009505   Ray P P;Sen B K (NO, Instt. of Education, Visva Bharati, West Bengal-731 235, Email: rayparth1@hotmail.com) : Rabindra sangit (songs of Rabindranath Tagore): a bibliometric study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 343-58.

Rabindranath Tagore has composed more than two thousand songs. His songs known as Rabindra Sangit have become a symbol of cultural ethos of both India and Bangladesh. The present paper is an attempt to study the growth of Rabindra Sangit, Tagore's writings on songs as well as its publication trends with the help of bibliometric technique. It is observed from the study that songs and writings on songs in different literary forms constitute a substantial part of Tagoreana (all the intellectual output of Rabindranath). Tagore composed songs throughout the different phases of his literary career.

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009504   Rathinasabapathy G (Library Science Dep, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai-600 007, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : Bluetongue research: a scientometric profile based on CAB direct online. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 47-54.

This paper attempts to highlight quantitatively the growth and development of world literature on 'bluetongue', a non-contagious disease of cattle and ruminants caused by bluetongue virus which causes severe impact on the livestock economy of most of the countries, as per CAB Direct Online database (1970-2012). During the period 1970 - 2012, a total of 2,535 papers were published by the scientists in the field of bluetongue' research. The average number of publications published per year was 59. The highest number of papers i.e., 171 were published in 2009. The spurt in literature output was reported during 2008-2011. USA is the top producing country with 223 papers (8.79%) followed by Europe with 169 papers (6.66%) and India ranks third position with 152 papers (5.99%). The most preferred journals by the scientists were: Veterinarialtaliana with 121papers, Veterinary Record (93), Veterinary Microbiology (91), American Journal of Veterinary Research (79) and Australian Veterinary Journal (63). As far as the type of documents are concerned journal articles rank first with 1875. English was the most predominant language used by the scientists for communication. The prolific author is B.I.Osburn who contributed 216 papers followed by MacLachlan (183), P.Roy (141), J.E.Pearson (119) and T.E. Walton (108).

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009503   Ramalakshmi T (NO, Chadalawada Group of Educational Institutions, Tirupati-517 502, Email: ramaa_library@yahoo.com ) : Digital library initiatives under JNTU Anantapur affiliated private engineering colleges in Chittoor district- a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 405-12.

In the present Digital Libraries era, attempts are being made in all types of libraries to convert the existing print library materials in a library to digital format. In addition digital materials are also being acquired. This article discusses the digital library initiatives undertaken by the select engineering college libraries in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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009502   Rajendiran;Parihar Y S;Pattanaik J K (NO, Library Raja Rammohan Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore-452 013) : Information use pattern of laser science and technology researchers: a cited reference study. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 82-8.

Literature use pattern of laser science and technology researchers is ascertained in this paper. The purpose of study is to assist the users to find relevant literature quickly and timely by understanding the users current information needs, seeking behavior, and usage patterns. The Scopus - online abstract and citation database is the main source for this study. The cited references to the journal "Applied physics b: lasers and optics" articles published during the year 2009 and 2010 as per the database were downloaded and studied. The parameters analyzed are, types of sources used, frequently used journals, and the age of cited references. The result of studied parameters reveals that the researchers in this field highly use primary sources, especially journal literature. It was also found that the users frequently sought large numbers of citations from few selected journals. The higher percentage of cited references year of publication was just few years old.

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009501   Rajanikanta S T;Ramasesh C P (NO, Government First Grade College, Riponpet, Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Email: rajanikanta25@gmail.com) : Use of online journals by the faculty members working at the medical institutions in Bangalore city: a study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 427-49.

This paper deals with the subscription of on-line journals through consortium and databases in medical college libraries. It also provides information about use of on-line journals by the faculty members working at medical colleges.

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009500   Rahimi S;Chandrakumar V (DLIS, Madras Univ, Chennai-5, Email: rahimis1@gmail.com) : Web citation analysis of open access journals: a case study. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 37-46.

Considering the value and importance of Open Access (OA) journals as one of the platforms for publishing the scientific literature, this paper is to assess the citations of OA journals in scholarly communication. This study aimed at to study the Citation tracing of OA Journals using the Google Scholar Citations, is intended to highlight the five characteristics of OA citing sources targeting OA research articles in Neurology in 2007, including file format, hyperlinking, Internet domain, language and publication year, for using them in scholarly communication. The results show that the majority of Google Scholar citations (56%) were from OA. And the OA citing sources that targeting Neurology research papers was dominated by PDF format files, English Language and hyperlinked citations. This outcome gives a better understanding about OA potential uses in Medical Research.

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009499   Pradhan S (Library and Information Science Dep, The Maharaja Sayajirao Baroda Univ, Vadodara, Gujarat) : Assessment of motivation and job performance of library and information sciences (LIS) professionals of the university of libraries of Gujarat. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 111-21.

Based on a study the article stresses importance of motivation among LIS professionals for effective performance in university libraries. It reviews the literature and identifies the factors of motivation which are still in vogue and the same were applied in the study to review motivation of LIS professionals. Explores level of motivation present in professionals and tries to establish relationship between the variables: motivation and performance. Two scales were administered among 56 library professionals working in eight university libraries of Gujarat State, India. One Likert type of scale containing statements relating to eleven factors as measures of motivation and a self assessment performance rating scale for measuring the corresponding performance level of the employees were employed to collect data. Findings reveal factors that had a high impact on motivation level include work itself, work ethics, job enrichment, job achievement and interpersonal relations. The study also tests hypothesis that there exists a significant positive correlation between motivation and performance level of professionals. The findings are expected to provide useful guidelines to library managers while developing employee motivation programs.

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009498   Prabhavathi D (NO, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati-517 502, Email: prabhadoriginti@gmail.com) : Relevance of information literacy in E-governance. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 17-20.

Information Literacy can play a vital role in educating the citizens of countries in developing skills to evaluation, selection and retrieve the information from various government sources. Information literacy programmes helps by means of providing guidelines such where to start searching for information, where and how to access them, how to assess and compare retrieved information, how to communicate the retrieved information, and so on. E-Governance is the application of information and communication technologies to transform the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of informational and transactional exchanges within the government, between government, and government agencies of National, State, Municipal, and local level, citizens and business to empower citizens through access and use of information. In the present paper an attempt has been made to discuss the relevance of information literacy in e-governance.

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009497   Padmamma S;Walmiki R H (Library and Information Science Dep, Kuvempu Univ, Shankarghatta, Shimoga District, Karnataka, Email: spadmamma.2010@gmail.com) : Doctoral theses awarded in scienvce, arts and humanities departments in Kuvempu university during 1993-2009: an analytical study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 589-98.

Paper focuses the research productivity in science, arts and humanities departments in Kuvempu University, during the 1993-2009. An analytical study is made of the Ph.D. theses submitted to various department during 1993 and 2009. It highlights the significant contributions in research productivity.

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009496   Naganna N (NO, College of Agriculture, V.C. Farm, Mandya, Karnataka, Email: naguasb@gmail.com) : Bibliometric analysis: a study of the electronic library. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 1-10.

This study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of the Electronic Library journal. This paper analyzes a bibliometric study of 654 articles were published during the period 1999 to 2011 in the Electronic Library journal. The paper covers the bibliometric analyses of year-wise distribution of articles, category-wise classification of papers, authorship patterns, country wise, keywords and distribution of contributions. Special issues of the Electronic Library brought out during 1999-2011, and prolific authors during 1999 to 2011 have been analyzed.

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009495   Murali Prasad M R;Reddy S H K (NO, Indian Institute of Public Health, Plot No. 1, ANV Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) : Analysis of research in mental retardation in India. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 89-101.

View of research in the field of mental retardation reveals that little information is recorded in India. Even this published research studies are not easily accessible for the users. In this study an attempt was made to compile and analyse the existing research studies in this area in India from 1950 to 2005. In this study, 1180 articles collected through survey method and personal visits to different institutions. The collected data mas analysed and categorized under various sub categories which includes Medical Research, Psychological, Special Education, Psychosocial, Rehabilitation, Prevention/ Early Intervention, General, and Historical, organizational, legal and technological issues related to mental retardation and multiple disabilities. The study indicates that majority of the articles were on Medical Research followed by Psychological and Special Educational Aspects.

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009494   Mulimani M N (NO, Government First Grade College, Gadag-582 101, Email: mnmulimani@gmail.com) : Use of UGC- infonet E-journal consortium in selected university libraries of Karnataka state. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 387-97.

UGC earlier supported academic libraries in automation and networking to make them knowledge resource centers and has later added another dimension with UGC - INFONET, which has promoted the usage of electronic journals by the academic and research community in the universities. Though there is an overall appreciation of the programme, the usage pattern and the awareness of the technical competence and skills among the users in exploiting the resourcefulness seems to be a lacunae. Through this paper an attempt is made to analyse the usage pattern of e-resources in selected three universities in Karnataka State.

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009493   Mukherjee B;Prashant Kumar (Library and Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi-221 005, Email: mukharjeebhaskar@gmail.com) : Comparative study of seleced science and social science E-journals of UGC infonet digital library consortium. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 549-60.

Magnitude and eminence of e-journal of the UGC-Infonet digital library consortia in five subjects of social science and science discipline have been examined and addressed. While quality issue is judged by using Science and Social Science edition of Journal Citation Report (Thompson Scientific, 2007), the quantitative issue is measured by counting number of journals available under individual subject. The result of the study indicates that there are 8265 journals available in 97 different subjects. While highest number of journals in science discipline is available in medical science followed by biology and mathematics, Highest number of journals in social science discipline is available in history followed by economics and education. Of the total journals in science, 46.35% journals of biology are indexed in JCR. Most of the journals in science discipline have impact factor between 1-5, while most of journals in social science are not indexed at all, which signifies that quality of science journals are quite high than of social science.

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009492   Majumdar S;Banerjee S (NO, Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata-700 067, Email: suchi_m06@yahoo.com) : Trends of implementation of paper standards towards paper preservation: a librarian's point of view. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 463-76.

Preservation of Paper based resources is the concern of the librarians, conservators and archivists through ancient times and is expected to remain so in the times to come. Paper quality hereby plays a vital role. To chalk out the requirements for preservation of a particular paper document, published by a particular publisher, or a paper on which something is written, it is highly intended to be informed about the quality of the paper. Standards for paper quality are being implemented. What is the trend and pace of implementation of standards for paper quality? What is the trend of the paper quality as used by the publishers? Accordingly, what is the trend of the pulp and paper manufacturing industry? This paper tries to search these answers considering data from the year 1980 to 2010, precisely from a librarian's point of view.

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009491   Maan I S (NO, Adesh Institute of Engineering & Technology, Faridkot, Punjab, Email: inderjeetsm@gmail.com) : Use of electronic information resources: a study of Adesh institute of engineering and technology, Faridkot, Punjab, India. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 561-7.

Electronic information resources are gaining more and more attention of library users and becoming an integral part of every library collection. Among other characteristics of electronic information resources, full text and online access; make them able to hold a pertinent place in the library collection. They are playing a vital role in enhancing the modern research and development activities. Most of the content providers are now actively participating in this digital information resource revolution. It is important to know to what extent these electronic resources are used by the end users. The present study is an effort to know the various purposes of use of electronic information resources. The users were also asked answer the question; whether use of electronic information resources have impacted on the performance of their academic work or not?

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009490   Joshi A N;Konnur P V (NO, Prof. S.S. Basavanal Library, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003) : Academic libraries: in the changing scenario. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 381-6.

The article discusses about the factors like technology, economics, higher education and changing user expectations that have influenced changes in academic library scenario. It throws light on major changing facets and how TCT helps to overcome the challenges. Shows growth related to ICT in Karnatak University librarv.

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009489   Jayapradeep M;Nair R R (Library and Information Science Dep, Karpagam Univ, Coimbatore-641 021, Email: mjayapradeep@gmail.com) : Survey of aquatic and fisheries information system capacity in the region of Cochin, Kerala. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 511-27.

Fisheries sector plays an important role in the Indian economy. It provides nutritional security, employment and income to the population and foreign exchange to the nation through seafood export. The fisheries production has registered an excellent growth during the past half century in India. Information is a very important constituent for the development of the sector, especially education, extension, research and development. The present study evaluates the information capacity of the aquatic and fisheries institutions in the region of Cochin, Kerala. Cochin is in an advantageous position for the development of the sector. Institutions, small and large numbering 29 within the geographical proximity of 6 km radius in Cochin is an added factor for information resource sharing and cooperative information services and ventures for the benefit of stakeholders in India and Cochin region in particular. The present study gives an overview of the institutions in the region regarding their activities, information resources, services, infrastructure and dissemination mechanisms. Characterization of these institutions has been tried by considering the presence or absence of parameters of information system viz Information Resources, Information Services, Information Dissemination, Information Infrastructure and Information Domains together which it is termed "Information Capacity" in this study. As the result of the study, the top ranking institution that can play the central role in the regional information network activities in the field of aquatic and fisheries sector has been identified.

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009488   Jana S (NO, Kalyani Univ, West Bengal, Email: assistant_librarian@klyuniv.ac.in) : Information retrieval + X-> information assimilation. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 359-70.

In the present study, an attempt has been taken to develop a comprehensive model for information assimilation. Actually it is named as "Information Assimilation Cycle". Before going through the actual study, background of the study is described. At the conclusion some problems/factors associated with the assimilation have been pointed out so that we can remove these problems to attain effective information assimilation.

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009487   Gunasekera C (NO, Peradeniya Univ, Sri Lanka, Email: chamanig@pdn.ac.lk) : Library usage pattern of the faculty members in the university of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: a user survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 501-10.

In order to setup user-centered services the library needs to know the users and their needs. One of the main tools that can be used to evaluate and assess the library services is the user survey. This paper presents the results of a user survey conducted among the members of academic staff. The objective of this study was to examine the library usage pattern of the academic staff members of Faculty Arts at University of Peradeniya. Specifically, this study was attempted to assess the user satisfaction towards the library services and resources while identifying the constraints are faced in using the library. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool and all permanent academic staff members in the Faculty of Arts were taken as the population of the study. The findings of the survey revealed that the faculty staff visits the library mostly for checking out books and for using the reference collection. Most of them were using the OPAC to search information and library webpage and the internet for teaching and research. Most of the faculty members were satisfied with the library and library collections except periodical collection and they were also satisfied with the arrangement of the resources and the physical condition of the library. Most of faculty members showed highest level disagreement with the statements given in the questionnaire as the barriers encountering when using the library.

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009486   Ghani S R (NO, King Fahd, Petroleum and Minerals Univ, Dhahran, P.O. Box-230, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Email: syedraiyan@gmail.com) : Digital preservation: a paradox or sophism?. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 529-34.

Preservation of traditional materials became more successful and systematic after libraries and archives integrated preservation into overall planning and resource allocation. Digital preservation is largely experimental and replete with the risks associated with untested methods. Digital preservation strategies are shaped by the needs and constraints of repositories with little consideration for the requirements of current and future users of digital scholarly resources. The article discusses the present state of digital preservation and the contradiction where we want to maintain digital information intact, but we also want to access this information in a dynamic use context.

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009485   Farahi M T;Ramesh Gandhi R T D (Library and Information Science Dep, Mysore Univ, Manasagangotri, Mysore) : Information technology (IT) and medical librarians' emerging roles. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 413-20.

Present paper's purpose is to review the literature related to the impact of information technology on changing roles of librarians, whether empirical or theoretical. It aims to explore the skills needed to execute these new roles in the ever-changing IT-based environment. Related keywords such as "information technology skills", "computer skills", "librarians changing roles", and "medical librarians" were searched on the web as well as some well-known databases. Key issues were identified, compared, and categorized in order to identify IT-related skills needed for modern librarians. A number of skills have been identified and recommended by studies discussed in the paper. The literature revealed that in order to remain relevant in the new era of information technology, librarians need to keep abreast with the new technological developments and be equipped with the necessary IT skills/competencies. The review does not claim to be an in-depth one. The study can serve as a guideline concerning IT skills for LIS professionals, researchers, and LIS schools.

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009484   Dhanya N;Vasudevan T M (NO, Library and Information Science, Calicut Univ, Email: amandev44@yahoo.com) : Role of akshaya in E-literacy. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 171-4.

Akshaya project aims to 'Bridge the Digital Divide' by enabling thousands of ordinary citizens to access relevant information in the local language over the internet. The main objective of Akshaya is to develop a comprehensive digital network. The article based on the study which analysed how far Akshaya helps in the e-literacy programme.

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009483   Chandra S (NO, Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilgunj Road, Agarpara, Kolkata-700 109, Email: suvrachandra2007@gmail.com) : Survey of use of electronic resources at Narula institute of technology library and documentation center. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 569-75.

This article reports the result of a questionnaire survey about e-resources and their use by users of the library and documentation center of Natural Institute of Technology.

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009482   Burman B C;Mukherjee K (NO, ABN Seal College, Coochbehar-736 101) : Digital preservation: issues and stratgies. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(1), 47-55.

This paper provides an overview of the major digital preservation activities and preservation of digital records, developed in the library and information science in order to identify factors that play a key role in ensuring the long term preservation of the records. The paper presents the principles, digital preservation issues and its strategies. This paper has discussed a/I these aspects with the practical approach planned for digital preservation of its rare books and other collections. It has also discussed the strategies and methods for digital preservation with future challenges concerned. This paper extends the discussion to metadata creation to record the migration history of a digital object and to record contextual information, so that future users can either reconstruct or - at the very least - begin to understand the technological environment in which a particular digital object was created.

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009481   Budhani N;Jha C K;Budhani S K (Computer Science Dep, Amrapali Institute, Haldwani (Nainital), Uttarakhand, Email: neelimap28@gmail.com) : Stock market forecasting using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). J Comput Technol Applic 2012, 4(2), 18-29.

This paper reviews all recent work done for stock market prediction using machine learning and artificial intelligence (Al). Artificial neural networks (ANNs), a field of artificial intelligence (AI), is relatively latest, dynamic and promising technique in stock market forecasting, an area that has been of much research. From this literature review, it is concluded that ANNs is very valuable for predicting world stock markets.

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009480   Biswas S C (NO, Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi) : India's National Library: proposals to make it compatible with 21st cntury national library systems and services. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(1), 10-22.

Over the last few decades Indian legal deposit legislation or Delivery of Books Act 1954 did not help much the National Library to build up a comprehensive collection of Indian publications due to several shortcomings of the act. The other two relevant acts, Press and Books Registration Act 1867 and Copyright Act of India 1957 running parallel have helped in creating more confusion with both publishing community and library world of India. Another crucial issue that failed to allow the National Library to keep pace with the dynamics of national library services is because of the rigid rules and regulations that are to be followed by being under the direct control of the central government with very little flexibility in management and policy matters. Author suggested several long and short term action plans that would surely help in putting it back on the growth track.

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009479   Biradar D B;Kumbar M (NO, Hurakadli Ajja Law College, Dharwad-580 003, Email: dattappdwd1965@gmail.com) : Resources and services of the law college libraries affiliated to Karnataka state law university. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 21-36.

Paper gives the resources and services available in the Karnataka Law colleges affiliated to the Karnataka state Law University, Hubli. It surveys the 83 Law colleges and studies the present status, type of management, Library committee, and nature and extent of resources and services available. Further it indicates the ways and means of improving existing services in the Law colleges.

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009478   Beena S (NO, Kerala Library Univ, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, Email: beenadileep17@gmail.com) : Digital content development in the Kerala university library: a case study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 535-48.

Study focuses on the attempts made for the preservation of the resources relating to the history, science, art, culture, heritage, language, literature, economy and politics of the Kerala state. The paper emphasizes the need for digitization, the policy and criteria adopted for selecting the documents for digitization, the digitization process, and the digital preservation methods carried out by the Kerala University Library. The study attempts an analysis of the digitized documents. The need for coordinating the digitization efforts of various universities and institutions is also stressed in the paper.

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009477   Balasubramanian P;Vasanthakumar N;Bala S (NO, Manonmanian Sundarnar Univ, Tirunalveli, Tamil Nadu) : Job satisfaction of library professionals with reference to colleges imparting management education. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 102-10.

The study examines the issues related to the job satisfaction of the library professionals working in colleges imparting management education in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Job satisfaction is a very important attribute which is frequently measured by organizations. The most common way of measurement is the use of rating scales where employees report their reactions to their jobs. Questions relate to rate of pay, work responsibilities, variety of tasks, promotional opportunities the work itself and co-workers. There is a need to study the job satisfaction of the librarians because the nature of job is changing. The job satisfaction is the condition of establishing a healthy organizational environment in an organization. Normally this depends on the economical, social and cultural conditions. This paper attempts to evaluate the job satisfaction of library professionals based on a questionnaire survey method. 65 questionnaires were distributed out of which 58 responses were received. In the 58, 3 were not fully completed; we take the sample size as 55 questionnaires for this analysis. The data analysed indicates that library professionals are satisfied with their job.

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009476   Arya C (NO, University Library G.B.U.A. & T., Pantnagar-263 145) : Authorship trends and collaborative research in the field of veterinary medicine. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(2), 74-81.

Authorship pattern and collaborative research trends are studied in the field of veterinary medicine based on the data collected from 'Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine' published during the period 1999 - 2007. Observations show that multi authored papers (95.55%) predominate single authored papers (4.45%). The degree of collaboration in the field of veterinary medicine is 0.96. Average number of authors per paper varies form 2.92 - 4.08. This study favours the fact that scientific research is collaborative in nature.

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009475   Arumugam J (NO, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Chennai, Email: jacs1986tvl@gmail.com) : Intelligent techniques for effective information retrieval. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2013, 5(1-2), 11-6.

With the explosive growth of information, it is becoming increasingly difficult to retrieve the relevant documents with statistical means only. This begets new challenges to IR community and motivates researchers to look for intelligent Information Retrieval (IR) systems that search and/or filter information automatically based on some higher level of understanding are required. This higher level of understanding can only be achieved through processing of text based on semantics, which is not possible by considering a document as a "bag of words". We make a humble effort in this direction by investigating techniques that attempt to utilize semantics to improve effectiveness in IR. This paper emphasizes an improved representation of documents and by incorporating limited semantic knowledge; it is possible to improve the effectiveness of an IR system.

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009474   Amritpal Kaur (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar-143 005, Email: amrit_lisc@yahoo.co.in) : Academics attitude towards E-publishing: a study with reference to universities of Punjab and Chandigarh. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(5), 477-94.

Paper examines academic attitude towards publishing in e-journals, to determine the contribution of scholars towards and publishing in e-journals. A questionnaire method was adopted to elicit the opinions of the faculty members. Personal interviews were conducted to fill in the gaps. Responses were gathered from 542 faculty members of five universities. The results of the study show that a majority of the teachers prefer to publish in printed refereed journals. Most of the teachers publish articles for 'career advancement', 'advancement of new ideas' and 'dissemination of results' and. the choice of journals for publication with more weightage, such as the 'reputation of the journal', The 'speed in accepting and publishing', 'convenience', 'easy and faster to reach appropriate audience', 'quick response to ideas', 'wider dissemination of results/ideas' and 'hyperlinks to references' are stated by majority of teachers as advantages of publishing in e-journals. The teachers are also concerned about the disadvantages of e-publishing such as; 'copyright concerns', 'plagiarism', 'not refereed', 'require technical skill' and 'transient'. On the basis of the findings, some suggestions have been put forward to make e-journals more acceptable to the scholars.

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009473   Adarsh Bala;Dhaliwal K;Tandon D (NO, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, Email: adarshbindu@rediffmail.com) : Managing E-resources in postgraduate institute of medical education & research (PGIMER) library, Chandigarh: a study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(4), 421-5.

Tapid advances in Information Technology have great impact on all sections of libraryc including its operations as well as services. It has revolutionized the modes of accessing and disseminating information through Internet and World Wide Web. The PGIMER library is also not remaining untouched of its impact. It has transformed the library to modern Hi-Tech library with all its automated operations, e-services and online collections of e-resources. E-resources are very beneficial because of easy and quick access. Moreover, it can be accessed without any restriction to place and time. E-resources are very common in all research libraries but their maximum use and management is a matter of concern today. To study how e-resources are being managed in PGIMER library and what arc the problems being faced for managing these resources? A descriptive method has been used to study the steps involved and challenges faced by the library staff in managing the e-resources at PGIMER library. The study shows that majority of faculty, residents and research scholars of PGIMER library are dependent on e-resources as primary sources of information retrieval. The PGIMER library is trying every possible method to fulfill the need of its end-users by acquiring various methods to shoot out the problems faced during management of e-resources like finance, time coverage, infrastructure etc.

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008366   Vasistha S (NO, PEC Univ, Chandigarh-160 012, Email: seema313@gmail.com) : Organizational management aspects of E-journals in technical institutions of North India: a study of the users perspective. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(4), 213-24.

E-journals have developed as an accepted means of scholarly communication at global level. But the concept of e-journals is relatively new for librarians of developing countries and this transition from print to e-journals need carefully establishing of best practices in organization and management of e-journals. This study is done with a view to ascertain users perspective about the practices being followed by the technical universities in India in managing e-journals as users are the ultimate beneficiary of such initiations. The scope of this study is limited to seven libraries of technical institutions in North India.

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008365   Thanuskodi S (Library and Information Science Dep, Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, Email: thanuskodis@yahoo.com) : Awareness of web 2.0 among participants of the 3<. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(6), 655-61.

Internet's rapid growth and broad penetration, along with affordable enabling Web 2.0 technologies, has not only democratized access to information but also catalyzed open access publishing which has contributed mainly to the explosion of freely available digital information. This phenomenon poses tremendous challenges, and opportunities, for libraries and librarians in delivering on their core mission of facilitating research, teaching, and learning in discovering, collecting, organizing and preserving invaluable knowledge from this vast information base. A web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include social-networking sites, blogs, wikis, video-sharing sites, hosted services, web applications.

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008364   Thanuskodi S (Library & Information Science Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: thanuskodi_s@yahoo.com) : Asessing the efficacy of library services of district central libraries in Tamil Nadu from users perception. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(6), 485-92.

Public libraries are essential since they improve literacy, stimulate imagination and expand personal horizons. They also inform and empower citizens, enable access to a common cultural heritage and support education at all levels. Also, a positive relationship is observed between public library and literacy level, which in turn, contributes to increase in economic productivity. Extensive studies were undertaken to study the role of public libraries in information society, value of services offered and use of the resources. Assessing the effectiveness of libraries is the order of the day. In order to keep up with the current trends, libraries must constantly evaluate its functions. Evaluating through user perspective is result based. Because users are the ultimate beneficiaries and can suggest effective measures to improve the existing facilities in libraries. This study evaluates library services and gives suggestions for the improvement of district central libraries in Tamilnadu, India.

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008363   Suseela V J;Uma V (NO, Indira Gandhi Memory Library Hyderabad Univ, Hyderabad-500 046) : Unicode applications in the digital libraries of India. Pearl 2013, 7(1), 38-49.

Digitisation of documents content and metadata of other than English language works is gaining importance as the need for multilingual access and retrieval is increasing all over the world, including India. This paper discusses the technical issues relating to UNICODE applications in digital libraries. The special emphasis is laid on standard codes especially for Indian languages although it has touched other languages like Thai, Hebrew etc. ASCII (The American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and ISCII (Indian Script Code for Information Interchange) are briefly mentioned. It has stressed on Unicode collation algorithm (UCA) as "a customizable method to compare two strings". Finally, it has touched activities of digital libraries in an Indian environment.

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008362   Sumanth Kumar V V;Bankar C V;Rajani M P (NO, National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Email: sumanth_vv@yahoo.com) : Online CAB abstracts implementation by using linux based samba server technology. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2012, 28(1), 28-31.

Development of online horticultural abstract information system is an attempt to address the problem of retrieving and providing the wider access to the abstract which were purchased from CAB International. CAB Abstracts is a comprehensive file of applied life science information containing all records in the 44 abstract journals published by CAB International [CABI]. Online implementation of these abstracts increases the scope of the distribution of scientific information among the scientist of National Research Centre for Citrus and to horticulturists spread over India. The main goal of this software is to give working solutions to researchers in identifying and retrieving the required information from vast abstracts that are available at NRCC for the period of 1972 to 2006. The LinuX based Samba server is used for implementing Samba server was deployed rapidly, which solves the difficulty in sharing horticultural cab abstracts among different systems in the local network. The proposed Samba Server enhanced the LAN's robustness, makes resource share, and enables Intranet deploying and shares abstracts more conveniently in the LAN with different systems. The online sharing of abstracts is practicable and was implemented successfully at National Research Centre for Citrus.

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008361   Sudha A (NO, Kannur Central Library Univ, Kannur-670 002, Email: sudha.azhikodan@gmail.com) : Status and pattern of financing the public libraries in Kerala. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(6), 649-54.

Adequate levels of funding are crucial to the success of a public library to fulfill its objectives. This study traces the various sources of finance of the Kerala State Library Council. The State government's contribution and cess collected as per the provision in the Act are the primary sources of revenue of the public libraries in Kerala. It depicts the total revenue and per - capita revenue of the Council over a period of ten years from 2001 to 2011. It also depicts the total expenditure, annual grant to the affiliated public libraries, and per-capita expenditure of the Council for the users. The expenditure of the Council towards various services of the public libraries is presented in this study. This study makes an attempt to discuss the important critical issues in the public library finance and conclude that it is the duty of the government to give due importance for the development of the public libraries with the provision of more funds.

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008360   Singh S P;Veralakshmi R S R (Library & Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007) : Cloud computing: a promising economic model for library and information centers. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(6), 525-30.

Till 1970s, Indian libraries were mainly dependent upon their own resources to meet their users' information needs. Then came an era of computerisation where libraries started working in a collaborative manner being connected through networks or consortia to utilise the resources of participating libraries also. Now cloud computing is emerging as a new technology which is becoming popular for scholarly communications in different types of organisations, particularly in corporate organisations. In this context, the article reviews how far cloud computing is suitable in libraries and the extent to which its applications and services can be used. The authors believe that India is self-sufficient now as it has the adequate technology and skills to bridge the digital divide. The cloud computing model would enable libraries to maintain better control over the applications and the data stores containing sensitive, private information. In addition, it helps the users to maintain their personalised information. Infrastructure virtualisation and cloud computing are becoming attractive choices being challenged by growth in the size of collection, new formats and dynamic usage. Hence, it is high time for the libraries to focus and avail the advantages of cloud computing to offer user-centered multi-level services to enable them to achieve greater level of satisfaction.

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008359   Singh A;Sharma C K;Sharma A K (NO, , Shardaa & Research Scholar Mewar Univ) : Analytical study of the growth, development and services of the dental colleges libraries of Western Uttar Pradesh. J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 8(2), 21-30.

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008358   Shiv Kumar;Bansal J (NO, Panjab Library Univ, Chandigarh-160 014, Email: jivesh@pu.ac.in) : Evaluation and comparison of features of OPACs in university libraries of Chandigarh and Punjab (India). IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(3), 157-69.

Paper evaluates and compares the features and functionalities of OPACs in university libraries of Chandigarh and Punjab, to identify whether these OPACs are offering searching capabilities and facilities in accordance with present days, rapid paced, digital age and IT-based society. The findings reveal that although all these OPACs under study provide basic search options and facilities, but an evaluation of the checklist features indicates shortcomings that continue to persist among them. System designers have as yet not exploited the latest technology inputs for better utilization of OPACs. Therefore, libraries have to rethink the application of advanced web technologies to make the OPACs efficiently functional, usable and attractive for users of the fast changing technology era to access information on OPAC in a modem technological environment.

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008357   Shinde M G;Konnur P V (NO, Y.C. Warana Mahavidyalaya, Warananagar-416 113, Email: tanaji2005@yahoo.co.in) : Role of digital libraries in the electronic information era. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(6), 663-9.

Rapid advances in information processing, storage and communication technologies have revolutionized the Vole of world wide libraries in disseminating information services to their users. Libraries are reconsolidating their positions, building digital collection, redesigning their services and information products to add value to their services in order to satisfy changing information needs of users. The paper gives a brief description of digital Library; highlights the methods of building digital collection; use of digital libraries and the problems of digital libraries and concludes with a brief description of the digital library projects initiated in different parts of the world.

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008356   Sharma C K;Bhatli K;Singh K (NO, Lib. & Inf. Sc. TMU Dep, Moradabad) : Death of print journals is premature? an overview. J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 8(2), 31-6.

Changes the technology has brought on libraries has been quick and for reaching. Though our professionals mission, objectives and values have not changed, the way we achieve this mission has dramatically changed. Authors are not only able to deliver our services better, but also are able to bring in a variety of new services making effective use of technology. While the traditionally print sources will continue to be of effectively complemented the print resources with many advanced search and speed delivery capabilities.

008355   Sharma A K;Borah N;Sharma C K (Central Library [I/C], Jain Vishva Bharati Univ, Ladnun-341 306) : Digital library: preservation and digital resources. J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 8(2), 37-48.

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008354   Sedam M V;Keshava (Library and Information Centre Dep, Maharani's Science College for Women, Palace Road, Bangalore-560 001, Email: smariraj@yahoo.co.in) : Communication and collaborative research pattern of Charles K Kao: a scientometric portrait. Pearl 2013, 7(1), 5-10.

Scientometric analysis of the 44 publications by Charles K Kao published during 1968 - 2008 has been done in the present paper. The result of the study shows that Charles K Kao had published 12 single-authored and 32 multi-authored (publications) papers during 1968-2008. The multi-authored papers include: two-authored, three authored, four authored, five authored, six authored (3), seven, eight and ten authored. His highest productivity was in 2003 with the output of 4 publications (age 70), followed by 3 papers each in 2001 (age, 68 years), 2004 (age, 71 years) and 2008 (age, 75 years). The 50 percentile productivity life was 20 at the age of 54 years. The total productivity life of the author spans 41 years from the age of 35. Charles K Kao has received 127 citations for his 44 articles and his h-index 6.

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008353   Sandhu H S (NO, DAVIET, Jalandhar) : Transition from palm leaves to palmtop: preservation and access of manuscripts in India. J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 8(2), 1-14.

Glorious past of Indian culture lies in the ancient manuscripts. These are the basic historical evidence and have great research value. It is estimated that India possesses more than five million manuscripts, making her the largest repository of manuscript wealth in the world. Though our ancestors had tried to preserve these manuscripts, thousands of such valued unpublished Indian manuscripts on varied subjects are lying scattered or fragmented in India and foreign collections and some of these are no longer accessible to research scholars. This invaluable and unique pool of knowledge is under threat and manuscripts are disappearing at an alarming rate. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was established in 1987. Kala Nidhi, a National Information System and Data Bank, consists of the reference library of print collections, a large library of Microfilms/Microfiches, collection of slides, cultural archives and photo documentation in the disciplines of Arts and Archaeology. Recognizing the need to encompass and preserve this knowledge resource and to make these accessible to scholars and researchers, IGNCA had initiated, the most important manuscript microfilming programme in 1989. In this paper the following topics have been discussed: Definition of manuscript, Tradition of preservation and access in India, Institutional and individual efforts in the melds of preservation and access in India.

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008352   Roy P P (NO, Institute of Education, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan-731 235) : Publication of Tagoreana before and after expiry of copyright: a study. IASLIC Bull 2012, 57(3), 131-45.

Rabindranath gave copyright of his intellectual output to Visva-Bharati. The copyright period expired in December 2001. Now private publishers are free to publish Tagoreana (Tagore's literature). An attempt has been made in this study to find out trend, type and number of publication of Tagoreana by private publishers and also comparison of price with Visva-Bharati publications. It is observed that a very small number of publishers publishing a meager number of commercially viable titles of Tagoreana with less price but poor quality in comparison to Visva-Bharati

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008351   Regha V S (NO, Madras School of Social Work, Chennai-600 008, Email: vsakthirekha@yahoo.com) : Design and dvelopment of a virtual libray for social science and management. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2012, 32(6), 468-76.

In this information age, it is a worthwhile task to update oneself with not only conventional sources of knowledge but also with the web resources. There is abundant information available on the web but it remains a question as how to make the best use of them. This paper presents the outcome of a project that sought to organise the links of the freely available resources like directories, e-books, e-journals and so on in the field of social science and management and provide a single-point access to such resources. This paper describes the methodology adopted to design and develop the virtual library for social science and management. This could serve as a pointer for aspiring content developers in the field and will also enable library science professionals undertaking similar initiatives to compare notes.

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008350   Ray P P;Sen B K (NO, Institute of Education, Visva Bharati, West Bengal-731 235, Email: rayparth1@hotmail.com) : Gitanjali (song offerings): a bibliometric study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2012, 49(6), 101-13.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) received Nobel Prize for Gitanjali (Songs Offerings) in 1913 which is a collection of poems from different kavyagrantha (book of poems). The present paper is an attempt to study the growth of poems of Gitanjali, their lengths, places and dates of writings, use of words, rank frequency of different words and to find out whether Gitanjali follows any bibliometric law. The study also tries to find justification of the title Gitanjali with the help of bibliometric techniques. It is observed from the study that many poems of Gitanjali are songs, written long before the publication and submission of Gitanjali for Nobel Prize. The rank-frequency distribution of words in Gitanjali do not follow Zipf s law but justiies the title of the kavyagrantha.

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