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'Digital black hole' threatens your documents
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:49:24 +0530 From: praveen kumar veeramalla <praveenkumarveeramalla(a)gmail.com> *The European Union is funding a project involving national libraries and digital preservation groups aimed at fighting off a looming "digital black hole."* The black hole in question is the potential future loss of data as file formats become obsolete and inaccessible. The planets consortium will develop a "sustainable framework" to maintain access to digital content after its original storage format has disappeared. ("Planets" is short for "preservation and long-term access project through networked services.) It is estimated that 5 billion documents are produced every year within the EU, of which 2 percent--100 million--are seen as worth archiving. Two million of these documents are on formats at risk from disappearing into the digital black hole. The consortium includes national libraries, archives, research institutes and technology specialists across Europe. The organizations taking part include the British Library; Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England; IBM Netherlands; the Austrian National Library; the Swiss Federal Archives; and Freiburg and Cologne universities in Germany. The EU's Information Society Technologies R&D program is providing 8.6million euros ($11.3 million) of the 14 million euros ($18.5 million) required to fund the project. Adam Farquhar, head of e-architecture at the British Library, said that as computer hardware and software become obsolete,digital information reliant on this technology becomes increasingly hard to find, view, search and reuse. "There is a growing consensus on the need to act now to avoid a gaping hole in our cultural and scientific record," he said. LynneeBrindley ,chief executive of the British Library, said European libraries and archives are uniquely positioned to lead this digital-preservation initiative, as they have the legal responsibility and the legislative framework to safeguard digital information. *Source:* *Tim Ferguson of silicon.com reported from London* *CNet news* ** ************************************************** praveen kumar veeramalla

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Biomicrofluidics
by vimal kumar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Professionals, Biomicrofluidics is an online open-access journal published by the American Institute of Physics to rapidly disseminate novel microfluidic techniques with diagnostic, medical, biological, pharmaceutical, environmental, and chemical applications. http://bmf.aip.org/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Biomicrofluidics is an online open-access journal published by the American Institute of Physics to rapidly disseminate novel microfluidic techniques with diagnostic, medical, biological, pharmaceutical, environmental, and chemical applications. http://bmf.aip.org/ Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Linking Up Bibliographies: DOI Harvesting Tool Launched by CrossRef
by vimal kumar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Authors, editors, publishers, and librarians all have a vested interest in supporting the widest dissemination of digital scholarship, particularly authoritative and "authorized" copies of scholarly publications. CrossRef, the reference-linking network of the Publishers International Linking Association (PILA), has officially launched a free DOI look-up feature called Simple-Text Query. Users can enter whole bibliographies with citations in almost any bibliographic format and receive back the matching Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for these references to insert into their final bibliographies. From: Infotoday Newsbreaks. Read more http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Friends, Authors, editors, publishers, and librarians all have a vested interest in supporting the widest dissemination of digital scholarship, particularly authoritative and "authorized" copies of scholarly publications. CrossRef, the reference-linking network of the Publishers International Linking Association (PILA), has officially launched a free DOI look-up feature called Simple-Text Query. Users can enter whole bibliographies with citations in almost any bibliographic format and receive back the matching Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for these references to insert into their final bibliographies. From: Infotoday Newsbreaks. Read more http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061106-1.shtml Vimal Kumar Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 vimal0212(a)yahoo.com www.asb.edu.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals (fwd)
by K.S. Chudamani 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear professionals, I would like to organize a session on risk management in libraries for the following international event. Kindly send your papers before 10th January to my email at kschudamani(a)rediffmail.com Chudamani ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:47 -0400 From: rmci2007(a)iiis-info-cyber.org To: KSC(a)LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN Subject: Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals As a response to the many requests we have received, the Organizing Committee of the 4th International Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics: RMCI 2007 (Orlando, Florida, USA. July 8-11, 2007), has decided to extend the deadline for papers/abstracts submissions, as well as for Invited Sessions proposals. New deadlines: Abstract/paper draft submissions and Invited Session Proposals: January 10th, 2007 Authors Notification: February 10th, 2007 Camera ready, full papers: March 1st, 2007 The registration fee of effective invited sessions organizers will be waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, a package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial "Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems". The market price of this package is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at RMCI 2007 web page. For submissions or Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the web site: http://www.iiis-cyber.org/rmci2007 Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Best regards, RMCI 2007 Secretariat If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please send an email to rmci.remove(a)iiis-sci.org with REMOVE MLRMCI in the subject line. Address: Torre Profesional La California, Av. Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

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National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education
by Gowri Ravindranth 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education 29 - 30 January 2007 Call for Papers Organized by Department of Information Science University of Madras Chennai 600 005 Information Literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to `recognise when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information'. It forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and investigations, becomes more self-directed and assures greater control over their own learning process. Developing lifelong learning is central to the mission of higher education institutions ensuring that individuals have the intellectual abilities of reasoning and critical through helping them construct a framework for learning how to learn. Higher education institutions provide the foundation for the students towards lifelong personal and professional growth. Since information literacy augments student's competency with accessing evaluating, managing, and using information, it is now considered by several regional and national accredited associations as a key outcome for students and scholars. Seminar Objectives The Seminar is directed towards enabling an individual to: Determine the extent of information required; Access the needed information effectively; Evaluate information and its sources critically; Incorporate selected information into one's knowledge base; Use information to accomplish a specific purpose; Understand the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of information. Seminar Participants Faculty members and Researchers in Library and Information Science Librarians working in varied institutions/corporate sectors Managers in any information centres All researchers in all other disciplines Call for Papers Papers are invited on the theme and any of sub-themes. The Sub-themes are: Information Literacy - Means and Methods Information Literacy Models Information Literacy Standards Information Literacy and Libraries Information Literacy - Case Studies The paper should not exceed 3000 words inA4 size word document. The paper should include name of the author, affiliation, mailing address, telephone and e-mail address, submitted in CD-ROM along with the printed version. The paper can be sent to under mentioned address.The electronic version of text can also be sent to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emala/post?postID=t7Ot8JvaCUd55YSLAREi… mu_dis(a)yahoo.co.in The last date for submission of paper is 10th January 2007 Registration Fees Registration fee is Rs. 300/- per delegate.The Registration fee includes conference kit, tea and working lunch on the days of conference. The filled-in Registration Form along with Demand Draft / Local Cheque in favour of can be sent to the following address on or before the 15th January 2007. Prof. A. Amudhavalli Professor & Head Dept. of Information Science University of Madras Chepauk, Chennai 600 005 Phone No.: 25368778 Ext 278 E-mail: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emala/post?postID=3f0mAbnGAYuV3EJpw8_z… amudha75(a)yahoo.com On request accommodation can be facilitated Registration Form National Seminar on Information Literacy and Higher Education 29 - 30 January 2007 Name (in Block Letters): Designation: Parent body: Contact Address: Phone No.: Mobile: E-mail: Payment Details Amount.: DD / Cheque No.: Name of the Bank & Branch: Signature Date: Note: The registration closes on 15th January 2007. Catch all the cricketing action right here. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENIN/2755??PS=47575 Live score, match reports, photos et al.

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Openings for NCIS-trained MLIS Professionals
by guhamba 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

We at Informatics india Ltd, a 26-year old Public limited company located in Jayanagar, Bangalore are in need of around five NCIS trained post-graduates in MLIS for our electronic products and information processing departments. The applicants should have good oral and written communication skills, with 0-1 year experience and should be based in Bangalore. Remuneration will be the range of Rs.10,000-11,500 depending on the capabilities. Those interested may respond with CV at email: resumes.info(a)yahoo.co.in within 5 days, indicating the grades right from SSLC and also their expertise in handling electronic products, usage of Internet, familiarity with MS-Access, VB etc. Regards, Guhamba

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Invitation from DLISC Thane
by sandeep bhavsar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Respected All Department of Library and Information Science, Joshi Bedekar College Thane. Invite you to a talk on How to use Internet and evaluation of websites By Ms. Wendy Zaman* Information Resource Officer, American Embassy, New Delhi Venue : Thorale Bajirao Peshve Hall 'Janadweep'VPM' S Thane College Campus Chendani Bundar Road Thane West Date: Wednesday,the 20th December, at 11.00 AM ======================================================= *Wendy Zaman joined the Foreign Service as an Information Resource Officer in February 2003. She arrived in India in December 2004. She works as the consultant for the seven American Information Resource Centers (AIRCs), also known as American Libraries in New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Mumbai in India as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Wendy worked as a university librarian in Florida for three years. Before that, she lived throughout Asia and Africa for over twenty years and worked in a variety of libraries, ranging from universities to international schools to NGOs and consulting firms. Wendy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from American University in Washington, DC and a Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences from Long Island University in New York. ============================================================= Best Regards Prof. Narayan Barse Librarian and Coordinator DLIS VPM's Joshi Bedekar College Thane Cell 9963051287 --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine Department of Library and Information Science, Joshi Bedekar College Thane. Invite you to a talk on How to use Internet and evaluation of websites By Ms. Wendy Zaman* Information Resource Officer, American Embassy, New Delhi Venue : Thorale Bajirao Peshve Hall 'Janadweep'VPM' S Thane College Campus Chendani Bundar Road Thane West Date: Wednesday,the 20th December, at 11.00 AM ======================================================= *Wendy Zaman joined the Foreign Service as an Information Resource Officer in February 2003. She arrived in India in December 2004. She works as the consultant for the seven American Information Resource Centers (AIRCs), also known as American Libraries in New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and Mumbai in India as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Wendy worked as a university librarian in Florida for three years. Before that, she lived throughout Asia and Africa for over twenty years and worked in a variety of libraries, ranging from universities to international schools to NGOs and consulting firms. Wendy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from American University in Washington, DC and a Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences from Long Island University in New York. ============================================================= Best Regards Prof. Narayan Barse Librarian and Coordinator DLIS VPM's Joshi Bedekar College Thane Cell 9963051287 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/pc_mag/*http://us… All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine

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Open Access and Digital Libraries Wiki - http://oadl.pbwiki.com/
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Open Access and Digital Libraries Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/> has set up a Wiki at http://oadl.pbwiki.com/ to facilitate working on a "Guide to Develop Openly Accessible Digital Libraries". This is the "TARGET - I" of the group and being done a collaborative manner. The WIKI presently lists a broad structure of the proposed guide. Suggestions are most welcomed. Thanks Sukhdev Singh. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oadl/

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11th Five year plan (2007-2012) and Libraries
by K A. Sardesai 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear Manju, I agree with your opinion.In Maharashatra the number of Libraries and that of Librarian's ratio is un favourable.This is because the package the Librarians are supposed to get is based with very very less comparative to teachers/professors and others. we try to impress the profiles of librarianship on the management who are typical and burocrat mentalities except the emerging corporate fileds.These corporates are interested in IT areas expert than Library professionals to manage their collection / knowledge/documents etc.They do not think the professionaly and technicalyy expert Librarian, as the attitudes are dominatings. Instead of thinking Government to do something for us the Corporates Like INFOSYS, WIPROS, Banking and Financial Institutions where knowledge hubs and research are in progress. Our forum may take initiative not only to a particular part of the country but it should be in all states. At the same time we must make our profesionals to move towards skills of new developed IT and always upgrade ourselves with creative mind for offering services.We didnot get the experts/enthu library workers where they are needed.This is because the salary/benefits/educational qualifications etc are the hurdeles.As emerging corporates are tying educational institutes for their work forces library professionals should also get such opportunities.Recently ET / TO I dated 18/ 12/06 have annouced such type of picking up work forces or making their own organisations as educational base for future job opportunities in the company itself. Government otherwise is busy with politics and many issues but the thing may be possible if we approach our President who loves education and research and that of creative minds. I request our great forum expert to do something bright for librarians all over the country. Kshipra Sardesai

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Fwd: K-Community hosted by FirstSource (formerly ICICI OneSource)
by Mailing List Manager 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:28 +0530 From: Manju manju <manjax4u(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of this month: December 20th. The agenda for our gathering is as follows: 6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.: Networking/Introductions 6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Welcome Address by Host: FirstSource 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.: Talk and facilitated discussion by PPR Rao, President of Bizworth, 'Bringing Innovation to the Workplace' 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Next Steps and Conclusion Outline of Talk and Discussion: First we shall explore the current business context and talk of the ICT, its impact on the information society, the rising importance of Knowledge assets, the networked society and the emergence of Innovation as the key competitive element for organisations. Then we shall quickly establish a common understanding on few operating words like 'Knowledge Management', 'Intellectual Capital', and 'Innovation'. We shall then examine the sequence of steps to put KM on a sound footing in business organisations. This will bring about the role of Innovation too. Then we shall examine in some detail about Innovation as a 'process' and a few practical steps that can be taken to make it happen in our day to day work while still fighting out all that goes in a day to keep the transactions going. Here, we shall try to demystify Innovation and put it into some simple Do's and Don'ts as well as the leadership / Management philosophies that are essential for the promotion and health of Innovation process in our organisations. At the end, we shall summarise a few guide lines that will help us in structuring our work in such a way that Innovation gets deployed into the day to day working and not an esoteric, stand alone operation. Speaker Background: PPR Rao is President and co-founder of Bizworth, and Management Consultant focusing on Intellectual Capital Management, Process Management, Business Excellence and Manufacturing Management. An engineer by qualification, his professional career spanning 38years has been spent in Public and Private Sectors, Engineering, Auto electrical and IT industries covering the functions of Manufacturing, Services and Business leadership. He served reputed companies like BHEL, English Electric, Nippon Denso, Wipro, Digital Equipment and WeP peripherals. He held various positions in the IT industry like Chief Executive, Customer Services for Wipro, Director Services for Digital, COO for WeP. He served in the national executive of MAIT for more than six years and during that period he also chaired their Business Excellence Committee. He has been associated with CII Southern Region and served their Manufacturing as well as IT panels. Address of Hosting Organization: Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (formerly ICICI One Source) 1 - 3, RMZ Ecospace Tower - 3A, Sarjapur Outer Ring Road Bangalore 560 037 Phone: 080 66208000 RMZ Ecospace is located in Marathahalli - Sarjapur Outer Ring Road, it is six kms from the Bangalore Airport and 12 kms from the Central Business District. Ecospace is flanked on one side by a six lane Ring Road and on the other side by untouched greenery.Accenture is the prominent building while you enter.The third building is FirstSource (formerly ICICI One Source). The venue is at 2 flr conference room. Sincere Regards, P.S. MANJUNATHA (manjax4u) LIBRARIAN B.N.M.I.T.SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Knowledge Management Community of Bangalore URL: www.k-community.org Bangalore, India

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