Sukhdev in Web Land

Handwriting fonts.

2009-10-13T16:13:00.003+05:30

Was wondering how people make PPT slides with handwritten fonts. Then I came across this useful post on Rapid eLearning Blog - "Over 100 Free Handwritten Fonts". I am yet to try fontcapture.com to create a font for my own handwriting. Anyway, there are few common handwritten fonts readily available from other sources.in reference to: "Over 100 Free Handwritten Fonts"- Over 100 Free Handwritten

YouTube Video: Social Media Revolution

2009-10-12T15:09:00.001+05:30

A writeup on limitations of Google Scholar for academic citing.

2009-09-29T17:33:00.001+05:30

Newswire Analysis: Google Scholar’s Ghost Authors, Lost Authors, and Other Problems - 9/24/2009 - Library JournalVia Mallikarjun Dora on Lis-Forum

Why Libraries should use and adopt Open Source Software?

2009-09-27T16:37:00.003+05:30

I am just back from 12th NATIONAL CONVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORKING (NACLIN 2009) of DELNET. There, I argued that Open Source Software is best candidate for being used in Libraries. Both Library as well as Open Source Communities have similar ideologies. Computing history has shown us that both hardware and software have very short life span. They tend to get obsolete

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) Wiki

2009-05-15T14:56:00.000+05:30

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) Wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively.

Pazpar2

2009-05-15T14:52:00.000+05:30

Pazpar2 is a metasearching middleware webservice featuring merging, relevance ranking, record sorting, and faceted results.

Twitter Hindi Reference

2009-05-11T17:28:00.000+05:30

Twitter:`Chidiyaghar` ya phir `Chahchahati Bahar`Tweet:ChahchahanaTweetup:Chahchahata MilanVT:Yeh Bapu ne bola hai. VT bole toh Vaapis TweetTrending Topics:Ubharta VishayHashtag:Soochak ShabdLOLZ:MKH=Mogambo Khush Hua(Ho Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)ROTFL:MLLKH=Mogambo Lot Lot ke Khush Hua Via Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian in 'Twitter Hindi Diwas'

24 new features planned for the next release of EPrints

2009-04-21T15:42:00.000+05:30

Leslie Carr in his post EPrints and its Development talks about new features planned for the next release of EPrints.

Access to the scientific literature in India

2009-04-21T14:54:00.000+05:30

A paper Access to the scientific literature in India uses an evidence-based approach to assess the difficulties faced by developing country scientists in accessing the scientific literature. According to this paper Indian scientists have shorter references lists; they are more likely to cite articles from open access journals and are less likely to cite articles from expensive journals.

Evolution of Librarianship in ICE age.

2009-04-15T15:43:00.002+05:30

Who, Why & How We Serve: The Evolution of Collaborative Librarianship Through Social Media View more presentations from Health sciences Libraries.It talks about how librarianship is changing in this era of WEB 2.0 / Social Web. Hope all of us can fellow the evolution path indicated in the presentation.

Repositories Support Project (RSP)

2009-04-03T17:14:00.001+05:30

Repositories Support Project (RSP) is a useful resource to guide establishing, maintaining and promoting Open Access repositories.

New Launch: Open Access Solutions

2009-04-03T16:54:00.002+05:30

OPENACCESSSOLUTIONS.COM may be of interest for those who wish to edit, publish and electronically distribute a highly professional OA journal, yet remain independent.

VTLS Announces the Release of VITAL 4.0

2009-03-12T10:36:00.000+05:30

Release of VITAL 4.0VITAL is VTLS' solution for today's digital and institutional repositories. Designed to provide all functions of a repository VITAL provides capabilities to ingest, create, maintain, validate, uniquely identify, secure, preserve and export the contents of institutional collections.

Video on XAMPP - Install Apache, PHP, MySQL without fuss

2009-03-09T16:55:00.002+05:30

If you want to try out an Open Source Software that requires LAMP (Linux, Apache, MyQSL and PHP / Perl), here is a simple solution. You don't have to run to a Linux Box. You can try and play with it on your Windows desktop itself. There is a packaged software that will install required files of Apache, MyQSL and PHP / Perl on your windows desktop. It is called XAMPP.Here is a video that will help

Recent article cautioning over-reliance on Impact Factors

2009-02-18T14:03:00.001+05:30

Here is yet another article cautioning over reliance on Impact Factors for measuring research impact.[0902.2183] A principal component analysis of 39 scientific impact measures..scientific impact is a multi-dimensional construct that can not be adequately measured by any single indicator, although some measures are more suitable than others. The commonly used citation Impact Factor is not

Open Source for Libraries

2009-02-10T12:53:00.003+05:30

Good presentation on Open Source Softwares and issues associated with Open Source model. Surveys few Open Source Softwares that can be used in Libraries. Remember, there are many more. Open Source for LibrariesView more presentations from Nicole Engard. (tags: opensource open)

novo|seek

2009-02-09T11:06:00.000+05:30

novo|seek is an another search engine for PubMed. It claims to retrieve more relevant references with ability to fine tune search query.

RSS and Libraries

2009-02-03T16:12:00.000+05:30

RSS and Its Use In Libraries View more presentations from Sukhdev Singh. (tags: rss libraries)

Ranking of Indian Repositories

2009-01-30T23:51:00.001+05:30

Ranking of Indian Repositories based on Ranking of Web of World Repositories, January 2009 Edition.World Ranking among all types of Repositories 38 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ePrints 105 Indian Statistical Institute Digital Library 119 OpenMED@NIC 208 Indian Institute of Astrophysics Dspace 212 Raman Research Institute Digital Repository

Science Blogging

2009-01-22T16:17:00.001+05:30

Just came across a write up on science blogging in SciDev.Net - How to set up a science blog. If you are into scholarly, scientific or academic profession, writing a blog would help you to communicate with your peers.

India 2009 - an authoritative reference book on India available for download

2009-01-20T16:30:00.005+05:30

Publication Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Government of India) brings out an annual reference book on India every year. It usually contains comprehensive and authentic information on various subjects and facts on India. It covers economy, rural and urban development, industry and infrastructure, art and culture, health, defense, mass communication etc. It also covers

Annual Review of ReadWrite web technology in India - State of Innovation in India: 2009

2009-01-18T22:26:00.001+05:30

ReadWriteWeb has a latest post calling it annual review of State of Innovation in India: 2009. Zoho; DimDim; Mkhoj; iYogi; TutorVista; Ubona; Mscriber; Obopay and Naukri finds mention in it.

Understanding how libraries (and librarians) can survive in the new media ecosystem

2009-01-18T20:41:00.001+05:30

Just came across PowerPoint Presentation of Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project. The presentation is on How libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem. I am trying to understand the message conveyed by this presentation. It is about "how people's use of the internet and cell phones has fundamentally changed the 'information ecosystem' in 10 ways". Information in this

LIS Blogs in India

2009-01-13T00:23:00.001+05:30

Sri Badan Barman of Guwahati has compiled a list of 44 Library and Information Science Blogs in India. He has picked these from 69 blogs after hard work of ten days. He feels that Indian LIS bloggers are not professional enough to attract large number of readers. He advises bloggers to remain focussed on one or two themes.Anyway, let me console myself - I write for myself.

MixedInk

2009-01-12T23:41:00.001+05:30

MixedInk is a Free Collaborative Writing Tool.