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Information literacy - promotion through libraries
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Friends: Achieving high level of information litearcy is one of the things the National Knowledge Commission and the LIS community should be greatly concerned about. I mean information litearcy at all levels - the lay public, the school children, college and university students, professionals and researchers. Which means libraries at all levels - public libraries, school and college libraries, university libraries, research and special libraries - should be sensitised to promoting information literacy. In today's world information litearcy is intertwined with information technology and Web literacy. Information literacy is especially important in today's India where we are producing graduates in large numbers but it is felt taht a very large percent of them are unemployable. I would like to alert you to an article in a recent issue of Journal of Information Science which talks about information literacy in a lucid way: Thomas P Mackey and Jinwon Ho: Implementing a convergent model for information literacy: Combining research and web literacy, J Info Sci, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2005, pp.541-555. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: Achieving high level of information litearcy is one of the things the National Knowledge Commission and the LIS community should be greatly concerned about. I mean information litearcy at all levels - the lay public, the school children, college and university students, professionals and researchers. Which means libraries at all levels - public libraries, school and college libraries, university libraries, research and special libraries - should be sensitised to promoting information literacy. In today's world information litearcy is intertwined with information technology and Web literacy. Information literacy is especially important in today's India where we are producing graduates in large numbers but it is felt taht a very large percent of them are unemployable. I would like to alert you to an article in a recent issue of Journal of Information Science which talks about information literacy in a lucid way: Thomas P Mackey and Jinwon Ho: Implementing a convergent model for information literacy: Combining research and web literacy, J Info Sci , Vol. 31 , No. 6, 2005, pp.541-555. Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Fw: ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium
by Subbiah Arunachalam 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

=== ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium - Deadline 22 April === ECDL 2006, The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, will feature a Doctoral Consortium to give doctoral students the opportunity to discuss their work with experienced researchers from the Digital Library Community as also with other students. Attendance at the Doctoral Consortium will be based on an acceptance of a written abstract, of up to 6 pages, singly authored by the student. Submissions must be done in PDF format, following the layout guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer (please see http://www.ecdl2006.org/) followed by a free supporting statement from the adviser. Deadline for submission is 22 April, to be sent by email to doctoral_consortium(a)ecdl2006.org. Accepted students will have to deliver a full paper, which will be published electronically in a special issue of the bulletin of the IEEE TCDL - Technical Committee for Digital Libraries. The students will be able to present also a poster at the ECDL 2006 poster session. The full papers will be reviewed by senior scientists who will be also present in the Doctoral Consortium meeting, where the students will receive feedback about their work and will have a chance to participate in an open discussion. The paper will be the basis for detailed discussions at the Consortium. To get the most out of the discussion it should include: * motivation for the proposed research * background and related work (with key references) * description of proposed research including main research questions, research methodology and proposed experiments (where appropriate) * particular issues which you want to highlight for discussion. All submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Program Committee, with respect to overall quality of presentation, the potential for future impact of the proposed PhD research on the field of Digital Libraries, and the likely benefit to the student of attending the Consortium. More details are available at http://www.ecdl2006.org/consortium.jsp ===================================================== Doctoral Consortium Chairs Jose Borbinha (INESC-ID / IST, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal) Lillian Cassel (Villanova University, USA) ===================================================== @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.estilocorreioelectrnico20 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EstiloCorreioElectrnico21 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } === ECDL 2006 Doctoral Consortium - Deadline 22 April === ECDL 2006, The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, will feature a Doctoral Consortium to give doctoral students the opportunity to discuss their work with experienced researchers from the Digital Library Community as also with other students. Attendance at the Doctoral Consortium will be based on an acceptance of a written abstract, of up to 6 pages, singly authored by the student. Submissions must be done in PDF format, following the layout guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer (please see http://www.ecdl2006.org/) followed by a free supporting statement from the adviser. Deadline for submission is 22 April, to be sent by email to doctoral_consortium(a)ecdl2006.org. Accepted students will have to deliver a full paper, which will be published electronically in a special issue of the bulletin of the IEEE TCDL - Technical Committee for Digital Libraries. The students will be able to present also a poster at the ECDL 2006 poster session. The full papers will be reviewed by senior scientists who will be also present in the Doctoral Consortium meeting, where the students will receive feedback about their work and will have a chance to participate in an open discussion. The paper will be the basis for detailed discussions at the Consortium. To get the most out of the discussion it should include: * motivation for the proposed research * background and related work (with key references) * description of proposed research including main research questions, research methodology and proposed experiments (where appropriate) * particular issues which you want to highlight for discussion. All submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Program Committee, with respect to overall quality of presentation, the potential for future impact of the proposed PhD research on the field of Digital Libraries, and the likely benefit to the student of attending the Consortium. More details are available at http://www.ecdl2006.org/consortium.jsp ===================================================== Doctoral Consortium Chairs Jose Borbinha (INESC-ID / IST, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal) Lillian Cassel (Villanova University, USA) =====================================================

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Clarifications from Prof. Stevan Harnad
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Friends: A few minutes ago I forwarded a message from Prof. Stevan Harnad addressed to me and Prof. Krishnaswamy of MKU to the oa-india and lis-forum lists. Here is a message from Prof. Harnad about depositing papers in OA archives. Certainly Prof. Harnad would not advocate violating the law. Best wishes. Arun ----- Dear Arun, Sure, that's fine. But could I ask then that you modify (2) to add that I do not myself recommend 3rd-party posting without authorization? Otherwise it gives the impression that I am recommending breaking the law. Point (3) should also be modified for public posting, to make it clear that the author (*only*), if he no longer has the digital text of his own article, can scan in and OCR the published PDF for his own article, but should then convert it back to his own original typescript. The way I said it below makes it look as if I am advocating piracy, which I am not. Best wishes. Stevan Friends: A few minutes ago I forwarded a message from Prof. Stevan Harnad addressed to me and Prof. Krishnaswamy of MKU to the oa-india and lis-forum lists. Here is a message from Prof. Harnad about depositing papers in OA archives. Certainly Prof. Harnad would not advocate violating the law. Best wishes. Arun ----- Dear Arun, Sure, that's fine. But could I ask then that you modify (2) to add that I do not myself recommend 3rd-party posting without authorization? Otherwise it gives the impression that I am recommending breaking the law. Point (3) should also be modified for public posting, to make it clear that the author (*only*), if he no longer has the digital text of his own article, can scan in and OCR the published PDF for his own article, but should then convert it back to his own original typescript. The way I said it below makes it look as if I am advocating piracy, which I am not. Best wishes. Stevan

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to annouce the following lecture invitation to the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010. Ph: 080-23305019; e-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ********* Prof. M.R. Kumbahr Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (12) (2006) on CLASSIFICATION MODELLING OF HOMOGENOUS RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION by Dr. M.A. Gopinath Visiting Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 0n Sunday, 16th April 2006 at 6.00 pm Dr. K.S. Raghavan Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to annouce the following lecture invitation to the lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010. Ph: 080-23305019; e-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ********* Prof. M.R. Kumbahr Memorial Lectures Committee, Bangalore cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures (12) (2006) on CLASSIFICATION MODELLING OF HOMOGENOUS RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION by Dr. M.A. Gopinath Visiting Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA 0n Sunday, 16th April 2006 at 6.00 pm Dr. K.S. Raghavan Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore presides at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010

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Municipal broadband networks
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Friends: Are there cities (towns) in the developing world pursuing Municipal broadband networks so all citizens can access the Internet? Can such networks help bridge the digital and other divides? Arun ---- NEWS Broadband provision a municipal duty, says report >From "400 Cities Worldwide Planning To Deploy Municipal Broadband Networks," Wi-Fi Technology News, 27 January: "There are over 400 cities worldwide planning to deploy municipal broadband networks and the number will double in 2006, making community broadband initiatives a very real and significant trend. That is the finding of the latest report, Municipal Broadband Networks: Market impact and implications, 2006-2011, published by industry research firm visiongain. "Despite legal opposition and intense lobbying from incumbent telcos and cable companies, municipal broadband is coming and is here to stay. As of Q1 2006, there are over 100 city and regional wireless broadband networks operational worldwide, more than 40 of which are in the US. "Small town rural deployments were the beginning of the wave, but the tide is now embracing large urban metropolises. New York, San Francisco, Rome and Paris are among the major cities planning wide-scale deployments. While these networks present yet another new competitive threat to the broadband market landscape, there are opportunities to be grasped for service providers, whether fixed-line or wireless, if these companies play their cards right. Major vendors, such as Motorola, Cisco, HP and IBM are already reaping cumulative contract awards running into hundreds of millions of dollars. " 'Generally speaking, we believe resistance towards Muni networks is futile,' says lead author Pam Duffey. 'Finer points of the debate aside, it is fast becoming a city or state government duty to provide at least the means for widespread broadband service to the citizenry. By 2010/2011, we believe the majority of cities and townships in the US will have a municipal wireless network in place and the focus then will be in uniting them into a seamless, if not centralised, national network.' " 'New and emerging applications such as digital libraries, virtual laboratories, distance-independent learning and tele-immersion will require broadband speeds and reverse the digital divide. In addition, applications such as LBS and gaming over city-wide networks could seriously threaten existing carrier business models,' adds Duffey. "For a large number of reasons, municipalities are considering the concept of a Municipal Broadband Network as the 'fifth utility.' These communities are choosing between deploying fibre and a wireless broadband network using Wi-Fi hotspots, mesh networks or pre-WiMAX technology. There will be a significant build-out, blending technologies and building on existing service, both wired and unwired. "However, many technological and business factors need to be considered, any one of which can better or worsen the outcome for any given municipality. Often, cities lack sufficient experience and knowledge of technologies to make the best choices and compound the problem further by inadequately funding the effort or by employing a business model that can not sustain the endeavor. "This report examines the various technology options open to communities in deploying broadband networks, as well as the business models, assessing the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. It looks at case studies of successful and failed initiatives, identifying and outlining the reasons behind them. The impact that these networks have had and will have on local markets and incumbent operators are also analysed..." [Muni Wireless: 28 January 2006]

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WiFi in the $100 laptop of Negroponte
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Friends: I received this news today and I want to share it with you. Best wishes. Arun ---- NEWS $100 laptop includes WiFi >From "One-Wireless-Laptop-Per-Child Founder Negroponte Resigns from MIT," by Brian White, The Wireless Report, 16 February: "As many readers can probably tell, the word 'Wireless' was slipped into the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) phrase in the title above. With Nicholas Negroponte stepping down from MIT's famed Media Lab yesterday to concentrate on his 'One Laptop Per Child' iniative, I have to give it up to the man - following his real passion and dream of connecting every child possible to the world, each other, and global informaton - to empower them to create and fulfill their dreams. And, for many, to escape knowledge repression and to rise up to what they all could be. I applaud the man greatly, even if the OLPC initiative fails or is slow to gain strength. "The one 'killer app' in this whole initiative is the inclusion of WiFi in these hand-cranked $100 laptops. Enabling villages and small towns (and big towns) to form WiFi mesh networks is the glue that will make this all work. Interconnection and sharing is the linchpin of such an effort and even as WiFi gains on wired connections in the developed world as a preferred connection method for the internet, it will be the only connection method for under-developed nations to breach their own 'digital divide' and connect and interact with the rest of the world. Some of Negroponte's MIT associates are also following him to his OLPC non-profit to assist, which speaks even more highly of this highly-regarded initiative." _________ [On 12 February 2006, OLPC announced that Mark Foster, former head of portable computer engineering at Apple, has joined the project. Foster was responsible for developing the first high-volume wireless networking product, the AirPort. The "$100 Laptop FAQ" confirms that "The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network."] [WiFi: 17 February 2006]

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Openomy Online File System
by sandeep bhavsar 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Openomy Online File System http://openomy.com/ Openomy is an online file system. You can store files on Openomy and access them from any computer. Openomy organizes files and users via tags (as opposed to folders). You can choose to keep your files guarded by Openomy, or allow certain outside applications (of your choice) to do new and interesting things with your data. Currently, all storage is 1gb. The plan is to increase this in the future. Let us know what you think is fair. Openomy is completely free for now. In the future there will be an additional premium membership, in exchange for some nice extras. The APIs (i.e. creating applications) are also completely free to use, but a similar structure may one day appear as well. This would likely be limited to commercial applications. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.BRIMS Thane (w) 400601 ------------------------------ Phone (Off) 25364492 25446554 Mobile 9870484626 email sandeep(a)vpmthane.org Website www.vpmthane.org ------------------------------ ___________________________________________________________ Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry

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Prevention of loss of books in the college library
by js vijaya 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Dear Friends, Give some suggestions to prevent the loss of books in the college library. Especially for the reference section. Waiting for your valuable suggestions. Regards Vijayalakshmi J S __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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SALIS Awards for the year 2006 - nomination invited - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2006. SALIS Awards 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National level) ------------------------------------------------------ SALIS instituted an award- sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, in the name of `Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award' . Aim of instituting the award: To honor and recognize library professionals - for their outstanding contributions to the profession. Eligibility: Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in any parts in India. Must be a citizen of India About Dr.Harish Chandra -------------------------- Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT, Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library Automation and Digital Library at University of Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands respectively. His major contributions are in the areas of New Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library and information services, etc. Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a member of Task Force for Higher Education Library System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial board of various journals including OCLC Systems and Services. He is also a member of many professional bodies. Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and completed various projects and consultancy assignments. He has organized several national and international conferences. He has received several awards, chaired number of technical sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He has visited more than 12 countries and received several awards. He has also received many awards including SALIS Life Time Achievement Award Previous Year Award winners: 1. Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET â for the year 2004 2. Prof. (Dr.) M.Suriya, HOD, Dept of Library & Information Science & Librarian, Annamalai University â for the year 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only) 3. AutoLib -Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award (for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region only: Age below 40 years) Must be a citizen of India The above two awards are sponsored by M/s AutoLib Software System , a leading Library Automation Solution Provider at Chennai. AutoLib Software System ---------------------------------- AutoLib Software System has been established to provide low cost and high quality library automation solutions. They undertake all types of library automation projects. One of their objectives is to recognize and encourage library professionals who contribute more for the profession. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eligibility for the above two Awards : Professionals holding any degree in Library Science or equivalent and working in library and information field in Tamilnadu region. Must be a citizen of India Previous Award Winners: 1. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award Dr Dr.K.Nithyanandham, Director-in-charge, Librray, Anna University 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award Mr. T. Stephen CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore Mr. S.Swaminathan, Librarian, Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya College of Education, Coimbatore Nominations for all the three awards ( by Library professionals holding responsible position or by self) are invited for the year 2006 from eligible professionals. The application form can be obtained from the Convener, SALIS Award Committee by sending a self addressed stamped (Rs.10/-) cover or downloaded from http://autolib-india.net/salis or by sending E-mail to salisawards(a)yahoo.com. The other details are given in the application form. Filled-in application along with necessary supporting documents should be sent in a sealed cover to The Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS, C/o, AutoLib, B2-Solai Apartments(Opp to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road, Chennai - 600 089. Awards will be presented to the winners in the form of a Silver Medal, Citation and a shawl. The awards will be presented to the winners during the SALIS 2006 National Conference to be held at Karunya Deemed University, Coimbatore on 9th June 2006. Last date for the receipt of filled application is 15.05.2006 For any clarifications, E-mail to the convener at salisawards(a)yahoo.com -------------------------------- Mr. Jesudas Manalan Convener SALIS Award Committee & Librarian Bishop Heber College, Trichi â 17 & Secretary, SALIS Tiruchi Chapter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fw: [BOAI] 1950 Florence Agreement/ 1976 Nairobi Protocol
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Please forward this to all the members of the "Kalpana Joshi Committee". Thanks and best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Suber" <peters(a)earlham.edu> To: "BOAI Forum" <boai-forum(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [BOAI] 1950 Florence Agreement/ 1976 Nairobi Protocol > Dear Julia, > > I share your sense that people who support open access will likely support > the enforcement of these agreements. I can't be the only reader who was > glad to learn that world leaders once made sensible agreements like these > and sorry to learn that our current leaders are disregarding them. > > So I hope that simply circulating your letter will have a beneficial > effect, even if small. The readers of this list are OA proponents from > over 100 countries. Many will undoubtedly be inclined to support your > cause even if they rarely have a chance to discuss issues of this kind > with their governments. > > Let me make a two-sided decision as the moderator of the list. On the one > hand, these agreements are a bit far from our topic here. I distributed > your first message with my eyes open because of its strong interest and > distant OA connection, but now that the issue has aired I want to return > the discussion to issues with a stronger OA connection. On the other > hand, if any forum readers learn about international efforts to shore up > support for these agreements, please send information about them to Julie > or me (or both). I'll look for a way to communicate that information > concisely to the OA community. If I don't do it through the BOAI Forum, > then I may do it through the SPARC Open Access Forum, which has a slightly > wider scope. > > Best wishes, > Peter > > > Peter Suber > Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge > Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College > peter.suber(a)earlham.edu > > > > At 11:02 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote: > >>Dear Stevan Harnad, >>I am retired and now run a library in Florence which is international and >>ecumenical. It was my own library as a professor and is intended as a gift >>to the world. I cause it to flourish on the principle that people can >>become members through giving it a book rather than paying dues. But most >>gifts to it of books from America are taxed by the Italian Dogana and Post >>Office working in collusion with each other, this money having to come out >>of my slim pocket/pension. The earlier versions of the Budapest Open >>Access Initiative had been UNESCO's 'Florence Agreement' (1950) and its >>Protocol known as the 'Protocol of Nairobi' (1976), which allowed cultural >>materials, books, films, electronic data, etc., to pass across >>international boundaries without paying customs duties. I spoke to this >>issue at the St Petersburg UNESCO Conference in May 2005 on the World >>Summit on the Information Society, where it was said that this constantly >>needs to be remembered and executed. >>Could the BOAI and Berlin Declaration signatories recognize the principle >>in international law, reminding their governments of the 1950 'Florence >>Agreement/Accord de Florence' and of its 1976 Nairobi Protocol? >>Sincerely, >> >>Julia Bolton Holloway, Professor Emerita >>Director, Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei >>'English Cemetery', Piazzale Donatello, 38 >>50132 Florence, Italy juliana(a)tin.it >>http://www.umilta.net http://www.florin.ms >>http://piazzaledonatello.blogspot.com >

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