Dear friends, Pl. find an announcement on a three day workshop on Institutional Repositories being organised by MALA & CSI during the first week of Dec 2005. As the registration is limited to 30 persons, Pl. register as soon as possible. Also, pl. forward this mail to your friends who will be interested in attending this workshop. With regards HR Mohan Associate VP (Systems), The Hindu, 859 Anna Salai, Chennai 600002, INDIA Phone: 91-44-28413344 :: Fax : 91-44-28415325 Email: hrmohan@vsnl.com Web : http://www.hinduonline.com ===================================================================== Workshop Announcement ====================================================================== Workshop on Institutional Repositories (2-4, December 2005) Organized by Madras Library Association (MALA) and Computer Society of India (CSI) Division VIII & Chennai Chapter In association with M O P Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An Institutional Repository (IR), also called as ‘e-prints archive’, is a digital archive of the research output created by the faculty, research staff, and students of an institution/university and accessible over the Internet to end-users both within and outside of the institution. This has drawn the strength from the Open Access movement (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/). This three-day Workshop envisages blending theory & practice training programme of First Level to acquaint all those engaged in learning the strategies, seeking support towards building Institutional Repositories. The beneficiaries of this programme are those Librarians, LIS Teachers, Information, Computer and Software Professionals who have the interests, initiatives and the need to set up such repositories in their organizations. The three-day workshop shall cover Open Access concepts, Scholarly Institutional Repositories, DSpace, and Metadata Standards. The prime focus areas are: - Institutional Repositories: Open Access Archives, OAI, OAI-PMH - working principle, and cases. - DSpace: Overview, Installations ( Java 2 SDK, Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, mod_jk, Apache Ant, PostgreSQL, DSpace), Administration, and Customization. - Metadata Standards: Concepts, Dublin Core, METS and MODS. - Hands-on Sessions The workshop will be conducted in a training laboratory equipped with desktop PCs with MS Windows Operating System. Each participant will be provided with a PC supplemented with LCD projected Demos, Lectures, Discussions, Case studies and Hands -on Sessions. Each participant shall be provided with a CD-ROM comprising of repository software DSpace, presentations, related and required above mentioned software packages and other resources relevant to Institutional Repositories, Metadata, and OAI. At the end of the workshop, each of he participants is expected to be well-versed and confident of installation of the necessary software packages to set up and develop institutional repositories. If need be, follow-up support shall be extended. Workshop Faculty: - Dr. M. G. Sreekumar, IIM Kozhikode - Ms. K. T. Anuradha, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Workshop Venue: Computer Laboratory, M O P Vaishnav College for Women, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600034. Workshop Fee: - MALA & CSI Members - Rs. 2500/- - Non-members - Rs. 3000/- - NRIs or Foreigners - US $ 100 Registration: Please register for the Workshop on or before 20th November 2005. The completed registrations with DD or cheque drawn in favour of Madras Library Association, Chennai are to be sent to: Prof. A. Amudhavalli, President, Madras Library Association, 16, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004. Workshop Contacts: - Prof. A. Amudhavalli - amudha75@y..., Phone: 044 - 22455922 - Mr. H. R. Mohan - hrmohan@v..., Phone: 044 - 28411687 or 044 - 28413344 Ext 411 For further details: Please refer the detailed brochure and registration form that can be downloaded from the MALA Website at www.accel-india.com/mala/ ======================================================================