Please see and distribute the below call for papers. Apologies for cross-posting. Call for Papers Transportation Research Board (TRB) 92nd Annual Meeting:...
What Kindle's look like in some parts of the world :) M ... From: TriumphOfContent@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TriumphOfContent@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
High price of journals hits Ivy League A memo from Harvard Library to the university's 2,100 teaching and research staff called for action after warning it...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
Apr 26, 2012 9:29 am
This article should be read by VCs of universities, secretaries to all science departments, directors of higher education institutions and others having a say...
I fully agree sir. The librarian clearly stated the problem when he told the Guardian, “I hope that other universities will take similar action. We all face...
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Edward Cherlin
echerlin@...
Apr 27, 2012 12:16 am
Rs. 80000 crore for higher education is about USD 16 billion. Is this correct? If so, what is the nonsense about not being able to fund primary schools, and...
Attitude Daksha Tablet Launched For Rs 5400: While the Aakash tablet project remains embroiled in controversy, other companies are making hay while the sun...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 2, 2012 3:43 am
Friends: Today's *The Hindu* has carried an editorial [ http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article3374522.ece] which concludes with the assertion "It...
Alfred's Free Press One innovative journalist has found a way to get daily news and information to Liberians – with the aid of a blackboard. Witness...
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Edward Cherlin
echerlin@...
May 2, 2012 12:59 pm
... I wrote a comment on the site: It is of course understandable that many people are focused on getting the lowest possible price for education computers,...
Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking...
Dear friends and colleagues Here is article written absolutely on the clear picture of the remote villages where women have unlimited dedication for the...
Dear All, aSIX is going to organize a seminar on eLearning, detail of the event follows: “Understanding the Prospects & Possibilities presented by E-Learning...
SAP serving commoners through corporate  Peter Gartenberg, Managing Director of SAP India, speaks to The Independent  Through mobile phone banking SAP...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 8, 2012 3:31 pm
More than 11,000 scientists around the world have signed The Cost of Knowledge. The number from India appears to be rather small. Scientists in India may...
... sir, I have added my signature and forwarded the mail to my colleagues. Let us dream about a day when all scholarly publications will be Open Access and...
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Edward Cherlin
echerlin@...
May 12, 2012 4:23 pm
... Let us, while we are at it, dream about a day in which all educational materials are Free, along with all economic and political information, and a day in...
Liberationtech How The Other Half Surfs: New Satellite Net Poised to Increase High-Speed Net for Low-Income Countries http://is.gd/WY1Sbr via @cdsmythe...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 16, 2012 12:28 am
Will India's Department of Space be interested in launching such satellites? Arun On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Frederick FN Noronha...
I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research The associate editor of Genomics says its publisher Elsevier effectively denies...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 18, 2012 3:39 am
The movement for open access to science and scholarship is gaining momentum around the world. The Guardian, UK, and Alok Jha, the science writer at The ...
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Edward Cherlin
echerlin@...
May 20, 2012 8:49 pm
Cloudy outlook for Aakash The Hindu In September 2010, the Minister of Human Resource Development & Communications and Information Technology, Kapil Sibal,...
This has been written by my lawyer friend Pranesh Prakash... rather interesting. --FN Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012 Posted by Pranesh...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 25, 2012 5:57 am
Friends: Please publicize the 'Free access to scientific journal articles' movement. Persuade every member of the Faculty and every research student you know...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
subbiah.arunachalam@...
May 29, 2012 11:21 pm
From A2K discussion list Creative Commons Video and Report on World Bank Panel on Open Access Policy and Development [by Timothy Vollmer] On Monday, the World...
SarahM With 33 hours to go, @femfreq's Kickstarter goal is off by just $126,923--that is, $126,923 more than she aimed for. <3 http://kck.st/JijdIr -- FN...
