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FAO Statistical Databases
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:23:48 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Members may also be interested in the forthcoming publication: FAOSTAT CD 2004. FAO Statistical Databases. (CD-ROM) Year : 2004 ISBN 92-5-005125-5 Price : US$ 600.00 FAOSTAT is a statistical database that currently contains more than 3 million time-series records. This new, updated CD-ROM incorporates statistical information up to January 2004, covering more than 300 countries and territories and 3 000 items in the following areas of agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition: * Production * Trade * Food Balance Sheets * Producer Prices * Forestry Trade Flow * Land Use and Irrigation * Forest Products * Fishery Products * Population * Codex Alimetarius Food Quality Control * Fertlizers and Pesticides * Agricultural Machinery * Food Aid Shipments * Exports by Destination Please confirm your order ------------------------- Monitor Information Services Library suppliers of books n software 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda HYDERABAD - 500 029 India http://www.monitorinfo.com Phone : (040) 55787065, 27552390 Fax : + 91-40-27552390

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Workshop on Developing digital library using Dspace (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:23:48 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> dear professional friends, I am sure u r aware that the Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University in colloboration with INFLIBNET is organising a WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING A DIGITAL LIBRARY USING DSPACE from 28 th June to 3 rd July 2004. Many professional friends have expressed desire to join the workshop but it appears that their office is taking much time to sponsor / depute, and have asked us to extend the date. We understand the problem, therefore, u may please wrtie to us and make the spot payment on 28th June 2004. Please intimate if u r intending to join the workshop. all the best laxman rao Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com

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Home page
by Mailing List Manager 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:44:56 +0530 (IST) From: K.T Anuradha <anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Hello, Kindly access my home page at: vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards, Anuradha -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms.K.T.Anuradha E-mail: anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Senior Technical Officer URL:vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 India ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [LIS-Forum] My Website
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: 21 Jun 2004 10:22:02 -0000 From: Rajesh K Patil <rajeshbcd(a)rediffmail.com> � Hi, CONGRATULATIONS ! This is a beautiful piece of work. I have learned a lot about Karnataka today. Thanks for sharing this with the forum members. I have a suggestion : Many cities in Karnataka have websites devoted to them, may be you could provide links to these. Regards. Rajesh On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 Mailing List Manager wrote : >Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:18:26 +0530 > From: cynthiamum <cynthiamum(a)indiatimes.com> > >Hi, > >As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on >�Political History of Karnataka� under the guidance of Mr. G. >K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M.Pujar, Assistant Librarian. > >The URL of the site is: http://freewebs.com/phkarnataka > >I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable >suggestions and comments for incorporating for further improvement of the >site. > >Regards, > >Cynthia D Simeon >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Databases for Agricultural Research in India
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:35:13 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Sub: Braianstorming Session on Databases for Agricultural Research in India. In association with the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, we at the Bioinformatics Centre of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation are holding a one-day Brainstorming Session on Databases for Agricultural Research in India in New Delhi on 11 July 2004, 10.00 - 15.30. The purpose of the workshop is to decide on the databases to be developed in India. About 5-7% (depending on the database one uses) of the world's literature on agriculture and related areas is produced in India. It will be a good idea to have them all available readily. For this reason, we propose that we discuss the following databases: 1. A Research Output Database - This is a bibliographic database of all of India's literature ouitput in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary science and fisheries science. Right now this information is scattered over several databases, mostly produced outside India, such as CAB Abstracts. 2. A Full-text database of All Indian Research Papers - This could be either Interoperable Institutional Archives, each institution maintaining its own papers, or a nationwide centralised Archive, say maintained by NAAS. 3. A Database on Research Projects - As different agencies support agricultural research and different institutions perform , a regularly updated database of projects will be useful. This database will also be helpful in identifying experts in different specialties and research fronts. Such a database assumes special importance in the context of current developments in biotechnology and bioinformatics. Ideas on other useful databses are welcome. Needless to say that all these databases will be electronic and readily accessible in the public domain. Attendance at the brainstorming session will be by invitation only. Invitees include eminent researchers, information scientists and specialists in information systems and database production. The workshop will be held at the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, located between the National Physical Laboratory and Todapur (on the road from Hotel Siddharth at the east Patel Nagar-Pusa roundabout going to Indrapuri). Because of limited financial resources, we will not be able to cover the travel costs of outstation participants. However, we will provide a day's accommodation and local hospitality to outstation participants. We will be grateful for your suggestions on who should be invited to this event. Please send your suggestions to my colleague Mr Senthilkumaran, Associate Director, Informatics, MSSRF at <senthil(a)mssrf.res.in>. Fax: 044 2254 1319. Regards. Yours sincerely, Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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My Website
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 10:18:26 +0530 From: cynthiamum <cynthiamum(a)indiatimes.com> Hi, As a part of my training at IGIDR Library, I have developed a site on ‘Political History of Karnataka’ under the guidance of Mr. G. K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Mr. S. M.Pujar, Assistant Librarian. The URL of the site is: http://freewebs.com/phkarnataka I request all the members to go through the site and give your valuable suggestions and comments for incorporating for further improvement of the site. Regards, Cynthia D Simeon

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RSS(sm): Rich Site Services General Bibliography
by Mailing List Manager 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:14:36 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> __RSS(sm): Rich Site Services General Bibliography__ I am pleased to announce that one of my latest registries, _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm now includes a General Bibliography of key articles / tutorials / guides / presentations, etc. relating to RSS, its use, and potential [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm#GeneralBibliography ] . Currently, all items are hotlinked to their respective full-text documents. One of the most noteworthy entries is by Roddy MacLeod, (Senior Subject Specialist, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) published earlier this week in _FreePint_ [Roddy MacLeod, "RSS: Less Hype, More Action," _FreePint_ No. 161 (June 2004): 7-10]. I am greatly interested in adding ANY and ALL *other*relevant works to the General Bibliography that relate to RSS and its potential for enhancing *Library Services. [I am NOT interested in articles that deal with RSS in general (unless they are exceptional)]. Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan General Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:55:38 +0530 From: Aman Jha <aman.jha(a)ciionline.org> Friends, 'Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi' from July 1888 to 30 January 1948 (all 98 volumes) are available online in pdf format at the following site and searchable (full text) through google. http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-5014060-67 � Fax: 0124-5014083 Email: aman.jha(a)ciionline.org Website: <http://www.ciionline.org> www.ciionline.org

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Rediffmail follows up!
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: 18 Jun 2004 04:48:53 -0000 From: sm shahabuddin <smshahabuddin(a)rediffmail.com> Dear participants at the LISforum: Rediffmail goes the GMail way. It increases its capacity to 1 GB storage limit and 10 MB message limit. Previously it was 5MB and 1 MB respectively. Now we can send photo albums, music files and larger attachments. Besides we do not have to worry about deleting mails regularly to keep mail box free. The other day Yahoo went the same way providing 100 MB storage limit. But that's meant for those who have yahoo.com account. This is really good. I wonder what a mere announcement can do! Google is yet to open its GMail for the general public. Thanks S. M. Shahabuddin

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New World Health Organization Library Databases Interface
by Mailing List Manager 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:32:58 +0000 From: Tomas Allen <tomasallen_who(a)hotmail.com> ** please excuse cross postings ** The World Health Organization Library is seeking your assistance. Since our mandate is a global one, we need to insure that our library database is responding to the needs of all types of library users worldwide. The WHO Library will be upgrading the library database web interface in July 2004 and are seeking volunteers from around the world to assist in pre-launch testing. In addition to volunteering, we hope that readers of this list would "buddy" up with a novice user from your library so that we have feedback from both experts and novices. If you are interested in testing the library database, please send an email to library(a)who.int Please place "library database tester" in the subject heading. We need to know Your Name and if possible your "buddy" novice user's name and details Expert (librarian/information specialist) or Novice Country of Residence (where you will access the library catalogue) Mother Language Many thanks, Tomas Allen WHO Library Further details Testing will run through the month of July. You will only be asked to respond to 10-15 simple questions that should take no more than 15 minutes. We also hope that you can assist in obtaining feedback from the your "buddy" novice tester. About the library catalogue The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) provides comprehensive library and information services on WHO-produced recorded information in print and other media. WHOLIS is the World Health Organization library database available on the web. WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present. Many of WHO publications are available in full text pdf format through the library database. This can be viewed at http://dosei.who.int/. We encourage you to test the current database before July. If you have problems accessing this database please contact Ms Helen Heathcote at heathcoteh(a)who.int _________________________________________________________________

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