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Digitalisation of Library Documents
by ashraf kattumadathil 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Dear friends, The on going discussion on the digitalisation of documents is beneficial for the library professionals they are engaged with it.As it is clear that the copyright period in Indian Copy Right Act it is 60 years. Can you inform that the reprint of the document may be come under the copy right. Ashraf .k Library Professional Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First South Asian conference on social network analysis :Call for papers
by Monica Sharma 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Dear Friends, First South Asian conference on social network analysis to be held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India between 26-29 of December 2008. Please visit http://snactiss.googlepages.com/ for Details. Last date to receive full papers is 15, October. Regards, Monica Sharma, Junior Research Fellow, University of Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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About Site which provides ABSTRACTS
by Monali Panchbhai 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hi All, Here wanted to inform you all about a site which claims to be the - world's largest provider of business book summaries. They give the best-read, most expert player on the business scene today. the site is - http://www.getabstract.com/ & you can getAbstract's library consists of 4,500 business book summaries. getAbstract produces 500 new business book summaries every year. getAbstract offers business book summaries from 300 different publishers. Those who has to deal with business information and material can have a look at this. Regards Monali Maduskar Sr. Exe. - Library & Documentation Odyssey Capital Pvt Ltd Mumbai _________________________________________________________________ Searching for weekend getaways? Try Live.com http://www.live.com/?scope=video&form=MICOAL -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SATKAL'S PUNJAB NATIONAL LIBRARIAN AWARD 2008 presented to Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IITM
by Arunachalam Hariharan 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Dear Professional colleagues, I am happy to inform you that Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras has received SATKAL'S PUNJAB NATIONAL LIBRARIAN AWARD 2008 at the function held at Bhai Gurdas Library of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on 03-10-2008. The award was given by Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Jai Rup Singh. On this occasion, the President of SATKAL Trust Dr. (Mrs.) Davinder Kaur, Ex-Librarian, Punjabi University, Patiala, Mrs. Kalpna Das Gupta, Chairperson, Library Working Group, National Knowledge Commission and other Trustees of SATKAL were also present. The citation was read by Prof. H.R. Chopra and Dr. H.S. Chopra, Head, Bhai Gurdas Library of the University was Organizing Secretary of the function. Congrats to Dr. Harish Chandraji Sincerely A.Hariharan SALIS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Clerk in the Library of Congress (LOC), New Delhi
by Chari RajaSN 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Dear professionals, The U.S. Embassy, New Delhi is seeking an individual for the position of Library Clerk. Please surf at http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/job_opportunities.html for complete details. Please remember closing last date is October 15, 2008. Wish you good luck. S N Chari ICSSR-NASSDOC 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi - 110001. +919810785801 progressiveinfo.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Digital Conversion of Library Materials
by Rajan 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Dear Ms Shylaja, A 30 page document titled 'From Paper to Colletion' by Dr Michael Loots etc. available at http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Documents/FromPapertoCollection.pdf provides a broad overview of the practical processes involved in converting a collection of printed documents into an e-document collection. It is part of Greenstone documentation. The document describes the format differences of the scanned images, the range of cost of the scanners starting from a few thousands to around 50 lakhs and the sequential stages in digitization,by using even volunteers. The authors say that Fine Reader is the cheap and reasonable OCR software for digitization. The document is the fall-out of the authors experience in creation of a fully searchable Greenstone digital / cd-rom library titled 'Community Development Library' containing 1785 books of around 1.6 lakhs pages. The document is a must- read for all those who involve in digitization Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DSpace and DOAJ charging membership fees
by Mailing List Admin 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:49:32 +0500 From: Upadhyay P K <pku(a)nic.in> Dear freinds, Since last few years, Open-source software is catching up IT markets and will enter new markets in coming years. But organizations must understand how open source is useful for them with maximum values and minimum risks. OSS is not always cost benefinificial and convenient. There are diffrent parameters to evaluate a software. It may be that properietary software may increase productivity and provide overall benifits to the organization. Even Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is more in case of mission critical applications using OSS. Of course, commecial establishments are facing challenges with Open Acess and Open Source softwares. But according to a survey by a renowned research company Gartner, they are not still lagging behind. Future is not clear. There are thosands of commercial and open source softwares. Unless somebody stamps the product, it may not be safe to use the software. I see it as dangerous situation and quetsion mark on the open source softwares with a case like Dspace and DOAJ charging. It is fact that nothing is free in this world. Somebody has to invest for sustainability and support. It is diffrent thing that for niche applications or case study or learning purposes, we may use OSS and cost will be negligible. Although throughout world many mission critical applications are also using using open-source softwares. Even Linux has diffrent flavours. Initially everything was free. But now RH Linux is being mainained and supported by Red Hat on commercial basis. PostgreSQL is being supported by commercial companies on heavy charges. Similar is also the case of MySQL. with regards P K Upadhyay OIC Library National Informatics Centre New Delhi http://mcitconsortium.nic.in ----- Original Message ----- From: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008 6:09 pm Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] DSpace and DOAJ charging membership fees - Whither Open Access and Open Source - makes you wonder and ponder To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Dear Prof. Shalini, > As we know very well that every software development needs monitory support and from the provided link it seems that no where they are asking for paid membership they are just asking for sponsors(optional for users) so that they can keep on the services to the community and it is normal in every open source project one can see the examples from Mozilla or Apache foundations . So their is nothing too much to ponder and wonder about the future of Open source. :-) > Sunny Regards > Vinit Kumar > Junior Research Fellow > Documentation Research and Training Centre > Bangalore > MLISc (BHU) > Varanasi, India vinit(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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New book on Library Computerisation and Automation in Marathi
by D N Phadke 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Dear Sir, Please try to include the following message in LIS- FORUM mailing for the information of professionals in this region. Thanks Dear Professionals in Maharashtra and Goa, It is my pleasure to communicate you all that third revised edition of my book on Library Computerisation & Automation in regional language Marathi entitled as "Granthalay Sanganikaran Aani Adhunikikaran" has just been published by Universal Prakashan Pune.The book not only discusses all aspects of Library computerisation but also covers advanced topics such as Networking,Use of Internet in Library,Library consortia,Digital Library,Information literacy,Library security systems,Use of IT in govt.planning/e-governance,Developing resources through library partnership and E-resources collection development.The book has been prescribes as text book for M.Phil.(YCMOU). The significant feature of book is that NewGenLib Foundation,Hyderabad has authorises us to include CD of their open source software. Thnking you and with Regards D.N.Phadke,Ph.D. Asst.Librarian(S.G.) Reference Section Central Library,I.I.T.Bombay IIT Powai,Mumbai 400076 Phone:Office 022-25768922 Mobile 09869786186 Res. 0251 2472983 E-Mail:phadke@iitb.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NetLibrary participates in Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification Program
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Dear Friends, NetLibrary, OCLC's platform for eContent and the leading provider of eBooks for libraries, has announced its titles are now certified through Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, which will ensure accessibility and support for NetLibrary through the popular knowledgebase. Libraries that subscribe to both Serials Solutions and NetLibrary eBooks may now access their content directly through Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, the comprehensive knowledgebase of content for libraries. As a KnowledgeWorks-certified provider, NetLibrary will offer new ways users can find and access titles in their subscription databases through Serials Solutions e-resource access and management services. " NetLibrary eContent is also available through OCLC's WorldCat Link Manager, an OpenURL linking and listing service that allows users to link from citations in WorldCat and other databases to full-text electronic resources. NetLibrary's work with Serials Solutions expands the number of access points to NetLibrary eContent. Courtesy: http://www.librarytechnology.org/ Thanking You, Dinesh -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Availability of old Issues of Scientific American
by D N Phadke 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Respected All, Please let me know if anybody has got old issues of Scientific American of year 1953 which contains following article Ervin Schrodinger : What is matter? Scientific American 189(1953) 52-57 Regards D.N.Phadke,Ph.D. Asst.Librarian(S.G.) Reference & Pamphlet Section Central Library,I.I.T.Bombay IIT Powai,Mumbai 400076 Phone:Office 022-25768922 Mobile 09869786186 Res. 0251 2472983/6536083 E-Mail:phadke@iitb.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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