020131   Sami L K;Uplaonkar S S (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga, Karnataka, Email: uplaonkarshilpa16@gmail.com) : Information seeking behavior among horticultural scientists in Dr. YSR horticultural university, Venkatramangudem. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 11-14.

The paper focuses on the study of Information seeking behavior among Horticultural Scientists in Horticultural University, Venkatramangudem, India. Their preferences regarding various formats of information sources (Print and electronic information sources) have been explored through quantitative survey. This study employed a structured questionnaire which was distributed to scientists in various teaching and research departments of the Horticultural University, Venkatramangudem, selected for the study.

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020130   Ramakrishnana J;Thavamani K (NO, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical Univ, Guindy, Chennai-600 032) : Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of hepatitis C. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 23-32.

This paper presents a Bibliometric analysis of the authorship pattern in the field of Hepatitis C covered in the Journal "Gastroenterology". The literature covered for the period 2006-2010 in the Journal was considered. Citation Analysis was used for this study. Records covered in the citation from the year 1908 to 2010 were identified. This study was aimed to examine authorship pattern in the field of Hepatitis C. There were 137 articles from the source journal during the study period and these articles had a total of 5132 cited items. Hence, only authorship pattern in the field of Hepatitis C is discussed in this paper. 93.26% of the total contributions represent collaborative research. The degree of collaboration has been arrived at 0.93 during the study period. The value of Co-Authorship Index (CAI) for single author paper shows a declining trend from one block year period to another block. On the other hand, for multi authored papers, the Co-Authorship Index reveals an increasing trend.

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020129   Rajaram K;Jeyachitra S;Swaroop Rani B S (NO, , ) : Writing research report in LIS. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(3), 48-51.

Finally, your data have been collected, sorted and re-sorted, studied, analyzed and re-analyzed. Now you have come to the final activity of the final stage-writing it all up. You are either at the top of the pyramid or on the last step in the recursive cycle. But remember that nothing is final and that you will constantly refer back to earlier stages and steps during the report-writing exercise.

020128   Rajaram K;Jeyachitra S;Swaroop Rani B S (NO, , ) : Research methods in library and information science. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(3), 35-8.

Research is scientific undertaking which, by means of logical and systematized methods, aims to discover new facts or verify old facts, and to analyze their sequences, inter-relationships, causal explanations, and the natural laws which govern them. Research is a careful critical study or examination in seeking facts or principles; intelligent and diligent investigation in order to ascertain something. It answers questions by the accumulation and assimilation of facts, which lead to the formulation of generalizations, correct, or verify knowledge.

020127   Rajaram K;Jeyachitra S;Swaroop Rani B S (NO, , ) : Scientometric study on IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(1), 1-5.

This paper presents the Scientometric analysis of the journal IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics between the period 2008 and 2012. This study mainly covers the authorship pattern, number of articles, citations and the number of pages. The present study has been taken to know the nature and contents of articles in the journal IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics. The journal has published 508 articles during the study period. The maximum number of contributions is from collaborative authors (above three). The degree of collaboration is calculated as 0.99. This indicates the prevalence of team research. The highest number of pages is recorded as 1177 pages. The average number of pages per article is eight.

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020126   Rajaram K;Jeyachitra S;Swaroop Rani B S (NO, , ) : Marketing of information in LIS. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(2), 26-9.

This is of greatest significance to the information industry. It is possible that after having given an initial development impetus to the market, present suppliers could be seriously threatened or even completely wiped out by new entrants. New entrants are going to find it easy to come in at each end of the market, i.e. the top and the top and the bottom. At the bottom the entry price is negligible and small groups or individuals can expect to find a viable niche. This should not be a problem to present industry, but if these are the spearheads of a major broker movement, then revenue pattern will be altered.

020125   Nongrang K (Library & Informatin Science Dep, North Eastern Hill Univ, Umshing, Mawlai, Meghalaya, Email: nongrangkhrawbok@gmail.com) : Collaborative research trends and authorship patterns in North Eastern hill university from 2000 to 2010. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 32-6.

Authorship trends and collaborative research are studied in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) based on the data collected from Annual Report and NEHU Institutional Repository published during the year 2000-2010. Outcome of the study shows that multi authored articles 64.93% prevail the single authored articles 35.07%. The degree of collaboration in NEHU is 0.65. Average number of authors per paper varies from 2.29 to 3.44. In 10 years from 2000 to 2010 the average no. of authors per paper is 2.72.. This study is in support for the fact that NEHU faculty members preferred collaborative trends for their research and publication work.

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020124   Nigam A;Srivastava J;Lakshmi T;Vaish A (NO, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Deoghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad-211 012) : Digitizing education: A cost benefit analysis. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 1-5.

Use of technology has become a common practice in today's world. As the world is moving rapidly towards digital media, the role of IT in education has become increasingly important. Development of digitization can be outstanding if it can be utilized in education, research and extension activities which can be cost effective. The paper attempts to understand whether traditional approach of education can be replaced by digital mode of education or not?. This paper tries to focus upon three things Firstly; it exhibits the transition of education from a traditional educational approach to digitized approach. Secondly, it analyses the associated cost and benefits of digitized education in today's society. Finally, it attempts to propose few mechanism for incorporating digitized education and its impact in higher education scenario towards building India as a Technoscape for future advancement. The work has been analyzed using secondary data, which has further been forecasted to draw comparison between the education without implementing digitization & digitized education & is therefore quantitative research based. Finally, the outcome drawn from the study exhibits that there is a viability of 90.4% percent for education to be digitized that has been forecasted in the study for the year 2014-2015 to 2015-2016. Whereas, at the cost side of digitization it is observed that it would be an effective step in terms of both cost and quality of learning.

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020123   Nazir T;Jan S;Ali S (NO, , ) : Growth and impact of health science research output in India: A citation study. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(2), 13-20.

Research plays an important role in substratum of a country's economic and social life. The research publications of a country or an institution are considered good proxies of scientific manpower and knowledge accumulation. The citation analysis is an essential part of an institution's measure and evaluation of research quality. The present study is tracing the growth and impact of Health Science research output in India. The study analyses the source type preferred for publishing research and to trace pattern and growth of citations. The journal observed progressive inclination in the number of publications over the year with few exceptions. In an aggregate 538 publications have been published during time span of 17 years. Among all sources; 100% of citations affect research articles whereas review articles and book reviews obtain zero citations The authors have a preference to work in alliance at various levels, which evidently signifies that they are well aware of the benefits working in collaboration that enable the exchange of knowledge and ideas among researchers leading to qualitative research.

020122   Nazir T (NO, , ) : Reference management tools: A comparative study. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(1), 29-34.

Reference management tools have been widely used by researchers to store, organize, and manage their references for theses, dissertations, journal articles, and other publications. There are a number of RM (Reference Management) tools available. In order for the users to decide which tool is best for their needs, it is important to know each tool's strengths and weaknesses. The present study compares prominent RMs Tools like RefWorks, EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero in terms of features offered and the other associated properties.

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020121   Mushtaq M;Khan S;Khan N (NO, , ) : Valuation and testing of a model institutional repository. Curr Trends Inf Technol 2015, 5(1), 14-21.

Open access and Institutional repositories in particular are the whine words of the today's business of information resources centers and information distribution banks. The predicament of budget and rising costs of information products drive us towards different viable alternatives which in existing sagacity are the free resources. Amongst the various sprouts of open access content, the institutional repositories are the mainstay of most of the research institutes these days. The present paper highlights various pros and cons of a model institutional repository of Aligarh Muslim University at the user end. The users were surveyed allied to different queries for the suitability and the feasibility of the built system. The customization done to the software for the back and front end designs and the various constructs for the success implementation of the model were also looked into. The study found that the users (faculty members and research scholars) of the university possess the knowledge of open content and open resources but are not fully aware with reference to the various attributes associated with the free information. The study explored the user based usability tests and the assessments of the model in order to customize/modify the repository for its absolute accomplishment.

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020120   Jamuna Rani L;Jayachithra C (NO, CARE Group of Institutions, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, Email: madhumitha.trichy@gmail.com) : Research productivity of ultrasonics in USA: A scientometric study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 12-8.

Scintometric is a branch of library and information science. Scintometric tools can be used to measure and compare the scientific activities at various levels of aggregation including institutions, sectors, provinces and countries. They can also be used to measure research collaborations, to map scientific networks and to monitor the evolution of scientific fields. In this paper mainly visualizing the scientific publication of ultrasonics during 2004-2014, indexed in the Web of Science (WoS), a renowned database published online by the Thomson International, (formerly Institute for Scientific Information), Philadelphia. Scientometrics is the study of quantitative aspect of science as a discipline. These refers to component fields related to the study of dynamics of disciplines as reflected in the production of their literature.

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020119   Devadhas T (NO, Narayanaguru College of Engineering, Manjalumoodu, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, Email: devadhast@yahoo.com) : Changing scenario of information use pattern in the engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 7-11.

This paper analyses the changing scenario of information use pattern in the academic libraries of Tamilnadu. Libraries play a vital role in higher education and research. In fact, it collects a number of printed documents such as books, journals, magazines, encyclopedia, dictionaries, yearbooks, news papers and non-printed materials like CDs, Microfiche, Microfilms, Databases, e-learning resources related to the courses offered in the college/university in order to meet the various information requirements of users at graduate, post graduate and research levels. The ancient libraries preserved and circulated the information sources in the printed or written forms. But, the development of science and technology have modernized the form of documents and changed the information use pattern of users. It is seen that the present users prefer non-printed materials to printed one. In other words, the demand for non-printed materials is more than the printed one and the time utilized in the information communication technological based information sources and services is more than that in printed documents circulation section. It shows that there is a change in the information use pattern of users in higher educational libraries. Hence an attempt is made to find out the changing scenario of information use pattern and factors motivating it in the higher educational libraries of Tamilnadu.

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020118   Demekaa U;Tyonum N M;Demekaa B (Library Univ, Benue State Univ, Makurdi-Nigeria, Email: tyonik@yahoo.com) : Enhancing of user's satisfaction with circulation policies in public university libraries in Nigeria. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(2), 19-27.

The purpose of this study is to determine the enhancement of users' level of satisfaction with circulation policies in public university libraries in Nigeria. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study. The population comprised all the undergraduate registered users of the university libraries in North Central Zone of Nigeria. The stratified random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 600 registered library users for the study from four university libraries of which, 562 were retrieved from the users who were in the library. A total of seven research questions were raised and seven hypotheses formulated to guide the study. A self constructed questionnaire entitled; "Enhancing of Users' Satisfaction with Circulation Policies in Public University Libraries in Nigeria Questionnaire" (EUSCPPULNQ) was the instrument used for the data collection. The data collected were analysed by using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while z-test statistical technique was to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that Federal universities had moderate mean in the level of satisfaction with library opening hours than State owned universities; The study also revealed that there was no significant difference between Federal and State universities in users' level of satisfaction with library holdings, borrowers' cards, loan periods, fines and reservation. There was no significant difference between Federal and State owned universities except in user's level of satisfaction with library opening hours. Finally, it was recommended that public university libraries in Nigeria should extend their opening hours on Sundays to make the users more satisfied with opening hours on that day.

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020117   Deb S (NO, Shri Mata Vasihno Devi Univ Katra, SPO. Kakrial District, Reasi-182 320, Email: deb.subrata@gmail.com ) : Consortia: Access of E-Journals and E-Resources in the universities of Jammu & Kashmir. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2015, 5(1), 33-41.

This study deals with the indepth information of access of e-journals and e-resources in the Universities of Jammu & Kashmir. This study is limited to the Universities and institute of national importance in Jammu and Kashmir. Universities and organizations of national importance in the state of J&K has been covered in this study. The websites of the organizations were visited to find out the available access of their organization to the eJournals and eResources through the Consortium. In case it is not clear from the organizations' website then website of the consortium is accessed to find out as to for what are the resources access is being provided to the organizations. From the above study regarding accessibility of of eJournals & eResources it can be concluded that the University Libraries in the state of J&K have access to sufficient information resources and potentiality to collaborate amongst one another for information exchange pertaining to a wide range of subjects including highly specific areas of Humanities & Social Sciences, Agriculture, Science, Technology and Engineering.

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019096   Nikafrooz M;Nikan M;Nikakhlagh S;Saki N (TEFL, Ahvaz Branch, Payam Noor Univ, Ahvaz, Iran, Email: ahvaz.ent@gmail.com) : Introduction to thesis preparing algorithm using MS word 2013. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2689-94.

The present study aims to introduce a series of procedures toward preparing any scientific text using MS Word software. Some journals and academic centers, based on their scientific domain, have their own styles and formatting. One of the challenges that authors may encounter while preparing any research report is to apply those formatting style to their thesis document file. At first, the paper provides some information about styles and then some information about the author's needs and problems during preparing any research report text. Finally, some new procedures are presented which enable authors to satisfy all formatting styles components within document files. We called the procedures thesis preparing algorithm. This algorithm renders some technical procedures which should be followed according to their order to achieve a desired output for thesis preparing procedures. This algorithm is based on three features: familiarity with software's tools and their functions, the order of processes, and special techniques. We believe using this algorithm, authors will gain a better performance in preparing any dissertation and research reports.

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019095   Mohammadi P P;Sabaghinejad Z;Rafieinasab F; Beheshtabad R H (NO, Ahvaz Jundishapour Univ of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, Email: ftmhrafiei@gmail.com) : Investigating the most cited articles of Ahvaz Jundishapur university of medical sciences indexed in web of science database between years 1990 and 2011. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2015, 12(3), 2665-72.

This study aims to analyze the published articles of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences indexed in web of science database in a 22 year period between years 1990 and 2011. This is a descriptive study which investigates different aspects of articles published by researchers of the target university and indexed in ISI web of science database from the start of year 1990 till the end of year 2011 such as number of citations, place of publication, year of publication, author and other relevant information. The data gathering tool used in this study was internet and information extracted from ISI Web of Science database. The most cited articles published by the target university were published in year 2008 and the most number of citations were in year 2005 with 88 and 67 citations. Among the most cited articles, original research articles received the most number of citations. Eskandar Hajian was the most cited author of the target university. The most scientific cooperation was with Canada, Belgium, France and South Korea. Also the most cited journals were Toxicon and Journal of Dermatological Treatment. Among different fields of study, the most cited fields were Pharmacology and Medicine, Dermatology, General and Internal Medicine and Toxicology. Although the number of articles indexed in web of science database has increased steadily over the years, the number of citations to these articles hasn't shown the same increase which is not in agreement with national scientific progress roadmap.

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019094   Banerjee J;Prakasan E R;Kutty T R G; Bhanumurthy K (Radiometallurgy Div, Materials Group, and E.R. Prakasan in in the Scientific Information Resource Div, Knowledge Management Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Cent, Email: prak@barc.gov.in) : Trends of publications and patents on metallic fuel development for fast reactors. Curr Sci 2016, 110(1), 36-43.

Higher breeding ratio, high thermal conductivity, shorter doubling time and high plutonium production make metallic fuels a viable solution compared to oxide/nitride/carbide/silicide fuels for cost-effective commissioning of many power reactors. Metallic fuels lend themselves to compact and simplified reprocessing and re-fabrication technologies, a key feature in a novel concept for the deployment of fast reactors. Satisfactory physical and technical characteristics of fuel rods with metallic fuel have been demonstrated at high burn-ups, and comparatively easy reprocessing of spent fuel using the pyro-metallurgical method makes this fuel relevant in fast reactors development. The present work is complemented with a scientometric study.

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018099   Wang J;Zheng T;Wang Q;Xu B;Wang L (Environmental Engineering Dep, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China, Email: wangqh59@sina.com) : Bibliometric review of research trends on bioelectrochemical systems. Curr Sci 2015, 109(12), 2204-11.

Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) have received wide- spread attention for their capability of simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity or fuels/chemicals production. The present study was performed to eva- luate the global scientific output of BES-related research based on the Science Citation Index-Expanded database from 1991 to 2014. The publication outputs, journals, subject categories, countries and institutes were analysed to identify the world research on BES. In addition, `word cluster analysis' was applied to give an insight into the research trends on BES. The results indicate that the annual publications on BES increased steadily, especially after 2004. China, with 7 institutes included among the 15 most productive in- stitutes, is the largest contributor on BES research during the past 24 years. Microbial fuel cell is the most frequently studied reactor, and `electricity gene- ration' and `wastewater treatment' are two dominant applications of BES. The use of two nanostructured materials - carbon nanotubes and grapheme - is in- creasingly studied in the BES field.

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018098   Tripathi M;Chand M (NO, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067, Email: manoramatripathi2@yahoo.com) : Status of automation in select university libraries in Delhi. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 281-7.

Pesent paper highlights the status of university libraries in Delhi. It focuses on their collection, physical and computing infrastructure and services. The paper gives suggestions for evolving university libraries from strength to strength. It concludes by observing that the university libraries in Delhi need to be strengthened both as virtual and physical entities. The virtual entities will widen access to the users on 24 X 7 bases while the physical entities will lead to the overall development where students interact, debate, contribute and in the process trigger a new idea which may further extend the boundaries of knowledge.

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018097   Shukla A (School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068) : Assessing university libraries in Uttar Pradesh with emphasis to infrastructure and information and communication technology applications. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 266-72.

Academic libraries are confronted with the challenges of change. The aim of the present study is to investigate the prevalent scenario and status of university libraries (Central and State) in Uttar Pradesh in terms of collection, budget, manpower, and a special reference to ICT infrastructure. For the purpose of this study questionnaire is used as the tool to collect data from university libraries. It highlights different facets of libraries in the state only. The study reveals that libraries do not have proper infrastructure. The study is restricted to a limited number of university libraries in the state. Findings of the study will facilitate the authorities to take appropriate measures in improving the condition of the libraries in the State.

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018096   Santha Kumar R;Kaliyaperumal K (SKR Engg College, , Agarmel, Chennai-605 005, Email: kkperumal3@gmail.com) : Scientometric analysis of global publication output in mobile technology publications. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 288-93.

This paper presents the growth and development of mobile technology research across the world publications output on Web of Science during the period 2000 to 2013. A total of 10638 publications were published in the field and an average number of publications published per year was 759.86. The highest number of publications 1495 was published in 2013 and the lowest number of publications is 270 in 2000. The relative growth rates (RGR) has decreased from 2001 (0.78) to 2013 (0.15) in the span of 13 years. The doubling time (DT) has gradually increased from 0.89 in 2001 to 4.62 in 2013. Out of total publications, 4597 were produced by multi authors and 2593 by mega authors. Pattern of co-authorship revealed the improving trend of co-authored publications. The average value of collaboration co-efficient for mobile technology is 0.56. The top 10 countries listed from USA to Spain contributed to 81 % of total output of the literature, USA topped the list with highest share of publications (2738) followed by UK (890), China (823), and South Korea (802) publications, etc. University of California System (USA) is the highly contributed institution with 243 publications followed by University of London (UK) with 149 publications.

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018095   Loan F A;Refhat-un-nisa (University of Kashmir, , Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190 006, Email: drfayazlone@gmail.com) : Open access e-books in science and technology: a case study of directory of open access books. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 305-10.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a discovery service for open access e-books. It provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed e-books published under an open access business model, with links to the full text of the publications at the Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) Library, publisher's website or repositories. The present study aims to assess the current trends of the open access e-books in the field of science and technology available through DOAB. The data was collected online regarding the science and technology e-books in March 2014 for analysis. The results reveal that 307 e-books are available on science and technology through DOAB falling in three categories-monographs (209, 68.08 %), book series (93, 30.29 %) and conference proceedings (5,1.63 %). These e-books deal with eight major subject areas of Science and Technology having 36 sub-fields. The maximum number of e-books is available on General Science (95), Technology & Engineering (54), Earth & Environmental Sciences (50) & Health & Medical Sciences (47). In sub-fields most of the e-books cover Computer Sciences (24), Information Theory (24), General Medicine (20), Mathematics (17), Biology (13) & Geography (11). The authorship trends show that the maximum contribution is by single author (51.14 %) followed by two authors (74, 24.10 %) and three authors (36, 11.73 %). The linguistic assessment shows that 57.98 % (178) of these e-books have been published in English followed in German (88, 28.66%) and Italian (18, 5.86 %) respectively. The publishing trends reveal that 59.93 % (184) e-books have contributed by university presses whereas 40.07 % (123) by other publishing houses around the world. The maximum number of e-books (245, 79.80 %) is available through the Creative Commons (CC) license, whereas 20.20 % (62) e-books are available through comparable institutional licenses.

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018094   Joshi M K (Library & Information Science Dep, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136 119, Email: manojkj01@yahoo.com) : University libraries in North India: current status and information technology use trends. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 258-65.

Paper describes a study of 12 university libraries of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and UT Chandigarh with special reference to ICT applications. The response to the questionnaire and information available on university websites, show that 8 of the 12 libraries have distinct names. Chaudhry Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University has 99 branch libraries of different levels; Panjab University, Chandigarh more than 60; and University of Kashmir (UK) has 60 branch libraries. All the libraries have web presence, either through university website (8 no.) or direct (4). All the libraries have their own buildings of 3 to 8 floors with a seating capacity ranging from 200 to 1300. Universities have either campus wide Wi-Fi connectivity (6 libraries) or have partially completed the project (5 libraries). There are 100 computers each for users with internet connectivity in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and UK. Library membership varies between 887 in Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology (AS&T) and 15,738 in Punjabi University, Patiala (PbiU). Total 92 persons are working in PbiU library and still has 63 % vacant positions at Assistant Librarian and above while smallest staff strength is in AS&T (10 persons). Largest collection of 6.5 lac books is in UK library which also has small number of audio and braille books. All the libraries are providing readers' guidance within library; OPAC search; reading room for personal books; online search by library staff and users themselves; photocopy service; book reservation and renewal services. The paper concludes that university libraries have acquired ICT infrastructure and digital resources, and are offering ICT-based services despite a general administrative apathy towards alarming condition of vacant positions.

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018093   Islam M M;Habiba U (Information Science and Library Management Dep, Faculty of Arts University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Email: maidul@du.ac.bd) : Use of social media in marketing of library and information services in Bangladesh. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 300-4.

Focus of this study is to discover the use, purpose, importance and problems faced by the library and information professionals in Bangladesh in marketing through social media. For this study public universities (17), private universities (24) and special (5) libraries in Bangladesh were selected as a research sample. The findings of this paper showed that most of the libraries use Facebook and LinkedIn for marketing of library and information services. Most of the libraries use social media for marketing library product and services, for sharing library news and events, video conferencing, advertisement, and research purpose. An online version of the questionnaire was distributed in the respective libraries in Bangladesh. Library professionals also provided necessary suggestions and opinions about ways of enhancing library services through using social media.

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018092   Hulagabali S C (NO, Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad West, Mumbai-400-064) : Institutional repositories initiated by Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 294-9.

Contribution of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) has immensely helped flourish the Indian socio-economic and cultural sectors. The credit goes to the quality of teaching and research pursuits of faculty, curriculum, facilities, scope for research and publication activities, etc., at IITs and IIMs. The IITs and IIMs are active in producing scholarly literature in the form of research projects, research papers, in-house publications etc. But such intellectual literature/output is not fully available in public domain though they are public-funded establishments. Identifying this gap, institutional repositories (IRs), the online platform for archiving and sharing of institutional intellectual-content, initiated by the IITs and IIMs were explored. The findings of the study show that out of 16 IITs, 8 IITs have initiated IRs and of which 2 are accessible online and 7 on intranet. On the other hand, out of 13 IIMs, IRs of 3 IIMs are accessible online. The paper also highlights the number and type of documents archived, software platforms used for launching the IRs, accessibility and quality of links of the IRs.

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018091   Gurikar R;Mukherjee B (Library & Information Science Dep, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, , Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com ) : Information technology usage scenario in academic libraries of higher education in Chhattisgarh: challenges and opportunities. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 273-80.

Chhattisgarh State was formed in 2001 carved out from the then Madhya Pradesh. Ever since its establishment as a fully fledged state, a considerable number of academic institutions have sprungup. To promote education a Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been established along with universities and colleges. As libraries are heart of any institution, present study attempts to analyse the status of libraries in various academic institutions of Chhattisgarh with emphasis on status of automation and ICT applications and use. Survey method was followed to collect the data and six libraries were selected for detailed analysis. There are one central university, one state university, one special university, one open university, along with NIT and IIM. The results indicate that all libraries are discharging their services with functional library buildings. However, their collection is uneven and staff strength is less. Most of the libraries are yet to develop any collection development policies and still collection of non-book materials is very less. Although most of the libraries have implemented automation either by using Libsys or SOUL, staff of the libraries have required skill to handle various bugs in using software. Digitisation of collection is not well adopted in most of the libraries. To excel in services, staff training and staff appointment seem to be urgent need of these libraries.

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018090   Dhiman A K (Central Library, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar-249 404, Email: akvishvakarma@rediffmail.com) : Bibliometrics to altmetrics: changing trends in assessing research impact. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 311-16.

Quantitative measurement in library arena for the impact of researches has travelled a lot from bibliometrics to citation metrics and for article level and author level assessment upto h-index, g-index and tol-index, etc. Altmetrics incorporates multiple data sources-both traditional and emerging. The data collected in altmetrics are not limited to calculating article level metrics, but have the potential to be used to generate journal and author metrics as well with new form of scholarly publication. Thus, altmetrics provides researchers and scholars both the new ways to track influence across a wide range of media and platforms. An attempt is made in this paper to discuss the term `altmetrics' and its possible implications in library world.

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018089   Babu B R;Rao P N;Baskar K (University of Madras, , 22/20B Thangavelu Pillai Garden, First Street, Old Washermen Pet, Chennai-600 021, Email: beeraka52@yahoo.com) : Libraries in Chennai on the threshold of the third millennium: information and communication technology issues and challenges. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(4), 245-57.

This paper presents the survey of libraries located in and around Chennai comprising of academic (government and private universities), public and special. The purpose of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art of the libraries and the specific objectives are to survey and compare the major academic, public and special libraries in and around Chennai with regard to the collection, manpower, resources (print and e-resources), and information and comminication technology (ICT)-based services, etc; to identify the issues and challenges being faced by the librarians and to offer suggestions and recommendations for the improvement of the libraries. A total of 32 libraries comprising of 9 government universities, 13 private universities, 3 public and 7 special have been considered for this survey. The data has been collected during January and mid-February 2015 based on a structured questionnaire. There exists variation in the infrastructure, print and e-resources and services (traditional and ICT-based) offered in the libraries of those institutions. Based on the results of the survey, a few suggestions and recommendations are offered.

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017071   Roy M B;Chatterjee D;Roy P K;Mazumdar A (NO, Gandhi Centenary B.T. College, Habra, Under West Bengal State Univ, North 24 Pargans, West Bengal, Email: malabikabiswasroy@gmail.com) : Wetland conservation, management and community education- a review of published paper of 1995-2014. Ecol Envir Conserv 2015, 21(4), 1769-77.

This paper aims to quantify the research trend of wetland conservation, management and community education during 1995-2014 with the help of biblometric method. The data were collected from 105 published papers. The published data were retrieved based on the online version of SCI, Web of Science which is multidisciplinary database of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, USA. The study reveals the three subject categories such as Wetland Conservation, Environmental Science and Community Education in this research field were found as higher priority. The results show about 42 Journals, among which only three journals alone have accounted 14% of the total publication. The results also highlight USA has got ranked 1st according to country wise analysis as it produced maximum number of articles but India ranked first as it had highest single publications. This study depicts wetland and conservation were two most popular article title word and keyword used in the article. This paper concludes the trend of wetland community education shifted from scientific conservation of wetlands to conventional ways of conservation through applying local knowledge and technology.

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016051   Zhao S X;Li J (Information Science Dep, School of Business, East China Noramal Univ, Shanghai-200 241, China) : Citation peaks in modern science: 1900-2010. Curr Sci 2015, 109(9), 1523-5.

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016050   Wright R (NO, , , Email: preservation.guide@gmail.com) : Value of broadcast archives. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-11.

Audiovisual Archives are special - they capture the 20th century, with an immediacy that text cannot achieve. The 20th century was the first to be recorded (literally). This record is a unique development in the history of civilisation -- and is in danger of being lost. Audiovisual collections are mainly analogue, but their future depends on digital technology. This paper covers the status of audiovisual archives across the world, the crisis in preservation, and how digital technology is used to preserve this record and make it available for commercial and public access.

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016049   Sinha M K (Library and Information Science Dep (Swami Vivekanada School of Librar, Assam Univ (A Central Univ), Silchar-788 011, Email: mksinha1965@gmail.com) : Citation analysis fo MLIS dissertations submitted to Assam Univ, Silchar during 2012-2013. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-17.

Attempts to study the Citation patterns reflected in the Master's degree dissertations submitted to the Department of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar during the period 2012 -2013. This study is based on the 1,302 citations taken out form 62 dissertations of Library and Information Science which were tabulated and analyzed for finding possible relationships between citations, citation patterns of the authors, citing articles and other bibliographic forms. For this study frequency and percentage distributions were used to analyze the data. A total of 1,302 citations were collected and from those citations various aspects of citation studies have been carried out which include the observation of the distribution of authorship pattern, bibliographic form, determine the ranks of most popular scholarly journals, publisher, and geographical distribution of cited journals and ranking list of prolific authors. From the study it was deduced that journals are the most utilized reference materials in the dissertations which is followed by books and it was also observed that the highest numbers of citations are from single authored papers/publications. The place wise scattering of citation analysis reveals that about 126 (54.08%) citations are form India and which is followed by U.S.A and U.K. It is interesting to note that the 'Sinha, Manoj Kumar ' occupies the first rank with (3.33%) of total citations which is followed by Thanuskodi, S (0.95%). The findings from this study could serve as a user study with implications for input for the librarians to develop library collection as per the requirements of the users/users demand of the learning resources and in designing of users' services in the Assam University Library in particular and other university libraries and institutional libraries in general.

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016048   Sharma S;Gupta R (NO, , Delhi Technical Campus, 28/1 Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida-201 306, Uttar Pradesh, Email: sharmasatyendra@gmail.com) : Guru gobind singh university, Delhi: A scientometric study of its publications output during 2006-15. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-16.

The paper examines 668 publications of Guru Gobind Singh University, as covered in Scopus database during 2006-15, using various quantitative and qualitative parameters with a focus on its growth, citation quality, share of national international collaborative papers, subject-wise distribution, contribution and impact of its leading scholars, contribution to most productive journals, etc. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi output witnesses an annual average growth rate of 37.53% and citation per paper of 4.92 during 2006-15, which decreased from 9.41 during 2006-10 to 3.15 during 2011-15. Its share of national and international collaborative publications in the total output was 52.69% and 8.53% during 2006-15. Only 61.08% share of the university publications registered 1 or more citations during 2006-15. Computer science contributed the largest share of publications (22.60%), followed by engineering (19.61%), materials science (15.27%), biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology (14.52%), physics & astronomy (13.17%), chemistry (12.11%), medicine (11.38%), agricultural & biological sciences (9.58%), mathematics (7.78%), environment science (6.59%), chemical engineering (5.69%), etc. during 2006-15. The university top authors contributed 375 publications, which constituted 56.14% and 72.67% share to its total publication and citation output during 2006-15. The university contribution in 20 most productive journals together account for 16.17% share of its total output during 2006-15, which decreased from 21.69% to 13.99% from 2006-10 to 2011-15. Suggest the need for university to enlarge its research output and also raise its quality and impact of its research publications in order to compete with other universities in Delhi.

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016047   Sadh R;Mishra N;Sharma S (School of Information Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal-462 036, Email: roopam.sadh@gmail.com) : Dual plane multiple spatial watermarking with self-encryption. Sadhana 2016, 45(1), 1-14.

Watermarking has established itself as a promising solution in the context of digital image copyright protection. Frequency domain watermarking is mainly preferred due to associated robustness and perceptual issues but requires a large amount of computation. On the other hand spatial domain watermarking is much faster but lacks when robustness is concerned. In this paper a block based spatial domain watermarking technique for color images is proposed that is fast and robust. Two-way embedding introduced in the paper provides capability to previously estimate perceptual degradation in host image due to watermark embedding. Multiple watermarking in two component images is used to achieve better imperceptibility and better robustness. Self-encryption introduced aims to remove dependency over external secret key however optional encryption with random secret keys is proposed for providing better security. Proposed embedding technique is an effort to achieve proper balance between robustness and quality degradation of image. Experiments suggest proposed method is robust against processing attacks such as spatial filtering transformations image enhancement and loss compression.

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016046   Patra C (NO, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, 196 Raja S C Mullick Road, Kolkata-700 032, Email: cpatra@cgcri.res.in) : Open access disciplinary repository in S&T: a potentiality study for SAARC countries. Curr Sci 2015, 109(11), 2077-83.

Most of the SAARC countries are unable to subscribe to high-priced research publications. Open access disciplinary repositories could provide them access to latest research results of any discipline. The objectives of this study are to find out the potentiality/possibility of developing open access disciplinary repositories for SAARC countries and provide suggestions for development of the same. Data were collected through a web search and then analysed. The article first discusses the current status of open access in the SAARC countries. Then, it presents a brief statistics of research output of the SAARC countries as found in Web of Science along with the collaboration pattern amongst SAARC countries. It also presents research output from these countries in terms of patents granted as found in the WIPO website. The study reveals that it is possible to develop disciplinary repositories for SAARC countries as sufficient material is available with them.

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016045   Kantha S S (NO, Centre for General Education, Gifu Univ, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, Japan, Email: srikanth@gifu-u-ac.jp) : Random thoughts on the 100 most cited papers from 1925 to 2008. Curr Sci 2015, 109(9), 1545-8.

Critics not withstanding, citations seems to have gained a golden currency status in contemporary research. Among the 58 million items collected in the Thomson Reuters' Web of Science database, 100 of the most cited papers up to 7 October 2014 were presented in Nature last year. I present an analysis of the most cited papers such as: (1) how many of the 100 ranked papers were sole-authored or double-authored; (2) distribution pattern of these papers along the decades, between 1925 and 2008, and (3) cited number of references in 83 of the accessible ranked papers. Thirty-one among the 100 most cited papers were soleauthored. Nine science Nobel laureates (Frederick Sanger, Walter Kohn, Roger Tsien, Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann, Kary Mullis, Oliver Smithies, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein) have authored eight of the most cited papers.

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016044   Jue D;Pruter M (NO, , Essmart Global, 74 Wheeler Road, Suite 402, Cox Town, Bengaluru-560 005, Email: diana@essmart.global.com) : Creating an essential marketplace to close the information gap for social impact technologies. Curr Sci 2015, 109(9), 1630-8.

This research examines the use of market mechanisms to not only distribute social impact technologies but also to collect data about the technologies and their customers' behaviour. Essmart, a last-mile distribution social enterprise operating in Tamil Nadu, India, addresses technology for development's distribution and information gaps with a transparent, closed-loop feedback system that incorporates all relevant factors. Market-based distribution and data are vital to the success of creating social impact through technology.

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016043   Gupta S;Sharma S (NO, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab-141 106. Mob. 9815969883, Email: sanjgupta41@gmail.com) : Awareness and satisfacation of users using digital information resources and services in the libraries of IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-18.

The technology revolution in the last four decades has made a tremendous impact on the way the information is processed, stored, retrieved and disseminated in the academic libraries. The rapid advancement in information technology, internet and World Wide Web (WWW) coupled with increased funding for research on creation, access and management of electronic information resources have led to the development of the new era of electronic and digital library. The present study provides an overview about the user's awareness, importance, purpose and satisfaction of using digital information resources and services amongst the students of P K Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur and students of Central Library IIT Kharagpur. The study reveals that the majority of respondents visit the library. 65.2% of the respondents prefer to use print + digital resources to get the required information. The purpose of using digital information resources by the majority of respondents (77.4%) is to collect the study material, whereas 87.2% respondent's purpose of using digital information services is to get the study/research material. 54.3% respondents agree that more training programs should be organized for the effective utilization of resources and 78.6% respondents are satisfied/very satisfied with the available Digital Information Resources and services.

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016042   Gupta R;Gupta B M;Bansal M (NO, Sri Venkateshwara Univ, Tirupati-517 502, Email: ritu7648@gmail.com) : Stomac cancer research: A scientometric study of Indian publications during 2005-14. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-21.

The paper examines 1310 Indian publications on stomach cancer research, as covered in Scopus database during 2005-14, experiencing an annual average growth rate of 15.47% and citation impact of 3.17. The world stomach cancer output (61788 publications during 2005-14) came from several countries, of which the largest global publication share (31.65%) came from China, followed by USA (18.06% share), Japan, (16.42%), U.K. (6.91% share), Germany (5.20% share), Italy (4.72%), France (4.436%), Canada, South Korea and Spain (from 2.06% to 2.56% share), Netherlands, India, Taiwan, Australia and Turkey (from 1.50% to 1.84% share) during 2005-14. India's global publication share was 1.74% and hold 12th rank in * global output during 2005-14. India's international collaborative publications share in stomach cancer was 17.25% during 2005-14, which decreased from 19.49% to 17.15% from 2005-09 to 2010-14. Medicine, among subjects, contributed the largest publication share (65.34%), followed by biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology (29.69%), pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics (26.03%), agricultural & biological sciences (3.66% share) and immunology & microbiology (3.28% share) during 2005-14. Adenocarcinoma, among different types of stomach cancer, contributed the largest publication share (16.26%), followed by lymphoma (11.07%), Squamous Cell Carcinoma (4.81%), Sarcoma (3.89%), Small Cell Carcinoma (3.82%), Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (3.74%) and Carcinoid Tumor (1.37%) during 2005-14. Diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, pathology and screening among treatment methods together accounted for 56.26% share of the total publication output on stomach cancer during 2005-14. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka together accounted for 51.9% of the country output during 2005-14. The most productive 15 Indian organizations, 10 authors and top 15 journals in stomach cancer accounted for 30.0%, 10.15% and 22.82% share in the cumulative publications output of India in stomach cancer research during 2005-14. The 15 high cited papers (receiving 100 or more citations) on stomach cancer registered an average citation per paper of 149.13. Of the 15 high cited papers (7 reviews and 8 articles), 6 involve the participation of single organization and 4 nationally collaborative and 5.

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016041   Dzarma D E;Jibasen D (Statistics and Operations Research, Modibbo Adama Univ of Technology, Yola, Nigeria, Email: dzarma2002@gmail.com) : Threat analysis of some information security assets in Ibrahim babangida library of Modibbo adama university of technology, Yola. Int J pure appl Sci Technol 2015, 29(1), 1-9.

Ibrahim Babangida Library (IBL), ModibboAdama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola faces threats on some Information Security Asset (ISA). Structured questionnaire was administered to library users to obtained data on threats to the IBL. The Annual Loss Expectancy Model (ALEM) was employed. The analysis of the data obtained reveals that the most affected assets in the library of Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola are books, which has The Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) of N40 000 000, building is second with ALE of N760,323.456 and computer systems is last which have ALE of N80 000. The management were recommended to allocate resources for the threat mitigation in order of ALE priority. The assets with highest ALE should be allocated higher resources.

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016040   Devendrappa T M;Dhingra S;Rigzin S (NO, JNU, Delhi, Email: deva.tm@gmail.com) : Selection of reference management tools for creation and managing the references for academica puposes: A comparative study. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-8.

With changing times the publishing industry has adopted various standards of reference, bibliographic standards in publishing the electronic content such as books, articles, theses and dissertation, websites, data, e-publications, videos, white papers and more. Managing of such references is becoming challenging day by day for users. To overcome this problem, many references management tools are available in IT environment to collate and manage citations and references to help the users, research scholars and faculty. However with the advent of reference management tool. It has been possible to correct format for citing references in research papers. It is also important to remember that scholars don't have to wed their self to any one tool as each has its pros and cons, and one can use different tools for different purpose. One can usually exchange references/citations between different tools quite easily, so if a researcher start using one tool and decide to move to a different tool, researcher can transfer all their references/citations and not have to go out and find them again. Following are the major reference management tools which discussed in this paper 1) Mendeley 2) Ref works 3) Bibliotext 4) Zotero and 5) Endnote. A comparative study has been done for available reference management tools which may help the users to decide which one is the appropriate and more user friendly for their research work. The paper studies the problem which occur while using the reference management tools and how to overcome those problem using alternative tools and converter etc.

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016039   Bhardwaj P; (NO, , Lib. & Inf. Sc. Dep, Kurukshetra Univ) : Use and non use of public library services in the digital age: a study of Kurukshetra District library (Haryana). Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-9.

The present study investigates the use and non use of public library services in the digital age with special reference to Kurukshetra district library. A survey method was used to collect the primary data. It was found that 93.44% were male respondents. It was observed that most of the respondents 42.62% were using the library less than one hour. A majority of respondents were using the library for reading newspapers/magazines purpose and most of the respondents were facing problem such as lack of time to use the library services.

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016038   Azmi N I (NO, Ramanujan College (Delhi Univ), Kalkaji, New Delhi-110 019, Email: azminazrul@gmail.com) : Bibliometric analysis of research publications of geology department, Delhi University, India, 2001-2015. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(2), 1-12.

The aim of this work is to analyse research productivity of faculty members at the Geology department of Delhi University. The research is conducted with the intention to know the research productivity over 15 years (2001 - 2015), the citations received, and authorship patterns. SCOPUS database was used for the bibliographic and citation data. Data were analysed by using bibliometric techniques. Results show that the research productivity of faculty members is increasing, their publications are getting good citations and their journals have better Impact Factor. The paper is based on empirical data exclusively gathered for this research.

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015019   Usmani M;Madhu Shri (NO, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi) : Bibliomentric analysis of bood reviews published in Indian journal of gender studies (1194-2014). Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(1), 1-16.

Indian Journal of Gender Studies (LJGS) is one of the peer-reviewed journal started in 1994 and published by Sage Publications. The journal is published by Centre for Women's Development Studies and has the impact factor of 0.100 and is ranked 40 out of 41 in Women's Studies. The journal with a frequency of three times a year focuses on holistic understanding of society. The objective of the journal is to encourage and publish research, analysis and informed discussion on issues relating to gender. In this paper, several types of collaborations have been identified, and earlier research on collaboration has been reviewed relating to the book reviews published in IJGS. Book reviews are the important resource for identification and evaluation of potential books, as well as an aid to determine the appropriateness of an item for a particular collection. Narrates various features and shortcomings of the book reviews published in the journal. It is felt that this study will help in decision making process while selecting books.

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015018   Suman;Sharma S (Lib & Inf. Sc. Dep, Kurushetra Univ, Kurukshetra) : Use of INDEST- AICTE consortium in the Mahatma Gandhi central library of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(1), 1-22.

The present study examines the use of INDEST-AICTE Consortium by the users of IIT, Roorkee. A total number of 300 questionnaires were distributed among the users. Out of 300 only 270 were chosen for analysis of data and 30 questionnaires were rejected because of incomplete response from the respondents. Most of the users access e-journals and databases through INDEST. The paper reveals that INDEST-AICTE Consortium is very much essential to help in fulfilling the ever increasing information needs of the users. There is also need to create awareness and train the users to access the INDEST-AICTE Consortium in a more effective and efficient manner.

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015017   Sharma A (NO, , Scientis, CSIR-NPL, Email: sharmaa@nplindia.org) : Problems and prospects in thesaurus construction: a case study of nanotechnology thesaurus. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(1), 1-14.

Thesaurus construction involves various activities like collection and control of terms, semantic association of terms, organization of terms etc. Each step has its particular associated problems. Over the years, significant efforts have been made to highlight the problems and to suggest alternative solutions for the problems. Recommendations and suggestions appeared in the direction embedded in standards and guidelines that are developed for thesaurus compilers. This paper is a contribution in the direction, where the researcher's points of views are listed in the form of issues and concerns associated with Nanotechnology thesaurus construction. Further, some of the decisions that were taken during the course of development of Nanotechnology thesaurus are also addressed in the paper. The work will support other users and researchers to perform further research in the area.

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015016   Prathap G;Ratnavelu K (NO, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram695 019, Email: gp@niist.res.in) : Research performance evaluation of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia. Curr Sci 2015, 109(6), 1159-64.

We carried out a research performance analysis of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia using bibliometric data from the latest (2014) release of the Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR). We tracked the complete performance chain: input-output-excellence-outcome-productivity using indicators that represent quantity, quality and productivity dimensions. The quantity dimensions are size-dependent, whereas the quality and productivity dimensions are sizeindependent. The largest active institutions, the most productive institutions and the fastest improving institutions over the period 2009-2014 were also identified.

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015015   Kalra J;Dhingra S (Central Library, JNU, New Delhi, Email: jaya.kalra1@gmail.com) : Use of social networking tools by the libraries of central universities of India: a study. Int J Libr Inf Netwk Knowledge 2016, 1(1), 1-13.

The present study has been carried out for the purpose of ascertaining the level of usage of social networking tools by the libraries of central universities of India. To conduct this study, self check method is adopted. The findings of this research reveal that 50% of central universities libraries adopt one or more social networking tools. RSS Feeds, Ask the Librarian/Chat with Librarian, Feedback, Suggestions and comments, Contact details/Form/Email/Phones, Library Blog, Instant Messaging are most popular application tools used by at least one or more central universities libraries. It is concluded that adoption of social networking tools by all the central universities libraries would prove to be very strong marketing tool for promoting the usage of their valuable services and untapped resources.

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015014   Gorobets A (NO, , , Email: alex-gorobets@mail.ru) : Performance of research publications in eastern European countries. Curr Sci 2015, 109(7), 1235-6.

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