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Interesting Article
by Ayesha Taranum 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Hello, Please find the link to an interesting analysis by Arun Shorie in Indian Express, called "IT�s written, now just dot the Is, cross the Ts" http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=38593&spf=true Part IV of this article will appear tomorrow. Regards, -- Ayesha __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

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Predictions for 2004 by info industry elite
by Mailing List Manager 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 10:46:08 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Please visit http://www.infotoday.com/IT/jan04/whatsahead.shtml to know what information industry leaders expect to happen in 2004. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Slides/Video of Major Open Access Conference Available
by Mailing List Manager 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Slides/Video of Major Open Access Conference Available_ In addition to the publication of the proceedings of the _ICSTI/INIST/INSERM Seminar on Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future_ held January 23-24, 2003 which I noted in an earlier posting [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0312/0173.html ], the slides for select presentations as well as associated video/audio are also available [ http://www.inist.fr/openaccess/index_en.php ]. [Thanks, Peter Suber for reminding me !] IMHO These are important presentations that should be Required Viewing for every librarian (and those who wish they were {:->). Joy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan New Year Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011

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oldage home info
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Dear All: I am searching for latest info on old age homes for the mentally challenged, preferably in Hyderabad or Bangalore. I shall appreciate any pointers on this. Info about homes in other cities/towns is also welcome. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Free Access to Gender Studies Database
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Dear All: Wish you a happy and prosperous New Year! NISC is pleased to announce free access to the Gender Studies Database (GSD), an anthology of 12 database files, for the entire month of January 2004. To register, please visit www.nisc.com and click the Gender Studies Database link. About Gender Studies Database (GSD) Available Formats: BiblioLine (Internet-/Web-based), CD-ROM Number of Records: 542,700+ Dates of Coverage: 1972 & earlier Present Number of CD-ROMS: 1 Database: Anthology of 12 files Update Frequency: Monthly/BiblioLine, Quarterly/CD-ROM Subject Category: Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Gender Studies The Gender Studies Database (GSD) combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International, Men's Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies databases with relevant contributions from the Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. GSD covers the spectrum of gender engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are available. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected websites. 1) Men's Studies Database With over 44,500 citations & abstracts, MSD covers 250 core and hundreds more important periodicals providing access to the full diversity of literature including journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, theses, dissertations, bulletins, newsletters, internet documents and numerous other sources on men's studies from 1990 to the present. 2) Sexual Diversity Studies Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS) offers a balanced, objective, and thorough review of scholarly as well as popular print, electronic, and internet publications of the GLBT press. Most topics of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities are covered in depth. Of paramount importance is the coverage of history, culture, social issues, interests, and concerns of the GLBT community. 3) Women Studies Abstracts Formerly edited by Sara Stauffer Whaley and recently acquired by NISC, Women Studies Abstracts contributes more than 40,160 records. Approximately 3,000 abstracts of core literature are added per year. 4) Women's Studies Bibliography Database Publications indexed cover a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, social work, psychology, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and literary works. Source documents include related websites, internet documents, professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, selected popular literature, government reports, discussion & working papers and other sources. Enhanced sub-sets of records from U.S. Government databases and other files are included to make Women's Studies International as comprehensive as possible. This file of 168,466 records is produced by NISC with contributions by many individuals. 5) Women's Studies Database Women's Studies Database (1972-present) is compiled by Jeanne Guillaume, Women's Studies Collection Librarian of New College, University of Toronto; WSD provides more than 88,700 records drawn from 125 journals worldwide. About 4,000 records are added per year. Women Studies Librarian The following 4 files from the University of Wisconsin: 6) New Books on Women & Feminism (1987-present) is the complete guide to feminist publishing and provides 42,625 citations. About 2,800 records are added per year. 7) WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies (1985-1990) is a guide to 803 feminist films, videos, audiocassettes, and filmstrips. 8) Women, Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography (1970-1990) is an annotated, selective bibliography of 2,458 books, journals, anthology chapters, and non-print materials. 9) The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines (1970- 1995 - selective coverage) is an excellent tool for curriculum development, providing 2,345 records from biographical and historical books and articles. 10) MEDLINE Subset on Women (1964 - present) 46,847 abstracts. The MEDLINE Subset on Women, part of the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine, adds to the diversity of materials included in Women's Studies International. With an emphasis on the well-being and social concerns of women in general and the developing countries in particular, this subset includes many journals, reports, books, and published and unpublished papers, previously not indexed in WSI. The MEDLINE Subset on Women brings an overall health perspective to Women's Studies International, with an applied, practical and empirical approach. 11) Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research Women of Color (1975-1995) was produced by the Research Clearinghouse on Women of Color and Southern Women at the University of Memphis in Tennessee and provides over 7,600 citations on eighteen different ethnic groups. 12) Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography Women's Health (1995) provides 200 records drawn mainly from English-language journals and other holdings of the World Health Organization library in Geneva. The bibliography was compiled by the Division of Publishing, Language and Library Services, Office of Library and Health Literature Services, and is dedicated to the memory of the late chief of the library, Dr. Deborah Avriel (1935- 1995). Subject Coverage 1. age of consent 2. anthropology 3. art, language & culture 4. athletics & sports 5. coming out 6. criminology & criminal justice 7. culture & communities 8. developing countries 9. employment, workplace harassment 10. ethnic studies 11. fatherhood & family 12. feminist studies - theory & history 13. gender identity, sexual orientation 14. girl studies 15. growing up male 16. historical events & personalities 17. historical studies 18. history 19. homophobia & monosexism 20. language & terminology 21. law & legislation 22. legislation & rights, social change 23. lesbianism 24. literary criticism 25. literature 26. male genetic disorders (XXY, XYY, etc.) 27. male menopause, mid-life & aging 28. male sexualities, bodies & biology 29. male/female relationships 30. marriage & divorce, child custody 31. masculinities & boyhood/manhood 32. media & communication studies 33. mens movements & groups 34. men's health issues & andrology 35. men's studies & feminist pedagogy 36. mental & physical health 37. military 38. Modern period 39. political/social activism 40. prejudice & gender discrimination 41. psychology 42. psychology & body image 43. queer studies 44. race & ethnicity & color 45. religion & spirituality 46. reproductive rights 47. rights & movements 48. sexual practices & techniques 49. sexuality & sexology 50. social welfare & socioeconomics 51. sociology 52. spirituality, mythopoetic men 53. substance abuse 54. suicide & self abuse 55. Victorian period 56. violence & abusive relationships 57. women and the media 58. women in development 59. women's liberation movement 60. women's rights & suffrage 61. work/family relationships Happy browsing! 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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_Proceedings of Major Open Access Conference Published_
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:46:56 -0600 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> The proceedings of the ICSTI/INIST/INSERM Seminar on Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information:State of the Art and Future held January 23-24, 2003 at the French Ministry of Research, Carr des Sciences, Paris, was recently published in a special issue of _Information Services & Use_ (v 23 (n. 2-3) (ISSN 0167-5265) (IOS Press (http://www.iospress.nl ). The issue includes the following major themes and notable papers: **Open Access: What Does It Mean for STI Distribution** o Open Access: marginal or core phenomenon? a commercial publisher's view (Pieter Bolman) o Open publishing: how publishers are reacting (Sally Morris) A brief overview of the OAI protocol and its potential impact (Andy Powell) **Open Access: Economic Models and Legal Implications** o Ingenta's economic and technical models for providing institutional OAarchives (Geoffrey Bilder) Open Access publishing (Jan Velterop) o Libraries and institutional infrastructure for Open Access services (Elmar Mittler) o The legal framework for access to STI (Thomas Dreier) **Open Access: Challenges for the Scientific Community** o Mathematics and databases: Open Access (Laurent Guillop) o The Centre for Direct Scientific Communication (Daniel Charnay) o The research-impact cycle (Stevan Harnad) **Open Access: Issues for Developing Countries** o Round Table: Open Access issues for developing countries (Kay Raseroka, Barbara Kirsop, Jean-Jacques Pierrat, Georges Malamoud, Barbara Aronson, Manfred Spiesberger) **Open Access: Projects and Initiatives** o Institutional repositories and Open Access: the future of scholarly communication (David Prosser) o The Budapest Initiative for Open Access (Jean-Claude Gudon) o FIGARO and Open Access to electronic information objects (Stefan Gradmann) o E-BioSci: Semantic networks of biological information (Les Grivell). The issue also contains a lengthy review titled "Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: The State of the Art" prepared by Jack Franklin, ASFRAbv, Edam, The Netherlands (http://www.inist.fr/openaccess/en/etat_art.php), transcripts of Questions & Answers sessions, welcome and closing addresses, and a summary of discussions with commentary. An OCLC record for the issue is available [OCLC # 53966590] thanks to my Cataloging Colleagues at the ISU Library! I encourage all who own the journal to analyze it for their local OPAC. **Ironically, while the proceedings is a major contribution to the Open Access literature and movement, it is *not* Open Access [:-( ]. However, some authors have self-archived a version of their presentations [:-)]** [Google Author/Title to see who has self-archived] *** Perhaps, in the spirit of the Season, the publisher would make this issue available as their Free (Electronic) Sample Issue - How About It IOS Press? *** IMHO This is an important collection that should be required reading in the New Year for every librarian and those who wish they were {:-> Joy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan New Year Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011

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A useful site for information professionals
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Date: 1 Jan 2004 04:19:38 -0000 From: Subbiah Gunasekaran <gunasekaran_subbiah(a)rediffmail.com> DEAR MEMBERS: I would like to bring to your kind attention A site for librarians, about librarians and by librarians. It is the LIS website "Information Professional" available at http://www.information-professional.com/. Thanks Gunasekaran CECRI, Karaikudi

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Useful Links
by Mailing List Manager 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 22:28:42 -0800 (PST) From: Mr.G.Bhojaraju <bhojarajug(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, Wish you all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year : 2004 I hope u'll find the following links useful : International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Newsletter : http://www.inasp.info/newslet/index.html Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) http://www.inasp.info/peri/intro.html with regards G.Bhojaraju www.bhojarajug.cjb.net

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InfoWatch - Dec 03
by M.R Lalitha 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, Wish you a Happy New Year. The December 2003 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Dec 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. ACM technology guide 2. ArrayExpress [A public repository for microarray data] 3. Component failure museum [Specific failure types & problems in different engineering materials] 4. Cygwin [Open source Red Hat GNU tool] 5. Deep content - Guide to effective searching of the Internet 6. Digital book index 7. dspGuru - Digital signal processing central 8. Free2Code [A site for computer related tutorials & codes] 9. e-Optimization.com [A website for optimization software] 10. EPA REACH IT - Remediation And CHaracterization Innovation Technologies 11. Methodology .org [Methods, tools and techniques for IT Professionals] 12. Microcontroller.com - Accurate embedded systems sourcing information 13. OJOSE - Online JOurnal Search Engine for scientific literature research 14. palowireless.com - Wireless technologies resource center 15. PostdocJobs.com [A career information service for postdoctoral positions, fellowships, other research and science jobs] 16. Protein Kinase Resource - PKR 17. Scientific life - World News Network 18. Spacewatch [Spectacular images & the latest top stories in space science] 19. Total hardware - Jumper settings for 18655 devices 20. Worldwide Ocean Optics Database - WOOD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Web-based Library Automation and Networking solution
by Mailing List Manager 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

Date: 30 Dec 2003 10:05:57 -0000 From: Jai Haravu <haravu(a)newgenlib.com> I am happy to let members of this List know that they can now see a trial installation of the web-based library automation system developed as an initiative of Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (http://www.kiikm.org/) in collaboration with a software company, Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in Hyderabad. The software is called NewGenLib. Details of the software (a brochure) and a PowerPoint presentation may be seen at http://www.kiikm.org. The trial installation can be seen at the Osmania University's web site, http://www.osmania.ac.in/ Please go to this site and click the link for NewGenLib. However NewGenLib requires that client machines must have a Java plugin and a java policy file. How to obtian and install the free Java Plugin is explained in the Readme.Txt ** [sent with this mail as attachment. The .java.policy file also sent as an attachment (_java.polcy should be renamed as .java.policy) should be copied to the Operating System default directory. For e.g., for Windows98 it is C:/Windows/. Comments and feedback are welcome to:] haravu(a)newgenlib.com. L J Haravu ** PS: The attachments have not been included. Please write to Mr. Haravu to get the required files. - moderator

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