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Librarians are the New Napoleons
by vimal kumar 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

Dear Friends, Here is an interesting article (Librarians are the New Napoleons/Roger Warner ) announce the importance of librarians in the Internet environment, especially organizing information. According this article; Google, Amazon and EBay extensively using librarians services for the data classification. Article link http://www.cmswire.com/cms/featured-articles/librarians-are-the-new-napoleo… Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

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Scientist - D (Library Science) at INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad
by Kotrayya Agadi 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

Dear All, FYI: INFLIBNET Centre invites application from interested candidates possessing requisite qualifications and experience for the post of Scientist - D (Library Science) in the scale of pay of Rs.12000-375-16500. For application format and full text of Advertisement, please visit website: www.inflibnet.ac.in Eligible cnadidates may please submit their applications along with covering letter within 20days of publication of this advertisement. Best of Luck K.B.Agadi Mr.K.B.Agadi. Library cum Information Officer IRMRA, Road No.24/U-2, Wagle Ind. Estate, THANE-400604 INDIA Tel: +91-22-25811348, 2580 3753 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: agadi_kb(a)yahoo.com kbagadi(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.

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International Children's Digital Library
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

International Children's Digital Library Dear LIS Professionals International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children. For more information visit http://childrenslibrary.org With Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Sanjeev Kumar Jain Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - 721 302

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Re: [LIS-Forum] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOAI
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Let us celebrate the completion of five years of BOAI and recall the successes we have achieved so far. And let us wish great success for the OA movement at Brussells tomorrow. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] 14 February 2007 ___________________________________________________________ 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. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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NET May be Back
by Dr. K M Haneefa 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

NET May be Back The National Eligibility Test (NET), which was done away by University Grants Commission (Useless Governing Commission) is likely to be restored again by it as the basic eligibility criteria for the appointment of lecturers in colleges and universities. The UGC had in June 2006 exempted NET as eligibility criteria for those holding MPhil or PhD degree following an amendment to the UGC guidelines. This was one of the recommendations made by the NET Review Committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under the chairmanship of Planning Commission member Bhalchandra Mungekar. It is noteworthy to mention that unqualified NET failed M.Phil holders were declared as qualified on 14-06-2006 by UGC Regulation 2006 upon interim recommendations by problem solving exercise of the committee. Now, Mungekar Committee is considering to reverse its recommendations. However, the NET examination pattern may be changed a bit. On 11 January last, the chairman held talks with academics from Delhi University, Panjab University, Himachal Pradesh University and colleges from the North. The majority of teachers were of the view that NET should continue to be the eligibility criteria. In 1983, the UGC set up the RC Mehrotra committee, which recommended that candidates applying for the post of lecturer, would have to qualify at the national test conducted by UGC or any agency approved by UGC, as well as secure at least 55% in their masters programme. These requirements were not be relaxed even for candidates with MPhils and PhDs. In 1993, UGC decided to give PhD and MPhil degree-holders exemption from NET, whereby students who had completed their PhD and MPhil on or before December 31, 1993, were eligible to apply for college and university level faculty positions. In 2002, UGC decided that the exemption would be extended to only PhD graduates. Again those who had completed their PhDs after December 31, 2002, were not eligible to apply for faculty positions. The inconsistency in Qualification policy seem to have become a common practice by UGC. Someone somewhere is playing this game to accommodate his candidates and then fix the lock again. This needs a serious investigation by the MHRD. K M Haneefa Ph.D Librarian T.K.M. College of Engineering Kollam, Kerala Phone: 0474 - 2713933 (Office) --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.

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Vacancy - Asst. Librarian
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:18:25 +0000 (GMT) From: amar mane <amar_770(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear all, Russell Square International College, Juhu- Mumbai invites application for the post of Asst. librarian Qualification: Bachelor/ Master of library & information science (male graduate with library science preferred). Experience: Candidates with one or two years of experience with flair of IT and good communication skills. Interested candidates may e-mail their CVs to the following ID at the earliest: librarian(a)rsicollege.org Thanks & regards Amar Mane Librarian Russell Square International College, Gulmohar Cross Road No.9, J. V. P. D., Juhu, Mumbai-400049, India Tel : 91-22- 26241670 Fax: 91-22-26237263 E-mail: librarian(a)rsicollege.org

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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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