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.
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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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2. Indian core Sectors and Industry profile -200 Industries
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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
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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
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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.
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