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New Center of Digital Knowledge for Public Health Brings Latest Research to Practitioners
by Mailing List Manager 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:06:03 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: I received this in the mail from a discussion list I belong to. You may find it useful. Arun New Center of Digital Knowledge for Public Health Brings Latest Research to Practitioners April 13, 2004 SLU Receives $400K Donation From Sun Microsystems ST. LOUIS -- Do patients always benefit from the latest scientific research and medical discoveries? The alarming answer is "no," says the dean of Saint Louis University School of Public Health. "It takes an average of 17 years to introduce newly discovered, effective clinical interventions in routine patient care, " said Dr. E. Andrew Balas. "The latest research results and medical discoveries are released so rapidly that health practitioners cannot learn and implement the new information fast enough." As a solution to this problem, the Saint Louis University School of Public Health will establish a new Center of Digital Knowledge for Public Health. This center will provide computer resources to assist key people in health care concerned about public health issues. It also will assist in disease surveillance, and provide access to a public health digital library and interactive digital resources for public health practitioners. The center will offer training opportunities in public health informatics, a science concerned with the gathering, manipulation, and storage of recorded health knowledge. Future public health leaders as well as current professionals will be able to take advantage of these opportunities. Read more: http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/4175 <http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newsinfo/4175> Thanks, Bob

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FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] EBSCO Provides Databases for Iraqi Universiti es (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:43:43 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is a news story I received in my mail through another discussion list I belong to. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] EBSCO Provides Databases for Iraqi Universities Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Ipswich Chronicle <http://www.townonline.com/ipswich/news/local_regional/ ips_newicebscoje04142004.htm> A shorter URL for the link above: <http://snipurl.com/5q51> As part of the Al Sharaka Program for Higher Education in Iraq, an important initiative undertaken by USAID and universities making up the Oklahoma Higher Education Partners, all non-commercial institutions in Iraq have instant access to a wealth of information through participation by EBSCO Publishing, based in Ipswich. Al Sharaka has partnered with EBSCO such that Iraqi universities, schools and public libraries gain unlimited online access to complete articles from thousands of journals, magazines, reference books, country reports and other information sources covering virtually every subject area. This critical information is available in specific databases through the Web-based research system, EBSCOhost. >From business and financial information to psychological and sociological literature, to the hard sciences of chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering and much more, EBSCOhost provides access to the world's most valued information sources for any university, school or public library researcher. Databases available to institutions in Iraq include: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and MEDLINE. ----------------------------------------------------- The full article may be read at the URL above. For more information, visit: http://www.ebsco.com Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne(a)astro.temple.edu <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html>

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Interesting article on Google
by Mailing List Manager 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:12:58 +0530 From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> Dear colleagues, Trust this sounds good to all library & information professionals! http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=64126&cat_ id=172 Regards Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 Email: vasu(a)qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com

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**OAI Data Providers: General**
by Mailing List Manager 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:27:55 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> **OAI Data Providers: General** I am pleased to announce the publication and availability of my latest eProfile column from _Library Hi Tech News_: Gerry McKiernan. "Open Archives Initiative Data Providers. Part I. General," _Library Hi Tech News_ 21 no. 3 (April 2004): 11-19. A copy of the article has been self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-DP-I.pdf In this first of a planned three part series on OAI Data Providers I profile: Digital Library of the Commons [ http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/ ] E-LIS: Eprints in Library and Information Science [ http://eprints.rclis.org/ ] INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection [ http://infomine.ucr.edu/ ] Open Video Project [ http://www.open-video.org/ ] . Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan PDB Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu

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NCSI's IKM Course Advertisement
by Francis Jayakanth 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Dear Member: The advertisement for the next batch of training programme on "Information and Knowledge Management (IKM)", offered by the National Centre for Science information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, has already appeared in the leading national and local news papers, and also in the English/Hindi/Urdu editions of employment news. A copy of the advertisement is furnished below with a request to provide a wide publicity for the training programme. Thanks & Regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement ------------- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION (NCSI) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE BANGALORE- 560012 REQUIRES TRAINEES for the "Information and Knowledge Management (IKM)" training programme of NCSI Advt. No.R(IB)008-3/2004. No. of positions: 08 [GEN-03, OBC-01, SC-1 and Sponsored Candidates-03] Minimum Qualifications: 1. Ist Class Bachelor's Degree in Science (B.Sc) with Master's Degree in Library/Information Science or Associateship in Documentation/Information Science awarded by DRTC or INSDOC with a minimum of IInd Class. One or two years of experience in a Library/Information Centre and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. OR Ist Class B.E., M.B.B.S., or M.Sc with a minimum of one year experience in information handling. 2. SC candidates with pass class will also be considered. 3. The sponsored candidates should forward their application through the proper channel. No stipend will be paid to the sponsored candidates. Training is for a period of 18 months w.e.f. 01.08.2004 on a stipend of Rs.5,000/- per month (Fixed). Please visit our website at http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ for more details. [Please note that the above website address is meant only for IKM training programme of NCSI - item # II in the advertisement. Also, Applications sent by email attachments and/or by emails *WILL NOT* be entertained]. GENERAL CONDITIONS Those who have completed their qualifying examination and awarded the degree only need apply. The Institute will have no obligation to absorb them on completion of the training. No accommodation will be available on the Institute campus during the training programme. Candidates who are willing to be considered strictly on the aforesaid conditions may send their application in plain paper with details of their (I) Name, (ii) Date of Birth, (iii) Address, (iv) Educational Qualifications (indicating examinations passed, year, percentage and class obtained since SSLC/Matriculation), (v) Caste(SC/ST/OBC/GEN) (vi) Copy of the medical certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment in the case of PH candidates, together with xerox copies of Marks Card, Certificates to THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-lB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560 012 on or before 30.04.2004. ----------------------- Dated: 01.04.2004 REGISTRAR

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Free Books for Libraries
by Mailing List Manager 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:44:57 +0530 From: Monitor Information Services <emonitor(a)sancharnet.in> 16 April 2004 Dear Friends Continuing with our last year effort, this year we are once again offering Free Books on various subjects to deserving institutional libraries. Kindly provide us your area of interest thus enabling us to send appropriate books to you Free of Cost. Even the freight/post/courier charges will be paid by us. Please note that we are unable to provide List of Titles available in this lot and your subjects/areas , information will be useful in selecting free books for you byour trained staff. Best Wishes Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services library suppliers of books n cd-rom's 203, Moghal Marc Ratan Complex Narayanguda , Hyderabad 500 029 T: 040 - 55787065 : 040 - 27552390 F: +91-40-27569299 http://www.monitorinfo.com

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Invitation to National Mission for Manuscripts Forumfor Library scientists to stand
by rama.budihal＠wipro.com 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Dear Shafi, The idea is to join the National Mss Mission forum and to contribute for standardization of Meta data, classfication, cataloging in machine readable etc., along with other set of subject experts, scholars and manuscriptologists that is most suited for Indian Mss. Hope this clarifies. Best regards, Rama -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Mailing List Manager Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:10 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Invitation to National Mission for Manuscripts Forumfor Library scientists to stand Date: 13 Apr 2004 09:16:23 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Rama We could not understand the mail whether u are interested in developing metadata set for manuscripts databases or to help natioanl Mission of manuscripts in designing digital library etc or organise a different forum . It seems confusing . please clarify as we are concerned and interested in preservation , digitization and delivery of mss here as well Thanks s m shafi >You are welcome to participate in a National Forum for preservation, >conservation and Digitization of Manuscripts of India located in India >and abroad. On Feb 7th 2003, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Honorable Prime >Minister of India launched the National Mission for Manuscripts [truncated] _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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Japan Ponders Starting a Global Journal
by Mailing List Manager 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:45:05 +0530 From: Krishnan <krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in> Interesting news item from Science =96 12th March 2004 issue TOKYO--Does a country need to publish its own internationally recognized journals to be a scientific power? Last month a group of Japanese scientists debated that question at a symposium and wound up offering a tentative "yes." Supporters argued = that publishing a top-tier international journal in English would benefit = efforts to disseminate the country's scientific achievements and strengthen = Japanese scientists' ability to evaluate and communicate research results. But = they readily admit that they have yet to address sizable logistical and = financial hurdles that such an endeavor would entail. The meeting, sponsored by an ad hoc group and held at the high-level = Science Council of Japan (SCJ), reflects growing concern about the health of the country's scientific publications. Japanese researchers and officials = are proud of the growing number of Japanese papers in top journals overseas, = and they note that the quality of an individual's publication record has = become an important element in promotion and grant decisions. Shun-Ichi Murahashi, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Okayama = University of Science and a member of an SCJ committee studying the issue, says = that the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), for example, has = grown in the last decade in part by boosting the number of papers by = Japan-based researchers. According to ACS, their share rose from 8.7% in 1997 to = 11.6% last year. "Overseas journals seem to be expanding by including more Japanese papers," Murahashi says. Over the same period, the number of Japanese authors on research papers in Science has grown by roughly = half, although the overall number of published papers has held steady. But some scientists believe that those developments mask an alarming = decline in the health of Japan's own scientific publications. The = English-language Journal of the Physical Society of Japan lost one-third of its = subscribers during the 1990s, Murahashi says, and experienced a comparable decline = in the number of papers published and their impact factor. Similar trends = are occurring at most Japanese journals. Murahashi welcomes the growing number of Japanese scientists on review boards and in editorial positions at foreign journals. But the decline = of domestic journals, he warns, shrinks the country's pool of research "assets." "It's quite clear that we need to start our own international journals," he says. Some speakers believe that a Japan-based international journal would = also result in a fairer shake for Japanese and Asian researchers. Ryoji = Noyori, a 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry who leads the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), says that "the review process at foreign = journals is a black box" for many Japanese scientists, and he and others say they still hear occasional complaints about reviewers poaching research = results before the paper has been published.=20 Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a professor of medicine at Tokai University and = current SCJ president, is wary of such claims. He suspects that they date from decades ago and no longer reflect current practice. Instead of = complaining, he urged those interested in starting a new journal to first understand = "why Nature and Science have survived and have readers willing to pay for = their subscriptions." Both journals, he says, have earned a reputation for fairness and excellence.=20 If Japan decides to start such a journal, he suggested that it be electronic. He pointed to the popularity of J-STAGE (for Japan Science = and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic; www.jstage.jst.go.jp) a portal that provides access to the publications and news of more than = 140 Japanese societies. Each society determines what content will be = available through J-STAGE, which is operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), an affiliate of the Ministry of Education, and whether any restrictions should apply. In addition to making the material more accessible domestically, J-STAGE has greatly increased the foreign readership of Japanese journals. The print version of Cell Structure and Function, published by the Japan Society for Cell Biology, had a 97% Japanese readership, he notes, whereas 92% of the readers of the online version--with free and full access--are from overseas.=20 Whether electronic or print, a new journal will be expensive. Koichi Kitazawa, executive director of JST, shocked the audience by estimating = that an $18 million annual subsidy would be needed to create an interdisciplinary, international journal. His estimate, which includes = some sort of incentive plan to support successful research teams, is intended = to send a message "to people who think that it is possible to launch such a journal easily." And whereas RIKEN's Noyori believes that "strengthening = the dissemination of scientific information" should be a government = priority, Tokai's Kurokawa would prefer to see the journal pay its own way. Supporters of the idea haven't yet asked the government for money. But = one of the science community's best friends in the diet (legislature) has already signaled his support for the idea. "I recognize the need to strengthen Japan's efforts to broadcast Japanese research results to the world," Koji Omi told participants. As an added boost, Omi also proposed that granting agencies give greater weight to domestic publications when deciding which scientists to fund. Dr. S. Krishnan Head, Information Division=20 National Chemical Lab, PUNE 411008, INDIA e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:krish@ems.ncl.res.in"krish(a)ems.ncl.res.in HYPERLINK "http://www.ncl-india.org"http://www.ncl-india.org Tel: 020-25893457; Fax: 020-25893973 ---

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InfoWatch- March 2004
by M.R Lalitha 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Dear LIS-Forum member, The March 2004 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) Mar 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Amethyst galleries - Mineral gallery 2. Aqua Data Studio - Database query tool 3. Crystal structure database 4. Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura [NASA mission to study the Earth's ozone, air quality and climate] 5. Electronics zone [A source of reference to engineers] 6. FOLDOC - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing 7. GeneTests [Medical genetics information resource] 8. Handbook of User-Centred Design 9. ITPRC.COM - The Information Technology Professional's Resource Center 10. KillerInfo - A meta search engine with clustering 11. libquantum - The C library for quantum computing 12. NetRexx programming language 13. PEERS - Physics Encyclopedia of Email Records 14. ProTherm - Thermodynamic database for proteins and mutants 15. Sedna [A new planet in the solar system discovered by astronomers from Caltech, Gemini Observatory and Yale University] 16. Silent PC Review.Com 17. SIMBAD Astronomical database 18. TOP500 Supercomputer sites 19. Topix.net - Pick your topic, get the news 20. VNC - Virtual Network Computing software ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Invitation to National Mission for Manuscripts Forum for Library scientists to stand
by Mailing List Manager 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

Date: 13 Apr 2004 09:16:23 -0000 From: Dr. S M.SHAFI <shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Rama We could not understand the mail whether u are interested in developing metadata set for manuscripts databases or to help natioanl Mission of manuscripts in designing digital library etc or organise a different forum . It seems confusing . please clarify as we are concerned and interested in preservation , digitization and delivery of mss here as well Thanks s m shafi >You are welcome to participate in a National Forum for preservation, >conservation and Digitization of Manuscripts of India located in India >and abroad. >On Feb 7th 2003, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Honorable Prime Minister of >India launched the National Mission for Manuscripts [truncated]

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