Dear Friends,
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announced this week that they will file an amicus brief pertaining to the pending Google Book Search settlement. ARL associate executive director Prue Adler told the LJ Academic Newswire.
The decision to file an amicus brief from the library community comes after significant discussion among library leaders. Perhaps, above all, it reveals the uneasy position libraries find themselves in as the Google settlement hurtles forward. Despite the potential implications for libraries and the public, the blunt instrument of an amicus brief may be the only formal voice libraries now have in the wide-ranging final settlement, one that could very well shape the future market for access to books.
In a statement issued after last week’s meeting, library leaders said their concerns revolved around five broad themes: access, privacy, intellectual freedom, equitable treatment, and terms of use. Those wishing to object to the settlement face a May 5, 2009, deadline, though Adler told the Newswire the library community’s amicus will be filed before that date. Source: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6640461.html?nid=2673&rid=reg_visitor_id&source=link
Thanking You, Dinesh
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Layoffs at Harvard College Library (HCL) - Skidding Economy Could Claim Books, Jobs
Dear Friends,
Layoffs at Harvard College Library (HCL) - Skidding Economy Could Claim Books, Jobs
This week article of "Harvard Crimson" indicated that layoffs were likely at the Harvard College Library (HCL), along with other belt-tightening measures. HCL spokesperson Beth Brainard confirmed for the LJ Academic Newswire that the nation’s wealthiest university, in an attempt to reduce its budget for next year by some $12 million, will realign services to streamline its operations, and will likely face staff cuts this spring. The Crimson reported the talk of job cuts comes after faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith requested 10 to 15 percent reductions in department and center budgets for the fiscal year beginning in July.
In addition to streamlined operations, the Crimson reported that budget cuts will also mean the elimination of print subscriptions for online materials, fewer copies of books, and “reductions in binding, shelving, and storage” of materials. “A simple solution is not in front of us,” Cline told reporters. Layoffs are the very last thing we would like to do, but there seems to be no other way to achieve the budget savings we must reach.” Brainard told the Newswire that the cut is directly associated with the staggering loss of 30 percent of Harvard’s endowment. “Half of the library’s budget is funded by the endowment,” she noted. Source: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6640468.html Thanking You, Dinesh
Layoffs at Harvard College Library (HCL) - Skidding Economy Could Claim Books, Jobs
This week article of "Harvard Crimson" indicated that layoffs were likely at the Harvard College Library (HCL), along with other belt-tightening measures. HCL spokesperson Beth Brainard confirmed for the LJ Academic Newswire that the nation’s wealthiest university, in an attempt to reduce its budget for next year by some $12 million, will realign services to streamline its operations, and will likely face staff cuts this spring. The Crimson reported the talk of job cuts comes after faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith requested 10 to 15 percent reductions in department and center budgets for the fiscal year beginning in July.
In addition to streamlined operations, the Crimson reported that budget cuts will also mean the elimination of print subscriptions for online materials, fewer copies of books, and “reductions in binding, shelving, and storage” of materials. “A simple solution is not in front of us,” Cline told reporters. Layoffs are the very last thing we would like to do, but there seems to be no other way to achieve the budget savings we must reach.” Brainard told the Newswire that the cut is directly associated with the staggering loss of 30 percent of Harvard’s endowment. “Half of the library’s budget is funded by the endowment,” she noted. Source: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6640468.html Thanking You, Dinesh
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Knovel
Dear Friends, Knovel (http://www.knovel.com) is an online technical resource used by applied scientists and practicing engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information. Knovel's thousands of customers include 75 of the Fortune 500 companies and over 300 leading engineering and science universities worldwide.
Dinesh
Alltop
Alltop - Covers Top StoriesIt is an "online magazine rack" of popular topics. Updates the stories every hour. Pick a topic by searching, news category, or name, and deliver it to you 24 x 7. Alltop explore your passions by collecting stories from "all the top" sites on the web. It is grouped collections as "aggregations" into individual Alltop sites based on topics such as environment, photography, science, Muslim, celebrity gossip, military, fashion, gaming, sports, politics, automobiles, and Macintosh. At each Alltop site, there will be of display the headlines of the latest stories from dozens of sites and blogs. Source: http://alltop.com/, Deccan Hearlad (Bengaluru Edition) 28/01/09, P. No. 14.
Dinesh K. S.
Webopedia
Dear Friends, 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.
Dinesh K. S.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Top 10 NRI News Makers
Lord Swaraj Paul
A consistent NRI newsmaker for over three decades, he just made history by being installed Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords. He is the first Indian to sit on the woolsack, the traditional seat. He has extensive investments in India for his multi-billion pound company Caparo Group. Conferred the Peerage in 1996 and honoured with the Padma Bhushan by India in 1983, 77-year-old Lord Paul is one of the most famous Indian origin entrepreneurs in Britain.
Sonal Shah
Appointed to the Transition Team of US president-elect Barrack Obama, she is a member of a three-person team to coordinate technology, innovation and government reform during the transition. She earlier headed the philanthropic department of Internet giant Google; and was vice president at Goldman, Sachs and Co and developed and implemented the firm's environmental strategy.
2008: Watershed year for telecom sector
Shah, who raised funds for victims of the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat through the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-America, has denied any links to this organisation.
Vikram Pandit
The Citibank CEO shocked everyone with his sudden appointment to the world's biggest banking company. After a year, he is right in the eye of the global financial tsunami to save his bank and spearhead its recovery. He makes news with the US government's multi-billion dollar recovery package for his bank, job losses, restructuring and reviving an icon of the American financial sector.
Mobile mania
Facing a difficult recovery, Pandit faces one of the toughest challenges ever seen in the banking industry.
Vikram Pandit
The Citibank CEO shocked everyone with his sudden appointment to the world's biggest banking company. After a year, he is right in the eye of the global financial tsunami to save his bank and spearhead its recovery. He makes news with the US government's multi-billion dollar recovery package for his bank, job losses, restructuring and reviving an icon of the American financial sector.
Mobile mania
Facing a difficult recovery, Pandit faces one of the toughest challenges ever seen in the banking industry.
Sir Salman Rushdie
His long-time bestseller 'Midnight's Children' was, following a public vote, declared the Best of the Booker in the award's 40-year history.
The Great Crash of 2008
Navanetham Pillay
A South African Indian judge, he was appointed for four years as the UN Human Rights Commissioner - a significant achievement for NRIs. Her grand-parents migrated from Tamil Nadu to South Africa as sugarcane indentured labourers in the late 1800s, and she became the first woman to start law practice in South Africa's Natal Province in 1968.
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal made some news for the wrong reasons this year. The world's largest steel maker after he took over Arcelor, Mittal has had to take tough decisions on staff sackings, respond to environmental concerns and acquisitions and mergers.
The Great Khali, Dilip Singh Rana
One of the largest athletes in the World Wrestling Entertainment and World Heavyweight Champion, Khali calls himself after the Hindu Goddess Kali.
Anand Jon
He was convicted of rape after a glamorous career as the fashion designer to Hollywood stars. From Beverley Hills to prison wards, he made headlines with court proceedings when he was accused of luring young women and girls, as young as 14, to an apartment where he acted out sadistic fantasies.
Dev Patel
Dev Patel... Dev who? Well, he is an 18-year actor in the new Hollywood hit 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Based on a novel 'Q&A' by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup and crafted into a film by the acclaimed director Danny Boyle with music by A.R. Rehman, this film is ready to grab some awards at the next Oscars.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Pak Replied Negatively!!!
A day after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari indicated that Pakistan wouldn’t hand over the terrorists wanted by India, alleging there was no proof against them, the Ministry of External Affairs has rejected his claims.
MEA sources say many of the men on the most-wanted list are Indian nationals in any case and that there is nothing Pakistan has to stop them from being deported to India.
Sources say enough evidence have been provided many times in the past to Pakistan, but Islamabad has always claimed the evidence was not sufficient.
Pakistan claims no specific evidence has been provided so far in the Mumbai case.
The list of 20 most-wanted includes Maulana Masood Azhar, who was among the three terrorists released during the Kandahar hijack crisis. His group the Jaish-e-Mohammad is blamed for the attack on Indian Parliament.
MEA sources say many of the men on the most-wanted list are Indian nationals in any case and that there is nothing Pakistan has to stop them from being deported to India.
Sources say enough evidence have been provided many times in the past to Pakistan, but Islamabad has always claimed the evidence was not sufficient.
Pakistan claims no specific evidence has been provided so far in the Mumbai case.
The list of 20 most-wanted includes Maulana Masood Azhar, who was among the three terrorists released during the Kandahar hijack crisis. His group the Jaish-e-Mohammad is blamed for the attack on Indian Parliament.
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