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Academic Archive Online
by Satish Munnolli 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

* Aplogogies for cross posting * DiVA, the Academic Archive Online (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet in Swedish) is a collaborative effort of universities in Scandinavia which offers both publishing services and technical solutions for local repositories. The DiVA system, developed and maintained at the Electronic Publishing Centre at Uppsala University, Sweden, supports workflows for both electronic publishing and printing. Through DiVA, fulltext documents from the participating universities are published and archived - hence the name Academic Archive On-line. The archive contains mainly doctoral and undergraduate theses and research reports, but DiVA also supports the deposit of preprints and postprints of scientific articles. Monographs and chapters can also be published. http://www.diva-portal.org/index.xsql?lang=en Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher course in Library & Information Science at Gauhati University
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Refresher course in *Library & Information Science* at Gauhati University Date: 09-03-2009 (Tuesday) to 29-03-2009 (Sunday) Venue: Academic Staff College, Gauhati University Application form may be obtained by sending a DD of Rs 100.00 in favour of Academic Staff College, Gauhati University or may be collected in person by payment in cash. All completed application forms will have to be submitted with a DD of Rs. 500.00 (non-refundable) payable as above at least 4 weeks before the course. Applications will be considered on 'first come first' basis. Email: ugcascgu(a)rediffmail.com or asc_gu(a)yahoo.co.in Phone no: 0361- 2570599 Fax: 0361-2570599 Address: UGC Academic Staff College Gauhati University, Jalukbari Guwahati – 781014 Assam, India visit: http://www.gulis.110mb.com/activity.htm -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good Thing?
by Suvarsha Walters 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Forwarding an interesting article on research and citations > Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good > Thing?<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=111928&org=NSF> > > "New research shows that as more scholarly and > research journals are available online, researchers cite > fewer, newer papers > > Having research papers and other scholarly writing > available online gives researchers access to a great deal of > materials without having to enter a library. But how does > this impact the new research that they produce? James Evans > at the University of Chicago has studied this question and > his conclusion is surprising--despite having greater access > to scholarly materials, researchers are actually citing > fewer papers. The papers they do cite tend to be newer and > are likely to be cited by other researchers. > > Thanks to the Internet, scientists now have access to an > astonishing number of research papers, scholarly journals > and other papers. But according to new research con ducted > by James Evans, a professor sociology at the University of > Chicago, researchers are actually citing fewer papers than > ever, and they tend to cite newer papers that are also cited > by many of their peers. In this interview, James discusses > what got him interested in the topic, how he conducted his > research and what he believes are some of the implications > of this trend. > > The researcher's findings appear in the July 18 issue > of Science magazine." > > SOURCE: National Science Foundation, > www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111928&govDel=USNSF_51<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111928&govDel=USNSF_51> Suvarsha Minj, Information Analyst, HP Labs India, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture on Legal Information System in India, at NASSDOC, New Delhi on 26th July, 2008
by Mailing List Admin 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:15 +0530 (IST) From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Colleagues We have the pleasure to announce the 131st Monthly Meeting of RRC on 26th July, 2008 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: National Social Science Documentation Center (NASSDOC), Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker: Dr. R.K. Shrivastava, Chief Librarian, Judges Library, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi Topic: Legal Information System in India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager, Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust) A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Tel. 0124-2578715, 09873680484 Email: subhashdes(a)gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Information System on Malayalam Publications - Supply o Data - regarding
by Raman Nair. 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Centre for South Indian Studies is documenting all the Malayalam Books published in India and other countries. Authors, publishers and those who have old or antique publications in their collections are requested to send data related to books held by them or published by them to the Centre for inclusion of data in the Information System on Malayalam Publication (ISMP). Centre can also provide support to those who hold rare and antique books to strengthen and conserve them if essential after the information on the book is included in ISMP. The formats for providing information on the books can be had from Centre for South Indian Studies, A4, Ganga Nagar, Trivandrum 43 or from the web site: csis.net.tc. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Launches Knol, the Wikipedia Alternative
by Shaheen, Farooque 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Google has launched Knol (from: knowledge), the Wikipedia alternative that both polices and rewards contributers. The reward mechanism is due to integration of AdSense into the articles, with a revenue share between the authors of a particular topic. A group of authors are allowed to create an article, or a Knol, this group then moderates the article by acting as gatekeeper to any changes made by other users outside the creator group. This imparts a sense of ownership to the author group. More than one knol can be created on a subject. Each knol can be rated by a group of users; rating which would perhaps be leveraged to search and sift through the numerous knols sure to be created on a topic. http://knol.google.com/k/knol# Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore-560004 ______________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is confidential, intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged, attorney work product or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited; instructed to immediately notify the sender by return email or by a phone call to the sender; and required to delete this message from your computer. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer or such employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Position for School 'Librarian'
by mahammad rafi havaragi 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, We are looking for a Librarian for our State and ICSE School. Interested candidates please contact Principal as early as possible. Qualification : MLISc, Diploma in LIS or BLISc Salary : Negotiable Basic Knowledge of Computers is Desirable. Address: Sudarshan Vidya Mandir 26th "A" main raod, 4th "T" Block Jayanagar, Bangalore - 41 Phone : 080 26641982 --------------------------------- Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Part time research
by N.S. Harinarayana 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Lot of discussion is going on the topic 'part-time Vs fill-time research'. I would like to share my ideas. All of us agree that quality of higher education in general; PhD in particular is a matter of concern. Various measures to maintain the quality have been the taken in the past. For example introduction of UGC-NET scheme, in my opinion, is a quality control mechanism adopted by UGC for employment and research grants. It is working fairly well. Different universities follow different strategies for maintaining the quality. Like many other universities, for example, University of Mysore also follows an entrance test for admission to MLISc course. Though this move was initially resisted, now it has been accepted. There may not be a huge difference. However, there is a noticeable change in the quality of input. Similarly I am sure we have to adopt some quality control mechanisms to PhDs also. A few universities have gone for entrance test for admission to PhD just like MLISc. The eligibility tests, seminars, pre-thesis colloquium etc are few other measures to maintain the quality. Probably it is in this context, universities like JNU, Kerala etc., have restricted admission to PhD only to full-timers. We all agree that quality depends upon many other factors too. No single measure would drastically change the situation. The combination of various measures might add positively to the cause. A serious research calls for time and commitment from the researchers. It is a general belief that more the time available for research, better would be its quality. If certain universities take this aspect more seriously and try to work out some measures to implement, it may not be a good idea to counter attack their motives. Instead of dismissing their attempt out-rightly, let us allow them experiment with their new stand and come out with a new model. After all, several other universities are available without such restrictions for those who really interested in pursuing their doctoral degree. University of Mysore follows an alternative strategy. It puts a bar on the maximum number of part-time researchers a guide can take. Of course, this rule is applicable to all the disciplines including library science. At the time of submission of thesis, a certification is required stating that the researcher has been in the Department/with the Guide for 100 days exclusively for research work. What does this certificate mean? Does it not mean that the university wants the researcher to be away from his/her other duties and concentrate on the research work? Instead of finding fault with the universities going for full time researchers, can we not find ways of fulfilling the requirements? Faculty Improvement Programme available to college librarians of Karnataka, wherein the librarians are allowed to take up research work for two years, is a good way out for the problem. The employers should also encourage the employees by deputing them. Many of the companies do not allow certain category of their employees to undergo any educational programs. Why is it so? Because they think that it might have an impact over the performance of the employee in the company. That means company expects the employee to be physically and mentally free to attend to the work of the company. For the similar reason, government employees are not allowed to accept part-time assignments, even though they appear to have enough spare time. It is but natural that employers take certain measures to see that their employees provide maximum service to them. Similarly, if a department wants its students to concentrate on the job (in this case the research) more seriously by imposing certain conditions, what is wrong in it? After all, it is up to the Departments/Universities to safeguard the educational standards. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-Infonet workshop on Access to e-resources and Digital Library Consortium
by suruli nathi 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dear Professionals We are happy to announce that, Bharathidasan University Library is organizing two days workshop on " Access to e-Resources and Digital Library consortium" on 1-2 August 2008 in collaboration with INFLIBNET. Interested Candidates kindly confirm your participation on or before 30.07.2008. NO REGISTRATION FEE Send your confirmation to.. Dr. Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian & Head i/c University Library Bharathidasan University Trichy -24 Email: bdulib(a)gmail.com cell: 9486916358 with regards M. surulinathi Assistant Librarian cum Lecturer -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need of Book Supplier/Vendor address:
by DR.K.ADHINARAYANAN 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dear Professionals, I need the book supplier/vendor or those who are dealing the following subject area: Value Education,Science in Ancient India, History of Science in India,Indian Scientific Heritage, Indian science Technology,Ancient Indian Mathematics,Indian Astronomy,Vedic Mathematics,Cultural Education in India,Indian sciences through ages Computing Science in Ancinet India etc. Kindly send me the address,e-mail,phone numbers of the vendors. Sincerely, Dr. K. Adhinarayanan, Amrita University, Coimbatore-641105,Tamilnadu INDIA Tel:Resi:91-422-2430827 Mobile:098940-43062 From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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