035851   TOMAR R, SASTRY H G, PRATEEK M (Petroleum and Energy Studies Univ, Uttarakhand, Email: ravitomar7@gmail.com) : Establishing parameters for comparative analysis of V2V communication in VANET. J Sci Ind Res 2020, 79(01), 26-9.

In vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), information dissemination plays vital role in establishing the cooperation among the vehicles. This cooperation and information exchange is needed for proper performance of safety and other VANET applications. Broadcasting is the most suitable method for information dissemination over the network. The simplicity of the broadcast mechanism in such a highly dense and mobile network leads to network contention, broadcast storm and network partition problem. To keep all nodes updated and gather neighbourhood information broadcasting protocol use beacon messages. A non-trivial scientific contribution is required in broadcasting techniques to cater to the need of a network. In this paper, we establish a system model and parameters responsible for efficient information dissemination for VANETs. We implemented three major techniques for information dissemination which are, simple flooding, counter-based and probability-based techniques. These three techniques are simulated with established parameters. The work also analysed the impact of beaconing in the network. The simulation is carried out on Veins framework and the results are then analysed on the basis of established parameters. The analysis of result shows that an integrated approach will suit the needs whereas the use of independent techniques might not yield the result which we expect. The paper concludes by outlining the future research directions in information dissemination in VANET.

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035714   VALSON J S, KUTTY V R, SOMAN B , JISSA V T (Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala- 695 011, Email: joannavalson@gmail.com) : Using open-source data to explore distribution of built environment characteristics across Kerala, India. Ind J Pub Health 2020, 64(2), 191-7.

Built environment characteristics in the neighborhood are of utmost priority for a healthy lifestyle in the fast‑urbanizing countries.These characteristics are closely linked to the disease burden and challenges in low‑ and middle‑income countries (LMICs), which have been unexplored using open‑source data. The present technology offers online resources and open source software that enable researchers to explore built environment characteristics with health and allied phenomena. This article intends to delineate methods to capture available and accessible objective built environment variables for a state in India and determine their distribution across the state.  Built environment variables such as population density and residential density were collated from the Census of India. Safety from crime and traffic were captured as crime rates and pedestrian accident rates, respectively, acquired from State Crime Records Bureau. Greenness, built‑up density,and land slope were gathered from open‑source satellite imagery repository. Road intersection density was derived from Open Street Map. Processing and analysis differed for each dataset depending on its source and nature. Each variable showed a distinct pattern acrossthe state. Population and residential density were found to be closely related to each other across both districts and sub districts. They were both positively related to crime rates, pedestrian accident rates, built‑up density, and intersection density, whereas negatively related to land slope and greenness across the subdistricts.  Delineating the distribution of built environment variables using available and open‑source data in resource‑poor settings is a first in public health research among LMICs. Cost‑effectiveness and reproducible nature of open‑source solutions could equip researchers in resource‑poor settings to identify built environment characteristics and patterns across regions.

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024950   BRAHME R, GODBOLE S, GANGAKHEDAR R, SACHDEVA K S, VERMA V, RISBUD A (Epidemiology Dep, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune - 411 026, Email: rbrahme@nariindia.org) : Use of computer-assisted personal interviewing and information management system in a survey among HIV high-risk groups in India: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis. Indian J Community Med 2018, 43(2), 107-12.

In India, integrated biological and behavioral surveillance was carried out in 2014–2015 among high-risk key population as a part of second-generation HIV surveillance system. Computer-assisted personal interviewing and integrated information management system were used for the first time in this large national field based survey. We evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of technology use in this survey. Mixed methods comprising of the key informant’s interviews and structured data collected from field interviewers were used to do the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis with defined attributes. Despite the challenges, the technology use in this survey was a huge success with respect to data coverage, response rates, real-time data, and acceptance by respondents. However, such techniques require more focus on the competency of human resource, training, and concurrent evaluation systems to get better data quality, time adherence, and effective use of technology. The recommendations resulted from this analysis will help for strategic management while designing such systems in field‑based community surveys.

2 tables, 21 ref

024949   JAIN N C, KHAN G S (HRD Div, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi-110 029, Email: drencejain@gmail.com.) : Predatory journals: A downside on research and hampering the impact and relevance of scientific outcome. RUHS J Health Sci 2018, 3(2), 99-105.

The advancement of medical knowledge is quint-essentially based on the authentic and reliable scientific research and publications. This is in addition to the recently mandated requirement of original research publications in indexed journals to ensure career progression in academic/medical institutions, thus the need for 'publications' in scientific medical scholarly journals has increased substantially. On the other hand, this has given an unparalleled rise in the number of stand alone journals and publishers “Predatory” is the term, who are ready to process the manuscripts on priority with almost guaranteed publication, at a cost, but having no credibility to the research being published. To foster awareness creation among students at the post-graduate level and for faculty of medical colleges and research institutions, it has become very important to avoid these predatory journals. It is high time that the thinking among researchers of 'Publish or Perish' be changed to 'Publish and Flourish' by adopting stringent measures which have evolved over time to curtail this birch of predatory publishing. Researchers should now take the road less travelled. This review article aims to highlight all the relevant and important points about the threats posed by predatory journals and also suggests possible ways to overcome them.

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024948   ASEMI A (Isfahan Univ, Iran, Email: asemi@edu.ui.ac.ir) : A survey on the teenagers' need of public libraries' resources and services. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 295-301.

This paper discusses teenagers’ need of library resources and library services in the public libraries in Iran. Descriptive method is used and a researcher-made questionnaire formed the major instrument for data gathering. Descriptive and inferential statistics are applied. It found that teenagers’ need is more textbooks than other resources, of course their first priority is educational books. It means that the teenagers interest to educational books, but it wasn’t their main need. Most used library services was familiarity to library while adolescents need to expand and improve lending services. Finally, it was concluded that libraries were less successful in meeting the teenagers’ need based on their priorities. Therefore, libraries need to be equally important in the development of their resources and services based on the priorities and needs. In this way, their needs are answered, and according to their priority, the library will answer their leisure time according to teenagers’ interest.

1 illus, 8 tables, 26 ref

024947   RAM S (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala- 147004, Email: shriram2576@gmail.com) : "Word Blindness" (Dyslexia): A bibliometric analysis of global research in last fifty years. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 286-94.

Dyslexia (commonly known as word blindness) is a cognitive (learning) disorder characterised by an impaired ability to comprehend written and printed words or phrases despite of intact vision. A quantitative literature analysis was carried out on learning disorder - dyslexia from 1967 to 2016 (50 Year) for assessing the global research trends. The emphasis has been given to analyse the research progress in dyslexia using bibliometric methods. This literature-based study was carried out with the documents retrieved from the Scopus. There were 13455 articles on Dyslexia in SCOPUS, distributed in nine document types and twenty eight languages. These literature were grown at 6 per cent annually. Of ninety eight countries, USA shared highest contribution. India ranked 20th in terms of total publication. The most of the research areas are centered towards psychology, learning ability and linguistics.

4 illus, 4 tables, 36 ref

024946   AHMAD S, SOHAIL M, WARIS A, ELGINAID A, MAGID I M A (Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Univ, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Email: sohailmlis@gmail.com) : SCImago, eigenfactor score, and H5 index journal rank indicator: A study of journals in the area of construction and building technologies. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 278-85.

Present work studies the role of bibliometric indicators and scientometric instruments for checking the qualities of journals published in the area of construction and building technology. Journal quality review targeted comparisons between indicators of significance and merit from reputable databases. Likewise, present work stressed on performance of well cited journals and their informational correlations as predicted by selected indicators complex algorithms. Main research objective focused on review of scientific journal quality indices that included: Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eigenfactor Score (ES), SCImago Journal Rank indicator (SJR) and H5 index. Dependable construction and building technology journals were chosen from their category within Web of Science. JIFs and ESs are obtained from Journal Citation Report and the SJR from the SCImago Journal and country rank website. Sixty one construction and building technology journals were selected for this work and their related data records and information documents retrieved from their primary sites in relating designated quality indicators (JIF, SJR, ES and H5). Correlations between indicators were elucidated by means of Pearson’s and Spearman’s statistical correlations produced by SPSS software. All reclaimed journals are indexed in Web of Science and Scopus citation database.

4 illus, 1 tables, 12 ref

024945   GHOLANI Z, ABDEKHODA M, GAVGANI V Z (School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Iran, Email: hiwaabdekhoda@gmail.com) : Determinant factors in adopting mobile technology-based services by academic librarians. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 271-7.

Nowadays, mobile technology seems to become integral part of our life. People with different careers have begun to use it in their jobs. This research aims to identify influential factors in mobile technology adoption at library context. To this end, a conceptual model was presented based on an integrated model of technology acceptance model (TAM) and technology organisation and environment (TOE) model. A researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among 120 academic librarians. Seven Factor out of the integrated model of TAM and TOE were chosen to investigate their influence on mobile technology adoption. The results of the study suggest that the proposed model (integrated model of TAM and TOE) is a favourable one to identify the influential factors in mobile technology adoption at library context. In addition, regression analysis indicated that out of these seven factor, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, compatibility, relative advantage and organisational competency are determinant factors in adopting mobile technology-based library services among academic librarians.

2 illus, 2 tables, 31 ref

024944   SADIK BATCHA M (Annamalai Univ, Tamil Nadu- 608 002, Email: msbau@rediffmail.com) : Lotka's applicability on global dengue research publication : A scientometric study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 266-70.

Dengue is currently regarded globally as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease. The true impact of dengue globally is difficult to ascertain due to factors such as inadequate disease surveillance, misdiagnosis, and low levels of reporting. Currently available data likely grossly underestimates the social, economic, and disease burden. Estimates of the global incidence of dengue infections per year have ranged between 50 million and 200 million, there are about 6,031 research paper collectively contributed by 22,234 scientist published in 6007 scientific periodicals in recent 8 years as the focus on this fever attracts attention of Scientists at the considerable rate. The present paper attempts to check the applicability of Lotka’s Law on the global publication on Dengue. The study lights on Lotka’s empirical law of scientific productivity, i.e., Inverse Square Law, to measure the scientific productivity of authors, to test Lotka’s Exponent value and the K.S test for the fitness of Lotka’s Law.

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024943   HAZRA U K, DAS R (Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Burdwan- 713103, Email: rajeshdas99@gmail.com) : Evaluation of online learning repositories: A comparative study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 259-65.

Many online learning repositories available around the world. This paper provides a comparative analysis among selected online learning repositories (eGyankosh, ePG pathshala, MIT resources and Sodhganga) for learning resources. The comparative study is based on some analytical parameters, like generic, content related, retrieval related, post processing, interface related, etc. The collected data have been analysed on the basis of parameters. The results have been displayed through different types of diagrams like multiple bar diagrams, pie diagram, etc. It was found that none of the selected online learning repositories achieved the full score. And also found that Sodhganga ranked the highest position among them.

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024942   GUPTA S, HASSAN N (Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed Univ), Agra- 282005, Email: nabihasan@gmail.com) : Scientometric analysis of metamorphosis: A journal of management research. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 254-8.

Scientometric analysis of 200 research article published in the journal, “Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research” from its debut year 2002 to 2016 is studied. The study focuses on various aspects of the journal such as the distribution of articles, annual growth rate, authorship pattern, authorship productivity, degree of collaboration, collaborative index, country-wise distribution of articles, citation analysis. The study shows that most of the papers, 114 out of 200 (57per cent) were published by single authors whereas 86 out of 200 (43 per cent) were contributed by joint authors. Overall average degree of collaboration, average collaborative index and average citation per paper were 0.43, 2.35, and 25.59, respectively. Remarkable collaborative contributors are from India with 81.65 per cent sharing. The study may help those who wish to map the scientometric patterns of journals or institutions or an individual.

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024941   SHAFIQ H (Government Degree Coll Magam, Budgam- 193401, Email: huma.msgr14@gmail.com) : A step towards designing a model academic search interface. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 246-53.

The study makes an endeavor to assess the search interfaces of leading academic databases, viz Cambridge Journals, JSTOR, Sage Journals, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley Online Library. The purpose of the study is to identify various search features and subsequently determine their relative location, with a view to recommend ideal location of these features based on their utility and users’ ease of mind. Data is harvested by assessing the search interfaces of seven academic databases subscribed by University of Kashmir. The select databases are individually assessed to harvest the required information. The study divulges that uniformity is observed by databases while positioning features like access points, and search box(s). However, no consistent approach is found while positioning other identified features. It is imperative to say that the study is first of its kind where an emphasis is laid on assessing the positioning of search interface features. The study can prove helpful for academic database designers while designing user-friendly academic databases.

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024940   GUPTA B M, DHAWAN S M (CSIR-NISTADS, Delhi, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Three dimensional (3D) printing: A scientometric assessment of global publications output during 2007-16. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 238-45.

The papers provides quantitative and qualitative description of three dimensional (3D) printing research based on global publications output (7309 publications) in the field as indexed in Scopus database covering the 10-year period 2007-2016. 3D printing research registered 54.61 per cent growth per annum and averaged 10.59 citations per papers in 10 years, and bulk of global output (93.79 %) in the field emanates from just top 16 countries. The papers further provides an insight into qualitative performance of 3D printing research in terms of relative citation index, citations per papers, highly cited papers, top 25 global organisations and authors in the field, most favoured subjects in the field, and most favoured materials, technologies, and applications used in the field. The study concludes that 3D printing is the next revolution in industrial manufacturing led by USA and China. Asian and Pacific countries should take initiatives to support 3D printing research through appropriate policy and funding mechanisms as well as encourage research teams to collaborate with leading international hubs in 3D printing research.

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024939   NAGESWARA RAO K, KUMAR S, TRIPATHI M (Dr B.R. Ambedkar Central Library, Delhi, Email: Manoramatripathi2@yahoo.com) : Users' perceptions of e-books at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi: A case study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(4), 231-7.

The collection development policies of university libraries are driven by the information seeking behaviour and extent of use of resources by students, researchers and teachers. Libraries have introduced e-books in their collections with rising demand of users for them. However, e-books have not gained the perceived acceptance among users. It is essential to understand the gaps in preferences and experiences of users of e-books in academic libraries so that the collections of e-books can be customised to meet the users’ preferences. The purpose of this study is to understand how students, teachers and research scholars access, browse and use e-books in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. The study has identified factors that encourage or discourage the use of e-books in academic libraries. It highlights preferences for the format (electronic/print) while perusing books as textbooks or reference books for research.

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024938   AZZEH J A (Computer Engineering Dep, Al Balqa Applied Univ, Jordan, Email: azzehjamil18@gmail.com) : Information technologies for supporting administrative activities of large organisations. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 187-91.

Study describes a specified analytical method and model for the organisational management of a company. The proposed solutions allow for revealing information resources, which can be used to support management decisions adoption and control of plans. Information obtained from programs and information systems of the electronic document flow of organisations were used as data sources. The result of configuration investigation and characteristics of information exchange in information systems can be used as administrative decisions support in the organisation. The conducted research allows for improved approaches to the creation and modernisation of effective information systems of universities. The offered software of administrative activity support allows us to increase the flexibility and adaptability of existing information systems and electronic document flow (program complexes) to increase the efficiency of their operations.

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024937   UNYIAL N, KAUR B (Uttaranchal Univ, Dehradun- 248 007, Email: ncuniyaluit@gmail.com) : Proposition of media and information literacy curriculum for integration into pedagogy in IITs. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 221-6.

The purpose of the study is to identify the need of Media Information Literacy pedagogy in IITs through model curriculum if, proposed across the programme and courses. In this regard a survey was conducted with a well structured questionnaire for collection of data from targeted population with a sample of 1054 student of selected IITs of Northern India. Findings of the study demonstrate that 25 per cent to 30 per cent students welcome MIL curriculum for regular pedagogy. However, 60 per cent to 70 per cent students were of the opinion that MIL can enhance their critical thinking abilities for evaluating media messages which help the students to survive and thrive better in the digital world and prepares them for global communication and social participation.

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024936   SINGH A K, MUKHERJEE B (Library & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi- 221 005, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Electronic information resource optimisation in academic libraries: A comparative study on licensing provision of commercial publisher. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 213-20.

Electronic information resources are increasingly become an important component of the collection-building activities of libraries. This paper attempts to understand how far the licenses of commercial publishers support resource optimisation in general and what other important issues that are usually ignored by publishers, knowingly or unknowingly, but are essential for better resource optimisation. Five international publishers namely Elsevier, EBSCO, Sage, Springer, and Taylor & Francis were identified and analysed their agreements that are available in public domain with some model agreements like Liblicense model and model license developed by John Cox Associate. Study indicates that core part of the negotiations still remain price, IP access, display, ILL/document supply, etc. while important issues like perpetual access, archiving, self-archiving, copy of individual articles and share the same for non-commercial use by authorised users were minor issues of the contract. Furthermore, most of the obligations of the publishers that are identified as core issues in Liblicense model are also absent in commercial publishers’ license. A greater awareness of this to library managers is essential. They must be acquainted with the clause of the license agreement of commercial publishers and must negotiate to that extent so that the access should be uninterrupted.

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024935   ANSARI N A, RAZA M M (Library & Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh - 202 001, Email: nahav.rs@amu.ac.in) : Usage of JSTOR database among research scholars in the Faculty of Social Science, Aligarh Muslim University. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 208-12.

The study set out to examine the researchers’ perception towards the use JSTOR database and to explore the reasons not to use JSTOR database. The present study carried out using simple random sampling technique. The major purpose of researchers to use JSTOR was research work and article title was the most common searching techniques in simple search category. In advanced search technique field search was most common search technique followed by phrase search. Almost, all respondents found satisfied with the service of JSTOR and none was found dissatisfied/partially satisfied. On the basis of findings, it is recommended that the use of JSTOR database can be maximised, if researchers have frequent literacy programs.

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024934   PETRISOR A I (Ion Mincu Univ of Architecture and Urbanisation, Romania, Email: alexandru.petrisor@uauim.ro) : Predatory publishers using spamming strategies for call for papers and review requests : A case study. J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 199-207.

Spam e-mail and calls from the predatory publishers are very similar in purpose: they are deceptive and produce material losses. Moreover, the predatory publishers show evolving strategies to lure potential victims, as their number increases. In an effort to help researchers defending against their constant menace, this article aims to identify a set of common features of spam e-mail and calls from predatory publishers. The methodology consisted of a comparative analysis of data found on the Internet and e-mails received at several addresses during December 2017 – January 2018. The results indicate that concealed, fake or disguised identity of the sender and/or of the message, mass mailing, missing or useless opt-out option and an obvious commercial character are the most prominent common features. Moreover, the location of predatory publishers is well disguised; the analysis of the real location, found using web-based tools, suggests a joint management or at least a concerted action of several publishers, and raises additional questions related to the reasons of masking the true location. From a theoretical standpoint, the results show, once again, that predatory publishers are a part of the worldwide scam, and should be ‘convicted’ in a similar way, including the means of legal actions. From a practical perspective, distinct recommendations were phrased for researchers, policy makers, libraries, and future research.

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024933   KAUR A, RATTAN G K (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar- 143 005, Email: gkr70pbiuni@gmail.com) : Citation analysis of theses in economics submitted to Punjabi university, Patiala during 2000-2014. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 192-198.

The present study is based on 9053 citations appended to 92 doctoral theses submitted to the Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, during 2000-2014. The main objective of the study is to investigate authorship pattern of the citations, format of literature cited, electronic/print form of citations, chronological distribution of citations, geographical distribution of book and core journal citations. A ranked list of journals in economics is also compiled in order to find out the most referred journal. It is found that journals are the most consulted resources with 49.39 per cent citations in the field of economics. Bradford’s law of scattering is applicable to the present study with Bradford multiplier as 11.327.

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024932   SINGH S, PANDITA R (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna - 801 507, Email: shiv.mail@gmail.com) : Journal packing density across subject disciplines among BRICS countries : A study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 170-8.

The study attempts to assess the journal packing density (JPD) of the research journals published across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries during 2013-2015. The JPD of the research journals has been computed on the basis of volume. The study covers 27 main subject disciplines and the JPD has been calculated against each individual subject discipline. 2499 research journals were identified as indexed by the Scopus from the BRICS countries, constituting 6.92 per cent of total research journals indexed by the Scopus all across the world. China is the leading country from the BRICS league to have the maximum 914 (36.57 %) research journals. The average JPD of the research journals published across BRICS nations is 132.77 research article per journal per volume, which is far greater than the average global JPD of 101.84 research article. On average 92.55 research journal are published across BRICS countries in each subject discipline. Physics and astronomy, engineering, and energy are the three leading subject disciplines among BRICS nations having maximum JPD of 209.52, 191.40, and 190.08 research article per journal per volume. Apart from these, there are various other facts which have come to the fore about the prevailing trend of JPD among BRICS nations.

7 tables, 13 ref

024931   KUMBHAR R (Library & Information Science Dep, Savitribai Phule Pune Univ, Pune- 411 007, Email: rajendra_kumbhar@unipune.ac.in) : Trends in E-book research. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 162-9.

In this study, e-book research articles were reviewed which are published in various library science and nonlibrary science journals. Identifies facets and significant results of e-book research. For this review, literature on e-books published in English language, in 2016 was searched from various databases. The review finds that the focus of current research on e-books is on use. Themes such as e-book collection development and management; search and discovery are also paid more attention to. Use of e-books by children is emerging as a prominent area of e-book research. Results of most of the research on e-books are supportive to each other.

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024930   SAJNA K P, MOHAMED HANEEFA K (Library & Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Thenjipalam- 673 635, Email: dr.haneefa@gmail.com) : Service quality of libraries of Indian council of agricultural research institutes of Kerala, India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 156-61.

The purpose of this study is to measure the service quality of the libraries of Indian Council of Agricultural Research institutes in Kerala. Survey method with modified SERVQUAL questionnaire was employed to elicit responses from a representative sample of 180 users of the libraries. It is revealed that the ICAR institute libraries lack service quality. While the libraries compared, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Library has shown quality to an extent and library of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute has shown least service quality. Library collection dimension was found as the most expected dimension whereas library staff dimension was the most perceived dimension. The highest service quality gap was identified with library service dimension and the lowest gap was identified with library staff dimension. Regular user need assessment and feedback mechanism should be done to improve the service quality of the libraries. The study can be utilised for developing quality enhancement practices in special libraries in India.

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024929   DUTT B, KUMAR S (CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, Delhi- 110 012, Email: bh_arvi@yahoo.com) : Mapping dye-sensitised solar cells research in India : A scientometric study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(3), 149-55.

The paper examines 718 dye sensitised solar cell (DSSC) research articles published by Indian scientists during 2011-15, which were indexed in Web of Science. It looked into the entire gamut of research performance by performing sectors, institutions, multifarious collaborative aspects, co-authorship and citations etc. Private universities figure among top performing institutions and nano-related aspects dominated DSSC research. DSSC research by Indian researchers was found to be in tune with the mainstream science in the area as about 90 per cent of the research found place in international journals published from USA, the UK and other advanced countries of Europe with respectable impact factor.

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024921   NINGSHEN A (Mass Communication & Journalism Dep, Manipur Univ, Manipur) : Growth and development of Tangkhul dialect newspaper in Manipur: ‘The Aja’ (2011- 2018)’’. Int J Multidiscip Res Dev 2018, 5(4), 136-40.

The proper dissemination of information in the society holds the people together. Tribal newspapers in Manipur are facing problems regarding readership and circulation due to lack of interest from the people. Many prefer English paper rather than own dialectical newspaper. But all along there are handful of people who wants to hold in their culture, language and identity. The Aja paper aimed at the unreached section of the society, where people longs to be informed about their neighbor and happenings. The editor and team are striving to bring on new changes and development on the proper flow of information to all the Tangkhul community. This study will help in the better understanding of the growth and development of the Tangkhul paper from 2011 till date.

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024920   KUMARI S, JENA S (ECE Dep, CUTM, Odisha) : A novel steganography process using LSB technique with decoded text and speech output. Int J Multidiscip Res Dev 2018, 5(4), 118-21.

Data and Information safety is an act of shielding records and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, change or destruction. Currently, aside from the army and institutional records safety, man or woman records safety is very essential. If person data safety is neglected, it can reason intangible harm and monetary loss. In this take a look at, a novel technique which include photo primarily based data hiding at the side of textual content to speech conversion gadget application has been evolved and examined to decorate records safety. This software is intended to provide a extra relaxed way of verbal exchange for emails which play an essential function in personal facts switch. Text hiding in Image is the exercise of concealing a report, message, picture, or video within some other report, message, photograph, or video. It benefits from the reality that the incidence of a few neighborhood features within the photo demonstrates terrific patterns for figuring out the payload of the duvet photo sub-regions based on Human Visual System (HVS). In this project we have proposed a novel technique for the secure data transmission for Military use and Police use with the help of steganography and social media or email. We have encoded secret data and sent it through Whatsapp and similar with facebook uploads, while at the remote receiver end we have decoded the image to get the original data. Similarly we have added the text to speech conversion process along with the decoder portion where the decoded message can be converted into speech for ease of access of the data and for emergency notification.

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024928   SARIKI T P, BHARADWAJA K G (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Email: tulasiprasad.sariki@vit.ac.in) : A book recommendation system based on named entities. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 77-82.

Recommendation systems are extensively used for suggesting new items to users and play an important role in the discovery of relevant new items, be it books, movies or music. An effective recommendation system should provide heterogeneous results and should not be biased towards only the most popular items. Books are particularly well suited to content based filtering as they are now widely available in digital formats which can allow various text mining approaches to dig out content related information. This paper presents a framework to develop a content based recommendation system for books which can further be integrated with a collaborative filtering model. The proposed content based recommender will use the Named Entities as the basic criteria to rank books and give recommendations

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024927   MUNIGAL A (Osmania Univ, Hyderabad– 500 007, Email: AchalaMunigalRao@gmail.com) : Suggested code of ethics and professional conduct for library and information science professionals in India. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 70-6.

Library and Information Science (LIS) education started in the year 1911 in India yet there is no code of ethics and professional conduct for LIS professionals till date. This paper suggests and presents a code that is based upon internationally acknowledged ethical standards and principles. In the absence of any government agency to suggest or approve an LIS ethical code, any professional association of national stature or LIS associations in India can meet on a common platform to brainstorm and bring out a final collaborative document to be implemented.

16 ref

024926   MUHAMEDYEV R I, ALIGULIYEV R M, SHOKISHALOV Z M, MUSTAKAYEV R R (Kazakh National Research Technical Univ, Kazakhstan, Email: ravil.muhamedyev@gmail.com) : New bibliometric indicators for prospectivity estimation of research fields. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 62-9.

The paper suggests differential metrics for estimation of change dynamics of major ICT fields using the bibliometric indicators (publication and citation count). It refers to research areas such as big data, computational biology, cloud computing, cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, information security, internet of things, human-machine systems, mobile computing, machine learning, machine-to-machine, multi-agent systems, neural networks, robotics, visualization, augmented reality, SDN, 5G, e-Governance, smart city and smart grid. As supplements to the known indicators, two kinds of integrated derivative-based indicators are suggested. The calculation of indicators is made and their time curve is given. The suggested indicators allow evidently expressing the changes in the dynamics of bibliometric indicators, which can be useful in prospectivity estimation of areas of research.

3 illus, 4 tables, 24 ref

024925   RAY P P (Institute of Agriculture, West Bengal - 731 236, Email: raypartha1@hotmail.com) : Physical verification as administrative and collection evaluation tool: A study of Institute of Agriculture Library; Visva-Bharati. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 57-61.

This article is the result of an intensive stock verification of more than 50000 documents of an academic library (Institute of Agriculture; Visva-Bharati) established in 1957. The physical verification process includes physical noting of all accession number of books on and out of stack and use of LibSys software to generate reports. The paper highlights that physical verification of collection can help in identifying major areas of loss and thereby can help in framing administrative guideline for collection evaluation and management policy. The paper also urges for review of existing government rules regarding loss of books and weed-out policy.

1 illus, 5 tables, 16 ref

024924   PRADHAN B, RAMESH D B (SOA Univ, Odisha, Email: bnp.iter@gmail.com) : Scientometric analysis of research publications of six Indian Institutes of Technology. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 50-6.

The paper presents the analysis of bibliographic data of 72,940 research papers published by six Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee) and indexed in Scopus database during the period 2006-2015. The analysis indicates that the relative citation impact of IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay are more than other IITs. Works by authors from IIT Kharagpur are cited more than that of other IITs. Physics of Plasma, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, and RSC Advances are the journals most used by the researchers of the six IITs

5 tables, 11 ref

024923   MEERA B M, HIREMATH V (Raman Research Institute, Bangalore– 560 080, Email: meera@rri.res.in) : Data-intensive research in physics: Challenges and perspectives. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 43-9.

Raman Research Institute (RRI) in recent years has been engaged in data intensive research. The paper aims to understand the challenges faced by graduate students and their perspectives in data-intensive research at RRI regarding data types; collection methods; storage and access; data processing; legal and ethical issues. Questionnaire survey method and information extraction from ETD repository of RRI were used for data collection. Graduate students have expressed their desire for a better technical infrastructure, and need for training courses on different aspects of data related research and acquisition of data processing software. Observations in this study indicate that researchers are not well informed about some of the social issues associated with data and research such as legal aspects, ethical issues, plagiarism, data citation attributions, etc. Study recommends steps to empower research students to handle the challenges in data intensive research.

6 illus, 1 table, 11 ref

024922   GARG K C, TRIPATHI H K (CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi- 110012, Email: gargkc022@gmail.com) : Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014 Part II: Contents of the articles in terms of disciplines and their bibliometric aspects. Ann Lib Inf Stu 2018, 65(1), 7-42.

This part of the study highlights the contents of the published articles in terms of various disciplines or sub-disciplines and the bibliometric aspects discussed in these articles. The analysis of 902 papers published by Indian scholars during 1995-2014 indicates that the main focus of bibliometrics/scientometrics is on assessment of science and technology in India in different sub-disciplines including contributions by Indian states and other individual countries followed by bibliometric analysis of individual journals. Papers dealing with bibliometric laws received a low priority as compared to other sub- disciplines of bibliometrics/scientometrics. The analysis of data indicates that the share of theoretical studies using mathematical and statistical techniques which were missing in the earlier period (1970-1994) has increased during 1995- 2014. The field of medicine as a discipline received the highest attention as compared to other disciplines.

4 tables, 6 ref

024919   LAMANI M B, PATIL R R, KUMBAR B D (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnataka Univ, Dharwad, Email: manulamani@gmail.com) : Open access e-books in social science: A case study of Directory of Open Access books. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 141-4.

The present study examines the current trends of the open access e-books in the field of social sciences available through Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). The data was collected online regarding the social science e-books in August 2016 from DOAB web site for analysis. In the study the e-books are divided author wise, license wise, language wise, year wise, and pagination wise for better understanding of the results. The results revealed that there is a significant growth of e-books on DOAB on social sciences over the years.

4 tables, 13 ref

024918   ADEYINKA T, DARE O O, ADEBISI O S, LAWAL A M (Information Science Dep, South Africa Univ, Pretoria, South Africa, Email: tellayinkaedu@yahoo.com) : Perception and usage pattern of e-books among Library and Information Science students in selected universities in Nigeria. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 132-40.

This study examined the perception and usage pattern of e-book among LIS undergraduate students from selected five universities. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Five research questions were developed and answered. The findings demonstrate that LIS undergraduate students still use e-books more compare to print books. The results also reveal that LIS undergraduate students have positive perception of e-book as it enhance learning effectiveness, assist to finish course content/outline; makes reading faster; easy to use and with clear graphical illustrations. The usage pattern of e-books among LIS undergraduate students is majorly for research purpose and the majority is highly satisfied with reading e-books. The major problem encountered by the students with e-books is the difficulties reading on the computers or internet, followed by the cost of e-book reader. The study recommended based on these findings that university authority and library of the participating institutions should make e-books readers available in large quantity. Doing so is assumed will increase the use of e-books and further arouse the interest of the students .

6 tables, 31 ref

024917   MALLYA J, PATWARDHAN V (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal- 576 104, Email: jyothi.mallya@manipal.edu) : Hospitality students’ perception of college library service quality: Importance performance analysis. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 125-31.

The purpose of this research is to examine the perceived importance and perceived experiences of library service quality for hospitality management students. Also, an effort was made to identify the strengths and weaknesses of library service quality based on their perception of library services. The researchers have used LibQUAL+^®, a popular tool that libraries use to assess the perception of library service quality over the years. Undergraduates and postgraduate’s students studying in one of the premier private hotel management institutes in India participated in this study. The findings of the study suggest that library service providers need to understand the needs of students and should have the inclination to help students in making the library a gateway for study, learning and research. The future research may include faculty members’ perception of importance and performance of library service quality. This type of survey can be repeated at regular intervals to distinguish the varying needs of library users.

2 illus, 1 table, 68 ref

024916   MAHESH G T, KUMARI H A (Library and Information Science Dep, Mysore Univ, Mysore- 570 006, Email: maheshgt@gmail.com) : Use of public library services by the distance learners of Bangalore university. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 117-24.

The present paper investigates the distance students’ use of public libraries for their academic purposes and converse the public library as a alternate for instructive or University libraries. The current research study is based on a comprehensive survey of distance education students from Bangalore University. The data collection was carried out by personally distributing the questionnaire to the randomly selected students and the sample consists of students from both undergraduate and post graduate. It is found from the study that 1309 (90.60 %) distance learners who used public libraries during contact classes and 786 (54.4 %) of the respondents spent 0-1 h in the library. Majority of the distance learners i.e. 941 (65.10 %) responded effective for book borrowing services from the public libraries in seeking information, 1220 (84.40 %) opined effective for reference services. It is observed from the study that distance students have a tendency to look at libraries as a complete and do not make apparent difference between different types of libraries, expecting the entire system to be flawless. The paper lifts the significant executive inquiry and apprehension in relation to both the operation of public libraries and the service level given to diverse section of learning students. It is strongly recommended that library instruction programme should be organized by the public libraries for distance learners that create the responsiveness and use of library and information services effectively.

3 illus, 11 tables, 14 ref

024915   RAMAIAH C K, SHIMRAY S R (Library and Information Science Dep, Pondicherry Univ, Puducherry- 605 014, Email: chennupati_kramaiah@yahoo.com) : Information seeking behaviour of engineering college students: A case study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 110-6.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of various services and facilities provided by Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology Library, Hyderabad, India. This study used survey method and questionnaire tool for data collection. The majorities of the respondents in this study choose print form of textbooks (78 %) and printed reference books (80.33 %). Of the total, 80 per cent of them stated that they did not find any gaps in library collections. It was found that most of them (93.33 %) do not find any problems and issues in accessing information from the available resources. The majority (89 %) of them agreed with the working hours and 81.67 per cent of the respondents are satisfied with the services offered by the library staff. Over three fourths (78.67 %) of them are satisfied with the existing facilities provided by the library. The majority (89 %) of the respondents indicated that the library should have a separate website in addition to the college website.

10 tables, 19 ref

024914   SINGH V, MARGAM M (Library and Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi – 110 007, Email: mmadhusudhan@libinfosci.du.ac.in) : Information security measures of libraries of central universities of Delhi : A study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 102-9.

The paper is to examine the information security measures, physical, organisational and technological in Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), University of Delhi (DU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in Delhi. The paper uses a mixed-method approach that combines both quantitative and qualitative analyses of information security measures with the help of a specially designed checklist. The findings of the study reveals that JNU scored 69.23 per cent highest information security features, followed by DU with 66.15 per cent, and JMI got the lowest total score with 63.07 per cent. The study has also revealed that all the university libraries under study have been lagging behind in physical security measures. It is hoped that the present study will help in improving the information security lacunas in libraries under study. The findings of the study will not only guide the university librarians to improve their Information security measures, but also open the floodgates for improvements of information security in fast changing technological world so that they can overcome the limitations being faced by librarians.

6 tables, 37 ref

024913   DAS K, MAHAPATRA R K (National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha– 769 008, Email: daskshirod@gmail.com) : Collaboration and knowledge sharing via facebook groups: Analysis of postings of library and information science community. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 95-101.

Social networking sites are visibly the latest trend and have changed the way the 21^st century communicates each other. Its usage becomes more and more in the world of information, its presence in the library and information science becomes challenging and exciting. The aim of this study was to know the trend of posting, sharing, commenting and like a Facebook post, to understand the participation level and response against Facebook group post, and also to explore the type of content generated by library and information science community through Facebook Group. Group postings/contents of four different Facebook group pages (LIS Group, LIS-XPRESS, S.M.I.T. library students, students of LIS), operating and use by LIS community during February 2012 - February 2015 are collected, read and analysed. The analysis of those contents found that sharing photos, links and statuses are major types of group posts in every group and members hardly posting videos and create events for the community.

5 illus, 4 tables, 27 ref

024912   DIVYA P, MOHAMED HANEEFA K (Library and Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Kerala- 673 635, Email: dr.haneefa@gmail.com) : Digital reading competency of students: A study in universities in Kerala. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 88-94.

The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the digital reading competency of the students in universities in Kerala. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from a representative sample of 525 students of the teaching departments of three prominent universities in Kerala. The findings revealed that a good number of the students have a medium level of digital reading competency. It is also noted that male students exhibited a high level of competency as compared with female students and also that there exists a significant relationship between digital reading competency and level of competency to use computer and other digital devices. This study will be useful to develop digital literacy education framework which will enhance student’s digital reading competency.

8 tables, 32 ref

024911   REDDY B S, KRISHNAMURTHY M, ASUNDI A Y (Library and Information Science Dep, Bangalore Univ, Bengaluru- 560 056, Email: ashokasundi@rediffmail.com) : Information use, user, user needs and seeking behaviour: A review. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 82-7.

The studies on the user, user information behaviour, and seeking have been continuing since last 50 years or more. Ranganathan’s five laws brought the phrase ‘use’ reordering from preservation. The studies on user and user behaviour with varying characteristics has not changed and still going on to study the impact of ICT and use of electronic resources. Several hidden revelations on users’ approach to information identified by Voigt, types of readers identified by Ranganathan and the ASK model by Belkin have been expounded to visualise the user categories and attributes of the user, user information behaviour and so on. The aim of this paper is only a perspective review of the literature on information user, with an intrinsic scope for some new research possibilities in this area.

2 illus, 2 tables, 28 ref

024910   PANDITA R, DOMINIC J (Bharathiar Univ, Coimbatore- 641 046, Email: rameshpandita90@gmail.com) : Impact of information technology on the job satisfaction of LIS professionals: A case study of Jammu & Kashmir. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 75-81.

Based on the primary data collected from the library and information science professionals working in the higher education sector of the Jammu and Kashmir, the study aims to assess, as how far the application of information and communication technology apart from improving the library services and activities, has been instrumental in improving the job satisfaction among the library and information professionals. In all 264 responses were generated from the respondents, a whopping, 68.9 per cent respondents are of the view that library and information science professionals contribute significantly into the teaching and research activities of their institution. 61 per cent respondents have shown satisfaction with the information technology infrastructure in their respective libraries, while as, 60.2 per cent respondents are of the view that the application of information technology in libraries contribute to the job satisfaction of library professionals. Still more, 43.9 per cent respondents viewed that the library professionals working in the manual environment show lower levels of job satisfaction.

8 tables, 26 ref

024909   CHAUHAN S K (Jaypee Univ of Information Technology, Solan- 173 234, Email: sureshbabal@yahoo.com) : Research on plagiarism in India during 2002-2016 : A bibliometric analysis. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2018, 38(2), 69-74.

The issues of plagiarism have been mushrooming more rapidly around the globe. India is also not spared from plagiarism and related issues. Various researchers and academicians have raised their concern on rapidly growing cases of plagiarism. In this study, an analysis was made to identify the average growth of publications written on plagiarism by Indian authors, the degree of author collaboration, most impactful sources for publishing on plagiarism. The data for the period of 2002 – 2016 were extracted from Scopus by executing a query on ‘Plagiarism’ term. In total 385 publications were found and computed. Average citations per publications of 4.01 for the period, 2007-11 was found high as compared to two other block periods of the study whereas block period 2002-06 was witnessed 49.53 per cent annual growth rate. The Single authored publications prevailed more (34.55 per cent) which interestingly also achieved 50.38 per cent of the cited rate. It was also observed that the degree of multi-authored collaboration has been improving with every passing year.

2 illus, 5 tables, 27 ref

023238   NARASANAIKAR K I, HANGARAGI K B (Coll of Horticulture, Univ of Horticultural Sciences, Karnataka) : Plagiarism: An electronic detection tool Turnitin. Int J Multidiscipl Res Dev 2017, 4(12), 187-90.

In this paper an attempt is made to present the plagiarism and anti-plagiarism tool analysis. The Information which is copied from any format and passing it as own work termed as a plagiarism. In electronic environment about fair and ethical use of the web sources, create awareness among the contributors. The tool is needed to anti plagiarism check that is made here a need based and popularised Turnitin software studied. This is used in 51 countries around the world. It encourages best practices in digital environment with flexible option, wide scope of coverage its advantages are more than the lacking. The software tool Turnitin presented with theory and snap shoot.

2 illus, 8 ref.

023237   HANGARAGI K B, NARASANAIKAR K I (Basaveshwar Engineering Coll, Karnataka) : Information search pattern of post graduate students in web based environment: A special reference to Basaveshwar Engineering College, (autonomous) Bagalkot. Int J Multidiscipl Res Dev 2017, 4(12), 159-62.

The Web based information is now known to be the richest source of information. The growth rate of the web is exponential. This paper explores different aspects of web search behavior of engineering professionals, in terms of user's and experience with web, purpose of use, searching skills, frequency of use, favorite search engine, etc. All these factors contribute to the way in which the students search the web. The researchers prepared a well-structured questionnaire as a tool for data collection and same analyzed and presented with useful percentage analysis and suitable table for presentation of data.

1 illus, 11 tables, 4 ref.

023236   SINGHAL D, PANDEYA M S, SHARMA R (Centre For Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi) : Bibliometric analysis of book reviews published in contributions to Indian sociology (1984-2015). Int J Lib Info Network Knowledge 2017, 2(2), 144-63.

This study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of the book reviews published in Contributions to Indian Sociology (CIS) for the period of 31 years from 1984 to 2015. The analysis cover mainly the authorship/editor pattern, ranking of authors/ editors/ reviewers, ranking of publishers, subject wise distribution, chronological distribution, price wise distributions etc. through the graphs and tables. This study points out towards the merits and weakness of the journal which will be helpful for its further development. The findings of the present study leads to the conclusion that this journal deserves popularity among researchers in the area of social sciences. In addition, it also reflects increased interaction with other subject disciplines.

12 illus, 2 tables, 4 ref.

023235   PANDEYA M S, SINGHAL D (Centre For Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi) : Bibliometric study of content analysis of the journal ‘Gender, Technology and Development’ (1997-2015). Int J Lib Info Network Knowledge 2017, 2(2), 130-43.

This study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of the Journal “Gender, Technology and Development”. The aim is to offer a summary of research activity in the field of women’s/gender studies and characterize and its most important aspects. The paper analyzes a bibliometric study of 297 scholarly articles were published during the period 1997 to 2015. The paper covers the bibliometric analyses of year-wise distribution of articles, category-wise classification of contents, subject coverage of articles, authorship patterns, ranking of leading contributors, geographical distribution of contributors, number of references in articles, institution-wise affiliation, and also reports special issues of journal. The findings are important for assessing the current state of a journal and for guiding future publication of research.

9 tables, 3 ref.

023234   PARMAR S S (B.K Birla Centre for Eduction, Maharastra, Email: sagederparmar@gmail.com) : Perception towards e-services among the school students and teachers of B.K Birla Centre for education: A study of awareness, use and effectiveness. Int J Lib Info Network Knowledge 2017, 2(2), 120-9.

School Library, the biggest classroom of any school is considered as part of the academic set-up. They play an important role in providing information, inculcating reading habits, and developing knowledge in students to locate and use information for both personal and educational purposes. This is ultimately essential for functioning successfully in today’s information and knowledge based society. This article explores the perceptions of students and teachers of B.K Birla Centre for Education, Pune towards awareness, use and effectiveness of e-services provided by their library.

3 illus, 6 tables, 5 ref.

023233   SIDDIQI S P, RAZA M M (Library and Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Uttar Pradesh, Email: parween.alig@gmail.com) : Application of web 2.0 tools in CSIR laboratories and institutes. Int J Lib Info Network Knowledge 2017, 2(2), 103-19.

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is a contemporary R&D organization, known for its cutting edge R&D knowledgebase in diverse S&T work. Due to fast and emerging development of information technology, CSIR is not remain untouched with the advent of Web 2.0 technology. A typical technology is Web 2.0 which has recently emerged as a second generation of web-based technologies for communication. Web 2.0 has been strongly applied in the field of e-commerce, online advertising and other online services. The main purpose of this study is to provide overall picture of the applications of Web 2.0 technologies in CSIR institutes and laboratories. The main focus of the paper is to know, what types of Web 2.0 technologies are applied in CSIR institutes and laboratories. Content analysis was used in terms of quantitative approach. For gathering of data a checklist as the main research instrument was developed, based on other checklists and questionnaires, and synthesized ideas from literature. Data was collected by accessing all CSIR institutes and laboratories websites. Microsoft Excel was used, as a main tool to synthesize and analyze data.

2 illus, 5 tables, 25 ref.