Nice..LISZEN is powered by Google Co-op. Google Co-op enables the customization of web searches for users. LISZEN has taken the first batch of sites from LISWIKI. Connecting you to 500+ blogs within the Library Profession.
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Top 10 Research Tools
CNet has selected 10 research tools that help you go straight to expert sources and keep track of your research.These digital tools can keep you on track--whether you're working on a middle-school science fair, wrapping up a graduate degree, or pursuing a hobby.
1. Encyclopedia Britannica 2007
2. Wikipedia
3. FeedDemon 2
4. Diigo beta
5. Google Scholar beta
6. Google Book Search
7. Yahoo Answers
8. Windows Live Local
9. Google Earth 4
10. Google Home
11. Google Search
Cnet
1. Encyclopedia Britannica 2007
2. Wikipedia
3. FeedDemon 2
4. Diigo beta
5. Google Scholar beta
6. Google Book Search
7. Yahoo Answers
8. Windows Live Local
9. Google Earth 4
10. Google Home
11. Google Search
Cnet
Basic Rss Tutorials
lo-fi-librarian- Great set of RSS tutorials for Law Librarians, by Jason Eiseman, Computer Automation Librarian. Generally it can be used by everyone who wants to know about RSS basics and its usage. The tutorials are based on flash with audio.
Part 1: Introduction (approx. 6 min.)Part 1 introduces RSS as a concept. This tutorial discusses why RSS is important, and looks at an RSS feed.
Part 2: Using an aggregator (approx. 13 min.)Part 2 deals with how to set up an RSS aggregator and subscribe to RSS feeds.
Part 3: Advanced RSS (approx. 15 min.)Part 3 goes over specific tools that law librarians can use to set up RSS feeds which might benefit their libraries.
Part 1: Introduction (approx. 6 min.)Part 1 introduces RSS as a concept. This tutorial discusses why RSS is important, and looks at an RSS feed.
Part 2: Using an aggregator (approx. 13 min.)Part 2 deals with how to set up an RSS aggregator and subscribe to RSS feeds.
Part 3: Advanced RSS (approx. 15 min.)Part 3 goes over specific tools that law librarians can use to set up RSS feeds which might benefit their libraries.
Happy Deepavali
Information Manager wish you a very happy, prosperous and safe Deepavali!
Sree Ganesh Aur Mahalaxmi
ka ye tyohar
DEEPAWALI
Apke liye
SUkh, Shanti, Samraddhi, Yash, Kirti,
Sampannta, Vaibhav aur Sampurnta.
Lekar Aye
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ResultR.com provides you with useful and relevant information from your favorite sources in one simple search. ResultR.com has grouped the best sources for news and information into eight categories. This makes it easy to find wanted information quickly. Plus: you can create your own personal search engines in 2 simple steps, without registering. Below a list of available sources.
ResultR.com may not be very different from some other comparable search engines, but some things may help you choose to use ResultR.com instead of others.
- It's easy to create personal search engines without registering
- Firefox plugins for every search, also custom made ones
- We got some sources, such as Wikipedia, Encarta & eBay, that others don't have
- Set preferences, such as font size and appearance
- No mixing of results. Results are grouped according to source
- Clear categories with selected sources (not 400 engines, just 50 good ones)
- No "work" to do for users: no rating, no voting, no things that could result in spam
http://www.resultr.com
ResultR.com may not be very different from some other comparable search engines, but some things may help you choose to use ResultR.com instead of others.
- It's easy to create personal search engines without registering
- Firefox plugins for every search, also custom made ones
- We got some sources, such as Wikipedia, Encarta & eBay, that others don't have
- Set preferences, such as font size and appearance
- No mixing of results. Results are grouped according to source
- Clear categories with selected sources (not 400 engines, just 50 good ones)
- No "work" to do for users: no rating, no voting, no things that could result in spam
http://www.resultr.com
Test SQL knowledge
SQL Quiz is absolutely free and you can take as many tests as you like..SQL quiz site is aimed at high school and college students learning SQL and at anybody else interested in improving and testing her/his SQL skills.Each SQL quiz contains 15 questions randomly selected from a pool containing over 500 questions. At the end of the test you will find out which and how many questions you have answered correctly.
Guruji.com, the Gateway to Indian Cyber-Space!
Guruji.com is the first crawler based search engine for India and India related content.India, known for being the spiritual Guru of the world, is now seeking to become the technology Guru with Indians spearheading the IT revolution. With Guruji.com, a totally indigenous product, we aspire to become a world-class search engine and showcase the "Indian" content to the world.
Guruji, a respectful way to call one's teacher, is the person one seeks help from in times of need. Likewise, Guruji.com is built to help provide easy access to information in every walk of life.
Guruji.com is the first crawler based search engine for India and India related content. Our proprietary algorithm automatically identifies India related content on the web and organizes it in such a way that you get the most relevant results fast. Our team of young, dynamic and passionate engineers from India's premier institutes like the IITs,IISc and other top engineering colleges, is working arduously to make this product better each day.
Try Searching @ guruji.com
Guruji, a respectful way to call one's teacher, is the person one seeks help from in times of need. Likewise, Guruji.com is built to help provide easy access to information in every walk of life.
Guruji.com is the first crawler based search engine for India and India related content. Our proprietary algorithm automatically identifies India related content on the web and organizes it in such a way that you get the most relevant results fast. Our team of young, dynamic and passionate engineers from India's premier institutes like the IITs,IISc and other top engineering colleges, is working arduously to make this product better each day.
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Thanjavur library to be a research centre
Thanjavur: Bharathidasan University has approved the Saraswathi Mahal Library at Thanjavur as its research centre, said C. Thangamuthu, Vice-Chancellor of the university, here on Monday.
Speaking at the 229th birth anniversary of Maratta King Serfoji II, the architect of Saraswathi Mahal Library, Dr. Thangamuthu said that guides would be sent from the university as guest professors to the library to help the research scholars of the library. Candidates could do research in Sanskrit, Tamil, Maratti and History and get doctorate.
C. Subramaniam, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University, also said that other than the subjects mentioned by the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University, Tamil University would award doctorate to students who do research in the library.The Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, who is also the Director of the library, said that two kings — Raja Raja Cholan, who built the Big Temple, and Maratta King Serfoji II, who established the Saraswathi Mahal Library — brought reputation to Thanjavur. The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam has come forward to digitise the manuscripts in the library free of cost. The UNESCO has accorded the world heritage status to 86 rare manuscripts of the library, he said.
He released a CD on the library. Dr. Subramaniam received the first copy of the CD.Prof. S. Sathyaseelan, a Tamil scholar, participated in the function. Sami Sivagnanam, Administrative Officer of the library, welcomed and R. Vivekananda Gopal proposed a vote of thanks.
Thanks: The Hindu, Wednesday, Oct 11, 2006
Speaking at the 229th birth anniversary of Maratta King Serfoji II, the architect of Saraswathi Mahal Library, Dr. Thangamuthu said that guides would be sent from the university as guest professors to the library to help the research scholars of the library. Candidates could do research in Sanskrit, Tamil, Maratti and History and get doctorate.
C. Subramaniam, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University, also said that other than the subjects mentioned by the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University, Tamil University would award doctorate to students who do research in the library.The Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, who is also the Director of the library, said that two kings — Raja Raja Cholan, who built the Big Temple, and Maratta King Serfoji II, who established the Saraswathi Mahal Library — brought reputation to Thanjavur. The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam has come forward to digitise the manuscripts in the library free of cost. The UNESCO has accorded the world heritage status to 86 rare manuscripts of the library, he said.
He released a CD on the library. Dr. Subramaniam received the first copy of the CD.Prof. S. Sathyaseelan, a Tamil scholar, participated in the function. Sami Sivagnanam, Administrative Officer of the library, welcomed and R. Vivekananda Gopal proposed a vote of thanks.
Thanks: The Hindu, Wednesday, Oct 11, 2006
Tapping the e-word
Tapping the e-word, Varada Rajakumar Ratnam, Prof Electronic and Electrical communication Engineering at IIT, Kharagpur says "The use of e-journals by engineering colleges is still largely restricted. A look at issues of concern"
Improving the connectivity of institutions, revision of pricing policies of e-journals by publishers, creation of a proper policy on the usage of journal archives, and the archiving of research output by institutions are some of the issues that need immediate attention.
Thanks to the ERNET programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Indian Institute of Science and the IITs were networked to provide high-speed access to the intranet, the Internet, e-mail and file transfer (ftp) services.
E-journal use was still very restricted. Till 2000, digital library activity, even in premier institutions, was confined to the use of a negligible fraction of journals, by subscription, and, in addition, some free online access bundled by journals with subscriptions to their hard copy version.
One reason for this was that while institutes such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), which is a non-profit making body committed to the propagation of Electrical engineering knowledge, adopted a pricing policy for its publications and, online too, which makes subscription affordable, this is not true in the case of most publishers, many of whom apply hard copy type of prices to e-journals as well! ...
[After the launch of] the "Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST) Consortium"...E-journal access statistics rose phenomenally and the culture of electronic browsing got set in...
Subsequently, many other universities/institutes under the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) umbrella, including some privately-owned institutions, joined the consortium with the support of the AICTE.
But the bulk of engineering institutions, particularly those owned by private managements, still do not avail of this facility....As a consequence, today even many B.Tech theses in the country are completed without consultation of research papers from reputed international journals.
The premier institutions now have access to more than 10,000 e-journals, Conference proceedings and standards under this consortium....
The UGC-INFONET, an e-journal consortium established in 2003 under the INFLIBNET, has also emerged as another active consortium mainly to cater to the digital library needs of the universities....
Via...The Hindu Business Line, dated 09th Oct'2006
Improving the connectivity of institutions, revision of pricing policies of e-journals by publishers, creation of a proper policy on the usage of journal archives, and the archiving of research output by institutions are some of the issues that need immediate attention.
Thanks to the ERNET programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Indian Institute of Science and the IITs were networked to provide high-speed access to the intranet, the Internet, e-mail and file transfer (ftp) services.
E-journal use was still very restricted. Till 2000, digital library activity, even in premier institutions, was confined to the use of a negligible fraction of journals, by subscription, and, in addition, some free online access bundled by journals with subscriptions to their hard copy version.
One reason for this was that while institutes such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), which is a non-profit making body committed to the propagation of Electrical engineering knowledge, adopted a pricing policy for its publications and, online too, which makes subscription affordable, this is not true in the case of most publishers, many of whom apply hard copy type of prices to e-journals as well! ...
[After the launch of] the "Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST) Consortium"...E-journal access statistics rose phenomenally and the culture of electronic browsing got set in...
Subsequently, many other universities/institutes under the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) umbrella, including some privately-owned institutions, joined the consortium with the support of the AICTE.
But the bulk of engineering institutions, particularly those owned by private managements, still do not avail of this facility....As a consequence, today even many B.Tech theses in the country are completed without consultation of research papers from reputed international journals.
The premier institutions now have access to more than 10,000 e-journals, Conference proceedings and standards under this consortium....
The UGC-INFONET, an e-journal consortium established in 2003 under the INFLIBNET, has also emerged as another active consortium mainly to cater to the digital library needs of the universities....
Via...The Hindu Business Line, dated 09th Oct'2006
IIT among world's 100 best universities
LONDON: The Indian Institute of Technology has joined the premier league of best universities in the world. According to the rankings compiled by the Times Higher Education Supplement , published on Thursday, India’s premier science and technology education centre is ranked No.57 in the global list.
American and British universities comprised nearly half of the top 100 universities in the world.
United States led the way with 33 universities in the top 100, while Britain ranked second with 15. Australia and the Netherlands were next with seven each, while Switzerland and France followed with five. Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and Germany each had three to their credit.
China and India, the world's two most populous countries, had two apiece, along with Singapore, New Zealand and Belgium. Denmark, South Korea, Mexico, Ireland, Austria and Russia all had one university in the top 100.
Via : The Economic Times/Education
American and British universities comprised nearly half of the top 100 universities in the world.
United States led the way with 33 universities in the top 100, while Britain ranked second with 15. Australia and the Netherlands were next with seven each, while Switzerland and France followed with five. Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and Germany each had three to their credit.
China and India, the world's two most populous countries, had two apiece, along with Singapore, New Zealand and Belgium. Denmark, South Korea, Mexico, Ireland, Austria and Russia all had one university in the top 100.
Via : The Economic Times/Education
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