Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Purpose: This case study was undertaken to examine the reading interest of student nurses of a reputed private hospital in Sri Lanka. Methodology: This case study and employed a survey research method. The sample included ninety percent of the student nurse population using random sampling technique. A total of 70 questionnaires were distributed and 58 completed questionnaires were returned. Results: The study found that the majority of student nurses were more interested in reading, and identified it as a crucial factor. Mostly, they allocated their leisure time for reading especially when they were in hostels. Respondents used the libraries on limited basis. Conclusion: The valuable findings of this study will help create a better understanding and further insight into the reading interest of and student nurses. Further, it may useful to principal of training schools, lecturers, and hospital administrators to enhance a reading culture inside the training schools. Suggestions and future research directions were included in this study.

Keywords: Reading habit; Reading interest; Student nurses; Sri Lanka.

Today, the advent of information technology has resulted in reducing the size of libraries. In fact, these smaller modern libraries are rich potential of information. It has been possible due to the digitization of information. This paper is an attempt to study issues like use of electronic information resources, its impact on the collection of print and electronic journals, its awareness among the users, and the places where the users are accessing these resources. A survey was conducted in the academic year 2009-10 at the SASTRA University, Thanjavur. A total number of 450 users from the undergraduate, postgraduate, research scholars and faculty members were selected and their response was obtained with the help of questionnaires. The findings showed that 79.13 % of the male users were aware about the electronic information resources whereas only 73.23 % of female respondents were aware about the availability of electronic information resources. The results showed that 55.23 % of respondents wanted to access only electronic resources whereas only 20.00 % users want to read the printed resources. The paper highlights that majority of respondents are not satisfied with the availability of enough electronic information resources in their respective subject.

Keywords: Electronic journals; Electronic information resources; e-resources; Printed journals.

College libraries support the goals of developing and maintaining successful academic programs. As the information grows and study practices change, recognition of the library’s role in supporting academics may be diminishing. This article will explore some aspects of the academic curriculum, research activities, and identify opportunities libraries can use to position themselves as key members of the academic institutions as well as increase their usability among the academic community.

Keywords: College library; Electronic resources; Usage of electronic materials.

Internet’s rapid growth and broad penetration, along with affordable enabling Web 2.0 technologies, has not only democratized access to information but also catalyzed open access publishing which has contributed majorly to the explosion of freely available digital information. This phenomenon poses tremendous challenges, and opportunities, for Libraries and Librarians in delivering on their core mission of facilitating research, teaching, and learning in discovering, collecting, organizing and preserving invaluable knowledge from this vast information base. In this paper, we explore how Web 2.0 technologies can be effectively harnessed for the evolution of libraries to their 2.0 version. The profession of Librarianship and the field of LIS have been in a constant state of flux. Today, the buzzword or phrase in the technology is “Web 2.0” which facilitate today’s libraries to be more dynamic institutions. Web 2.0 is the popular term for advanced Internet technology and applications including blogs, Wikis, RSS and social book marking. The two major components of Web 2.0 are the technological advances enabled by Ajax and other new applications such as RSS and Eclipse and the user empowerment that they support.

Keywords: Web 2.0; Library 2.0; Facebook; Flicker; YouTube; Copyright; Wikis and Social networking sites; Bulletin Board Service (BBS). 

The present paper undertakes a scientometric analysis of Willard S Boyle’s 48 publications published during 1950 -1982. The result of the study shows that Willard S Boyle had 11 single authored and 37 multi-authored publications during 1950-1982. The multi-authored papers include: two authored (31), three authored (05), and four authored (01). Table 1 shows that the first paper of the author was published in 1950 when he was 26. Boyle had no publications during 1952, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1972. His highest publication productivity was in 1955 with the output of 9 publications (age 31), followed by 6 papers in 1959 (age 35), 5 papers in 1968 (age 44). The 50 percentile productivity life was 16 at the age of 44. The total productivity life of the author spans 33 years from the age of 26. To his credit Boyle has 1347 citations and his h-index is 18.

Keyword: Scientometric; portrait; publication productivity; research collaboration.

The growth, development and sustainability of academic community and, more particularly, the higher education sector of academic world is largely and solely dependent upon the availability and accessibility of current information. It is information flow that is needed and is vital for reviving the research agenda of a university and R&D organization. Digital information resources, which are a newer breed of information resources in comparison to their counterpart print resources, are playing a major role in fulfilling the information need of the users. This research paper evaluates the views and opinions of users about the various facets of digital resources, its use, and assessment by the users for their academic works.

Keywords: E-resources; Digital information resources; Electronic database; Academic resources; Information resources.

Libraries are facing new challenges, and new technologies have facilitated the transformation of data into digital format. A library researcher has the facility of having 24/7 access to information in whatever format they require. In this changing environment, the information usage pattern of the clientele has taken new dimensions. The present study is an attempt to analyse the information seeking and usage pattern of the clientele of a University Library with Madurai Kamaraj University Library as a case study.

Keywords: Digital format; Information usage; Maduari Kamaraj University Library.

The exponential growth of Internet and world wideweb in recent years had an influence on every profession of human society. Library, being the part of human society, is no exception to it. Since time immemorial, libraries are acting as the institution of information acquisition, processing and disseminating. Librarians, being the information collectors, processors, and disseminators, can effectively utilize the potential of web design techniques for improvement of the library system. A library web page enhances the visibility of a library information system - its resources, various activities, and range of services-in an effective way to its clientele. This paper intends to mention several guidelines for effective web site development and method of creating a web page using HTML tags. Discussion regarding how the page could be published in the network environment is beyond the scope of this paper. The examples illustrated in the paper are implemented in the library website of Hindalco Industries Ltd.

Keywords: Web authoring; Web design; Web page; HTML code; HTML tag; Hypertext Markup language.

For successful functioning and performance of manifold duties, libraries require personnel with a high degree of technical skill, intelligence, imagination, initiative, efficiency and understanding. They are, therefore, to be not only professionally qualified, competent and efficient but also to be lively, active, contended and well motivated towards their job has become essential. The present study is carried out to find out the level of work motivation among the library professional working in 18 Engineering colleges libraries of Orissa. The result of the questionnaire survey among 60 respondents demonstrates positively motivated library personnel in the libraries.

Keywords: Personnel management; Work motivation; Job satisfaction; Engineering libraries.