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Library Update September 2009
15 September 2009
Library Updates
Greetings from the VC library!
It is nearly 4 months since the Library was opened to the public and just the time for our 1st Newsletter.
First the response to our opening – though not overwhelming, but very encouraging. In terms of membership, we are averaging about 15 new members a month. Though the word ‘library’ invokes the stereotyped image of a place to borrow books, the VC Library is more than that. It is a place for the discussion and exchange of ideas, a place to make new contacts, enhance and add to personal skills and perceptions. There are talks and lectures by professionals in their field, seminars, workshops and video / audio clip sessions.
We are constantly adding to our stock and will shortly be introducing new sections and services for the convenience of members.
Last month I had announced the opening of our ‘Junior Section’, dedicated to children in the age group 10 – 16 yrs. Of course the focus still is science and technology and business, in a language easy for children to understand.
We have also started a collection of books in Marathi (again, related to sci & tech, business). At the moment, the books are few, but we are adding to it. The problem is in sourcing the type of books relevant to our focus. Let me here invite our members to send in suggestions and titles of books in Marathi.
Before closing this newsletter, I list below the plans and launches we propose to implement soon.
Also our plan to make our library an interactive hub and a happening place, which should not be too difficult, with your support and encouragement !!
- A section on incubation
- Catalogs and Buyer’s Guide
- Encyclopedia s / Handbooks
- A collection of audio / video clips
- Databases
- A premium collection of subscription databases.
Book arrivals (August 2009)
- How to Write Proposals, Sales Letters & Reports – Neil Sawers
- Welcome to Biotech Nation – Moira Gunn
- Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish – Rashmi Bansal
- Drunkard’s Walk – Leonard Mlodinow
- You’ve Gotta Have Heart – Cass Wheeler
- How to Change the World – David Bornstein
- How to Talk to Anyone – Leil Lowndes
- Unlock Behviour, Unleash Profits – Leslie Braksick
- Managing Your Career – Harvard Business Review
- New Product Development – Robert Thomas
- Upside – Adrian Slywotzky
- The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing – Thomas Nagle, John Hogan
- Commercialisation of Innovative Technologies – Joseph Touhill, Gregory Touhill, O’Riordan
- The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman
Magazine Arrivals (August 2009)
Popular Science (July)
Dare (July)
Dare (August)
New Scientist ( August 8-14)
The Economist (August 29-4 Sept)
MIT Review – India (August)
Inc Magazine (July-August)
Scientific American – US Ed. (August)
Fast Company (Sept 2009)
Current Science (July 2009)
Biospectrum (July 2009)
Popular Plastics & Packaging (August 2009)
Library Update August 2009
We are happy to announce the addition of a ‘Junior Section’ to our library.
This is targeted at children in the 10 – 16 age group, to introduce them to concepts
in business, finance and modern technology. Especially there is not much printed
matter available for children to learn about business and finance.
Management of finance and being technology savvy is a must in the modern world.
We have a selected collection of books, comics in the Junior Section. There are books
on science, finance, technology, invention, inspirational books etc. and we are daily
adding to the collection.
So please take advantage of this, and your response will encourage us to grow our collection.
You may also send your recommendation of books.
Thank you.
Magazine Arrivals (July 2009)
- The Economist (July 4 – 10)
- The Economist (July 11 – 17)
- The Economist (July 18 – 24)
- The Economist (July 25 – 31)
- Technology Review (India Edition – July 09)
- Technology Review (US Edition – Jul-Aug)
- Dare (June 2009)
- Fast Company (July – August )
- Innovation (June – July)
- Scientific American (April 2009)
- Scientific American (May 2009)
- Wired (July)
- Discover (May 2009)
- Discover (June 2009)
- Chemical Weekly (June 23)
- Popular Plastics & Packaging
- Discover (May 2009, June 2009)
- Wired (July 2009)
- Entrepreneur (July 2009)
Book Arrivals (July 2009)
The following books are newly added to the Library:
Writing Business Plans and Proposals, by Denis Chambers
Talks of the art of persuasion, how to capture the elusive readers, how to demonstrate financial credibility etc.
Incubators, by Collin Barrows
In the incubator market space is teeming with services & resources and this books deals with “how to make informed choices about what type of incubation service is the most appropriate for their needs.
Science for Sale – the Perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism by Daniel Greenberg
Commercialising successful Biomedical Technologies by Shreefal Mehta
Edison – Inventing The Century by Neil Baldwin
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
More Proactive Sales Management by William “Skip” Miller
Marketing That Works by Leonard Lodish, H.L.Morgan, S. Archambeau
Idli, Orchid And Will Power by Vithal Venkatesh Kamat
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Kick Start Your Success by Romanus Wolter
Talent Is Never Enough by John C. Maxwell
The Innovator’s Toolkit by D. Silverstein, P. Samuel, N. DeCarlo
Innovation To The Core by P. Skarzynski, R. Gibson
Small Time Business Operator by B. Kamoroff
Book Arrivals (June 2009)
We have added these 2 books to our collection, besides others. These 2 seemed to be of obvious interest. More to come later.
The Power of Unreasonable People, by John Elkington, Pamela Hartigan
The authors chart the rise of a new generation of change makers who refuse to accept the world as it is, and who see whats possible and get to work
How to Get Rich, by Felix Denis
Compulsive and hugely entertaining about sums up the book. Based on real life experience, there could be no better guide to becoming rich from one of the richest men. Hint; you will never get rich working for your boss.
Book Arrivals (May 2009)
The following books have been added to our collection in May 2009:
Brilliant Negotiations, by Nic Peeling
What does it take to be able to skilfully negotiate in any situation?
A Whole New Mind, by Daniel H. Pink
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Exercising Influence, by Kim Barnes
A Guide For Making Things Happen