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free online reading
by Mailing List Manager 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:27:53 +0530 From: ++ Mukesh Anand ++ <mukesh(a)monitorinfo.com> Dear Professionals, It is to remind/inform you that all the full texts of all National Academies Press books are available for free online reading at the NAP website (www.nap.edu). And if you decide you want to buy a copy, all books can be ordered through the NAP site at 10% off the list price. Many NAP book can now be purchased as searchable PDF files. You have the choice of buying either the whole book or individual chapters. The prices are low - and delivery is immediate! For the best value, you can buy the hard copy book along with the PDF file and save significantly. Visit NAP website and see which option is right for you. Happy Reading Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services http://www.monitorinfo.com

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ALIC2004 Bangkok Conference (fwd)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:32:35 +0700 (ICT) From: Pensri Guaysuwan <iflaroao(a)tu.ac.th> To: rscao-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr, ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: ALIC2004 Bangkok Conference (fwd) NEWS RELEASE June 2004, Bangkok The 1st biannual ASIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONFERENCE (ALIC2004) <http://www.alic2004.org/>www.alic2004.org is being organizing by the Thai Library Association and Asia Library News, to be held at the 5-star Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, <http://www.dusit.com/>www.dusit.com from November 21 to November 24, 2004. ALIC2004 is supported by UNESCO and IFLA. The main objectives of the conference are to promote library and information services throughout the Asia-Pacific region in a rapidly changing digital and knowledge-based social environment, to address various issues that affect the library and information profession, and to provide a forum for librarians from the region and elsewhere to network and exchange ideas. A panel of more than 25 distinguished information professionals and experts from various countries in the region will address the audience during the three-day conference. Current and timely topics include: the changing role of library and information professionals; information access and copyrights; collection development in the digital age; e-resources versus print resources; ICT for library and information services; digital libraries development in the Asia-Pacific countries etc. There will also be abundant opportunities for informal networking during lunches, coffee breaks, the welcome reception, and library and cultural tours. An exhibition of books, library products and services will be held simultaneously at the conference for participants to learn about the new products and services available in the library and publishing world. This conference is opened to all interested parties including librarians, information professionals, educators, publishers, distributors and vendors. For general information and details of the conference, please see Website: <http://www.alic2004.org/>www.alic2004.org Online registrations are accepted now by submitting the filled-out registration form along with payment of registration fee. Jaffee Yee Organizing Committee Chair ALIC2004 Bangkok ICADL2005 Bangkok Publisher, Editor-in-Chief ASIA LIBRARY NEWS, DIGITAL LIBRARY ASIA Tel: 66-2-722 0548 Fax: 66-2-722 0549 E-mail: <mailto:jyee@pacific.net.th>jyee(a)pacific.net.th <mailto:jaffee@alic2004.org>jaffee(a)alic2004.org Website: <http://www.alic2004.org/>www.alic2004.org www.icadl2005Bangkok.org Khunying Maenmas Chavalit ALIC2004 Organizing Committee Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair ICADL2005 President THAI LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SEAMEO-SPAFA Library Tel: 66-2-280 4022-9 Ext 129 Fax: 66-2-628 5361 E-mail: <mailto:maenmas@seameo-spafa.org>maenmas(a)seameo-spafa.org <mailto:wanpen@seameo-spafa.org>wanpen<mailto:wanpen@seameo-spafa.org>@seameo-spafa.org

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Use of RSS in Bibliographic/Abstract Databases?
by Mailing List Manager 10 Jun '04

10 Jun '04

Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:13:08 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> _Use of RSS in Bibliographic/Abstract Databases_? I am greatly interested in learning of ANY and ALL bibliographic/abstract databases that offer RSS feeds. Such feeds might offer current search results, or automatic updates for a saved search strategy. I would be interested in any current operational systems, working prototypes, or projects under consideration. For examples of other library-related uses of RSS, please see my latest registry_RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm ] BTW: Thanks to all for their nominations for _RSS(sm)_. Although still quite limited, it has nearly doubled in size from its establishment on Sunday, June 6 ! [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0406/0048.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Working Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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Information Literacy
by Mailing List Manager 09 Jun '04

09 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:44:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Anil Kumar <anil67(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Are there any Information Literacy modules developed for students of higher education in India? Regards H Anil Kumar Nirma University Ahmedabad

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Brochure : National Seminar on Digitization : Practical Experiences
by Srels 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Dear Sir, Please arrange to announce the following seminar announcement for the benefit of the members : Thanks. Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross III Block, Rajajinagar BANGALORE 560 010. Ph: 23305109 ; E-mail : srels(a)vsnl.com ; ************** 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 methods, 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. Important dates : 25 June 2004: Last date for receipt of extended abstract by the Secretariat. 5 July 2004: Authors will be informed of the acceptance or otherwise of the paper. 25 July 2004: Last date for receipt of final paper by the Secretariat. 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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Newsbreaks
by Shyam Prasad pujar 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Dear Members, Information Today in its latest newsbreaks has listed following two important news items. You may please go through the links for more information. Elsevier Allows Open Access Self-Archiving By Robin Peek In a move that has stunned both the publishing community and the academic world, major journal publisher Elsevier is going to permit open access self-archiving for almost all of its journal titles. Under the new policy it will permit authors to self-archive their materials. This move will not change Elsevier^�s subscription model for funding. -->http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040607-2.shtml New Version of DOAJ Now Available Lund University Libraries has launched phase 2 of the Directory of Open Access Journals. The new version of DOAJ now includes records at article level and a search functionality allowing users to search articles in potentially all open access journals.The directory now contains information about more than 1,100 open access journals, i.e., quality controlled scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the Web. -->http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/wnd040607.shtml Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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FW: India sets up alliance on ICTs for the poor
by Mailing List Manager 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:06:31 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> India sets up alliance on ICTs for the poor T V Padma 3 June 2004 Source: SciDev.Net [NEW DELHI] A group of Indian organizations has set up a 'national alliance' to ensure that the rural poor are not excluded from the benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs). The National Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies for Basic Human Needs was launched at a meeting of more than 50 development experts at the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai last week. Comprising representatives of the Indian government, civil society organisations, academics and industry, it aims to take knowledge-based services to all of India's 600,000 villages by 2007, when the country celebrates its 60th year of independence. Those attending last week's meeting established seven task forces to look into the issues of connectivity, content, policy, capacity building, resources, organisation, and management and programme design, respectively, and to develop a common minimum action plan. "This is the first time that a national level task force on ICT led by civil societies has been formed," says Basheerhamad Shadrach, director of OneWorld South Asia and a joint secretary with the alliance. Government and industry led the previous two nationwide ICT initiatives in India, with limited participation from civil society. Several Indian initiatives on ICT already exist, some aimed for example at social empowerment, others being promoted by the commercial sector or offering viable models of revenue generation and sustainable livelihoods. A convergence and synergy among these could help reach the alliance's goal, according to information scientists from MSSRF who attended the meeting. Several argued that providing broadband connectivity to rural homes at affordable costs and integrating it with diverse technological applications could be the key to helping the poor benefit from ICT. The national alliance would help India leapfrog from a few thousand information kiosks to a knowledge-based rural economy, they say. They advocate converting information kiosks into multipurpose community centres. Such communication hubs could provide multiple telephone and communication services to the village, including a 'virtual academy' and training centre; support centre for rural entrepreneurship; and outlet for banking, financial and insurance services, and trading. In addition, they could serve as social empowerment organisations and support centres providing health, education and livelihoods information and services. The participants agreed to piggyback on existing government and private ICT infrastructure to create such community knowledge centres. To catalyse technology innovation for rural ICT, they recommended setting up a national resource centre for learning and experimenting innovations in rural ICTs. Those attending the meeting also urged a greater role for ICT in preparing for and managing disasters. Shadrach says the Indian government "should liberate the vast amount of spatial data" available through its remote sensing satellites for use by grassroots civil society organisations. 'Geospatial empowerment' is key to local resource planning, he argues. But such data is only made available to district administrative officials, and is too technical for lay people to comprehend. http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=1406&languag e=1

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Announcing: _RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_
by Mailing List Manager 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:18:47 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Mckiernan others might be interested in the following site maintained by Rajesh Jain: http://www.blogstreet.com/bin/showcat.cgi?catcode=lib This leads you to some 3oplus RSS feeds related to Library Weblogs. I wonder why interest in RSS feeds as a resouce for "Current Alerting Services" is not picking up in India. Among the Indian newspapers Indian Express offers RSS feeds. Why don't you try it? To preserve the context I am quoting Mckiernan's posting in full. Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, Turkapally Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residece: +91(40)27846631 -----Original Message----- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 15:16:48 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> RSS(sm): Rich Site Services I am pleased to announce the establishment of my latest Web registry titled_RSS(sm): Rich Site Services_ [truncated]

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cardiology, radiology, & physicians & American directoty
by Mailing List Manager 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

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Information about pesticide
by Mailing List Manager 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 09:56:06 -0700 (PDT) From: prakash in <prakash_inp(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear all, I would like to know which Pesticides are being used in the libraries. Kindly give me the details. Regards Prakash ===== Prakash I.N. Librarian Indian Business Academy Lakshmipura, Tataguni Post, Kanakapura Main Road, Bangalore � 560 062. Ph : 080- 28435931-34 Ext. : 252. Fax : 080- 28435935 E-Mail : prakash(a)ibainternational.org

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