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RE: [LIS-Forum] DDC--choice of main class
by Mailing List Manager 13 Apr '04

13 Apr '04

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:07:46 +0530 From: manish mankad <Manish.Mankad(a)unilever.com> As the central theme is on poverty alleviation ( social aspect, strategies, problems,etc.) and NOT on NGOs (i.e what they are, case studies, management thereof etc.), i would prefer the said book to be classified under Poverty. One need to ask a question: which principal group of readers will be interested in this book based on the central theme? In our case, is the book covering NGOs exhaustively enough to be the claimant for the main class or is it the poverty that gets discussed all the time ? The DDC has the principle of classifying under the respective discipline and not under subject. Hence the povery alleviation will come under the discipline of social sector/welfare (362.5) and welfare facilities will get under (362.583). This is as per DDC 20. -Manish Mankad Information Services Ext: 208/460 Tel: 022 28276208 Hindustan Lever research Centre B.D. Sawant Marg Andheri (E), Mumbai 400099 INDIA -----Original Message----- From: Mailing List Manager [mailto:mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 5:01 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC--choice of main class Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:40:06 +0530 From: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear All: Here's a book title: Poverty alleviation strategies of NGOs. Should we classify this book under "poverty alleviation" or under "NGOs"? Do we have any guidelines in DDC similar to Dr Ranganathan's wall-picture, cow-calf, etc. principles which we use in CC? Please note this issue pertains not just facet sequence, but in which class should we classify a book. Any help on the above would be appreciated. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Invitation to National Mission for Manuscripts Forum for Library scientists to standardise on Meta Data
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:22:07 +0530 From: rama.budihal(a)wipro.com Greetings, 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 As most of you are already aware that India has a largest collection of manuscripts in the world. Composed in different Indian languages and scripts, they cover religion, philosophy, systems of science, arts and literature. Preserved in materials such as birch bark, palm leaf, cloth, wood, stone and paper, they are spread all over the country and abroad in libraries, academic institutions, museums, temples, monasteries and with individuals. Some of this wealth has disappeared, while a large portion is in a state of damage and decay. India's manuscripts wealth has to be preserved and redeemed. This forum invites active professionals from various forms of learning to help the Mission. So if you are any one of the following and want to contribute meaningfully for a National Cause please join the forum by clicking on the link below. Management Professional/consultant Library Science specialist Scholar on Indology Quality professional (such as ISO, CMM, Six-sigma etc.,) Scientist S/W professional Economist/ Financial Expert Manuscriptologist Epigraphist Archivist Linguist Archeologist/Conversationalist Social Entrepreneur Etc., Etc., Also if you feel that you can give your time for the Forum's activity such as making presentations, generating leads on where Manuscripts are available etc., you should definitely enroll into the forum. It is imperative that a necessity to establish a Digital Library of Manuscripts that are located in Mutts, Institutions, private collections etc., are need of hour for all Indians. We need more volunteers to locate and also actively participate in digitization, cataloging, conservation and anti-fumigation of the manuscripts, Mission also need volunteers from US/Europe especially in London, Germany etc., to get in touch with Universities and Libraries to collect information on Indian Manuscripts, old books etc., this magnanimous project will definitely benefit all Indians World-wide to preserve the cultural heritage of the works of our ancestors.

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Lecture invitation
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:16:39 +0530 From: Srels <srels(a)blr.vsnl.net.in> Executive Committee Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures, Bangalore Cordially invites you to the Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures(10) (2004) on LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN INDIA: SOME ISSUES by Dr. V.G. Talawar Professor, Dept. of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Dr. T.D. Kemparaju Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University Library, Bangalore presides on 16th April 2004 at 6.00 pm at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, (near Syndicate Bank) III Block, Rajajinagar, BANGALORE 560 010 RSVP: 23305109

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DDC--choice of main class
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:40:06 +0530 From: prafulla(a)nisc.co.in Dear All: Here's a book title: Poverty alleviation strategies of NGOs. Should we classify this book under "poverty alleviation" or under "NGOs"? Do we have any guidelines in DDC similar to Dr Ranganathan's wall-picture, cow-calf, etc. principles which we use in CC? Please note this issue pertains not just facet sequence, but in which class should we classify a book. Any help on the above would be appreciated. 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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Supreme court cases online-Free
by Mailing List Manager 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:44:09 +0530 From: Jayadev Kadli <jhkadli(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends Some of you know the following website. This mail is to those who dont know about the following site. The website http://www.supremecourtonline.com/ brings the latest Cases decided by the Supreme Court of India totally FREE, with no obligations to buy or subscribe to any service. The Management and law schools, Colleges and higher studies can make use of this site for their studies. Jayadev H Kadli Librarian Lala Lajpat Rai College of Comm & Eco Opp. Haji Ali, Mahalaxmi Mumbai - 400034 ph. 24905187

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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

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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]

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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

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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

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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]

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