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RE: [LIS-Forum] Buying foreign books
by HENAG 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Dear Mr. Chandra, The vendors from Bangalore will ask extra charge if the book is brought by courier. I suppose he has mentioned the courier charge. You may please ask him the book should come on ordinary shipment, and not by courier . I'm sure he will not be charging more than $40 rather the vendor would give discount also. Please check once again. Thanks & regards Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd.. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Prafulla Chandra Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 9:42 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Buying foreign books Dear All, I would like to know the best practices for buying foreign books. Also, who are the top suppliers in India for these books? Recently, I wanted to buy the following book: DDC: Principles and Application, by Louis Main Chan. An OCLC publication, 2004. $40 I understand from one of the vendors that it would cost me $100 to procure this book for me ($40 cost of the book + $60 towards shipment and procurement). I strongly feel that we need to do something to correct this situation. I shall appreciate any pointers/help from members of this list on this point. We need to have a mechanism where importers of foreign books in India would be regularly announcing, at a single website, their new arrivals for the information of potential buyers. This site can also serve as a market place where the potential buyer can indicate his requirement for books and explore various options from different importers and select the best and most economical one. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Buying foreign books
by Prafulla Chandra 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Dear All, I would like to know the best practices for buying foreign books. Also, who are the top suppliers in India for these books? Recently, I wanted to buy the following book: DDC: Principles and Application, by Louis Main Chan. An OCLC publication, 2004. $40 I understand from one of the vendors that it would cost me $100 to procure this book for me ($40 cost of the book + $60 towards shipment and procurement). I strongly feel that we need to do something to correct this situation. I shall appreciate any pointers/help from members of this list on this point. We need to have a mechanism where importers of foreign books in India would be regularly announcing, at a single website, their new arrivals for the information of potential buyers. This site can also serve as a market place where the potential buyer can indicate his requirement for books and explore various options from different importers and select the best and most economical one. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fw: GOC Rates..
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Dear All Appended below please find the message received by me from one of the member based at Kolkata, which is self explanatory. Best Mukesh Anand =========== ----- Original Message ----- From: <dg(a)indal.co.in> To: <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:58 PM Subject: GOC Rates.. > Dear Mr Anand, > > Thank you for keeping us updated on current GOC rates. It would be an > effective help to librarians if you or anybody can take responsibility for > posting GOC rates to lis-forum or similar mailing list as and when released > (http://www.kkbooks.com posts on their website on a regular basis). Look > forward to next updates. > > Regards > > Debasis Ghosh > INDAL, KOLKATA > > > > > > >

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should lis-forum allow commercial vendors as members?
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:12:24 +0530 From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Request to moderator of Lis-forum: If contents are OK with you, please = permit the entire message with all forwarded messages - just this time ; = this would give the background needed for discussion. Thanks. = Vyasamoorthy, P Dear All, Please see postings of: Rajendra Babu, Maduresh Singhal, Mukesh Anand = quoted below. I have no dilemma on this issue. We should allow all who are likely to = benefit librarians' community and promote (I would not say protect) our = interests. After all we do depend upon vendors for supply of books = periodicals & documents. What is wrong if they join and get to know our = problems, perspectives and feelings? Things might change for the better. There are many occasions in Lis-Forum where requests for sourcing old = books, info on RFID, info on certain software etc came up; I have = forwarded them individually to suitable vendors for action. Enquirers = have benefited. If library suppliers are part of the forum they could = respond directly to individual's requirements -- if answering via forum = may be looked upon as 'commercial' activity. Moreover, we, in VIC act as providers of information, literature = searches, documents etc to our customers by procuring the same from = other sources including libraries, commercial book sellers, publishers = and online sources. As we act as intermediaries we have interests of = librarians (as we are librarians) and that of vendors as we are vendors = too. I do not find anything bad, unwelcome, un-holy about commercial = activities. We should shed this inhibition of allowing commercial = fellows into our fold. Government Institutions still have this "Us" and = "they" attitude strongly entrenched in them. This must go. However when = one section of the society tends to unnecessarily exploit the other to = their undue advantage then that has to be checked. This correction will = occur automatically as and when aberrations happen. Regards, Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre,=20 ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal,=20 RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA=20 Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com=20 Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: = +91(40)27846631=20 -----Original Message----- From: Madhuresh [mailto:madhuresh_s@aurigene.com] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:29 AM To: Babu Rajendra; G. K. Manjunath; VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD; Prof. = N.Laxman Rao Subject: RE: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 Dear Babu, I feel that announcing the GOC rates is not a commercial activity. It is = just information which may be useful for us. Now regarding the question of allowing vendors to become a member of = professional forum, I feel any one can become the member as it would be = difficult for Moderator to find out whether a person is a vendor or not, = however their postings can be moderated. Again, these vendors may be = useful for supplying the information if any professional member needs = it, e.g., if a professional want to implement RFID and s/he expressed = her/his desire in the forum, vendor may directly contact.=20 I have seen so many mails in various forums in which professionals have = promoted their own products specially books. I am not sure whether to = take this as a commercial activity or to announce their professional = growth and to make others aware about such products/books. I personally = feel that this could also be taken as informative announcement. But I am = interested to know the views of others regarding this. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com=20 http://nettalk2.tripod.com/=20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Babu Rajendra [mailto:Rajendra.Babu@capco.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:18 PM To: G. K. Manjunath; Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com; Prof. N.Laxman Rao Cc: Madhuresh Subject: RE: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 Importance: High Dear all, I guess you remember me.=20 I am in professional dilemma after looking at Mr. Mukesh's mail. I was = thinking whom to talk to, so I thought that all the people in the list = are the people who have seen me except Mr. Manjunath, but any way I have = interacted to Manjunath over e-mail. Madhuresh is my Junior in NCSI. I feel, how feasible it is to allow vendors like Mr. Mukesh in the = professional forum for Librarians only. I would also explain where I am = coming from. As we professional librarians would be discussing lot of = day-to-day issues to professional help/advise/guidance and so on = (sometimes it might be about vendors too). I guess this is the major = reason we have established professional forums like LISFORUM and others = run by our own prefessionals/organizations. Such as NCSI, Dr. Laxman Rao = (sir, pl. recall our discussions @mysore University) and others. In this = scenario, I need your advise, would we be allowing vendors to subscribe = to the professional forums like this or not. If YES why and on what = grounds we should be? (since, I have also worked in Universal = Subscripition agency/Global INformation systems technology). Looking forward for your opinions. It's only for my personal = clarification and not to target any one concerned. Thanks, Babu. -----Original Message----- From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ [mailto:mukesh@monitorinfo.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:54 PM To: ytv(a)godrej.com; vasu(a)qmedin.com; IGIDR Shyam Prasad Pujar; G. K. = Manjunath; farooque(a)in.ibm.com; Bank Of Baroda Mumbai Mr. Dharmendra = Sachan; Babu Rajendra Cc: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com; smitac_in(a)yahoo.com; Samdarshi Pali; = rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com; Prof. N.Laxman Rao; prakash_inp(a)yahoo.com; = pharmalibrarians(a)yahoogroups.com; nub(a)iucaa.ernet.in; Nirma University = H.Anil Kumar; Menon KPR; Madhuresh Subject: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 USD : Rs. 48.10 UKP : Rs. 88.00 EURO : Rs. 58.30 S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications =20 ************************************************************************

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National Seminar on Digitization
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +0530 From: Srels <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Seminar Announcement: ---------------------- NATIONAL SEMINAR ON DIGITIZATION: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES. and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURES (2004) Objectives of the Seminar : Digitization is currently a buzz word. A variety of institutions = (libraries, information and documentation centres, and other corporate bodies) have = been digitizing documents of various kinds (text, manuscript, and image) on different media. The purpose includes development of databases and/or archival resources, to preserve, access, retrieve and disseminate information and documents. Digitization may also form the basis for = creating products such as learning/teaching packages. A variety of software and techniques are being used. Some of the efforts have been successful = while others have not been so. Nevertheless, many institutions are interested = in digitization, and wish to learn from the experiences of those who have already undertaken digitization. An objective of this Seminar is to = bring together for exchange of ideas those with experience in and those who = have plans for, digitization. Papers are invited on practical experiences and case studies on the following aspects, but not exclusive of other aspects: 1.Use and evaluation of software and techniques for digitization (text, manuscript, image, sound, etc.) 2. Special aspects of digitization for archiving and preservation. 3.Classification, cataloguing and indexing =ADmethods, = tools and techniques. Standards, meta-data, authority files, vocabulary control etc. 4. Searching, retrieval, and user-interfaces. 5. Copyright and other intellectual property issues. 6. Management, economics, and costs. 7. Handling non-Roman Scripts. Authors are requested to focus on practical experiences with = digitization. The final paper should not exceed 5,000 (five thousand) words or 15 = pages including figures, tables and annexes. An extended abstract of about 3-4 pages of the proposed paper should be submitted in advance. It will be refereed. Authors whose proposed papers = are accepted will receive guidelines for preparing the final paper and its submission. 9-11 August 2004 : Seminar and SRELS Lectures. The extended abstract may be sent to the Secretariat as an e-mail = document. Contact Details : The Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010, India. Ph: (080) 23305109. E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ******** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (2004) Natural Language Processing in Information Storage and Retrieval by Dr.K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad >From 9-11 August at 4.30 - 6.00 p.m. each day

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Workshop on DSpace
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:34:25 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Let us hope that many higher educational and research institutions in India set up their own interoperable institutional archives/repositories soon. We at MSSRF had organised two three-day workshops in early May and 48 participants took advantage of the workshops. Please see Current Science dated 25 June 2004 for a report on the workshops. Later this month Dr Rajashekar at NCSI-IISc is organising a three-day workshop for INDEST member institutions. Dr D K Sahu [dksahu(a)medknow.com] is running a discussion list for the faculty and participants of the MSSRF workshops. The faculty and participants of the Osmania University workshop and the NCSI-IISc workshop are invited to join the list. Holding workshops is one thing and actually setting up archives and populating them is another. I wish all the participants and faculty of the Osmania University workshop great success in setting up their own institutional archives. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Microsoft enhances MSN search engine
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2 Jul 2004 05:05:58 -0000 From: farooque <mfarooque(a)rediffmail.com> To: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Microsoft enhances MSN search engine Microsoft Corp. today plans to roll out enhancements to MSN Search that collectively represent the most significant upgrade in the search engine's history, the company said in a statement late yesterday. The improvements include a revamped layout to give the Web site a cleaner, simpler look and to more clearly distinguish between results generated organically by the search engine and results that appear because they are paid-for ads, often called sponsored results. Moreover, the search box in the home page will feature a pull-down menu to let users choose whether they want to query MSN Search's Web index, its news sources collection, a selection of the Encarta encyclopedia contents or stock quotes, among other options. MSN Search's performance has also been improved, as has the relevance of its query results As part of the revamp, Microsoft has decided to put its paid inclusion program on hold for now. Under the program, Web site owners pay to have their sites included in the MSN Search index. Search engines have been criticized for engaging in this practice, which detractors say artificially populates an index and thus skews the relevance of query results. Popular search engine Ask Jeeves Inc. last week announced that it was canceling its remaining paid inclusion program. Microsoft described MSN Search's upgrade as the biggest since it was launched in 1998, but added that the enhancements are "initial steps" in a massive push into the search arena. The company�s goal is to eventually deliver a search engine that provides direct answers to queries, Microsoft said. To day�s upgrade is part of a $100 million investment by Microsoft to develop its search engine technology. Along these lines, Microsoft beginning today will let users test-drive a next-generation search engine that it is developing and plans to launch within the next year. A link to the search engine, which is still in its very early stages, is located at http://sandbox.msn.com. Microsoft executives have said recently that their vision for the search segment includes the ability to search not only the Web, but also users' PCs and other sources of information. The Internet search market has become attractive in recent years thanks to search engines' practice of matching ads to individual searches, making the ads highly relevant to the information a user is searching for. For example, a vendor of sporting equipment may pay a search engine to run its ad whenever someone searches for keywords such as tennis, football or soccer. Advertising tied to keyword searching was the fastest-growing and the biggest of all U.S. Internet advertising categories in 2003, according to a report published in April by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and conducted independently by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Keyword search revenue made up 15% of online ad revenue in 2002, and jumped to 35% in 2003. The rest of the 2003 U.S. Internet advertising pie was made up of display advertising (ad banners) with 21% (down from 29% in 2002), classifieds with 17% (up from 15% in 2002) and rich media advertising with 8% (up from 5% in 2002), according to the report. Internet advertising for all of 2003 reached just under $7.3 billion, up nearly 21% from 2002. Google Inc. leads in search engine usage both in the U.S. and globally, according to recent statistics from market researcher ComScore Networks Inc. About 35% of Internet searches in the U.S. in February 2004 were done with Google. Yahoo Inc. came in second with 30%, and Microsoft's MSN was a distant third with 15.4%. Worldwide, Google accounted for 43% of all searches, followed by Yahoo with 31% and Microsoft's MSN with 14.1%, according to ComScore. --------------------------------- Farooque, IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. First floor, GT Annexe, Airport Road, Bangalore-17 Tel: 25094107, 25094119 email... farooque(a)in.ibm.com ----------------------------------

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Re: [LIS-Forum] GOC Rates for month of July' 2004
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:42:25 +0530 From: rajesh chandrakar <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Will you please anyone let me know, GOC plays what other roles into library and its development? Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:51 +0530 > From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> > > GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 > > USD : Rs. 48.10 > UKP : Rs. 88.00 > EURO : Rs. 58.30 > S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 > > Mukesh Anand > Director - Marketing > Monitor Information Services > # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex > Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 > India > > T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 > F: +91-40-27569299 > > http://www.monitorinfo.com > Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Position Annoucement--Technical Support Analyst
by Prafulla Chandra 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

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

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Position Announcement--Content Developer
by Prafulla Chandra 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Position Announcement CONTENT DEVELOPER (4 posts) NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for four vacant positions of CONTENT DEVELOPER in its Content Department. NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NESs 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledgearts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. NES is looking for candidates who possess first-class Masters / MPhil / MLitt degree in any subject belonging to the arts, humanities or social sciences faculties and who are proficient in all/any of the following areas: --Internet searching --Proof reading --Various features and tools in MS Office package. --Editing skills --Profiling --Cataloging --Abstracting --Indexing --Data mining The successful candidate should have good command over English language--both written and oral, a strong memory, keen observation skills and typing abilities. Knowledge of Library and Information Science would be a plus point but it is not an essential qualification. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize ones potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Anns Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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GOC Rates for month of July' 2004
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:51 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 USD : Rs. 48.10 UKP : Rs. 88.00 EURO : Rs. 58.30 S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Yahoo! links to research resources
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Yahoo! links to research resources Electronic research materials such as technical reports and preprints are now available through Yahoo! Search. This follows a deal between the OAIster Project, which was set up by the University of Michigan, US, and Yahoo!'s Content Acquisition Program (CAP). OAIster offers information that links to hidden digital resources, such as the complete contents of books and articles, technical reports, preprints, white papers, images of paintings, movies, and audio files of speeches. OAIster retrieves these by tapping directly into the collections of a variety of institutions using harvesting technology based on the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. The OAIster service currently provides access to three million harvested records describing and pointing to these resources, which are created and hosted by 267 research institutions around the world. The deal with Yahoo! opens up these resources to a wider audience, because many of the scholarly collections included in OAIster were not previously indexed in popular Web search services. Collections available through OAIster include: the arXiv.org Eprint Archive (an archive of physics research); Carnegie Mellon University Informedia Public Domain Video Archive; Ethnologue: Languages of the World; Library of Congress American Memory Project; and Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports. http://www.researchinformation.info/news.html#jun10 Thanks S.Gunasekaran

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"How much infrmation"
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:41:19 +0530 From: Satish Hulyalkar <satish(a)vsnl.com> Dear Friends I am forwarding a link where you can find "How much infrmation" is there in the world. Have a look at http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/index. htm It might be interesting to know what we are handling and we still have more information paper form. Satish Hulyalkar Pune/India mailto:satish@satishhulyalkar.com Http://www.SatishHulyalkar.com

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Monkey Tool from Google
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 30 Jun 2004 09:03:39 -0000 From: farooque <mfarooque(a)rediffmail.com> Students and developers at Google Inc. have jointly created an open-source tool designed to better predict the effect on real-world Web site performance if changes are made to things like network infrastructure. Called Monkey, the tool first captures data from actual client sessions, inferring various network and client conditions -- what its creators call the "monkey see" portion of its work. It then attempts to emulate those conditions for server tests -- a process called "monkey do." Monkey is aimed at helping solve a dilemma of Web testing: Trying out network or server changes on even a small portion of actual user traffic is risky, but simulations are often unrealistic because they don't accurately reflect users' network conditions, said Yu-Chung Cheng, a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, who worked on the project during an internship at Google. Cheng presented a paper about Monkey yesterday at the Usenix Annual Technical Conference. Cheng admitted that the tool, which is optimized for Google's specific search application, might not be as accurate at predicting server response for other types of applications. In response to audience questions, he said Monkey also doesn't attempt to model how user behavior might change as server response speeds or slows (for example, more search requests might come in if server response improves). "In the end, we believe it is unrealistic to build a generic one-for-all TCP replay tool," the paper, "Monkey See, Monkey Do: A Tool for TCP Tracing and Replaying," concludes. "But it is possible to build replay tool[s] for specific applications." Source code for the tool is available at http://ramp.ucsd.edu/projects/monkey/. --------------------------------- Farooque, IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. First floor, GT Annexe, Airport Road, Bangalore-17 Tel: 25094107, 25094119 email... farooque(a)in.ibm.com ----------------------------------

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23rd ANNUALCONVENTION & CONFERENCE OF SIS-2005 at Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India during 27-29 Jan, 2005
by JK Vijayakumar 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

23rd ANNUALCONVENTION & CONFERENCE OF SIS-2005 at Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India during 27-29 Jan, 2005 For details visit the Conference Site at http://sis-india.netfirms.com/sis2005.htm Address for Correspondence /Registration/ Accommodation Prof. R.S.R.Varalakshmi Organizing Secretary-SIS-2005 Professor Department of Library and Information Science, Andhra University, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003. E-mail: rvsn1234(a)hotmail.com Phone: 0891 2844385-7(O); 0891 2535251(R) Dr K.Somasekhara Rao Treasurer-SIS-2005 Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science, Andhra University, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003. E-mail: kalepuss(a)yahoo.com Phone: 0891 2844388 (O); 0891 275013 (R) Dr C. Sasikala Editor-SIS-2005 Associate Professor and Chairperson, BOS, Department of Library and Information Science, Andhra University, VISAKHAPATNAM � 530 003 E-mail: csasikala(a)satyam.net.in Phone: 0891 2844389 (O) 0891 2536373 For details visit the Conference Site at http://sis-india.netfirms.com/sis2005.htm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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INDICATORS OF PUBLICATIONS
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:18:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Sadasivan KP <kps31147(a)yahoo.com> Dear Lis-Forum Members, The Impact Factor of journals/publications and Citation Counts of papers are well known indicators of their quality/acceptance. Despite the current debate worldwide on its acceptance / reservations, these indicators are still widely accepted by the peers, professionals and funding agencies, etc. , presumably due to the absence of an effective alternative mode of rating. Now a new concept is emerging - as seen publicised and promoted by certain publishers and authors : An Indicator based on the frequency/amount of downloads of a paper ! For instance, the international journal " Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry" (Publisher : Portland Press on behalf of IUMBM) has widely publicised in their website as follows: ' Top 50 Downloaded Papers: The Papers listed below are the 50 most frequently downloaded Papers for the 12 months to the end of May 2004...' (The list contains HTML Full Text & PDF downloadable options too) The details can be accessed at URL : http://bab.portlandpress.com/bab50.htm This has triggered a debate among the scientists (of my Lab) in favour of and against the concept of "Downloading as an Indicator on the quality of Papers". (Incidentally, the second and third highest downloaded papers happened to have been authored by one of our own Scientists!) I seek the comments/views of our professionals, especially the biblio/sciento-metricians . SADASIVAN KP Head, Library & Informatics Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Trivandrum - 695 019 E-Mail : kps31147(a)yahoo.com OR kps(a)csrrltrd.ren.nic.in

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Library Automation - New Book
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:05:05 +0530 From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> Dear professional colleagues and teachers of library and information science I am happy to let you know that a new book titled Library Automation: Design Principles and Practice will be published by Allied Publishers and become available by the end of July 2004. The book is authored by me (L.J. Haravu) and is targeted to students and teachers in library schools, librarians, and software developers interested in library automation. Some of you may not know me. I retired as senior Manager, Library and Documentation Services of ICRISAT in India in Jan 1996. The table of contents of the book is given at the end of this mail. The book also has an accompanying CD-ROM containing sample applications, data structures, presentations and web resources on topics discussed in the book. The book, in fact is being published on behalf of a charitable professional trust of which I am a trustee, viz., Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (http://www.kiikm.org/). This trust was formed to honour one of Indias great scholar-librarians, Mr B S Kesavan, who was independent Indias first National Librarian and later the first Director of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC in New Delhi, India). Mr Kesavan was a pioneer institution builder, a great humanist and a mentor to many young library professionals. The book is priced at Indian Rupees 445.00. However, KIIKM will be offering a limited number of copies of the book to librarys, library schools and individual library professionals at a concessional price of Rupees 330 plus Rupees 35 towards packing and air mail postage (Total of Rupees365.00). If you are interested in one or more copies of the publication for your library, do send me an advance payment by cheque for Rs. 365.00 per copy made out to the Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management. The cheque should be sent to the address given below. If you have difficulty in sending advance payment, kindly send me an email expressing interest in having the book so that I can reserve a copy for you/your library. The proceeds of the sale of the book will accrue to KIIKM. Best regards and looking forward to hearing from you. L J Haravu Table of Contents Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice L J Haravu Chapter 1. B Background and brief history Scope Nature of library automation systems Brief history of library automation The period 195470 Information retrieval Library housekeeping Circulation control Serials control systems Acquisitions Technology and environment The period 197090 Online catalogues Retrospective conversion Access to resources outside the library Interlibrary loan services and document delivery Data exchange Integrating other online resources Technology and environment International initiatives Networking technologies The birth of the Internet and the World Wide Web Developments since 1990 Chapter 2. Introduction to library automation Scope Rationale Types of library automation systems Standalone systems Integrated systems Library automation subsystems Use scenarios in library automation Hardware and software for library automation Single user systems Multi-user systems Local area networks (LANs) Client-server architectures Software requirements References Suggested reading Chapter 3. Automation of book acquisition systems Scope The role of acquisitions Rationale for the automation of the acquisitions function Infrastructure for an automated acquisitions system Access to external databases and sources of information Access to internal databases and files Subsystems of an automated acquisitions system Request processing Order data entry and updating Order production and transmission Received item processing Accessioning Received invoice processing Claims Cancellation Physical preparation Financial records, budgeting and reporting Search and retrieval Management information reporting Interfaces with other library automation subsystems Review questions and exercises Suggested reading Chapter 4. File and data structures in automated book acquisitions systems Scope Workflows and files in book acquisitions Suggestions_file Approvals_file Vendors_file Budget files Bibliographic_file Invoices_file Order_file Currency_file Entity-relationship diagram Processing Algorithms in book acquisitions Chapter 5. Automation of the cataloguing function in libraries Scope The role of cataloguing Rationale for automating the cataloguing function Infrastructure and requirements of an automated cataloguing system Access to external databases Internal databases and files Data structures for the catalogue database Subsystems of an automated cataloguing system Search, retrieval, and display Cataloguing data entry Verification and validation Authority control Printing and output production Retrospective conversion Issues in RECON The RECON plan Determining library needs Establish parameters Establish standards Options for conversion of records Implementing the RECON plan The role of OCLC in automated cataloguing OCLC interfaces Copy-cataloguing Input of new records Transcribing paper records Authorities search OCLC tape and file transfer interfaces Interfaces with other library automation subsystems Review questions and exercises Reference and suggested reading Chapter 6. File and data structures automated cataloguing systems Scope The bibliographic database in library automation systems The Holdings_file Authority files The MARC record Leader Record directory Control fields Variable fields Pros and cons of the MARC record Representing the catalogue record in library automation software Proprietary and flat-file structures Relational database structures Alternative relational database structure XML Solutions Algorithms in the automation of cataloguing Review questions and exercises References Suggested reading Chapter 7. Online public access catalogues (OPACs) Scope What are OPACs? Early efforts User studies Multiple roles of an OPAC The technology of web-based OPACs DHTML Common gateway interface Dynamic link libraries (DLLs) Java Scripting languages Search and display functionality of web OPACs Basic search Advanced search Desirable features of web OPACs The OPAC user interface The physical screen General principles Results display screens Messages Welcome messages Prompts Status messages Error messages Help messages Organizational issues Algorithm to evaluate Boolean expressions Review questions and exercises References Suggested reading Chapter 8. Automation of circulation control systems Scope Introduction Rationale for automating circulation control Infrastructure and requirements of an automated circulation control system Membership records Membership privileges matrix Barcode making and reading equipment Subsystems of an automated circulation control system Membership registration subsystem Charge subsystem Discharge subsystem Renewals subsystem Holds/reservations subsystem Recalls subsystem Interlibrary loans subsystem Overdues subsystem Fines subsystem Binding subsystem Search and retrieval subsystem Management information reporting subsystem Interfaces with other library automation subsystems Review questions and exercises Suggested reading Chapter 9. File and data structures in automated circulation control Scope Nature of circulation control Files in circulation control User_file Privileges matrix Structures for transaction data Structures for reservation transactions Audit trail of fine transactions Security and transaction logging Entity-relationship diagram of data structures in circulation control Review questions and exercises Suggested reading Chapter 10. Automation of serials control Scope Nature of serials control Rationale for automating the serials control function Idiosyncrasies of serials Infrastructure and requirements of an automated serials control system Access to external databases Access to internal databases Subsystems of an automated serials control system Check-in or registration subsystem Claims subsystem Binding subsystem Serials union list subsystem Subscription management subsystem Search and retrieval subsystem Physical preparation subsystem Reports subsystem Interfaces with other library automation subsystems Review questions and exercises Chapter 11. F File ile and data str structures in serials control Scope Files in serials control Serials_Master_file Holdings records Binding file Orders, fund accounting, invoices and payment processing Review questions and exercises Chapter 12. Web-based library automation Scope The global nature of the Web What are web-based library automation systems? The technology of client-server architectures Web-based library automation systems from the users point of view Web-based library automation systems from the librarians point of view Networking via web-based library automation software References Chapter 13. Strategies for the implementation of library automation Scope Factors that influence the adoption of information technology Internal factors External factors Helpful factors Prerequisites to implementing library automation Library automation tasks Problem identification and planning Adoption strategies Feasibility study Analysis, design, and system specification Develop or buy decisions Tendering Implementation Training and procedure manuals Evaluation Review questions and exercises References Chapter 14. C Current trends and possible future directions Scope Leveraging the Internet Web-based OPACs Libraries as portals Document delivery and interlibrary loan services Ariel Global Sharing Program of OCLC ISO Interlibrary Loan Protocol Digital reference services Application service providers Cooperative library networks Digital libraries Interoperabilty of information systems The z39.50 standard Metadata initiatives The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) The Dublin Core elements Relationship of the DCMI with other Metadata Initiatives XML, RDF and Metadata Dublin Core Metadata Elements, z39.50 and MARC-21 The Open Source Movement Possible future directions The centrality and pervasiveness of the Web Digital libraries XML versus legacy formats Applications and Services References *************************************************************** CD-ROM containing the following: Resources for teachers and students Sample forms and data structures Demo applications Algorithms L J Haravu Trustee, Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management [http://www.kiikm.org/] 69 Krishnapuri Colony West Marredpally Sedcunderabad 500 026 Tel: 91-40-27803947

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Collection development/ weeding out
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:23:43 +0530 From: K Prakash <prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear Ms.Smita, I just reproduced the message which was sent by Beck, Sheila <SBeck(a)QCC.CUNY.EDU> to the SERIALST(a)LIST.UVM.EDU <SERIALST(a)LIST.UVM.EDU>. Hope it will be helpful to some level. Here is a summary of the criteria suggested for weeding serials collections. The items are in no particular order. 1. usage statistics 2. currency of material 3. physical condition of journals (age/bound/unbound) 4. completeness of holdings- short runs are better candidates for weeding 5. shelf space occupied vs. use of periodicals 6. overlaps with microfilm 7. support of the curriculum -is the subject still taught? 8. availability of full text in databases 9. stability of database (JSTOR & Project Muse vs. EBSCO) 10. availability of title elsewhere 11. whether the journal is indexed 12. ILL requests 13. faculty input 14. best practices from subject specialist 15. recommendations in Magazines for Libraries by Bill Katz for subject coverage 16. items for preservation/storage dated 1900 and previous 17. historical value for research Thanks to all of you who responded. Sheila Beck Serials Librarian Queensborough Community College With best wishes/ regards. Bye. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, PB No.4116 AHMEDABAD-380009 India

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Interesting News of WorldCat for all library professionals
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:07:50 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> WorldCat update Every 12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which contains more than 55 million records representing 927,972,598 holding locations as of June 26, 2004. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported 136,785,582 interlibrary loan requests as of June 26, 2004. A library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second. See the latest WorldCat http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/databases/dbdetails/d… Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Re: RE: [LIS-Forum] Collection development/ weeding out
by Mailing List Manager 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Date: 28 Jun 2004 07:06:32 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> � Hi, It's a good suggestion but one should note that the British Council Libraries are not subject to Indian system of Audit procedures. In general they have a zero growth policy i.e. if a library adds 1000 titles in a year, the same number of titles are withdrawn. As you are based in New Mumbai you can contact the British Council Library in Mumbai personally and discuss the matter in detail. First and foremost the consent of the Management and the Internal and External Auditors need to be obtained. Developing and implementing internal library policies for weeding will not be cumbersome. It can be based on certain factors viz. : - Obsolete title - Superseded titles - Usage statistics - Damaged books Regards. Rajesh On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com wrote : >I understand that British Libraries in India have well set Weeding policy. >You may try to get help from Mr Goud of British Council library Hyderabad or others. > > >DR P Vyasamoorthy > >-----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >[mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List >Manager >Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:02 PM >To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Subject: [LIS-Forum] Collection development/ weeding out > > >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:45:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> > >Respected colleagues : > >Could any one please share their library's collection development policy ? >I am in particular interested in knowing the criteria being used for >weeding out in different libraries in India, like > >a. how do we decide what to weed ? > >b. how much should we weed ? (what percentage of library collection and frequency) > >I would also like to know if there are any rules or procedures specified by the government about such processes by libraries in India, or in any particular state (with reference to audits and accounts). > >Since my library comes in the science domain, policies and criteria of libraries within the S & T domain would be of great help. > >Thanking you and with regards, > >Smita Chandra >Librarian >Indian Institute of Geomagnetism >New Mumbai >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Collection development/ weeding out
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

I understand that British Libraries in India have well set Weeding policy. You may try to get help from Mr Goud of British Council library Hyderabad or others. DR P Vyasamoorthy -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:02 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Collection development/ weeding out Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:45:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> Respected colleagues : Could any one please share their library's collection development policy ? I am in particular interested in knowing the criteria being used for weeding out in different libraries in India, like a. how do we decide what to weed ? b. how much should we weed ? (what percentage of library collection and frequency) I would also like to know if there are any rules or procedures specified by the government about such processes by libraries in India, or in any particular state (with reference to audits and accounts). Since my library comes in the science domain, policies and criteria of libraries within the S & T domain would be of great help. Thanking you and with regards, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Website on 'Fellowships'
by sangeeta Halijwale 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Dear Members, I have attempted to develop an internet site on 'Fellowships' available to Indian students and researchers. Guidance and motivation for this work came from Mr. Manjunath, Chief Librarian & Mr. Pujar, Asst Librarian, IGIDR. This site is specially designed for Indian academic Community and I intend to update it as frequently as possible. It can be accessed at: http://freewebs.com/fellowindia May I reqeust you all to please give your valuable suggestions for further improvement of the site? Regards, Sangeeta S.H Library Assistant IGIDR, Mumbai

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Collection development/ weeding out
by Mailing List Manager 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:45:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> Respected colleagues : Could any one please share their library's collection development policy ? I am in particular interested in knowing the criteria being used for weeding out in different libraries in India, like a. how do we decide what to weed ? b. how much should we weed ? (what percentage of library collection and frequency) I would also like to know if there are any rules or procedures specified by the government about such processes by libraries in India, or in any particular state (with reference to audits and accounts). Since my library comes in the science domain, policies and criteria of libraries within the S & T domain would be of great help. Thanking you and with regards, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai

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complete e-library
by Mailing List Manager 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Date: 25 Jun 2004 03:51:45 -0000 From: thejasvi tv <tvthejasvi(a)rediffmail.com> Members, www.elibraryhub.com seems to be one of the best sites relating to e-library. you may please check it out. An article had appeared in The Hindu on 24 June in appreciation of this. Its a round the clock library and functions without the virtual prescence of a librarian. All the library activities are carried out mechanically without human interface. I request all professionals to comment on this kind of library.Its presently in Singapore. Regards, Thejasvi.

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DLIST
by Anita S. Coleman 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Hello everybody, just a quick message to let you know about DLIST, http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu. DLIST is an eprints repository for LIS and I encourage you to deposit your publications in it. I visited India in Feb. 2003 (CALIBER conference) to encourage Indian librarians and LIS academics to join in the global consortium for building DLIST. If you are a librarian or an LIS dept. head who is considering an institutional repository for LIS and IT, I encourage you join DLIST and use it as your repository. Please write to DLIST Project Manager paul(a)ahsl.arizona.edu or me, if you have questions. Thanks and best wishes, Anita Coleman

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inagural function invitation to Workshop on Developing Digital Library using Dspace
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:14:30 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> DEPT. OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY AND INFLIBNET CENTRE (UGC), AHMEDABAD Cordially invite you to the inauguration of WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING DIGITAL LIBRARY USING DSPACE Prof. Y. Venkatarami Reddy Vice-Chancellor, JNTU, Hyderabad has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest Prof. M.Mutha Reddy Registrar, Osmania University has kindly consented to preside over Venue: New Conference Hall, Arts College, Osmania University Day & Date: Monday 28th June 2004 Time: 10.00 a m Dr. J.Yadagiri Reddy Dr. ARD Prasad Prof. N.Laxman Rao Head, DLIS Director of the Workshop Coordinator of the Workshop Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Re: WiFi for library users and it is free!
by Samdarshi Pali 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Friends: All Indian libraries currently providing Internet facility can also extend/provide WiFi free access to their users. WiFi is now a matured technology and even a non-technical person can put the WiFi setup in less than 10K after some efforts. Some helpful links for all interested in WiFi: http://www.dqindia.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?arid=54642&way=search http://www.dqindia.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?arid=55912&way=search… Who will be first to announce the free WiFi service in their library in India? Regards Samdarshi Pali Reliance Engineering Associates Pvt Ltd 4W21 - G Block, First Floor Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City Koper Khairane, Navi Mumbai 400 709 Tel # Direct +91-22 - 303 85407 Tel # Board +91-22 - 3037 3333, 3038 3333 Fax # +91-22 - 30385599 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:49:57 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] WiFi for library users and it is free! To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0406231049380.25876(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:13:03 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: When will we have WiFi connections provided free to library users in India? Here is what is happening in the UK. Best wishes. Arun ----- Library trial puts Wi-Fi hot spots on the books Matt Loney ZDNet UK June 16, 2004, 13:25 BST The DTI has put its plan to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots to libraries across the UK into action. Speaking at the Mobile Enterprise conference in London's Earls Court on Wednesday, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms said a trial is now running at 10 libraries. "We want to understand how popular it really is," said Timms, adding that three trial sites are charging for access while the other seven are offering it free." Full article at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39157760,00.htm or http://shorterlink.com/?XGVEW ------------------------------ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 15, Issue 15 *****************************************

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WiFi for library users and it is free!
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:13:03 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: When will we have WiFi connections provided free to library users in India? Here is what is happening in the UK. Best wishes. Arun ----- Library trial puts Wi-Fi hot spots on the books Matt Loney ZDNet UK June 16, 2004, 13:25 BST The DTI has put its plan to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots to libraries across the UK into action. Speaking at the Mobile Enterprise conference in London's Earls Court on Wednesday, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms said a trial is now running at 10 libraries. "We want to understand how popular it really is," said Timms, adding that three trial sites are charging for access while the other seven are offering it free." Full article at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39157760,00.htm or http://shorterlink.com/?XGVEW

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Old Search Engine
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Date: 22 Jun 2004 13:21:14 -0000 From: farooque <mfarooque(a)rediffmail.com> It's a very interesting article published on June 21,in NewYork Times by Katie Hafner. Old Search Engine, the Library, Tries to Fit Into a Google World Katarina Maxianova, who received her bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Columbia University in May, took a seminar last year in which the professor assigned two articles from New Left Review magazine. She found one immediately throug Google; for the other, she had to trek the library tacks."Everyone in class tried to get those articles online," she said, "and some people didn't even bother to go to the stacks when they couldn't Google them."For the last few years, librarians have increasingly seen people use online search sites not to supplement research libraries but to replace them. Yet only recently have librarians stopped lamenting the trend and started working to close the gap between traditional scholarly research and the incomplete, often random results of a Google search."We can't pretend people will go back to walking into a library and talking to a reference librarian," said Kate Wittenberg, director of the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia University. Ms. Wittenberg's group recently finished a three-year study of research habits, including surveys of 1,233 students across the country, that concluded that electronic resources have become the main tool for information gathering, particularly among undergraduates."We have to respond to these new ways," Ms. Wittenberg said, and come up with a way to make better research material available online.That means working with commercial search engines like Google and Yahoo to make ever more digital-research materials searchable. Undergraduates like Ms. Maxianova and her classmates are not the only ones conducting research from their computers. Faculty members also do it."One of the rarest things to find is a member of the faculty in the library stacks," said Paul Duguid, an information researcher who will teach a class this fall at the University of California, Berkeley on judging the authenticity of information found on the Web. In the Columbia survey, 90 percent of the faculty members who responded said they used electronic resources in their research several times a week or more. Nearly all said it was a valuable resource. While the accuracy of online information is notoriously uneven, the ubiquity of the Web means that a trip to the stacks is no longer the way most academic research begins. "The nature of discovery is changing," said Joseph Janes, associate professor and chairman of library and information science at the University of Washington. "I think the digital revolution and the use of digital resources in general is really the beginning of a change in the way humanity thinks and presents itself."A few research librarians say Google could eventually take on more of the role of a universal library."If you could use Google to just look across digital libraries, into any digital library collection, now that would be cool," said Daniel Greenstein, university librarian of the California Digital Library, the digital branch of the University of California library system."It would help libraries achieve something that we haven't yet been able to achieve by ourselves," Dr. Greenstein said, "which is to place all of our publicly accessible digital library collections in a common pool."The biggest problem is that search engines like Google skim only the thinnest layers of information that has been digitized. Most have no access to the so-alled deep Web, where information is contained in isolated databases like online library catalogs. Search engines seek so-called static Web pages, which generally do not have search functions of their own. Information on the deep Web, on the other hand, comes to the surface only as the result of a database query from within a particular site. Use Google, for instance, to research Upton Sinclair's 1934 campaign for governor of California, and you will miss an entire collection of pamphlets accessible only from the University of California at Los Angeles's archive of digitized campaign literature. --------------------------------- Farooque, IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. First floor, GT Annexe, Airport Road, Bangalore-17 Tel: 25094107, 25094119 email... farooque(a)in.ibm.com ----------------------------------

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Gokhale Library: Online Public Access Catalogue
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:40:22 +1200 (NZST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Chaudhary Gokhale" <chaudhary_gokhale(a)yahoo.co.nz> Hello to all, I am pleased to inform you all lis-forum members that Dhananjayarao Gadgil Librarys online public access catalogue is available on the World Wide Web to browse and search the collection. Dhananjayarao Gadgil Library, the library of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune has one of the largest and most important collections of social science documents in India. It has quite a large member of publications on Economics and allied social science subjects and successfully caters to the needs of scholars, academicians, policy makers and other users working in social science subjects in India and abroad. URL: http://www.gipe.ernet.in/library/ Total Number of records: 2,71,000 Home page: Designed using XHTML 1.0, HTML 4.0, CSS, JavaScript, ASP, Metadata Hosted at: Windows 2000 Advanced server Web server: IIS Designed and hosted by: N Murali For more details, please contact Webmaster With regards Chaudhary

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Re: [LIS-Forum] FAO Statistical Databases
by Mailing List Manager 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:46:14 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> FAOSTAT offers free on-line access to all of its data. In addition, FAOSTAT offers an annual subscription service that provides extended on-line query and download limits (10,000 records per query) and unlimited access to FTP bulk download files. FAO is a non-profit Organization with the mandate to work to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security. All proceeds from the sale of FAOSTAT services and products are used to improve those services by improving the collection, preparation and dissemination of information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. K. Manjunath" <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> To: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > FAOSTAT is also avialble free on the net. For futher details you may > visit http://apps.fao.org/default.jsp > > > g.k.manjunath > IGIDR > > e-mail : gkm(a)igidr.ac.in > http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm > > phone 91-22-28490653 > ************************************************ > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Mailing List Manager wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:23:48 +0530 > > From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> > > > > Members may also be interested in the forthcoming publication: > > > > FAOSTAT CD 2004. > > FAO Statistical Databases. (CD-ROM) > > > > Year : 2004 > > ISBN 92-5-005125-5 > > Price : US$ 600.00 > > > > > > FAOSTAT is a statistical database that currently > > contains more than 3 million time-series records. > > This new, updated CD-ROM incorporates statistical > > information up to January 2004, covering more than > > 300 countries and territories and 3 000 items in > > the following areas of agriculture, fisheries, > > forestry and nutrition: > > > > > > * Production > > * Trade > > * Food Balance Sheets > > * Producer Prices > > * Forestry Trade Flow > > * Land Use and Irrigation > > * Forest Products > > * Fishery Products > > * Population > > * Codex Alimetarius Food Quality Control > > * Fertlizers and Pesticides > > * Agricultural Machinery > > * Food Aid Shipments > > * Exports by Destination > > > > > > Please confirm your order > > ------------------------- > > Monitor Information Services > > Library suppliers of books n software > > 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex > > Narayanguda > > HYDERABAD - 500 029 India > > > > http://www.monitorinfo.com > > > > Phone : (040) 55787065, 27552390 > > Fax : + 91-40-27552390 > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >

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FAO Statistical Databases
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:23:48 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Members may also be interested in the forthcoming publication: FAOSTAT CD 2004. FAO Statistical Databases. (CD-ROM) Year : 2004 ISBN 92-5-005125-5 Price : US$ 600.00 FAOSTAT is a statistical database that currently contains more than 3 million time-series records. This new, updated CD-ROM incorporates statistical information up to January 2004, covering more than 300 countries and territories and 3 000 items in the following areas of agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition: * Production * Trade * Food Balance Sheets * Producer Prices * Forestry Trade Flow * Land Use and Irrigation * Forest Products * Fishery Products * Population * Codex Alimetarius Food Quality Control * Fertlizers and Pesticides * Agricultural Machinery * Food Aid Shipments * Exports by Destination Please confirm your order ------------------------- Monitor Information Services Library suppliers of books n software 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda HYDERABAD - 500 029 India http://www.monitorinfo.com Phone : (040) 55787065, 27552390 Fax : + 91-40-27552390

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Workshop on Developing digital library using Dspace (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:23:48 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> dear professional friends, I am sure u r aware that the Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University in colloboration with INFLIBNET is organising a WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING A DIGITAL LIBRARY USING DSPACE from 28 th June to 3 rd July 2004. Many professional friends have expressed desire to join the workshop but it appears that their office is taking much time to sponsor / depute, and have asked us to extend the date. We understand the problem, therefore, u may please wrtie to us and make the spot payment on 28th June 2004. Please intimate if u r intending to join the workshop. all the best laxman rao Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Home page
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:44:56 +0530 (IST) From: K.T Anuradha <anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Hello, Kindly access my home page at: vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards, Anuradha -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms.K.T.Anuradha E-mail: anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Senior Technical Officer URL:vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 India ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [LIS-Forum] My Website
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: 21 Jun 2004 10:22:02 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> � Hi, CONGRATULATIONS ! This is a beautiful piece of work. I have learned a lot about Karnataka today. Thanks for sharing this with the forum members. I have a suggestion : Many cities in Karnataka have websites devoted to them, may be you could provide links to these. Regards. Rajesh On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 Mailing List Manager wrote : >Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:18:26 +0530 > From: cynthiamum <cynthiamum(a)indiatimes.com> > >Hi, > >As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on >�Political History of Karnataka� under the guidance of Mr. G. >K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M.Pujar, Assistant Librarian. > >The URL of the site is: http://freewebs.com/phkarnataka > >I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable >suggestions and comments for incorporating for further improvement of the >site. > >Regards, > >Cynthia D Simeon >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Databases for Agricultural Research in India
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:35:13 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Sub: Braianstorming Session on Databases for Agricultural Research in India. In association with the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, we at the Bioinformatics Centre of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation are holding a one-day Brainstorming Session on Databases for Agricultural Research in India in New Delhi on 11 July 2004, 10.00 - 15.30. The purpose of the workshop is to decide on the databases to be developed in India. About 5-7% (depending on the database one uses) of the world's literature on agriculture and related areas is produced in India. It will be a good idea to have them all available readily. For this reason, we propose that we discuss the following databases: 1. A Research Output Database - This is a bibliographic database of all of India's literature ouitput in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary science and fisheries science. Right now this information is scattered over several databases, mostly produced outside India, such as CAB Abstracts. 2. A Full-text database of All Indian Research Papers - This could be either Interoperable Institutional Archives, each institution maintaining its own papers, or a nationwide centralised Archive, say maintained by NAAS. 3. A Database on Research Projects - As different agencies support agricultural research and different institutions perform , a regularly updated database of projects will be useful. This database will also be helpful in identifying experts in different specialties and research fronts. Such a database assumes special importance in the context of current developments in biotechnology and bioinformatics. Ideas on other useful databses are welcome. Needless to say that all these databases will be electronic and readily accessible in the public domain. Attendance at the brainstorming session will be by invitation only. Invitees include eminent researchers, information scientists and specialists in information systems and database production. The workshop will be held at the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, located between the National Physical Laboratory and Todapur (on the road from Hotel Siddharth at the east Patel Nagar-Pusa roundabout going to Indrapuri). Because of limited financial resources, we will not be able to cover the travel costs of outstation participants. However, we will provide a day's accommodation and local hospitality to outstation participants. We will be grateful for your suggestions on who should be invited to this event. Please send your suggestions to my colleague Mr Senthilkumaran, Associate Director, Informatics, MSSRF at <senthil(a)mssrf.res.in>. Fax: 044 2254 1319. Regards. Yours sincerely, Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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My Website
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:18:26 +0530 From: cynthiamum <cynthiamum(a)indiatimes.com> Hi, As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on ‘Political History of Karnataka’ under the guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M.Pujar, Assistant Librarian. The URL of the site is: http://freewebs.com/phkarnataka I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable suggestions and comments for incorporating for further improvement of the site. Regards, Cynthia D Simeon

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RSS(sm): Rich Site Services General Bibliography
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:14:36 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> __RSS(sm): Rich Site Services General Bibliography__ I am pleased to announce that one of my latest registries, _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm now includes a General Bibliography of key articles / tutorials / guides / presentations, etc. relating to RSS, its use, and potential [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm#GeneralBibliography ] . Currently, all items are hotlinked to their respective full-text documents. One of the most noteworthy entries is by Roddy MacLeod, (Senior Subject Specialist, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) published earlier this week in _FreePint_ [Roddy MacLeod, "RSS: Less Hype, More Action," _FreePint_ No. 161 (June 2004): 7-10]. I am greatly interested in adding ANY and ALL *other*relevant works to the General Bibliography that relate to RSS and its potential for enhancing *Library Services. [I am NOT interested in articles that deal with RSS in general (unless they are exceptional)]. Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan General Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:55:38 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Friends, 'Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi' from July 1888 to 30 January 1948 (all 98 volumes) are available online in pdf format at the following site and searchable (full text) through google. http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 � Fax: 0124-5014083 Email: aman.jha(a)ciionline.org Website: <http://www.ciionline.org> www.ciionline.org

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Rediffmail follows up!
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: 18 Jun 2004 04:48:53 -0000 From: sm shahabuddin <smshahabuddin(a)rediffmail.com> Dear participants at the LISforum: Rediffmail goes the GMail way. It increases its capacity to 1 GB storage limit and 10 MB message limit. Previously it was 5MB and 1 MB respectively. Now we can send photo albums, music files and larger attachments. Besides we do not have to worry about deleting mails regularly to keep mail box free. The other day Yahoo went the same way providing 100 MB storage limit. But that's meant for those who have yahoo.com account. This is really good. I wonder what a mere announcement can do! Google is yet to open its GMail for the general public. Thanks S. M. Shahabuddin

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New World Health Organization Library Databases Interface
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:32:58 +0000 From: Tomas Allen <tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com> ** please excuse cross postings ** The World Health Organization Library is seeking your assistance. Since our mandate is a global one, we need to insure that our library database is responding to the needs of all types of library users worldwide. The WHO Library will be upgrading the library database web interface in July 2004 and are seeking volunteers from around the world to assist in pre-launch testing. In addition to volunteering, we hope that readers of this list would "buddy" up with a novice user from your library so that we have feedback from both experts and novices. If you are interested in testing the library database, please send an email to library(a)who.int Please place "library database tester" in the subject heading. We need to know Your Name and if possible your "buddy" novice user's name and details Expert (librarian/information specialist) or Novice Country of Residence (where you will access the library catalogue) Mother Language Many thanks, Tomas Allen WHO Library Further details Testing will run through the month of July. You will only be asked to respond to 10-15 simple questions that should take no more than 15 minutes. We also hope that you can assist in obtaining feedback from the your "buddy" novice tester. About the library catalogue The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) provides comprehensive library and information services on WHO-produced recorded information in print and other media. WHOLIS is the World Health Organization library database available on the web. WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present. Many of WHO publications are available in full text pdf format through the library database. This can be viewed at http://dosei.who.int/. We encourage you to test the current database before July. If you have problems accessing this database please contact Ms Helen Heathcote at heathcoteh(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________

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Free access to Gender Studies Database
by Prafulla Chandra 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Dear All: NISC is pleased to announce free access to Gender Studies Database during June 2004. Available Formats: BiblioLine, CD-ROM Number of Records: 552,250+ Dates of Coverage: 1972 & earlier - Present Number of CD-ROMS: 1 Database: Anthology of 12 files Update Frequency: Monthly on BiblioLine (Internet-/Web-based service), Quarterly on CD-ROM The Gender Studies Database (GSD) combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International, Men's Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies databases with relevant contributions from the Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. GSD covers the spectrum of gender engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are available. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected websites. To register for free access, please visit NISC's website at www.nisc.com and click the Gender Studies Database link at the top. Happy searching! Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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position announcement
by Prafulla Chandra 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

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

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Site hosted
by Vinita 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Dear Friends, The following site has been hosted by me on "Career Options in India". The site will be regularly updated, as of now it has covered only some subjects from the plethora of subjects available. URL: http://www.freewebs.com/careeri Comments and feedback for corrections and improvements are welcome. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vinita L. Hattangadi Library Assistant Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India E-mail: vinita(a)igidr.ac.in

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library events
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:56:41 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] ramesh akula" <akula202(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear All, Can You Please let me know, if there are any library events on Digital libraries planned for any institution / associtions for the rest of the year , from 20th june 2004, regards, A.Ramesh Librarian Indur institue of Engineering and technology, siddipet-502 277

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Announcing _eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:19:06 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> _eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_ I am pleased to announce the creation of my newest registry - _eFeeds(sm)_ ! _eFeeds(sm)_ is located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/eFeeds.htm ] "_eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals_ is a categorized registry of electronic journals that offer RSS/XML, Atom, or other Web feeds. Publisher-specific and vendor Web feeds are categorized in a separate category." I am greatly interested in adding additional entries to _eFeeds(sm) and would most appreciate Any and All nominations of other e-journals with Web feeds. BTW: _eFeeds(sm)_ is intended to complement _RSS(sm)_, my registry devoted to "Rich Site Services" located at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Library-specific Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Website on 'Academic and Research Institutions in Mumbai
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:53:51 +0530 From: bp.prakash(a)tcs.com This is a good effort and will go a long way with improvements and updation. How comprehensive is this ? Iam tempted to suggest add library contacts. Congrats ! Sarika and the IGIDR team ! BP Prakash Tata Consultancy Services ------ Original message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:50:37 +0530 From: gargi17 <gargi17(a)indiatimes.com> Hi, As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on Academic and Research Institution in Mumbai under the guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M. Pujar, Assistant Librarian. The URL of the site is : http://freewebs.com/arimumbai I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable suggestions and comments for further improvement of the site. Regards, Sarika B. Davakhar

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Yahoo goes Gmail way!!
by Shyam Prasad pujar 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Dear Members, >From Today June 15, 2004 Yahoo is offering 100 MB FREE E-mail box for its users. Just go to login page, Yahoo welcomes you with new features. Right at the moment this is available only for name(a)yahoo.com e-mail addresses. 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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U.K. Academics and Librarians Disagree Over Open Access Publishing
by JK Vijayakumar 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

U.K. Academics and Librarians Disagree Over Open Access Publishing by Richard Poynder http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040503-3.shtml -------------------------------------------- On April 21, the U.K. Parliament�s Science and Technology Select Committee held the third evidence session in its enquiry into the pricing and availability of scientific publications. Having heard testimony from publishers (See http://www.infotoday.com/it/apr04/poynder.shtml), British politicians now wanted to hear the views of librarians and academics. As it turned out, the librarians and academics disagreed with one another. First up were representatives of the library community, including the chief executive of The British Library, Lynne Brindley; the librarian of Cambridge University, Peter Fox; Di Martin, dean of learning and information services at the University of Hertfordshire; and Frederick Friend, consultant with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Committee chair Dr. Ian Gibson began: �Libraries have told us that there is a crisis in the provision of scientific publications: publishers vigorously deny this. Who is right?� The librarians were clear there was a crisis. Describing the environment as monopolistic, they expressed concerns over excessive pricing, inflexibility over the �bundling� of electronic journals, inequitable copyright agreements, and restrictions on long-term access to digital material. On pricing, Martin reported that while the RPI (Retail Price Index) had increased by just 11 percent over 5 years, there had been a 58 percent increase in STM journal subscriptions. Fox explained that for Cambridge University this meant that where 10 years ago scientific journals consumed around 25 percent of the materials budget, �currently that is 33 percent and rising.� This, he added, was depriving the University of �500,000 a year for �purchasing books and journals outside the scientific area.� The librarians also refuted claims made by publishers that there was flexibility in bundling. Any flexibility there was, said Martin, is disappearing. �The deal that has been put forward now for higher education � [would] � give us much fewer options and we would have to take a set package.� When Gibson asked who the best and worst publishers were, Friend replied that ALPSP members (The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) are easier to deal with. Two of the more difficult, he added, were Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS). Last year, he explained, JISC spent 6 months in national negotiations with Elsevier. �You agree a national price of, say, 5 percent on what you paid last year; but then, when the detail gets down to local level, you find that the reality is very different.� The process, he said, was �extremely time-consuming, and is still not resolved for many universities.� ACS, he continued, imposes unreasonable restrictions on long-term access to its digital material. �In the electronic environment we are not allowed to purchase the content outright; it is licensed to us. Many publishers impose conditions upon long-term access�not all, and in general the ALPSP publishers are better on this, but the American Chemical Society is very difficult.� Much of the discussion revolved around OA (Open Access) publishing. OA, said Friend, is an appropriate response to the current monopolistic environment. �What I would urge this committee to consider is the recommendation to government that any articles based on publicly-funded research should be freely accessible over the Internet.� Since universities are a major provider of profit for these companies, asked committee member Dr. Brian Iddon, why did librarians not just use their clout to make publishers more flexible? �We do have some clout,� replied Friend. �[B]ut ultimately we are in the hands of our academic community, and if the academic community do not back the library up in saying �no�, then the library alone could not take action.� The problem, he later explained, is that those who pay for the journals (librarians) are not the people who make the buying decisions (academics). Since OA requires that researchers pay to be published, he added, it has the benefit of restoring �the decision on payment to the authors.� When academics were called it was apparent they viewed things differently. David Williams, professor of tissue engineering at the University of Liverpool, was critical of OA, and disputed there was a crisis. �I do not see that there is any significant problem in S&T publishing at the present time. My staff, my post-docs, my students have immense access to a wide variety of publications with tremendous facility. Comparing that to 5 years ago, the time saved in technology is very, very significant.� John Fry, professor of microbial ecology at the University of Cardiff, said that OA introduced �a whole host of minor practical problems.� As publications manager for The Federation of European Microbiological Societies, he was also worried that learned societies could not continue publishing without the support of traditional publishers. �All our journals at the moment are owned and published by Elsevier.� While supportive of self-archiving, Nigel Hitchin, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, was also doubtful about OA publishing. �Up-front payments are a big issue,� he said, adding that asking mathematicians�who are not big grant-earners�to pay to publish could act as a deterrent to submitting papers. The only academic to support OA was professor James Crabbe, head of animal and microbial sciences at the University of Reading. When the Committee asked about copyright, Williams replied: �In the vast majority of papers which I publish I have to sign over copyright to the publisher. It has never been a concern to me. As editor-in-chief [of an Elsevier journal] I have never had a concern raised by any author at any time about the copyright issue.� Jane Carr, chief executive of the Authors� Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS)�who gave testimony alongside academics�disagreed. Based on an ALCS survey, she said, it was clear academics were concerned. One author had told ALCS: �The only journal I challenged over assigning copyright agreed to assign it to me as long as I understood they would not publish me again. Academic publishing is, from an author�s perspective, a complete rip-off.� Carr added she was concerned such copyright issues �could be carried through into an open access model.� In short, academics were skeptical about OA publishing. Outside the committee room, critics complained that, in their choice of whom to call, politicians had shown a bias towards publishers. �Of the four academics, three were editors of Elsevier journals,� angrily commented one OA advocate, on condition of anonymity. �I don�t think it was a representative panel of academics,� agrees Jan Velterop, from OA publisher BioMed Central. �But that doesn�t matter. It is my impression that the Committee just question what they perceive as unclear or flawed arguments.� The Select Committee�s final oral session�on May 5�will take evidence from U.K. research councils. A report will then be issued in June, after which the U.K. government has 2 months to respond. The Committee has posted the uncorrected transcript of oral evidence at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/ cmselect/cmsctech/uc399-iii/uc39902.htm. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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BIREME
by Madhuresh 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

BIREME - The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information http://www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm BIREME's mission is to contribute to the development of health in the countries of the Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting the use of health scientific and technical information. Under the Scientific Literature section of the portal, one can select "database search", where a search can be done in 15 databases together, including MEDLINE. In advanced search, one can select the database/s and other Limits can also be applied. In fact it is using WWWISIS and provides Index terms also. It is also a portal of Scientific Journals (Health Science Journals) and divided in various subject categories. It also gives the details about the journal like availability (free or controlled), publisher, publication started/ended, ISSN, online link etc. A good source for Health Science Professionals. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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