- LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Google Webalerts
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:16:07 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD <Vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com> Dear Friends: Google is experimenting with a new facility called Google Webalerts. It is at www.google.com/webalerts Like news alerts introduced some months ago, this is for monitoring new content on all websites visited by Google based on search words specified by you. Librarians can provide custom-made SDI service to customers without much efforts. Best wishes 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

1 0

RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 2:15:34 -0500 From: Atanu Garai <atanu(a)takingitglobal.org> I am not particularly aware of the incorporations of information literacy related modules in course instructions of school/undergraduate or graduate levels in S.Africa or SE Asian countries,but as you know information literacy as a precursor for making young citizens fit for the knowledge society has been promoted in US for a long time since past two decades by the LIS schools,LIS associations and even the government.Information literacy has been taught as part of curriculum even at the school level;students are encouraged to learn how to search and retreive information in very nascent stages.Whereas,lack of this skill prevents us to produce quality information literate people,even doctoral candidates lack basic information search skills. I wonder how many of our LIS schools have incoporated "information literacy" in thier course curriculum.I have gone through an LIS syllabi bank recently and have not traced a single one. It is indeed imperative to start from the LIS itself then intoducing the information literacy into other disciplines. ~Atanu -- Atanu Garai|atanu(a)takingitglobal.org http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu http://www.dgroups.org/groups/education --------- Original Message -------- From: Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants (fwd) Date: 07/04/04 13:07 > Sir, > > Is there anything that can be done to market the OA initiative among > institutions in India ? Is it possible that we are wrong in our approach > each time ? I am talking here about the "Information literacy" competency > of our elite (the educated, of course). [truncated]

1 0

Postponement of ASSIST National Seminar
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: 8 Apr 2004 04:13:33 -0000 From: Drbalabhim Shankarappa Biradar <bsbiradar53(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Sir /Madam For Kind attention to all Library and Information Science Professionals 4th ASSIST National Seminar on "Digital Resources and Services in Libraries" which was scheduled to be held on 12-13th April 2004 has been postponed to 30th April and 1st May 2004 due to general election for Assembly and Parliament. I also request to convey this message to all professional friends Dr. B.S. Biradar Organising Secretary 4th ASSIST National Seminar and Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University

1 0

Online database for Indian Journals
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: 7 Apr 2004 12:59:46 -0000 From: Subbiah Gunasekaran <gunasekaran_subbiah(a)rediffmail.com> � Dear Members: Can anyone tell me if there is any online database available for Indian Scientific journals? Thanks S. Gunasekaran

1 0

RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:24:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Ms Chandra: Good question! We at MSSRF are holding two workshops on OA with four truly top class experts as resource persons and am insisting that each participant should set up an institutional archive after the workshop. We will provide all the software on a CD. All they need is a Linux server and a decent Internet connection. A number of institutions have sent in nominations. And more nominations are coming in every day. I am talking to key people having a big say in making science policy both here and abroad [e.g. Dr Mashelkar, Prof. Valiathan, Prof. Bruce Alberts, the Open Source Institute, the US National Academy of Sciences, InterAcademy Panel] about the need to proactively promote open access in both forms [OA journals and more importantly OA archives]. I write about OA in international media. I provide important leads to others who want to write about OA. I keep writing to librarians, heads of institutions and government officials. I am not sure if information literacy is a problem. Anyone surfing the Net or reading journals like Nature and Science will come to know of OA. Even if it were a problem, that can be set right with a little effort. Members of this list should talk about it to publishing scientists and research students, write about it and organise small group seminars in their own institutions and library associations. A few weeks ago FRONTLINE carried a detailed article on OA by one of India's best science writers. I am also not sure if open access has picked up in other countries of Asia. I am trying to organise a trination conference (Brazil, China and India) where a number of leading scientists and policymakers from these three countries will look at open access and how it can make the fie;d level playing (as far as access to information is concerned). I work with some very committed people in the UK, Canada and Europe. All of us work with hope. Eventually, many people including a majority of Indian scientists will recognise the value and usefulness of OA. Best wishes. Arun -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 1:28 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants (fwd) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:02:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> Is there anything that can be done to market the OA initiative among institutions in India ? [truncated]

1 0

Fw: [sla-kiie] 2004 International Paper Contest
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:22:25 -0700 (PDT) From: JK Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> Appologies for cross-postings ----------------------------- 2004 International Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST), International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III), is pleased to announce its fifth competition for papers to be submitted for the 2004 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13 - 18, 2004. The theme of the paper is: "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts - the developing world perspective." The paper topic could be at the country or regional level. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of this theme, such as, but not limited to, the following: *Social, ethical, political, legal, and economic issues: issues related to the role of information in society, such as information policy, access, security, privacy, and intellectual property, as well as the social uses and abuses of information technologies such as the Internet and World Wide Web in bridging or separating diverse communities. *Information management, organization and access. *Information seeking and use: the role of information in professional and daily lives, use of various types of information technology, and social contexts of information seeking. There will be six winners. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges, which will include Suzie Allard, University of Tennessee; Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto; Nathalie Leroy, United Nations; Duncan Omole, The World Bank; Liwen Vaughan, University of Western Ontario; and Hong Xu, University of Pittsburgh. The contest chairs are Yunfei Du, Wayne State University; Nathalie Leroy, United Nations; and Sue O'Neill Johnson, SIG-III Immediate Past Chair. The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. In addition, thanks to the continued generous support from Elsevier, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIST Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13 - 18, 2004. Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for posting on the SIG III web site as pre-publications. In addition, they will also be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process. Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. ASIST Copyright Policy ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by June 30, 2004. Authors are encouraged to submit papers electronically. For more information or to submit manuscripts, please contact Yunfei Du, International Paper Contest Co-Chair, by e-mail at the following address: yunfei(a)wayne.edu Please check the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) for a list of previous winners, sample papers, and success stories of some previous winners! ------------- J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET

1 0

Free Week for 24 databases
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:38:42 +0530 From: Jeetender "Vicky" Chandna <vicky(a)irft.org> Dear friends A free week of 24 databases. http://www.gale.com/nlw/-------- Coming April 18! Celebrate information with integrity - the resources in your library Thomson Gale, known around the world for information integrity, honors the nation's libraries by hosting a free-for-all - free, unlimited access to 24 diverse databases during National Library Week, April 18-24. Visit www.gale.com Regards Jeetender "Vicky" Chandna Coordinator Information Systems ------------------------------------------ INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES FOR FAIRER TRADE Sona Udyog Industrial Estate Unit No.7, Parsi Panchayat Road Andheri (E), Mumbai 400069 INDIA ------------------------------------------ Tel: (91-22) 2835 2811 / 2823 5246 Fax: (91-22) 2823 5245 Email: vicky(a)irft.org Website: http://www.irft.org ------------------------------------------

1 0

RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:02:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in(a)yahoo.com> Sir, Is there anything that can be done to market the OA initiative among institutions in India ? Is it possible that we are wrong in our approach each time ? I am talking here about the "Information literacy" competency of our elite (the educated, of course). Information literacy has to be inherit in our information policy, which is so different that the IT policy that is often/always represented, even at forums like the WSIS. Maybe we can learn a few lessons from the way South Africa and other south east Asian countries have been doing it. Thanking you and with regards, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai Mailing List Manager <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:14:40 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam Dear Vijayakumar: We are talking to the Open Society Institute about the status of India. For the first time they may make an exception and are likely to provide partial support to our OA workshops in May. [truncated]

1 0

RE: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants
by Mailing List Manager 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:14:40 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Dear Vijayakumar: We are talking to the Open Society Institute about the status of India. For the first time they may make an exception and are likely to provide partial support to our OA workshops in May. I am also talking to the National Academy of Sciences, USA, to make available PNAS free on the Internet to Indian researchers immediately on publication. Often one is confronted with the question: Have we done whatever WE COULD before seeking help from others? Often the answer is no. For example, it does not take much effort or money to set up interoperable institutional open access archives, and yet I do not know of any Indian institutional archive other than the one at IISc, B'lore. It does not take much money to make our journals open access, and yet only a small number of our journals have gone open access. I must congratulate Dr D K Sahu of Bombay who has done an excellent job in making the electronic versions of more than a dozen Indian medical journals freely accessible on the Internet. At a meeting of INDEST held on 7 October, a decision was taken to set up institutional archives in the major INDEST institutions (following the model of IISc), but so far no archive has been set up. I wrote to key persons in those institutions more than once, but I have received no reply from all but one of them (my friend Jeevan from IITKh). Incidentally, international connections do not play much of a role in getting things done; persistence does. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:20 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] FW: [BOAI] New PLoS/OSI institutional membership grants Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:44:43 -0800 (PST) From: JK Vijayakumar <vjkjk(a)yahoo.com> George Soros is founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute and the Soros foundations network (http://www.soros.org/)Soros foundations are autonomous institutions established in particular countries or regions to initiate and support open society activities. The priorities and specific activities of each Soros foundation are determined by a local board of directors and staff in consultation with George Soros and OSI boards and advisors. As per the guidelines the fundings will go to the countries where Soros Network is active.Unfortunately India is not covered under this catagory (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/grants.shtml) I hope Shri Arun can utilise his international relations in open access initiative to activate Soros network in India, and then ask for fundings. > India is again excluded as was done earlier > with HINARI and AGORA! > > Arun _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

1 0

website of the Indian Journal of Pediatrics
by Mailing List Manager 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:55:37 +0530 From: Bala G Subramanian <balagsub(a)in.ibm.com> pleased to announce the launch of a new version of the website of the Indian Journal of Pediatrics. The site address would remain same [ http://www.ijppediatricsindia.org/>]. The features of the new site include: Free full text availability of articles accessible without login (Registration required only to access PDF; registration is free) Search across multiple journals [Journal of Postgraduate Medicine ( www.jpgmonline.com), Neurology India (www.neurologyindia.com), Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology ( www.ijdvl.com), Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine ( www.ijccm.org) and Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (www.ijps.org). Direct link to abstracts and full text from the cited references Facility to submit comments on articles Email notifications on new issue release Statistics of articles download and visits Better user interface and structure based on OpenURL, DC Metadata and other international standards As a registered user with the old site you get the priviledge to continue the free and unrestricted usage of the scientific content of the journal. To confirm your re-registration, please click on the link below: http://www.ijppediatricsindia.org/verify.asp?id=145029-203.199.114.103 Thanks and Regards G.Balasubramanian Librarian, COC, India Learning Centre, IBM India Pvt Ltd., #99, Residency Road, Bangalore - 25. Ph: 91-080-2073504 ID:balagsub@in.ibm.com

1 0