I just want to make some brief comments:
-- Do not repeat the mistake of going ahead without adopting andadhering to International Inter-operable standards. Library andInformation Science Domain has number of such standards includingVocabulary Control, Meta Data, Rendering etc.
-- Do not undertake those projects which can not be sustained overperiod of time. The content generated should be persistent over aperiod of time. This requires firm commitment from the employer. Avoidbeing "fly by night operators". Understand the business model for theproject. Do take care of persistency of URLs.
-- Strive for Open or Free Access. Indian content lack exposure.Open/Free Access will give it the desired exposure.
--Trust of the users is the most important thing.
--Cooperate with each other within the LIS Community. Do not wastetime and energy in establishing own "Kingdoms". Together we stand.
and Lastly, Fear Encroachment.
--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.http://openmed.nic.in , http://medind.nic.in and http://indmed.nic.in
On 1/18/06, Chitra P Rao wrote:>> Respected collegues of the Library Professional:>> On 5th Jan I had sent out a message on the LIS forum on the above topic..> I would like to respond to the same. I have recieved many replies and> interestingly those who have OA inititive in their Libraries are from NIC> and IGIDR. That is my point exactly when we have such a large population> of Librarians in our country why only a select few can take up such> projects.. Answers to this are many.. my only conclusion is that it is not> very probable to undertake this kind of tasks without Committment from> within and the organization you work in. Hence my mail to the LIS Forum.>> Interestingly I have come accross one email from Divan Enterprises a part> of Globe publishing which has undertaken a very valient effort in this> direction. His objective is to have a single platform of Indian Journals> and to highlight Indian Contributions Globally. He is in constant touch> with various Indian Publishers to give him the right to host their> Journals online as well as provide this service to all Librraies. For> procuring Indian Journals online abstracts and full text.. This I found to> be the answer to what I was trying accomplish..>> I request that all of us should write to the publishesrs of journals which> we subscribe and ask them to host their journal on the site.. This is the> address of the site.>> http://indianjournals.com I request your feedback on this and hope to get> good cooperation from Publishers and Libraries to support this..>> With regards>> chitra Rao> Sr Librarian and Head LIS> NITIE Mumbai 400 087> ph: 28573371 extn 337>
