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Fw: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?"
by Dr. M. P. Tapaswi 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

This should be of interest to many on LIS-FORUM. Any one can participate. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: Vikas Nath To: murari(a)darya.nio.org Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?" Dear Dr. Tapaswi, We invite you to participate in the upcoming eForum on "OPEN ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: A MODEL FOR ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE MANGEMENT?" hosted by the global public goods Network (gpgNet). http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php The eForum will run from 20 September through 4 October 2004. To subscribe to this forum, send a blank email to: subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or, go to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa There exists a rapidly expanding stock of scientific knowledge. Yet, access to this pool of knowledge is often difficult. A primary reason for this is the relatively high price of scholarly journals, their printed and their web-based versions. This situation, it can be argued is both inequitable and inefficient. Initiatives have been undertaken to demonstrate that scientific knowledge need not necessarily be published in forms that make access expensive - or even impossible. It could be provided free of charge - through open access to it - without detrimental effect on scientific knowledge production and preserving the peer-review process that is key to validate scientific results. With open access, fees to meet the publishing costs - when required - are paid up front when articles are accepted by a journal, rather than by the readers. Access to the journal is then provided for free. Today, about 5% of academic publishing follows the open-access model. But the model is quickly gaining ground, including among both for-profit (BioMedCentral -BMC) and not-for-profit (Public Library of Science PloS) publishers. We can also deliver open access through archives or repositories. OA repositories do not perform peer review, but can host and disseminate works that have been peer-reviewed elsewhere. They are built on open-source software and are very inexpensive to launch and maintain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The key points suggested for the debate are: 1. What are the main pros and cons of open-access scholarly publishing? 2. Thinking in particular of scholars in developing countries (and the fact that research grants may not be as easily available for them than for industrial-country scholars), could they face a new disadvantage? What sources will be available to pay these fees when authors cannot get their funder or employer to pay them? Will all open-access journals be able to waive processing fees in cases of economic hardship, as PLoS and BMC do? Should the international aid community maintain a fund/facility to help meet these costs? 3. Is the open-access model of publishing more likely to be successful in some than in other fields? What would determine the likely success? 4. Could the open-access model of knowledge management be applied beyond scholarly academic publishing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To aid debate on the topic, read a detailed overview of how open access to scholarly publications works by Peter Suber, Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C, available at http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm Also read how the Budapest Open Access Initiative defines "Open Access" at http://www.soros.org/openaccess Join us for this debate and share with us - and the global public - your observations on this topic. Inge Kaul Director Office of Development Studies Vikas Nath Manager global public goods Network (gpgNet) Forum United Nations Development Programme 336 East 45 Street New York NY 10017 USA Email: info(a)gpgnet.net URL: http://www.gpgNet.net --- gpgNet.net intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods. 20 September- 4 October 2004: gpgNet Forum on "Open Access to Scholarly Publications: A Model for Enhanced Knowledge Management?" Subscribe to this forum by sending a blank email to: subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or going to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa Read background paper to the discussion at http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php This should be of interest to many on LIS-FORUM. Any one can participate. - Tapaswi ----- Original Message ----- From: mailto:vikas.nath@undp.org Vikas Nath To: mailto:murari@darya.nio.org murari(a)darya.nio.org Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: Invitation- eForum on "OPEN ACCESS to Scholarly Publications: A model for enhanced knowledge management?" Dear Dr. Tapaswi, We invite you to participate in the upcoming eForum on "OPEN ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: A MODEL FOR ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE MANGEMENT?" hosted by the global public goods Network (gpgNet). http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php The eForum will run from 20 September through 4 October 2004. To subscribe to this forum, send a blank email to: mailto:subscribe-gpgnet-oa@groups.undp.org subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or, go to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa There exists a rapidly expanding stock of scientific knowledge. Yet, access to this pool of knowledge is often difficult. A primary reason for this is the relatively high price of scholarly journals, their printed and their web-based versions. This situation, it can be argued is both inequitable and inefficient. Initiatives have been undertaken to demonstrate that scientific knowledge need not necessarily be published in forms that make access expensive - or even impossible. It could be provided free of charge - through open access to it - without detrimental effect on scientific knowledge production and preserving the peer-review process that is key to validate scientific results. With open access, fees to meet the publishing costs - when required - are paid up front when articles are accepted by a journal, rather than by the readers. Access to the journal is then provided for free. Today, about 5% of academic publishing follows the open-access model. But the model is quickly gaining ground, including among both for-profit (BioMedCentral -BMC) and not-for-profit (Public Library of Science PloS) publishers. We can also deliver open access through archives or repositories. OA repositories do not perform peer review, but can host and disseminate works that have been peer-reviewed elsewhere. They are built on open-source software and are very inexpensive to launch and maintain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The key points suggested for the debate are: 1. What are the main pros and cons of open-access scholarly publishing? 2. Thinking in particular of scholars in developing countries (and the fact that research grants may not be as easily available for them than for industrial-country scholars), could they face a new disadvantage? What sources will be available to pay these fees when authors cannot get their funder or employer to pay them? Will all open-access journals be able to waive processing fees in cases of economic hardship, as PLoS and BMC do? Should the international aid community maintain a fund/facility to help meet these costs? 3. Is the open-access model of publishing more likely to be successful in some than in other fields? What would determine the likely success? 4. Could the open-access model of knowledge management be applied beyond scholarly academic publishing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To aid debate on the topic, read a detailed overview of how open access to scholarly publications works by Peter Suber, Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C, available at http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm Also read how the Budapest Open Access Initiative defines "Open Access" at http://www.soros.org/openaccess Join us for this debate and share with us - and the global public - your observations on this topic. Inge Kaul Director Office of Development Studies Vikas Nath Manager global public goods Network (gpgNet) Forum United Nations Development Programme 336 East 45 Street New York NY 10017 USA Email: info(a)gpgnet.net URL: http://www.gpgnet.net/ http://www.gpgNet.net --- gpgNet.net intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods. 20 September- 4 October 2004: gpgNet Forum on "Open Access to Scholarly Publications: A Model for Enhanced Knowledge Management?" Subscribe to this forum by sending a blank email to: mailto:subscribe-gpgnet-oa@groups.undp.org subscribe-gpgnet-oa(a)groups.undp.org or going to: http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa http://groups.undp.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gpgnet-oa Read background paper to the discussion at http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php http://www.gpgnet.net/topic08.php

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Pter Suber on the NIH Open Access Plan
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004) (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm) - Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04 to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher, not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. - Pter Suber on the NIH Open Access Plan Suber, Peter. "NIH Open-Access Plan: Frequently Asked Questions" (2004) ( http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm ). - Peter Suber has written a helpful FAQ about the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommendation regarding open access to journal articles that result from NIH grant-funded research. To recap the main points of the recommendation, such articles would be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. If NIH funds were used to support any publication costs, the articles would be made immediately available. Otherwise, they would be made available six months after publication. NIH would develop a plan by 12/1/04 to implement the recommendation in FY 2005. The FAQ clarifies the fine points of the recommendation (e.g., it's up to the researcher, not the publisher, to deposit the article), addresses the main issues that it raises (e.g., would journals lose subscribers as a result of the plan?), compares it to the Public Access to Science Act, discusses the future of the recommendation, and provides action steps for supporters (e.g., use the Public Knowledge Web form to send a fax to your Congressional delegation endorsing the recommendation). He also mentions the Alliance for Taxpayer Access , which the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and many other organizations have recently formed to support the recommendation. -

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INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) on 02 Oct 2004
by Maruthu Pandian 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Dear Friends The Department of Library and Information Science and Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, organising a South India Level LIS Students Meet ( Info 2004). LIS students are requested to participate in this programme. The programme includes Technical Paper Presentation, Quiz and Ad-Zap. Information regarding the programme is given below, for further details kindly visit the website http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc . INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) 02 Oct 2004 (Saturday) GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPANTS PAPER PRESENTATION (Papyrus Praesentatio) Theme: Emerging Challenges in LIS Education Maximum of Two papers per institute Not more than 2500 words Maximum of 8 minutes for presentation A soft copy & hard copy have to be sent on or before 27 Sep. 2004 in MS-WORD format to aalis(a)rediffmail.com and Organizing Secretary respectively The participants should specify their Name & Institute only on the first page of the paper First paper : Rs. 1,000/- Cash +Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second paper : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third paper: Rs.500/- worth of book QUIZ (Bregma Touch) � Library and Information Science One team (two participants only) per institute First Place : Rs. 1,000/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book AD �ZAP One team (max. of five participants) per institute A creative event to market Library and Information Products & Services . Name of the Products & Services will be given before 10 minutes of the event 5 minutes per team First Place : Rs. 1,000/-Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book GENERAL INFO No Registration fee It is an exclusive meet of Regular Stream of LIS students The Participants should send their registration form through proper channel on or before 27 Sep. 2004 Working Lunch and Tea will be provided No TA/DA and Accommodation will be provided Regards Maruthu Pandian B Alumni Association of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! Dear Friends � The Department of Library and Information Science and Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, organising a South India Level LIS Students Meet ( Info 2004). LIS students are requested to participate in this programme. The programme includes Technical Paper Presentation, Quiz and Ad-Zap. Information regarding the programme is given below, for further details kindly visit the website http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc http://www.geocities.com/aalisbhc . INFO 2004 (A South India Level LIS Students Meet) 02 Oct 2004 (Saturday) � GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPANTS � PAPER PRESENTATION (Papyrus Praesentatio) Theme: Emerging Challenges in LIS Education Maximum of Two papers per institute Not more than 2500 words Maximum of 8 minutes for presentation A soft copy & hard copy have to be sent on or before 27� Sep. 2004 in MS-WORD format to mailto:aalis@rediffmail.com aalis(a)rediffmail.com and Organizing Secretary respectively The participants should specify� their Name & Institute only on� the first page of the paper First paper : Rs. 1,000/- Cash +Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second paper : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book� ; Third paper: Rs.500/- worth of book � QUIZ (Bregma Touch) � Library and Information Science � One team (two participants only) per institute First Place : Rs. 1,000/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book�� ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book � AD �ZAP � One team (max. of five participants) per institute A creative event to market Library and Information Products & Services�. Name of the Products & Services will be given before 10 minutes of the event 5 minutes per team First Place : Rs. 1,000/-Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Second Place : Rs. 500/- Cash + Rs.250/- worth of book ; Third Place : Rs.500/- worth of book � GENERAL INFO � No Registration fee � It is an exclusive meet of Regular Stream of LIS students� The Participants should send their registration form through proper channel on or before 27 Sep. 2004 Working Lunch and Tea will be provided�� No TA/DA�� and� Accommodation will be provided Regards Maruthu Pandian B Alumni Association of Library and Information Science, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli Do you Yahoo!? http://vote.yahoo.com vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

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congratulation on appointment
by Rakesh Gupta 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Congratulation to Mr. Ashish Srivastava on his appointment as a Asstt. Librarian in Kanpur university, Kanpur. Rakesh kumar Gupta Sup (Lib), NHPC Ltd. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! Congratulation to Mr. Ashish Srivastava on his appointment as a Asstt. Librarian in Kanpur university, Kanpur. � � � Rakesh kumar Gupta Sup (Lib), NHPC Ltd. Do you Yahoo!? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/ne… Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!

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Learning to see
by Aman Jha 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear lis-forum members Kindly let me know the availability of the following title in any libraries in India. "Learning To See" by Mike Rother and John Shook. Published by the Lean Enterprise Institute, USA in 1999. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha CII Dear lis-forum members Kindly let me know the availability of the following title in any libraries in India. "Learning To See" by Mike Rother and John Shook. Published by the Lean Enterprise Institute , USA in 1999. Thanks and regards, Aman Jha CII

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A library all about sexual minority
by Vyasamoorthy＠icicikp.com 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040913/asp/calcutta/story_3746768.asp A library all about sexual minority NISHA LAHIRI 13th september 2004 : The Telegraph, Calcutta Research work, case studies, journals, magazines, novels, anthologies, folklore... the list from any library. What's different about this one is that it's a resource centre for organisations and individuals involved - either professionally or personally - with sexual minorities. The Calcutta chapter of Saathii, an NGO working in the field, has started the library on its Salt Lake premises. Be it homosexuality, transsexuality or HIV/AIDS, people have free access to either educate, spread awareness or do research. The reference catalogue lists all the material available. When complete, it will also be available online. Partly funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation - the proposal was sent last year and the funding is for a year, from March 2004 to February 2005 - it has a collection of anything that the Saathii team can lay its hands on. "I used to work in another NGO, where there was a library. People would constantly want books to check that there is a history of homosexuality, that it's not a sin, nor is it illegal in many countries," says Anupam Hazra, one of the two in charge of the library. "So we decided to have one here, for our partner organisations in Calcutta, as well as in Orissa and Manipur, who have far less to work with. Even though they can't access the library, if there is any specific information they want, we will supply it from the support centre," he adds. There are the latest reports from organisations like UNAID, as also journals like Pukaar by the Naz Foundation for South Asian sexual minorities in the UK, and Trikone, published by a similar NGO by the same name in San Francisco. There is fiction and non-fiction work, Indian and otherwise, dealing with historical to personal points of view. Plus, there are the self-help books and information guides, as well as a directory of NGOs in West Bengal connected to HIV/AIDS, Saathii Red Ribbon Pages. The library is not a lending one, but the bonus is a section on multimedia material (videos and VCDs). There are documentaries and docu-features, including Piku Bhalo Aachey by Saathii, Many People Many Desires by a Bangalore-based NGO and Gulabi Aina, which ran into censor trouble in India. A fun feature is the Saap Seedi game, a snakes-and-ladders replica by the Mumbai-based Humsafar Foundation to educate people about the safety factor. "Some of the books are bought, others are donated. The best source is studies and research presented in international conferences," sums up Pawan Dhal of Saathii, at the Sector I, CD block support centre. ========================== 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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Article Needed
by Avinashilingam University 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Dear Proffessionals, Could any one of you can send me the article Berger, Allen (1993) "Distribution free estimates of efficiency in the US Banking Industry and tests of the standard Assumptions", JOurnal of Productivity Analysis, 4 Sep(1993), 261-292. This will be helpful for my research work. Thanking You Yours sincerely, Sudha http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbo… Dear Proffessionals, Could any one of you can send me the article Berger, Allen (1993) "Distribution free estimates of efficiency in the US Banking Industry and tests of the standard Assumptions", JOurnal of Productivity Analysis, 4 Sep(1993), 261-292. This will be helpful for my research work. Thanking You Yours sincerely, Sudha

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Research Libraries' Costs of Doing Business
by B Sreeharsha 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

Hello, Here's an article FY Reference. Though the author, Greenstein, speaks about the research libraries in USA, I feel it also depicts our Indian context. i.e all the I I *s. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp Thanks Harsha Hello, Here's an article FY Reference. Though the author, Greenstein, speaks about the research libraries in USA, I feel it also depicts our Indian context. i.e all the I I *s. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm04510.asp Thanks Harsha

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Life as a library researcher
by Aman Jha 13 Sep '04

13 Sep '04

<http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html> Life as a library researcher A look at the work carried out by an OED researcher at the Bodleian Library. An interesting read. Source: http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html 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: 0124-5014080 http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html Life as a library researcher A look at the work carried out by an OED researcher at the Bodleian Library. An interesting read. Source: http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html http://oed.com/newsletters/2004-09/library.html 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: 0124-5014080

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(no subject)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

From: Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] The scholarly communication system that scholars deserve Herbert Van de Sompel, Sandy Payette, John Erickson, Carl Lagoze, and Simeon Warner, Rethinking Scholarly Communication: Building the System that Scholars Deserve, D-Lib Magazine, September 2004. Excerpt: There is growing dissatisfaction with the established scholarly communication system. This dissatisfaction is the result of a variety of factors including rapidly rising subscription prices, concerns about copyright, latency between results and their actual publication, and restrictions on what can be published and how it can be disseminated. The result is a global debate on how to remedy the system's deficiencies, and that debate has inspired concrete initiatives aimed at reforming the process. These are concerned mainly with access issues and seek to alleviate two longstanding problems. The first, known as the "serials crisis," addresses the often prohibitive prices of journal publications that impede access to scholarly materials. The second, known as the "permissions crisis," addresses the restrictions on use of publications once access has been obtained. The "Open Access" movement focuses primarily on these two problems with two different strategies. The self-archiving school strives for a scholar's right to make traditional journal publications freely available in an open repository. The journal-reform school promotes the emergence of new types of journals that are free at the point of use. While the open availability of the results of scholarly endeavors is indeed of fundamental importance to the future of scholarship, it is only one dimension of how the scholarly communication process can be transformed. As Geneva Henry has observed, opportunities abound in the world of 21st century publishing and the discussion on transforming scholarly communication must move beyond the debate of subscription-based vs. open access publication. [...] Our vision is based on our belief that the future scholarly communication system should closely resembleand be intertwined withthe scholarly endeavor itself, rather than being its after-thought or annex. We consider in this article the aspects of the established system that constrain the scholarly endeavor. Based on those considerations, we describe the desired technological characteristics of a future system of scholarly communication. We argue for a scholarly communication system composed of an interoperability substrate allowing flexible composition of the value-adding services that up to now have been vertically locked in the journal publication milieu. In this loosely coupled system, the units of scholarly communication (i.e., data, simulations, informal results, preprints, etc.) could follow a variety of scholarly value chains in which each hub provides a service such as registering results, certifying their validity, alerting scholars to new claims and findings, preserving the scholarly record, and ultimately rewarding scholars for their work. ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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