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Buying foreign books
by Prafulla Chandra 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Dear All, I would like to know the best practices for buying foreign books. Also, who are the top suppliers in India for these books? Recently, I wanted to buy the following book: DDC: Principles and Application, by Louis Main Chan. An OCLC publication, 2004. $40 I understand from one of the vendors that it would cost me $100 to procure this book for me ($40 cost of the book + $60 towards shipment and procurement). I strongly feel that we need to do something to correct this situation. I shall appreciate any pointers/help from members of this list on this point. We need to have a mechanism where importers of foreign books in India would be regularly announcing, at a single website, their new arrivals for the information of potential buyers. This site can also serve as a market place where the potential buyer can indicate his requirement for books and explore various options from different importers and select the best and most economical one. Thank you 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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Fw: GOC Rates..
by ++ Mukesh Anand ++ 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Dear All Appended below please find the message received by me from one of the member based at Kolkata, which is self explanatory. Best Mukesh Anand =========== ----- Original Message ----- From: <dg(a)indal.co.in> To: <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:58 PM Subject: GOC Rates.. > Dear Mr Anand, > > Thank you for keeping us updated on current GOC rates. It would be an > effective help to librarians if you or anybody can take responsibility for > posting GOC rates to lis-forum or similar mailing list as and when released > (http://www.kkbooks.com posts on their website on a regular basis). Look > forward to next updates. > > Regards > > Debasis Ghosh > INDAL, KOLKATA > > > > > > >

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should lis-forum allow commercial vendors as members?
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:12:24 +0530 From: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Request to moderator of Lis-forum: If contents are OK with you, please = permit the entire message with all forwarded messages - just this time ; = this would give the background needed for discussion. Thanks. = Vyasamoorthy, P Dear All, Please see postings of: Rajendra Babu, Maduresh Singhal, Mukesh Anand = quoted below. I have no dilemma on this issue. We should allow all who are likely to = benefit librarians' community and promote (I would not say protect) our = interests. After all we do depend upon vendors for supply of books = periodicals & documents. What is wrong if they join and get to know our = problems, perspectives and feelings? Things might change for the better. There are many occasions in Lis-Forum where requests for sourcing old = books, info on RFID, info on certain software etc came up; I have = forwarded them individually to suitable vendors for action. Enquirers = have benefited. If library suppliers are part of the forum they could = respond directly to individual's requirements -- if answering via forum = may be looked upon as 'commercial' activity. Moreover, we, in VIC act as providers of information, literature = searches, documents etc to our customers by procuring the same from = other sources including libraries, commercial book sellers, publishers = and online sources. As we act as intermediaries we have interests of = librarians (as we are librarians) and that of vendors as we are vendors = too. I do not find anything bad, unwelcome, un-holy about commercial = activities. We should shed this inhibition of allowing commercial = fellows into our fold. Government Institutions still have this "Us" and = "they" attitude strongly entrenched in them. This must go. However when = one section of the society tends to unnecessarily exploit the other to = their undue advantage then that has to be checked. This correction will = occur automatically as and when aberrations happen. Regards, Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre,=20 ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal,=20 RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA=20 Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com=20 Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: = +91(40)27846631=20 -----Original Message----- From: Madhuresh [mailto:madhuresh_s@aurigene.com] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:29 AM To: Babu Rajendra; G. K. Manjunath; VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD; Prof. = N.Laxman Rao Subject: RE: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 Dear Babu, I feel that announcing the GOC rates is not a commercial activity. It is = just information which may be useful for us. Now regarding the question of allowing vendors to become a member of = professional forum, I feel any one can become the member as it would be = difficult for Moderator to find out whether a person is a vendor or not, = however their postings can be moderated. Again, these vendors may be = useful for supplying the information if any professional member needs = it, e.g., if a professional want to implement RFID and s/he expressed = her/his desire in the forum, vendor may directly contact.=20 I have seen so many mails in various forums in which professionals have = promoted their own products specially books. I am not sure whether to = take this as a commercial activity or to announce their professional = growth and to make others aware about such products/books. I personally = feel that this could also be taken as informative announcement. But I am = interested to know the views of others regarding this. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100 Phone 28521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com=20 http://nettalk2.tripod.com/=20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Babu Rajendra [mailto:Rajendra.Babu@capco.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:18 PM To: G. K. Manjunath; Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com; Prof. N.Laxman Rao Cc: Madhuresh Subject: RE: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 Importance: High Dear all, I guess you remember me.=20 I am in professional dilemma after looking at Mr. Mukesh's mail. I was = thinking whom to talk to, so I thought that all the people in the list = are the people who have seen me except Mr. Manjunath, but any way I have = interacted to Manjunath over e-mail. Madhuresh is my Junior in NCSI. I feel, how feasible it is to allow vendors like Mr. Mukesh in the = professional forum for Librarians only. I would also explain where I am = coming from. As we professional librarians would be discussing lot of = day-to-day issues to professional help/advise/guidance and so on = (sometimes it might be about vendors too). I guess this is the major = reason we have established professional forums like LISFORUM and others = run by our own prefessionals/organizations. Such as NCSI, Dr. Laxman Rao = (sir, pl. recall our discussions @mysore University) and others. In this = scenario, I need your advise, would we be allowing vendors to subscribe = to the professional forums like this or not. If YES why and on what = grounds we should be? (since, I have also worked in Universal = Subscripition agency/Global INformation systems technology). Looking forward for your opinions. It's only for my personal = clarification and not to target any one concerned. Thanks, Babu. -----Original Message----- From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ [mailto:mukesh@monitorinfo.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:54 PM To: ytv(a)godrej.com; vasu(a)qmedin.com; IGIDR Shyam Prasad Pujar; G. K. = Manjunath; farooque(a)in.ibm.com; Bank Of Baroda Mumbai Mr. Dharmendra = Sachan; Babu Rajendra Cc: Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com; smitac_in(a)yahoo.com; Samdarshi Pali; = rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com; Prof. N.Laxman Rao; prakash_inp(a)yahoo.com; = pharmalibrarians(a)yahoogroups.com; nub(a)iucaa.ernet.in; Nirma University = H.Anil Kumar; Menon KPR; Madhuresh Subject: GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 USD : Rs. 48.10 UKP : Rs. 88.00 EURO : Rs. 58.30 S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications =20 ************************************************************************

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National Seminar on Digitization
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +0530 From: Srels <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Seminar Announcement: ---------------------- NATIONAL SEMINAR ON DIGITIZATION: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES. and SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURES (2004) Objectives of the Seminar : Digitization is currently a buzz word. A variety of institutions = (libraries, information and documentation centres, and other corporate bodies) have = been digitizing documents of various kinds (text, manuscript, and image) on different media. The purpose includes development of databases and/or archival resources, to preserve, access, retrieve and disseminate information and documents. Digitization may also form the basis for = creating products such as learning/teaching packages. A variety of software and techniques are being used. Some of the efforts have been successful = while others have not been so. Nevertheless, many institutions are interested = in digitization, and wish to learn from the experiences of those who have already undertaken digitization. An objective of this Seminar is to = bring together for exchange of ideas those with experience in and those who = have plans for, digitization. Papers are invited on practical experiences and case studies on the following aspects, but not exclusive of other aspects: 1.Use and evaluation of software and techniques for digitization (text, manuscript, image, sound, etc.) 2. Special aspects of digitization for archiving and preservation. 3.Classification, cataloguing and indexing =ADmethods, = tools and techniques. Standards, meta-data, authority files, vocabulary control etc. 4. Searching, retrieval, and user-interfaces. 5. Copyright and other intellectual property issues. 6. Management, economics, and costs. 7. Handling non-Roman Scripts. Authors are requested to focus on practical experiences with = digitization. The final paper should not exceed 5,000 (five thousand) words or 15 = pages including figures, tables and annexes. An extended abstract of about 3-4 pages of the proposed paper should be submitted in advance. It will be refereed. Authors whose proposed papers = are accepted will receive guidelines for preparing the final paper and its submission. 9-11 August 2004 : Seminar and SRELS Lectures. The extended abstract may be sent to the Secretariat as an e-mail = document. Contact Details : The Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, 42nd Cross III Block, Rajajinagar Bangalore 560 010, India. Ph: (080) 23305109. E-mail: srels(a)vsnl.com ******** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (2004) Natural Language Processing in Information Storage and Retrieval by Dr.K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad >From 9-11 August at 4.30 - 6.00 p.m. each day

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Workshop on DSpace
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:34:25 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Let us hope that many higher educational and research institutions in India set up their own interoperable institutional archives/repositories soon. We at MSSRF had organised two three-day workshops in early May and 48 participants took advantage of the workshops. Please see Current Science dated 25 June 2004 for a report on the workshops. Later this month Dr Rajashekar at NCSI-IISc is organising a three-day workshop for INDEST member institutions. Dr D K Sahu [dksahu(a)medknow.com] is running a discussion list for the faculty and participants of the MSSRF workshops. The faculty and participants of the Osmania University workshop and the NCSI-IISc workshop are invited to join the list. Holding workshops is one thing and actually setting up archives and populating them is another. I wish all the participants and faculty of the Osmania University workshop great success in setting up their own institutional archives. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Microsoft enhances MSN search engine
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2 Jul 2004 05:05:58 -0000 From: farooque <mfarooque(a)rediffmail.com> To: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: Microsoft enhances MSN search engine Microsoft Corp. today plans to roll out enhancements to MSN Search that collectively represent the most significant upgrade in the search engine's history, the company said in a statement late yesterday. The improvements include a revamped layout to give the Web site a cleaner, simpler look and to more clearly distinguish between results generated organically by the search engine and results that appear because they are paid-for ads, often called sponsored results. Moreover, the search box in the home page will feature a pull-down menu to let users choose whether they want to query MSN Search's Web index, its news sources collection, a selection of the Encarta encyclopedia contents or stock quotes, among other options. MSN Search's performance has also been improved, as has the relevance of its query results As part of the revamp, Microsoft has decided to put its paid inclusion program on hold for now. Under the program, Web site owners pay to have their sites included in the MSN Search index. Search engines have been criticized for engaging in this practice, which detractors say artificially populates an index and thus skews the relevance of query results. Popular search engine Ask Jeeves Inc. last week announced that it was canceling its remaining paid inclusion program. Microsoft described MSN Search's upgrade as the biggest since it was launched in 1998, but added that the enhancements are "initial steps" in a massive push into the search arena. The company�s goal is to eventually deliver a search engine that provides direct answers to queries, Microsoft said. To day�s upgrade is part of a $100 million investment by Microsoft to develop its search engine technology. Along these lines, Microsoft beginning today will let users test-drive a next-generation search engine that it is developing and plans to launch within the next year. A link to the search engine, which is still in its very early stages, is located at http://sandbox.msn.com. Microsoft executives have said recently that their vision for the search segment includes the ability to search not only the Web, but also users' PCs and other sources of information. The Internet search market has become attractive in recent years thanks to search engines' practice of matching ads to individual searches, making the ads highly relevant to the information a user is searching for. For example, a vendor of sporting equipment may pay a search engine to run its ad whenever someone searches for keywords such as tennis, football or soccer. Advertising tied to keyword searching was the fastest-growing and the biggest of all U.S. Internet advertising categories in 2003, according to a report published in April by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and conducted independently by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Keyword search revenue made up 15% of online ad revenue in 2002, and jumped to 35% in 2003. The rest of the 2003 U.S. Internet advertising pie was made up of display advertising (ad banners) with 21% (down from 29% in 2002), classifieds with 17% (up from 15% in 2002) and rich media advertising with 8% (up from 5% in 2002), according to the report. Internet advertising for all of 2003 reached just under $7.3 billion, up nearly 21% from 2002. Google Inc. leads in search engine usage both in the U.S. and globally, according to recent statistics from market researcher ComScore Networks Inc. About 35% of Internet searches in the U.S. in February 2004 were done with Google. Yahoo Inc. came in second with 30%, and Microsoft's MSN was a distant third with 15.4%. Worldwide, Google accounted for 43% of all searches, followed by Yahoo with 31% and Microsoft's MSN with 14.1%, according to ComScore. --------------------------------- Farooque, IBM Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd. First floor, GT Annexe, Airport Road, Bangalore-17 Tel: 25094107, 25094119 email... farooque(a)in.ibm.com ----------------------------------

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Re: [LIS-Forum] GOC Rates for month of July' 2004
by Mailing List Manager 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:42:25 +0530 From: rajesh chandrakar <rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Will you please anyone let me know, GOC plays what other roles into library and its development? Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailing List Manager" <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:51 +0530 > From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> > > GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 > > USD : Rs. 48.10 > UKP : Rs. 88.00 > EURO : Rs. 58.30 > S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 > > Mukesh Anand > Director - Marketing > Monitor Information Services > # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex > Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 > India > > T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 > F: +91-40-27569299 > > http://www.monitorinfo.com > Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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Position Annoucement--Technical Support Analyst
by Prafulla Chandra 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Position Announcement NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for the position of TECHNICAL SUPPORT ANALYST in its newly created Technical Support Department. NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NESs 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledgearts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. Based in Hyderabad, the successful candidate will handle, using latest information and communication technologies, queries pertaining to technical support received from customers all over the world. NES is looking for candidates who have at least a Masters degree in English, Mass Communication, Journalism or any related subject. Candidates with MPhil or PhD degree in the relevant subject would be preferred. Good typing skills are required as the working environment involves online computer use for access to offices worldwide. In addition, the candidates should possess the ability --to communicate in a formal, clear, empathetic and pleasant style, with excellent command of written and spoken English. --to handle a wide variety of modern communication media in a professional manner, conforming to standards of international business communication with respect to etiquette and pronunciation. --to understand and answer, with speed and accuracy, technical queries from customers. --to maintain good public relations with customers, both actual and potential. --to collect, organize, store and deliver information resources required for technical support. --to enjoy interactions with customers hailing from diverse national backgrounds and serve them in a most user-friendly manner. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize ones potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Anns Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Position Announcement--Content Developer
by Prafulla Chandra 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Position Announcement CONTENT DEVELOPER (4 posts) NISC Export Services (NES) Private Limited invites applications for four vacant positions of CONTENT DEVELOPER in its Content Department. NES and its affiliates together comprise one of the foremost database access, production and publishing companies in the world. NESs 100+ database products, published online (BiblioLine) or on CD-ROM (NISC DISCover) and print, cover most areas of the universe of knowledgearts & humanities, earth sciences, environment, social sciences, life sciences and technology. NES is looking for candidates who possess first-class Masters / MPhil / MLitt degree in any subject belonging to the arts, humanities or social sciences faculties and who are proficient in all/any of the following areas: --Internet searching --Proof reading --Various features and tools in MS Office package. --Editing skills --Profiling --Cataloging --Abstracting --Indexing --Data mining The successful candidate should have good command over English language--both written and oral, a strong memory, keen observation skills and typing abilities. Knowledge of Library and Information Science would be a plus point but it is not an essential qualification. If you are not a resident of Hyderabad and are willing to relocate, please indicate that at the top of your resume. Apart from on-job training inputs, NES provides a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable work environment with bright career prospects and exciting opportunities to realize ones potentialities. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. NES considers applications from candidates who had appeared for examinations and awaiting announcement of results, Please submit a letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to: The Managing Director NISC Export Services Co. Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Ballad Estates, St. Anns Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 500 017 Email: hrd(a)nisc.co.in Phone: +91 40 27001517 For more info about NISC, please visit www.nisc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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GOC Rates for month of July' 2004
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:51 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> GOC Rates for month of July' 2004 USD : Rs. 48.10 UKP : Rs. 88.00 EURO : Rs. 58.30 S Fr. : Rs. 38.60 Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services # 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda, Hyderabad - 500 029 India T: 040-55787065 / 040-27552390 F: +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com Importers n Distributors of Technical Publications

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