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University of California - a model to follow
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

From Peter Suber'sblog Innovations at the U of California The University of California is the SPARC Innovator for July 2006. From the SPARC announcement: The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) launched the UC Office of Scholarly Communication in 2004 to support and coordinate a plethora of diverse, cutting-edge initiatives that help scholars and researchers regain control of their work, while exploring innovative means of scholarly communication. This simple organizational act represented the culmination of work conducted over a ten-year period by UC administrators, faculty, and librarians who took a focused, activist stance to change the status quo. In the late 1990s, for example, UC initiated the California Digital Library and as part of it, the eScholarship repository. Since then it has moved from strength to strength. For example, it has developed groundbreaking contracts with publishers which have helped to curtail hyperinflation in the price of online journal subscriptions; developed guidance for faculty on ways to manage intellectual property and retain copyright; developed, through the academic faculty senate, a series of white papers advocating shifts in scholarly communication; established innovative new scholarly publishing programs and forged an electronic publishing alliance between the CDL and the University of California Press; and created a Scholarly Communication Officers group comprising senior librarians at each of the 10 UC branches to harmonize local and system-wide planning and action. For its extraordinarily effective institution-wide vision and efforts to move scholarly communication forward for the benefit of its faculty, students, and the public, SPARC has named UC a SPARC Innovator.... According to John Ober, Director of Policy, Planning, and Outreach co-director - with Catherine Candee - of UC's Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC), the [California Digital Library or CDL] "was built from a set of principles that explicitly included the need to influence the marketplace for scholarly content to become more sustainable."... UC's faculty have taken an even stronger position with regard to copyright management. In 2006, the Faculty Senate endorsed a proposal recommending to the President that the University's copyright policy be amended to enable open access to UC research.... Friends: Should not Indian universities (and research labs) follow the example of the University of California and embrace open access wholeheartedly? Should not our academics work towards changing the copyright law to protect their own interests? Why do we have to continue to give away copyright to work done by us (and knowledge that we create) with taxpayers' money to companies publishing professional journals? Why do we continue to sign on the dotted line of the printed copyright agreement form provided by journals andwhy cannot we negotiate with the journal publishers to reword the copyright agreement to suit our needs? Best wishes. Arun [Subbuiah Arunachalam] From Peter Suber'sblog Innovations at the U of California The http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ University of California is the http://www.arl.org/sparc/innovator/ SPARC Innovator for July 2006. From the SPARC http://www.arl.org/sparc/innovator/uc.html announcement : The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) launched the UC Office of Scholarly Communication in 2004 to support and coordinate a plethora of diverse, cutting-edge initiatives that help scholars and researchers regain control of their work, while exploring innovative means of scholarly communication. This simple organizational act represented the culmination of work conducted over a ten-year period by UC administrators, faculty, and librarians who took a focused, activist stance to change the status quo. In the late 1990s, for example, UC initiated the California Digital Library and as part of it, the eScholarship repository. Since then it has moved from strength to strength. For example, it has developed groundbreaking contracts with publishers which have helped to curtail hyperinflation in the price of online journal subscriptions; developed guidance for faculty on ways to manage intellectual property and retain copyright; developed, through the academic faculty senate, a series of white papers advocating shifts in scholarly communication; established innovative new scholarly publishing programs and forged an electronic publishing alliance between the CDL and the University of California Press; and created a Scholarly Communication Officers group comprising senior librarians at each of the 10 UC branches to harmonize local and system-wide planning and action. For its extraordinarily effective institution-wide vision and efforts to move scholarly communication forward for the benefit of its faculty, students, and the public, SPARC has named UC a SPARC Innovator.... According to John Ober, Director of Policy, Planning, and Outreach co-director with Catherine Candee of UCs Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC), the [California Digital Library or CDL] was built from a set of principles that explicitly included the need to influence the marketplace for scholarly content to become more sustainable.... UCs faculty have taken an even stronger position with regard to copyright management. In 2006, the Faculty Senate endorsed a proposal recommending to the President that the Universitys copyright policy be amended to enable open access to UC research.... Friends: Should not Indian universities (and research labs) follow the example of the University of California and embrace open access wholeheartedly? Should not our academics work towards changing the copyright law to protect their own interests? Why do we have to continue to give away copyright to work done by us (and knowledge that we create) with taxpayers' money to companies publishing professional journals? Why do we continue to sign on the dotted line of the printed copyright agreement form provided by journals andwhy cannot we negotiate with the journal publishers to reword the copyright agreement to suit our needs? Best wishes. Arun [Subbuiah Arunachalam]

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Arun's paper at Aachen
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Dear Ashok / Dr Vijay Kumar: Here is the paper I presentd at the Aachen colloquium [Click - A split word] last year. Mine was the only paper in English and all the other speakers spoke in German. This is the author's final version. It has appeared in a book [Gespaltene Welt? Technikzugange in der Wissensgesellschaft, edited by Max Kerner and Thomas Muller, and published by Bohlau Verlag, Koln, 2006]. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah arunachalam] Dear Ashok / Dr Vijay Kumar: Here is the paper I presentd at the Aachen colloquium [Click - A split word] last year. Mine was the only paper in English and all the other speakers spoke in German. This is the author's final version. It has appeared in a book [Gespaltene Welt? Technikzugange in der Wissensgesellschaft, edited by Max Kerner and Thomas Muller, and published by Bohlau Verlag, Koln, 2006]. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah arunachalam]

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Peer reviewed Indian Journals in Computer Science
by J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Dear Forum Members, Since there is an ongoing discussion about Computer Science "Journals" from India, I would like to share a peace of information with you all. According to the latest DST project study, there are only two Indian Journals qualified as "peer-reviewed journals" in Computer Science. They are 1. Journal of the Computer Society of India http://www.csi-india.org 2. Journal of Digital Information Management www.dirf.org/jdim (Source: Indian S &T Productivity- Report Submitted to DST/NSTMIS division 2006). A news item about this study will appear this month ISTE newsletter at http://www.isteonline.in. I have seen lists of Computer Science "Magazines" posted in the forums. They are Magazines, not Journals. Our Libraries should have these peer-reviewed Journals in their collection. Thanks. J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS, PhD http://libinfospace.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Dear Forum Members, Since there is an ongoing discussion about Computer Science "Journals" from India, I would like to share a peace of information with you all. According to the latest DST project study, there are only two Indian Journals qualified as "peer-reviewed journals" in Computer Science. They are 1. Journal of the Computer Society of India http://www.csi-india.org/ http://www.csi-india.org 2. Journal of Digital Information Management http://www.dirf.org/jdim www.dirf.org/jdim (Source: Indian S &T Productivity- Report Submitted to DST/NSTMIS division 2006). A news item about this study will appear this month ISTE newsletter at http://www.isteonline.in http://www.isteonline.in . I have seen lists of Computer Science "Magazines" posted in the forums. They are Magazines, not Journals. Our Libraries should have these peer-reviewed Journals in their collection. Thanks. J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS, PhD http://libinfospace.blogspot.com http://libinfospace.blogspot.com 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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Managing_information_resources_in_the_digital_age:_A__CSE_training_programme_on_information_management_and_documentation and oureach
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:56:11 +0530 From: kiran(a)cseindia.org Centre for Science and Environment, a premier organisation recognised for its knowledge based activism has announced its short course Managing information resources in the digital age: A training programme on information management, documentation and outreach, to be conducted at CSEs office in New Delhi from August 23-26, 2006. We request you to give space to our announcement on your website and any other career supplements brought out by you. Thanking you. Kiran Pandey Coordinator, Environment Resources Unit, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT CSE's short course on Managing information resources in the digital age: A training programme on Information management, documentation and outreach, Aug 22-25, 2006, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. Managing information today requires special skills and calls for investments in strengthening the information infrastructure and skills of the organisation. Here is an opportunity for you to participate in a specially-designed short training programme on 'Managing information resources in the digital age (August 22-25, 2006). The training is brought to you by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. Workshops will be led by CSE's professional staff of documentalists, webmasters and members of various outreach units. The training is being organised by CSE's Environment Resource Unit, among South Asia's premier research and documentation centres. This unique course will teach participants on how to manage all aspects and types of information, at an institutional level. The programme is broad in scope, and covers a gamut of information types, management strategies, tools, and dissemination strategies. Course modules - Sourcing information (information acquisition & research) - Classification & indexing (including digitised resources) - Developing & managing audio-visual resources (films, photos, CDs, etc.) - Electronic Documentation: Library automation, building simple databases - Digital library fundamentals (IT for information management) - Web-based tools for information outreach - Information outreach: Product planning, services & marketing Course Fee South Asian NGOs, Government & Corporate bodies: Rs. 8800/- (USD 190/- ) per participant NGOs, students: Rs. 4,400/- (USD 95/-) per participant. Course Schedule Coursecommences on: Aug 22, 2006 Coursetimings: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Courseconcludes on: Aug 26, 2006 For applications forms and enquiries , please contact: Kiran Pandey, Coordinator,Environment Resources Unit E-mail: kiran(a)cseindia.org Ph: 91-011-29955124/5125/6110/6394/6399, Fax: 91-11-29955879 For online registration visit http://www.cseindia.org/misc/library_form.htm Last date for receiving completed applications Applications must reach CSE on or before August 5, 2006 Please note: The course offers only a limited number of seats. Applications will be accepted on a first come-first served basis. The course fee does not cover travel or accommodation expenses. Thanking you Kiran Pandey Coordinator Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ****************************************************************

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New Journals Online
by Mailing List Manager 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Hi All, Kindly check out the following Journals recently uploaded on the IndianJournals.com: 1) Agricultural Economics Research Review http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr&type=home> &type=home For Archives, please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr&type=archive> &type=archive For Open Access Issue: Year 2005, Volume-18, Issue-1 (January-June), please click here: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr&volume=18&issu e=1&type=toc> &volume=18&issue=1&type=toc 2) Allelopathy Journal http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aj <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aj&type=home> &type=home For Archives (Since 1994), please click on the link below: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aj <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aj&type=archive> &type=archive Hope, many of you will find the same according to your interest. We are awaiting your comments/suggestions, if any in this regards. Thanks & Regards :-) Chandrima Roy Divan Enterprises B-9, Basement, "A" Block, Local Shopping Complex Naraina Vihar, Ring Road New Delhi - 110028 Tel: +91-11-25770411 Fax: +91-11-25778876 Email: croy(a)docdelserv.com croy(a)indianjournals.com Website: http://www.docdelserv.com http://www.indianjournals.com

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122nd Monthly Meeting of RRC will be held on 22nd July, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs.
by Swapan Patra 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

To the modarator, Please host the following anouncement on the LIS Forum. Thanks & Regards Swapan kumar Patra The 122nd Monthly Meeting of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) will be held on 22nd July, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : NASSDOC, 35 Firoze Shah Road (near Mandi house) New Delhi-110001 Topic : Libraries in 21st Century Speaker : Prof. Krishan Kumar Former Professor and Head, Deptt. of Library Science Delhi University To the modarator, Please host the following anouncement on the LIS Forum. Thanks & Regards Swapan kumar Patra The 122nd Monthly Meeting of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) will be held on 22nd July, 2006 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : NASSDOC, 35 Firoze Shah Road (near Mandi house) New Delhi-110001 Topic : Libraries in 21st Century Speaker : Prof. Krishan Kumar Former Professor and Head, Deptt. of Library Science Delhi University

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OCW from Milton Keynes, UK
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

>From Peter Suber's blog More on the Open U's open courseware project >From today's press release: The Milton Keynes Open University in UK today announced a GBP £5.65 million (US $9.9 million) project to make a selection of its learning materials available free of charge to educators and learners around the world. Supported by a grant of US $4.45 million from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation the University will launch the website in October 2006. The provision on the internet of 'Open Educational Resources', free at point of use and available to everyone, reflects The Open University's mission of promoting fair access for all....There will be one site that is primarily for learners, where material with suggested learning pathways will be offered. A second site will be primarily for other course creators; it will foster the concept of sharing and re-use of materials. Through the development of both sites the University plans to take open content delivery on to a new level.... The Open University will be the first in the UK to offer Open Content materials under a Creative Commons licence....

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Invitation for an inaugural function at NCRA, Pune on 24th July 2006, 9.30 am
by Sunita Barve 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Dear All, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), is a division of India's premier research Centre, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). NCRA has setup world's largest radio telescope Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at metre wavelengths at Khodad, Narayangaon. NCRA is organising a 3-day workshop titled "Creating Digital Libraries using DSpace Open Source Software" during 24-26 July 2006 at its premises in the Pune University Campus. Noted speakers, such as ARD Prasad of DRTC, Bangalore, Devika Madalli of DRTC, Bangalore and Aditya Tripathi of Banaras Hindu University, will be conducting the workshop sessions. NCRA has set up an excellent computer laboratory for this purpose. We take this opportunity to invite you to attend the workshop inaugural ceremony followed by a talk Topic : Open Acess to Information Speaker : Dr. ARD Prasad, DRTC, Bangalore Date, Time and Venue : 24 July 2006, 9.30 am, NCRA Auditorium, Pune Abstract of the talk : The escalating cost of scientific journals rendered many institutional libraries to cut down the number of journals being subscribed. This is more apparent in the case of developing countries. The Consortia approach to journal subscription is a deceptive device introduced by journal publishing industry on their own terms. The journal publishing industry is heavily protected by copyright laws and they own the copyright of the articles published. The basic questions are: 1)Does the journal publishing industry sponsor scientific research? 2)Can you think of product in the market where the producer does not get a penny? 3)When much of the research is funded by public (government) funds, how come neither the funding agency nor the individual scientist own the copyright? 4)When journals are heavily priced, can they have wider audience and consequently cited by other research colleagues? Similar questions resulted in many scientific and research communities to championize "Open Access to Information Movement". The objective of the movement is to allow universal / free access to scientific / research publications. Presently, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists more than 2300 journals in various disciplines. Just as universal education is aimed at overall development of the society, universal access to information would result faster scientific development. All are cordially invited to attend this inaugural ceremony. Please confirm your participation by email/phone at the earliest to make necessary arrangements. library(a)ncra.tifr.res.in, sunitab(a)ncra.tifr.res.in or telephone (25697107, 25691384/85 Xtn:211). Looking forward to seeing you. with regards, sincerely, Sunita Barve Library-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : 91-20-25697107, 25691384, 25691385 Ext. 211 FAX : 91-20-25697257 Email :sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in ; library(a)ncra.tifr.res.in

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KALA-NAL LECTURE on E-GOVERNANCE
by I.R.N.Goudar 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

LECTURE NOTICE KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION and NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES Cordially invite you for the following lecture: TOPIC : From E-GOVERNANCE TO E-GOVERNANCE SPEAKER : Dr. Vinay K Dharmadhikari Director, E-Governance Ministry of Communication Technology Govt of India, New Delhi DATE & TIME : Tuesday, 18th July 2006 at 11.00 AM Tea: 10.45 AM VENUE : TS Conference Hall, National; Aerospace Laboratories, Aerport Road, Bangalore - 560017 RSVP: 25086081, 6080 ALL ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME Dr. IRN Goudar President, KALA Head, ICAST, NAL

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Job opportunity in Pune
by Vandana Khandelwal 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Dear all friends Hello Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, a well-established institute in the field of technical education in Pune, has gained a status of an institute dedicated for the research in the field of engineering. Nevertheless, the institute has been producing world-class graduates, competent to face the challenges of the corporate world. The institute is located on the banks of river Indrayani. There is a vacancy of a library assistant required only for the evening shift and for Saturday & sunday. Educational qualification required is as follows : Library science graduates or post graduates, with sound knowledge of computers, good communication skills and typing speed which is a must, and having 2 to 3 years experience. Interested candidates must apply before 26th July 2006 and send their resume on following email address : vbkhandelwal(a)mitpune.com, or vanu_kh(a)yahoo.com Librarian __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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