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Call for Submissions for Book on _Usage Statistics for E-Serials_ (Haworth)
by Gerry Mckiernan 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Colleagues/ Please find below a Call for Submissions for book on __Usage Statistics for E-Serials_ (Haworth) posted on behalf of my colleague David Fowler (dfowler(a)iastate.edu), our Electronic Resources Coordinator NOTE: Please direct ALL queries to David (*not* me) ; Thanks! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu ****************************************************************************************************** I am editing a book for Haworth Press entitled "USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS". This book is a volume in the series "Haworth Series on Serials Librarianship and Continuing Resources". It will be a collection of essays by various library and publishing professionals such as yourself, concerning the current environment in libraries for the acquisition, development and utilization of usage statistics for e-serials. This will look at both the benefits and problems associated with the current and future state of usage statistics. I would like to invite interested people to write a paper for this collection. If you have a relevant topic in mind, please feel free to share your idea with me; Otherwise, I have prepared a list of several topics that could be relevant to this book that you may want to consider; please find this listing at the bottom of this message. We are projecting to have all manuscripts completed by the end of April 2004, so that editing and publishing tasks can be accomplished. I would be pleased and honored to have some of you contribute your thoughts to this project. Please contact me about your interest at dfowler(a)iastate.edu and also let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Sincerely, Dave Fowler OUTLINE "USAGE STATISTICS OF E-SERIALS" Edited by David C. Fowler Topic Ideas: How are e-serials usage statistics actually utilized? Evaluating the costs of paid e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.) Evaluating the actual costs of "Free" e-journals with statistics (acquisitions, cataloging time, etc.) Strategies when confronted with usage statistics problems by vendors. How do libraries allot staff for e-serials statistics management (a survey?) Current and future trends in electronic journal statistics. Consortial arrangements for e-serials: When to use Problems and solutions in promoting e-serial usage to customers Issues with standardization of usage statistics. What are the different methods of evaluating the quality and usefulness of e-serials statistics? Interlibrary loan statistics and collection development. What is the next step in developing usage statistics? How do libraries disseminate usage statistics? Licensing and usage statistics. Deriving usage statistics from local library management software. ******************************************************************************************************

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Listservs in Botany
by harinarayana＠lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

This is the reply for Sunil's question. You can visit http://public.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html for listservs on Botany. You can also search google under "Listservs" "Botany" > 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. New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai > (Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com) > 2. Re: Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU (Sukhdev Singh) > 3. Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir (Bhojaraju G.) > 4. Botanist Forum (SUNIL M.V.) > 5. Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar > of INFLIBNET (JK Vijayakumar) > 6. On institutional archives (Subbiah Arunachalam) > 7. Pest control In the Library (vasanth raj) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:18:57 +0530 > From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com > Subject: [LIS-Forum] New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: <DBF3A0D52B21954A91869AF702D1A32C083A6C(a)ikpex01.ikp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > New library in Mumbai for visually impaired > PTI (HIndustan Times) > Mumbai, December 4 > > http://www.htnext.com/news/5922_1137458,001500230001.htm > > > A library for the visually impaired was opened at the Victoria Memorial > School for the blind here today. > > The state-of-the-art library was inaugurated by Justice Radhakrishnan of > Bombay High Court. Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, the > library has Braille books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and > CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low > vision. > > It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music > and read-aloud sessions. Workshops, lectures and discussions on topics of > general interest will be periodically organised, the school Principal > Shalan Chavan said. > > Established in 1902 for the benefit of the blind, the Victoria Memorial > school today has a strength of 100 residential students and 20 day > scholars from different parts of the country and the demand for admission > continues, Chavan said. > > ============================================= > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:23:20 +0530 > From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Cc: Lata Suresh <lata(a)iihmr.org> > Message-ID: <c13c8522041205215320ed2462(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Paying up Rs. 300/- for putting up personal profile..??? > Perhaps, People are not aware of the hazards of exposing themselves on > net. > > ---sukhdev > > >> Subject: >> WEBSITE FOR YOU >> Dear friends, the website for you. >> http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ >> http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ >> > > > > > >> first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the >> specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per >> online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. >> 300/- to the said company. >> Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. >> Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on >> worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world >> librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other >> librarians.. >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:04:34 +0530 > From: "Bhojaraju G." <bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir > To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, <lisdwd(a)yahoogroups.co.in> > Cc: muttayya(a)vsnl.com > Message-ID: > <74E8CF516D0CDF44BBE51626E484B5EA0B9D4A(a)blrmail.icicionesource.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part > -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 1712 bytes > Desc: image003.jpg > Url : > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20041206/1b71123d… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) > From: "SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum > To: lisforum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Message-ID: <20041206124651.96817.qmail(a)web50707.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and > Information Science? > > > > > > > Sunil MV > > Librarian > > SDM Institute for Management Development > > No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road > > Siddartha Nagar, Mysore > > Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 > > Fax: 0821-2425557 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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Re : [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum
by Bhojaraju G. 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Hi Sunil, Pl refer http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews .html http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm Thanks and Regards Bhojaraju G. Librarian - Knowledge Management www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/> _____ <http://www.icicionesource.com/> Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. : 9029 | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com <mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com> | www.icicionesource.com <http://www.icicionesource.com/> ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring) | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560006, India. Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) From: "SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com> View Contact Details <http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab?.rand=17014&v=SA&A=t&em=l ibra_sunil(a)yahoo.com&.done=http%3a%2f%2fus.f128.mail.yahoo.c om%2fym%2fShowLetter%3fMsgId%3d1037%5f3272460%5f215695%5f300 1%5f612%5f0%5f46129%5f1496%5f1088988593%26Idx%3d3%26YY%3d293 97%26inc%3d200%26order%3ddown%26sort%3ddate%26pos%3d0%26view %3da%26head%3db%26box%3dInbox> To: "lisforum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: <http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1037_3272 460_215695_3001_612_0_46129_1496_1088988593&Idx=3&YY=29397&i nc=200&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox#at tachments#attachments> [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Hi Sunil, � Pl refer http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html http://jagor.srce.hr/botanic/cisb/Edoc/flora/subject/botnews.html � http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm � Thanks and Regards � Bhojaraju G. Librarian – Knowledge Management http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ www.bhojarajug.cjb.net http://www.icicionesource.com/ cid:image002.jpg@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. :�9029� | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com � | http://www.icicionesource.com/ www.icicionesource.com �ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring)� � | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road , Bangalore - 560006, India . � � Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:46:51 -0800 (PST) From: %20http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/index.html cid:image003.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 �"SUNIL M.V." <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com>�� http://address.mail.yahoo.com/yab?.rand=17014&v=SA&A=t&em=libra_sunil@yahoo… cid:image004.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 View Contact Details To: "lisforum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: http://us.f128.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=1037_3272460_215695_3001_… cid:image005.gif@01C4DC7A.3ADADFC0 [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum � Dear Friends, � � Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science?� � � � � � Sunil MV � Librarian � SDM Institute for Management Development � No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road � Siddartha Nagar, Mysore � Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 � Fax: 0821-2425557 � � ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************

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Botanist Forum
by SUNIL M.V. 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. Dear Friends, � Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science?� � � Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=29917/*http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 Learn more.

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I-DLR's new address
by Shyam Prasad pujar 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Members, Please note that I-DLR (Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System) has moved to new address. Now it is available at: http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~DL/iDLR/index.php Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

dear sunil, please go to google. select groups at the top. then type sci.bio.botany in search box. you can go to a discussion group (international) on botany. Vyasamoorthy, P -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of SUNIL M.V. Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:17 PM To: lisforum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Botanist Forum Dear Friends, Is their any Forum in the area of Botany as LIS-forum for Library and Information Science? Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more.

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Postponement of Refresher Course in LIS at Punjabi University, Patiala.
by harry＠pbi.ac.in 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Kindly excuse for cross-postings. Dear professional colleagues The refresher curse in Library & Information science to be organised by the Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) from 8 - 28 December 2004 has been postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances. The new dates for organizing this refresher course would be announced as soon as these are finalized. HPS Kalra +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Harinder Pal Singh Kalra, Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab. India. Tel: +91-175 -304 6179 (work) -228 6548 (home), +91-98729 84729 (mobile) Email: harry(a)pbi.ac.in, hps253(a)yahoo.co.uk http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/dlis.htm http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/vlib.htm http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/salin/salin.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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CDS/ISIS Windows version
by Seshu Sripada 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Seshu Could you please send the cds/isis windows version full by cd if is free? where can I find. Thanks seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seshu Could you please send the cds/isis windows version full by cd if is free? where can I find. Thanks seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER
by Shyam Prasad pujar 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

From: i.m.johnson(a)rgu.ac.uk Subject: CALL FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER K. G. Saur Verlag Munich, Germany Announces the 2005 annual award for Best LIBRI Student Paper Since 1950, through 55 volumes, LIBRI International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, LIBRI is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2005." This competition supports LIBRI's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. We are proud once again to recognize the very best article with this special award. Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: May 31, 2005 The best paper will be selected by a independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of * originality of thought and observation * depth of research and scholarship * topicality of problems addressed * the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2005:3 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with a complementary subscription to LIBRI for 2006. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2006. The normal provision to the author of 25 offprints applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be sent to the LIBRI Editorial Office, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk <mailto:libri@statsbiblioteket.dk > . Author instructions are available at the LIBRI site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award.

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Pest control In the Library
by vasanth raj 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Dear Sir/Madam To control the pest in the library u can use the following chemicals for different kind of insects. Cockroaches: Gemexene or D.D.T whiteants/termites: Corbon bisulphide, corbon tetrachloride Fungus: Thymol crystals(100grams Ether(4 grms) benzene(400cc) mercuries bichloride(4 grams) Silver fish: A misture of sodium floride and flour can be used to control the pest. Its better to provide space, ventilation, apropriate temperature and humidity level in the library and regular cleaning will help u to keep insects away.Please avoid chemical pesticides. it's harmful to the user as well as staff. Regards Vasantha Raju N e-mail gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam To control the pest in the library u can use the following chemicals for different kind of insects. Cockroaches: Gemexene or D.D.T whiteants/termites: Corbon bisulphide, corbon tetrachloride Fungus: Thymol crystals(100grams Ether(4 grms) benzene(400cc) mercuries bichloride(4 grams) Silver fish: A misture of sodium floride and flour can be used to control the pest. Its better to provide space, ventilation, apropriate temperature and humidity level in the library and regular cleaning will help u to keep insects away.Please avoid chemical pesticides. it's harmful to the user as well as staff. Regards Vasantha Raju N e-mail mailto:gooche_1981@yahoo.co.in gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.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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On institutional archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar of INFLIBNET
by JK Vijayakumar 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar, our colleague from INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. He has been awarded with Commonwealth Professional Fellowship and he will be working at Middlesex University under the guidance of Dr Alan Hopkinson during January - April 2005. He is with INFLIBNET Centre since 1997 as Scientific and Technical Officer and actively inolved in activities, especially related to Union Database Managament, Bibliographic Standards, Multi Lingual Solutions, SOUL Software Development and Networking and Quality Control Group. He holds Bachelor degree in Science, Master degree in Library and Information Science and PGDCA. He is the Convenor of MARC21 Core Group of INFLIBNET Centre, nominated an Alternate representative of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Technical Committee MSD5and an Alternate Voting Representative to NISO (National Information Standards Organization), USA. He is widely published in International refereed journals and conferences and he is the Joint-Convener of International CALIBER-2005. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mike.Bray(a)britishcouncil.org> To: <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in>; <rchandrakar(a)yahoo.com> Cc: <Emily.Thomas(a)in.britishcouncil.org> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: Professional Fellowship award Dear Mr Chandrakar, I was pleased to hear from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission that you have been offered a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship Award at Middlesex University tenable from 5 January 2005 to 15 April 2005. I have sent you letters today with administrative details about your Professional Fellowship award. To save a little time, I am enclosing electronic versions here. I have also enclosed your UK Work Permit which will be necessary for obtaining a visa. Please let me know if you need any further information at this stage. Best wishes Mike Bray British Council, Manchester ---------------------------------- Mike Bray Contract Officer, CCAG T +44 (0)161 957 7398 F +44 (0)161 957 7488 mike.bray(a)britishcouncil.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir
by Bhojaraju G. 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir Dear Sir, Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. With Warm Regards Bhojaraju G. Librarian - Knowledge Management www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/> _____ <http://www.icicionesource.com/> Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. : 9029 | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com <mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com> | www.icicionesource.com <http://www.icicionesource.com/> ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring) | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560006, India. ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir � Dear Sir, � Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. � I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. � With Warm Regards � Bhojaraju G. Librarian – Knowledge Management http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ www.bhojarajug.cjb.net http://www.icicionesource.com/ cid:image003.jpg@01C4DB8B.BF995290 Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. :�9029� | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com � | http://www.icicionesource.com/ www.icicionesource.com �ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring)� � | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road , Bangalore - 560006, India . � ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************

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Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU
by Lata Suresh 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Lata Suresh To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org or iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:lata@iihmr.org Lata Suresh To: mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : mailto:lata@iihmr.org lata(a)iihmr.org or mailto:iihmr@iihmr.org iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org http://www.iihmr.org

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New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

New library in Mumbai for visually impaired PTI (HIndustan Times) Mumbai, December 4 http://www.htnext.com/news/5922_1137458,001500230001.htm A library for the visually impaired was opened at the Victoria Memorial School for the blind here today. The state-of-the-art library was inaugurated by Justice Radhakrishnan of Bombay High Court. Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, the library has Braille books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low vision. It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music and read-aloud sessions. Workshops, lectures and discussions on topics of general interest will be periodically organised, the school Principal Shalan Chavan said. Established in 1902 for the benefit of the blind, the Victoria Memorial school today has a strength of 100 residential students and 20 day scholars from different parts of the country and the demand for admission continues, Chavan said. ============================================= 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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loss of books
by Nagesh Hadimani 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Dear friends, there is one question, is librarian responsible for the loss of books i n the big libraries or the whole staff is responsible for it. If any amendemnts in ugc and other library act. please inform me about that. Thanks >> > vijaykumar mulimani > >> > Librarian > >> > Sangameshwar college, > >> > Solapur.413001 > >> > ph:(o)0217-2315588 ext.25 > >> > >

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Pest Controls in library
by Sasireka Govindaraj 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Dear Professional Friends, i wish to know about "Pest Controls in Library". kindly let me know about the same... kind regards, G.Sasireka Librarian Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College Perambalur, Tamilnadu. ===== Regards, G.Sasireka ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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[lisnet] MSU to host All-India Library Conference
by K Prakash 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

MSU to host All-India Library Conference Express New Service Vadodara, November 28: Hansa Mehta Library of MS University will play host to the 50th All India Library Conference of Indian Library Association from December 1. The conference is the first of its kind in Vadodara. The four-day conference - 'Knowledge Organisation in Digital Environment in Libraries' - will be inaugurated on December 1 and see participants all over the world. Over 300 librarians, information scientists, researchers, scholars and students of Library and Information Science are expected to participate in the conference. ''We have already received 109 paper presentations for the event. This is an opportunity for us to learn different library methods practiced around the world,'' said Kautilya H Shukla, the University librarian at MSU. The Hansa Mehta library has 7.5 lakh books to its credit and serves the distinction of being the largest university library system in the country. Though digitalisation of the library has been doing rounds, so far nothing has materialised. Shukla said that entire membership and accounting procedures are computerised but operations are still being done manually. Shukla further added that new technologies have given birth to concepts like digital libraries, e-libraries and virtual libraries that require re-engineering of knowledge organisations in the library. ''Quick access to information using digital devices or electronic media are unavoidable across the globe and library cannot be an exception,'' he said. He added that the authorities are considering digitalisation of the Hansa Mehta library soon. With best wishes/ regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/_o7wlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lisnet/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lisnet-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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help requested on purchasing a good digital scanner
by Sunita Barve 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

We would like to buy one good digital flatbed scanner for our library which will have the following facilities and which will be with price range from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 80000/-. 1. Color scanning 2. Negative film scanning 3. Slide scanning 4. Transparancy scanning 5. OCR facility 6. Scanning area from A4 to A3 page size 7. Book scanning facility We already have one "ACER Scanner Scan Premio ST" which we bought in 2002 but now after two years there may be something new available in the market with advanced features. Can any one of you suggest any good scanner available in the market and which you are using for scanning documents in your library with above facilities. Regards, Sunita Barve Library-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : 91-20-25697107 FAX : 91-20-5697257 Email :sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in

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Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BELOVED DIRECTOR Dr T A V MURTHY --- Arunachalam Hariharan <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:52:15 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [digilib_india] Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - > selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila > Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004 > > > Dear All, > > Selection process for the Best Librarian award > instituted in the name of Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra is over. Selection was > based on criteria such as > > Numbers of > > 1. Papers presented in the national and > international > conferences > > 2. Articles published in national and > international > journals > > 3. Invited talks at various levels > > 4. Books authored, edited, reviewed > > 5. Contribution to the profession > > 6. Contribution to the Society/Nation > > 7. Innovative services developed/introduced > > 8. Projects undertaken > > 9. Seminars/conferences organised > > 10. Number of researches guided > > 11. Educational qualifications, service > rendered in > various capacity (at all levels) and so on. > > Selection Committee is pleased to announce the > name of > > Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET for this > award > for the year 2004. > > Let us all congratulate Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, > Director, > INFLIBNET for getting selected for the award - > for his > outstanding contribution to the profession and > distinguished service > > Let us all thank Dr. Harish Chandra for > sponsoring > the award. > > Convener, > Award Committee, > Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best > Librarian > Award 2004 > SALIS > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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READIT-2005 Conference
by Jayakumar, C 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, READIT-2005 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam - 603 102, Tamil Nadu, India; 16-18 March, 2005 Madras Library Association - Kalpakkam Chapter (MALA-KC) and Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam is organizing a National Conference on "REcent ADvances in Information Technology - 2005 (READIT-2005)" during 17-18th March,2005. The theme of the conference is "Digital Libraries to Knowledge Systems". A pre-conference tutorial is also being arranged on the following topics "Advanced Methods & Technologies for Content Management" and "Application of Open Source solutions for Digital Libraries" on 16th March, 2005 For further details Please visit the conference info. site : http://www.readit-2005.org or write to readit(a)igcar.ernet.in With best wishes, C. Jayakumar Digital Resources Scientific Information Resource Division (SIRD) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam - 603 102 India Phone & Fax : +91 4114 280096 email : jay(a)igcar.ernet.in

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Library Positions at TCS Hyderabad
by kishore.ingale＠tcs.com 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Library Positions at TCS, Hyderabad Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among the valued customers. Deccan Park, TCS's world class facility at Madhapur in Hyderabad houses about 3000 software professionals. We are in the process of strengthening the library services and urgently require the following. 1) Asst Manager - Library & Information Services (one post) MLISc (or equivalent) is a must, spl programs like NCSI, PGDLAN will be an advantage. 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, exposure to latest IT & management tools, should be able to handle a branch library. 2)Officer - Library & Information Services ( two posts) MLISc or (equivalent), Experience: 0 to 3 years Flair for IT, good communication skills are a prerequisite. The remuneration will match the best in industry. All positions are permanent with one year probationary. Interested may e-mail their resumes to < delphine.almeida(a)tcs.com> by 10 th Dec. 2004. Alternatively , hard copies can be posted at 'Ms Delphine Almeida , Library & Information Centre , Tata Consultancy Services , 10 th Floor , Air India Building , Nariman Point , Mumbai 400021 '. (Those who have responded to us in the last 3-4 weeks need not apply) Thanks & Regards, BP Prakash Assistant General Manager Corporate Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services 10th floor, Air India building Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 Ph 91 22 5668 9294 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this message is intended only and solely for the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message and for the exclusive use of the said addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person) and may contain legally privileged and confidential information belonging to Tata Consultancy Services Limited. It must not be printed, read, copied, disclosed, forwarded, distributed or used (in whatsoever manner) by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may constitute unlawful act and can possibly attract legal action, civil and/or criminal. The contents of this message need not necessarily reflect or endorse the views of Tata Consultancy Services limited on any subject matter. Any action taken or omitted to be taken based on this message is entirely at your risk and neither the originator of this message nor Tata Consultancy Services Limited takes any responsibility or liability towards the same. Opinions, conclusions and any other information contained in this message that do not relate to the official business of Tata Consultancy Services limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited or any affiliate of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and may please notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you. Library Positions at TCS, Hyderabad Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization. Started in 1968, today it has a presence in 32 countries across 5 continents and is one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune Top 10 companies are among the valued customers. Deccan Park, TCS's �world class facility at Madhapur in Hyderabad houses about 3000 software professionals. We are in the process of strengthening the library services and urgently require the following. 1) Asst Manager - Library & Information Services (one post) MLISc (or equivalent) is a must, spl programs like NCSI, PGDLAN will be an advantage. 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, exposure to latest IT & management tools, should be able to handle a branch library. 2)Officer - Library & Information Services ( two posts) MLISc or (equivalent), Experience: �0 to 3 years Flair for IT, good communication skills are a prerequisite. The remuneration will match the best in industry. All positions are permanent with one year probationary. Interested may �e-mail �their resumes �to < delphine.almeida(a)tcs.com> by 10 th Dec. 2004. Alternatively , hard copies can be posted at 'Ms Delphine Almeida , Library & Information Centre , Tata Consultancy Services , 10 th Floor , Air India Building , Nariman Point , Mumbai 400021 '. (Those who have responded to us in the last 3-4 weeks need not apply) Thanks & Regards, BP Prakash Assistant General Manager Corporate Library & Information Centre Tata Consultancy Services 10th floor, Air India building Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 Ph 91 22 5668 9294 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this message is intended only and solely for the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message and for the exclusive use of the said addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person) and may contain legally privileged and confidential information belonging to Tata Consultancy Services Limited. It must not be printed, read, copied, disclosed, forwarded, distributed or used (in whatsoever manner) by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may constitute unlawful act and can possibly attract legal action, civil and/or criminal. The contents of this message need not necessarily reflect or endorse the views of Tata Consultancy Services limited on any subject matter. Any action taken or omitted to be taken based on this message is entirely at your risk and neither the originator of this message nor Tata Consultancy Services Limited takes any responsibility or liability towards the same. Opinions, conclusions and any other information contained in this message that do not relate to the official business of Tata Consultancy Services limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited or any affiliate of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and may please notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you.

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MyLISA December Lecture
by SUNIL M.V. 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) cordially invite you for the talk on Topic: "NAAC Accreditation: A Librarian�s Perspective� Speaker : Mr. Ronal Prakash Cutinha, Librarian, St. Philomina's College, Mysore Venue: Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Date & Time: 4th December 2004 & 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm MyLISA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. Dear Professionals, � Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) cordially invite you for�the talk on Topic : " NAAC Accreditation: A Librarian�s Perspective�� Speaker : Mr. Ronal Prakash Cutinha, Librarian, St. Philomina's College, Mysore � Venue :��Vidyanidhi Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Date & Time: ��4th December 2004 & 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm MyLISA Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/security/*http://promotions.yahoo.c… Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.

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An arizona-based repository for LIS papers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Friends: Those of you who do not have an open access archive at your institution, you may deposit your papers (full twext) in http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html . This is a Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, a repository of full-text electronic resources in the domains of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT). Our friends from NIC have deposited some of their papers in this archive. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Those of you who do not have an open access archive at your institution, you may deposit your papers (full twext) in http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/information.html . This is a Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, a repository of full-text electronic resources in the domains of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT). Our friends from NIC have deposited some of their papers in this archive. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Need an article that seems to refer me.
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Members, While searching Google Scholar, I hit upon on the following article that seems to refer me in some context of CDS/ISIS. ------------------------------------------------------------- CDS/ISIS Information Author: Hopkinson A. Source: Information Development, March 2003, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 9-12(4) Publisher: SAGE Publications --------------------------------------------------------------- However, I do not have access to its fulltext. Will someone having the above journal/article verify it? Following is the hit result from Google Scholar: ========================================== http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=sukhdev+information+d… [PDF] CDS/ISIS INFORMATION NEWU WEBSITE, D EXCHANGE, S PAR ... Information Development, vol ... Sukhdev Singh, Principal Systems Analyst, Biblio- graphic Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, has pointed ... Information Development, 2003 - ingenta.com ========================================= Thanks in advance. Sukhdev Singh.

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voilating copy right act
by vasanth raj 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche _1981(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear sir, Yes with out prior permission of the author u cant digitise it. If u do so definitely it is violating of copy right act. The author of that text book can take a legal action. If the author died and the material is 60 years of old after the death of the author then that text book will be concedered as public property.U can take the photo copy of some pages of that text book under the term "fair use". Vasantha Raju N e-mail : gooche mailto:_1981@yahoo.co.in _1981(a)yahoo.co.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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Lecture on Internet Informetrics
by I.R.N.Goudar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, The Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter cordially invite you for an interesting lecture. Topic: Discussions on Informetrics of the Internet and other Social Networks Speaker: Dr. (Prof.) Leo Egghe LUC Library Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium Venue: British Library, Prestige Takt, 23 Kasturba Road, Bangalore Date & Time: Tuesday the 7th December 04 at 4 p.m. Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao I.R.N. Goudar President Secretary Society for Information Science, Bangalore Chapter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html with regards, I.K. Ravichandrar Rao _________________________________________________________________ NRIs! http://creative.mediaturf.net/creatives/citibankrca/rca_msntagofline.htm Choose values with free money transfers!

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FW: Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Vijaykumar Please find out the year in which the book was published and the year of death of author. Copyright for the book exists from the date of creation/publication of the book through out the lifetime of the author and up to fifty years after the death of the author - (enjoyed by his heirs). This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. 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 <mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com> -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:33 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [iatlis] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 <mailto:library@mvjeducation.com> library(a)mvjeducation.com _____ Do you Yahoo!? Take <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mai…> Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Yahoo! 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This means that during an author's lifetime and upto fifty years after his death, you can not copy without obtaining a permission to do so. In simpler terms, as of today (- we are in 2004), books whose authors are dead and gone before 1954 are safe to be copied. Once the copyright expires as indicated here, You can freely digitise and make available digitised version for use among your customers. This applies to Books published in India. Merely because a book has gone out of print you can not copy or digitise a book. ICICI Knowledge Park houses an Intellectual Property Cell dealing with Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks etc. For further help you may contact : Mr Subhajit Shah at: mailto:subhajit@icicikp.com subhajit(a)icicikp.com Hope this is useful. 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FW: Special Lectures on Informetrics at DRTC
by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

-----Original Message----- From: DRTC General [mailto:drtc@ns.isibang.ac.in] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:23 PM To: raja(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Special Lectures on Informetrics INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 Cordially invites you to attend the Special lectures on Informetrics. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room on the following dates at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker : Dr. Leo Egghe, LUC Library, Limburgs Universitair Centrum Universitaire Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium 1. Topic: A Universal method of information retrieval evaluation: the "missing" link M and the universal IR surface. Date & Time 3rd December 2004, 11:30 A.M. 2. Topic: The First and nth citation distributions and applications. Date & Time 6th December 2004, 11:30 A.M 3. Topic: Duality revisited: construction of fractional frequency distributions based on two Dual Lotka Laws. Date & Tim 8th December 2004, 11.30 A.M. (I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO) Professor and Head, DRTC

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ?
by Aman Jha 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Mr Kumar If a document/book is copyrighted, please read the copyright instructions carefully and go ahead with the instruction only. Digitization is another kind of reproduction method and you need to take prior aproval from author or publisher. Aman Jha Librarian CII -----Original Message----- From: vijaya kumara [mailto:vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:03 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Is I voilating copy right act ? Dear Professionals. To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print" But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users. If i do, is I voilating copy right act ? Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune. Waiting for your kind reply Regards Vijayakumar *************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 library(a)mvjeducation.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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WebJunction - Online Community of Libraries.
by Sukhdev Singh 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear Members, The following link could be of your interest. http://webjunction.org It is an online community of libraries and other agencies with the aim to share knowledge and experience to provide the broadest public access to information technology. It is from parterners like OCLC. Perhaps someone can evaluate it for the benefit of LIS-FORUM Community. Regards Sukhdev Singh

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eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com). In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com), a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com). As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/], Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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[ARL-EJOURNAL] eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech
by Gerry Mckiernan 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

eProfile of Marcus P. Zillman in _Library Hi Tech News_ I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile in _Library Hi Tech News_ - "Z as in Zillman." '"Z as in Zillman" is a descriptive review of the publications and (mostly free) information resources and services provided by Zillman: "Z as in Zillman," Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 9 (November 2004): 25-30. Self-archived at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] The products and services I profile in my review include: *** Zillman Columns *** [ http://www.zillmancolumns.com ] "Since 1996, Zillman has also published regular columns that focus on timely Web topics (www.zillmancolumns.com). In 2004, for example, his columns included: * Student Research Resources on the Internet (October) * Grid and Distributed Computing Resources on the Internet (September) * Financial Sources on the Internet (August) * Data Mining Resources on the Internet (July) * Healthcare Resources on the Internet (June) * eCommerce Resources on the Internet (May) * Survey Resources on the Internet (April) * Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet (March) * Finding People Resources and Sites on the Internet (February) * Finding Experts on the Internet (January) *** Awareness Watch* Newsletter *** [ http://www.awarenesswatch.com ] As exemplified by the Awareness Watch* Newsletter (www.awarenesswatch.com), a major theme in the work of Zillman is related to current awareness about quality information Web resources. His Awareness Watch* Newsletter is "a free monthly publication that * highlight[s] * . First published in December 2003, issues of this newsletter have profiled a range of Web sites and resources that include: * Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet * Browsers and Information Visualization Tools * Business Intelligence Resources * Deep web and the Invisible web * Demographics and Statistics Resources * Information Alerts * Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Harvesting Sources * Niched Blog Search Engines, Blog Directories, and Web-based News Aggregators * Quality Information Resources, and * Subject Directories, Gateways, and Portals. *** Subject Tracer* Information Blogs *** [ http://www.subjecttracer.com ] One of the most innovative publication series developed by Zillman is his Subject Tracer* Information Blogs (www.subjecttracer.com). As described by Zillman, "a subject tracer is a blog created with the help of bots that monitor/collect the latest information on a subject on the Net" and "then update the [Subject Tracer*] blogs after determining the quality and competency of the source and data" (Murali, 2004). *** Books *** Zillman's publication efforts are not limited to compilations of quality Web-based resources. He is also the author of two major books: Internet Sources* Manual and Mining the Invisible Web. The Internet Sources* Manual (www.internetsources.info) is "a 378 page manual listing all the very latest and greatest sources and [Web] sites * that have been compiled over the [course] of the last ten years *. ." [SNIP] Coauthored with Sundar Kadayam, Mining the Invisible Web (www.miningtheinvisibleweb.com) provides a comprehensive and detailed review of significant Hidden Web resources and the tools necessary to identify and harvest such resources. *** Internet MiniGuides * *** [ http://www.internetminiguide.com/ ] Many of the topics found in Zillman's Web-based compilations are covered more extensively in a 'miniguide' series. The current Internet MiniGuides (www.internetminiguide.com) include: * Academic Resources * Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Resources * Business Resources * Competitive Intelligence Resources * Education and Distance Learning Resources * Healthcare Resources * International Trade Resources * Legal Resources, and * Security Resources. Each Internet MiniGuide contains "... hundreds of the very best links to relevant and competent resources. All links are listed with complete URLs and verified for activation. The resources, services that are profiled include White Papers [http://www.whitepapers.us/], Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet [http://listentomarcus.blogspot.com/] Watch Marcus* [ http://www.watchmarcus.com/ ] and a personal blog [ http://www.zillman.us/ ]. Thanks (again) Marcus for All Your Great Resources and Services!!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Marked Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <ARL-EJOURNAL(a)arl.org>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <ARL-EJOURNAL-off(a)arl.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-digest(a)arl.org> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <ARL-EJOURNAL-index(a)arl.org> Send administrative queries to <ARL-EJOURNAL-request(a)arl.org> Vist the web archive at <https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/ARL-EJOURNAL/>

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KALA Vetarans Day
by I.R.N.Goudar 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) proposes to felicitate all the veteran Librarians (already retired/retiring before January 29, 2005). Vetaran Librarians to be felicitated include Librarians: 1. From Karnataka/out side Karnataka, but served/serving in Karnataka. 2. From Karnataka served and serving any where in the world. The probable date for this program is January 29, 2005. IN THIS CONTEXT I REQUEST YOU TO KINDLY INTIMATE ME THE DETAILS OF VETARAN LIBRARIANS KNOWN TO YOU IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ONE HAS SERVED YOUR ORGANISATION OR NOT, PREFERABLY WITH DETAILS LIKE POSTAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS, ETC. I also request all the professionals in Karnataka to communicate their willingness to work as member of the Organizing Committee or Volunteers of the event. I feel that respectful felicitation to all senior professionals is responsibility of all of us. I sincerely request all the fellow professionals to be part of this respectful event, the details of which will be intimated later. With regards Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah, Ph.D. President, KALA Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore-560029, India phone: 91-080-26995031 91-080-26995035 91-080- 26995031 www.nimhans.kar.nic.in www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/ila

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Fw: [bytesforall_readers] $100 Green/Solar PC
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw. Here is a news story of great interest to poor countries. Please spread the word. Arun SolarPC Announces the $100 green PC & promotes world harmony* http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 http://openflows.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/2330243 *If SolarPC's were the standard PC in the US every year it would result in the saving of more than 138 million barrels of imported oil, prevent 25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions and landfills would have a reduction of more than 100 tons of e-waste! A Maintenance Free PC until 2025 LAS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC. In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony. According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place." "This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age. The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs. The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes. The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw.

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A news story on the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Friends: Here is an interesting news story written by one of the participants of the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop conducted by MSSRF in October 2004. Please visit: http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ Best wishes. Arun Friends: Here is an interesting news story written by one of the participants of the South-South Exchange Traveling Workshop conducted by MSSRF in October 2004. Please visit: http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/98468/1/ Best wishes. Arun

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A talk by Jeremy Webb at MSSRF, 10 December 2004
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Friends: The Bioinformatics Centre at MSSRF is hosting a talk by Mr Jeremy Webb, Editor of New Scientist on 10 December. Please see the attachment. Tea will be served at 1100 hrs and the talk will commence at 1130 hrs. All are welcome. Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow, MSSRF Friends: The Bioinformatics Centre at MSSRF is hosting a talk by Mr Jeremy Webb, Editor of New Scientist on 10 December. Please see the attachment. Tea will be served at 1100 hrs and the talk will commence at 1130 hrs. All are welcome. Subbiah Arunachalam Distinguished Fellow, MSSRF

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Last Date Extented for Receipt Papers for International CALIBER-2005 - Now the last date is 15-12-2004
by K Prakash 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Last Date Extented for Receipt Papers for International CALIBER-2005. Keeping in view the request received from the various professionals across the country, editorial committee has decided to extend the last date of receipt of full paper for International CALIBER - 2005 from 30th November 2004 to 15th December 2004. Website for International CALIBER-2005 is available at http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/index.jsp CALL FOR PAPERS International CALIBER 2005 invites contributed papers and case studies on various aspects of the conference theme Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment and listed below sub-themes of the conference: Multilingual Computing and Natural Language Processing Multilingual Computing- Encoding issues, Scripts, Fonts. Character recognition and other challenges, Natural Language Processing, Multilingual Indexing Tool, Multilingual and Multimedia Access Content Management and Information Management Content Structuring and XML- Web Cataloguing, Metadata, Dublin Core, EAD, TEI, XML, Crosswalk, Automatic Classification, Document Clustering, Methodologies, Techniques, Indexing, Retrieval, Content Management, Multimedia Digital Information Processing and Interoperability Archiving, Digitization, Preservation, Information Retrieval, Digital Library Architecture, System Scalability, Systems Design, Distributed solutions, WebServices and Interoperability - Agents related to digital Information, Crossdomain searching, Browsing, Metasearch, OpenURL Framework OAI-PMH. Digital Libraries and Services Digital Library Development Issues, Digital Library Services, Digital Library and E-learning, Digital Library Applications. Subject Gateways, Library Portals, Digital Library Consortia, Wide area and high-speed Networks. Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for CALIBER 2005 are available in the conference website http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/callforpapers.jsp Important dates Receipt of Full Papers: December 15, 2004 Intimation to Authors: December 30, 2004 Last Date for Registration: January 7, 2005 Convention Dates: February 2-4, 2005 Contacts For Paper Submission Dr. T.A.V. Murthy Editor-in-Chief Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: tav(a)inflibnet.ac.in or caliber2005(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. (Mrs.) M.D. Baby Organizing Secretary, CALIBER-2005 Librarian Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin University P.O. Kochi - 682 022, (Kerala) India Phone: +91-484-2577595 E-mail: caliber2005(a)cusat.ac.in or ul(a)cusat.ac.in Queries Can Also be Sent to Mr. S.M. Salgar Chairman, CALIBER-2005, Scientist -G, INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: salgar(a)inflibnet.ac.in For more details on International CALIBER-2005 visit http://web.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2005/index.jsp With best wishes/ regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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On open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Friends: Here is a note from Stevan Harnad which would be of interest to all those interested in open access. Arun -------- SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE Peer review and the acceptance of new scientific ideas http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ Summary of above report: (1) "If it (peer review) ain't broke, don't fix it" and (2) "Caveat emptor to journalists -- if you use non-peer-reviewed information" On the relation between peer-review reform and the open access (OA) movement: None! OA is about providing free online access to all peer-reviewed journal articles (2.5 million articles a year, from 24,000 peer-reviewed journals). OA is about freeing those articles from online access tolls, not about freeing them from peer review! For more details, do the following search in Google: amsci "simon says" peer review In a nutshell: (1) Historical fact 1: The pre-refereeing preprint always comes before the refereed postprint (2) Historical fact 2: Since well before the internet, some areas of physics shared their preprints amongst themselves well before publication (3) Historical fact 3: With the advent of the internet and web, those same physicists took (quite naturally) to sharing their preprints -- *and postprints* -- via the internet (since 1991). http://arxiv.org (4) Historical fact 4: That practice -- of self-archiving preprints and postprints -- (not unique to physicists, but done most systematically by them) grew, and is still growing today, but not nearly fast enough (even among physicists). End of the catalogue of indisputable facts. Now we move to the area of interpretation and speculation: (5) Interpretation/Speculation 1: Some have hypothesized -- and Paul Ginsparg, the one who wrote the software for the physics Arxiv, was among the ones who made this hypothesis, but so has the mathematician and analyst of electronic publication developments, Andrew Odlyzko -- that the success and usefulness of preprint-self-archiving implies that peer-review (hence postprints) may either not be necessary at all (and done only to satisfy the demands of the author's tenure committee) or (6) Interpretation/Speculation 2: that peer review can be implemented as a kind of (optional?) "overlay," on top of preprints, possibly in the form of post-hoc peer commentary. But what needs to be carefully noted is that the empirical facts are equally compatible with a much simpler hypothesis, which is that it is extremely useful to the impact, productivity and progress of research to make both postprints (definitely) and preprints (optionally) open-access, by self-archiving them, and that this benefit has *absolutely nothing* to do with any hypothetical and untested reforms one might or might not one day wish to make of the peer-review system -- which has continued, absolutely unchanged, since self-archiving began in 1991, with virtually every preprint also being submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, hence also generating the revised, corrected, peer-reviewed postprint meeting the journal's quality standards, *exactly* as it had and has done all along! *Empirically* the only change has been open-access to preprints and postprints. The rest is all interpretation and untested speculation. For the sake of OA, it is extremely important to disentangle all that interpretation/speculation from the facts, which are that providing OA to one's postprints (all of them) and preprints (those one chooses to make OA) has great benefits, so not only 20% but 100% of postprints (and, optionally, preprints) should be made OA in this way. Entangling this theory-independent truth with untested conjectures about ways of reforming peer review simply serves to delay the long overdue passage from 20% OA to 100% OA still longer, needlessly. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer In fact, the over-emphasis on preprint self-archiving (as if it were a *substitute*, rather than merely an optional *supplement* to postprint self-archiving, which in turn is a supplement to toll-access) was one of several of the incoherent components in the original e-biomed proposal that made it fail, generated opposition (from both publishers and those who did not want peer review tampered with needlessly) and eventually led to the non-optimal form of the NIH proposal we have now (with a 6-month embargo and only central archiving and only NIH-funded biomed) instead of the univeral self-archiving of 100% of postprints (and optionally, whatever percentage of preprints authors also choose to self-archive) that we need, that is still so long overdue, and that we are *at last* moving toward today! All this was already pointed out in the 1999 comments on the original e-biomed: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 (1999) http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm Pertinent Prior American Scientist Topic Threads: Re: A Note of Caution About "Reforming the System" (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html Re: Science Article (Roberts et al.) and Science Editorial (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html Re: Self-Selected Vetting vs. Peer Review: Supplement or Substitute? (2003) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html Stevan Harnad Moderator, American Scientist Open Access Forum Chaire de recherche du Canada Centre de neuroscience de la cognition (CNC) Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# fax: 1-514-987-8952 harnad(a)uqam.ca http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ Friends: Here is a note from Stevan Harnad which would be of interest to all those interested in open access. Arun -------- SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE Peer review and the acceptance of new scientific ideas http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/peerreview/ Summary of above report: (1) "If it (peer review) ain't broke, don't fix it" and (2) "Caveat emptor to journalists -- if you use non-peer-reviewed information" On the relation between peer-review reform and the open access (OA) movement: None! OA is about providing free online access to all peer-reviewed journal articles (2.5 million articles a year, from 24,000 peer-reviewed journals). OA is about freeing those articles from online access tolls, not about freeing them from peer review! For more details, do the following search in Google: amsci "simon says" peer review In a nutshell: (1) Historical fact 1: The pre-refereeing preprint always comes before the refereed postprint (2) Historical fact 2: Since well before the internet, some areas of physics shared their preprints amongst themselves well before publication (3) Historical fact 3: With the advent of the internet and web, those same physicists took (quite naturally) to sharing their preprints -- *and postprints* -- via the internet (since 1991). http://arxiv.org/ http://arxiv.org (4) Historical fact 4: That practice -- of self-archiving preprints and postprints -- (not unique to physicists, but done most systematically by them) grew, and is still growing today, but not nearly fast enough (even among physicists). End of the catalogue of indisputable facts. Now we move to the area of interpretation and speculation: (5) Interpretation/Speculation 1: Some have hypothesized -- and Paul Ginsparg, the one who wrote the software for the physics Arxiv, was among the ones who made this hypothesis, but so has the mathematician and analyst of electronic publication developments, Andrew Odlyzko -- that the success and usefulness of preprint-self-archiving implies that peer-review (hence postprints) may either not be necessary at all (and done only to satisfy the demands of the author's tenure committee) or (6) Interpretation/Speculation 2: that peer review can be implemented as a kind of (optional?) "overlay," on top of preprints, possibly in the form of post-hoc peer commentary. But what needs to be carefully noted is that the empirical facts are equally compatible with a much simpler hypothesis, which is that it is extremely useful to the impact, productivity and progress of research to make both postprints (definitely) and preprints (optionally) open-access, by self-archiving them, and that this benefit has *absolutely nothing* to do with any hypothetical and untested reforms one might or might not one day wish to make of the peer-review system -- which has continued, absolutely unchanged, since self-archiving began in 1991, with virtually every preprint also being submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, hence also generating the revised, corrected, peer-reviewed postprint meeting the journal's quality standards, *exactly* as it had and has done all along! *Empirically* the only change has been open-access to preprints and postprints. The rest is all interpretation and untested speculation. For the sake of OA, it is extremely important to disentangle all that interpretation/speculation from the facts, which are that providing OA to one's postprints (all of them) and preprints (those one chooses to make OA) has great benefits, so not only 20% but 100% of postprints (and, optionally, preprints) should be made OA in this way. Entangling this theory-independent truth with untested conjectures about ways of reforming peer review simply serves to delay the long overdue passage from 20% OA to 100% OA still longer, needlessly. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#7.Peer In fact, the over-emphasis on preprint self-archiving (as if it were a *substitute*, rather than merely an optional *supplement* to postprint self-archiving, which in turn is a supplement to toll-access) was one of several of the incoherent components in the original e-biomed proposal that made it fail, generated opposition (from both publishers and those who did not want peer review tampered with needlessly) and eventually led to the non-optimal form of the NIH proposal we have now (with a 6-month embargo and only central archiving and only NIH-funded biomed) instead of the univeral self-archiving of 100% of postprints (and optionally, whatever percentage of preprints authors also choose to self-archive) that we need, that is still so long overdue, and that we are *at last* moving toward today! All this was already pointed out in the 1999 comments on the original e-biomed: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/com0509.htm#harn45 (1999) http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm http://www.nih.gov/about/director/ebiomed/comment.htm Pertinent Prior American Scientist Topic Threads: Re: A Note of Caution About "Reforming the System" (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1178.html Re: Science Article (Roberts et al.) and Science Editorial (2001) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1241.html Re: Self-Selected Vetting vs. Peer Review: Supplement or Substitute? (2003) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2889.html Stevan Harnad Moderator, American Scientist Open Access Forum Chaire de recherche du Canada Centre de neuroscience de la cognition (CNC) Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 tel: 1-514-987-3000 2461# fax: 1-514-987-8952 http://uk.f113.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=harnad@uqam.ca&YY=51694&order=d… harnad(a)uqam.ca http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/ http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/

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Fw: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt.
by Subbiah Arunachalam 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

----- Original Message ----- From: EPT To: scitechcom(a)parliament.uk Cc: enquiry(a)dfid.gov.uk ; chan(a)utsc.utoronto.ca ; Subbiah Arunachalam ; Stevan Harnad Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt. MESSAGE TO DR. IAN GIBSON, Chair S&T Ctee cc Hilary Benn, DFiD From members of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) http://www.epublishingtrust.org and Stevan Harnad November 23rd 2004 Dear Dr Gibson, Access to research publications by developing country scientists We have read the comments from your Committee on the Department for International Development report (The use of science in UK International Development Policy, 13th Report of Session 2003-2004) and refer particularly to paragraphs 76 and 133. In these, your comments emphasise the importance of access to research information, the need for digitisation of publications and open access publishing. However, we are very disappointed to see that no reference to Open Access Archiving was made. As you will be aware from our written submission to your 10th Report, Scientific 'Publications: Free for all?', the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development strongly advocates policies to establish institutional archives. This very low cost opportunity has many benefits for science not possible with OA Publishing (OA Archiving will spread knowledge across departments, institutes and countries; OA Archiving can take place almost immediately, whereas the progress of OA Publishing is inevitably far slower; OA Archiving is endorsed by over 90% of publishers, whereas most remain opposed to OA Publishing; OA Archiving can be mandated, whereas OA Publishing cannot). Moreover, OA Archiving can straight away increase the visibility of locally generated research, so important for the development of a strong science base in the less advantaged regions and for the creation of a global digital library that includes the 'missing research'. We know that your Committee fully understands the benefits to be derived from OA Archiving, but we would ask that the Committee ensures that DFiD is made fully aware of these and their huge potential impact on science in information-starved regions. We have in the past tried to inform DFiD about the advantages of institutional archives, but have met with little success. The Department is currently supporting the distribution of subsidised printed journals to some developing countries (but these programmes exclude those where any journals are currently sold by the commercial publishers, eg India) and, while this has short-term benefits, it is clearly not the long-term solution to information poverty. We would hope that DFiD's future programmes would support the sustainable option of training in the establishment of OA archives. The signatories to this letter, and many others, now have substantial experience in running OA workshops that, in our view, will make a tremendous impact on the international inclusion of the science communities in poorer countries. We are heartened that the University of Namibia has very recently established an OA policy and its own OA Archive; some 20 other OA Archives in developing country institutes are also registered in the OA Archives registry. The process has begun and is shown to be feasible; the support of DFiD would substantially speed the process to the benefit of health, agriculture and other essential scientific work in these regions. We hope that your Committee can encourage DFiD in this work, and are available to provide further information/experience at any time. With kind regards, Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, MSSRF Chennia, India, EPT Trustee Professor Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Canada, EPT Trustee Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK Barbara Kirsop, Secretary, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:EPT@biostrat.demon.co.uk EPT To: mailto:scitechcom@parliament.uk scitechcom(a)parliament.uk Cc: mailto:enquiry@dfid.gov.uk enquiry(a)dfid.gov.uk ; mailto:chan@utsc.utoronto.ca chan(a)utsc.utoronto.ca ; mailto:arun@mssrf.res.in Subbiah Arunachalam ; mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk Stevan Harnad Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Science in UK Department for Internatl. Devt. MESSAGE TO DR. IAN GIBSON, Chair S&T Ctee cc Hilary Benn, DFiD From members of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) http://www.epublishingtrust.org http://www.epublishingtrust.org and Stevan Harnad November 23rd 2004 Dear Dr Gibson, Access to research publications by developing country scientists We have read the comments from your Committee on the Department for International Development report (The use of science in UK International Development Policy, 13 th Report of Session 2003-2004) and refer particularly to paragraphs 76 and 133. In these, your comments emphasise the importance of access to research information, the need for digitisation of publications and open access publishing. However, we are very disappointed to see that no reference to Open Access Archiving was made. As you will be aware from our written submission to your 10 th Report, Scientific Publications: Free for all?, the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development strongly advocates policies to establish institutional archives. This very low cost opportunity has many benefits for science not possible with OA Publishing (OA Archiving will spread knowledge across departments, institutes and countries; OA Archiving can take place almost immediately, whereas the progress of OA Publishing is inevitably far slower; OA Archiving is endorsed by over 90% of publishers, whereas most remain opposed to OA Publishing; OA Archiving can be mandated, whereas OA Publishing cannot). Moreover, OA Archiving can straight away increase the visibility of locally generated research, so important for the development of a strong science base in the less advantaged regions and for the creation of a global digital library that includes the 'missing research'. We know that your Committee fully understands the benefits to be derived from OA Archiving, but we would ask that the Committee ensures that DFiD is made fully aware of these and their huge potential impact on science in information-starved regions. We have in the past tried to inform DFiD about the advantages of institutional archives, but have met with little success. The Department is currently supporting the distribution of subsidised printed journals to some developing countries (but these programmes exclude those where any journals are currently sold by the commercial publishers, eg India) and, while this has short-term benefits, it is clearly not the long-term solution to information poverty. We would hope that DFiDs future programmes would support the sustainable option of training in the establishment of OA archives. The signatories to this letter, and many others, now have substantial experience in running OA workshops that, in our view, will make a tremendous impact on the international inclusion of the science communities in poorer countries. We are heartened that the University of Namibia has very recently established an OA policy and its own OA Archive; some 20 other OA Archives in developing country institutes are also registered in the OA Archives registry. The process has begun and is shown to be feasible; the support of DFiD would substantially speed the process to the benefit of health, agriculture and other essential scientific work in these regions. We hope that your Committee can encourage DFiD in this work, and are available to provide further information/experience at any time. With kind regards, Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, MSSRF Chennia, India, EPT Trustee Professor Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Canada, EPT Trustee Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, UK Barbara Kirsop, Secretary, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK

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PLANNER-2004
by Prem Chand 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Dear friends INFLIBNET has recently organised PLANNER 2004 in collaboration with Manipur University , Imphal. Following is a brief report of the PLANNER-2004 Second Convention entitled PLANNER – 2003 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) was organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal during 4-5 November , 2004 The convention was initiated by INFLIBNET to boost the automation and networking of libraries in North East Region. The convention was attended by the chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission, Justice WA Shishak as the chief guest, vice-chancellor of university, Prof N Bijoy as the president and deputy director of UGC Bangladesh, Mr. Abdul Awal as the guest of honour. Other important participants included chief coordinator, Prem Chand, university deans and staff of Manipur University. The convention was inaugurated by Shri W A Shishak, chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission and former Chief Justice of Chatisgarh and Himacahl Pradesh. The chief guest, Sh.W A Shishak remarked that the present generation are fortunate to be born in the computer age. He was optimistic that the ongoing endeavor of bringing INFLIBNET to the north-eastern states will ensure the passage of the region among successful states in the field of communication. It will also benefit information seekers, scholars and academicians, he added. In his inaugural address he expressed his happiness to know about PLANNER and appreciated the steps taken for North East Region by INFLIBNET. He emphasized that North East needs special attention and PLANNER is step in this direction. On the occasion, Sh.W A Shishak released Conference proceeding and Prof N Bijoy, Vice Chancellor , Manipur University released a souvenir. He appreciated the efforts and initiatives taken by the Director INFLIBNET Dr T A V Murthy who rightly and timely thought of bringing first convention of PLANNER-2004 to Manipur. Prof N Bijoy Singh in his speech expressed that the theme of the convention, content creation, access and management in networked environment holds potential to bring immense benefit to the librarians. He further stated that libraries have many added roles in the arena of disseminating information through the latest technologies. The traditional concept of a library, which brought to mind a place to access paper records and books had been redefined to one that houses the most advanced media facilities, including CD-ROM, internet, virtual library and remote access to a wide range of network. Consequently, librarians and information professionals have to increasingly dispense their traditional duties combined with tasks involving continuously evolving technologies, he added. Shri Abdul Awal Deputy Director, UGC Bangladesh in his address stated that INFLIBNET had a vision to bridge libraries in different universities through a computer based networking system in India. The Bangladesh UGC is moved by the success of the programme being launched by INFLIBNET, Shri Awal added and forwarded his wish to make contact chain network between Bangladesh and India. Ch. Radhyshyam Singh, University librarian and organizing Secretary welcomed the delegates. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist- C and Chief Coordinator proposed vote of thanks and highlighted he efforts of INFLIBNET and UGC for modernization of libraries by launching UGC- INFONET and e-journal consortium The professionals and the participants of this Second Convention PLANNER-2004 have taken this opportunity for updating their knowledge and experiences. More than 150 professionals from Manipur and other states and also from neighboring country Bangladesh have taken part in this convention. The bio-data of the authors recorded in the seminar-volume shows that they are from Kashmir, UP, MP, Gujarat, Karnatak, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Assam, besides, obviously from the host state Manipur; eighteen out of thirty four authors are women; 34 papers are authored by nine Information Scientists, twelve library-professionals, thirteen university teachers and seven Ph.D. research scholars. Besides there is also a paper from a Principal and a member of governing board , INFLIBNET As shown, all thirty four papers are grouped under three separate category entitled as ‘Digitization’, ‘Networking’ and ‘Content Management’. The papers are presented at separate three sessions under the supervision of three separate Chairman, supported by the rapporteurs. Sh. V D Srivastva, Librarian of Silchar university and Sh. A K M Mufizur Rahaman, Programme coordinator, Community Development Centre, Dhaka were the chairman of different sessions. Besides, the Cambridge University Press, Balani Infotech and INFORMATICS, Bangalore have demonstrated their products on e- resources covered under UGC-INFONET. The participants are given opportunities for interaction. The interactions, the queries and the suggestions from the participants have made every session lively. A tutorials was also arranged to familiarize the delegates with the processes and technical know-how of network and digitization techniques. About 40 delegates registered for tutorials on“ How to set up a LAN” . Sh R K Jotin Singh, Information Scientist , Manipur University delivered lecture on the topic. The convention concluded with valedictory function in which a book entitled “Library Without Walls “ written by Dr. A P Singh and Dr. T A V Murthy was released by Prof. Bijoy Singh. Dr. Murthy in his concluding speech highlighted the role of INFLIBNET and its endeavour to serve the academic community in India through network environment. He urged faculty members to use millions of articles which are being offered under E-Journal consortium launched under UGC- INFONET. Dr. Lahari acted as Rapporteur General for the convention. The Rapporteur General read the recommendations emerging out of the deliberations. (Prem Chand) Scientist-C Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26923507 (Res.) FAX: 079-26300990, 26307816 email: premc65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Dear friends INFLIBNET has recently organised PLANNER 2004 in collaboration with Manipur University , Imphal. Following is a brief report of the PLANNER-2004 Second Convention entitled PLANNER – 2003 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) was organized by INFLIBNET in collaboration with Manipur University, Imphal during 4-5 November , 2004 The convention was initiated by INFLIBNET to boost the automation and networking of libraries in North East Region. The convention was attended by the chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission, Justice WA Shishak as the chief guest, vice-chancellor of university, Prof N Bijoy as the president and deputy director of UGC Bangladesh, Mr. Abdul Awal as the guest of honour. Other important participants included chief coordinator, Prem Chand, university deans and staff of Manipur University. The convention was inaugurated by Shri W A Shishak, chairperson of the Manipur Human Rights Commission and former Chief Justice of Chatisgarh and Himacahl Pradesh. The chief guest, Sh.W A Shishak remarked that the present generation are fortunate to be born in the computer age. He was optimistic that the ongoing endeavor of bringing INFLIBNET to the north-eastern states will ensure the passage of the region among successful states in the field of communication. It will also benefit information seekers, scholars and academicians, he added. In his inaugural address he expressed his happiness to know about PLANNER and appreciated the steps taken for North East Region by INFLIBNET. He emphasized that North East needs special attention and PLANNER is step in this direction. On the occasion, Sh.W A Shishak released Conference proceeding and Prof N Bijoy, Vice Chancellor , Manipur University released a souvenir. He appreciated the efforts and initiatives taken by the Director INFLIBNET Dr T A V Murthy who rightly and timely thought of bringing first convention of PLANNER-2004 to Manipur. Prof N Bijoy Singh in his speech expressed that the theme of the convention, content creation, access and management in networked environment holds potential to bring immense benefit to the librarians. He further stated that libraries have many added roles in the arena of disseminating information through the latest technologies. The traditional concept of a library, which brought to mind a place to access paper records and books had been redefined to one that houses the most advanced media facilities, including CD-ROM, internet, virtual library and remote access to a wide range of network. Consequently, librarians and information professionals have to increasingly dispense their traditional duties combined with tasks involving continuously evolving technologies, he added. Shri Abdul Awal Deputy Director, UGC Bangladesh in his address stated that INFLIBNET had a vision to bridge libraries in different universities through a computer based networking system in India. The Bangladesh UGC is moved by the success of the programme being launched by INFLIBNET, Shri Awal added and forwarded his wish to make contact chain network between Bangladesh and India. Ch. Radhyshyam Singh, University librarian and organizing Secretary welcomed the delegates. Shri Prem Chand, Scientist- C and Chief Coordinator proposed vote of thanks and highlighted he efforts of INFLIBNET and UGC for modernization of libraries by launching UGC- INFONET and e-journal consortium The professionals and the participants of this Second Convention PLANNER-2004 have taken this opportunity for updating their knowledge and experiences. More than 150 professionals from Manipur and other states and also from neighboring country Bangladesh have taken part in this convention. The bio-data of the authors recorded in the seminar-volume shows that they are from Kashmir, UP, MP, Gujarat, Karnatak, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Assam, besides, obviously from the host state Manipur; eighteen out of thirty four authors are women; 34 papers are authored by nine Information Scientists, twelve library-professionals, thirteen university teachers and seven Ph.D. research scholars. Besides there is also a paper from a Principal and a member of governing board , INFLIBNET As shown, all thirty four papers are grouped under three separate category entitled as ‘Digitization’, ‘Networking’ and ‘Content Management’. The papers are presented at separate three sessions under the supervision of three separate Chairman, supported by the rapporteurs. Sh. V D Srivastva, Librarian of Silchar university and Sh. A K M Mufizur Rahaman, Programme coordinator, Community Development Centre, Dhaka were the chairman of different sessions. Besides, the Cambridge University Press, Balani Infotech and INFORMATICS, Bangalore have demonstrated their products on e- resources covered under UGC-INFONET. The participants are given opportunities for interaction. The interactions, the queries and the suggestions from the participants have made every session lively. A tutorials was also arranged to familiarize the delegates with the processes and technical know-how of network and digitization techniques. About 40 delegates registered for tutorials on“ How to set up a LAN” . Sh R K Jotin Singh, Information Scientist , Manipur University delivered lecture on the topic. The convention concluded with valedictory function in which a book entitled “Library Without Walls “ written by Dr. A P Singh and Dr. T A V Murthy was released by Prof. Bijoy Singh. Dr. Murthy in his concluding speech highlighted the role of INFLIBNET and its endeavour to serve the academic community in India through network environment. He urged faculty members to use millions of articles which are being offered under E-Journal consortium launched under UGC- INFONET. Dr. Lahari acted as Rapporteur General for the convention. The Rapporteur General read the recommendations emerging out of the deliberations. (Prem Chand) Scientist-C Prem Chand Scientist- C INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India # Tel. 91-079-26305971 / 26304695; 26923507 (Res.) FAX: 079-26300990, 26307816 email: mailto:premc65_chand@yahoo.co.in premc65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in http://www.inflibnet.ac.in

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mdp for management libraries
by Vrushali Rane 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

One Day Seminar on Information Resources for Management Libraries <<...>> December 11, 2004 10.00am - 5.00pm Organized by NMIMS (Deemed University) Venue NMIMS MDP Centre Organising Secretary Ms. Vrushali Rane Librarian librarian(a)nmims.edu Introduction and Objective There are large numbers of information resources available in the market and on Internet. Librarian needs to identify those resources that will be actually required by their clients. It is a challenge for Librarians how best they can make the selection and uses these vast resources to fulfill the growing demand of its clientele. With the help of these resources Librarian can give out various services to its clientele. Librarian should connect to their users and make their services valuable and visible to their community. In view of the above this one-day seminar will provide detailed information on all the resources available on the web and in the market. The seminar will give inputs as to what is the best for a management library and how to go about accessing and procuring it. Methodology Experienced professionals from Library and information Science area will conduct the session. The main instrument of learning will be the online demos, discussions and presentations. Expected Participants Professionals from Library and Information Science, working in Management libraries, will immensely benefit from this programme. Registration Form One Day Seminar on Information Resources for Management Libraries December 11, 2004 Venue: MDP Centre, NMIMS Name: Designation: Address: Tel:Off: E-mail: Date: Signature: (Photocopy this form for additional copies, if needed) Seminar Schedule 09.30-10.00 Registration and Tea 10.00-10.30 Inaugural address by the Vice Chancellor 10.30-11.45 Information Resources - Overview (Prof.Rajhans) 11.45-12.00 Tea Break 12.00-13.00 Electronic Information Resource -Assessment (Prof.Rajhans) 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.00 Electronic Info Resources on web - (Vrushali Rane) 15.00-15.30 Demo of E-resources with NMIMS - (Vrushali Rane) 15.30-15.45 Tea Break 15.45-16.45 NMIMS Library tour 16.45 -17.00 Concluding Session From, Vrushali Rane Librarian Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed University) V.L.Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle(W), Mumbai 400056. Tel: 26134577/26183688/26143177 Fax:26114512 E-Mail:librarian@nmims.edu

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DOI System on track to become an ISO standard
by Rajesh Chandrakar 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

DOI System on track to become an ISO standard At the recent ISO TC46 meeting in Washington, the DOI System was accepted as a formal work item to become an ISO standard. This standardisation will be within TC46/SC9, the ISO body responsible for "information content identifiers" such as ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, ISRC, etc. The formal approved resolution reads: "SC 9 invites the International DOI Foundation to submit a formal proposal and preliminary draft for an ISO standard on the Digital Object Identifier. SC 9 further invites the International DOI Foundation to nominate a Project Leader for this work and authorizes the SC 9 Secretariat to establish a new Working Group for this project if such WG is deemed necessary after consultation with the Project Leader." The IDF will be the nominated registration authority for this standard. The DOI system uses several existing standards-based components which have been brought together and further developed to provide a consistent system: the standardisation within ISO (ISO TC46/SC9) will use these underlying standards as normative references, and therefore will be a relatively concise summary. It will: codify a top level description of components; refer to those components (Syntax, Handle, Data Dictionary) as normative references; separate the existing "DOI Handbook" into formal standard (ISO) and operating manual; provide further assurances to users on governance and intent through ISO conformance; and show that DOI supports (does not compete with) other identifier schemes, offering the option of adding Internet actionability in a standard way. For further information please contact n.paskin(a)doi.org or the ISO/TC46/SC9 Secretariat at iso.tc46.sc9(a)lac-bac.gc.ca DOI System on track to become an ISO standard At the recent ISO TC46 meeting in Washington, the DOI System was accepted as a formal work item to become an ISO standard. This standardisation will be within TC46/SC9, the ISO body responsible for "information content identifiers" such as ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, ISRC, etc. The formal approved resolution reads: "SC 9 invites the International DOI Foundation to submit a formal proposal and preliminary draft for an ISO standard on the Digital Object Identifier. SC 9 further invites the International DOI Foundation to nominate a Project Leader for this work and authorizes the SC 9 Secretariat to establish a new Working Group for this project if such WG is deemed necessary after consultation with the Project Leader." The IDF will be the nominated registration authority for this standard. The DOI system uses several existing standards-based components which have been brought together and further developed to provide a consistent system: the standardisation within ISO (ISO TC46/SC9) will use these underlying standards as normative references, and therefore will be a relatively concise summary. It will: codify a top level description of components; refer to those components (Syntax, Handle, Data Dictionary) as normative references; separate the existing "DOI Handbook" into formal standard (ISO) and operating manual; provide further assurances to users on governance and intent through ISO conformance; and show that DOI supports (does not compete with) other identifier schemes, offering the option of adding Internet actionability in a standard way. For further information please contact mailto:n.paskin@doi.org n.paskin(a)doi.org or the ISO/TC46/SC9 Secretariat at mailto:iso.tc46.sc9@lac-bac.gc.ca iso.tc46.sc9(a)lac-bac.gc.ca

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RFID tags
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Following news on the use of RFID Tags in Pune University Library might be interesting. Someone from Pune University can post a comprehensive paper on RFID installation & usage for the benefit of others. ========== TAGS TO KEEP TABS Business Standard At Pune University's Jayakar library, members don't return books to a librarian or register the books they borrow at a counter behind which the librarian sits. He or she simply places a smart card on one of the three "readers" or devices in the library and the books are automatically registered in his or her account. Half the 4.25 lakh documents, books and periodicals in the library have an electronic label that costs Rs 50 pasted on them. In addition, two electronically monitored antennae have been set up at the library's entrance and exit. If a book is unauthorisedly sneaked out of the library, a buzzer sounds at the entrance. To be sure, books can still be pilfered. Says S K Patil, head of Pune University's library and information science department: "If someone tears off the page of the document where the electronic label is fixed, there is little we can do. The technology is akin to installing a large padlock on one's door. If a thief enters the house through the window, the robbery cannot be averted." The technology in question, introduced at the library in August this year, is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Many say that not much RFID work has taken place here. Poppycock, we say. Sure, RFID is still in its infancy. But consider the following: - The Chitale Dairy at Bhiwladi in Maharashtra's Sangli district has installed RFID to monitor the feeding patterns of cattle and bison. An electronic tag is attached to the neck of cattle for this purpose. - Pantaloon Retail India is in discussions with Wipro on introducing RFID at its Tarapore factory for the next two months. If the pilot project helps save costs, the retail major will give Wipro the go ahead for implementing the technology in phases, starting with its warehouse at Tarapore. Says Chinar Deshpande, chief information officer, Pantaloon Retail India: "Suppliers will have to become RFID-compliant eventually, if the technology is to be implemented for individual items. But, unlike Wal-Mart, we cannot force this technology on suppliers as the Indian retail supply market is not that mature. For now, it will be implemented only for Pantaloon's in house manufacturing and warehousing." - Nearly 45 colleges in Pune that fall under the three deemed universities or education trusts, including the R P Vidyapeeth, D Y Patil Prathisthan and Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, and the Baroda-based Babaria Institute of Technology, have introduced student identity RFID cards that allow students access to hostels and monitor their classroom attendance. Each student will swipe his card at a reader to record his attendance. Attendance data can be uploaded on the Internet and accessed by parents. "For the hostel, a turnstile gate can be set up at which students will swipe cards. At the press of a button, the number of students there as well as visitors to the hostel can be found out," notes Aashim A Patil, CEO of the Pune-based Infotek Software & Systems, which supplied RFID software to the Pune University library and to the other educational institutes in Maharashtra. sent in by======================================== 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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Vaccancy Advt
by Mailing List Manager 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:15:03 +0530 From: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Tata Consultancy Services is looking for a bright and enthusiastic librarian for their new location near ITPL at Bangalore. Qualification : MLISc, with an ability to independently set up the library & handle the user requirements. Desired Skills : Excellent communication skills,Computer knowledge, should be a proactive service provider & a good team player. Experience 0 - 2 years Salary : As per the Industry standard Please mail your resume before 30/12/2004 Geetha Venkatraman Tata Consultancy Services Limited SJM Towers, No. 18, Seshadri Road,6th Cross, Gandhinagar Bangalore - 560 009,Karnataka India (Ph :5660 6007) Mailto: geetha.v(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com

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Request to IR expert to advise & comments
by Sanjay Kataria 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Dear Information Scientist, I want to take a initiative on design & develop the Institutional Repository but i have some queries to all expert and experienced on same, which as follows: 1. There is number of open source software for development of Institutional Repository which one is most users friendly 2. What is grantee for up-gradation of the software from source organization 3 Data Security / Permission on LAN or WAN Environment 4. What about the Copy Right Issue or Intellectual Property Right Issues 5. What skills are required to operate or customized the software 6. What type of infrastructure required / Preplanning for Hardware or software, scanner etc. 7. Which format should be used to save the data/ for easy search 8. Other technical aspect, we should keep in mind before starting. 9. Kindly mention the Role of the librarian/ Role of the faculty/ Role of the institute I am looking your valuable suggestions and advise on above points. Thanks & Regards ==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of InformationTechnology (Deemed-to-be-University) A-10, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307 India Ph. 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251 09810503341 (Mobile) E-mail: lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com, katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com, sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in Website: www.jiit.ac.in, http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Discover all that�s new in My Yahoo! Dear Information Scientist, I want to take a initiative on design & develop the Institutional Repository but i have some queries to all expert and experienced on same, which as follows: 1. There is number of open source software for development of Institutional Repository which one is most users friendly 2. What is grantee for up-gradation of the software from source organization 3 Data Security / Permission on LAN or WAN Environment 4. What about the Copy Right Issue or Intellectual Property Right Issues 5. What skills are required to operate or customized the software 6. What type of infrastructure required / Preplanning for Hardware or software, scanner etc. 7. Which format should be used to save the data/ for easy search 8. Other technical aspect, we should keep in mind before starting. 9. Kindly mention the Role of the librarian/ Role of the faculty/ Role of the institute I am looking your valuable suggestions and advise on above points. Thanks & Regards ==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Sanjay Kataria Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of InformationTechnology (Deemed-to-be-University) A-10, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307 India Ph. 0120-2400973 to 978 Ext. 251 09810503341 (Mobile) E-mail: lib_scholar(a)rediffmail.com, katariasanjay2001(a)yahoo.com, mailto:sanjay.kataria@jiit.ac.in sanjay.kataria(a)jiit.ac.in Website: http://www.jiit.ac.in, www.jiit.ac.in, http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 http://www.geocities.com/katariasanjay2001 Do you Yahoo!? Discover all that�s new in http://my.yahoo.com My Yahoo!

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Submission
by venky 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

Contest to Design a Digital Library The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The team which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 1 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in venkys(a)gmail.com Contest to Design a Digital Library The Rotary Bangalore West along with the Rotaract Bangalore West is planning establish Rotary Scholastic Centre, a digital library for children at the Govt. Girls School in 13th Cross Malleswaram. The objective of the Project is to inculcate the spirit of learning and pursuit of knowledge by providing a learning centre for children upto the age group of 18 years and also to the Senior citizens above the age group of 60. It is our desire that we empower the children through the Power of knowledge, as we strongly believe that any investment in the development of children is a direct contribution to Nation building. In view of this, Rotary and Rotaract Bangalore West are holding a contest for students and freelancers to design a digital library. Ideas/Designs for the digital library are invited from interested parties. The team which proposes the best idea will implement the library and will also win a grand prize. The specifications for the library are given below. The main layout of the library will be on the Web based model with a main server + backup servers servicing upto 25 clients initially and should be scalable to serve upto 100 clients in the future. The server will have to run a webserver software hosting the pages where in the user at the clientside can run through an index of books sorted according to subjects and can access the book entirely or only parts of its contents based on topic/chapter. A data warehousing software will run in the background and will hold the books in a digitized format. The server side also should be capable of automatically generating index of items added to the Digital repository. Text based Digital documents could be made full text searchable through a suitable interface. When contents from CD are added to the library the server also need to act as CD cache. There is a need to have an intranet running for the local network and a firewall to prevent any intrusions and security threat. The network will be on a WLAN and we need to provide enough encryption on the packets that are sent out to prevent snooping on the network. There should also be an inbuilt mechanism which will keep track of all the books being accessed at any given time and it should be able to generate reports on issues such as no. of books accessed,total no. of hits on server, most frequently accessed books / subjects, internet access times, quantity of data downloads etc. For the internet access, mechanisms must be provided to allow only logged in users to access internet and to monitor the time and usage of the net. Suitable cache must be built into the system to speed up internet access to 'often used sites' On the server side we need automated replication on the backup servers such that there is no downtime experienced in case of failure on the main server. All the softwares that are to be used for the servers as well as web browsing clients should be free/open source software and should be readily upgradeable and should be easy to maintain. The proposed solution could be based on the several flavors of open source DL softwares like Greenstone, D-Space etc. The proposals/design ideas should reach any of the mail ids given below before 1 December 2004. You could also post any queries to: Dr. S. Venkadesan - mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Rtn Rajendra Rai - mailto:rai@bgl.vsnl.net.in rai(a)bgl.vsnl.net.in Rtr Chinmay Albal - mailto:chinmayalbal@rediffmail.com chinmayalbal(a)rediffmail.com Dr. S. Venkadesan Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 INDIA Ph: +91 80 23601653 + 91 80 22932408 Fax: +91 80 23601653 E-Mail- mailto:venky@library.iisc.ernet.in venky(a)library.iisc.ernet.in mailto:venkys@gmail.com venkys(a)gmail.com

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Overview about Google Scholar
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

Dear Professionals, This is in continuation with my earlier mail. Here is a bird's eye view about Google scholar which launched couple of days ago. ************************************************************************************ The world of on-line "scholarly" research is changing today as Google introduces Google Scholar. This specialized new interface -- which will NOT be linked from Google's main search page -- will allow users to search a treasure chest of "scholarly material." As you've read here many times, Google is brilliant (that is, ingenious at marketing and trying new things), and this is yet another example of their savvy. This is something that some other large web engine(s) could have done years ago to help separate themselves from other players and also provide a useful service. No one did it. Now, others will likely play catch-up with Google. Basically, users of Google Scholar can, via a single search location, access content from "scholarly" materials found on the OPEN WEB that they've found in the Google crawl of the web. Btw, it might also be time to take another look at what has traditionally thought of as "scholarly" since some of the material in Google Scholar is not "scholarly" using a traditional definition. Some basic facts: + In a nutshell, Google has built an algorithm that makes a calculated guess at to *what it thinks* is a scholarly content mined from the OPEN WEB, and then makes it accessible via the Google Scholar interface. + Precisely what makes something "scholarly" enough to be included in Google Scholar, Google will not say. And this is not an insignificant omission. Librarians, especially academic librarians, are *always* being asked to provide "scholarly" material, even if customers aren't quite sure what this means. Their instructor told them they needed articles from "scholarly journals," so this is precisely what they ask for at the library. As librarians, we may try to educate them about how "refereed publications" work, but let's face it. What most of these folks really want is to quickly download an appropriate article and beat feet out of the library. And if they think they can get what they need from Google, the odds are slim that they will bother with library resources at all. College students AND professors might not know that library databases exist, but they sure know Google. The database vendors don't always make it easy for us, either. For example, when searching Gale databases such as InfoTrac OneFile or Expanded Academic ASAP, you see a check box that you can fill in if you want to restrict your search to "refereed publications." How many of our customers know what a "refereed publication" is? Does any instructor ever ask his or her students to find articles from "refereed publications"? What's up with this? More facts: + Material accessible via Google Scholar can also be in the main Google index. + Google Scholar results pages *will not contain advertising* -- at least for now. + Some examples of material from major publishers whose material you'll find (we know Google has been working with many)? Google will not provide us with a complete list, but look for content from ACM, IEEE, and yes, Open Worldcat material from OCLC. We also don't know precisely what is and is not available, date ranges, etc. * In some cases Google will be crawling and searching the full text of an article but users will either have to have a subscription to the content or pay for access to an individual articles. + VERY COOL! For many citations, you'll find a direct link to other articles in the Google Scholar database that cite the article you've selected. Yes, Google Scholar is a citation database too! This reminds me of two specialized databases that focus on specific types of scholarly content accessible on the open web that have been on-line for many years and remain EXCELLENT tools. 1) CiteSeer (focuses on computer science material, info tech content) 2) SmealSearch (focuses on business material) + Some material, let's say from Open Worldcat, isn't always scholarly in the way many people think of it. For example: ++ Here are many John Grishman books. ++ Although we're honored, we don't consider this blog to be a "scholarly" resource. ++ Academic librarians will be sad to learn that it's impossible to limit to only "peer-reviwed" material. + How big is the Google Scholar database? Google isn't saying. As Google makes this announcement and word spreads about a "scholarly search tool" -- ESPECIALLY in the academic community -- we think the use of specialty databases (the ones university libraries offer and spend $$$ for) will drop. It's worth watching to see if people begin paying for material located via Google Scholar that they can get *free* from a specialty database they may not know is available via their public or academic library. Might this be a golden opportunity for the library community to tell people -- look, we have access to this stuff and MUCH MUCH MORE? We have better ways to search it, and you might not even have to pay for it? Well, yeah...but if what we've seen in the past is any indication, this is not going to happen. Maybe this time it will be different. Bottom line: It's very difficult to compete with the Google marketing machine. In the meantime, we'll be extremely interested in the response to Google Scholar from fee-based database publishers. Some might ask, are specialized database tools still necessary? Info pros know they are but we sure haven't done a good job of explaining why. It will also be interesting to see if *any* of the press/chatter about Google Scholar makes even a small mention of specialized subscription databases, free access to these via libraries, and the fact that what Google is offering is merely the tip of the "scholarly" info iceberg. Is all of this yet another nail in the coffin for library resources and maybe librarians? Too early to tell, of course. Kudos to Google for doing so but the library community could (should?) have done something similar years ago. Why didn't we? When big announcements come from Google and web engines, we often get nervous and...sometimes upset with our profession. Not this time, however. It's just not worth it. This is BIG news and something that should have been around for years. It's going to be interesting what transpires moving forward. Finally, specialized databases are still valuable for many types of searching, including searching for "scholarly material." Why? A few examples: + Limit to material published by date + Ability to view more than 1000 results. The Google cutoff of 1000 results is still in place with Google Scholar + Google is constantly crawling the web but we don't know how often the Google Scholar database is being refreshed with new content + Searching using a controlled vocabulary/subject searching + Ability to limit by publisher affiliation + You can limit by author with author: but you can only use a last name. First names and initials are not searchable when using author:. + Proximity operators + Gobs and gobs of content, Google Scholar still doesn't have it all. Example: While you're find John Grisham books, you will NOT find material (both current and archived) from MANY newspapers, trade publications, and general interest periodicals. + I'm sure you can add many more examples of what's NOT there Again, it's one thing for the info pro to understand all of this, it's something else for the typical searcher. Stay tuned, this is going to be interesting. ************************************************************************************ Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 PH: 25047319 Work does not require effort if its of ones interest....:-)

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Kalam emphasises need for digitalisation of books
by BHOSALE, DEEPALI [AG-Contractor/6020] 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

123Bharath.com, November 19, 2004 Kalam emphasises need for digitalisation of books Maharashtra, India > Mumbai, Nov 18 : President A P J Abdul Kalam today emphasised the need for digitalisation of books in libraries for its preservation and making it availabile to maximum number of people. "The digitalisation of books of the library is very vital. The mission should be to make availabe books to maximum public and digitalisation would enable free access to books by the public," Kalam said inaugurating the concluding function of the bi-centenary celebrations of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. It would also help in preserving old books, Kalam said, adding the digitalisation of books has started in 2003 at 23 centres and is progressing in the right direction. The Asiatic society should also be part of it, he said, adding, he would ask authorities concerned to include the 200-year-old Society in the programme so that there can be preservation and dissemination of its vast knowledge. PTI Source: http://www.123bharath.com/news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=37691 Thanks & Regards, Ms. Deepali Bhosale Consultant - Library & Info Services Monsanto India Limited Mumbai [Bombay] Tel: 91-022-28247220 Fax: 91-022-28244707 email: deepali.bhosale(a)monsanto.com http://www.monsantoindia.com

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Workshop on Network Configuration and Management
by K Prakash 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

Workshop on Network Configuration and Management Duration: 13 - 17 December, 2004 Venue: Vigyan Bhavan, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur More details can be had from http://www.mlsu.org/workshop/ncm.htm Contact on email: suic(a)mlsu.org or tsbohra(a)mlsu.org Contact Mobile No: 094144 72094 With best wishes/ regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/

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