Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Open access has presented a fresh challenge to the publishing and scholarly communication sectors with the start of the twenty-first century. For the previous two decades, libraries have struggled to keep their journal subscriptions at a level that will support their research and development efforts due to rising publication fees and a stable budget. In the interim, the Web's ability to publish academic articles in the public domain has opened up new communication channels for the scientific community. Along with various OA techniques, supporting business models have been proposed. Authors have reviewed a number of recent studies to demonstrate the effect of open access on its use and citation in scholarly and research. According to studies, open access (OA) has a significant impact on scientific communication since it helps boost the citation impact of journals and makes scientific research more visible and accessible. The writers are optimistic about the future of OA.

This review study was motivated by the earlier relevance article as well as the theoretical concepts of Knowledge Sharing (KS) and Information Service Innovation (ISI). Because the use of appropriate theory enables the KS to move forward ISI and to be improve information professionals’ quality. This study followed a literature review approach where secondary information is used for research. Based on the existing reliable literature, this review study values that the identification and application of the most theoretical approach’s are highly significant in achieving the common goal, which ultimately outcomes in the KS and ISI relevant.

Judicial Libraries have traditionally played a central role in collecting and organizing legal material and giving wide access to culture and knowledge. The utilisation of electronic resources and legal information in Indian court libraries is examined in the present paper. The study's primary goal is to identify the accessibility and utilisation of electronic resources, services, and facilities in judicial libraries as well as new problems and obstacles associated with the digital age. The goal of the current study was to assess the usefulness of print and electronic legal resources as well as the frequency and purposes of using electronic information resources in judicial libraries. It emphasises the resources or tools used to provide the services, as well as the difficulties faced while providing those services to library customers and potential solutions.

The present papers ”Information seeking behaviour & attitude of users in medical college libraries hyderabad: a study" deals with information seeking behaviour, attitude of users, available library resources (print & electronic), available library service in their institutions, satisfaction level of library services in the medical college libraries are discussed.

The AI is one of the important areas of computer/data science allowing a machine to perform tasks in a way similar to a human performing them. Its main goal is giving machines the ability to process information and make decisions based on that information, the same ways humans do. However, the science and the industry of AI are far from being fully explored and developed. AI is becoming increasingly prevalent in many applications; it is not going to completely replace human operators. In the long run, AI is expected to enhance human abilities and be the dominant technology of the future libraries.

New technological developments, the availability of big data, and the creation of research platforms open a variety of  opportunities to generate, store, and analyze research data. To ensure the sustainable handling of research data, the European Commission as well as scientific commissions have recently highlighted the importance of implementing a research data management system (RDMS) in higher education institutes (HEI) which combines technical as well as organizational solutions. A deep understanding of the requirements of research data management (RDM), as well as an overview of the different stakeholders, is a key prerequisite for the implementation of an RDMS. Based on a scientific literature review, the aim of this study is to answer the following research questions: “What organizational factors need to be considered when implementing an RDMS? How do these organizational factors interact with each other and how do they constrain or facilitate the implementation of an RDMS?” The structure of the analysis is built on the four components of Leavitt’s classical model of organizational change: task, structure, technology, and people. The findings reveal that the implementation of RDMS is strongly impacted by the organizational structure, infrastructure, labor culture as well as strategic considerations. Overall, this literature review summarizes different approaches for the implementation of an RDMS. It also identifies areas for future research.

An open access scientific journal is a peer-reviewed publication that is available for free online, allowing users to search, read, copy, share the link, download, and print full-text research papers. Urology is a medical practice that focuses on urinary tract problems in both men and women. An urologist is a physician who specializes in the urinary system. Back in the day, doctors would examine a patient's urine for evidence of their illness. Urology, often known as genito-urinary surgery, is a surgical and medical specialty that focuses on the male and female urinary tract organs. This paper has analyzed the urology open access journals which are available in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). The results reveal that DOAJ indexes 12 open access journals published by Elsevier and followed by 8 journals are published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow. The other publishers such as Hindawi Limited 5 journals, Karger Publishers 4 journals. It is found that there are 37 blind peer review journals followed by 32 double blind peer review journals and 11 peer-reviews journals respectively indexed in DOAJ database. It is discovered in the study that maximum journals (74) in Urology are without DOAJ seal and only 8 journals have got the desired DOAJ seal, which represents as a symbol of certification and high publishing standards.

In this fast digital age we all are know everything is available on one click. Physical and electronic versions of scholarly resources serve different purposes: the former may be preferred for embedded graphic objects, whereas electronic versions are easier to access, often in varying combinations of portable document format (PDF), hypertext mark-up language (HTML), MS Word, extensible mark-up language (XML), and text. As libraries build ever larger collections of electronic resources, finding ways to manage them efficiently becomes a major challenge. The number of electronic journals, citation databases, and full-text aggregations held by most libraries has grown rapidly.