Friday, April 17, 2009
Academic library is using pda's, handhelds and other mobile technologies
Very useful slides (pdf) on mobile technologies in libraries is available in Simons college Library website http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/. Simon College Library is using pda's, handhelds and other mobile technologies.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Evolution of Librarianship in ICE Age
the following presentation at http://sn.im/fxq5j
[www_slideshare_net] . Its title reads as "Who, Why & How We Serve:
The Evolution of Collaborative Librarianship Through Social Media" is
has been presented by PF Anderson [ Technology in Libraries, MLGSCA
Cerritos, CA / March 6, 2009 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, April
13, 2009].
It talks about how librarianship is changing in this era of WEB 2.0 /
Social Web. Hope all of us fellow the evolution path indicated in the
presentation.
[www_slideshare_net] . Its title reads as "Who, Why & How We Serve:
The Evolution of Collaborative Librarianship Through Social Media" is
has been presented by PF Anderson [ Technology in Libraries, MLGSCA
Cerritos, CA / March 6, 2009 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, April
13, 2009].
It talks about how librarianship is changing in this era of WEB 2.0 /
Social Web. Hope all of us fellow the evolution path indicated in the
presentation.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009
At the UNESCO General Conference in Paris on October 17, 2007 the Library of Congress, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the National Library of Brazil, the National Library and Archives of Egypt, the National Library of Russia, and the Russian State Library presented a prototype of the future World Digital Library. The prototype features books, manuscripts, maps, films, prints and photographs, and sound recordings contributed by the partner institutions. It functions in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and includes content in additional languages. Other features include search and browse by place, time, topic, type of item, and contributing institution; a "Memory of" section devoted to in-depth exploration of the culture and history of individual countries; and videos by curators that explain why particular primary source documents are important and what they tell us about a culture.
The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.
SEE the World Digital Library at:
http://www.worlddig itallibrary. org/project/ english/index. html
The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.
SEE the World Digital Library at:
http://www.worlddig itallibrary. org/project/ english/index. html
More Than 9,000 National Academies Reports Now Available in Open Access
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04102009
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online - Free Access
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online provides an innovative resource for the academic community in sociology. Updated three times a year with new material, this vast online library gives instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship in your field. The encyclopedia includes 1800 definitions and explanations of the key concepts in sociology, with expanded essays on major topics within the field and a time line of over 600 key events in sociological history.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sixth-Sense: A wonderful wearable computer
Have a look at the wonderful wearable computer named 'Sixth Sense' being developed by an Indian Mr Pranav Mistry working at MIT Media Labs, USA. It looks similar to Microsoft's new technology Surface, but size and cost match that of your mobile. The video of the device demonstrated by his supervisor can be viewed at the following URL address.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/481
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/481
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google
Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google
Google is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp's electronic book-reading device. It's the first time Google has made its vast trove of scanned public-domain books available to an e-book device, and vaults the Sony Reader past Amazon.com Inc's Kindle as the device with the largest available library, at about 600,000 books.
The books are already available as free downloads in the Portable Document Format (PDF), which works well on computer screens but not on e-book readers. Google will provide the books to the Sony Reader in the EPUB (electronic publication) format, which lets the lines flow differently to fit a smaller screen.
International Journal of Library and Information Science
The International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS)
is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published that will be
monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS).
IJLIS is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across
disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the
subject.
Call for Papers
IJLIS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the
submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of
significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:
· Original articles in basic and applied research
· Case studies
· Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays
We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to IJLIS@acadjourn.org for
publication in the Maiden Issue (April 2009). Our objective is to
inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four
weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be
published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details
are available on our website;
http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS/Instruction.htm
IJLIS is an Open Access Journal
One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access
to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience
larger than that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases
the visibility and impact of published works. It also enhances
indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to
reproduce and distribute content. IJLIS is fully committed to the Open
Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon
as they are published.
One can contact:
Emeje Cynthia
Editorial Assistant
International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS)
E-mail: IJLIS@acadjourn.org
is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published that will be
monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS).
IJLIS is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across
disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the
subject.
Call for Papers
IJLIS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the
submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of
significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:
· Original articles in basic and applied research
· Case studies
· Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays
We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to IJLIS@acadjourn.org for
publication in the Maiden Issue (April 2009). Our objective is to
inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four
weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be
published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details
are available on our website;
http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS/Instruction.htm
IJLIS is an Open Access Journal
One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access
to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience
larger than that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases
the visibility and impact of published works. It also enhances
indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to
reproduce and distribute content. IJLIS is fully committed to the Open
Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon
as they are published.
One can contact:
Emeje Cynthia
Editorial Assistant
International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS)
E-mail: IJLIS@acadjourn.org
questions for LIS professionals for interview purpose
Interview Questions for LIS Professtionals
1. Introduce Yourself
2. What are your strengths & weakness
3. Why did you decide to enter the field of library and information
science? OR What motivated you to seek a library degree?
4. Why did you decide to apply for this position?
5. Discuss some of your achievement regarding this field.
6. What kind of work environment do you prefer?
7. How are you qualified for this job? OR What qualifications do you
have that make you think you will be a success at this job?
8. Do you have some extraordinary qualities that distinguish you from
others?
9. The person in this position needs to be innovative and proactive.
Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these
qualities?
10. How would you rate your communication skills and what have you
done to improve them?
11. What experience do you have dealing with academic scholars?
12. What is your experience with automated systems and with computers
in general?
13. Tell us about yourself and your ambition.
14. Tell us about some of your contribution to improve our field.
15. What do you think a reference librarian's duties should be?
16. Tell us about your subject background and about your coursework
outside of library science.
17. Do you have the skills necessary to create and maintain our WWW
home pages?
18. Do you plan to continue your education?
19. Starting with your last job, would you tell me about some of your
achievements that were recognized by your superiors?
20. What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?
21. What does success mean to you? How do you judge it?
22. What types of things make you angry? How do you react?
23. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our
department?
24. Why do you think this library should hire you?
25. Describe your experience in creating documents, proposals,
research findings, or any other form of written copy.
26. Mention some popular reference materials.
27. What does librarianship means?
28. Mention some popular online databases with their subject
coverage.
29. Briefly discuss about Melvil Dewey.
30. Mention some popular journals in our field.
31. Abbreviate ISBN and ISSN. Describe their role in this information
era.
32. What do you mean by "Bibliography� How will you arrange a
bibliography?
33. Discuss the library movement in your country.
34. Which is more important ' Bibliography or Abstract ' for
controlling information explosion?
35. Briefly discuss about Library Association in your country?
36. Which is the world's oldest Library Association?
37. What is library science?
38. Which is the largest library in the world?
39. What are the major classifications of the DDC?
40. What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?
41. What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes?
42. What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal
Classification?
43. Which is the largest library in your country (both in collection
and structure)?
44. Briefly discuss history of library education in your country.
45. Which resource do you prefer - electronic or print, and why?
46. Discuss some major problems of library automation in your country.
47. Which classification scheme would you prefer and why?
48. What do you mean by National Bibliography? Is there any national
bibliography published in your country?
49. What do you mean by classification?
50. Mention five popular National Library in the world.
51. Briefly Discuss about IFLA, it's role to promote librarianship
around the world.
52. What does information literacy means?
53. What does OPAC means?
54. Discuss briefly the role of OCLC, its functions.
55. How reference services differ from information service?
56. Discuss the benefits of library automation.
57. Why classification is necessary?
58. Which is the largest academic library in your country?
59. Why Public library is called the People's University?
60. Discuss the various types of library that exist in a civil
society.
61. Why networking and resource sharing of a library is necessary?
62. Mention two modern information services.
1. Introduce Yourself
2. What are your strengths & weakness
3. Why did you decide to enter the field of library and information
science? OR What motivated you to seek a library degree?
4. Why did you decide to apply for this position?
5. Discuss some of your achievement regarding this field.
6. What kind of work environment do you prefer?
7. How are you qualified for this job? OR What qualifications do you
have that make you think you will be a success at this job?
8. Do you have some extraordinary qualities that distinguish you from
others?
9. The person in this position needs to be innovative and proactive.
Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these
qualities?
10. How would you rate your communication skills and what have you
done to improve them?
11. What experience do you have dealing with academic scholars?
12. What is your experience with automated systems and with computers
in general?
13. Tell us about yourself and your ambition.
14. Tell us about some of your contribution to improve our field.
15. What do you think a reference librarian's duties should be?
16. Tell us about your subject background and about your coursework
outside of library science.
17. Do you have the skills necessary to create and maintain our WWW
home pages?
18. Do you plan to continue your education?
19. Starting with your last job, would you tell me about some of your
achievements that were recognized by your superiors?
20. What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?
21. What does success mean to you? How do you judge it?
22. What types of things make you angry? How do you react?
23. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our
department?
24. Why do you think this library should hire you?
25. Describe your experience in creating documents, proposals,
research findings, or any other form of written copy.
26. Mention some popular reference materials.
27. What does librarianship means?
28. Mention some popular online databases with their subject
coverage.
29. Briefly discuss about Melvil Dewey.
30. Mention some popular journals in our field.
31. Abbreviate ISBN and ISSN. Describe their role in this information
era.
32. What do you mean by "Bibliography� How will you arrange a
bibliography?
33. Discuss the library movement in your country.
34. Which is more important ' Bibliography or Abstract ' for
controlling information explosion?
35. Briefly discuss about Library Association in your country?
36. Which is the world's oldest Library Association?
37. What is library science?
38. Which is the largest library in the world?
39. What are the major classifications of the DDC?
40. What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?
41. What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes?
42. What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal
Classification?
43. Which is the largest library in your country (both in collection
and structure)?
44. Briefly discuss history of library education in your country.
45. Which resource do you prefer - electronic or print, and why?
46. Discuss some major problems of library automation in your country.
47. Which classification scheme would you prefer and why?
48. What do you mean by National Bibliography? Is there any national
bibliography published in your country?
49. What do you mean by classification?
50. Mention five popular National Library in the world.
51. Briefly Discuss about IFLA, it's role to promote librarianship
around the world.
52. What does information literacy means?
53. What does OPAC means?
54. Discuss briefly the role of OCLC, its functions.
55. How reference services differ from information service?
56. Discuss the benefits of library automation.
57. Why classification is necessary?
58. Which is the largest academic library in your country?
59. Why Public library is called the People's University?
60. Discuss the various types of library that exist in a civil
society.
61. Why networking and resource sharing of a library is necessary?
62. Mention two modern information services.
Online M.L.I.S. degree
Online M.L.I.S. degree
Rutgers - School of Communication, Information and Libray Studies offers M.L.I.S. degree through online learning. Those who are interested can enjoy the flexibility and convenience of managing coursework from home or from work. All course work for the online program is conducted entirely online.Online classes have the same content as on-campus courses and are taught by the same combination of faculty and adjunct instructors as on-campus program. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/master-of-library-and-information-science/completing-a-degree-online.html
Job Titles for Library and Information Science Professionals
Job Titles for Library and Information Science Professionals
There are more than thousand job titles for LIS professionals throughout the world from Academic Information Coordinator to Zoo Librarian. If you want to know the complete designations in LIS log on to http://www.michellemach.com/jobtitles/realjobs.html
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Library Kiosk Software
A prototype of our Library Kiosk Software has been uploaded to
http://www.adrive. com/public/ 5860726e4bd05ecb 46ccc589ebaa0275 dc23885e3944b64c 7274700f18123018 .html
http://www.adrive. com/public/ 5860726e4bd05ecb 46ccc589ebaa0275 dc23885e3944b64c 7274700f18123018 .html
e-book Cataloguing Freewares
Having so many books (many of them being eBooks), it would be nice to have a software application to manage all of them. eLibPro is such a utility to manage your personal book collection (print books AND ebooks).
Features:
- Use tree structure to manage book categories. It has a familiar Windows Explorer-like user interface
- Unlimited "Related Links" can be added for each book. The "Links" can be URLs, eBook files on local hard disk, or even folders
- Use XML/XSL to display book details. Its content template and display style are completely configurable by the user
- Most of the book's information can be retrieved from the web. It can query online (Amazon.com) by ISBN, or by a combination of book title, author and/or publisher
- Multiple selection (using Ctrl, Shift or Mouse) is supported in the book list window, and the book detail window can update on the fly
- Sort on any column in the book list window
- WYSIWYG editor for books' "Description" and "Notes" fields
- Drag & Drop support
- Search in the book collection
- "Favorites" and "Reading List" support
- Multiple Language Interface (MUI) support
- Native Unicode support
- Barcode scanners are supported.
- For more details : http://songstech. com/elibpro. html
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Web founder looks to big changes
Web founder looks to big changes' is a interesting and informative
article which contains the futuristic ideas www by
Tim-Berners-lee.According to him 'The web is not all done, it's just
the tip of the iceberg... I'm convinced that the new changes are going
to rock the world even more,' Tim Berners Lee, the creator of the Web,
at the 20th anniversary celebrations at Cern. 'New changes are going
to rock the world even more'. 'The future of the web lies in mobile
phones'.
The detail article may be available at :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7943319.stm
article which contains the futuristic ideas www by
Tim-Berners-lee.According to him 'The web is not all done, it's just
the tip of the iceberg... I'm convinced that the new changes are going
to rock the world even more,' Tim Berners Lee, the creator of the Web,
at the 20th anniversary celebrations at Cern. 'New changes are going
to rock the world even more'. 'The future of the web lies in mobile
phones'.
The detail article may be available at :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7943319.stm
Friday, March 13, 2009
Business Information on Demand
Infobridge launches India's first customized research and Information search services to meet your information requirements.
Why you require this service:
1. No need to subscribe expensive database when your usage is once in while
2. You need to go search many database to answer one single query
3. Using and searching database is too complicated and unable to get the maximum out of it.
4. Lack of knowledge on cost effective but authentic database
5. You are unable to have your own researcher
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4. Global Company profile
5. Country Reports and Country statistics
6. European Company Data -20 Million
7. Global company Credit Reports 50 Million
8. Global News alert and Archival Search
9. Trade Statistics – India and Global
10. Global Industry Data
11. Global Economic Data
12. Indian and Global Broker Reports
13. Commodity prices –Selective
14. Project Information
15. Tender Information
1. No need to subscribe expensive database when your usage is once in while
2. You need to go search many database to answer one single query
3. Using and searching database is too complicated and unable to get the maximum out of it.
4. Lack of knowledge on cost effective but authentic database
5. You are unable to have your own researcher
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7. Global company Credit Reports 50 Million
8. Global News alert and Archival Search
9. Trade Statistics – India and Global
10. Global Industry Data
11. Global Economic Data
12. Indian and Global Broker Reports
13. Commodity prices –Selective
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Regarding SOUL 2.0 V/s Open Source Software
I have been carefully going through the comments on SOUL V/s open
source software for past few days. I would like straighten-out a few
points that were raised by Prof. Laxman Rao in his mail addressed to
professional colleagues:
1. SOUL Software works on a self-sustenance model. The INFLIBNET
Centre is not investing huge money on the Software. All expenses on
the SOUL including, R & D, maintenance, salary for SOUL Coordinators,
Technical Assistants, etc. is born from the sale of SOUL software, in
fact, the Centre have saved funds from sale of SOUL and this savings
is being now used for further strengthening the support system for
SOUL;
2. SOUL support and maintenance system has been strengthened now. We
had only two coordintors in the past. We have now deployed five SOUL
Coordinators, two more will be engaged shortly. Each SOUL Coordinator
can have two to three Technical Assistants depending upon the number
of installations in a given region. In all, there will be seven
Coordinators and 21 Technical Assistants. SOUL Software Support Unit
is also functioning from the INFLIBNET Centre for past more than 8
months. Expenses on strenghthened support system is being born from
income from SOUL software.
3. SOUL 2.0 has several new features and functionalities. Senior
library professionals are advised to examine the product and then give
their considered opinion. I am sure Prof. Laxman Rao did not have
opportunity to see SOUL 2.0. A large number of library professionals
have helped us with their feed-back during development of SOUL 2.0.
Actual users were in involved in various phases of development.
Feedback from most of the Library professionals has been highly
positive for SOUL 2.0. My Software Team at the INFLIBNET Centre has
worked day and night to bring the software to this stage. The 2nd
version of Software was developed in a record time to less than one
year. It is in-appropriate to criticize a product without even fully
exploring its features and functionalities.
4. Dr. Satish Deshpande, Dr. Haravu, Dr. Sathyanarayana (JNTU), Dr.
Goudar and other colleagues have already given their considered views
about open source software and co-existence of other LMS packages. The
SOUL Software has its own followers. We have more than 1800
installations and number is growing inspite of existence of several
open source software. We are committed to all our existing clients.
The software will be given free of cost to all our existing clients
with all the support that they require.
5. The INFLIBNET Centre has set-up an Open Source Software Laboratory.
Our scientists are working on all open source software including
NewGenLib. I would like to re-iterate here that for most library
science professionals, open source essentially means “free” software,
they neither have expertise nor resources to customize it. I know a
couple of big libraries who are struggling with open source software
LMS packages without much success. It would be our endevour not only
to provide support for all or selected open source software, but also
contribute to their development.
6. The price of SOUL 2.0 and its associated services were fixed as per
the guidelines laid down by the our Governing Board. We had to
consider cost of inputs in terms of manpower, infrastructure, etc.
However, we can revisit the prices, if desired.
7. As on now, the INFLIBNET is not considering to make SOUL 2.0 an
open source given the fact that it is developed for Microsift OS, a
proprietary OS. We are committed to develop it further, make it
completely platform independent and then we may consider to make it
open source.
I would like to ensure the academic community and library
professionals that the INFLIBNET Centre is doing its best and results
are already visible.
Thanks and regards
Dr. Jagdish Arora
Director, INFLIBNET Centre
Opp. Gujarat University Guest House
Post Box No. 4116, Navrangpura
Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380009
Tel: +91 79 26305702 (Direct)
+91 79 26308528, 26304695,26305971
Mobile: 09974881882
Fax: +91 79 26300990 and 26307816
E-mail: jarora@inflibnet.ac.in; director@inflibnet.ac.in
Friday, March 06, 2009
National Translation Mission
National Translation Mission (NTM) is a Government of India initiative to make knowledge-based texts accessible in all Indian languages listed in the VIII schedule of the Constitution through translation. The idea of NTM stemmed from a statement of the Prime Minister of India stressing how vital is the access to translated material, for increasing access to knowledge in many critical areas.
For more information, use following URL:
http://www.ntm.org.in/main.asp
For more information, use following URL:
http://www.ntm.org.in/main.asp
10 Websites for Book Lovers..from iLibrarian
You might also want to checkout http://openlibrary.org.
Open Library has a catalog of 23 million books with 1 million books
having full-text for online reading.
It also has an open book cover repository with more than 5 million book covers.
There are APIs for accessing all the available information.
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/cover
10 Websites for Book Lovers
>
> At this point most everyone has heard of LibraryThing, the most popular
> social cataloging website online, and perhaps even of the Amazon-owned
> Shelfari, but here are a few websites for book lovers that you may not have
> heard about:
>
> BookSprouts
>
> BookSprouts is a website where you can join and create book clubs. Members
> can vote on which book to read next, have book discussions in forums, post
> book reviews, and hold meetings.
>
> Blippr
>
> Blippr is a website where you can add short reviews of 160 characters or
> less of books, movies, music, games, and applications. You can connect your
> account to many other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook where you
> can continue your conversations.
>
> 22 Books
>
> 22books will allow you to quickly create book lists of any type. You can
> make comments on books in your list, and embed your lists in other websites.
>
> Book Cover Archive
>
> The Book Cover Archive is a collection of over 1,000 book covers categorized
> and browsable by designers, authors, titles, art directors, photographers,
> illustrators, and more. Readers can leave comments on covers and can suggest
> entries.
>
> BookJetty
>
> BookJetty is a social cataloging app that will let you set up a bookshelf of
> titles you own or want and then easily search for them in your local library
> with a click. Amazon and other booklists can be imported for quick startup.
>
> Book Glutton
>
> BookGlutton is a social community where you can read public domain books and
> discuss them with groups. Members can annotate books and make their comments
> public for discussions or keep them private. You can even upload your own
> books.
>
> Gurulib
>
> Gurulib is a social cataloging program which lets members organize their
> book, movie, music, game, and software collections. The site allows members
> to use their webcams as barcode readers to scan in items. Items be loaned
> out and members can track borrowed titles.
>
> Listal
>
> This social cataloging website enables members to catalog books, movies, TV
> shows, video games, DVDs, and music. Members can loan their items, import
> and export their catalogs, and create favorite lists that others can comment
> on.
>
> GoodReads
>
> GoodReads is a robust social cataloging site in which members can create
> lists, write reviews, form groups, create trivia questions about titles, and
> converse in forums.
>
> Paperback Swap
>
> PaperBack Swap is a community hub for trading your paperbacks, hardbacks,
> audiobooks, and textbooks with others. Members can easily mail books as the
> site provides exact postage labels which can be printed out. Once a book is
> mailed, you can request one for yourself from the cache of over 3 million
> titles available.
Open Library has a catalog of 23 million books with 1 million books
having full-text for online reading.
It also has an open book cover repository with more than 5 million book covers.
There are APIs for accessing all the available information.
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/cover
10 Websites for Book Lovers
>
> At this point most everyone has heard of LibraryThing, the most popular
> social cataloging website online, and perhaps even of the Amazon-owned
> Shelfari, but here are a few websites for book lovers that you may not have
> heard about:
>
> BookSprouts
>
> BookSprouts is a website where you can join and create book clubs. Members
> can vote on which book to read next, have book discussions in forums, post
> book reviews, and hold meetings.
>
> Blippr
>
> Blippr is a website where you can add short reviews of 160 characters or
> less of books, movies, music, games, and applications. You can connect your
> account to many other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook where you
> can continue your conversations.
>
> 22 Books
>
> 22books will allow you to quickly create book lists of any type. You can
> make comments on books in your list, and embed your lists in other websites.
>
> Book Cover Archive
>
> The Book Cover Archive is a collection of over 1,000 book covers categorized
> and browsable by designers, authors, titles, art directors, photographers,
> illustrators, and more. Readers can leave comments on covers and can suggest
> entries.
>
> BookJetty
>
> BookJetty is a social cataloging app that will let you set up a bookshelf of
> titles you own or want and then easily search for them in your local library
> with a click. Amazon and other booklists can be imported for quick startup.
>
> Book Glutton
>
> BookGlutton is a social community where you can read public domain books and
> discuss them with groups. Members can annotate books and make their comments
> public for discussions or keep them private. You can even upload your own
> books.
>
> Gurulib
>
> Gurulib is a social cataloging program which lets members organize their
> book, movie, music, game, and software collections. The site allows members
> to use their webcams as barcode readers to scan in items. Items be loaned
> out and members can track borrowed titles.
>
> Listal
>
> This social cataloging website enables members to catalog books, movies, TV
> shows, video games, DVDs, and music. Members can loan their items, import
> and export their catalogs, and create favorite lists that others can comment
> on.
>
> GoodReads
>
> GoodReads is a robust social cataloging site in which members can create
> lists, write reviews, form groups, create trivia questions about titles, and
> converse in forums.
>
> Paperback Swap
>
> PaperBack Swap is a community hub for trading your paperbacks, hardbacks,
> audiobooks, and textbooks with others. Members can easily mail books as the
> site provides exact postage labels which can be printed out. Once a book is
> mailed, you can request one for yourself from the cache of over 3 million
> titles available.
Online course material for certificate in computer applications
Please find this website:-
http://nos.org/htm/course.htm
http://nos.org/htm/course.htm
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Documentation magazine
free download the latest issue of the "Documentation Magazine"
10 (March-April 2009, and ISSN: 1988-5032), with articles, interviews,
news and more specialized content for professionals in the Information, Technology and
Knowledge Society worldwide (and its relation with the information professionals) .
Remember that you can send articles (in English or Spanish) to
redaccion@documenta listas.org / Because it is a free magazine, the authors
are not paid for their articles.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Flexible, Bouncy Electronic Books in Market soon
Flexible, Bouncy Electronic Books in Market soon
Plastic logic, a display technology Company, Cambridge, UK announced recently that it will launch first flexible electronic book. In this e-book screen breakage is the number one complaint with today's e-reader technology. The device will have wireless internet connection and a touch screen, allowing use of a virtual keyboard for annotating text. This e-book contains printing polymer transistors onto a layer of bendy plastic.
The two most popular e-books on the market today are Sony reader and Amazon Kindle.
Source: www.newscientist.com/section.tech,
New Scientist, Vo. 201(2696) p. 19
Install open source software Koha
Check this single link where all the links to the softwares relating KOHA for windows are being given.
http://www.koha.rwjr.com/
and for installation guidelines, a very simple and easy presentation which is designed by our colleague professional Mr. Ashok Kumar Satapathy, Asst. Librarian, IMIS, Bhubneswar is available at
http://www.slideshare.net/Ashoksatapathy/lets-play-with-koha
I am thankful to him and wish him success for future... Though We have SOUL at our library, I just tried to install KOHA and installed it successfully.
http://www.koha.rwjr.com/
and for installation guidelines, a very simple and easy presentation which is designed by our colleague professional Mr. Ashok Kumar Satapathy, Asst. Librarian, IMIS, Bhubneswar is available at
http://www.slideshare.net/Ashoksatapathy/lets-play-with-koha
I am thankful to him and wish him success for future... Though We have SOUL at our library, I just tried to install KOHA and installed it successfully.
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
ODLIS http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_t.cfm is is a hypertext reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries. The primary criterion for including a term is whether a librarian or other information professional might reasonably be expected to know its meaning in the course of his or her work. A newly coined term is added when, in the author's judgment, it is likely to become a permanent addition to the lexicon of library and information science. The dictionary reflects North American practice; however, because ODLIS was first developed as an online resource available worldwide, with an e-mail contact address for feedback, users from many countries have contributed to its growth, often suggesting additional terms and commenting on existing definitions. Expansion of ODLIS is updating contineously. And also it is available in both print and online.
The Journal of Library Innovation
Call for Papers
The Journal of Library Innovation is seeking submissions for publication for its inaugural issue in January 2010.
The Journal of Library Innovation, one of the first journals devoted explicitly to innovation and creativity in libraries, is a peer reviewed, electronic journal published by the Western New York Library Resources Council. Its mission is to disseminate research and information on innovative practice in libraries of all types.
Innovation in libraries can include, but is not limited to the following:
The discovery of unmet user needs.
The introduction of new services or the retooling of traditional services resulting in a better user experience.
Creative collaboration between libraries, or between libraries and other types of institutions, resulting in demonstrable improvements in service to users.
Implementing new technologies to improve and extend library service to meet user needs.
Explorations of the future of libraries.
Pilot testing unconventional ideas and services.
Redefining the roles of library staff to better serve users.
Developing processes that encourage organizational innovation.
Reaching out to and engaging library users and non-users in new and creative ways.
Creative library instruction and patron programming.
Finding new ways to make library collections or library facilities more useful.
The discovery of unmet user needs.
The introduction of new services or the retooling of traditional services resulting in a better user experience.
Creative collaboration between libraries, or between libraries and other types of institutions, resulting in demonstrable improvements in service to users.
Implementing new technologies to improve and extend library service to meet user needs.
Explorations of the future of libraries.
Pilot testing unconventional ideas and services.
Redefining the roles of library staff to better serve users.
Developing processes that encourage organizational innovation.
Reaching out to and engaging library users and non-users in new and creative ways.
Creative library instruction and patron programming.
Finding new ways to make library collections or library facilities more useful.
The Journal of Library Innovation publishes original research, literature reviews, commentaries, case studies, reports on innovative practices, and book, conference and product reviews.
The journal also welcomes provocative essays that will stimulate thought on the current and future role of libraries in an Internet Age.
For more information and submission guidelines visit http://www.libraryinnovation.org or contact Pamela Jones, the Managing Editor, at pjones@medaille.edu.
Suzanne Colligan (Copy Editor for this publication)
Reference Librarian/Technology Training Coordinator
Humanities and Social Sciences Dept.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Central
1 Lafayette Sq.
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-7108, (716) 858-7384
colligans@buffalolib.org
Reference Librarian/Technology Training Coordinator
Humanities and Social Sciences Dept.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Central
1 Lafayette Sq.
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-7108, (716) 858-7384
colligans@buffalolib.org
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Semantic Search Engine
“Semantic” is a word with a magic ring to it in search engine circles.
The way it’s hyped makes you suspect it is the second coming of
search. Now the time has come for the semantic search engines.
semantic search engines use all the elements in use today plus Latent
semantic Indexing.Latent semantic Indexing is a well-defined
mathematical method, which uses pure mathematics to create the
semantic cohesion between documents and collections of documents.
Some of the semantic search engines are:
1.Hakia http://www.hakia.com/
2.SenseBot http://www.sensebot.net/
3.Powerset http://www.powerset.com/
4.DeepDyve http://www.deepdyve.com/
5.Cognition http://www.cognition.com/
The way it’s hyped makes you suspect it is the second coming of
search. Now the time has come for the semantic search engines.
semantic search engines use all the elements in use today plus Latent
semantic Indexing.Latent semantic Indexing is a well-defined
mathematical method, which uses pure mathematics to create the
semantic cohesion between documents and collections of documents.
Some of the semantic search engines are:
1.Hakia http://www.hakia.com/
2.SenseBot http://www.sensebot.net/
3.Powerset http://www.powerset.com/
4.DeepDyve http://www.deepdyve.com/
5.Cognition http://www.cognition.com/
Two poems written by Barack Obama
| Two poems written by present American president when he was 19 can be accessed from Loc site.Inform the matter to your literature users.The link is http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/prespoetry/bo.html |
Intellectual Property Law Blog
This weblog http://www.intellectualpropertylawblog.com/ may be very useful for up-to-date information on intellectual property law. Some of important topies covered are Copyrights, digital media, First Amendment, IP and technology transactions, Patents, Trade secrets etc.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Suggested Topics for Library Science Research and Publication
Please see this below link:-
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ahafner/awh-th-researchtopics.htm
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ahafner/awh-th-researchtopics.htm
Friday, February 20, 2009
"Question Point" - 24/7 Virtual Reference Service
OCLC offering interesting service "Question Point" - www.questionpoint.org. It is virtual reference service with a human assisted web platform for providing reference service.
Importanct features of Question Point are,
1. Reference service around the clock with trustworthy, real-time one-on-one reference assistance from professional librarians, right from your library Web page or other Web portal
2. Web-based chat, browse and cooperative reference tools that use best-in-class technology and require no special software or browser plug-ins
3. No need to use Windows Operating System to do simple chat and page push; streamlined conference process that allows librarians to transfer to another librarian smoothly
4. Support for multilingual reference transactions; Q&A knowledge base that is carefully reviewed and maintained by Cooperative contributors
Number 56 Winter 2009 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
ISTL publishes substantive material of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share details of successful programs, materials for the delivery of information services, background information and opinions on topics of current interest, to publish research and bibliographies on issues in science and technology libraries
Now Available The Winter 2009 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
http://www.istl. org/09-winter/ index.html
Articles :-
Using Google Scholar to Search for Online Availability of a Cited Article in Engineering Disciplines
Comparing Safari Tech Books Online and Books24×7 E-book Collections: A Case Study from the University of British Columbia Library
A Physics Professor and a Science Librarian Challenge Non-Majors to Evaluate Science
The Emerging Engineering Scholar: A Citation Analysis of Theses and Dissertations at Western Michigan University
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Viewpoint: Publishers and Librarians: New Dialogues in Challenging Times
http://www.istl. org/09-winter/ index.html
Now Available The Winter 2009 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
http://www.istl. org/09-winter/ index.html
Articles :-
Using Google Scholar to Search for Online Availability of a Cited Article in Engineering Disciplines
Comparing Safari Tech Books Online and Books24×7 E-book Collections: A Case Study from the University of British Columbia Library
A Physics Professor and a Science Librarian Challenge Non-Majors to Evaluate Science
The Emerging Engineering Scholar: A Citation Analysis of Theses and Dissertations at Western Michigan University
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Viewpoint: Publishers and Librarians: New Dialogues in Challenging Times
http://www.istl. org/09-winter/ index.html
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Installing DSpace on Windows
Those who want to refer documents for installing DSpace on windows can refer the following documnt
also visit http://dspace. .cusat.ac. in/dspace/
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
how a School Librarian strives for empowering the learners and teachers with Information Literacy
“The Future of Reading In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update”
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader
Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader
If you already have an Apple iPhone or a T-Mobile G1 in your pocket, more than 1.5 million books are now at your fingertips. Google used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to transform the scanned book pages into screen-friendly text for iPhone and g1s. To access Google Mobile Book Search, just point your mobile phone browser to http://books.google.com/m.
PPT slides on RSS and Libraries are available for download.
Some of you had written to me for my PPT presentation on "RSS and its
Use in Libraries". As usual, I have uploaded it on
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/ .
It can be downloaded / viewed from the following links:
http://blog.sukhdevsingh.com/2009/02/rss-and-libraries.html
or
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/rss-and-its-use-in-libraries
Use in Libraries". As usual, I have uploaded it on
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/ .
It can be downloaded / viewed from the following links:
http://blog.sukhdevsingh.com/2009/02/rss-and-libraries.html
or
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/rss-and-its-use-in-libraries
From OPEN ACCESS NEWS blog - CSIR asks its labs to adopt Open Access
According to OPEN ACCESS NEWS blog -
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/india-csir-asks-its-labs-to-adopt-oa.html
,
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has recommended its
laboratories adopt Open Access.
..."From the memorandum of Naresh Kumar, Head of CSIR's R&D Planning
Division, to the directors of all CSIR labs (and others), February 6,
2009:
CSIR is pleased to approve the implementation of the following
recommendations of the "Group for Open Access to Science Publications
(GOASP) of CSIR":
1. All research papers published from all CSIR laboratories be
made open access either by depositing the full-text and the metadata
of each paper in an institutional repository or by publishing the
papers in an open access journal in the first place.
2. All the CSIR published journals to be made open access.
3. Each laboratory sets up its own interoperable institutional
open access repository.
4. CSIR / lab sets up one or more centre(s) which would harvest
the full-text and metadata of these papers.
5. Each laboratory sets up Electronic Thesis and Dissertations
Repository.
6. To hold a conference for creating awareness on Open Access.
7. To hold in house Training programmes on Open Access.
8. Sensitize CSIR researchers.
It is requested that the above Open Access activities are
implemented at the earliest."..
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/india-csir-asks-its-labs-to-adopt-oa.html
,
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has recommended its
laboratories adopt Open Access.
..."From the memorandum of Naresh Kumar, Head of CSIR's R&D Planning
Division, to the directors of all CSIR labs (and others), February 6,
2009:
CSIR is pleased to approve the implementation of the following
recommendations of the "Group for Open Access to Science Publications
(GOASP) of CSIR":
1. All research papers published from all CSIR laboratories be
made open access either by depositing the full-text and the metadata
of each paper in an institutional repository or by publishing the
papers in an open access journal in the first place.
2. All the CSIR published journals to be made open access.
3. Each laboratory sets up its own interoperable institutional
open access repository.
4. CSIR / lab sets up one or more centre(s) which would harvest
the full-text and metadata of these papers.
5. Each laboratory sets up Electronic Thesis and Dissertations
Repository.
6. To hold a conference for creating awareness on Open Access.
7. To hold in house Training programmes on Open Access.
8. Sensitize CSIR researchers.
It is requested that the above Open Access activities are
implemented at the earliest."..
About NET/SET Exemptions and doing Ph.D./M.Phil from Distance Education
So far, As per my information...
1. As UGC has not yet provided any clear latest terms regarding exemption to
M.Phil (completed before June 2009) as mentioned in some newspapers and as
UGC has declared before the Nagpur bench of High Court. If someone have
latest UGC circular related to this order please send it to us so that we
can make it available to all professionals...
2. The candidate who are working and are selected through duly constituted
body and have completed M.Phil. and Ph.D. are been exempted from NET/SET.
Those working from 5 years or more can get full exemption and those working
for less than 5 years can get 4 years exemption and has to qualify NET/SET
within stipulated time and for this a proposal for exemption is to be sent
to the university to which your college is affiliated. 108 such candidates
are exempted by UGC in University of Mumbai region, so far.(List of
Candidates Exempted is available at MLOSC Group and www.mlsc.co.nr)
3. The candidate who have completed Ph.D. are exempted but upto which time
is not yet cleared. For exemption till date, the same proposal mentioned
above is to be send.(UGC Circular available at www.mlsc.co.nr)
4. The another thing is never do M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Distance Education
as UGC by its circular(Available at MLOSC Group <http://www.mlsc.co.nr/>)
had dispensed M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Distance Education from all the
Universities.
Unreturned library book leads to woman's arrest
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book.
Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked out from the public library in nearby Jesup in April.
Police say the book—which is about a high school teacher's effort to inspire students to write—is valued at $13.95.
Court records show library employees tried repeatedly to contact Koontz by phone and mail. A police officer even visited her home last September.
Officials at the Buchanan County jail say Koontz was released after posting $250 bond. No telephone listing for Koontz could be found in the Independence area.
Indian Open Source Software for E-learning
IIT Kanpur has developed an Open-source, Freeware E-learning Platform that is available to all for enhancing existing learning environments in their institutions through their campus networks.
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ynsingh/tool/brihaspati.shtml
The tool for virtual classroom is called "Brihaspati" and it is open source software that could be used by any university. One can also modify it and use it in domains like Human Resource Development and e-Governance. This tool is listed on sourceforge.net. See url
http://sourceforge.net/projects/brihaspati
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ynsingh/tool/brihaspati.shtml
The tool for virtual classroom is called "Brihaspati" and it is open source software that could be used by any university. One can also modify it and use it in domains like Human Resource Development and e-Governance. This tool is listed on sourceforge.net. See url
http://sourceforge.net/projects/brihaspati
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
UNESCO-supported international conference on knowledge networking concluded in India
UNESCO-supported international conference on knowledge networking concluded in India
09-02-2009 (New Delhi)
The Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), in collaboration with UNESCO and B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, organized the International Conference on Knowledge Networking in ICT Era. It took place from 22 to 24 January 2009 in Chennai, India.
The primary objective of the Conference was to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, expertise and professional solutions on the emerging domains of networking, intellectual collaboration and information practices.
In his inaugural address, Padmashi Prof. M Anandakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, highlighted the importance of knowledge networking in knowledge-based establishments in a country which is now considered worldwide as an emerging economy. In his speech, he appraised the National Knowledge Network initiative of Government of India. This initiative aims to interconnect all knowledge institutions in India through an electronic digital broadband network with adequate capabilities (high speed broadband connectivity), in order to encourage sharing of resources and collaborative research.
Within the framework of the Conference, a tutorial on e-Learning: Creating Online Virtual Courses using Moodle took place, where participants received hands-on practical training on Moodle open source software.
A special session on Information, Media and Digital Literacy, supported by UNESCO, was held on 23 January. It aimed at raising awareness on the information, media and digital literacy, which is essential for building inclusive knowledge societies. Speakers at this session highlighted major indicators, different international standards, including UNESCO standards, best practices and communities of practice existing in this field. Panelists suggested integrating information, media and digital literacy in the curricula of schools, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. They also felt that information literacy is essential for lifelong learning and should be, therefore, integrated in the vocational and professional training, as well as in teachers training courses. The presentations made at this session are compiled in the PDF document below.
Over 100 papers were presented during the eight technical sessions of the Conference. They covered the following subjects: digital library systems, e-learning, electronic security systems, information and communication technologies (ICT) for information services, intellectual property rights, knowledge management, modern management techniques, social networks and web technologies. Over 250 delegates participated in the Conference, including researchers and knowledge workers from academic and research organizations, civil society, service industries and public libraries.
Download presentations: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28265/12341778449special_session_presentations.pdf/special_session_presentations.pdf
Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28265&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
09-02-2009 (New Delhi)
The Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), in collaboration with UNESCO and B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, organized the International Conference on Knowledge Networking in ICT Era. It took place from 22 to 24 January 2009 in Chennai, India.
The primary objective of the Conference was to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, expertise and professional solutions on the emerging domains of networking, intellectual collaboration and information practices.
In his inaugural address, Padmashi Prof. M Anandakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, highlighted the importance of knowledge networking in knowledge-based establishments in a country which is now considered worldwide as an emerging economy. In his speech, he appraised the National Knowledge Network initiative of Government of India. This initiative aims to interconnect all knowledge institutions in India through an electronic digital broadband network with adequate capabilities (high speed broadband connectivity), in order to encourage sharing of resources and collaborative research.
Within the framework of the Conference, a tutorial on e-Learning: Creating Online Virtual Courses using Moodle took place, where participants received hands-on practical training on Moodle open source software.
A special session on Information, Media and Digital Literacy, supported by UNESCO, was held on 23 January. It aimed at raising awareness on the information, media and digital literacy, which is essential for building inclusive knowledge societies. Speakers at this session highlighted major indicators, different international standards, including UNESCO standards, best practices and communities of practice existing in this field. Panelists suggested integrating information, media and digital literacy in the curricula of schools, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. They also felt that information literacy is essential for lifelong learning and should be, therefore, integrated in the vocational and professional training, as well as in teachers training courses. The presentations made at this session are compiled in the PDF document below.
Over 100 papers were presented during the eight technical sessions of the Conference. They covered the following subjects: digital library systems, e-learning, electronic security systems, information and communication technologies (ICT) for information services, intellectual property rights, knowledge management, modern management techniques, social networks and web technologies. Over 250 delegates participated in the Conference, including researchers and knowledge workers from academic and research organizations, civil society, service industries and public libraries.
Download presentations: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28265/12341778449special_session_presentations.pdf/special_session_presentations.pdf
Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28265&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
New York Times: Digital Archivists, Now in Demand
February 8, 2009
FRESH STARTS
Digital Archivists, Now in Demand
By CONRAD DE AENLLE
WHEN the world entered the digital age, a great majority of human
historical records did not immediately make the trip.
Literature, film, scientific journals, newspapers, court records,
corporate documents and other material, accumulated over centuries,
needed to be adapted for computer databases. Once there, it had to be
arranged — along with newer, born-digital material — in a way that
would let people find what they needed and keep finding it well into
the future.
The people entrusted to find a place for this wealth of information
are known as digital asset managers, or sometimes as digital
archivists and digital preservation officers. Whatever they are
called, demand for them is expanding.
One of them is Jacob Nadal, the preservation officer at the University
ofCalifornia , Los Angeles
because his duties include safeguarding analog materials in U.C.L.A.'s
collection, not just preparing them to cross the digital divide.
"I don't think there's any day where I would say I'm the digital guy,"
he said. But he concedes that he's not really an analog, ink-on-paper
guy, either, and that is increasingly the case in his field. These
days, he noted, "if you want to work in a library, you have to deal in
electronic resources."
Mr. Nadal and 10 or so colleagues at U.C.L.A. devote much of their
effort to organizing and protecting material in digital form. Their
duties include licensing and buying digital content from vendors,
assigning identification markers called meta-tags so that material can
be found easily, researching copyright matters and ensuring that files
remain intact whenever new iterations of relevant software or hardware
come along.
Befitting a nascent discipline like digital asset management, Mr.
Nadal, 32, said he went into it almost by accident. Unsure of his
career ambitions, he began work on various book-scanning and
preservation projects as a student atIndiana University
them over when the head of preservation left. After that, he said, it
"took a year or two for me to realize my career in preservation had
started a year or two past."
He reckons that many of his peers have had similar experiences. "Among
librarians, I think that happenstance may be a typical career path,"
he said.
Some backgrounds are considered better than others for budding digital
asset managers. Familiarity with information technology is necessary,
but it is possible to have too much tech know-how, saidVictoria
McCargar, a preservation consultant inLos Angeles
U.C.L.A. andSan Jos State University
"People with I.T. backgrounds tend to be wrong for the job," she said.
"They tend to focus on storage solutions: 'We'll just throw another 10
terabytes on that server.'" A result, she said, can be "waxy buildup"
— a lot of useless files that make it hard to find the good stuff.
Ms. McCargar estimates that 20,000 people work in the field today —
plus others in related areas — and she expects that to triple over the
next decade, assuming that economic conditions stabilize before long.
Many work for public institutions, and businesses use them, too, said
Deborah Schwarz, chief executive of Library Associates Companies, a
consulting and headhunting firm. Especially big employers in this area
are law firms, which need experts on digital copyright and other
issues tied to the migration of legal documents from filing cabinets
to databases.
One comparative advantage of private-sector jobs is the pay. Digital
asset managers at public facilities would do well to make $70,000 a
year. Salaries for their corporate counterparts are generally higher.
"Compensation varies wildly because it's an emerging area," said Keith
Gurtzweiler, vice president for recruiting at Library Associates.
"Consultants who can make recommendations on systems can make $150 an
hour." Those who "manage them once they're up and running and maintain
the machinery," he said, make from the $70,000's up to $100,000.
Michael Doane is an information management consultant at Ascentium, a
consultancy in suburbanSeattle
managers in a staff of 500. He said that fresh graduates with master's
degrees in information systems management or a similar discipline
could "easily expect $80,000 to $90,000 in consulting and a little
less in the commercial world."
As much as it might help his bank balance, Mr. Nadal cannot envision
leaving U.C.L.A. for a corporate job. He finds the challenge of taming
a vast collection of information for a major academic institution too
appealing.
"We belong to the people ofCalifornia
trust for them and for future generations of students, scholars and
members of the public," he said. "Public-sector institutions just
strike me as far, far cooler. They have better collections, obviously,
and they are innovative, connected and challenging in ways that seem
more substantial to me."
Fresh Starts is a monthly column about emerging jobs and job trends.
FRESH STARTS
Digital Archivists, Now in Demand
By CONRAD DE AENLLE
WHEN the world entered the digital age, a great majority of human
historical records did not immediately make the trip.
Literature, film, scientific journals, newspapers, court records,
corporate documents and other material, accumulated over centuries,
needed to be adapted for computer databases. Once there, it had to be
arranged — along with newer, born-digital material — in a way that
would let people find what they needed and keep finding it well into
the future.
The people entrusted to find a place for this wealth of information
are known as digital asset managers, or sometimes as digital
archivists and digital preservation officers. Whatever they are
called, demand for them is expanding.
One of them is Jacob Nadal, the preservation officer at the University
of
because his duties include safeguarding analog materials in U.C.L.A.'s
collection, not just preparing them to cross the digital divide.
"I don't think there's any day where I would say I'm the digital guy,"
he said. But he concedes that he's not really an analog, ink-on-paper
guy, either, and that is increasingly the case in his field. These
days, he noted, "if you want to work in a library, you have to deal in
electronic resources."
Mr. Nadal and 10 or so colleagues at U.C.L.A. devote much of their
effort to organizing and protecting material in digital form. Their
duties include licensing and buying digital content from vendors,
assigning identification markers called meta-tags so that material can
be found easily, researching copyright matters and ensuring that files
remain intact whenever new iterations of relevant software or hardware
come along.
Befitting a nascent discipline like digital asset management, Mr.
Nadal, 32, said he went into it almost by accident. Unsure of his
career ambitions, he began work on various book-scanning and
preservation projects as a student at
them over when the head of preservation left. After that, he said, it
"took a year or two for me to realize my career in preservation had
started a year or two past."
He reckons that many of his peers have had similar experiences. "Among
librarians, I think that happenstance may be a typical career path,"
he said.
Some backgrounds are considered better than others for budding digital
asset managers. Familiarity with information technology is necessary,
but it is possible to have too much tech know-how, said
McCargar, a preservation consultant in
U.C.L.A. and
"People with I.T. backgrounds tend to be wrong for the job," she said.
"They tend to focus on storage solutions: 'We'll just throw another 10
terabytes on that server.'" A result, she said, can be "waxy buildup"
— a lot of useless files that make it hard to find the good stuff.
Ms. McCargar estimates that 20,000 people work in the field today —
plus others in related areas — and she expects that to triple over the
next decade, assuming that economic conditions stabilize before long.
Many work for public institutions, and businesses use them, too, said
Deborah Schwarz, chief executive of Library Associates Companies, a
consulting and headhunting firm. Especially big employers in this area
are law firms, which need experts on digital copyright and other
issues tied to the migration of legal documents from filing cabinets
to databases.
One comparative advantage of private-sector jobs is the pay. Digital
asset managers at public facilities would do well to make $70,000 a
year. Salaries for their corporate counterparts are generally higher.
"Compensation varies wildly because it's an emerging area," said Keith
Gurtzweiler, vice president for recruiting at Library Associates.
"Consultants who can make recommendations on systems can make $150 an
hour." Those who "manage them once they're up and running and maintain
the machinery," he said, make from the $70,000's up to $100,000.
Michael Doane is an information management consultant at Ascentium, a
consultancy in suburban
managers in a staff of 500. He said that fresh graduates with master's
degrees in information systems management or a similar discipline
could "easily expect $80,000 to $90,000 in consulting and a little
less in the commercial world."
As much as it might help his bank balance, Mr. Nadal cannot envision
leaving U.C.L.A. for a corporate job. He finds the challenge of taming
a vast collection of information for a major academic institution too
appealing.
"We belong to the people of
trust for them and for future generations of students, scholars and
members of the public," he said. "Public-sector institutions just
strike me as far, far cooler. They have better collections, obviously,
and they are innovative, connected and challenging in ways that seem
more substantial to me."
Fresh Starts is a monthly column about emerging jobs and job trends.
Google launches a mobile internet bus
Google India Tuesday unveiled an Internet bus, a mobile vehicle designed to provide information on Internet and computer to people in cities across Tamil Nadu.
Dubbed as 'Google Bus', the vehicle which was flagged off from Chennai will cover 15 towns including Erode, Dindigul, Pudukkottai, Trippur and Nagercoil in 45 days.
Dubbed as 'Google Bus', the vehicle which was flagged off from Chennai will cover 15 towns including Erode, Dindigul, Pudukkottai, Trippur and Nagercoil in 45 days.
PPT slides on RSS and Libraries are available for download
Some of you had written to me for my PPT presentation on "RSS and its
Use in Libraries". As usual, I have uploaded it on
http://www.slidesha re.net/sukhi/ .
It can be downloaded / viewed from the following links:
http://blog. sukhdevsingh. com/2009/ 02/rss-and- libraries. html
or
http://www.slidesha re.net/sukhi/ rss-and-its- use-in-libraries
Use in Libraries". As usual, I have uploaded it on
http://www.slidesha re.net/sukhi/ .
It can be downloaded / viewed from the following links:
http://blog. sukhdevsingh. com/2009/ 02/rss-and- libraries. html
or
http://www.slidesha re.net/sukhi/ rss-and-its- use-in-libraries
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Academic Earth: Video Lectures By Top Scholars
housands Of Video Lectures From The World's Top Scholars
Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.
[http://www.academicearth.org/]
As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning.
We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment that in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
We invite those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for everyone.
Courtesy: Gerry McKiernan
http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2009/02/academic-earth-video-lectures-by-top.html
National Portal of India : Directories
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Ranking of World Web Repositiories
Indian Repositories based on Ranking Web
of World Repositories (January 2009).
World Ranking among all types of Repositories
* 38 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints
* 105 Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library
* 119 OpenMED@NIC
* 208 Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace
* 212 Raman Research Institute Digital Repository
* 234 National Institute of Oceanography India Digital Repository
World Ranking among Institutional Repositories
* 28 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints
* 89 Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library
* 190 Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace
* 194 Raman Research Institute Digital Repository
* 208 National Institute of Oceanography India Digital Repository
* 279 National Aerospace Laboratories Institutional Repository
of World Repositories (January 2009).
World Ranking among all types of Repositories
* 38 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints
* 105 Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library
* 119 OpenMED@NIC
* 208 Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace
* 212 Raman Research Institute Digital Repository
* 234 National Institute of Oceanography India Digital Repository
World Ranking among Institutional Repositories
* 28 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints
* 89 Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library
* 190 Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace
* 194 Raman Research Institute Digital Repository
* 208 National Institute of Oceanography India Digital Repository
* 279 National Aerospace Laboratories Institutional Repository
Friday, January 30, 2009
Ranking of World Web Repositiories
Ranking Web of World Repositories just published the latest ranking of January 2009.
Check the top 300 World repositories at http://repositories .webometrics. info/top300_ rep.asp
And top 300 Institutional repositories at http://repositories .webometrics. info/top300_ rep_inst. asp
Among World repositories, IISc from India stands 39th and ISI stands 105th. The leading International Repository in Library and Information Science and Technology called "E-LIS" 19th in the ranking.
Among Institutional repositories from India, IISc repository stands 28th and ISI repository stands 89th.
Methodology:
Using as basis the data from the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) and The Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpendOAR) the list of repositories is compuled accroding to certain conditions. See more details here about the methodilogy used http://repositories .webometrics. info/methodology _rep.html
Check the top 300 World repositories at http://repositories .webometrics. info/top300_ rep.asp
And top 300 Institutional repositories at http://repositories .webometrics. info/top300_ rep_inst. asp
Among World repositories, IISc from India stands 39th and ISI stands 105th. The leading International Repository in Library and Information Science and Technology called "E-LIS" 19th in the ranking.
Among Institutional repositories from India, IISc repository stands 28th and ISI repository stands 89th.
Methodology:
Using as basis the data from the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) and The Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpendOAR) the list of repositories is compuled accroding to certain conditions. See more details here about the methodilogy used http://repositories .webometrics. info/methodology _rep.html
Ten Point Agenda of National Knowledge Commission to improve the quality and quantity of Ph.D. students in the country
Ten Point Agenda of Indian National Knowledge Commission to improve the quality and quantity of Ph.D. students in the country.
1. Launch a national publicity campaign to attract the best young minds for careers in teaching at all levels, and also academic research
2. Initiate major academic reforms in universities
3. Implement administrative reforms in universities
4. Enable research environments in universities
5. Set up more quality undergraduate teaching institutions across disciplines
6. Increase funding for education at all levels and for R&D
7. Rejuvenate doctoral programmes across disciplines
8. Ensure quality of doctoral work and academic research in institutions
9. Enable vigorous Industry-Academia interaction
10. Foster a global outlook in research
We hope, LIS researchers will be more vocal for early implementation of this recommendation.
Source: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/MoreQualityPhDLetterPM.pdf
1. Launch a national publicity campaign to attract the best young minds for careers in teaching at all levels, and also academic research
2. Initiate major academic reforms in universities
3. Implement administrative reforms in universities
4. Enable research environments in universities
5. Set up more quality undergraduate teaching institutions across disciplines
6. Increase funding for education at all levels and for R&D
7. Rejuvenate doctoral programmes across disciplines
8. Ensure quality of doctoral work and academic research in institutions
9. Enable vigorous Industry-Academia interaction
10. Foster a global outlook in research
We hope, LIS researchers will be more vocal for early implementation of this recommendation.
Source: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/MoreQualityPhDLetterPM.pdf
desidoc J of Lib & Infor Tech- online
DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information
Technology
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit
For archives (DBIT) volume1+ follow the give path:
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=ab
out&c=dbit&l=en&w=utf-8
Technology
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit
For archives (DBIT) volume1+ follow the give path:
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=ab
out&c=dbit&l=en&w=utf-8
ICT - Open Source tools for Library
Technology is fear for beginners it is not tough. There are number of open source tools for ICT - (well tested and widely applied) available which can be freely downloaded and implemented with minimal desired customization. This won't impact in libraries shrinking budget. Only we need to acquire hardware and download freely available tools.
No doubt there is huge list of open source tools available on the web but to start with here I am mentioning a few well known widely used tools which I came across on which any one can work out for there respective libraries:
1. NewGenLib or Koha (Library automation tool)
2. DSpace, GSDL or ePrints (Digital Library).
3. Moodle (Elearning tool)
4. Joomla or Drupal (CMS)
5. WordPress (Blog tool)
6. MediaWiki (Wiki tool)
7. OpenURL suite (CUFTS - knowledge base consortia tool, Godot - Link resolver & DbWiz - Federated search engine)
No doubt there is huge list of open source tools available on the web but to start with here I am mentioning a few well known widely used tools which I came across on which any one can work out for there respective libraries:
1. NewGenLib or Koha (Library automation tool)
2. DSpace, GSDL or ePrints (Digital Library).
3. Moodle (Elearning tool)
4. Joomla or Drupal (CMS)
5. WordPress (Blog tool)
6. MediaWiki (Wiki tool)
7. OpenURL suite (CUFTS - knowledge base consortia tool, Godot - Link resolver & DbWiz - Federated search engine)
Installation of Greenstone
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Libraries in Europe and Africa Acquire the VTLS Archival Management System
VTLS announced the development and deployment of the Archives Management System (AMS). This system was developed in partnership with the National Library of Wales. The system follows the ISAD (International Standard Archive Description) standard and has advanced hierarchical linking capabilities, which are essential to the success of archive collections. VTLS also announced that the Slovak National Library (in Bratislava) and Makerere University (in Uganda) have acquired the AMS.
Copyright V2.0 : New code to shield software
The government plans to introduce a legislation empowering software makers in their fight against the sale of unauthorised copies of their products, as it looks to crack down on rampant piracy in the country where nearly three-fourths of the software used is pirated.
An amendment to the Copyright Act, which will be introduced in Parliament later this year, will make it illegal to break the security code of all
kinds of software from operating systems and games to multimedia players.
The proposed law will also make it punishable to access computer networks and websites without authorisation.
For detail: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Copyright_v20_New_code_to_shield_software/articleshow/3939914.cms
An amendment to the Copyright Act, which will be introduced in Parliament later this year, will make it illegal to break the security code of all
kinds of software from operating systems and games to multimedia players.
The proposed law will also make it punishable to access computer networks and websites without authorisation.
For detail: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Policy/Copyright_v20_New_code_to_shield_software/articleshow/3939914.cms
Videos for B Tech education
Libraries in Engineering Colleges can set up video viewing sections, as part
of the libraries, by putting a few computers and making available, the NTPEL
Video lectures on B Tech courses, in them, for promoting e-learning.
The high quality video lectures for around 4500 hours, created by 350
teachers in IITs are included in the NTPEL package. The cost altogether for
the videos in DVD format is Rs one lakh only. Alternatively, the contents
can be put as a website in intranet. By setting up such an e-learning unit,
the library can emerge as a direct partner in engineering education, by
disseminating the contents of the video lectures.
This mail is intended to draw the attention of the pro-active librarians in
engineering colleges to the less utilized NTPEL e-learning package.
The lectures are available for viewing on YouTube at
http://in.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
NTPEL site at http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ will provide more details.
of the libraries, by putting a few computers and making available, the NTPEL
Video lectures on B Tech courses, in them, for promoting e-learning.
The high quality video lectures for around 4500 hours, created by 350
teachers in IITs are included in the NTPEL package. The cost altogether for
the videos in DVD format is Rs one lakh only. Alternatively, the contents
can be put as a website in intranet. By setting up such an e-learning unit,
the library can emerge as a direct partner in engineering education, by
disseminating the contents of the video lectures.
This mail is intended to draw the attention of the pro-active librarians in
engineering colleges to the less utilized NTPEL e-learning package.
The lectures are available for viewing on YouTube at
http://in.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
NTPEL site at http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ will provide more details.
Focus on E-Learning Technologies
The role, status and prestige (but not necessarily pay) of librarians may go high , if they equip themselves with skills in e-learning technologies so as to grab the emerging opportunities under National Mission on Education through ICT. The Mission, which will begin immediately, may offer sufficient opportunities to the librarians having good exposure to e-learning technologies.
The Mission purports to promote content generation, computers and connectivity in 18,000 government / private colleges and 419 universities. The mission proposes to focus on Wiki technologies for content generation. Content Managements Systems like Drupal, E Course Servers like Moodle, Digital Libraries like Greenstone etc will have due role in its activities.
So the Librarians, who have good knowledge on those technologies, can play a key role in the digital technology based e-learning initiatives under the Mission.
Indian Railways: Few interesting Websites on Internet
1. Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry
www.indianrail.gov.in
2. IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation Site
www.irctc.co.in
3. Better Way to Search Trains
www.erail.in
4. Train Running Information / National Train Enquiry System
www.trainenquiry.com
5. Indian Railways Time Table 2008-09
www.indianrailways.gov.in/TAG0809/Index.htm
6. Indian Railways: Official Website of Ministry of Railways
www.indianrailways.gov.in
7. Rail Tourism India
www.railtourismindia.com
8. National Rail Museum, New Delhi
www.nationalrailmuseum.org
9. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
www.dhr.in
10. Palace on Wheels
www.palaceonwheels.net
11. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCC)
http://dfccil.org
12. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC)
www.delhimetrorail.com
13. Metro Railway, Kolkata
http://203.153.44.240/
14. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation
www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in
15. Konkan Railway Corporation
www.konkanrailway.com
16. Railway Recruitment Control Board
www.rrcb.gov.in
17. Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi
www.irt-india.com
N.B. :- You may get the Web Site of
Zonal Railways (You may find Railway Division Site in Zonal Railways).
Production Units
Corporation Sites
& Others
in Indian Railways Official Site.
www.indianrailways.gov.in
USP (Unique Sales Preposition) of Indian Railways
"Serving Customer with a Smile"
www.indianrail.gov.in
2. IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation Site
www.irctc.co.in
3. Better Way to Search Trains
www.erail.in
4. Train Running Information / National Train Enquiry System
www.trainenquiry.com
5. Indian Railways Time Table 2008-09
www.indianrailways.gov.in/TAG0809/Index.htm
6. Indian Railways: Official Website of Ministry of Railways
www.indianrailways.gov.in
7. Rail Tourism India
www.railtourismindia.com
8. National Rail Museum, New Delhi
www.nationalrailmuseum.org
9. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
www.dhr.in
10. Palace on Wheels
www.palaceonwheels.net
11. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (DFCC)
http://dfccil.org
12. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC)
www.delhimetrorail.com
13. Metro Railway, Kolkata
http://203.153.44.240/
14. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation
www.mrvc.indianrail.gov.in
15. Konkan Railway Corporation
www.konkanrailway.com
16. Railway Recruitment Control Board
www.rrcb.gov.in
17. Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi
www.irt-india.com
N.B. :- You may get the Web Site of
Zonal Railways (You may find Railway Division Site in Zonal Railways).
Production Units
Corporation Sites
& Others
in Indian Railways Official Site.
www.indianrailways.gov.in
USP (Unique Sales Preposition) of Indian Railways
"Serving Customer with a Smile"
NET is Mandatory After June 2009
NET must from next year
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
Email Author
New Delhi, January 15, 2009
First Published: 23:16 IST(15/1/2009)
Last Updated: 23:17 IST(15/1/2009)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made National Eligibility Test (NET) mandatory for teaching jobs in higher education, in a reversal of a decision it took three years ago. Those holding a Ph.D degree, however, continue to be exempted.
The UGC has told universities that those already registered for M.Phil and will complete the same before June 2009, shall be exempted from NET. However, NET will be compulsory for the candidates completing M.Phil degree after this date.
On June 11, 2006, the commission had exempted M.Phil degree holders from NET for appointment as faculty for undergraduate teaching. Later the B.L. Mungerkar Committee, constituted to review the decision, recommended that NET be restored as mandatory as the exemption was leading to deterioration in the quality of teaching. The UGC has accepted the recommendation, thereby restoring NET from July 1, 2009.
The UGC has decided that the relaxation given to Ph.D holders from NET examination for teaching appointment will continue provided the research is conducted as per the new guidelines circulated by the commission earlier this month.
According to the guidelines universities must ensure that admissions in Ph.D are done on the basis of an entrance test and the student follows the rules for choosing a Ph.D supervisor. A student enrolled for Ph.D should undertake course-work for minimum of two semesters. Before submitting the thesis, students have to make a presentation to the department, which will be open to all faculty members and students.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-NewDelhi&id=1ec69a17-0525-49d4-a3c3-21c99f55972c&&Headline=NET+must+from+next+year
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
Email Author
New Delhi, January 15, 2009
First Published: 23:16 IST(15/1/2009)
Last Updated: 23:17 IST(15/1/2009)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made National Eligibility Test (NET) mandatory for teaching jobs in higher education, in a reversal of a decision it took three years ago. Those holding a Ph.D degree, however, continue to be exempted.
The UGC has told universities that those already registered for M.Phil and will complete the same before June 2009, shall be exempted from NET. However, NET will be compulsory for the candidates completing M.Phil degree after this date.
On June 11, 2006, the commission had exempted M.Phil degree holders from NET for appointment as faculty for undergraduate teaching. Later the B.L. Mungerkar Committee, constituted to review the decision, recommended that NET be restored as mandatory as the exemption was leading to deterioration in the quality of teaching. The UGC has accepted the recommendation, thereby restoring NET from July 1, 2009.
The UGC has decided that the relaxation given to Ph.D holders from NET examination for teaching appointment will continue provided the research is conducted as per the new guidelines circulated by the commission earlier this month.
According to the guidelines universities must ensure that admissions in Ph.D are done on the basis of an entrance test and the student follows the rules for choosing a Ph.D supervisor. A student enrolled for Ph.D should undertake course-work for minimum of two semesters. Before submitting the thesis, students have to make a presentation to the department, which will be open to all faculty members and students.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-NewDelhi&id=1ec69a17-0525-49d4-a3c3-21c99f55972c&&Headline=NET+must+from+next+year
Google Web History
Google's has implemented personalization to improve search
results could face some difficulties. Google already uses your
queries, the results you click on, your bookmarks, but this isn't
enough to build a comprehensive profile. People don't search too many
times and, most often, they click on the top search results.
So I think the next step in Google's efforts to tailor the search
results to your preferences is to expand the search history into
something more complex: the web history. Browsing web pages is an
important part of your online activity and there are already
applications like Google Desktop that monitor and index the visited
web pages.
Google Web History is a reality starting today. This replaces the
previous search history service that was limited only to queries and
search results. If you want to add the web pages you visit, you need
to have Google Toolbar with the PageRank feature activated and to
enable web history from http://www.google.co.in/history/welcome?hl=en.
results could face some difficulties. Google already uses your
queries, the results you click on, your bookmarks, but this isn't
enough to build a comprehensive profile. People don't search too many
times and, most often, they click on the top search results.
So I think the next step in Google's efforts to tailor the search
results to your preferences is to expand the search history into
something more complex: the web history. Browsing web pages is an
important part of your online activity and there are already
applications like Google Desktop that monitor and index the visited
web pages.
Google Web History is a reality starting today. This replaces the
previous search history service that was limited only to queries and
search results. If you want to add the web pages you visit, you need
to have Google Toolbar with the PageRank feature activated and to
enable web history from http://www.google.co.in/history/welcome?hl=en.
LIBWEB: Library Servers via WWW
LIBWEB: Library Servers via WWW (http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb) currently lists over 7900 pages from libraries of 146 countries. Continents, Countires and Types of libraries which are available on LIBWEB are USA (Academic, Pulblic, State, School, National and special libraries, Library organizations and Regional Consortia), Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and South America.
Webopedia
Webopedia (http://www.webopedia.com) is the only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology definitions. It covers the parent categories such as communications, Computer Industry Companies, Computer Science, Data, Graphics, Hardware, Internet, Mobile Computing, Multimedia, Networks, Open source (OSRC), Operating systems, Programming, Software, Standards, Types of Computers, WWW.
Latest in Webopedia: Facebook Tips - How to set up your own group.
"Libraries for All: How to Start and Run a Small Library"
Is a practical, hands-on guide to establishing and managing a library in a developing country. It is intended to be used by community leaders, librarians, library committees, aid workers and anyone who is interested in the practical aspect of starting and maintaining a successful library.
Many of these often have no formal training in library science and must overcome enormous difficulties in compiling collections of resources that enrich their communities. The manual focuses on issues that the community and the library founder need to address before establishing a library as well as providing practical information on getting established and managing the library. It contains a list of "action steps" at the end of each part summarizing what needs to be done at each stage of planning and running a library. To ensure its relevance in developing countries, it has been reviewed and field tested in eleven countries.
The document was made possible by funding within the framework of the UNESCO Network of Associated Libraries (UNAL), which is dedicated to promoting international co-operation and understanding between libraries and was prepared by one its members the World Library Partnerships (WLP). An HTML version is available from the WLP website at http://RTPnet.org/~wlp/lfa/1cover.htm
Libraries for all: how to start and run a basic library / prepared by Laura Wendell [for the General Information Programme and UNISIST]. - Paris : UNESCO, 1998. - v, 108p.; 30 cm. -(CII/INF-98/WS/08) (Full text in RTF)
Be Transparent - Interview with Prof. Talwar by Niranjan Nikam
Prof. Talwar, Vicechancellor of University of Mysore spoke about his plans to take the univesity forward. The Interview was published in Deccan Herald, Bengaluru edition on republic day (26/01/2009).
Excerpt:
Prof. expressed that, his main concern is on transparency in working. Using three decades of experience in administrative, academic and research he will try to create different kind of working environment in the university. He told that, already initiated few things in this direction by started training the administrative staf.
He was talking about the utilization of Central govt. fund Rs. 100 Crore.
40% of the fund will be reserved for cetre of Excellence and 60% for development. Priority will be given to infrastructure and thrust areas such as biodiversity, bioprospecting and sustainble development.
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