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OpenMED@NIC - An Example of "Branding"
by Sukhdev Singh 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Dear Friends, It is just to inform you that OpenMED@NIC - http://openmed.nic.in - isbeing showcased as an example by EPrints Site under "Branding"Category. Check out the following link - http://www.eprints.org/software/examples/ This makes us proud. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in

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DRTC Colloquium on "Economics and Marketing of Information Products and Services"
by ananya sarkar 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

*INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE* *DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE* 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore – 560059 *Colloquium on* *"ECONOMICS AND MARKETING OF INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES"* *ABSTRACT* The notion of marketing in the context of libraries / information services and products is a fairly recent development. Marketing of information products involves a number of activities and procedures: Conducting market research, Coordinating the elements of the marketing mix, segmenting promotion efforts to specific groups, preparing a strategic plan, preparing a marketing plan, and conducting a marketing audit, etc. Many librarians also consider marketing as a viable tool to promote new technology in libraries for meeting users' need more efficiently and effectively. Marketing tools and techniques offer library / information professionals an opportunity to '*reach out*' to their customers more effectively. *Topics * * Speakers* 1. Concept of marketing Ananya Sarkar 2. Marketing in the context of Sukla Chakraborty not-for-profit organizations 3. Components of Marketing Protiti Majumdar Neha Singh Randhir Kumar 4. Costing of Information products and services:Pricing policies / strategies in Information Industry Sucheta Lahiri 5. Marketing in the Digital Age Md Ehtesham 6. Conclusion Samiksha Yadav Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 17th Jan 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. *All are cordially invited* *Dr. K. S. Raghavan* (Colloquium Coordinator) INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8 th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore – 560059 Colloquium on "ECONOMICS AND MARKETING OF INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES" ABSTRACT The notion of marketing in the context of libraries / information services and products is a fairly recent development. Marketing of information products involves a number of activities and procedures: Conducting market research, Coordinating the elements of the marketing mix, segmenting promotion efforts to specific groups, preparing a strategic plan, preparing a marketing plan, and conducting a marketing audit, etc. Many librarians also consider marketing as a viable tool to promote new technology in libraries for meeting users' need more efficiently and effectively. Marketing tools and techniques offer library / information professionals an opportunity to ' reach out ' to their customers more effectively. Topics Speakers 1. Concept of marketing Ananya Sarkar 2. Marketing in the context of Sukla Chakraborty not-for-profit organizations 3. Components of Marketing Protiti Majumdar Neha Singh Randhir Kumar 4. Costing of Information products and services: Pricing policies / strategies in Information Industry Sucheta Lahiri 5. Marketing in the Digital Age Md Ehtesham 6. Conclusion Samiksha Yadav Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 17 th Jan 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. All are cordially invited Dr. K. S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator)

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NEED GRADUATE TRAINEES/DIPLOMA TRAINEES
by I.R.N.Goudar 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

URGENT Dear Professionals, The Information Centre of NAL is in need of 10 Graduate Trainees to work for its on going Digital Library activities. Persons with BLIS/MLIS/DLIS/MCA degree are requested to send their resume immediately to the address given below, preferably as an e-mail attatchment. STIPEND: Rs. 3500 for MLIS/MCA Rs. 2500 for DLIS/BLIS The tenure is strictly for 365 days. The selected candidates will be given exposure to work in different sections of the Information Centre. Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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AICTE
by anjrao 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

To Dr. Vijaya kumar While filling the AICTE - MBA Programme: Hand book for Approval process, we have been asked to fill the 1. Anual library budget [ % of annual student fee collected] So let me know, is there any standards for the same Every year 10% of the Tution Fee must spent for Books, Journals & Periodicals and Database in the library. We (Librarians) have to know What is Declard Tution fee form the management on the basis of that library budget has to be prepared for more Information www.aicte.nic.in 2. Annual student fee means ? Annual student fee means Declared tution fee for AICTE Thanking you Janardana rao M S Ramaiah Institute of Management

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Current Issue Allert of Vishwabharat@TDIL
by Puna Das 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Current Issue Allert of Vishwabharat@TDIL Vishwabharat@TDIL (Journal of Language Technology) published by The Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) programme Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India (http://tdil.mit.gov.in/apr_2005.htm) (http://tdil.mit.gov.in/April_issue%202005/april%202005.zip) April 2005 Contents 1.Calendar of Events 2005 2.Release of Software Tools & Fonts in public Domain 3.TDIL@Elitex 2005 4.Multilingul Downloads @ UNESCO 5.Indian Language: Font Designing and Font Tech. 6.Smart Fonts 7.LaTex Tools 8.Digital Library of India 9.Digital Library@Allahabad 10.Digital Library@CDAC Kolkata 11.Digital Library@IGNCA 12.Digital Library@IIIT Hyderabad 13.Traditional Knowledge Digital Library 14.Collection Development in Digital Information Repositories in India 15.Greenstone Digital Library Software 16.Abbyy FineReader 7.0 17.OmniScan 7000 Zeutschel Scanner 18.Minolta PS 7000 Scanner _________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com Current Issue Allert of Vishwabharat@TDIL Vishwabharat@TDIL (Journal of Language Technology) published by The Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) programme Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India ( http://tdil.mit.gov.in/apr_2005.htm http://tdil.mit.gov.in/apr_2005.htm ) ( http://tdil.mit.gov.in/April_issue%202005/april%202005.zip http://tdil.mit.gov.in/April_issue%202005/april%202005.zip ) April 2005 Contents 1.Calendar of Events 2005 2.Release of Software Tools & Fonts in public Domain 3.TDIL@Elitex 2005 4.Multilingul Downloads @ UNESCO 5.Indian Language: Font Designing and Font Tech. 6.Smart Fonts 7.LaTex Tools 8.Digital Library of India 9.Digital Library@Allahabad 10.Digital Library@CDAC Kolkata 11.Digital Library@IGNCA 12.Digital Library@IIIT Hyderabad 13.Traditional Knowledge Digital Library 14.Collection Development in Digital Information Repositories in India 15.Greenstone Digital Library Software 16.Abbyy FineReader 7.0 17.OmniScan 7000 Zeutschel Scanner 18.Minolta PS 7000 Scanner _________________________________________________________ Anup Kumar Das Information and Communication Society of India, New Delhi _________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

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New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge
by Rajeev Sharma 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Business Standard: New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge Gaurie Mishra / New Delhi January 10, 2006 In response to more than 1,000 patents of yoga postures and Ayurvedic medicines in the US and Europe, the health ministry is preparing a 30-million-page digital library documenting the country's traditional knowledge. "The 30-million-page digital library is being made to ensure that Ayurvedic medicines, yoga asanas, Unani and Sidha are not patented anywhere else in the world," an official said. The traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL), which will be ready by December 2006, is being prepared at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The government is also finalising non-disclosure agreements with patents offices in the US, Europe and Japan to ensure that through access to the digital library, patenting of such traditional knowledge will be avoided in other countries. "Patents offices in the US and the EU will have access to the TKDL which will help patents examiners cross-check whether an application for a patent is an original innovation or a copy of what already exists in other parts of the world, in this case India," an official said. The National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources is preparing the document, based on ancient transcripts in Sanskrit and Persian. The issue of data protection and enforceability of patents based on traditional knowledge is currently being addressed by the ministry of health in consultation with the commerce ministry. "The biggest challenge for the digital library will be enforcement and data protection to ensure that similar molecules or postures are not patented," the official added. Of the 30 million pages, 10 million have already been digitised and 54,000 formulations of Ayurveda and 45,000 formulations of Unani have been placed in the library. Next on the agenda is digitisation of 10,000 formulations of Sidha and 1,500 yoga postures. The e-document will be available in six languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese. URL: http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 Regards Rajeev TCI Ltd. Gurgaon Business Standard: New-age library set to protect age-old yoga knowledge Gaurie Mishra / New Delhi January 10, 2006 In response to more than 1,000 patents of yoga postures and Ayurvedic medicines in the US and Europe, the health ministry is preparing a 30-million-page digital library documenting the countrys traditional knowledge. The 30-million-page digital library is being made to ensure that Ayurvedic medicines, yoga asanas, Unani and Sidha are not patented anywhere else in the world, an official said. The traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL), which will be ready by December 2006, is being prepared at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The government is also finalising non-disclosure agreements with patents offices in the US, Europe and Japan to ensure that through access to the digital library, patenting of such traditional knowledge will be avoided in other countries. Patents offices in the US and the EU will have access to the TKDL which will help patents examiners cross-check whether an application for a patent is an original innovation or a copy of what already exists in other parts of the world, in this case India, an official said. The National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources is preparing the document, based on ancient transcripts in Sanskrit and Persian. The issue of data protection and enforceability of patents based on traditional knowledge is currently being addressed by the ministry of health in consultation with the commerce ministry. The biggest challenge for the digital library will be enforcement and data protection to ensure that similar molecules or postures are not patented, the official added. Of the 30 million pages, 10 million have already been digitised and 54,000 formulations of Ayurveda and 45,000 formulations of Unani have been placed in the library. Next on the agenda is digitisation of 10,000 formulations of Sidha and 1,500 yoga postures. The e-document will be available in six languages English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese. URL: http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=211202 Regards Rajeev TCI Ltd. Gurgaon

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revised dates COL regional workshop on E-learning
by Indira K. 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Dear professionals, here are the COL e-learning workshop revised dates Feb 7th - 11th, 2006 Workshop fee : INR 10,000 Venue :Hyderabad Organizers :The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Topics to be covered in the workshop: a.. e-Learning: attributes, opportunities and challenges. b.. e-Learning Management Systems (LMS) and related technologies. c.. Designing for e-Learning environments. d.. Designing collaborative e-Learning environments. e.. Developing e-Learning environments including virtual mentoring. f.. Creating web documents g.. Information and interface design. h.. Digital audio and video production. i.. Assessing learning outcomes in e-Learning. j.. Evaluating e-Learning environments. k.. Offline & online Individualized self-paced e-learning. l.. Group-based e-learning synchronously and asynchronously. For further information contact : Dr. Usha V. Reddi, Director Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 52, Tughlakabad Institutional Area NEW DELHI 110 062, INDIA Tel: +91-11-2995-5730, 2905-1562 Fax: +91-11-2995-5208 E-Mail: cemca(a)nda.vsnl.net.in Web Address : http://www.cemca.org. or capture the information from the following link. http://cemca.org/announcement.htm? http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc Indira Koneru Dear professionals, here are the COL e-learning workshop revised dates Feb 7th - 11th, 2006 Workshop fee : INR 10,000 Venue : Hyderabad Organizers : The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Topics to be covered in the workshop: e-Learning: attributes, opportunities and challenges. e-Learning Management Systems (LMS) and related technologies. Designing for e-Learning environments. Designing collaborative e-Learning environments. Developing e- Learning environments including virtual mentoring. Creating web documents Information and interface design. Digital audio and video production. Assessing learning outcomes in e-Learning. Evaluating e-Learning environments. Offline & online Individualized self-paced e-learning. Group-based e-learning synchronously and asynchronously. For further information contact : Dr. Usha V. Reddi, Director Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia 52, Tughlakabad Institutional Area NEW DELHI 110 062, INDIA Tel: +91-11-2995-5730, 2905-1562 Fax: +91-11-2995-5208 E-Mail: mailto:cemca@nda.vsnl.net.in cemca(a)nda.vsnl.net.in Web Address : http://www.cemca.org/ http://www.cemca.org . or capture the information from the following link. http://cemca.org/announcement.htm http://cemca.org/announcement.htm ? http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc http://cemca.org/announcements/elearningworkshop.doc Indira Koneru

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RE: Library Trainee at CII-Central Library (Gurgaon)
by Aman Jha 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Dear applicants Thanks for your overwhelming response for library trainee at CII. We are in the process of screening of your applications received and the candidates being considered further will be contacted via email/phone for interview in due course of time. Sorry for those who missed out the opportunity, as we are not accepting any more applications from today onwards. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 <http://www.ciionline.org/> http://www.ciionline.org Dear applicants Thanks for your overwhelming response for library trainee at CII. We are in the process of screening of your application s received and the candidates being considered further will be contacted via email/phone for interview in due course of time. Sorry for those who missed out the opportunity, as we are not accepting any more applications from today onwards. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 http://www.ciionline.org/ http:// www.ciionline.org

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Fwd: ALPSP library survey
by Smita Chandra 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

(Apologies for cross-posting) Respected Colleagues : Here is a survey on the subject of open access and its benefits, that I found most interesting. I hope you can being it to the best of your usage and as a means to stress upon the importance of self-archiving and open access publishing, among faculty/researchers in your organization ! Regards, Smita-- Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai-410 218 MAHARASHTRA. INDIA Ph.: 91-022-2748-4137 91-022-2748-0000 (extn.no. 4137) Fax: 91-022-27480762 mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:18:14 -0000 From: Mark Ware <mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> Subject: ALPSP library survey To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu **cross-posted** Dear Librarian ALPSP (the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, www.alpsp.org) would like your kind assistance with a survey addressing the possible impact of pre-print archives on journals. As you may be aware, some publishers are becoming concerned that if self-archiving of postprints, or even preprints, of journal articles becomes sufficiently widespread, this may lead to a decline in usage at journals' own websites, and that this in turn may lead to cancellations. In order to understand whether or not our fears are well-founded, we would like to understand more about the process by which you make the decision to cancel journals, what the crucial factors are, and how you would rank them in importance, both now and in the future. We would be extremely grateful if you could spare a little time to complete this survey to help us reach a better understanding of the situation. We shall make the aggregated results of the survey publicly available as a contribution to this debate. (Individual responses will of course remain anonymous.) To complete the survey, please click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=960811615855 Thank you in advance for your help with this. Regards -Mark Ware (on behalf of ALPSP) ------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Ware Consulting Ltd T: +44 (0)117 959 3726 E: mark(a)markwareconsulting.com W: www.markwareconsulting.com ************************************************** To send an email to PAMnet: pamnet(a)listserv.nd.edu To view PAMnet Archives: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html To unsubscribe to PAMnet: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) To modify subscription settings: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. (Apologies for cross-posting) Respected Colleagues : Here is a survey on the subject of open access and its benefits, that I found most interesting. I hope you can being it to the best of your usage and as a means to stress upon the importance of self-archiving and open access publishing, among faculty/researchers in your organization ! Regards, Smita-- Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai-410 218 MAHARASHTRA. INDIA Ph.: 91-022-2748-4137 91-022-2748-0000 (extn.no. 4137) Fax: 91-022-27480762 mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:18:14 -0000 From: Mark Ware <mark(a)markwareconsulting.com> Subject: ALPSP library survey To: PAMNET(a)listserv.nd.edu **cross-posted** Dear Librarian ALPSP (the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, www.alpsp.org) would like your kind assistance with a survey addressing the possible impact of pre-print archives on journals. As you may be aware, some publishers are becoming concerned that if self-archiving of postprints, or even preprints, of journal articles becomes sufficiently widespread, this may lead to a decline in usage at journals' own websites, and that this in turn may lead to cancellations. In order to understand whether or not our fears are well-founded, we would like to understand more about the process by which you make the decision to cancel journals, what the crucial factors are, and how you would rank them in importance, both now and in the future. We would be extremely grateful if you could spare a little time to complete this survey to help us reach a better understanding of the situation. We shall make the aggregated results of the survey publicly available as a contribution to this debate. (Individual responses will of course remain anonymous.) To complete the survey, please click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=960811615855 Thank you in advance for your help with this. Regards -Mark Ware (on behalf of ALPSP) ------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Ware Consulting Ltd T: +44 (0)117 959 3726 E: mark(a)markwareconsulting.com W: www.markwareconsulting.com ************************************************** To send an email to PAMnet: pamnet(a)listserv.nd.edu To view PAMnet Archives: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html To unsubscribe to PAMnet: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) To modify subscription settings: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pamnet.html then click on Join or leave the list (or change settings) Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.com/*http:/… Photo Calendars . Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

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Facilitating citywide access to the Internet
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Here is a news story from Yahoo News. Arizona Town Will Go Wall-To-Wall Wireless Call it a municipal status symbol in the digital age: a city blanketed by a wireless Internet network, accessible at competitive prices throughout the town's homes, cafes, offices and parks. Tempe, the Phoenix suburb that is home to Arizona State University, is due to have wireless Internet available for all of its 160,000 residents in February, becoming the first city of its size in the United States to have Wi-Fi throughout. Tempe officials hope that by making high-speed Internet as accessible as water or electricity across its 40 square miles, it will attract more technology and biotech companies and the young, upwardly mobile employees they bring. An increasing number of the nation's cities are looking at using Internet access as an economic development tool. Few cities have gotten as far as installing systems, "but most cities are realizing that it may be something that they want to do," said Cheryl Leanza, legislative counsel for the National League of Cities. <snip> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051211/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_city -- Is it possible to provide such widespread WiFi access in at least a few developing country cities - if not entire cities, at least the academic and business districts? What will be the cost? Arun

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