New chief for astrophysics institute

Dear Colleagues, The latest issue of Current Science (Vol.108, No.9, pp.1731, 10th May.2015) contains the following article in “Living Legends in Indian Science” titled “B. V. Sreekantan: A versatile and humane scientist by P.C. Agrawal” which may be of interest to many of us. Read More: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/108/09/1731.pdf   With Regards, Librarian

A clever data project shows the promise of open and freely accessible academic literature. by Alasdair Allan There is a huge debate right now about making academic literature freely accessible and moving toward open access. But what would be possible if people stopped talking about it and just dug in and got on with it?…

This is an excellent editorial by Peter Golitz in the current issue of ACIE, which is freely available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201206849/pdf

  To address the pressing need to improve the ways in which the scientific research output is evaluated by academic institutions, funding agencies etc.., Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) developed a set of recommendations.   Read More    

Dear Friends, The following news item which may be of interest to many of us. “Photocopiers face suit by publishers” published in Times of India, Bangalore, Thursday, April 25, 2013, pp. 9 Read More    With regards, IIA, LIBRARIAN

There is an interesting news article by R Prasad in Today`s “The Hindu” (Thursday, September 27, 2012) On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind