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Yahoo launches Q&A Service
by Farooque Shaheen 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Yahoo was set to launch on Thursday a free beta service, Yahoo Answers, that will allow people to ask questions online on any topic and get answers from anyone who wants to answer them. The questions and answers will be archived and searchable. Users also will be able to get questions and answers on their favorite topics on their My Yahoo page or any other RSS (really simple syndication) reader. Source: http://news.com.com/Yahoo+launches+Q38A+service/2110-1038_3-5986483.html?ta… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Yahoo was set to launch on Thursday a free beta service, Yahoo Answers, that will allow people to ask questions online on any topic and get answers from anyone who wants to answer them. The questions and answers will be archived and searchable. Users also will be able to get questions and answers on their favorite topics on their My Yahoo page or any other RSS (really simple syndication) reader. Source: http://news.com.com/Yahoo+launches+Q38A+service/2110-1038_3-5986483.html?ta… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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The need for OA emphasised
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Friends: Please look up http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/essays/essay.php?id=2 for an article by Prof. Roy Rosenzweig of George mason University. Friends in C3Net, my postings on OA may look a bit far from our day-to-day work and interests, but OA is very important for developing countries. And we need to play a role in OA advocacy, as we at MSSRF point out often the knowledge centres in our villages facilitate two-way communication between experts and scientists on the one hand and farmers and the rural poor on the other. Knowledge flows both ways. The rural poor have indigenous knowledge. Besides, the scientists in the labs should be sensitised to the real needs of the poor so they can reorient their research to be relevant to the needs of the poor. And scientists themselves should keep abreast of developments worldwide and that is where OA becomes tremendously important. Arun Friends: Please look up http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/essays/essay.php?id=2 http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/essays/essay.php?id=2 for an article by Prof. Roy Rosenzweig of George mason University. Friends in C3Net, my postings on OA may look a bit far from our day-to-day work and interests, but OA is very important for developing countries. And we need to play a role in OA advocacy, as we at MSSRF point out often the knowledge centres in our villages facilitate two-way communication between experts and scientists on the one hand and farmers and the rural poor on the other. Knowledge flows both ways. The rural poor have indigenous knowledge. Besides, the scientists in the labs should be sensitised to the real needs of the poor so they can reorient their research to be relevant to the needs of the poor. And scientists themselves should keep abreast of developments worldwide and that is where OA becomes tremendously important. Arun

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A new Firefox browser for scholars on the anvil
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

>From Peter Suber's blog: More on Firefox Scholar Jeffrey Young, Browser-Based Software Will Help Scholars Organize Information Found Online, Researchers Say, Chronicle of Higher Education, December 6, 2005 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: The Web browser has become an essential tool for many academics, a versatile window into books, journal articles, blogs, and other research materials. Why not create a customized browser with professors' needs in mind? That is the logic behind Firefox Scholar, a software package under development by researchers at George Mason University that will help users organize and cite materials they have found online. The open-source software, which developers plan to release free sometime next year, will plug into the popular Firefox browser, which is also open source. "A good way of thinking about it is incredibly smart bookmarking," says Daniel J. Cohen, an assistant professor of history at George Mason who is working on the project. "You're not just bookmarking the page, but you're automatically [capturing] author, title, all that info that scholars want to save."...For the browser-based software to work fully, however, digital archives must format their books and articles in a way that lets it sort out where elements like title, author, and other bibliographic information reside. Some digital collections already do that, and others could make minor adjustments to comply, says Mr. Cohen. Roy Rosenzweig, a professor of history and new media at the university, says the new browser would also allow researchers to automatically save a copy of an online article or Web page and make annotations on those saved pages. That's better than a shoebox full of notecards and photocopied articles, says Mr. Rosenzweig....A beta version of the software is expected by summer or later next year through the center's Web site.

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Identify quotation on librarianship?
by MichaelMay.10726764＠bloglines.com 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Dear colleagues, A U.S. researcher is trying to identify the following quotation on librarianship: "In my writings, which largely deal with my profession, I have tried to broaden the scholarly dimensions of librarianship and to show the contributions that science can make to the field without losing its humanistic basis." I suspect this might be S.R. Ranganathan, but I cannot confirm. Is anyone familiar with this quote? Thank you very much. Michael May Dubuque, Iowa, US

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President for removing the burden of school bags through Tablet PCs
by noufal palliparamban 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Dear All, Another Excellent vision of our Hon. President AP J Abdul Kalam....... President AP J Abdul Kalam today stressed the need for finding a solution to heavy school bags carried by students through a cost effective hand held computer which can be loaded with text books as e-books, note books as e-notebooks and e-workbooks and become a self learning tool for children..... More http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=184154&cat=Business Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear All, Another Excellent vision of our Hon. President AP J Abdul Kalam....... President AP J Abdul Kalam today stressed the need for finding a solution to heavy school bags carried by students through a cost effective hand held computer which can be loaded with text books as e-books, note books as e-notebooks and e-workbooks and become a self learning tool for children..... More http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=184154&cat=Business http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=184154&cat=Business Regards Noufal.P.P IIT Kanpur http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your partner now.

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Postal addresses of journal publishers
by Suvarsha Walters 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hello members, We need the postal addresses of Indian journal publishers. Many journals are published by associations or institutes, but I am unable to find postal addresses of these. Can you kindly give me the addresses for the ones you subscribe to in your library. thanks and regards, Suvarsha *********************************************************************** Suvarsha Walters, Project Assistant, National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012 INDIA Ph (Off): 080-23600271 / 22932511 Ph (Mobile): 98458 33694 E-mail: suvarsha_w(a)yahoo.com suvarsha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ************************************************************************

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"Humanscape" journal closed down for publication...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Dear friends, Greetings. This is for your kind attention and information: As you may be knowing our Library had been subscribing to the Journal - "Humanscape" published by Foundation for Humanisation, Mumbai. As the 'Letter from the Publisher' in the issue of the same for Oct 2005 (Vol.XII, No.X) decalares it is closing down for publication. Please visit: http://www.humanscape.org/Humanscape/2005/Oct/letter.php And, as we enquired with the publisher, we learnt that, the journal will be available once again as ONLINE/DIGITAL copy from January 2006 onwards. So, our subscription as well as its print copy availability closed down with this issue Oct 2005 (Vol.XII, No.X). 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! Personals Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. Lots of someones, actually. Try Yahoo! Personals Dear friends, Greetings. This is for your kind attention and information: As you may be knowing our Library had been subscribing to the Journal - "Humanscape" published by Foundation for Humanisation, Mumbai. As the 'Letter from the Publisher' in the issue of the same for Oct 2005 (Vol.XII, No.X) decalares it is closing down for publication. Please visit: http://www.humanscape.org/Humanscape/2005/Oct/letter.php http://www.humanscape.org/Humanscape/2005/Oct/letter.php And, as we enquired with the publisher, we learnt that, the journal will be available once again as ONLINE/DIGITAL copy from January 2006 onwards. So, our subscription as well as its print copy availability closed down with this issue Oct 2005 (Vol.XII, No.X). 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! Personals Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. Lots of someones, actually. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36108/*http://personals.yahoo.com Try Yahoo! Personals

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Khuda Baksh Library-Patna
by Aman Jha 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Dear all Khuda Baksh Library is well known for its rare collection in India. Library has emerged as an outstanding research Library embracing a large number of rare manuscripts. Those interested to know more about it may visit website http://kblibrary.bih.nic.in/. 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 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org

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OCLC Survey Report - Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
by Sukhdev Singh 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

OCLC has come up with a 290 pages report on findings and responses from an online survey. "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005)" http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm Contents of the Report are: * Introduction http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_intro.pdf * Part 1: Libraries and Information Sources--Use, Familiarity and Favorability http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_pt1.pdf * Part 2: Using the Library--In Person and Online http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_pt2.pdf * Part 3: The Library Brand http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_pt3.pdf * Part 4: Respondents' Advice to Libraries http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_pt4.pdf * Part 5: Libraries--A "Universal" Brand? http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_pt5.pdf * Conclusion http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/percept_concl.pdf * Appendix A: Supporting Data Tables http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/percept_appa.pdf * Appendix B: Sample Verbatim Comments http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/percept_appb.pdf * About OCLC http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/percept_about.pdf The findings indicate that information consumers view libraries as places to borrow print books, but they are unaware of the rich electronic content they can access through libraries. Even though information consumers make limited use of these resources, they continue to trust libraries as reliable sources of information. I hope, this report would be useful for librarians in better planning their services and activities. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in

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Fw: [DDN] ::> Registration now open - Doors to Diplomacy 2006Competition for Middle School and High School Students Worldwide
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Marie Andres" <yvonne(a)gsn.org> To: "Digitaldivide" <digitaldivide(a)milhouse.edc.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:29 AM Subject: [DDN] ::> Registration now open - Doors to Diplomacy 2006Competition for Middle School and High School Students Worldwide > *Please help us get the word out by sharing this announcement with your > friends and colleagues. > > State Department Announces "Doors to Diplomacy" 2006 Web Project > Competition > > for Middle School and High School Students Worldwide > > => Register NOW to receive important project updates > => Projects due March 17, 2006 > => Winners announced May 2006 > > Engage students in a performance-based collaborative, project-design > competition which: > > *Supports standards-based coursework > *Connects students to their local communities > *Increases students' global perspective > *Increases real world, transferable skills > *Involves students in the assessment > *Teaches students 21st century, information-age skills (research, > teamwork, > project-management, publishing, digital media, audio, video) > > The U.S. Department of State along with the Global SchoolNet Foundation is > pleased to announce the 2006 "Doors to Diplomacy" award competition. This > educational award program recognizes the student-created Global SchoolNet > Web projects that best teach others about the importance of international > affairs and diplomacy. Students work in small teams with teacher-coaches. > Projects must be completed by March 17, 2006. Winners will be announced in > May 2006. Every team that completes a final entry receives a special Doors > to Diplomacy certificate to recognize their achievement. Each student > member > of the team who wins the "Doors to Diplomacy" receives a $2,000 > scholarship, > and the winning coaches' schools each receive a $500 cash award. > > For a complete description and information about eligibility and judging > criteria, visit http://globalschoolhouse.org/doors/ > > For more information, contact: > > Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres, Global SchoolNet > Telephone: 760-635-0001 Email: diplomacy(a)globalschoolnet.org > > or Janice Clark, U.S. Department of State > Telephone: 703-875-5086 Email: clarkje4(a)state.gov > > .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: > > > Global SchoolNet: Linking Kids Around the World to Benefit Humanity > Communicate, Collaborate & Celebrate Learning! > > Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, member supported, > education > organization. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web > publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge > geographic > gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global > SchoolNet is an international network of 90,000+ online educators, who > engage in online project-based learning activities. Global SchoolNet > reaches > more than a million students from 45,000 schools across 194 countries. > > For more information about the services and programs provided by Global > SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE(a)mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-request(a)mailman.edc.org > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.

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