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NBII databases
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Friends: You may find it useful to visit the website of the US National Biological Information Infrastructure [http://www.nbii.gov/about/pubs/news/2006/06Access_spring.htm] Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: You may find it useful to visit the website of the US National Biological Information Infrastructure [http://www.nbii.gov/about/pubs/news/2006/06Access_spring.htm] Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Google Spreadsheets
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/">Google Spreadsheets</a> is now available as a limited test on Google Labs. This will allow users to create, store and share spreadsheets on the web. Well I am still waiting an invitation code from Google! --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Re: [openaccess] RE: FOCUS ON WEEK TWO
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Dear members, Here is a nugget from Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus. In conversation with Richard Poynder, the British technology journalist who is interviewing many open access advocates (including me): RP: I'm curious about your motivation for supporting Open Access so vigorously.... HV: I believe that science is one of those activities that improves the state of the world, and once you realise how important publication is in the series of acts that constitutes the doing of science, and once you understand the incredible transformation of that publication process that the Internet, and software, and the whole digital world, now promises it is hard not to be pretty passionate about trying to make that part of the scientific universe work more effectively. Arun

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Scholarships/ Fellowships to support higher studies:
by Satish Munnolli 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

The following URLs may be of interest to young library science professionals to display them on their library notice boards/incorporate in their library home page for user community. Information (for students) about Scholarships/ Fellowships to support higher studies: http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm http://www.15to25.com/education/scholarships/indgr2.htm http://www.educationinfoindia.com/scholarships/others.htm http://www.indiaagronet.com/jobs/resources/scholarships.htm#6 http://www.competitionmaster.com/pages/career/scholarships.html http://www.chopraconsultants.com/scholarships.htm http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/jn_t… http://www.india-uk-academic-network.net/scholarships.htm 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 The following URLs may be of interest to young library science professionals to display them on their library notice boards/incorporate in their library home page for user community. Information (for students) about Scholarships/ Fellowships to support higher studies : http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm http://www.15to25.com/education/scholarships/indgr2.htm http://www.15to25.com/education/scholarships/indgr2.htm http://www.educationinfoindia.com/scholarships/others.htm http://www.educationinfoindia.com/scholarships/others.htm http://www.indiaagronet.com/jobs/resources/scholarships.htm#6 http://www.indiaagronet.com/jobs/resources/scholarships.htm#6 http://www.competitionmaster.com/pages/career/scholarships.html http://www.competitionmaster.com/pages/career/scholarships.html http://www.chopraconsultants.com/scholarships.htm http://www.chopraconsultants.com/scholarships.htm http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/jn_t… http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/tata_trusts/jn_t… http://www.india-uk-academic-network.net/scholarships.htm http://www.india-uk-academic-network.net/scholarships.htm 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 : mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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Comments are expected from all the active LIS forum members on this suggestion.(NET/SET)
by yekanath kamble 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hello Mr.Bandi, I agree with your points Mr Bandi and it is already implemented also. I saw an advertisement for the teaching and non teaching posts for tamil nadu open university modified notification i.e 1 .In view of the contmplated changes in the eligibility qualification for the post of Lecturers in the univerisity by way of exemption to M.Phil and Ph.D qualified candidates fron passing NET/SLET examination, all applicanbts with M.Phil/Ph.D alone are eligible to apply for the leecture post in the disciplines advertised, subject to the receipt of UGC communication to that effect before the date of Interview.However, all those possessin only Master's qualification should habve passed NET/SLET examinations 2. consequently, the last date for submission of filled-in application is extended to 15th june 2006 Dr. S.Manickam Registrar .in todays The Hindu Bangalore edition.If require i will send to you tomorrow after scanning. But, i dont know what criteria is UGC following for recruitment . According to me let the first priority given to UGC/NET qualified and if candidates are not available they for Ph.D and then M.Phil.candidates. If one is influncial, favoured, financial sound background. If it is not followed then lot of injustice may happen to those who have qualifed above exams. I think there is no use of commenting and quoting now about this matter after implementing all everything.If any chances are there let me know. We will fight strongly. with regards, YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Hello Mr.Bandi, I agree with your points Mr Bandi and it is already implemented also. I saw an advertisement for the teaching and non teaching posts for tamil nadu open university modified notification i.e 1 .In view of the contmplated changes in the eligibility qualification for the post of Lecturers in the univerisity by way of exemption to M.Phil and Ph.D qualified candidates fron passing NET/SLET examination, all applicanbts with M.Phil/Ph.D alone are eligible to apply for the leecture post in the disciplines advertised, subject to the receipt of UGC communication to that effect before the date of Interview.However, all those possessin only Master's qualification should habve passed NET/SLET examinations 2. consequently, the last date for submission of filled-in application is extended to 15th june 2006 Dr. S.Manickam Registrar .in todays The Hindu Bangalore edition.If require i will send to you tomorrow after scanning. But, i dont know what criteria is UGC following for recruitment . According to me let the first priority given to UGC/NET qualified and if candidates are not available they for Ph.D and then M.Phil.candidates. If one is influncial, favoured, financial sound background. If it is not followed then lot of injustice may happen to those who have qualifed above exams. I think there is no use of commenting and quoting now about this matter after implementing all everything.If any chances are there let me know. We will fight strongly. with regards, YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Please review our article titled "Open Access and institutional repositories - a developing country perspective: a case study of India"
by Mailing List Manager 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 From: Usha Mujoo-Munshi <umunshi(a)insa.nic.in> Reference : Please review our article titled "Open Access and institutional repositories - a developing country perspective: a case study of India" (Puna Das) At the ouset i must compliment the author/s for a commendable work. A good review on OA IRs. While going through the contents, some discripencies regarding INSA data was observed. 1. INSA OA repositories using Dspace are not only metadata, communities like seminar reports, presentations, photo-gallery are complete communities. However many items under articles are though metadata level. 2. INSA journals are online from inception while dates(year) mentioned are not correct. Kindly update.

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Free E-books from July 4 for one month
by madhuresh.singhal 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Dear Friends, You would like to take advantage of this news. I have taken this from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=104909 For more detail, you can visit http://www.gutenberg.org/events/fair-pressmay4.txt E-book project to give free access Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two non-profit organisations are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online. Project Gutenberg and World eBook Library plan to make "a third of a million" e-books available free for a month at the first World eBook Fair. Downloads will be available at the fair's web site from July 4, the 35th anniversary of Project Gutenberg's founding, through Aug. 4. The majority of the books will be contributed by the World eBook Library. It otherwise charges $US8.95 ($A12.02) a year for access to its database of more than 250,000 e-books, documents and articles. But the book fair will not be the last chance for e-bookworms to devour works ranging from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" to "Old Indian Legends," not to mention dictionaries and thesauruses, without paying for them. Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart, who first announced the ambitious plan a month ago, said Friday the partners are on track to make 1 million books available for the annual fair's one-month run in 2009, with more appearing in subsequent years. About 100,000, he said, will be permanently available at the handful of Project Gutenberg sites on the internet. "We want to give the most books to the most people," the 59-year-old Hart said by phone from Urbana, where he established the project in 1971 after graduating from the University of Illinois. "It has been our goal since the dawn of the internet to break down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy." The Gutenberg books, typed and scanned into computers by thousands of volunteers, mostly are those that are no longer protected by copyright. They include fiction, nonfiction and reference books and will be available for worldwide readers in about 100 languages. While the commercial e-book market remains tiny, Hart said electronic books have "caught on without getting a lot of publicity" and are being widely read on handheld computers, mobile phones and even special programs for use on iPods. "These people that grew up on GameBoys - to them a GameBoy screen is the standard size," he said. "To us old folks, it's too small. But they don't care." Based on fast-increasing demand, he predicted there will be 10 million e-books available by 2020. "I've gotten notes from people who said they would have never, ever read Shakespeare if I hadn't put it on the internet," Hart said. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Assoc. Res. Scientist - Inf. Sc. Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 51172085, Ext. 25; Mobile 098861 82822 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ ************************************************************************************************ This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************

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Results of UGC/NET
by yekanath kamble 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Dear Professional, May i know the result of UGC/NET Dec, 2005 Published in whic issue/date of Employment News?.Already results are announced in Internet . Please let us know. with regards, YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Dear Professional, May i know the result of UGC/NET Dec, 2005 Published in whic issue/date of Employment News?.Already results are announced in Internet . Please let us know. with regards, YEKANATH N KAMBLE ASST.LIBRARIAN R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MYSORE ROAD, BANGALORE-59 (INDIA) PH.91-80-28600351/28604705/28600184 FAX : 91 - 80 - 2860 0337 MOBILE.9448585358 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Comments are expected from all the active LIS forum members on this suggestion.(NET/SET)
by ishwar bandi 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

LISDWD(a)yahoogroups.co.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear professionals, I read many responses and comments regarding the scraping up of NET/SET decided by UGC, before to this decision I red one article in CURRENT SCIENCE Journal illuminated about the affect of the NET/SET compulsion on University out put i.e. Research. See UGC decision has taken by considering many more subjects and aspects. A proper guideline regarding the selection for the Lectureship is not yet formally decided by UGC. It is too early to draw a conclusion whether this decision is a correct or not. Now we see about the QUALITY, many people have raised a question about the NET/SET candidates have better QUALITY than non NET/SET candidates. I feel UGC Exam gives QUALIFICATION not QUALITY. As we are thinking only about the LIS whether there was no QUALITY before 1992 when there was no NET/SET compulsion for teaching. Most of we have studied under non NET/SET teachers then have you questioned about their QUALITY? In total I want to say that NET/SET is not only for the QUALITY but also to promote the research work, which is not happening. One more thing I wanted to tell you that not even one Indian University is ranked in first 500 universities at International level, why it is so? In subjects like Egg. can survive and do better without GATE then is it not possible in other subjects. Have you all observed the NET/SET clearing candidates are fresher students who have little practical knowledge? Hence I suggest UGC can conduct these qualifying exams categorically. Category may be on the basis of experience; Without experience 1 to 3 years experience 3 to 5 years experience 5 to 7 years experience 7 to 10 years experience 10 to 15 years experience 15 to 20 years experience In this type you can consider many other aspects to test the candidates subject knowledge. Because fresher may get more time to prepare and may not be having work pressers and so many other things which are in fever to them. Now the answers expecting in the exam are of text book oriented and you cannot expect a 5 to 10 and more years experience persons answers will compete the fresh candidates answers as far as the text book knowledge is concerned. Comments are expected from all the active LIS forum members on this suggestion. Thanking you Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 www.donboscoit.ac.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new Click here Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger Download now LISDWD(a)yahoogroups.co.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear professionals, I read many responses and comments regarding the scraping up of NET/SET decided by UGC, before to this decision I red one article in CURRENT SCIENCE Journal illuminated about the affect of the NET/SET compulsion on University out put i.e. Research. See UGC decision has taken by considering many more subjects and aspects. A proper guideline regarding the selection for the Lectureship is not yet formally decided by UGC. It is too early to draw a conclusion whether this decision is a correct or not. Now we see about the QUALITY, many people have raised a question about the NET/SET candidates have better QUALITY than non NET/SET candidates. I feel UGC Exam gives QUALIFICATION not QUALITY. As we are thinking only about the LIS whether there was no QUALITY before 1992 when there was no NET/SET compulsion for teaching. Most of we have studied under non NET/SET teachers then have you questioned about their QUALITY? In total I want to say that NET/SET is not only for the QUALITY but also to promote the research work, which is not happening. One more thing I wanted to tell you that not even one Indian University is ranked in first 500 universities at International level, why it is so? In subjects like Egg. can survive and do better without GATE then is it not possible in other subjects. Have you all observed the NET/SET clearing candidates are fresher students who have little practical knowledge? Hence I suggest UGC can conduct these qualifying exams categorically. Category may be on the basis of experience; Without experience 1 to 3 years experience 3 to 5 years experience 5 to 7 years experience 7 to 10 years experience 10 to 15 years experience 15 to 20 years experience In this type you can consider many other aspects to test the candidates subject knowledge. Because fresher may get more time to prepare and may not be having work pressers and so many other things which are in fever to them. Now the answers expecting in the exam are of text book oriented and you cannot expect a 5 to 10 and more years experience persons answers will compete the fresh candidates answers as far as the text book knowledge is concerned. Comments are expected from all the active LIS forum members on this suggestion. Thanking you Ishwar Bandi ********************************** Mr.Ishappa Bandi Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Premier Automobile Road Kurla(w),Mumbai-400 070 Phone:022-25040508 Ext:117 http://www.donboscoit.ac.in/ www.donboscoit.ac.in mailto:icbandi@yahoo.co.in icbandi(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:i@rediffmail.com Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailanswersshare/*http://in.answers.yahoo.co… Click here Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! 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History of Nobel unravelled at Vishveshwariah Museum
by vasanth raj 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Dear Sir/Madam, Rare opportunity to see the works of great scientists and Nobel Laureates at Vishveshwariah Museum in Bangalore. Further Information http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may302006/city1858142006529.asp http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may292006/update945282006529.asp Your Sincerely Vasantha Raju N Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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