Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

This paper is discussed about the new technology for information storage and its retrieval systems. An attempt has been made to define the goals, sets policies, new concept of management craftsmanship, scientific management, objectives, functions and the development of human resources, manpower planning. It discloses various methods adopted in the automation comprising information communication, software programs, packages, data collection, consortium based data management CD-ROM, E-database management/online information and networking of networks and its objectives and goals of new era.

Recent developments in the field of information technology particularly the emergence of search engines like “Google” and “Yahoo” have created a visible threat to the existence of witty and trained library professionals in this age of information explosion. The traditional practices of acquisition, processing and dissemination as a physical service point has become partially irrelevant in the present age. The present networked environment demands librarians to voluntarily attach or partner themselves in the projects and missions of the university, may it be as a member of the core group involved in curriculum based activities, research work, consultancy or the extension inventiveness. The new molded format of librarianship has been termed as “Embedded Librarianship”. This paper introduces the new model of librarianship and discusses characteristic features and the areas where the librarians’ services could be integrated in the universities.

Information has been identified as one of the strategic resource required for information center. This paper examines the use of library resources and facilities provided in college of fisheries Mangalore. A survey conducted by selecting the students, research scholar and teaching staff to obtain their needs and opinions. Various research methods like questionnaire method, observation method and Interview method are used to analyses the various collections usage, frequency and purpose of library visits, user satisfaction of library facility etc.

 The paper presents the contribution of Education faculty members of Annamalai University, describes the year wise growth and form wise distribution of the research output. Studies the impact of research under different departments in the education faculty of the Annamalai University and analyses the strong and weak areas of university research, collaborative nature of research in terms of authorship pattern. The results show that there is significant growth of research productivity in the faculty of education during the period of study with less collaboration.

The paper analyse the articles as reflected through PubMed database for the year 1999 to 2014 to investigate the trend in  the growth of literature on Malnutrition in children. The results of the study reveals that , the value of an average RGR of articles Rt(P) increased gradually from 0.63to 2.47 (1999 to 2013) and there is miniature decrease in the year 2012 (2.33). The mean relative growth Rt(P) for the first 8 years (1999 - 2006) indicates a growth rate of 2.53 years, whereas for the next 8 years (2007 - 2014) it was increased  4.48 yearsThe R2 value for the linear trend (0.9187) is more than that of exponential trend (0.9262), which indicates that the exponential trend is more suitably fit to as compared to linear trend. 

The aim of this study is to present the bibliometric analysis of the literature in the field of Ebola as indexed in the MEDLINE database for the period of 1995-2014 which are covered in Pubmed. Maximum number of records (841) was published during the year 2014, followed by 153 in 2011 and 144 in 2012.  On the whole, it is noticed that from 1995 onwards there is a gradual increase in research on Ebola except few years. The distribution of the ‘Ebola’ research output according to various publication types of MEDLINE shows that 32.63% were published in journals, 19.45% are Research Support, Non-U.S. Govt, 13.02% are Reviews and 8.97 are News. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) is in fluctuating trend.  The Doubling Time (Dt) has also shown an fluctuating trend. Ranking of the journals along with the country of origin based on the research output on ‘Ebola’ for the year 1995-2014 is United States the first two ranks, Russia contributes to the third, England contributes to the fourth and fifth positions respectively. Frequently cited journals are United States titles with 45.46% out of the 11 journals in zone-1. 32 frequently cited journals are United States, 22 in England, 8 in Netherland, 5 each in Switzerland and France etc. in zone-2. It is also found that in zone-1 & 2 combined; 37 frequently cited journals are United States, 25 in England, 8 in Netherland, 6 in Switzerland, 5 in France, 4 each in Russia and Sweden etc. The research productivity of Ebola confirms the implication of Bradford’s Law of Scattering.

The paper analyses the various dimensions of scientrometric research in India during 2000-2012. The research data was collected from Google Scholar and Scopus data bases. Bibliometric analysis of the growth in literature, authorship pattern, themes of research, ranking of authors, source of publication, international collaboration, accessibility, etc. were made based on the citations of published literature over a period of 12 years. The study found the year 2012 as the highest productive year in scientometric research with 115 (16.66%) research papers on published in India. Highest number of papers i.e.  201 (29.13%) were authored by Two authors jointly. The highest number of publications 495 (71.73%) are subject/topic based on scientometric studies. B.M. Gupta is the most productive author 40 (5.79%). The highest affiliations of authors are National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTAD), New Delhi with 65 (9.42%) scientometric research publications. The international collaboration of publication has very low in India. 

Central Library, University of Delhi, New Delhi (DUCL) and Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNUCL) are among the leading libraries of India which are serving to a vast number of users concerned with numerous subjects and disciplines. The present article highlights facets of technologies and procedures being used by these libraries. The paper discusses about the collection development especially of the e-resources in the perspectives of electronic publishing. In this digital era it is imperative to analyze the impact of e-resources on the traditional print resources as well as to check the effectiveness of the collection and development process. With the easy access and retrieval of the information, the libraries are providing efficient services, the same has been tried to study in both of these libraries and a comparative study has been made. 

In any modern society, information and knowledge are taken as the social wealth. India is an agriculture based country. Under such conditions, effective dissemination of agricultural information is of paramount importance. It is the fact that agricultural practices and research have opened new avenues for all those associated with the field of agriculture science viz. researchers, scientists, farmers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, etc. The present paper reports the results of a Scientometrics study conducted on the research publications of researchers, scientists and faculty of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar. It is found that on an average about 210 publications are contributed every year. The average number of authors per publication is 3.68. The contributions include 85% share in the form of research articles. The degree of collaboration is 0.98.