Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers
BEWARE OF OPEN ACCESS publishers and vendors
this is a very useful information ... on open access publishing ...
be on the watch and do not get carried away with open access stuff.
Monday, April 30, 2012
List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers
BEWARE OF OPEN ACCESS publishers and vendors
this is a very useful information ... on open access publishing ...be on the watch and do not get carried away with open access stuff.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
PAGINATIVE
Today we launched a unique online publishing portal, www.paginative.com for writers and
publishers. The portal allows writers and publishers to independently create
their books in the form as Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android mobile platforms.
These book apps have the advantage of reaching readers across the world.
There’s a whole new segment of book lovers who want to read
books on their mobile phones and tablet devices. And Paginative helps writers to
publish their own books for this segment. Additionally, the service is
integrated with the social media, which simplifies promotion and proliferation
of books.
Simple to use and navigate, the portal offers a host of
services to simplify book publishing for mobile readers. Paginative is powered
by an innovative blend of mobile and web technologies. To know more about
Paginative, visit www.paginative.com.
Monday, April 23, 2012
InfoPort: A Subject Gateway for Indian Electronic-Resources
The INFLIBNET Centre promotes open access to Indian scholarly content through the InfoPort: A Subject Gateway for Indian Electronic-Resources. While Centre uses and promotes Intute, a well-known subject gateway developed by MIMAS, UK, the InfoPort is designed and developed to serve as a comprehensive gateway to all Indian scholarly content. The gateway open-ups the Indian scholarly content scattered over the Internet through an integrated interface that support search, browse and multiple listing. The InfoPort selectively catalogues online resources of Indian origin on diversified subjects available in open access through an elaborate process of testing and evaluation. The Centre proposes to collaborate with librarians and scholars in college and universities in the process of identification and selection of resources.
Medknow Publications: Publisher of peer reviewed scholarly journals (Open access / subscription based) - Access and archiving policies
Medknow Publications: Publisher of peer reviewed scholarly journals (Open access / subscription based) - Access and archiving policies
Majority of these journals provide immediate free access to the full text of articles in HTML format. The journals also permit authors' self-archiving. Most of the journals do not charge article submission, processing or publication fee from the authors or authors' institution. The open access policy of the journals aims at increasing the visibility and accessibility of the published content and thus providing the desirable research impact.
Majority of these journals provide immediate free access to the full text of articles in HTML format. The journals also permit authors' self-archiving. Most of the journals do not charge article submission, processing or publication fee from the authors or authors' institution. The open access policy of the journals aims at increasing the visibility and accessibility of the published content and thus providing the desirable research impact.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Google starts ranking journals
Google starts ranking journals
"... Google creates a list of all the articles a journal has published in a specified period of time. The citations to each article are counted in order to determine the publication's h-index, which is the largest number "h" such that each of the set of "h" articles were cited "h" or more times... "
"... Google creates a list of all the articles a journal has published in a specified period of time. The citations to each article are counted in order to determine the publication's h-index, which is the largest number "h" such that each of the set of "h" articles were cited "h" or more times... "
Monday, April 16, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
TeamViewer
Access any remote computer via Internet just like sitting in front of it - even through firewalls.
Check this out - a very useful tool to help one another when it comes to computer assistance.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Versita - Open Access Platform
Versita Open is one of the world’s leading Open Access platforms, hosting full texts of nearly 200 scholarly journals that concurrently belong to many societies, universities and research institutes.
PAPER RATER !!!
PaperRater.com analyzes documents immediately, 24/7, in real-time, provide in depth analysis to help improve grammar and writing ...
here is another tool that helps while one is writing research papers etc.
here is another tool that helps while one is writing research papers etc.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Do we full fill librarian requirement in the current era ?
select lines from comments in Linked in
- There are so many challenges facing libraries and librarians that complacency is an unaffordable luxury.
- Librarians have to adapt to the new network environment and find ways to improve the library services.
- … librarians need to always be on the look out for new trends in information delivery …
- … librarian should be knowledgeable and equipped with latest IT Skills and very importantly should have the interest of serving to their own clientele …
- reaching out is one important characteristic that a librarian has to have and be as proactive as possible with the users.
- Librarians are to make relevant themselves by reaching out to users.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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