DDC 23 is published.

The new print edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification, DDC 23, is now available.

DDC 23 features:

• New provisions in 004-006 Computer science and elsewhere to reflect changes in technology
• Updates to provisions for the Orthodox Church and Islam in 200 Religion
• Improved provisions in 340 Law for legal systems based on civil law
• Significant updates to 370 Education resulting in an improved international framework for levels of education, kinds of schools, policy issues and specific subjects in primary education
• Updated provisions for food and clothing
• Updates to 740 Graphic arts and decorative arts
• A new location and expanded development for cinematography and videography at 777
• Significant expansions throughout 796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
• Significant expansions in Table 2, with parallel provisions in 930-990, for the ancient world, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam and Canada
• Updated historical periods throughout 930-990

The Readers’ Web™ Home Reading Service @ Cochin

 The Readers’ Web™ is an initiative by 26x7^®, an organization through which we work to promote the Joys of Reading.   

http://www.thereadersweb.com/

 The Readers’ Web™ is a Home Reading Service, circulating library or lending library but with the added service of having the books of your choice delivered to your doorstep be it your home or office. Currently the service is offering in  Cochin area only.
 
Through The Readers' Web™, users browse books online and have their choices home-delivered, rather than physically visiting a library to borrow a book. This Home Reading service saves your time by delivering books to your homes or offices. In addition to convenience, the service also offers the ease-of-use benefit in that membership on most websites involves a simple registration form and payment through a cash-on-delivery system. The do not encourage the systems of late dues and fines for overdue books and for the same reason,  they offer flexible book renting periods which lets you, the readers, to think about what matters the most, the book in your hand.

Membership Plans 

The world’s largest floating touring book fair in Kochi, the ship MV Logos Hope reached.

The world’s largest floating book fair is arriving Kochi. The ship MV Logos Hope, which carries the best books in the world, is arrived at Kochi on the 25th of May, and shall leave on June 13.  With books from various genres and classes, this floating book fair would be a haven for book-lovers or ardent readers. The ship shall be halted at the North Coal berth in Willingdon Island, and all you need to do is step in to this marvel.


The ship stored more than 5000 book titles ranging from education, technology, history, philosophy, art, cookery and fiction, as well as a selection of children’s books. 

 

 Admission for kids less than 16 yrs is free, need to be accompanied by an adult and for adults, pay 50 rupees admission fee to visit MV Logos. The ship would be open to the public on all days 10AM to 8PM and on Sunday and Monday 2PM to 8PM. You can sip coffee from their massive coffee shop inside the ship. You can do this with the crew, and book lovers from MV Logos.

MV Logos Hope  is operated by the German charitable organisation GBA Ships. The crew for this ship comes from 45 countries across the globe. And their love and passion for reading has reached them at MV Logos Hope. And all of them, being under one roof, are able to share their common likes in the best possible way- through interacting. So if you are a book lover, or even if you are not one,  you must visit MV Logos.

courtesy http://www.kochivibe.com

Brihaspati E-learning Platform

IIT Kanpur has developed an Open-source, Freeware E-learning Platform that is available to all for enhancing existing learning environments in their institutions through their campus networks.

A pamphlet on this is available at http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ynsingh/tool/pamphlet.pdf

IIT Kanpur is using this tool since January 2003. All the students and instructors (3183 users) have access to nearly 373 courses through this. Faculty uses this facility to post the lecture notes, handouts, and reference material (in electronic format) on the Intranet for supporting the classroom teaching. Students find this very useful. They can also have discussion groups. This leads to lot of informal learning as students get time to think over what others have posted and discussion is spread over a large duration. Also, the students need not be present at one location at one point of time for discussion. Thus the spatial and temporal limitations are alleviated. Another advantage is lot of electronic content for courses is generated which gets streamlined over the period. This becomes a good resource material for the students and for instructors.

In a letter to all vice chancellors in the country advising them to use this free Elearning platform in their universities and promote its use in affiliated colleges to enhance teaching learning processes in the higher education system in the country. 

The tool for virtual classroom is called "Brihaspati" and it is open source software that could be used by any university. This is a very user-friendly open source framework and could be effectively used to build e-education application. One can also modify it and use it in domains like Human Resource Development and e-Governance. 

This tool is listed on sourceforge.net. See url http://brihaspati.sourceforge.net/and you could also visit http://202.141.40.216:8080/brihaspati/servlet/brihaspati/ for getting installation instructions. 

You could contact - Dr. Yatindra Nath Singh, Coordinator ETRF (Educational Technology Research Group), EE/ACES/IIT Kanpur - 208016. 

Phone : +91-512-259-7944, Fax :+91-512-2590063 for more details. 

Sage Open - Open Acess Journal from Sage Publications.

SAGE Open is a new open access publication from SAGE. It publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. 

 

http://sgo.sagepub.com/

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  Why publish in SAGE Open:
• Quick review and decision times for authors
• Speedy, continuous-publication online format
• Global distribution of your research via SAGE Journals Online, including enhanced online features such as: public usage metrics, comments features, subject categories, and article ranking and recommendations
• Professional copyediting and typesetting of your article will ensure quality
• $195 introductory author acceptance fee (discounted from the regular price of $695)

Who should submit manuscripts to SAGE Open?

• Authors who want their articles to receive quality reviews and efficient production, ensuring the quickest publication time
• Authors who want their articles to receive free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform
• Authors who want their articles branded and marketed by a world-leading social science publisher
• Authors who want or need their articles to be open access because of university or government mandates

Manuscript submissions will be handled online through SAGE Track, SAGE’s web-based peer review and submission system, powered by ScholarOne Manuscripts^TM. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sageopen for full manuscript submission guidelines.

Please direct any inquiries to sageopen@sagepub.com.