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Special Lecture
by M Krishnamurthy 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Documentation Research Training Centre Cordially invites you to a special lecture on Changing Face of Scientific Community: An Overview By Mrs. Swarna Bandara Head, Medical Library VHL National Coordinator, ETD Coordinator, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica At 2 P.M on Monday, 8th October, 2007 Venue: DRTC Class Room Prof & Head DRTC M.Krishnamurthy *************************************** Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D Fulbright Scholar (University of Illinois) Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 www.isibang.ac.in/library Ph:91-80-28483002/3 Fax :91-80-28484265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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useful list
by Dipen Deka 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

i have found the two following links useful to get information about the indian universities. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_India 2. http://goidirectory.nic.in/university.htm Dipen Deka -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries under new management
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Permit me to quote an entire article as it is very interesting. If our public libraries offer themselves be outsorced how many firms will quote? Vyasamoorthy ================================= AP Librarians under new management http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_re_us/outsourcing_libraries By JULIA SILVERMAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 4, 2:56 PM ET MEDFORD, Ore. - A big, red "Closed" sign has been plastered across the front door of the library here since mid-April, when Jackson County ran out of money to keep its 15 branches open. In a few weeks, though, the sign will come down and the doors will be flung open again, now that the county has come up with an unusual cost-saving solution: outsourcing its libraries. The county will continue to own the buildings and all the books in them. But the libraries will be managed by an outside company for a profit. And the librarians will no longer be public employees and union members; they will be on the company's payroll. Library patrons might not notice much difference, but the librarians will, since the company plans to get by with a smaller staff and will have a free hand to set salaries and benefits. "The average citizen, when they walk into the library, they will see well-trained, well-educated, customer-service-oriented people working in the library," said Bob Windrow, director of sales and marketing at Germantown, Md-based Library Systems and Services, or LSSI, the company taking over. "They won't know who is paying their salary, and they won't care. They care whether the library is open adequate hours, and are they getting good service." For years, state and local governments have been privatizing certain functions, such as trash collection, payroll processing and road maintenance. But contracting with an outside company to run a library is a relatively new phenomenon, one that has been gaining in popularity as communities from Jackson County, Tenn., to Redding, Calif., look for ways to save money. The practice has generated a backlash from those who argue that municipalities are employing a backdoor method of union-busting, and those who say that such profit-making ventures go against the notion that libraries are one of the noblest functions of government in a democracy. "This is a shift from the public trust into private hands," said John Sexton, an out-of-work Jackson County librarian who has interviewed with LSSI for his old job. "Libraries have always been a source of information for everyone and owned by no one." Most of the 15 or so U.S. municipalities that have outsourced their libraries has signed on with LSSI, which is the biggest player in the field but is privately held and does not disclose earnings. Jackson County lost 36 percent of its budget in one fell swoop last year when Congress failed to renew the rich subsidies designed to help parts of the country where logging has been hurt by endangered-species regulations. Rather than cut back on, say, law enforcement, county officials closed the libraries. (Congress later approved a one-year extension of the logging subsidies.) Book lovers complained bitterly about the closings, but two ballot measures to raise taxes and reopen the libraries fell short. Then LSSI offered to run the libraries, underbidding the public employees union. The contract with LSSI will be worth around $3 million a year; the county will also budget $1.3 million to maintain the buildings. Combined, that is about half of the $8 million a year the county previously spent on its libraries. However, the libraries will be open a total of only 24 hours a week, compared with 40-plus hours for most branches before the shutdown. And LSSI plans to hire 50 to 60 full-time employees, down from 88 under county management. The county will retain control over certain policies, such as late fees, the cost of a library card, or how long library patrons can keep a best-seller. But LSSI will be in charge of buying books and says it will use its muscle to obtain deep discounts from suppliers. It will also be responsible for hiring, and says that while its salaries will be comparable to what the employees were making previously, the benefits will be less generous. The workers will lose the right to participate in Oregon's pension system for public employees and instead will qualify for a 401(k) program. Many former staff members are interviewing for their old jobs, meaning library patrons are likely to see some familiar faces when they check out a book. But there won't be enough jobs for everyone. And some have yet to decide whether to go back. "I am taking a wait-and-see approach," said Amy Kinard, who worked for the library system for 17 years. "I am not hopeful for a job, but I am trying to stay open to the benefits of working for them." Some bibliophiles fear that the library, under distant, corporate management, will be less attuned to local interests when buying books and will stock the shelves with lots of best-sellers. "Does this company understand local needs?" asked Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, which opposes library outsourcing. "We have long regarded libraries as different. We deal with intangibles. We are not profit-driven." Riverside County, Calif., one of California's fastest-growing regions, is widely seen as the pioneer in library outsourcing. The county signed with LSSI in 1997 and has stuck with the company; a 2002 study found that Riverside County library patrons were generally pleased with the services. In just the last year, Texas cities San Juan and Leander, California cities Redding and Moorpark and the Jackson-Madison County library system in Tennessee have joined LSSI's ranks. In Bedford, Texas, outside of Fort Worth, Mayor Jim Story cast the tie-breaking vote in August against allowing LSSI to take over the libraries. "The salaries were going to be pretty low, and I was afraid that that would lead to high turnover of their own employees," Story said. "Plus I did not think that they would have the manpower to handle the quality of service that we now have in our library. I wasn't willing to that risk." Fargo, N.D., cut its ties with LSSI in 2003, after concerns that the company had not paid its bills on time, while Jersey City, N.J., dropped its contract in 2001 after the mayor who had vouched for LSSI left office. Back in Oregon, Jim Olney, director of the Jackson County Library Foundation, considers himself a union supporter, but said: "Look, if it is either close the libraries or outsource them, we'd rather have outsourcing. Sometimes you have to go for the difficult choice because there is no easy choice." =========== -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Repositories 2008: CFP
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:41:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS & PANELS http://www.openrepositories.org/2008 Repositories are being deployed in a variety of settings (research, scholarship, learning, science, cultural heritage) and across a range of scales (subject, national, regional, institutional, project, lab, personal). The aim of this conference is to address the technical, managerial, practical and theoretical issues that arise from diverse applications of repositories in the increasingly pervasive information environment. A programme of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, workshops, tutorials and developer coding sessions will bring together all the key stakeholders in the field. Open source software community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will also provide opportunities to advance and co-ordinate the development of repository installations across the world. We invite developers, researchers and practitioners to submit papers describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories. Submissions of up to 4 pages in length are requested in PDF or HTML format. Detailed submission instructions will be made available from this page. http://www.openrepositories.org/2008

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University Libraries to play major role in consortium~Rs mass digitization project
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:40:48 +0530 (IST) From:praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> University Libraries to play major role in consortium's mass digitization project http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2007/071001/07100109.htm praveen kumar veeramalla

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enticing libraries
by Mailing List Admin 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:06:37 +0530 From: praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> Felt like sharing it with you. I am sure ,our moods will definitely change to a magical realm by looking at the pictures. But the thing is, Our modern libraries cant give a competition to these historic libraries as they are becoming virtual day by day. http://www.curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/librophiliac_love_letter_a_com.ht… Warm Regards, Praveen Kumar Veeramalla

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Information required!!!
by abhishek kumar yadav 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Sir/Madam,Colleauges,Could anyone of you help me in providing online soucre except wilson , ULrich and Publist.comwhich is avialbale free of cost, .And can let us know the bibliographic information of Journal ..Like place of Publication frequency and publisher etc..I have tried publist.com and found this site is not updated since many tiltes are not avialbale there.Wislon and Ulrich are paid sites..Thanks and regards,AK Yadav Regards, A. K. Yadav Library and Information Services National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, INDIA Phone 91-11-25742610,11,12 Ext. 2425 Fax. 91-11-25726938, 91-11-25726952 http://www.nplindia.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Knowledge - More it is shared - the more it grows and makes humans differ from other animals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software
by K.T Anuradha 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Friends, Apologies for cross posting. A three day Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) is organised at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from December 26th to 28th, covering Multilingual capability and Interoperability concepts in GSDL, for those who are familiar with basic concepts of GSDL. The workshop is supported by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) under Technology Information and Facilitation Programme. The details of the workshop are given below. Workshop title: DSIR-NCSI Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) Venue : NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Date : December 26th to 28th Prerequisite: Knowledge of basic features, Installation and collection building in GSDL. Topics covered: Multilingual capability and Interoperability in GSDL Workshop Fee: No registration fee is charged. Working lunch and tea will be provided during the workshop dates. However, participants have to take care of their travel, board and lodging. On request accommodation for participants during the dates 25th to 28th December 2007 will be provided at the 'Hoysala House' hostel of IISc. Maximum of 20 participants will be taken for the workshop based on the experience in using GSDL. Workshop coordinator: Ms. Anuradha.K.T., NCSI, IISc, Bangalore 560 012 Registration: Send an email to anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in or anu_ncsi(a)yahoo.co.in on or before 19th October giving the following details: 1. Name: 2. Official Address and email 3. Accommodation required: Yes/No 3. Experience in using GSDL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms.K.T.Anuradha National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka India FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Free e-books on Electronic Concept
by sri priya 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Free e-books on Electronic Concept: The key element of the Virtual Electronics Teaching system is free e-book: Electronic Concepts. This e-book teaches electronics by explaining the operation of a variety of circuits. It covers basic networks, transistors, regulated power supplies and much more. Electronic Concepts is a hybrid e-book. http://www.science-ebooks.com/linker1/science_ebook_top_drawing.htm Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of universities in India
by dharanikumarp＠indiatimes.com 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear professionals Please see the following URL adress to identifie list of universities in India. This web pages is maintained by some comercial peoples but we dont know whether they include all universities in India or not but you may make use of it for your research and other purpose. They also provide web adress of all the universities. list of universities http://www.webindia123.com/career/website.htm Thanking you Dharani Kumar P Lecturer Department of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, KARNATAKA -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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