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Friday, May 29, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Open Source Web Content Management Technologies for Libraries
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators concluded in New Delhi
The Indian Department of Information Technology (DIT), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), organized a Seminar on ICT Measurement and Indicators in New Delhi (India) from 12 to 14 May 2009.The Seminar focused on issues related to measurement of ICT access, infrastructure and usage, as well as on the impact of ICT on the society in general, and on business, individuals, governance and education in particular. To take advantage of the rapidly changing information society, governments need to monitor and benchmark...
India launches Online Petition for Patent Information
India launches online petition for patent informationT. V. Padma[NEW DELHI] An Indian online forum dealing with intellectual property rights has launched a petition to Indian patent authorities, calling for more transparency in the country's patent system and for information to be more easily accessible.The online petition was launched this week (28 April). It follows an earlier petition submitted at the end of 2007 following which Indian patent authorities said that the complete database with searchable patent information, including patent specifications...
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace Organization
Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, have announced today that they will join their organizations to pursue a common mission. Jointly, they will provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.The joined organization, named "DuraSpace," will sustain and grow its flagship repository platforms - Fedora and DSpace. DuraSpace will also expand...
Google Squared
Google SquaredMay12, 2009 was the historical moment in Google history, when at searchology event, launched a new searching tool named Google Squared. This is the best effort in web 3.0 and semantic searcrh. It is the effort of structuring the unstructred data on web pages and in process they extract data from the web pages and presents the search results as squares in an online spreadsheet format.The San Francisco Chronicle described the feature in a bit more detail that it compiles details from several Web pages and organizes them into a table...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
D Space Proposal Tvm 1407
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Wolfram Alpha is Coming......
Wolfram Alpha- A new search engine which will left Google behind.Mathematica has been a great success in very broadly handling all kinds of formal technical systems and knowledge.But what about everything else? What about all other systematic knowledge? All the methods and models, and data, that exists?Fifty years ago, when computers were young, people assumed that they’d quickly be able to handle all these kinds of things.And that one would be able to ask a computer any factual question, and have it compute the answer.But it didn’t work out that...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Terms used in LIS for Group Gathering
Terms used in LIS for Group Gatheringa. Seminar : Formal presentation by one or more experts in which the attendees are encouraged to discuss the subject matter.Acc. to Carol Pierce"Seminars tend to be more one-way from the presenter without opportunities for practice or application nor do they actively engage participants in the process."Seminar being a bit more of a traditional training session, with the preponderance of time spent in presentation of material from the front of the room.Seminars are usually 90 minutes to 3 hours.Seminars are frequently...
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Libramation announces the 24/7 Library!
Libramation announces the 24/7 Library!Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – May 2009 – Libramation, a leader in providing libraryautomation equipment technology and RFID to libraries, announced today the latest inlibrary robotic self-check technology.Want your patrons to be able to borrow library materials 24/7? The ability to do this without extending library hours or hiring extra staff?The Libramation LibraMate, developed by NBD/Biblion is the answer! Allow patrons 24 hours access with a machine that looks and feels much like an ATM. Using a simple touch...
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