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by Avinashilingam University 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Dear Friends, Could anyone enlighten us on the status of librarian in central university and also in state government ( Whether they are under teaching or non teaching ) Lakshmi ___________________________________________________ Medicine meets Marketing; Dr. Swati Weds Jayaram. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://rediff.com/matchmaker?2

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LAST DATE [Call for papers ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi] 15th September 2004
by Mailing List Manager 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:13:19 +0530 From: Subrata Deb <sdeb(a)teri.res.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: Debal Chandra Kar <dckar(a)teri.res.in> Apologies for cross postings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS: LAST REMINDER LAST DAY FOR RECEIVING ABSTRACTS: 15th SEPTEMBER 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, preservation, access and management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would appreciate disseminating this mail to your colleagues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERI in partnership with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India intends to organize a four-day International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL). CIEMCA/ COL is also an associte of this event. ICDL 2004 will facilitate interaction between experts and others, bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries, and initiate capacity building activities in DLs (digital libraries). The deliberations of globally renowned experts - and subsequent discussions - during and after the conference, will help develop a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries. ICDL 2004 will also provide directions on available technologies, digitization acts, DL policies, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, multilingual issues, etc. Who should participate? ---------------------- ICDL 2004 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by policy-makers, information scientists, and professionals involved in DL research and practice across the world. It would particularly interest the following. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials: 24 February 2004 --------------------------- Call for Tutorials: The main aim of these tutorials will allow participants to become familiar with basic principles of the field, to receive technical training in the area of Digital Libraries and making them aware of the potential of digital libraries in the current scenario. Tutorial 1: Build Digital Library Using Open Source Software Tutorial 2: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems Tutorial 3: Metadata issues: Dublin Core, XML, RDF Tutorial 4: Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries Tutorial 5: Filtering on the Internet Tutorial 6: Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright issues Conference 25-27 Feb 2004 ------------------------- Call for papers: Theme: Knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management Topics: ----------- Digital libraries: conceptual and theoretical aspects Planning, development, architecture, and management Metadata issues Archiving cultural heritage and history through digitization Content organization and knowledge management: discovery, organization, retrieval, and models Intellectual propery rights and copyright issues System scalability and interoperability Human machine interface and user interaction Digital library policy and strategic planning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission guidelines: --------------------------- Extended abstracts (500 words) in English are to be submitted in MS Word format. The review committee will take the final decision regarding paper acceptance. Once accepted, the complete papers (5000 words) are to be submitted within the scheduled time frame. All papers must be original contributions and authors of the accepted papers are expected to transfer the copyright to TERI. Authors are requested to visit the ICDL web site for more details. Dates to remember: ----------------- Last date for submission of extended abstracts - 15 September 2003 Last date for communication of acceptance of papers - 30 October 2003 Last date for submission of full papers (soft copy) - 15 December 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration: ------------ The registration fee covers the conference kit, conference proceedings, lunches, inaugural dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodation. Registration fee* ---------------- For registrations done on or before 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2000; Conference Rs 5000; Conference and tutorials Rs 6000 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 75; Conference US$ 200; Conference and tutorials US$ 225 For registrations done after 30 November 2003 Indian Delegates: Tutorials Rs 2500; Conference Rs 5500; Conference and tutorials Rs 6500 Foreign Delegates: Tutorials US$ 100; ConferenceUS$ 225; Conference and tutorials US$ 250 * Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% discount . * Students (Ph.D. and Masters) can avail of a 50% discount. Registration options: The registration form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed form can be sent along with the registration fee through local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi. Visit our web site for online registration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For paper submission and registration, please contact: Debal C Kar Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme structure: ------------------------------ ICDL 2004 will have a mix of educative events and programmes spread over four days. Tutorials: Day 1(24 February) Leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials. Conference sessions: Day 2, 3, and 4 (25-27 February) Plenary, parallel, and poster sessions will engage the delegates in a wide range of presentations from leading national and international experts. Panel discussions, Valedictory session: Day 4 (27 February) Policy-makers, media-persons, academics, and techno-experts will discuss digitization initiatives in the developing world to frame a plan of action. Business sessions: Day 2 and 3 (25-26 February) ICDL 2004 opens up excellent opportunities for organizations involved in develo-ping and providing digital and knowledge management solutions to reach a global audience through product presentations. Exhibitors: Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 (24-27 February) ICDL 2004 welcomes organizations to showcase their best products/technologies at the venue. Space is available for 25 exhibitors. Stalls of 2 � 2 metres and 2 � 3 metres will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committees ------------------ International Programme Committee: --------------------------------- Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS; Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman eCommerce Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland (invited) Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Braunchweig, Germany Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Victoria, 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, Connecticut, USA Prof. Gary Marchioni, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, Department of Education and Skills, London, UK Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, USA Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory Committee ------------------------------ Conference Co-Chairs -------------------- Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva Members -------------- Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; and Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi 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, India Mr Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India (invited) 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, India 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, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Prof. M Tawfik, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, New Delhi 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, New Delhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Convener, Library and Information Centre, TERI, New Delhi Members ------- Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library; Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Goethe Institut, Maxmuller Bhavan, New Delhi (invited) 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 Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Officer (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Centre, 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 Mr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida, India Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Mysore, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invited speakers: ---------------- Several globally renowned experts are expected to participate in and share their experiences at the conference. It will be an excellent opportunity for associated professionals to interact with these experts and enrich their knowledge base. Prof. N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore & Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Vidhya Vihar Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan, India Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor, Head, Division of Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Jos� Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal Dr Muniram Budhu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Arizona Dr Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives F�d�rales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland Prof. Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Germany Dr Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, USA Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Australia Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST, Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Science, 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, India Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium 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 Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-University,Berlin, Germany Dr Michael Seadle Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech, USA Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, UK Dr Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of Library and Information Science, Japan 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, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacts: ------------- Conference Coordinator ICDL 2004 Secretariat TERI Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211 Fax +91 11 2468 2133 E-mail ICDL2004(a)teri.res.in Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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FW: Junior Project Assistant
by Madhuresh 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

-----Original Message----- From: Mr. V K J Jeevan [mailto:vkj@library.iitkgp.ernet.in] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:17 PM To: india-lis(a)infoserv.inist.fr Subject: Junior Project Assistant The Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is looking for a suitable "Junior Project Assistant" on purely contract basis for 18 months only to work in the MHRD sponsored project, A Personalized Selective Access Information System (SAI). Emoluments: Rs. 5000 p.m. Qualifications and experience: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering/Information Technology/MCA/MSc Computer Science/MLISc with PGDCA Experience: Unix/Linux System Administration and System Programming; Administering Web server on Linux, Programing skills of a high standard in C/C++, visual Programming, and experience in web tools; Oracle database administration and development skills Interested eligible persons may apply on plain paper, giving full bio-data alongwith attested copies of testimonials and a demand draft of Rs. 50/- drawn in favour of IIT Kharagpur payable at Kharagpur to Mr. A K Naskar, Administrative Officer (Projects), Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, on or before 22nd September, 2003. V K J Jeevan Asst. Librarian IIT, Kharagpur

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Urgent help needed
by Yashwant G. Kanade 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Dear Lis-forum member Cou you any one help me to get a copy of the paper entitled "Darwin's Malthusian Metaphor and Russian Evolutionary thought" by Daniel P. Todes Journal ISIS Vol.-- Issue.-- Year 1997 pp.1853-1917. With Warm Regards YASHWANT G KANADE CES-Library, IISc, Bangalore-12 kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com

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(Fwd) Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Inf
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 07:25:12 -0600 Send reply to: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group <LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> From: Marian Dworaczek <Marian.Dworaczek(a)USASK.CA> Subject: Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information To: LIS-E-JOURNALS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK The September 1, 2003 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information" is available at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. This edition includes 1,556 indexed titles. Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously updated. Introduction, which includes sample search and instructions how to use the Subject Index and the Bibliography, is located at: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM This message has been posted to several mailing lists. Please excuse any duplication. ************************************************* *Marian Dworaczek *Assistant Head, Technical Services Division *University of Saskatchewan Library *E-mail: marian.dworaczek(a)usask.ca *Phone: (306) 966-6016 *Fax: (306) 966-5919 *Home Page: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Nutch - an open source search engine.
by aprajita suman 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Respected all, Recently we witnessed discussion about the relevance of library skills in current era of IT. Here we have an opportunity to use our skills for something new and exiting. A new open source search engine has come to being called NUTCH.The idea behind Nutch is to create an open-source web search engine where everything is exposed. In contrast, other search engines may be secretive about how they rank pages (implication: Google) or take payment to include sites (implication: all the other major search engines that do paid inclusion). This is a challenging proposition. If you believe in the merits of this project, please try as a developer. details can be seen at: http://www.nutch.org/docs/en/index.html with regards, Aparajita suman, ADIS Student, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, R V college P.O. Bangalore- 560 059. ___________________________________________________ Law meets Electronics; Veena Weds Sanjay. Rediff Matchmaker strikes another interesting match !! Visit http://rediff.com/matchmaker?1

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UGC Newsletter Online
by JK Vijayakumar 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

University Grants Commission started publishing UGC NEWS, its official newsletter from July 2003 as Dr V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chairman as the Editor. The online version is available at http://www.ugc.ac.in/newsletter/page1.htm ----------- J K Vijayakumar INFLIBNET __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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FW: [BOAI] ACRL Issues Scholarly Communications Principles
by Mailing List Manager 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:41:57 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> ACRL Issues Scholarly Communications Principles and Strategies The Association of College and Research Libraries has issued its "Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication." The document, which was prepared by the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee and approved by the ACRL Board at the ALA annual conference in Toronto, is the foundation statement for the ACRL scholarly communications initiative. The document contains a brief definition of the existing system of scholarly communication, an overview of the scholarly communication crisis, and an enumeration of general principles and specific strategies that ACRL supports in working for reform of the system of scholarly communication. The document is accessible online at: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_an d_Reports/Principles_and_Strategies_for_the_Reform_of_Scholarly_Communicati on.htm It will also be published in the September issue of College and Research Library News.

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OPENISIS.ORG temporarily closed in protest against software patents
by Sukhdev Singh 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Dear Friends, I was surprised to see today that http://www.openisis.org has temporary shut down their site. What they call as a protest against software patents. It would unfortunate if they close it permanently. The Openisis had a potential to be a wonderful software for Library & Information work. I wonder if we can support the open source community..? Regards Sukhdev __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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ejournals
by prafulla＠nisc.co.in 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Dear Dr Manjunath: The ARL Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists First Edition (2000) lists 3915 peer-reviewed ejournals. You may find the following URL useful. http://db.arl.org/dsej/index.html This site has couple of useful articles. The "Foreword" is also informative as it indicates the growth in the number of ejournals over the years. As for the query on the first ejournal, the following article would be useful: Electronic Journals & Scholarly Communication, by Harter & Kim http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/harter.html Here's an extract from the above article: _________________________________ Although electronic journals (or e-journals) have been under development since 1976 (Turoff and Hiltz, 1982) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/>, e-journals in their non- experimental phase did not begin until the 1990s, with a few exceptions. The first peer-reviewed electronic, full-text e-journal including graphics was Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (OJCCT) (Keyhani, 1993) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/>. In the most recently published list, and one of the few research projects involving e- journals, Hitchcock, Carr, & Hall (1996) <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/> identified 115 scholarly, peer-reviewed e-journals in science and technology, and there are many more in the social science and humanities. These constitute the first wave of what are likely to be many more scholarly e-journals to come _____________________________________ However, it is not clear when it was started. Related Sources: The National Library of Canada has published the following guide: Electronic Publishing: Guide to Best Practices for Canadian Publishers. It is available freely at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/13/index-e.html Another useful site is Electronic Journal Publishing: A Reader Version 2.0 http://www.inasp.info/psi/ejp/index.html This is a goldmine of valuable articles and one of the best sites to start with. For background info on trends in scholarly communication, please see: http://www.arl.org/scomm/index.html Happy reading! 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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