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Academic and Scholalr Search Engines and Sources | Deep Web Research |
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Colleagues/ On behalf of my WebColleague, Marcus P. Zillman, I am pleased to announce his latest resource guide: Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources http://zillman.blogspot.com/2004/12/academic-and-scholar-search-engines.html Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation white paper titled "Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources' is a 32 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file (966KB) at the above link and authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. In addition, Marcus recently published an article in LLRX(r) that is also WorthTheRead: "Deep Web Research 2005" [ http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2005.htm ] BTW: For my eProfile of Marcus Zillman please see my latest _Library Hi Tech News_ column [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Zillman.pdf ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Deep Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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ICONES PLANTARUM INDIAE ORIENTALIS
by Prafulla Chandra 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear All, We are looking for a copy of the following title: ICONES PLANTARUM INDIAE ORIENTALIS, by R. Wight. 6 volumes bound in 3 physical volumes. Although a reprint of the ORIGINAL EDITION is available in the market, we are looking for the ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED DURING THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. Wight served in Chennai and was associated with the Madras Horiticultural Society. Any useful pointers on vendors of old books or on personal collections of individuals are welcome. The above book is required for Dharma Vana Arboretum, a not-for- profit, international arboretum being developed near Hyderabad over an area of 450+ acres to provide shelter to hundreds of endangered tree species of the tropics. Many thanks in advance for your support and cooperation to our DVA project. Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. USA) S-1 Ballad Estates, St.Ann's School Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017 Andhra Pradesh, India - Tel:+91 40 27001517 Tel/Fax:+91 40 27002538 WWW.NISC.COM A company in service to NISC worldwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Searching the TV programs - The Google way
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear Professionals, Google has launched its Beta version of Google Video - the new search facility to search the TV programs, online. Give any TV program name as a key word - we get the brief information about the show. The best part of it is, On the left hand side of the result page, we get links about the show, upcoming episodes of the show, and if we still want to know more abt the show, there is a Google hyperlink which gives the result. Since its still in its early stage not much videos are uploaded, yet. Here is a brief account about Google Video Search: ==================================================================================== Google Tunes Into TV Google Video Enables Users to Search TV Content From PBS, the NBA, Fox News, C-SPAN, and others Mountain View, Calif. January 25, 2005 Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the availability of Google Video, a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs from leading TV content providers including PBS, the NBA, Fox News, and C-SPAN, among others. This announcement demonstrates Google's commitment to creating innovative technologies that provide access to a greater diversity of the world's information. "What Google did for the web, Google Video aims to do for television," said Larry Page, Google co-founder and president of Products. "This preview release demonstrates how searching television can work today. Users can search the content of TV programs for anything, see relevant thumbnails, and discover where and when to watch matching television programs. We are working with content owners to improve this service by providing additional enhancements such as playback." The Google Video beta (http://www.google.com/video) enables users to search across the closed captioning content of a growing number of TV programs that Google began indexing in December, 2004. Entering a query such as iPod will return a list of relevant television programs with still images and text excerpts from the exact point in the program where the search phrase was spoken. Google Video offers these additional search features: Preview page: Displays up to five still video images and five short text segments from the closed captioning of each program. Upcoming episodes: Shows when the program will be aired next. Search within the show: Enables searching for specific words within a given program. Program details: Offers program and episode information including channel, date and time. Change location: Finds the next time and channel where a program will air locally according to zip code. For television channels and content producers, Google Video can increase viewership by providing Google users with information on future airings of relevant programs. "For more than three decades PBS and local PBS stations have pioneered the use of state-of-the-art technology to use media to inform, engage, entertain, and educate the American public," said Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of PBS. "Today we are proud to join with Google, a company that continues to achieve new levels of technical innovation with the launch of Google Video, a new service that increases the reach and impact of PBS content." "NBA fans are tech savvy early adopters," said NBA Commissioner David Stern. "With our partnership with Google on the pioneering Google Video service, we enhance our ability to meet the needs of NBA fans, delivering to them content and information in a new and innovative way." This early-stage release of Google Video does not include Google AdWords advertising or playback options. For more information, please visit http://www.google.com/video. ==================================================================================== **************************************** Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 PH: 25047319 **************************************** Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever

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Kindly put the following advt in the lis-forum. Thank you. Moun a Raju for Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore.
by Mouna Raju 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

INFORMATICS www.informindia.co.in is looking for suitable candidates for the post of "PROJECTS COORDINATOR - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT" Role & Responsibilities * Project Coordination * Vendor Management * Infrastructure and Technology Management Knowledge & Experience * Project Management & Costing Skills * Programming Skills * Knowledge of Information Products & Content Development * Post Graduate or BE in Computers & Information Science * Preferred Age Group 28-35 Remuneration Package: Rs.25,000/- to Rs.40,000/- per month Selected candidate should be willing to give a minimum 2-3 years of commitment guarantee to work in the Company. For more details contact: Mr S Sathya Prakash Divisioanl Manager - Operations & & HRD Informatics (India) Ltd P B No. 360, Malleswaram Bangalore 560 003, India Phone: 91 80 23365940, Fax: 91 80 23344598; mailto:ssp@informindia.co.in

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vacancy for library trainee/intern in IBM,Bangalore
by shanmugaprabha s 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Dear members, Here is an announcement for a library trainee/intern vacancy in IBM. Vacancy title : Library trainee/intern Company : IBM, Bangalore Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ Diploma in Library Science/ C.L.I.Sc.(freshers preferred) Duration : 3 to 4 months Salary : As per the standards Location : Bangalore Local candidates with good communication skills are requested to apply immediately. Please send your resumes to ssprabha(a)rediffmail.com ! With regards, S.Shanmuga Prabha, IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Phone number: 080 22063371 Dear members, Here is an announcement for a library trainee/intern vacancy in IBM. Vacancy title : Library trainee/intern Company : IBM, Bangalore Qualification : B.L.I.Sc/ Diploma in Library Science/ C.L.I.Sc.(freshers preferred) Duration : 3 to 4 months Salary : As per the standards Location : Bangalore Local candidates with good communication skills are requested to apply immediately. Please send your resumes to ssprabha(a)rediffmail.com ! With regards, S.Shanmuga Prabha, IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Phone number: 080 22063371 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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Google wants to offer cheap phone calls by broadband
by Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna＠i2.com 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Google wants to offer cheap phone calls by broadband Richard Wray Guardian Google is the latest dotcom business looking to increase its revenues by offering broadband internet users the ability to make cheap phone calls over the web. The California-based internet search engine is doing some searching of its own, looking for a "strategic negotiator" to help the company deal with telecoms companies to put together "a global backbone network" which will help it increase the services it can provide. Google, which carries almost half of all internet search queries globally, is one of many companies looking to offer residential customers the chance to use their existing broadband internet connections to make cheap phone calls using technology called voice over internet protocol (VoIP). Internet service providers Wanadoo and AOL are already looking at using the technology to increase the revenues they make from their existing internet access customers. For Google, which was unavailable for comment yesterday, providing a telephony service would give the search engine its first chance to gain an insight into who uses its website. The information would improve the service it offers to its advertisers. Industry observers reckon that through VoIP Google would also be able to add new functions such as click to dial - where an advertiser's web-page has a special button that connects an internet phone straight to a call centre. At its most basic level, VoIP offers free calling. Services such as Skype and Gossiptel allow broadband users to download software on to their computers and call other broadband users with exactly the same software for free regardless of where they are. But problems arise when VoIP users wish to call or be called by people who are not using the same technology or who are on mobile phone networks. To connect a call across networks incurs an interconnect fee which shatters the ideal of free internet phone calls as the VoIP service provider finds itself having to pay for the privilege of being part of the international telephony market. VoIP specialist Vonage launched a broadband telephony service in the UK from ?9.99 offering unlimited calling to landline phones in the UK and Ireland. At Christmas BT ran a promotion offering a year's free internet calls to new broadband customers along with a free VoIP headset. **************************************** Sreeharsha BG Knowledge Management Group i2 Technologies software Pvt. Ltd. 5th Floor, Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore-8 Ph: 25047319 ****************************************

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Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?
by Gerry Mckiernan 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

_Free/OpenSource /LowCost Journal Management Software?_ For a future eProfile for my _Library Hi Tech News_ column, I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Free/OpenSource/LowCost Journal Management Software/Systems Among the software/systems I have identified are epress [ http://www.epress.ac.uk/ ] "The epress journal management system helps editors and publishers of academic journals organise the flow of submissions, book reviews and journal issues. It is a web-based system which means that editors and publishers can work anywhere in the world where there is Internet access. The system prompts users through all the stages of journal administration, from selecting and inviting referees, chasing late reports, sending decision letters to authors, to publishing an issue. Although primarily deigned for managing electronic journals, it is also invaluable for conventional paper-based journals. For electronic journals, it manages notifications of new issues, generating RSS news feeds and files for content alert services. There are many other features that are invaluable for journal editors and publishers." AND Open Journal Systems [ http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/ojs/ ] "Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research. OJS is open source software made freely available to journals worldwide for the purpose of making open access publishing a viable option for more journals, as open access can increase a journal's readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale ... " This planned eProfile will complement one devoted to commercial systems in which I profiled in my column a two-and-half years ago: "Web-based Journal Manuscript Management and Peer-Review Systems and Services" _Library Hi Tech News_ 19, no. 7 (August 2002): 31-43. Self-archived at: [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/PeerSoft.pdf ] . TIA! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Information/Sources on Orphans in India required
by salman haider 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 Dear All, I am preparing a social welfare business plan. As part of this plan, I require reports/details of the areas mentioned below. Could you please assist? 1) Demographic profile of orphans in India 2) Profiling of orphanages in India in terms of total estimated orphanages, average number of inmates, expenses incurred per inmate etc. In the second topic, I am basically trying to understand the demand and supply details, how well on an average these orphans are cared for etc. Thanks a lot. Salman Salman Haider Consultant Learning Resource Centre Indian School of Business Hyderabad-19 Mail: salman_haider(a)isb.edu Phone (Office Desk): 040-23187962 http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo…

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New ISBN with 13 digits
by Satish Munnolli 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

appologies for cross posting A new International Standard Book Number (ISBN) has been approved and will come into effect as of 1 January 2007 requiring that all books published after this date will carry the new 13-digit ISBN. Plans have been prepared to facilitate the smooth transition on a global level and is necessitated by the dwindling of the numbers available to meet the growing demands of publishers and publications worldwide. The ISBN came into existence in 1970 as the internationally recognized identification system for the publishing and book sector. A unique identifier is attributed to each monographic publication from production and facilitates ordering and inventory by booksellers, libraries, publishers and the like as, in addition to enabling the collection of data it also contributes to the management of rights. The revised ISO standard, which is scheduled to published early in 2005, is the first time the structure has changed since its inception and revised implementation guidelines explaining in the process detail can be downloaded from http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in appologies for cross posting A new International Standard Book Number (ISBN) has been approved and will come into effect as of 1 January 2007 requiring that all books published after this date will carry the new 13-digit ISBN. Plans have been prepared to facilitate the smooth transition on a global level and is necessitated by the dwindling of the numbers available to meet the growing demands of publishers and publications worldwide. The ISBN came into existence in 1970 as the internationally recognized identification system for the publishing and book sector. A unique identifier is attributed to each monographic publication from production and facilitates ordering and inventory by booksellers, libraries, publishers and the like as, in addition to enabling the collection of data it also contributes to the management of rights. The revised ISO standard, which is scheduled to published early in 2005, is the first time the structure has changed since its inception and revised implementation guidelines explaining in the process detail can be downloaded from http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.… Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer A Grant-in-aid Centre of the DAE, Govt. of India. Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410208 Ph: 2740 5026; Fax: 2741 2894 Email: mailto:smunnolli@actrec.res.in smunnolli(a)actrec.res.in

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DELNET's Invitation for a Lecture on ISO 9001 Applications in Libraries and Information Centres
by Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

DELNET Developing Library Network cordially invites you, your colleagues and friends to the lecture on ISO 9001 Applications in Libraries and Information Centres by Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai (The Central Library has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certification by RWTUV, Germany) on Monday, January 31, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at India International Centre (Conference Room I) 40 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 Tea : 2:30 P. M. RSVP 24610802 " Become a Possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they are always there" Norman Vincent Peale _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET India International Centre 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi-110003 INDIA Tel.: 91-11-24610802, 24619328 FAX : 91-A11-24619325 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________

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