018981   Babel P;Vyas S D (NO, Wisdom Library, Banasthali Univ, -304 022, Email: praveenbabeludr@gmail.com) : Utilization of information technology resources and services in academic libraries of Rajsthan: a user study. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2012, 25(3-4), 171-83.

Purpose of this paper is to investigate the current state of utilization of IT resources and services in academic libraries of deemed universities of Rajasthan State in India. The perception of users for availability and effectiveness of these resources and services has been measured with evidence through survey. Questionnaire followed with personal interview is the method chosen for data collection in this study. For analysis of data, we use SPSS software package and use percentage analysis. The study reveals that users agree to the role of information technology. They want to access more resources, but they face the problems of lack of ICT infrastructure and limited computer literacy. The investigator finds that lack of awareness of the library professionals is the reason for underutilization of electronic resources. The study reveals that the lack of ICT infrastructure and limited computer literacy are the main reason for the underutilization of the resources. The authority of the universities should organize user orientation programme in the beginning of the session and library professional should have a continuous professional development. This study is first of its kind on academic libraries of deemed universities of Rajasthan. It relies not only on data supplied by respondents, but also on verification by actual observation. It throws light on current status of the use of ICT facilities and level of information literacy in the users of these libraries, and tries to find the reasons behind their dissatisfaction.

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018980   Abraham J;Kennady I R (NO, Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed Univ, Gandhigram-624 302, Email: abraham_ggm@yahoo.co.in) : Total quality management in libraries: an overview. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2012, 25(1-2), 11-20.

Discusses total quality management, the quality approaches in libraries and the tools for measuring and documenting quality. It also reviews Total Quality Management (TQM), genesis, components, benefits of the application in library settings; lists usage of TQM principles, challenges in adopting TQM in libraries with the staff management and customer satisfaction.

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016904   Ziaur Rahman M;Bhattacharya U (NO, , ) : Doctoral theses in physics submitted to University of North Bengal: a pattern of citation analysis. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 13-20.

Study is based on 8,182 citations appended to 50 doctoral theses in Physics, submitted to the North Bengal University, Darjeeling, during 1987 to 2007, with an average number per thesis comes at a range of 163.64. The study of the citations is carried out with a view to ascertaining what types of documents are the most frequently used in the research process. The study indicates authorship trend was towards team works rather than a work in isolation. Single author contributions, even though shown a decreasing tendency, are still on stage. Chronological variation in the various characteristics of the cited literature was also examined. It is observed that most of the publications cited are articles in journals; the number of references to other kinds of documents such as books/ monographs, patents, conference proceedings, reports, and other theses is small; and references like official publications, press articles and Internet documents are rare. Among the citations from journal literature, majority are from foreign journals though the journals of Indian origin have also extensively used by the North Bengal University Physics researchers. Journals published in USA, India, Netherland and UK occupies premier positions while journals from other countries are also cited. The most frequently cited journal titles were the The Physics Letter, Physics Review A, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Crystal. The findings from this study could serve as a collection development, a model that libraries could use to identify the primary sources, budget planning, to guide collection maintenance and user services design in libraries.

016903   Vimala B;Dominic J (NO, , ) : Journal of American computing machinery: a citation study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 6-12.

This paper describes about the citation study on the Journal of American Computing Machinery. A Total of 10 volumes of the Journal of American Computing Machineries (2002-2011) have been taken for the study. The study included in analyzing the Year Wise and Volume Wise Distribution of Citations, Number of Citations in Articles, Quantitative Growth Articles by Volume, Cited Documents in the Journals, Authorship Patterns of Citations (Volume Wise) etc. The result of the study reveals that the general publication of articles in citation of the journals take the predominant representations role.

016902   Velmurugan C;Thavamani K (NO, , ) : Information use pattern of library resources among under graduate students of Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: a case study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 13-6.

Purpose is to investigate the information use pattern of library resources and related issues among undergraduate (U.G) students of Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology (RIT) at Chennai. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed but 120 were returned duly filled in. A structured questionnaire was designed for collecting data from the chosen sample group. The study covers the students undergoing their first year of engineering education from four departments and the study was limited to students from Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology (RIT), in Chennai. We examined and found that 97.5% of students were using library for study activities while 2.5% do not feel so. 65.83% of students were using the text books as the most consulted source whereas 34.17% were using Lecture Notes, Central Library and other sources. Majority (95.0%) of students were aware of search engines, while only 5.0% do not know what it means. 91.67% of students have opined that 'Google & Yahoo' are the most sought after search engines they have used. Also, the results indicated that the library and its resources can be expected to be used by the coming day generations and they are eager to learn everything. The study was aimed at identifying the needs and the level of awareness of the student community on networks such as internet and the like. A study based on the same topic among various colleges and universities and comparative study can be carried out. The data obtained were analyzed using Simple Percentile analysis to generate tables and to arrive at conclusion.

016901   Thirumagal A;Muthukrishnan A (NO, , ) : Online information seeking behaviour of users of district Central Library, Tirunelveli: a survey. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 26-8.

Object of this survey is to focus on the use of electronic information by the users of District Central Library, Tirunelveli. To-day, we are living in a world of internet. Internet enters every house of the world. More than half of activities of a man are being done by internet. Booking of a ticket for a bus or a train is done at home through internet. To apply for a job in Private or government, online application is required. All most, all results of school exams, Recruitment exams published in internet. In such a situation, public libraries are also expected to provide the readers to make use of online information. District Central Library providing the online information service to the readers since2005. The object of this survey is to examine the level of satisfaction realized by the readers regarding online Information service.

016900   Tamizhchelvan M;Dhanavandan S (NO, , ) : Federated search engines for online journals: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 48-52.

Search strategy in Information retrieval is important task to get proper results without wasting time. There were many developments in searching the articles or information from the internet. There are various search engines available to search e-journals, online databases. Federated search is new search technique to get one query with results from different online databases and online journals, etc. This paper made an attempt to identify the various tools available over the Internet.

016899   Sivasubramaniyan G;Batcha M S (NO, , ) : Use of E-resources by the faculty members of Pondicherry university and its affiliated colleges: an analytical study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 36-41.

Libraries are an integral part of any academic system. Of late, they become vigorous and purposeful as the present period is a period of digital libraries, electronic libraries and virtual libraries. These changes demand development of modern skills to both library professionals as well as users. The information that is available in digital form requires IT enabled infrastructure facilities for its handling. With out adequate infrastructure facilities, Universities and colleges can not share their resources and the services provided by the University in an effective way to its users. This paper discusses the provision of infrastructure facilities extended to library users especially to the faculty members of Pondicherry University and the affiliated colleges to access the e-resources of the library of Pondicherry University.

016898   Singh N K;Singh A;Foujdar P (NO, , , Email: navnits8@gmail.com) : Improving reliability in WSN by collaborating robust data aggregation and CRT-based packet forwarding technique. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(3), 165-72.

Aimed at combination of high performance and low computational complexity having reliability and energy efficiency as the main goal this paper provides a novel packet forwarding scheme for wireless sensor networks. This packet-splitting algorithm is based on the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) which is characterized by simple modular division between numbers of integers. Simplified protocol architecture is designed to make communication simple and efficient. The solutions elaborated for these network must be aimed at fair distribution or minimizing the energy and delay which determines the reliability of the system.

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016897   Shanmugamoorthi P;Kanakaraj M;Kathirvel R (NO, , ) : Utilization of E-resources by the users of arts and science colleges affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 5-14.

Present study describes the usage of e-resources by the users of Arts and Science Colleges affiliated to Bharathiar University. This study focuses on the place of access, mode of learning, search engines used, browser, search mechanism adopted and purpose of accessing the internet and e-resources by the faculty and students for their academic demand.

016896   Selvamani J (NO, , ) : Information use pattern of faculty of pharmacy colleges in Chennai: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 30-5.

This study investigated information use pattern of Faculty of Pharmacy colleges in Chennai. This study is based on survey method through questionnaire. Respondents were collected from nine pharmacy colleges, in Chennai. A total of 180 questionnaires were distributed and out of which 120 responded. It is concluded that advanced training for faculties at different levels should be started. The pharmacy educational institutions should provide new innovative document delivery services and better facilities to satisfy the needs of their pharmacy faculties in the electronic environment.

016895   Sarma K;Kalita B (NO, , ) : Job satisfaction of college librarians in Barpeta district of Assam: a case study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 31-5.

College libraries of Barpeta District are facing many problems owing to the lack of sufficient manpower and lack of infrastructure. As a result they cannot provide expected services to the users. The study intends to find out the job satisfaction of professional library staff working in the college libraries of Brapeta District of Assam and forwarded some vital suggestions.

016894   Rani T;Nagarajan M;Vanathi B (NO, , ) : Use of ICT based resources among faculty members and PG students of arts and science colleges in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 40-3.

This paper aims at analyzing use of ICT based resources and services by the faculty members and PG students of Arts and Science colleges. From the study the investigator is able to find out that most of the faculty members and PG students prepare E-Journals as the first source of information for keeping up to date information and study purpose. This study reveals that the majority of the faculty members and PG students are using ICT based resources more than 1 hour.

016893   Rajendraprasath S;Muthusamy C (NO, , ) : Information gathering habits of engineering college students in Chennai, Tamil Nadu: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 29-32.

Information is the very basis of human existence. Information is essential element for the progress of higher education. The main aim of this study was to find out the information gathering habits of students from different disciplines of Velammal Engineering College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. A well-structured questionnaire was circulated to collect the needed information from 9 Undergraduate engineering branches. This study examines several aspects of library use, including frequency of visiting the library, satisfaction with library hours, library collection and level of user satisfaction from library services, and cover the use of reference sources in the library. The study was conducted through survey by distributing questionnaires among 270 students and 91% of students responded.

016892   Parveen Kumar (NO, , ) : Application of library intranet services at Kurukshetra university, Kurukshetra. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 27-9.

This study explored the application of intranet services at Kurukshetra University with the help of quantitative method. It found that maximum users were using intranet on regular basis. Mostly users searched their information through title approach. Users faced slow speed problem during library intranet access. In addition, the study found a negative response from users regarding information access through intranet.

016891   Ogunlana;Okunoye;Ajani (NO, , ) : Mentoring and protege development among cataloguers in selected university libraries in Nigeria. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 6-12.

Study investigated the mentoring relationship among cataloguers in selected university libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. Data were collected via questionnaire from all the librarians working in cataloguing section of the selected university libraries. Results of the analysis showed that mentoring plays significant role in the prot‚g‚ career development; there exist relationship between mentor and prot‚g‚ attitude, between mentoring methods and perceived success. These finding were discussed with reference to relevant literature with their implications for both the mentors and prot‚g‚. The recommended that senior cataloguers need to put new and young cataloguers on the right path so that negative attitude, perception should be reduced, the mentee should understand that the mentoring relationship is about advancing his/her professional skills and knowledge, and meeting agreed upon professional goals, thus they should demonstrate commitment and both mentors and prot‚g‚ need to work at the mentoring relationship and the mentoring process.

016890   Nawarathne M;Singh A P (NO, , ) : Service quality and user satisfaction in Sri Lankan academic libraries: literature review. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 17-20.

It is beyond controversy that the libraries are for the benefit of the readers. The objective of a library is to produce better citizens, happier people and finally a better society. Libraries furnish information on all subjects, provide the means of self-education in order to help people to participate intelligently in society and give an opportunity of reading for pleasure as well as educational purposes. In the event we were to look back to hundred years, we would find these ideas quite unknown to that age, but in the modern age, library is an essential part of the educational resources. It has grown with the schools, colleges, and universities and shares with them the onerous responsibility for helping to maintain and to promote heritage, freedom and opportunity. A study of world history and civilization has evidence to prove that libraries in some form or other existed in all ages as a part of social fabric. Libraries can be classified into live groups. Firstly, there are national libraries, the main purpose of which is to collect and preserve books and other printed matter. Secondly, there are special libraries which deal with specific subjects for the benefit of special readers. Libraries of industries, firms, Government research organization and professional bodies come under this segment. Thirdly, there are public libraries which aim at providing reading materials for the community. Fourthly, there are private libraries which are owned and looked after by intellectuals. Finally, there are academic libraries for universities. Academic libraries are for research and educational needs of the students. Books and printed matters have a great place in life. They are the reliable and abiding companions in the pilgrimage of life. They give us both light and delight. The purpose of this paper is to investigate to explore the literature of service quality and user satisfaction of the academic libraries. It reviewed the knowledge contributions of previous studies in the area of Service quality and user satisfaction. The endeavour was to examine the extent of the knowledge contribution on this study.

016889   Nallathambi A;Kanakaraj M (NO, , ) : Utilization of E-resources among the faculty members of engineering colleges in Salem and Namakkal districts, Tamil Nadu. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 18-22.

Paper discusses the experiences in using electronic resources, time spent for using ICT based resources, places of highly accessing electronic resources, search engines used, satisfaction level of electronic resources, hindrances faced while accessing electronic resources and benefit of electronic resources by the faculty members of engineering colleges in Salem and Namakkal districts. The researcher has chosen 17 engineering colleges from the available 40 colleges, which are established during the years between 1966 and 2006. The majority of the respondent in the engineering colleges have used electronic resources daily.

016888   Mollah N (NO, , ) : Rural library as community information service centres at the villages. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 7-12.

Role of knowledge and information as inputs to development has been recognized and accepted beyond debate. In the age of Information Technology (IT) Revolution, information centres could prove to be the propellers of development in IT powered which fruits of development may take shape. Thus they may function as womb of developmental activities. Trickledown effect may certainly start from these information centres. It is thus quite obvious that rural libraries may play vital role to boost development by disseminating information related to agriculture, marketing, and health and hygiene etc. The rural libraries in West Bengal that are lying almost defunct in many cases may be reshaped as village information centre to meet the need of country men in west Bengal and other parts of India too.

016887   Mittal A;Sharma B K (NO, , ) : Familiarity and use of digital resources by the library users in agriculture universities of Himachal Pradesh: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 36-41.

With the application of ICT, library services have totally been changed. Library collection changed from traditional hard copy to digital or electronic form. Today users use the digital/e-resources like e-journals, databases, e-thesis, e-books etc. according to their needs and demands. So, libraries of agricultural university of Himachal Pradesh are also providing these services to their users according to their demands. Internet plays a vital role in providing digital resources to the users. It is essential that every user who wants to take the benefits of digital/e-resources should be familiar with the internet. Internet is a linker between the library and its users, which connects the users with the library resources. The study is an attempt to analyses the user's familiarity with the digital resources, its use by them and also examines the problems faced by them in using these resources in agricultural universities of Himachal Pradesh.

016886   Lalitha Bai R;Dominic J (NO, , ) : Mapping of citation analysis in economic journals. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 23-6.

This paper describes about the bibliometric study on citations in Economic Journals. A Total of 6 Volumes of Journals in Economics subject has been taken from 2000 to 2010 for the study. It includes 2326 articles and 82464 citations. The study included in analyzing the Year-Wise and Volume- Wise Distribution of Citations, Number of Citations in Articles, Quantitative Growth Articles by Volume, Cited Documents in the Journals, Authorship Patterns of Citations (Volume-Wise) etc. The result of the study reveals that the general publication of articles in citation of the journals take the predominant representations role.

016885   Kalilur Rahman H;Dominic J (NO, , ) : Theoretical framework for restructuring online public access catalogue (OPAC) for the new generation of users. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 33-9.

Library catalogues have embarked into a new world of chaos and begun to lose its value in information dissemination because of the profound impact of various factors which have taken place outside the library world. In this day, providing only bibliographic information is insufficient to meet the current demands of the users. OPACs should be able to give information, and also should be a vibrant and interactive tool. It should consist of many new components to raise the level of its patrons' expectations. This paper is the authors' final part of the research study. General features of OPACs were contemplated in the first part of analysis. In the second part of analysis, OPACs were compared with the features of Amazon and Google. Based on these two research studies, this paper proposes a comprehensive theoretical framework for restructuring the library catalogue to make it as a user-centred tool and to fulfil present pressing demands.The suggested framework covers both the cataloguing standards and the computer technology to uplift the proficiency of OPACs for the new generation of users.

016884   Jayaraman S;Subramanian B (NO, , ) : Information seeking behaviour of facuty members of Karpagam University in Coimbatore, India: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 21-5.

Purpose of this study is to identify the information channels used by the Karpagam University faculty members, information sources preferred by them, methods employed for getting the needed information and their library use pattern. A questionnaire was distributed to 160 faculty members and 132 filled questionnaires were returned, giving an overall response rate of 82.5%. Results show that most of the respondents seek information for preparing lectures. It is revealed that most of the faculty members used textbooks. Books were ranked as the most important source for teaching and research purposes. The internet had been almost universally adopted; they trace materials from the library via the internet. On the whole, respondents perceived Karpagam University library collections, services and facilities as adequate to meet their information needs effectively.

016883   Iyyakaden Manigandan;Jeyaraman S (NO, , ) : Global warming (Global and planetary change) 2001-2010: a bibliometric study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 13-7.

This bibliometric study on global warming literature aims at analyzing the research output performances of global warming literature. The analysis covers mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, subject-wise distribution of articles, average number of pages per article, the degree of collaboration, cited documents and the length of the article. The statistical data show a well defined trend of the global warming research.

016882   Halder S N;Chandra S (NO, , ) : Essentials of institutional digital repository in academic library: a case study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 1-5.

Present research covers a systematic study of Institutional Digital Repository in Jadavpur University. This study has shown that the large number of people needs a global awareness and understanding of institutional digital repository and different aspects associated with it, such as, software, sources for user's awareness, motivators for developing a repository, demand of the users in changing paradigm from traditional to digital environment, etc. In the present days, libraries are also adopting the latest technologies to provide best possible services in user friendly form. This paper also describes the potential role of institutional repositories and its easiness and simplicity of use are attracting more patrons to the use of institutional repositories. Only a wide range of user awareness is needed to proper usage of its beauty. Eventually, it is recommended that the library authority should continue to organise seminars, workshops and user awareness programme to educate potential users on the relevance of Institutional Digital Repository to the academic community.

016881   Dongre S K;Harmukh S (NO, , ) : IEEE transaction on semiconductor manufacturing (1998-2007): a bibliometric study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 1-6.

Bibliometric analysis of journals citations collected from IEEE Transaction on Semiconductor Manufacturing has been carried out to determine the use pattern of literature in the area. The study covers ten volumes (Volume 11-20) containing 40 issues of Semiconductor Manufacturing during the years 1998-2007. The data collected was recorded on to sheets with predesigned columns. All the required data like cost of journals, title of article, number of authors, number of pages, number of references and their forms were tabulated. The study indicates that research collaboration in the field of Applied Physics is becoming more collaborative than the solo research. This can be attributed to the interdisciplinary nature of the subject.

016880   Chaturvedi S;Srinivas K R (NO, The RIS-Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Core IVB-Fourth Floor, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003, Email: sachin@ris.org.in) : Science and technology indicators: new issues and challenges. Curr Sci 2012, 102(12), 1640-4.

Over the years the methodologies for collecting data on science and technology (S&T) and developing indicators based on the analysis of the data collected have been useful to policy makers and the scientific community as the indicators help in developing evidence-based policies, assessing the impacts of investments in S&T and identifying the strengths and weaknesses in the innovation systems. However recently, there have been initiatives to develop better indicators, improve the methodologies and identify what is more relevant in terms of policy making. This article provides an overview of these debates and related developments in the Indian context, with a focus on access, equity and inclusion aspects of S&T policy and how to integrate them in S&T indicators.

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016879   Belwal M C;Batcha M S (NO, , ) : Information access pattern of P.G. students and faculty members of G.B. Pant University of Agriclture and Technology: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 42-6.

Introduction, monitoring and management of Quality of Information Services is a benchmark for the performance of systems. The qualities of the data are essential to the acceptance of RIS services. Users will only rely on libraries which are an integral part of any academic system. The quality of data of RIS services can be expressed in terms of accuracy, reliability, age, correctness, completeness etc. The present article lights on the information seeking behaviour of P.G. Students and faculty members of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. The study focuses on the ICT facilities provided and the satisfaction level of users, quantum of time spent in libraries and the habit of visiting other libraries by the respondents.

016878   Balasubramanian P;Ramasamy G (NO, , ) : Information seeking behaviour of faculty members of private engineering colleges in and around Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 47-50.

Purpose of this study is to investigate the information needs, seeking behavior, purpose of seeking information and barriers met during seeking information by the faculty members working in private engineering colleges in and around Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The questionnaire was distributed randomly those who are working in private engineering colleges. Among 600 faculty members 504 respondents responded. Analysis showed that majority of the faculty members prefers World Wide Web as main source for accesing of information. 201 faculties visited the library once in a week. Just 19.25% of respondents spend more than half an hour time in the library. 312 respondents depended on the World Wide Web as the main sources for various information. Majority of the staff i.e. 478 respondents seeking information for preparing class notes. 409 respondents are having membership in special library. The faculty faced the common problem while seeking information i.e. unavailability of resources and information overload on gathering information from World Wide Web.

016877   Balasubramanian P;Baalachandran S;Swamidoss S (NO, , ) : Modernization programme in public libraries with reference to Tamil Nadu. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(2), 1-5.

Present article deals on modernization with programmes in public libraries with reference to Tamil Nadu. Modernization is a course that a library constantly applies to new technology by taking the computer as the core to replace manual operations so that it can meet the needs of society and serve better. Mechanization of library activities like acquisition, classification, cataloging circulation, maintenance and information retrieval which are labour intensive could be operated through computers. This study covers all the 30 district central libraries. Data has been collected both from primary and secondary sources. A sample of 300 users has been selected at the rate of 10 from each library on the basis of random sampling method. A structured, close-ended questionnaire was used in addition to interview technique and informal talk with users of library for the collection of first hand information. Simple statistical tools such as average, percentages, table's diagrams, trend and compound growth rate and chi-square test are used for analysis and interpretation of the data collected.

016876   Balasubramanian P (NO, , ) : Sources and services rendered to modern society by the British library. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(1), 44-7.

British Library is the United Kingdom's international organization of educational opportunities and cultural relations. In India the British council operates as a division of the British High commission and has offices in the four metro cities. The present Article studies mainly the sources and services rendered to modern society by the British library at Chennai. The other objective of the study is to collect information regarding the types of readers in British library, Chennai. The users include post graduate students, research scholars, faculty members, lawyers and common public; they formed the population of the study. A sample of 150 respondents has been selected on the basis of stratified random sampling method. There are different types of members such as silver, gold, gold plus, Diamond, Diamond plus and platinum. Apart from the finest Collection of books, the library has educational videos, periodicals and newspapers from the U.K. The British Library has extensive resources. The sources of information can be grouped under two categories (1) Documentary sources and (2) Non-documentary the secondary sources in the British library are Test books periodicals and reference sources. The British libraries provide various services to its users. They can be categorized as: Reference services, Reprographics Service, Clipping Service, Current awareness Services, online services, automated services and SMS alert services.

016875   Aravinthan M;Venkatesh G (NO, , ) : Resources and services in the nursing college libraries at Bangalore city, Karnataka. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2013, 3(2), 24-30.

Education is the transmission of civilization. Well educated and skilled people are key to creating, sharing and disseminating knowledge effectively. It is as old as the history of mankind. It forms the basis for the development and progress of individual and human society. Importance of human resources and the role of education in development have been well recognized. Education is considered as critical input for economic and social development. It is an instrument to imparting knowledge and training to people leading to their empowerment. Majority of the library were users are satisfied with the availability of textbooks and magazines followed by periodicals and general books. Inadequacy of electronic resources was stated by some users. The number of multiple copies is not enough. There should be more books by Indian authors. The users of the library were asked to indicate how nthey find required reading material and books. Majority of the users said it is by browsing through the shelves. Some said they consult the library staff and seek their help in finding books. Some students admitted that they take help from their class fellows. A few users said that they use catalogue to locate books. This infers that the methods followed by the students to find the required books in the libraries vary. Majority of the students who use the library stated that catalogue is not upto- date. A high percentage of library users follow the method of browsing and checking the racks and consulting the library staff.

015832   Thirumagal A (NO, Manonmaniam Sudaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-627 012, Email: librarian@msunniv.ac.in) : Osteoarthritis research growth during 2001-2012: a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(2), 81-92.

This paper deals with the biblliometric study on the publication of "Osteoarthritis" research. The records are collected from PubMed resource MEDLINE for the period of 2001 to Osteoarthritis 2012. Total number of record for this study was 31,465. Result of such studies may be very useful for the research administrators, policy makers and funding agencies. Osteoarthritis is a progressive disease, signs and symptoms slowly worsen over time. There is no chance to make we/I. However, available treatment may help with pain and swelling (inflammation), as well as keeping the patient mobile and active. The collected data were analysed with the help of 'Bibexcel tool.

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015831   Surinder Kumar (NO, National Informatics Centre, A-Block, CGO Complex, New Delhi-110 003, Email: suri@nic.in) : Establishment of institutional mechanism for building national repository in health sciences. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(3), 277-84.

National consolidation of published and unpublished literature in the field of biomedical sciences can play a major role in scholarly communication to help the end users in providing research published in the country. Institutional repositories are a good approach for a cost-effective publishing with a cooperation and participation of each institution for capturing, preserving, managing, and nurturing the discussion. In turn, metadata can be harvested centrally to access the digital information of common interest whereas individual libraries should able to preserve digital assets. Institutionalisation mode has been recommended for building national digital repository system for the country. The public funding should be provided to apex body so as to formulate the requisite policies for the spread of open access movement in the country and also formulate a long term sustainable model for building national level system in the country.

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015830   Singh N;Klingenberg A (NO, GB Pant Agriculture and Technology Univ, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Email: nshill6@gmail.com) : Information literacy and Germany: university libraries as activators of life-long learning. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(3), 265-76.

This paper discusses the role of university libraries in promoting and developing information skills of students activators of life-long learning. It defines information literacy and identifies major information literacy skills required by students, and highlights information literacy initiatives in India, particularly the role of agricultural university libraries in imparting information literacy courses as part of the course curriculum. It also discusses the information competency programmes of German universities and basic models of teaching information literacy skills by subject librarians at some German universities. The difficulties faced in incorporating information literacy into regular course curriculum are mentioned.

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015829   Saikia M (NO, Tejpur Univ, Assam, Email: mukesh@tezu.ernet.in) : Prospects of librarianship with reference to Northeast India. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(2), 108-14.

Defines librarianship and describes the major facets of librarianship i.e. users, resources and intermediary function of librarians. Discusses five laws of S.R. Ranganathan and its reinterpretations. Describes the scope of librarianship with reference Jo North East India and important qualities of librarian required to act a knowledge navigator as well.

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015828   Saha N C;Das S K;Sharma A K (NO, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Email: nimaichand.saha@visva-bharati.ac.in) : Contributions in the proceedings of PLANNER (2006-2010): a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(2), 93-107.

The present assesses the contributions of PLANNER (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) in terms of articles contributed by the authors in the last four conventions which was one of the exceptional initiatives of Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) for the North East, India. The ultimate aim of this paper is to highlight the total number of contributions year-wise, authorship pattern and analysis of citations which contains the bibliographic form of the cited documents and the rank list of the journals cited in all the four volumes. At the end, the paper has pointed out some of the major findings of the study which will enable to have an overall idea about the contributions in the proceedings of the last four PLANNERS.

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015827   Ratha B;Joshi L;Naidu G H S (NO, Devi Ahilya Univ, Indore, Email: bhu261@gmail.com) : Webometric study of IIT libraries websites. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(3), 249-54.

The paper presents an analysis of design and structure of the library websites of IITs. It found significant differences according to some important point of view such as the user supporting services, number of hyperlinks on home pages and whole websites, number of images, location of images, In-active links and web pages, etc. The paper finally looks the design and structure of the library websites of IITs.

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015826   Rahman M Z;Bhattacharya U (NO, Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri-735 101, Email: ziaurnbu@gmail.com) : Analysis of citation frequency of doctoral theses in zoology: a case study of North Bengal University. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(2), 115-28.

Study is based on 8,478 citations appended to 43 doctoral theses in Zoology, submitted to the North Bengal University, Darjeeling, during 1987 - 2007, with an average of 197.6 per thesis. The study of the citations is carried out with a view to ascertain the types of documents most frequently used in the research process. The study indicates that the authorship trend is towards team works rather than a work in isolation. Single author contributions, even though shown a decreasing tendency, are still on stage. Chronological variation in the various characteristics of the cited literature was also examined. It is observed that most of the publications cited are articles in journals; the number of references in other kinds of documents such as books/monographs, patents, conference proceedings, reports, and other theses are small; and references like official publications, press articles and Internet documents are rare. Among the citations from journal literature, majority arc from foreign journals though the journals of Indian origin have also extensively used by the North Bengal University Zoology researchers. Journals published in USA, UK and India occupies premier positions while journals from other countries are also cited. The most frequently cited journal titles were the Journal of Immunology, Indian. Journal of Experimental Biology. Advance Immunology. The findings from this study could serve as a collection development model that libraries could use to identify the, primary sources, budget planning, to guide collection maintenance and user services design in libraries.

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015825   Neelameghan A;Narayana G J (NO, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, Email: anm2002@vsnl.net) : Concept and expression of time: cultural variations and impact on knowledge organization part 2: socio-cultural differences. Inf Stud 2012, 18(2), 125-40.

Concept of Time is almost universal in all cultures, but there are significant differences among different societies/cultures in the manner in which Time is measured/calculated, expressed and used in daily life. Select examples of the concept of Time and expression of 'past', 'present', and 'future' in different cultures and life courses are briefly described in this essay.

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015824   Mudgal P P;Unnikrishnan M K (NO, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Univ, Manipal, Email: mkunnikrishnan@gmail.com) : Research and publication ethics. RGUHS J pharm Sci 2013, 3(1), 6-13.

Recent surge in India's scientific output, and the publication-driven authors' careers have together eroded the focus on ethical conduct in scientific practices. Consequently, there has been a significant rise in allegations of misconduct and retractions of papers from India. According to the US Office of Research Integrity (ORI), scientific misconduct essentially includes 'fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, conducting, or reporting research'. Unlike develoaped countries, India does not have a system of scientific policing that includes empowered regulatory bodies, well defined procedures for investigations, vigilance towards fraudulent scientific practices and awareness about basic codes of ethical scientific conduct. The Indian government, universities and research organizations should come together and frame laws that would not only keep vigil on the ethical legitimacy of scientific publications but also initiate appropriate punitive actions whenever there is a breach of scientific ethics. This article discusses the various aspects of scientific misconduct including the different definitions, interpretations, procedures for investigation and strategies for implementing a comprehensive system for investigating scientific misconduct and minimizing malpractices in the rapidly expanding arena of Indian scientific enterprise.

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015823   Mehta M H (The Science Ashram, Gujarat Life Sciences, Vadodara-390 016, Email: chairman@glsbiotech.com) : Future energy needs and renewable resources. Curr Sci 2012, 102(2), 157-8.

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015822   Kshitij A;Joshi K (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: padainash*h*@gmail.com) : Patent portfolio in terms of geographic distribution. Curr Sci 2012, 102(2), 157.

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015821   Jandoo T;Vedamurthy A B (NO, The Oxford College of Science, Bengaluru-560 012, Email: vedamurthy15@gmail.com) : Open access to scienific information. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(3), 255-60.

Open access journals are the one's which are available online to the reader without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet. Some of the scholarly journals are subsidised, and some require payment. However, a number of challenges remain, such as high and rising subscription prices to scientific publications, an ever-growing volume of scientific data, and the need to select, curate, and preserve research outputs. Open access benefits researchers, innovators, teachers, students, media professionals, and the general public. It promotes global knowledge flow for the benefit of scientific discovery, innovation, and socio-economic development.

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015820   Jain N C;Jacobs D (NO, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029) : Microbicides development-trends in original research published globally in Pub Med-indexed journals. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(3), 261-4.

Microbicides are compounds currently under development that would be applied topically to the vagina or rectum and would have the ability to prevent the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome. The study aims to explore the progress and foresight in microbicides development using research papers' analysis. The 317 records were downloaded from the PubMed with the search strategy: (i) "Microbicide [ti]" and (ii) "HIV prevention[ti] + methods[ti] + women[ti]" till November 2010. Majority of the papers (280, 88.33%) appeared during the recent decade (2001-2010). Of the 133 publishing journals, only four journals, viz., Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Antimicrob Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, and AIDS contributed one-fourths (80 papers, 25.24%) of the total papers published by researchers from 22 countries with US on the top of the tally. The recent decade has witnessed considerable growth in research output in this field while a successful microbicide still remains elusive. Leading countries in terms of research output like the USA, UK, South Africa, and India are those often directly affected by HIV. An international journal of microbicides R&D may emerge shortly to take care of the growing research in microbicides.

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015819   Hatua S R (Library & Information Sciences Dep, Rabindra Bharati Univ, Kolkata, Email: s.r.hatua@rbu.ac.in) : Job opportunities for library professionals: an analysis of advertisements published in Kolkata- based newspapers with special reference to the times of India, the telegraph and the Anandabazar Patrika during 2005-2010. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(2), 67-79.

With the growing market economy the job opportunity of librarian is increasing in West Bengal region, a state of Indian Republic. The librarianship as a professional course has been teaching more than hundred years in India and near about 75 years in West Bengal. Among 22 Universities in West Bengal, 7 regular Universities are producing a reasonable number of library professionals in various levels every year. These students are getting information about the vacancy through various sources. Daily newspaper is one of the important sources of these advertisements. This article has tried to find out how popular daily newspapers published from Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal handle the advertisement related to very special profession like Librarian in this region. This study has specially concentrated on two most popular English daily newspaper The Times of India, The Telegraph and one Bengali daily newspaper the Anandabazar Patrika. Data have been collected from all their editions since January 2005 to December 2010.

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015818   Benahal A R (NO, Information Resource Centre, Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., Divyashree Technopark, Kundalahalli Village, Whitefield, Bangalore-560 066, Email: arbenahal@yahoo.co.in) : Use of E-resources by academia: an analysis of literature from 1995-2010. Inf Stud 2012, 18(2), 105-24.

Societies are transforming from information societies into knowledge societies. E-resources play an important role by providing a convenient medium and fast access to a vast range of information. Present paper attempts to identify the trends in using E-resources by various user groups. Distribution of user studies are studied with respect to place of publication, resource-wise, type of user, purpose-wise, subject-wise, year of publication, time lag in publication, language-wise, publication-wise etc. The study shows that academics prefer to use e-journals over other e- resources and that both print and e-resources complement each other.

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014863   Walia P K;Gupta M (Library and Information Sciences Dep, Delhi Univ, II Floor, Tutorial Building, Delhi-110 007, Email: pkwalia2002@gmail.com) : Collection development in Delhi public library system (India): a case study. Inf Stud 2012, 18(1), 25-40.

This paper provides a brief overview of the collection of Delhi Public Library System (DPLS). The focus was to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the book collection in relation to the population of Delhi, the capital city, India. Questionnaire and interview methods were used to collect data about the collection, and collection development process. Additionally, annual reports and other documents were used for the purpose. The major findings of the study highlights that the DPLS has very low membership with respect to the total population of Delhi, DPLS has only 64883 registered members compared to the 16.75 million population of state, Rate of growth of the collection is also low. Access to internet resourced was started only in 2008, and now it is available in 9 units of DPLS.

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014862   Walia P K;Gupta M (Library and Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: pkwalia2002@gmail.com) : Web impact factor of select national libraries' websites. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 347-52.

Objective of this study is to examine the linking on websites of national libraries and to find out their web impact factor and amount of information present on these websites in the form of rich files. The methodology which is followed in this study is basically investigative in nature. For the purpose of analysing the link structure, data is collected in the month of December 2009, January 2010, April 2010, and May 2010. The research revealed that among the selected national libraries, websites of national libraries' of America, Australia and Britain were more visible and hosted the more content compare to the websites of India, Namibia, and South Africa. A short survey is conducted to find the number of functional national libraries websites in the world. Among the 163 countries (which have national libraries) 106 countries have the websites. In this study two national libraries are selected from each continents of the world except American continent.

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014861   Vijay Kumar P (NO, Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, Email: vijaykumar51@gmail.com) : Corporate social responsibility initiatives for promotion of public libraries. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(1), 29-31.

This article is intended to understand whether the corporate social responsibility initiatives of the corporates are improving the state of public libraries, it also seeks to understand whether corporates take initiatives proactively to promote public libraries, how the public and private sectors are lending their support to the public library movement, what will be the way forward, and opportunities ahead to tap CSR resources for developing the public libraries.

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