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Int. Conf. on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:57:03 -0700 From: ICSD-DRTC <icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in> Dear Colleague, I am happy to inform you that Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, India, is organizing an International Conference on ~Semantic Web and Digital Libraries" February 21-23, 2007 at Bangalore, India. The themes and sub themes are listed at the conference website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd As the Convener of the Conference, I am writing to solicit your paper keeping in view of your vast experience and expertise. We intend to bring out conference proceedings with invited speaker papers, peer reviewed and also selected papers will be published by World Scientific post conference, as a series of the ISI platinum jubilee publications. IMPORTANT: Please send your extended abstract or full paper before 30th September 2006 to: icsd(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in and/or icsd2007(a)gmail.com I look forward for your paper and active participation in making this event successful. Best Regards A.R.D.Prasad Convener, ICSD -2007 Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059 Karnataka, INDIA Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extsn no. 496 Fax : 91-80-28484265 email: ard(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in website:http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/ardcv.html

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Thank You......!
by Abdul Tharayil 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Hi, A BIG thank you to all those who responded to our posting -KM Coordinator - to the LIS-Forum. and it is with great pleasure we inform you that we have been able to select the right candidate within a very short time and hence the position is closed. Once again, thank you for your Interest in MindTree Consulting Pvt Ltd. Esteem regards. Abdul J Tharayil Hi, A BIG thank you to all those who responded to our posting -KM Coordinator - to the LIS-Forum. and it is with great pleasure we inform you that we have been able to select the right candidate within a very short time and hence the position is closed. Once again, thank you for your Interest in MindTree Consulting Pvt Ltd. Esteem regards. Abdul J Tharayil

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Check out this page at UNESCO-CI
by K.R.Mulla 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

UNESCO-CI ------------------- K.R.Mulla has emailed you a link to an interesting page at UNESCO-CI. Dear LIS Professionals Page URL: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=22705&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… Page Title: UNESCO and IFLA to establish strategic alliance to implement Plan of Action of World Summit of the Information Society (News) Page Description: In a bid to foster the role of libraries as key players in building people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented knowledge societies, UNESCO and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will establish a strategic alliance as part of their contribution to implement the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). ------------------------- UNESCO-CI http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/

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Shivaji University Library website
by Shamprasad Pujar 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Dear Members, Pleased to inform you that, Shivaji University Library has developed new library website providing information regarding library, e-journals available under UGC/INFONET program, E-databases, E-Resources, Monthly additions, etc. The site can be accessed at: http://www.unishivaji.ac.in/lib/index.htm You may please send in your valuable commnets. Regards, S.M. Pujar University Librarian Shivaji University Vidyanagar KOLHAPUR-416 004 Phone: 0231-2609204 E-mail: smp_lib(a)unishivaji.ac.in

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Looking for a library trainee
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:28:37 +0530 From: rama <rama(a)iiitb.ac.in> Dear All, IIIT-B Library is looking for a library trainee. Min. Qualification: First Class B.L.I.Sc. Knowledge of computer applications is a must. Duration is for 3 years. Interested candidates can mail their resume to rama(a)iiitb.ac.in or post it to the below mentioned address before September 15, 2006. ______________________________________________ Ramadevi. S Librarian, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), 26/C, Electronics City, Opp. Infosys, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100. Ph: 91-80-28527627 Fax: 91-80-28527636.

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User convention on HELINET resources and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET
by hemanth rao 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to annouce the following news in LIS-forum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing user convention on HELINET resources, access & services and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET on 04.09.2006 at 10.00 a.m. The Faculty Members and Library Staff working in health science colleges are hereby requested to attend the convention.The objective of the convention is to provide exclusive training and awareness on the utilization of electronic resources being provided under HELINET consortium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560041 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVITATION User Convention on HELINET Resources, Access & Services and Launch of J-Gate@HELINET On September 4, 2006 At Dhanvantry Hall, RGUHS PROGRAMME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. REGISTRATION 10.30 to 10.35 a.m. Welcome Address Dr. S. Vasanth Kumar, Registrar, RGUHS 10.35 to 10.45 a.m. Introduction to HELINET and User Convention Dr. R. Rama Raj Urs University Librarian,RGUHS 10.45 to 10.55 a.m. J-Gate@HELINET An introduction Mr. N.V. Satyanarayana CEO, Informatics India Ltd. Bangalore 10.55 to 11.15 a.m. Launching of J-Gate@HELINET and Address by Chief Guest Sri.M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Secretary to Govt., Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka. 11.15 to 11.25 a.m. Presidential Address Dr. P.S. Prabhakaran Honble Vice-Chancellor, RGUHS 11.25 to 11.30 a.m. Vote of thanks Dr. T. K. Nagabushan Registrar (Evaluation), RGUHS COFFEE BREAK 11.30 a.m. to 11.45 p.m. TRAINING SESSION I 11.45 to 1.00 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia LUNCH BREAK 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. TRAINING SESSION II 2.00 to 3.30 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia TEA BREAK 3.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. Training on J-Gate@HELINET 3.45 to 5.15 p.m. Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore Summing-up 5.15 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training schedule at other places/institutions: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05.09.2006 Wednesday 02pm to 04pm KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore 02pm to 04pm AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore 06.09.2006 Tuesday 10am to 12noon Fr.Muller Medical College, Mangalore 07.09.2006 Thursday 10am to 12noon Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore 08.09.2006 Friday 10am to 12noon St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hemanth Rao C Digital Library and Information Centre RGUHS, Bangalore www.rguhs.ac.in --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to annouce the following news in LIS-forum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Library and Information Centre of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is organizing user convention on HELINET resources, access & services and Launch of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET on 04.09.2006 at 10.00 a.m. The Faculty Members and Library Staff working in health science colleges are hereby requested to attend the convention.The objective of the convention is to provide exclusive training and awareness on the utilization of electronic resources being provided under HELINET consortium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka 4th T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560041 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVITATION User Convention on HELINET Resources, Access & Services and Launch of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET On September 4, 2006 At Dhanvantry Hall, RGUHS PROGRAMME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. REGISTRATION 10.30 to 10.35 a.m. Welcome Address Dr. S. Vasanth Kumar, Registrar, RGUHS 10.35 to 10.45 a.m. Introduction to HELINET and User Convention Dr. R. Rama Raj Urs University Librarian,RGUHS 10.45 to 10.55 a.m. mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET An introduction Mr. N.V. Satyanarayana CEO, Informatics India Ltd. Bangalore 10.55 to 11.15 a.m. Launching of mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET and Address by Chief Guest Sri.M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Secretary to Govt., Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka. 11.15 to 11.25 a.m. Presidential Address Dr. P.S. Prabhakaran Honble Vice-Chancellor, RGUHS 11.25 to 11.30 a.m. Vote of thanks Dr. T. K. Nagabushan Registrar (Evaluation), RGUHS COFFEE BREAK 11.30 a.m. to 11.45 p.m. TRAINING SESSION I 11.45 to 1.00 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia LUNCH BREAK 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. TRAINING SESSION II 2.00 to 3.30 p.m. Training on accessing Ovid e-resources under HELINET Consortia Mr. Allen Finn Regional Trainer for South East Asia Ovid Technologies, Australia TEA BREAK 3.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. Training on mailto:J-Gate@HELINET J-Gate@HELINET 3.45 to 5.15 p.m. Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore Summing-up 5.15 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Training schedule at other places/institutions: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05.09.2006 Wednesday 02pm to 04pm KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore 02pm to 04pm AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore 06.09.2006 Tuesday 10am to 12noon Fr.Muller Medical College, Mangalore 07.09.2006 Thursday 10am to 12noon Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore 08.09.2006 Friday 10am to 12noon St.Johns Medical College, Bangalore 02pm to 04pm MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hemanth Rao C Digital Library and Information Centre RGUHS, Bangalore http://www.rguhs.ac.in www.rguhs.ac.in Talk is cheap. 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Berkman Center: White Paper on Copyright & Education Released
by Mailing List Manager 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:43:13 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> white paper about education and copyright restrictions, entitled The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age The white paper can be accessed: From the Berkman Center home page at www.cyber.law.harvard.edu. As a navigable HTML web page at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/copyrightandeducation.html As a PDF download from SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=923465

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Google co-op
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

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Knowledge Management advice needed
by Parinita Samant 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Dear All, What are the tools available for Knowledge Management in the market today? Are any of you using these tools? Where would I get a list of all the vendors in India today, who deal in the Knowledge Management tools? Are there any experts in this field? Do you know of any library that has successfully implemented KM? Please do let me know if you have any information about KM and/or experts in this field. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 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 . *************************************************************************************************************************** Knowledge Management advice needed Dear All, What are the tools available for Knowledge Management in the market today? Are any of you using these tools? Where would I get a list of all the vendors in India today, who deal in the Knowledge Management tools? Are there any experts in this field? Do you know of any library that has successfully implemented KM? Please do let me know if you have an y information about KM and/or experts in this field. [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 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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Stock verification/loss/exemption limit
by ACHAR S 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Dear Professional collegues, Let me know the solution for genuine loss/exemption limit in the library stock verification. This will help in convincing the management who dont know anything about library. If anybody is having official letter regarding this, pl give the source so that i can try for the original copy. Thanking you with warm regards, Shanmukhachar Librarian Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain college of Engineering Bangalore Shanmukhachar Librarian SBM Jain College of Engineering Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk, Bangalore Rural District-562112 Ph:7577196 Cell:9449340789 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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