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Re: NPA's of Emerging Markets
by Mailing List Manager 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:37:28 +0100 (BST) From: Anagha Agharkar <anaghaagharkar(a)yahoo.co.in> Hello, I need the Non Performing Loans (also called Non Performing Assets) for various emerging makerts such as China, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Malaysia etc. for the past 10 years. Can anyone tell me where to source this information from? Is there any publication which covers this information? Thanks and best regards, Anagha Agharkar Librarian ICICI Securities Ltd. 41/44 Minoo Desai Marg, Colaba, Mumbai - 5

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JCDL-2004-Call for Papers
by Shalini Urs 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Call for Papers: JCDL 2004 ========================== Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2004 Global Reach and Diverse Impact June 7-11, 2004 Tucson, Arizona, USA http://www.jcdl2004.org/ Jointly sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web (ACM SIGWEB) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) In cooperation with The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Coalition for Networked Information DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; implementation; interface design; human- computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, electrical engineering, information science, information systems, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practices, technology, education, medicine, intelligence analysis, social sciences, and humanities. All domains - academia, government, industry, and others - are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees. CONFERENCE THEME: GLOBAL REACH AND DIVERSE IMPACT In addition to the listed digital library research topics, JCDL 2004 encourages submission of papers that illustrate digital library's global reach and diverse impact. Examples include (but are not limited to): major national or cross-regional digital library projects; case studies exemplifying successful international collaboration and impact; innovative cultural preservation and dissemination projects aimed at preserving unique and indigenous knowledge; the development and use of digital library technologies for national (and international) security; digital library research for intelligence and security informatics; digital library techniques, content, and services based on cyberinfrastructure; digital library research for enhancing e-learning and education; and other novel and high- impact digital library projects. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- January 15, 2004: Full papers, panel, and tutorial proposals due February 10, 2004: Short papers, posters, proposals for workshops and demonstrations due March 31, 2004: Final submissions due PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site, following ACM format guidelines and using the template provided (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. The conference will award the Vannevar Bush Award to the best full paper. PANELS, POSTERS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------------------- Panels and posters provide opportunities to present work-in-progress, late- breaking results, or other efforts that would benefit from discussion with the community. Successful panel proposals should involve a controversial or emerging topic and articulate and entertaining panelists. Panel proposals must consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract explaining the topic and goals of the session along with a list of titles of individual presentations and/or viewpoints and contact information for the organizer, moderator, and panelists. Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of panels and posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations will allow attendees to have first-hand views of innovative digital libraries technology and applications and to talk informally with system developers and researchers. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and contact information for the authors. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL conference web site. TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS ----------------------- Proposals for tutorials and workshops are also solicited. Tutorials are intended to present a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals should be emailed directly to the tutorial chair. For further information please contact the tutorial chair. Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest in a new or emerging issue and provide a forum for discussion and exploration. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience; a description of the planned format, duration (half- or full- day), and expected number of attendees; information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals should be emailed directly to the workshop chair. For further information please contact the workshop chair. CONFERENCE LOCATION ------------------- JCDL 2004 will be held in Tucson, Arizona on June 7-11, 2003. Warmed by an abundance of desert sunshine, the meeting will be held in a rejuvenating resort environment inspired by the beauty of its pristine natural surroundings. Home to an amazing variety of birds, plants and wildlife, Tucson is an ideal choice for nature lovers, families, or those simply seeking a serene escape from daily pressures. It also is an inspiring setting for productive professional meetings. Outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and swimming, plus golf nearby. Weather in early June in Tucson is warm, but comfortable and pleasant. The Hilton El Conquistado will be the JCDL 2004 conference hotel. It is a 4-Star, 4-Diamond resort nested at the base of the Catalina Mountains. It features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views. There are additional 90 rooms (also Hilton) available nearby for overflow guests. This hotel has a spacious, open lobby that is perfect for networking. Many activities including horseback riding, jeep tours, and bicycle rentals, are available on site. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, hchen(a)eller.arizona.edu Howard Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University, wactlar(a)cmu.edu Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College, chingchih.chen(a)simmons.edu Program Co-Chairs: Mike Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, christel(a)cs.cmu.edu Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, aseplim(a)ntu.edu.sg Treasurer: Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, zeng(a)eller.arizona.edu Tutorial Chair: Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, assfoo(a)ntu.edu.sg Workshop Chair: Hsueh-hua Chen, National Taiwan University, sherry(a)ccms.ntu.edu.tw Panel Chair: Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University, giles(a)ist.psu.edu Poster and Demo Chair: Christopher Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, yang(a)se.cuhk.edu.hk Publicity Co-Chairs: Stuart Weibel, OCLC, weibel(a)oclc.org Su-shing Chen, University of Florida, suchen(a)cise.ufl.edu Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, shalini(a)vidyanidhi.org.in Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru(a)eller.arizona.edu Sponsorship Co-Chairs: Kurt Fenstermacher, University of Arizona, kurtf(a)eller.arizona.edu Edward A. Fox, Virginia Institute of Technology, fox(a)vt.edu Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: Kathy Larson, University of Arizona, larsonca(a)u.library.arizona.edu Jeanett McCray, University of Arizona, mccray(a)ahsl.arizona.edu Student Volunteer Coordinator: Byron Marshall, University of Arizona, byronm(a)eller.arizona.edu PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Ghaleb Abdulla, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert M. Akscyn, Knowledge Systems Robert B. Allen, University of Maryland William Arms, Cornell University Thomas Baker, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University Ann Blandford, University College of London, UK José Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles Donatella Castelli, Italian National Research Council, Italy Chao-chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Zhaoneng Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Key-Sun Choi, KAIST, Korea Gobinda Chowdhury, University of Strathclyde, UK Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress Susan Dumais, Microsoft Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech Amy Friedlander, Council on Library and Information Resources Norbert Fuhr, University of Dortmund, Germany Dave Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University C. Lee Giles, Penn State University Geneva Henry, Rice University William Hersh, Oregon Health & Science University Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for Information Technology R&D, USA Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Judith Klavans, Columbia University Traugott Koch, Netlab, Lund University, Sweden Don Kraft, Louisiana State University Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Ray Larson, University of California, Berkeley John Leggett, Texas A&M University David Levy, University of Washington Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Cathy Marshall, Microsoft Corporation Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine, USA Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center Sung Hyun Myaeng, Information & Communications University (ICU), Korea Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University Erich Neuhold, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, The Netherlands T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of Science, India Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum and Library Services Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Alfredo Sanchez, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico Frank M. Shipman, Texas A&M University Ingeborg Sølvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Costantino Thanos, CNR-ISTI, Italy Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, India Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Nancy Van House, University of California, Berkeley Stuart Weibel, OCLC Office of Research Rebecca Wesley, Stanford University Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jianzhong Wu, Shanghai Library, China Jerome Yen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shalini ------------- Prof.Shalini R.Urs Project Director Vidyanidhi-Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses Department of library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore.570006. India Ph:91-821-2514699 Fax:91-821-2519209 Website:http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in

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internet library for librarians
by ramshirish mamidala 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

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Fwd: Governor General of Canada Merit Award
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

Dear Professional friends, One of our fellow professionals Dr Venkateshwerlu (native of Tenali, andhra Pradesh) working at University of Windsor, got the Governor General of Canada Award for his contributions and distinguished service both with in and outside Canada. It is a matter of pride to all Indian professionals. On behalf of the professionals from India, I congratulate Dr.Venkateshwerlu for his achievements. He had sponsored and managing a orphanage in Tenali for last two decades. Dr.Venkateshwerlu garu -- We are proud of u. We wish u many such awards and achievements. LAXMAN RAO Subject: Governor General of Canada Merit Award Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:04:47 -0400 > --------------------------------- Dear friends: I thought of sharing the news with friends who have known me and associated with me for many years. The Government of Canada has accorded me the national honour in the form of Governor General of Canada Merit Award.The award giving ceremony takes place in Ottawa in November. The award recognises the contributions I have made over the years both within Canada and abroad. Thank you. T.Venkateswarlu University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Canada ===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

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locate the following book in any library or book vendors
by Mailing List Manager 10 Oct '03

10 Oct '03

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:32:27 +0100 (BST) From: vijaya kumara <vijayakumar71(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, Kindly help me to locate the following book in any library or book vendors to purchae or reffer in the library itself. Developing an IT strategy for your library / by Alec Gallimore. London: Library Assoc. Pub., 1997 - ISBN: 1856042618 waiting for your kind reply Vijayakumar M Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/

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definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science.
by vijaya kumara 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Dear professionals, Can any one of you tell me the definition of the research library as per the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science. It would be most helpfull for my research. waiting for your kind help Vijayakumar M ***************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, Learning Resource Centre, Beams International Education Institute, P O Box 31199, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Phone : 00971-4-3342929 Mobile : 00971-50-4734077 Fax : 00971-4-3342922 email :vijayakumar71@yahoo.co.in Website: http://www20.brinkster.com/vinija/ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.Post your profile.

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Required Directory of Top 10 USA MIS colleges
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:27:42 +0530 From: A. B. Naikal <naikal(a)mahindrabt.com> Dear Professionals colleagues, Please let me know some online resources or directory to find out information about following matter. Ranking of colleges offering MIS( Management in information systems) course. (top 50 colleges in USA) With thanks and regards Naikal *********************************** Appasaheb Naikal Mahindra-British Telecom Ltd Oberoi Estate Gardens Wing-1, Near Chandivali Studio Andhri-East, Mumbai-400072 Tel: 91-22-5679 2000 Ext. 7438 Cell: 9820524320

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FREE ACCESS TO MIDDLE EASTERN & CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES DATABASE
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID.
by VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Dear Mr Babu, As far as I know, University of Hyderabad has a package VTLS [supplied by VTLS Software P Limited, B219 Sector 26, Noida, 201301 (UP)Phone: (91)(118) 2454 4235email: vtls(a)vsnl.net] capable of handling RFID tags for identifying/locating books. This technology has not been implemented. Dr Arora (now in IIT Delhi, sometimeback in IIT Bombay) was inquiring about RFID -- do not know if he has implemented anything. *Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre *ICICI Knowledge Park, Turkapalli Village, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA *Ph: +91(40) 2348 0053; Fax:+91(40) 2348 0007 Ph. Res: +91(40) 2784 6631 *Website: http://www.vic-ikp.info and http://www.iciciknowledgepark.com -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra Babu H [mailto:rajendra.babu@gistglobal.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need Information regarding RFID. Importance: High Dear Professionals, I would like to know if any one of you are implemented/practicing RFID for circulation in your libraries, if so, please let me know as I am doing some study on RFID. Warm Regards, Babu. H Rajendra Babu Business Development Manager Southern Region Global Information System Technologies # 306, Level-3, Prestige Meridian-II, MG Road, Bangalore-01 Ph: +91-80-5595564 or 93 Mobile: 9845325542 fax: +91-80-5595564 E-mail: rajendra.babu(a)gistglobal.com WebSite: www.gistglobal.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Libraries: How they stack up
by Mailing List Manager 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:45:03 +0530 From: Madhuresh <madhuresh_s(a)aurigene.com> Dear Friends, One out of every six people in the world is a registered library user. Five times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend U.S. professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey games combined. Libraries hold 16 billion volumes worldwide-that's about 2.5 items for each person on earth. 1 million libraries worldwide. Total number of librarians worldwide: 690,000. If you are interested in above statistical data, this OCLC report - Libraries: How they stack up, is for you. This report provides a snapshot of the economic impact of libraries. The report contains some interesting comparisons of library economics and activities to other sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy. To access the report, just follow the URL http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile: 98861 82822 E-mail: <mailto:madhureshsinghal@yahoo.com> madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com

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