014810   Joshi A N;Konnur P V (NO, S.S. Basavanal Library, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003) : Collaborative repositories: under the light of five laws of library science. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(1), 63-8.

Paper deals with the concept of repository library and shows how the collaborative repository of academic libraries fulfill the parameters of five laws of Library Science.

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014809   Jayapriya R;Sivaraman P (Directorate of Distance Education, Library and Information Science Wing, Annamalai Univ, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, Email: d.g.nath008@gmail.com) : Forensic medicine research output: a bibliometric analysis. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2012, 2(2), 33-7.

This article focuses on the research output and growth of research on Forensic Medicine literature during 1981-2011. The data have been downloaded from the online published database of MEDLINE bibliographic format. The findings conclude that collaborative performance of authors compete single author contribution and the United States contribution is higher when compared to other countries contribution. The maximum outputs are articles published in journals.

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014808   Janet Jyothi I D;Tadasad P G (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnataka State Women Univ, Bijapur-586 109, Email: pgtadasad@indiatimes.com) : Bridging the digital divide: E-initiatives in Karnataka state. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(1), 39-54.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can create, disseminate, store, bring value and manage information in a way that few could have imagined. Technological change is the major contributor to the growth and development of the information society; e-learning, e-libraries, e-health, e-governance. etc. have become pillars of the information society. The present study briefly describes the various endeavours of the government and non government organizations in Karnataka state by creating E- initiatives projects to bridge the digital divide.

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014807   Jalal S K (NO, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi-835 215, Email: samirkumar@bitmesra.ac.in) : Comparative weblink analysis among top Indian, Asian and world universities. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(2), 131-40.

The article investigates the relationship among top ten world universities (TTWU), top ten Asian universities (TTAU) and top ten Indian universities (TTIU) based on the exploratory study of weblink analysis. Inlinks and outlinks analysis try to explore the relationship among these universities. The findings suggest that although TTIU are generating 3.71% outlinks to TTWU but receives only 0.67% inlinks from them. On the other hand, inlinks and outlinks to TTAU are far less than TTWU. An interesting result reflects that the percentage of inlinks and self-links for top ten Indian (30.51% and 69.49%) and Asian universities (31.45% and 68.55%) are less than top ten world universities (55.25% and 44.75%).

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014806   Isabella M;Mohamed-Esmail S;Nagarajan M (NO, , ) : Difference among staff and students in use of E-resources for their academic need: a study on pharmacy colleges in Chennai city. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(1), 6-9.

Depending upon the academic need of the staff and students the usage of the e-resources could be varied. The present study analyses the difference among the staff and students of Pharmacy Colleges located in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu. The 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.

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014805   Gupta B M;Har Kaur (NO, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : World glaucoma research: a quantitative analysis of research output during 2002-11. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(2), 98-106.

This study analyses the global publications output in glaucoma research during 2002-11 on several parameters. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2002-11) by searching the keywords "glaucoma or intraocular pressure". Among the top 15 most productive countries in glaucoma research, India ranks at 6th with global publication share of 3.26% and an annual average publication growth rate of 6.94%. Its global publication share has increased over the years, rising from 2.58% in 2002 to 4.81% in 2011. The average citation impact per paper registered by world publications in glaucoma research was 6.26 during 2002-11, which decreased from 7.54 during 2002-06 to 5.23 during 2007-11. In order to further improve the global research output and research quality, there is a need to promote research into glaucoma and delivery of glaucoma care and further intensify research collaboration among the leading countries. There is a need for primary care practitioners and policy-makers to evolve relevant policies for detection, diagnosis, management and prevention of glaucoma among patients.

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014804   Gupta B M (NO, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Bangladesh: a scientometric analysis of National Publications Output in S&T, 2001-10. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(1), 32-44.

This study analyses the research output of Bangladesh in S&T during 2001-10 on several parameters including its growth and country publications share in the world's research output, country publications share in various subjects in the national and global context, pattern of research communication in core domestic and international journals, geographical distribution of publications, share of international collaborative publications at the national-level as well as across subjects and characteristics of high productivity institutions, authors, and cited papers. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the publication data for 10 years. It concludes that Bangladesh needs to increase its output and bring about improvement in the quality of its research efforts further.

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014803   Gayathri Devi S;Navalgund C U (NO, National Law School of India Univ, Bangalore, Email: http://www.plagiarism.org) : Plagiarism- a rising degree of plague questioning ethics, policies and technology. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(1), 69-73.

This article attempts to bring out the importance of plagiarism in this information age. Its devastating effect especially in an academic environment is delineated.

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014802   Garg K C;Suresh Kumar (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Gate, New Delhi-110 012) : Citation impact of 'letter to the editor' published by Indian scientists in journals indexed by science citation index expanded (SCIE). DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(1), 73-8.

Analysis of letters published by top 10 publishing countries in journals indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) during 1987-89, 1997-99 and 2007-09 indicates that the letters published by developed countries including China have declined as proportion of their total output. The number of letters published by Indian scientists has remained constant during the three blocks. These letters were scattered in a large number of journals published from advanced countries of the world and India. The letters came from more than 1000 institutions located in different parts of the country. The highest number of letters was published in the discipline of medicine and the letters published in the field of chemistry had the highest Relative Citation Impact (RCI).

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014801   Ganaie S A (Library & Information Science Dep, Kashmir Univ, Srinagar-190 006, Email: shabirku@gmail.com) : Health science information system in the curriculum in LIS schools in North Indian Universities. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(2), 99-103.

Information has gained importance in every sector of societies and health sector is not an exception. Health science professionals need information for conducting their activities related to human care, academic and research pursuits, thus providing library and information support to the health professionals has gained importance. Different health science information systems are associated with health-related institutions like medical colleges, hospitals etc. For managing these information systems on professional and scientific lines, library professionals play an important role. Realising the importance of LIS professionals in health sector, departments of library and information science have introduced different specialised papers. Health science information system is one such specialisation introduced in the library and information science discipline with the aim to produce competent professionals with sufficient skills, knowledge and attitude for managing the libraries and information systems in the health sector. The different components of the curriculum of health science information system is the focus of the present paper. Challenges posed to health science information professionals by the changing information landscape are also highlighted.

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014800   Finquelievich S;Rodriguez E (CONICET, Research Institute Gino Germani, Buenos Aires Univ, Argentina, Email: sfinquel@gmail.com) : Investing in future: digital information preservation proposal of public policies for South America. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 313-20.

The goal of this paper is to identify the current policies for the preservation of digital information in South America, and to contribute proposals for the development of national and macro-regional strategies and policies. This document is based on a collaborative research, carried on by way of a survey of relevant publications, both locally and internationally, completed with interviews with key informers. The research has implied reviewing relevant existing documents in the field of information society planning, legislation, policies and declarations; diverse countries' expertise in the field of information society planning and legislation regarding the preservation of digital information (explicit national digital agendas; national, regional and local information society policies; national and regional legislative measures; etc.); and relevant national and international documents in the field of preservation of digital information planning, legislation, policies and declarations.

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014799   Elaiess R (NO, , ) : Evaluating the usability and efficiency of the national oil corporation- digital library in Libya. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(1), 50-4.

This paper presents a preliminary discussion on some of the results from a survey aimed to explore, describe and explain some of the usability characteristics in digital library evaluation in the Libyan context. The study is framed in the evaluation of a bilingual digital library: The National Oil Corporation (NOC) - Digital Library in Libya. It is worth mentioning in this context that this study is the first of its kind to address evaluation issues in the context of Arabic language and it is limited to evaluate the effectiveness of the design of the prototype digital library which was designed using Greenstone digital library software. This paper discusses the evaluation of the prototype and reviews the analysis of the questionnaire, which was used for gathering data pertaining to the digital library that was built. The paper intends to discuss the methodology used for evaluating the prototype digital library, the framework, and the steps implemented to reach the final goal. Users' opinions and views on the digital library are also presented in this paper. Evaluating the prototype digital library is considered an important stage towards developing a full-scale NOC digital library.

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014798   Dutta B;Dutta C (Library & Information Science Dep, Vidyasagar Univ, Midnapore, West Bengal, Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com) : Concept of 'subject' in the context of library and information science from a new angle,. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(2), 78-87.

The concept of subject as expounded in library and information science (LIS) has been interpreted here from the standpoint of the concept of word in linguistics. Both the concepts have been thoroughly reviewed. It has been observed that the concept of subject so long conceived by different researchers in LIS is basically preceded by the concept of document. The description of subject, therefore in most cases, by default becomes incumbent within the concept of document. Since the document is a macroscopic entity, therefore document-dependent description of subject naturally portrays a macroscopic layout of the same. This paper attempts to develop a document-independent description of subject, which is based on semantically-related words within the domain of appropriate context. According to this new description, the subject would eventually become definable as sets of well-defined and semantically-related words that may be regarded as microscopic description. It has also been found out that the seed of document-independent and word-based definition of subject was already sown in the concept of semantic field, a domain under the subject linguistics. This concept was incepted by Trier and subsequently modified by Lehrer. It has been logically established that the idea of foci incepted by Ranganathan and the idea of semantic field incepted and modified by Trier and Lehrer respectively are conceptually equivalent. A subject may therefore be described as sets of semantic fields and, in turn as sets of words.

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014797   Dutt B;Nikam K (NO, Knowledge Resource Centre, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technolo, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bh_arvi@yahoo.com) : Solar cell research in India: a scientometric profile. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(2), 115-27.

Study examines solar cell research in India as revealed by the publications indexed in Web of Science (WoS) for a period of 20 years from 1991 to 2010. It was seen that academic institutions contributed about half of the total output. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science outperformed all other institutes in the country. Solar cell research by Indian scientists is well connected to international research trends in the field. The recent trends suggest more domestic and international collaborative research involving larger team sizes. More emphasis is being given to research on solar cells based on materials other than silicon".

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014796   Das K C (PG Library & Information Science Dep, Utkal Univ, Vani Vihar, Bhubameswar-751 004, Email: dr_kcd@yahoo.com ) : Imbibing public libraries and corporate social responsibility to promote rural development. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(1), 11-6.

Social responsibility encompasses the sectors like health, education, employment, income and quality of life. It should be binding on the corporate sector to work on the above aspects, which are thought to be primary social indicators. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India is in a very nascent stage. It is still one of the least understood initiatives in the Indian development sector. The CSR represents an interesting evolution and culmination of philanthropy and ethics. It is regarded as vehicle through which companies give something back to the society. It involves providing innovative solutions to societal and environmental challenges. The corporate sector has a pivotal role to play in ensuring private investment flows to those rural areas that have been left out of the development process so far and also to work for sustainable development of rural areas in general. Public library can act as an agency for social and personal development and can become a positive agent for bringing change in the community.

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014795   Chauhan K (NO, Berhampur Univ, Berhampur-760 007, Email: chauhan_khushi@rediffmail.com) : Selected free E-journals in library and information science in directory of open access journals. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 339-46.

Purpose of this study is to evaluate open access e-journals in LIS available on Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The DOAJ provides access to quality controlled Open access journals. DOAJ is an effective source of information for the present day. There is no alternative and substitute to its abundance, utility, and value. This paper is an effort to guide students, researchers, scholars about free, full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in Library and information science available on DOAJ.

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014794   Chatterjee S D;Sen S (Commerce Dep, Netaji Nagar Day College, Kolkata-700 092) : Analysis of customer profile with respect to Kolkata street hawkers. Int J Inf Comput Sci 2013, 16(1), 16-29.

In Kolkata, 'pavement hawking' is an everyday phenomenon and hawkers represent one of the largest, more organized sectors in the informal economy. Street vending has become one of the most challenging issues in contemporary metropolitan planning and municipal governance almost in every major Third World cities. On the one hand, hawkers are discharging the functions of ensuring the survival of an astonishingly diverse communities of small and marginal self-employed sellers and on the other hand consumers belonging to the urban and semi-urban areas buy many of their daily necessities at convenient places and prices. No work has so far been done to analyse customer profile of street hawkers in Kolkata by the application of ANOVA tools. In this paper, we try to determine purchasing character of customers from street hawkers in Kolkata by the application of ANOVA.

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014793   Chandrasekharan H;Patle S;Pandey P S;Mishra A K;Jain A K;Goyal S;Pandey A;Khemchandani U;Kasrija R (NO, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, Email: head_usi@iari.res.in) : CeRA-the e-journal consortium for national agricultural research system. Curr Sci 2012, 102(6), 847-51.

Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) is an e-Consortium of Agricultural Libraries under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for National Agricultural Research System (NARS) libraries. This article describes the background, main features, advantages and use of e-journals (subscribed by CeRA) by the users of NARS institutes/universities. Besides covering the use of e-journals, the article also examines the utilization and satisfaction levels of users accessing e-journals. Lastly, some cost avoidance analysis and research productivity analysis are also high-lighted.

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014792   Chandra S;Basu A (NO, , Coimbatore-641 031, Email: info@trp.org.in) : Members' attitudes towards library facilities and information resources in some selected engineering colleges in West Bengal: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(1), 38-42.

This paper describes on members' attitudes towards library facilities and information resources in some selected Engineering colleges in West Bengal. An attempt has been made in this study to know the frequency of library visit, to know the use of types of resources, to study the lending procedure of documents, to providing of Library Services etc. Questionnaires were distributed to some selected government and private engineering colleges in the West Bengal.

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014791   Chandra Mohan Kumar C S;Dominic J (Library Science Dep, Karpagam Univ, Coimbatore-641 021, Email: chandramohanshanthi@gmail.com) : Users survey on digital library services in engineering colleges at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: a study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2012, 2(2), 49-51.

Most of the engineering colleges in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu have implemented ICT facilities in their Libraries. The availability of right information at the right time and the right form is of utmost importance to users for their knowledge and development activities. Some measures have also been suggested for the improvement of existing ICT based resources and services. This paper describes the study on user about the digital library services provided by engineering colleges at Coimbatore.

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014790   Butdisuwan S (NO, Mahasarakham Univ, Khamiraang Sub-District, Kantarawichai District Maha Sarakham, Thailand-441 50, Email: sujin.b@msu.ac.th) : Community-based health information and communication (CBHIC): a proposed model for Thailand. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(2), 90-8.

The present study is to work out a suitable model for community-based data collection and education, keeping public library network at the locus of the model. The study has reviewed the profile of Thailand with regards demographic data and healthcare delivery system particularly at grass root level. The study analysed the existing status and activities of public library network, its building blocks and framework for data-collection and education of the community.

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014789   Bhuvaneshwari R;Gayatri Vivek (NO, Centre for Social Initiative and Management (CSIM), Hyderabad, Email: rbhuvi@rediffmail.com) : Importance of partnerships for development of public libraries in India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(1), 17-20.

Paper examines the importance of public libraries in educating the masses and increasing the literacy rate and disseminating knowledge. It also describes the historical origin of ancient universities and centres of learning, including public libraries in India and their contribution to the society. The paper discusses the problems faced by the public libraries today and various options available for their improvement. The author proposes a new model of public-private partnership with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and public-sector undertakings XPSUs) for the growth and development of public libraries to enable them to serve the user community.

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014788   Bhatt S (NO, Central Library, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan-304 022, Email: vbsb1970@gmail.com) : Consortia system and document delivery: E-information services of Banasthali University. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2013, 33(2), 141-6.

Electronic publishing and telecommunications have enabled the library consortia to expand both in number and functions over the last decade in India. Thus, several consortia have been developed in last few years. The present study summarises the consortia system and document delivery services at Banasthali University under JCCC@UGC-INFONET consortia. The author makes out that the consortia system including document delivery services is quite promising. The study also highlights some recommendations for better utilisation of consortia services.

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014787   Bhatt R K (Library & Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: rakeshkumarbhatt@yahoo.co.in) : University libraries in India in the digital age. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(3), 159-67.

Deals with the current trends of university libraries in India and highlights major roles these are playing in the digital age. The role of INFLIBNET, UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium and National Knowledge Commission has been discussed in the context of changing academic library environment. The paper also advocates the skills needed by the library professionals to meet the challenges of modern librarianship.

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014786   Bhardwaj R K (NO, St. Stephen's College, Delhi-110 007, Email: raajchd@gmail.com) : Functional approach of libraries in research and development activities in the 21st century: a study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(1), 75-86.

Libraries play a significant role in research and development activities in any organization and the way libraries serve their clients in twenty first century has changed thoroughly well. A survey of services provided by the National Institute of Technology (Kurukshetra) Library and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Patiala) Library was undertaken with questionnaire as the data collection tool to know the roles of the two libraries in research and development activities of the organizations.

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014785   Belwal P M C;Batcha M S (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Anamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, Email: msbau@rediffmail.com) : Use of ICT technologies and its dependency level among P.G. students and faculty members of G.B. Pant University of agriculture and technology. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2012, 2(2), 43-8.

In this cyber age, information plays a pivotal role in different spheres of human endeavors such as education, research and development, decision and policy making. The role of library and information centers in providing information for these endeavors is well documented. The generators and users of information play a key role in information transfer and utilization process. The information required by the users is available in a variety of sources, primary, secondary and tertiary sources and in different formats. The present article lights on the use of e-resource information and its impact on P.G. Students and faculty members of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Patnagar, Uttarakhand, India. The study focuses on e-resource information provided and the dependency level of users, gender-wise analysis in using ICT information by the respondents.

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014784   Balasubramanian P;Catherin Beula C (NO, , ) : Information sources and services in B.Ed Colleges in Kanyakumari district: an analytical study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2012, 2(1), 43-4.

This study aims to find out the availability of information sources and services available in B.Ed. Colleges in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Majorities of the Colleges satisfied the services of the library and suggested to develop the new technologies in the library.

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014783   Balasubramanian P (NO, Library Univ, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-627 012, Email: bala_phd2010@yahoo.com) : Extension activities of the district central library, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2012, 2(2), 1-3.

Public library can play an important role in helping different sectors of the community. It can also help farmers to improve production. It can enable business men to improve business projects. A public library can helps the Children, a love for reading, which can lead to formation of reading habits at an early age. Hence the topic "A study on the extension activities of the District Central Library, Tirunelveli" has been chosen for special study. The study is based on both primary and secondary data. Simple statistical tools such as averages, percentages, tables and diagrams have been used for analysis and interpretation of the data collected. Photo copies of the working of the district central library and the mobile library are also included for easy understanding of the working of the library. The outcomes of the study have been reported through five chapters.

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014782   Bakkiaraj J;Sathiyamurthy M G;Mohamed Esmail S (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, Email: sankslibsal@gmail.com) : Use of E-resources by the researchers of agricultural faculty, Annamalai University: a gender based study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2012, 2(2), 29-32.

This study presents the Use of E-Resources by Researchers of Agricultural Faculty, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India. A questionnaire consists of 23 questions and designed to elicit the opinion of research scholars of agricultural faculty, Annamalai University. There are 13 departments in agriculture faculty, Annamalai University. But the questionnaires were distributed only ten departments of agricultural faculty, Annamalai University. Among the total number of 132 research scholars 124 questionnaires were responded. From the study it is revealed that majority of the research scholar in the faculty of agriculture have been used e-resources for their research work.

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014781   Arifa K (Library and Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Calicut-673 635) : Cryptography and its ethical concerns in the context of digital libraries. Inf Stud 2012, 18(1), 17-24.

Cryptography has widely been used as a means of information security in today's electronic world. In addition to e-commerce, e-mail and other applications over the Internet, it has been used in common household items as well. The increased reliance on cryptographic methods has raised several ethical questions of global concern that are closely related to fundamental human rights. Some view it as a boon, as an escape from the oppressive hands of the state while others see it as a way of making the information-poor have to pay for every information and denial of access to essential information. In this paper an attempt has been made to separate out the concepts appropriate to each interpretation. Digital libraries also face several ethical problems concerning cryptography that even stand against the principles of a public library system. The problems are related to inequality of access, intellectual property and copyright issues.

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014780   Ansari M A (NO, DLIS, AMU, Aligarh, Email: mehtaba@rediffmail.com) : Institutional digital repositories: Indian scenario. IASLIC Bull 2013, 58(1), 49-53.

This paper investigates the needs and importance of an Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) for an organisation/institution. Gives an overview of software for developing IDR. Indicates the facilities of digital presentation through IDR.

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014779   Anil Kumar H;Dora M (NO, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380 015, Email: anilkumar@iimahd.ernet.in) : Research productivity in a management institute: an analysis of research performance of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad during 1999-2010. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 365-72.

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is one of the oldest institutes of management and generally accepted as one of the leading business schools in India. Established in 1961, IIMA is frequented by the industry, local and global, to recruit its future leaders. An inherently academic institution of excellence, IIMA has unfortunately not been known for traditional research output in the form of papers in journals, as is the case with many international research institutions. It is in this context that the present study aims to review the research performance of IIMA based on the papers published in journals that have been indexed in Web of Science and Scopus for the past twelve years. The authors attempt to identify the trends in research output over the period 1999 to 2010 that includes types of publications, most preferred journals, most prolific authors from IIMA, authorship pattern, and the journals most cited by the researchers from IIMA. The findings throw interesting facts like increase in number of papers being published by IIMA over the years 1999 to 2010, increase in collaborations among authors, decrease in single author publications and multi disciplinary nature of research undertaken at the Institute.

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014778   Anasi S N I (NO, Lagos Univ, Main Library, Akoka, Lakos, Nigeria, Lagos) : Digital libraries and higher education in Nigeria in 21st century. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 353-7.

Higher education in Nigeria has come under severe criticisms in recent time due to poor quality of its products. There is therefore an urgent need for academic institutions in Nigeria to catch up with innovations in educational practices in developed economies. This paper explores the benefits of digital libraries to higher education in Nigeria in the 21st century. It examines the challenges being faced by higher education in Nigeria. These include the deplorable state of the libraries, inadequate funding, severe shortfall in teacher: student ratio, poor quality of graduates, increasing demand for participation in higher education, among others. It highlights the fact that digital libraries are critical and essential for effective teaching, research, and learning in all tertiary institutions in the 21st century and it should therefore be a priority. However, the paper stresses that the development of digital libraries should not be conceived as a panacea for the myriads of challenges facing higher education in Nigeria but that it is a technology that promises to address some of these challenges. Therefore, strong and unwavering commitment by all the stakeholders towards the deployment of digital libraries in tertiary education is recommended.

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014777   Amritpal Kaur;Sarman;Sarita Rani (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar, Punjab, Email: amrit_lisc@yahoo.co.in) : Information literacy among the students in the electronic environment: a case study of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(1), 21-38.

The present study explores the status of information literacy skills of students of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, their information seeking strategies and ability in acquiring, organizing, evaluating and using the information effectively. A well structured questionnaire was designed to collect data for the present study. Personal interviews were conducted to fill in the gaps if any in the questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS. The major findings of the study are that a majority of the respondents possess knowledge of MS-office, social networking sites and e-mail. Among six types of internet searching tools, search engines and wiki are the most common, while blogs, online bibliographic databases and subject gateways/portals are less frequent. On the basis of the findings, some suggestions have been put forward to improve the information literacy skills of the students.

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014776   Altenhoner R (NO, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek/Director IT, Adickesallee 1, D-60322 Frankfurt am Main, Email: r.altenhoener@dnb.de) : Tailoring digital preservation services for practice: workflow development and cost modeling. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(4), 302-5.

The introduction of digital preservation services into the operations of institutions where existing workflow processes are established affects the process infrastructure in many ways. This leads in itself to mutual adaptation needs. If not only internal but also external organisational units are involved and that is often unavoidable in a complex process such as the long-term preservation-the importance of a comprehensive service including an advanced organisational solution and a cost model is striking. Against this background, it is necessary to bring together technology and organisation and to anchor in a holistic approach operational aspects of digital preservation and its organisational embeddedness in institutions. Of course needs that are stated in a theoretical manner require practical implementation. Reflecting the history of workflow implementation in the German National Library some central needs and results from these experiences are presented. The new workflow for mass ingest of digital publications integrates requirements from the digital preservation unit in the broader scope of ingest routines and showcases the demand for modular and generic components, which can be integrated in the IT-infrastructure of a library. Results from the project DP4lib show in addition how a service-oriented infrastructure for digital preservation services can be established. By implementing tie project was learned that much more important than technical tools is the workflow-related work, and here especially quality assurance, verifiable processes, predictable costs, reliable reporting, and documentation of history.

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012674   Subramani M K;Stanley M K (NO, Forestry College, Ponnampet-571 216, Email: subramanifcp@gmail.com) : Poster presentations: a new look at scientific communication. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 55-7.

Poster presentations are becoming an integral part of conferences and an increasingly popular form of scientific communication. These sessions give more time to present one's ideas and interact one-to-one with like-minded participants as compared to paper presentations where limited time slot is allotted. No serious studies seems to have been undertaken in India to assess the value of poster presentations. How to plan a Poster Presentation and some of the DOs and DON'Ts are outlined in this paper.

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012673   Shri Ram (NO, Jaypee Information Technology Univ, Waknaghat, Solan-173 234, Email: shriram2576@gmail.com) : Bibliometric assessment of apocynin (Apocynum cannabinum) research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 149-58.

Apocynin, also known as acetovanillone, is a naturally occurring organic compound isolated from the root of Apocynum cannabinum (Canadian hemp) and variety of plant sources. Apocynin is being studied for its variety of pharmacological properties and used for the treatment of different diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, bowel disease, heart related diseases, and atherosclerosis to mention few. This bibliometric analysis reflects the key activities of apocynin research being carried out throughout the globe. The data for this study was obtained from Scopus database and it has been found that 1,424 papers were published during 1908-2011. These 1,424 documents received a total of 39,780 citations with an average 28.50 citations per paper. USA (35.88%) is the most productive country undertaking research in the area of apocynin. India's rank is 16th in overall publication output on apocynin. Free Radical Biology and American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology are the most productive journals publishing apocynin research.

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012672   Shri Ram (NO, Jaypee Information Technology Univ, Waknaghat, Solan-173 234, Email: shriram2576@gmail.com) : Research output on artemisia (Artemisia annua): a bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 237-48.

Artemisia is a herb that yields a natural component known as `Artemisinin' which is being used for the treatment of Malaria worldwide. This paper uses data indexed in the PubMed database for the period of fifteen years (1996-2010) to study the research on Artemisia. It has been found that publications on this subject grew to 712 percent in 2010 as compared to 1996. China is one of the countries that has contributed a number of publications in this area. In India, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh is a leading contributor of literature on Artemisia.

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012671   Shivakumaraswamy K N;Narendra B K;Raghu B; Shivakumar M (NO, B G S Institute of Technology, B G Nagara, Email: bgsitlibrarian@gmail.com) : Digital information services and resurces at the BGS institute of technology (BGSIT): a case study. J Innovative Res Solut 2013, 1(1), 15-9.

Rapid developments in the information and communication technologies and varied needs the library users paved the way to the emergence of digital information and services. The paper emphasizes the availability electronic information resources and use of such resource by the BGSIT library users. This present paper makes a systematic study on electronic information resources, its needs, advantages and ICT infrastructure of BGSIT.

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012670   Sharma R M (NO, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171 001, Email: rakeshcpri@hotmail.com) : e-books-issues and concern of different stake-holders in India. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 40-8.

Paper describes the e-books, its development, design, merits, demerits, and issues and concerns of different stakeholders of e-books in Indian perspectives. The emergence of e-books is going to supplement the contents of printed books instead of replacing them. The quality of the content and users' abilities to assess that quality influences the use of e-books within academic and research community. To promote the usage of e-books while librarians need to educate users as well as staff about the benefits in use of e-books, the users require a paradigm shift in their attitude away from the current perception that everything must be on the printed page to the varied better possibilities offered by e-books. The publishers, vendors and librarians need to work together on more mutually congenial and beneficial business models for greater e-book usage.

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012669   Ray P P (NO, Institute of Education, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal-731 235, Email: raypartha1@hotmail.com) : Quality assessment of copyright free tagoreana: a study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 257-69.

Rabindranath Tagore gave copyright of his intellectual output to Visva-Bharati. The extended period of copy right ended in December 2001. Private publishers have been free to publish the writings of Rabindranath Tagore since then. The paper attempts to study whether complete and accurate Bengali writings of Ranbindranath Tagore are being published by private publishers. It is observed from the study that a small number of Bengali publishers are publishing only commercially viable titles of Rabindranath Tagore. The prices of the books are lower but are of poor quality with number of mistakes that have been identified in the study. The quality of paper used is also poor.

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012668   Rathinasabapathy G (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai) : Scientometric analysis of publications on goat research: a profile based on cab direct online. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 35-9.

Study analyses the research activities on goat, based on the total publications output. The data is retrieved from CAB Direct Online Database for 52 years (1960-2012). Types of documents, language, rank lists of journals, most productive authors, ranking on countries based on their publications output are presented.

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012667   Parvathamma N;Pattar D (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga-585 106, Email: parvathi_glb@rediffmail.com) : Digital literacy among student community in management institutes in Davanagere district, Karnataka state, India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 159-66.

A study of the use of various ICT tools and web based services by 135 students, registered for 3rd Semester of Master of Business Administration course in six institutions of higher education in Davanagere district, Karnataka State was undertaken during August 2012. Questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The findings reveal that all the respondents own personal computer, and 73.33% of them have their own Internet connectivity. Laptop, smart phone, digital camera and I-pod are the most widely used tools. Computer and laptop are used for class work, study and research through internet, while smart phone, digital camera and I-pod are used mainly for personal purpose. Web portals are considered as major source of information about companies. Open access journals and institutional repositories are used to the least extent. E-mail and Facebook are the most widely used web-based services. Only 22.96% and 02.96% of the respondents are aware of the online databases in 'Capitaline' and 'IndiaStat' respectively. There is need to sensitize them to use web resources and web based services for research and academic purposes. Majority of them agree that information is easily available on internet, but, it needs to be evaluated before use. A model curriculum is proposed to impart digital literacy skills (basic and cognitive) to the students of Master of Business Administration.

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012666   Pandey M (NO, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalya, Raipur-492 012) : Prospects of agricultural libraries in the development of agricultural education in Chhattisgarh. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 28-34.

This paper reveals the status of agricultural libraries of Chhattisgarh for development of agricultural education in Chhattisgarh. The issues related to library services in agricultural libraries are highlighted. Automation in agricultural college libraries are in initiation phase. Some suggestions to improve with them are made.

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012665   Olatokun W;Moremedi B (NO, Africa Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS), Ibadan Univ, Nigeria, Email: wolebbeyolatokun@yahoo.co.uk) : Internet access, use and monitoring policies in Botswana organizations. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 282-94.

Study determines the level of access to the internet in various organizations in Botswana. It investigates the problems brought about by the misuse of internet facilities in the workplace and the measures or policies put in place to monitor internet use. It also reports the use, restrictions and monitoring of internet facilities by organizations to their employees. Survey research design was adopted and questionnaire was used for data collection. It was administered across113 organizations in Gaborone, the capital city of the Republic of Botswana. The data was analyzed using the SPSS software. Findings revealed that although majority of the organizations monitor employee internet use, less than half had an internet use policy in place. Also, majority provide access to all employees with the least from the public administration/Government. More than three quarter of them do not monitor and review websites connections, some monitor and review websites connections for all the employees while a few others monitor and review websites connections for selected job categories. Majority restricted or blocked pornographic and online gaming sites while news sites enjoyed free access. All the public sector organizations indicated having a written policy on internet use but majority of research organizations had no policy. The study recommends that organizations should produce and implement written policies on internet use and inform employees about such policies and come up with measures to monitor employee use of internet in the workplace.

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012664   Ogunlana E K;Okunlaya R O A;Ajani F O; Okunoye T;Oshinaike A O (Nimbe Adedipe Library, Federal Agriculture Univ, Nigeria, Email: ogunlanakunle@gmail.com) : Indices of job stress and job satisfaction among academic librarians in selected federal universities in Southwest Nigeria. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 212-8.

Librarians around the world, like other professionals, experience stress caused by different factors.. The study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among a population of 87 librarians. Descriptive survey research method 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 <60> 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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012663   Nwagwu W E;Ajama M (NO, Africa Regional Centre for Information Science, Ibadan Univ, Nigeria, Email: willieezi@yahoo.com) : Women's health information needs and information sources: a study of a rural oil plam business community in Southwest Nigeria. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 270-81.

Study addresses the health information needs, sources and information seeking behaviour of women living in a rural palm plantation community in Nigeria, using data collected through focus group discussion (FGD) and a questionnaire.Majority of the women were married, aged about 31 years, mainly Christian traders, and have a mean household size of 5.6.Most of them have secondary level education and are low income earners. They owned and used radios more than other electronic devices, and they sought health information mainly for themselves and their children. About nine out of every ten reported that they needed information about malaria, which they obtained mainly from friends/families or chemist shops. The FGD revealed that the women relied on traditional sources for health information; they practiced self-medication guided by prior diagnosis and visited the hospitals only when their illnesses went out of hand. There was an intriguing observation of referral practices from modern to traditional healers; they had low consciousness about HIV/AIDS and poor knowledgeab out behavioural aspects of illnesses. The long distance to the general hospitals and the exorbitant fees charged by the private hospitals discouraged their use of modern health facilities. There was also low trust and confidence on the services,competence and adherence to ethical standards by the modern health care providers. Just as health workers in the community require reorientation to fit in the setting, the women also require intensive awareness and literacy intervention to increase their person-efficacy and reduce the effect of cultural glass ceiling that disempowers them, and promotes reliance on quack medical services.

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012662   Naresh Kumar;Asheulova N (NO, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies (CSIR-N, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, Email: nareshqumar@yahoo.com) : Comparative analysis of scientific output of BRIC countries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2011, 58(3), 228-36.

Based on data for the period 1980-2009 downloaded from the Scopus database, an attempt is made to analyse the growth of publication share in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) vis-a-vis the United States in terms of world publications output and emerging areas and disciplines during 1980-2009. Also, comparative estimates are made using a competition model to analyse the emerging patterns of scientific publication in the BRIC region. Results indicate that China may be an emerging leader in scientific publication followed by India among the BRIC countries.

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012661   Naganna N (NO, , ) : RFID: a system for library and information centre. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(2), 49-54.

Information Communication Technologies have always been a matter of significant concern with the libraries. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, a surveillance system that promises to relieve repetitive strain injury, and improving safety, security, productivity, accuracy and convenience for communities working in various sectors. This Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) system has been used in library for multiple purposes; such as automatic identification, tracking and management of material flow. It has also provided an additional advantage to Bar-code technology. This article presents in detail the genesis, overview and technology associated with implementation of RFID technologies in library application and the major standards and components of RFID system, to get advantage in the sense of cost-effectiveness, safety and security.

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012660   Mukherjee B (Library & Information Science Dep, Guru Ghasidas Univ, Bilaspur, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Scientometric profile of Prof. Lalji Singh as seen through Web of Science and Scopus. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2013, 60(3), 195-203.

Paper presents the bibliometric characteristics including authorship pattern, citations received and relative performance of Prof. Lalji Singh an eminent Indian scientist in the field of genome analysis,'DNA finger printing, etc. The study is based on the publication data indexed in Web of Science and Scopus. Results show that 222 unique articles have been indexed in the two databases with an average of 7-8 articles per year. Of the 222 articles only 18 articles appeared in Indian journals. Most of the articles were published when he served at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad during 1987-2011. Authorship pattern of Prof. Singh indicates that he is serving as a leader of his research term and K Thangaraj is the fellow scientist with whom he wrote most. Almost all his articles appear in high-impact journals. The h-index of Prof. Singh is 30 in both the databases. He has received fellowships of all major national science academies as also third world academy. The study concludes with a remark that Prof. Singh can be a 'role model' for younger research to follow.

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