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RE: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits
by Aman Jha 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

This I believe may not be true. I think exposure to digital media has diverted the attention of print media readers towards digital media reading/viewing. I don't think reading habbit has declined at all. Well, you can say 'reading habbit has changed'. If this is the case then there shoule not be anything to surprise. Because the whole world is changing, Economy is shifting towards developing countries. Knowledge generation and flow of information are happening more in India and China and other emerging economies. This I am saying because 94 per cent of the economic growth of a country is due to growth in knowledge generation and dissemination. And if knowledge generation and information dissemination is more in India, that means there are more users/readers. "Nobel laureate economist Robert Solow showed that seven-eighth of the growth of US from 1900 to 1950 was accounted for by technical progress, while only one-eighth was driven by capital. A study by Denison, of factors contributing to the growth of the US economy from 1929 to 1982, attributes 94 per cent of that growth to factors relating to knowledge generation and dissemination: 64 per cent of this is linked to advances in knowledge generation (i.e. R&D) and another 30 per cent to advances in education. By one recent estimate, 50-60 per cent of all industrial output is based on information." [Quoted from 'India vision 2020: the report'] Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-4014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Parinita Samant Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM To: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Importance: High Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 ************************************************************************ *************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ************************************************************************ *************************************************** DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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concerns of libraries and librarians
by Enukonda Rama Reddy 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- 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 Dear Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 mailto:enukondar@yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:enukondar@gmail.com enukondar(a)gmail.com 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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Declining reading habits
by Parinita Samant 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** Declining reading habits Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, a nd why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this – any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************

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Very good article on Actionable URLs (Dlib October 2006)
by noufal palliparamban 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Please see the link http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur --------------------------------- 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 Please see the link http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october06/cole/10cole.html Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur 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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Research assistance
by Mailing List Manager 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:10:45 +0100 (BST) From: santosh kumar verma <ksverma99(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals I have registered for my Ph.D. Programme. My tentative topic is 'Collection Development in the Indian Universities and their importance in electronic age.' Kindly guide me through references and Journal's article relevant for doctorate. All the best wishes from me. Thanking you, Santosh Kr. Verma NEHU Tura Campus Tura

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Request to post the details of e-Books Seminar
by Amit Verma 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Sub: Seminars on e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-Learning Gone are the days of searching books for information. The digital era is making books exist as interconnected nodes in a vast web of stored literature, all accessible at the click of a mouse. In view of the changing dynamics of the access, licensing and technology related to e-Books and continuing its mission of promoting Library-Publisher partnership, Informatics once again brings together four major publishers of electronic books, dictionaries and reference works to give you an insight into the future of e-Books. Bangalore October 30, 2006 Le Meridien Hotel Mumbai November 1, 2006 Le Meridien Hotel Kolkata November 3, 2006 Hotel Hyatt Regency New Delhi November 6, 2006 Hotel Mariott Welcome The Seminar focus this year is e-Books and titled as : e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-learning. The publishers joining this event are: * Ovid Technologies * Springer Science + Business Media * Thieme Publishers * Taylor & Francis The Program Structure: * Keynote on Seminar Topic * Panel Debates on issues related to the topic .The Panel Debate topic this year is e-Book: Technology, Business Models & User Perspective Please register yourself for the location of your choice at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> More information about the Seminars is available at www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> REGISTRATION is FREE. For more details you can also write to us at events(a)informindia.co.in Thanks and Regards Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics (India) Limited 337, Karuna Complex, 3rd Floor, Sampige Road, Malleswaram Bangalore 560003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940 Mobile: 91 98459 41610 www.informindia.co.in FREE! World's largest portal for 3000+ Open Access Journals www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/>  Sub: Seminars on e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-Learning � � Gone are the days of searching books for information… The digital era is making books exist as interconnected nodes in a vast web of stored literature, all accessible at the click of a mouse.� In view of the changing dynamics of the access, licensing and technology related to e-Books and continuing its mission of promoting Library-Publisher partnership, Informatics once again brings together four major publishers of electronic books, dictionaries and reference works to give you an insight into the future of e-Books. � � Bangalore �� October 30, 2006 �� Le Meridien Hotel Mumbai�� November 1, 2006 �� Le Meridien Hotel Kolkata �� November 3, 2006 �� Hotel Hyatt Regency New Delhi �� November 6, 2006�� Hotel Mariott Welcome � � The Seminar focus this year is e-Books and titled as : e-Books: The changing dimensions in e-learning. � The publishers joining this event are: � � �� Ovid Technologies � �� Springer Science + Business Media � �� Thieme Publishers � �� Taylor & Francis � The Program Structure: � Keynote on Seminar Topic Panel Debates on issues related to the topic .The Panel Debate topic this year is e-Book: Technology, Business Models & User Perspective � � Please register yourself for the location of your choice at http://www.informindia.co.in/ www.informindia.co.in � More information about the Seminars is available at http://www.informindia.co.in/ www.informindia.co.in � REGISTRATION is FREE. � For more details you can also write to us at mailto:events@informindia.co.in events(a)informindia.co.in � � � � � � � Thanks and Regards Amit Verma Product Marketing Manager Informatics ( India ) Limited 337, Karuna Complex, 3rd Floor, Sampige Road , Malleswaram Bangalore 560003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940 Mobile : 91 98459 41610 www.informindia.co.in FREE! World's largest portal for 3000+ Open Access Journals� http://www.openj-gate.com/ www.openj-gate.com �

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Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
by rupesh kumar 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians by Eric H. Schnell The most time consuming aspects of managing a library Web service are the creation and maintenance of site documents and assets. Although the organizational structure and contents of a Web site varies from library to library, participants in all library Web projects need to be familiar with the concepts and terminology associated with creating documents and resources for the Web. This document is not an in-depth HTML guide, but is instead a general introduction to Web content creation. Newer technologies are briefly described and references to other resources are provided. This is also an interactive document and provides the reader access to associated resources. check out the fulltext of the book at http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. The most time consuming aspects of managing a library Web service are the creation and maintenance of site documents and assets. Although the organizational structure and contents of a Web site varies from library to library, participants in all library Web projects need to be familiar with the concepts and terminology associated with creating documents and resources for the Web. This document is not an in-depth HTML guide , but is instead a general introduction to Web content creation. Newer technologies are briefly described and references to other resources are provided. This is also an interactive document and provides the reader access to associated resources. check out the fulltext of the book at http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html Rupesh Kumar A Department of Library & Information Science Bangalore University mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Request to send URL of Institutioanl repositories
by sarika sawant 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Dear LIS members, Its kind request to LIS members who have developd institutional/digital repositories for their institutions to send URL to me. Also if anybody aware of any other institutional/digital repositories pl do write URL to me s1b1s(a)rediffmail.com Thanking you in anticipation. Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ Dear LIS members, Its kind request to LIS members who have developd institutional/digital repositories for their institutions to send URL to me. Also if anybody aware of any other institutional/digital repositories pl do write URL to me s1b1s(a)rediffmail.com Thanking you in anticipation. Ms. Sarika Sawant Lecturer, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, 1 # N.T. Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020 INDIA http://www.shpt-econtent.in/ 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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Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India
by Thomas Abraham 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, Univerity of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in india, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - A registration fee of Rs.1000/- is charged per participant. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 21st October, 2006 Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165 ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, Univerity of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in india, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - A registration fee of Rs.1000/- is charged per participant. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 21st October, 2006 Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi at http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165

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OA and public libraries in India
by Mailing List Manager 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:13:44 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: The 'Open Access' movement is picking up worldwide. As one aspect of the OA movement, many large libraries in the western world, especially in the United States of America, are digitizing their collections and making them available free on the Internet. The latest to join this movement is the University of Wisconsin at Madison. When will we in India start offering books and periodicals in Indian languages - Samskrit, Pali, Tamil, Teleugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarathi, Hindi, Urdu, etc. - for free viewing (and downloading) on the Internet? Do our public libraries have a policy on open access? Should not organizations such as CDAC and HP India, Google India play an active role in digitizing Indian language content available with major libraries? Many universities around the world (including some in China) led by MIT, Cambridge, are making their course material freely available on the Internet under the 'Open Course Ware' project. Some are offering even video files of lectures by eminent teachers. In order to become a knowledge society, India needs to provide such access to high quality university course material. Incidentally, Indians are among the most avid users of the MIT open course ware. Arun Wisconsin joins the Google Library project UW-Madison joins massive Google Book project, a press release from the University of Wisconsin, October 12, 2006. Excerpt: The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Google announced an agreement today to expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from more than 7.2 million holdings at the UW-Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. The university is the eighth library to join Google's ambitious effort to digitize the world's books and make them searchable on Google Book Search. The combined library collections of UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society comprise one of the largest collections of documents and historical materials to be found in the United States. The collections are ranked 11th in North America by the Association of Research Libraries in Washington, D.C. "Wisconsin is in a position to take a leading role in making the primary documents of U.S. government history freely accessible on the Internet for anyone to find and use," says UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell. Adds Edward Van Gemert, interim director of the UW-Madison General Library System: "Whenever possible, the university intends to make the complete content of public documents available on the Internet, including text, images and maps." ... The Wisconsin project will initially focus on library collections that are free of copyright restrictions. Most books published before 1923 and publications of the U.S. government are in the public domain by law....

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