001016   Behuria S R K (Library and Information Science Dep, Chandbali College, Chandbali, Dist-Bhadrak) : Academic library movement for the extension of academic status and UGC pay scales to the college and university librarians in Odisha; high court of odisha verdicts and Odisha govt. decision: an analysis and interpretation. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2014, 27(1-2), 67-76.

Movement against illiteracy, ignorance, poverty, unemployment, Library consciousness and initiation for Academic and Public Library Movement in Odisha.

001015    (NO, , ) : Orissa public libraries govt. bill, 2001 was passed by the orissa legislative assembly NO 22 december 2001. bringing the bill into an act. here the text of the bill as passed by the ola is given. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2014, 27(1-2), 143-52.

This is a bill to provide for the establishment of a network of public libraries in the state of Orissa and to maintain, regulate, guide, control, supervise, integrate and consolidate the libraries in the state as also to provide for a comprehensive rural and urabn-library service in the state and for mattess connected therewith or incidental thereto.

000008   Tripathi A;Chauhan P (Library and Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi, Email: adeethtripaathi@gmail.com) : Status evaluation of female library professionals of Uttar Pradesh. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(1), 48-60.

The status as a working female has given greater mobility, hence greater freedom to female. She now relies and looks for support systems even outside the family as she can identify herself with her new found colleagues too. It: is also observed that the status evaluation on the basis of age, education, experience and marital status of female library professionals in Uttar Pradesh. Survey method is used to collect the data for this purpose. To know the satisfaction level in the analysis on the basis of age group, the strongly satisfied as well as satisfied have been added together and this satisfaction level of the respondents has been found thereafter. The female library professionals of higher level of education were more satisfied in job than workers with lower level of education. When counted the satisfaction (strongly satisfied and satisfied) of 30 respondents, on the basis of job experience. On the basis of the marital status, it was found that unmarried women were more satisfied compared to married ones. In due course of the study, the research and university libraries are identified from Uttar Pradesh and data is collected from the concerned professionals. The findings of the study may also be useful for policies for female library professionals.

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000007   Srinivasulu B;Srinivasulu C;Harpreet Kaur (Natural History Museum and Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Zoology, Univ College of Science, Osmania Univ, Hyderabad-500 007, Email: bharisrini@gmail.com) : Bibliometric benchmarking of himalayan studies in India. Curr Sci 2015, 108(6), 1053-4.

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000006   Sinha S;Majumder K (NO, St. Michael's HS School, PO-North Point, Dist.-Darjeeling, Email: sudhasinhadarj@gmail.com ) : College libraries in Darjeeling hill. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(1), 32-46.

This article highlights the survey of college libraries in the hilly areas of Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The survey mainly covers various aspects of college library such as library facilities, membership, collections, organizations, governance staff strength, services, usage and automation etc. The structured questionnaire was distributed to all the 12 College Libraries affiliated to North Bengal University, Rajarammohunpur, Darjeeling and 2 Primary Teacher's Training Colleges and 1 Polytechnic College located in the hilly region. Effort has also been made to physically visit the library to collect data. Hence the analysis of the data collected is based on the responses of these 15 college libraries. Based on the findings the study presents some recommendation for the development of effective college library services in the hilly region.

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000005   Panda G;Jena P (NO, , Journalist, Editor "ANYAA", Plot No.-475/2, Sambit Villa, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar-751 003, Email: gayatri.panda77@gmail.com) : Information needs of writers of odia literature : a case study. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(1), 16-31.

Present study' deals with the Information needs of the writers of Odia literature. The study used a survey design in which a structured questionnaire was used to elicit the required data. A well structured questionnaire was prepared and distributed to 832 writers of Odia literature out of which 823 writers responded. The analysis revealed the purpose, frequency and preference of the need of information of the writers of Odia literature.

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000004   Janodia M D (Pharmacy Management Dep, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Univ, Manipal-576 104, Email: manthan.janodia@gmail.com) : Research and development spending and patents: where does India stand among SAARC and BRICS. Curr Sci 2015, 108(6), 1041-2.

2 tables, 7 ref

000003   Glew R H;Challa A K;Gopalan V (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dep, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA, Email: rglew@salud.unm.edu) : Who is qualified to instruct scientific manuscript writing?. Curr Sci 2015, 108(6), 1032.

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000002   Banik D;Zhimo I I;Bezbaruah R L;Ramaiah D (NO, CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat-785 006, Email: director@rrljorhat.res.in) : CSIR-north east institute of science and technology, Jorhat. Curr Sci 2015, 108(6), 1075-9.

The CSIR-NEIST, a national multidisciplinary R&D Institute was established to provide solutions to the various problems of the North Eastern India and the country by utilizing the immense natural resources of the region. The significant scientific achievements of the Institute during 2014 are highlighted under the five major areas.

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000001   Anila S;Rath D S;Madalli D P (NO, Documentation research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institu, Bangalore, Email: (anila.devika)@drtc.isibang.ac.in) : Visual information seeking and digital libraries. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(1), 3-13.

Digital library movement was triggered by rapid growth of information in digital formats. Digital libraries adopt new technologies to enhance user experience. Technological advances facilitate processing of immense volume of information in disparate formats. Complexity and volume of information digital libraries deal with leads to innovative and sophisticated user interfaces. Information visualization is comparatively new trend among digital libraries. This study analyses application of visualization in digital libraries, especially in search and retrieval of information.

5 tables, 29 ref

023330   Sunil Kumar P;Devarajan G (NO, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Sreekariyam P.O. Thiruvananthapuram-695 017) : Attitude of college librarians in kerala towards E-resources: a survey. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 95-107.

A study was conducted among librarians in post graduate colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala, India with the main objective of assessing their attitude towards electronic resources. It helps to get an Insight into the willingness of college librarians to embrace new technology for the benefit of the academia. The study also finds association of 'attitude' with independent variables "such as Computer Training, Age, Gender, Educational Qualifications and Experience. The study reveals that majority of the librarians have positive attitude towards the Incorporation and use of non-conventional resources in their libraries.

3 illus, 10 tables, 33 ref

023329   Sujatha S (NO, Central Library Dravidian Univ, Kuppam-517 426, Email: sujatharathan02@gmail.com) : Use of internet by post graduate students of school of distance learning & continuing education of kakatiya University, warangal. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 85-94.

This study is carried out to assess knowledge and extent of use of Internet among post graduate students of School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education of Kakatiya University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. The objectives of the study are to find out frequency of Internet use, purpose, place of access, duration of experience, Internet skills rating, level of satisfaction, frequently used electronic Information sources and the problems faced. It is found that majority of distance learners are from rural area. Majority use internet weekly and the purpose is for accessing e-mails only. Most of them access from cyber cafe and have experience of using it from one to three years. Around 3/5'h of them has average level of Internet skills and around half of them learned Internet through self study. Around l/3rd are * fully satisfied and the frequently used internet resource is e-mail and lack of support from staff is the major problem. Recommendations have been put forward to Improve the situation.

4 illus, 7 tables, 23 ref

023328   Siwach A K;Satish Kumar (Library and Information Science Dep, Maharshi Dayanand Univ, Rohtak, Haryana-124 001, Email: aks.mdu@gmail.com) : Bibliometric analysis of research publications of Maharshi Dayanand University (Rohtak) during 2000-2013. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 17-24.

Study investigates the research contributions of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak in terms of its publication output during 2000-2013 as reflected through Scopus database. The study analyses the year-wise research productivity, its citations impact, national and international collaborations, top collaborating institutions, subject-wise distribution of papers, journals used for communication, most preferred journals for publication, most prolific authors, number of citations received, and top cited papers of the University during the period under study.

7 tables, 13 ref

023327   Singh M;Arora A K (NO, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Univ of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonepat, Haryana-131 039, Email: mehar859mukesh@yahoo.co.in) : Library resources and services in the selected university libraries of Haryana, India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 47-53.

This paper describes the role of selected university libraries in Haryana, India in higher education and research of Engineering, Science and Technology. This paper comprehensively studies the functioning, the resources and services of these libraries. The collection development, library membership, staff position, working hours, services offered and e-resources subscribed by these libraries are also discussed.

11 tables, 6 ref

023326   Shri Ram (NO, Jaypee Univ of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan-173 234, Email: shriram2576@gmail.com) : Tag cloud application and information retrieval system : visualisation to create information literacy. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 41-6.

Purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of tag clouding for information visualisation and information retrieval over social cataloguing tool such as Shelfari (http://shelfari.com). This is a case study where tag cloud is being used as a tool for information visualisation and information retrieval to create awareness about new arrivals in the library. For the purpose of creating awareness amongst the user of the library and promote the use of newly catalogued resources, an online social cataloguing system 'Shelfari' (http://shelfari.com) has been used. The new arrivals are catalogued through social cataloguing system. The Library of Congress subject heading (LCSH) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are being used as tag words for each resource. The tag cloud created in this way has been evaluated for the effectiveness of the social cataloguing. The results suggest that tag clouding helps to create a visual effect and help users to learn about availability of the resources in the library along with the collaborative activities such as reviews and feedbacks, to choose right kind of reading materials. Social cataloguing activities are now getting momentum in online social network system. The use of internet and social network activities are increasing day-by-day so as the use of reviews and feedback for choosing right reading material. This study shall be valuable for those who are interested in choosing right reading materials based on popularity.

2 illus, 32 ref

023325   Rakhi V S (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: dr.rakhivs@gmail.com ) : A comparative study of websites of malayalam online newspapers. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 24-33.

The present study alma to find out the structure and usability of the online newspapers in the web. This study examined the extent that Maiayalam e-newspapers are using available technologies, Including multimedia and Interactivity, for development of World Wide Web sites. The dallies in of Maiayalam having top readership are considered for the study. Through content analysis of the sites, it is found that most online newspapers hare adopted web 2.0 Innovation and applications such as links to related Information and consumer services such as searchable classifieds better utilized the possibilities of visualizations but, multimedia features are still at the stage of infancy. From the findings, it is evident that, those newspaper websites which has maximum coverage is not keen in Incorporating all technologies and design elements. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and should operatlonalize a flexible structure that can persist through technological change which will help to attract maximum users and for effective dissemination of Information in mobile platforms.

3 illus, 3 tables, 14 ref

023324   Mohindra R;Anil Kumar (Laws Dep, Panjab Univ, Chandigarh-160 014, Email: rm@pu.ac.in) : User satisfaction regarding quality of library services of A.C. Joshi Library, Panjab university, Chandigarh. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 54-60.

Study aims to assess library service quality (LSQ) associated with user satisfaction of AC Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. A modified SERVQUAL instrument was used to examine perceived LSQ and level of user satisfaction. The data was collected through questionnaire consisting items related with different library service attributes. The study considered a number of critical elements of service quality assessment. It was found that library environment and library services significantly predict the user satisfaction. The level of quality of different attributes, i.e., library environment, collection, staff, and services were significantly different across academic discipline of respondents. The study will be helpful for libraries to improve their quality of services and increase user satisfaction.

10 tables, 16 ref

023323   Krishnamurthy C;Awari V H (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003, Email: jrfkrishna@gmail.com) : Newspaper reading habits among post-graduate students of Karnatak university, Dharwad. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 25-9.

Reading is a way to get better knowledge of one's own experiences and it can be an exciting journey to self-discovery. Reading transfers experiences to the individual so that the reader may expand one's horizons, identify, extend and intensify his or her interest and gain deeper understanding of the world. News paper is also an important source of information for all and brings news of daily happenings of the world. In this study an attempt has been made to study the newspaper reading habits among post-graduate students of Karnatak University, Dharwad.

6 tables, 11 ref

023322   Khode S;Chandel S S (NO, , MIT Campus, Behind Airstrip Dewas Road, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh-456 664, Email: subhashkhode@yahoo.com) : Adoption of open source software in India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 30-40.

Present paper is based on the survey conducted to assess the status of application of open source software (OSS) in India. The analysis of the study revealed that 91 institutions in India using OSS for library management and OPAC of these institutions are accessible in public domain. There are 96 open access repositories created by using OSS which are accessible in public domain. The study also discloses that 8 institutions in India have two open access digital repositories each which are created by OSS and 14 institutions are using OSS for library automation as well as for digital library.

8 tables, 10 ref

023321   Kadli J H;Hanchinal V B (NO, Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce & Economics, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai-400 034, Email: jhkadli@gmail.com) : Information seeking behaviour of law students in the changing digital environment. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 61-8.

Information environment has greatly impacted on teaching, learning and research methods of higher education worldwide and India is no exception. The new technologies have facilitated smooth and systematic transformation of data into digital format. This has changed the process of access, retrieve and use of information by students and researchers. The purpose of this study is to examine the information seeking behaviour of students of two law colleges of Mumbai. To understand the information seeking behaviour of law students the concerned literature has been reviewed and questionnaire was randomly distributed to get the responses. The study mainly concentrates on frequency of visit to the library, purpose of information seeking, computer acquaintance, amount of time spent on information gathering activities, problem faced in information seeking, etc. The results of the study reveal that books are still most heavily used resources by the students. Majority of the students are familiar with using offline and online legal databases. However, the students of both the colleges face the problem of information overload on internet and lack of skills to search information. Hence, the study recommends that formal users training programme shall be conducted to optimise the use of information sources and services.

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023320   Jeyasekar J J;Saravanan P (Library and information Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-627 012, Email: trijays@gmail.com) : A scientometric analysis of journal of forensic identification from the year 2001 to 2012. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 34-47.

A scientometric study of the Journal of Forensic Identification, the official publication of International Association of Identification for the period 2001 to 2O12 is done using data obtained from Google Scholar. 'Publish or Perish' Software is used for the retrieval and analysis of the data and VOSViewer software is used for cluster analysis and visualization. The growth pattern of literature, authorship pattern and citations are studied. The study revealed that the literature growth followed a linear pattern. The degree of collaboration is 0.58. The h-index and g-index are 13 and 22 respectively.

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023319   Jana L;Panigrahi P (NO, Narajole Raj College, Narajole, Paschim Medinipur-721 211, Email: lakshmikantajana@gmail.com) : Evaluative study on the performance measurement parameters of non-government college librarians in West Bengal. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 1-23.

The objectives of the study are to measure the performance of Job, to find a relationship between Job satisfaction and performance, and suggestions for increase the performance of non-government college librarians in West Bengal. A self-designed questionnaire containing Job satisfying factors and performance measurement parameters are administered on the target sample. Interview procedure was also applied to collect data. Collected data are analyzed In tabular form. Three - point performance measurement scale is used to measure performance of non-government college librarians,. Statistical tools are also used in this study. Observations is predominance of dissatisfying factors on satisfying factors and predominance of low level performance over high level performance. Associationship between satisfaction and performance is found with the help of chi-square test. Job enlargement, Equitable rewards, quality for working life, supportive subordinate and subordinate are mentioned as suggestions for Increasing the performance of non-Government college librarians.

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023318   Iroaganachi Mercy A;Juliana I J;Esse Ugwunwa C (Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant Univ, Km 10 Idiroko Road, Ota Ogun State, Nigeria, Email: ugunwa.esse@covenantuniversity.edu.ng ) : Software selection and deployment for library cooperation and resource sharing among academic libraries in South-West Nigeria. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 3-8.

This study assessed software selection and seployment sractices for library cooperation and resource sharing among aacademic libraries in South-West Nigeria. The purposive sampling technique was adopted and data collection instruments were questionnaire and interview. All of the 39 universities in the South-West zone were chosen and copies of questionnaire were administered to a representative of each academic library. 37 questionnaires were received. The descriptive statistical method of analysis was used. It was discovered that there is no form of cooperation and resource sharing among the academic libraries presently. The study recommends that National Universities Commission (NUC) should make automation a requirement for all academic libraries in Nigeria and recommend particular software(s) for cooperation and resource sharing to be possible among academic libraries among others.

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023317   Geetha Praveena Nair G;Sanjeevi K (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: dineshshankar2005@gmail.com) : Use of electronic information sources by the research scholars in the faculty of science of the university of Kerala. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 70-84.

The study aims to provide an overview about the use of electronic information sources, by the research scholars in the field of Science in the University of Kerala. Questionnaire method was used for the collection of data. The study revealed that lions' share of the research scholars in Science is aware about the presence of e- resources. Majority are accessing from the department library. They are using these resources for their educational and Informational requirements. Half of them are using CD-ROM and around 3/5th of them are of the opinion that quality of research has Improved to a medium extent due to the Impact of e-resources.Among the various resources, e-journals are found most useful and majority of the students are using It from the campus Itself. Lions' share of them opined that the quality of research has improved due to electronic resources. The purpose of using e-resources to 4/5th of them is to update subject knowledge. Pen drive is the major storage device for storing the e-lnformatlon. The major barrier In using e-resources is the lack of high speed connection (64%).

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023316   Bagavathi A (NO, Univ Assistant Librarian The Tamilnadu Dr Ambedkar Law Univ, Chennai-600 028, Email: bagavathiaru@yahoo.com) : A comparative study of sixth and seventh edition of colon classification. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 48-57.

In spite of all the research and development of systematic classification. Colon Classification still has certain limitation due to the emergence of new compound subjects. Hence the 6th edition CC was revised and edited by DF.M.A Goplnath, The editor has mentioned In the preface of the 7th edition that two more volumes have yet to be published. This article explains the major features of sixth and seventh edition of Colon Classification and brings out the difference between the two editions. Outline of the basic subjects and compound basic subjects are Illustrated. A few worked out examples from the seventh edition Is given.

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023315   Anish I;Gilna K P (Library and Information Science Dep, Mahatma Gandhi Univ, Priyadarshini Hills. P.O. Kottayam-686 560, Email: anishknlr@gmail.com) : Use of UGC-infonet digital library consortium by the faculty members and research scholars of university of calicut, Kerala. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(2), 58-69.

The main purpose of the study is to find out the utilisation of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium of CHMK library of University of Calicut by the faculty and research scholars. Questionnaire method was employed for data collection with a sample of 10O respondents. Main objectives of the study are to find out the awareness, extent of use of the consortium, purpose, satisfaction level, problems, and necessity of conducting training programs. The study revealed that lion's share of the respondents Is aware of the consortium and majority of them have practical knowledge In using It. Further they are using It mainly for gathering current Information and almost half for research Information. Around 4/5"1 of them are satisfied with the consortium and around half of them do not face any problem In accessing it. Lack of speed of the computer system Is a major problem and l/3r" of them not getting assistance from the professional staff. Majority demanded for training programs. Thus the study necessitates In conducting orientation/training programs for the benefit of the academic community of the University of Calicut.

9 tables, 27 ref

023314   Anil Kumar H;Dora M;Desai A (NO, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad-380 015, Email: anilkumar@iimahd.ernet.in) : Bibliometrics profile of Gujarat university, Ahmedabad during 2004-2013. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(1), 9-16.

This study attempts to undertake bibliometric analysis of the research publications of Gujarat University during the ten-year period between 2004 and 2013. The data for this study was extracted from SCOPUS and included a total of 760 publications that were attributed to authors affiliated to Gujarat University. The publication data was analysed with respect to the type of publications where 83% are journal articles. The paper also analysed the publication trend of Gujarat University and found that from 2008 onwards there was a steady increase in the number of publications. The other aspects that were identified in the paper were the most prolific authors, collaborative authorship patterns and trends, most preferred publications, and so on. The collaboration was found to be the highest in the year 2012 at 0.70 based on the modified collaboration coefficient. The most preferred journal for publication by Gujarat University faculty was ActaPoloniaePharmaceutica-Drug Research and the most cited author of Gujarat University was P.S. Srivastav, while V.K. Jain had the best average citations per paper.

2 illus, 8 tables, 17 ref

022332   Verma R K;Kalra J (NO, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resou, Delhi, Email: rk51verma@yahoo.com) : Overview of CSIR libraries as knowledge resource centres: issues and trends. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 160-8.

A survey of CSIR libraries attached to the 38 laboratories and 3 CSIR units has been made with the main objective of reviewing the current status of the same. For this purpose, the data on infrastructure, resources, and the services provided by the libraries were collected using questionnaire in e-form. It is observed that the libraries are at varying levels and status in terms of infrastructural facilities vis-a-vis status of library staff. Keeping in view the manual guidelines issued by the CSIR during 2008, which renamed libraries as Knowledge Resource Centres, a few emerging issues like website and content development, knowledge management initiatives, institutional repositories have been discussed. A description of some possible future trends, e.g., implementation of knowledge management concepts, use of mobile devices, and changing user behaviours and expectations have also been touched upon. An overview of status, issues and possible trends for CSIR libraries ultimately points out the major responsibility of the librarians which covers the challenge of how to survive and sustain their position as one of the important and crucial stakeholders in the process of S&T information dissemination. It is concluded that the librarians have come out with more and more knowledge products in this competitive information society by making continuous efforts to develop their skills. This may include implementing the various techniques, and methods related to KM aspects including evaluation of websites for streamlining information organisation and content development. By adopting this strategy only libraries would be recognised as knowledge resource centres in true sense.

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022331   Varalakshmi R S R (Library and Information Science Dep, Andhra Univ, Visakhapatnam, Email: rvsn1234@hotmail.com) : Library and information system in Andhra Pradesh: an overview. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 149-59.

The State of Andhra Pradesh had a long history of library system prior to Indian independence when it was part of Madras Presidency. Over the time significant changes occurred in the library and information system. The present study is an attempt to overview the growth and functioning of academic, public and special library and information systems in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The study has been taken up with six parameters-budget, professional staff, collection, automation, ICT infrastructure and services. The analysis is based on data gathered through questionnaire, phone calls and information available on institutions' Website. The findings indicate lopsided functioning of all types of libraries.

7 tables, 11 ref

022330   Thirumagal A (NO, Manonmanium Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-627 012, Email: librarian@msuniv.ac.in) : Bibliometric investigation of wind energy in India : an analytical study. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(4), 207-21.

Wind power is an alternative to other fuel energy. It is available in plenty of manner. It is renewable energy and we can distribute in a widely manner. It is very clean and at the time of operation no gas emissions. The production to the cost is similar t new coal and natural gas installation. At last 5,500 years ago we used wind power to sail boats and ships. For irrigation pumping and miling grain wind energy was used in the 7th century AD. To overtime energy shortage in India we can use renewable energy sources like wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, ocean, biomass energy and fuel cell technology. India may require 3-4 times more energy than the total energy consumed today. India consumptions 33% is from renewable energy account. India is taking optimistic steps towards carbon emissions, cleaning the air and ensuring a more sustainable future. At the outset the publication of article regarding Wind Energy and India also increase. In this paper the researcher analysis regarding the publications in very detail manner. The period is from the year 1999 to September 2011. Find out the Individual Authors Contribution, Geographical distribution, Year wise research in Wind Energy in India, Citation of article and, Ranking of Journals. Hiistcite and Bibexcel tool is used for data analysis. Consequence of such studies may be very useful for the research administrators, policy architects and endowment agencies.

5 illus, 13 tables, 15 ref

022329   Soman V S M;Sudhier K G P (Library & Information Science Dep, Kerala Univ, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, Email: vs.midhulasoman@gmail.com) : Awareness and use of internet resources by visually-impaired students in Kerala: case study of Thiruvananthapuram district. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 100-5.

The aim of the study is to investigate the awareness and usage of internet resources among visually challenged students in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Survey method and questionnaire tool were used to collect data from 74 visually challenged students, who are studying in various schools of Thiruvananthapuram. Analyses revealed that 59.46% students are computer literates and are aware of online resources. However, internet usage is very less among the computer literates due to the lack of proper training. Among the respondents, a good number of students are aware of assistive technologies, even though many of them are not using them. The mostly used assistive technology is screen reader. It is found that students are depending on internet resources mainly for their academic purpose. Responses shows that lack of proper training creates a big barrier in using internet and only 25.67% are using it very confidently. The results of the study would be helpful in getting a fairly good idea of the student's awareness level of internet resources and assistive technologies. The outcome of the study helps the school authorities, librarians and the government to provide adequate services and training to visually challenged students to access information without any barriers.

7 tables, 9 ref

022328   Shimray S R;Ramaiah C K (Library & Information Science Dep, School of Media and Communication Pondicherry Univ, Puducherry-605 014, Email: srshimray@yahoo.com) : Design and development of an online exhibition on the Tangkhul tribe festivals. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 124-31.

Growth in information technologies in the area of multimedia, content production and the internet have opened new opportunities to online exhibitions, which could now hit on the exciting medium of world wide web (WWW) to make these exhibitions more reachable to people anywhere on the globe. The WWW is a vibrant place and has emerged as, an educational tool in today's instructive environment. An online exhibition on Tangkhul Tribe Festivals' was developed using web design tools following 'Prototype Development Method'. While developing an online exhibition, one has to keep the basic objectives of the HCI (human-computer interaction) in mind. Top priority should be given to the user interface design and related issues. The main purpose of this paper is to design and develop an online exhibition on Tangkhul Tribe Festivals' and evaluate the same with its real time users so that gaps or drawbacks could be identified. An evaluation study was carried out using a questionnaire tool with closed-ended and opened-ended questions. The evaluation of this exhibition reveals that majority of the users are very much comfortable with the HTML version of online exhibition.

4 illus, 7 tables, 15 ref

022327   Sanaman G;Shailendra Kumar (NO, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand-246 174, Email: gareema.sanaman@gmail.com) : User's perspective towards assistive technologies available in NCR libraries of India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 90-9.

This paper aims to examine the user's awareness and satisfaction level with the available assistive technology (AT) facilities for the people with disabilities in National Capital Region (NCR) libraries of India. Survey method and questionnaire has been used as the basic tool for data collection along with personal interviews of the experts. A total of 375 users in all the 15 libraries were selected randomly on the basis of willingness of the users to participate in the survey with the experience of working in digital environment. The survey results were tabulated and analysed with descriptive statistics methods using Excel software and 'Stata version 11'. People with disabilities have a good to fair understanding of the AT concepts and products. The users 'Strongly agree' towards the need of the AT to work in the digital environment. The study depicts lack of AT facilities in NCR libraries of India. Majority of users are 'Not satisfied' with available AT facilities and face various barriers in the use of AT in NCR libraries. This study will prove useful for the LIS professionals and the research community to provide an insight into the current status of the AT available in NCR libraries, India. This study is first to explore the viewpoint of people with disabilities regarding the ATs available in NCR libraries of India.

5 illus, 2 tables, 21 ref

022326   Roy B (Librarian, Charuchandra College, Kolkata, Email: banasreeroy2012@gmail.com) : College librarianship in West Bengal : a librarian's perspective. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(4), 245-53.

After getting into the profession, librarians need to serve its user community with dedication and with a spirit of service. This paper tries to reveal the real fact towards accepting college libraries as a place of one's professional career. Due to the sea changes in the field of librarianship, many challenges are faced by college librarians now-a-days. This paper raises some issues and challenges indicating the probable solutions. Though it is largely accepted implicit fact that librarians' work & service are more important than that of a teacher, but does it explicitly presented in the today's society, does it really reflected through the mindset of the concerned authority. Though there are favorable recommendations by education commissions, a number of anomalies in government rules and orders are referred in this paper. Self contradictory recent orders of UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India are also pointed out in this paper for discussion. It is felt that library associations have important roles to play to put forward legitimate demands to the Government. This paper also reveals that the college library professionals are needed to join library association to strengthen the library movement which would definitely address the professional issues.

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022325   Rath P N (NO, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune-411 004, Email: prabhashrath@gmail.com) : Study of open access publishing in social sciences and its implications for libraries. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 177-83.

The Open Access Movement (OAM), which started as a gradual realisation by authors mainly in biomedical sciences to make available results of public-funded research projects to the public without much barrier pertaining to cost, permission, copyright obligations, etc., gradually gained momentum across the world and India was no exception to it. Though the movement was confined mainly to science, technology and medical fields in India, since last few years, a number of open access repositories and open access journals in Social Science subjects have started appearing. The present study which is confined to the open access Social Science journals published from India as mentioned in the Directory of Open Access Journals, identified 60 open access Social Sciences journals in India. The study also analysed the journals on the basis of certain parameters as to trend of open access journals in Social Sciences, and was found that most of open access journals in Social Sciences appeared between 2009 and 2014 and about half of the journals charge authors for publishing their papers in the journals and only a few are published under Creative Commons Attribution. Lastly, the paper discusses about implications of open access publishing on Social Science research libraries made few suggestions towards encouraging open access publishing in Social Science subjects in India.

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022324   Ramesh P;Vivekavardhan J;Bharathi K (Library and Information Science Dep, Osmania Univ, Hyderabad, Email: ramesh.parichi@gmail.com) : Metadata diversity, interoperability and resource discovery issues and challenges. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 193-9.

Information resources are available in various kinds of media and forms. To describe them there exists number of diverse metadata standards and schema. Metadata is crucial for preservation and archiving, organisation, resource discovery and information retrieval across platforms. As one metadata standard cannot be applicable for all the emerging media and document formats, a combination of them is used. In this context the present paper presents an overview on types of metadata standards and schemas, and also discusses on the issues and challenges in metadata creation, management, interoperability, and resource discovery.

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022323   Prakashe V A;Tayade S (NO, R.T.M. Nagpur Univ, Nagpur-440 010, Email: sh_veena@hotmail.com) : Study of E-resources of Indian institute of management (IIM) libraries in India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 217-22.

This paper focuses on the study of e-resources in the libraries of institutes of management in India. The main objective is to determine the availability of different types of e-resources, viz., subscribed e-resources through consortium, memberships of library networks and collaboration with libraries. Based upon the findings, some suggestions for strengthening the services pertaining to e-resources have been given. A resource sharing model has been proposed which promises the maximum availability of e-resources and also increases their reach and access.

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022322   Pradhan S (Library and Information Science Dep, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao Univ of Baroda, Vadodara-390 002) : Study of employability and needed skills for LIS graduates. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 106-12.

This paper discusses the employability of LIS graduates, its trend, and the skills needed to enhance employability. It is based on a study conducted on the employability of LIS graduates of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda over a period of ten years. Findings show that employability of LIS graduates is nearly 100%. Employability trends can be traced to changes in the nature of employers, salary and designation in recent years. Further, communication skills and IT skills are found to be very indispensable employability skills that the LIS graduates should possess. This finding has implications towards regular revamping! of LIS curriculum design in a way that would enable the LIS graduates to meet the expectations of changing information job market.

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022321   Patil V B (Arunodaya Duyan Prasarak Mandals, Women's College of Arts, Commerce & Home Science, Jalgaon-425 001, Email: patilvinayb@gmail.com) : Analysis of accreditation reports-North Maharashtra University with special reference to college library. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(2), 83-94.

Present study is an analysis of the peer team reports of institutions / colleges have undertaken the process of accreditation in the North Maharashtra University colleges with special reference to libraries. The accreditation process creates opportunities for the library profession, the importance of assessment and evaluation process leading to accreditation lies in the fact that this is for the first time that libraries are being exposed to mandatory external evaluation. There Is a scope to improve the formats and questionnaires prescribed for gathering information about library resources and services. The peer team draws up commendations and recommendations for the institutions to implement in order to improve the quality of the various aspects of its functioning. This helps the library staff to seek their cooperation and support for achieving excellence in library services.

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022320   Nisha F;Senthil V (NO, Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) Metcal, Delhi-110 054, Email: faizul16k@gmail.com) : MOOCs: changing trend towards open distance learning with special reference to India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 82-9.

This study provides an overview about massive open online courses (MOOCs), about how technology has changed over the years the face of distance learning and how relevant and beneficial these courses might be for distance learners. Studies related to MOOCs in India and world around have been reviewed. It also furnishes the details of various MOOCs platform such as The Open University, Iversity, ALISON, Open Learning, Coursera, Udacity, EdX and EduKart available free of cost to distance learners. This paper further provides availability of MOOCs in India and various institutions and companies associated across the nation providing MOOCs courses to academia. Limitations of MOOCs and their future has also been discussed. The paper concludes that MOOCs and online education has a huge potential which would help in accelerating and ensuring social cohesion and sustainable growth. With little efforts by the government of India, online education can successfully reach every individual.

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022319   Mallappa V;Manoj Kumar K S (Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed Univ, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Email: vijayakumar@bitmesra.ac.in) : Conflict management in management library professionals. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 200-6.

This, paper attempts to know how library authorities are detecting the conflict among the library staff, and resolving the same conflict, the steps taken to overcome the conflict situations and others. A survey method was used arid random sampling to get the primary data for the study. Majority of the respondents accepted for some moderate extent that they will allow medical/maternity/paternity leave to resolve the conflict.

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022318   Kayal S;Bandopadhyay S;Banerjee S (Library & Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Kolkata-700 073, Email: skayal520@gmail.com) : Information management skills required by the minority libraries in Kolkata and Hooghly districts, West Bengal. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 207-16.

Information is an essential ingredient in our life. Serving the right information to the right users at the right time is the goal of every library and information centre. It has become necessary to manage this information in a systematic way to achieve the goal. The process of management of a library requires skills at various levels. These skills, though relatively independent of one another, blend together to bring about organisational productivity, efficiency, and harmony. There are a number of libraries governed by minority communities in West Bengal. These libraries are playing remarkable role in the dissemination of information. This article highlights and discusses the skills of information/management and its dissemination in the various minority-governed libraries, and also explores the collection, arrangement, and management of these libraries.

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022317   Kaushik A (NO, Kota Univ, Rajasthan, Email: drkaushikanna@gmail.com) : An evaluation of national institutes of technology (NITs) library websites. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 223-34.

Advent of internet technologies specially, website is considered as a most efficient medium to catch and disseminate diverse kind of information, thus, every institution has its own website and is using this medium for imparting variety of information to the targeted users. This study aims to evaluate and analyse the services, facilities and other information available on the library websites of 28 National Institute of Technology (NITs) between February 1-28, 2015, by using a checklist. The results of this study revealed that the majority of NIT library websites are providing information with regard to their name, logo, about library book collection, electronic resources, accuracy, diverse services and sections, but, lacking of library mission statements, currency, reliability search interfaces, Web 2.0 applications and cutting edge technologies like cloud-based services. It is also discovered from this study that most of NIT library websites need to improve. This study will be helpful to judge the quality and diverse facilities present on the 28 NIT library websites in India.

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022316   Kar (Ghosh) M;Mondal T K (NO, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scioentific Research Kolkata Centre, Block-LB, Plot-8, Sector-III, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata-700 098, Email: tkm-jn@yahoo.com ) : Bibliometric analysis of research publications of UGC-DAE consortium for scientific research, Kolkata centre. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(2), 119-28.

This paper presents results of a bibliometric study of research publications of UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre for the period of 2006-2010. The Centre has published 265 research publications of which there are 145 journal publications and the remaining 120 are published in proceedings of Conference / Workshop / Seminar / Symposia (C/W/S/S). Only the journal publications are considered for bibliometric analysis due to lack of direct impact factor. The analysis includes distribution of publications by year, by country of publications, in SCI and Non-SCI journals, in journals and proceedings of C/W/S/S, in different Normalised Impact Factor (NIF) ranges, total NIF, average NIF of each division, collaboration pattern etc. This study aims to give an idea about the performance and impact of the research conducted in this Centre. Findings are recorded with relevant data analysis.

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022315   Gupta S;Seth A (DLIS, Jammu Univ, Jammu-180 006, Email: sangitauniv@gmail.com) : Usage of social networking tools in higher education with special reference to colleges of Jammu division (J & K), India. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(4), 229-38.

A large number of academic institutes are pioneering scholarly online social environment for providing interactive and multitasking platform of online social networking services such as social networking sites, social media and folksonomy. This paper attempts to explore the usage pattern of social networking tools by faculty of Government Degree Colleges of Jammu Division, J & K (India), for sharing information. The data has been gathered through a semi structured questionnaire from aproportionate stratified random sample of 300 participants from 10 districts of Jammu Division, (J & K), India. The data has been thoroughly 'scrutinized, organized, tabulated and analyzed by the researchers. For analyzing the data, descriptive statistics with frequency and percentages has been used. Overall results pertaining to the usage of social networking tools/Services/sites (SNS) reveal that majority (84%) of the faculty are using (SNS) and have their profile on one of the social network sites, preferably on the most popular site "The Facebook" (70%) but are using it mostly as a socializing tool rather than an education, the usage of educational oriented social networking services needs to be promoted through college websites.

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022314   Gopalakrishnan S;Gopalakrishnan S; Bathrinarayanan A L;Tamizhchelvan M (NO, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Chennai-600 044, Email: gopalakrishnan.srinivasan@nift.ac.in) : Uncited publications in MEMS literature: a bibliometric study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 113-23.

Attempt has been made to identify the uncited publications in 'micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) literature which is one of the emerging field in electronics. The search term 'MEMS' was used for retrieving literatures from SCOPUS database. A total of 294573 records were identified in the field of MEMS during the period 1970-2013. Out of which, 85146 (28.90%) records were uncited publications. The uncited paper ranges between 0.09% and 0.72%. It can be seen that from 1988 onwards uncitedness has been reduced below the global average and it persists till 2010. Almost 56% of the uncited publications are from the conference proceedings. 44.56% of China publications in MEMS were uncited followed by India (31.44%), Japan (24.40%), and France (19.44%). Majority of the uncited publications, are of collaborative authors besides the self-citations. Mostly more than four authors' papers were uncited. Even top author papers were also uncited. The uncitedness may be due to non-awareness of those papers in the MEMS literature.

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022313   Giri R;Sen B K;Mahesh G (NO, Presidency Univ, 86/1, College St, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 073, Email: rsgiri11@gmail.com) : Collection development in Indian academic libraries: an empirical approach to determine the number of copies for acquisition. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(3), 184-92.

Collection development in academic libraries has many challenges and one of them concerns determining the number of copies of some books that are required in multiple copies in the library. In the present study, five major academic libraries in New Delhi were surveyed to understand the prevalent policies and practices on determining the number of copies of books that are required in multiple copies. It was found that there was no consistency in the approach to deciding the number of copies in the libraries studied. Further it was noted that all the libraries arbitrarily decided on the number of copies to be purchased. The paper discusses a method that has been evolved to determine the number of copies. The method has been applied in one of the academic libraries under study which when combined with other measures have been found to be more effective in determining the number of copies required.

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022312   Gautam V K;Mishra R (Library & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ (BHU), Varanasi-221 005, Email: kumarvinodgautam14@gmail.com) : Scholarly research trend of Banaras Hindu University during 2004-2013: a scientometric study based on Indian Citation Index. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2015, 35(2), 75-81.

Indian Citation Index (ICI) is a fully web-based abstract and citation database covering R&D literature across all disciplines published in journals/serials or in other documents emanating from India. The current study seeks to describe and analyse scholarly research publications of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. In this regard 1041 articles were collected from ICI for the period of 2004-2013. The study attempts to measure year-wise distribution of publication output, co-authorship index, collaborative co-efficient collaborating universities/institutes/colleges, states and countries. The result indicates that research productivity of Banaras Hindu University is increasing at the average rate of 104.1 publications per years, most of the researches are contributed by joint authors, 404 (39%) articles published in SCIE indexed journals and 637 (61%) articles published in non SCIE-indexed journals.

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022311   Dasgupta K (NO, , , Email: dasgupta_kalpana@hotmail.com) : Thoughts on libraries in knowledge society: Tagore and Ranganathan. IASLIC Bull 2014, 59(4), 195-206.

Knowledge is power. A knowledge based society would help the country to its overall development. The Indian initiative in setting up a National Knowledge Commission (NKC) in 2005 has been unique of its kind to lay the foundation of Knowledge Society. Policy makers need to have some guidelines and roadmap to usher in Knowledge Society. The thoughts of two iconic thinkers-Rabindranath Tagore and S R Ranganathan have in many ways alike towards forming a knowledge based society. The present write up is prepared to analyse their thoughts to gage its relevance in todays context.

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022310   Chuang K Y;Ho Y S (School of Public Health, Taipei Medical Univ, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11014, Taiwan, Email: ysho@asia.edu.tw) : Evaluation based on highly cited publications of Taiwan. Curr Sci 2015, 108(5), 933-41.

Bibliometric analysis of highly cited papers of a country can provide interesting insights concerning authors, institutions, collaboration patterns and even useful recommendations for future research policy. The purpose of this study is to conduct bibliometric analysis of highly cited papers from Taiwan. Data used in the study were extracted from the SCI-Expanded database of the Web of Science Core Collection of Thomson Reuters. Authorship, collaboration pattern and Y-index were reported. Results showed that highly cited papers might not have high citations in early years and may be published in journals with low impact factors. International collaboration was responsible for the increasing number of highly cited papers over the years. Institutions can be categorized into three phenotypes and majority of the institutions were characterized with high dependency and low leadership in the collaboration. The United States was the leading choice for international collaboration, while National Taiwan University was the leading choice of institutions for domestic collaboration. With a few exceptions, leading authors tended to be the corresponding author, rather than the first author as in previous studies. It is speculated that this phenomenon may be due to a pecking order among institutions, traditional Confucius values of seniority, and inequality in resource allocation by funding agencies. Providing more balanced research funding, increasing the number of Ph D students studying abroad, eliminating gift authorships, especially partners in a project but not in papers and increasing the emphasis on independent research may be needed to amend the observed patterns.

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