Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

The disclosure of digital libraries grants many opportunities and question for the settlement of centered collections of digital oppose. As librarians in the India seek to appraise the existent software and systems, and to ID the most appropriate technology and methods of construction digital libraries, several scrutiny egress emerge for muse and analysis. These egress include, Internet-supported apportionment, the profession to furnish cleaving and compatible views of the resort held, metadata elaboration, representation of multimedia and hypermedia dogma, interoperability, portability, data commute, and the performance of the mortal-electronic computer interface. This paper identifies types of digital libraries full digital libraries, special and “hybrid” collections, and examines definitions currently in use. The focus is on collections built for specific user communities. Open-source and commercial software are briefly examined as well generic and specific library applications.

This muse which was imply out to tax the pry into shape and their consequences in digital libraries, investigate 32 search characteristic and 29 expand characteristic in 8 digital libraries (which embody Government, Private and Deemed to be Universities). Results show that as far as investigate and display features are affected to digital library. Keyword: Digital library; Search feature; Display feature

The rapid development of information technology is bringing about unpredictable changes in the field of library and information management. The leap from conventional library management system to electronic library management has paved way for great changes in the very structure and manner of library profession. The paper discusses the essential technology tools and techniques a library professional should possess in order to manage the academic libraries and the millions of information coming out day by day in this digital era. The paper points out the knowledge and skill a library professional should acquire for the successful application of information technology in libraries.

Young generation scholars rely more and more on Google and other web services for discovery and access. Sometimes libraries are not sure whether their information services and well organized collections are being utilized properly or not. This paper highlights the changing attitude of users in the digital environment and use of effective tools and techniques by Academic libraries for providing innovative library services to meet the changing user attitude. This paper also suggests ways and means for making innovation in providing resources and services to the users. It also explains the usage of web tools for effective promotion and marketing of library services to attract users to use the academic Library. At the same time this paper also explains the specific services and roles must be played by Library and Information Science Professionals (LIS) during COVID-19. We know that necessity is the mother of invention and we have realized it during the pandemic situation. Access to information is vital part for ensuring the quality of education. Adaptability is very essential in this sudden change because of COVID-19. So, libraries in general and academic libraries in particular must take specific measures to address this situation. This paper has explored various adaptive measures taken by libraries and LIS professionals in response to COVID-19 in different countries. Based on that few adaptive measures to adapt during COVID-19 has been recommended for academic libraries in the developing countries in general and for academic libraries of India in particular

The present studyis conducted to “Use of Information Resources and services in the Veterinary College Libraries of Andhra Pradesh: A Study. Information is the essential commodity for studying, teaching, research and extension activities. in this study questionnaire method was adopted to collect the data from the respondents, along with observation and informal interviews. the finding various library resources and services, purpose, frequency of visit the library, time spent, library collection, print and electronic resources and adequacy of library resources. Test like percentage, mean value method were adopted toverify the results. Major finding of the study and suggestions given based on the analysis and interpretation of the study. Some problems were also explored in using resources and services

To investigate the impact of Library automation services in Government First Grade college libraries in kolar district. The investigators used a questionnaire and interviews. They chose samples on the basis of a stratified sampling method and administered the questionnaire according to a random method for collecting the data. In this study revealed that 7 of 8 libraries are completely automated. Seventy per cent of librarians believe that automation has improved their library’s services, while 85 per cent of users believe that an automated library system is better than the traditional manual system. Of the eight libraries, one library has a shortage of general staff to deal with automation services. The investigators could only select all the institutions for his study. Although so many studies of the same kind have already been conducted on library automation services in different areas of world, this paper revealed the current status of library automation services in Government First grade college libraries in kolar district

The disciplinary level, contribution, and influence have become the core competitiveness of universities as higher education shifts from the mode of extensive growth, which focuses on expanding school scale, to the mode of intensive growth, which focuses on discipline structure and quality improvement. It places more demands on the high school library's utility responsibility, forcing the digital library to respond more quickly, create and amend growth plans on time, and achieve the coordinated growth of technology, resources, and utilities. As a result, it's more important than ever to build the library discipline utilityprogram

The study aimed to assess the Nuclear Medicine research output from 1991 to 2020. Totally 12632 data were mainly collected from the web of science database. These data were downloaded and analyzed by using MS Excel as per the objective of the study. The researcher has been done to discover the development and properties of large data output is the global level. The year-wise distribution of Nuclear Medicine research. The study revealed the year 2020 occupied the first position with 771 (6.10) records, followed by the year 2019 with 677(5.36) records compared to 1991 to 2020.Author-wise distribution of publication showed that Rubello, D occupied the first position with 81(0.64%) and Signore, A is the second position with 72 (0.57%) and others. In this study single author contributed 1776 (14.06) papers in this study. The relative growth rate and doubling time the growth of publications decreased trend, the corresponding doubling time was increased.

In this study is to evaluate and analyse the current status of the university library websites of central government university and state government universities in madhyapradesh state. Nwadays the library websites are performing a most important role in accumulating and circulating the information or the data sources to the users (i.e. students, faculty member, staffs and others) and it is a most popular way to interact with users without physical appearance. In the present study, contents of two central government university and twenty-three state government university library websites in madhyapradesh state have been analysed. In this study concluded that university library websites are playing an important role in higher education, research work, and educational development activities by effective dissemination of information resources and services.