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Libri: Best Student Paper Award 2006
by rupesh kumar 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Dear All, Since 1950, through 56 volumes, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, Libri is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2006." This competition supports Libri's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. Students* at all levels are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: May 31, 2006 The best paper will be selected by an independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of - originality of thought and observation - depth of research and scholarship - topicality of problems addressed - the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2006:3 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with a complementary subscription to Libri for 2007. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2007. The normal provision to the author of 10 offprints and one copy of the complete issue applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be sent to the Libri Editorial Office, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk. Author instructions and further indications of the scope of papers suitable for publication in Libri are available at the Libri site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html Further details at http://www.librijournal.org/award.html Regards, RUPESH KUMAR.A. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Since 1950, through 56 volumes, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, Libri is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2006." This competition supports Libri 's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. Students * at all levels are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. * Exception: Senior information scholars returning to school for additional degrees outside the field of library and information science are not eligible for this award. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: May 31, 2006 The best paper will be selected by an independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of - originality of thought and observation - depth of research and scholarship - topicality of problems addressed - the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2006:3 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 USD and with a complementary subscription to Libri for 2007. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2007. The normal provision to the author of 10 offprints and one copy of the complete issue applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be sent to the Libri Editorial Office, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic submissions are encouraged and may be submitted to mailto:libri@statsbiblioteket.dk libri(a)statsbiblioteket.dk . Author instructions and further indications of the scope of papers suitable for publication in Libri are available at the Libri site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html Further details at http://www.librijournal.org/award.html http://www.librijournal.org/award.html Regards, http://www.bub.ac.in/buLogo.jpg RUPESH KUMAR.A. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY Yahoo! Mail http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/pmall2/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo… Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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RE: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 36, Issue 17
by LS Venkatesh 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Dear Professionals: I would be grateful if someone can provide the following information. Is there any data available on the number of Universities/Colleges schools offering Undergraduate and Post Graduate Library Science programs in India. Also any data on how many Library Science graduates/post-graduates/doctorates enter the job market in India each year. Thank you. Venkatesh -------------- Venkatesh L S General Manager Edutech India Pvt Ltd 8, Khader Nawaz Khan Road Chennai 600 006, India Tel: +91 44 28330999 Fax: +91 44 28331777 GSM: + 91 98403 21214 www.edutechindia.com "Enhancing knowledge and skills for success, lifelong." -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:31 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 36, Issue 17 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Translation work (annapurna T.S) 2. MSN Search Offers Free Full Text Access to Encarta Encyclopedia (sandeep bhavsar) 3. Document Delivery Service via Google (Dr. R M Vatnal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:04:50 +0530 From: "annapurna T.S" <annapurnats(a)gmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Translation work To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <1310ac900603090834k2300e4afy5052a7bcd44396c6(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Professionals, Will anybody please let me know who would take up translation work from Spanish to English in Bangalore? Thanks & Regards, Annapurna

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RFID Technology
by Mr. ANAND 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Dear Members, Greetings from Anand Dodamani. RFID Technology is gaining momentum now. It is like a Barcode but is read with an electro magnetic field rather than by a laser beam. So the similarity ends there. With the significant advancements in just a few years, it has shown all the signs of becoming the successor technology to barcodes. Because of this possibility, we cannot afford to ignore this new technology, even if we do not embrace it today. The questions raised by Ms. Parinita Samant are worth to be discussed. The ignorant LIS professional like me will be benefited if the people more immersed in Library RFID involve in the discussion. With warm regards, Anand Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors' Colony, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074. Tel.: (022) 25530451 Quote of the Day : Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Members, Greetings from Anand Dodamani. RFID Technology is gaining momentum now. It is like a Barcode but is read with an electro magnetic field rather than by a laser beam. So the similarity ends there. With the significant advancements in just a few years, it has shown all the signs of becoming the successor technology to barcodes. Because of this possibility, we cannot afford to ignore this new technology, even if we do not embrace it today. The questions raised by Ms. Parinita Samant are worth to be discussed. The ignorant LIS professional like me will be benefited if the people more immersed in Library RFID involve in the discussion. With warm regards, Anand Anand Dodamani Librarian Hashu Advani College of Special Education 64/65, Collectors' Colony, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074. Tel.: (022) 25530451 Quote of the Day : Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Translation work
by annapurna T.S 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, Will anybody please let me know who would take up translation work from Spanish to English in Bangalore? Thanks & Regards, Annapurna Will anybody please let me know who would take up translation work from Spanish to English in Bangalore? Thanks & Regards, Annapurna

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Document Delivery Service via Google
by Dr. R M Vatnal 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

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MSN Search Offers Free Full Text Access to Encarta Encyclopedia
by sandeep bhavsar 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

MSN Search Offers Free Full Text Access to Encarta Encyclopedia Researchers might be interested to learn that MSN Search is offering a free access to the full text (not just blurbs) of Microsoft's This page offers details about how to get a free pass. No, registration is required. Basically, when you click on a link to Encarta found on MSN Search results pages or in an MSN "direct answer," you're given a two hour free pass (set via a cookie) to the full text of the entire encyclopedia. Once your pass is activated, you can search and access the full text using Encarta search box. OK, your two hour pass has expired and you still want more. No problem! Simply return to MSN Search and click another Encarta link and your free pass is renewed. · Exceptions: The Encarta free pass does not include access to homework tools, literature guides, and sidebars. Also, with your free pass, you can view thumbnails of MSN Encarta illustrations, photographs, audio, and video but not full-size images. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V.N.BRIMS Thane(W) 400601 ----------------- Phone : 25364492,25446554 Mobile: 9870484626 email : sandeep(a)vpmthane.org website : www.vpmthane.org ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [libtech] Digital preservation : Major gaps in management of digital assets/DPC (UK)
by Mallikarjuna, C 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

hbmallikarjuna <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: To: libtech(a)yahoogroups.com From: "hbmallikarjuna" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:29:21 -0000 Subject: [libtech] Digital preservation : Major gaps in management of digital assets/DPC (UK) Dear Professional, I hope this report summery is helpful to our profession. Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) aims to help government, public institutions and private companies turn high awareness into concerted action.The survey reveals that the loss of digital data is commonplace - it is seen as an inevitable hazard by some - with more than 70% of respondents saying data had been lost in their organisation. Awareness of the potential economic and cultural risks is high, with 87% recognising that corporate memory or key cultural material could be lost and some 60% saying that their organisation could lose out financially. In 52% of the organisations surveyed there was management commitment to digital preservation - but only 18% had a strategy in place. In a recent judgement in the USA, Morgan Stanley had more than $1 billion awarded against it as a result of its failure to preserve and hand over some documents required by the courts. The Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA are also looking at fining the same bank over $10 million - specifically for failing to preserve email documents. The data tapes from the 1975 Viking Lander mission to Mars were recently discovered to have deteriorated despite careful storage, and scientists also found that they could not decode the formats used and had to rely on the original paper printouts. The BBC's 1986 Domesday project is another example of the unique fragility of digital material. Designed to capture a picture of Britain in 1986, the collection of photographs, maps and statistical information was recorded onto 30cm laserdiscs The date was only rescued thanks to a surviving laserdisc player and more than a year's effort by specialist teams. According to the DPC-commissioned report, the principal risks to digital material are: the deterioration of the storage medium; obsolescence of hardware, software or storage format; and failure to save crucial document format information (a common example is preserving tables of numbers without preserving an explanation of their meaning). The report identifies 18 core needs, each of which has recommendations which will address them. Recommendations are addressed to organisations, government, and funding bodies. Among the key needs: awareness of digital preservation issues needs to be more commonplace - particularly amongst data creators; organisations need to take stock of their digital materials (55% of the respondents to the survey do not know what digital material they hold); and projects need to be funded from the outset with the long- term value of the information produced and the cost of retention taken into account. There needs to be funding for more digital archives. This UK digital preservation needs assessment study, carried out by the software services company Tessella, looked at digital preservation practice in government bodies, archives, museums, libraries, education, scientific research organisations, pharmaceutical, environmental, nuclear, engineering, publishing and financial institutions. 'Gone are the days when archives were dusty places that could be forgotten until they were needed' said Lynne Brindley, chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition. 'The digital revolution means all of us - organisations and individuals - must regularly review and update resources to ensure they remain accessible. 'Updating need not be expensive, but the report is a wake-up call to each one of us to ensure proper and continuing attention to our digital records'. Peter Townsend, commercial director of Tessella said: 'It is critically important that organisations create long-term pro-active information management plans, and allocate adequate budget and resource to implementing practical solutions'. Robert Sharpe of Tessella added: 'Organisations that create large volumes of digital information need to recognise the benefits of retaining long-term information in digital form so that these can be balanced against the costs of active preservation'. The DPC is a cross-sectoral membership organisation dedicated to securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK. It currently has 28 members and associate members: the British Library, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries (MLA), the Consortium of University Research Libraries (Curl), the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc), the National Archives, the National Archives of Scotland; the National Library of Scotland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Proni); the University of Oxford, University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS), the BBC Information and Archives, the Centre for Digital Library Research at Strathclyde (CDLR); the Corporation of London, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) , the Ministry of Defence, National Electronic Library for Health, National Library of Wales, Natural History Museum, Online Computer and Library Center (OCLC), Open University, Publishers' Association, Research Libraries Group (RLG), Trinity College Library Dublin, the University of Southampton, UK Data Archive, and the Wellcome Library. Previous DPC research: A DPC Members survey, which was undertaken in 2003, revealed details of volumes and formats of digital materials held by DPC members and the issue they faced in their preservation. Additional work was undertaken to provide real-life scenarios of circumstances in which digital materials become vulnerable to loss. In 2005, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, funded a sample survey of local and regional organisations in two regions. The report, Mind the gap: assessing digital preservation needs in the UK is the culmination of the two earlier surveys, and a more detailed, wider survey undertaken in 2005. C.MALLIKARJUNA LIBRARIAN, S.B GROUP OF INSTITUTES, BANGALORE-64. Email: hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: libtech-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. hbmallikarjuna <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: To: libtech(a)yahoogroups.com From: "hbmallikarjuna" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:29:21 -0000 Subject: [libtech] Digital preservation : Major gaps in management of digital assets/DPC (UK) Dear Professional, I hope this report summery is helpful to our profession. Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) aims to help government, public institutions and private companies turn high awareness into concerted action.The survey reveals that the loss of digital data is commonplace - it is seen as an inevitable hazard by some - with more than 70% of respondents saying data had been lost in their organisation. Awareness of the potential economic and cultural risks is high, with 87% recognising that corporate memory or key cultural material could be lost and some 60% saying that their organisation could lose out financially. In 52% of the organisations surveyed there was management commitment to digital preservation - but only 18% had a strategy in place. In a recent judgement in the USA, Morgan Stanley had more than $1 billion awarded against it as a result of its failure to preserve and hand over some documents required by the courts. The Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA are also looking at fining the same bank over $10 million - specifically for failing to preserve email documents. The data tapes from the 1975 Viking Lander mission to Mars were recently discovered to have deteriorated despite careful storage, and scientists also found that they could not decode the formats used and had to rely on the original paper printouts. The BBC's 1986 Domesday project is another example of the unique fragility of digital material. Designed to capture a picture of Britain in 1986, the collection of photographs, maps and statistical information was recorded onto 30cm laserdiscs The date was only rescued thanks to a surviving laserdisc player and more than a year's effort by specialist teams. According to the DPC-commissioned report, the principal risks to digital material are: the deterioration of the storage medium; obsolescence of hardware, software or storage format; and failure to save crucial document format information (a common example is preserving tables of numbers without preserving an explanation of their meaning). The report identifies 18 core needs, each of which has recommendations which will address them. Recommendations are addressed to organisations, government, and funding bodies. Among the key needs: awareness of digital preservation issues needs to be more commonplace - particularly amongst data creators; organisations need to take stock of their digital materials (55% of the respondents to the survey do not know what digital material they hold); and projects need to be funded from the outset with the long- term value of the information produced and the cost of retention taken into account. There needs to be funding for more digital archives. This UK digital preservation needs assessment study, carried out by the software services company Tessella, looked at digital preservation practice in government bodies, archives, museums, libraries, education, scientific research organisations, pharmaceutical, environmental, nuclear, engineering, publishing and financial institutions. 'Gone are the days when archives were dusty places that could be forgotten until they were needed' said Lynne Brindley, chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition. 'The digital revolution means all of us - organisations and individuals - must regularly review and update resources to ensure they remain accessible. 'Updating need not be expensive, but the report is a wake-up call to each one of us to ensure proper and continuing attention to our digital records'. Peter Townsend, commercial director of Tessella said: 'It is critically important that organisations create long-term pro-active information management plans, and allocate adequate budget and resource to implementing practical solutions'. Robert Sharpe of Tessella added: 'Organisations that create large volumes of digital information need to recognise the benefits of retaining long-term information in digital form so that these can be balanced against the costs of active preservation'. The DPC is a cross-sectoral membership organisation dedicated to securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK. It currently has 28 members and associate members: the British Library, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries (MLA), the Consortium of University Research Libraries (Curl), the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc), the National Archives, the National Archives of Scotland; the National Library of Scotland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Proni); the University of Oxford, University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS), the BBC Information and Archives, the Centre for Digital Library Research at Strathclyde (CDLR); the Corporation of London, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) , the Ministry of Defence, National Electronic Library for Health, National Library of Wales, Natural History Museum, Online Computer and Library Center (OCLC), Open University, Publishers' Association, Research Libraries Group (RLG), Trinity College Library Dublin, the University of Southampton, UK Data Archive, and the Wellcome Library. Previous DPC research: A DPC Members survey, which was undertaken in 2003, revealed details of volumes and formats of digital materials held by DPC members and the issue they faced in their preservation. Additional work was undertaken to provide real-life scenarios of circumstances in which digital materials become vulnerable to loss. In 2005, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, funded a sample survey of local and regional organisations in two regions. The report, Mind the gap: assessing digital preservation needs in the UK is the culmination of the two earlier surveys, and a more detailed, wider survey undertaken in 2005. C.MALLIKARJUNA LIBRARIAN, S.B GROUP OF INSTITUTES, BANGALORE-64. Email: mailto:hbmallikarjuna@yahoo.co.in hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libtech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: libtech-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Jiyo cricket on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailcricket/*http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cric… Yahoo! India cricket http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/mailmobilemessenger/*http://in.mobile.yahoo.… Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following lecture invitation to the benefit of 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 ********* The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore cordially invites you to the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (26)(2006) on IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB by Prof. Carolyn Watters Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 14, 15 and 16 March 2006 at 6.00 p.m. each day at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. A. Neelameghan Hon. Visiting Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Mysore Road, 8th Mile, Bangalore 560059 will inaugurate RSVP: K.N.Prasad - Ph: (080)23305109 E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com

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RFID - some questions
by Parinita Samant 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hello, Since there has been much talk about RFID tagging for library books, here are a few questions which I would like to discuss. 1. Why RFID tags, given the fact that they are quite costly, are they really that useful in a library? 2. When practically using these tags, on a book, where exactly would you place the tag? On the spine of the book? On the Cover Page? 3. If it is placed on the spine, and the book gets jostled in any way and falls - would if not affect the tag? 4. If it is placed on the inside of the book, how would one conveniently take stock? On the spine of the book, with a hand-held sensor, it would be quite easy to use it right? 5. If the sensor is too sensitive would it not adversely affect the issue/return of library documents? 6. The idea behind the tagging would be more for making the library services available 24X7 right? In that case, how would a user return books before issuing some others? Eg - a person can issue 4 books at a time, s/he comes to the library and tries to issue a 5th book, since s/he cannot do so, s/he returns a book already issued - how? Where would s/he place it? In a drop box? Or self-service? How does one practically use the RFID tags in a library? I am sure some of you would be using the tags in your library. What has been your experience? How useful do you find the RFID tagging? Would you recommend it to others, and why? It would be great to hear from all of you...... Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant Executive Librarian Hexaware Technologies Ltd Mumbai Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 55919595 - Xt- 9707 DISCLAIMER: This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com <mailto:mailadmin@hexaware.com>.  Hello, � Since there has been much talk about RFID tagging for library books, here are a few questions which I would like to discuss. � Why RFID tags, given the fact that they are quite costly, are they really that useful in a library? When practically using these tags, on a book, where exactly would you place the tag? On the spine of the book? On the Cover Page? If it is placed on the spine, and the book gets jostled in any way and falls – would if not affect the tag? If it is placed on the inside of the book, how would one conveniently take stock? On the spine of the book, with a hand-held sensor, it would be quite easy to use it right? If the sensor is too sensitive would it not adversely affect the issue/return of library documents? The idea behind the tagging would be more for making the library services available 24X7 right? In that case, how would a user return books before issuing some others? Eg – a person can issue 4 books at a time, s/he comes to the library and tries to issue a 5 th book, since s/he cannot do so, s/he returns a book already issued – how? Where would s/he place it? In a drop box? Or self-service? � How does one practically use the RFID tags in a library? I am sure some of you would be using the tags in your library. What has been your experience? How useful do you find the RFID tagging? Would you recommend it to others, and why? � It would be great to hear from all of you…… � Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant Executive Librarian Hexaware Technologies Ltd Mumbai � � Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library 55919595 - Xt- 9707 � DISCLAIMER: This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same along with all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com

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Lecture Demonstration of eGranary Project
by Gowri Ravindranth 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) Computer Society of India (CSI), Chennai Chapter & Department of Information Science, University of Madras Cordially invite you to a Lecture Demonstration of eGranary Digital Library Project by Mr. Cliff Missen (Director, eGranary Project, University of Iowa ) and Dr. Padmini Srinivasan (Professor, School fo Library and Information Science The University of Iowa ) at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, 2006 Venue: Department of Information Science, University of Madras Chepauk, Chennai 600 005 eGranary provides millions of digital educational resources to institutions lacking adequate Internet access. Through a process of garnering permissions, copying Web sites, and delivering them to intranet Web servers INSIDE their partner institutions in developing countries, eGranary DL delivers millions of multimedia documents that can be instantly accessed by patrons over their local area networks at no cost. It is a low cost solution and aims at bridging the digital divide. The cost of DL of 2.2 million documents on a 250 GB external drive would be just $350 per year. More info on this project can be seen at: http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/ http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/ The Programme 4.00 p.m. Tea 4.30 p.m. Welcome address by Dr. Manorama Srinath, Professor & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras 4.35 p.m. - Introduction of the speakers by Mr. H. R. Mohan, Chairman, Div VIII, Computer Society of India 4.40 p.m. Presentation and Demo of eGranary DL Project by Mr. Cliff Missen Co-Director, WiderNet Project and Prof. Padmini Srinivasan School of Library & Information Science University of Iowa 6.00 p.m. Q & A 6.15 p.m. Vote of Thanks by Dr. A. Amudhavalli President, MALA Looking forward to see you and your colleagues on 13th. With regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA

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