Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

 This paper discuss the need for an incorporated electronic resources and services for academic law library users; e- resources availability from the web and advantage of e- resources and also discussed with types of e-journals e-databases and examines the interface requirements in legal education. It concludes by looking to the future in research and development of useful system.
 

E-resources have marked an impressive footprint in managing library and delivering the information services to the end-users. There are few technical hurdles such as performance of technology, timely access; user interfaces, troubleshooting, skilled manpower etc. which have made e-resources more complex in managing information and delivering services. To overcome these issues, the library and information system require an effective and efficient Electronic Resource Management System to assist the librarian in managing the e-resources. Since the last two decades, the information and communication technologies have equipped the librarian with certain e-tools to provide the e-resources services to the end-users in an effective and efficient manner. The Health Sciences Library of Manipal University, Manipal, is a pioneer in providing services to the faculties and students of various disciplines. The library has large volume of e-resources in terms of book, journals, and online databases to cater to the need of library users. This paper makes an effort in providing the details on the ERMSS - an integrated e-resources management and search solution software which has provided for effective management of e-resources held by the Health Sciences Library. 

Keywords: Internet; E-Resources; Single window access; Health Sciences Library; Library users;
ERMSS. 

This study analyzed the growth of the scientific literature in the dental area, as available from NCBI PubMed, using standard bibliometric techniques. Bradford’s law of scattering was used to identify core journals and Lotka’s law employed to analyze author’s productivity pattern. The bibliometric analysis of the journal “Indian Journal of Dental Research Studies’ (2002-2004)” showed a trend of growth in contributions, and average number of contributions was 8.5 per volume. Majority of the dentists preferred to do collaborative research and contribute their papers jointly. Most of the contributions were Original Articles/ Research (79 out of 103 articles). The institutional and geographical distribution of contributions was calculated. Most of the contributions were from Karnataka followed by Tamil Nadu. Most of the contributions were with citations. Majority of the dentists cited journals in large numbers (452), while books came second with 150 citations. ‘Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology & Endodontics’ occupied the 1st rank and ‘Journal of Periodontology’ the 2nd rank in the ranked list of cited journals.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; Bibliometric technique; Citation snalysis; Indian Journal of Dental Research;
Dentists; Cited journals. 

In India, all apex literary libraries are gradually adopting to the changes that are taking place in the information world. This paper focuses primarily on those sectors that are nurturing multilingual resources, shows how changes in technology are impacting such libraries. Subsequently this paper describes the various steps in involved in selecting software/hardware technology for multi-lingual system, offering a broad strategic plan to go for automation, thus highlighting priorities of hardware and software selections. Also it takes it to considerations the integrated system and varied modules to replace all traditional library functions, at the same time capable of connecting to the world resources. Apart from identify various steps to embrace automation, makes an attempt to show how multi-lingual approach is not possible with earlier Indian script codes for information interchange. Eventually Unicode offers an excellent opportunity to Indian languages to store and publish the information in any Indian languages. Lastly it furnishes some softwares having Unicode support that helps in building and distributing multilingual library resources. 

This paper discusses the meaning of consortia as well as concept, need and benefits of Library Consortia and emphasized on a particulars of CeRA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture), which is an unique Consortia launched on 30th April 2008 by IndianAgricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi and gives its importance, Features and Facilities to the users.

Key words: Consortia; Library consortia; Need; Benefit; Indian scenario; CeRA-objectives;Features; Facilities. 

Serials collection management is more challenging for librarians in university libraries. This study covers collection development of commerce and management serials in six general universities of Karnataka state. Due to the limited budget, space, lack of onsite or off site storage, and shortage of staff, it required balanced collection development of scientific serials. This article identifies the year-wise and university wise subscription of Commerce and Management serials. Total 451 (67.7%) of the serial titles in collection were Commerce and they accounted for (67.7%) and for 251 (32.3%) of Management serial titles subscribed to by six university libraries from 2004-2008. This study helped to know how many universities subscribed to common titles and how many universities subscribed uniform serials independently without any duplication.

Keywords : Serial titles; Commerce; Management; Karnataka universities. 

An attempt has been made to assess awareness & usefulness of CD – ROM databases by the users of Karnataka State Universities. The Karnataka State University provides CD-ROM databases to its users, for Research & Development activities. A questionnaire & interview schedule was designed to collect the relevant information. About 1578 questionnaires distributed, only 432 users were using CD-ROM databases. The percentage of using CD-ROM databases was 27.38%, the remaining 72.62% users were not using CD-ROM databases. 

Key words: Karnataka State University; CD-ROM databases; Bibliographical databases. 

The results and discussions in this paper are based on the primary data collected from the professionals and semi-professionals working in 5 medical college libraries and 7 engineering college libraries in Coastal Karnataka through a pre-tested, structured, comprehensive questionnaire with a response rate of 86.24%. This paper reports on the views and perceptions of medical and engineering college library professionals in Coastal Karnataka in respect of their job, job environment and organization in addition to identifying and analyzing the key individual, work and organizational characteristics influencing their job satisfaction. This study finding has implications for human resource management research and practice in medical and engineering college libraries. The key issues considered were job rotation, work environment, leadership qualities and employee development. Superior subordinate relations in the organization have been discussed.

Keywords: Job environment; Job satisfaction; Medical colleges; Engineering colleges. 

In this decade availability of e-resources in a B.Ed and D.Ed college library is very common. But their proper and fair use is a matter for discussion. This paper examines the existence of various e-resources and databases in Nutan Vidyalaya B.Ed and D.Ed college library. The study also highlights the preferences and importance of online resources among the students and lecturers. 

Keywords: E-resources; Communication; Traditional resources; Sources of information; OPAC; Internet; Library. 

In today’s knowledge-driven society, libraries attached to the academic institution are finding it very difficult to manage their knowledge resources and cope up with ever changing and diversified demands of the user community of the academia. Knowledge resources have gained importance and hold the key to scholarly teaching, research and learning environment. Against this backdrop, Resource Learning Centers(RLC) want to equip their students, research scholars and teaching faculties with necessary skills to make them ready to take on the challenges of an ever-evolving society. This requires an educator who is no longer only ‘dispenser of knowledge’ but also a ‘facilitator of learning’. A Learning Object (LO) is a ‘modular digital resource’, a discrete piece of content that has educational value. Learning objects that are stored in database or archives are called Learning Object Repositories (LOR). Faculty members, research scholars and students can make use of these LOR simultaneously and within and between RLCs / academic institutions and enhance the equality of teaching, research and learning process. This papers highlights the concept of LOR and discusses the need for LOR in the RLCs for effective teaching, research and learning. It explores some other practical problems emerging in this context , like academic community participation, quality of learning objects, quality of metadata, etc.  

Abstract

Information technology has changed the lifestyle of mankind in every manner. Application of Information
technology has influenced every area of specialization, library and information centers are no exception.
Right from the beginning of its inception, libraries are found embracing the new technologies to improve
its services and perform effectively to satisfy the information needs of its end user. As the readers are
expecting more efficiency in services, Library and Information Centers are adopting new trendy technologies to cater the needs of its users. As a result, efforts are being made to adopt the internet, mobile technology many more.... in the field of library and information services. The next generation of internet i.e, web 2.0 has had a novel influence on how people interrelate and connect with each other, both from the individual view point and a business. Now in the era of digital libraries, a new concept is emerging called Cloud Computing, which offers information retrieval systems, particularly digital libraries and search engines, a wide variety of options for growth and reduction of maintenance needs and encourages efficient resource use. In simple terms, it is the ability to use resources and tools through the internet without really owning or being near them. This paper reveals the basic features of the emerging technology, its service models, its benefits to the libraries and some novel examples of selected libraries worldwide where cloud computing technology is adopted.

Key word: Cloud computing technology; ICT; Digital library. 

A study was conducted in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Universtiy Academic staff College, Aurangabad to know information and computer literacy of the participant teachers of 88th orientation course. Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The response rate was 88.46%. The study revealed that the purpose of information need, importance of formal and informal information sources to teaching and research capability to use computer; skills of multimedia, internet / web, email, etc.

Key Words: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University; Academic Staff College; Information literacy computer literacy; formal Information sources; Electronic Information sources; internet; web; UGC; libraries.  

The study presents the field of Cardiology literature records retrieved form MEDLINE database for the period 1991-2010. This research shows that maximum number of records 829 was during 2000, followed by 826 in 2003 and 789 in 2002. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt) was found to be an increasing and decreasing trend shown during the period of study. The paper reveals a study of the authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of Cardiology. The degree of collaboration mean score is 0.70 and highest score is 0.88 in 1991 exhibits during the period of study.  

Keywords/Descriptors: Cardiology; MEDLINE; Relative Growth Rate (RGR); Doubling time (Dt);Degree of collaboration 

Scientometric analysis of the 184 publications by Andre Geim published during 1981 – 2010 has been done in the present paper. The result of the study shows that Andre Geim had published 2 singleauthored and 182 multi-authored (publications) papers during 1981-2010. The multi-authored papers include: two-authored (11), three-authored (20), four-authored (24), five-authored (17), six-authored (22), seven-authored (36), eight- authored (23), nine-authored (10), ten-authored (4), eleven-authored (11), twelveauthored (2), and thirteen- authored (2). His highest productivity was in 1994 with the output of 19 publications (age 36), followed by 16 publications in 2008 (age 50). The 50 percentile productivity life was 15 at the age of 37 years. The total productivity life of the author spans 30 years from the age 23. Andre Geim has received 12189 citations for his 184 articles and his h-index 50.  

Keywords: Scientometric Portrait; Scientometrics; Publication Productivity; Research Collaboration. 

Softwares now-a-days have become the life line of modern day organizations. Organizations cannot think of doing their tasks effectively and efficiently without softwares. The extremely competitive environment, zero deficiency and enhanced productivity has made it mandatory for the organizations to carefully choose the appropriate software after comprehensive needs assessment. Softwares simply their  tasks and saves a lot of precious time which can be utilized in managing other important issues. Libraries also need softwares if they want to create a parallel digital library with features which we may not find in a traditional library. There are several open source softwares available to create a digital library. For this, firstly the library professionals should be aware of the advantages of open source software and should involve in their development. They should have basic knowledge about the selection, installation and maintenance. Open source software requires a greater degree of computing responsibility than commercial software. Digitization involves huge money to create and maintain and the OSS appears to be a means to reduce it. Among these, DSpace and Greenstone are becoming more popular in India and abroad. This paper deals with the comparison of these two popular OSS from various points of view. The comparative table may help the professionals who are planning to create a digital library.  

Keywords: Open Source Software; Digital Library; Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL); DSpace.

Government and public sector managers worldwide have, within the last decade, come to the realization that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a viable tool that can help them achieve their aims: to deliver efficient and cost effective services to its citizenry, clients and partners. To this end, governments in most developed and developing countries of the world are at different stages of adoption and implementation of their chosen e-government policies and initiatives in a bid to reform their public sector and improve on its services deliveries, as is the case with Nigeria. The present case will review literature on e-government services and applications available to the public in Nigeria. Adoption of egovernment applications and services for public to access government information, documents, resources and for archiving has transformed traditional government services’ delivery in countries in Europe and America and some developing countries in Africa with attendant implications for governments and citizens in developing countries. The methodology will be a review of related literature and will draw up conclusions from the literature to propose a plan for e-government services in Nigeria. The mission of the study is to jumpstart a national discourse on the phenomenon of use of ICT to transform internal and external relationships through operations and expectations about performance of government and to define related concepts and viewpoints. This will be achieved by giving a clear and better understanding of why and how Nigerian citizens use e-government services. By highlighting the contemporary issue of e- government services in Nigeria, this case will be focusing on the growing area of e-governance and ICT in service delivery in Nigeria.  

Keywords: E-government; Information and Communication Technology; Electronic government services; Nigeria.    

The study analyses 89 full-length Research Articles published during 2007-08 in the Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science is linked most closely with Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Instrumentation and Materials Science. Overall, 1662 citations were made during this period. The results indicate that 25.84% articles (citing articles) published in these issues were three authored. The authorship pattern of citation (cited articles) shows that 17.07% papers are single authored, 20.35% and 27.64% papers were double and triple authored respectively. The result reveals that journal articles were predominant with 80.35% of total citation. The ratio of Author Self Citation to Total Citations was 1:10.7. The ratio of Journal Self Citation to Total Citations was 1:17.Indian contributions comprise 19% of the total citations. The highest percentage of year-wise journal citation was found to be 39.22% in the period of 2001- 008. 

Key words: Authorship Pattern; Citation Analysis; Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials science; Bibliometrics.  

An attempt has been made to determine the present status of knowledge and use of electronic mail. It was observed that use of electronic mail is still inadequate among the students of B.Ed colleges of Gulbarga City . This paper presents the findings of a survey about the knowledge and use of e mail by students of B Ed colleges. For evaluating the study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 260 students.The result of this survey are presented and discussed in this paper. 

Keywords: E mail; Information resource; B Ed colleges. 

The study investigated the awareness of electronics resources by the research scholars of Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and its affiliated colleges. It examined the research scholar’s awareness of the resources available, the type of resources provided by the library. Findings reveal that the most of the researchers are satisfied with E-resources available in their institutions. Some of the research scholars felt that they need orientation to use them. 

Keywords: Digital Libraries/ E-resources, usage pattern; research scholars, awareness. 

This is an age of Information explosion. Institutional Repository is a new concept for collecting, Managing, disseminating and preserving scholarly works created in digital form by faculty and students in individual universities and colleges in India. Most higher education and research institutions are funded by the central and state governments. These institutions have made a significant contribution to the transmission of knowledge and to research in all fields and disciplines. The libraries of those institutions also play a vital role in acquiring and disseminating information for academic and research activities. Digital libraries are a way of making educational and research data and information available to faculty, researchers, students, and others at the institutions and worldwide. In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly recognized that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure of scholarly dissemination. An IR is a digital research archive consisting of accessible collections of scholarly work that represent the intellectual capital of an institution. This paper discusses about the Institutional repositories – contents, benefits, and challenges of the major Institutional repository projects in Karnataka. 

Keywords: Digital Library; developing countries; Institutional repository; Open source software; Open Archive Initiatives. 

This discusses the concept of digital black hole, citing the similarity between a digitization project and life cycle of the star. Electronic waste is an alarming ingredient of environmental pollution. The present study is an effort to discuss the elements and sources of electronic waste. Some measures are also enlisted to overcome this alarming situation.

Keywords: Electronic Waste; E-hazards; Digital Black Hole.