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Workshop on Knowledge Management at Chennai during Oct 13-14
by Mohan HR 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Dear LIS-FORUM Moderator, Pl. find below some info on the workshop. Could you pl. forward the following email to your contacts and also post in the LIS-FORUM? With regards HR Mohan, The Hindu & Chairman, Div II, CSI 98414 32179 ==================================================== Dear friends, The CSI Div II on Software and Chennai Chapter in association with XIME, Banaglore is organising a two day workshop on KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT during 13-14, Oct 2006. A detailed brochure is available at the URL http://www.accel-india.com/csi-chennai/km-ws-bro.pdf RESOURCE PERSONS - Prof. R. Natarajan, Former Chairman, AICTE and Former Director IITM - Prof. J. Philip, President, XIME and Former Director IIMB - Prof. H.N. Mahabala, Professor IIITB and Former Professor, IITM - Mr. R. Mohan, Former MD Mphasis and Faculty XIME, Bangalore - Prof. T.V. Gopal, Dept. of CSE, College of Engg, Anna University - Prof. K. Subramanian, DDG(NIC) & IT Adviser to CAG of India - Dr. J.K. Suresh, Head KM Group, Infosys, Bangalore - Mr. Sukumar Rajagopal, CKO & VP, Cognizant, Chennai - Mr. A. Kottai, KM Head, Honeywell Technology Labs, Bangalore - Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, Software Division, CSI - Mr. K. Adhivarahan, Chapter Chairman, CSI, Chennai - Plus presentations from SAP, EMC and few KM solution providers VENUE AND DATES Hotel Days Inn Deccan Plaza, # 36. Royapettah High Road, Chennai. Dates : October 13 - 14 , 2006 PROGRAMME FEE CSI Members: Rs. 3,500/- For Academics: Rs. 2,000/- Industry Delegates: Rs. 4,000/- If a group of three is nominated: Rs. 10,000/- Last date for Registration: 5th October, 2006 For additional information, please contact: Mr. K. ADHIVARAHAN, Chennai; adhivarahan(a)gmail.com; 94442 75315 OR Mr. H.R. MOHAN, Chennai; hrmohan(a)gmail.com; 98414 32179 As the seats are limited, pl. send your registrations early. Also, we request you to kindly forward this mail and the url of the brochure to your known professional contacts and request them to regsiter for the workshop. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div II, CSI HR Mohan Chief Systems Manager, The Hindu, 859 Anna Salai Madras 600002, INDIA Phone: 91-44-8413344 Fax : 91-44-8415325 Email: hrmohan(a)vsnl.com / hrmohan(a)rediffmail.com Web : www.hinduonline.com

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Articles required
by Kshema Prakash 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Apologies for X Postings Dear Friends, Can someone help me in getting these articles? I tried with our online databases and other sources, but could not succeed. I also thank all those who have helped me earlier. 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. 5. Bera, B. Das, S. et al. 1993. Morphological studies on three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. of lower gangetic plains, West Bengal, India. Phytomorphology 43(1-2): 93-103. With thanks. Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India -- Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India Apologies for X Postings � Dear Friends, � Can someone help me in getting these articles? I tried with our online databases and other sources, but could not succeed. I also thank all those who have helped me earlier. � 1. Bera, B. & Mukherjee, K.K. et al., (1992). Characterization of seeds of three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. through analysis of phenolics and proteins. Seed science and Technology 20(1): pp. 57-67. � 2. Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1998). Chenopodium seed protein, fractionation and amino acid composition. International Journal of Food sciences and Nutrition. 49(4): 271-275. � 3. Dey, N. and Mandal, R.K. 1993. Characterization of 2S albumin with nutritionally balanced amino acid composition from the seeds of Chenopodium album and its antigenic homology with seed proteins of some Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae species. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 30(1): 149-157. � 4. Qasem, J.R. and Hill, T.A. 1993. A comparison of the competitive effects and nutrient accumulation of fat-hen and groundsel. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(4): 679-698. � 5. Bera, B. Das, S. et al. 1993. Morphological studies on three cytotypes of Chenopodium album L. of lower gangetic plains, West Bengal, India. Phytomorphology 43(1-2): 93-103. � With thanks. � Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India -- � � Mrs. Kshema Prakash Facuty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282005 Uttar Pradesh, India

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Open Acess : some relevant issues
by sabuj kumar chaudhuri 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Respected Sir/ Madam and Dear Friends Open-Access has become a buzz-word in these days. Many renowned persons are also advocating strongly for OA. It is said that there are 2 schools regarding OA initiatives- one is, journal reform school and other one is self-archiving school. Both can be regarded as an alternative to models for accessing to the copyrighted academic and scientific information. As a concept and philosophy, it is great. It is very true that the research conducted in various R & D labs like CSIR Labs, ICMR Labs, DBT Labs, and ICAR Labs is done with the public money collected from the people. Hence, people have every right to access these scientific results in the form of a research report that are mostly published in the peer reviewed journals with strong copyright policy. But unfortunately, presently, OA initiatives have very little impact on S & T researchers for whom the total initiative is meant for. If they do not believe in this novel movement, the effort of our initiative will be of no use. We have to make them convinced in all platforms about its merits and at the same time persuasion of big scholarly publishing houses should be done from all possible angles. Developing countries already achieved pioneering initiatives in many places to promote OA and therefore they should play the leading role in shaping OA world wide. The questions related with economics, copyright, OA and sustainable development are important practical questions and we will have to develop a model for its sustenance. But the great dilemma is that, will this dream of OA be ever possible or it will bow down to copyright lobby of multinationals of the West. Already developed world has responded by suggesting that OA is dangerous to scientific innovation and will destroy already existing peer-reviewed journals. Some of the multinational publishing houses have changed their copyright agreements in order to support OA self-archiving. The results of the RoMEo study attest to this. It is still unclear, will majority of the publishers allow it or not. Still most of the scientists do prefer to publish their research reports in subscription based journals.All scientists should encourage to join this great movement to protect our knowledge and heritage and they must make them understand that copyright can stand as a barrier to the diffusion of their academic work, a barrier to the percolation of the knowledge to the grass root level, an agent that enhance disparity among people and countries , increase the gap between the haves and have nots. Let us promise together, we will make them convinced at any cost otherwise that days are not too far when all knowledge will be privatized, caged and monopolized in the hands of some few multinational publishing houses. SABUJ KUMAR CHAUDHURI SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA-700 032 email-sabuj_c(a)yahoo.co.uk sabooj_c(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo. Open-Access has become a buzz-word in these days. Many renowned persons are also advocating strongly for OA. It is said that there are 2 schools regarding OA initiatives- one is, journal reform school and other one is self-archiving school. Both can be regarded as an alternative to models for accessing to the copyrighted academic and scientific information. As a concept and philosophy, it is great. It is very true that the research conducted in various R & D labs like CSIR Labs, ICMR Labs, DBT Labs, and ICAR Labs is done with the public money collected from the people. Hence, people have every right to access these scientific results in the form of a research report that are mostly published in the peer reviewed journals with strong copyright policy. But unfortunately, presently, OA initiatives have very little impact on S & T researchers for whom the total initiative is meant for. If they do not believe in this novel movement, the effort of our initiative will be of no use. We have to make them convinced in all platforms about its merits and at the same time persuasion of big scholarly publishing houses should be done from all possible angles. Developing countries already achieved pioneering initiatives in many places to promote OA and therefore they should play the leading role in shaping OA world wide. The questions related with economics, copyright, OA and sustainable development are important practical questions and we will have to develop a model for its sustenance. But the great dilemma is that, will this dream of OA be ever possible or it will bow down to copyright lobby of multinationals of the West. Already developed world has responded by suggesting that OA is dangerous to scientific innovation and will destroy already existing peer-reviewed journals. Some of the multinational publishing houses have changed their copyright agreements in order to support OA self-archiving. The results of the RoMEo study attest to this. It is still unclear, will majority of the publishers allow it or not. Still most of the scientists do prefer to publish their research reports in subscription based journals.All scientists should encourage to join this great movement to protect our knowledge and heritage and they must make them understand that copyright can stand as a barrier to the diffusion of their academic work, a barrier to the percolation of the knowledge to the grass root level, an agent that enhance disparity among people and countries , increase the gap between the haves and have nots. Let us promise together, we will make them convinced at any cost otherwise that days are not too far when all knowledge will be privatized, caged and monopolized in the hands of some few multinational publishing houses. 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InfoVision2006-the Knowledge Summit, September 28-29, 2006-Bangalore
by Shalini Urs 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Come to InfoVision 2006 and participate in India's journey towards knowledge capitalization --- InfoVision 2006- the Knowledge Summit Sep 28-29, 2006, Hotel Le Meridian, Bangalore www.infovision2006.org <http://www.infovision2006.org/> Organized by The International School of Information Management (iSIM) And Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Knowledge is an important part of intellectual capital, and has become a key asset for individuals, organizations and societies. Processes and Technologies for creating, capturing and converting knowledge into capital are the keys to success. Building intellectual capital by transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions is the hallmark of Successful enterprises. Given the role of the emerging knowledge economy, our ability to harness knowledge and build intellectual capital becomes a crucial endeavor for India. We need to build further capability by exploring the role of content, community, technology, and innovation as part of this journey. InfoVision 2006 brings you the essential facets of knowledge - Content, Community and Business processes, Management tools and technologies. Packed with nine keynotes and six interactive panels, InfoVision 2006 presents an intellectual feast and a platform for rich interactions We bring you keynotes by (select listing ) : * Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission * Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia. * Rory L. Chase , Founder of Teleos - the company that conducts the internationally recognized Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) program * Leif Edvinsson, Professor of Intellectual Capital, at Lund University, Sweden * Peter Johan Lor, the Secretary General, IFLA * Shoba Purushothaman, CEO &co-founder, The NewsMarket, Inc, USA Special Attraction - MAKE Award ceremony on 28th evening during the gala dinner Learn about the best practices of the most admired knowledge enterprises For more details - www.infovision2006.org <http://www.infovision2006.org/> Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. See you at InfoVision 2006! --- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Executive Director International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Tele : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm  Come to InfoVision 2006 and participate in India ’s journey towards knowledge capitalization � --- � InfoVision 2006- the Knowledge Summit Sep 28-29, 2006, Hotel Le Meridian, Bangalore http://www.infovision2006.org/ www.infovision2006.org � Organized by � The International School of Information Management (iSIM) And Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) � Knowledge is an important part of intellectual capital, and has become a key asset for individuals, organizations and societies. Processes and Technologies for creating, capturing and converting knowledge into capital are the keys to success. Building intellectual capital by transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions is the hallmark of Successful enterprises. Given the role of the emerging knowledge economy, our ability to harness knowledge and build intellectual capital becomes a crucial endeavor for India . We need to build further capability by exploring the role of content, community, technology, and innovation as part of this journey. � InfoVision 2006 brings you the essential facets of knowledge - Content, Community and Business processes, Management tools and technologies. � Packed with nine keynotes and six interactive panels, InfoVision 2006 presents an intellectual feast and a platform for rich interactions � We bring you keynotes by (select listing ) : � Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia. Rory L. Chase , Founder of Teleos – the company that conducts the internationally recognized Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) program Leif Edvinsson, Professor of Intellectual Capital, at Lund University , Sweden Peter Johan Lor, the Secretary General, IFLA Shoba Purushothaman ,� CEO &co-founder, The NewsMarket, Inc, USA � Special Attraction – MAKE Award ceremony on 28 th evening during the gala dinner Learn about the best practices of the most admired knowledge enterprises � For more details – http://www.infovision2006.org/ www.infovision2006.org � Register online, tell your friends, come and participate in the stimulating discussions. � See you at InfoVision 2006! � --- � � Dr.Shalini R. Urs Executive Director International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Tele : + 91 821 2514699 Fax� : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm �

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Friday talk at MyDLIS !!
by khaiser nikam 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Dear Moderator , Kindly circulate this report among the members of your forum. Dr Khaiser Nikam Reader in LISc University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 Email:khaiser.nikam@gmail.com Mulissa Friday talk -1 - Friday the 18/09/06 -30.30 to 6.00 PM The department of library science under the aegis of Mulissa Mysore University Library and Information Students Association, on every Friday after noon organizes a special lecture on different topics. This has been the practice for many decades now .The present academic years lecture series were inaugurated on last Friday the 18th September 06.The excerpts of the function are as follows: "University of Mysore, Department of Library and Information Science is one of the first departments to have been initiated during the erstwhile Mysore state in 1962 and started functioning in the year 1965 under the headship of Late Prof. P K Patil. And Dr S.R. Ranganathan, the father of Library Science, framed the BLISc syllabus for the department " said Dr Khaiser Nikam, faculty advisor, while speaking about the decades old MULISSA - students' forum,, at the inaugural function of the association. Prof. A R Seetha Ram, from Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE) and the Director of Paramahamsa Yoga Center, Bhogadi Mysore was the guest speaker. Prof Seeth Ram, while delivering the inaugural special Lecture on " Spiritual Education and Personality Development " recalled how he has been associated with MyDLIS & Library Science, as his brother in law late Sri .TKS Iyengar was the librarian at IISc,Bangalore , and his wife Dr.Gita Seetha Ram ,CFTRI library , is the alumnus of this department . Prof. Seetha Ram who was to give a talk for about 45 minutes went up to 1hr and 45 minutes ,with out the knowledge of the audiences . All the faculty members and the students immensely benefited from his talk, as the talk was followed by a " Yogic tips workshop". In his talk Dr Ram emphasized on the need for positive attitude, right perception and how yoga can be practiced for total growth of the personality of an individual. Dr.Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman of the deportment gave his presidential remarks at the end. Other faculty members Prof.R Shalini Urs, Dr,M .Chandrashekar and Dr N .S. Harinarayana were present. Ms Smitha, A.P, welcomed the gathering; Ms.Sajan C compeered and Naveen Kumar delivered Vote of thanks. The function was stared with an invocation by Ms.Chithra M.S. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Dear Moderator , Kindly circulate this report among the members of your forum. Dr Khaiser Nikam Reader in LISc University of Mysore Mysore - 570 006 Email: mailto:khaiser.nikam@gmail.com khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Mulissa Friday talk -1 - Friday the 18/09/06 -30.30 to 6.00 PM The department of library science under the aegis of Mulissa Mysore University Library and Information Students Association, on every Friday after noon organizes a special lecture on different topics. This has been the practice for many decades now .The present academic years lecture series were inaugurated on last Friday the 18 th September 06.The excerpts of the function are as follows: "University of Mysore, Department of Library and Information Science is one of the first departments to have been initiated during the erstwhile Mysore state in 1962 and started functioning in the year 1965 under the headship of Late Prof. P K Patil. And Dr S.R. Ranganathan, the father of Library Science, framed the BLISc syllabus for the department " said Dr Khaiser Nikam, faculty advisor, while speaking about the decades old MULISSA - students' forum,, at the inaugural function of the association. Prof. A R Seetha Ram, from Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education (RIMSE) and the Director of Paramahamsa Yoga Center, Bhogadi Mysore was the guest speaker. Prof Seeth Ram, while delivering the inaugural special Lecture on " Spiritual Education and Personality Development " recalled how he has been associated with MyDLIS & Library Science, as his brother in law late Sri .TKS Iyengar was the librarian at IISc,Bangalore , and his wife Dr.Gita Seetha Ram ,CFTRI library , is the alumnus of this department . Prof. Seetha Ram who was to give a talk for about 45 minutes went up to 1hr and 45 minutes ,with out the knowledge of the audiences . All the faculty members and the students immensely benefited from his talk, as the talk was followed by a " Yogic tips workshop". In his talk Dr Ram emphasized on the need for positive attitude, right perception and how yoga can be practiced for total growth of the personality of an individual. Dr.Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman of the deportment gave his presidential remarks at the end. Other faculty members Prof.R Shalini Urs, Dr,M .Chandrashekar and Dr N .S. Harinarayana were present. Ms Smitha, A.P, welcomed the gathering; Ms.Sajan C compeered and Naveen Kumar delivered Vote of thanks. The function was stared with an invocation by Ms.Chithra M.S. Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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Future of Knowledge? -Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hello, Friends. Following is an interesting article. Is this the future of Knowledge? Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge <http://www.citizendium.org/essay.html> By Larry Sanger <http://www.larrysanger.org/> Just few lines here: 1. Thinkers of the world, start imagining. ..Tens of millions of intellectuals can work together, if they so choose... ..In the next year, by the end of 2007, every major university, library, museum, archive, professional organization, government, and corporation will be asking themselves with increasing urgency: how, using what systems and methods, can we pool the entire world's intellectual resources to create the ideal information resource?.. 2. Wikipedia. ..Wikipedia, started only five years ago, now has millions of articles in over one hundred languages, and has nearly singlehandedly introduced the world's intellectuals to the possibilities of enormous collaborative efforts. It is a project that shouldn't work, but does--who could have expected such a radically open project to produce anything of value? But, by giving intellectuals the world over an open platform on which to work together, a clear task, and a simple interface, Wikipedia has shown a global audience what enormous, distributed knowledge collaboration can achieve. The work of the Wikipedians has astounded the world.. 3. A new community and a new project: the Citizendium. 4. The way forward. Finally He describes his project - The Citizendium Project - http://www.citizendium.org/ Hope you find it useful. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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call for papers
by Dr. S M.SHAFI 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities Dear Colleagues, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir Srinagar (J & K) 1900 06 is organizing a seminar on Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and opportunities in first week of November, 2006. The Seminar will focus on opportunities offered & challenges by ICT revolution in transforming traditional institutions like Libraries and information centers besides Govt and Business organizations in delivering and disseminating content and re-engineering services. The theme will be fruitful in understanding different technologies developed and adopted for digital libraries by many institutions or organization and to review their social, cultural implication as well The seminar will review different dimensions like planning, architectire, interoperability, scalability, metadata harvesting, digitization, social and cultural implications Preservation and multilingual implication, software imperatives, e-learning perspectives and case studies of digital libraries. The topics are not a comprehensive list and contributors can address other related issues. Colleagues may note: 1) Last date for submission of papers-10/10/2006 2) Papers can be emailed at dlis_2006(a)yahoo.co.in CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities Dear Colleagues, The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir Srinagar (J & K) 1900 06 is organizing a seminar on Digital Library Initiatives: Challenges and opportunities in first week of November, 2006. The Seminar will focus on opportunities offered & challenges by ICT revolution in transforming traditional institutions like Libraries and information centers besides Govt and Business organizations in delivering and disseminating content and re-engineering services. The theme will be fruitful in understanding different technologies developed and adopted for digital libraries by many institutions or organization and to review their social, cultural implication as well The seminar will review different dimensions like planning, architectire, interoperability, scalability, metadata harvesting, digitization, social and cultural implications Preservation and multilingual implication, software imperatives, e-learning perspectives and case studies of digital libraries. The topics are not a comprehensive list and contributors can address other related issues. Colleagues may note: 1) Last date for submission of papers-10/10/2006 2) Papers can be emailed at dlis_2006(a)yahoo.co.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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OA textbooks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

OA textbook publisher buys OA textbook portal Freeload Press, Inc Purchases Textbook Revolution, a press release from Freeload, September 18, 2006. Excerpt: Freeload Press...announced today that it has purchased Textbook Revolution in a strategic move designed to add more products, expand services and increase resources for college students and other learners around the country. The combined companies will provide extensive resources for students searching for affordable textbooks, study guides, learning tools, informational modules, and other educational assets. Our mission is to liberate the textbook so students from all financial backgrounds can use these important tools, said Tom Doran, Chief Executive Officer at Freeload Press, Inc. Textbook Revolution provides a service that helps expand the reach of our mission. Their cataloging service --which organizes and comments on all appropriate free textbooks and supplements-- is a wonderful resource for all college students. Joining him in announcing the merger was Jason Turgeon, President and founder of Textbook Revolution. Im excited to join Freeload Press. Both of us are working hard to make college more affordable, so this is a natural fit, said Turgeon, who will continue to manage Textbook Revolution and work as a publisher with Freeload Press, Inc. By joining their team, Ill be able to greatly increase the resources for free books I can direct students to, without compromising quality. This is really going to benefit students looking for relief from the spiraling costs of education. said Turgeon. Peter Suber's Comment. I've called Textbook Revolution "the best single site on OA textbooks" and again, the only "searchable portal [for OA textbooks] that tries to be comprehensive." If this buy-out ensures its longevity, I'm all for it. ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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GOVT PLANS 30 IIITS TO TACKLE MANPOWER CRUNCH
by Farooque Shaheen 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

With a severe manpower crunch in the IT sector, the Government is proposing to set up about 30 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) over the next few years, which could involve an expenditure of around Rs 3,000 crore. The IIITs will not be allocated State-wise. Some small States may not have the capacity to sustain such institutions, whereas states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and some others would have more demand and may have two IIITs. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/17/stories/2006091702950100.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, CAritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366 With a severe manpower crunch in the IT sector, the Government is proposing to set up about 30 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) over the next few years, which could involve an expenditure of around Rs 3,000 crore. The IIITs will not be allocated State-wise. Some small States may not have the capacity to sustain such institutions, whereas states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and some others would have more demand and may have two IIITs. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/17/stories/2006091702950100.htm Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, CAritor (India) Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 VOIP- 40366

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India can build 15-20 IITs every year with the money spent on overseas education
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

"The number of students who come to India to study is going down. Meanwhile, the amount of money spent on Indian students studying abroad is sufficient to set up 30-40 IIMs or 15-20 IITs every year. The threat is that we may lose our best minds at a rate faster than ever before. The opportunity is that we can be educators to the world," says Mr Arun Shourie. Please see <http://www.indianexpress.com/story/12586.html>. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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