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MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor (fwd)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor (fwd) > From Reuters..... -ac > > MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor > > The director of MIT's Media Lab has recommended that Brazil install > open-source software on thousands of computers that will be sold to the > poor, saying proprietary software programs like ones offered by Microsoft > Corp. may be less attractive. > > "We advocate using high-quality free software as opposed to scaled-down > versions of more costly proprietary software," Walter Bender, director of > the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a > letter to the Brazilian government obtained by Reuters on Thursday. "Free > software is far better on the dimensions of cost, power and quality." > > President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and several ministers may decide as > early as this week whether free software or a simplified version of > Microsoft Windows will be installed on computers for a new effort called > PC Conectado, or the Connected PC. The effort aims to sell up to 1 million > computers, with costs partially subsidized by the government, to lower > middle income Brazilians this year. > > <snip> > > http://www.reuters.com/audi/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7… >

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Scotland favours open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Scottish universities sign open access deal Polly Curtis, education correspondent (The Guardian, UK) Monday March 14, 2005 Scottish university heads have agreed to make their academic research more freely available to one another in a bid to bypass the costly fees for publishing in journals. The new Scottish Declaration on Open Access is the latest in a series of challenges by universities to break the stranglehold of the major academic publishers which costs taxpayers millions of pounds a year. Publicly funded universities have to pay to have their academics' work assessed for publication, then again to read the journals. The declaration commits each of its 16 university signatories to setting up online libraries of research findings and doctorate papers which all academics can access. Universities will also look into developing a joint repository for academic work and some will make it mandatory for academics to publish their work on an open access basis. Funders of research are also considering how they can encourage recipients of their grants to publish their work on an open access basis. Timothy O'Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said: "The University of Edinburgh wants to ensure that its research is as visible as possible within Scotland, the UK and the world. This open access initiative provides an important route to deliver this." Sheila Cannell, the director of library services at the university, added: "We would like to see publicly funded research being publicly available rather than locked up in academic journals." Derek Law, university librarian at the University of Strathclyde said: "There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will by definition be read more. "The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base." Last year MPs on the Commons science and technology committee select committee condemned the rising costs to the taxpayer of publishing and accessing research. They backed new methods whereby the author pays a one-off fee and access is free. But the government rejected this method after what was believed to be a concerted lobby effort by journal publishers. Scottish Declaration on Open Access signatories: Glasgow Caledonian University Heriot-Watt University Napier University National Library of Scotland Open University Queen Margaret University College Robert Gordon University Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Scottish Agricultural College Scottish Crop Research Institute Scottish Library and Information Council University of Aberdeen University of Abertay Dundee University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Paisley University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde Scottish universities sign open access deal Polly Curtis, education correspondent (The Guardian, UK) Monday March 14, 2005 Scottish university heads have agreed to make their academic research more freely available to one another in a bid to bypass the costly fees for publishing in journals. The new Scottish Declaration on Open Access is the latest in a series of challenges by universities to break the stranglehold of the major academic publishers which costs taxpayers millions of pounds a year. Publicly funded universities have to pay to have their academics' work assessed for publication, then again to read the journals. The declaration commits each of its 16 university signatories to setting up online libraries of research findings and doctorate papers which all academics can access. Universities will also look into developing a joint repository for academic work and some will make it mandatory for academics to publish their work on an open access basis. Funders of research are also considering how they can encourage recipients of their grants to publish their work on an open access basis. Timothy O'Shea, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said: "The University of Edinburgh wants to ensure that its research is as visible as possible within Scotland, the UK and the world. This open access initiative provides an important route to deliver this." Sheila Cannell, the director of library services at the university, added: "We would like to see publicly funded research being publicly available rather than locked up in academic journals." Derek Law, university librarian at the University of Strathclyde said: "There is now clear evidence that open access articles are more frequently cited. If Scottish-based research is made available through open access it will be cited more, which means it will by definition be read more. "The hope is that this will in turn lead both to a positive cycle of increased research funding and also to increased inward investment as business recognises the added value of a powerful research base." Last year MPs on the Commons science and technology committee select committee condemned the rising costs to the taxpayer of publishing and accessing research. They backed new methods whereby the author pays a one-off fee and access is free. But the government rejected this method after what was believed to be a concerted lobby effort by journal publishers. Scottish Declaration on Open Access signatories: Glasgow Caledonian University Heriot-Watt University Napier University National Library of Scotland Open University Queen Margaret University College Robert Gordon University Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Scottish Agricultural College Scottish Crop Research Institute Scottish Library and Information Council University of Aberdeen University of Abertay Dundee University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Paisley University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Strathclyde

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First publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

"First publisher(IOP) to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking" " In September 2003, we announced that papers in our Electronic Journals had been enhanced by links to citing articles from The American Physical Society and NASA's Astrophysical Data System. I'm pleased to report that our 'Articles citing this article' tool has now been developed further. In keeping with our tradition of innovation, we have become the first publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using CrossRef's Forward Linking service. We have made 'cited-by' links available for papers published in the last 10 years. Over the coming months, we will be working our way through our entire journal archive, back to 1874. To take a look at forward linking in action, go to the following paper from New Journal of Physics and select the 'Articles citing this article link' on the right hand side: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 New Journal of Physics is our open-access electronic-only title (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) so the 'cited-by' links are available to all. For our other journals, this facility is limited to subscribers." Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. "First publisher(IOP) to implement 'cited-by' links using crossRef's forward linking" " In September 2003, we announced that papers in our Electronic Journals had been enhanced by links to citing articles from The American Physical Society and NASA's Astrophysical Data System. I'm pleased to report that our 'Articles citing this article' tool has now been developed further. In keeping with our tradition of innovation, we have become the first publisher to implement 'cited-by' links using CrossRef's Forward Linking service. We have made 'cited-by' links available for papers published in the last 10 years. Over the coming months, we will be working our way through our entire journal archive, back to 1874. To take a look at forward linking in action, go to the following paper from New Journal of Physics and select the 'Articles citing this article link' on the right hand side: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/1/1/006 New Journal of Physics is our open-access electronic-only title (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) so the 'cited-by' links are available to all. For our other journals, this facility is limited to subscribers." Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Unesco Training in Information Management- Asia- Pacific- at ISIM@IIITB- five fellowships available
by Mailing List Manager 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:59:37 +0530 From: Shalini R Urs <shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in> UN4IM- UNESCO Training Program in Information Management is being organised at ISIM@IIITB This Programme is supported by UNESCO and other organisations. There are five fellowships available for information workers from India. Those interested may apply for the same. The last date for receiving applications is March 30,2005 Details of the Programme available at the website- <http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/un4im> www.vidyanidhi.org.in/un4im Details below- ----- UN4IM -The UNESCO Training Programme for Information Management is envisioned to be a training programme with a difference- * Blending onsite ( face to face) with distance education mode. A unique six-month training programme based on a 1-4-1 month model- the first (May-June) and final month (November-December) face-to-face and the in-between four months distance mode. * Course Content- focused on ICT tools and technologies for Information Management. * Adopting/adapting different learning modes-lecture based theory, practice oriented hands on. Achieving a balance between discourse and demonstration; teaching and training, perception and performance * This programme is scheduled from May 9 to December 2, 2005. The first phase of the one-month face-to-face training is scheduled from May 9- June 3, 2005. The final face-to-face training programme is scheduled from November 7- December 2, 2005. o The Training Programme will have 20 participants from different parts of Asia-pacific. This will be held at the International School for Information Management @ Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India ( ISIM@IIITB) * The participants are required to be attending the UN4IM at the ISIM@IIITB during period of May-June and November-December. The intervening four months, they will go back to their workplace and work on the projects through the distance mode. ----- Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm

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GeoScienceWorld Full-Text Collection Now Available online
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

GeoScienceWorld's GSW Millennium Collection and GSW Literature Archives are now available through CSA.These collections offer a comprehensive Internet-based resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals. (Complete list available at http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml) The journals will be delivered through HighWire Press's Internet platform. One to five years of backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Millennium Collection; complete backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Literature Archives. Additional information about the Collection and GeoScienceWorld is available at the site- http://info.csa.com/gsw C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. GeoScienceWorld's GSW Millennium Collection and GSW Literature Archives are now available through CSA. These collections offer a comprehensive Internet-based resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals. (Complete list available at http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml http://info.csa.com/gsw/factsheet.shtml ) The journals will be delivered through HighWire Press's Internet p latform. One to five years of backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Millennium Collection; complete backfiles will be available for journals in the GSW Literature Archives. Additional information about the Collection and GeoScienceWorld is available at the site- http://info.csa.com/gsw http://info.csa.com/gsw C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Datastream by Thomson Financials
by Anagha Agharkar 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Dear Friends, I am looking for the vendor/representative of the Datastream service by Thomson Financials. If anyone knows the details, please mail across the same. With regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian/Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel #: 022-56377438 Regards, Anagha P Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel: 91-22-56377438 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Friends, I am looking for the vendor/representative of the Datastream service by Thomson Financials. If anyone knows the details, please mail across the same. With regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian/Associate ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel #: 022-56377438 Regards, Anagha P Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. Mumbai Tel: 91-22-56377438 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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Sad loss of Library
by venky 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

I was saddened to read that "One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told Inter Press Service (IPS)." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html S. Venkadesan I was saddened to read that "One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told Inter Press Service (IPS)." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html S. Venkadesan

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Congrats to Ms Vijaya C Menon, International Travel Grant Winner - SLA DAM
by JK Vijayakumar 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

----- Original Message ----- From: <gvillamora(a)brightresearch.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:35 AM Subject: [sla-kiie] International Travel Grant Winner - SLA DAM > Please excuse the cross-posting -- > > The Advertising and Marketing Division (DAM) of SLA is pleased to announce > the winner of our International Travel Grant for SLA Toronto conference this > year. > > Vijaya C. Menon is the first recipient of our International Travel Grant. > She is Head of Knowledge Management at Grey Worldwide India. Vijaya manages > information services and dissemination to all ten offices in India, > including Srilanka and Bangladesh. She provides liaison work on information > queries with Grey Europe and the Americas. Vijaya has over 15 years of > library management work at Grey, J. Walter Thompson India, Accenture and the > Reserve Bank of India. > > Initiated at the Nashville June 2004 conference, the Travel Grant is open to > international SLA and DAM members. Application requirements were announced > in our 2004 Fall Bulletin and posted in various SLA discussion lists. The > Grant consists of $1,500 (US) plus conference registration fee and ticketed > DAM-sponsored events. > > Jo-Ann McQuillan, DAM chair and Director of Information at the Institute of > Communications and Advertising/Canada, will present the Grant to Vijaya at > the division�s business meeting on June 6, 2005. > > �I appreciate the overwhelming support and look forward to developing > global networking initiatives at SLA,� said Vijaya to the International > Relations Chair. > > We are happy and privileged to have her onboard. See you in Toronto. Grace > > > Grace Avellana Villamora > Advertising and Marketing Division (DAM) > International Relations Chair > Special Libraries Association (SLA) > > Information Strategist, Principal > brightresearch llc > Chicago, IL USA > Phone 773.973.4260 > Fax 773.761.7135 -------------- JK Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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SERIALS is now freely available on the Web
by MALLIKARJUNA, C 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Dear Professional, The UK Serials Group (UKSG) exists to encourage the exchange of ideas on printed and electronic serials and the process of scholarly communication. In a dynamic environment, the UKSG works to: 1) promote discussion and the free flow of information on serials matters and associated technology 2) develop links between all parties in the serials information chain 3) encourage professional awareness, stimulate research and provide a programme of training and education The UKSG is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is the only organisation spanning the wide range of interest and activity between serials producers and readers. With a membership of nearly 600 organisations, a third of them based outside the UK, the UKSG engages a broad cross-section of people concerned with the publication, distribution and use of serials. Members pay an annual corporate subscription which offers everyone in their organisation a range of valuable benefits. including papers from the United Kingdom's Serials Group (UKSG) Open Access seminar, November 2005. SERIALS is now freely available on the Web. SERIALS is the international journal for the serials community, published three times a year by the UK Serials Group and is available in print and online. It contains topical articles written by librarians, publishers, aggregators and other experts within the global serials industry, as well as conference reports, editorial comment and people in the news. C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Professional, The UK Serials Group (UKSG) exists to encourage the exchange of ideas on printed and electronic serials and the process of scholarly communication. In a dynamic environment, the UKSG works to: 1) promote discussion and the free flow of information on serials matters and associated technology 2) develop links between all parties in the serials information chain 3) encourage professional awareness, stimulate research and provide a programme of training and education The UKSG is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is the only organisation spanning the wide range of interest and activity between serials producers and readers. With a membership of nearly 600 organisations, a third of them based outside the UK, the UKSG engages a broad cross-section of people concerned with the publication, distribution and use of serials. Members pay an annual corporate subscription which offers everyone in their organisation a range of valuable benefits. including papers from the United Kingdom's Serials Group (UKSG) Open Access seminar, November 2005. SERIALS is now freely available on the Web. SERIALS is the international journal for the serials community, published three times a year by the UK Serials Group and is available in print and online. It contains topical articles written by librarians, publishers, aggregators and other experts within the global serials industry, as well as conference reports, editorial comment and people in the news. C.MALLIKARJUNA, BANGALORE hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Mobile:9343757228 http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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NCSI-Net Meeting on 19th March 2005
by Madhuresh 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Dear All, You are cordially invited for next NCSI-NET meeting, which is going to be held on Saturday 19th of March 2005 by 11:00 AM at NCSI. The speaker will be Mr. Francis Jayakanth from NCSI. Tea/Coffee will be served at 10.45 AM. Title: My experiences as a Fulbrighter Through this informal talk-cum-demo, he will share his recent experience as a Fulbrighter in the US in general and at the Old Dominion University (ODU) in particular. The talk-cum-demo will mainly revolve around the work he did at the ODU. Title of his Fulbright proposal: Approaches to make CDS/ISIS Databases OAI-Compliant. Abstract -------- One of the biggest obstacles for information dissemination to a user community is that many Digital Libraries or bibliographic databases use heterogeneous technologies that inhibit interoperability. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) addresses interoperability by using a framework to facilitate the discovery of content stored in distributed archives or bibliographic databases through the use of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Though the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is becoming the de facto standard for digital libraries, some of the old bibliographic databases, for a variety of reasons, are still not OAI compliant. One such system is CDS/ISIS, which was designed specifically for handling bibliographic/textual information efficiently. CDS/ISIS is quite widely used by the LIS community. There is a need for making CDS/ISIS databases OAI-compliant to enable sharing of metadata and thus leading to better federated discovery services for the end users. In this talk-cum-demo, I'll describe two approaches for making CDS/ISIS databases OAI compliant: Static and Dynamic. In the static approach, CDS/ISIS records are exported and converted into an OAI static repository format. The static repository file is made OAI-compliant either by importing it into the Kepler archivelet, a light-weight, easy-to-install OAI compliant archive for the individuals or static repository file becomes OAI-compliant through the intermediation of static repository gateway. This approach has certain limitations. These limitations are overcome in the dynamic approach. In the dynamic approach, an OAI layer makes CDS-ISIS databases OAI-compliant in the real time. During the demo, a federated search on a few sample CDS/ISIS databases will be shown. Please confirm your presence to me (madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com) or Prasanna (t.s.prasanna(a)intel.com) Regards NCSI-Net Coordinator Team Note: NCSI-NET is a network of National Center for Science Information (NCSI) employees and alumni and organizes presentations/talks every month for its members.

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