023230   Sangam S L;Madalli D;Arali U B (Library & Information Science Dep, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003, Email: slsangam@gmail.com) : Scientometrics profile of global genetics literature as seen through PubMed. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 175-92.

In this paper an attempt has been made to study the Growth pattern, doubling time of world and Indian Genetics literature. The Knowledge of Genetics being basic to progress in biology, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, forensic sciences and many other fields, results of such studies are found highly useful. There are several dimensions of national science indicators that can be used to study different aspects of the research output in the field of Genetics and its ten subfields. Branch wise contribution indicates maximum growth in the branch of Human Genetics with the major contribution of 3,87,605 publications during this block period,(1993-2002) followed by Molecular Genetics (3,87,323); Medical Genetics (1,51,497); Population Genetics (65,910); Genetic Engineering (68,163); Genomics (54907); Developmental Genetics (50,445); Quantitative Genetics (48,060); Microbial Genetics (25,774); and Evolutionary Genetics (23,732). During both the block periods (1993-2002 and 2003-2012) Evolutionary Genetics has lesser number of publications. Study finally inferred that the Logarithmic and Linear growth models fit well for World's genetics literature whereas for India Exponential and Logistic models fit well.

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023229   Ray P P;Sen B K (Librarian Deputy, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan-731 235, Email: raypartha1@hotmail.com) : Publications of Rabindranath Tagore: a bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 177-85.

The paper highlights the publication productivity of Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Laureate poet of India. He has published 199 Bengali books during 1878-1941 and 36 titles were published posthumously making it 235 Bengali books to his credit. In his seventies (the last decade of his life), when he ventured into the world of painting, surprisingly his literary productivity increased considerably instead of going down. He published as many as 55 books apart from producing 2000+ paintings. Tagore's productivity encompassed all branches of literature, i.e. poems, dramas, letters, novels, essays, songs, travelogues, comedies, short stories, addresses, textbooks and autobiography. His productivity coefficient for Bengali books is 0.84 which indicates that he had a steady publication record throughout his literary career. He has published 91 out of 95 short stories in 16 communication channels. Publication density of short stories is 5.69, publication concentration is 12.5 and productivity coefficient for short stories stands at 0.32.

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023228   Ramakrishnan J;Thavamani K (NO, Regional Medical Library TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai-600 032, Email: dhanaram@yahoo.com) : Indian contributions to the field of leptospirosis (2006-2013): a bibliometric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 235-49.

This paper presents a bibliometric study of Indian contributions in the field of Leptospirosis covered in the bibliographic database MEDLINE for the period of 2006-2013. MEDLINE covered the 714 records during the study period. 67.65% (483) of all the cited records were "journal articles" and all of them were in English language. The results of the Activity Index indicate that Indian efforts in Leptospirosis research are greater in 3 years out of 8 years of the study period from 2006 to 2013. Core Indian journals in the field of Leptospirosis are indentified. The most frequently cited records are in general medicine with 46.58 followed by Microbiology with 27.54%.

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023227   Pujar S M;Satyanarayana K V (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Gen. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East), Mumbai-400 065, Email: pujar@igidr.ac.in) : Internet of things and libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 186-90.

Internet has taken a giant leap forward from 'Internet of communication' to 'Internet of Things', making it possible to connect objects and transfer data with or without human intervention. This is likely to revolutionize the way we live. Like other service industries, it has a huge potential in betterment of library services. An attempt has been made to explain what is 'Internet of Things', the technology and its growth, examples from service industries and deliberate on it's possible impact on libraries and identify potential library areas where it can be implemented effectively.

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023226   Prithviraj K R;Sampath Kumar B T (Library and Information Science Dep, Directorate of Distance Edun. Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, Karnataka-577 451, Email: prithviraj.kr@gmail.com ) : Web citation trends in Indian LIS Journals: a citation analysis. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 295-310.

Aim of this study is to know the use of web citations in Indian LIS journals published during 2001 to 2010. The findings of study shows that the average number of web citations per article ranged from a low of 1.02 in 2001, to a high of 4.58 in 2010. There was a constant and continuous increase in the number of articles with web citations over the years during 2001-2010. The average number of web citations for every article is 2.60. The most widely cited top level domains were organizational (.org) and commercial (.com) with 30.91% and 22.08% respectively. The highest percentage of web citations belonged to HTML file formats (67.30%) followed by PDF file formats (11.39%).

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023225   Pournaghi R;Nemati-Anaraki L (NO, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science & Technology (IRAND, Tehran, Iran, Email: pournaghi@irandoc.ac.ir) : Mutual role of scientometrics and foresight. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 145-60.

Foresight, a science and art, that helps human beings to know the future events, opportunities, and threats and to wisely choose the optimal futures from among possible (exploratory) ones and to consider future as an uncertain and instable setting. Foresight is the process of developing a range of views of possible ways in which the future could develop, and understand these sufficiently well to be able to decide what decisions can be taken today to create the best possible tomorrow. Scientometrics addresses science measurement in different areas and its overall objective is measuring the creation, distribution and consumption of science both quantitatively and qualitatively. Both scientometrics and foresight are interdisciplinary and are quite similar in observing scientific activities, analyzing the trends, scientific prospective and predictions. Indeed, making use of foresight means taking action for making policies in order to realize an optimal future through which a number of other helpful results would be obtained: developing new networks and communications, goal-setting and enhancing the sense of shared commitment, publishing the information, and prioritizing the options and actions. In this paper, the authors try to examine and elaborate the mutual relationship between scientometrics and futurology in different scientific texts then they will discuss the status and role of scientometrics as a tool for foresight-related studies.

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023224   Moazami A;Ebadi A;Schiffauerova A (NO, Concordia Instiute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), Conco, 1515 Ste-Catherine street West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2W1 Cananada, Email: a_moazam@encs.concordia.ca) : Network perspective of academia industry nanotechnology collaboration: a comparison of Canada and the United States. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 263-93.

Novelty of nanotechnology and its invaluable application in almost all fields makes innovation in this sector an interest for many countries, including Canada and the United States. The collaboration between academia and industry is considered to be particularly beneficial in nanotechnology, as it is an emerging field where the science is interdisciplinary and applications are far and wide. This paper compares the nanotechnology innovation diffusion and knowledge transfer in Canada and the United States. In addition, it investigates the interaction between universities and industry in these countries and analyzes their network characteristics to highlight the distinct roles that academic and industrial researchers play in the collaboration network. The collaboration patterns are studied through co-authorship and co-inventorship data using social network analysis. The results show that the American nanotechnology subnetwork involves more collaboration, and is more centralized than the Canadian one. Moreover, in the aforesaid countries it was found that both academic researchers collaborating strictly within academia and industrial researchers working solely among themselves occupy more clustered but less central network positions. Consequently, no matter how productive or innovative these researchers are, their role in knowledge transmission is quite limited, while the researchers who bridge the two sectors through collaborations of university-industry nature are critical to the knowledge transfer through the network.

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023223   Liwei Z;Chunlin J (WISE Lab, School of Public Admn. & Law, Dalian University of Tech., Dalian 116024 China, Email: taiyiliwei@126.com) : Social network analysis and academic performance of the editorial board members for journals of library and information science. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 131-43.

Editors of journal are the gatekeepers to hold the quality and direction of journal. Normally the editors of the journal are served as the "academic authority" in the corresponding discipline. Due to the limitation of the academic authority, it's common that one expert takes the editor for many journals, which is called the interlocking editorship phenomenon. Base on this, we firstly built a social network matrix of the editorial board members about CSSCI journals of Library and Information Science. After that, we utilized the K-cores analysis of SNA to separate the network structure and to find the core subgroup, used the centrality analysis to verify the core of the core subgroup nodes. Secondly, we counted the number of published papers in the past five years, the total cites and total downloads about this papers, and H index of total editorial board members. All of this data of bibliometrics reflects the academic performance of the editorial board member in the past five years. And then we proofed the academic quality of journals through the data. At last, we discussed some problems which exist in the current regime.

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023222   Kurdi M S;Ramaswamy A H;Lokare L;Sutagatti J G (Anaesthesia Dep, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, Email: drmadhuri_kurdi@yahoo.com) : Current views and practice of faculty members and consultants regarding 'publications in India': a cross-sectional study. Indian J Anaesth 2015, 59(12), 294-800.

There is an increasing enthusiasm and pressure to submit scientific articles to journals for publication due to official policies. This has led to increased stress on authors and editors and in issues like plagiarism. We planned a cross-sectional study with an aim to explore the current publication related views and practice of faculty members and consultants. We conducted a questionnaire based prospective survey with 22 questions divided into parts. Print and electronic versions were sent to around 18,270 members in total, a majority of whom were anaesthesiologists and 600 members responded to our questionnaire. A database was created and analysed using Microsoft Excel. About 80% felt that online journals were better read than print journals. Eighty eight percent agreed that publications improve academic skills. The Medical Council of India requirements to publish in reputed journals were cited as the main reasons for plagiarism. The publication rule had become a burden for 46% respondents. Review articles were most likely to be read though clinical investigations were considered to be of maximum academic significance. Review/publishing time followed by author requirements and journal indexing were the points our respondents liked to see most when choosing a journal for article submission. The survey results depict the current author related views and trends in publication practice which may guide in evidence-based policy making.

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023221   Kim J H;Jeong D H;Kim S W;Kim C G;Kil S C (NO, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 66 Hoegiro, Dongdaemum-gu, Seoul 130-741, Republic of Korea, Email: kilsc@kisti.re.kr) : Scientometric evaluation of research on biomedical ti alloys. Asian J Chem 2015, 27(11), 4187-9.

Recently, the interest in biomedical Ti alloys has been increased. In this paper, to understand biomedical Ti alloys research trends, we investigated total 3,168 papers published from 2004 to 2013. These papers were published by 2,220 institutes in 70 countries. The research of biomedical Ti alloys had steadily increased yearly. University Hong Kong (2.98) and Ohio State University (3.23) had the highest Q₁ (index level of paper quality) and Q₂ (strength of international collaboration) value, respectively. Main research topics had been changing Ti alloys, biomaterials, Ti-6Al-4V alloys and β-type Ti alloys to mechanical and corrosion properties of Ti alloys for the last 10 years.

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023220   Jeong D H;Kim S W;Kim J H;Nam S W;Kil S C (Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information, 66 Hoegi-ro Dongdaemum-gu, Seoul 130-741, Republic of Korea, Email: kilsc@kisti.re.kr ) : Scientometric analysis of nano anodic materials for secondary batteries. Asian J Chem 2015, 27(11), 4184-6.

This study analyzes the trend of nano anodic materials for secondary batteries. In an effort to analyze nano anodic materials for secondary batteries, this study includes citation per paper and link to nano anodic materials using VOS viewer. Analyzing the data, it is found that China, USA, Singapore and Australia have been actively investigating nano anodic materials and applied various nano materials.

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023219   Jeevan V K J (NO, Indira Gandhi National Open Univ, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-11068, Email: vkjj@rediffmail.com) : On curbing the menace of remainder books in higher education. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 168-76.

This study attempts to present the library's and librarian's view point of dealing with remainder books and sensitise librarians and researchers about the trade in remainder books which enter the market disguised as genuine books and sold as such despite instructions from government, trade agencies and libraries about selling remainders. Based on the available literature on the trade of remainder books, a case study has been attempted in the light of the book acquisition activity of one year for a University Library. Since there is no explicit declaration from booksellers about which titles they supply are remainders, libraries have to resort to indirect options to identify them. It has been observed that over 80% of the books procured in a typical higher education library in the country are in English language. Of these, though 51% of books are either printed in India or priced in Indian Rupees, the remaining 49% of books have prices in foreign currencies. Out of a panel of over 50 book suppliers involved in supplying books of interest to the said Library, it was found that 12 suppliers actively canvassed for more number of books through frequent visits, providing large number of titles on approval for examination and through continuous interactions with teachers. Around 76% of the money spent for purchasing books is canvassed by these 12 suppliers for supplying 51% of the books procured. They supplied 2559 titles in English priced in foreign currencies (around 76% of such cases); out of which 68% only are published in the last four years. It was confirmed that over 32% of the procured books priced in foreign currencies are published at least four years before the year of purchase and some or many of these titles might have entered the country through the remainder route. The publisher never informs libraries about throwing a particular title in the remainder market. Similarly the importer/distributor/bookseller never certifies about the receipt of such a title through that route. It has also been observed that documents to support a remainder title being procured as genuine are made overnight by trade parties as per the demands of individual libraries. Due to the lack of actual data concerning remainder books in the country which the importers, distributors, booksellers and other entities are trying to closely guard from public and libraries, there are not many studies on remainder books deterrent measures to be taken by libraries which is adversely impacting the quality of book collection in libraries.

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023218   Islam M M;Mostofa S M (Information Science and Library Management Dep, Dhaka Univ, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Email: maidul@du.ac.bd) : Usage pattern of facebook among the students of Dhaka university: a study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 133-7.

The usage pattern of Facebook by the students of information science and library management (ISLM) department at Dhaka University was studied. Questionnaires were distributed to 160 B.A. (Honours) students of all four years of ISLM Department out of which 139 questionnaires were found usable. The study found that a large number of students create Facebook account after they enter the university. The present study also revealed that personality characteristics, gender, educational level, geographical area and age influence ISLM students' patterns of Facebook use and their perceptions about Facebook. The findings of this study also indicate that use of Facebook would be a supplementary tool in university education.

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023217   Hossain M J;Munshi M N (Information Science and Library Management Dep, Dhaka Univ, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Email: jaberhdu@gmail.com) : Customer service performance of a public university libarary in Bangladesh. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 115-25.

The study aims to identify the users' perceptions regarding customer service performance of Dhaka University Library. Questionnaire based survey was done to collect respondents' demographic information and their responses to items were based on 7-point Likert-type scale. The findings reveal that users are somewhat satisfied with the 'physical setup' only, and dissatisfied with the other dimensions. The study suggests customer service personnel of Dhaka University Library need to give personal attention to users' queries, accepting and redressing user complaints and communicate with the users about library services.

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023216   Hassanzadeh M;Akhgar B (Knowledge and Information Science Dep, Tarbia Modares University, Iran, Email: hasanzadeh@modares.ac.ir) : Relationship between development indicators and contribution to the science: experiences from Iran. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 311-9.

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between selected development indicators and provincial level contribution to the global knowledge. The research has focused on Iranian papers published in Thompson Reuters in 2012. Data was collected running an advanced search limiting the results to the papers published with their address belong to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nearly, 28,000 scientific papers were analyzed. The separate analysis on the provincial affiliation of the authors was made. Contribution of each province was analyzed against selected developmental indicators such as human development indicator (HDI), family size, healthcare centers, population, universities and students. Findings showed that there is significant relationship between science infrastructure and developmental indicators and also their contribution to the knowledge. But amongst them relationship between family size and science production was negative. Based on findings it is concluded that scientific progress has its grassroots in developmental programs and in turn, developmental achievements will flourish the science in societies.

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023215   Gu L;Ren L;An S;Yan W (WISE Lab, School of Public Admn. & Law, Dalian University of Tech., Dalian 116024 China, Email: guli@dlut.edu.cn) : Webometrics analysis of market share and network attention of operation systems for personal computers - based on the Baidu index as a web metrics research. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 161-73.

This paper explores the relationship between network attention and market share of operation systems for personal computers using webometrics. Results show that market share of XP and Win7 network attention, Win7 market share are both negatively strong correlated, while Win7 market share and network attention exhibit a strong positive correlation. Win7 market share and Mac OS market is positive correlated, from which we can infer that Win7 operating system is often used to query the Mac OS when users are confronted with related problems. Market attention of Mac OS operating system and other operating system has no significant correlation, which shows that the Mac OS system is different from other operating systems with relative independence. Finally, based on the differences between positive correlation and negative correlation, referential suggestions are provided for the technology innovation and development of the operating system.

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023214   Fumani M R F Q;Goltaji M;Parto P (Computational Linguistics Research Dep, Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST), Shiraz, Iran, Email: parto.pardis@gmail.com) : The impact of title length and punctuation marks on article citations. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 126-32.

In literature, a number of factors have been reported as affecting citations to articles. This paper is intended to find out if the number of citations made to an article was associated with title length and number of punctuation marks in titles. The article also attempts to determine the most/least frequently used punctuation marks in article titles, and to study titling features in top-30 articles in the dataset examined. To extract the data, ISI Web of Science was searched using the fields, source 'SO = Scientometrics' and publishing year 'PY = 2009-2011'. In all, 650 article titles constituted the sample data of the study. To determine title length in words and in characters (with no spaces), the 'word count' option - 'statistics' - in Microsoft Word was used. The types and number of punctuation marks were extracted using the 'find and replace' option in Microsoft Word. Data analysis revealed that the two variables title length and citations to articles were not correlated; the number of punctuation marks could not be used as a variable to predict an article's citation rate with certainty; 'colon', 'hyphen' and 'coma' were most frequent while 'semi-colon', 'dash' and 'single quotation marks' were least frequent punctuation marks; out of the 30 top titles, 23 included at least one punctuation mark; from the top-10 titles, 9 titles encompassed a punctuation mark and the article receiving the highest amount of citations along with 5 more articles had a question mark in their titles. The average title length in characters with no spaces was 73 in the top-30 titles.

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023213   Dutt B;Nikam K (Knowledge Resource Centre, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012) : Scientometric overview of collaboration patterin in global solar cell research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 157-67.

Collaborative aspects of research publications pertaining to global solar cell research as reflected in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) for the years 1991, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 have been studied. Using various bibliometric indicators, the study examined the pattern of co-authorship and nature of collaboration with respect to different types of institutions, countries and prolific institutions. It also looked into impact of collaboration in terms of citations. The study observed a peculiar behaviour wherein publication from certain prolific countries and institutions emerging from domestic collaboration resulted in higher impact than those from international collaboration.

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023212   Dissanayake H N K (NO, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Email: harshanid@pdn.ac.lk) : Medicinal plant research in Sri Lanka : a scientometric study based on Scopus database. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 225-34.

Ayurveda system of medicine in Sri Lanka use medicinal plants for different ayurvedic medicinal preparations. The study of medicinal plants therefore has become a popular research area in the country. The Scopus database was used to study the research work conducted on medicinal plants by Sri Lankan scientists. The search results were analyzed according to the different types of studies, endemism of plants, biological activities shown by different plants, foreign collaborations, and publications by different institutions in Sri Lanka, titles of journals where a significant number of publications appeared and the publication output in different years. The study shows that the activity related studies are more popular than the general physico chemical studies. Universities have published higher number of publications than the research institutes and other institutes. The highest number of publications are published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Publications from the year 1976 were found in Scopus database and the numbers increase with time. The highest number of publications was in 2012. A systematic scientific study is needed in this area.

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023211   Bhardwaj R K;Jain P K (NO, St Stephen's College, Delhi-110 007, Email: raajchd@gmail.com) : Research trends in mobile learning: a global perspective. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 205-24.

Mobile learning is an opportunity for libraries to develop new information services to enhance efficiencies and overcome the digital divide. The present study has found 1958 research papers in SCOPUS and Web of Science, published on mobile learning till January 1, 2013. They have received 6872 citations till December 31, 2013. These publications have originated from 157 institutes from 79 countries and were published in 64 journals. The paper has studied the global Research Trends in Mobile Learning from the analysis of the data. It uses different Bibliometric parameters in this context and it particular applied the transformative activity index (TAI). The journal entitled `Lecture Notes in Computer Science' has produced the highest number of papers 106 (5.4%). Taiwan has published 249 (12.7%), the maximum literature on mobile learning. The number of publications in United Kingdom, Italy, Finland, and Hong Kong declined during 2007-12 compared to the first quarter 1984 to 2006. The literature on mobile learning is spread over 26 subjects. The highest number of publications 1290 (41.6%) was in computer science. Average citations per publication were recorded ~3.5. Top 15 prolific institutions have produced 366 (18.7%) of the total publications and these publications have received 3374 (49.1%) citations. The National Central University Taiwan (45; 2.3%) is found to be the most productive institution. Ogata, H. from Showa University, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan is the most productive author with 25 (1.3%) publications in the subject.

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022193   Yadav A K S;Bankar P D (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400 088, Email: akhilesh.yadav@tiss.edu) : Employment opportunities in LIS field in India: A content analysis of positions advertised. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 53-8.

The research study examines the current trends of employment opportunities in LIS profession by analyzing all job advertisements for library professionals published in the newspaper Times of India. The data collected from the newspaper were analyzed to reflect the different aspects of LIS profession such as nature of position, qualification, skills and competencies required for the various job positions. It is found that libraries and library profession require qualified candidates with proficiency in English, information technology and communication skills. The findings show that LIS schools need to revise their curriculum on the basis of current job market demands. Government should provide more employment opportunities for fresh LIS graduates, research scholars and for LIS professionals.

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022192   Ramamoorthi P;Jayshankar R (Library and Information Science Dep, Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi-630 003, Email: ramobtl@gmail.com) : Is there a correlation between access to journals and their productive use?. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 24-30.

Ever since library consortia were established in India, academic and research libraries started gaining online access to more number of journals than what they were individually subscribing before. To find out how well Indian researchers make use of the additional resources, the use made of journals either for publishing or for citing by researchers in three Indian institutions - a unitary university, a CSIR laboratory and a DAE theoretical research institution was examined. It was found that in all three institutions, not more than 20% of journals for which they have access through consortium or through their own funds as part of their subscription have been used. Thus the large number of journals that publishers offer through their big deals seem to benefit the publishers rather than the researchers. It is suggest that academic and research librarians in India and library consortia use citation analysis as an "aid in pruning subscriptions to unused journals, eventually alleviating misapportioned moneys spending in the serials selection process".

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022191   Nishy P;Rana M S;Mini S (NO, CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (, Thiruvananthapuram-695 019, Email: nishy@niist.res.in) : Citations behaviour of Indian scientists from an interdisciplinary research institute: A case study of CSIR-NIIST. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 68-73.

The paper analyses the characteristics of cited references in papers published from CSIR-NIIST for understanding the preferences of authors in choosing the research work for citing. It has been observed that authors frequently cite articles from journals subscribed by the Institute. A number of citations are found from open access journals too. NIIST authors refer and cite articles from journals with higher impact factor than that of the source journal, where the research is being published. More than 40% of the references are of very recent (less than 5year old) works. Most research is (64%) based on authors' previous work. Journal self-citations are found in more than half of the research papers.

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022190   Mittal R;Sharma N;Sethi R;Singh N (CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Reso, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi-110 067, Email: rekhamittal_1@hotmail.com) : Medicinal and aromatic plants abstracts: a system migration experience. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 42-8.

The paper discusses the steps taken for the system migration from DOS based CDS/ISIS to Windows Server platform. A web based system has been developed using SQL Server 2005 as backend and asp.net 3.5 Microsoft Technology as front end. The unique feature of the developed system is compatibility with web and Desktop Publishing (DTP) which makes it more useful. A brief description and need for the system migration/ development are discussed.

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022189   Iroaganachi M A;Nkiko C (Library (Centre for Learning Resources), Covenant Univ, Nigeria, Email: mercy.iroaganachi@covenantuniversity.edu.ng) : Performance assessment model for academic libraries: the covenant university library example. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 7-15.

The study explores performance assessment models in academic libraries and show-cases the practical experiences at the Covenant University Library. The paper which is based on an observational study of the researchers' daily work experiences and review of literature identified constraints to performance assessment in academic libraries and has attempted to give solutions. The paper concludes that academic libraries should overcome constraints and imbibe the culture of performance assessment that involves a continuous and periodic process of fine-tuning critical management and functional processes, either reactively or proactively through deliberately designed parameters (indicators). It extrapolated from the unique experiences of the Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University to construct a model (Lib-PERFQUAL) for libraries around the world. This is a model that comprises all indicators necessary to maintain continuous relevance and achieve utmost efficiency.

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022188   Garg K C;Pali S (CSIR-NISTADS, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gargkc022@gmail.com) : Preliminary investigation of editorial gatekeeping of CSIR-NISCAIR journals. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 49-52.

The present study examines editorial gatekeeping in journals published by CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR) in terms of their distribution by locations, affiliations and by gender. The study observes that the editorial board members are located at places which are centers of Indian science and are affiliated to most prestigious and prolific institutes of India and abroad. However, the representation of women as board members is low and requires to be raised.

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022187   Dwivedi S (Library & Information Sciences Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi, Email: sandhpandey79@gmail.com) : Global allergy research during 1994-2013: a scientometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 16-23.

An analysis of 34783 papers published by countries on different aspects of allergy during 1994-2013 as indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded indicates that the output generally increased over the years with maximum publications in 2013. The highest number of publications came from USA, followed by Germany. The publication activity increased significantly for Poland, Turkey and South Korea and went down for Finland, Sweden and Japan in the second block. Data indicates that total output is concentrated in 8 sub-disciplines. Highest output (38.9%) is in the sub-discipline of immunology followed by food allergy (23.9%). During the period of study 718546 citations were received by 34783 papers and the average rate of citations per paper is 20.7. England followed by Sweden, Netherlands and Finland has made the highest impact and Thailand has the lowest impact as seen by the values of Citation per Paper (CPP) and Relative Citation Impact (RCI). Harvard University of USA had published highest 872 papers.

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022186   Dutt B;Nikam K (Knowledge Resource Centre, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, Dr.K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bh_arvi@yahoo.com ) : Scientometric analysis of global solar cell research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 31-41.

The present study examined 10905 world publication output in solar cell research for five different years, i.e. 1991, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 as indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E). It found that global solar cell research effort is concentrated among twelve countries led by USA and followed by China where India is positioned at sixth place. The majority of output emerged from academic institutions and the major emphasis has been on aspects of research pertaining to chemical sciences. Chinese Academy of Sciences outperformed all other institutions, however, its impact was relatively lower than other prolific institutions. Making use of various bibliometric indicators the study evaluated various dimensions reflected by the world solar cell research output.

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022185   Dhawan S M;Gupta B M;Gupta R (NO, CSIR-Nationasl Physical Lab, New Delhi, Email: smdhawan@yahoo.com) : Research in electronic publishing field: A scientometrick assessment of publications output during 2005-14. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 59-67.

The paper presents an analytical study of the research output in e-publishing field on a series of scientometric indicators. As seen from Scopus database the total world output was 7010 publications published in 10 years during 2005-2014. The study found that e-publishing is still a young subject field growing at a slow pace, 3.41% CAGR growth and averaged 1.08 citations per paper. The body of research literature in this field is still in the early stage of its growth. Publication scatter in this field is still very high. The top 15 most productive organizations accounted for as small global publication share as 5.72% and as small global citation share as 12.73% during 2005-14. The average productivity rate per organization in 10 years was as low as 26.7, citation impact per paper was 2.41, h-index was 6.93 and international collaborative share as 23.44% during 2005-14. To build top research centres in e-publishing field, it is important that funding agencies at national and international level should aggressively start providing planned funding support to research organizations.

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022184   Alimoradi F;Javadi M;Mohammadpoorasl A; Moulodi F;Hajizadeh M (Human Nutritiona Dep, Faculty of Health, Qazvin Univ of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran, Email: alimoradyf@yahoo.com ) : Effect of key characteristics of the title and morphological features of published articles on their citation rates. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(1), 74-7.

The title is one of the most important parts of the article because it is the first contact that reviewers and readers have with the paper. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of key characteristics of the title and morphological features of articles on their citation rates. One thousand two hundred and fifty one articles published in eight ISI-indexed reputable journals were analyzed. A form was designed to collect information on the number of citations in the Scopus, characteristics of the title and morphological features of each article. The results revealed that the title type, number of words and characters in the title were not correlated with the number of citations (P<62>0.05). Also, the authors' country of origin and mentioning time in the title were not associated with the number of citations (P<62>0.05). A significant relationship was found between types of articles and number of citations (P<60>0.001); the average number of citations for review articles was higher than original articles. The average number of authors was positively and significantly correlated with the average number of citations (P<60>0.001). Moreover, the average number of citations was considerably higher in the articles with no reference to the place of the study in the title (P<60>0.001). The results showed that some characteristics of the articles and their titles such as types of articles, number of authors and reference to the place in the title affect the citation rates of published articles.

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021163   Sen B K (NO, , 80 Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019, Email: bksen1938@gmail.com) : Ranganathan's contribution to bibliometrics. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 222-5.

Traces the origin of the term librametry. Shows how librametry has helped Ranganathan to develop the staff formula for different libraries, and it can help in decision making relating to the establishment of rural and branch libraries; dormitory and service libraries. His maintenance of statistics of various library activities showed the growth pattern of library collection, use of the collection by users, busy and very busy hours in the circulations and reference sections, and so on. He also developed a method for optimal procurement of books for every department in the university. Ranganathan also showed statistically that on average Colon class numbers are shorter than DC class numbers. With the passage of time bibliometrics overshadowed librametrics. Ranganathan did not define librametrics, neither he isolated its components. The lacunae have been filled in this article. It has also been shown that a substantial part of librametrics is occupied by bibliometrics.

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021162   Satyanarayana R (Library and Information Science Dep, Indira Gandhi National Open Univ, New Delhi, 501 -Brent Wood Tower, Charmwood Village, Eros Garden, Surajkund, Faridabad-121 009, Email: profrsatyanarayana@gmail.com) : Library profession and Dr. Ranganathan. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 203-7.

The significance of Ranganathan's contribution to library science and service has not yet been assessed in full. He had seminal contributions in almost every aspect of the field. The article discusses in a general way his contribution to dynamic theory of classification, Colon Classification scheme, his demonstration of the symbiotic relationship between classification and subject indexing, formulation of POPSI, etc. Development of PRECIS as also of AACR - 2 was influenced by his work. His association with FID and UNESCO, his role as a teacher and a crusader of library development and library legislation in India has been touched upon.

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021161   Satija M P (Former UGC Emeritus Fellow, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar, Email: satija_mp@yahoo.com) : Save the national heritage: Revise the colon classification. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 239-48.

The paper presents a case for the revival of Colon Classification (CC). It traces the status of CC in brief and discusses its features. The author brings to light attempts made at providing a base for continuous improvements in the scheme and bringing it back to life. Measures for the revival of CC are suggested.

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021160   Rout R;Panigrahi P (Library and Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Kolkata-700 073, Email: rosalien222@gmail.com ) : Revisiting Ranganathan's canons in online cataloguing environment. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 286-9.

The paper examines the significance of Ranganathan's canons of cataloguing in the context of online catalogue and also investigates the extent to which these canons of cataloguing matches or fails with the principles of the new cataloguing code- Resource Description and Access (RDA).

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021159   Ray P P (Deputy Librarian, Visva-Bharati, Institute of Agriculture, Sriniketan, West Bengal-731 236, Email: rayparthal1@hotmail.com) : Influence of Manu on Ranganathan's philosophy of library science: An overview. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 213-16.

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan introduced a number of classical theories and their practical applications with rules, regulations, laws, canons etc. The article traces the influencing philosophical factor which laid the philosophical foundation in his mind for lifelong academic and professional efforts. It is observed that Indian classical epic literature in general and Laws of Manu known as Manu Samhita or Manu-smriti in particular had a great impact on his thoughts.

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021158   Rajaram S (NO, , 105 Aryan, 37 Pratapgunj, Vadodara-390 002, Email: shyama.rajaram@gmail.com) : Principles for helpful sequence and their relevance in technical writings: A study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 268-73.

A modest attempt is made in this paper to show how Ranganathan's Principles for Helpful Sequence are relevant in technical writings as writers need to organise the knowledge in a helpful sequence. Instead of relying on intuition, a deliberate understanding of the Principles for Helpful Sequence as recognised by Ranganathan would be more useful in bringing out effective products. The paper first outlines the eight Principles for Helpful Sequence and then goes on to explore the relevance of each of these eight principles to a wide range of technical documents. The paper concludes that an understanding of these principles is part of the core competencies of technical writers even in the web environment.

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021157   Raghavan K S (Visiting Scientist, Centre for Knowledge Analysis & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE), PES Univ, Bangalore, Email: ksragav@hotmail.com) : Colon classification: A few considerations on its future. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 231-8.

The article highlights the efforts and plans of Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science for revival of CC. Presents a brief history of the Scheme and explains is features. Discusses areas needing revamping for continual revision and existence of CC. Also seeks feedback from LIS professionals on the revision of the Scheme.

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021156   Panigrahi P (Library and Information Science and Dean Dep, Faculty Council of PG Studiers in Education, Journalism and Library Sc, Kolkata-700 073, Email: panigrahipk@yahoo.com) : Ranganathan and dewey in hierarchical subject classification: Some similarities. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 265-7.

S R Ranganathan and Melvil Dewey devised two types of classification schemes viz., faceted and enumerative. Ranganathan's faceted classification scheme is based on postulates, principles and canons. It has a strong theory. While working with the two schemes, similarities are observed. This paper tries to identify and present some relationships.

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021155   Ghosh S;Panigrahi P (NO, Jadavpur Univ, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032, Email: gshrabana@yahoo.co.in) : Use of Ranganathan's analytico-synthetic approach in developing a domain ontology in library and information science. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 274-80.

Classification is the basis of knowledge organization. Ontology, a comparatively new concept used as a tool for knowledge organization, establishes connections between terms and concepts enhancing the scope and usefulness of library classification. Ranganathan had invented the strong theory of the analytico-synthetic method in classification and devised Colon Classification. In this study a domain ontology on library and information science has been developed by implementing Raganathan's faceted approach of classification. The hierarchical relationships among terms have been established primarily keeping conformity with that of Ranganathan's Colon Classification (7th edition). But to accommodate new vocabularies, DDC 23rd edition and UDC Standard edition are consulted. The Protege ontology editor has been used. The study carefully examines the steps in which the analytico-synthetic method have been followed. Ranganathan's Canon of Characteristics and its relevant Canons have been followed for defining the class-subclass hierarchy. It concludes by identifying the drawbacks as well as the merits faced while developing the ontology. This paper proves the relevance and importance of Ranganathan's philosophy in developing ontology based knowledge organization.

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021154   Ghosh S B (NO, , Flat A-8, Saurav Abasan, 5/2 FB Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 097, Email: sbghosha8@gmail.com) : Ranganathan's philosophy in the context of societal develoopment leading to a knowledge society. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 208-12.

National and international organizations are evolving various measures, policies, programmes and so on for societal development that will eventually usher in the knowledge society. The paper looks at some such national and international initiatives with Ranganathan's philosophy in the backdrop.

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021153   Dutta B (Library and Information Science Dep, Vidyasagar Univ, Midnapore-721 102, Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com) : Ranganathan's elucidation of subject in the light of 'Infinity (∞)'. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 255-64.

This paper reviews Ranganathan's description of subject from mathematical angle. Ranganathan was highly influenced by Nineteenth Century mathematician George Cantor and he used the concept of infinity in developing an axiomatic interpretation of subject. Majority of library scientists interpreted the concept of subject merely as a term or descriptor or heading to include the same in cataloguing and subject indexing. Some library scientists interpreted subject on the basis of document, i.e. from the angle of the concept of aboutness or epistemological potential of the document etc. Some people explained subject from the viewpoint of social, cultural or socio-cultural process. Attempts were made to describe subject from epistemological viewpoint. But S R Ranganathan was the first to develop an axiomatic concept of subject on its own. He built up an independent idea of subject that is ubiquitously pervasive with human cognition process. To develop the basic foundation of subject, he used the mathematical concepts of infinity and infinitesimal and construed the set of subjects or universe of subjects as continuous infinite universe. The subject may also exist in extremely micro-form, which was termed as spot subject and analogized with point, which is dimensionless having only an existence. The influence of Twentieth Century physicist George Gamow on Ranganathan's thought has also been discussed.

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021152   Das A K;Mishra S (Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, New Delhi) : S R ranganathan in google scholar and other citation databases. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 290-8.

This paper analyses the scholarly contribution of S R Ranganathan as reflected in Google Scholar Citations, Web of Science, and Scopus. This paper also identifies popularity of his published works, particularly which are highly referred by the researchers and LIS curriculum designers. His top three highly cited books are namely Prolegomena to Library Classification, The Five Laws of Library Science, and Colon Classification. His top three highly referred journal articles are titled "Hidden Roots of Classification", "Subject Heading and Facet Analysis", and "Colon Classification Edition 7 (1971): A Preview". This paper identifies the articles that cited his works extensively and got considerable citations from the other researchers. Top citing journal articles are namely "The Need for a Faceted Classification as the Basis of All Methods of Information Retrieval", "Ranganathan and the Net: Using Facet Analysis to Search and Organise the World Wide Web" and "Grounded Classification: Grounded Theory and Faceted Classification". These citing articles also indicate that Ranganathan is very relevant to today's researchers in interdisciplinary areas, particularly which belong to the fields of computer applications and information systems.

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021151   Chatterjee A (Retired Professor & Head, Library & Information Science, Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata-700 032, Email: chatterjeeamitabha@yahoo.co.in) : Universal decimal classification and colon classification: Their mutual impact. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 226-30.

Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), being a predecessor of Colon Classification (CC), had impacts on CC in various ways - directly as well as indirectly. But surprisingly CC too made an impact on UDC in various ways during its revision process. The paper discusses how these two classification schemes have influenced each other in different spheres.

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021150   Chandel A S;Rai A (Univ Librarian, Sikkim Univ, Gangtok-737 102, Email: aschandel@cus.ac.in) : Revisting contributions of Ranganathan in collection development. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 217-21.

The paper discusses the complexities involved in selection of reading and research material in libraries. Traces the evolution of principles of book selection from the time of Dewey, Drury, Haines and; Carter and Bonk The main emphasis is on the contribution of Ranganathan in evolving theory of book selection deduced from his Five Laws of Library Science. The present IT environment and automation in libraries are in the forefront, not only to comply with the messages of collection development but to the discipline of librarianship as a whole. His principles are as applicable today as were during 1950s and 1960s.

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021149   Babbar P (Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, New Delhi-110 067, Email: parveenbabbar@gmail.com) : Web CC: An effort towards its revival. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(4), 249-54.

Colon Classification (CC), based on dynamic theory of classification saw seven editions from 1928 to 1987. Libraries practising it continued with extensions and additions carried out to meet their needs since it was not revised for long after the 7th edition. Revision requires adding terms in different disciplines, organising them in relation to each other and assigning notation for shelf classification. Use of ICT would help in reviving CC and is essential for regular revision of a classification scheme. The paper explores the possibility for creation of an expert system through the design of Web based Colon Classification. The author explores the possibility by designing a prototype for online revision of Colon Classification in the paper.

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020136   Tyonum N M;AmarachiEzeogu P (NO, Benue State Univ Library, Makurdi, Email: tyonik@yahoo.com) : Library and education: Panacea for sustainable development in Nigeria. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 28-31.

One important resource for achieving the goals and objectives of education is the library. This paper discussed the role of library. It examined the relationship between the library and education; the relevance of the former to the latter; Importance of library and education for sustainable development in Nigeria. This paper also highlighted the challenges of library and education and made recommendations. Finally, this paper emphasized the need to reposition and revamp our libraries and the entire educational system in order to make much progress towards the attainment of vision 2020.

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020135   Senthilkumar R;Ulaganathan G (Library and Information Science Dep, Kongunadu Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Email: ulaganathan200619711@gmail.com) : Citation analysis of state universities in Tamil Nadu. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 1-6.

Indian Citation Index database is a powerful tool that let you search, track, measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities to turns raw data/information into the powerful knowledge you need. A database in general is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed for various purposes, managed, and updated regularly. This paper is discussed about the published research articles and its citation from Universities in Tamil Nadu. During period from 2004 to 2014, the maximum no of articles 234(15.03) are published in the year 2012. Among the 234,104(6.68) articles from Bharathiar university, 57(3.66) articles from Bharathidasan university and 73(4.69)periyar University. It clearly shows the authors from BharathiarUniversity are more concentrating on Indian journals.

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020134   Sen B;Islam M R (NO, , ) : Iris and retina recognition based multimodal person indentification system. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(1), 22-8.

This paper deals with the development of a multimodal biometric system by fusing iris recognition and retina recognition, where feature level fusion is used to consolidate iris recognition system and retina recognition system. Another goal of this work is to conduct a comparative study among iris recognition, retina recognition and multimodal biometrics (i.e., the fusion of iris and retinal biometrics) in terms of recognition rate. The preliminary results were encouraging as the recognition rate of the developed multimodal system was 97.959% while the recognition rate of iris and retina recognition system were 96.599 and 93.878% respectively.

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020133   Saravanan M;Esmail S M (NO, Bharathiar Univ, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Email: rmdlibrary@yahoo.in) : Impact of electronic information seeking behaviour of users of selected engineering colleges affiliated to anna university in Thiruvallur District: A case study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 15-22.

The rapidly change on information and communication technology in the field of library and information science. The library is switching over to traditional sources into adopted electronics sources via latest technology since past 10 years. Now a day's e-resources are significance role in engineering and technology for provide information for academic and research, at the same time some road block to access of e-resources. The study is required to developing and improving the resource usage for maximum level without the any barrier. This paper discusses the impact of electronics information seeking habits of user of selected engineering colleges in Thiruvallur district. This Study found that (98.55%) respondents accessing e-resources, (99.05%) respondents satisfying the services of e-resources.(97.17%) respondents are aware about e-resources. and also found that e-resources were very dominate role to provide information to users community.

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020132   Sankar P;Kavitha E S (Library and Information Science Dep, Periyar Univ, Salem and Librarian, SNT Global Academy of Management Studies and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Email: amulsankar@gmail.com) : Role of information professional for the growth of altmetrics in the digital Era. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 37-41.

Any librarian in this field will need to continue not only filling these roles, but also ensuring that they themselves are part of the conversation as it moves forward and staying up-to-date with developments within this area. The concept of library involvement pertaining to metrics did not originate with altmetrics. Impact Factor was originally created primarily for use by librarians in making collection development and retention decisions. Libraries continue to bear primary responsibility for the acquisition of bibliometrics tools, most notably Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, and Scopus, as well as the training of people in their use. As a result, librarians are already familiar with providing support for these tools, so it makes sense that librarians have expanded to support the variety of altmetrics sources and tools. Additionally, librarians serve as natural leaders when it comes to altmetrics, not only due to familiarity with resources, but also because of the relationships they maintain with several disparate groups. The article detailed about the various tools, section, evaluation methods in which libraries and librarians are supporting and interacting with altmetrics.

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