing capacities is central to all activities, and local ownership and sensitivity to local conditions and opinions are of paramount importance. Here I highlight two aspects of our work: increasing access to information and supporting the visibility of regional journals within the global research community. Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information The growth and acceptability of the internet during the 1990s opened up tremendous possibilities for the dissemination of research information, providing many nations with access to information that had previously been out of their reach. Although internet connectivity remains problematic in many countries, it still offers great potential for bridging the information gap. Arising from discussions with librarians and researchers in 1999 and 2000, the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information was formally launched in 2002 after a two-year pilot programme. The Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information works in a two-phase manner: (1) providing and supporting access to international research information and (2) supporting and promoting access to nationally published research. To support access to international information, INASP negotiates for heavily discounted or free access to online information from publishers and information providers in developed countries. Enabling access, however, does not guarantee that resources are used; both training and promotion are needed so that researchers and downstream information providers know how to make the best use of what is available. With this in mind, INASP has set up four series of training workshops, which have trained over 1,000 people from over 200 institutions in over 17 countries during the last two years. Although some of the training is undertaken by INASP staff, most is facilitated by in-country trainers. Planning for long-term sustainability, INASP aims to hand over the tasks of negotiation, purchasing, and training to local consortia, associations, or networks. African Journals OnLine Although much needed, access to international resources can discriminate against nationally published scholarly information. This may be due to one of the following: a perception that local publications are lower quality, distribution problems and irregular publishing, or lack of online visibility. However, national publications provide vital access to potential collaborators and information about research on topics of local relevance-since 1998, INASP has provided support to indigenous research publications to enable them to survive and coexist with international information. One specific project that exemplifies these aims is known as African Journals OnLine (AJOL). AJOL launched in 1998 in response to requests from African journals. Starting with only ten titles, it now includes 189 from 21 African countries. Access to the site, which includes tables of contents, article abstracts, and a homepage for each journal with information about editorial boards, guidelines for authors, and more, is entirely free. Participating journals report increased international submissions and increasing contact with international researchers. Researchers make wide use of this service, and over 8,000 people have registered to use AJOL since it launched. Registration is optional and until March this year did not provide the user any benefit-it simply provided an indication of the number of people visiting and from which countries. However, since March 2004 anyone who registers can sign up to receive a free E-mail table of contents alert. Over 500 people have chosen to receive E-mail alerts from an average of four journals each, and the effect of these alerts is felt through the increase in document delivery requests. AJOL does not currently host full text, but can provide full-text articles through a document delivery service (there are plans to load full-text articles on AJOL in the future). This service is provided to researchers from developing countries for free and to researchers elsewhere at a minimal charge (to cover costs, plus a small payment to the journal). In the first six months of 2004, over 700 articles were ordered and sent out. Most journals publishing out of Africa are not run by commercial publishers, and most of them operate at a loss, subsidised by universities, associations, funding agencies, or a mixture of all three. Paid subscriptions to print journals are frequently a vital part of their economics, and the financial viability of many journals is constantly under threat. Originally, it was hoped that AJOL would increase subscriptions, thereby providing greater financial security to the journals. This has not been achieved and is unlikely to occur in the future. However, with increasing visibility, the value of the journals increases along with, hopefully, their importance to the supporting agencies and long-term sustainability. Since AJOL is set up to provide support for the participating journals, the journals' opinions are constantly sought before any developments are undertaken, meaning AJOL is effectively "owned" by them. Although the service is not actively run by the journals themselves, all participating journals are considered to be part of a community, receiving regular E-mail contact and skills support. Many journal editors (who frequently undertake all the publishing activities) feel isolated and unskilled, and even though AJOL does not operate as an association for the journals, it encourages communication between the editors, and a sharing of experience. The AJOL website was relaunched in March 2004 using open-source software called Open Journal System, originally developed in Canada by the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia and further developed for AJOL at Bristol University, United Kingdom. This software was written to enable a single journal to manage the entire publishing process online from submission to publishing. Being open source, the software can also easily be adapted and modified. The Public Knowledge Project set up the system with the developing world in mind: it operates efficiently at low bandwidths and is easy to use, with many guides and help functions built in. For the users, this software offers sophisticated searching, E-mail alerts, and a space for each journal within AJOL for journal-specific information. It also now provides a range of management tools, which makes the service more efficient and enables it to grow. Another important consideration for choosing this system was that individual journals can take over the responsibility for maintaining their own journal areas within AJOL via the Internet. Over 50 journals have expressed an interest in taking this on, and one publisher is already successfully maintaining its material. To support this, training workshops are currently in preparation. This development will assist the long-term sustainability of AJOL and also give the participating journals experience in managing and publishing content online. In the near future, INASP will be including full text on AJOL and hopes to move the management of AJOL to an African organisation so that it will truly become an African gateway for published research. In addition, INASP continues to work with journals to strengthen their quality and sustainability, providing advice, training workshops, study tours, and a coordinating point for discussion and collaboration. Outside Africa, INASP is working on similar developments in Nepal and the Caribbean and has received expressions of interest from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The Future of Journal Access It is vital that researchers everywhere in the world have access to reliable, relevant information. At the same time, providing access to international literature needs to be balanced with supporting local publications to ensure that indigenous knowledge is not lost, but can take its place in the research community and contribute to the continuing development of science. Worldwide access to information is central to all INASP activities, and INASP supports policies and activities that work towards this. Where to Find Out More INASP: http://www.inasp.info AJOL: http://www.ajol.info Public Knowledge Project: http://pkp.ubc.ca Friends: Here is an article that appeared recently in PLoS Biology, a well-known open access journal. The author Ms Pippa Smart works for INASP. Prof. N Mukunda of CTS, IISc, Bangalore, is the chairman of the Advisory Board of INASP. I wish INASP promotes interoperable open access archiving around the world with the same zeal it is trying to promote free or subsidised access to key journals for scientists in the developing world. Best wishes. Arun ---------- PLoS Biology http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=1545-7885&vo… Volume 2 | Issue 11 | NOVEMBER 2004 International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications: Facilitating Scientific Publishing in Developing Countries Pippa Smart [A] Pippa Smart is head of publishing and publishing initiatives for the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, Oxford, United Kingdom. E-mail: mailto:psmart@inasp.info psmart(a)inasp.info Published: November 16, 2004 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020326 Copyright: © 2004 Pippa Smart. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. [A] Abbreviations: AJOL, African Journals OnLine; INASP, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications Citation: Smart P (2004) International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications: Facilitating Scientific Publishing in Developing Countries. PLoS Biol 2(11): e326. The most important element that restricts our researchers is access to information.Subbiah Arunachalam, India, 2003 The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was established by the International Council for Science in 1992 to provide support for networking between information providers and users, particularly to bridge the information divide between the developed and developing world. Since 1992 INASP has worked, in response to requests, to develop its activities for capacity building in information production, access, and use, with an overarching vision that all people are able to access and contribute information, ideas, and knowledge necessary for sustainable and equitable development. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%… [A] http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=slideshow&type=figure&doi… To ensure that INASP activities are appropriate for the communities and cultures of the countries in which INASP works, local partners are used to build networks and to provide advice and support. Enhancing capacities is central to all activities, and local ownership and sensitivity to local conditions and opinions are of paramount importance. Here I highlight two aspects of our work: increasing access to information and supporting the visibility of regional journals within the global research community. Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information The growth and acceptability of the internet during the 1990s opened up tremendous possibilities for the dissemination of research information, providing many nations with access to information that had previously been out of their reach. Although internet connectivity remains problematic in many countries, it still offers great potential for bridging the information gap. Arising from discussions with librarians and researchers in 1999 and 2000, the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information was formally launched in 2002 after a two-year pilot programme. The Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information works in a two-phase manner: (1) providing and supporting access to international research information and (2) supporting and promoting access to nationally published research. To support access to international information, INASP negotiates for heavily discounted or free access to online information from publishers and information providers in developed countries. Enabling access, however, does not guarantee that resources are used; both training and promotion are needed so that researchers and downstream information providers know how to make the best use of what is available. With this in mind, INASP has set up four series of training workshops, which have trained over 1,000 people from over 200 institutions in over 17 countries during the last two years. Although some of the training is undertaken by INASP staff, most is facilitated by in-country trainers. Planning for long-term sustainability, INASP aims to hand over the tasks of negotiation, purchasing, and training to local consortia, associations, or networks. African Journals OnLine Although much needed, access to international resources can discriminate against nationally published scholarly information. This may be due to one of the following: a perception that local publications are lower quality, distribution problems and irregular publishing, or lack of online visibility. However, national publications provide vital access to potential collaborators and information about research on topics of local relevancesince 1998, INASP has provided support to indigenous research publications to enable them to survive and coexist with international information. One specific project that exemplifies these aims is known as African Journals OnLine (AJOL). AJOL launched in 1998 in response to requests from African journals. Starting with only ten titles, it now includes 189 from 21 African countries. Access to the site, which includes tables of contents, article abstracts, and a homepage for each journal with information about editorial boards, guidelines for authors, and more, is entirely free. Participating journals report increased international submissions and increasing contact with international researchers. Researchers make wide use of this service, and over 8,000 people have registered to use AJOL since it launched. Registration is optional and until March this year did not provide the user any benefitit simply provided an indication of the number of people visiting and from which countries. However, since March 2004 anyone who registers can sign up to receive a free E-mail table of contents alert. Over 500 people have chosen to receive E-mail alerts from an average of four journals each, and the effect of these alerts is felt through the increase in document delivery requests. AJOL does not currently host full text, but can provide full-text articles through a document delivery service (there are plans to load full-text articles on AJOL in the future). This service is provided to researchers from developing countries for free and to researchers elsewhere at a minimal charge (to cover costs, plus a small payment to the journal). In the first six months of 2004, over 700 articles were ordered and sent out. Most journals publishing out of Africa are not run by commercial publishers, and most of them operate at a loss, subsidised by universities, associations, funding agencies, or a mixture of all three. Paid subscriptions to print journals are frequently a vital part of their economics, and the financial viability of many journals is constantly under threat. Originally, it was hoped that AJOL would increase subscriptions, thereby providing greater financial security to the journals. This has not been achieved and is unlikely to occur in the future. However, with increasing visibility, the value of the journals increases along with, hopefully, their importance to the supporting agencies and long-term sustainability. Since AJOL is set up to provide support for the participating journals, the journals' opinions are constantly sought before any developments are undertaken, meaning AJOL is effectively owned by them. Although the service is not actively run by the journals themselves, all participating journals are considered to be part of a community, receiving regular E-mail contact and skills support. Many journal editors (who frequently undertake all the publishing activities) feel isolated and unskilled, and even though AJOL does not operate as an association for the journals, it encourages communication between the editors, and a sharing of experience. The AJOL website was relaunched in March 2004 using open-source software called Open Journal System, originally developed in Canada by the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia and further developed for AJOL at Bristol University, United Kingdom. This software was written to enable a single journal to manage the entire publishing process online from submission to publishing. Being open source, the software can also easily be adapted and modified. The Public Knowledge Project set up the system with the developing world in mind: it operates efficiently at low bandwidths and is easy to use, with many guides and help functions built in. For the users, this software offers sophisticated searching, E-mail alerts, and a space for each journal within AJOL for journal-specific information. It also now provides a range of management tools, which makes the service more efficient and enables it to grow. Another important consideration for choosing this system was that individual journals can take over the responsibility for maintaining their own journal areas within AJOL via the Internet. Over 50 journals have expressed an interest in taking this on, and one publisher is already successfully maintaining its material. To support this, training workshops are currently in preparation. This development will assist the long-term sustainability of AJOL and also give the participating journals experience in managing and publishing content online. In the near future, INASP will be including full text on AJOL and hopes to move the management of AJOL to an African organisation so that it will truly become an African gateway for published research. In addition, INASP continues to work with journals to strengthen their quality and sustainability, providing advice, training workshops, study tours, and a coordinating point for discussion and collaboration. Outside Africa, INASP is working on similar developments in Nepal and the Caribbean and has received expressions of interest from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The Future of Journal Access It is vital that researchers everywhere in the world have access to reliable, relevant information. At the same time, providing access to international literature needs to be balanced with supporting local publications to ensure that indigenous knowledge is not lost, but can take its place in the research community and contribute to the continuing development of science. Worldwide access to information is central to all INASP activities, and INASP supports policies and activities that work towards this. Where to Find Out More INASP: http://www.inasp.info/ http://www.inasp.info AJOL: http://www.ajol.info/ http://www.ajol.info Public Knowledge Project: http://pkp.ubc.ca http://pkp.ubc.ca

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More on Berlin and Scottish Declarations
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Friends: Here is someting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun -------------- Academics take the initiative in open access debate, CORDIS News, March 16, 2005. An unsigned news story. Excerpt: 'The Southampton meeting concluded that: 'In order to implement the Berlin Declaration, institutions should: (1) implement a policy to require their researchers to deposit a copy of all their published articles in an open access repository; and (2) encourage their researchers to publish their research articles in open access journals where a suitable journal exists and provide the support to enable that to happen.' Stevan Harnad, a professor at Southampton University and leading proponent of open access, said after the meeting: 'Everybody will benefit from it - researchers will be able to access what they could not before and the impact of their research will go up. At last those who agree open access is a good thing know how to provide it.' He also argued that open access to research papers would not undermine sales of those scientific journals in which they were originally published, but would in fact increase their impact in terms of the number of times they are cited. The most recent example of just such an initiative came on 14 March, when 16 university heads in Scotland concluded a Scottish declaration on open access, committing their institutions to setting up online libraries of research papers that all academics can access. They will also examine the possibility of setting up a joint repository, and some will even make it mandatory for their researchers to publish their work on an open access basis. Derek Law, librarian at the University of Strathclyde, said: 'There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will, by definition, be read more. The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base.' ' Friends: Here is someting from Peter Suber's blog. Arun -------------- [A] http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=… Academics take the initiative in open access debate , CORDIS News , March 16, 2005. An unsigned news story. Excerpt: 'The http://www.eprints.org/berlin3/ Southampton meeting concluded that: 'In order to implement the http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html Berlin Declaration , institutions should: (1) implement a policy to require their researchers to deposit a copy of all their published articles in an open access repository; and (2) encourage their researchers to publish their research articles in open access journals where a suitable journal exists and provide the support to enable that to happen.' Stevan Harnad, a professor at Southampton University and leading proponent of open access, said after the meeting: 'Everybody will benefit from it - researchers will be able to access what they could not before and the impact of their research will go up. At last those who agree open access is a good thing know how to provide it.' He also argued that open access to research papers would not undermine sales of those scientific journals in which they were originally published, but would in fact increase their impact in terms of the number of times they are cited. The most recent example of just such an initiative came on 14 March, when 16 university heads in Scotland concluded a http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/OATS/declaration.htm Scottish declaration on open access , committing their institutions to setting up online libraries of research papers that all academics can access. They will also examine the possibility of setting up a joint repository, and some will even make it mandatory for their researchers to publish their work on an open access basis. Derek Law, librarian at the University of Strathclyde, said: 'There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will, by definition, be read more. The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base.' '

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