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OA improves impact
by arun＠mssrf.res.in 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Here is an interesting article on Impact Factor which states that open access helps journals improve their impact factors. From Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News" Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- OA improves impact factors for journals Peng Dong, Marie Loh, and Adrian Mondry, The "impact factor" revisited, Biomedical Digital Libraries, December 2005. Abstract: The number of scientific journals has become so large that individuals, institutions and institutional libraries cannot completely store their physical content. In order to prioritize the choice of quality information sources, librarians and scientists are in need of reliable decision aids. The "impact factor" (IF) is the most commonly used assessment aid for deciding which journals should receive a scholarly submission or attention from research readership. It is also an often misunderstood tool. This narrative review explains how the IF is calculated, how bias is introduced into the calculation, which questions the IF can or cannot answer, and how different professional groups can benefit from IF use. Excerpt from the body of the text. Note the sentence Peter Suber has put in bold. Given the rapid growth of electronic publications, the online availability of articles has recently become an important factor to influence the IF. Murali et al. determined how the IF of medical journals is affected by their online availability. In that study, a document set obtained from MEDLINE was classified into three groups, namely FUTON (full text on the Net), abstracts only and NAA (no abstract available). Online availability clearly increased the IF. In the FUTON subcategory, there was an IF gradient favoring journals with freely available articles [PS: emphasis added]. This is exemplified by the success of several "open access" journals published by BioMed Central (BMC) and the Public Library of Science (PLoS). Open access journals publish full-text online papers free of subscription fees. BioMed Central (BMC) is an "open access" publisher in business since 2000. BMC hosts over 100 biomedical journals ranging from general interest to specialized research. More than twenty journals published by BMC are currently tracked by the ISI and over half of these have IFs available for the recent years. BMC Bioinformatics was assigned its first IF for 2004. At 5.4, it places the journal second in the field, only marginally below the traditional competitor Bioinformatics (IF = 5.7), which has a 20-years' publishing history and is connected to a major learned society within this field of research (International Society for Computational Biology). PLoS (Public Library of Science) is another example of a successful "open access" publishing strategy. It started publishing two open access journals in biology and medical research in 2003 and 2004 respectively. PLoS Biology was assigned its first IF of 13.9 for 2004. In the ISI subject category "biology", it is thus placed at the number 1 position of 64 in its first year of reporting an IF. FASEB journal at position 2 has an IF of 6.8, but has been in circulation since 1987. Similarly, in the other SCI subject category ("biochemistry and molecular biology")in which PLOS Biology is listed, it ranks at position 8 out of 261. Monitoring the development of such journals' IF will inform the determination of the online-availability bias in the future. This effect will increase in the future with the availability of new search engines with deep penetration such as Google Scholar, allowing researchers to find relevant articles in an instant, and then choose those with immediately and freely available content over those with barriers, economic and otherwise.

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CALIBER 2006 - PROCEEDINGS
by suresh jange 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - CALIBER 2006 Gulbarga University Library in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, New Delhi ) organized the Fourth International Convention CALIBER 2006 on the theme 'Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Information Systems" from February 2-4, 2006 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the University. Pre-Convention tutorial `Building Digital Libraries using D-Space was also organized on February 2, 2006. It is the great honour for Gulbarga University Library to organize this International Convention for the first time in history of Libraries in Hyderabad Karnataka Region that too in Gulbarga city and also the CALIBER in Karnataka. The inaugural function commenced with Smiling, well attired, adorable invocation rendered by the well chosen Cultural Group, from V.G.Womens College, Gulbarga .. They invoked the Blessings of Goddess Saraswathi for the success of CALIBER 2006. Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath, Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2006 welcomed the Guests and Dignitaries in his own immaculate style and also briefed on the Convention. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, Ohio , USA Inaugurated the Convention by lighting the Nanda Deepa. A brief prelude on CALIBER 2006 was given by Sri. K.Manoj Kumar, Scientist, D of INFLIBNET. The Convention volume by Dr. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Mr. S. Rajanna, Registrar, Gulbarga University were released. Mr, Rajanna, thanked INFLIBNET for giving an opportunity to Gulbarga University , Gulbarga to host CALIBER- 2006. The apprehension that in a remote place like Gulbarga , the attendance would not reach even 150 numbers, but today it has crossed 500, he expressed. He extended a warm welcome to the delegates, wished them a very fruitful and eventful participation in the Conference deliberations. He requested all the delegates to carry with them the sweet and unforgettable memories of their stay in Gulbarga . On behalf of Vice Chancellor of Gulbarga University, he welcomed all the delegates to the culturally rich City GULBARGA . Dr, De made an excellent presentation on ICT for Development and Web-based Information Systems. Recalling his entry to the information field, he elaborated on his new role as researcher in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development and said that it has many fascinating areas that have to be investigated. He placed many issues on the agenda of ICT for Development emphasizing what constitutes development a holistic approach which was visualized by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. TAV Murhty, Director INFLIBNET in his Presidential address highlighted the major developments made during 2005-2006. He acknowledged the cooperation of Academic Libraries and encouragement received from UGC and the MHRD. He also pointed out the lead role played by the Government of Kerala in giving a new dimension to the journal consortia, INFONET Consortia byshowing their keen interest in adding the E-Books. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC , USA , the Chief Guest requested the University libraries to join OCLC network. Building Digital Libraries using Dspace; open source Digital Library software, the tutorial was conducted by Mr. Yatrik Patel of INFLIBNET which was attended by over 50 Delegates. The tutorial content explained the working of Dspace with practical aspects of creating Web-content for Digital Library of Books, Data Sheets, Computer Programs, Visuals, different types of files Text, Image, Audio and Video and so on. More than 500 delegates from India and abroad attended and deliberated on the theme and about 150 research papers were presented and interesting resolutions were endorsed. A lecture on IPR and E-resources was delivered by Dr. J.S. Patil, Dean, Faculty of Law, Gulbarga University , Gulbarga and has was most educative and informative presentation. AV Presentation on Dr. Eugene Garfield, President Emeritus, Thompson Scientific, USA . Dr. Garfield stands high on pedestal of Information Scientist, an information scientist of great eminence, who introduced Citation Indexing and today it stands as one of the methods of Information research and has discovered new areas of discourse. Cultural programs a dance recital by Omkar Nrutya Sadana and Classical music concert by Smt. Sangeeta Katti were also released. The valedictory session was held on Saturday, 4th February 2006 at 3.30 P.M and Mr. Justice S. R. Bannurmath, Honble Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore , the Chief Guest and delivered valedictory address. Prof. K. S. Deshpande (in absentia), Prof. S. R. Gunjal, former Librarians and Prof. Y. P. Dubey, Emeritus Professor, BHU were felicitated in the valedictory function, that was presided by Prof. V.B Coutinho, Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Sri S.B Policegoudar, Assistant Librarian and Sri D.V Biradar, Assistant Librarian, who retired from university library were felicitated. `Building Cyber Libraries a festschrift volume in honour of Dr M.Sankar Reddy, Hyderabad was released by Sri S. Rajanna, Registrar. Dr. R.B Gaddagimath, University Librarian, Gulbarga University , Gulbarga coordinated the International Convention as Organizing Secretary. Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) Head Digital Resource Centre Central Library, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, INDIA E-mail : suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com URL : http://www.suresh.tripod/suresh.htm Phone - 91+08472-249683 (O) 91+08472-248711 (R) FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - CALIBER 2006 Gulbarga University Library in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad (An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, New Delhi) organized the Fourth International Convention CALIBER 2006 on the theme 'Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Information Systems" from February 2-4, 2006 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the University. Pre-Convention tutorial `Building Digital Libraries using D-Space was also organized on February 2, 2006. It is the great honour for Gulbarga University Library to organize this International Convention for the first time in history of Libraries in Hyderabad Karnataka Region that too in Gulbarga city and also the CALIBER in Karnataka. The inaugural function commenced with Smiling, well attired, adorable invocation rendered by the well chosen Cultural Group, from V.G.Womens College, Gulbarga.. They invoked the Blessings of Goddess Saraswathi for the success of CALIBER 2006. Dr. Ravi Gaddagimath, Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2006 welcomed the Guests and Dignitaries in his own immaculate style and also briefed on the Convention. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, Ohio, USA Inaugurated the Convention by lighting the Nanda Deepa. A brief prelude on CALIBER 2006 was given by Sri. K.Manoj Kumar, Scientist, D of INFLIBNET. The Convention volume by Dr. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Mr. S. Rajanna, Registrar, Gulbarga University were released. Mr, Rajanna, thanked INFLIBNET for giving an opportunity to Gulbarga University, Gulbarga to host CALIBER- 2006. The apprehension that in a remote place like Gulbarga, the attendance would not reach even 150 numbers, but today it has crossed 500, he expressed. He extended a warm welcome to the delegates, wished them a very fruitful and eventful participation in the Conference deliberations. He requested all the delegates to carry with them the sweet and unforgettable memories of their stay in Gulbarga. On behalf of Vice Chancellor of Gulbarga University, he welcomed all the delegates to the culturally rich City GULBARGA. Dr, De made an excellent presentation on ICT for Development and Web-based Information Systems. Recalling his entry to the information field, he elaborated on his new role as researcher in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development and said that it has many fascinating areas that have to be investigated. He placed many issues on the agenda of ICT for Development emphasizing what constitutes development a holistic approach which was visualized by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen. Dr. TAV Murhty, Director INFLIBNET in his Presidential address highlighted the major developments made during 2005-2006. He acknowledged the cooperation of Academic Libraries and encouragement received from UGC and the MHRD. He also pointed out the lead role played by the Government of Kerala in giving a new dimension to the journal consortia, INFONET Consortia byshowing their keen interest in adding the E-Books. Dr. Arthur Smith, Director OCLC, USA, the Chief Guest requested the University libraries to join OCLC network. Building Digital Libraries using Dspace; open source Digital Library software, the tutorial was conducted by Mr. Yatrik Patel of INFLIBNET which was attended by over 50 Delegates. The tutorial content explained the working of Dspace with practical aspects of creating Web-content for Digital Library of Books, Data Sheets, Computer Programs, Visuals, different types of files Text, Image, Audio and Video and so on. More than 500 delegates from India and abroad attended and deliberated on the theme and about 150 research papers were presented and interesting resolutions were endorsed. A lecture on IPR and E-resources was delivered by Dr. J.S. Patil, Dean, Faculty of Law, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga and has was most educative and informative presentation. AV Presentation on Dr. Eugene Garfield, President Emeritus, Thompson Scientific, USA. Dr. Garfield stands high on pedestal of Information Scientist, an information scientist of great eminence, who introduced Citation Indexing and today it stands as one of the methods of Information research and has discovered new areas of discourse. Cultural programs a dance recital by Omkar Nrutya Sadana and Classical music concert by Smt. Sangeeta Katti were also released. The valedictory session was held on Saturday, 4th February 2006 at 3.30 P.M and Mr. Justice S. R. Bannurmath, Honble Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore, the Chief Guest and delivered valedictory address. Prof. K. S. Deshpande (in absentia), Prof. S. R. Gunjal, former Librarians and Prof. Y. P. Dubey, Emeritus Professor, BHU were felicitated in the valedictory function, that was presided by Prof. V.B Coutinho, Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Sri S.B Policegoudar, Assistant Librarian and Sri D.V Biradar, Assistant Librarian, who retired from university library were felicitated. `Building Cyber Libraries a festschrift volume in honour of Dr M.Sankar Reddy, Hyderabad was released by Sri S. Rajanna, Registrar. Dr. R.B Gaddagimath, University Librarian, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga coordinated the International Convention as Organizing Secretary. Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) Head Digital Resource Centre Central Library, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, INDIA E-mail : suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com URL : http://www.suresh.tripod/suresh.htm Phone - 91+08472-249683 (O) 91+08472-248711 (R)

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Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com)
by Puna Das 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) on Monday, February 27, 2006 at 5.45 p.m. (two hours programme) at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Auditorium, New Delhi. Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) The J-Gate coverage includes over 2,500 open access journals. About 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed research journals. J-Gate is only service in the world to index articles from the largest number of open access journals. Responding to the Open Access movement in the world for scholarly and research literature, Informatics is launching Open J-Gate as a separate free portal to access open access literature. Currently Open J-Gate has indexed over a million articles published since 2001. Informatics plans to go back in coverage to all available years for these 2,500+ journals. As the service name suggests, access to Open J-Gate is free to all students and researchers. Informatics is proud to launch and dedicate Open J-Gate as India's contribution to the cause of promoting global science communication. Kudos for this novel effort!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Launching of Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) on Monday, February 27, 2006 at 5.45 p.m. (two hours programme) at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Auditorium, New Delhi . Open J-Gate (www.openj-gate.com) The J-Gate coverage includes over 2,500 open access journals. About 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed research journals. J-Gate is only service in the world to index articles from the largest number of open access journals. Responding to the Open Access movement in the world for scholarly and research literature, Informatics is launching Open J-Gate as a separate free portal to access open access literature. Currently Open J-Gate has indexed over a million articles published since 2001. Informatics plans to go back in coverage to all available years for these 2,500+ journals. As the service name suggests, access to Open J-Gate is free to all students and researchers. Informatics is proud to launch and dedicate Open J-Gate as India 's contribution to the cause of promoting global science communication. Kudos for this novel effort!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India , New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Seminar on 'Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society'
by Puna Das 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Central Secretariat Library cordially invites you to the Book Exhibition-cum-Seminar on Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society at the Central Secretariat Library, 'G' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-1 on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 10.00 a.m. (six hours programme) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Central Secretariat Library cordially invites you to the Book Exhibition-cum-Seminar on Libraries and Area Studies in a Knowledge Society at the Central Secretariat Library, 'G' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-1 on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 10.00 a.m. (six hours programme) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anup Kumar Das/ Bidyarthi Dutta Information and Communication Society of India , New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: Regarding RFID
by Mailing List Manager 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:50:03 +0530 (IST) From: Krishnamurthy M <krish(a)isibang.ac.in> Regarding RFID the following is the details. 1. Liberty PX Primary 2.5 feet Coverage from both side 2. Liberty Px Seecondary (2.5 Feet Coverage ) 3. Non Detactive Soft tag 410 for 50000 4. Power Supply Total US $ 4250.00 You can get the details about from: Checkpoint Systems Hongkong Ltd 4/F block A Shatin Industrial Centre Slulek Yuen Hongkong M.Krishnamurthy -- Dr.M.Krishnamurthy Librarian Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile Mysore Road R.V.C.E. Post Bangalore 560059 Ph:91-80-8483002/3/4/4 Fax: 91-80-8484265

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Check out this page at UNESCO-CI
by Indira Koneru 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

UNESCO-CI ------------------- Indira Koneru has emailed you a link to an interesting page at UNESCO-CI. A Manual on "How to Create a Website" published by UNESCO, provides guidelines, based on lessons learned and good practices. Certainly, it is a valuable resource for LIS professionals to make their Websites more appealing and even for enhancing interactivity and promote Web-based instructions, such as 'Information Literacy', need of the contemporary era. Page URL: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=20938&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S… Page Title: A manual on "How to Create a Website" published by UNESCO (News) Page Description: UNESCO’s orientation in providing intellectual inputs into any endeavours is manifested in the manual “How to create a website: Guiding Principles”. Available in hard copy and CD-ROM, it provides guidelines based on lessons learned and good practices. ------------------------- UNESCO-CI http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/

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Stock Taking through Bar Codes
by Vijay Raghav Tiwari 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

LIS Professionals I want to procure Bar Code reader/collector which can be used for collecting and mathcing with the records provided through libsys database for the stock taking purpose. Please provide me information about the procuring the same. If some one has used the same,please tell me your expreiences too. with regards vrt Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> LIS Professionals I want to procure Bar Code reader/collector which can be used for collecting and mathcing with the records provided through libsys database for the stock taking purpose. Please provide me information about the procuring the same. If some one has used the same,please tell me your expreiences too. with regards vrt Vijay Raghav Tiwari Librarian Harish Chandra Research Institute (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India) Chhatnag Road,Jhunsi,Allahabad -211 019. Phone.91-532-2668302(O), 0532-2274325 (O), 0532-2274064 (R) <vrtiwari(a)mri.ernet.in> http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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Refresher courses
by ranjit dharmapurikar 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Dear Colleague, Iam working as an Information Scientist in a university since from last four years. I would like to know whether carrier advancement scheme is applicable to this post. It it is applicable Please let me forward UGC Circular in this regard. Thanks, R.G.Dharmapurikar, Information Scientist, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Vishnupuri, Nanded-431606 Maharashtra, India __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A talk by Prof. Jean-Claude Guedon of the Univ of Montreal
by Mailing List Manager 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:57:17 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Please spread the word among scientists, publishing scholars, librarians of higher education and research institutions and doctorl students. Thanks. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] --------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, The Research and Discussion Forum of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Central Library, IIT Madras, together invite you to a Talk on; WHAT CAN OPEN ACCESS DO TO SCIENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP? By Prof. Jean-ClaudeGuedon of the University of Montreal (Historian of Science and a Professor of Comparative Literature) Date: 24-2-2006 Time: 3 pm Venue: Room No. HSB 333, IIT Madras All are welcome. Please also join for tea at the end of the Talk. Sincerely, Sreekumar -- Dr.N.Sreekumar Assistant Professor Philosophy Department of Humanities & Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai - 600 036 India Tel: 91-44-22576514(R), 22574514(O), 09444162769 (Mobile)

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[LIS-Forum] Version 61, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Version 61 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,610 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm The Open Access Webliography (with Ho) complements the OAB, providing access to a number of Websites related to open access topics. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/cwb/oaw.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 215 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 570 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries E-Mail: cbailey(a)digital-scholarship.com Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others)

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