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Appeal to fellow professionals - Help us to Populate Open Archive
by Sukhdev Singh 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Dear Fellow Professionals, We have an Open Archive for Biomedical and Allied Sciences at the following URL. http://openmed.nic.in/ I request all fellow professionals to help us to populate it. If you are working in a medical college or an institute related to any Biological / Medical / Pharmacetical / Nursing / Dental / Medical Informatics etc etc, then please tell your scientist colleagues to self-archive their papers in OpenMED, i.e. http://openmed.nic.in . You can also conduct some awareness programmes in your institutes and make them aware of self-archiving and OpenMED. We have made also archived self-help tutorial at OpenMED at the following URL : http://openmed.nic.in/135/ You may download it for training your scientists for self-archiving in OpenMED. If you are not working in Biological / Medical / Allied Areas then atleast suggest us how to proceed. Let us not always look towards our "westernal" Counterparts, LET US DO SOMETHING. Thank you very much. Sukhdev Singh, Bibliographic Informatics Division, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.

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Conference on Legal Aspects of Open Source Software at NLSIU
by madhu ks 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Dear Professional, The Law and Technology Committee of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, is organising its annual conference Consilience (http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm) in Bangalore on the 8th and 9th July, 2005. The aim of Consilience is to bring together scholars, industry stakeholders, legal experts, and policy-makers to address issues that have been earmarked for them after intensive research. This year's theme is Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and we intend to have the following conference tracks - o FOSS - An Introduction o Role of FOSS in developing countries o FOSS Business Models o Legal Aspects of FOSS We envisage a robust dialogue and thorough analysis of these issues relating to free/open source software, including its uses in ICT for development. We expect the conference to result in a recommendation paper/declaration having the potential to effect formulation of a comprehensive policy by the Indian Government concerning FOSS. For any other clarifications contact, E-mail: consilience(a)nls.ac.in Visit Our Website: http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm Regards Madhu K S Library Assistant NLSIU, Bangalore --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com Dear Professional, The Law and Technology Committee of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, is organising its annual conference Consilience ( http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm ) in Bangalore on the 8th and 9th July, 2005. The aim of Consilience is to bring together scholars, industry stakeholders, legal experts, and policy-makers to address issues that have been earmarked for them after intensive research. This year's theme is Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and we intend to have the following conference tracks - o FOSS - An Introduction o Role of FOSS in developing countries o FOSS Business Models o Legal Aspects of FOSS We envisage a robust dialogue and thorough analysis of these issues relating to free/open source software, including its uses in ICT for development. We expect the conference to result in a recommendation paper/declaration having the potential to effect formulation of a comprehensive policy by the Indian Government concerning FOSS. For any other clarifications contact, E-mail: https://mail.nls.ac.in/src/compose.php?send_to=consilience%40nls.ac.in consilience(a)nls.ac.in Visit Our Website: http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm Regards Madhu K S Library Assistant NLSIU, Bangalore How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends n family photos for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. http://in.photos.yahoo.com

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Sponsorship for students on Indian languages for Wikipedia
by Maruthu Pandian 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi, So far the Wikipedias in Indian languages have seen very slow progress. These are among the lowest ratio "number of articles / number of speakers". There a number of technical and other reasons. Some people from the Wikimedia Foundation think that a financial help may boost these languages. They are willing to sponsor students who might contribute writing articles in Indian languages on different subjects for Wikipedia. Here is the URL for further reading. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Promoting_the_Indian_languages_projects Here are some proposed rules: * The articles should be written in Indian languages from scratch or translated (probably from the English Wikipedia). * The articles should be encoded in Unicode. * The articles sould be released under the GFDL licence (free to edit and copy). * The articles should be more than 500 words. Here are a list of articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_articles_all_languages_shoul… This list should be completed with specific Indian topics (Indian states and cities, personalities, events, etc.). A proposition of a list of Indian subjects is welcome. For each language, at least two persons are needed to review the quality of the articles (teachers, writers, etc.). Please could you also transfer this message to people who might be interested by this project ? Regards, Maruthu Pandian.B Pubsub Concepts Pvt Ltd. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html

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[Fwd: Re: [ISSI] Access to Research Outputs]
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Here's a news release on this statement. Includes some links that might be of interest. Research councils back free online access Thousands of British academics in every subject from art history to zoology will soon be required to make their research freely available online, the UK research councils have announced. http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1517381,00.html Quentin Dr Quentin L Burrell Isle of Man International Business School The Nunnery Old Castletown Road Douglas Isle of Man IM2 1QB via United Kingdom www.ibs.ac.im

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FREE TRIAL announcement
by raghavendra patil 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Dear All, Sage Publications has announced FREE TRIAL access for the following journals including JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (1997-2005) The following journals are available for a free trial. Please click on the trial you are interested in to register for free access. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice - Volume One Free - Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (Access ends 31 December, 2006) Leadership - Free Online Access to Vol.1 of Leadership (Access ends 31 Dec, 2005) Planning Theory - Free Online Access to Planning Theory (Access ends 31 December, 2005) Marketing Theory Trial - Free Online Access to Marketing Theory (Access ends 31 December, 2005) Space and Culture - Free Online Access to Space and Culture (Access ends 30 June, 2005) Global Media and Communication - Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Global Media and Communication (Access ends 31 December, 2005) Management Journals - Free Online Access to select journals in Management from SAGE Publications (Access ends 16 September, 2005) Games and Culture - Pre-register for Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Games and Culture [First issue January 2006] (Access ends 1 January, 2007) -----HAPPY ACCESS. With Regards Raghavendra @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Raghavendra Patil Digital Library Project Programmer Sir. Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (A Deemed University) Sion-Trombay Road, P B No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (INDIA) Telephone: 022-25563290 Ext: 284 Fax: 091-22-25562912 E mail:raghav@tiss.edu,raghapatil@yahoo.com, raghavendra.patil(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. Dear All, Sage Publications has announced FREE TRIAL access for the following journals including JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (1997-2005) The following journals are available for a free trial. Please click on the trial you are interested in to register for free access. http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT5685 Education, Citizenship and Social Justice - Volume One Free - Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (Access ends 31 December, 2006 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTLEA Leadership - Free Online Access to Vol.1 of Leadership (Access ends 31 Dec, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT5584 Planning Theory - Free Online Access to Planning Theory (Access ends 31 December, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT5610 Marketing Theory Trial - Free Online Access to Marketing Theory (Access ends 31 December, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT1052014 Space and Culture - Free Online Access to Space and Culture (Access ends 30 June, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT5628 Global Media and Communication - Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Global Media and Communication (Access ends 31 December, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTN01124 Management Journals - Free Online Access to select journals in Management from SAGE Publications (Access ends 16 September, 2005 ) http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTN00934 Games and Culture - Pre-register for Free Online Access to Volume 1 of Games and Culture [First issue January 2006] (Access ends 1 January, 2007 ) -----HAPPY ACCESS. With Regards Raghavendra @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Raghavendra Patil Digital Library Project Programmer Sir. Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (A Deemed University) Sion-Trombay Road, P B No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (INDIA) Telephone: 022-25563290 Ext: 284 Fax: 091-22-25562912 E mail: raghav(a)tiss.edu , mailto:raghapatil@yahoo.com, raghapatil(a)yahoo.com, mailto:raghavendra.patil@gmail.com raghavendra.patil(a)gmail.com http://us.f310.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ %20http://www.tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu Yahoo! Mail Mobile http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31132/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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Yahoo Introduces 'Social' Search Engine
by Farooque Shaheen 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Yahoo has enhanced its My Web personal search service to enable users to share their personal Web index of pages and links. My Web 2.0, which is in test (or beta) mode, was launched late on Tuesday and will be available "http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com" on a first-come first-serve basis to a limited number of users. My Web also let users share saved results via e-mail, syndication, and a public Web page of saved search results--a so-called link blog. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121651,00.asp Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Yahoo has enhanced its My Web personal search service to enable users to share their personal Web index of pages and links. My Web 2.0, which is in test (or beta) mode, was launched late on Tuesday and will be available "http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com" on a first-come first-serve basis to a limited number of users. My Web also let users share saved results via e-mail, syndication, and a public Web page of saved search results--a so-called link blog. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121651,00.asp Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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Re: [oa-india] OpenMED Self Help Tutorial
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

A very good move indeed. Arun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Naina Pandita" <naina(a)nic.in> To: "Discussion Group for Open Access Workshop India" <oa-india(a)dgroups.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: [oa-india] OpenMED Self Help Tutorial > Dear Friends, > > We have prepared a self help tutorial..which is a step by step guide on > how to submit publications in the OpenMED@NIC Archive. This would help 1st > time users to submit their publications in OpenMED and also in any other > EPrints based archive. The PPT tutorial has been submitted in our > Archive (http://openmed.nic.in) > > Regards, > > Naina > > Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, IICD, > OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank > --- You are currently subscribed to oa-india as: arun(a)mssrf.res.in > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-oa-india-137598Y(a)dgroups.org

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A new directory of OA journals
by Subbiah Arunachalam 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Here is a message from Prof. Peter Suber on a new directory of OA journals. Arun A new, larger list of OA journals Jan Szczepanski, a librarian at Sweden's Goteborg University, has been collecting links and information on OA journals for years. While the DOAJ lists 1,625 OA journals (today), Jan's collection lists 3,759 current OA journals and 608 historic, retrodigitized OA journals (today). Until now, his collection was not available online. But with his permission, I've posted Jan's files to my site for all to use or download. It was not possible to convert them to HTML, but they should be usable in their present forms. If your browser will not display the files, you should be able to download them. Jan's list is larger than the DOAJ list in part because the DOAJ is working through a backlog, in part because Jan has focused especially on the humanities, and in part because Jan is willing to list journals that are not peer reviewed. Jan would like to be in contact with other librarians willing to collect and share new OA titles. His email address is <Jan.Szczepanski(a)ub.gu.se>. Note that these files only represent Jan's collection as of June 27, 2005. He enlarges it continuously, and I won't be able to re-post every update to the files. But I will work with him to find another way to circulate the updates. Current OA journals http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-current.doc (A large Word file, 3.48 MB.) Historic or retrodigitized OA journals http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-retro.xls (An Excel spreadsheet, 315 KB.) ---------- Here is a message from Prof. Peter Suber on a new directory of OA journals. Arun A new, larger list of OA journals Jan Szczepanski, a librarian at Sweden's Goteborg University, has been collecting links and information on OA journals for years. While the DOAJ lists 1,625 OA journals (today), Jan's collection lists 3,759 current OA journals and 608 historic, retrodigitized OA journals (today). Until now, his collection was not available online. But with his permission, I've posted Jan's files to my site for all to use or download. It was not possible to convert them to HTML, but they should be usable in their present forms. If your browser will not display the files, you should be able to download them. Jan's list is larger than the DOAJ list in part because the DOAJ is working through a backlog, in part because Jan has focused especially on the humanities, and in part because Jan is willing to list journals that are not peer reviewed. Jan would like to be in contact with other librarians willing to collect and share new OA titles. His email address is <Jan.Szczepanski(a)ub.gu.se>. Note that these files only represent Jan's collection as of June 27, 2005. He enlarges it continuously, and I won't be able to re-post every update to the files. But I will work with him to find another way to circulate the updates. Current OA journals http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-current.doc http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-current.doc (A large Word file, 3.48 MB.) Historic or retrodigitized OA journals http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-retro.xls http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/js-retro.xls (An Excel spreadsheet, 315 KB.) ----------

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Personlised Search from Google
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Google on Tuesday rolled out personalized search to users who have opted to forego privacy concerns and have the company save records of their search history. With the new tool, Google will filter searches to predict which results might be most relevant to the user. In addition to increased personalization, Google made other significant steps toward becoming a portal like competitors Yahoo and MSN by expanding its mapping and multimedia offerings. Google Earth, a mapping application now available free of charge, has three-dimensional models of major U.S. cities. It also identifies local businesses and points of interest from Google Local. A satellite zoom function takes users from planet to street level. For $20, Google Earth Plus has GPS integration, higher resolution printing, and annotation. For $400, professional users can get further customization. All three products are based on technology that originated at Keyhole, a startup that Google bought last October for an undisclosed amount. The latest releases followed Monday’s announcement of Google’s own video player, based on the open-source cross-platform media player VLC. The player includes an attempt at keyword search in video. The move was praised by open-source advocates, including the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), which also uses VLC. “Internet TV has been held back by proprietary battles over codecs [video compression formatting] and delivery,” said Tiffiniy Cheng of the PCF, who predicted that Google’s clout in the space would rapidly ramp up improvement to video players. Indeed, on Tuesday, a day after Google Video Viewer made its debut, it was widely reported that 21-year-old Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen had modified the Google code to make it possible to watch any video, regardless of origin. More news @ http://www.internetweek.com/news/164903633 Thanks Sreeharsha BG

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Reminder - Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre
by Murali N 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

This is a reminder of the deadline to send bio-data for the position of Library Trainees in the Resource Centre on or before 30th June 2005. Dear Sir/Madam We take this opportunity to inform you that Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), situated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is promoted by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. It has been established on a 50-acre of land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Government of Gujarat has granted it the University Status under the State Act and is recognized by UGC. The Institute has started functioning since August 2001 with a batch size of 240 students at Undergraduate level in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It also offers a variety of masters' and doctoral programs in ICT and allied areas. The Institute takes young and dynamic postgraduate fresher with minimum first class in Masters in Library and Information Science, well versed in Computer application to Library and Information Services. Duration of Training is for a period of one year. However, guarantee of continued employment cannot be given. The trainees get a fixed stipend between Rs.5000 to Rs.6000 depending on their quality etc, per month with no other facilities / benefits, as applicable to regular employees, excepting casual leave. Resource Centre is kept open till mid night on all working days during the semester and 2.00am during examination period and is open on holidays and Sundays. Selected trainees may have to work during these extended hours on rotation basis. The Institute has fully computerized in-house operations and services of the Resource Centre and provides access to wide variety of digital collection, catering to the needs of the Faculty/ Staff and students. Plans are on to convert this Resource Centre into a complete Digital Resource Centre. Resource Centre has recently implemented the electromagnetic technology based security systems for reading materials. Interested candidates are requested to send your bio-data by email addressed to H. R Officer at hr(a)da-iict.org (a copy of the same may be marked to ts_kumbar(a)da-iict.org ). The last date for receiving the application is 30th June, 2005.The short listed candidates will be called for a written test and the interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over the email. Yours sincerely Executive Registrar Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post Bag. No.4 Near Indroda Circle Gandhinagar 382009 Gujarat ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

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