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Support Open Access Worldwide - Sign the petition to EC (on the web)
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:17:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: http://www.ec-petition.eu/ On 17 January 2007 an online petition was launched by a consortium of publicly-funded organisations in Europe, viz. DEFF, DFG, JISC, SPARC Europe and SURF. The petition called for the European Commission to endorse in full the recommendations in the EU Study on the Economic & Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication markets of Europe. The petition will be handed over to the European Commissioner for Research, Mr Jan Potocnik by Dr Sijbolt Noorda of the European Universities Association, a body that represents 780 universities in Europe, on 15 February 2007. About 18,500 people (including 749 institutions) have signed the petition (as on 11 February 2007). These include nine national academies, eight university associations (rectors conferences), nine government departments, six research-based museums, 120 universities and research institutes, 17 research funders, 43 learned publishing organisations, 91 R&D-based companies, 61 national societies or foundations, 52 international societies or foundations, 34 research library organisations, and 183 research libraries. Many institutions and individuals outside Europe have also signed the petition to EC in favour of mandating open access to research papers. Among them is Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, the well-known organic chemist and Minister for Science of Pakistan. Leaders of Indian science, directors and scientists of national laboratories (CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, DAE, DRDO, Department of Space, DBT, etc.), vice chancellors, deans, professors and research scholars of Indian universities, Presidents and Fellows of Academies, and librarians would do well to sign the petition. It takes about a minute . Please visit: <http://www.ec-petition.eu/>. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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Top 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know Your Library Offered
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:38:47 +0530 From: "Thapar, Amit" <amitt(a)niper.ac.in> Top 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know Your Library Offered http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/?p=2651 Since all libraries offer resources even lifelong users aren't aware of, you might want to post something like this on your own library's web site.

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Current Science report on the B'lore OA workshop
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:24:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Here is a report from Peter Suber's blog. For the full article by Barbara Kirsop, please look up the latest issue of Current Science (dated 10 February 2007). http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/feb102007/276.pdf Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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[Call for Papers] KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:41:00 +0800 From: Saurabh Kudesia <editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org> Dear Colleagues, Here is your chance to submit articles for peer review and publication in the coming editions of the KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC). Short columns, letters, reviews (book/product/technology), short technical releases, and study abstracts are also welcome. Articles are accepted on the basis that they will make a lasting contribution to the technical literature. About KnowGenesis IJTC KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines under Technical Communication. KnowGenesis is proud to have authors listed from prestigious institutes like NISCAIR, University of Mississippi, University of Calcutta, STC IIT, IIIT, TIFR, Syracuse University, Clemson University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, National Informatics Centre (India), Lenta (Russia), Chabot-Las (California), Washington State Department of Information Services, GE Research and STC Chapters, to name a few. KnowGenesis IJTC became the first Indian Journal listed by American Education Research Association (AERA) SIG Communication of Research. AERA SIG list is a prestigious list of electronic journals consisting of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, which are accessible without cost. UNESCO and Digital Curation Centre (DCC) UK have also included KnowGenesis IJTC in their list of International journals. Recently, KnowGenesis IJTC was reviewed by none other than Dr. Taher, Information Researcher, Canada (visit http://mtindias.blogspot.com/2006/06/new-e-journal-knowgenesis.html) Focus and Scope KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication publishes both refereed papers and working papers. KnowGenesis invites submissions of high quality papers on all areas of technical communication, including but not limited to the areas listed below. - Agenda setting in communication - Ancient documentation practices - Automation techniques in documentation - Collaborative writing - Communication history - Communication psychology - Convergence - Curriculum design - Documentation practices - Documentation strategies - Effect of information design decisions - Engineering writing - Ethics of business communication - Eye-tracking, qualitative data analysis tools and other technologies as usability research tools - Fuzzy logic, neural networks, Fractals and chaos - Information and communication technology for development - Information and technology management - Information ethics, principles and policies - Information science - Information systems - Instructional designing - Intelligent interfaces - International communication - Internet based research - Knowledge base architecture - Knowledge-based systems, genetic algorithms - Managerial communication - Medical documentation - Open source initiatives - Qualitative data analysis - Rapid prototyping in documentation practices - Single sourcing mechanism - Technical communication - Technical writing pedagogy - Visual communication How to Submit? Submission can be done anytime using the online submission system available at ( http://www.knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC&page=about&op=sub…) For faster response, send your work directly to the IJTC editorial team at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org with Subject line: Article Submission: <article name> Submission Preparation Checklist 1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. 2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. 3. All URL addresses in the text are activated and ready to click. 4. All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. 5. Substantial references material has been included to support your work. 6. Brief profile, affiliation information, email address, and latest passport size photographs of all the authors has been included with the paper. 7. The writing style confirms to Chicago Manual of Style. Previous Issues Previous issues of the Journal are available at http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=issue&op=archive and at http://www.knowgenesis.org/tc. One time FREE is required to access the Journal content online. Please note that you cannot use your KnowGenesis Online library ( www.knowgenesis.org/tc) credentials for getting access to the Journal site. You can also get the previous issue by writing a request to the KG IJTC Editor-in-chief at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org. For FREE registration to the Journal, visit http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php?journal=IJTC&page=user&op=register or send your subscription request to editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org. More Information For more information on KnowGenesis Journal, visit www.knowgenesis.net/journal or mail us at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org with your queries. Volunteering for IJTC Interested in volunteering for KnowGenesis? We are always looking for volunteers to support our activities. If you think that you have the right blend of enthusiasm, talent and approach, write to us at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org along with your profile, for consideration. We are looking forward for your active participation to give more values to the KnowGenesis IJTC. Best wishes, -- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org www.knowgenesis.net/journal

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Assistant Knowledge Manager The Archive (New Delhi)
by Puttaraj Choukimath 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Dear All, FYI: Osians Connoisseurs of Art was found in 2000 as Indias Pioneering Auction House and foremost Archive for the Indian Arts. In Six years Osians has established itself as an unique, cutting-edge cultural institution as well as the foremost builder of knowledge bases for the Indian Fine and Popular Contemporary Arts, Cinema and Architectural Heritage. Assistant Knowledge Manager The Archive (New Delhi) . Masters degree in Library and Information Science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent and consistently good academic record. At least 35 years working experience in responsible capacity in a modernized reputed library/archive center. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library software. Will be required to assists the Custodian in the documentation and management of our vast archival and research library on the Indian art and link it to electronic systems. Excellent English language skills and the confidence to innovate and build unique documentation systems essential. Reference essential for the position. Remuneration strictly on par with qualifications and ability to perform. Please send your CV within 7 days via email only Bakhtawar(a)osians.com. www.osians.com Best of Luck. Puttaraj. 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 --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

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OA petition to EC receives overwhelming support
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Friends: Here is a posting by Leslie carr of the Southampton University (EPrints team and computer science department) in the American Scientist forum. I thought members of this list will be interested to read it. Subbiah Arunachalam --------------------- The European research and academic community has demonstrated overwhelming support for the European Commission's proposed Open Access Self-Archiving Mandate (A1). A petition, launched jointly on January 14th 2007 by research organisations in a number of European countries, has drawn over 20,000 signatures from Europe and worldwide in support of the EC's proposal. The response includes almost 1,000 institutional signatories from National Academies of Sciences, Universities, Rectors' conferences, Learned Societies, national and private research funding councils, and industries that apply research.) In conjunction with the petition, a separate poll has been conducted of the EC Open Access Mandate's specific target constituency. The administrators of currently active EU FP6 projects were asked to register a vote FOR or AGAINST open access to research results. The result was overwhelming: 85.8% in favour of open access, 14.2% against (based on a healthy 8.22% response rate from 2652 email invitations to vote). Previous research has demonstrated the increased impact that Open Access to Research Results offers the research industry. The petition and the poll demonstrate that Open Access now receives broad-based and popular support as a mainstream requirement of the European research industry. --- Les Carr University of Southampton 14 February 2007 ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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AICTE norms
by gayathri sen 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Dear collegue, Even if the intake is less, the minimum no. of books should be 4000 volumes, because an engineering college library should have minimum facilities of reference for the benifit of the students. You have to add 60 titles per branch X 4 copies. ie if 3 branches in a college, 180 titles X 4 copies. Please note that 180 titles are important but you need not buy 4 copies of each title. Sometimes you may buy 2 copies of one title and ten copies of another title. Yes, in case of increase in intake you have to follow the norms, as per intake. Though nothing is mentioned in the AICTE handbook this is how they look at it Gayathri Sen PESIT --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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Open Access to Research is in the Public Interest
by Swapan Patra 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

People interested in open access may find the following article useful: *Open Access to Research is in the Public Interest, *Bevin P. Engelward, Richard J. Roberts *PLoS Biology *Volume 5(2) February 2007 . The article is accessible using the following link http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=1545-7885&vo… Swapan Kumar Patra Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi-110016

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Need of article
by nagaraju.geetha＠wipro.com 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hello All I am in need of the following articles. Kindly send me these articles if you have it in your collection. 1. The Construct-Related Validity of Assessment Center Ratings: A Review and Meta-Analysis of the Role of Methodological Factors Journal of Management, Vol.29, No.2, 231-258 (2003) 2. Staffing in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Strategic Opportunities by R. E. Ployhart Journal of Management, December 1, 2006; 32(6): 868 - 897. 3. Assessment Center: A Critical Mechanism for Assessing HRD Effectiveness and Accountability by H.-C. Chen Advances in Developing Human Resources, May 1, 2006; 8(2): 247 - 264. 4. An Integrative Model of Competency Development, Training Design, Assessment Center, and Multi-Rater Assessment by By H.-C. Chen and S. S. Naquin Advances in Developing Human Resources, May 1, 2006; 8(2): 265 - 282. Thanks & Regds Geetha S N Information Services Division, Wipro Technologies, Dodda Kanelli, Sarjapur Road Bangalore - 560 035 Ph: 28440353 (Direct) VOIP: 805 4122 Mail ID: nagaraju.geetha(a)wipro.com <mailto:nagaraju.geetha@wipro.com> The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com

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Joomla in Libraries
by sandeep bhavsar 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Respected All Joomla! is an award-winning, open source (Free!) Content Management System that helps you build and manage state-of-the-art websites and other powerful online applications. Why Joomla In Libraries ? Here you'll find step-by-step tutorials, library-focused templates, extensions, and a community of support to get your website off the ground and running quickly and smoothly. Best Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W). 400601 MUMBAI. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 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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