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On institutional archives
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun Friends: Prof. Fytton Rowlands writes: "... ... mandatory deposition in institutional repositories, each one operated by an independent university, but all networked together by means of the OAI-PMH, might be more reassuring to Americans." But despite the prolific and persuasive writings on this subject by Peter Suber, Stevan Harnad, Leslie Chan and others, there are not many iopen access institutional archives either in North America or in Europe (including the UK). And we are always told that scientists go be reason, logic and evidence! When it comes to publishing, disseminating information, etc. most scientists and scientific institutions are anything but unscientific. How are we going to convince them of the great value of open access institutional archiving? Some of us in India are trying really hard to convince our science managers (mostly in the government), vice chancellors, directors of research labs, professors and scientists who publish frequently, doctoral students and librarians of the great advantages of setting p institutional archives in India. The progress is at snail's pace! I sometimes wonder if we are holding a much larger number of conferences and workshops on open access than setting up working institutional archives. The situation is somewhat similar to poverty reduction. here are a number of conferences on the subject, but very little action on the ground. It might help if we enforce a code of conduct: Anyone wanting to organise a conference on open access should do so only after he/she sets up at least five institutional rchives and populates them with at least 50% ofthe institution's published papers! Arun

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowship to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar of INFLIBNET
by JK Vijayakumar 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Mr Rajesh Chandrakar, our colleague from INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. He has been awarded with Commonwealth Professional Fellowship and he will be working at Middlesex University under the guidance of Dr Alan Hopkinson during January - April 2005. He is with INFLIBNET Centre since 1997 as Scientific and Technical Officer and actively inolved in activities, especially related to Union Database Managament, Bibliographic Standards, Multi Lingual Solutions, SOUL Software Development and Networking and Quality Control Group. He holds Bachelor degree in Science, Master degree in Library and Information Science and PGDCA. He is the Convenor of MARC21 Core Group of INFLIBNET Centre, nominated an Alternate representative of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Technical Committee MSD5and an Alternate Voting Representative to NISO (National Information Standards Organization), USA. He is widely published in International refereed journals and conferences and he is the Joint-Convener of International CALIBER-2005. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mike.Bray(a)britishcouncil.org> To: <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in>; <rchandrakar(a)yahoo.com> Cc: <Emily.Thomas(a)in.britishcouncil.org> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: Professional Fellowship award Dear Mr Chandrakar, I was pleased to hear from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission that you have been offered a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship Award at Middlesex University tenable from 5 January 2005 to 15 April 2005. I have sent you letters today with administrative details about your Professional Fellowship award. To save a little time, I am enclosing electronic versions here. I have also enclosed your UK Work Permit which will be necessary for obtaining a visa. Please let me know if you need any further information at this stage. Best wishes Mike Bray British Council, Manchester ---------------------------------- Mike Bray Contract Officer, CCAG T +44 (0)161 957 7398 F +44 (0)161 957 7488 mike.bray(a)britishcouncil.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir
by Bhojaraju G. 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir Dear Sir, Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. With Warm Regards Bhojaraju G. Librarian - Knowledge Management www.bhojarajug.cjb.net <http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/> _____ <http://www.icicionesource.com/> Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. : 9029 | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com <mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com> | www.icicionesource.com <http://www.icicionesource.com/> ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring) | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560006, India. ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************  Congratulations to Dr.Muttayya Sir � Dear Sir, � Congratulations on your New Assignment as ILA President. � I join all Bangalore Library Professional friends to convey you the Best Wishes on this Occasion. � With Warm Regards � Bhojaraju G. Librarian – Knowledge Management http://www.bhojarajug.cjb.net/ www.bhojarajug.cjb.net http://www.icicionesource.com/ cid:image003.jpg@01C4DB8B.BF995290 Tel: +91 (80) 2841 9240 Ext. :�9029� | Cell: +91 94483 69905 | Fax: +91 (80) 2841 1566 | mailto:bhojaraju.g@icicionesource.com bhojaraju.g(a)icicionesource.com � | http://www.icicionesource.com/ www.icicionesource.com �ICICI OneSource Ltd. (First Ring)� � | Unit 1-6, II Floor, Innovator Block, International Technology Park (ITPL), Whitefield Road , Bangalore - 560006, India . � ***************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this email. ****************************************************************************************************

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Fw: WEBSITE FOR YOU
by Lata Suresh 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Lata Suresh To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : lata(a)iihmr.org or iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:lata@iihmr.org Lata Suresh To: mailto:lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: WEBSITE FOR YOU Dear friends, the website for you. http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ http://www.worldlibrarians.com/ created by Dr.S.A.N.Inamdar,LIBRARIAN, WALCHAND COLEGE OF ENGG., VISHRAMBAG, SANGLI 416 415 , under this site they are planning to build a web directory of librarian in India at first phase and then all around the world. You can enjoy the specializtion of the web site, send your photograh and deatils as per online form available on the site alongwith the registration fee of Rs. 300/- to the said company. Now show your presence on the internet in this digital era. Post your resume, reserve a separate web page for you on worldlibrarians.com don't leave yourself behind join the world librarians community and share your thoughts and experience with other librarians.. regards LATA SURESH Librarian Indian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur - 302011 RAJASTHAN INDIA Phone : 91-141-2791431-34 ext 328 Fax : 91-141-2792138 Email : mailto:lata@iihmr.org lata(a)iihmr.org or mailto:iihmr@iihmr.org iihmr(a)iihmr.org URL : http://www.iihmr.org http://www.iihmr.org

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New Library for Visually Impaired: Mumbai
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

New library in Mumbai for visually impaired PTI (HIndustan Times) Mumbai, December 4 http://www.htnext.com/news/5922_1137458,001500230001.htm A library for the visually impaired was opened at the Victoria Memorial School for the blind here today. The state-of-the-art library was inaugurated by Justice Radhakrishnan of Bombay High Court. Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, the library has Braille books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low vision. It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music and read-aloud sessions. Workshops, lectures and discussions on topics of general interest will be periodically organised, the school Principal Shalan Chavan said. Established in 1902 for the benefit of the blind, the Victoria Memorial school today has a strength of 100 residential students and 20 day scholars from different parts of the country and the demand for admission continues, Chavan said. ============================================= Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631

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loss of books
by Nagesh Hadimani 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Dear friends, there is one question, is librarian responsible for the loss of books i n the big libraries or the whole staff is responsible for it. If any amendemnts in ugc and other library act. please inform me about that. Thanks >> > vijaykumar mulimani > >> > Librarian > >> > Sangameshwar college, > >> > Solapur.413001 > >> > ph:(o)0217-2315588 ext.25 > >> > >

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Pest Controls in library
by Sasireka Govindaraj 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Dear Professional Friends, i wish to know about "Pest Controls in Library". kindly let me know about the same... kind regards, G.Sasireka Librarian Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College Perambalur, Tamilnadu. ===== Regards, G.Sasireka ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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[lisnet] MSU to host All-India Library Conference
by K Prakash 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

MSU to host All-India Library Conference Express New Service Vadodara, November 28: Hansa Mehta Library of MS University will play host to the 50th All India Library Conference of Indian Library Association from December 1. The conference is the first of its kind in Vadodara. The four-day conference - 'Knowledge Organisation in Digital Environment in Libraries' - will be inaugurated on December 1 and see participants all over the world. Over 300 librarians, information scientists, researchers, scholars and students of Library and Information Science are expected to participate in the conference. ''We have already received 109 paper presentations for the event. This is an opportunity for us to learn different library methods practiced around the world,'' said Kautilya H Shukla, the University librarian at MSU. The Hansa Mehta library has 7.5 lakh books to its credit and serves the distinction of being the largest university library system in the country. Though digitalisation of the library has been doing rounds, so far nothing has materialised. Shukla said that entire membership and accounting procedures are computerised but operations are still being done manually. Shukla further added that new technologies have given birth to concepts like digital libraries, e-libraries and virtual libraries that require re-engineering of knowledge organisations in the library. ''Quick access to information using digital devices or electronic media are unavoidable across the globe and library cannot be an exception,'' he said. He added that the authorities are considering digitalisation of the Hansa Mehta library soon. With best wishes/ regards. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- K PRAKASH Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, AHMEDABAD - 380 009 India # Tel.: 91 - 079 - 2630 5971 / 2630 4695 Extn: 38; Fax: 2630 0990(Off.); 2676 3724(Res.) # Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com # URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ ; http://www.prakashk.netfirms.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/_o7wlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lisnet/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lisnet-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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help requested on purchasing a good digital scanner
by Sunita Barve 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

We would like to buy one good digital flatbed scanner for our library which will have the following facilities and which will be with price range from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 80000/-. 1. Color scanning 2. Negative film scanning 3. Slide scanning 4. Transparancy scanning 5. OCR facility 6. Scanning area from A4 to A3 page size 7. Book scanning facility We already have one "ACER Scanner Scan Premio ST" which we bought in 2002 but now after two years there may be something new available in the market with advanced features. Can any one of you suggest any good scanner available in the market and which you are using for scanning documents in your library with above facilities. Regards, Sunita Barve Library-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : 91-20-25697107 FAX : 91-20-5697257 Email :sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in

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Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BELOVED DIRECTOR Dr T A V MURTHY --- Arunachalam Hariharan <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:52:15 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [digilib_india] Dr.T.A.V.Murthy - > selected for the Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila > Chandra Best Librarian Award 2004 > > > Dear All, > > Selection process for the Best Librarian award > instituted in the name of Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra is over. Selection was > based on criteria such as > > Numbers of > > 1. Papers presented in the national and > international > conferences > > 2. Articles published in national and > international > journals > > 3. Invited talks at various levels > > 4. Books authored, edited, reviewed > > 5. Contribution to the profession > > 6. Contribution to the Society/Nation > > 7. Innovative services developed/introduced > > 8. Projects undertaken > > 9. Seminars/conferences organised > > 10. Number of researches guided > > 11. Educational qualifications, service > rendered in > various capacity (at all levels) and so on. > > Selection Committee is pleased to announce the > name of > > Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, Director, INFLIBNET for this > award > for the year 2004. > > Let us all congratulate Dr.T.A.V.Murthy, > Director, > INFLIBNET for getting selected for the award - > for his > outstanding contribution to the profession and > distinguished service > > Let us all thank Dr. Harish Chandra for > sponsoring > the award. > > Convener, > Award Committee, > Dr.Harish Chandra - Sushila Chandra Best > Librarian > Award 2004 > SALIS > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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