Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

 An attempt has been made to determine the present status Library Automation and use of ICT in Libraries. It was observed that Library Automation is still inadequate among the college Libraries of Gulbarga and need lot  of awareness and worthiness of using ICT in Libraries for betterment of user oriented services. This paper presents the findings of a survey about the status and use of Open Source Software by the LIS professionals of different colleges. The subjects chosen for this study were “Difficulties in use & Implication of Open Source Software in Academic Libraries of Gulbarga: A Study” For evaluating the study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed randomly. The result of this study are presented and discussed in this paper. 

Keywords: Library automation; Open source software; Academic libraries.   

The management of information has long been regarded as the domain of librarians and libraries. Librarians and information professionals are trained to be experts in information searching, selecting, acquiring, organizing, preserving, repackaging, disseminating, and serving. However, professionals in information technology and systems have also regarded information management as their domain because of the recent advances in information technology and systems which drive and underpin information management. One of the clearest evidences of this is that the positions of “Chief Information Officer” (CIO) in many organizations are generally held by information technologists instead of librarians. In fact, most of the work of CIO’s has to do with developing and managing the IT infrastructure and systems, not the managing of information per se. With the growing interest in knowledge management, many questions have been raised in the minds of librarians regarding: the difference between information and knowledge; between information management and knowledge management; who should be in charge of information and knowledge management; would librarians and information professionals with appropriate education and training in library and information science be most suitable for the position of “Chief Knowledge Officer” (CKO) in their organizations; and what libraries can do in implementing knowledge management. Present paper is an attempt to study the different dimension of knowledge management and its application in library sciences.

Keywords: Preserving;Repackaging;Disseminating;Knowledge management;Chief Knowledge Officer.

Standards and norms of Agricultural University Library are given. This study is limited to four agricultural university libraries in Maharashtra from financial year 1995-96 to 2000-2001. In this study development in periodical collection was observed. The seving of subscription by networking was about 52,06988 and cost of networking these four libraries was Rs.98 lacks. Vsat Internet connectivity to the libraries under study was already available. The consortium can be formed as a society, under the society registration act as a non profit organization. Presently cera.jccc.in ICAR consortium site is available for all agricultural university libraries in India and through that 2000 + online journals are available for online search.

Keywords:Financial year;Periodical collection;Consortium;Vsat Internet connectivity. 

Faculty or College libraries complements the services of the main library and helps to bring library services closer to the users in their respective Faculties/Colleges. This study appraised the Colleges of Engineering and Veterinary Medicine Libraries which started in the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta recently to deduce feed-back from the users, which could serve as reference point and guide to the take-off of other Colleges libraries within the University. The two College libraries can sit twenty-five (25) readers each at a time hence,a structured questionnaire was designed to elicit the desired information. Hence, fifty (50) copies of the questionnaire was administered on all the users with the cooperation and assistance of the Librarian in charge in both cases. All the fifty (50) questionnaires were well completed by the users,returned and used for this study,which represents one hundred percent (100%) response rate. The results revealed that the establishment of the two College Libraries were embraced by the users and maximally used by them because the libraries were sited within easy reach and the materials are quite accessible to them. However, the study also revealed that the users were dissatisfied with the closing time of the library, the book loan and photocopying services and demanded that internet services be extended to the library too. Recommendations were made to further boost the use of the Colleges Libraries.

Keywords: Veterinary Medicine Libraries;Book loan; Photocopying services. 

Technological advancement has changed the scenario of university libraries.Initially nobody can think of electronic sought of material. Print material was only in use .Gradually with the technological innovation people become aware of electronic resources. Still lot of people doesn’t have the access to these resources due to financial restraints. University Grant Commission is working in this direction to provide access to e- resources. Through INFLIBNET free access is being provided to university and colleges. The paper is an effort to know the use of electronic and print material in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. Attempt has also been made to know the relevancy of these resources from user’s point of view.

Keywords: Electronic resources; Print material. 

This paper highlights the existence of state university libraries from several dimensions. It deals with the existence of uttar Pradesh, location, population, universities and their development and finally the present status of university libraries in different terms.

Keywords: University Libraries; Uttar Pradesh. 

The progress of any country depends on the research activities of the country. The main cause of the development of the developed countries is the research initiatives taken by the Government of that country. Research brings the new things for the concerned country. In India also Government is taking initiative to promote research activities. To provide financial assistance to the state and central Universities, University Grant Commission was set up by the Government in the year 1956. The UGC further set upINFLIBNET to promote research activities in the universities and institute of higher education. INFLIBNET provide financial support and technical assistance to develop infrastructure in the universities and institutes to promote research activities.Shodhganga, ShodhGangotri, N.LIST are such initiatives of INFLIBNET which has changed the scenario of research in the country. The paper discusses the Shodhganga project of INFLIBNET for the promotion of research in the country.

Keywords: Research; UGC; INFLIBNET. 

The merging of robust learning technology with the Internet offers a new breed of learning experiences, in particular the development of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). This papers deals with the features, advantages, theoritical backgrounds, Various subsystems, components and tools learning and learning content management systems of Virtual Learning Environments. VLE @ DLIS, BU is a prototype of virtual earning environments in the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), The University of Burdwan (BU) using open source learning management software Moodle .

Keywords: Virtual learning environments (VLEs); Social contact theory; Social constructivism; Contact theory; Learning management system (LMS); Content management system (CMS); Learning content management system (LCMS); Learning objects (Los); Learning object metadata. 

In the fast-emerging and ever-growing information explosion it is very difficult to retrieve particular information without wasting time. Recent advances in the field of information technology contribute significantly to improve the services of libraries. Now-a-days libraries are not only seen with printed document and non-print document but also with computers. The impact of technologies such as CDROMs, multimedia, computer networks, Internet, etc. have lead to a paperless society. With the availability of computers, capable of computing at very high speed and having large disc storage space, it is possible to digitize and store information in the form of high quality graphics, color images, voice signal and video clips at a relatively affordable cost. This paper is an attempt to investigate the use of electronic information resources by the Social Science distance learners of the Annamalai University, India. For this purpose a survey was carried out using questionnaire tool. The findings indicated that 67.33 percent of the respondents are 21-30 age group. The results show that 39 percent access the internet from the Internet café. The study reveals that most of the respondents use of electronic information resources through e- Journals. The paper highlighted the various problems and issues involved in handling electronic information resources and has given suggestions to improve the library services to meet the demands of the users.  

Keywords: ICT; Open and distance learning (ODL); Social science; Internet; Search engines; CD-ROM; User study. 

The increasing expectations of users for better services have motivated libraries to view quality management as an effective means of incorporating quality improvement into their related services. Effectively implementing quality management in libraries requires an understanding of applying appropriate quality management concepts and techniques. This article reviews the quality management tools and techniques developed over the last five decades and then, categorises them into three broad approaches. In addition, a framework of quality management approaches and techniques is developed and applied to assess and improve the service quality of libraries and information services.

Keywords:Quality management; Management tools;Information services; Techniques.  

The objective of this paper is to discuss the importance of Human resource management in Library and Information and how it play a major role in the employees prolific performance. Generally a service organisation aims at the welfare measures or services. It is a known fact that libraries are considered as service oriented organisations, and they are not revenue fetching departments. Hence managing organisational behaviour in the library and information centers is much essential.

Keywords: Employees behaviour; Motivation; Organisational climate.