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DSIR-TERI announces four-day Workshop on Digital Libraries
by N Deepa 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Workshop on Digital Libraries, New Delhi 10-13 April 2007 The Workshop on Digital Libraries is being organized by TERI with support from Technology Information Facilitation Programme of DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), Government of India. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop Workshop Objectives: · Familiarize participants with the concepts of digital library and institutional repository · Facilitate understanding of digitization and practical knowledge on the digitization process · Offer hands-on experience to develop digital libraries and use of open-source software such as DSpace and GSDL (Greenstone Digital Library) · Help participants develop practical skills in the installation of open source software for creation and implementation of digital libraries Programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions. It will cover the following topics: · Issues and challenges of developing digital libraries · Role of institutional repositories in open access movement · Understanding the digitization process: scanning, OCR (optical character recognition), and conversion · DSpace: overview, installation, and administration · GSDL: overview, installation, and administration · Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL · Dublin Core metadata standards · OAI?PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have an interest or are involved in setting up digital repositories in their organizations. The number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 4000/ per participant. (Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% discount.) Please note that registration closes on 5 April 2007. Registration can be done online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop . Alternatively, please download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail it to: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre, TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in ************************************ About Library and Information Centre, TERI ************************************ The LIC (Library and Information Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library?South Asia?s finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development. The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. **** Contact: DL Workshop Secretariat Library and Information Centre TERI Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145 E-mail: DLWorkshop(a)teri.res.in Web: www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Linnean Society of London is creating a digital archive
by Mailing List Admin 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:29:18 +0530 From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Dear Sri Arunachalam While in Virtual Info Center in ICICI Knowledge Park we had a request for a reprint of an article published in late 18th century by Linnean Society and we could procure it from the society and give it to our customer (in record time), who was highly satisfied. That was the first time I heard about the Linnean society! Thanks for re-kindling my memories. Regards Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 ================== On 2/19/07, Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:18:34 +0000 (GMT) > From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> > > Press Release. Source: Linnean Society of London and > ULCC > Published Thursday 15th February > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Linnean Society of London is creating a digital archive of over 10.7 > Terabytes of unique material relating to its historic collections, > enabling full global access. The Society is guardian of the priceless > collections of specimens, manuscripts and letters of the great Swedish > naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). > > A distinguished scientist and doctor, Carl Linnaeus developed the > binomial > naming system of plants and animals that we are all familiar with today > and which provides the fundamental framework for knowledge of the biota > of > the Earth, supporting effective conservation measures and the sustainable > use of biodiversity. > > For more information visit www.linnean.org > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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Latest book & CD - requirement of list
by shankarprasad＠ntpc.co.in 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Dear All Good wishes I am in an urgent requiremnet of (for procurement) preparing a select list of Books & CDs on Management science, Handbooks on Engg and technology, Power plants etc. It is requested to please provide a list (with complete bibliographic detals) of Books, CDs and soft copies added in your library during last 3 - 4 year - starting from current arrivals Thanx (Shankar Prasad) Sr Documentation Officer NTPC Rihand

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Linnean Society of London is creating a digital archive
by Mailing List Admin 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:18:34 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Press Release. Source: Linnean Society of London and ULCC Published Thursday 15th February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linnean Society of London is creating a digital archive of over 10.7 Terabytes of unique material relating to its historic collections, enabling full global access. The Society is guardian of the priceless collections of specimens, manuscripts and letters of the great Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). A distinguished scientist and doctor, Carl Linnaeus developed the binomial naming system of plants and animals that we are all familiar with today and which provides the fundamental framework for knowledge of the biota of the Earth, supporting effective conservation measures and the sustainable use of biodiversity. For more information visit www.linnean.org

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A talk on eprints 3 by Dr. Leslie Carr
by Francis Jayakanth 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Professor Wendy Hall and Dr. Leslie Carr of the Southampton University, UK, are visiting Bangalore during 20-21st February. They will be at IISc on Tuesday, 20 Feb. Their programme at IISc, among other things includes a seminar by Prof. Hall being organized by Dept. Computer Science, IISc., and a talk by Dr. Carr being organized by NCSI. You are invited for the seminar and the talk. Details about the talks are given below. Sorry for the very short notice. Department of Computer Science and Automation Indian Institute of Science Seminar by Professor Wendy Hall on the Science of the Web SEMINAR INVITATION Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Time: 2.30 - 3.30 PM Venue: CSA Seminar Hall, No. 254, First Floor, CSA For more details about Prof. Hall, please visit, http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~wh/ ---------- National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IIsc A talk on GNU EPrints.org 3 by Dr. Leslie Carr Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Time: 2.00 - 4.00 PM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, First Floor To know more about the Dr. Carr, please visit, http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lac/ - Francis NCSI, IISc

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Short course/ Managing information resources in the digital age/New Delhi; /March 6-9, 2007/
by kiran＠cseindia.org 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Managing Information Resources in the digital age: A training programme on information management for advocacy and outreach Collecting, collating and disseminating information are key success areas for any organisation. This is precisely where many organisations either gain or lose competitive advantage. Information not managed professionally and constructively is as good as having no information. The Environment Resource Unit of CSE, one of the premier documentation units of its kind in South Asia, brings you a 4-day training program (March 6-9, 2007) on Managing Information resources in the digital age. a program on Library, Information Management and Documentation. This training program is the eleventh in the series of unique documentation training programs on Information Management being organised by CSE and the previous programs have been an overwhelming success with participants from India and abroad. The previous programmes attracted international participants from Mexico, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Stockholm, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc. If you are from a corporate, an NGO or an individual who believes that managing information is a key element of your responsibility, you can't afford to miss the program. Please find enclosed an invitation cum nomination letter. The letter contains the course objectives, content, methodology and participation details. You can nominate your representatives by mailing us the nomination form along with the course fees. Hurry, limited seats available for bookings. Take advantage of this opportunity and let it add value to your organisation's endeavours. We look forward to your participation at the earliest possible. Send your nominations latest by 20th February 2007.. Note: Course details and the Nomination form are available at http://www.cseindia.org/misc/library_form.htm Regards. Kiran Pandey Coordinator- Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and EnvironmentMs. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ****************************************************************

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Lecture on "Towards a Science of the Web" on February 23, 2007 at , 3:30 pm at DELNET, New Delhi
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

============================================================================ Kindly Confirm your Participation through Email please ============================================================================ DELNET - Developing Library Network and British Council, New Delhi cordially invites you to a lecture on TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF THE WEB by Prof. Wendy Hall Head, School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton. U. K on Friday, February 23, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. at DELNET, J. N. U Campus (Across Hotel Grand, Vasant Kunj) Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Dr (Mrs) Neeta Verma Sr Technical Director National Informatics Centre Ministry of Communications & Inf. Tech., Govt. of India, New Delhi has kindly agreed to preside over Tea : 3:00 P.M. RSVP : 32471010 Wendy Hall is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton in the UK and is currently the Head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS). She was the founding Head of the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia (IAM) Research Group in ECS. She has published over 350 papers in areas such as hypermedia, multimedia, digital libraries, and Web technologies. She is currently senior Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Vice President of the ACM and is a Past President of the British Computer Society (2003-04). She is a member of the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology, a member of the Executive Committee of UKCRC, chair of the new BCS Women's Forum an a non-executive Director of several companies and charitable trusts. She is the Chair of the Advisory Board of the new company, Garlik Limited.She was also recently appointed as a founding member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday honours list in 2000, and became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the same year. She is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly the IEE) and the City and Guilds of London Institute. She was recently awarded the 2006 Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership. In her talk "Towards a science of the Web", Dr Wendy Hall will discuss how hypertext visionaries foresaw a richly inter-linked global information network and how the Web provided the infrastructure to enable those ideas to become reality but strangely devoid of links. She will explain the development of the Semantic Web which promises a richly linked future and will enable more intelligent information retrieval. She will look at how the Web evolved from its early simple incarnation to the massive global information structure it is today, and how search engines enable us to make sense of this very complex environment. There is a growing realization among many researchers that if we want to model the Web and understand its future trajectory; if we want to understand the architectural principles that have provided for its growth and the applications they enable; and if we want to be sure that it supports the basic social values of trustworthiness, privacy, and respect for social boundaries, then we must chart out a research agenda that targets the Web as a primary focus of attention. This is Web Science and the presentation will finish with a discussion of the emergence of this exciting new discipline. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network JNU Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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New Yorker article on Google book digitization project
by Mailing List Admin 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:56:48 +0530 (IST) From: Library <library(a)rri.res.in> Forwarded by Girija -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Research Institute Library, Tel: +91 80 2361 0122 Extn 250 C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Fax: +91 80 2361 0492 Bangalore 560 080, India. Email: library(a)rri.res.in Toobin, Jeffrey. Google's Moon Shot: The quest for the universal library. The New Yorker. February 5, 2007. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070205fa_fact_toobin Note: the online table of contents has a slightly different title: "The Moon Shot: Copyright and the universal library".

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Request for Subscription Information
by Dabas Bharat K 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

Dear Sir/Madam If any of the Library is subscribing the following journals, please supply the e-mail address, postal address and subscription detail: 1 Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing 2 Gandhi Prasang Thanking you in anticipation. Bharat Kumar Librarian Faculty of Management Studies Mody Institute of Technology & Science (A Deemed University u/s 3 of UGC) Lakshmangarh 33231, Disst Sikar, Rajasthan Phone No 01573-225001- 12 (12 Lines) Ext 283 (M) +91-9414390757 --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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RECORD YEAR FOR INTERNATIONAL PATENT FILINGS
by vasanth raj 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

Dear Sir/Madam, International patent applications received from developing countries in 2006 saw a 27.6% increase as compared to 2005, representing 8.2% of all international patent applications filed. This is largely due to the filings from the Republic of Korea (5,935)and China (3,910), followed by India (627), Singapore (402), South Africa (349), Brazil (265) and Mexico (150). Developing countries make up 79% of the membership of the PCT, representing 106 of the 136 countries that have signed up to the treaty to date. http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2007/wipo_pr_2007_476.html ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

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