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Books that matter
by Thapar, Amit 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Books That Matter http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm To entrepreneurs, that is. Business Week asked entrepreneurs which books were most influential in helping them build their companies. Here are the results. WorldCat [OCLC] http://worldcat.org/ At last the full database of of the world's largest library network is freely available! Search many libraries at once for a particular item, then check to see what nearby libraries hold it. You can also download a WorldCat toolbar, and add its search box to your own web site. amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ Books That Matter http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989649.htm To entrepreneurs, that is. Business Week asked entrepreneurs which books were most influential in helping them build their companies. Here are the results. WorldCat [OCLC] http://worldcat.org/ http://worldcat.org/ At last the full database of of the world's largest library network is freely available! Search many libraries at once for a particular item, then check to see what nearby libraries hold it. You can also download a WorldCat toolbar, and add its search box to your own web site. mailto:amit@urservice amit@urservice Cell: 9855701060 e-mail: mailto:amit_thapar@yahoo.com amit_thapar(a)yahoo.com URL: http://www.niper.gov.in/ http://www.niper.gov.in/

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SIG III International Paper ContestFundraising Campaign
by Satish Munnolli 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

-- * Apologies for cross posting * -- *Elsevier, Eugene Garfield Foundation, SIGs, Chapters, LIS Schools, and Individuals have contributed $7,220 to the ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest* SIG III would like to thank the generous donors for their support for the International Paper Contest, who have helped raise $7,220 since mid-March 2006. The SIG III fundraising campaign is ongoing and we welcome contributions to keep the program going. Here is the list of donors that have received as of August 10, 2006: -Institutional Donors Eugene Garfield Foundation: $2,150 Elsevier: $2,000 Kent State University SLIS: $500 Drexel University College of IST: $500 ASIST Chicago Chapter: $500 ASIST Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS): $300 University of Western Ontario: $250 University of South Carolina: $200 Information International Association: $100 University of Toronto: $100 ASIST European Chapter: $100 ASIST Central Ohio Chapter: $100 -Individual donors: $375 Bonnie Carroll, Lucy Te-Chu Lee, D. Rajabooshanam, Julian Warner -In-Kind Donations Two copies of the “Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction” by Berkshire Publishing Group. (awarded to the second authors of the top-ranked 2nd and 3rd Paper Contest winners). This year marks the seventh anniversary of the ASIST SIG III International Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries. The International Paper Contest is one of the most successful programs run by SIG III each year. The papers submitted represent important developments in information science, and they serve to advance the information profession worldwide. To date, 323 authors of 270 papers from 51 countries/areas have participated in the SIG III International Paper Contest. Many of the papers have been published in library and information literature, including the International Information and Library Review and the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. In addition, contest winners often see advances in their professional careers. Their stories are posted on the ASIST SIG III website at http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/. This valuable opportunity would not be available without the financial support provided by all of our generous donors. The raised funds will support two-year ASIST memberships for six to eight of the paper contest winners each year and cover expenses of the top winner(s) to travel from his or her home country to the ASIST Annual Meeting. Since the first paper contest in 2000, through this program, SIG III has sponsored over forty two-year ASIST memberships to contest winners from 15 different countries, and has supported 16 winners to attend the ASIST Annual Meeting. SIG III is currently reaping the benefits of our International Paper Contest fundraising campaign, which is bringing in donations from all over the world. As in the past years, SIG III was privileged enough to receive donations from various ASIST Chapters (including the newly formed European Chapter), many of which donate on a regular basis, and others that have contributed greatly to our fundraising effort throughout the past several years. Elsevier has also been a constant help, donating $3000 this year ($2000 for the International Paper Contest alone, and another $1000 for the International Reception). The Eugene Garfield Foundation has also generously provided us with $2150. We are also thankful to the LIS schools throughout North America that have contributed generously to this campaign. Finally, thanks to individual donors and to Berkshire Publishing, which has graciously offered two copies of their Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. We would like to thank all of these donors for their ongoing support, as it means a great deal to us. We are also extremely grateful for the help of these donors. Without their contributions, we would not be able to run the International Paper Contest, which benefits so many scholars and information professionals around the world. Additionally, we would like to thank all the individual donors who have contributed in the past and will contribute again in the future. Finally, we would like to thank the Executive Director Richard Hill and Director of Finance Janice Hatzakos at ASIST headquarters for their help in processing the donations and making them available for our digital scholar funds. The officers and members of SIG III are always working diligently to make this SIG the best it can be. Between this effort and all the support received this year, it is certain that this year’s International Paper Contest will be just as successful as it has been in the past years. Again, thanks for the continued support. For more information about the International Paper Contest, please visit the International Paper Contest section of the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) Nadia Caidi, SIG III Chair, 2005-2006. --------- We would greatly appreciate more donations to keep this paper competition running. If this is possible, please send a check, made payable to: ASIST for the "Digital Scholars Fund," attn: Richard Hill Executive Director, ASIST 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA We thank you for your generosity in contributing to this International Paper Contest that has benefited so many people. _______________________________________________ Sigiii-l mailing list Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 208 India Ph : +91 22 2740 5026 Fax : +91 22 2740 5085 Email : smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in %-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-% % % % Note: The present domain [actrec.res.in] will be changed to % % [actrec.gov.in] w.e.f. 15th August, 2006. 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OA mandated at the University of Tasmania
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

OA mandate at the U of Tasmania School of Computing The University of Tasmania School of Computing has its own OA repository and a policy mandating that all refereed publications in conferences, journals and books, be deposited in the School/University repository. This applies to faculty, and to PhD candidates and other students, without exception. [From Peter Suber's blog]. The larger universities in India, especially the central universities, will do well to mandate OA for all faculty and student publications in refereed journals OA mandate at the U of Tasmania School of Computing The http://www.comp.utas.edu.au/ University of Tasmania School of Computing has its own http://eprints.comp.utas.edu.au/ OA repository and a http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University… policy mandating that all refereed publications in conferences, journals and books, be deposited in the School/University repository. This applies to faculty, and to PhD candidates and other students, without exception. [From Peter Suber's blog]. The larger universities in India, especially the central universities, will do well to mandate OA for all faculty and student publications in refereed journals

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Return on research enhanced by OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Here is an interesting paper on the economic returns of OA (from Peter Suber's blog). Arun ------ More on the Houghton/Sheehan analysis Stevan Harnad, Maximising the Return on Resource Investment in Research, August 10, 2006. Excerpt: In a recent preprint, Houghton & Sheehan (2006), using estimates from economic modeling, have confirmed the substantial potential enhancement of the return on resource investment in research if the resulting articles are made Open Access:... Excerpts: "Whether applied across the board or to sector specific research findings (e.g. open access to publicly funded research) it seems that there may be substantial potential benefits to be gained from more open access. For example [GERD = Gross Expenditure on Research and Development]... - With Germany's GERD at USD 58.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 3 billion; - With Japan's GERD at USD 112.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 5.8 billion; - With the United Kingdom's GERD at USD 33.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 1.7 billion; and - With the United State's GERD at USD 312.5 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 16 billion. "While it is impossible to calculate the quantum of benefits with certainty, these simple estimates of the potential impacts of enhanced access on returns to R&D suggest that a move towards more open access may have substantial positive impacts... "Given substantial R&D expenditures and the scale of the potential impacts identified in this preliminary work, these issues represent fertile ground for further policy relevant inquiry." These estimates agree substantially with prior estimates that have been made (e.g., for the UK, Canada and Australia, see below). Research Funding Councils and Universities worldwide are at last beginning to realise that it is high time (indeed well overdue) to maximise the returns on their research investment by mandating Open Access self-archiving.... Here is an interesting paper on the economic returns of OA (from Peter Suber's blog). Arun ------ [A] [A] More on the Houghton/Sheehan analysis Stevan Harnad, http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/120-Maximising-the-Return… Maximising the Return on Resource Investment in Research , August 10, 2006. Excerpt: In a recent preprint, http://www.cfses.com/documents/wp23.pdf Houghton & Sheehan (2006) , using estimates from economic modeling, have confirmed the substantial potential enhancement of the return on resource investment in research if the resulting articles are made Open Access:... Excerpts: "Whether applied across the board or to sector specific research findings (e.g. open access to publicly funded research) it seems that there may be substantial potential benefits to be gained from more open access. For example [GERD = Gross Expenditure on Research and Development]... - With Germany's GERD at USD 58.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 3 billion; - With Japan's GERD at USD 112.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 5.8 billion; - With the United Kingdom's GERD at USD 33.7 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 1.7 billion; and - With the United State's GERD at USD 312.5 billion and assuming social returns to R&D of 50%, a 5% increase in access and efficiency would have been worth USD 16 billion. "While it is impossible to calculate the quantum of benefits with certainty, these simple estimates of the potential impacts of enhanced access on returns to R&D suggest that a move towards more open access may have substantial positive impacts... "Given substantial R&D expenditures and the scale of the potential impacts identified in this preliminary work, these issues represent fertile ground for further policy relevant inquiry." These estimates agree substantially with prior estimates that have been made (e.g., for the http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/28-guid.html UK , http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11534/ Canada and http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/41-guid.html Australia , see below). http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/ Research Funding Councils and Universities worldwide are at last beginning to realise that it is high time (indeed http://211.81.31.9/dlib/www.dlib.org/dlib/december99/12harnad.html well overdue ) to maximise the returns on their research investment by http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/sign.php mandating Open Access self-archiving ....

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Of interest to physicists
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

From Peter Suber's blog myADS-arXiv as a "tailor-made, open access, virtual journal" E. Henneken, M.J. Kurz and six co-authors, myADS-arXiv - a Tailor-Made, Open Access, Virtual Journal, a preprint self-archived August 4, 2006. Abstract: The myADS-arXiv service provides the scientific community with a one stop shop for staying up-to-date with a researcher's field of interest. The service provides a powerful and unique filter on the enormous amount of bibliographic information added to the ADS on a daily basis. It also provides a complete view with the most relevant papers available in the subscriber's field of interest. With this service, the subscriber will get to know the lastest developments, popular trends and the most important papers. This makes the service not only unique from a technical point of view, but also from a content point of view. On this poster we will argue why myADS-arXiv is a tailor-made, open access, virtual journal and we will illustrate its unique character. Please spread the word among physicists. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] From Peter Suber's blog myADS-arXiv as a "tailor-made, open access, virtual journal" E. Henneken, M.J. Kurz and six co-authors, http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cs/pdf/0608/0608027.pdf myADS-arXiv - a Tailor-Made, Open Access, Virtual Journal , a preprint self-archived August 4, 2006. Abstract: The http://myads.harvard.edu/arxiv_help.html myADS-arXiv service provides the scientific community with a one stop shop for staying up-to-date with a researchers field of interest. The service provides a powerful and unique filter on the enormous amount of bibliographic information added to the ADS on a daily basis. It also provides a complete view with the most relevant papers available in the subscribers field of interest. With this service, the subscriber will get to know the lastest developments, popular trends and the most important papers. This makes the service not only unique from a technical point of view, but also from a content point of view. On this poster we will argue why myADS-arXiv is a tailor-made, open access, virtual journal and we will illustrate its unique character. Please spread the word among physicists. Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Open data policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Friends: Should governments make data collected with taxpayers' money freely available to all on the Net? The Manitoba state government in Canada thinks so. Please see the news story appended below. What is the situation in India and other developing countries? Subbiah Arunachalam ---------------------------------- Praise for Manitoba's open data policy Michael Cross, Canada proves itself to be genuine land of the free, The Guardian, August 10, 2006. Excerpt: The government of Manitoba says it was the first in Canada to make all its publicly funded geospatial data freely available, without any licensing terms, to government, businesses and citizens. This is the policy that Technology Guardian's Free our Data campaign calls on the UK government to adopt. Officials say that the Manitoba Land Initiative, adopted in 2000, is based on sound business sense. "Frankly, it just did not make good economic sense to try and sell data that the taxpayers already paid for, and it was costing us much more to try to sell data and manage distribution then we were making in revenue," says Harvey Pokrant, director of the information technology services branch in the provincial capital Winnipeg.... This is a vivid contrast to the UK government approach, which encourages state bodies holding data to treat it as intellectual property and to charge for its use, even by other parts of government.... In theory, freeing data along the Manitoba model should make life easier for officials creating policies for environmental protection, managing natural resources and encouraging investment in the province. It should also encourage the private sector to create value-added products based on public data. Pokrant says there is evidence that this is happening.... Friends: Should governments make data collected with taxpayers' money freely available to all on the Net? The Manitoba state government in Canada thinks so. Please see the news story appended below. What is the situation in India and other developing countries? Subbiah Arunachalam ---------------------------------- Praise for Manitoba's open data policy Michael Cross, http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1840386,00.html Canada proves itself to be genuine land of the free , The Guardian , August 10, 2006. Excerpt: The government of Manitoba says it was the first in Canada to make all its publicly funded geospatial data freely available, without any licensing terms, to government, businesses and citizens. This is the policy that Technology Guardian's Free our Data campaign calls on the UK government to adopt. Officials say that the https://web2.gov.bb.ca/mli/ Manitoba Land Initiative , adopted in 2000, is based on sound business sense. "Frankly, it just did not make good economic sense to try and sell data that the taxpayers already paid for, and it was costing us much more to try to sell data and manage distribution then we were making in revenue," says Harvey Pokrant, director of the information technology services branch in the provincial capital Winnipeg.... This is a vivid contrast to the UK government approach, which encourages state bodies holding data to treat it as intellectual property and to charge for its use, even by other parts of government.... In theory, freeing data along the Manitoba model should make life easier for officials creating policies for environmental protection, managing natural resources and encouraging investment in the province. It should also encourage the private sector to create value-added products based on public data. Pokrant says there is evidence that this is happening....

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Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006)
by SRELS 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Dear Sir : Kindly arrange to insert the following Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006) by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science for the benefit of lis-forum members. Yours sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajianagar, Bangalore 560 010 ************ The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006) Topic: INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION Speaker: Hon'ble Justice Gopal Sriram Judge, Court of Appeal, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date: 23, 24 and 25 August 2006 at 6.00 p.m. each day Venue: Canara Bank School of Management Studies Seminar Hall, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001 Prof. Dr. A. Jayagovind Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore will inaugurate Prof. S. Parthasarathy Member, Board of Trustees, SRELS, Bangalore will preside RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080)23305109 R. Adilakshmi - Ph: (080)22961975 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com E-mail: adilakshmi_cbsms(a)rediffmail.com Dear Sir : Kindly arrange to insert the following Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006) by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science for the benefit of lis-forum members. Yours sincerely, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42 nd Cross, III Block, Rajajianagar, Bangalore 560 010 ************ The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (14) (2006) Topic : INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION Speaker : Honble Justice Gopal Sriram Judge, Court of Appeal, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date : 23, 24 and 25 August 2006 at 6.00 p.m. each day Venue : Canara Bank School of Management Studies Seminar Hall, Central College Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001 Prof. Dr. A. Jayagovind Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore will inaugurate Prof. S. Parthasarathy Member, Board of Trustees, SRELS, Bangalore will preside RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080)23305109 R. Adilakshmi - Ph: (080)22961975 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com E-mail: adilakshmi_cbsms(a)rediffmail.com

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InfoVision2006-the Knowledge Summit, September 28-29, 2006, Bangalore
by Shalini Urs 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Dear Friends, Join us at InfoVision 2006 - for an intellectual feast of listening to and interacting with thought leaders across the Knowledge Spectrum. InfoVision 2006 - the Knowledge Summit is being organised during September 28 - 29, 2006 at Hotel Meridien, Bangalore. Come and listen to visionaries and leaders such as Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and Prof. Peter Lor, Secretary General, IFLA InfoVision brings to you the 2006 MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Company) Award Ceremony at the Gala Dinner on September 28, 2006 Come, participate in the interactive Panel Debates with the MAKE Award winners. For more details - www.infovision2006.org <http://www.infovision2006.org/> ---- 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  Dear Friends, � Join us at InfoVision 2006 - for �an intellectual feast of listening to and interacting with thought leaders across the Knowledge Spectrum. � InfoVision 2006 – the Knowledge Summit is being organised during September 28 – 29, 2006 at Hotel Meridien, Bangalore . � Come and listen to visionaries and leaders such as Jimmy Wales, the founder of ��Wikipedia and Prof. Peter Lor, Secretary General, IFLA � InfoVision brings to you the 2006 MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Company) Award Ceremony at the Gala Dinner on September 28, 2006 � Come, participate in the interactive Panel Debates with the MAKE Award winners. � For more details – �� http://www.infovision2006.org/ www.infovision2006.org � ---- � 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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UK to launch PubMed Central in a few months
by Mailing List Manager 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:42:53 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> >From Peter Suber's blog More on UKPMC UK PubMed Central To Launch in January, Library Journal, August 9, 2006. Excerpt: The desire to make government funded research freely available to the public got another boost with the announced launch of UK PubMed Central (UKPMC), a repository based on the PubMed Central in the United States, operated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Like its American counterpart, UKPMC will provide free access to an online digital archive of peer-reviewed research papers in the medical and life sciences. Officials at the Wellcome Trust, strong advocates of open access, said the contract to run UKPMC was awarded to a partnership between the British Library, the University of Manchester and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). Launch of the service is scheduled for January 2007....

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RE: [LIS-Forum] After retirement
by Mailing List Manager 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:37:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Mahesh G T <nisargamahesh(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear All, its a good topic to discuss,"After Retirement" ofcourse there is no retirement for any professional untill he feels it,, i personally feel that, retired professionals can form a association may be region wise or area wise, as they can actively participate/organize the programmes like Counselling, Mentoring and other developmental activities for the young upcoming professionals as well as Libraries.They can share their 25-30 years of realtime experience to the changing world by writing a book or sharing through the Forum like this, and also Conferences/Seminars/and Workshops can allow atleast 2-3 retired professionals to present their expierience, as their expierience could also be documented in an Conference/Seminar Proceedings. They can organize orientation clases for the young professionals by providing the professional Skillsets .... Still more active and effective channel would be publishing News Letter or so,,, but to make it happen in realtime situation i feel they should form an association or Forum(Retired Library Professionals,,) ,,with the support of our young professionals, I request all the young and expierienced professionals to come forward in this regard,,,, ========================================================== "Knowledge is of two kinds,We Know a subject ourselves, or,we know where to find information on it" ========================================================== Mahesh G T Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore-68 Off No - 080-26684369 Mob No - 9845727385

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