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by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:30:08 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is a posting to the GKD97 list I sent in early 1997. I wonder if things have cahnged much. Regards. Arun Dear GKD97 members: Mr P Jayarajan, British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi, asked me to give my comments on the impact of electronic publishing on the developing countries, for inclusion in a discussion at a forthcoming World Bank Conference. I thought many members of this forum might be interested in this question (even if they might not care for my views on it!). I reproduce my letter to Jayarajan. Your comments are welcome. My address: <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Dear Jay: Here are some random thoughts on Electronic Publishing and its impact on the developing countries. As bullet points, of course! * The transition to electronic publishing from print will widen the gap between the advanced countries and the developing countries, especially in the field of production and dissemination of knowledge. * Many developing countries, especially those with large populations, do not have the necessary infrastructure (computer terminals, networks, communication channels, bandwidth, etc.) and will take a long time to have it in place to be able to take part as equal partners in the worldwide enterprise of knowledge production and exchange. * While communication revolution is perceived as a liberating influence, what is more likely to happen is that in many developing countries (including India, I am afraid) scientists and scholars will be among the last to be reached by the revolution and therefore the relative disadvantage they now suffer from (in the matter of access to information and knowledge) will only increase. The number of institutions and individual scholars having access to Email and Internet in developing countries and the rate at which this access has grown over time will support this contention. * The transition to electronic publishing will make it much easier for scientists and scholars in the advanced countries to interact with colleagues and invisible colleges, and most Third World scientists and scholars are most likely to be excluded from this "worldwide" network, not because they are intellectually inferior but because they do not have the technological backup. The already existing gaps in the levels of science and technology performed in the advanced and the poorer countries will be widened further and this could lead to increased levels of brain drain and dependence on foreign aid of a different kind (knowledge imperialism). * Mastery of technology has led the West to dominate the world to such an extent that even in areas where the traditional societies of the poorer countries had a lead of millennia (such as ethnobotany and plant-based medicine), now it is the West which is exploiting this knowledge base and converting it into products (of modern medicine) and profits. What has happened in the area of plants and medicine will happen with even greater vigour in the area of knowledge production and dissemination (including publishing and patenting). * Most journals and databases are produced in the advanced countries and developing country scientists read articles written by their own countrymen in expensive journals produced by commercial publishers in the West and gain access to the same articles through exhorbitatntly priced secondary services produced in the West! Electronic publishing and online access will only make the situation even worse. * There is another very serious problem. The traditional knowledge systems, because their practitioners are not well-versed in electronic communication, will die out very soon. This has already happened, even before the arrival of electronic publishing, thanks to the homogenising effect of western cultures which made many facets of other cultures extinct. -----------------------

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Forwarded mail....
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:13:11 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Please visit http://www.jbc.org/misc/JBC_Open_Access.shtml to know about the open access policy of a publisher of leading biology journals. Best wishes. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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RE: summary of status of the 63 OA journals sent by Prof. Arunach alam
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:04:03 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Friends: Here is a physicist on the need to promote open access: http://newsobserver.com/front/story/3218830p-2886313c.html Arun

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LIBRARY SERVICES ON MOBILE PHONES WE ARE READY?
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 09:34:40 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] mallikarjuna chenna" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals Mobile phones have become a part of the standard executive kit; usage of mobiles for messaging and information exchange is more widespread among younger cell phone users.We (librarians)can also use these technologies for our library service.for this we need special hardware and software tools. for this purpose Portalify Ltd. Tekniikantie 12 02150 Espoo FINLAND Developed " Liblet" software. We can intelink with our present libray systems.sending notices of arrived reservations to the user's mobile phone immediately and often results in same-day pick-up, making the material rotate quicker and allowing the library to serve more customers. for more details see below url link: http://www.portalify.com/products/liblet.html C.MALLIKARJUNA, ISEC LIBRARY, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE NAGARABHAVI BANGALORE-560 079. hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in Office:080+3215468 EXT-301 Mobile:080+36757228

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Registration Open - ICDL2004 (International Conference on Digital Libraries) www.teriin.org/events/icdl
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:04:41 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> Our apologies for cross postings ICDL 2004 New Delhi 24-27 February 2004 International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, preservation, access and management *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would appreciate disseminating this mail to your colleagues. *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hon'ble President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has kindly accepted the invitation to be the Chief Guest at the inauguration of the conference on 24 February, 2004 at 1200 hrs at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Digital libraries and knowledge management are innovations, the implementation of which is still nascent in developing countries. However, they hold the promise of becoming key technologies for knowledge creation and management in the future. In February 2003, the Government of India launched the National Mission for Manuscripts, aimed at preserving the valuable manuscripts in India. The mission is designed to undertake elaborate surveys, run awareness programmes, and impart training in conservation/preservation techniques. ICDL 2004 would contribute to the objectives of the mission by assembling a galaxy of experts, researchers, and academics from across the world to exchange ideas on digital libraries, and related technologies and issues. Objectives .Bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries .Initiate capacity building activities in digital libraries .Evolve a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries .Provide a forum for facilitating interaction amongst participants .Formulate recommendations on digitization technologies, Acts, and policies Who should participate? .Policy-makers .Library and information science professionals .IT professionals .Archivists and museologists .Content developers and knowledge managers .IT service providers .Information providers and vendors .Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities .All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business Patrons: Mr Jagmohan Hon'ble Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Government of India * Tutorials .Conference sessions .Panel discussions .Business sessions .Exhibition Day 1: 24 February 2004 (Tuesday) 8.00 a.m. Registration for Tutorials and Conference 9.00-10.30 a.m. TUTORIALS TUTORIAL 1A TUTORIAL 1B TUTORIAL 1C Finding information Ontologies and Institutional through the Internet Thesauri repositories and the WWW Nicola Guarino T B Rajashekar Paul Nieuwenhuysen 10.30-11.00 a.m. Tea 11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. TUTORIALS TUTORIAL 2A TUTORIAL 2B TUTORIAL 1C Build digital library Knowledge Management Automatic classification of using open source and Systems: development of documents, or the software (GSDL)/ applications automatic generation of Ian Witten Hsinchun Chen metadata/ Fabrizio Sebatiani 1.00-2.00 p.m. Lunch 2.00-4.00 p.m. TUTORIALS TUTORIAL 3A TUTORIAL 3B TUTORIAL 3C Dublin Core Metadata: XML/RDF Building DLs using Stuart Weibel Erich Neuhold DSpace, OAI-PMH Version 2, Handle System 12.00-1330 a.m. Conference Inauguration At Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi Inaugural Address By Hon'ble President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Day 2: 25 February 2004 (Wednesday) 8.00 a.m. Registration 9.00-9.30 a.m. Keynote Address 1 9.30-11.30 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 1 SESSION 1A SESSION 1B SESSION 1C ePublishing, Digital library Digital library initiatives multimedia, and technology: Digital library planning, development, evaluation and management 11.30 a.m.-12.00 noon Tea 12.00 noon-1.30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 2 SESSION 2A SESSION 2B SESSION 2C Digital library Country initiatives/ Digital library policy issues case studies architecture, network and technology 1.30-2.30 p.m. Lunch 2.30-3.30 p.m. BUSSINESS SESSION 1 3.30-4.00 p.m. Tea 4.00-5.30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 3 SESSION 3A SESSION 3B SESSION 3C Digital divide Multilingual Metadata issues metadata issues 7.30 p.m. Dinner Day 3: 26 February 2004 (Thursday) 9.00-9.30 a.m. Keynote Address 2 9.30-11.30 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 4 SESSION 4A SESSION 4B SESSION 4C Content Knowledge Semantics, thesauri, management management and ontologies 11.30 a.m.-12.00 noon Tea 12.00 noon-1.30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 5 SESSION 5A SESSION 5B SESSION 5C Copyright issues e-Learning System scalability and digital and inter-operability rights management 1.30-2.30 p.m. Lunch 2.30-3.30 p.m. BUSINESS SESSION 2 3.30-4.00 p.m. Tea 4.00-6.00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 6 SESSION 6A SESSION 6B SESSION 6C Archiving and Retrieval systems Human-machine sharing cultural interface, user heritage and interaction history globally Day 4: 27 February 2004 (Friday) 9.00-9.30 a.m. Keynote Address 3 9.30-11.00 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 7 SESSION 7A SESSION 7B SESSION 7C Manuscript: archiving Digital library Digital library and digitization consortium communities 11.00-11.30 a.m. Tea 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 8 SESSION 8A SESSION 8B SESSION 8C Futuristics Digital library Digital library services security 1.00-2.00 p.m. Lunch 2.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION Digital library policy and strategic planning 4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Valedictory session For programme details please go to icdl site: www.teriin.org/events/icdl Advisory Committee Conference Co-chairs .Mr Dhanendra Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi, and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva . Prof. N Balakrishnan, Professor and Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Members .Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India .Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi .Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi .Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad .Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi .Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore .Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, New Delhi .Prof. M Tawfik, Director, UNESCO New Delhi Office, UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka .Dr R K Verma, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida .Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India International Programme Committee .Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Direction of Services for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal .Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS, Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman E-Commerce Lab, University of Arizona, Management Information Systems, McClelland Hall, Tucson, USA .Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1, Scotland, UK .Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Archives f�d�rales suisses, Archivstrasse, Bern, Switzerland .Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor, Computer Graphics, University of Technology Braunschweig, Germany .Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Monash University, Australia .Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia .Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA .Prof. Gary Marchionini, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA .Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries, Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany .Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium .Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of conomics and Political Science, London, UK .Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright Librarian, 100 Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA .Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, London, UK .Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, OH, USA .Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand .Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Steering Committee Co-chairs .Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi Conference Coordinator .Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convenor, Library and Information Centre, TERI, New Delhi Members .Dr Jagdish Arora, Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi .Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library Regional Coordinator South Asia, Goethe Institut, New Delhi .Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, New Delhi .Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi .Dr H K Kaul, Director, Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi .Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi .Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Office and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Center, New Delhi .Mr M Moni, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi .Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi .Dr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida .Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, New Delhi .Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science Mysore University, Mysore Eminent speakers .Dr Jagdish Arora, Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi .Prof. N Balakrishnan, Professor and Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore .Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Computer Science and Information Systems Co-ordinator, Centre for Software Development; Assistant Dean, Distance Learning Programmes Division, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani .Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal, Direction of Services for Innovation and Development, Portugal .Dr Muniram Budhu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, USA .Dr Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc., VA, USA .Dr Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai .Dr Ching-chih Chen, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, USA .Prof. Hsinchun Chen, Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab and Hoffman E-Commerce Lab, Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, USA .Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK .Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Switzerland .Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor, Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Germany .Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore .Dr Nicola Guarino, Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), ISTC-CNR, Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Italy .Prof. Amarnath Gupta, Director, Advanced Query Processing Lab, Data and Know-ledge Systems, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, USA .Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Monash University Library, Australia .Dr Ernie Ingles, Associate Vice-President (Learning Services) and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta, Canada .Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Professor, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia .Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor, Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Southern Connecticut State University, USA .Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, USA .Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET)/UGC, India .Prof. Erich J Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Director and Professor, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany .Dr Liddy Nevile, Adj. Associate Professor, Applied Computing Research Institute, La Trobe University, Australia .Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium .Dr Peter Noerr, Chief Technology Officer, MuseGlobal, Salt Lake City, USA .Dr Douglas W Oard, Digital Library Research Group, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, USA .Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, India .Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK .Dr Darren Peacock, Director, Information and Communications Technology, National Museum of Australia, Australia .Dr Annelise Mark Pejtersen, Senior Scientist, Systems Analysis Department, Ris� National Laboratory, Denmark .Dr T B Rajashekar, Associate Chairman, National Centre for Science Information, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, India .Dr Andreas Rauber, Research Fellow, Department of Software Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Austria .Dr Anshuman Razdan, Director, PRISM, Arizona State University, USA .Prof. Bruce Royan, Chief Executive, Concurrent Computing Ltd, UK .Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore .Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Director, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad .Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-University, Germany .Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Assistant Director for Systems and Digital Services; Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech; USA .Dr Fabrizio Sebastiani, Instituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy .Prof. Tengku Mohd T Sembok, Professor in Computer Science, Department of Information Science, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia .Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, UK .Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of Library and Information Science, Japan .Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science Mysore University, Mysore .Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, USA .Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK .Prof. Ian H Witten, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand .Dr Vilas Wuwongse, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand .Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan .Ms Xu Yinchi, Professor, Director of Chinese Science Digital Library, Beijing .Prof. Halimah Badioze Zaman, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia Registration The registration fee covers the conference kit, pre-conference proceedings, lunches, dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodation. Registration fee* Delegates Tutorials Conference Conference and tutorials Indian Rs 2500 Rs 5500 Rs 6500 Foreign US$ 100 US$ 225 US$ 250 * Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% discount . * Students (full-time) can avail 50% discount. * 25% special discount for foreign delegates from developing countries. Registration A registration form is sent along with this announcement brochure. The form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed form, along with the registration fee should be sent to the ICDL 2004 Secretariat. Payment can also be made through any of the following modes: local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi; credit card; and bank transfer. Registration confirmation Confirmation of registration will be sent upon receipt of the completed registration form and payment. Cancellation and substitution policy No cancellation or refund will be possible after a firm registration has been made. However, substitutions may be made. Please indicate, by 15 February 2004, the name and other necessary details, of the delegate who will replace the original registrant. Conference venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India For conference details,contact Mr Debal C Kar Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place (India Habitat Centre) Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 India Telephone: 2465 1629, 2468 2100, or 2468 2111 (extn. 2724) Fax : 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 E-mail : ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web : www.teriin.org/events/icdl India +91 * Delhi (0)11

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Re: [LIS-Forum] FW: RRC Annual Convention
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:49:13 +0530 From: Sankaraiah <sankaraiah(a)vsnl.net> Dear Mr Deshmukh, Being far away from the Capital, I am unable to attend the panel discussion. However, wd it be paossible to post any important papers, points that emerge out of the proceedings on the LIS-Forum Thanks. sankaraiah > > Subject: RRC Annual Convention > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:29:49 +0500 (GMT+0500) > > RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE, New Delhi >

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Indian Digitisation Activities
by Mailing List Manager 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:02:58 +0530 (IST) From: I.R.N.Goudar <goudar(a)css.nal.res.in> Dear Professionals, I am in the process of collecting information on Digitisation activities and Digital Library Initiatives in India. The objects digitised could be documents(books, journals, reports, patents, standards, manuscripts in any form like paper, palm leaves, metal sheets, etc), audio, video, graphics, paintings, models, photos, etc. I have got some details about few activities and still I may not be aware of many. If your organisation has some activity, please send me the details immediately (not more than a page). If not and if you know any institution carrying out this activity, please reply even if it is 3-4 lines or at least inform me the details (contact person and address, telephone, e-mail address, etc). THIS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED VERY URGENTLY. I will post the consolidated summary later through LIS-Forum. Thanks in advance. Regards Goudar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-5086081 Head, Information Centre for 91-80-5235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-5268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road http://www.icast.org.in/staff1.htm BANGALORE-560 017 India

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ePaper version of TOI
by Madhuresh 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Dear friends, This is to make you aware about the service started by Times of India newspaper. Now the ePaper version of TOI is available over the Net at http://epaper.timesofindia.com/ Through this epaper version, one can see exactly the same newspaper as it is published in hard copy and access all the city editions (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Hyderabad) along with the supplements for the current day and the past 6 days. Complete Newspaper can also be downloaded in PDF format. This value added service along with various personalization options is currently available freely. Later on they have the plan to offer this service at nominal rate of Rs. 50/ per month and the complete archive at Rs. 5000/ per month. Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Can any such consortia be made?
by Madhuresh 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Dear Friends, See the news item "Libraries unite to strike digital gold for NZers" appears very recently at http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0401/S00014.htm The news item says - ...... In a move that is the first of its kind in New Zealand, public, education, research and special libraries have joined together to buy collective access to tens of thousands of electronic resources that can be used by people from all parts of the country. ......... ..... "This collaborative venture also realises the vision of making information more easily available to a farmer in Southland, a student in Kerikeri, or a researcher in one of the large metropolitan areas," adds Ms Carnaby. "It's a great step for information democracy in this country." Primary, intermediate and high schools around the country will also have access to the resources, at no individual cost - the Ministry of Education is funding every school library in New Zealand to be a part of the group for the first year. ............... Can any such consortia be made in our own country for the general public? There may be many hurdles in doing so (no need to mention) but whether anyone thought of doing such things? One may also be interested in the title "How to Digitize Eight Million Books", an interview with Michael Keller, University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, and Publisher of HighWire Press and the Stanford University Press. One can read it at http://www.honco.net/os/ Regards. Madhuresh Singhal Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, Electronic City, phase II, Hosur Road, Bangalore 562 158 Phone 8521314-16 Ext.- 422 Mobile 98861 82822 Fax 852 6285 E-mail: madhureshsinghal(a)yahoo.com http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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MOVIE ORGANIZER &BOOK ORGANIZER( freeware tools)
by Mailing List Manager 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:05:09 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] mallikarjuna chenna" <hbmallikarjuna(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals! Here some tools for Movie & small libraries. You can download from this site free of cost.(FREEWARE) MOVIE ORGANIZER &BOOK ORGANIZER( freeware tools) MOVIE ORGANIZER Movie Organizer is fully integrated with MOOD, the Movie Organizer Online Database. When you add a movie to your collection you will be able to search MOOD for information which will be downloaded from the net and filled in automatically. You can also upload data to MOOD if you find that something is missing. Software Requirements: Movie Organizer can be run on Windows 9x/NT/2000/Me/XP. Movie Organizer features MOOD Movie Organizer is fully integrated with MOOD, the Movie Organizer Online Database. When you add a movie to your collection you will be able to search MOOD for information which will be downloaded from the net and filled in automatically. You can also upload data to MOOD if you find that something is missing. Advanced search and fast search These two search options makes Movie Organizer both powerful and easy to use. Search on any field in any combination. Sorting Your movie list can be sorted in any possible way. You can even combine sortings by first clicking on one field and then on another, and so on. And it's easy, you only have to click on the column header for the field you want to sort. Print Wizard The Print Wizard gives you very flexible reports. You have the following pr! inting features: * Select exactly what movies to print. * Select any field that is visible in the movie list. * Arrange the fields on your printout as you wish. * Select how many fields you want on your printout. * Select the size of the fields on your printout. * Sort the movies on your printout in any possible way. * Change caption, etc. CSV Import Wizard A very flexible import function. You can assign any CSV-field to any Movie Organizer field. Export to XML or CSV IMDb search Search the International Movie Database (IMDb) for information regarding your FOR DOWLOAD: http://www.movieorganizer.com/download.asp BOOK ORGANIZER: Book Organizer is a very useful program to organize books for small libraries view full details: http://www.bookorganizer.com/

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