Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

 The present study covers the changing scenario of libraries with the application of Information Technology. The impact of information technology widely visible on every function of the library. The present study analyzed the impact of information technology on libraries in general and on acquisition, serial control, classification and even on staff in particular. The results reveal that most of the staff members of libraries under study find that the information technology has changed the entire functioning of the libraries and has improved our efficiency.

Keywords: Information; Technology; Acquisition; Classification; Serial Control; Health Science.

 Cloud computing technology came up as a boon for libraries and offering various opportunities for libraries to connect their services with clouds In the modern internet Era, Cloud computing plays a prominent role. Today, no longer need to save all your documents on one particular device. Instead, one can access files and resources from at any terminal any time. This is all possible only with “ cloud system”. The new technology concept will minimize the cost of hardware and software applicable to libraries. Cloud computing has been exerting a strong gravitational pull its own entire one has been attracting a mass of money. This paper presents on overview of cloud computing and its possible applications that can be clubbed with library services on the web based environment. This study may be useful in identifying and generating cloud based services for libraries.

Keywords: Cloud Computing; Academic Libraries; Library Automation; Information Technology; Library Services.

 The study gives a brief description about the importance of reading and aims to explore the current reading habits and attitudes of Arts and Science students of Annamalai university The survey method was applied to conduct the study and questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The data collected was analysed using simple statistical techniques. The results reveal that the college students have positive attitudes towards reading and majority of them spend almost one hour on academic and non-academic reading daily. The students developed reading habits mostly through self efforts followed up with the help of parents and teachers respectively.

Keywords: Reading Habits; Reading Choices; Reading Preferences.

 The developments in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have changed education system or curriculum around the world rapidly. The global changes particularly the ICT has impact on reading habits of students. ICT refers to any device or product which enables the “capturing, storing, transmitting and displaying data and information electronically.” This study ensures whether ICT influencing the reading habits of the engineering students. On the basis of the findings discussed impact of ICT on reading habits of students. It is evident from the study that 100% of the respondents have the reading habits. 91% of respondents agreed that the ICT has made an impact on their reading habit.It is notable that more than half of the respondents (65%) use the internet to read e-books.

Keywords: Engineering Students; ICT; Reading Habits; Internet; E-Journals.

 Purpose: To evaluate the status of automated Circulation Systems in Central Universities of Northern India with a view to explore the benefits of technological transformation along with feedbacks from the users. Scope: The analysis made in this study regarding staff and user’s opinion will be helpful for the librarians of developing countries. It will also provide guidelines for the libraries which are planning to automate their services. Objectives: This paper seeks to reveal the current status of automated Circulation Systems in most prominent Indian Universities. Methodology: The paper report a survey of automated libraries in Central Universities located in the Northern part of India. The data collected through questionnaire was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Discussion is made and conclusions were drawn. Approach: Investigators have also interviewed the library staff and user to elicit their opinion regarding library automation.

Keywords: Library Automation; Library Management Software; Libsys; IT Applications; Central Universities; India.

 The present study assessed the use behaviour of the academic community of Kannur University, Kerala with regard to various online resources. It also assessed the awareness and satisfaction of them with respect to the online resources and identified various problems of them in accessing the online resources. A survey of 158 members of academic community was conducted through a questionnaire. The analysis of the study revealed that a majority of the academic community are aware of the various online resources. The highest percentage of them acquires usage skill of online resources through self learning. Only nearly half of them are satisfied with the online resources. The study concluded that online resources are the important information resources to update the information and knowledge of the academic community.

Keyword: Online Resources; Academic Community; Use Behaviour; Usage Skill.

 The Christian missionaries occupy the most important place in spreading education among the public. Colleges form the vital part of Higher education and libraries in colleges are the primary source of Information for all the learning activities. The colleges established by the Christian Missionaries contribute to the empowerment of higher education in India in general and Tamilnadu in particular. This paper presents a survey of 14 libraries attached to the Christian Missionary colleges in and around Chennai with the following objectives such as, To present the state-of-art- of the Libraries attached to Christian Missionaries in and around Chennai; To survey the library resources, services, manpower, and other infrastructure facilities available in the colleges under survey; To find out the extent of library automation in the colleges under survey and To offer suggestions for the improvement of libraries and in turn the implications for the empowerment of higher education in Tamil Nadu. Based on the survey a few suggestions are given that contribute for the empowerment of higher education in Tamilnadu.

Keywords: College Libraries; Christian Missionary College Libraries; ICT Environment; Higher Education; Tamilnadu; Chennai; Survey.

 The research work made attempts to Scientometric analysis of 5045 papers reflected in PubMed, during 2000-2015 on poliomyelitis research literature. The collected data were record in Excel spreadsheets and analyzed to determine the Degree of Collaboration between authors, collaboration and authorship pattern. The result shows that 66.71 percent of the papers were multi authored of 5045 research papers, the highest number of papers (1629) (32.29 percent) was published by single authors followed by 12.69 percent of papers (640) with two authors, 10.80 percent of papers (545) by three authors and 5.89 percent of papers published by more than ten authors and only 1.88 percent of the papers published by ten authors.

Keywords: Author Pattern; Collaboration; Pub Med; Poliomyelitis.

 The present study is a Bibliometric Analysis of International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology from 2011-2015. The analysis covers the authorship pattern of articles published, yearwise publication of papers, statewise distribution of articles, citation pattern and credibility of authors. The results show that majority of the artcles i.e. 90% are contributed by either single author or two authors. It has been revealed that maximum number of articles i.e. 147 are published between 5-7 pages.

Keywords : Bibliometric Analysis; Citation Analysis; Quantitative Methods.