008350   Nirmal Kumar;Cruz N C;Rangel E;Shmavonyan G (LapTec, Physics Dep, UNESP, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil, Email: hmfg2014@gmail.com) : Introductory informatics theoretical framework, based on an integrable lattice model using quantized function algebras, for studying DNA-ionized gas interaction system. Int J appl Res Inf Technol Comput 2014, 5(1), 1-13.

Usually it is observed that Bio-physical systems or Bio-chemical systems are many a time based on nanoscale phenomenon in different host environments, which involve many particles can often not be solved explicitly. Instead a physicist, biologist or a chemist has to rely either on approximate or numerical methods. For a certain type of systems, called integrable in nature, there exist particular mathematical structures and symmetries which facilitate the exact and explicit description. Most integrable systems, we come across are low-dimensional, for instance, a one-dimensional chain of coupled atoms in DNA molecular system with a particular direction or exist as a vector in the environment. This theoretical research paper aims at bringing one of the pioneering 'Reaction-Diffusion 'aspects of the DNA-plasma material system based on an integrable lattice model approach utilizing quantized functional algebras, to disseminate the new developments, initiate novel computational and design paradigms.

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008349   Kohli S;Gupta A (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Email: shruti@bitmesra.ac.in) : Information retrieval: a fuzzy perspective. Int J appl Res Inf Technol Comput 2014, 5(1), 14-24.

Retrieval of meaningful and relevant information from any data repository has always been a major challenge of any Information Retrieval system from the early ages of computing. Earliest Information Retrieval systems were designed for Libraries and for internal search of big organizations. Last 20 years has seen a drastic change of paradigm shift of Information Retrieval systems from stand-alone system to online systems. More and more information of Commercial organizations, Academic and research Institutions are going online which in turns is responsible for an exponential growth of users seeking this online information. Searching meaningful and relevant information from a sea of this unstructured, inconsistent and fast changing data is a challenging task for today's Information Retrieval systems. The complexity of this challenge is further increased by the users who are most of the time uncertain about his/her own information need. Fuzzy Logic has established itself as one of the main methodologies to deal with such kind of uncertainty. This short survey paper is an attempt to find some challenges of Information Retrieval system in today's scenario and the use of fuzzy methodologies in today's Information Retrieval systems.

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008348   Kannappanavar B U;Chidananda Swamy H M (NO, , ) : User perception and opinion about circulation services in agriculural science university libraries in India: with special reference to the South India: an evaluative study. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(2), 86-104.

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008347   Jotwani D (NO, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, Email: jotwanid@iitb.ac.in) : Trends in acquisition and usageof electronic resources at Indian Institutes of Technology libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2014, 61(1), 33-40.

Paper studies the trends in acquisition of e-resources vis-a-vis their print counterparts, identifies the e-resources being subscribed by Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) libraries at Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati and Roorkee either individually or through a consortium, and analyzes the usage of these resources during 2004-11. The study also compiles a union list of all e-resources accessible at IIT Libraries. Data were collected by personal visits, interviews, and using a questionnaire. Web sites and annual reports of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, IITs and INDEST-AICTE Consortium were also scanned to supplement the above information. COUNTER compliant data as provided by the publishers were used to study the usage. Data analysis revealed that IIT libraries spend a significantly large proportion of their budgets to acquire e-resources. There is a clear shift in the collection development policies of these libraries where e-resources have become a vital part of their core collections. E-resources in all IITs are being heavily used as the number of downloads have increased from 32,33,818 to 76,17,691 articles reflecting a growth of 135% over a period of 8 years.

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008346   Dutta B;Dutta C (Library & Information Science Dep, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com) : Linguistic view of subject formation process as described by Ranganathan and others. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2014, 61(1), 56-64.

Basic implication of a subject in the context of library and information science is outlined here. It is pointed out that the purview of library and information science mostly reckons any subject in the form of some either assigned or derived terms or keywords. The basic concepts of words as per the scope of linguistics are also provided. Different modes of formation of complex and compound subjects as enunciated by Ranganathan are described. The modes of formation of compound words as depicted in linguistics have been described and compared with different modes of formation of complex and compound subjects as portrayed by Ranganathan, Neelameghan, Seetharama and Sen. It has been observed that there are similarities between modes of formation of words and subjects. As similarities are observed at the very basic foundation level between words and subjects, therefore it has been concluded that there may be some similarities of intrinsic properties between them. The specific words belonging to a particular subject domain or subject-specific words that are commonly known as keywords may thus be recognized as eventual denomination or fundamental building block of the concerned subject. The keywords may thus be looked upon as molecule of a subject from linguistic viewpoint.

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008345   Dutt B;Nikam K (Knowledge Resource Centre, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, , Email: bh_arvi@yahoo.com) : Scientometrics of collaboration pattern in solar cell research in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2014, 61(1), 65-73.

Paper looks into collaboration in solar cell research in India as reflected by the publications indexed in Web of Science for a period of 20 years from 1991-2010. Almost half of the total output emerged out of domestic and international collaboration. Academic institutions had almost equal proportion of output emerging from domestic as well international collaboration. Among the prolific institutions National Physical Loboratory-Delhi of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research had the highest publications emerging out of collaborative research. Indian researchers collaborated with their counterparts in 31 countries; however, South Korea, Japan, USA, Germany, England, France and Greece were dominant collaborating research partners. Various bibiliometric indicators have been used to examine collaborative research activity. Research collaboration gained momentum during the lter decade. International collaborative output had more impact compared to domestic collaboration in terms of citations per paper.

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008344   Bosah E L (NO, , ) : Education and training for library and information service. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(2), 105-11.

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008343   Alao I A;Folorunsho A L;Saka H T (NO, , ) : Book availability in the university of Ilorin college of health sciences library. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(2), 75-85.

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007309   Jain N C (Health Research Dep, (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), Indian Council of Medical Resea, New Delhi-drencejain@gmail.com) : Open access ensures effective information retrieval of medical literature in e-databases. Indian J community Med 2013, 38(1), 1-3.

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007308   Gupta R;Tiwari R;Mueen Ammed K K (NO, , Sector 4, Panchkula-134 113, Email: mueen.ahmed@gmail.com) : Dengue research in India: a scientometric analysis of publications, 2003-12. Int J Med Publ Hlth 2014, 4(1), 1-8.

The study quantitatively analyze Indian dengue research output during the 10 years from 2003 to 2012, using Scopus international multidisciplinary database. The study focused on global publication output, share, rank, and citation impact of top 15 most productive nations, India's publications output, growth, global publication share and research impact, international collaborative papers share in national output and the share of major international collaborative partner countries in total India's international collaborative papers, contribution of various sub-fields and distribution by population age groups, productivity and citation impact of its leading Indian institutions and authors and Indian contribution in most productive journals. Indian contribution in dengue fever research consisted of 910 papers, which increased from 27 papers in 2003 to 193 papers in 2012, witnessing an annual average growth rate of 28.19%.Among the top 15 most productive countries, India holds second position in dengue fever research output, with global publication share of 10.22% during 2003-12. The average citation per paper scored by India was 3.27, the least among the top 15 most productive countries during 2003-12. India's share of international collaborative papers was 10.55% during 2003-12, which increased from 9.12% during 2003-07 to 11.13% during 2008-12. The present India's research efforts in dengue research are low in view of the 50,222 cases of dengue in 2012 alone. The country needs to increase its research output and also increase its research impact substantially particularly through enhanced national and international collaboration, besides evolving a national policy for identification, monitoring and control of dengue cases and also evolving a research strategy with sufficient funding commitment to solve this growing national problem.

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007307   Gupta B M;Adarsh Bala;Mueen Ahmed K K;Gupta R (Scientometrics Unit, National Institute of Science, Technology, and Development Studies, New Delhi-110 012) : Liver disorders: a scientometric study of publication outputs from India during 2003-2012. Int J Med Publ Hlth 2014, 4(1), 9-16.

Analyses were done on the Indian publication outputs on liver disorder research during 2003-2012, on several parameters, including contribution and citation impact of the most productive countries, India's overall contribution, its growth pattern, citation impact, the share of international collaboration, identification of the significant participating countries in India's international collaboration, contribution and impact of different types of liver disorders, productivity and impact of leading Indian institutions and authors, and pattern of communication of Indian output in most productive journals. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2003-2012) by searching with the keyword 'liver,' in the combined Title, Abstract, and Keywords field. The Indian publication's output in the liver disorder research consisted of 2380 articles during 2003-2012, which increased from 143 articles in 2003 to 378 articles in 2012, witnessing an annual average growth rate of 11.92%. The average citation impact per article registered by the Indian publications for liver disorder research was 4.68 during 2003-2012, which decreased from 6.43 during 2003-2007 to 3.71 during 2008-2012. The international collaborative share of India in the overall liver disorder research was 15.34% during 2003-2012, which increased from 12.65% during 2003-2007 to 16.84% during 2008-2012. Keeping in view the severity of liver disorders in India, there is a need to increase the investment in Research and Development (R and D) to bring about improvements in supportive care and a need to set up a Hepatitis Registry. Efforts must be made to develop state- and government-supported prevention and control strategies, including conducting mass awareness programs, formulation of universal guidelines for immunization, promotion of partnerships, development of an evidence-based policy, and development of programs for prevention of transmission, along with better financial and social support initiatives.

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006299   Zhao Z Y;Lei X P (NO, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, No. 15, Fu Xing Road, Hai Dian District Beijing 100038, China, Email: zhiyunzhao@istic.ac.cn) : Empirical analysis of the relationship between technology innovation and basic research. Curr Sci 2013, 104(6), 719-20.

This study analyses the relationship between technology innovation and basic research. Non-patent references analysis method is used and empirical analysis of China's biotechnology industry is done. Patent data are obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. The study shows that technology innovation in biotechnology relies more on basic research and it tends to be enhanced. The basic knowledge of technology innovation in biotechnology mainly comes from the papers of academic journals, among which America is the most important science source country to China. The study also shows that public science plays an important role in technology innovation in biotechnology.

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006298   Tayyab S;Boyce A N (Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ma, , 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Email: saadtayyab2004@um.edu.my) : Open access: good or bad. Curr Sci 2013, 104(7), 810.

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006297   Sheth P R (NO, , E-705/706 Kalp Nagri, Vaishali Nagar, Mulund (West), Mumbai 400 080, Email: parulrsheth@gmail.com ) : Publishing scientific information. Curr Sci 2013, 104(7), 816.

006296   Persson O;Dastidar P G (NO, Umea University, Sweden, , Email: prabirgd11@gmail.com) : Citation analysis to reconstruct the dynamics of Antarctic ozone hole research and formulation of the Montreal Protocol. Curr Sci 2013, 104(7), 835-40.

Ozone layer acts like a shield in safeguardingthe Earth by preventing the harmful ultraviolet radiations from enteringinto the atmosphere. Reported damageto the ozone layer in 1985 was a significant milestone in Antarctic science research. The research work played a significant role in generating international socio-political debate on this great environmental crisis. This article aims to reconstruct the intellectual developments in the field and identify important scientific events which contributed to the formulation of the world's most successful multilateral treaty, the Montreal Protocol. The dynamics of the research field was mapped using a newly developed indicator - weighted direct citations (WDC). The WDC value indicates intellectual closeness between two citations in terms of co-citations and shared references. Direct citations were weighted with shared references and co-citations to derive WDC values. An attempt was made to decompose the citation network of articles to identify significant activity layers. The work of J. C. Farman et al. (1985) and S. Solomon (1986), which are the top two most cited significant papers in the subject accounts for top WDC values jointly

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006295   Parveen Kumar (NO, S.A. Jain College, Ambala City (Haryana), Email: drparveenkumar@rediffmail.com) : Bibliometric analysis of journal of Indian library association (2007-2011). Inf Stud 2013, 19(3), 171-80.

This study is to identify the number of articles published in the 'Journal of Indian Library Association' from the year 2007 to 2011. The research method adopted is Bibliometrics. The study covers the number of papers published, the number of references made, the authorship patterns and average length of paper published etc. All the points discussed in the study will be helpful for its further development. The analysis showed that only 2(2.81%) research paper were contributed by more than four authors. It also reveals that out of 71 research papers only 3(4.22%) research papers have no citation. Only single author from foreign country contributed in the journal during the period.

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006294   Ogulana E K;Okunlaya R O A (Nimbe Adedipe Library, Federal Univ of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria) : Indices of job stress and job satisfaction among academic librarians in selected federal uiversities in south West Nigeria. Inf Stud 2013, 19(3), 157-69.

Librarians all over the world like other professionals experience stress caused by different factors highlighted in this study. The study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among a population of 87 librarians. Descriptive survey research was used. Job stress levels were assessed using the Job Stress Scale (JSS) adapted from Stress Indicators Scale (2007) and job satisfaction levels were measured using the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire of Linz, (2002) and graded by Likert scale with degree of agreement range between low to high (1-5). This research was designed for the librarians employed in the libraries in South West Nigeria. Data were collected through the questionnaire designed and were subjected to statistical analysis using simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics and Scheffe post-hoc analysis. The study revealed that the mean scores for satisfaction were low for workplace characteristics. Female librarians had significantly lower job satisfaction (mean job satisfaction score difference = 12.2; 50.5%, p<62>0.05), as compared to their male counterparts (mean job satisfaction score difference 21.0: 49.5%, p<60>0.05); and a positive correlation was found between job satisfaction and librarians' job stress (r = 0.69, a < 0.05). The findings also revealed that majority of the librarians had low job satisfaction level and higher levels of job stress. These results have implications for addressing job stress and job satisfaction in academic libraries.

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006293   Lone M I (Allama Iqbal Library, Kashmir Univ, Srinagar-190 006, Email: lishaq@kashmiruniversity.ac.in) : Cybercrime in India: a study, 2007 to 2011. Inf Stud 2013, 19(3), 139-56.

Cybercrime came as a byproduct of computer and internet technology. With the invention of World Wide Web (www) cybercrime became widespread and now more advances in virtual world (Web 2.0) has multiplied the challenges geometrically. This type of crime is mostly committed by the young tech savvy's either due to unawareness of their criminal conduct or enthusiasm of doing something different. In this study growth pattern of various cybercrimes is discussed along with the cybercrimes committed against women in India. The study shows how cybercrimes of different types have increased tremendously in India. The study highlights provisions in the Law and awareness measures that need to be taken at community level about such laws to act as a deterrent.

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006292   Karthika Renuka D;Visalakshi P (Information Technology Dep, PSG College of Technology, ) : Latent semantic indexing based SVM model for email spam classification. J scient ind Res 2014, 73(7), 437-42.

Internet plays a drastic role in part of communication nowadays but in e-mail, spam is the major problem. Email spam is unwanted, inappropriate or no longer wanted mails also known as junk email. To eliminate these spam mails, spam filtering methods are implemented using classification algorithms. Among various algorithms, Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used as an effective classifier for spam classification by various researchers. But, the accuracy level is not up to notable level so further. To improve the accuracy, Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) is used as feature extraction method to select the suitable feature space. The hybrid model of spam mail classification can provide the effective results. The Ling spam email corpus is used as datasets for the experimentation. The performance of the system is evaluated using measures such as recall, precision and overall accuracy.

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006291   Jayasundara C (NO, Fiji National Univ, P.O. Box 7222, Nasinu, Fiji, Email: ul@fnu.ac.fj) : Drivers of customer satisfaction in libraries: a case study of the FNU libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 304-13.

Although the provision of facilities and staffing at Fiji National University (FNU) Libraries appear to be adequate, there seems to be less emphasis on quality service delivery in the customers' eyes. This study therefore aimed to establish service quality determinants, which may have good relationship with customer satisfaction in FNU libraries. Invention of quality determinants were derived upon a comprehensive methodology consisting of three methods. First, 68 determinants were generated through the existing literature, and then these determinants were reviewed by focus groups and 39 determinants were identified as applicable determinants in FNU libraries. In addition to that 7 determinants were found by focus group discussions which are very specific to the FNU and which cannot be found from the prevailing literature. The focus groups were used as the key method for selecting the appropriate determinants. Finally, the content and face validity of these determinants were evaluated by a panel of experts to identify the most appropriate determinants and produced 37 determinants in the FNU library system. This study provides a useful device as a reference tool for library professionals and policy makers to gauge the levels of overall user satisfaction and setting up a quality assurance scheme in Fijian university libraries.

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006290   Hossain M J;AnwarulIslam M;Saadi M S (Information Science and Library Management Dep, Dhaka Univ, Bangladesh, Email: jaberhdu@gmail.com) : Evaluating users' experience of service performance using SERVPERF scale: a case study of some private university libraries in Bangladesh. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 249-59.

The central purpose of this paper is to explore and evaluate users' experience of service performance of four private university libraries in Bangladesh. For primary data collection, the study used a 26-item instrument based on five dimensional modified version of SERVQUAL scale. Respondents indicated their degree of opinions on a 7-point Likert-type scale in the three column format. SERVPERF scale (perceptions scores) was applied to explore the service performance. To evaluate existing service performance, the study develops a Service Performance Matrix (SPM) using SERVPERF scale. Result shows that services of IUB library at a large scale (twenty items) and EWU library at a limited scale (three items) are perceived with better performance. The other service items of these university libraries are seeking immediate improvement, which is equally implied for the whole service items of NSU and BRACU libraries. The SPM method used in this study may acts as a more comprehensive performance assessment tool for the librarians to determine the level of service performance, and to maintain the order of improvement priorities for the service items.

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006289   Gupta J;Khare V P (NO, Mody Institute of Technology & Science (Deemed Univ), Lakshmangarh-Sikar (Rajasthan), Email: jyoti.2829@yahoo.com) : Application of bradford's law of scattering to is doctoral theses: Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India. Inf Stud 2013, 19(3), 181-200.

This paper examines the pattern of citations by the researchers of Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, applying Bradford's Law of Scattering. The study covers 255 periodicals with 2953 citations collected from 35 doctoral theses till the year 2010. The time span 1986-1995 was the most productive years of cited periodicals. Contributions of journals are from USA, and the most cited journal is IASLIC Bulletin. Applying the Bradford Law of distribution to find out the core journals in the field of Library and information science. The journal distribution pattern of the LIS doctoral theses does not fit the graphical Bradford's distribution pattern. The distribution of journals was in three zones and the number of references in each zone calculated as 3: 26: 226. The value of Bradford multiplier is 8.55. The applicability of Leimkuhler model was also tested. The x^{2 value was 0.419, which is less than the 219.025 the table chi-square value at 5% significance level.}

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006288   Egunjobi A F;Salisu T M;Ogunkeye O (NO, Tai Solarin University of Education, IJebu-Ode, Nigeria, Email: megunjobi@yahoo.com) : Academic profile and career choice of fresh undergraduates of library and information science in a nigerian university of education. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 296-303.

The choice of a career is very essential in learner's academic endeavour. This study investigated the academic profile and career choice of fresh undergraduates of LIS(Library and Information Science) in a Nigerian University of Education. The study sought to find out the academic profile and the preferred course chosen by the undergraduates, as well as the perception of the undergraduates about LIS. A total of 120 newly admitted undergraduates in the Department of LIS, Tai Solarin University of Education, (TASUED) Nigeria were purposively chosen. Data was gathered using an instrument tagged Perception of New Entrants about LIS/Profession(PERNELIS). All questionnaires administered were returned and found useful for the study. The entry academic profile indicated that 113(94.3%) and 109(93.4%) of the undergraduates had at least a credit or more in the mandatory subjects i.e., English and mathematics. Also, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) score revealed that most of the undergraduates had above 200 i.e. 88(72.5%) over a total score of 400 while the Post-UTME results indicated that majority or 70(58.3%) of the undergraduates had between 13-25 on an overall scale of 100. Furthermore, the study found out that undergraduates were influenced to study LIS based on their interest(55.0%) hence 40(33.3%) and 55(45.8%) undergraduates choose the course LIS as their first and second choices respectively. The study therefore recommends sustained and continuous awareness about LIS in order to ascertain that LIS schools are not dumping ground for low intelligent quotient (IQ) undergraduates.

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006287   Daudu H M;Zakari Mohammed (Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello Univ Zaria, Nigeria, Email: hmdaudu@yahoo.com) : Information dissemination, access and utilization for socio-economic empowerment of rural people in northern states of Nigeria. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 235-41.

Rural people in northern states of Nigeria are those whose main occupation is subsistence farming. They exhibit a relatively higher rate of poverty than their counterparts in the urban areas. Therefore, they need information that can empower them to fight poverty and other social vices. The objective of the study was to identify the types of information required, channels available and used to disseminate information to the rural people. Two research questions were raised and answered, and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested using chi-square. Descriptive research method was used and questionnaire was the instrument used to gather data. The study revealed that the information required by rural people in northern states of Nigeria was information on agriculture, bank loans, poverty alleviation programmes and any other information that can raise their socio-economic status. It further revealed that the channels available and used for the dissemination of the information were not adequate. It was suggested among other things, community information centres (CICs) for rural people be established and that state public libraries should use the CICs to disseminate information through the Local Government Information Units.

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006286   Dash J N;Parida B (NO, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Sainik School, Bhubaneswar-751 005, Email: jndash@gmail.com) : Diffsion of medical journals analysed through citations. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 242-8.

Impact Factor (IF) is a popular bibliometircs and scientometrics tool for assessing the performance of scholarly journals. But there are many national journals from developing and under developing countries which are not indexed by SCI and are without IF. National journals play a vital role for a country. It is suggested that the performance of a journal cannot be measured by a single indicator. Diffusion of information is a basic notion of publications and citations. So diffusion study has been used to measure the influence of a journal. In this study two Indian non-SCI medical journals, viz., Indian Journal of Cancer and Journal of Communicable Diseases were selected for diffusion measure. New JDF and equivalent IF is calculated using citations data. Data is collected from Elsevier's SCOPUS database for the period of 2001-2010. It is found that there is improvement in Diffusion factors for both journals, but there is significant rise for Indian Journal of Cancer. As Journal of Communicable Disease is cited by more number of countries than Indian Journal of Cancer, so the former is more international in nature. Generally they have published papers mostly from India, but number of foreign authored papers has been increased in IJC. Open access of IJC may be one of the factors for better performance.

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006285   Bhardwaj R K;Ram S (NO, St Stephen's College, New Delhi, Email: shriram2576@gmail.com) : Mapping of indian research output n osteoporosis. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 276-83.

This study focuses on the Indian research output in osteoporosis, one of the leading causes of fractures and disability in the aged. The data for this study was obtained from Scopus database for the period 1973-2012. The study revealed that USA is the most productive country on osteoporosis research with a global share of 27.21% publications. Indian researchers have contributed 921(1.02%) papers in osteoporosis research. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehli is most productive institution in India on osteoporosis research. It has contributed 8.40% of the total research output and India's highest research collaboration has been with United States (6.08%) during the period of study. Osteoporosis International (21 papers; IF-4.58) is the most productive journal publishing Indian osteoporosis research and N. Chattopadhyay (25 papers, 12.12%, h-index 12) from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow is the most productive author in osteoporosis research.

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006284   Bhardwaj R K;Madhusudhan M (NO, St. Stephen's College, Delhi-110 007, Email: raajchd@gmail.com) : Open access legal information sources and their use by students of National Law University. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(4), 314-19.

This article identifies various open access resources that are popular among legal community in India. The findings of the study reveal that majority of respondents are aware of open access resources. The main purpose of using these resources are for case law searching. Majority of the respondents have stated that legal information available in open access resources are not organized properly and was a hindrance in usage.

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005262   Tayyab S;Boyce A N (Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty fo Science, Malaya Univ, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Email: saadtayyab2004@um.edu.my) : Impact factor versus Q1 class of journals in world university rankings. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 417-19.

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005261   Sivasubramanian V;Nikam K (NO, , ) : Problems in human resource management in university libraries in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu: a comparative study. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 21-34.

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005260   Prathap G (NO, CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resou, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Top Indian higher education institutions and the leiden and scimago rankings. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 407-8.

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005259   Pawar B V;Sharma A K;Mahajan K B;Bhavsar R P (NO, , ) : Application of Information technology (IT) in governance, tourism, learning and agricultural science. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 43-52.

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005258   Pandey A;Sharma G P (Environmental Studies, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: gyanprakashsharma@gmail.com) : Plant invasion researches in India: how long do we have to wait for appropriate management options?. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 408-9.

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005257   Ogbonyomi A L (NO, , ) : Role of the public libraries in the distance learning programme. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 35-42.

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005256   Nirachanon A;Smith D R (Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol Univ, Salaya Campus, 25/25 Phuttamontol Sai 4, Salaya, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand 73170, Email: duncan_r_smith@hotmail.com) : Simple method to map an institutional research landscape using cytoscape. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2013, 10(1), 85-8.

Research institutions are organizations that are traditionally composed of a number of researchers either working independently or as part of small clusters (such as research groups) within the institute. While there are a number of methods to evaluate the contribution of individuals to the overall research productivity of an institute, these methods tend to be relatively static, and may fail to accurately represent the nature of the institution. This study describes the application of a well established biological interaction program, Cytoscape, to allow visualization of the interaction of the individual researchers and show that by weighting the information with collaborative link strengths and output data or citation data, it is able to produce a picture of the `research landscape' of an institution. The data can be easily updated and can provide a continual picture of the activity of a research institute or other organization. In particular this system is adaptable to use without subscription to potentially expensive databases which may be unavailable to workers in smaller institutions or those in developing nations.

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005255   Eguavoen O E L;Eniola (NO, , ) : Relevance of library and information services for the visually impaired. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 53-60.

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005254   Chaddah P (NO, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore-452 001, Email: chaddah@csr.res.in) : Research publications and templates for incremental research. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 405.

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005253   Bhattacharjee A K;Mukherjee S;Bhaduri A (NO, RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, Email: arupk.b@gmail.com) : Usage of ICT by technical teachers in West Bengal colleges. Ultra Scient phys Sci-Sect B 2013, 25(3), 412-14.

Technical education in the developing countries like India is experiencing a major transformation in last two decades. And this transition is highly credited to the developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the country. The importance of 1CT in technical education will continue to grow as every sector is moving rapidly into digital age. In this paper we have tried to present findings of using computers in different technical colleges by the teachers. We describe our work based on different age group and their use of computers based on purpose like educational, social networking etc. We also surveyed based on average number of hours to access the computers and access to internet.

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005252   Bamji M S (NO, , 211, Sri Dattasai Apartments, RTC Cross Road, Hyderabad-500 020, Email: msbamji@gmail.com) : Dual-use dual-impact life science research. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 406-7.

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005251   Balaram P (NO, , ) : Open access: tearing down barriers. Curr Sci 2013, 104(4), 403-4.

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005250   Adechea Peji E (NO, , ) : Problems of writing and publishing for life-long learning. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 11-20.

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005249   Abraham J (NO, , ) : Knowledge management : opportunities and challenges for library & information professionals. Int Libr Movement 2013, 35(1), 1-10.

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004196   Kannadas P;Anand V A (Management Studies Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai, Tamil) : Linkage between information systems in SMEs and the performance of firms: a causal path analysis. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2013, 9(2), 44-52.

Rapid technological developments, shorter product life cycle, greater expectations of customers and globalization lead to many consistent developments in the business operations. An effective information system is needed to cope with the changes in the environment. SMEs in India should understand the facts and benefits flowing from the linkage between the implementation of Information Systems (IS) and the Performance of Firms. The present study was conducted among the SMEs in Madurai District. The findings of the study reveal that there is a direct influence of system quality, information quality and service quality of IS on the users 'satisfaction which has a direct influence on the firms' performance. The indirect influence i.e., through users' satisfaction, was higher than the direct influence of all qualities in IS. Hence the study suggests that the quality of IS should focus on the users' satisfaction at first, so that it will generate the firm's performance automatically.

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003167   Yang Z K;Lin D M;Xu M Z (NO, Dalian Univ of Technology WISE Lab School of Public Administration of, Linggong Road Dalian 116024, China, Email: yandyang@gmail.com) : The re-applicability explore of Lotk's law in patent documents. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2014, 8(1), 183-91.

Lotka's Law has always been attracting much attention in academia ever since its appearance and its applicability in literature has already gained verification. On the basic of former studies, this paper works at re-testing the applicability of Lotka's Law according to the massive data of the distribution of inventor productivity in patent literature. The result proves that Lotka's Law shows favourable applicability in patent literature. Meanwhile, it reveals that power-law distribution which dominates the three basic laws of literature metrology is also applicable to patent documents.

2 illus, 2 tables, 12 ref

003166   Wang H;Xiao J (NO, WISE Lab Dalian Univ of Technology Dalian 116023 Liaoning Province, China, Email: wanghl@dlut.edu.cn) : Effects of knowledge network modularity on the utility of inventions semiconductor industry. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2014, 8(1), 141-52.

This paper aims to examining the effects of knowledge networks modularity on the utility of inventions at industrial level empirically. Based on USP-TO semiconductor-related patent data from 1976 to 2000, it first measures the modularity of knowledge networks and utility of inventions quantitatively, and then examines the relation between modularity and utility of inventions using Granger causality test. It is found that a long-term and stationary relationship between knowledge network modularity and the utility of innovation in the semiconductor industry and knowledge network modularity has a positive effect on the utility of inventions.

4 illus, 5 tables, 24 ref

003165   Vasishta S;Dhanda M K (NO, Central Library PEC Univ of Technology, Sector 12, Chandigarh-160 012, Email: seema313@gmail.com) : Assessing users satisfaction with information resources and library services: a survey of PEC University of technology, Chandigarh. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(1), 27-40.

Describes the results of a user assessment survey which acts as a guide to improve the collection and services of PEC library. The purpose of present library survey is to evaluate satisfaction of users over currently available resources; services being rendered and to assess the future information needs of the users of PEC Library. A well-structured questionnaire was distributed among the users of PEC library during the session 2O1O-11 and analyzed. Most respondents were somewhat or very satisfied with overall library services and staff performance; moderately satisfied with the print collection; and least satisfied with electronic collection. Some suggestions to raise the satisfaction level of users by providing need-based services are also provided based on the study. The outcome and recommendations are highly useful in guiding the library both strategically and operationally in designing a platform that reflects the users' need in context to deliver information resources and library services of PEC University of Technology.

1 illus, 18 tables, 18 ref

003164   Uma V (IGM Library, Univ of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500 046, Email: vulib@uohyd.ernet.in) : Use of online databases by faculty and research scholars in science at university of Hyderabad and Osmania university. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(1), 1-15.

This report is a study on the use of online databases in the order of priority and ranking of databases by the faculty and research scholars of - University of Hyderabad (UOH) and Osmania University (OU) both located in Hyderabad, India. The findings indicate that the user communities of both the universities are familiar with the use of e-resources. 67.5% of UOH users and 64.4% of OU users agree that e-resources provide information for their research work without visiting the libraries. Highly used online database in both universities put together are found to be Science Direct. The important databases other than Science Direct are Scifinder, SCOPUS, Science Online, Biological Abstracts, American Chemical Society etc. with little variation in use in the two universities. The data bases which are less used are Mathscinet, Taylor and: Francis, AIP, RSC, Blackwell Synergy, J-Gate etc. Extent of University wise use of online databases is described. Similarly extent of university wise non-use has also been worked out. ANOVA test for all the online database has been done. But the variations in their use are depicted and it is tested with statistical ANOVA one way test to know the mean ranking and also to know the consistency in their use. Recommendations to improve the use of online database in the university libraries are suggested.

2 illus, 11 tables, 17 ref

003163   Thappa D M (Dermatology and STD Dep, JIPMER, Pondicherry-605 006, Email: dmthappa@gmail.com) : Looking forward and looking backward - making impact with impact factor. Indian J Derm Vener Lepr 2014, 80(1), 1-3.

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003162   Savithry T K;Gopikuttan A (NO, Mahatma Gandhi Univ Library, Kottayam-686 560, Email: savithrytk@gmail.com) : Research productivity of scientists of the centre for earth science studies, Trivandrum: a scientometric analysis. Kelpro Bull 2014, 18(1), 68-77.

Study is based on Journal publications of the scientists of Centre for Earth Science studies (CESS), Trivandrum during the years 1997-2O11. The data was collected from the international multidisciplinary database 'Scopus'. There were 182 research papers published during 1997-2O11. Analysis showed that growth of publication is not steady and scientists work in collaboration. Degree of collaboration is O.95. Most productive scientist is found to be Rajendran, C.P. As in the case of other scientific disciplines, in this study also journals are the most preferred communication channel. More percentage of papers are published in foreign journals than Indian. They prefer to publish their papers from journals from USA. Current Science is the most preferred journal and they gave second preference only to journals in their own field. Total number of 182 papers are scattered in 78 journals and it does not fit into the Bradford's distribution pattern.

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003161   Savanur K;Devi S G;Konnur P V (NO, Rani Channamma Univ, Vidyasangama Bhootramanahatti, Belagavi, India, Email: kiranpsavanur@gmail.com) : Lotka's law and authorship distribution in the journal of 'Columbia law review'. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2014, 8(1), 193-208.

This paper examines the validity of Lotka's law to authorship distribution on the subject Area "LAW". In the process, we chose to consider the articles published under Columbia Law Review (CLR) since from its inception i.e. during 1901-2012 for the study. Lotka's law constituting the most significant bibliometric law is applied and tested using various methods like Sen's Method, Pao's Method, and Maximum Likelihood Method and finally verified through Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test. The Hypotheses is thus tested with these measures for its validity and it is found that the values of exponent n and constant c obtained through Pao's Method is par with the observed values and hence, the Pao's method is suitable to adopt, to test, the validity of Lotka's Law for the Legal Research Area with Scholarly content published in the Columbia Law Review.

1 illus, 4 tables, 20 ref

003160   Sangam S L;Mogali S S (Library & Information Science Dep, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003, Email: slsangam@yahoo.com) : Mapping of Indian social science literature. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2014, 8(1), 61-80.

In this paper an attempt has been made to map social science literature. The mapping of knowledge domains has been done in order to understand the positions of its various subfields and their relative position. The Social Science forms a very vast field and comprises many of sub-fields or disciplines. The different schemes of classification systems have been used to locate the position of each subject which comes under social science namely DDC, CC, UDC, and Web of Science. The visual representation of the same has been depicted in order to understand the relation of each sub- disciplines of social science. The modeling Growth of articles, Author Productivity, Collaborative measures, Ranking of Journals and Productivity of Institutions and other indicators have been used to map the literature.

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