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Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity
by Mallikarjuna, H.B 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity Video URL :http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libraries Small url: http://tinyurl.com/yxqfcq ABSTRACT: "A technology entrepreneur and engineer, Jim Fruchterman has been a rocket scientist, founded two of the foremost optical characteoptical character recognition companies, and developed a successful line of reading machines for the blind. He is now a leading social entrepreneur through his deliberately nonprofit technology company, Benetech. Benetech concentrates on applying technology to human rights, literacy for people with disabilities and the environment. Jim likes bridging the technical world to the parts of humanity that have never heard of Foo Camp Google serves a minority of humanity reasonably well today. How is Google going to fulfill its mission to deliver the world's information usefully and universally? Character recognition and accessibility pioneer Jim Fruchterman presents his quest to make information accessible to the long tail of humanity (which stillincludes most of the "bulge!" From inventing omnifont character recognition and affordable reading machines for the blind to creating accessible digital libraries for the blind and using technology to teach literacy to people who have fallen through society's cracks, Jim will cover the technical and practical challenges to reaching all of humanity with accessible information." -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Video: "Digital libraries for the Blind" : Universally Accessible for All of Humanity Video URL http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libra… :http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423822399040727959&q=digital+libraries Small url: http://tinyurl.com/yxqfcq ABSTRACT: "A technology entrepreneur and engineer, Jim Fruchterman has been a rocket scientist, founded two of the foremost optical characte optical character recognition companies, and developed a successful line of reading machines for the blind. He is now a leading social entrepreneur through his deliberately nonprofit technology company, Benetech. Benetech concentrates on applying technology to human rights, literacy for people with disabilities and the environment. Jim likes bridging the technical world to the parts of humanity that have never heard of Foo Camp Google serves a minority of humanity reasonably well today. How is Google going to fulfill its mission to deliver the world's information usefully and universally? Character recognition and accessibility pioneer Jim Fruchterman presents his quest to make information accessible to the long tail of humanity (which stillincludes most of the "bulge!" From inventing omnifont character recognition and affordable reading machines for the blind to creating accessible digital libraries for the blind and using technology to teach literacy to people who have fallen through society's cracks, Jim will cover the technical and practical challenges to reaching all of humanity with accessible information." -- Regards hbmallikarjuna hbmallikarjuna[at]gmail.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com http://mallikarjunahb.blogspot.com Indian Libraries and Librarians search engine :http://tinyurl.com/yfrozb Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Journals from BioMed central
by Swapan Patra 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

*BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research* "All original research articles published by BioMed Central are freely available and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings in biological sciences". For more details see http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/whatis List of *Journals currently covered by Thomson Scientific (ISI)* http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor *Unofficial Impact Factors* for other BioMed Central Journals* http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research "All original research articles published by BioMed Central are freely available and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings in biological sciences". For more details see http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/whatis http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/whatis List of Journals currently covered by Thomson Scientific (ISI) http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor Unofficial Impact Factors* for other BioMed Central Journals http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=impactfactor

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vacancy in Pharma
by Manojkumar 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Dear Professionals,Ahmedabad based  leading pharmaceutical company  invites the application for the post of Librarian in dholka ( Dist: Ahmedabad) Only Ahmedabad based canditates ( Preferably with Science background) are requested to send their latest resume with a reply email to library(a)cadilapharma.co.in  within a weeks time. Details of Job Position: Librarian ( At R&D Library, Dholka,  Dist: Ahmedabad) Job Timings: 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM Qualification: B.Sc. with BLib or M. Lib Inf. Sc. at least with II division Salary : Best in the Industry Best Regards,Manoj V Solanki ( Librarian in charge )Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd1389, Trasad RoadDholka - 387 810Dist: AhmedabadGujarat Dear Professionals, Ahmedabad based leading pharmaceutical company invites the application for the post of Librarian in dholka ( Dist: Ahmedabad) Only Ahmedabad based canditates ( Preferably with Science background) are requested to send their latest resume with a reply email to mailto:library@cadilapharma.co.in library(a)cadilapharma.co.in within a weeks time. Details of Job Position: Librarian ( At R&D Library, Dholka, Dist: Ahmedabad) Job Timings: 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM Qualification: B.Sc. with BLib or M. Lib Inf. Sc. at least with II division Salary : Best in the Industry Best Regards, Manoj V Solanki ( Librarian in charge ) Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd 1389, Trasad Road Dholka - 387 810 Dist: Ahmedabad Gujarat http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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OA and e-science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

More on the UK's eBank project Liz Lyon, Adding value to open access research data : the eBank UK Project, a presentation at OAI4, the CERN workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (Geneva, October 20-22, 2005). Self-archived November 12, 2006. Abstract: This presentation will briefly examine the changing landscape of e-research and data-intensive science, together with associated trends in scholarly communications. In this context the eBank UK project will be described, which is seeking to enable open access to research data generated from an e-Science application, and to build links from e-research outputs through to e-learning materials. The role of digital repositories and OAI-based aggregator services in facilitating the linking of data-sets from Grid-enabled research applications to e-prints through to peer-reviewed articles, as resources in portals and Learning Management Systems, will be assessed. Recent developments from the eBank UK project will be presented with discussion about integration in research and learning workflows and the challenge of assuring long-term access to open data archives. More on the UK's eBank project Liz Lyon, http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007694/ Adding value to open access research data : the eBank UK Project , a presentation at OAI4, the http://oai4.web.cern.ch/OAI4/ CERN workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (Geneva, October 20-22, 2005). Self-archived November 12, 2006. Abstract: This presentation will briefly examine the changing landscape of e-research and data-intensive science, together with associated trends in scholarly communications. In this context the eBank UK project will be described, which is seeking to enable open access to research data generated from an e-Science application, and to build links from e-research outputs through to e-learning materials. The role of digital repositories and OAI-based aggregator services in facilitating the linking of data-sets from Grid-enabled research applications to e-prints through to peer-reviewed articles, as resources in portals and Learning Management Systems, will be assessed. Recent developments from the eBank UK project will be presented with discussion about integration in research and learning workflows and the challenge of assuring long-term access to open data archives.

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[Call for Papers] KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication
by Saurabh Kudesia 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Submit articles for peer review and publication in the coming editions of the KnowGenesis International Journal for Technical Communication (IJTC) and share your skills with the International community. 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. 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…) You can also send your contribution for consideration directly to the IJTC editorial team at editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org. Submission Preparation Checklist -------------------------------- - The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in comments to the Editor). - The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. - All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click. - All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. KnowGenesis IJTC in News ------------------------ 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) 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. For FREE registration to the Journal, visit http://knowgenesis.net/journal/index.php? journal=IJTC&page=user&op=register or send the request to editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org or admin(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 in adding more values to the KnowGenesis IJTC. -- Saurabh Kudesia Editor-in-chief KnowGenesis IJTC editorinchief(a)knowgenesis.org www.knowgenesis.net/journal

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Workshop in SKCET COIMBATORE
by Abhilash P P 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Dear Library Professionals I am very happy to inform you that Central Library SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, COIMBATORE is organising one day Workshop, more details given below: Workshop Title: "Institutional Repositories" Workshop Date: 2nd Decembr 2006 The Workshop is intended to discuss the technological trends in digital libraries, discuss key issues involved in digital library development (using Dspace Digital Library Open source software). Through this workshop, the participants come to know: · Creating awareness on E-Resources · E-resources format and standards · Realising the importance of Institutional repositories · Developing awareness of Digital Library Collection; and · Enriching the participants on Digital Library on Open Resources (DSpace). more details available in the following links. http://www.geocities.com/skcetworkshop/ http://www.skcet.ac.in looking forward for your participation thanks and regards ABHILASHAN ASST LIBRARIAN SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH KUNIAMUTHUR (PO) COIMBATORE - 641 008. Dear Library Professionals I am very happy to inform you that Central Library SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, COIMBATORE is organising one day Workshop, more details given below: Workshop Title: "Institutional Repositories" Workshop Date: 2nd Decembr 2006 The Workshop is intended to discuss the technological trends in digital libraries, discuss key issues involved in digital library development (using Dspace Digital Library Open source software). Through this workshop, the participants come to know: · Creating awareness on E-Resources · E-resources format and standards · Realising the importance of Institutional repositories · Developing awareness of Digital Library Collection; and · Enriching the participants on Digital Library on Open Resources (DSpace). more details available in the following links. http://www.geocities.com/skcetworkshop/ http://www.skcet.ac.in looking forward for your participation thanks and regards ABHILASHAN ASST LIBRARIAN SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH KUNIAMUTHUR (PO) COIMBATORE - 641 008. http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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HubMed:(Boost with RSS)alternative interface to the PubMed Literature Database
by Mailing List Manager 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:42:01 +0000 (GMT) From: "Mallikarjuna, H.B" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> HubMed:(Boost with RSS)alternative interface to the PubMed Literature Database HubMed:alternative interface to the PubMed medical literature database.This is a variation on PubMed in that with the same database contents asPubMed for different searching interface. HubMed provides these features : 1.Daily updates of search results via web feeds. 2. Firefox search plugin or a HubMed bookmarklet (drag to your browser's bookmarks toolbar). 3.Export citations in RIS, BibTeX, RDF and MODS formats, or directly to RefWorks. 4.Unzip HubMed's import filter into Endnote's Filters folder for direct import into Endnote, or install the RIS Export plugin for direct import into ProCite, RefMan and older versions of Endnote. 5.Use the Citation Finder to convert reference lists from PDFs into search results. 6.Create lists of closely related papers using Rank Relations, then visualise and browse clusters of related papers using TouchGraph (requires Java). 7.Graph occurrences of keywords in published papers over time. 8.Tag and store annotated metadata for articles of interest. Example : searched for "Oncology Therapies" Result: For earch Article these options are avb. -- Abstract PubMed FullText SFX GS Clip Export InterDB Terms Related � Graph Cites Scopus Tag 10.1038/sj.cgt.7701011 Search results page url(short url) : -- Regards hbmallikarjuna

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National Library Week Celebrations
by Arunachalam Hariharan 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Dear Friends, Invitation You are cordially invited for the following function. Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) and Connemara Public Library, Chennai organized speech competition for the Corporation School Children on 9th Nov 2006 ( this year also) at Connemara Public Library at 10.A.M. The topics of the competition were: Topics: Role of Libraries in Nation Building/ Role of Libraries in Career Development of Students A panel of three judges selected three winners based on the following criteria 1. Oratory Skill 2. Body Language 3. Contents The Objective of the Programmes: To promote the Reading Habits of the Corporation School Children Honâ Minister for School Education, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Thiru. Thangam Thenarasu will distribute the Price to the winners during the 39th National Library Week Celebrations on 14.11.2006 at Connemara Public Library, Chennai at 5. 30 P.M SALIS and Connemara Public Library Mr. P.Panneer Selvam Programme Co-ordinator and Secretary SALIS Chennai Chapter B2- Solai Apartments (Opp to MGR garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai â 600 089 e-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.com cell: 9841103912 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt, home equity - Click now for info http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com

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Registration open: ICDL 2006 - International Conference on Digital Libraries, 5-8 December 2006, New Delhi, INDIA (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:28:17 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> Registration open: ICDL 2006 - International Conference on Digital Libraries, 5-8 December 2006, New Delhi, INDIA. International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2006 eill be held from 5-8 December 2006 in Association with TIFP, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and UNESCO and in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Ministry of Culture and Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India have also agreed in principle to associate with this conference. The theme of the conference is Digital Libraries: Information Management for Global Access and it will focus on creation, adoption, implementation and utilization of digital libraries (DL), e-learning and knowledge society. For detail information about the conference please visit the website www.teriin.org/events/icdl You are invited to attend and register to the 2nd International Conference on Digital Libraries, to be held in New Delhi, India 5-8 December, 2006. This conference is going to be a very high standard. We have invited many world renowned digital library experts. About 50 renowned and experienced speakers from India and abroad has already accepted to share their experiences. The papers we have received so far are all cutting edge researches and practical experiences. We believe you and your colleagues will be benefited tremendously from this conference. We encourage you and your colleagues and students to attend and share experiences with others in the conference. Registration Information : For details about the conference registration fee for all presenters and participants and other registration information, please refer to the conference website (www.teriin.org/events/icdl) For any queries contact at ? Debal C Kar Organising Secretary ICDL2006 Conference Secretariat TERI, Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003, India Phone - 91-11-24682141, 24682111 or 24682100 Fax - 91-11-24682144, 2468 2145 E-mail ICDL(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl

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Educational Theory - Article Required
by Mailing List Manager 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Date: 9 Nov 2006 05:17:02 -0000 From: veeresh hiremath <veer9999(a)rediffmail.com> Dear all,One of our faculty members is in urgent requirement of the article whose details are as given below:\'The Ideal of the Educated Person\' , Jane Roland.Educational Theory,31(2),1981.I request one and all to send it immediately to the following mail id(s) if it is available with you:hiremathvc@gmail.com, veer9999(a)rediffmail.com Veeresh c Hiremath Digital Library Programmer Tata Institute of Social Sciences Deonar P.B No. 8313 Sion, Trombay Road Mumbai-400088 Phone-225563290 (extn 284) mobile:9867260884 Email:veer9999@rediffmail.com,hiremathvc@gmail.com,vchiremath@indiatimes.com,veereshmlisc@yahoo.com

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