Tuesday, August 7, 2018

CURRENT CONTENTS Vol. 3 No. 2 April-June 2018

Current Contents is a current awareness issue under   " NASSDOC Research Information Series" that provides easy access to complete list of articles bibliographic information from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals. In this publication, table of contents of selected journals are arranged and at the end author index and keyword index are provided in alphabetical order.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

3rd International Yoga Day at ICSSR

Practical session on Yoga Asanas conducted by an expert from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga on 21st June, 2017 from 11 am to 12.30 pm at Chintan premises. All the Staff members are attended the practical session and made this event successful. Some of the glimpses are:


















Thursday, June 14, 2012

Databib - An Online, Community-driven, Annotated Bibliography & Registry of Research Data Repository





A partnership between Purdue and Penn State Universities proposes the creation of a new resource called Databib that will provide a “spark” to help engage librarians in data services by providing them with an online, community-driven, annotated bibliography and registry of research data repositories. In addition to being an important reference resource to librarians, data users, data producers, publishers, and research funding agencies, the Databib platform will challenge the concept of the traditional bibliography by serving and integrating bibliographic content in Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 environments in order to help overcome some shortcomings or perceptions of traditional bibliographies. One technology in particular, Linked Data, shows a great deal of promise for delivering a “web of data” (i.e., the Semantic Web) and giving librarians a new toolkit for describing and classifying data in a relational manner.
An expanded role for research libraries in digital data stewardship was forecasted by an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) workshop report to the NSF in 2006 [1]. This forecast was substantiated in August 2010 by a survey of 57 ARL libraries, of which 21 libraries reported that they currently provide infrastructure or support services for e-Science, and an additional 23 libraries are in planning stages [2]. A number of academic and research libraries are beginning to take a more active role in data management on their campuses, applying library science principles to help address the data deluge. This includes a wide range of activities such as helping researchers formulate funder-required data plans, adapting library practice to help organize and describe research datasets, developing data collections and data repositories, digital preservation, and data literacy.
Librarians are in a good position to provide these services; unfortunately, there is currently no framework in place to support the organization and discovery of data repositories. Many funding agencies are requiring their sponsored researchers to submit their data to repositories without giving further instructions to them. What repositories are appropriate for a researcher to submit his or her data to? How do potential users find appropriate data repositories and discover datasets that meet their needs? How can librarians help patrons who are looking for data find and integrate it into the patrons’ research, learning, or teaching? Databib will begin to address these needs for librarians, data users, data producers, publishers, and funding agencies.
The deliverables of this nine-month project will be 1) a functional and useful Databib platform as described in the project design; 2) the original description and annotation of primary repositories of research data represented by records in Databib; 3) a rubric for evaluating new repositories for inclusion in Databib; 4) documentation and supporting activities to catalyze a community of bibliographers; and 5) a white paper written for IMLS that describes the project design and provides an analysis of the project's results in terms of meeting these outcomes. A small panel of advisers will provide guidance throughout the project as well as to periodically review progress and give input to maximize the effectiveness of the project. The project’s design and evaluation plan establish measurable goals and outcomes for software development, the creation of new Databib records by both project personnel and community bibliographers, the number of integrations accomplished, usage statistics, and user feedback. All source code, content, and data will be sharing and dedicated to the public domain using Creative Commons Zero 1.0.
Databib is supported in part by a Sparks! Ignition National Leadership Grant (LG-46-11-0091-11) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Copyright Amendment Act 2012


Copyright Amendment Act 2012 comes into effect The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 passed by Parliament has come into effect declaring authors as owners of the copyright, which cannot be assigned to the producers as was the practice till now. The act has been published in the official gazette.

It will now become mandatory for broadcasters - both radio and television - to pay royalty to the owners of the copyright each time a work of art is broadcast. It bans people from bringing out cover versions of any literary, dramatic or musical work for five years rom the first recording of the original creation.


The law also seeks to remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related to the digital world. 
The amendments to the Copyright Act 1958, aims at according unassignable rights to 'creative artists' such as lyricists, playback singers, music directors, film directors and dialogue writers who will be paid royalty every time the movie they have worked in is aired on a television channel.


A statutory licence is an exception under Copyright Act. It puts limits on the basic principle of the copyright law that authors and creators should have the exclusive right to control the dissemination of their work. Under statutory licensing, the royalty or remuneration for the author or creator is specified by law or such set negotiation.



Source:  http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/copyright-amendment-act-2012-comes-effect

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Global Open Access Portal of UNESCO (GOAP)


The Global Open Access Portal, aiming at presenting a top level view of Open Access to scientific information, was launched at a special side event organized during the36th session of the UNESCO General Conference, on Tuesday 1 November 2011, at Paris Headquarters.
The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) presents a snapshot of the status of Open Access (OA) to scientific information around the world. For countries that have been more successful in implementing Open Access, the portal highlights critical success factors and aspects of the enabling environment. For countries and regions that are still in the early stages of Open Access development, the portal identifies key players, potential barriers and opportunities. The portal has country reports from over 148 countries with weblinks to over 2000 initiatives/projects in Member States. The portal is supported by an existing Community of Practice (CoP) on Open Access on the WSIS Knowledge Communities Platform that has over 1400 members.
The GOAP is a knowledge portal that has the following features:
Country-wise distilled knowledge on the status of Open Access
Key organizations engaged in OA in Member States
Thematic focus areas of OA
Important publications on OA coming from different regions of the world
Critical assessment of major barriers to OA in each country
Potential of OA in UNESCO Member States
Funding and deposit mandates
Links to OA initiatives in the world
The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP), launched together with the revamped Open Training Platform (OTP) and the first UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Platform, provides the information for policy-makers to learn about the global OA environment and to view their country’s status, and understand where and why Open Access has been most successful.
Development of the Global Open Access Portal has been made possible with support received from the Governments of Columbia, Denmark, Norway, and the United States. This GOAP will be a work in progress, and shall be further improved with the support received from the community of OA practitioners.
Open Access is at the heart of UNESCO’s mandate to provide universal access to information and knowledge, and the UNESCO Open Access programme shall continue to facilitate policy dialogue in Member States, share knowledge and best practices in the field of Open Access, and build and share local capacities through North-South and South-South co-operation to build knowledge societies for sustainable development.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/

Monday, March 5, 2012

Free E-Journals/ Newsletters


  • D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) - D-Lib Magazine is a monthly magazine about innovation and research in digital libraries.

  • Journal of Digital Information (http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/) - E-journal publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments

  • Information Research: An international electronic journal (http://informationr.net/ir/) - Information Research is a free, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making freely accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines.

  • Journal of Electronic Publishing. (http://www.press.umich.edu/jep) - The Journal of Electronic Publishing is for the thoughtful forward-thinking publisher, librarian, scholar, or author -- in fact, anyone in this new business -- facing those challenges.

  • Current Cites (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/) - monitors information technology literature in both print and digital forms, each month selecting only the best items to annotate for a free publication.

  • Ariadne (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/) - The Ariadne newsletter is aimed at working librarians in academic libraries in the UK.

  • First Monday (http://www.firstmonday.dk/) - One of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure.

  • Free Online Scholarship Newsletter (http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/index.htm) - The purpose of the newsletter is to share news and discussion on the migration of print scholarship to the internet and efforts to make it available to readers free of charge.

  • Free Pint (http://www.freepint.com/) - Free Pint is a free email newsletter giving you tips, tricks and articles on how and where to find reliable Web sites and search more effectively.

  • Information Today and Tomorrow (ITT) (http://itt.nissat.tripod.com/) - Quarterly newsletter from NISSAT.

  • Digital libraries - a column in Library Journal by Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design, California Digital Library

  • Bibliozine - the e-magazine for librarians. (http://www.bibliozine.com/index.shtml)

  • RLG DigiNews. Produced for RLG by the Cornell University Libraries Department of Preservation and Conservation, RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly Web-based newsletter focused on issues of vital interest to managers of digital initiatives. (http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/)

  • Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/) - A quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, USA.

  • ITPapers.com (http://www.itpapers.com/) - Yellow pages of white papers. Covers several categoires, including libraries.

  • Australian Academic & Research Libraries (http://www.alia.org.au/sections/ucrls/aarl/) - Quarterly journal devoted to all aspects of librarianship in university and college libraries.

  • THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE (http://www.infosourcespub.com/) THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 180 valuable domestic and foreign library and information-related journals, e-journals, magazines,e-magazines, newsletters and e-newsletters.

  • Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/index.html).

  • Information Today (http://www.infotoday.com/it/itnew.htm) Information industry news services for the information professional.

  • LIBRES - Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal (http://libres.curtin.edu.au/).

  • Journal of Information, Law and Technology (http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/). 

  • Learning Management Systema (LMS)

    A Learning Management System (LMS) is software that automates the administrative tasks of training, such as registering users, tracking courses in a catalog, recording data, charting a user’s progress toward certification, and providing reports to managers. These system also serve as a platform to deliver eLearning to students. 

    There are many Learning Management Systems on the market, and their prices and functionality vary greatly. 

    Ziiva Prosperity™ Learning Management System

    Ziiva offers this LMS as a totally customizable solution. Both the LMS and the company are extremely flexible and fun to work with. Prosperity is a scalable, comprehensive platform. You can host it in-house or have Ziiva provide hosting. Left Brain Media™ has worked with many different LMS systems, and, over the years, we grew very impressed with the Ziiva Prosperity system, so we have extra information on this LMS available on www.ziiva.com.

    Active Learner

    Resource Development Corporation’s multi-level LMS.
    www.resources4learning.com

    Alpha LMS

    LMS designed for schools that gives advanced control over assignments, tracks student performance and competency, and allows sequencing of content within self-differentiating work plans.
    www.alpha-lms.co.uk

    CentraOne

    Centra offers hosting for e-Learning courses and an LMS.
    www.centra.com

    ClarityNET

    This e-learning platform allows you to set up, administer and track individualized, interactive training programs for literally thousands of employees from a single web interface.
    www.claritynet.com

    Conductor

    Sage Corporation’s employee training tracking administration software.
    www.Conductit.com

    Consensus

    Consensus' systems are user-friendly at all levels (for managers, administrators and learners) and designed for speed and ease of implementation.
    www.consensus.co.uk

    Cornerstone OnDemand Enterprise

    Cornerstone provides an extensible platform to build completely integrated Learning Management, Performance Management, Content Management, and Compliance Management systems.
    www.cornerstoneondemand.com

    Ed LCMS or LMS by Strategia

    LMS and content creation package that supports all types of learning experiences.
    www.strategia-ed.com

    Education Director

    The web-based LMS from Results Direct that was developed specifically for organizations to deliver and administer e-Learning.
    www.resultsdirect.com

    eTrainCenter

    eTrainCenter is an LMS and LCMS that combine rich and flexible tools with content management capabilities, customization of the learning experience, and integration with an institution's existing infrastructure.
    www.etraincenter.com

    FlexTraining Total e-Learning Solution

    This software package includes a web-based configuration wizard, course authoring, enrollment, reporting, testing, virtual lockers, and libraries.
    www.FlexTraining.com

    Gyrus

    Gyrus Systems, who for 23 years has been the pioneer in developing the most comprehensive Learning Management Systems, is currently marketing a "DO EVERYTHING" web based LMS. GyrusAim performs all e-Learning functions from scheduling classes all the way to talent management and succession planning including all user required reporting in between from a very operating-friendly dashboard environment.
    www.gyrus.com

    IBM Learning Solutions

    IBM offers learning strategy, delivery, infrastructure, outsourcing, and content services.
    www.ibm.com

    iLearning

    Oracle offers an enterprise LMS that allows organizations to manage, deliver, and track participation of employees, customers, and partners in both eLearning and classrooms environments.
    www.oracle.com

    Informetica

    This company provides an LMS that allows instructors with limited technical knowledge to create, manage, and deliver courses and exams online.
    www.informetica.com

    IntraLearn

    IntraLearn's Learning Management System provides configurable, feature rich, enterprise-class solutions across various vertical markets. 
    www.intralearn.com

    KnowledgeNet

    This company provides provides both LMS and LCMS systems.
    www.knowledgenetcampus.com

    Knowledge Planet

    This company provides provides both LMS and LCMS systems.
    www.knowledgeplanet.com

    LatitudeLearning.com

    LatitudeLearning.com is a scalable, robust and highly functional on-demand LMS available for training companies to provide effective training for their clients. The LatitudeLearning.com LMS enables training companies to open a world of new opportunities through a customized Internet portal. Latitude's full-featured LMS serves both small and large organizations. With over one million total registered users on its platforms, LatitudeLearning.com ranks among the top 10 training platforms. 
    www.latitudelearning.com

    Learn.com

    The Learn.com family of solutions includes the LearnCenter learning management system (LMS / LCMS), the CourseMaker Studio authoring tool, Mentor EPSS, and the 1,100-title Learn2 online course library.
    www.learn.com

    LearnFlex by Operitel

    LearnFlex TM has a multi-language library that delivers appropriate contextual language for discreet user groups. It allows personalization of the user interface, corporate branding, and target audience. The system includes powerful workflow modules for E-Commerce, E-Business, and competency management.
    www.operitel.com/LearnFlex.aspx

    The Matchett Group

    The Matchett Group offers a wide range of education, training and training software services.
    www.thematchettgroup.com

    Mentorware e-Learning Platform

    This system from Mentorware combines learning management and learning content management into one package.
    www.mentorware.com

    Meridian Knowledge Solutions LMS

    Meridian provides industry leading Learning Management Systems for organizations of all sizes. This is the number one ranked learning-technology company for customer loyalty. Their award-winning software aims to deliver learning, distribute knowledge and sharpen business skills, which will make you a leader in your industry.
    www.meridianksi.com

    Moodle

    Easy to install, but sometimes challanging to configure, Moodle is a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Any group with a limited budget but plenty of manpower check this solution out. It also recently ran across this list of 10 alternatives to Moodle.
    www.moodle.org

    Omnibus LMS

    This LMS includes the many of the most requested features for mid-size businesses. The platform contains the KBridge Authoring Tool that allows your SMEs to build eLearning content MS Word.
    www.omnibuslearning.com

    Online Learning Marketplace

    A resource for online learning and education.
    www.onlinemarketplace.com

    Osiris LMS

    Osiris LMS complies with the standards of eLearning technology through encompassing all functionalities of LMS to offer a robust online tool. Osiris LMS was designed considering easily accessible options, available through a simple mouse click.
    www.osirislms.com

    SumTotal

    Docent and Click2Learn combined into a new company. Since there was a lot of overlap in their product lines, it will be interesting to see what their "new" products look like.
    www.sumtotalsystems.com

    Thinking Cap

    Thinking Cap is a 100% XML and SCORM-compliant LCMS and LMS.
    www.thinkingcap.info

    THINQ TrainingServer

    THINQ's web-based enterprise LMS.
    www.thinq.com

    TLM (The Learning Manager)

    An easy to use, web-enabled, fully scalable, SCORM compliant, enterprise LMS system.
    www.thelearningmanager.com

    VCampus

    Vcampus Corporation provides fully hosted, web-based e-Learning solutions using an Application Service Provider (ASP) model.
    www.vcampus.com

    Vuepoint VLS Administrator and LMS Component

    Vuepoint’s learning administration and reporting application.
    www.vuepoint.com

    WBT Manager

    Integrity’s LMS is designed exclusively to organize, deploy, and track web-based training content.
    www.ielearning.com