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Change of OPLib address & Appeal for Help
by prafulla tv 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Change of OPLib address & Appeal for Help The Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) has supported and facilitated the establishment of three libraries so far. They are located at Bridge School, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda district; Kolamasanapalli, Chittoor district and Gundrampally, Nalgonda district. The Village Knowledge & Information Centre at Kolamasanapalli, Palamaner Mandal, Chittoor district PIN code 517 432, Andhra Pradesh, was started in June 2006 and presently it is being used by around 50 readers per day. A room which could accommodate 20 persons has been provided by the local panchayat. As for library collection, it has 890 books and subscribes to 5 magazines and 2 newspapers. This library seeks donations for the purchase of furniture such as book racks, and reading tables and chairs. Currently, readers are sitting on mats spread on the floor for making use of the library. Please extend your helping hand in improving the infrastructure facilities in this library. You may send your donations by DD/cheque drawn in favour of Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) and payable at Hyderabad to: New address of OPLib Dr A Kishore President Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) H.No.9-49 New Disukhnagar Colony Near Little Citizen School Disukhnagar 500 060 Mobile: 9490003008 If you wish to contact Mr. M. Srinivas, OPLib Treasurer, please call 9848960595. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

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OpencourseWare Consortium
by sandeep bhavsar 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Respected All http://www.ocwconsortium.org/index.html An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 100 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. The Goals of the Consortium Extend the reach and impact of opencourseware by encouraging the adoption and adaptation of open educational materials around the world. Foster the development of additional opencourseware projects. Ensure the long-term sustainability of opencourseware projects by identifying ways to improve effectiveness and reduce costs. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 09870484626 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship.

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Lis-job: mafsu, nagpur (Uni.Libn & College Libn.)
by Puttaraj Choukimath 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear All, fyi: MAHARASHTRA ANIMAL & FISHERY SCIENCES UNIVERSITY SEMINARY HILLS, NAGPUR- 440 006 ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT: No. MAFSU/EST/ADVT/AC/VET/17/2007 dated 05/02/2007 The applications are invited by the University for the post of Director of Research; Dean, Faculty of Lower Education; Dean, Faculty of Dairy Technology & University Librarian (Pay Scale Rs. 16400-22400), at the University Head Quarter and for the posts of Associate Dean, Head of the Department, Professors (Pay Scale Rs. 16400-22400), Associate Professors, Deputy Director Research, Hospital Superintendent (Pay Scale Rs. 12000-18300) and Assistant Professors, Subject Matter Specialists, Hospital Registrar, Asstt.Prof./Farm Manager (Pay Scale Rs. 8000-13500) under the Faculty of Veterinary Science and Assistant Professor (Physical Education) & College Librarian (Pay Scale Rs. 8000-13500) at constituent colleges. Please visit: http://www.mafsu.in/joom/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid… or Ref: Indian Express, 7.2.07, p.5 Best of Luck. Best regards, Raj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Conversion of CDS/ISIS catalogue to greenstone
by Rajan 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear All, It appears that a few Librarians are not clear as to whether their CDS/ISIS library catalogue can be converted into greenstone. It is very easy to convert CDS/ISIS catalogue into greenstone, with a few mouse clicks. The details are explained in the guide by Mr Pablo Moreto and Dr John Rose, already available at http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/Documents/CDS-ISIS_to_DL.pdf If librarians using CDS/ISIS are not learning greenstone, they are loosing a chance to present their database in an entirely different - but beautiful - output. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local administration Mulagunnathukavu - 680 581 Thrissur, India Ph 0487-2204097 (O) 2201428 (R)

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Students Rally for Access to Publicly Funded Research
by vimal kumar 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear Open Access Champions, Here is an interesting news story about the students rally for access to publicly funded research organized by international student movement for free culture, in collaboration with the Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA). Visit this page to read the article, http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/media/Release07-0201.html Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

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Innovative Services for Special Libraries
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear All The Central Library, IIT Bombay in collaboration with Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai is organizing a half day's program on "Innovative Services for Special Libraries". Dr R.Ball, Head of the Central Library of Research Centre Jülich, Germany will be the main speaker. Dr Ball has been in the profession of Library Science since 1994 and has served both as a teacher of library science as well as a librarian. The programme also includes a presentation on the recently launched, Institutional Repository of IIT Bombay and a couple of demos on EBooks. The Library and Information Science Professionals serving in academic, scientific, technical and research libraries may find the programme interesting and useful for their work. Registration is free. But please confirm your participation in advance. Date:27th February 2007 Time: 2- 5 pm Place:Institute auditorium,IIT,Bombay. Thank you. --------------------------------------- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227 email:jotwanid@iitb.ac.in librarian(a)iitb.ac.in ---------------------------------

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REFRESHER COURSE IN LIS
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear Professionals Academic staff College of Kerala University is planning to conduct refresher course in Library science From 3-5-2007 to 23-5-2007. Those who wish to apply can down load the application from www.ugcasc.keralauniversity.edu Thank u Dr.A.Gopikuttan General Secretary Kerala Library Association email: agopikuttan(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

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Digital Library Initiatives using GSDL & DSpace - Last date for Registration: 12th March 2007.
by Arunachalam Hariharan 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Dear Friends, Kindly read the last date for the Registration of the Workshop on Digital Library Initiatives using GSDL & DSpace as Last date for Registration: 12th March 2007. Workshop Date: 16-17, March 2007 Venue: B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai Thanks Mr. PANNEERSELVAM Librarian Crescent Engineering College GST Road, Vandalur Chennai-600 048 044-22751347,48,50/ 22751375 Cell: 9841103912/9444109089/9444885083 libworkshop(a)cresentcollege.org p_panneer(a)yahoo.co.in salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/

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General Body meeting of OPLib
by prafulla tv 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

ANNOUNCEMENT The general body meeting of the Organization for the Protection of Libraries (OPLib) would be held on Sunday, March 4, 2007 on the lawns opposite University College of Arts & Social Sciences, Osmania University at 11 am. All the members of OPLib are invited to attend. Agenda 1. Presentation of a report on the activities so far and statement of accounts. 2. Finalisation of activities to be taken up during April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008. 3. Any other item with the permission of the Chair. Dr A Kishore President ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/

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A talk by Imma Subirats of FAO on E-LIS (fwd)
by Francis Jayakanth 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Imma Subirats Coll, an information management specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO of the United Nations, http://www.fao.org/, Coordinator of E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science URL: http://eprints.rclis.org/ will share her experiences in managing the E-LIS, world's largest open access archive for LIS. You are invited for the talk. Date: Saturday, 24 Feruary, 2007 Time: 11 AM Vanue: NCSI Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore For more details about the speaker, please visit: http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ [Abstract] E-LIS is an open access archive for library and information science. With over 5,100 documents as of February 2007, E-LIS is the world's largest archive for LIS. Over half the documents in E-LIS are peer-reviewed. E-LIS is particularly strong in English and Spanish language documents, but supports over 22 languages. With this multilingual support and a global team of volunteer editors, E-LIS has significant diversity in content, an advantage over traditional, english-based LIS resources. Not surprising, this tool designed by and for librarians features robust and user-friendly search options. Lack of phrase searching, and pointing to a cross-archiving searching tool no longer supported when much better options are available, are identified as areas for improvement. [References] Bassi, Maria Cristina and Subirats Coll, Imma and De Robbio, Antonella and Krichel, Thomas (2005) E-LIS : E-prints in Library and Information Science. In Proceedings 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, Oslo (Norway). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004497/ De Beer, Jennifer A. (2005) Expanding (y)our field with E-LIS. In Western Cape Higher Education Libraries Interest Group (WCHELIG) Winter Workshop: Getting published Cape Town (South Africa). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004033/ De Robbio, Antonella and Subirats Coll, Imma (2005) E-LIS : an international open archive towards building open digital libraries. High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine (11/2005). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004476/ Medeiros, Norm (2004) A repository of our own: the E-LIS e-prints archive. OCLC Systems & Services 20 (2): pp.58-60. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00001655/ Arencibia Jorge, Ricardo and Santillán Aldana, Julio and Subirats Coll, Imma (2005) Iniciativas de acceso abierto en Ciencias de la Información y Documentación : evolución y perspectivas de E-LIS. Revista Española de Documentación Científica 28(2):pp. 221-232. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004475/ Subirats Coll, Imma and Barrueco Cruz, José Manuel (2004) Un archivo abierto en ciencias de la documentación e información. El Profesional de la Información 13(5):pp. 346-352. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00002472/ - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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