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Re: Alma Swan elected to Euroscience governing board
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Congratulations Alma! You now have one more forum through which to advance the cause of open access. Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stevan Harnad" <harnad(a)ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> To: <JISC-REPOSITORIES(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: Alma Swan elected to Euroscience governing board > Reproduced from Peter Suber's Open Access News > http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_07_16_fosblogarchive.html#115341867… > > Alma Swan elected to Euroscience governing board > > Alma Swan has been elected to the Governing Board of Euroscience (the > European Association for the Promotion of Science & Technology). > http://www.euroscience.org/ > > Her election was announced at the Euroscience Open Forum 2006, which > concluded in Munich yesterday. > http://www.esof2006.org/ > > (BTW, the meeting had an important session on OA, organized by > Hélène Bosc.) > http://www.esof2006.org/scientific_session_detail.php4?ID=146 > > Alma is a biologist-turned-consultant on scholarly > communication with a commitment to the advance of science and its > communication. Her studies of open access for Key Perspectives are > among the most important empirical studies of OA to date. > http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/openaccessarchive/reports.html > > Alma is also a member of Euroscience Working Group on Science > Publishing (convened by Hélène Bosc). > http://www.euroscience.org/WGROUPS/SC_PUBLISHING/index.htm > > Congratulations, Alma! > > Permanent link to this post Posted by Peter Suber at 7/20/2006 01:48:00 > PM. > http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_07_16_fosblogarchive.html#115341867…

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What is the 1% rule?
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear Professionals You may find it interesting ! The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk What is the 1% rule? It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it. Consider, too, some statistics from that other community content generation project, Wikipedia: 50% of all Wikipedia article edits are done by 0.7% of users, and more than 70% of all articles have been written by just 1.8% of all users, according to the Church of the Customer blog (http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/) Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo points out that much the same applies at Yahoo: in Yahoo Groups, the discussion lists, "1% of the user population might start a group; 10% of the user population might participate actively, and actually author content, whether starting a thread or responding to a thread-in-progress; 100% of the user population benefits from the activities of the above groups," So what's the conclusion? Only that you shouldn't expect too much online. Certainly, to echo Field of Dreams, if you build it, they will come. The trouble, as in real life, is finding the builders. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1823959,00.html?gusrc=rss ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Monitor Information Services http://monitorlinks.typepad.com Dear Professionals You may find it interesting ! The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk What is the 1% rule? It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it. Consider, too, some statistics from that other community content generation project, Wikipedia: 50% of all Wikipedia article edits are done by 0.7% of users, and more than 70% of all articles have been written by just 1.8% of all users, according to the Church of the Customer blog ( http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/ http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/ ). Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo points out that much the same applies at Yahoo: in Yahoo Groups, the discussion lists, "1% of the user population might start a group; 10% of the user population might participate actively, and actually author content, whether starting a thread or responding to a thread-in-progress; 100% of the user population benefits from the activities of the above groups," So what's the conclusion? Only that you shouldn't expect too much online. Certainly, to echo Field of Dreams, if you build it, they will come. The trouble, as in real life, is finding the builders. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1823959,00.html?gusrc=rss http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1823959,00.html?gusrc=rss ++ Mukesh ++ - - Mukesh Anand Monitor Information Services http://monitorlinks.typepad.com http://monitorlinks.typepad.com

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New Journal: "Journal of 9/11 Studies" (Jun 2006+
by Puttaraj Choukimath 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear Friends, Greetings! New Journal Title : Journal of 9/11 Studies, Vol.1. Jun 2006. Editors : Prof. Steven E. Jones & Prof. Judy D. Wood. Availability : The Journal of 9/11 Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access, electronic-only journal covering the whole of research related to 9/11/2001. All content is freely available online. Please Visit : http://www.journalof911studies.com/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Dear Friends, Greetings! New Journal Title : Journal of 9/11 Studies, Vol.1. Jun 2006. Editors : Prof. Steven E. Jones & Prof. Judy D. Wood. Availability : The Journal of 9/11 Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access, electronic-only journal covering the whole of research related to 9/11/2001 . All content is freely available online. Please Visit : http://www.journalof911studies.com/ http://www.journalof911studies.com/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42241/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handr… all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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Position Announcement for Library & Website Management Specialist
by Maruthu Pandian 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear Friends Position Announcement for Library & Website Management Specialist The Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) is committed to address the needs of the urban poor by working with key partners to raise awareness and mobilizing resources for improving health of the urban poor. UHRC has been institutionalized from the USAID-supported Environmental Health Project (EHP India) and continues the program activities of EHP India with ongoing USAID support. The goal of UHRC is to bring about sustainable improvements in Maternal and Child Health conditions among the Urban Poor through a consultative and knowledge sharing approach in partnership with Government and Civil Society. A major component of UHRCs activity is to enhance attention on health of the urban poor among government and non-government agencies and academic institutions through increased dissemination of urban poor specific health information. Position - 1 : Library & Website Management Specialist UHRC is looking for a dynamic individual to manage its Library & Information Centre and website. UHRC Library has a growing collection of urban health related literature. UHRC website available at www.uhrc.in is a favored location of researchers and program planners related to various aspects of urban health. Key Responsibility: Ø The incumbent will be managing the library, Ø Providing information services to UHRC staff, Ø Assisting in publication of UHRC reports, Ø Disseminating UHRC publications widely through print and electronic media, Ø Periodically update and maintain the website, prepare e-newsletters, etc. Essential Qualification & Skills The right candidate should be a post-graduate, preferably in Public Health/Social Science, with a degree in Library and Information Science or AIS from NISCAIR. He/she should have basic understanding of content management systems and open source software. He/she should be a team player with good verbal and written communication skills. Experience 2 year+ experience working in library/information management/website management, preferably in development sector Compensation: Gross cost to the organization ranging from Rs.18,000/-pm to Rs.21,000/-pm based on qualification and experience. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications can be sent by email to jobs(a)uhrc.in or by post to Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), F 9/4 Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057 latest by July 30,2006. With Regards, Maruthu Pandian, B Urban Health Resource Centre F-9/4, Vasant Vihar New Delhi-57 Ph:011-4101 0920,4101 0921(Ext.245) Fax:011-4166 9281 --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on Yahoo! Answers India. Position Announcement for Library & Website Management Specialist The Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) is committed to address the needs of the urban poor by working with key partners to raise awareness and mobilizing resources for improving health of the urban poor. UHRC has been institutionalized from the USAID-supported Environmental Health Project (EHP India) and continues the program activities of EHP India with ongoing USAID support. The goal of UHRC is to bring about sustainable improvements in Maternal and Child Health conditions among the Urban Poor through a consultative and knowledge sharing approach in partnership with Government and Civil Society. A major component of UHRCs activity is to enhance attention on health of the urban poor among government and non-government agencies and academic institutions through increased dissemination of urban poor specific health information. Position - 1 : Library & Website Management Specialist UHRC is looking for a dynamic individual to manage its Library & Information Centre and website. UHRC Library has a growing collection of urban health related literature. UHRC website available at www.uhrc.in is a favored location of researchers and program planners related to various aspects of urban health. Key Responsibility: Ø The incumbent will be managing the library, Ø Providing information services to UHRC staff, Ø Assisting in publication of UHRC reports, Ø Disseminating UHRC publications widely through print and electronic media, Ø Periodically update and maintain the website, prepare e-newsletters, etc. Essential Qualification & Skills The right candidate should be a post-graduate, preferably in Public Health/Social Science, with a degree in Library and Information Science or AIS from NISCAIR. He/she should have basic understanding of content management systems and open source software. He/she should be a team player with good verbal and written communication skills. Experience 2 year+ experience working in library/information management/website management, preferably in development sector Compensation: Gross cost to the organization ranging from Rs.18,000/-pm to Rs.21,000/-pm based on qualification and experience. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications can be sent by email to jobs(a)uhrc.in or by post to Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), F 9/4 Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057 latest by July 30,2006. With Regards, Maruthu Pandian, B Urban Health Resource Centre F-9/4, Vasant Vihar New Delhi-57 Ph:011-4101 0920,4101 0921(Ext.245) Fax:011-4166 9281 Find out what India is talking about on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswersshare/*http://in.answers.yahoo.co… Yahoo! Answers India.

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Need some info....
by Parinita Samant 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear All, Here's a question I would like to have an answer to: Say, you are on a short (2 hrs) or a long (20 hrs) flight / train / car etc journey. How would you like to, or how would you spend your time? I am planning to build a separate section for our frequent travelers, and need ideas for building this collection. Could you help? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant *************************************************************************************************************************** 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 . *************************************************************************************************************************** Need some info.... Dear All, Here’s a question I would like to have an answer to : Say, y ou are on a short (2 hrs) or a long (20 hrs) f light / train / car etc journey. How would you like to , or how would you spend your time? I am planning to build a separate section for our frequent travelers , and need ideas for building this collection. Could you help? [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant *************************************************************************************************************************** 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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Request for MBA (E-commerce) Syllabus
by Dabas Bharat K 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear Sir/Madam, Good Morning! Our university is planning to start MBA (E-commerce). If any of the institute is presently running the course is requested to send a soft copy of the syllabus to help us in framing a competitive and up-to-date syllabus. With great thanks and regards! Bharat Kumar Librarian Mody Institute of Technology & Science Lakshmangarh â 332311, Disst â Sikar, Rajasthan Phone no - 01573-225001-12 (12 Lines) Ext 283 (M) +91-9414390757 Bharat Kumar Librarian Mody Institute of Technology & Science (A Deemed University u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956) Lakshmangarh - 332311. Disst - Sikar. Rajasthan. India. Phone No - (O) +91-1573-225001-12 Ext-283 (M) +91-9414390757 --------------------------------- Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. Dear Sir/Madam, Good Morning! Our university is planning to start MBA (E-commerce). If any of the institute is presently running the course is requested to send a soft copy of the syllabus to help us in framing a competitive and up-to-date syllabus. With great thanks and regards! Bharat Kumar Librarian Mody Institute of Technology & Science Lakshmangarh â 332311, Disst â Sikar, Rajasthan Phone no - 01573-225001-12 (12 Lines) Ext 283 (M) +91-9414390757 B harat Kumar Librarian Mody Institute of Technology & Science (A Deemed University u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956) Lakshmangarh - 332311. Disst - Sikar. Rajasthan. India. Phone No - (O) +91-1573-225001-12 Ext-283 (M) +91-9414390757 Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41144/*http://groups.yahoo.… handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.

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Refresher Course
by Mailing List Manager 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:39:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta is going to organize a refresher course on Academic Library Services : Today and Tomorrow during September 01-21, 2006 at the Department of Library & Information Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street, Kolkata. All eligible and interested Librarians/ Asstt Librarians/ Lecturers are advised to apply directly on prescribed Application form (downloadable from http://www.geocities.com/ugc_asc_cu/selected.htm) to: The Director Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, Rajabazar science College, 92 A P C Road, Kolkata immediately. Prof Arjun Dasgupta Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi Co ordinators, DLISc, Cacutta University Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, Res : Qtr No. C1/78 IIT Campus, Kharagpur - 721 302, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India, Ph : +91 (03222) 278852 (M) : +91 94342 43522.

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Open access
by Thapar, Amit 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Dear friends, An article with title: " open access to research papers gets a boost" published today in The Hindu, 20th July, 2006 at Pg. 17. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com Dear friends, An article with title: " open access to research papers gets a boost" published today in The Hindu, 20th July, 2006 at Pg. 17. mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com

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LIBRARY OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY
by saravanan 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Hi all, LIBRARY OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY Among the resources that the French Institute of Pondicherry (FIP) offers to the researcher or visitor is an extensive collection of documents consisting of: · 55 000 books · 800 journals of which over 300 are received currently · 320 microfilms · 160 videocassettes · 8 600 manuscripts on palm-leaf · 1 144 transcripts of manuscripts on paper relating to three specialized domains: Indology, Social Sciences and Ecology, within the context of South Asia and more particularly of India. Contacting the library Address: Library, French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, St. Louis Street, P.B. 33, Pondicherry-605 001. Phone: (91)-413-2334168/2331307. Fax: (91)-413-2339534. E-mail: library(a)ifpindia.org, Web : www.ifpindia.org Timings: Mondays to Fridays 8.30 am to 12.30 am and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The library is closed on holidays as fixed by the French Institute of Pondicherry as well as during the Institute's month-long annual vacations, usually in May. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : www.ifpindia.org Hi all, LIBRARY OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY Among the resources that the French Institute of Pondicherry (FIP) offers to the researcher or visitor is an extensive collection of documents consisting of: · 55 000 books · 800 journals of which over 300 are received currently · 320 microfilms · 160 videocassettes · 8 600 manuscripts on palm-leaf · 1 144 transcripts of manuscripts on paper relating to three specialized domains: Indology, Social Sciences and Ecology, within the context of South Asia and more particularly of India. Contacting the library Address : Library, French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, St. Louis Street, P.B. 33, Pondicherry-605 001. Phone: (91)-413-2334168/2331307. Fax: (91)-413-2339534. E-mail: mailto:library@ifpindia.org library(a)ifpindia.org , Web : http://www.ifpindia.org www.ifpindia.org Timings : Mondays to Fridays 8.30 am to 12.30 am and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The library is closed on holidays as fixed by the French Institute of Pondicherry as well as during the Institute's month-long annual vacations, usually in May. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, G. Saravanan Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33 PONDICHERRY - 605 001 South India, INDIA Ph: 0091 - 413 - 2334168 Extn. 126/139 Fax: 0091 - 413 2339534 Mail : mailto:saravanan.g@ifpindia.org saravanan.g(a)ifpindia.org Web : http://www.ifpindia.org www.ifpindia.org

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help to find address of EA Ramaswamy
by Manjunath K 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hello professionals, Our director needs to contact Prof. EA Ramaswamy, expert in labour and trade unions written many books on labour. I could not able to trace his address and email id. Please help me if you know his address and email id. Manjunath ______________________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104, Udupi Dist, Karnataka,India Ph: 91-0820-2573551(off), 2575161(res) manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com ______________________________________  Hello professionals, � Our director needs to contact Prof. EA Ramaswamy, expert in labour and trade unions written many books on labour. I could not able to trace his address and email id. � Please help me if you know his address and email id. � � Manjunath ______________________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104, Udupi Dist, Karnataka , India Ph: 91-0820-2573551(off), 2575161(res) mailto:manjunath@mail.tapmi.org manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org ; mailto:manju_tapmi@yahoo.com manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com ______________________________________ � �

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