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Why can't Google Scholar be like Open J-Gate / OAIster
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

This morning was frustating with Google Scholar. I just wanted to get hold of some scholary literature on "Methods forBenchmarking Organisations". So, opened up Google Scholar<http://scholar.google.com> and fired the first term - "benchmarking".Good - 149,000 hits to good quality looking literature. So, startedclicking by one by one to see the hits. But, what is this?!! Almostevery click was asking me to pay somewhere 20 to 40 Dollars to havethe access to full text. Obiously - this is the locked up knowledgefor me. What is the use of these wonderful hits to high qualityliterature when I can not view them. Next I opened up Open J-Gate <http://www.openj-gate.com/> and firedthe same term "benchmarking". Had to wait for the results. Ultimatelygot the result - 216 hits. This served my purpose. Not that thesepointed to high quality papers. But I got what I wanted in return forwhat I could afford to pay for. No wasting of time in clicking andwaiting to learn that I can't afford to buy the stuff. Later found that OAIster <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/>gave 1674 hits for the same term. But then, all Open/Free Accessliterature may not be OAI compliant. Why can't Google creates a service for just Open/Free Access ScholaryLiterature and name it as OpenScholar?. Its better technology can helpsmall mortals like me. Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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Message for Circulation on lis-forum
by ratnakar 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Will be thankful if you kindly circulate the following important information on lis-forum A. Ratnakar New Delhi __________________________________________________________________________ World’s largest Open Access e-journals portal launched The placid and lackadaisical information infrastructure scenario of the country saw a momentous action on Monday the 27th of Feb, when world’s first e-journals portal Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/> ) was launched by Bangalore based Informatics (India) Ltd as a free service for everyone across the globe. Informatics called the launch as India's contribution to the global research and the promotion of open access movement. Open Access to journals is what Open Source is for software. As the name suggests access to open j-gate is free for any one to access across the world. It has enhanced the information access of researchers not only in India but all over the world. The occasion for this historic launch was the 12th Annual Lecture on Informatics at Indian National Academy of Sciences (INSA), where over 200 senior professors, scientists, librarians and researchers from most of the top research and academic establishments of the country had gathered. Dr Jean-Claude Guedon, a global expert of open access movement and founder of Internet Society of Canada launched the Open J-Gate who was sent by the Open Society Institute (OSI), New York for this launch. There are hundreds of journals, which are available from various publishers and societies from across the globe free on the Internet. But all of them are widely scattered and searching the articles and getting to them is a very cumbersome job for researchers. Open J-Gate is the first portal in the world to index over 3000+ open access e-journals on one single searchable platform in the form of a standard database bridging the access gap. The nearest comparable initiative by Lund University, Sweden, covers less than 600 open access e-journals. UGC Vice Chairman Prof V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai shared his ideas on open access issues that affect the most to the global scientific fraternity and lauded the efforts of Informatics immensely for launching open J-Gate; a portal direly needed by the resource starved Indian scientific community in particular. Dr. Guedon dwelled on the history of the open access movement and emphasized on the need of expanding the open access movement across the globe. He congratulated the CMD of Informatics Mr. N V sathyanaryana for his philanthropic venture and hailed Open J-Gate as a revolutionary step for the global scientific community at large. Open J-Gate has over a million articles published in 2,000 plus peer reviewed research journals in addition to articles from over 1,000 trade and professional journals. The data base can be accessed at the URL www.openj-gate.com <http://www.openj-gate.com/>

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Infringment of copyright
by Chitra P Rao 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

The Moderator According to my understanding if 1 copy is sent to anyone beit an academician or a Corporate it does not violate the law. If we give multiple copies and sell it then and only then it is an infringment. If there are too many requests from the same person or too many such requests then we can take a stand. However I have observed that the volume is not much. I may be wrong.. One another thing to consider is if it is a very rare or specialised request then we may consider the request. I can understnd it is difficult to route it to LIS but left to the individual they can sent it thru email etc..with price without is left to the individual Institute regulations. Chitra P Rao Sr Librarian and Head LIS NITIE Mumbai 400 087 ph: 28573371 extn 337

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India and US launch knowledge initiative in agricuture
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

An excerpt from Times of India, 3 March 2006: "The visit also saw the launch of the Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture with a three-year financial commitment of $100 million to link universities, technical institutions and businesses and build projects in biotechnology." Arun

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Free text books
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

More on Freeload Press Freeload Press, which publishes OA textbooks supported by ads, is expanding its line. >From today's announcement: Following a highly successful beta launch, Freeload Press, Inc. (FP) announced today the expansion of its unique free textbook initiative. The company plans on providing one million free downloads of college e-textbooks and study aids--all supported by commercial sponsors. Staffed by experienced academicians, entrepreneurs and former textbook publishers, FP developed a breakthrough model providing students with free e-book versions of textbooks. Students download free e-books from FPs distribution web site, freeloadpress.com. The e-books, which are in Adobes PDF format, contain sponsors advertising or marketing messages. Corporate sponsors, among them FedEx Kinkos, pay FP to place unobtrusive messages in e-books at natural breaks in the text and layout. Paperback versions of the e-books, with advertising, can also be purchased for 65% less than comparable textbooks for the same courses. Halfway through the beta launch season, FP model has been used for 75 courses in over a dozen colleges, including U of Texas, Georgia Tech and U-Mass Lowell. The company estimates its beta list of books will save students over $500,000 in textbook costs this year. College instructors at over 350 colleges are registered and reviewing FPs offerings for next years courses with users.... The student survey data is trending at more than 97% approval rate of the model, said Ivancevich. and the instructor approval rating is north of 80%--which is well beyond the original forecast we conducted to launch the business. Instructors are more concerned with the high price of textbooks than we anticipated.

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InfoWatch February 2006
by M.R Lalitha 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Dear LIS-Forum member, The February 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) February 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AISWorld Net - Association for Information Systems 2. DigChip.com - Resources database on electronic components 3. Encyclopedia of the nations 4. File transit [A software distribution site] 5. FreeFullText.com [Links to free and fulltext scholarly periodicals on Internet] 6. Freshwater and marine image bank [A digital collection of images by University of Washington] 7. FSF/UNESCO - Free Software Directory 8. Gateway to astronaut photography of Earth 9. HighBeam research [A search interface for articles, reference and news on Internet] 10. ITC digital library [Digital Library for construction information technology] 11. Micromachining handbook - Introduction to micromachining with femtosecond laser pulses 12. Nanotube modeler - Generation of nano-geometries 13. National Science Day 14. Omics gateway [A portal of emerging fields of large-scale biology] 15. Special online collection - Breakthrough of the year 2005 [ A review by Science magazine] 16. Stardust@Home - An interactive internet search for interstellar dust in the stardust aerogel collector 17. Techdata - Engineering technical data reference tables 18. Tech-Recipes.com [Tutorials on programming and operating systems] 19. TPSX material database [A tool for aerospace researchers] 20. WorldNewspapers.com - World newspapers and magazines [A portal of news sites in english] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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NCSI-NET meeting on 4th March 2006.
by Babu Rajendra 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear Professionals, We are happy to announce this month's NCSI-NET meeting to be held on Saturday 4th March 2006 at seminar hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore-12 from 11.00 am onwards. Mr. I R N Goudar would be delivering the lecture on Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. ==================== TITLE: Library Consortia Initiatives in India: Best Practices and Issues. By Mr. I R N Goudar, Head, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology , NAL, Bangalore. ABSTRACT: The old concept 'consortia' means a strategic alliance of institutions having common interests. The applications of IT and IR systems for on-line catalogues, bibliographic databases and full text electronic documents have facilitated quick information exchange. The advent of e-publishing has brought a revolution in journal publication, subscription, access and delivery mechanism. Print subscriptions still continue to dominate publisher's revenue. While dwindling library budgets and growing number of journals force libraries to form consortia for accessing e-journals, other role players like primary publishers, aggregators, vendors, subscription agents and document delivery agencies have their own reasons to encourage consortia movement. The early 'subscription clubs', the so called consortia leaders have developed and adopted consortia strategies like mission, vision, goals, planning, structure, membership, management and standards suitable for different models. However, there are no universally acceptable e-journals pricing and licensing models. Same thing holds good for other kind of documents like books, technical reports, etc. Major concerns of consortia formation include funding, pricing, personnel, training, service, archiving, technology and copyright issues. The pricing factors include number of nodes, multiple campuses, access mode, training and perpetual access. Consortia models could be participants oriented or purpose oriented and homogeneous or heterogeneous. Many libraries especially in developing countries are not geared up for accessing e-Journals due to various reasons including user ignorance, infrastructure and funds. While there is an urgent need for changing the mindset of librarians, users and the administrators for subscribing to e-journals in India, a satisfying note is that few forward looking libraries have made a modest beginning in forming consortia. Some initiatives include - Indian Institutes of Management for accessing bibliographic databases, CSIR Laboratories for >3200 journals from 10 major publishers, FORSA for accessing Astronomy and Astrophysics journals, Hyderabad Knowledge Park members for J-Gate, INFLIBNET initiative for providing access to 100 universities for full text journals of Some ACS, RSC, IOP, and bibliographic databases, INDEST for a host of full text sources like ScienceDirect , IEL Online and few bibliographic databases for the benefit IITs, IISc, IIMs and engineering college and GE Global Research initiative for the benefit of different GE Centres world over. Some of the pricing and payment constraints specific to Indian libraries include - inadequate funds, single point payment, rigid administrative, financial and auditing rules, problems of defining asset against payment and pay-per-view not yet acceptable. Consortia approach is the only way to satisfy increasing information requirements of vast number of Indian academic and R& D community. ============================ Please confirm your participation to either me or Prasanna(t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) Warm Regards, NCSI-NET coordinators. ================ H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5 - 10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 http://www.capcoinstitute.com/ Capco Institute is the research arm of Capco Capco is the first services and technology solutions provider exclusively focused on forming the future of the financial markets. We unite thought leadership and practical application to improve profitability for our clients. ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Md. Sibli Sirajee 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi Here are some definitions of the Scholarly Journal and Peer Reviewed Journal available on the web that clerifies your query. Definitions of Scholarly Journal: a.. A type of periodical that contains scholarly articles written by specialists aimed at other specialists in a particular field. An article in a scholarly journal is usually documented with footnotes and/or a bibliography. For the most part, scholarly journals are published monthly or quarterly and contain little advertising or few, if any, color illustrations. www.ulib.csuohio.edu/vrd/jargon.shtml b.. Also referred to as "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative) and have been reviewed and selected by other scholars in order to be published. www.wcu.edu/library/researchref/Glossary.htm c.. A periodical which contains articles written by researchers or professionals in a particular subject or discipline, supported by in depth research, and bibliographies/references to all articles. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.html d.. Articles written by researchers and experts in a specific discipline. Scholarly journals are the major vehicle used for publishing original research. They are often referred to as peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed journals. www.lib.waldenu.edu/tour/terms.html Definitions of Peer Reviewed Journal: a.. A journal in which articles have been evaluated by an independent expert or experts in the field of research before acceptance for publication. www.fsu.edu/library/search/glossary.shtml b.. Journals that publish articles only after one or more experts in the field have examined them with which the article deals. www.stkate.edu/library/howdoi/glossary.html c.. A peer-reviewed journal is one that has submitted most of its published articles for review by experts who are not part of the editorial staff. www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls/glossary.html Md. Sibli Sirajee Principal Systems Analyst NIC, New Delhi

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Book on Marketing of Library and Information Services
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:57:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Shantanu Ganguly <s_ganguly67(a)yahoo.co.uk> Dear All respected members: You will be all glad to know that a book was recently released in 24 Feb, 2006 in Munich, Germany during mid year meeting of the IFLA management and marketing section published by KG Saur Publishing entitled " Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives Edited on the behalf of IFLA by Dinesh K. Gupta , Christie Koontz , Angels Massisimo and R�jean Savard". The marketing of library services has now been recognised as an essential agenda item for almost all kinds of libraries all over the world. Presenting contributions from a truly international group of librarians, this book provides a broad spectrum on the topic, providing a useful tool for both working librarians and future librarians to understand vital issues relating to the marketing of library and information services at the local, national and international level. We are indeed glad that an expert in the most contemporary area of Marketing of Library and Information Services, is sitting at remotest corner of the country i.e., Kota, Rajasthan working as a Associate Professor in the Open University brought a bible on this topic from one of the leading publishing company alongwith all the renowned experts of this field. It is a matter of pride and prejudice for the country like India and especially for all the members of the Library and information science community. I wish him all the best for his future endeavours. If you want to read more details about this book then please log on to http://www.saur.de/index.cfm?content=kurzanzeige.cfm?show=0000015784&menu=c… With warm regards Shantanu Ganguly SHANTANU GANGULY Resi: A-67 Chittaranjan Park First Floor New Delhi - 110019 Tel: 26272596, (M): 9811330235 Off: Librarian and Information Manager Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) 3, Lodhi Institutional Area, Rai School Complex New Delhi - 110003 Tel: 24647820-21 --------------------------------- Can't remember an address in your address book? Enter the first few letters and Address AutoComplete will automatically finish it. Get Yahoo! Mail

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Re: [LIS-Forum] query regarding publication
by Mailing List Manager 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 02:06:32 -0800 (PST) From: indra kaul <indrakaul(a)yahoo.com> Dear Mangesh, You have asked difference between scholarly publication, journal, and peer review journal Peer Review Journal The articles which have been submitted for publication by the author are got reviewed by publisher by peers (authorities on the subject). If the peers approve the article, it is published in the journal. If the peer has asked for modification, these comments are sent to the author to modify the article. The author modifies the article and resubmits it for publication. The publisher publishes the modified article in the journal. The journal in which all the articles are published after getting them reviewed by the peers is known as Peer Review Journal. Scholarly Publications: A Guide to the Differences Between Publications Students often ask, "How can I tell if this is a scholarly publication?" Although publications might not meet all of the criteria in the categories below, they essentially all fall into one of the four following types of publications. Scholarly Journal News/General Interest Popular Magazines Sensational Publications Format Has grave, serious format Attractive in appearance Generally slick/glossy with an attractive format Cheap newspaper format Graphics Graphs and charts to illustrate concepts Photos, graphics and illustrations used to enhance articles Photos, illustrations and drawing to enhance imageof publication Contains melodramatic, lurid or "doctored" photos Sources Cited sources with footnotes and/or bibliography Occasionally cite sources, but not as a rule Rarely cite sources. Original sources may be obscure Rarely cite sources of information Authors Written by scholars or researchers in the field or discipline Written for an educated, general audience by staff, free-lance or scholarly writers Written by the staff or free-lance writers for a broad audience Written by free-lance or staff writers Language Uses terminology, jargon, and the language of the discipline. Reader is assumed to have similar background Uses language apprporiate for an educated readership Uses simple language for minimal educational level. Articles are short, with little depth Contains language that is simple, easy-to-read and understand. Sensational style is often used Publication Criteria Subject to "peer review". Must meet approval of qualified scholars in the field Must meet standards of publication and be approved by editors No specific criteria No specific criteria Purpose To inform, report, or make original research available to the scholarly world Provide general information to a wide, interested audience Designed to entertain or persuade, to sell products or services Arouse curiosity and interest by distorting the truth. Often uses outrageous or startling headlines Publishers Generally published by a professional organization Published by commercial enterprises for profit Published for profit Published for profit Advertising Contains selective advertising Carries advertising Contains extensive advertising Contains advertising as luring and startling as the stories Examples Annals of Microbiology, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Physiology, Physics Letters Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Fortune, Psychology Today, Scientific American Better Homes and Gardens, GQ, Glamour, People, Sports Illustrated Globe, National Enquirer, National Examiner, Star, Sun Magazine or periodical: a magazine or periodical, especially one published by a specialist or professional body for its members, containing information and contributions relevant to their area of activity. indra kaul Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:19:15 +0000 (GMT) From: mangesh talmale DEAR PROFESSIONAL , could u please send the information regarding query: 1. what is the difference between scholarly publication journal and peer review journal. best regards mangesh talmale pune _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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