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Requirement of Written accession register
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Accession registers are essential documents in a library. Librarian is taking charge of the items he has purchased for the library by under the entry. He has the resposibility and authority for what ever entry he has made in the register by signing under it. I do not think that, at present the technology can offer an alternative for this type of an inventory which can create suvh an authority and responsibility with a person in charge of the library. Moreover, for audit purposes an inventory of this type is most essential. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar DLIS, Mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Accession registers are essential documents in a library. Librarian is taking charge of the items he has purchased for the library by under the entry. He has the resposibility and authority for what ever entry he has made in the register by signing under it. I do not think that, at present the technology can offer an alternative for this type of an inventory which can create suvh an authority and responsibility with a person in charge of the library. Moreover, for audit purposes an inventory of this type is most essential. Gopakumar.V Research Scholar DLIS, Mangalore University Gopakumar.V Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangotri gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com 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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free software of vachana sahitya
by Sampath Kumar 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Dear Friends I feel very happy to inform you that Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji of Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere, Karnataka, India, has introduced free download page for the Windows version of the Ganaka Vachana Samputa - a unique software on the Vachana Literature of 12th century AD in Karnataka. Recently Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr. Shivamurthy Swamiji visited Kuvempu University and gave a lecture on this software. I hope this will be more useful to our professionals those who are interested in vachana sahitya. You may vist www.taralabalu.org to download Ganaka Vachana Samputa. For further details you may write to: swamiji(a)vsnl.com With warm wishes Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf Sc Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga Karnataka ==================== Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf. Sc. KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, JNANA SAHYADRI-577451, Shimoga. Karnataka, INDIA Ph:94483 20187 www.freewebs.com/drbtsampathkumar Dear Friends I feel very happy to inform you that Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji of Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere, Karnataka, India, has introduced free download page for the Windows version of the Ganaka Vachana Samputa - a unique software on the Vachana Literature of 12th century AD in Karnataka. Recently Sri. Sri. Sri.Dr. Shivamurthy Swamiji visited Kuvempu University and gave a lecture on this software. I hope this will be more useful to our professionals those who are interested in vachana sahitya. You may vist www.taralabalu.org to download Ganaka Vachana Samputa. For further details you may write to: swamiji(a)vsnl.com With warm wishes Dr.B.T. Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf Sc Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga Karnataka ==================== Dr.B.T.Sampath Kumar Lecturer Dept. of Library and Inf. Sc. KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, JNANA SAHYADRI-577451, Shimoga. Karnataka, INDIA Ph:94483 20187 www.freewebs.com/drbtsampathkumar 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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OA for publicly funded research - the German example
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Friends: We in India will do well to go one step beyond this model from Germany and follow the Wellcome Trust policy of mandating OA for all publicly funded research! Please read Peter Suber's comment at the end of this mail. Best regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------- From Peter Suber's blog OA to publicly-funded research in Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has adopted some Open Access Guidelines that encourage grantees to provide OA to DFG-funded research. (Thanks to Ingegerd Rabow.) From the press release (January 30, 2006): In 2003 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The DFG supports the culture of open access. Unhindered access to publications increases the distribution of scientific knowledge, thereby enhancing the authors' visibility and contributing to their reputations. The DFG has now tied open access into its funding policy. During their meetings in January 2006, the DFG's Senate and Joint Committee recommended encouraging funded scientists to also digitally publish their results and make them available via open access. In order to put secondary publications (i.e. self-archived publications by which the authors provide their scientific work on the internet for free following conventional publication) on the proper legal footing, scientists involved in DFG-funded projects are also requested to reserve the exploitation rights. Recommendations are currently being integrated into the usage guidelines, which form an integral part of every approval. They are worded as follows: "The DFG expects the research results funded by it to be published and to be made available, where possible, digitally and on the internet via open access. To achieve this, the contributions involved should either be published in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives (repositories), or directly in referenced or recognised open access journals, in addition to conventional publishing. When entering into publishing contracts scientists participating in DFG-funded projects should, as far as possible, permanently reserve a non-exclusive right of exploitation for electronic publication of their research results for the purpose of open access. Here, discipline-specific delay periods of generally 6-12 months can be agreed upon, before which publication of previously published research results in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives may be prohibited. Please ensure that a note indicating support of the project by the DFG is included in the publication." The revised usage guidelines are expected to be available in April 2006. Comment. It's a breakthrough for the DFG to incorporate its commitment to OA into its funding policy. On the other hand, it's ironic that it has proposed a policy like the NIH's, which merely encourages grantees to make their work OA, at a time when the NIH is documenting that mere encouragement does not work. I hope the DFG will read the NIH's January 2006 report to Congress, in which it shows that only 3.8% of its grantees have complied with its request or encouragement in the first eight months under the policy. The most effective way to assure OA to the results of DFG-funded research is to mandate it. Two good examples are the draft RCUK policy, not yet adopted, and the Wellcome Trust policy, in effect since October 2005. Friends: We in India will do well to go one step beyond this model from Germany and follow the Wellcome Trust policy of mandating OA for all publicly funded research! Please read Peter Suber's comment at the end of this mail. Best regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------- From Peter Suber's blog OA to publicly-funded research in Germany http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has adopted some http://www.dfg.de/en/news/information_science_research/other_news/info_wiss… Open Access Guidelines that encourage grantees to provide OA to DFG-funded research. (Thanks to Ingegerd Rabow.) From the http://www.dfg.de/en/news/information_science_research/other_news/info_wiss… press release (January 30, 2006): In 2003 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The DFG supports the culture of open access. Unhindered access to publications increases the distribution of scientific knowledge, thereby enhancing the authors' visibility and contributing to their reputations. The DFG has now tied open access into its funding policy. During their meetings in January 2006, the DFGs Senate and Joint Committee recommended encouraging funded scientists to also digitally publish their results and make them available via open access. In order to put secondary publications (i.e. self-archived publications by which the authors provide their scientific work on the internet for free following conventional publication) on the proper legal footing, scientists involved in DFG-funded projects are also requested to reserve the exploitation rights. Recommendations are currently being integrated into the usage guidelines, which form an integral part of every approval. They are worded as follows: "The DFG expects the research results funded by it to be published and to be made available, where possible, digitally and on the internet via open access. To achieve this, the contributions involved should either be published in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives (repositories), or directly in referenced or recognised open access journals, in addition to conventional publishing. When entering into publishing contracts scientists participating in DFG-funded projects should, as far as possible, permanently reserve a non-exclusive right of exploitation for electronic publication of their research results for the purpose of open access. Here, discipline-specific delay periods of generally 6-12 months can be agreed upon, before which publication of previously published research results in discipline-specific or institutional electronic archives may be prohibited. Please ensure that a note indicating support of the project by the DFG is included in the publication." The revised usage guidelines are expected to be available in April 2006. Comment . It's a breakthrough for the DFG to incorporate its commitment to OA into its funding policy. On the other hand, it's ironic that it has proposed a policy like the NIH's, which merely encourages grantees to make their work OA, at a time when the NIH is documenting that http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_02_12_fosblogarchive.html#114010172… mere encouragement does not work . I hope the DFG will read the http://publicaccess.nih.gov/Final_Report_20060201.pdf NIH's January 2006 report to Congress , in which it shows that only 3.8% of its grantees have complied with its request or encouragement in the first eight months under the policy. The most effective way to assure OA to the results of DFG-funded research is to mandate it. Two good examples are the http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/index.asp draft RCUK policy , not yet adopted, and the http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html Wellcome Trust policy , in effect since October 2005.

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Information Literacy for All
by Indira K. 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear professionals, Final report of the "High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning" available at: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf Colloquium was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November 2005, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the report was released on 1st March 2006. The report argues that the existence of information holds little to no value to people who do not even know what information they need, much less whether it exists or not, or how to locate, evaluate and effectively use it. As a basic human right and core literacy in the digital world, promote IL and empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively for their personal and professional achievements. Indira -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500082. India Dear professionals, Final report of the "High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning" available at: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis/High-Level-Colloquium.pdf Colloquium was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November 2005, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the report was released on 1st March 2006. The report argues that the existence of information holds little to no value to people who do not even know what information they need, much less whether it exists or not, or how to locate, evaluate and effectively use it. As a basic human right and core literacy in the digital world, promote IL and empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively for their personal and professional achievements. Indira Mrs. Indira Koneru Faculty Associate Department of Library Science ICFAI University 25, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabd- 500082. India

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Special lectures at DRTC
by Mailing List Manager 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:42:05 +0530 (IST) From: DRTC General <drtc(a)isibang.ac.in> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 59 March 7, 2006 Cordially invites you to attend the following Special lectures. The lectures will be held at DRTC Class Room at the ISI Campus: Name of the Speaker: Dr. Michael Shepherd Professor, Faculty of Comp. Sc., Dalhousie University, Halifax. Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W5 Topics Accessing Tacit Knowledge Date and Time 9th March 2006 at 2:00 PM Name of the Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Watters Professor, Faculty of Comp. Sc., Dalhousie University, Halifax. Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W5 Topics Interface Design for Small Screen Devices Date and Time 10th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. Name of the Speaker: Dr. Michael Shepherd Topics Genre & Task for Web Filter Date and Time 14th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. Name of the Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Watters Topics Web Information Retrieval Date and Time 20th March 2006 at 2:00 PM. I.K. RAVICHANDRA RAO Professor and Head, DRTC

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Request to suggest better and economical technology
by mallikamh mallikamh 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear Friends, Please suggest which technology is better and economical for an Engg college library having 40,000 volumes a)EM (electromagnetic tape) b) RFID (Radio frequencey identification) Mallika MH Librarian, SSIT, Marulur Tumkur 572105 Karnataka --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. Dear Friends, Please suggest which technology is better and economical for an Engg college library having 40,000 volumes a)EM (electromagnetic tape) b) RFID (Radio frequencey identification) Mallika MH Librarian, SSIT, Marulur Tumkur 572105 Karnataka 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: Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by G M Prabhakar 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear veena Accession register is one of the impotant document for the library record, especially in the medical libraries AR is the one of the most impotant source for MCI ( Medical council of India) insepection.if you are using the library software, you can easily generate the accession entries, and where ever i know all most all the library softwares have this facility.eg a) SLIM ( System for library and Information Management) b) Libsys etc. best regards G.M.Prabhakar Librarian www.tisb.org Dear veena Accession register is one of the impotant document for the library record, especially in the medical libraries AR is the one of the most impotant source for MCI ( Medical council of India) insepection.if you are using the library software, you can easily generate the accession entries, and where ever i know all most all the library softwares have this facility.eg a) SLIM ( System for library and Information Management) b) Libsys etc. best regards G.M.Prabhakar Librarian http://www.tisb.org www.tisb.org

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era
by Manjunath K 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear Ms. Veena, I think print( handwritten) copy of accession register may not necessary if the library is automated. Because the document data is already fed to computer. As Mr. Krishna Yeri said, most of the packages do have e-accession register. We can take one print out of new additions(if required) on regular intervals and treat it as accession register. In our library we have stopped writing accession many years back. However, we are regularly taking print out of all new books and treating it as accession register (for records). We have in-house package for our library automation. But still in many govt./aided college libraries, it is mandatory/insisted to maintain handwritten accession register and it will be used for annual auditing and the registrar will get a signature of authority/auditor. All said and done, the format (traditional/electronic accession register) depends on decision/directives of authorities of parent college/organisation. Manjunath _____________________________________________ Dr. Manjunatha K Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist. Karnataka State, India Phone: 91-0820-2573551(off) 2575161(Res). manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi(a)yahoo.com _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of KR Yeri Librarian Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:31 PM To: veenabhatkudbail(a)yahoo.com Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Necessity of Accession Register in Digital Era Dear Ms Veena Yes There is Computerised Accession Register. This is prime document for audit. Acc Register is available in almost all the Library softwares. We are using LibSys. It is available with LibSys. Thanks Krishna Yeri On 6 Mar 2006 at 1:39, veena bhat wrote: Dear Sir/ Madam, In this Digital Era, is there any necessity of the Accession Register. Because, if the Library is fully computerized, then we can get all the information in a fraction of second. Now my doubt is- Is there any necessity of Accession Register for the computerized Library OR Is it waste of time and energy to write all the information in the Accession Register? With Regards, Veena Bhat Asst. Librarian-Documentation Services International Institute of Information Technology Hinjawadi Pune --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006
by Puttaraj Choukimath 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 18 - 19 April 2006 Organised by: Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (India), Bellanet International Secretariat (Canada), and South Asia Partnership International (Nepal) with support from IDRC, Canada and APDIP/UNDP, Thailand Description The conference aims to bring together participants from Asia, the Pacific and around the world to discuss, explore and collaborate around 3 key themes: access to knowledge and culture in Asia; models for collaborative knowledge and culture;and towards a healthy Asia Commons. Please Visit: http://www.asia-commons.net/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Dear All, Greetings. FYI: Asian Conference on Digital Commons, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 19 April 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 18 - 19 April 2006 Organised by: Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (India), Bellanet International Secretariat (Canada), and South Asia Partnership International (Nepal) with support from IDRC, Canada and APDIP/UNDP, Thailand Description The conference aims to bring together participants from Asia, the Pacific and around the world to discuss, explore and collaborate around 3 key themes: access to knowledge and culture in Asia; models for collaborative knowledge and culture;and towards a healthy Asia Commons. Please Visit: http://www.asia-commons.net/ http://www.asia-commons.net/ Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mai… New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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china's plan to boost science
by Mailing List Manager 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 04:05:02 +0530 (IST) From: arun(a)mssrf.res.in China announces 58-point plan to boost science The policies are aimed at boosting China's scientific prowess Hepeng Jia 1 March 2006 Source: SciDev.Net [BEIJING] China has announced a broad set of policies intended to boost its scientific and technological development over the next 15 years. The 58 policies, released by China's cabinet on Sunday (26 February), include one stating that central and local government investment in science and technology should increase faster than China's economic growth rate. Duan Yibing, a senior researcher at the Institute of Policy and Management of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, points out that most of the policies can only take effect after relevant legislation is passed. They include policies to ensure that laws protecting intellectual property rights are not violated, and to encourage private sector involvement in research and development (R&D). Insurance companies and investment banks will, for instance, be able to supply venture capital to assist new companies doing research and development. Businesses will also be given new tax breaks to offset research costs. Previously, only high-tech companies were eligible for tax cuts, but now all research activities will be, says Duan. Although the plans focus on developing China's high-tech sector, they also include increases in state funding to popularise science, and to improve scientific training in rural areas. The announcement follows last month's release of China's national policy for medium and long-term scientific development (see China unveils plans for science-based development). These identified priority areas including energy, life sciences, environment and new materials, and pledged to increase China's investment in research and development to 900 billion yuan (US$112 billion) by 2020.

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