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ICADL2003-Paper submission-Extended date
by Shalini Urs 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

------ apologies for cross postings----- The deadline for paper submission to ICADL 2003 has been extended to July 20-please note- ---------------More details follows----- CALL FOR PAPERS (Extended Paper Submission Deadline: 20 July 2003) ================================================================== The 6th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2003) Digital Libraries: Technology and Management of Indigenous Knowledge for Global Access ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuala Lumpur, 8-11 December 2003 http://www.ftsm.ukm.my/ICADL2003/ Digital libraries are a critical component of the emerging distributed knowledge environments that will provide people with global access to virtually all areas of knowledge. ICADL 2003 is the sixth in a series of annual Asian Digital Libraries conferences. This year's Conference, hosted by the National Library of Malaysia and the Librarians Association of Malaysia will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8th-11th December 2003. Topics ------ The Conference welcomes paper submissions (both long and short) that are relevant to the following topics (but are not limited to): Information Retrieval Techniques Multimedia Digital Libraries Data Mining in Digital Libraries Human Computer Interfaces Digital Library Infrastructures Cryptography and Compression Data Storage and Retrieval Digital Library Services DL for Community Building Building & Using DLs Knowledge Management Standards and Conventions IP Rights & Copyright Privacy and Security Human Resource and Training IR in Asian Languages Special Purpose Digital Libraries Metadata Issues Development of Contents e-Learning and Mobile Learning Paper Submissions ----------------- The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Further details about paper formats and submission procedures can be found from the conference's website. Authors of selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit their journal versions to the Journal of Digital Libraries (JDL), Springer Verlag after the conference. 20 July 2003 (new) Submission of Full Papers 20 August 2003 Notification of Acceptance of Papers 15 September 2003 Submission of Camera Ready Papers Program Co-Chairs ----------------- Tengku Mohd Tengku Sembok, UKM, Malaysia. tmts(a)pkrisc.cc.ukm.my Halimah Badioze Zaman, UKM, Malaysia hbz(a)ftsm.ukm.my Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, USA hchen(a)eller.arizona.edu Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore aseplim(a)ntu.edu.sg Shalini R. Urs, University of Mysore, India. shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in Contacts -------- For enquiries about ICADL 2003, please contact the program chairs or: ICADL 2003 Secretariat National Library of Malaysia 232 Jalan Tun Razak, 50572 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-26871700 Fax: 603-26927899 Email: saonah(a)nlm.pnm.my Shalini ------------- Prof.Shalini R.Urs Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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Reference Paper
by Mailing List Manager 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 00:00:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Yogesh Modi <ymodi2k(a)yahoo.com> Dear Sir, Our Scientist is urgently need the following article, A13 Optical and Photoelectronic properties of high efficiency multi-alkali photocathodes for generation II+ image intensifiers. By VE Andreev. kindly send the full reference of above article. Thanks, Yogesh Modi TIRC, SSPL Ministry of Defence, DRDO Lucknow Road, Timarpur Delhi - 110054

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by Dr. S M.SHAFI 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

The university of Kashmir has addvertized three positions of lecturers in Departmentof library and information science and one position of Documentation officer in centre of central Asian studies. The basic qualification is masters degree in L&Isc with NET. The form can be downloaded from university website : www. universityofkashmir.net. the last date for submission is 30th jul,2003. Dr S.m Shafi READER DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR,SRINAGAR-1900 06 j&k ___________________________________________________ Click below to experience Sooraj R Barjatya's latest offering 'Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon' starring Hrithik, Abhishek & Kareena http://www.mpkdh.com

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by AMRUTH SHERIKAR 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Dear Professionals, Hope this wil be of use. Replies/enquiries to: "Christina Tovote" <Christina.Tovote(a)sub.su.se Here registration reminder about the third international conference on information literacy Creating Knowledge III in Akureyri, Iceland Christina Tovoté Stockholm University Library IFLA Management & Marketing Section Registration open for a conference on information literacy and the educational role of the librarian, held in September 2003 in Akureyri, Iceland: Creating Knowledge III Information Literacy, Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Learning - Promoting the Educational Role of the Librarian Hotel KEA, Akureyri, Iceland - September 25-26, 2003 Creating Knowledge (CKIII) welcomes you to the 3rd conference in its series addressing issues of information literacy. The first two conferences in the series were organized by Malmö University in Sweden but now the conference is one of the objectives of the recently established Nordic Information Literacy Institute, NORDINFOlit <http://www.nordinfolit.org>. In the future it will be held every other year in one of the Nordic countries. The University of Akureyri <http://www.unak.is/template1.asp?PageID=12> is organizing and hosting the conference this year. Well known international speakers from outside and within the Nordic countries will contribute to the programme including key-note speaker, Dr. Patricia Senn Breikvik Chair of the National Forum on Information Literacy. The conference language is English. Participants are warmly welcomed to the northern town, Akureyri, where they will have ample opportunities to exchange ideas on information literacy issues with international colleagues. There will also be excellent opportunities for conference participants to enjoy the great variety of Icelandic nature, either in organized excursions or on their own. For further information such as conference theme, programme, workshops, speakers, fee, registration etc., please see the conference website: <http://vefir.unak.is/CKIII/>. Requests can also be sent to: Astrid Margrét Magnúsdóttir (astrid(a)unak.is <mailto:astrid@unak.is>) or Bryndís Ísaksdóttir (bryndisi(a)bok.hi.is <mailto:bryndisi@bok.hi.is>). Byee. Amruth Amruth Sherikar, Head Serials Division, Gulbarga University Library, Gulbarga - 585106 Karnataka - India. Phone No. 08472-445713(R) 08472-446981, 445724(0) e_mail:s_amruth@rediffmail.com amruth_sherikar(a)hotmail.com ___________________________________________________ Click below to experience Sooraj R Barjatya's latest offering 'Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon' starring Hrithik, Abhishek & Kareena http://www.mpkdh.com

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Invitation
by Mailing List Manager 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:29:57 +0530 From: SRELS <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore, cordially invite you to a Series of Presentations on: CONTENT ORGANISATION, INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL by Dr. T.B. Rajashekar ( on Ontologies) Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao (on Clustering) Prof. A. Neelameghan (on Self-organising Maps and a Systems Demo) on 9th August 2003 at 2.00 p. m. at SRELS premises 02, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560010 RSVP: Ph:3305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com K.N.Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar BANGALORE 560 010

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e-grnathalaya(library automation package)
by Mailing List Manager 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:48:45 +0530 (IST) From: Veena P Oak <veena(a)mail.kar.nic.in> Dear Colleagues/Friends/Users, We are happy to announce that web site for e-grnathalaya(library automation package ) is released and available at http://egranthalaya.kar.nic.in This is for your kind information.

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Internet working groups explore science and tech to meet MDGs
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Friends: Here is something of interest to you. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UN-CSTD) is organizing four Internet Working Groups to provide input into a panel meeting in October 2003 on "Promoting the application of science and technology to meet the Millennium Development Goals". Government representatives, UN agencies, academics, private sector representatives and any other interested individuals or bodies are invited to contribute recommendations to one or more of the Working Groups from 15 June to 15 August. To join in, send an e-mail to stdev(a)unctad.org indicating with an X in the brackets [X] which Working Group(s) you wish to join. Approximately a week before your Working Group(s) begin(s), you will receive detailed information about the discussion. The four Groups are: [ ] cstd-newtech--Improving the policy environment for the application of S&T to development by identifying potential risks and benefits of new and emerging technologies; [ ] cstd-research--Strengthening basic and applied research in developing countries and international scientific networking; [ ] cstd-advisory-- Strengthening technology support institutions and science advisory mechanisms; building human capacity; identifying new technologies and applications; and encouraging international collaboration to support research in neglected fields; and [ ] cstd-universal--Promoting universal Internet access at affordable costs and building strategic partnerships in the field of science and technology for development and capacity building for competitiveness. CSTD is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). More info: United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UN-CSTD) http://r0.unctad.org/stdev/index.html U.N. Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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UNESCO has a free software portal which is promoted by Richard Stallman
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 08:19:35 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> "I'm grateful to UNESCO for recognizing that, in the domain of software, free software disseminates human knowledge in a way that non-free software cannot do" says Stallman. UNESCO and Free Software: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/index.shtml With its Free Software Portal, UNESCO intends to provide a single interactive access point to information for users who wish to understand and follow the Free Software movement, to learn why it is important and to apply the concept.

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Circulation Module using CDS-ISIS or WINISIS
by Aloor Thomas Francis 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Dear Professionals, We are in search for a Circulation Module that works on CDS-ISIS or WINISIS. Many of the poor college / public libraries in and around Thrissur/Kerala require a free software for their automation. If any body has knowledge on the same, please let me know the details with practical experiences, if any. A.T. Francis Kerala Agricultural University Library and Information System (KAULIS) Main Campus, KAU Post Thrissur, Kerala, India Phone: 91-487-2372720 E-mail: francisaloor(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Open Access Archive
by afsar bukhari 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Dear Friends Reading the current debate on Open Access Archive and the views put forth by Mr. Arunachalam and Dr. Tapaswi I am also tempted to put forth my opinion worth few peanuts. I am also of strong opinion that research findings be made freely available to every one and everywhere for the benefit of science and society. There have been studies, which suggests that there is a strong correlation between the presence of an article in public domain and its high use. The present impact factor for journals has got its own limitations (the journals, which have high impact factors, may have very few core articles which are continuously cited increasing their impact factor. A journal may also receive high impact factor because it may be having highly controversial article cited by many just to refute its findings). It is also a fact that more people read article than cite them. So one can now calculate impact factors for each article, which in true sense would be giving the real worth of an article at two levels. Number of times it is downloaded (for being read) and number of citations it is receiving. Moreover publishing in Open Archive reduces the length of time between article submission and its publication. In addition a lot of valuable information in the form of thesis, dissertations, conference proceedings, seminars etc an also be made available. As far as what we (LIS Professionals) can do as well as others (like scientists, researchers, scholars, institutions) I suggest you seeing the following site. http://www.soros.org/openaccess/help.shtml One can also see presentation made by Prof Jean-Claude Guedon in urging librarians to through all their weight behind Open Archiving at the following site http://www.arl.org/scomm/guedonpr.shtml We are today in a transition period and in few years form now I believe every thing is going to be in open archive. It of course is going to have its own implications in terms of how we are going to handle such an information explosion. But since librarians are the ones who act as a bridge between information and researchers we have to take initiatives. It is ultimately we have to make the information available to them. One can see a series of debates started way back in 2001 and published in nature journal at the following site for having a good insight. http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access Happy reading Warm regards Syed Afsar Ali Bukhari Librarian Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd Medchal Hyderabad E-mail:- bukhari_786(a)rediffmail.com quickinfo(a)rediffmail.com ___________________________________________________ Click below to experience Sooraj R Barjatya's latest offering 'Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon' starring Hrithik, Abhishek & Kareena http://www.mpkdh.com

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NACLIN 2002 Proceedings
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING NACLIN 2002 Edited by H. K . Kaul and M. D. Baby Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2002) includes 41 papers which were presented to the National Convention on Library and Information Networking at the Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin from October 21-24, 2002. These papers cover a wide range of issues such as Digital Divide - Problems and Solutions, Digital Divide and the Management of Information Resources, Role of Library Networks, Digital Resources and the Law, Information Infrastructure and National Policy, Redesigning and Re-engineering of Information Resources, E-Governance and Society, E-Business and Digital Economy, Communication Infrastructure in Rural India, Electronics Journals, Knowledge Engineering, Human Resource Management, E-Learning and other issues. Papers in this volume highlight the thinking on the Digital Divide with special reference to Library and Information Networking in India. Published by: DELNET, Developing Library Network Year: 2003 Price: Rs. 650/- Discount : 30% to Institutional Libraries : 50% to LIS Professionals Please send your orders to: The Secretary DELNET Developing Library Network 40, Lodhi Estate, Max Mueller Marg New Delhi - 110003 E-mail : orders(a)delnet.ren.nic.in _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET India International Centre 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi-110003 INDIA Tel.: 91-11-24610802, 24619328 FAX : 91-11-24619325 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Institutional Archives and Open Access journals
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:25:29 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: A number of Open Access journals (published by BioMedCentral) are already included in JCR and they have (decent) impact factors. Other Open Access journals like BMJ and Current Science are also indexed in JCR (for a very long time) and are given impact factor values every year. There are hundreds of Open Access journals. The 'Free Medical Journals' site lists close to a thousand titles. The Lund University has started compiling a list of open access journals. Just try a Google or Teoma search and you will find titles in many fields of S&T. In a previous intervention Dr Tapaswi had said that LIS professionals "can only remain silent spectators". I beg to differ. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL, USA) has a strong initiative called SPARC. Please visit the ARL website for more details. Major LIS discussion lists in the USA talk about these issues all the time. Indeed the Open Access movement got a fillip when these librarians started discussing the 'serials crisis' a few years ago. In our own country, people like Dr Rajashekar of NCSI and Prof. Shalini Urs of Mysore University are active in digital library and eprint initiatives. I suggest that organizations such as SIS, IASLIC, and IATLIS promote learning among their members about the pros and cons of Eprint archives (both self-archiving and institutional archiving), and Open Access Initiatives. At the risk of being called immodest, I refer to my paper "Information for research in developing countries: Information technology -- Friend or foe?" in Bulletin of ASIST, Vol. 29, N0. 5, June/July 2003, pp. 16-21. If anyone is interested, I can send electronic copies of this article as well as my presentation at the Volkswagen Foundation Millennium Debate, which also talks about the need for developing country researchers (and librarians) to use ICTs more efficiently. The point is up to the 1990s there was a reason for developing country institutions to keep complaining about the information gap between the rich and the poor countries. Fortunately the advent of the Internet has given us the potential to change the situation and overcome the information inequality. Look at the physicists. Thanks to Paul Ginsparg and friends, virtually every physicist in the world sends his paper to arXiv and often gets valuable feedback and comments from other physicists. No physicist waits for a paper to appear in print in Physical Review, PRL or Pramana. These journals merely serve the archival function. The question is why are the rest of the scientists follow the physicists and make their results openly and easily available to their colleagues everywhere. Why are not our librarians coming forward to set up such archives (as IISc has done)? Subbiah Arunachalam

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Scholar-Based Innovations in Publishing
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:26:11 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> I am pleased to announce the availability of a most 'exciting' [:-)] PowerPoint presentation prepared for the ALCTS Scholarly Communications Discussion Group meeting at ALA Toronto on Monday, June 23, 2003 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. The revised presentation is available at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ScholarBased.ppt ] ***NOTE: This a large file 6+ MB with 100+ slides!*** In recent years, a number of innovations have emerged that seek to provide sustainable alternatives to the predominant publishing paradigm. In this presentation, a variety of initiatives that exploit the inherent potential of the Web and other digital environments to offer open and enhanced access to the personal and collective scholarship of individuals, organizations, and nations will be profiled. In its concluding section, the presentation focuses on the two major discipline-based repositories for library and information science scholarship,_ DLIST Archive: Digital Library of Information Science and Technology_ (http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/) and _E-LIS_ (http://eprints.rclis.org/ ), "an electronic open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, in Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application activities." To expedite the adoption and further development of scholar-based innovations in publishing, librarians and other information specialists are encouraged to 'Lead By Example' by depositing their own scholarship within either or both these repositories. The 'References' section of the presentation includes four of my publications that served as the basis for this presentation, the first three of which are linked to their respective full-text: "Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing. Part I: Individual and Institutional Initiatives," _Library Hi Tech News_ 20 no. 2 (March 2003): 19-26. Initiatives," _Library Hi Tech News_ 20 no. 3 (April 2003): 19-27. [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ScholarBased-II.pdf ] "Scholar-based Innovations in Publishing. Part III: Organizational and National Initiatives," _Library Hi Tech News_ 20 no. 5 (June 2003): 15-23. [http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ScholarBased-III.pdf ] "Open Access and Retrieval: Liberating the Scholarly Literature," in E-_Serials Management: Transitions, Trends, and Technicalities_, ed. David Fowler (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Fall 2003). [Of course, I wll deposit these full-text items, as well as other scholarship, including this ALCTS presentation {:-), in _DLIST_ and _E-LIS_]. Enjoy! BTW: Don't forget to explore the embedded (and non-embedded)hyperlinks! {:-> /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Circumstantial Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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ICT Stories Competition 2003: Now open to enter you story!
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:50:42 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Have you been working on a project that uses Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a tool for achieving development? Then this is an opportunity for you to share your experiences with the world! Please visit our website for more information and the submit form. Good luck in the competition! ICT Stories More information: http://www.iicd.org/stories/ Email: stories(a)iicd.org

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New Technologies in Libraries - Citations
by Shyam Prasad pujar 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Dear Members, New Technologies in Libraries provides bibliographic details of articles appeared in good number of LIS journals. The coverage in most cases is from 1998. Till recently, it used to be available as an e-mail newsletter. Now it has been made available on the net at the following URL address. At present the search form/engine is available only in Dutch. http://pc40.libis.kuleuven.ac.be/LitAtt/zoek.cfm The article details can be accessed by TITLE or a word in a title (titelwoord), AUTHOR (auteur) OR JOURNAL (tijdschrift). This has been developed by Erik Arfeuille, who can be contacted at: Erik.Arfeuille(a)bib.kuleuven.ac.be Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Institutional Archives and Open Access journals
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:13:47 +0530 From: Dr Murari P Tapaswi <murari(a)darya.nio.org> In set-up like CSIR, as I know, the scientific contributions of the individuals are judged based on Impact Factor of the journal in which (s)he publishes. In such a situation the idea of publishing in Open Acces journals (without impact factor) would never be digested. This needs to be done at very high level to see that the policies are changed at the first instance. -Tapaswi -----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: 30 June 2003 10:24 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Institutional Archives and Open Access journals Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:51:06 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> How can the LIS professionals in our country help promote the Open Access and Self Archiving movements? How do we convince our scientists and doctoral students that it is in their own interest to set up institutional archives and to publish in open access journals? How can we make our LIS colleagues more proactive and mount a crusade as it were? Arun _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Accessioning CDs: Thanks for response
by Dr Murari P Tapaswi 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Dear Colleagues, Thanks are due to the respondents: Savitha (Novell Software), Manjunath (IGIDR), Charumathy (Texas Instrum), Atanu (Univ Calcutta) and Gayathri Sen (PESIT) for sharing their experiences with us. With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India e-mail: murari(a)darya.nio.org Phone: 91-(0)832-2456700 ext. 2475 Fax: 91-(0)832-2456702

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Open access law introduced in USA
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:23:53 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Open access law introduced US congressman joins push to promote public access to publicly funded research | By Catherine Zandonella <mailto:catzan@nasw.org> The debate over open access to scientific literature intensified this week with the introduction of federal legislation designed to curb publishers' control over scientific publishing. The bill, introduced in the US House of Representatives yesterday (June 26) by Rep. Martin Sabo <http://www.house.gov/sabo/> (D-Minn.), is one part of a larger campaign, launched by the open-access Public Library of Science <http://www.plos.org> (PLoS), to raise a national debate on the issue of access to scientific literature. As part of the campaign, the PLoS this week began running a 30-second television ad <http://www.plos.org/support/playvideo.html> designed to introduce the topic to the lay public. The ads will run during popular prime-time shows, such as "The Simpsons." Rep. Sabo drafted and introduced the bill after the PLoS approached him and explained that while federal tax dollars support research, access to the results is limited to scientists whose libraries can afford high subscription fees and to those lay people lucky enough to live near a public institutional library. "Most people are shocked when they find out they cannot access the results of studies that their tax dollars paid for," said Sabo's legislative assistant Lisa Tomlinson, who was involved in writing the bill. The proposed legislation, called the Public Access to Science Act, would prohibit copyright protection for any works stemming from substantially federally funded research. If enacted into law, the bill could radically change how scientific journals do business <http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030616/03/>, since most journals currently require authors to transfer copyright to the journal as a condition of publication. The bill would amend an existing passage in copyright law to add federal grantees to a provision that bars federal employees from copyright on their publications. The bill does not state what percentage of the research must be supported by federal dollars to trigger the no-copyright rule. "We wanted to leave that to the discretion of the federal agencies," said Tomlinson. Without copyright, journals would still be able to publish articles much as they do now, but they would not be able to control the distribution or republishing of the articles. Publishers say they need copyright in order to control a publication's quality. "Errors creep in as a paper is repeatedly copied and circulated," said Peter Farnham, public affairs officer for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology <http://www.asbmb.org>, which publishes the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The JBC's content already is freely available, he noted. Advocates of open access say that publishers should not own the copyright because the amount of work that the journal does-procuring peer review, editing, and laying out the article on the page-does not justify ownership. "Their [the publisher's] contribution to the finished product pales in comparison to contributions from scientists and the general public," said Michael Eisen <http://rana.lbl.gov/>, cofounder of PLoS and a geneticist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. Bringing the public into the open-access debate is a natural next step for PLoS, Eisen said. PLoS plans to launch <http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20021220/06/> its first open-access, peer-reviewed journal this October, and each paper will be accompanied by a plain-English summary. The television ads, which began running on June 23 in San Francisco, Washington, and Boston, show a man who flies to work, rather than drives. The voice-over implies that the open access to journals made the technology possible. http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030627/04

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Re: [LIS-Forum] accessioning CDs
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Dear friend, Ours is an engineering college library in Bangalore. As you said we get CD^s in different ways. With monographs, with journals and independently. We treat this as separate entities so that it can be borrowed by the users if required for special installations in different labs. The CD^s which come with the technical magazines or journals gives all the information that is printed on the CD^s by the publisher. This is shown in the Abstract section or note section of the online catalogue and is indexed. So when a users gives a search for any tutorials, or any topic in the OPAC all the related CD^s are retrived within a minit and we can easily trace them because all these CD^s are arranged number wise in a CD cabinet. Our students are making maximum use of these CD^s and this system is working fine in our college. Regards, Gayathri Sen, PESIT

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Re: [LIS-Forum] accessioning CDs
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Atanu Garai <atanu_garai2000(a)yahoo.com> Dear Sir, The management of CDs depends on various factors.I have seen many libraries having a completely different management system for optical discs.Usually these are stored in seprate protective cases. Intially these CDs are catalogued on simple computer produced print catalogues as their numbers are limited. Still many libraries which have introduced optical disc based services ie reference,document delivery etc and have CD acquiring program have not been implementing any complete document management system for the acquired CDs. Ususally automated bibliogarphic management systems should have the capabilities of capturing the metadata elements unique for CDs.But mnay such systems has not been developed with approprite searching conditions typical for CDs. In situations such as this, computer printed catalogue is usually chosen as effective if the number of CDs available in the library is limited. This is effective because if the number of CDs are within 500! , the total page of the print cataloge is limited enough to be easily xeroxed and circulated to the individual clientle. It is the common practice of our libraies to tear off the accompanying maaterials from the original documents and supply the clients when demand for the same arises. In such cases appropriate instructions should be provided to the users on the availability of such materials and the ordering instruction of the same. But it is recommended that such optical discs(and even magnetic discs such floppies) should be detached off and preserved in separate location for their appropriate maintenance. Various standards are avialbale for thier rightful maintenance as brought out by national and international organizations including ISO,BIS,IFLA,ICA,UNESCO to name a few.To maintain thier recommendartions it is important to shelve them in different storage conditions than print media.This also arises the problems of the management of the same. In any case, it can be suggested for accessioning CDs, a note on the availability of such materials shall be noted in the appropriate register and if possible, a separate register should be maintained. Hope this helps. Regards. Atanu Garai Atanu Garai MLIS Student 2001-03 Department of Library and Information Science University of Calcutta College St.Campus Kolkata 700 073 India Ph(O)+91(0)33 2241 0071/74 (R)+91(0)33 2543 6870 Fax(O)+91(0)33 2241 3222 Email:atanu_garai@hotmail.com OR atanu_garai(a)indiatimes.com http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu_garai

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Institutional Archives and Open Access journals
by Mailing List Manager 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:51:06 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> How can the LIS professionals in our country help promote the Open Access and Self Archiving movements? How do we convince our scientists and doctoral students that it is in their own interest to set up institutional archives and to publish in open access journals? How can we make our LIS colleagues more proactive and mount a crusade as it were? Arun

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accessioning CDs
by Dr Murari P Tapaswi 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

Dear Collegaues, I would like to know the ways the libraries are accessioning CDs arriving in their collection. To my knowledge, there are following types: 1. Documents purchased as CDs 2. CDs as part of the monograph 3. CDs as part of a magazine/journal 4. CDs arrived as free distribution With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Information Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS) National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India e-mail: murari(a)darya.nio.org Phone: 91-(0)832-2456700 ext. 2475 Fax: 91-(0)832-2456702

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YTimes.com Article: Measure Calls for Wider Access to Federally Financed Research
by Mailing List Manager 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:04:44 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: We in India and other developing countries should work towards such a legislation. We should congratulate the Indian Academy of Sciences for making electronic versions of all its journals available free on the Internet. The Academy also held two three-day workshops in March 2002 for editors (and publishers) of Indian S&T journals on electronic journals and open access. We should persuade other Indian journal editors to make their electronic versions freely accessible on the Net. Also, we should encourage our universities and research laboratories to self-archive their research publications, as IISc is trying to do now. Studies have shown that papers that are freely available on the Net are cited three times more often than those published in subscription journals. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] arun(a)mssrf.res.in ------ Measure Calls for Wider Access to Federally Financed Research June 26, 2003 By WARREN E. LEARY WASHINGTON, June 25 - A group challenging the power of established scientific journals says legislation will be introduced to make the results of all federally financed research available to the public. The group, the Public Library of Science, which includes scientists, doctors, researchers and their public supporters, plans to announce legislation on Thursday that would give taxpayers greater access to scientific data. The group's objective is an open system of scientific publishing that would bypass the current system, which centers on journals that charge, through their subscriptions, for access to results. The measure places results of research financed primarily by the government into the public domain so access cannot be prohibited by copyright, said Dr. Michael B. Eisen, a co-founder of the library, and a biologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The bill also calls on federal agencies to improve access to their research results. Representative Martin Olav Sabo, Democrat of Minnesota, is to introduce the measure, called the Public Access to Science Act. A spokesman said that Mr. Sabo was concerned about patients' access to the latest medical research and that he would seek co-sponsors for the bill. American taxpayers invest about $45 billion a year in scientific and medical research, and the results should be readily available to them, Mr. Sabo said. The measure places results of research financed primarily by the government into the public domain so access cannot be prohibited by copyright, said Dr. Michael B. Eisen, a co-founder of the library, and a biologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The bill also calls on federal agencies to improve access to their research results. Representative Martin Olav Sabo, Democrat of Minnesota, is to introduce the measure, called the Public Access to Science Act. A spokesman said that Mr. Sabo was concerned about patients' access to the latest medical research and that he would seek co-sponsors for the bill. American taxpayers invest about $45 billion a year in scientific and medical research, and the results should be readily available to them, Mr. Sabo said. "It defies logic to collectively pay for our medical research, only to privatize its profitability and availability," he said in a statement. Dr. Harold E. Varmus, president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and chairman of the Public Library of Science, said the legislation would help get out the message that scientific results should be more easily available to more people. "Privately owned journals can't tie up scientific information, and people should begin discussing this issue," Dr. Varmus said. The Public Library of Science, with the help of a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, will begin publishing an online, peer-reviewed journal on biology in October, followed by a medical science journal early next year. Access to the journals is to be free, and the operating expenses are to be financed by $1,500 fees charged to researchers whose papers appear. Most research grants are large enough to include payments for publishing results, proponents say. Traditional journals like Nature and Science publish papers at no charge to researchers but recoup costs and sometimes make profits with advertising and paid subscriptions, on paper and online. Dr. Alan I. Leshner, chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes the journal Science, said everyone concerned with scientific publishing was looking for the best way to improve assess to information on the Internet and elsewhere. "We are all looking for the best model to assure access to quality scientific information," Dr. Leshner said, "We're experimenting with different methods to do the same thing." Science magazine, for instance, is giving free online access to institutions in developing countries and providing site licenses to hundreds of universities so that everyone on those campuses has free access. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/26/politics/26LIBR.html?ex=1057682372&ei=1&e… f3f99c0da5843 ---------------------------------

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"copyleft" licensing
by Benny MD 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

Dear professionals As information/knowledge managers it become our duty to allow free flow of information. Any barrier to this will delay or even prevent the birth of new information, and probably result in the misuse of the existing one. In this context it is apt to think about adopting the "copyleft" rules and apply the same in the "context" of printed documents. I encourage you all to comment on this and express your views on "intellectual property right" What is copyleft? "Copyleft," in the popular usage of the term, means "a copyright notice that permits unrestricted redistribution and modification, provided that all copies and derivatives retain the same permissions." The idea of copyleft originated with uber-hacker Richard Stallman in 1983 when he started the GNU Project. In brief, his goal was "to develop a complete free Unix-like operating system." As part of that goal, he invented and wrote the GNU General Public License, a legal construct that included a copyright notice but added to it (or, technically, removed certain restrictions), so its terms allowed for the freedoms of reuse, modification and reproduction of a work or its derivatives to be kept for all. The idea is to have a free society where any license or copyright is unnecessary, and where anyone could share all published works for the common good with no sovereign-nation laws dictating who can say or use what in their expression or communication. For more information please visit Reference http://www.dsl.org/copyleft/ http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/nonsoftware-copyleft.html http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html ___________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************* * BENNY M.D. * * LIBRARIAN * * DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE * * BANGALORE-12., KARNATAKA, INDIA. * * PH:2932265 (EXTN.317) * * EMAIL: benny(a)math.iisc.ernet.in * * mdliles72(a)yahoo.com * *******************************************************

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Professor designation to university librarian-parity with the teachers- implications
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

dear friends, Recently, Govt of Andhra Pradesh had issued GO Ms. No 35 dated 16-06-2003. sub: Universities- Uniform designation of Librarians, Deputy Librarians, assistant Librarians and Documentation Officers working in all Universities. The Govt had isssued GO and the crux of the GO is "After careful examination of the proposal of the Secretary, AP Stae Council of Higher Education, Govt have decided to adopt the uniform o designations by re-designating the posts of the University Library Professionals, who are drqwing UGC Scales. i.e. University Librarian, deputy Librarain, assistant Librarian and Documentation Officer to that of Professor in LIS, Associate Professor in LIS and Assistant Professor in LIS respectively" subject to there is no financial commitment on the part of the Governement and also the following conditions. 1. Asst Librarians working in the Universities possess the same qualifications like the Librarains earlier working in Govt Degree Colleges and later designated as Lecturers in Library Science vide GOMas No. 91. 2. The Asst Librarians have the duties separately identified and as and when necessary they may be asked to teach classes and they are not regular teaching staff of the Dept of LIS. 3. The Asst Librarains are non-vacation academic staff charged with the responsibility of offering academic services to various depts. in the Universities. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GO : 1. Till now the library staff were retiring by the age 58, now it gives a clear guidance TO THE Universities for retiring them at 60 (in AP the teachers retire at 60). This is advantage to the libraraians. Thanks to the Govt of AP. 2. Recently, the UGC had given a clarification that the Deputy Librarains are not eligible for CAS to enable them to be promoted as Librarians (Professor scale). Now the implication of this GO is Deputy Librarians are eligible under CAS and can get the Professor or Librarians scale.- thanks. 3. There was a contradiction in UGC norms for CAS to Asst Librarians. They were to be governed by OLD NORMS for CAS, and several universities were giving the promotion after 16 years (with out Ph.D. But this GO's implication is they also need to be considered selection grade after 11 years (with out Ph.D.). 4.The third condition of the GO is the Asst Librarians are non-vacation staff. It implies that others that is both Deputy Librarians and Librarians could be considered as vacation staff. 5. The ASST Librarians possess the same qualifications mentioned in GO no 91. That means, the present UGC qualifications are not necessary. Old qualifications stand good? 6. Unfortunately, the GO specifies, that only Asst Librarians are to be associated with teaching as and when asked to teach classes. How about seniors, (both Deputy Librarians and Librarians)? They should have also been considered for the same status. The professionals and Professiona Associations thank the Government of AP for considering favourably the problems of University Library Staff. The present GO has solved problems of University library staff of the State. 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) AND President, Academy of Library Science & Documentation, Hyderabad. Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

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Library Manager 6.5
by Shyam Prasad pujar 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

Dear Member, 'Library Manager' is a library automation software suitable for small libraries. Through this one can undertake works of acquisition, circulation, search for books, etc. Reports on various aspects can be generated using this software. Backup, Restoration of backup and generation of Barcode label facilities are also available. This software is still in its nascent stage, suggestions may be forwarded to the developer of this software Mr Sawan Gupta. He is an Engineering student studying at Jaipur. It is a FREE-WARE available for download at the following URL address. It works on most of the versions of MS-Windows. http://sawansoft.cjb.net 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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Software to make you a better writer!!
by Benny MD 24 Jun '03

24 Jun '03

Dear professionals Hope some of you will find this information useful. StyleWriter software helps anyone learn the secrets of editing, by cutting words and simplifying your style. Usually, StyleWriter helps you cut a quarter of the words from your draft and this lets your reader concentrate on your information. StyleWriter helps you write in plain language by highlighting your poor writing habits and helping you change them. It also measures and questions your use of long sentences and passive verbs and makes you think about every word you write. For more information, online demo and a trial version pls visit http://www.editorsoftware.com/stylewriter-software/ -- ___________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************* * BENNY M.D. * * LIBRARIAN * * DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE * * BANGALORE-12., KARNATAKA, INDIA. * * PH:2932265 (EXTN.317) * * EMAIL: benny(a)math.iisc.ernet.in * * mdliles72(a)yahoo.com * *******************************************************

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NLM Proposes New Journal Standards
by Mailing List Manager 24 Jun '03

24 Jun '03

Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:10:48 +0530 From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> Dear All, The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced a new set of standards for publishing online journal articles. The Journal Archiving and Interchange Document Type Definition (JAIDTD) is freely available for public use and creates a standard that, if broadly adopted, could signal a significant sea change in the future of scholarly journals. The new DTD and the Tagset are in XML and they are in the public domain. Complete information and documentation can be found at http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov. The detail can be found at http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030623-1.shtml. I am also attaching the whole news item. NLM Proposes New Journal Standards by Robin Peek June 23, 2003 — The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced a new set of standards for publishing online journal articles. The Journal Archiving and Interchange Document Type Definition (JAIDTD) is freely available for public use and creates a standard that, if broadly adopted, could signal a significant sea change in the future of scholarly journals. Since the mid-1990s, scholarly journals have been striving to make their content available on the Web for greater distribution, ease of searching and retrieval, or just to have a Web presence. “These electronic files are created to meet the needs of the Internet—usually without much thought given to long-term archiving of the content,” says Dr. David Lipman, director of the Library's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). “Today we release two Document Type Definitions (DTDs) that will simplify journal publishing and increase the accuracy of the archiving and exchange of scholarly journal articles.” To put this in context, the JAIDTD could be to journals what HTML was to the Web. The Journal Archiving and Interchange DTD Suite provides a set of XML modules that define elements and attributes for describing the textual and graphical content of journal articles, as well as some non-article material, such as letters, editorials, and book and product reviews. “We didn't start out to create a standardized archiving format for articles,” says NCBI’s Jeff Beck. “We were starting a major revision to our DTD at the same time that a company—Inera, Inc., of Newton, Mass.—was working on the 'E-Journal Archival DTD Feasibility Study' for the Harvard University E-Journal Archiving Project. That study concluded that a common format for archiving was possible, but that it hadn't been defined yet. We shared our revised DTD with Inera, and it seemed like we almost had it.” The new DTD and the Tagset are in XML and they are in the public domain. Complete information and documentation can be found at http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov. Of course no one knows how readily the publishing community will accept the JAIDTD. The NLM will naturally be encouraging journals that submit to PubMed Central (http://www.pubmed.org) to use the JAIDTD. But while the JAIDTD has been created for PubMed Central, and NCBI will manage the updates, adherence to the JAIDTD is not mandatory, as journals may have already established their own XML models. In the proverbial best case scenario, the journals not yet committed to an XML standard will embrace JAIDTD and its promise of a brand new (and better day) of publishing, transferring, and archiving journals. Sister disciplines will see the advantages of JAIDTD for their journals and proceed to adopt it themselves. This, in turn, will cause a snowball effect, and journals throughout the lands and the disciplines will take up the standard. For this to happen, there must be a considerable effort to promote JAIDTD so that journals do not become too deeply entrenched in their own ways of doing things. To date, no other organization has offered up an XML standard for journals and one hopes that there are not a multitude of such standards under development. In theory, at least, such a standard for journals would not really have a vast range of differences from journal to journal. But commercial publishers have a long history of creating their own ways of doing things with the notion of “sharing” perhaps not first and foremost on their agendas. But, of course, there is the possibility of a less positive outcome. Like PubMed Central, JAIDTD could be a really good idea that doesn’t get much traction. While not exactly fallow, with just over 100 journals in PubMed Central, this represents only a small fraction of the thousands of journal titles in the biomedical sciences. Hopefully other standard setting organizations will take a good long look at this new proposed standard and will elect to partner with NLM to make it a standard that matters. Robin Peek is associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Her e-mail address is robin.peek(a)simmons.edu. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 India Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822

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RE: [LIS-Forum] National level S&T information service providers
by Francis Jayakanth 23 Jun '03

23 Jun '03

Dear Member: I'm thankful to Dr. Vyasamoorthy of VIC, Mr. Sukhdev Singh of NIC, Dr Murari P Tapaswi of NIO, Mr. G Mahesh of NISCAIR, Ms. Chaya Devi of Dr. BRAOU, and Mr. Kishor Satpathy, NIT, Silchar for responding to my query on the above subject dated 12 June 03. The table below summarizes these responses. with regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc. Bangalore - 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization Services Provided Areas Contact Details ------------ ----------------- ----- --------------- VIC of ICICI Document Delivery, Chemistry, Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy Knowledge Park Translation, Biotechnology, Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com H'bad Online & CDROM drugs & www.vic-ikp.info Databases searches, Pharmaceuticals www.iciciknowledgepark.com Customized News Bulletins on competition NIC, NEw Delhi CD-ROM Database Biological medinfo(a)hub.nic.in services Sciences, Agriculture, indmed.nic.in Forestry, Clinical Information, Population, Psychology NISCAIR, Bibliometric S&T, Engineering Mrs. Aruna Karanjai New Delhi Services, Industry etc aruna(a)niscair.res.in Literature Search Service, www.niscair.res.in Translation Service, Contents, Abstracts & Photocopy Service NICMA, NIO Contents Page Marine Science Murari P Tapaswi Goa Service, DDS murari(a)darya.nio.org Literature Search Service, IndOcean - A database of Abstracts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Label Printig software for Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:43:38 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] mallikarjuna chenna" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals The best library label printing software: Label Maker runs on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. This is very useful for spine labe printig in Library. Label printing also very good quality. InfoWorks Label Maker (for laser printer) is a powerful and versatile label printing software specially designed for library label printing. It works with OCLC Passport for Windows, CatME, and other library systems, including DRA, NOTIS, Innovative Interfaces, SIRSI, and Dynix. It takes full advantage of the excellent print quality of laser printers, and produces labels with supreme quality. InfoWorks Label Maker automates and simplifies your label printing process and greatly increases your productivity. FOR MORE DETAILS SEE http://www.itcompany.com/labelmak.htm FROM C.Mallikarjuna, Asstt. Librarian, Karnataka Government Secretariat Library VIDHANA SOUDHA, BANGALORE. hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Phone 080+2092059

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Short Term Course in Library Automation and Resource Sharing
by Mailing List Manager 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:15:07 +0530 From: G. Mahesh <gmahesh(a)niscair.res.in> NISCAIR'S SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSE IN LIBRARY AUTOMATION AND RESOURCE SHARING Duration: One Week Schedule: July 07 to July 11, 2003 Course Contents Library Automation: introduction and current trends Library automation software packages Barcode Technology CD-ROM/DVD Technology Electronic/Digital and Virtual Libraries Operating Systems Database Creation and Resource Sharing Library Networks Services from Library Networks, etc Course Fee: Rs. 1700 (without accommodation) and Rs. 2300/- (with accommodation) More details can be had from: Assistant Head Training Division Email: asrao(a)niscair.res.in

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Need for promoting use of Open Access journals
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:39:10 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Here is a Press release that talks about the advantages of wholesale embracing of the Open Access journals. Regards. Arun 17 June 2003 UK research, accessible for free, for everyone UK leads world in publishing revolution to provide open access to scientific research More than 80,000 biology and medical researchers working at UK universities can now share their research findings freely with fellow researchers, funding bodies, students, journalists, and the general public worldwide. Making the results of science and medical research openly available will aid the global advancement of science and healthcare. Publishing in freely accessible online journals will also make the UK higher education system more cost-effective, by reducing the amount of money spent on journal subscriptions. The landmark deal announced today by The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), a joint committee of HEFCE and other UK further and higher education funding bodies, and open access publisher BioMed Central places the UK at the forefront of the drive to make scientific research freely available on the Internet. The BioMed Central membership agreement commences on the 1 July. From this date article-processing charges will be waived - for all UK higher education staff - when publishing in any of BioMed Central's 90+ peer-reviewed journals in which all research content is freely accessible. Dr Alicia Wise, Head of Development at JISC, explains the commitment by JISC to fund open access publishing for the entire UK Higher Education community: "This ground-breaking deal represents a major shift in the way that research is undertaken and its outputs published and shared. The implications for research and for our educational institutions beyond the health and medical field are immense." This is the first step of many that funding bodies are taking to ensure the success of open access. For the academic and clinical research communities working in UK Higher Education institutions, one of the biggest hurdles to publishing in open access journals - cost - has been removed. Funding bodies are now moving to acknowledge that authors who publish in open access journals are providing a service to the scientific community. The JISC deal means that 180 universities in the UK will now become BioMed Central members. Together with the recent NHS England membership agreement1, the vast majority of research produced in the UK could be published in open access journals at no cost to the individual author. Publisher Jan Velterop explains why this is so exciting for BioMed Central: "JISC's support is of huge significance. The UK is taking the fastest and the largest steps to become a completely open access environment for the sharing of biology and medical research results. Unrestricted access to the majority of UK biomedical research output is now a very real possibility. This represents our largest deal to date, and is a sure sign that the tide has turned to embrace open access." BioMed Central now has more members in the UK than in any other country. The UK is a major contributor to the global advance of knowledge. With just 1% of the world's population, Britain funds 4.5% of all scientific research, and produces 8.5% of the research articles that are published worldwide.2 BioMed Central and JISC look forward to seeing a fast-increasing proportion of these articles published with open access, for the benefit of science and society at large. ###

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Indo-US Workshop on Open Digital Libraries and Interoperability, June 23-25, 2003
by Shalini Urs 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Dear All, I am pleased to announce the following upcoming event: ----------------- Indo-US Workshop on Open Digital Libraries and Inter Operability Holiday Inn, Arlington at Ballston, VA. USA, June 23-25, 2003(Organised by Virginia Tech & Old Dominion University, USA and University of Mysore & Indian Institute of Science, India) Supported by Indo-US Science & Technology Forum and by Virginias Internet Technology Innovation Center For more info:http://fox.cs.vt.edu/IndoUSdl/index.htm ---------- Shalini ------------- Prof.Shalini R.Urs Coordinator ( India) Indo-US Workshop on Open Digital Libraries and Inter operability Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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Library Link Newsletter - June 2003 (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:39:37 +0530 From: Nivedita.Sharma(a)fluor.com Hi everyone, Library Link Newsletter for the month June 2003. Visit http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink for more information. Nivedita Sharma +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Library Link Newsletter June 2003 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents ---------- 1. Library Technology - Viewpoints & Articles 2. Library Link News & Links 3. Turn your conference attendance to even greater advantage 4. IFLA Interlending and Document Supply International Conference 5. Easier Access for Aslib Corporate Members 6. Meetings to be held about LIS journals at major international conference 7. Feedback *****

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Bullfighter!!!
by Benny MD 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Dear Professionals Hope some of you will find the following information useful!!! http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&ncid=583 &e=7&u=/nm/20030617/od_nm/life_language_dc Bullfighter is software that runs in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, within Microsoft Office 2000 or XP. It works a lot like the spelling and grammar checker in those applications, but focuses on jargon and readability. Download it for free, or order a CD-ROM/book package. Then install it. http://www.dc.com/Insights/bullfighter/index.asp -- ___________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************* * BENNY M.D. * * LIBRARIAN * * DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS * * INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE * * BANGALORE-12., KARNATAKA, INDIA. * * PH:3942265 (EXTN.317) * * EMAIL: benny(a)library.iisc.ernet.in * * mdliles72(a)yahoo.com * *******************************************************

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Free e-journal finder
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:10:25 +0530 From: Krishnan <krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in> Plenty of online journals supply free content, and the Directory of Open Access Journals from Lund University in Sweden makes it easier to find them. The brand-new site links to more than 350 journals with free, full-text articles. You can browse titles in 15 categories, from agriculture to sociology. Scientific journals include Stem Cells, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, and Conservation Ecology. If none of the offerings catch your fancy, check back soon. The directory's curators plan to add new titles and a search feature that will allow visitors to find articles in any of the listed journals. www.doaj.org Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in http://www.ncl-india.org

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Digital library - training
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:05:25 +0530 From: susheela <susheela(a)tataprojects.com> Dear All, Can you please let me know, if there are any short term courses or training programme for setting up digital libraries planned for by any Institution/Library. Regards, M.Suseela Tataprojects Ltd. Hyderabad

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Albert Einstein papers
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:09:31 +0530 From: Krishnan <krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in> EXHIBIT: The Man Who Bent Space The formula E = mc2 ushered in the nuclear age by revealing that matter and energy are equivalent. You can see the famed equation written in Einstein's own hand at the newly launched Einstein Archives Online. Browse digitized images of more than 900 manuscripts, unpublished articles, lecture notebooks, and travel diaries. Einstein's scribbled corrections appear on many of the documents, including in 1916 his first methodical explanation of the general theory of relativity, which describes how matter distorts space and time. In addition, the archive provides 39 papers in the original German with historical and scientific annotations--22 of the papers also have English translations. Along with scientific treatises in which Einstein attempts to bring together all known physical forces under a unified field theory, you can also find his papers on international unity and pacifism. Partly because of as-yet-unresolved copyright issues, the cooperative effort between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the California Institute of Technology did not include any of Einstein's thousands of personal letters, but his correspondence with Freud, Stalin, and Gandhi might appear online in the future. alberteinstein.info Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in http://www.ncl-india.org

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Library Events
by sathish 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Dear All, Can you please let me know, if there are any library events (like Caliber, Manlibnet, SIS) planned for by any Institution/Library Associations for the rest of year.(Jun-Dec 2003) Regards, Sathish Muthuswamy Marketing Manager EDUTECH INDIA #8 Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600006, India Tel: +91 44 2833 0999 Fax: +91 44 2833 1777 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong."

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Re: [LIS-Forum] request for photocopy services from S&T ...
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:08:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Atanu Garai <atanu_garai2000(a)yahoo.com> Dear Sir, There are some S&T agencies and bibilographic service providers which have the facility of providing account based photocopy services to individuals/institutions.Please get in touch with the subject specific CSIR/ICMR agencies.Also library networks including ADINET,INFLIBNET,DELNET have the facilty of providing photocopy services to individuals and institutions. Hope it helps. Regards. Atanu Garai MLIS Student Calcutta University.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] request for photocopy services from science /Technology(engineering) institution libraries
by suresh kumar 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Dear prakash, We are using INSDOC services since 1990 including their Caps service.But regret to say Now the NISCAIR photocopy service from Delhi is not at all satisfactory and we are not getting required items from them.They are unable to supply the articles even from the journals covered in caps - their own service. They have to improve their services by reopening the regional centres and we can hope so! Thanks Sure sh . --- B P Prakash <prakashbp(a)pune.tcs.co.in> wrote: > > Dear Suresh > For your kind of activity, IITs wd be of great help. > You may like to check with IIT libraries at Chennai > and Mumbai. > Some of them have deposit account facility for such > services. > > NISCAIR, New Delhi ( previously INSDOC) is also > there. > > Prakash > TCS/ Pune > > > > > suresh kumar > > <nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Sent by: > cc: > lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iis > Subject: [LIS-Forum] request for photocopy > c.ernet.in > services from science /Technology(engineering) > > institution libraries > > > 06/11/03 04:04 PM > > > > > > > > > > Dear friends > As all of you are aware,the clousere of INSDOC > regional centrescoused difficulty in getting > photocopies of journal articles and other references > to students/ reserchers.I would like to open a > depositary account with any of leading science and > technology library to get photocopy services > regularly > for my user community.Those who can help me in this > regard may kindly contact to the following address. > > with regard > > SureshKumar.N > Librarian Gr.I, Fluid Control Research Institute, > Kanjikode west, palakkad- Kerala - 678623 > email: nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in (or) fcri(a)vsnl.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the > new, Yahoo! TV. > visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] 5th CPC recommendation Scale of Pay
by Mailing List Manager 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:19:20 +0530 From: goudar(a)css.nal.res.in Fellow Professionals, The CPC order says that Pay Scales for Departmrntal Librarians has been increased to 5500 - 9000. It does not clearly say that this is applicable to those already in service. Infact it should have been like that. It also is silent about it application for autonomous bodies fully or partially funded by Centarl Goverment. In CSIR we have a peculiar situation. We have various posts classified from Gr I to Gr IV. Highest is Gr IV usually meant for Scientists. Luckily MLIS has been recognised as an entry level qualification for Gr IV. As on today there could be only 4-5 LIS professionals in Gr IV working in library and information cetres of entire CSIR set up covering about 40 Labs. Most of the LIS advts concerned to LIS are placed in Gr III, with an entry level post JTA and required qualification I Class BLIS or MLIS with 55 %. Gr IV staff can enter at level with a scale of 8000-13500 or higher level lateral entry and can go up to Scientists F (Gr IV(6), 18400 -22400). For Gr III staff entry level is JTA (4500 - 7000) and can go upto Gr III(7) with the Scale of 14300 - 18300. Entry level qualification for GR II (3050 - 4590) is SSLC and they can go upto Gr II(5) (6500 -10500). Unfortunately there are number of LIS colleagues still working in Gr II even though they have MLIS, which is an entry level qualification for Gr IV if one has Ist Class or for Gr III if one has 55%. Even if we advertise the posts at higher level, the age problem crops up and we can't even call them for interview, unless the post is reserved and we dont get suitable candidates. This matter has been discussed and representations have been given, but there seem to be no solution in the near furture. Professionals in other Organisations may have similar problems. We need to discuss this issue at various forums including LISFORUMs, ILA, IASLIC, etc. The Professional bodies should write to various organisations, departments and concerned ministries atleast to implement the CPC Recommendations for all including those in service, but working at lower Scales. Goudar Head, ICAST National Aerospace Labs. Bangalore - 560 017 On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, suresh kumar wrote: > Dear friends > > My query is about the Govt. of India order no No. > 71/3/2001/IC dated 21/2/2002- Revision of entry Pay > scale to 5500-9000 for the library professionals in > Central Govt.as per the recommendations of 5th > CPC.

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National level S&T information service providers
by Francis Jayakanth 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Dear Member: We at NCSI are in the process of preparing a consolidated list of organizations in the country providing national level S&T information services including bibliographic database search service, online search service, document delivery service etc. These services could be either fee based or free of charge! We are interested only in organizations that provide regular services and honour requests particularly from individual researchers. If you are aware of any such organizations please do let us know. Our interest in compiling such a list is to direct users approaching NCSI for their S&T information needs to such organizations. As you may be aware, NCSI no longer provides national level database search services w.e.f 1 April 2002. If there is enough response, we will be glad to share the compiled list with you all. Many thanks, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Query on healthcare
by shanmugaprabha s 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Respected all, Could anyone inform me the sources on the topics listed below, if you have come across? 1.Health ins. markets 2.Health care technologies 3.Health insurance as an industry current outlook and future 4.Risk in health insurance Thank you in advance! Sincerely, S.S.Prabha, Library Co-Ordinator, IBM Global Services India Ltd., Bangalore-29. ___________________________________________________ Get www. mycompany .com and 5 matching email ids. Just Rs. 1499/ year. Click here http://www.rediffmailpro.com

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5th CPC recommendation Scale of Pay
by suresh kumar 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Dear friends My query is about the Govt. of India order no No. 71/3/2001/IC dated 21/2/2002- Revision of entry Pay scale to 5500-9000 for the library professionals in Central Govt.as per the recommendations of 5th CPC.Kindly let me know whether this order is applicable to the incumbents of Central Govt. Autonomous Organisations too? Friends from Govt. of India Autonomous Organisation Libraries may kindly clarify and provide relevant informations in this regard. with regards Suresh kumar, Librarian Gr.I, Fluid Control Research Institute, Kanjikode West, Palakkad- Kerala- 678623 nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

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request for photocopy services from science /Technology(engineering) institution libraries
by suresh kumar 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Dear friends As all of you are aware,the clousere of INSDOC regional centrescoused difficulty in getting photocopies of journal articles and other references to students/ reserchers.I would like to open a depositary account with any of leading science and technology library to get photocopy services regularly for my user community.Those who can help me in this regard may kindly contact to the following address. with regard SureshKumar.N Librarian Gr.I, Fluid Control Research Institute, Kanjikode west, palakkad- Kerala - 678623 email: nsureshfcri(a)yahoo.co.in (or) fcri(a)vsnl.com ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

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NexLib - Library Automation Software
by Mailing List Manager 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:14:01 +0530 From: Rajasekhar Sajja <raj(a)nexevolve.com> Hi Every body, We have launched a State of the art Product NexLib - Library Automation Software. Please reply back whoever is interested. I will send you the Brochure to have a look at it. kind regards Rajasekhar Sajja, Director - Sales & Marketing, NexEvolve Logic Solutions Pvt. Ltd., # 401, Swastik Plaza, S R Nagar, Hyderabad - 5600038, India. Tel: +91.40.55368401 Mobile: +91.9849053507 URL: www.nexevolve.com

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Classification system for financial terms
by Ayesha Taranum 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hello, Am looking for information on classification of financial terms. Can anyone suggest any sources on this please. Regards, -- Ayesha Ayesha Taranum Executive - Information Services DSL Software Ltd. 6th Floor, Leela Galleria #23, Airport Road Bangalore - 560 008 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

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CAS FOR ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS
by JAGDISH KULKARNI 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Dear Professionals, I urgently need the information about the senior scales for the University assistant Librarians and college librarians. Whether it is after six years like teachers or after eight years. What is practice in your university? If it is after six years, how? Which circulars support it. The UGC circular says existing scheme will be continued. What does it mean? Is there any clarification from UGC regarding the CAS for librarians? I humbly request you to help me by providing latest information regarding CAS and practice in your university. The committee is meeting on 12/06/2003 and likely to ask the same. Please help me. Thanking you all in anticipation. Yours truly, Jagdish N. Kulkarni Assistant Librarian SRTM University Nanded __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

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databases of medieval manuscript resources
by Mailing List Manager 10 Jun '03

10 Jun '03

Date: 6 Jun 2003 08:52:33 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> Dear everyone, Iwould like to know the databases of medieval manuscript resources developed by indian institutes (both bibliograhicl and image ) as an input for my research project. thanks DR S M SHAFI Department of library and information science The university of Kashmir, srinagar,J&K-1900 06 email: shafi_sm @rediffmal.com

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