Monday, December 26, 2011

OPEN SOURCE JOURNAL

Directory of Open Access Journals library information science

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=16067509&genre=journal

ijareep (THANTAVAMOORTHIjournal )
Dline (this one piccpan journal )
Eprint (thesis available)
http://irjlis.com/issues.htm

Friday, October 7, 2011

STAFF TEDAIL

BIO – DATA

Name
:
S.PARASURAMAN
Father Name
:
M.SELVARAJU
Date of Birth
:
31.05.1973
Date of joining

02.01.04
Salary


NTS NO
:

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Course
University
Year
Subject
%
M.A
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
Oct -2002
Public .Admin
58 %
C.L.I.S
University of Madras , Chennai
Jun-1998
Library and Information Science
58 %
B.L.I.S
Annamalai University , Chidambaram
Oct-2004
Library and Information Science
61 %
M.L.I.S
Annamalai University , Chidambaram
Nov-2006
Library and Information Science
61 %
M.Phil
Vinayakamission University
Dec-2008
Library and Information Science
59 %

Address for Communication
:
Plot No 181,5th st
P.G.Avenue,
Kattupakkam
Chennai – 600056

E-mail ID
:
Selparasu@yahoo.com
Nationality & Religion
:
Indian , Hindu
Language Known
:
Tamil , English

Declaration,
I hereby declare that the above said details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge

BIO – DATA

Name
:
Dr. P. Srinivasa Ragavan
Father Name
:
Mr. S.Pazamalai
Date of Birth
:
03.06.1968
Date of jo
:
09.09.2009
Salary
:
2000
NTS NO
:
747
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Course
University
Year
Subject
%
B.A
University of Madras , Chennai
May-1995
Economics
52 %
B.L.I.S
Annamalai University , Chidambaram
May-1998
Library and Information Science
71 %
M.L.I.S
Annamalai University , Chidambaram
May-1999
Library and Information Science
58 %
Ph.D
Annamalai University , Chidambaram
Awarded
May 2008
Library and Information Science


Address for Communication
:
No.15,5th Street,
Ayyancheri,
Vrapakkam
Chennai

E-mail ID
:
srabirami_2003@gmail.com
Nationality & Religion
:
Indian , Hindu
Language Known
:
Tamil , English

Declaration,
I hereby declare that the above said details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge

BIO – DATA

Name
:
V.FRANKLIN DAVID JEBARAJ
Father`s Name
:
Mr. P.VICTOR PAUL RAJ
Date of Birth
:
09.04.1976
Salary


EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Course
University
Year
Subject
%
B. Sc
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
May-1996
Chemistry
60.20 %
B.L.I.Sc.,
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
May-1999
Library and Information Science
57.25 %
M.L.I.Sc.,
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
May-2000
Library and Information Science
68 %
PGDLAN
University of Hyderabad
Dec-2001
LAN
67 %
M. Phil
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
April-2002
Library and Information Science
72 %

Address for Communication
:
No.10, West Ponnagaram 5th Street,
Madurai - 625016

E-mail ID
:
Frank_officer@yahoo.co.in
Nationality & Religion
:
Indian , Christian
Language Known
:
Tamil , English

Declaration,
I hereby declare that the above said details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge

BIO – DATA

Name
:
P.G.DAMODHARAN
Father`s Name
:
Mr.P.GANAPATHY
Date of Birth
:
07.10.1970
Date of jo
:
30.09.09
Salary
:
1300
NTS No
:
748
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Course
University
Year
Subject
%
B. Sc
Madurai Kamaraj University , Madurai
May-1994
Chemistry
59
B.L.I.Sc.,
Annamalai University , Chithambaram.
May-1996
Library and Information Science
58
M.L.I.Sc.,
Annamalai University , Chithambaram.
May-1999
Library and Information Science
59
PGDLAN
University of Hyderabad
Dec-2000
LAN
75
M. Phil
Alagappa University,
Jun 2004
Library and Information Science
77
M.A
Annamalai University , Chithambaram.
June 2005
English
57

Address for Communication
:
8-18/9 Street,Vishwanathapuram,
Madurai - 625014

E-mail ID
:
Darandamo24@gmail.com
Nationality & Religion
:
Indian , Hindu
Language Known
:
Tamil , English & kannadam

Declaration,
I hereby declare that the above said details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge

BIO – DATA

Name
:
P.JEEVANANDAM
Father Name
:
K.PAKKIRISAMY
Date of Birth
:
26.05.1979
Date of jo
:
03.03.2009
Salary
:
9500
NTS NO
:
715
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Course
University
Year
Subject
%
B.A
Poompuhar College,Poompuhar)
01-07-2002
Oriental Culture
53.90
M.L.I.S
Annamalai, Chithambaram.
07-07-2004
Library & Information Science
7.35
M.Phil
Annamalai, Chithambaram.
28-07-2006
Library & Information Science
7.85

Address for Communication
:
68,Mnjamalli, Avaniyapuram (Po),Aduthurai (Via), Thiruvidaymaruthur (T.K),Thanjayur (Dis)

E-mail ID
:
nanthalib@gmail.com
Nationality & Religion
:
Indian , Hindu
Language Known
:
Tamil , English

Declaration,
I hereby declare that the above said details are true and correct to the best of my knowledge

SL.NO
NAME
Father name
Date of birth
Qualification

Date of joining
Salary

Thursday, August 4, 2011

JEEVA Marriage

P.JEEVANANDAM . M.A,M.L.I.S, M.Phil,(B.L )


Librarian Vel Tech Technical University

Chennai


WISH

S. Karpagam M.Sc, B.Ed, M.Phil,(P.hd)

Assistant Professor
Roever Engineering College, Perambalur


On 11th September 2011,Sunday


from 6.30 am - to - 8.00 am


at Royal Mahal – Aduthurai

Monday, June 27, 2011

PHONE NUMBERS JUN 2011

1
AARASU – VEL TECH
9566641771
2
AARUMUGA SWAMY – DSP
9444081963
3
AATHINAM – THIRUVADUTHURAI
04364232021
4
AMSAVANE – Ph.D (Annamalai Uni )
09620390783
5
ANANANTHI – ANNAMALAI UNI
9444894162
6
ANANANTHI – MANARKUDI (Sister)
9842370830
7
ANANDH - KANJANUR
9943412133
8
ANANDH – NARASINGAM PATTI
9942373415
9
ANANTHA - LAW COLLEGE
09704232223
10
ANGURAJE – ADT
9943423487
11
ANNADURAI – MJI
9787657427
12
ANNAMALAI - VEL TECH
9962633231
13
ANNAMALAI UNI – KURAM PATTI
04422388035
14
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY EX sec
04144237368,
04144238027
15
APPUKUTTI – KARAI KALL
9952525994
16
ARUL – ADT ( Photo)
9786407195,
9944634018,
0435 2940781
17
ASHOK – IG Wetting
9884477091,
9566025009
18
ASHOK – MJI
9443668340

B.L . BALASUPRAMANIYAN
9789633386

B.L.CHAGRAPANI
9440012279

B.L.CHANDRASHAR
9994351070

B.L DEELEP
9884077442

B.L KARTHI- RAYAPET
9840733920

B.L MATHU - THIRUPATHI
08008262348

B.L VENGADAS
9543432266

B.L. VIMALAN
9382875752
19
BALA – BHARATHI DASAN UNI
9994889426
20
BALA – P.C (P.T.C)
9962683834
21
BALAGE – VEL TEC
9840162042
22
BALAKRISHNAN – KILLAI
9486339904
23
BALARAJ – MATHURAI
9444682073
24
BALU – B.L
9382599089
25
BALU – RAILWAY
9262486598,
9442724154
26
BALU MJI
9965070564
27
BAPU – THIRUNELA KUDI
9715159045
28
CANARA BANK
18004256000
180042570000
29
Chairman Vel Tech
9940024000
30
CHALAPANDIAN Vel Tec
9445382932
31
CHANDRA KUMAR – NAMAKKAL
9789213255
32
CHANDRASHAR – TNPA
9941088772
9710403344
9043510030
33
CHANDRASHAR VEL TECH Nursing
9840350237
34
CHITHIRA ANNI – ADT
914352472823
35
CHTHRA ANNI – ADUTHURAI
9443046868
36
CIVIL STAFF – VET TECH
9840222281
37
CUB – ASHOK NAGAR
04423717171
04428297904
38
CUB BANK – ANNA NAGAR
2691121
39
DHAMODARAN VELTECH
9361114391
9791649352
9962951490
40
DHARMA – M.L.I.S ,B.L.
9840514137
41
DHAVAN – MJI
9942567255
42
Dr. K . NITHIYANANDAM
9444337936
9841115092
43
Dr. KRITHIGA – RAMACHANDR HOSPITAL
9444333977
44
DR. MURUGASAN - SRI RAM ENGINEERING
9786497296
45
DR. SELVAM - MAYAVAN - B.L
9551353803
46
Dr.KANNAN – MANON MANIYAM UNIVERSITY
9786942042
47
Dr.PANNER - POOMPUHAR COLLEGE
9443320509
48
DURGA – AVM Cackle
2472408
49
ELANGO – MJI
9487215217
9486510477
50
ELIYARAJA – MLIS KUM
9787564901
51
ELOPAGES – PHONE ENQUIRE
26444444
52
ESWARAN – ADT
9994612557
53
ESWARAN - VELTECH
9941061871
54
GAJANDRAN – VAO
9994733673
55
GOBAPL RAO
9444709244
9444874777
56
GOMAL SHAHAR
9791232555
04364237555
57
GOMATHI – MLIS AU
99427941136
58
GOPAL RAO brother
9710236490
59
GULDAN SUN – ADT
9894719701
60
GULDAN Tailor – ADT
9894719710
61
GURUNATHAN VELTECH
9176881525
62
HARI – LIBRARIAN MARUVATHUR
9965258455
63
HARI VELTECH POLI
9840899089
64
HEMA – VELTECH AU
9940233914
65
HEMA Brother (PASUPATH) VELTECH
9842353880
66
HIGGIN PATHAM – PARAMESWARAN
9444760386
67
HIGH TECH
9566879430
68
HILTA – SI
9710421475
69
HOUS ONEAR
9940035807
9677282999
70
ILANCHELAN – P.C- B.A
9943628176
71
INTHIRA
9443706320
72
INTHRAN M.L.I.S
9943848149
73
IYYAPAN – K.G.S
9790622315
74
J.B.LIBRARIAN
9894877756
75
JAHAN – RFID SOFTWARE
9600016579
76
JANSAN – BALAGE ENGINEERING
9710784852
77
JAY KUMAR – HC
9940382007
78
JAYAKUMAR – VEL TECH
9962154175
79
JAYANTHI – TNPA LIBRARY
9443706069
80
JAYARAJE – VEL TECH
9791429969
81
JAYARAMAN – KILLU KUDI
9443896813
9443046913
82
JEEVA
9578325743
83
JOUTHI TAILAR – KUMARAN METICAL
2472028
84
JOUTHIKUMAR – VEL TECH
9962346560
85
K.S.VEERANAN – TNPA SI
9941344906
86
KACHI RAO – CLRI , CHENNAI
9444739731
87
KALAIVANI – MJI
8056900381
88
KALAIVANI F.O-VEL TECH
9884344941
89
KANAP0ATHI – KILLU KUDI
9047241556
91435 2471073
90
KANNAN – MJI
0435 2472959
9443651713
91
KANNIMARA LIBRARY –MAYA
9894732943
92
KANTHAKUMAR - P.C
9751290763
93
KARPAGAM SETHI
9942326586
94
KARTHI – AVC LIBRARIAN
9942259565
95
KARTHI – MJI
9710874874
04352473213
96
KARTHI – TRICHY COMPANY
9840476254
97
KARTHI ELEKE – MJI
9688102600
98
KARUNAMOORTHY – VEL TECH
9362878221
99
KARUNANETHI – M.A. ENGLISH
9159107328
100
KARUNANETHI – MJI
9952092621
101
KATHAMUTHU – MJI
9715307739
102
KILLAI FRIEND
9715354589
103
KRISHNAMORTHY – VEL TECH
9940084661
104
KRUPA – LIBRARIAN MARUVATHUR
04427528201
105
KUMAR - MJI
9486510099
106
KUMAR – TVM
9443116266
107
KUMAR – VEL TECH LAP ASS
9840798221
108
KUMARASAN – POONA
09422545155
109
KUMARASANM.L.I.S
9786095473
110
LAW KRISHNA – A.O
09703596798
111
LEEMA – VEL TECH
9444106074
9677253301
112
LOOGU – P.C TNPA
9944664760
113
LOURDUSAAMI –FOP
9840703380
114
M.N. AU
9443497604
115
MACHAGANTHIRAN – VEL TECH
9710831148
116
MAHALINGAM – KILLUKUDI
9943129172
91435 2471072
117
MAHALINGAM – MJI
957119248
118
MAHANDRAN – MACHI
9659017700
119
MANI KARTHI – B.E
9952910453
120
MANI – VEL TECH
9962072590
121
MANI M.A ENGLISH
96895379687
122
MANI- MJI
247381
123
MANI P.HD - MAILAY
9789686500
124
MANIKANDAN – B.A CULTURE
9500370123
125
MANIMARAN - MJI
9952321525
126
MANOJE – SI POONDICHERY
9943179399
127
MARUVATHUR – POONITHA LIB
9790238572
128
MARUVATHUR – SURAS
9786866373
129
MAS – SANMUHAM – ADT
9976838200
130
MATHI – MCA
9884766928
9566072793
131
MAYAVAN – B.L
9840700222
132
METTAY – ADT
9789429837
7373304954
133
MLIS DEPART MENT – AU
238263285
134
MOHAN KUMAR – VEL TECH
9176235547
135
MONONMANIYAM UNIVERSITY
9443519517
136
MUNISWAMY – TNPA
9840956336
137
MURALE – KILLU KUDI
9556653598
9942711337
138
MURUGAN – MDMK ADT
9443559099
139
MURUGAN DRIVER – AVADI
9840123664
140
MURUGAN VEL TECH
9840163570
141
MUTHU PAVUNU – VEL TECH LAP
9600538327
142
NADUMARAN – VEL TECH
9941312142
9884529924
143
NAGARAGE – Librarian
99400248496
9042557093
9551354378
144
NAGARAGE –TNPA SI TECH
9994013462
145
NARAYANAN – VEL TECH
9865133296
146
NARAYANASWAMY – INSPECTER
9840545794
147
NATARAJE – LIBRARIAN
9944751620
148
NATARAJE – MACHI
8098071821
149
NAVEEN
9750275861
9698002763
150
NEELAMAGAM – VEL TECH LIB
9444624908
151
NEHURU – LIBRARIAN
9751243524
152
OFFICE
9944329415
9578325744
153
PAAI – L& O ADGP WEETING(JAHIIR)
9840125039
154
PANCELIYA – CHENNAI
9840197699,
9150436874
155
PANDARAM – ADT
9382879983
156
PANNERSELVAM – CHERSENT ENGINEERING
9841103912
157
PANTIYAN – MJI
9626452028
158
PAPA – ANNIYUR
9840119477
159
PARASU – VEL TECH
9841592032
160
PARIYAR MANIYAMAY UNIVERSITY
9003314141
161
PARTHI - P.C ADT
9994489121
91503439213
162
PARTHI – SI TNPA Training
9789979964
163
PARTHIPAN - PHD
9976922032
164
PASGAR –PC TNPA
9789507879
165
PATHAPARUMA - MAMA
9095637832
166
PATHAPARUMAL – ADT
9941405362
8056284932
167
PIRATHAP
9840797050
168
POLICE STATION – TVM
242177
169
POOCHANDRAN – LIB KOOTTUR PURAM
9940457502
170
POOMPUHAR COLLEGE
04364 260827
171
PRABU - PULIYATI
9790181875
172
PRAGAS – B.E ADT ANNI
9003434257
173
PRAPAGARAN VEL TECH
9962612788
174
PRAPU – ADT
00971554623084
175
PRETHIVI – MLIS
9677194087,9940279859
176
PTC
24853434,
24892382
177
PUSPANATHAN
9751547442
178
R.V – AU
04144225647
179
RABIN – SRIRAM ENGINEERING M.SC IT
7299313824,
9380709559
180
RAGU – MJI
9894574024
181
RAGU – SATHANUR
043524 70778
182
RAJA – B.L ADT
9894287298
2472512
9790842053
183
RAJA – KANJANUR
9047581173
04352940656
184
RAJE – PHD ENGLISH
9952809672
9345009527

185
RAJE – TEE STOLE ADT
9360396092
186
RAJENDRAN - MJI
9443651707
187
RAJENDRAN – BSAL ADT
9360203030
188
RAJES - MJI
9944716531
9788524176
189
RAKI MALK – SALAMAN – CHENNAI
9003137743
9043498927
190
RAMADAS – BLACK ADT
9345944403
9486282689
9345164970
191
RAMAKRISHNAN – TNPA
9840695439
192
RAMALINGAM - MJI
984258543
193
RAMAN – VEDIO ADT
9443784580
194
RAMANATHAN – REPORTER
9442901606
9840875190
195
RAMES - CELL AVADI
9940568293
9940492299
196
RAMES – AU LECTURE
9942689309
197
RAMES - PHOTOGRAPER - PTC
9790938379
198
RAMES – TVM
9443424914
199
RAMIYA – MAX- KUMBAKONAM
9940909158
200
RAO – VEL TECH - PHOTO
9382195090
201
RAVI – ADGP CAMP OFFICE
9840711689
202
RAVI – CHEMISTRY VELTECH
9944188220
203
RAVI – MACH – MELAIYUR
9976119041
204
REKHA – CSE VELTECH STUDENT
9566730059
205
RFID -KISORE
9952967680
206
RFID -MUTHU
9500100766
207
RMK ENGINEERING - SRINIVASAN
9840549000
208
RPD - A.U
9842738580
9443338083
209
SAGARAPANI – TNPA
9444145573
210
SARAVANAN – ADT – RETTIYAR
9444399641
9524667765
0435 2473374
211
SATHAMUSAN – MJI
9655814358
212
SATHIK – ADT
9360079602
9362005076
213
SATHIK – SI PAAI THPA
9940173504
9884911345
9940173504
214
SATHIS – JON BOS CO ENGINEERING (HARI - FRIEND)
9003194086
215
SATHIYAMORTHY – A.U
9942417634
216
SATHIYAPAMA UNIVERSITY
914424503152
217
SEENU – Video
9894356929
218
SEKAR – NAVEEN
9360045445
219
SELVAKUMAR – AERO LAB Vel Tech
9944743260
220
SELVAKUMAR – EC LAB - VET TECH
9840409697
221
SELVAKUMAR – PC – THIRUVARUR
9444414277
222
SELVAM – VIJAYA KANTH
9442933248
223
SENAKUNGI – MELAIYUR
04352940054
224
SENTHI – H.M - ATHINAM
9443525382
225
SENTHI – KILLAI
9976690784
226
SENTHI – MCA
9841191361
227
SHANKAR -
9444261893
228
SHANKAR – ARTS – MJI
9442688433
229
SHANKAR -BLACK - ADT
9443525228
230
SHANMURAJESWARAN – S.P - PTC
9840479998
231
SHANTHI LAW BOOKS
9710255147
232
SHARAN - Video
9443578465
9786644405
233
SHEKAR – Vel Tech –COMPUTER
9444177752
234
SIVA – PC – TNPA
9840987414
235
SIVAGURU - MLIS
9965034556
236
SIVAKUMAR – BLACK
9962835919
9244300450
237
SIVAKUMAR – MLIS
9976140649
238
SIVARAJE – PANNARI AMMAN
9566254790
239
SIVARAJE – Vel Tech
9566254790
240
SOLAI – AVM
2471237
9865451346
241
SOUNDAR – MJI
9944342308
9659889088
242
SOUNDARAJAN – MELAM
9345719050
243
SRAVANAN – B.A CULTURE
9487033289
244
SRAVANAN MAMA – PANDRUTY
9894200361
245
SRAVANAN – SENTHAMANY
9365862028
246
SRINIVASAN – LIB – Vel Tech
9842129331
247
SRM LIBRARY
9791077909
248
SUBUNE - B.L ADT
9840060619
249
SUDAHAR – PC- PTC
9841507078
9841507078
250
SUNDAR – RFID
9952941864
251
SUNDARA MORTHI – BLACK – ADT
9025156853
252
SUPRAMANIYAN – KURUKAL
9943506210
253
SURAS - B.L – APPLICTION- KANCHI PURAM
9443638326
9789168329
254
SURAS Vel Tech
9994557686
255
SURAS Vel Tech Student SOLINGAR
9677472565
256
SURILE – PHD BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
9943653068
257
THAMPIRAJA – SI - PTC
9965089096
9841470257
258
THANDAVAMORTHI – JAYARAJ GUID
9444853772
259
THANIGACHALAM – VAO
9940784353
9043219711
260
THIRUMALAI – TNPA – HOUSING POD
9840546320
261
THIRUNAVUKARASU – SCHOOL
9865492330
262
THIRUVANGADAM – SWAMY – FINANCE
9994302217
263
THIYAGU – PONNIMALAR
9884703552
264
TNPA
04422752002
04422752003
265
TNPA VELUSWAMY – JURGE
9994364344
266
TYPE – SIR - ADT
9944057832
267
V.P KAMALANATHAN
9790839149
268
VANATHI – Vel Tech
9944332522
269
VASU – MJI
9894396420
270
VEERANA TNPA S.I (Trg)
9941344906
271
Vel Tech office
04464593888
04426840262
272
Vellapillai – coock
9655130682
273
VENGADES – YOHA – ADT
9488549099
274
Vengades P.C. PTC
9840881733
275
VENGAT – TVM
9442441273
276
VERAMANI – SIVA TEMPLE
04364280506
277
Video Vengades
9841301806
278
VIJAY - ADT
9994546471
279
VIJAY – PTC – CONTROL ROOM
9884726809
280
VIJAYAKUMAR – VEL TECH
9444848485
281
VIJAYANAND – PC - PTC
9176659973
282
VIKE – PC – PTC
9790805117
283
WORLD BOOK HOUSE
914465493592
284
Murugasan – Vel Tech High Tech library
9003039928
285
P.PERUMAL - VEL MULTI TECH
9884194970
286
A.KUMAR - VEL MULTI TECH
9750806443
287
M.DEIVASIGAMANI - VEL MULTI TECH
9940471215
288
E.JAYANTHI - VEL MULTI TECH
9952693383
289
Vijayarani - Vel Tech High Tech library
9941991132
290

Jayamurugan - school friend
9994777580
291
RAM - Eng Phd
9629614311
292
Elyaraja - School
9600027690
293
THIYAHU - PANI MA
9884703552
294
B.L PRAMA - ANTHIRA
9704617606
295
B L THANA - TOSMARK
9941119595

PHONE NUMBERS JUN 2011

1
AARASU – VEL TECH
9566641771
2
AARUMUGA SWAMY – DSP
9444081963
3
AATHINAM – THIRUVADUTHURAI
04364232021
4
AMSAVANE – Ph.D (Annamalai Uni )
09620390783
5
ANANANTHI – ANNAMALAI UNI
9444894162
6
ANANANTHI – MANARKUDI (Sister)
9842370830
7
ANANDH - KANJANUR
9943412133
8
ANANDH – NARASINGAM PATTI
9942373415
9
ANANTHA - LAW COLLEGE
09704232223
10
ANGURAJE – ADT
9943423487
11
ANNADURAI – MJI
9787657427
12
ANNAMALAI - VEL TECH
9962633231
13
ANNAMALAI UNI – KURAM PATTI
04422388035
14
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY EX sec
04144237368,
04144238027
15
APPUKUTTI – KARAI KALL
9952525994
16
ARUL – ADT ( Photo)
9786407195,
9944634018,
0435 2940781
17
ASHOK – IG Wetting
9884477091,
9566025009
18
ASHOK – MJI
9443668340

B.L . BALASUPRAMANIYAN
9789633386

B.L.CHAGRAPANI
9440012279

B.L.CHANDRASHAR
9994351070

B.L DEELEP
9884077442

B.L KARTHI- RAYAPET
9840733920

B.L MATHU - THIRUPATHI
08008262348

B.L VENGADAS
9543432266

B.L. VIMALAN
9382875752
19
BALA – BHARATHI DASAN UNI
9994889426
20
BALA – P.C (P.T.C)
9962683834
21
BALAGE – VEL TEC
9840162042
22
BALAKRISHNAN – KILLAI
9486339904
23
BALARAJ – MATHURAI
9444682073
24
BALU – B.L
9382599089
25
BALU – RAILWAY
9262486598,
9442724154
26
BALU MJI
9965070564
27
BAPU – THIRUNELA KUDI
9715159045
28
CANARA BANK
18004256000
180042570000
29
Chairman Vel Tech
9940024000
30
CHALAPANDIAN Vel Tec
9445382932
31
CHANDRA KUMAR – NAMAKKAL
9789213255
32
CHANDRASHAR – TNPA
9941088772
9710403344
9043510030
33
CHANDRASHAR VEL TECH Nursing
9840350237
34
CHITHIRA ANNI – ADT
914352472823
35
CHTHRA ANNI – ADUTHURAI
9443046868
36
CIVIL STAFF – VET TECH
9840222281
37
CUB – ASHOK NAGAR
04423717171
04428297904
38
CUB BANK – ANNA NAGAR
2691121
39
DHAMODARAN VELTECH
9361114391
9791649352
9962951490
40
DHARMA – M.L.I.S ,B.L.
9840514137
41
DHAVAN – MJI
9942567255
42
Dr. K . NITHIYANANDAM
9444337936
9841115092
43
Dr. KRITHIGA – RAMACHANDR HOSPITAL
9444333977
44
DR. MURUGASAN - SRI RAM ENGINEERING
9786497296
45
DR. SELVAM - MAYAVAN - B.L
9551353803
46
Dr.KANNAN – MANON MANIYAM UNIVERSITY
9786942042
47
Dr.PANNER - POOMPUHAR COLLEGE
9443320509
48
DURGA – AVM Cackle
2472408
49
ELANGO – MJI
9487215217
9486510477
50
ELIYARAJA – MLIS KUM
9787564901
51
ELOPAGES – PHONE ENQUIRE
26444444
52
ESWARAN – ADT
9994612557
53
ESWARAN - VELTECH
9941061871
54
GAJANDRAN – VAO
9994733673
55
GOBAPL RAO
9444709244
9444874777
56
GOMAL SHAHAR
9791232555
04364237555
57
GOMATHI – MLIS AU
99427941136
58
GOPAL RAO brother
9710236490
59
GULDAN SUN – ADT
9894719701
60
GULDAN Tailor – ADT
9894719710
61
GURUNATHAN VELTECH
9176881525
62
HARI – LIBRARIAN MARUVATHUR
9965258455
63
HARI VELTECH POLI
9840899089
64
HEMA – VELTECH AU
9940233914
65
HEMA Brother (PASUPATH) VELTECH
9842353880
66
HIGGIN PATHAM – PARAMESWARAN
9444760386
67
HIGH TECH
9566879430
68
HILTA – SI
9710421475
69
HOUS ONEAR
9940035807
9677282999
70
ILANCHELAN – P.C- B.A
9943628176
71
INTHIRA
9443706320
72
INTHRAN M.L.I.S
9943848149
73
IYYAPAN – K.G.S
9790622315
74
J.B.LIBRARIAN
9894877756
75
JAHAN – RFID SOFTWARE
9600016579
76
JANSAN – BALAGE ENGINEERING
9710784852
77
JAY KUMAR – HC
9940382007
78
JAYAKUMAR – VEL TECH
9962154175
79
JAYANTHI – TNPA LIBRARY
9443706069
80
JAYARAJE – VEL TECH
9791429969
81
JAYARAMAN – KILLU KUDI
9443896813
9443046913
82
JEEVA
9578325743
83
JOUTHI TAILAR – KUMARAN METICAL
2472028
84
JOUTHIKUMAR – VEL TECH
9962346560
85
K.S.VEERANAN – TNPA SI
9941344906
86
KACHI RAO – CLRI , CHENNAI
9444739731
87
KALAIVANI – MJI
8056900381
88
KALAIVANI F.O-VEL TECH
9884344941
89
KANAP0ATHI – KILLU KUDI
9047241556
91435 2471073
90
KANNAN – MJI
0435 2472959
9443651713
91
KANNIMARA LIBRARY –MAYA
9894732943
92
KANTHAKUMAR - P.C
9751290763
93
KARPAGAM SETHI
9942326586
94
KARTHI – AVC LIBRARIAN
9942259565
95
KARTHI – MJI
9710874874
04352473213
96
KARTHI – TRICHY COMPANY
9840476254
97
KARTHI ELEKE – MJI
9688102600
98
KARUNAMOORTHY – VEL TECH
9362878221
99
KARUNANETHI – M.A. ENGLISH
9159107328
100
KARUNANETHI – MJI
9952092621
101
KATHAMUTHU – MJI
9715307739
102
KILLAI FRIEND
9715354589
103
KRISHNAMORTHY – VEL TECH
9940084661
104
KRUPA – LIBRARIAN MARUVATHUR
04427528201
105
KUMAR - MJI
9486510099
106
KUMAR – TVM
9443116266
107
KUMAR – VEL TECH LAP ASS
9840798221
108
KUMARASAN – POONA
09422545155
109
KUMARASANM.L.I.S
9786095473
110
LAW KRISHNA – A.O
09703596798
111
LEEMA – VEL TECH
9444106074
9677253301
112
LOOGU – P.C TNPA
9944664760
113
LOURDUSAAMI –FOP
9840703380
114
M.N. AU
9443497604
115
MACHAGANTHIRAN – VEL TECH
9710831148
116
MAHALINGAM – KILLUKUDI
9943129172
91435 2471072
117
MAHALINGAM – MJI
957119248
118
MAHANDRAN – MACHI
9659017700
119
MANI KARTHI – B.E
9952910453
120
MANI – VEL TECH
9962072590
121
MANI M.A ENGLISH
96895379687
122
MANI- MJI
247381
123
MANI P.HD - MAILAY
9789686500
124
MANIKANDAN – B.A CULTURE
9500370123
125
MANIMARAN - MJI
9952321525
126
MANOJE – SI POONDICHERY
9943179399
127
MARUVATHUR – POONITHA LIB
9790238572
128
MARUVATHUR – SURAS
9786866373
129
MAS – SANMUHAM – ADT
9976838200
130
MATHI – MCA
9884766928
9566072793
131
MAYAVAN – B.L
9840700222
132
METTAY – ADT
9789429837
7373304954
133
MLIS DEPART MENT – AU
238263285
134
MOHAN KUMAR – VEL TECH
9176235547
135
MONONMANIYAM UNIVERSITY
9443519517
136
MUNISWAMY – TNPA
9840956336
137
MURALE – KILLU KUDI
9556653598
9942711337
138
MURUGAN – MDMK ADT
9443559099
139
MURUGAN DRIVER – AVADI
9840123664
140
MURUGAN VEL TECH
9840163570
141
MUTHU PAVUNU – VEL TECH LAP
9600538327
142
NADUMARAN – VEL TECH
9941312142
9884529924
143
NAGARAGE – Librarian
99400248496
9042557093
9551354378
144
NAGARAGE –TNPA SI TECH
9994013462
145
NARAYANAN – VEL TECH
9865133296
146
NARAYANASWAMY – INSPECTER
9840545794
147
NATARAJE – LIBRARIAN
9944751620
148
NATARAJE – MACHI
8098071821
149
NAVEEN
9750275861
9698002763
150
NEELAMAGAM – VEL TECH LIB
9444624908
151
NEHURU – LIBRARIAN
9751243524
152
OFFICE
9944329415
9578325744
153
PAAI – L& O ADGP WEETING(JAHIIR)
9840125039
154
PANCELIYA – CHENNAI
9840197699,
9150436874
155
PANDARAM – ADT
9382879983
156
PANNERSELVAM – CHERSENT ENGINEERING
9841103912
157
PANTIYAN – MJI
9626452028
158
PAPA – ANNIYUR
9840119477
159
PARASU – VEL TECH
9841592032
160
PARIYAR MANIYAMAY UNIVERSITY
9003314141
161
PARTHI - P.C ADT
9994489121
91503439213
162
PARTHI – SI TNPA Training
9789979964
163
PARTHIPAN - PHD
9976922032
164
PASGAR –PC TNPA
9789507879
165
PATHAPARUMA - MAMA
9095637832
166
PATHAPARUMAL – ADT
9941405362
8056284932
167
PIRATHAP
9840797050
168
POLICE STATION – TVM
242177
169
POOCHANDRAN – LIB KOOTTUR PURAM
9940457502
170
POOMPUHAR COLLEGE
04364 260827
171
PRABU - PULIYATI
9790181875
172
PRAGAS – B.E ADT ANNI
9003434257
173
PRAPAGARAN VEL TECH
9962612788
174
PRAPU – ADT
00971554623084
175
PRETHIVI – MLIS
9677194087,9940279859
176
PTC
24853434,
24892382
177
PUSPANATHAN
9751547442
178
R.V – AU
04144225647
179
RABIN – SRIRAM ENGINEERING M.SC IT
7299313824,
9380709559
180
RAGU – MJI
9894574024
181
RAGU – SATHANUR
043524 70778
182
RAJA – B.L ADT
9894287298
2472512
9790842053
183
RAJA – KANJANUR
9047581173
04352940656
184
RAJE – PHD ENGLISH
9952809672
9345009527

185
RAJE – TEE STOLE ADT
9360396092
186
RAJENDRAN - MJI
9443651707
187
RAJENDRAN – BSAL ADT
9360203030
188
RAJES - MJI
9944716531
9788524176
189
RAKI MALK – SALAMAN – CHENNAI
9003137743
9043498927
190
RAMADAS – BLACK ADT
9345944403
9486282689
9345164970
191
RAMAKRISHNAN – TNPA
9840695439
192
RAMALINGAM - MJI
984258543
193
RAMAN – VEDIO ADT
9443784580
194
RAMANATHAN – REPORTER
9442901606
9840875190
195
RAMES - CELL AVADI
9940568293
9940492299
196
RAMES – AU LECTURE
9942689309
197
RAMES - PHOTOGRAPER - PTC
9790938379
198
RAMES – TVM
9443424914
199
RAMIYA – MAX- KUMBAKONAM
9940909158
200
RAO – VEL TECH - PHOTO
9382195090
201
RAVI – ADGP CAMP OFFICE
9840711689
202
RAVI – CHEMISTRY VELTECH
9944188220
203
RAVI – MACH – MELAIYUR
9976119041
204
REKHA – CSE VELTECH STUDENT
9566730059
205
RFID -KISORE
9952967680
206
RFID -MUTHU
9500100766
207
RMK ENGINEERING - SRINIVASAN
9840549000
208
RPD - A.U
9842738580
9443338083
209
SAGARAPANI – TNPA
9444145573
210
SARAVANAN – ADT – RETTIYAR
9444399641
9524667765
0435 2473374
211
SATHAMUSAN – MJI
9655814358
212
SATHIK – ADT
9360079602
9362005076
213
SATHIK – SI PAAI THPA
9940173504
9884911345
9940173504
214
SATHIS – JON BOS CO ENGINEERING (HARI - FRIEND)
9003194086
215
SATHIYAMORTHY – A.U
9942417634
216
SATHIYAPAMA UNIVERSITY
914424503152
217
SEENU – Video
9894356929
218
SEKAR – NAVEEN
9360045445
219
SELVAKUMAR – AERO LAB Vel Tech
9944743260
220
SELVAKUMAR – EC LAB - VET TECH
9840409697
221
SELVAKUMAR – PC – THIRUVARUR
9444414277
222
SELVAM – VIJAYA KANTH
9442933248
223
SENAKUNGI – MELAIYUR
04352940054
224
SENTHI – H.M - ATHINAM
9443525382
225
SENTHI – KILLAI
9976690784
226
SENTHI – MCA
9841191361
227
SHANKAR -
9444261893
228
SHANKAR – ARTS – MJI
9442688433
229
SHANKAR -BLACK - ADT
9443525228
230
SHANMURAJESWARAN – S.P - PTC
9840479998
231
SHANTHI LAW BOOKS
9710255147
232
SHARAN - Video
9443578465
9786644405
233
SHEKAR – Vel Tech –COMPUTER
9444177752
234
SIVA – PC – TNPA
9840987414
235
SIVAGURU - MLIS
9965034556
236
SIVAKUMAR – BLACK
9962835919
9244300450
237
SIVAKUMAR – MLIS
9976140649
238
SIVARAJE – PANNARI AMMAN
9566254790
239
SIVARAJE – Vel Tech
9566254790
240
SOLAI – AVM
2471237
9865451346
241
SOUNDAR – MJI
9944342308
9659889088
242
SOUNDARAJAN – MELAM
9345719050
243
SRAVANAN – B.A CULTURE
9487033289
244
SRAVANAN MAMA – PANDRUTY
9894200361
245
SRAVANAN – SENTHAMANY
9365862028
246
SRINIVASAN – LIB – Vel Tech
9842129331
247
SRM LIBRARY
9791077909
248
SUBUNE - B.L ADT
9840060619
249
SUDAHAR – PC- PTC
9841507078
9841507078
250
SUNDAR – RFID
9952941864
251
SUNDARA MORTHI – BLACK – ADT
9025156853
252
SUPRAMANIYAN – KURUKAL
9943506210
253
SURAS - B.L – APPLICTION- KANCHI PURAM
9443638326
9789168329
254
SURAS Vel Tech
9994557686
255
SURAS Vel Tech Student SOLINGAR
9677472565
256
SURILE – PHD BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
9943653068
257
THAMPIRAJA – SI - PTC
9965089096
9841470257
258
THANDAVAMORTHI – JAYARAJ GUID
9444853772
259
THANIGACHALAM – VAO
9940784353
9043219711
260
THIRUMALAI – TNPA – HOUSING POD
9840546320
261
THIRUNAVUKARASU – SCHOOL
9865492330
262
THIRUVANGADAM – SWAMY – FINANCE
9994302217
263
THIYAGU – PONNIMALAR
9884703552
264
TNPA
04422752002
04422752003
265
TNPA VELUSWAMY – JURGE
9994364344
266
TYPE – SIR - ADT
9944057832
267
V.P KAMALANATHAN
9790839149
268
VANATHI – Vel Tech
9944332522
269
VASU – MJI
9894396420
270
VEERANA TNPA S.I (Trg)
9941344906
271
Vel Tech office
04464593888
04426840262
272
Vellapillai – coock
9655130682
273
VENGADES – YOHA – ADT
9488549099
274
Vengades P.C. PTC
9840881733
275
VENGAT – TVM
9442441273
276
VERAMANI – SIVA TEMPLE
04364280506
277
Video Vengades
9841301806
278
VIJAY - ADT
9994546471
279
VIJAY – PTC – CONTROL ROOM
9884726809
280
VIJAYAKUMAR – VEL TECH
9444848485
281
VIJAYANAND – PC - PTC
9176659973
282
VIKE – PC – PTC
9790805117
283
WORLD BOOK HOUSE
914465493592
284
Murugasan – Vel Tech High Tech library
9003039928
285
P.PERUMAL - VEL MULTI TECH
9884194970
286
A.KUMAR - VEL MULTI TECH
9750806443
287
M.DEIVASIGAMANI - VEL MULTI TECH
9940471215
288
E.JAYANTHI - VEL MULTI TECH
9952693383
289
Vijayarani - Vel Tech High Tech library
9941991132
290

Jayamurugan - school friend
9994777580
291
RAM - Eng Phd
9629614311
292
Elyaraja - School
9600027690
293
THIYAHU - PANI MA
9884703552
294
B.L PRAMA - ANTHIRA
9704617606
295
B L THANA - TOSMARK
9941119595

Friday, May 6, 2011

CURRICULAM VITAE
JEEVANANDAM. P,
68,Manjamalli,
Avaniyapuram(Post),
Aduthurai (via),
Thanjayur (Dis)
612 107
Cell : 9944340233
C/O RAVICHANDRAN,
NO,9 Senthil sami street ,
Nnadhavanamettur,
Kamarajar Nagar,
Avadi, Chennai - 71
nanthalib!@gmail.com
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________________________________________________________________________
Objective:
I am seeking for a career opportunity in your excellent concern to Match my skill and qualifications.
To be information Specialist and well know in the areas of Library and Information Service
Education Qualification:
COURS
COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY
SUBJECT
YEAR OF PASSING
%OF
MARKS
B.A
Pombuhar College, Melaiyur,Pombuhar
Bharathidasan,
Trichirapalli.
Oriental Culture
01-07-2002
53.90
M.L.I.S
Annamalai University
chithambaram
Annamalai, Chithambaram.
Library & Information Science
07-07-2004
7.35
M.Phil
Annamalai University
chithambaram
Annamalai, Chithambaram.
Library & Information Science
28-07-2006
7.85


Project Details:
M.L.I.S
:
Digital Resource in Technical Library : A Case of Study
M.Phil
:
Information Searching Patten in Medical Literature: A Citation Study of Medical Journal

Experience:
Worked as a Librarian in Tamil Nadu Police Academy
Oonamanchary, Chennai from 28.04.2006 to 16.02.2009.
Working as a Librarian in Vel Tech Dr.RR & Dr. SR Technical University ,
Avadi , Chennai from 02-03-2009 to till date .




Published Articles :
Title
JOURNAL NAME/PLACE
ISSN/ ISBN No
Issue / Page No
Paradigm of Library Management and its services
Documentation Magazine/
Spain (International)
1988 -5032
January-February
2010 / 43 to 47
Implication of security system in modern library management service
Documentation Magazine/
Spain (International)
1988-5032
September-October
2010, pages 40 to 47,

Published Articles in Conference
Articles Title
College
ISSN/ ISBN No
Issue / Page No
E- learning : A Boon in effective Library Service
Bharathidasan University, Trichirappali,T.N (International)
97881908090
19-20,Feb 2010
Evaluation Study of Public Library in Tamilnadu
Annamalai, Chithambaram(National)
978-81-908455-2-6
24th March 2010
Information Access in Academic Libraries in Digital Era
S.R.M University, SRM, Nagar, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu (International)
978-81-8465-212-3
17th to19th-Jun -2010

Participated Program
Title
College
Date
Program
E – Resources for Academic Excellence in Digital Era
Adhiparasakthi Engineering College ,Melmaruvathur
11- 07-2009
Workshop
Open Source Library Management Software
MIT Library, Anna University, Chennai
05 -12-2009
Workshop
Building World Class Academic
VIT , Vellore
31-07-2009
Workshop
Open Source Software for LIS Professionals
Annamalai, Chithambaram
5,6-03-2010
National Workshop
Library & Information Management in the Digital Era
Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science, Kilambi ,Kanchi Puram
24-10 -009
National Seminar
Innovative Quality and Quantitative Research Techniques in Digital Era
Bishop Heber College ,Trichy
13-02-2010
National Conference



Library Software Skills
:
R.F.I.D. Software,
P.T.C Library Automation,
VEL Library Automation
Technical Qualification
:

Language Known
:
Tamil & English
Computer Knowledge
:
M.S. Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint )
Computer Typing
Area of Interest
:
Managements
Sports
Social Activities
Other Activities
:
N.C.C, N.S.S. Sports Certificates

Personal Information
Date of Birth
:
26.05.1979
Father Name
:
K.Pakkirisamy
Marital Status
:
Single
Sex
:
Male
State
:
Tamil Nadu
Nationality
:
Indian
Religion
:
Hindu
Community
:
Hindu ThulvaVellalar

Declaration:
I here by declare that all statement made in the application are true complete and correct to the best of my Knowledge and belief.
Thanking you,
Date : 29.04.2011

Signature
Place :Chennai





(JEEVANANDAM.P)

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Performance and Reliability of RFID Informative Security Service-A Brief study

Performance and Reliability of RFID Informative Security Service-A Brief study
P. JEEVANANDAM. M.A,M.L.I.S,M.Phil P. JEYARAJ
Librarian Research scholar
Vel Tech Dr.RR & Dr.SR Technical University, Chennai Anna University of Technology,Coimbatore
Introduction
RFID is a modern and emerging technology being used in libraries for easy retrieval of information and microchip technology. The information contained on microchips in the tags affixed to library materials is read using radio frequency technology. A reader (aka sensor, scanner or interrogator) looks for antennae on the tags and retrieves information from the microchips automatically identify people or objects. There are several methods of identification, but the most common is to store a serial number and the antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification information to a reader. The reader converts the radio waves reflected back from the RFID tag into digital information that can then be passed on to computers that can make use of it.
What is RFID
In the simplest terms, an RFID system has two parts: a tag and a reader. Information is encoded on the tag; the reader accesses that information and passes it along to the person or system that needs it.
Within the tag, there is a microchip (which holds the information) and an antenna. This assembly is usually covered with a protective overlay. (The durability of the overlay is determined by the application. If your tag is being placed inside a book, paper provides adequate protection; if the tag is affixed to a jet engine part, you’ll want something more resilient.) The back of the overlay has an adhesive so the assembly can be permanently installed. In a book, the final assembly is unobtrusive, usually a couple of inches square and very thin. Book RFID tags are passive: they have no batteries or other power source. The energy needed to power and read the tag comes from the reader.
An RFID-equipped library usually has readers at the circulation desk and at a self-service kiosk. Another reader is installed in the security "gate"—this device detects books or other media that haven’t been checked out. Many libraries also use RFID technology in an automated check-in and materials handling system. Productivity can be further enhanced with a hand-held reader, which is used to pull holds and transits after check-in or to scan shelves for misplaced books.
Components of an RFID System A comprehensive RFID system has four components:
1. RFID tags that are electronically programmed with unique information;
2. Readers or sensors to query the tags;
3. Antenna; and
4. Server on which the software that interfaces with the integrated library software is loaded.
1.Tags
The heart of the system is the RFID tag, which can be fixed inside a book's back cover or directly onto CDs and videos. This tag is equipped with a programmable chip and an antenna. Each paper-thin tag contains an engraved antenna and a microchip with a capacity of at least 64 bits. There are three types of tags: "read only", "WORM," and "read/write.
"Tags are "read only" if the identification is encoded at the time of manufacture and not rewritable.
"WORM" (Write-Once-Read-Many)" tags are programmed by the using organization, but without the ability of rewriting them later.
"Read/write tags," which are chosen by most libraries, can have information changed or added. In RFID library, it is common to have part of the read/write tag secured against rewriting, e.g., the identification number of the item.
2.Readers The reader powers an antenna to generate an RFID field. When a tag passes through the field, the information stored on the chip in the tag is interpreted by the reader and sent to the server, which, in turn, communicates with the integrated library system when the RFID system is interfaced with it .RFID exit gate sensors (readers) at exits are basically two types. One type reads the information on the tag(s) going by and communicates that information to a server. The server, after checking against the circulation database, turn on an alarm if the material is not properly checked-out. Another type relies on a "theft" byte in the tag that is turned on or off to show that the item has been charged or not. It is then not necessary to communicate with the circulation database.
Readers in RFID library are used in the following ways:
Conversion station-where library data is written to the tag;
Staff workstation at circulation- used to charge and discharge library materials;
Self check-out station-used to check-out library materials without staff assistance;
Self check-in station-used to check in books etc. without staff assistance;
Exit sensors- to verify that all the books etc. leaving the library have been checked-out;
Book-drop reader- used to automatically discharge library materials and reactivate security.
Sorter and conveyor-automated system for returning books etc. to proper area of library;
Hand-held reader-used for inventorying and verifying that books etc. are shelved correctly.
3.Antenna The antenna produces radio signals to activate the tag and read and write data to it. Antennas are the channels between the tag and the reader, which controls the system’s data acquisitions and communication. The electromagnetic field produced by an antenna can be constantly present when multiple tags are expected continually. Antennas can be built into a doorframe to receive tag data from person’s things passing through the door.
4.Server
The server is the heart of some comprehensive RFID systems. It is the communications gateway among the various components. It receives the information from one or more of the readers and exchanges information with the circulation database. Its software includes the SIP/SIP2 (Session Initiation Protocol), APIs (Applications Programming Interface) NCIP or SLNP necessary to interface it with the integrated library software. The server typically includes a transaction database so that reports can be produced.
Optional Components
Optional RFID system includes the following three components:
1. RFID Label Printer
2. Handheld Reader
3. External Book Return
1. RFID label Printer
An RFID-printer is used to print the labels with an individual barcode, library logo etc. When the print is applied, it simultaneously programmed the data in to the chip. After this process, the RFID label is taken from the printer and self-adhered to the book. It also checks each RFID label for function.
2. Handheld Reader/Inventory Wand
The portable Handheld Reader or inventory wand can be moved along the items on the shelves without touching them. The data goes to a storage unit, which can be downloaded at a server later on, or it can go to a unit, which will transmit it to the server using wireless technology. The inventory wand will cover three requirements:
· Screen the complete book collection on the shelves for inventory control.
· Search for books, which are miss-shelved.
· Search for individual book requested.
Other applications can be written for the inventory wand, since the system utilizes a personal data terminal (PDT).
3. External Book Return
Libraries can offer a distinct service, which is very useful for users like ability to return books during off hours. External book return is a machine with a slot with a chip RFID reader integrated into the wall. It works the same way as the Self Check –Out Station. The user identifies himself/herself (if required by the library), and then puts the book(s) in to the slot. Upon completing his/her return, the user will receive a receipt showing how many and which books were returned. Since they have already been checked-in, they can go directly back onto the shelves. These units can also be used with sorter and conveyor systems..

Features of RFID in library
The reliability of the system, its ease of operation, and the flexibility of tagging all kinds of media easily, is important criteria in choosing an RFID system. The main aim for today's libraries to adopt RFID is the need to increase efficiency and reduce cost. Automation and self-service can help libraries of all sizes toward achieving these aims, and RFID has the added advantage that it can also provide security for the range of different media on offer in libraries. The technology can also improve circulation and inventory control, which helps to optimize the allocation of labour and financial resources. This means that libraries can relieve their professional employees of routine work and operational tasks.
All of the tags used in RFID technology for libraries are "passive." The power to read the tags comes from the reader or exit sensor (reader), rather than from a battery within the tag.
A few libraries use "smart" card, which is an RFID card with additional encryption, is an alternative to merely adding an RFID tag on staff and user identification cards. Not only does that identify users for issue and return of library materials, but also for access to restricted areas or services. This would make it possible to make it into a "debit" card, with value added upon pre-payment to the library and value subtracted when a user used a photocopier, printer, or other fee-based device, or wished to pay fines or fees
Speedy and Easy User self-charging/discharging
The use of RFID reduces the amount of time required to perform circulation operations. This technology helps librarians eliminate valuable staff time spent scanning barcodes while checking out and checking in borrowed items. For the users, RFID speeds up the borrowing and returns procedures. The Library professionals, instead of scanning bar codes all day long in front of a queue of users, are released for more productive and interesting duties. Staff is relieved further when readers are installed in book drops.
High-speed inventorying
A unique advantage of RFID systems is their ability to scan books on the shelves without tipping them out or removing them. A hand-held inventory reader can be moved rapidly across a shelf of books to read all of the unique identification information. Using wireless technology, it is possible not only to update the inventory, but also to identify items, which are out of proper order.
Automated materials handling
Another application of RFID technology is automated materials handling. This includes conveyor and sorting systems that can move library materials and sort them by category into separate bins or onto separate carts. This significantly reduces the amount of staff time required to ready materials for re-shelving.
Advantages
Ø An RFID smart card-based fare collection system may reduce operation costs in the long run.
Ø Public transportation authorities will be able to monitor readership in real-time and will minimize delays by committing extra resources (buses or trains) to specific congested routes.
Ø RFID does not require line of sight. The reader can communicate with the tag via radio waves. An individual can potentially be identified and charged the right fare by simply carrying the RFID smart-card in his/her pocket.
Ø RFID equipment damage occurs much less frequently than is the case with magnetic strips or bar codes present on Charlie Tickets.
Ø The combination of all above mentioned advantages will result in improved convenience and boost public transportation readership.
Disadvantages
Ø The major disadvantage of RFID technology is its high cost
Ø In the short run, costs of diffusion and implementation for an RFID smart card-based fare collection system can be rather high.
Ø An RFID-based fare collection system has the potential of seriously invading people's privacy

Ø RFID technology ultimately involves software that allows each user to be identified by a central database. This infrastructure will certainly be under attack by hackers
Ø Poor read rate can occur if the reader and receiver are not properly aligned.
Ø In cases when multiple tags and readers are at work simultaneously, double charges may occur.
Conclusion
RFID system may be a comprehensive system that addresses both the security and materials tracking needs of a library. As far as privacy issue is concerned it is important to educate library staff and library users about the RFID technology in libraries before implementing a program. However, no library RFID products are currently available using the new standard. Apart from that cost of the RFID Tags and equipments is also a major problem for libraries to implement the same in a developing country like India.
References:
Ayre, Lori Bowen, The Galecia Group (August 2004) Position paper: RFID and libraries. Retrived from http://www.galecia.com/weblog/mt/archives/cat_rfidandwireless.php
“RFID for Libraries” as viewed on 01-03-2005 at URL: http://www.biblio-tech.com/html/rfid.html.
Berkeley Public Library (n.d.) Berkeley Public Library: Best Practices for RFID technology. Retrieved from http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org/BESTPRAC.pdf.
Koppel, T. (March 2004). Standards in Libraries: What’s Ahead: a guide for Library Professional about the Library Standards of Today and the Future. The Library Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/pdf/standardswp.pdf.
Sarma, E. S. Weis, S. A., Engels, D.W. (November 2002). White paper: RFID systems, security & privacy implications. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AUTO-ID Center.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

DigitalLibraryArchitectures

SupportingInformationAccessinNextGeneration
DigitalLibraryArchitectures
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IngoFrommholz,PredragKneˇzevi´c,BhaskarMehta,ClaudiaNieder´ee,ThomasRisse,
andUlrichThiel
FraunhoferIPSI
IntegratedPublicationandInformationSystemsInstitute
Dolivostrasse15,64293Darmstadt,Germany
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Abstract. CurrentdevelopmentsonService-orientedArchitectures,Peer-to-Peer
and Gridcomputing promisemoreopenandflexiblearchitecturesfordigitalli-
braries.TheywillopenDLtechnologytoawiderclientele,allowfasteradaptabil-
ityandenable theusageoffederativemodels oncontentand serviceprovision.
ThesetechnologiesrisenewchallengesfortherealizationofDLfunctionalities,
whicharerootedintheincreasedheterogeneityofcontent,servicesandmetadata,
inthehigherdegreeofdistributionanddynamics,aswellasintheomissionofa
centralcontrolinstance.Thispaperdiscussestheseopportunitiesandchallenges
forthreecentraltypesofDLfunctionalityrevolvingaroundinformationaccess:
metadatamanagement,retrievalfunctionality,andpersonalizationservices.
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Introduction
Currently,thereisaconsiderableamountofR&Dactivityindevelopingviablestrate-
giestouseinnovativetechnologiesandparadigmslikePeer-to-PeerNetworking,Grid,
andService-orientedArchitecturesindigitallibraries(seee.g.theEuropeanIntegrated
Projects BRICKS [1] and DILIGENT).The promise is that these efforts will lead to
moreopenandflexibledigitallibraryarchitecturesthat:
– openupdigitallibrary(DL)technologytoawiderclientelebyenablingmorecost-
effectiveandbettertailoreddigitallibraries,
– allowfasteradaptabilitytodevelopmentsinDLservicesandITtechnologies,and
– enableusageofdynamicfederativemodelsofcontentandserviceprovisioninvolv-
ingawiderangeofdistributedcontentandserviceproviders.
The use of Service-oriented Architectures, Grid infrastructures, and the Peer-to-
Peerapproachforcontentandserviceprovisionhasimplicationsfortherealizationof
enhancedDLfunctionality.Theseimplicationsaremainlyrootedinincreasedhetero-
geneityofcontent,servicesandmetadata,inthehigherdegreeofdistributionanddy-
namics,aswellasintheomissionofacentralcontrolinstance.Ononehand,theseare
opportunitiesforbetterandmoremultifariousDLservices;ontheotherhand,theseare
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ThisworkispartlyfundedbytheEuropeanCommissionunderBRICKS(IST507457),COL-
LATE(IST-1999-20882),DILIGENTandVIKEF(IST-507173)


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newchallengestoensuringlong-term,reliable,andquality-ensuredDLserviceprovi-
sionthatalsoexploitsthetechnologypromises.Thispaperdiscussestheseopportunities
andchallengesforthreecentraltypesofDLfunctionalityrevolvingaroundinformation
access:metadatamanagement,retrievalfunctionality,andpersonalizationservices.
Therestofthispaperisstructuredasfollows:Section2presentsthekeyideasof
nextgenerationDLarchitecturesbasedonexemplaryRTDprojects.Section3discusses
howthesenewideasinfluenceinformationaccessintheareasofmetadatamanagement,
informationretrieval,andpersonalizationsupport.Relatedworkintheseareasiscon-
sideredinsection4.Thepaperconcludeswithasummaryofthepaper’skeyissues.
2
NextGenerationDigitalLibraryArchitectures
CurrentplansfornextgenerationDLarchitecturesareaimingforatransitionfromthe
DLasanintegrated,centrallycontrolledsystemtoadynamicconfigurablefederationof
DLservicesandinformationcollections.Thistransitionisinspiredbynewtechnology
trends and developments.This includes technologies like Web services and the Grid
as well as the success of new paradigms like Peer-to-Peer Networking and Service-
orientedArchitectures.Thetransitionisalsodrivenbytheneedsofthe”DLmarket”:
– betterandadaptivetailoringofthecontentandserviceofferofaDLtotheneeds
oftherespectivecommunityaswellastothecurrentserviceandcontentoffer;
– more systematic exploitation of existing resources like information collections,
metadatacollections,services,andcomputationalresources;
– openingupofDLtechnologytoawiderclientelebyenablingmorecost-effective
digitallibraries.
TomaketheseideasmoretangiblewediscussthreeRTDprojectsinthefieldand
discusstherelationshiptoupcominge-Scienceactivties.
2.1
VirtualDigitalLibrariesinaGrid-basedDLInfrastructure
DILIGENT is an Integrated Project within the IST 6th Framework Programme.It’s
1
objectiveis ”to create an advancedtest-bedthat will allow membersof dynamicvir-
tuale-Scienceorganizationstoaccesssharedknowledgeandtocollaborateinasecure,
coordinated,dynamicandcost-effectiveway.”
TheDILIGENTtestbedwillenablethedynamiccreationandmanagementofVir-
tual Digital Libraries (VDLs) on top of a shared Grid-enabledDL infrastructure,the
DILIGENTinfrastructure.VDLsareDLstailoredtothesupportofspecifice-Science
communitiesandworkgroups.ForcreatingaVDL,DLservices,contentcollections,
metadatacollectionsareconsideredasGridresourcesandareselected,configured,and
integratedintoprocessesusingtheservicesoftheDILIGENTinfrastructure.Thisin-
frastructurebuilds uponan advancedunderlyingGrid infrastructureas it is currently
evolving e.g. in the EGEE project . Such a Grid infrastructure will already provide
2
partsofthefunctionalityrequiredforDILIGENT.Thisincludesthedynamicallocation
1
DILIGENT-ADIgitalLibraryInfrastructureonGridENabledTechnology
2
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of resources, support for cross-organizational resource sharing, and a basic security
infrastructure.ForeffectivelysupportingDLs, additionalserviceslike supportforre-
dundantstorageandautomaticdatadistribution,metadatabroker,metadataandcontent
management,advancedresourcebrokers,approachesfor ensuringcontentsecurityin
distributed environments and the management of content and community workflows
arerquiredinadditiontoservicesthatsupportthecreationandmanagementofVDLs.
AfurtherprojectchallengearesystematicmethodtomakethetreasureofexistingDL
servicesandcollectionsutilizableasGridresourcesintheDILIGENTinfrastructure.
TheDILIGENTprojectwillresultinaGrid-enabledDLtestbedthatwillbevali-
datedbytwocomplemtaryreal-lifeapplicationscenarios:onefromtheCulturalHer-
itagedomainandonefromtheenvironmentale-Sciencedomain.
2.2
Service-orientedandDecentralizedDLInfrastructure
TheaimoftheBRICKS IntegratedProject[1]istodesign,developandmaintainauser
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andservice-orientedspacetoshareknowledgeandresourcesintheCulturalHeritage
domain. The target audience is very broad and heterogeneous and involves cultural
heritageandeducationalinstitutions,researchcommunity,industry,andcitizens.
Such high level of heterogeneity cannot be handled with the existing centralized
DLarchitectures.TheBRICKSarchitecturewillreducethecosttojointhesystem,i.e.
thesystemwillreuseexistingcommunicationchannelsandcontentofalreadyinstalled
DLs.Also,theBRICKSmembershipwillbeflexible,suchthatpartiescanjoinorleave
thesystematanypointintimewithoutadministrativeoverheads.TheBRICKSproject
willdefineadecentralized,service-orientedinfrastructurethatusesInternetasaback-
boneandfulfillstherequirementsofexpandability,scalabilityandinteroperability.
Withrespecttoaccessfunctionality,BRICKSprovidesappropriatetask-basedfunc-
tionalityforindexing/annotationandcollaborativeactivities e.g.forpreparinga joint
multimediapublication.An automaticannotationservice will enableusers to request
backgroundinformation,evenifitemshavenotbeenannotatedbyotherusersyet.By
selectingappropriateitems,suchasdefinitionsofconcepts,surveyarticlesormapsof
relevantgeographicalareas, the service exploitsthe currentlyfocussed items andthe
user’sgoalsexpressedintheuserprofile.Inaddition,thelinkinginformation,whichis
generateddynamically,mustbeintegratedintothedocuments.Thedesignoftheaccess
functionalityisinfluencedbyourexperiencesinthe5thFrameworkprojectCOLLATE.
2.3
COLLATE:AWeb-basedenvironmentfordocument-centeredcollaboration
Designed as a content- and context-based knowledge working environment for dis-
tributed user groups, the COLLATE system supports both individual work and col-
laborationofdomainexpertswithmaterialinthedatarepository.Theexampleapplica-
tionfocusesonhistoricfilmdocumentation,butthedevelopedtoolsaredesignedtobe
genericandassuchadaptabletoothercontentdomainsandapplicationtypes.Thisis
achievedbymodel-basedmodules.
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Thesystemsupportscollaborativeactivitiessuchascreatingajointpublicationor
assembling and creating material for a (virtual) exhibition, contributing unpublished
partsofworkintheformofextendedannotationsandcommentaries.Automaticindex-
ingoftextualandpictorialpartsofadocumentcanbeinvoked.Automaticlayoutanaly-
sisforscanneddocumentscanbeusedtolinkanannotationofindividualsegments.As
amultifunctionalmeansofin-depthanalysis,annotationscanbemadeindividuallybut
alsocollaboratively,forexampleintheformofannotationofannotations,collaborative
evaluation,andcomparisonofdocuments.Throughinterrelatedannotationsuserscan
enterintoadiscourseontheinterpretationofdocumentsanddocumentpassages.
The COLLATE collaboratoryis a multifunctionalsoftware package integratinga
largevarietyoffunctionalitiesthatareprovidedbycooperatingsoftwaremodulesre-
siding on different servers. It can be regardedas a prototypical implementation of a
decentralized,Service-orientedDLarchitecturewhichservesasatestbedforthecollab-
orativeuseofdocumentsandcollectionsintheHumanities.Thecollaborativecreation
ofannotationcontextsfordocumentsoffersnewopportunitiesforimprovingtheaccess
functionality,aswewillillustratelateron.
2.4
NextGenerationDLArchitecturesande-Science
Scientific practice is increasingly reliant on data-intensive research and international
collaboration enabled by computer networks. The technology deployed in such sce-
nariosallowsforhighbandwidthcommunicationnetworks,andbylinkingcomputers
in”Grids”placesconsiderablymorepowerfulcomputingresourcesisattheirdisposal
thanasingleinstitutioncouldafford.Ifweviewe-Scienceasbeingprimarilymotivated
uptonowbynotionsofresourcesharingforcomputationallyintensiveprocesses(e.g.
simulations,visualisation,datamining)aneedisemergingfornewapproaches,brought
up by ever more complex procedures, which, on the one hand, assume the reuse of
workflows,dataandinformationand,ontheotherhand,shouldbeabletosupportcol-
laborationinvirtualteams.Futureconceptsofe-Sciencewillbelessfocussedondata
andcomputingresources,butwillincludeservicesontheknowledgeandorganizational
levelsaswell.EmbeddingfutureDLarchitecturesinanemerginge-Scienceinfrastruc-
ture will meet these requirementsby providingaccess to informationand knowledge
sources,andappropriatecollaborationsupportontopoftheGrid-basedinfrastructure.
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InformationAccessinNextGenerationDLArchitectures
Adecentralized,service-orientedarchitectureposesnewchallengestothetechnologies
employedforinformationaccess.DLsbasedonsuchanarchitectureshould,forexam-
ple,notonlyprovideaccessandretrievalfunctionalityforthedocumentsresidingon
thelocalpeer,butshouldalsoconsiderotherpeerswhichmighthostrelevantdocument
w.r.t.aquery.Inthefollowing,wewilloutlinepossibleapproachesforenhancedser-
vicesforinformationaccess.Suchserviceswillutilizethefunctionsofadecentralized
metadatamanagementensuringtheavailabilityofalldocuments(andtheirparts)while
reducingoverheadcosts. Retrieval functionscan be improvedbytaking into account


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P2P-DOM
DHT Abstraction Layer
Index Manager
DHT
Network Layers
Query Engine
Applications
Fig.1.DecentralizedXMLStorageArchitecture
the annotationalcontexts of documentsemergingfor the collaborativeprocess of in-
terpretinganddiscussingitemsofinterestsbyagroupofusers.Inaddition,individual
users‘contextscanbeusedtopersonalizetheaccessservices.
3.1
DecentralizedMetadataManagement
DLsusuallyliketokeepcontentundercontrolintheirlocalrepositories.Onthecon-
trary,metadatashouldbeavailableforallparties,storedinsomecentralplaceaccessible
foreverybody.Decentralizedarchitecturesby definitionsavoid havingcentralpoints,
for the followingreasons: theyare candidatesingle pointof failure andperformance
bottleneck.Therefore,metadata must be spread in the community.A na¨ıve approach
formetadatasearchingwouldbetodistributequeriestoallmembers,butitisobvious
thatthesolutionisunscalable.Hence,efficientmetadataaccessandqueryingarevery
importantchallengeswithingthenewdecentralizedsettings.
OurproposaltothesechallengesisadecentralizedPeer-to-Peerdatastorethatwill
beused formanagingXML-encodedmetadata.It balancesresourceusagewithinthe
community,hashighdataavailability(i.e.dataareaccessibleevenifcreatordisappears
fromthesystem,e.g.systemfault,networkpartitioning,orgoingoffline),isupdateable
(i.e.storeddatacanbemodifiedduringthesystemlifetime),andsupportsapowerful
querylanguage(e.gXPath/XQuery).
XML documentsare split into finer pieces that arespread withinthe community.
Thedocumentsarecreatedandmodifiedbythecommunitymembers,andcanbeac-
cessed from any peer in a uniform way, e.g. a peer does not have to know anything
aboutthedataallocation.Uniformaccessandbalancedstorageusageareachievedby
usingaDHT(DistributedHashTable)Overlay[2]andhavinguniqueIDsfordifferent
documentparts.
Figure1 shows the proposedstorage architecture,whereall layers existon every
peer.ThedatastoreisaccessedthroughtheP2P-DOMcomponentorbyusingthequery
enginethatcouldbesupportedbyanoptionalindexmanager.Amoredetaileddiscus-
sionabouttheproposedapproach,challengesandopenissuescanbefoundin[3].
Inthe rest of the subsection,we are givingmoredetails howthe proposeddatas-
torecouldbeusedformanagingservicemetadata,whichareanadditionaltypeofDL
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Service metadata describe service functionalities, interfaces and other properties.
These meta-informationare usuallyencodedby usingWSDL (Web ServiceDescrip-
tionLanguage[4])andpublishedto anUDDI(UniversalDescription,Discoveryand
Integration[5])servicedirectory.Servicediscoveryqueriesareusuallymorecomplex
thansimplenamematching,i.e.theycontainqualified,rangeand/orbooleanpredicates.
In order to realize a decentralized service directory with advancedquery mecha-
nisms,thecommunityofserviceproviderswillcreateandmaintaininthedecentralized
P2Pdatastoreapooloftheservicedescriptions.Everyservicewillbeabletomodify
its descriptionduringthelifetimeandtosearchforneededservices.Queryexecution
willbespreadatmanypeers,thequeryoriginatorwillonlygetthefinalresultback.
Atthesametime,duetouniformdataaccess,newcommunitymemberscanstartus-
ingtheservicedirectoryimmediatelyafterjoiningthesystemwithoutadditionalsetup
andadministration.Amemberdecisiontoleavethecommunitywillnotmakeanyinflu-
encefortherestofthesystem,becausedataarereplicated.Evenifnetworkpartitioning
happens,theservicedirectorywouldprovideaccesstoservicemetadataavailableinthe
partitionallowingsomepartiestocontinuewithworkwithoutinterruption.
Fordetailsabouttheuseofthedecentralizeddatastoreinotherscenariossee[6].
3.2
DecentralizedContext-basedInformationRetrieval
DLsbasedonadecentralisedarchitectureshouldnotonlyprovideaccessandretrieval
functionalityforthedocumentsresidingonthelocalpeer,butshouldalsoconsiderother
peerswhichmighthostrelevantdocumentw.r.t.aquery.Itisclearthatforascenario
likedescribedaboveappropriatesearchfunctionalityhastobedefined.Inthefollowing,
wewilloutlinepossibleapproachesforenhancedretrievalservices.
ServicesInordertobeabletoabstractfromtheunderlyinginfrastructure,retrieval
functionalityshouldbeimplementedasaservicewithapredefinedAPIandbehaviour.
This has the advantagethat other peers are able to query the local repository,which
isanimportantfeatureforenablingP2PIR.AnexampleWebServicespecificationfor
searchandretrievalisSRW .Itconsiderscontent-basedretrievalfunctionality,butlacks
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context-basedfeaturesasproposedabove.Whenperformingretrievalbasedonthean-
notationcontext(seebelow),suchcontextinformationshouldbecontainedintheresult
setinordertoelucidatewhyanitemwasretrieved.SoacommonAPIforqueries,re-
sults and indexingrequests has to be identified which is capable of taking advanced
queriesandcontextinformationintoaccount.
Annotation Context Annotations are a certain kind of metadata providingsome
information about the annotated document. They can contain content about content
(e.g., interpretations, comments), other informationlike judgements, or referencesto
otherdocuments[7].Annotationscanbeeithermanuallyorautomaticallycreated.
Manualannotationsrangefrompersonaltosharedtopublicones.Theycaninclude
personalnotes,e.g.,forcomprehension,andwholediscussionsaboutdocuments[8,9].
Annotationsarebuildingblocksforcollaboration.Inadistributed,decentralizedenvi-
ronment,especiallysharedandpublicannotationsposeachallengetotheunderlying
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services.Userscancreatesharedandpublicannotationsresidingontheirpeers,butthis
datahastobespreadtootherpeersaswell.
Byautomaticannotations,wemeantheautomaticcreationandmaintenanceofan-
notationsconsistingoflinkstoandsummariesofdocumentsonotherpeerswhichare
similar to documents residing on the local peer. Such annotations constitute a con-
textinwhichdocumentsonapeerareembedded.Foreachdocument,agentscouldbe
triggered to periodically update the information at hand, similar to the internal link-
ingmethodslikesimilaritysearch,enrichmentandquerygenerationproposedin[10].
P2PIR methods can possibly be applied for this. The underlying assumption is that
a user stores potential interesting documents on her peer and is interested in similar
publications.Automaticannotationscanbecreatedw.r.t.severalaspects.Forinstance,
topical similar documentscan be sought after. Another interesting kind of automatic
annotationcanbeextractedfromthesurroundingsofacitation.Ifadocumentresiding
on another peer cites a document on the local peer, the surroundingsof this citation
usuallycontainsomecommentsabouttheciteddocument(similarasreportedin[11]).
Sinceonlyannotationstodocumentsresidingonthepeerarecreated,storagecostscan
bekeptlow.Regularupdatesperformedbyagentskeeptheuserinformed.
Annotations, either manual or automatic ones, constitute a certain kind of docu-
mentcontext.Annotation-basedretrievalmethods[8]canemploytheannotationcon-
textwithouttheneedto actualaccess otherpeers.Since annotations,beingmanually
orautomaticallycreated,containadditionalinformationaboutthedocument,weassert
thatannotation-basedretrievalfunctionsboostretrievaleffectiveness.Futureworkwill
showifthisassumptionholds.Usingannotationsforinformationretrievalinadecen-
tralizedenvironmenthastheadvantagethatannotationsarelocallyavailable,butreflect
informationlyingonotherpeers.Inthisway,annotationscreatenewaccessstructures
which help adressing problems arising when performing information retrieval on an
underlyingP2Pinfrastructure.
3.3
Cross-ServicePersonalization
PersonalizationapproachesinDLsdynamicallyadaptthecommunity-orientedservice
andcontentofferingsofaDLtothepreferencesandrequirementsofindividuals[12].
They enable more targeted informationaccess by collecting information about users
andbyusingtheseusermodels(alsocalleduserprofiles)ininformationmediation.
Personalizationtypicallycomesasanintegralpartofalargersystem.Userprofiles
arecollectedbasedonagoodknowledgeaboutthemeaningofuserbehaviorandper-
sonalizationactivitiesaretailoredtothefunctionalityoftherespectivesystem.Within
anext-generationdistributedDLenvironment,whichisratheradynamicfederationof
libraryservicesthanauniformsystem,thereareatleasttwowaystointroduceperson-
alization.Inthesimplecase,eachservicecomponentseparatelytakescareofitsperson-
alizationindependentlycollectinginformationaboutusers.A morefruitfulapproach,
however,istoachievepersonalizationacrosstheboundariesofindividualservices,i.e.,
cross-systemor,moreprecisely,cross-servicepersonalization.Inthiscase,personaliza-
tionreliesonamorecomprehensivepictureoftheusercollectedfromhisinteraction
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Cross-servicePersonalizationChallengesCross-servicepersonalizationraisesthe
followingchallenges:Howtobringtogethertheinformationaboutauserandhisinter-
actionscollectedbythedifferentservicesinacomprehensivewayandmakeup-to-date
information about the user available? How to manage, update, and disseminate user
models to make them accessible to the different services? How to support (at least
partial) interpretationof the user model in a heterogeneous,and dynamically chang-
ing DL service environment?This requiresa sharedunderlyingunderstandingof the
usermodel.Furthermore,itraisesissuesofprivacyandsecurity,sincepersonaldatais
movedaroundinadistributedsystem.
Approaches to Cross-Service Personalization We identiÞed two principle ap-
proacheswhichdifferfromeachotherin theirarchitecture.Aflexibleandextensible
user model that can capture various characteristics of the user and his/her context is
inthecoreofbothapproaches.Wecalltheoperationalizationofsuchamodelcontext
passport [13] in what follows, implying that it is accompanies the user and is Ópre-
sented”toservicestoenablepersonalizedsupport.Theideaofthecontextpassportis
discussedinmoredetailafterpresentingthetwoapproaches:
Adaptorapproach: Theadaptorapproachreliesontheideasofwrapperarchitectures.
Akindofwrapperisusedtotranslateinformationaccessoperationsintoperson-
alizedoperationsbasedontheinformationcollectedinthecontextpassport.The
advantageofthis approachis thatpersonalizationcanalso beappliedto services
thatthemselvesdonotsupportpersonalization.Thedisadvantageisthateveryser-
vice will need its own wrapper. Unless there is a high degree of standardization
in service interfaces, creating wrappers for every individual services may not be
practicalanddoesnotscalewellindynamicserviceenvironments.
Connectorapproach: Incontrasttotheadaptorapproach,theconnectorapproachre-
liesonthepersonalizationcapabilitiesoftheindividualservices.Itenablesthebi-
directionalexchangeofdatacollectedabouttheuserbetweenthecontextpassport
andthepersonalizationcomponentoftherespectiveservice.Thecontextpassport
is synchronizedwithindividualusermodels/profilesmaintainedbyservices.The
advantagehereisthatpersonalizationofoneservicecanbenefitfromthepersonal-
izationeffortsofanother.
Thecontextpassport[13]ispositionedasatemporalmemoryforinformationabout
theuser.Itcoversanextensiblesetoffacetsmodelingdifferentusermodeldimensions,
includingcognitivepattern,task,relationship,andenvironmentdimension.Thecontext
passportactsasanaggregatedservice-independentuserprofilewithservicesreceiving
personalizationdatafromthecontextpassport.Servicesalsoreporttothecontextpass-
portbasedonrelevantuserinteractionwhichaddup-to-dateinformationtotheuser’s
context.Thecontextpassportis maintainedbyan activeuser agentwhichcommuni-
cateswiththeservicesviaaspecificprotocol.
Aflexibleprotocolisrequiredforthiscommunicationbetweencontextpassportand
theservice-specificpersonalizationcomponent.Suchaprotocolhastosupportthene-
gotiationoftheusermodelinformationtobeexchangedandthebidirectionalexchange
ofuserinformation.Astheservicesrequiredifferentmetadataaboutauser,therehas
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whatinformationisrequired.Inordertokeepthecontextpassportup-to-date,theser-
vicesneedstoinformthecontextpassportabouttnewknowledgegainedabouttheuser.
Thereisthusarequirementfrombidirectionalinformationexchangesothatotherser-
vicesmaybenefitfromup-to-dateinformationabouttheuser.
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RelatedWork
Metadata Management Decentralized and peer-to-peer systems can be considered
as a furthergeneralizationofdistributedsystems. Therefore,decentralizeddataman-
agementhasmuchincommonwithdistributeddatabases,whicharealreadywellex-
plored[14,15].However,someimportantdifferencesexist.Distributeddatabases are
madetoworkinstable,wellconnectedenvironments(e.g.LANs)withtheglobalsys-
temoverview,whereeverycrashednodeis eventuallyreplacedbyanewproperone.
Also,theyneedsomesortofadministrationandmaintenance.
Onthecontrary,theP2PsystemsaredeployedmostlyonthehighlyunreliableInter-
net.Somelinkscanbedown,networkbandwidthsarenotguaranteed.TheP2Psystems
allowdisconnectionofanypeeratanytime,withoutaneedforreplacement,andnone
ofthepeersisawareofthecompletesystemarchitecture.Therefore,thesystemmust
self-organizeinordertosurvivesuchsituations.
ManydistributeddatabaseslikeTeradata,TandemsNonStopSQL,InformixOnline
Xps, Oracle Parallel Server and IBM DB2 Parallel Edition [16] are available on the
market.ThefirstsuccessfuldistributedfilesystemwasNetworkFileSystem(NFS)suc-
ceededbyAndrewFileSystem(AFS),CodaandxFS,etc.
CurrentpopularP2Pfile-sharingsystems(e.g.KaZaA,Gnutella,eDonkey,Past[2])
mightbeagoodstartingpointforenablingdecentralizeddatamanagement.However,
these systems have some important drawbacks: file-level granularity and write-once
access,i.e.filesarenon-updateableafterstoring.Storinganewversionrequiresanew
filename.Usually,afilecontainsmanyobjects.Asaconsequence,retrievingaspecific
object would require getting the whole file first. If a object must be updated, then a
wholenewfileversionmustbecreatedandstored.Incurrentsystemsitisnotpossible
to search for a particular object inside the files. The query results contain the whole
files,notonlyrequestedobjects.Advancedsearchingmechanismlikequalified,range
orbooleanpredicatessearchisnotsupported.Usually,metadatahaverichandcomplex
structure and queries on them are more than simple keyword match. Also, metadata
shouldbeupdateable.Thus,thepresentedP2Psystemsarenotsuitablefordecentralized
metadatamanagement.
Therearesomeattempts[17]toextendGnutellaprotocolstosupportothertypesof
queries.ItwouldbequitepossibletocreateaGnutellaimplementationthatunderstands
somevariantofSQL,XPathorXQuery.However,suchnetworkswouldhaveproblems
withsystemload,scalabilityanddataconsistency,e.g.onlylocallystoreddatacouldbe
updatedandmechanismsforupdatingotherreplicasdonotexist.
InformationRetrieval TypicalPeer-to-peerinformationretrieval(P2PIR)methodsare
workingdecentralized,asproposedbytheP2Pparadigm[2].Noserverisinvolvedas
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requesting peer contact other peers in the network for the desired documents. In the
worstcase,thequeryisbroadcasttothewholenetworkresultinginlotsofcommuni-
cation overhead.Another approachwould be to store all indexinformationon every
peerandsearchforrelevantdocumentslocally.Peerswouldrequesttherequiredinfor-
mationduringtheinitalintroductionphase,andupdateswouldbespreadfromtimeto
time.However,thisapproachisnotfeasiblesincetheexpectedstoragecostswouldbe
quitehigh.Intermediateapproacheswhichtrytobalancecommunicationandstorage
costsworkwithpeercontentrepresentationsliketheclusteringapproachdiscussedin
[18].Suchapeercontentrepresentationdoesnotneedtheamountofdataasnapshot
ofthewholedistributedindexwouldneed,butconveysenoughinformationtoestimate
theprobabilitythatadocumentsrelevanttothequerycanbefoundonacertainpeer.
Someannotationsystems [19]providesimplefull-textsearchmechanismsonan-
notations.TheYawassystem[20]offerssomemeanstouseannotationsfordocument
search,e.g.byenablinguserstosearchforaspecificdocumenttypeconsideringanno-
tations.Golovchinskyetal.[21]useannotationsasmarkingsgivenbyuserswhojudge
certainpartsofadocumentasbeingimportantwhenemphasizingthem.Theirapproach
gainedbetterresultsthanclassicrelevancefeedback,asexperimentsshowed.Agostiet
al.
[7]discussfacetsofannotationsandproposeanannotation-basedretrievalfunction
basedonprobabilisticinference.Theideaofautomaticannotationsismotivatedbythe
internallinkingmethodsdescribedin[10]byThieletal.
PersonalizationSupport Themost popularpersonalizationapproachesin digitalli-
braries or more general in information and content management systems are recom-
mendersystemsandmethodsthatcanbesummarizedunderthetermpersonalizedinfor-
mationaccess.Recommendersystems(seee.g.[22])giveindividualrecommendations
forinformationobjectsfollowinganinformationpushapproach,whereaspersonalized
informationaccess(personalizednewspapers,etc.)isrealizedaspartoftheinformation
pullprocess,e.g.byfilteringretrievalresultsorrefiningthequeriesthemselves.
Personalizationmethodsarebasedonmodelingusercharacteristics,mainlycogni-
tivepatternlikeuserinterests,skillsandpreferences[23].Moreadvancedusermodels
alsotakeintoaccountusertasks[24]basedontheassumptionthatthegoalsofusers
influencetheirneeds.Suchextendedmodelsarealsoreferredtoasusercontextmod-
els[25].Aflexibleusercontextmodelthatisabletocaptureanextensiblesetofuser
model facets as it is required for cross-service personalization can be found in [13].
Informationfor the user models (also called user profiles) are collected explicitly or
implicitly[26],typicallybytrackinguserbehavior.Theseuserprofilesareusedforper-
sonalizedfilteringininformationdissemination(push)aswellasininformationaccess
(pull)services.Animportantapplicationareaispersonalizedinformationretrieval.The
informationaboutthe useris used forqueryrewriting [27],forthe filtering ofquery
results[28]aswellasforapersonalizedrankingofqueryresults[29].
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ConclusionsandFutureWork
Inthispaper,wediscussedopportunitiesandchallengesforinformationaccesssupport
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toDLsasdynamicfederationsofcontentcollectionsandDLservices.Thediscussion
focussedonmetadatamanagement,informationretrieval,andpersonalizationsupport.
In addition to discussing the central challenges, an advancedapproachhas beendis-
cussed for each of the three aspects: For metadata management a decentralized P2P
datastoresolvestheproblemofsystematicandefficientdecentralizedmetadataman-
agement.Applicationsofannotationsandannotation-basedretrievalintheP2Pcontext
is considerdasa way toimprovedinformationretrivalsupportin a decentralizeden-
vironment. Finally, cross-service personalization is discussed as an adequate way to
handlepersonalizationinadynamicservice-orientedenvironment.
The list ofthe consideredinformationaccess issues discussed is not meant to be
exhaustive. Further challenges raise within next-generationDL architectures like ef-
fective metadata brokering and advanced methods for ensuring content security and
quality.Theenvisagedsupportforinformationaccessneedstocombinetheapproaches
mentioned abovein a balanced way to ensure that users will benefit from decentral-
ized architectures,while at the same time,maintainingthe highlevelof organization
and reachability that users of DL systems are used to. Such issues are addressed in
theBRICKSandtheDIIGENTprojectinwhichourinstituteisinvolvedtogetherwith
partnersfromotherEuropeancountries.
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