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Elsevier?s Scirus Opens Repository Search Service
by Mailing List Manager 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:40:49 +0530 From: Farooque Shaheen <Farooque.Shaheen(a)caritor.com> Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other =0D research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and = =0D full-text delivery through Elsevier?s free, sci-tech search engine, Scirus (http://www.scirus.com) The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto?s T-Space collection ( http://tspace.library.utoronto.ca) All of T-Space?s digital files and data are available to the open Web.=0D The new alternative formats for data will stretch beyond Scirus? current non-HTML/XML formats, e.g., PDF, Postscript, PowerPoint, etc. However, for now, Scirus will not offer special handling of images, programs, or data sets beyond better metadata. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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More on ACS vs PubChem
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Friends: Here are two news stories on the ACS vs PubChem tussle. They appeared in Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Scientists around the world, especially those living in the United States should mobilise support for PubChem. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----------------------------------------- More on ACS v. PubChem 1. Stephanie Wright, Dueling Databases, TechnoBiblio, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'The dialog this issue has generated has been hot and heavy with PubChem supporters explaining that PubChem is complementary to CAS, not duplicative. CAS supporters are complaining of "unfair, improper competition from the government". Aside from the fact that I'm a librarian and believe that information should be free, I think I'm even more rankled as a taxpayer. ACS Chief Executive Officer, Madeleine Jacobs, wrote in a recent letter to Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts: "The fact that the data collected into PubChem is "public domain" is completely irrelevant. Assembling information and publishing it in a variety of forms is what the private sector does. We believe that taxpayers should not fund the entry of NIH into the information industry more broadly than is necessary to disseminate the information whose creation it funds." What this basically says to me is that as a taxpayer, I can pay for the research but if I want access to it, I have to pay the private sector....The logic in this escapes me. Of course, ACS was perfectly happy with government funding of information products when it accepted NSF funds for the development of the CAS Registry System. This issue is about so much more than NIH vs. ACS. It is yet another example of a dangerous trend. Just look at the Department of Energy's now defunct database, PubScience, shut down by the Software and Information Industry Association. If we let a valuable resource like PubChem (as well as other freely accessible databases: ERIC, Agricola, PubMed) get shut down, we might as well give up on the whole open-access venture and we'll only have ourselves as librarians, and taxpayers, to blame.' 2. Aliya Sternstein, Publishers make appeal to lawmakers in NIH dispute, Federal Computer Week, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'American Chemical Society officials are asking lawmakers to rein in those responsible for a federal database of molecular structures because they say it will cut into the society's income from the sale of similar information. The National Institutes of Health created PubChem in 2004 as part of NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research initiative to speed the discovery of new medical treatments....Brian Dougherty, senior adviser to the chief strategy officer at ACS, said the society suggested forming a technical working group to set parameters for PubChem. "NIH has been unwilling to put anything in writing," Dougherty said. "We think this is going to put us out of business if it keeps growing and no parameters are set." NIH officials said they are confused about why ACS insists that PubChem will harm the society's business interests. "What is in common is a relatively small number of compound structures and names," said Christopher Austin, senior adviser to the translational research director at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center at the National Human Genome Research Institute. "ACS has gotten hung up on this," he said. "CAS has 25 million structures. PubChem has about 850,000. PubChem is a subset. Not everything that is in CAS is relevant to biomedical research." NIH officials said narrowing PubChem's focus could slow medical progress. "It would have profoundly negative effects on this new paradigm of making medical discoveries," Austin said.' Friends: Here are two news stories on the ACS vs PubChem tussle. They appeared in Peter Suber's blog "Open Access News". Scientists around the world, especially those living in the United States should mobilise support for PubChem. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----------------------------------------- More on ACS v. PubChem [A] 1. Stephanie Wright, http://www.technobiblio.com/archives/2005/06/dueling_databases.php Dueling Databases , TechnoBiblio , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'The http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/acs_pubchem.html dialog this issue has generated has been hot and heavy with PubChem supporters explaining that PubChem is complementary to CAS, not duplicative. CAS supporters are complaining of "unfair, improper competition from the government". Aside from the fact that I'm a librarian and believe that information should be free, I think I'm even more rankled as a taxpayer. ACS Chief Executive Officer, Madeleine Jacobs, wrote in a recent letter to Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts: "The fact that the data collected into PubChem is "public domain" is completely irrelevant. Assembling information and publishing it in a variety of forms is what the private sector does. We believe that taxpayers should not fund the entry of NIH into the information industry more broadly than is necessary to disseminate the information whose creation it funds." What this basically says to me is that as a taxpayer, I can pay for the research but if I want access to it, I have to pay the private sector....The logic in this escapes me. Of course, ACS was perfectly happy with government funding of information products when it accepted NSF funds for the development of the CAS Registry System. This issue is about so much more than NIH vs. ACS. It is yet another example of a dangerous trend. Just look at the Department of Energy's now defunct database, http://www.fcw.com/article78138-11-13-02-Web PubScience, shut down by the Software and Information Industry Association. If we let a valuable resource like PubChem (as well as other freely accessible databases: ERIC, Agricola, PubMed) get shut down, we might as well give up on the whole open-access venture and we'll only have ourselves as librarians, and taxpayers, to blame.' 2. Aliya Sternstein, http://www.fcw.com/article89163-06-13-05-Print Publishers make appeal to lawmakers in NIH dispute , Federal Computer Week , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'American Chemical Society officials are asking lawmakers to rein in those responsible for a federal database of molecular structures because they say it will cut into the society's income from the sale of similar information. The National Institutes of Health created PubChem in 2004 as part of NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research initiative to speed the discovery of new medical treatments....Brian Dougherty, senior adviser to the chief strategy officer at ACS, said the society suggested forming a technical working group to set parameters for PubChem. "NIH has been unwilling to put anything in writing," Dougherty said. "We think this is going to put us out of business if it keeps growing and no parameters are set." NIH officials said they are confused about why ACS insists that PubChem will harm the society's business interests. "What is in common is a relatively small number of compound structures and names," said Christopher Austin, senior adviser to the translational research director at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center at the National Human Genome Research Institute. "ACS has gotten hung up on this," he said. "CAS has 25 million structures. PubChem has about 850,000. PubChem is a subset. Not everything that is in CAS is relevant to biomedical research." NIH officials said narrowing PubChem's focus could slow medical progress. "It would have profoundly negative effects on this new paradigm of making medical discoveries," Austin said.'

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Scirus and Google index institution archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Friends: All Indian institutinal and central archives may register with both Google and Scirus and reap the benefits. The Unversity of Toronto librarian Marshall (Peter) Clinton, whom I met a few weeks ago at his office, finds linking his university archive with these two search services beneficial. Please read the brief news story appended below. Prof. Balki & Francis (at IISc), Dr Krishnan at NCL, and Ms Naina Pandita at NIC might wish to register their archives with both Scirus and Google, if they have not done so already. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More on the Elsevier/Scirus repository search service Barbara Quint, Elsevier's Scirus Opens Repository Search Service, Information Today NewsBreaks, June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and full-text delivery through Elsevier's free, sci-tech search engine, Scirus. The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto's T-Space collection. All of T-Space's digital files and data are available to the open Web. Marshall (Peter) Clinton, director of information technology services at the University of Toronto Libraries, said that a similar arrangement with Google preceded Scirus' arrangement by several months. He estimates that both Scirus and Google's improved service has improved access for both on-campus and off-campus users of the T-Space site. Ammy Vogtlander, Scirus' general manager, attributes the development of the Scirus Repository Search service to the fact that "Elsevier understands that an increasing amount of valuable content is currently held in academic repositories." She indicated that working directly with institutional repositories would allow Scirus to reach unique metadata and full-text material. It will also allow Scirus to reach content in alternative formats to journal articles or reports....According to Vogtlander, "We already had full indexing of various sites and institutional repositories, but now, for participating repositories, we will target key reports, have higher quality indexing, better display of results, and more accurate metadata." She found it odd that some institutional repositories, for all their important content, "offer no full text, only metadata."...Google Scholar has introduced linking to "appropriate copy" or restricted access content. (See Library Collections Linked on Google Scholar for Free.) When asked about Google Scholar's clustering and linking, Vogtlander said that Scirus is considering clustering. For now, however, Scirus users will see multiple results ranked on frequency of terms and date. Scirus also can't handle Open URL linking to library-licensed content....Vogtlander seems to see the world in different terms from traditional Elsevier. In reference to the policy of not charging for Scirus' services, even the new Repository Search service, she stated: "We must understand the free service business. There are different business models now, and Web searching is seen as free."' (PS: I like this: Elsevier and Google competing to offer superior indexing of OA repository content. --- Peter Suber in Open Access News, 13 June 2005) Friends: All Indian institutinal and central archives may register with both Google and Scirus and reap the benefits. The Unversity of Toronto librarian Marshall (Peter) Clinton, whom I met a few weeks ago at his office, finds linking his university archive with these two search services beneficial. Please read the brief news story appended below. Prof. Balki & Francis (at IISc), Dr Krishnan at NCL, and Ms Naina Pandita at NIC might wish to register their archives with both Scirus and Google, if they have not done so already. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More on the Elsevier/Scirus repository search service [A] Barbara Quint, http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050613-2.shtml Elsevier's Scirus Opens Repository Search Service , Information Today NewsBreaks , June 13, 2005. Excerpt: 'Institutional repositories of digital data at universities and other research institutions may now receive deeper, more thorough indexing and full-text delivery through Elseviers free, sci-tech search engine, http://www.scirus.com/ Scirus . The Scirus engine already reaches content at many institutional repositories, but those joining the new Scirus Repository Search service will receive more extensive and sophisticated indexing of a wider range of content. The repositories will also have access to additional search capabilities on their own Web sites at no cost. The first university to join the Scirus Repository Search service is the University of Toronto's http://tspace.library.utoronto.ca T-Space collection. All of T-Space's digital files and data are available to the open Web. Marshall (Peter) Clinton, director of information technology services at the University of Toronto Libraries, said that a similar arrangement with Google preceded Scirus' arrangement by several months. He estimates that both Scirus and Google's improved service has improved access for both on-campus and off-campus users of the T-Space site. Ammy Vogtlander, Scirus' general manager, attributes the development of the Scirus Repository Search service to the fact that "Elsevier understands that an increasing amount of valuable content is currently held in academic repositories." She indicated that working directly with institutional repositories would allow Scirus to reach unique metadata and full-text material. It will also allow Scirus to reach content in alternative formats to journal articles or reports....According to Vogtlander, "We already had full indexing of various sites and institutional repositories, but now, for participating repositories, we will target key reports, have higher quality indexing, better display of results, and more accurate metadata." She found it odd that some institutional repositories, for all their important content, "offer no full text, only metadata."...Google Scholar has introduced linking to "appropriate copy" or restricted access content. (See http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050516-1.shtml Library Collections Linked on Google Scholar for Free .) When asked about Google Scholar's clustering and linking, Vogtlander said that Scirus is considering clustering. For now, however, Scirus users will see multiple results ranked on frequency of terms and date. Scirus also can't handle Open URL linking to library-licensed content....Vogtlander seems to see the world in different terms from traditional Elsevier. In reference to the policy of not charging for Scirus' services, even the new Repository Search service, she stated: "We must understand the free service business. There are different business models now, and Web searching is seen as free."' (PS: I like this: Elsevier and Google competing to offer superior indexing of OA repository content. --- Peter Suber in Open Access News , 13 June 2005)

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Red Hat Releases Newest Fedora
by Farooque Shaheen 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualization, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development. Among other features, Fedora Core 4--released Monday--comes with the Xen virtualization software, which lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. Xen competes with software from EMC's VMware and with Microsoft virtual machine products. Fedora Core 4 uses version 2.10 of Gnome or version 3.4 of the KDE graphical desktop software. It includes the Evince software for reading Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and OpenOffice.org 2.0. It also includes the Global File System (GFS) software for distributing files across a group of computers. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449 Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualization, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development. Among other features, Fedora Core 4--released Monday--comes with the Xen virtualization software, which lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. Xen competes with software from EMC's VMware and with Microsoft virtual machine products. Fedora Core 4 uses version 2.10 of Gnome or version 3.4 of the KDE graphical desktop software. It includes the Evince software for reading Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and OpenOffice.org 2.0. It also includes the Global File System (GFS) software for distributing files across a group of computers. Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105 Mobile-9342507449

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[LIS-Forum] Version 58, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Version 58 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,420 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html http://info.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.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/ 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* 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://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is about 200 pages long. The Acrobat file is over 470 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, Library Administration, 114 University Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2000. E-mail: cbailey(a)uh.edu. Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. DigitalKoans: http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/ Open Access Bibliography: http://www.arl.org/pubscat/pubs/openaccess/ Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm

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workshop announcement
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:41:00 -0400 From: anjrao <anjrao(a)indiatimes.com> Dear sir kindly announce the following workshop events yours sincerely Janardhana Rao A N Librarian M S Ramiah institute of Management Bangalore-54 Email:msriml@rediff.com National Workshop on �Library and Information Services (LIS) for Quality Higher Education A one-day national workshop on �LIS for Quality Higher Education� was jointly organized by the NAAC and the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Management (MSRIM), Bangalore on May 21, 2005. The MSRIM was the venue. Welcoming the participants to the workshop, Prof. Balachander of MSRIM underlined the need for good academic libraries in the higher education context. During his inaugural address, Prof. V.S. Prasad, Director, NAAC used the occasion to recall his association with the good libraries and librarians in the past and said that for a �learner�, librarian can be the best friend on an educational campus. In any field, limitations were always there but so were opportunities, he felt. The objective of the librarian should always be �total user satisfaction�. Prof. L. M. Patnaik, I.I.Sc, Bangalore, in his Presidential address, said that unlike in past when information sources were scarce, after the advent of internet, the present is characterized by information abundance; one of the key roles of the librarian was to pin-point the user to the appropriate information source and help conserve time and energy of the user. The workshop consisted of five sessions, including the last session earmarked for discussion and feedback. Mr. Anil Gowda of MSRIM made a presentation on �Accreditation and Certification: An Overview of NAAC, NBA and ISO Processes�. Explaining the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act upon) Model for quality, he said that identifying problems correctly is the first step towards quality improvement. During his session on �ISO Certification and Academic Libraries�, Dr. Harish Chandra, Chief Librarian, IIT, Chennai emphasized that library functioning ought to be user-focused. He said that librarian was not just a custodian of books, as may have been the case till recently, but had evolved as an interpreter of thought contents. Pointing out that the IIT, Chennai had a separate website for e-books, he stressed the need for academic libraries to have a vision. Conceding that the �hybrid libraries� will always remain, as only then would the LIS be truly satisfactory, he said �customer satisfaction� and �customer confidence� should continue to guide the library agenda. After mentioning the impressive fact that the consultancy services of his Institute had touched the Rs.30 crore mark, he elaborated on the benefits of ISO Certification for academic libraries and explained the effect measures like �users writing the librarian�s CR�, and �ISO Certification� have had on their library system. Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa, Karnataka University, Dharwad, dealing with �Quality Indicators for LIS: Parameters of NAAC� said that no quality higher education was possible without quality LIS. Dr. Pichappan, Annamalai University explained �e-Learning and Digital Library Practices in enhancing the quality of LIS�. He asserted that quality of research and quality of higher education were inseparably linked. Explaining the technology developments in the library field, he hoped that e-learning would possibly neutralize brain-drain. During the course of the day, Balani Infotech and SSG Systems Ltd. made presentations on �e-Resources� and �Integrated Digital Library and Library Management� respectively. In her valedictory address, Dr. Mariamma Verghese, Senior Education Consultant, NAAC expressed the need for enhancing the use of library as the most crucial learning resource and the need to be in step with the technology of the times for providing good library service. The workshop was hugely attended. About 60 senior library professionals from all over the country and the academic staff of MSRIM and the NAAC participated. The event was coordinated by Mr. Janardhan Rao of MSRIM and Dr. Srinivasa Raghavan of NAAC.

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Fwd: [LISDWD] Karnatak University needs University Librarian
by Dr. R M Vatnal 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

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SHRADDANJALI MEETING
by Mailing List Manager 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:54:54 +0000 from: I.R.N. Goudar <goudar#css.nal.res.in> Friends, A reminder about this evening's SHRADDANJALI MEETING. - Goudar SHRADDANJALI MEETING (Request: Please inform about this to friends, colleagues and students personally/through telephone, etc) As you are aware Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, a distinct star of our profession met a tragic accident and passed away on 3rd June 2005. He was given a tearful farewell the next day in the presence good number of his relatives, friends, colleagues and student community. We request you to join us in the CONDOLENCE MEETING arranged to pay homage to the departed soul. Date and Time: Monday, 13th June 2005 at 6.00 pm Venue: "Granthangana" Nagara Kendra Granthalaya West Zone, Hampinagar (RPC Layout) Vijayanagar, Bangalore -560040 (Very near to last RPC Layout Bus Stop Contact No. 23209691 (Chief Librarian, NKG) Meeting Organised by: Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for LIS Society for Information Science (SIS), Bangalore Chapter Students/Friends/Colleagues of Dr. TBR -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@fcss.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html

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Refresher course in LIS
by Dr. Nabi Hasan 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Friends The Sambalpur University is organizing a Refresher course in LIS from 11th July to 31st July 2005. Further information may be obtained from ascsu(a)rediffmail.com Dr. Nabi Hasan Library System Administrator University Library, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062 (India) Phone: 01894-283184 (Direct), 01894-230361 (O) Cell- 9418149447, 01894-234571 (R) E-Mail: nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http://hillagric.ernet.in --------------------------------- 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 Friends The Sambalpur University is organizing a Refresher course in LIS from 11th July to 31st July 2005. Further information may be obtained from mailto:ascsu@rediffmail.com ascsu(a)rediffmail.com Dr. Nabi Hasan Library System Administrator University Library, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062 (India) Phone: 01894-283184 (Direct), 01894-230361 (O) Cell- 9418149447, 01894-234571 (R) E-Mail: mailto:nabihasan@rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com mailto:nabihasan@gmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http:// hillagric.ernet.in 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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Promoting OA among teachers and students
by Subbiah Arunachalam 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Friends: In an earlier mail I said that it is important to alert scientists and research students to the papers available for free from the hundreds of OA archives around the world. A friend of mine, Prof. Ganapathy Baskaran of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (Bhatnagar Award winner for physics), spends about two hours in every workshop he conducts for university and college teachers and research students telling the participants about how to get the best out of the Internet. He actually demonstrates using an Internet connected PC in the classroom how one can learn a great deal from variety of sources and actually download the full text of key papers. We should encourage many others who conduct summer/winter schools and refresher courses to do the same. Clearly many researchers are not aware of important developments like open access and all they need is a little push. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Friends: In an earlier mail I said that it is important to alert scientists and research students to the papers available for free from the hundreds of OA archives around the world. A friend of mine, Prof. Ganapathy Baskaran of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (Bhatnagar Award winner for physics), spends about two hours in every workshop he conducts for university and college teachers and research students telling the participants about how to get the best out of the Internet. He actually demonstrates using an Internet connected PC in the classroom how one can learn a great deal from variety of sources and actually download the full text of key papers. We should encourage many others who conduct summer/winter schools and refresher courses to do the same. Clearly many researchers are not aware of important developments like open access and all they need is a little push. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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