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FW: Special Section on Open access and [UTF-8] Scientific publishing (fwd)
by Mailing List Manager 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Dear Friends: Generally I hate to 'forward' but this one from ScDev.Net is too good to miss out. Vyasamoorthy, P Dear all, By dramatically reducing the cost of disseminating information, the Internet is revolutionising science publishing. Developing countries are likely to benefit, but calls to make scientific information freely available to all are proving controversial. What do you think...... The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) is pleased to announce the launch a special section on open access and scientific publishing. (www.scidev.net/open_access) This comprehensive guide is your essential overview to the implications of open access initiatives on access to scientific information in the developing world. It includes : Up-to-date news, features and opinion articles on the issues surrounding open access and scientific publishing Descriptions of (and links to) current open access initiatives Access to free scientific literature Links to key reports Comprehensive events section with the latest meeting proceedings and future events. An opportunity for you to comment and give your views You may also be interested in this week's editorial by our director David Dickson on 'Communicating science in the electronic era', which raises many of the key issues in the debate. We hope that this guide will be a useful and important resource for all those interested in open access to scientific information, and will provoke further critical thinking and discussion on the key issues. We would therefore encourage you to pass this message on to colleagues and friends who might be interested (www.scidev.net/open_access) Best regards, The SciDev.Net team SciDev.Net (www.scidev.net) is an organisation devoted to providing news and promoting debate on science and technology issues relevant to the needs of developing countries.

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Clearinghouse on digital libraries
by Mailing List Manager 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 14:42:51 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> Digital libraries are already an important source for research and are rapidly becoming more comprehensive. WTEC conducted a study of digital libraries in Japan in 1999, under the leadership of Raj Reddy. http://wtec.org/loyola/digilibs/toc.htm The HTML version of the newsletter has a clearinghouse of digital libraries. http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N55.html#A5 Arun

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Indian CD Products
by Madhuresh 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

Dear forum members, I would like to inform you about a website http://www.indiancdproducts.org/ which is a Bibliography of Indian CD Products. This website is a part of National Center on Publications on CD-ROM (NCPC), a center set up by NISSAT, DSIR at FITT and IIT Delhi. Through the website, one can search CD-ROM by Title, Keywords and Category. Union Catalogue of various organizations is also maintained and facility to search by Organization Name and Title is also available. Search results contain the Title, Description, Publisher/vendor and their address. One of the objectives of NCPC is "To systematically procure all CD-ROMs published in India and on India. (Except software, games, music and purely entertainment CDs and reproduction of foreign CD Publications for the Indian market) and build up a National Repository of CD-ROMs". Keeping in mind the requests made by forum members to get a particular CD, I believe this resource is not being used extensively. The site statistics also confirms the same (almost 11,300 visitors in past 3.5 years). It may be because of lack of awareness or improper marketing of website. However I didn't get the information about number of titles available with the centre, it is systematically procuring all the CD's published in India and also creating a Union Catalogue of CD's available in various Library and Information Centers; so it can be a good starting point for searching a particular CD Title. 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 URL: http://nettalk2.tripod.com/

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Announcement - IFLA Travel Grant 2004
by Shyam Prasad pujar 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

IFLA TRAVEL GRANT YEAR 2004 IFLA ALP is pleased to announce the availability of the IFLA Travel Grant, to support a number of delegates from developing countries to attend the 70th IFLA General Conference and Council: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22-27 August 2004. Priority will be given to new professionals with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of libraries. In appointing the grants, the Grants Committee will look for a balance between all sectors of library & information work. Applications, including professional curriculum vitae and information on present occupation should be submitted as soon as possible and should be received by the ALP Focal Point not later than 15 February, 2004. Criteria for allocation of the IFLA Travel Grant � Candidates are from developing countries (according to World Bank standards). � Priority to new professionals from institutions/associations that are IFLA members. � Priority to applicants who are not regular IFLA conference attendees. � Wide geographic distribution. � General quality of application. � Professional background and experience: level of education, positions held and professional experience in general. Type of library experience is also considered in order to get balance between all sectors of library and information work. � Should be a member of a national professional association. � Committed letter of application and a well presented CV. Application forms can be requested from the ALP office. You will also find them at the IFLA web site. For more information please visit: http://www.ifla.org/III/grants/itg03.htm. IFLA ALP c/o Uppsala University Library Box 510 SE-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden Fax: +46 18 471 3994 E-mail: ifla.alp(a)ub.uu.se -- IFLA/ALP c/o Uppsala University Library Box 510 S-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden Tel.: +46 18 471 3990, Fax: +46 18 471 3994

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DRTC Seminar on Knowledge Representation through Concept Mapping
by Mailing List Manager 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:45:33 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] shankar goud" <bandashankar(a)yahoo.co.in> Indian statistical institute Documentation Research & Training Center 8th Mile, Mysore road, Bangalore-560059 DRTC Seminar On Knowledge Representation through Concept Mapping By Vineeta In recent years Internet has become a valuable resource for information retrieval. Information available on the net is very vast and not easy to access. Knowledge representation could be a powerful tool for search. There are many ways to represent knowledge on the net. This seminar discusses the tools and techniques for knowledge representation using concept mapping. Concept map is a technique to represent knowledge in graphs. This seminar also covers library application of concept maps and role of concept maps for retrieval on the net. Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 10th November, 2003 Time : 2.00 P.M. All are cordially invited Dr. A.R.D. Prasad Co-ordinator

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ETD 2004- Call for proposals
by Shalini Urs 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

Apologies for cross postings **************************************************************************** * ETD 2004 * * Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations: * * Distributing knowledge worldwide through better scholarly communication * * June 3-5, 2004 * * University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky * * http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004 * The online submission system for proposals is now available for ETD 2004 (June 3-5, 2004). See the conference website (http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004) to submit proposals for presentations, posters and tutorial sessions. The complete call for papers is available http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004/cfp.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Proposals for Papers, Tutorials, and Posters Deadline for proposals: Jan 15, 2004 (If disposition of proposal is needed before January 2004, proposal should be submitted by December 1, 2003) The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) invites you to participate in the Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations hosted by the University of Kentucky. ETD 2004 provides a forum to share the latest developments in authoring, archiving, sharing, preserving, indexing, and accessing electronic theses and dissertations and the digital libraries that support them. Special emphases of ETD 2004 are: · Supporting creators of scholarly electronic documents in many disciplines, · Building ETD initiatives that create value for the university, the student and the faculty member, and · Encouraging collaborative efforts among institutions. At ETD 2004 stakeholders in the graduate education process can attend a track of sessions that addresses the issues that are relevant to their interests. Stakeholders include graduate program administrators, academic librarians, faculty, computer systems specialists, students, and publishers. We encourage everyone in the ETD community to use this opportunity to network and to share their experiences. Attendees may participate by presenting a paper or poster or by conducting a tutorial. 1. PAPER PROPOSAL: We invite you to submit proposals for any of the topics listed below. Each proposal must include a title, the names of authors/presenters along with their affiliations and contact details, and a 200-500 word abstract. Team proposals are especially welcome. Some suggested topics are listed below however suggestions and ideas for presentations on other topics are welcome! · Administrators and ETDs: the challenges and the rewards for the university and the university community · Shaping the future of scholarship: The universitys role in scholarly electronic communication · Partners in the process: Building collaborations between universities · Training and supporting scholarly electronic document authors · Digital library issues and challenges for university libraries · The Global ETD Digital Library · Unique issues about ETDs for different disciplines · Long-term preservation of ETDs · Intellectual property rights, digital rights management, and fair use entitlements · Standards and best practices for ETD initiatives · The publishers perspective · Student experiences · ETD and open access · ETD as a test bed and catalyst for scholarly electronic publishing · Multimedia issues for the presentation of scholarly material 2. POSTER PROPOSAL: A special feature at the conference is a POSTER SESSION featuring reports from ETD programs around the world. Share a report about your universitys ETD program with the rest of the ETD community. This session will be held in conjunction with a reception, and will be highly interactive. Traditional posters are welcome, and electronic posters are encouraged. An electronic poster could be a website or onsite computer- based presentation that shares statistics, and features other project highlights. Proposals for both electronic and traditional posters must include a title, complete list of authors along with their affiliations and contact details, and a 200-500 word abstract. 3. TUTORIAL PROPOSAL: ETD 2004 has a special emphasis on providing attendees with the tools and skills that will facilitate a successful ETD program, and advance those programs that are already flourishing. To accomplish this we are looking for tutorials that will help the ETD community. Tutorials will be scheduled during the main conference and should be designed to be conducted in two hour blocks. Proposals for tutorials must include a title, names of presenters along with their affiliations and contact details, a brief 200-500 word motivation and an outline of the tutorial. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ARE ENCOURAGED The NDLTD is a non-profit organization that supports ETD initiatives at universities around the world. These initiatives address ETD authoring, indexing, archiving, dissemination, and retrieval. Further information about the NDLTD can be found at http://www.ndltd.org/. Please submit your proposals for papers, tutorials, and/or posters at http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004 by January 15, 2004. We understand that some presenters need to know the disposition of their proposal prior to the end of 2003. Therefore, a first-round of reviews will be held for all proposals received by December 1, 2003 and authors will be notified about the status of their proposals by December 20, 2003. The University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky is in the center of the internationally famous Bluegrass Region. Lexington, founded in 1775, was once called the Athens of the West and it continues to retain its unique mix of frontier spirit and innovative vision. The area boasts numerous historical, cultural, and natural attractions that will appeal to many interests. In June, the average temperature is a very comfortable 72 degrees (F). Lexington has approximately 100 direct and non-stop flights from airports around the world, and is within a days drive to 75% of the US population. For more information, please visit the ETD 2004 website at: http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004 or contact: Suzie Allard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee sallard(a)utk.edu Beth Kraemer, MLS Electronic Resources, William T Young Library University of Kentucky kraemer(a)email.uky.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- 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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Engenius
by Madhuresh 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Dear all, Elsevier has recently launched a portal called ElsevierEngineering (http://www.elsevierengineering.com/) This portal is further divided in sub portals subject wise, like, Chemical; Civil; Electrical and Electronic; Energy; Industrial and Manufacturing; Materials; and Mechanical. Each sub portal provides targeted news, new books, conference details and such other services. Another interesting feature of this portal is Engenius. Engenius (http://www.elsevierengineering.com/engenius)is a free bibliographic database covering a broad range of engineering disciplines. Engenius enables to search abstracts of articles published in the last 2 years in key engineering journals selected for their influence and importance to the engineering community. One can get the free abstract by simply registering with the website, which is free. 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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Subject: PGDHL
by Mailing List Manager 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 05:37:19 +0000 (GMT) From: "[iso-8859-1] Mr. S K Sonker" <sksonker(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear Professionals, Applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission to One Year Postgraduate Diploma Course In Health Science Librarianship (PGDHL) for the academic year 2004 (January to December) in Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. Further detail can be obtained from the University website : http:\\www.rguhs.ac.in With regards Sharad Kumar Sonker Digital Library & Information Center Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences,Karnataka Bangalore-560041 Telephone:(+91-80)6546930,6546935 URL: http://www.geocities.com/sksonker

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PURL for IndLibra; Re: [LIS-Forum] Wanted Voluntary Group for IndLibra
by Sukhdev Singh 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

IndLibra Website, which is to be developed shortly now has Persistant URL i.e. http://purl.org/net/indlibra Which means that Service Providers may change in future but the above URL would remain same. ["A PURL is a Persistent Uniform Resource Locator. Functionally, a PURL is a URL. However, instead of pointing directly to the location of an Internet resource, a PURL points to an intermediate resolution service. The PURL resolution service associates the PURL with the actual URL and returns that URL to the client. The client can then complete the URL transaction in the normal fashion. In Web parlance, this is a standard HTTP redirect. The OCLC PURL Service has been strongly influenced by the active participation of OCLC's Office of Research in the Internet Engineering Task Force Uniform Resource Identifier working groups. There is nothing incompatible between PURLs and the ongoing URN (Uniform Resource Name) work. PURLs satisfy many of the requirements of URNs using currently deployed technologies and can be transitioned smoothly into a URN architecture once it is deployed." (http://purl.org/) . ] ---- Regards Sukhdev _________________________________________________________________ Discover digital jadoo! Enter this contest. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/mediacenter/index.asp Win cool prizes!

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Free access: Interlending and Document Supply (till Nov 9th)
by Shyam Prasad pujar 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Dear Members, Emerald is providing Free full text access to its journal 'Interlending and Document Supply' under its 'Journal of the Week' programme. Full text articles are available from 1994 to till date. The Free access is available till November 9, 2003. You may make use of this facility. The journal can be accessed at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/jotw/ Regards, S.M. Pujar ********************************************************************** Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065 India %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% * Phone: (022) 28400919-21 Extn: 514 * * Fax: (022) 28402752 * * E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in * * URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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