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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 23, Issue 2 (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Dear All Kindly ignore the following message circulated on lis-forum. It just happened by sheer oversight and my due apologies! Regards -Moderator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:55:09 -0800 (PST) From: monica sharma <monirsharma(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 23, Issue 2 hello one of my friends wants to study in one of the european countries.is tofel sufficient or gre also is required.are there any other criteria required? thank you --- lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >

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MyLISA Monthly Lecture - February 2005
by SUNIL M.V. 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Dear Professional, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) Invites you for A Seminar on �Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace� By Prof. C.S. Somu Professor of Business Law SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore. on 5th February 2005 at 4.00pm VENUE Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, University of Mysore Mysore - 570 005 MyLISA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Dear Professional, � Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) � Invites you for � A Seminar on �Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace� � By �� Prof. C.S. Somu Professor of Business Law SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore. � on 5th February 2005 at 4.00pm � VENUE Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall Department of Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, University of Mysore Mysore - 570 005 MyLISA � �� Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ji… Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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NCSI-NET: Talk on Scholarly Publishing by Prof. Jean-Claude Guedon, 5th February 2005, 11.15 AM
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

NCSI-NET (Network of Alumni and Staff of NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) Cordially invites you to a talk on SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: (Current developments and issues related to Open Access Publishing and Institutional Repositories) By Prof. Jean-Claude Guedon Department of Comparative Literature University of Montreal Montreal, Canada On 5th February 2005 (Saturday) Time: 11.15 A.M. Venue: NCSI Lecture Hall, NCSI, IISc Coffee: 10.45 11.15 A.M. RSVP: Mr. Madhuresh Singhal (madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com) or Mr. T.S. Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com), NCSI-Net Coordinators ----------------------------------------- ABOUT THE SPEAKER Jean-Claude Guédon holds his doctorate in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is currently Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Montreal. He is also member of the Information Sub-Board of the Open Society Institute. He became interested in electronic publishing in the late '80's when he began thinking about what an electronic journal would be like. Thanks to help from Apple Canada, his University and several granting agencies, he was able to launch the first Canadian scholarly e-Journal, Surfaces, in the Fall of 1991. Prof. Guedons interest in both theoretical and practical issues regarding electronic publishing has led him to produce numerous papers on the subject as well as to present at conferences worldwide. He has been actively engaged in projects pushing the boundaries of scholarly communication including serving on the steering committees of the Canadian National Site Licensing Project and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. He has lectured extensively on related topics in various seminars and meetings organized by prestigious agencies including the National Library of Medicine, Association of Research Libraries, Open Society Institute, IFLA, Society of Scholarly Publishers, OCED-IMHE, and so on. He is widely identified with the open archive philosophy, but also with calls to revise the evaluation process of scientific papers and has tried to help SPARC's battle to create change and competition. In December 2001, Prof. Guedon was invited by the Soros Foundation to participate in the meeting that has given rise to the Budapest open access initiative (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml). His other areas of interest include the Internet and the relationship between arts and technology. He has written several publications in French in this area and one of his books La Planète Cyber. Internet et cyberespace, published in Paris by Gallimard in 1996, has been a minor best seller in the French-speaking world. Some related publications by Prof. Guedon: "The Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: The Case for Mixing and Matching". Serials Review. Volume 30, No. 4, December 2004, Pages 257-381. (doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2004.09.005) In Oldenburgs Long Shadow: Librarians, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing(Presented in the May 2001 ARL Membership Meeting) (http://www.arl.org/arl/proceedings/138/guedon.html) ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Associate Chairman Tel: +91-80-23600271, 23601427 National Centre for Science Fax: +91-80-23601426, 23600683 Information (NCSI) E-Mail: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Indian Institute of Science URL: http://144.16.72.189/raja/ BANGALORE-560012 (India) ------------------------------------------------------------- SciGate: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ The IISc Science Information Portal

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AMRITA COLLOQUIUM ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ACDL-2005)
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

AMRITA COLLOQUIUM ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ACDL-2005) on 5th February 2005 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham- Deemed University, Coimbatore, India For more details visit http://www.amrita.edu/acdl/ Introduction Digital Libraries (DL) offer unlimited potential, where the rapid application of digital technologies to generate, modify, replicate and search information has resulted in dramatic growth in the quantum of digital information. Digital resources are being created, as the technology available at an affordable cost to the libraries. Building-up digital collection and infrastructure required to access them is a challenge that every library has to deal with today. As an Amrita University Initiative through Amrita Colloquium on Digital Libraries - 2005 (ACDL-2005), we would like to introduce different experiences in DL technologies and managing the Digital Collection in Libraries. Each Panelist will present their experiences on Creation and Management of Digital Libraries and E-Resources. After each presentation, participants will get enough time to interact with the panelists. Participation to ACDL-2005 is open for Librarians, Assistant Librarians and Information Science professionals at a nominal fee of Rs. 100/- Registration is based on first come first serve and whoever interested have to contact the organizers by e-mail or post with their name, affiliation and other contact details, on or before 3 February, 2005. Panelists Dr Erdmute Lapp, Bochum University, Germany Prof Edward Proctor, South West Missouri University, USA Dr Tamara Pianos, University of Hanover, Germany Dr Harish Chandra, IIT Madras, India Dr P Pichappan, Annamalai University, India Mr. M.G. Sreekumar, IIM Kozhikode, India Contact Coordinator - ACDL 2005 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore - 641 105 Phone: 91-422-2656422 Fax: 91-422-2656274 E-Mail: pr(a)amrita.edu Web: www.amrita.edu/acdl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 22, Issue 25
by Lata Suresh 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Try this it works !!! 3. If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB. (Jay H) Jayadev P Hiremath, Librarian, IBS, Kuwait has shared a very good information. In case you are in hurry you can do this otherwise you can wait till May 2005. Microsooft/Hotmail is planning to provide 250MB space to rest of the world as well. Hope they should be able to provide this till May-2005.I am sorry to rush email in your account. Thanks & Regards Lata Suresh Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 Rajasthan India Tel : 0141-2791431-34 Fax: 0141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org OR iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:36 PM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 22, Issue 25 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. RE: Information/Sources on Orphans in India required (Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) 2. re:International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 (shivaraj) 3. If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB. (Jay H) 4. _Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?_ Part II (Gerry Mckiernan) 5. Additions to WikiBibliography (Gerry Mckiernan) 6. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=6791 (Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) 7. Website on Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive (santosh hulagabali) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:25:59 +0530 From: <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required To: <pranjals(a)mastek.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <DBF3A0D52B21954A91869AF702D1A32C083B64(a)ikpex01.ikp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" My recent experiences with Mr Sanjay Bapat and www.indianngos.com has been very disappointing-- they just do not bother to respond queries! Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of pranjals(a)mastek.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:20 AM To: salman_38h(a)rediffmail.com Cc: Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required Hi Salman NGOs will be in a position to give you this information You can visit http://www.indianngos.com/ and can contact Sanjay Bapat Sanjay(a)IndianNGOs.com Regards, Pranjal Sule Assistant Manager- Information Repository Mastek Ltd Tel.No. 55914662 -----Original Message----- From: salman haider [mailto:salman_38h@rediffmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:56 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India - in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:33:53 -0800 (PST) From: shivaraj <cshivaraj(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] re:International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <20050128123353.86714.qmail(a)web13827.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Please put plain text message of the following...attchment is not downloadable... --- M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Member Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: · E-information transaction and resources · E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists · Digital information archiving · Customization and personalization of digital resources · Digital access management · Digital resources for e-learning · Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. · Integrating web resources in digital library Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian Organizing Secretary MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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Technical Support Analysis--Position Announcement
by Prafulla Chandra 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Position Announcement NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for positions of TECHNICAL SUPPORT ANALYST in its Technical Support Department. NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NESs 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledgearts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. Based in Hyderabad, the successful candidate will handle, using latest information and communication technologies, queries pertaining to technical support received from customers all over the world. NES is looking for candidates who have at least a Masters degree in English, Mass Communication, Journalism or any related subject. Candidates with MPhil or PhD degree in the relevant subject would be preferred. Good typing skills are required as the working environment involves online computer use for access to offices worldwide. In addition, the candidates should possess the ability --to communicate in a formal, clear, empathetic and pleasant style, with excellent command of written and spoken English. --to handle a wide variety of modern communication media in a professional manner, conforming to standards of international business communication with respect to etiquette and pronunciation. --to understand and answer, with speed and accuracy, technical queries from customers. --to maintain good public relations with customers, both actual and potential. --to collect, organize, store and deliver information resources required for technical support. --to enjoy interactions with customers hailing from diverse national backgrounds and serve them in a most user-friendly manner. --If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize ones potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Anns Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 23, Issue 2
by monica sharma 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

hello one of my friends wants to study in one of the european countries.is tofel sufficient or gre also is required.are there any other criteria required? thank you --- lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Website on Karnatak University's Question > Papers Archive > (Shalini R Urs) > 2. Manuscript Library of Calcutta University > (Farooque Shaheen) > 3. Re: Website on Karnatak University's Question > Papers > (ashish jagdish kanal) > 4. Query ! (Swati Chavare) > 5. Position at Accenture, Hyderabad > (prabhakara.prabhu(a)accenture.com) > 6. Need a Library Intern (Augustine, Doncy (HP > Labs India)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:29:55 +0530 > From: "Shalini R Urs" <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> > Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Website on Karnatak > University's Question > Papers Archive > To: "'santosh hulagabali'" <santoshlib(a)yahoo.co.in>, > <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: <001901c5078c$61fccae0$0a05a8c0@laptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The hosting of question paper archive of an > University by some one else at another institution > raises the issue of > IPR. Questions papers are the intellectual assets of > that university > Has the permission been obtained from the concerned > university > authorities to host the archive ? > > Shalini > -------- > Dr.Shalini R. Urs > Director > Information and Communication Division > & > Professor and Chairperson > Department of Library and Information Science > University of Mysore > Mysore-570006 > India > Tele-91-821-2514699 > Fax -91-821-2519209 > homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On > Behalf Of santosh > hulagabali > Sent: 28 January 2005 14:46 > To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Website on Karnatak > University's Question Papers > Archive > > Dear Members, > > I have designed and hosted a website on 'Karnatak > University's Question > Papers Archive'. The website, "Question Papers > Archive", has been > specifically designed for Karnatak University's > Social Science student > community. The site comprises semester question > papers of all Social > Science departments of the university. These > question papers are > representative of Post-Graduate examination used in > the past exams. > > The site is designed in partial fulfillment of the > training programme > for > librarianship at Indira Gandhi Institute of > Development Research, > Mumbai. > > I sincerely thank Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief > Librarian , Mr. S. M. > Pujar, Assistant Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai for thier > guidance and > motivation through out my project work. > > I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It > can be accessed at: > > http://qparchive.cjb.cc > > May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable > suggestions for > further improvement of the site? > > Regards, > > Santosh > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Santosh C.Hulagabali > Library and Documentation Assistant > Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research > (IGIDR) Library > Film City Road, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg > Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) > MUMBAI -400 065 > http://www.igidr.ac.in > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life > partneronline. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:46:17 +0530 > From: Farooque Shaheen > <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Manuscript Library of Calcutta > University > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Message-ID: > > <OFC5ABACCE.B75C506D-ON65256F9B.001C3253-65256F9B.001D7B24(a)notes.caritor.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The Manuscript Library of Calcutta University has > been identified as one > of the 22 Manuscript Resource Centres (MRC) in the > country > by the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM). You > can access full > article on > http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/004200502011045.htm > > Thanks & Regards, > Farooque Shaheen, > Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. > Bull Temple Road. > Bangalore-04, > Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 > Mobile-9342507449 >

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Discussion forum for LIS professionals. History and number.
by G. K. Manjunath 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Dear Friends, I would like to know, which was the world's first discussion forum to be initiated for Library and Information professionals and the year of its inception. List of readings on this topic ( History of Discussion forum for LIS professionals and total number of forums existing) will be highly appreciated. thanks in advance, g.k.manjunath ************************************************** CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm(a)igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************

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IATLIS Conferences
by ravija srivastava 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Can you please provide me with the detailed information on IATLIS annual confrences, especially the next two, if planned as yet, as regards the following details: 1.dates 2.venue 3.theme 4.subtopics With due regards Ravija Srivastava Lecturer DLISc, Univ. of Mumbai, Mumbai. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com � � Can you please provide me with the detailed information on IATLIS annual confrences, especially the next two, if planned as yet, as regards the following details: � 1.dates 2.venue 3.theme 4.subtopics � With due regards Ravija Srivastava Lecturer DLISc, Univ. of Mumbai, Mumbai. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fw: Introducing Downloadable Audiobooks from NetLibrary and Recorded Books
by Appasaheb Naikal 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

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Disruptive Scholarship
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Disruptive Scholarship As defined by the Wikipedia, "[a] disruptive technology is a lower performance or less expensive product or process that gains a foothold in the low end, less demanding part of an existing market, and then successively moves up-market through performance improvements until finally displacing the market incumbents. Disruptive technologies are usually introduced to the market by small startup enterprises." The term Disruptive Technology was coined by Clayton M. Christensen and described in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma. [MORE] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology ] In considering the nature of the Wiki [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki ] and the increasing range of applications [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ], I have begun to speculate further about the Wiki as *the* platform for The Next Generation e-Journal [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0408/0173.html ] and the transformation of the review process. I hereby invite Any and All of my Web Colleagues to Critically Review the scenarios outlined below in which I sketch the probable future [:-)] of scholarly communication, review, and publishing ['Disruptive Scholarship'] in the WikiWorld. Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Disruptive Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu Presented for Your Consideration: In view of its collaborative features and functionalities, and the nature and character of alternative methods of quality management outlined, the wiki environment (McKiernan 2005) could provide an outstanding framework for preparing, editing, reviewing, assessing, and publishing for a range of scholarly work, including manuscripts, articles, journals, and monographs (Guest 2003). In one possible wiki-based publication scenario, authors would prepare a manuscript draft using locally-installed wiki engine software (or a free or commercial wiki service) that best suits their needs or preferences. In a first stage review, colleagues would be invited to participate in a review of the draft. At this stage, the author can choose to allow first-stage reviewers to edit the text, or limit participation to a discussion space. At a second stage, known specialists in the field(s) covered by the manuscript could be invited to review the revised first stage version. As in the first stage review, second stage reviewers would be granted open permission to edit the manuscript text, or be restricted to commenting on its content. At a third - and perhaps final stage - the author could request that others (such members of a professional electronic discussion list) review and edit and/or comment on the new, revised version. After final review, the revised final stage version could be locked from future discussion or editing. The locking of the final version could constitute formal publication of the work. Alternatively, the author/editor in chief at some later time could unlock the published version and invite any reader to discuss and/or edit it, thereby creating a 'living', dynamic, potentially ever-changing-and improving document by doing so. In this general scenario, there would be no editorial evaluation or judgment of the initial or subsequent versions of an original manuscript by an editor or editorial board; at each stage, the author would serve as both author and editor in chief, and ultimately as publisher of his/her work. The significance and value of the work would be based on a variety of metrics that could include a matrix of such measures as citation pattern, linking volume, and access statistics (McKiernan 2004). REFERENCES David G. Guest, "Four Futures for Scientific and Medical Publishing. It's a Wiki Wiki World," BMJ 326 (April 26, 2003): 932. Available at <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7395/932/a> (9 January 2005). Gerry McKiernan, "Peer Review in the Internet Age: Five (5) Easy Pieces," Against the Grain 16, no. 3 (June 2004): 50, 52-55. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/FiveEasyPieces.pdf ](8 January 8, 2005). Gerry McKiernan, "SandBox(sm). WikiBibliography," January 6, 2005 [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ] (9 January 2005).

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NPR:Personal Radio Via Podcasting Grows More Popular
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Colleagues/ Great Overview of Podcasting with Great Links! Opportunities for Libraries/Librarians? /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Coded Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu Personal Radio Via Podcasting Grows More Popular [ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4472935 ] All Things Considered, January 31, 2005 · Adam Curry, the former MTV VJ, is the star of a new broadcasting medium. His show, Daily Source Code, claims some 50,000 listeners -- but can't be heard on the traditional airwaves. Instead, it's a podcast, so-called because it's delivered via the Internet directly to iPods and other personal listening devices. The podcast pushes the range of personal online rantings to something close to an international radio broadcast. And as NPR's Nathan Santamaria reports, the quality is low, but the hopes are high. Selected Podcasts * Adam Curry's Daily Source Code * Michael W. Geoghegan's Reel Reviews * The Whole Truth: 'The New Testament in a Year' * The Dawn and Drew Show (Note: Adult Content May be Offensive to Some Listeners) * Mr. X's Morning Commute * Grape Radio: 'Sharing a Tremendous Enthusiasm for Wine' * Coverville: 'The Best and Worst of Cover Songs' Public Radio Podcasts * NPR's 'On the Media' * WGBH's 'Morning Stories' * American Public Media's 'Future Tense' * American Public Media's 'Weekend America' * Public Radio Exchange * 'Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything' * 'Democracy Now'

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Need a Library Intern
by Augustine, Doncy (HP Labs India) 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Hello All, HP Labs India is looking for a library intern for a one month project. The candidate should be familiar with computer applications and capable of handling modern tools and techniques. We prefer freshers from library/information science domain with very good communication skills. If anyone is looking for a project for their students, this would be ideal. A stipend will be given as per industry standards. Candidates may please send their resumes to doncy(a)hp.com. Thanks Doncy _____________________________________________ HP Labs India, 24, Salarpuria Arena, Hosur Main Road, Adugodi Bangalore - 560 030 E-Mail: doncy(a)hp.com URL: http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/ Hello All, � HP Labs India�is looking for a library intern for a one month�project. The candidate should be familiar with computer applications�and capable of handling modern tools and techniques. We prefer freshers from library/information science domain with very good communication skills.�If anyone�is�looking for a project for their students, this would be ideal.�A stipend will be given as per industry standards. � Candidates may please send their resumes to mailto:doncy@hp.com doncy(a)hp.com . � Thanks � Doncy _____________________________________________ HP Labs India, 24, Salarpuria Arena, Hosur Main Road, Adugodi Bangalore - 560 030 � E-Mail: mailto:doncy@hp.com doncy(a)hp.com URL: http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/ http://www.hpl.hp.com/india/ � �

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Position at Accenture, Hyderabad
by prabhakara.prabhu＠accenture.com 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Accenture Services, Hyderabad has an opening for the position of an Associate-Information Resource Centre on contract basis. Salary to commensurate with qualification and experience. Qualification / Job Requirements: B.Sc with D.L.I.Sc/B.L.I.Sc/M.L.I.Sc in Library & Information Science, 6 months - 2 years work experience, a passion for customers/library users, resourceful abilities,teamwork and good communication skills. Preference be given to persons with IT and global exposure. The job will require: -- Book procurement, cataloging, circulation -- Managing magazines and online databases resources -- Providing Document Delivery Service (DDS) -- Provide Reference & Referral Service -- Computer Skills: Scanning, OCR, MS Office Tools, Web based searches,Web & Associated technologies Interested candidates may send their updated CV to me by 3.00PM Wednesday, 2nd February 2005. Best Regards ********************************************************** Prabhakara Prabhu Lead - Information Resource Centre Accenture - India Delivery Centres Bangalore Phone: +91- 80- 5138 4718 Email: prabhakara.prabhu(a)accenture.com *********************************************************** This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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Query !
by Swati Chavare 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Dear All, Looking for the following articles : 1) Business Today : India's Best Business Schools : 12th OCt 2003 Pg : 44-108. 2) Business India : 29th Sept - 12th Oct 2003. In this was looking for article Quality Quest : Pg 57-132. Would be highly obliged if anyone cud send me the articles. With Regards Swati Corporate Librarian Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt Ltd Radhakrishna House, Majiwade Village Rd, Majiwade, Thane - 400 601. 55986364(O) Dear All, Looking for the following articles : 1) Business Today : India's Best Business School s : 12th OCt 2003 Pg : 44-108. 2) Business India : 29th Sept - 12th Oct 2003. In this was looking for article Quality Quest : Pg 57-132. Would be highly obliged if anyone cud send me the articles. With Regards Swati Corporate Librarian Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt Ltd Radhakrishna House, Majiwade Village Rd, Majiwade, Thane - 400 601. 55986364(O)

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Re: Website on Karnatak University's Question Papers
by ashish jagdish kanal 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Dear Santosh, Let me first wish u all the best for ur endeavor. As it is u are working under one of the best guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian & Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian. I would like to suggest some points which I hope will be of help u in ur website development & give a professional touch to it: 1. The color coordination of all the pages should be consistent (inclusive of the Title, Tables, etc). The acknowledgement, contact & request page looks entirely diff. than the rest of the website. 2. In the contacts page u can add the links of the other portions of ur site (About Karnataka University, Social Science faculty, etc). 3. With regards to the Quotes (its a nice idea), but all the pages should be having one and better still if u can link with some website from where u can get the Quotes automatically updated, try out http://www.quotationspage.com/yourpage.html . 4. W.r.t copyright year u should put it in all the pages, better while making diff. pages for the site make a model page and keep just changing the content and the requisite links only (P.s.: this will save a lot of time and energy and will also give a consistent look to ur web pages). 5. There is a lot of space left vacant near the bottom of ur pages, just scrape the vacant space and try to cover the page in a way that will give it a more professional look. 6. Its a tendency of us information professionals to either go in for very subdued colors or very bright colors, (correct me if Iam wrong), but when a person visits a site he/she is basically attracted to the sites which have proper color coordination. Very subdued ones gives it a dull feel and very bright ones irritates the patron to the level that he/she cannot sustain to browse through the web pages for long because of the eye strain. Better go in for colors which give a pleasant feel as well as are sober and less strain to the eyes. 7. Regular updating of the website is the key aspect of making the efforts borne fruitful. I am submitting some of my suggestions over here if, any suggestions are there please update me too (for all my fellow professionals). Heres wishing u all the very best again Santosh for ur website development. Best Regards, Ashish J. Kanal -----------------------------------------------------------------------Ashish J. Kanal Librarian Heavy Water Plant (Baroda) Department of Atomic Energy Mob: 09327220940 Dear Santosh, Let me first wish u all the best for ur endeavor. As it is u are working under one of the best guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian & Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian. I would like to suggest some points which I hope will be of help u in ur website development & give a professional touch to it: 1. The color coordination of all the pages should be consistent (inclusive of the Title, Tables, etc). The acknowledgement, contact & request page looks entirely diff. than the rest of the website. 2. In the contacts page u can add the links of the other portions of ur site (About Karnataka University, Social Science faculty, etc). 3. With regards to the Quotes (its a nice idea), but all the pages should be having one and better still if u can link with some website from where u can get the Quotes automatically updated, try out http://www.quotationspage.com/yourpage.html . 4. W.r.t copyright year u should put it in all the pages, better while making diff. pages for the site make a model page and keep just changing the content and the requisite links only (P.s.: this will save a lot of time and energy and will also give a consistent look to ur web pages). 5. There is a lot of space left vacant near the bottom of ur pages, just scrape the vacant space and try to cover the page in a way that will give it a more professional look. 6. Its a tendency of us information professionals to either go in for very subdued colors or very bright colors, (correct me if Iam wrong), but when a person visits a site he/she is basically attracted to the sites which have proper color coordination. Very subdued ones gives it a dull feel and very bright ones irritates the patron to the level that he/she cannot sustain to browse through the web pages for long because of the eye strain. Better go in for colors which give a pleasant feel as well as are sober and less strain to the eyes. 7. Regular updating of the website is the key aspect of making the efforts borne fruitful. I am submitting some of my suggestions over here if, any suggestions are there please update me too (for all my fellow professionals). Heres wishing u all the very best again Santosh for ur website development. Best Regards, Ashish J. Kanal -----------------------------------------------------------------------Ashish J. Kanal Librarian Heavy Water Plant (Baroda) Department of Atomic Energy Mob: 09327220940 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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Manuscript Library of Calcutta University
by Farooque Shaheen 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

The Manuscript Library of Calcutta University has been identified as one of the 22 Manuscript Resource Centres (MRC) in the country by the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM). You can access full article on http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/004200502011045.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bull Temple Road. Bangalore-04, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 The Manuscript Library of Calcutta University has been identified as one of the 22 Manuscript Resource Centres (MRC) in the country �by the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM). You can access full article on � http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/004200502011045.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Bull Temple Road. Bangalore-04, Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Website on Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive
by santosh hulagabali 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Dear Members, I have designed and hosted a website on 'Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive'. The website, "Question Papers Archive", has been specifically designed for Karnatak University's Social Science student community. The site comprises semester question papers of all Social Science departments of the university. These question papers are representative of Post-Graduate examination used in the past exams. The site is designed in partial fulfillment of the training programme for librarianship at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. I sincerely thank Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian , Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai for thier guidance and motivation through out my project work. I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It can be accessed at: http://qparchive.cjb.cc May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable suggestions for further improvement of the site? Regards, Santosh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Santosh C.Hulagabali Library and Documentation Assistant Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Library Film City Road, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) MUMBAI -400 065 http://www.igidr.ac.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Members, I have designed and hosted a website on 'Karnatak University's Question Papers Archive'. The website, "Question Papers Archive", has been specifically designed for Karnatak University's Social Science student community. The site comprises semester question papers of all Social Science departments of the university. These question papers are representative of Post-Graduate examination used in the past exams. The site is designed in partial fulfillment of the training programme for librarianship at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. I sincerely thank Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian , Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai for thier guidance and motivation through out my project work. I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It can be accessed at: http://qparchive.cjb.cc/ http://qparchive.cjb.cc May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable suggestions for further improvement of the site? Regards, Santosh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Santosh C.Hulagabali Library and Documentation Assistant Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Library Film City Road, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (E) MUMBAI -400 065 http://www.igidr.ac.in/ http://www.igidr.ac.in http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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For introverted Librarians
by Jay H 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals by Sarah R. Statz Paperback: 175 pages Publisher: McFarland & Company (July, 2003) ISBN: 0786415460 US $ 39.95 Editorial Reviews >From Booklist "One of the core competencies for librarians today is communication skills." This quotation from Maggie Weaver opens Statz's book. In two sections, "The Speaking Process" and "The Speaking Environment," Statz shares her own and others' experiences with public-speaking interaction. She does not promise to make it easy but rather to help librarians find their own voices. "The Speaking Process" is a textbook of the principles of preparation and delivery. These chapters focus on listening as well as speaking. "The Speaking Environment" discusses specific situations such as interviewing, instruction, meetings, and presentations. Appendixes of professional interviews, software tips, and bibliographic references make this a book that could be used in a teaching situation or as a reference for the professional shelf in any library. RBB Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Product Description: Now more than ever, librarians need good communication skills. They are no longer unseen collectors, classifiers, and cultural guardians. Information professionals are doing more public speaking at conferences, in meetings, classes, book talks and countless other situations, but many of them dislike, even fear, the thought of getting up in front of a group of people and giving a presentation. Librarians and other information professionals can find in this work help in overcoming their hesitation. Part one offers basic principles for better speech preparation and delivery, discussing such topics as the importance of good listening skills to being a good speaker, doing the necessary research beforehand, applying organizational skills to a presentation, engaging an audience, practicing a presentation before actually giving it, and putting oneself at ease, among others. Part Two discusses the specific situations in which librarians often have to communicate, including interviews, interpersonal communication, library instruction, meetings and presentations to large groups. Reviews : Sarah Statz's Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals is a terrific resource for any librarian who counts workshops, book talks, bibliographic instruction, story times, presentations, or discussion groups among their job responsibilities. It is also a useful tool for any library employee seeking to improve their day-to-day interactions with library users. This well-written handbook is divided into two distinctive parts. The first part provides basic strategies and suggestions suitable for anyone preparing to speak before a group. The second section focuses specifically on the world of library professionals and the situations in which improved public speaking skills can positively impact self-representation as well as the quality of service provided in the library. I found that the author's enthusiasm for the topic, keen sense of humor, conversational writing style, and well-researched approach make this handbook uniquely enjoyable to read. A busy professional will also appreciate the practical length of the book, the nicely annotated suggestions for further reading (included with many of the chapters), and "The Speaker's Bookshelf" in the appendices. It is clear that the author has carefully done her research and applied it to her own experience working in the library world. As a public librarian, I have referred to this book many times and have always found it to be useful. I believe that any library professional will find this handbook to be an asset to their personal reference shelf.

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http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=6791
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

This source might interest members if the Forum. Extract from the above cited web page: District level forecasts of meteorological parameters(maximum/minimum temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall, humidity fields, surface pressure field etc.) will be put by the Centre on its web site www.ncmrwf.gov.in for the benefit of general public and different sectors of economy shall be launched by him. There has been a pressing demand for such a product for quite some time. =================== Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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Additions to WikiBibliography
by Gerry Mckiernan 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce that _WikiBibliography_ ,my Web-based bibliography of significant works about wikis and their uses and application, has now surpassed the 50 entries point! _WikiBibliography_ is located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/WikiBib.htm ] In most cases, citations are linked to their respective full-text sources. Among the notable recent additions (and links) are significant theses, technical sites, and reports from TheCorporateWorld. As Always, nominations of additional quality/substantive citations/sources are Most Welcome! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan 50+ Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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_Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?_ Part II
by Gerry Mckiernan 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Colleagues/ In addition to the two Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management = Software/Systems I noted in a previous posting, namely _epress_ [ = http://www.epress.ac.uk/ ] and _Open Journal Systems_=20 [ http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/ ], I was reminded of a third, notably DPubS = (Digital Publishing System) developed by specialists at the Cornell = University Library with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation [ = http://dpubs.org/ ] =20 An overview article by Terry Ehling, Director of Electronic Publishing at = Cornell University Library, appeared in the December 2004 _ARL Bimonthly Report_ (237):=20 "The Development of an Open Source Publishing System at Cornell and Penn = State Universities" [ http://www.arl.org/newsltr/237/opensource.html ] With additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and=20 "In collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University, Cornell will = enhance and extend the DPubS software, which was developed to deliver = Project Euclid, also a Mellon Foundation-supported scholarly communications= initiative. Project Euclid supports cost efficient distribution of serial = literature in mathematics and statistics, and now DPubS will be enhanced = and released as a general-purpose publishing platform for scholarly = literature in diverse fields. It will support peer review, have extensive = administrative functionality, and will provide interoperability with open = source repository systems such as Fedora* and DSpace*.=20 [ http://dpubs.org/ ] Thanks Charles et al. for reminding me about DPubS! BTW: Project Euclid, which I reviewed in _The Charleston Advisor_ last = July, uses=20 a version of the DPubS software "Project Euclid: Mathematics and Statistics Journals" [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ProjectEuclid.pdf ] Regards,=20 /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and=20 Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library=20 Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu =20

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Fwd: Re: Wales university ousting librarians
by Smita Chandra 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Hello ! Some food for thought and action.... For those of us in the government sector, we might as well read the archives about VSNL. Thanks, Smita Note: forwarded message attached. ********************************************************************************** Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph.: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax: 91-022-27480763 Email : iiglib(a)iigs.iigm.res.in (official) smitac_in(a)yahoo.com (personal) ********************************************************************************** --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. Hello ! Some food for thought and action.... � For those of us in the government sector, we might as well read the archives�about VSNL. � Thanks, � Smita Note: forwarded message attached. **********************************************************************************� Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph .: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax : 91-022-27480763 Email : mailto:iiglib@iigs.iigm.res.in iiglib(a)iigs.iigm.res.in �(official) �� mailto:smitac_in@yahoo.com smitac_in(a)yahoo.com �(personal) ********************************************************************************** Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/virus/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/… Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

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If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB.
by Jay H 30 Jan '05

30 Jan '05

Dear All, Try it, it works !!! Best regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Librarian IBS, Kuwait If you want to increase your hotmail space to 25 MB first and then to 250 MB... follow the steps ... Steps are 1. Login your hotmail account and go to options. 2. Go to "Personal" 3. Click "My Profile 4. Change Country to "United States 5. Wait for browser to load United States settings 6. Change the state to "Florida" and zip code "33332" 7. Click "update 8. Click "Continue 9. Go to "Language" and make sure it's "English [At this stage.. the default is ENGLISH.. don't click ok.. just copy the link below into the browser and hit enter.Paste this link in the same browser.] http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose 11. Wait until the Screen says you're Hotmail is Closed and ready to be deleted. 11. Click "Close Account". Don't panic, it won't close your account. You can reactivate and your mails also will be safe. 12. Go back to login page and re login to your hotmail account..!! You will get a screen mentioning an Account has been reserved for you or something like that, on that screen click Activate and follow the screens and one screen you can click on Free hotmail link, once you do that you will get an option to subscribe to various news letters, don't check any boxes and click continue, and you are all set. You can now change back your Country to your original one. Your account size will now increase to 25 MB which later becomes 250 MB.

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re:International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054
by shivaraj 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Please put plain text message of the following...attchment is not downloadable... --- M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Member Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: � E-information transaction and resources � E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists � Digital information archiving � Customization and personalization of digital resources � Digital access management � Digital resources for e-learning � Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. � Integrating web resources in digital library Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian Organizing Secretary MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Please put plain text message of the following...attchment is not downloadable... � --- M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: mailto:msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com msriml@rediffmail.com,msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: mailto:Chandrappas@yahoo.com Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Member � Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: ��E-information transaction and resources ��E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists ��Digital information archiving ��Customization and personalization of digital resources ��Digital access management ��Digital resources for e-learning ��Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. ��Integrating web resources in digital library � Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA � Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. � Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao�� Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian�� Organizing Secretary�� MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ji… Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

My recent experiences with Mr Sanjay Bapat and www.indianngos.com has been very disappointing-- they just do not bother to respond queries! Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of pranjals(a)mastek.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:20 AM To: salman_38h(a)rediffmail.com Cc: Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required Hi Salman NGOs will be in a position to give you this information You can visit http://www.indianngos.com/ and can contact Sanjay Bapat Sanjay(a)IndianNGOs.com Regards, Pranjal Sule Assistant Manager- Information Repository Mastek Ltd Tel.No. 55914662 -----Original Message----- From: salman haider [mailto:salman_38h@rediffmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:56 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India - in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Query !
by Swati Chavare 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Dear All, Was looking for an article entitled " Evolution and the Extinction of Self : N Vaghul: " from the Journal "IIMB Management Review" March 2003 Vol.15, no. 1. Would be highly obliged if anyone could locate and send it to me. With Regards Swati Corporate Librarian Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt Ltd Radhakrishna House, Majiwade Village Rd, Majiwade, Thane - 400 601. 55986364(O) ********************************************************************** The information contained in this E-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. The recipient acknowledges that Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt. Ltd. (RFPL) is unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in E-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of RFPL. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, production, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on this E- mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately. This E-mail is scanned for viruses and is believed to be free of any known virus and Trojans, but RFPL does not guarantee the same. www.rkfoodland.com ********************************************************************** Dear All, Was looking for an article entitled " Evolution and the Extinction of Self : N Vaghul: " from the Journal "IIMB Management Review" March 2003 Vol.15, no. 1. Would be highly obliged if anyone could locate and send it to me. With Regards Swati Corporate Librarian Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt Ltd Radhakrishna House, Majiwade Village Rd, Majiwade, Thane - 400 601. 55986364(O) ********************************************************************** The information contained in this E-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. The recipient acknowledges that Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt. Ltd. (RFPL) is unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in E-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of RFPL. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, production, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on this E- mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately. This E-mail is scanned for viruses and is believed to be free of any known virus and Trojans, but RFPL does not guarantee the same. www.rkfoodland.com **********************************************************************

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International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054
by shivaraj 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml@rediffmail.com.msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com Dear Members Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintained not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site acc! ess to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: � E-information transaction and resources � E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists � Digital information archiving � Customization and personalization of digital resources � Digital access management � Digital resources for e-learning � Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. � Integrating web resources in digital library Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian Organizing Secretary MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MSRIT Post New BEL Road Bangalore-560054 E-mail: msriml@rediffmail.com.msrim@vsnl.com Phone: 080-23608230,23606909 Fax-08023601947 In association with Digital Information Research Foundation # 2 Srinivasa Moorthy Avenue Chenni-600020 Phone;080-23355204,9845872417 E-Mail: mailto:Chandrappas@yahoo.com Chandrappas(a)yahoo.com mailto:Chandrappas@yahoo.com Dear Members Sub: International Workshop on Digital Resources Management, February 11, 2005, at M.S Ramaiah Institute of management Bangalore-560054 This workshop is specially designed for the librarians/ Information specialists, computer specialists. About the workshop : Information availability in digital form has been increasing quite rapidly in the last few years. In practice we have to deal with many types of digital documents such as text-based word-processed documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned image documents, website (hypertext) documents, multimedia documents, digital audio and video, and dynamically interlinked documents. Increasing availability of various types documents currently tend to blur the boundaries between types of stored information, and increase the problems of capturing and retaining all elements of files. Digital information overload is the recent phenomena and people have been working to evolve suitable mechanism to address this issue. We do not currently have universal standard in digital information management however guidelines are available based on best practices. The virtual archives of the future will be maintain! ed not through accessioning, preservation and provision of on-site access to information, but through the control of information about stored information, and its use to ensure relation, disposition and access. Course Contents: � �� E-information transaction and resources � �� E-mail discussion forums, list servers, group mails, and professional discussion lists � �� Digital information archiving � �� Customization and personalization of digital resources � �� Digital access management � �� Digital resources for e-learning � �� Digital resources processing, metadata and intelligent search and so on. � �� Integrating web resources in digital library Workshop Expert: Prof. Edward Proctor, Associate Professor in Library and Information Science, South West Missouri State University, USA Registration and Participation: The workshop can accommodate maximum of 30 participants only. Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per Participant. Interested Members confirm your participation by E-mail, Fax or Phone before 7th Feb 2005, along with DD/cheque/cash for Rs. 500/- favouring M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, payable at Bangalore. The workshop fee includes working lunch and course materials. Thanking you Yours truly, Janardhana Rao�� Dr. S Chandrappa Librarian�� Organizing Secretary�� MSRIM Mobile: 9880021875 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ji… Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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Digital Libraries for Academic Excellence with Special Refere
by SHRI RAM 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Dear Sir/Madam, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida is organizing a guest lecture on Digital Libraries for Academic Excellence with Special Reference to Science & Technology Sector on 31st January 2005 at 11.AM, the guest speaker is one of the distinguished librarian of the country Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras. We are confident that this lecture will be useful for all the Academicians, Research Scholars, Students and Library Professionals. Further we are also sure that many of our fellow librarians in the institutions around NCR are striving to make their library services more active and relevant to their users. I therefore extend this cordial invitation to you as Library Professional and all other persons who are interested in working and usage of Libraries to join us for the participation and active interaction. Organiser "Sanjay Kataria" Shri Ram Learning Resource Center Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Distt-Solan (HP) PIN-173 215, Phone: 01792 239 242 Dear Sir/Madam, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida is organizing a guest lecture on Digital Libraries for Academic Excellence with Special Reference to Science & Technology Sector on 31st January 2005 at 11.AM, the guest speaker is one of the distinguished librarian of the country Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras. We are confident that this lecture will be useful for all the Academicians, Research Scholars, Students and Library Professionals. Further we are also sure that many of our fellow librarians in the institutions around NCR are striving to make their library services more active and relevant to their users. I therefore extend this cordial invitation to you as Library Professional and all other persons who are interested in working and usage of Libraries to join us for the participation and active interaction. Organiser "Sanjay Kataria" Shri Ram Learning Resource Center Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Distt-Solan (HP) PIN-173 215, Phone: 01792 239 242 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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RE: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required
by pranjals＠mastek.com 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi Salman NGOs will be in a position to give you this information You can visit http://www.indianngos.com/ and can contact Sanjay Bapat Sanjay(a)IndianNGOs.com Regards, Pranjal Sule Assistant Manager- Information Repository Mastek Ltd Tel.No. 55914662 -----Original Message----- From: salman haider [mailto:salman_38h@rediffmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:56 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Information/Sources on Orphans in India required Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India - in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962

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Academic and Scholalr Search Engines and Sources | Deep Web Research |
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Colleagues/ On behalf of my WebColleague, Marcus P. Zillman, I am pleased to announce his latest resource guide: Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/12/academic-and-scholar-search-engines.html Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation white paper titled "Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources' is a 32 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file (966KB) at the above link and authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. In addition, Marcus recently published an article in LLRX(r) that is also WorthTheRead: "Deep Web Research 2005" [ http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2005.htm ] BTW: For my eProfile of Marcus Zillman please see my latest _Library Hi Tech News_ column [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Deep Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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ICONES PLANTARUM INDIAE ORIENTALIS
by Prafulla Chandra 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear All, We are looking for a copy of the following title: ICONES PLANTARUM INDIAE ORIENTALIS, by R. Wight. 6 volumes bound in 3 physical volumes. Although a reprint of the ORIGINAL EDITION is available in the market, we are looking for the ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED DURING THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. Wight served in Chennai and was associated with the Madras Horiticultural Society. Any useful pointers on vendors of old books or on personal collections of individuals are welcome. The above book is required for Dharma Vana Arboretum, a not-for- profit, international arboretum being developed near Hyderabad over an area of 450+ acres to provide shelter to hundreds of endangered tree species of the tropics. Many thanks in advance for your support and cooperation to our DVA project. Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Searching the TV programs - The Google way
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear Professionals, Google has launched its Beta version of Google Video - the new search facility to search the TV programs, online. Give any TV program name as a key word - we get the brief information about the show. The best part of it is, On the left hand side of the result page, we get links about the show, upcoming episodes of the show, and if we still want to know more abt the show, there is a Google hyperlink which gives the result. Since its still in its early stage not much videos are uploaded, yet. Here is a brief account about Google Video Search: ==================================================================================== Google Tunes Into TV Google Video Enables Users to Search TV Content From PBS, the NBA, Fox News, C-SPAN, and others Mountain View, Calif. January 25, 2005 Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the availability of Google Video, a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs from leading TV content providers including PBS, the NBA, Fox News, and C-SPAN, among others. This announcement demonstrates Google's commitment to creating innovative technologies that provide access to a greater diversity of the world's information. "What Google did for the web, Google Video aims to do for television," said Larry Page, Google co-founder and president of Products. "This preview release demonstrates how searching television can work today. Users can search the content of TV programs for anything, see relevant thumbnails, and discover where and when to watch matching television programs. We are working with content owners to improve this service by providing additional enhancements such as playback." The Google Video beta (http://www.google.com/video) enables users to search across the closed captioning content of a growing number of TV programs that Google began indexing in December, 2004. Entering a query such as iPod will return a list of relevant television programs with still images and text excerpts from the exact point in the program where the search phrase was spoken. Google Video offers these additional search features: Preview page: Displays up to five still video images and five short text segments from the closed captioning of each program. Upcoming episodes: Shows when the program will be aired next. Search within the show: Enables searching for specific words within a given program. Program details: Offers program and episode information including channel, date and time. Change location: Finds the next time and channel where a program will air locally according to zip code. For television channels and content producers, Google Video can increase viewership by providing Google users with information on future airings of relevant programs. "For more than three decades PBS and local PBS stations have pioneered the use of state-of-the-art technology to use media to inform, engage, entertain, and educate the American public," said Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of PBS. "Today we are proud to join with Google, a company that continues to achieve new levels of technical innovation with the launch of Google Video, a new service that increases the reach and impact of PBS content." "NBA fans are tech savvy early adopters," said NBA Commissioner David Stern. "With our partnership with Google on the pioneering Google Video service, we enhance our ability to meet the needs of NBA fans, delivering to them content and information in a new and innovative way." This early-stage release of Google Video does not include Google AdWords advertising or playback options. For more information, please visit http://www.google.com/video. ==================================================================================== **************************************** Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 PH: 25047319 **************************************** Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever

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Kindly put the following advt in the lis-forum. Thank you. Moun a Raju for Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore.
by Mouna Raju 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

INFORMATICS www.informindia.co.in is looking for suitable candidates for the post of "PROJECTS COORDINATOR - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT" Role & Responsibilities * Project Coordination * Vendor Management * Infrastructure and Technology Management Knowledge & Experience * Project Management & Costing Skills * Programming Skills * Knowledge of Information Products & Content Development * Post Graduate or BE in Computers & Information Science * Preferred Age Group 28-35 Remuneration Package: Rs.25,000/- to Rs.40,000/- per month Selected candidate should be willing to give a minimum 2-3 years of commitment guarantee to work in the Company. For more details contact: Mr S Sathya Prakash Divisioanl Manager - Operations & & HRD Informatics (India) Ltd P B No. 360, Malleswaram Bangalore 560 003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940, Fax: 91 80 23344598; mailto:ssp@informindia.co.in

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vacancy for library trainee/intern in IBM,Bangalore
by shanmugaprabha s 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Dear members, Here is an announcement for a library trainee/intern vacancy in IBM. Vacancy title : Library trainee/intern Company : IBM, Bangalore Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ Diploma in Library Science/ C.L.I.Sc.(freshers preferred) Duration : 3 to 4 months Salary : As per the standards Location : Bangalore Local candidates with good communication skills are requested to apply immediately. Please send your resumes to ssprabha(a)rediffmail.com ! With regards, S.Shanmuga Prabha, IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Phone number: 080 22063371 Dear members, Here is an announcement for a library trainee/intern vacancy in IBM. Vacancy title : Library trainee/intern Company : IBM, Bangalore Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ Diploma in Library Science/ C.L.I.Sc.(freshers preferred) Duration : 3 to 4 months Salary : As per the standards Location : Bangalore Local candidates with good communication skills are requested to apply immediately. Please send your resumes to ssprabha(a)rediffmail.com ! With regards, S.Shanmuga Prabha, IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Phone number: 080 22063371 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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Google wants to offer cheap phone calls by broadband
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Google wants to offer cheap phone calls by broadband Richard Wray Guardian Google is the latest dotcom business looking to increase its revenues by offering broadband internet users the ability to make cheap phone calls over the web. The California-based internet search engine is doing some searching of its own, looking for a "strategic negotiator" to help the company deal with telecoms companies to put together "a global backbone network" which will help it increase the services it can provide. Google, which carries almost half of all internet search queries globally, is one of many companies looking to offer residential customers the chance to use their existing broadband internet connections to make cheap phone calls using technology called voice over internet protocol (VoIP). Internet service providers Wanadoo and AOL are already looking at using the technology to increase the revenues they make from their existing internet access customers. For Google, which was unavailable for comment yesterday, providing a telephony service would give the search engine its first chance to gain an insight into who uses its website. The information would improve the service it offers to its advertisers. Industry observers reckon that through VoIP Google would also be able to add new functions such as click to dial - where an advertiser's web-page has a special button that connects an internet phone straight to a call centre. At its most basic level, VoIP offers free calling. Services such as Skype and Gossiptel allow broadband users to download software on to their computers and call other broadband users with exactly the same software for free regardless of where they are. But problems arise when VoIP users wish to call or be called by people who are not using the same technology or who are on mobile phone networks. To connect a call across networks incurs an interconnect fee which shatters the ideal of free internet phone calls as the VoIP service provider finds itself having to pay for the privilege of being part of the international telephony market. VoIP specialist Vonage launched a broadband telephony service in the UK from ?9.99 offering unlimited calling to landline phones in the UK and Ireland. At Christmas BT ran a promotion offering a year's free internet calls to new broadband customers along with a free VoIP headset. **************************************** Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 Ph: 25047319 ****************************************

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Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?
by Gerry Mckiernan 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

_Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?_ For a future eProfile for my _Library Hi Tech News_ column, I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Free/OpenSource/LowCost Journal Management Software/Systems Among the software/systems I have identified are epress [ http://www.epress.ac.uk/ ] "The epress journal management system helps editors and publishers of academic journals organise the flow of submissions, book reviews and journal issues. It is a web-based system which means that editors and publishers can work anywhere in the world where there is Internet access. The system prompts users through all the stages of journal administration, from selecting and inviting referees, chasing late reports, sending decision letters to authors, to publishing an issue. Although primarily deigned for managing electronic journals, it is also invaluable for conventional paper-based journals. For electronic journals, it manages notifications of new issues, generating RSS news feeds and files for content alert services. There are many other features that are invaluable for journal editors and publishers." AND Open Journal Systems [ http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/ ] "Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research. OJS is open source software made freely available to journals worldwide for the purpose of making open access publishing a viable option for more journals, as open access can increase a journal's readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale ... " This planned eProfile will complement one devoted to commercial systems in which I profiled in my column a two-and-half years ago: "Web-based Journal Manuscript Management and Peer-Review Systems and Services" _Library Hi Tech News_ 19, no. 7 (August 2002): 31-43. Self-archived at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/PeerSoft.pdf ] . TIA! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Information/Sources on Orphans in India required
by salman haider 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 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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New ISBN with 13 digits
by Satish Munnolli 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

appologies for cross posting A new International Standard Book Number (ISBN) has been approved and will come into effect as of 1 January 2007 requiring that all books published after this date will carry the new 13-digit ISBN. Plans have been prepared to facilitate the smooth transition on a global level and is necessitated by the dwindling of the numbers available to meet the growing demands of publishers and publications worldwide. The ISBN came into existence in 1970 as the internationally recognized identification system for the publishing and book sector. A unique identifier is attributed to each monographic publication from production and facilitates ordering and inventory by booksellers, libraries, publishers and the like as, in addition to enabling the collection of data it also contributes to the management of rights. The revised ISO standard, which is scheduled to published early in 2005, is the first time the structure has changed since its inception and revised implementation guidelines explaining in the process detail can be downloaded from http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in appologies for cross posting A new International Standard Book Number (ISBN) has been approved and will come into effect as of 1 January 2007 requiring that all books published after this date will carry the new 13-digit ISBN. Plans have been prepared to facilitate the smooth transition on a global level and is necessitated by the dwindling of the numbers available to meet the growing demands of publishers and publications worldwide. The ISBN came into existence in 1970 as the internationally recognized identification system for the publishing and book sector. A unique identifier is attributed to each monographic publication from production and facilitates ordering and inventory by booksellers, libraries, publishers and the like as, in addition to enabling the collection of data it also contributes to the management of rights. The revised ISO standard, which is scheduled to published early in 2005, is the first time the structure has changed since its inception and revised implementation guidelines explaining in the process detail can be downloaded from http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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DELNET's Invitation for a Lecture on ISO 9001 Applications in Libraries and Information Centres
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

DELNET Developing Library Network cordially invites you, your colleagues and friends to the lecture on ISO 9001 Applications in Libraries and Information Centres by Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai (The Central Library has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certification by RWTUV, Germany) on Monday, January 31, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at India International Centre (Conference Room I) 40 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Tea : 2:30 P. M. RSVP 24610802 " Become a Possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they are always there" Norman Vincent Peale _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET India International Centre 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi-110003 INDIA Tel.: 91-11-24610802, 24619328 FAX : 91-A11-24619325 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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INFLIBNET databases
by Prafulla Chandra 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

We are unable to access Books, Serials, Thesis, etc. databases provided on the INFLIBNET web site. Can somebody thrown light on this. This has been the situation for the past several days. T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Thank you! Reg.. "POPULAR SCIENCE BOOKS BY INDIAN AUTHORS"
by A.V. Nagarathna 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Dear LIS Professionals, I would like to thank all the LIS Professionals on this forum and special thanks are due to the following members: Dr.K.N. Prasad Dr.Puttaraj Choukimath Dr. Casius C. Issac Dr. Benny Dr. Prafulla Chandra If I have missed any other names unintentionally, I would like to thank them too. ------------------ I completely agree with the views of Dr. Prafulla Chandra, in lacking a single comprehensive information resource pointer/url to our publications on the internet. In fact, I was little hesitated to put this query on this forum. Before doing this, I tried to visit all the publishers web sites on the internet as well as sent request to all the book vendors to provide the updated catalogue. Since, I did not wanted to miss any of the books authored by Indian, I was tempted to put this query on this forum. I would also like to thank the NCSI for considering my request and forwarding my query to the forum. Thank you all for your guidance. Best regards, A.V. Nagarathna Documentation Centre Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka. P.S.: I continue to welcome if there are any more inputs to my querry, since the excercise is still going on.

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Fwd: [sla-kiie] Free library marketing newsletter- no strings attached
by Smita Chandra 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hello, Please find enclosed details of a free Library Marketing Newsletter, a topic in recent discussion at the forum. Thanks, Smita Note: forwarded message attached. ********************************************************************************** Office: Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph.: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax: 91-022-2748076 ********************************************************************************** --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Hello, � Please find enclosed details of�a free�Library�Marketing Newsletter, a topic in recent discussion at the forum. Thanks, � Smita Note: forwarded message attached. ********************************************************************************** Office : Ms.Smita Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai 410 218 Maharashtra, INDIA Ph .: 91-022-27484137 (9.30AM-6.00PM, excluding Sat/Sun) Fax : 91-022-2748076 ********************************************************************************** Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ji… Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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Two More Journals!! Now medIND provides free & fulltext access to 30
by Sukhdev Singh 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Dear Forum Members We have added two more journal to the medIND. These are: 1.Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2.Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Perhaps you know that medIND [ http://medind.nic.in ] provides free & fulltext universal access to 30 Medical Journals published from India. You DO NOT NEED any Registration / User ID or stuff like that to access these. We thank these journals for signing MOUs with us to make this possible. Regards Sukhdev Singh, BID, NIC, New Delhi. INDIA http://indmed.nic.in & http://medind.nic.in

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Re: [nmlis] Abscence of recognition - Who will bell the cat?
by Smita Chandra 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Dear professionals, Vasu (as we in Mumbai know her) has so precisely pointed out areas for revamping in the education being imparted to LIS students. I wish to share with you my perceptions on a major area of learning in LIS, namely MARC. While we have a course work on it in library schools, how many of us have actually been inducted into the training of cataloging using MARC (school or after words). Not that it hinders our work, but with the divergent plethora of libraries we work in, I am sure a very basic training would have gone a long way. No wonder we have no Labs from LIS departments specifically on say Metadata or Digital Preservation (I may please be corrected). Sometime back, I heard this at a lecture and also from major players (ethical and knowledgable) of our field, that we in India, need to start building our libraries from the very basic, by educating people to "read". We are not a society where people read to gather information. People do not "use" libraries because they do not know what to read either. I feel we need to work towards : 1. Project work for school students, such that it includes the usage of libraries. We need people representing us, to make effective statements with major bodies like the UGC, NCERT, etc, etc. Same goes the case with our IT policy. 2. Our personal appearence makes the first impression on people, for we talk later. Likewise, how effective will a "Hi-Tech Library" be, with dusty, cramped, and dark shelves? We Indians support supperior technical jargon, nothing less. For eg., if we convey people that a conference on libraries is being organized, no body would probably even listen out, but, if we were to modify and say a conference on "information management and digitial libraries" is being organized, they would be more than awed. The way our national newspapers cover any course work, or conference with the above mentioned terminology is proof to that. Maybe, we need to cash on the trend since we are already at such sinking depths, for that is what works here ! 2. More International exposure of professionals in libraries of the schools, colleges, museums. We need activities for creating libraries and introducing reading programs, just like they are doing it in Africa. Please check, worldlibraries.org/itw/itwoverview.shtml, to get an idea of what I am stating. 3. Working in correlation with major international associations, not only for conferences and conferring 'yet another' international award, but also, for training courses and workshops in India. We do not need technically loaded concepts for basics, but very fundamental skills to strive. It is not difficult to understand and implement new technology, until we learn to put forth our requirements to our respective managements, which can happen only when we prove our efficiency. 4. Somedays back, we saw a message posted about a new certificate course at UIUC available also via their LEEP program (distance education). We need our library schools to partner with major schools from all over the world, so that we can do something similar in our country. The list is long and as it comes to mind I might just keep jotting down, but I hope this is enough for a weekend (an early one this time :-)). I have seen people from most fields who choose to remain mediocres the rest of their lives. And I am talking to you about CAs, doctors, engineers, scientists who just do not excell, after all remember it is not our profession which runs (ruins) this country, but our bureaucrats and technocrats. Excellence in all fields are exceptions, but having a high morale about our profession and ourselves is not. Thanks for hearing me out, Cheers, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> wrote: I think N. Sreeharsha has hit the nail on the head. "...............Okay, now who is going to tie the bell on the cat's tail"? a). I am not on the IATLIS list, since I am not a teacher in LIS. I request those who are on the IATLIS list to send a mail to that list members, our ideas about i) Standardization of a Two year MLIS, scrapping BLIS, and introduction of a short course of Certificate in LIS ii) Make Language and communication a VERY STRONG focus in the MLIS course iii) Focus on Marketing Information Services iv) Improve Management and Technology based subjects v) Introduce an element on ethics, copyright and legal issues v) Make a compulsory element of a Summer Training (or whichever months are best). This training should be something, where students do a serious project, which has good impact for the Institution (Eg - developing an area of the library website). They should not be given only those jobs that normally get sidelined in a library. I am aware that some libraries take students for internship projects, and give them only shelving and clerical work. Such jobs could be given to certificate students. The objective is to have a one year plan and have the right course, with the right syllabus, WITH a plan for some upgrade every year. We need to bring IT and Management people to be involved. b) Admission to the above "new" MLIS course. We need to plan to get professional entrance tests created. And to market the course by - Proper ads in the papers - Talking to career counsellors to talk / write about the course - Any other innovative methods - even talking to Degree students about the course - Market it to other subject teachers - eg degree course teachers, so that they may recommend this course to students c) Interaction with the Industry. This should be done with an objective of having jobs ready for the first batch of students. The course and calibre of students should be marketed to the industry, by telling them that by employing people with such training, their organization would have xyz benefits. d) In terms of UGC and funding and implementing such changes, I think the best thing to do, is to have a group of us making a proper plan and asking for an appointment with the President of India. He loves children, he loves education and he loves libraries. If we get his blessings for this change, I think things can move. As I said, in the beginning, I am not a teacher of Lib. Sc. For those who do not know me, I am not a working librarian either (I was for about 7 years) I am an entrepreneur - and I feel very very strongly for the profession. I am willing to spend time and money on this entire "belling the cat" exercise. I am willing to take plenty of initiatives (what I already have done, is to employ three librarians, and am giving them salaries, working environment and teaching - to the best of my ability) This entire thing requires huge effort and commitment, and importantly sacrifices. The biggest sacrifice being giving up one's ego and not worrying about getting a name for this entire activity. Whoever heads this activity should not think that his/her name is important. And anyone who wants to work for this should be ready for doing a lot. Any more takers? Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 Mobile: 98211-14510 Email: vasu(a)qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Dear professionals, Vasu (as we in Mumbai know her)�has so�precisely pointed out areas for�revamping�in the education being imparted to LIS students. I wish to share with you my perceptions on a major area of learning in LIS, namely MARC. While we have a course work on it in library schools, how many of us have actually been inducted�into the training of cataloging using�MARC (school or after words). Not that�it hinders our�work, but with the divergent plethora of libraries we work in, I am sure a very basic training would have gone a long way.�No wonder we have no Labs from LIS departments specifically on say Metadata or Digital Preservation (I may please be corrected).� � Sometime back, I�heard this at�a lecture and�also from major players (ethical and knowledgable) of our field, that we in India, need to start building�our libraries from the very basic, by educating people to "read".�We are not a society where people read to gather information. People do not "use" libraries because they do not know what to read either.� � I feel we need to work towards : � 1.�Project work for school students, such that�it includes the usage of libraries. We need ��people representing us, to make effective statements with major bodies like the UGC, �� NCERT, etc, etc. Same goes the case with our IT policy. � 2. Our personal appearence makes the first impression on people, for we talk later. Likewise, ��how effective will a "Hi-Tech Library"�be, with dusty, cramped, and dark shelves? We Indians ��support�supperior technical�jargon, nothing less. For eg., if we convey people that a �� conference on�libraries is being organized, no body would probably even listen out, but, �� if we were to�modify and say a conference on "information management and digitial libraries" �� is being�organized, they would�be more than awed. The way our national�newspapers �� cover�any course work, or conference with the above mentioned terminology is proof to that. �� Maybe, we need to cash on the trend since we are already at such sinking depths, for that� �� is what works here !� � 2. More International exposure of professionals�in libraries�of the�schools, colleges, museums. �� We need�activities�for creating libraries and introducing reading programs, just like they are �� doing it in Africa. Please check,� http://worldlibraries.org/itw/itwoverview.shtml worldlibraries.org/itw/itwoverview.shtml , to get an idea of�� what�I am stating. � 3.�Working in correlation with�major international associations, not only�for conferences and� �� conferring 'yet another' international award, but also, for training courses and workshops in�� India.�We do not�need technically loaded concepts for basics, but very�fundamental skills to �� strive. It is not�difficult to�understand and implement�new technology, until�we learn to put �� forth our�requirements to our respective managements, which can happen only when we �� prove our�efficiency.�� 4.�Somedays back, we saw a message posted about a new certificate course at UIUC �� available�also via their LEEP program (distance education). We need our library schools to �� partner�with major schools from all over the world, so that we can do something�similar in �� our�country. � The list is long and as it comes to mind I might just keep jotting down, but I hope this is enough for a weekend (an early one this time :-)). � I have seen people from most fields who choose�to remain�mediocres the rest of their lives. And I am talking to you about CAs, doctors, engineers, scientists who just do not excell, after all remember it is not our profession which runs (ruins) this country, but our bureaucrats and technocrats. Excellence in all fields are exceptions, but having a high morale about our profession and ourselves is not. � Thanks for hearing me out, � Cheers, � Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> wrote: I think N. Sreeharsha has hit the nail on the head. � "...............Okay, now who is going to tie the bell on the cat's tail"? � � a). I am not on the IATLIS list, since I am not a teacher in LIS. I request those who are on the IATLIS list to send a mail to that list members, our ideas about � i) Standardization of a�Two year MLIS, scrapping BLIS, and introduction of a short course of Certificate in LIS ii) Make Language and communication a VERY STRONG focus in the MLIS course iii) Focus on Marketing Information Services iv) Improve Management and Technology based subjects v) Introduce�an element�on ethics, copyright and legal issues v) Make a compulsory element of a Summer Training (or whichever months are best). This training should be something, where students do a serious project, which has�good impact for the Institution (Eg - developing an area of the library website). They should not be given only those jobs that normally get sidelined in a library. I am aware that some libraries take students for internship projects, and give them only shelving and clerical work. Such jobs could be given to certificate students. � The objective is to have a one year plan and have the right course, with the right syllabus,�WITH a plan for some�upgrade every year. We need to bring IT and Management people to be involved. � b) Admission to the above "new" MLIS course. We need to plan to get professional entrance tests created. And to market the course by - Proper ads in the papers - Talking to career counsellors to talk / write about the course - Any other innovative methods - even talking to Degree students about the course - Market it to other subject teachers - eg degree course teachers, so that they may recommend this course to students � � c) Interaction with the Industry. This should be done with an objective of having jobs ready for the first batch of students. The course and calibre of students should be marketed to the industry, by telling them that by employing people with such training, their organization would have� xyz benefits. � d) In terms of UGC and funding and implementing such changes, I think the best thing to do, is to have a group of us making a�proper plan�and asking for an appointment with the President of India. He loves children, he loves education and he loves libraries. If we get his blessings for this change, I think things can move. � � As I said, in the beginning, I am not a teacher of Lib. Sc. For those who do not know me, I am not a working librarian either (I was for about 7 years) I am an entrepreneur - and I feel very very strongly for the profession. � I am willing to spend time and money on this entire "belling the cat" exercise. I am willing to take plenty of initiatives (what I already have done, is to employ three librarians, and am giving them salaries, working environment and teaching - to the best of my ability) This entire thing requires huge effort and commitment, and importantly sacrifices. The biggest sacrifice being giving up one's ego and not worrying about getting a name for this entire activity. Whoever heads this activity should not think that his/her name is important. And anyone who wants to work for this should be ready for doing a lot. � Any more takers? � Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223�� Fax: 91-22-28224358 Mobile: 98211-14510 Email: mailto:vasu@qmedin.com vasu(a)qmedin.com ,�� Web: http://www.qmedin.com/ www.qmedin.com � � � Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nmlis/ � To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mailto:nmlis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe nmlis-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com � Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Terms of Service . Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ji… Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

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Free Online U.N. Docs (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:32:14 -0800 (PST) From: Grace-Ellen McCrann <gemscot(a)yahoo.com> To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr, TEI-L(a)listserv.brown.edu, web4lib(a)sunsite3.berkeley.edu, asis-l(a)asis.org Cc: Grace-Ellen McCrann <gemscot(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [DIGLIB] Free Online U.N. Docs 19 January 2005 Dear Everybody, The Official Documents of the United Nations (ODS) are now available for free at: http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E This database used to be available only by subscription. The bulk of the docs currently in the database are from 1993 onwards, but older docs are added all the time. �ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.� This database does NOT contain the UN Treaty Series or the UN Sales Publications. As of this writing there are approximately 800,000 docs in this database. The UN hopes to add approximately 100,000 docs per year. Almost all these docs are available in each of the UN�s six official languages. Kind regards, Grace-Ellen Grace-Ellen McCrann Chief, Government Documents & Reference Divisions The City College of New York Cohen Library, 2nd Floor 138th Street & Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 (212) 650 5073 gemscot(a)yahoo.com

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lis job oppertunities in india
by ravi kumar 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Dear sir/madam/friends, iam ravikumar student of department of library and information science university of mysore. i want more about since januavary 2003 how many job called in library and information science field because i going to do my academic project so i need more information about job oppertunities in india regards ravi kumar k dept of library and information science manasagangothri mysore Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir/madam/friends, iam ravikumar student of department of library and information science university of mysore. i want more about since januavary 2003 how many job called in library and information science field because i going to do my academic project so i need more information about job oppertunities in india regards ravi kumar k dept of library and information science manasagangothri mysore http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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How make collection of VCD/Data CD available on local network
by Sharad Jadhav 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

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19 Jan '05

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