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need of article
by Balesh Kumar 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Dear Sir, Some of our faculty member is in need of following articles: 1. Work sampling study provides effective measurement data by Rhyne, David M. and Freeman, Douglas K. Journal: Industrial Engineering. Norcross: May 1986. Vol. 18, Iss. 5; pg. 18 2. Sugar industry in India: Growth and Capacity by Kewal Raj The ICFAI Journal of Economics, 2006. Vol. III, issue 4, pages 83-89 If any of you have the above journals kindly send the above articles. Thanking you. Sincerely, Balesh Kumar Librarian Haryana College of TEchnology & Management Kaithal, Haryana - 136 027 --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

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Construction of Asia's biggest Book Mall begins in Kolkata
by manisha g 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Respected All Construction of Asia's biggest Book Mall begins in Kolkata Source : http://www.htcricket.com/news/181_1917434,000600010003.htm The complications and litigations over rehabilitation and compensation package settled, the decks are finally cleared for the construction of Asia's biggest Book Mall - Varna Parichay - from Polia Boisakh at the site where once stood the College Street Market. A dream of book-loving Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the world-class Book Mall with a state-of-the-art design, ambience and facilities for the bookworms would be completed by the Bengal Shelter Housing Development Limited in the next 24 months. Inspired by the sprawling 5-lakh sq ft Sitan Book Mall at Peking in China, the mammoth Kolkata Book Mall would be spread over 15-lakh sq ft in its seven-floor structure minus the basement. The Book Mall will also have attached to it a six-floor Multi-Level Car Parking facility that would accommodate 600 cars at a time. Designed by the world famous architect Hafeez Contractor, the Book Mall is a unique blend of Indo-Saracenic and Colonial architecture with that of the modern times. Special attention has been given to keep the heritage of the area in focus while designing the structure. "We have not seen anything like this before in Mall architecture, in terms of design both inside and outside. Once completed, this will be one of the best booklovers destinations in the world. So far, the world doesn't have any Book Mall so huge in proportions," said Managing Director Bengal Shelter Housing Development Limited Samar Nag. While the ground and the first floor of the building would be set aside for the rehabilitation of the College Street Market shopkeepers, the 2nd to 7th floor of the Book Mall would house publishers and publication division, book mart, book binders' corner, food court, multiplex, coffee house and an open-air (Mukta Angan) cultural arena, where literary events like book reading and book releases would be held throughout the year. The Book Mall will have 40 life-size sculptures of the world-renowned litterateurs made by their respective countries. "For instance, we plan to get Socrates from Athens, Shakespeare from London, Maupassant from Paris, Nazrul Islam from Bangladesh, etc. What's more, in the open-air complex, we will also have a Monmart (as in Paris) where the painters can sit and draw and also exhibit their paintings to the visitors," said Samar Nag. A special section is being created to accommodate the Indian and foreign publishers under one roof in this Book Mall. Sources said, publishers from Delhi and Mumbai have already booked spaces. And international publishing houses like Mark Taylor, Crosswords, Landmark, Penguin, etc., have also booked spaces inside the mall. "There will be special corners for children and little magazine publishers and sellers. And an interesting concept is the Monmart Gallery that will be created along the staircase to give the booklovers the idea about the new releases that are available in the Book Mall and in which stall. This will be in addition to the computer scrolling that would be available for the visitors. And last but not the least is the monthly bulletin of the Book Mall with the itinerary of all the events and releases," said Samar Nag. According to estimates, Rs 158 crore would be spent to put up the Varna Parichay at College Street. To be fully operational within 30 months, Bengal Shelter MD Samar Nag would lead the management to operate this Book Mall. "I will be conductor and get others to orchestrate this den of book lovers. And in selecting the team we will focus on people madly in love with books. Because unless passionate, it would impossible to run this mad book factory," said Samar Nag. Best Regards Manisha Gangurde Librarian CHM Management Institute Ulhasnagar Mumbai --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

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Free ODF Converter for Word now Available
by Farooque Shaheen 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Microsoft today released the final version of an open-source document translator for Microsoft Word that allows the user to save files in the OpenDocument (ODF) format. The conversion utility, hosted on SourceForge, has been in development for several months in a partnership between Microsoft and open-source developers. The ODF translator has been tested on Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007. While it currently only works on Word files, the team expects an Excel document translator to be available by November 2007. The software also can be found on Microsoft's Web site. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070202-8764.html Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Inderscience launches two new journals, on Information & Computer Security, and Environment & Health
by MacLeod, Roderick A 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

Inderscience have just launched two new journals: International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS) http://www.inderscience.com/browse/ijics <http://www.inderscience.com/browse/ijics> The IJICS aims to promote and coordinate developments of information and computer security in the fields of information technology, political science, informatics, sociology, engineering and science. IJICS publishes papers representing synergy between theory and practices to help policy makers and executives manage information and computer security and its related technologies. Content available by subscription. Abstracts available online. Articles available in HTML and PDF format. Current Issue: Volume 1 No 1/2 2007 International Journal of Environment and Health (IJEnvH) http://www.inderscience.com/ijenvh <http://www.inderscience.com/ijenvh> The IJEnvH is a fully-refereed scientific journal that provides an international forum for the exchange of information and the advancement of knowledge in the multidisciplinary field of Environment and Health. The aim of the IJEnvH is to stimulate the discussion and communication among scientists, researchers and experts with different background and expertise, involved, at different levels, with the study of environment and health problems. Content available by subscription. Abstracts available online. Articles available in HTML and PDF format. Current Issue: Volume 1 No 1 2007 For additional information and a sample copy, contact: Mr. Jim Corlett Inderscience Enterprises Email: support(a)inderscience.com Roddy MacLeod MA, DipLib, MCILIP Senior Subject Librarian Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk <mailto:R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk> http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/libram/roddy.html

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Works of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
by srels 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following for the benefit of LIS-FORUM subscribers. K.N.Prasad Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ******** Full text of the following books of Dr. S.R.Ranganathan are presently available OA on dLIST. Classification and Communication - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1150/. Documentation Genesis and Development - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1748/ Philosophy of Library Classification - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1747/ Prolegomena to Library Classification - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1151/ The Five Laws of Library Science - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1220/ New Education and School Library: Experience of Half a Century - http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1152/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSD-2007 - Announcement of Concessional Registration to Academic Community.
by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Announcement of Concessional Registration to Academic Community. Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore hosts the International Conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries (ICSD 2007), February 21-23, 2007, Bangalore. http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd We have an overwhelming request from academic community who expressed constraints on the part of academic institutions/universities/technical and degree colleges/LIS faculty to pay full registration of Rs.6000/- for ICSD 2007. Hence, we are pleased to offer 50% concession registration of Rs.3000/- For full-time students, the registration fee is Rs. 1500/- . The student's registration form should be certified by a faculty member. NOTE: Completed registration forms with registration fees should reach the undersigned by 17th February, 2007. We have very eminent speakers from all over the world including, W3C, JISC, EASTWeb, DINI, National Manuscripts Mission, as tutorial and thematic speakers. We especially felt technical colleges and university professionals and LIS faculty, should benefit from the expertise at the conference. Hence this concession is extended to encourage participation from all academic institutions. Please find the registration form attached. Best Regards ARD Prasad Convener, ICSD -2007 icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in

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Request for putting a question
by bhagyashree sane 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Dear All, I am in search of Fireproof/ Magnetproof storage cabinet. Pl let me know more about this and vendors for the same. Bhagyashree J. Sane NIA Pune

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Fwd: [oss4lib-discuss] Announcement: LibraryFind software released
by Dimple Patel 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

With apologies for cross-posting ---------------------------------------- Oregon State University releases LibraryFind® software We are pleased to announce the first public release of the LibraryFind metasearch software, developed by Oregon State University Libraries. LibraryFind is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This first public release, version 0.7, has a number of advanced features, such as (but not limited to): * 2-click user workflow (one click to find, one click to get) * Integrated OpenURL resolver * 2-tiered caching system to improve search response time * Customizable user interface As this is a pre-1.0 release, there are still a number of features, functions, and efficiencies we plan to add to the software. We encourage involvement from others in the library community who are interested in working on an open source metasearch product. More information on LibraryFind, including information on how to download and run the software, can be found at http://libraryfind.org. About Oregon State University: OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land grant, sea grant, space grant and sun grant institution. OSU is also Oregon¹s largest public research university, garnering more than 60 percent of the total federal and private research funding in the Oregon University System. Its more than 19,000 students come from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. -- jaf =============================================== Jeremy Frumkin The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4501 Jeremy.Frumkin(a)oregonstate.edu 541.737.9928 541.737.3453 (Fax) 541.230.4483 (Cell) =============================================== " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. " - Emerson Dimple Patel, Assistant Librarian, MGNIRSA, Hyderabad. INDIA. --------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg ------------------------------------------------- "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986) --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Developing Subject Portal for Resource Harvesting in Social and Allied Sciences
by Arup Raychaudhury 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Library, Documentation and Information Science Division of the Indian Statistical Institute and NASSDOC, ICSSR, New Delhi are jointly organizing a National Workshop on Developing Subject Portal for Resource Harvesting in Social and Allied Sciences. [http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/workshop] Date: 27 to 28 February 2007 Scope: The focus of the Workshop will be to introduce the participants to sources of information on social sciences and help them to discover the Internet based resources including numerical data sources. Participants will be introduced to how to harvest OAI complaint information resources in the areas of social sciences. Hands-on training on how to install and operate open source harvesting software and development of subject gateways using the same will also be provided Workshop Director Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi Chief Librarian Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata Target Participants The Workshop will be beneficial to library and information science professionals, research scholars, and other interested persons. The Workshop is confined to twenty participants only and will be filled basically on first come first served basis. Applications/nominations should reach the Workshop Office on or before 20 February 2007. Registration Last Date: 20 February 2007 Fee: Nil Online: http://www.isical.ac.in/~library/workshop/registration.html Date & Venue: 27-28 February 2007 Auditorium-I Kolmogorov Bhavan Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700 108 Arup Raychaudhury Workshop Coordinator & Deputy Librarian _____________________________________________________________ Indian Statistical Institute |Phone: 91-33-2575 2106/2100/2118 203 B.T. Road | Kolkata 700 108 |Fax : 91-33-2578 1412 INDIA | _____________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Software for Indexing of Articals and Indexing of Newspapaer clippings
by ravindra kale 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

To, Dear madam, Vandana Karande Two software- Delmarc and Deldos have the facility of Indexing of the articles. For this you can contact to Email. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in>. Further, for the Indexing of the Newspaper Clippings you have to Contact CDEC, Pune Center. They have made a software for Maharashtra Legislative Council and the have been using it very successfully.I don't have Email Address of CDEC. I hope this information will help you to solve your problem. From. Ravindra Suryakant kale Librarian Narmada College of Management MBA Programme, Shukal Tirth Road, Zadeshwar-392011 Bharuch. Gujarat. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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