001170   Purushothama Gowda M (NO, , ) : Personal benefits are below expectations of the library and information science (LIS) professionals in the academic libraries of dakshina kannada. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(4), 203-22.

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001169   Pawar B V;Sharma A K;Thatte S S;Gupta R H (NO, , ) : On the use of information technology in banking. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(2), 83-93.

001168   Negahban M B;Selvaraja A;Venkatesha Y (DOS in Library and Information Science, Mysore Univ, Mysore, Email: neghaban2003@yahoo.com) : Assessment of user adequacy and services of library collections among research scholars of university of Mysore. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(1), 51-6.

Present study reports empirical findings on the user adequacy and services of library collections among research scholars of university of Mysore. A total of 68 research scholars pursuing their Ph.D degree in various social and biological sciences were randomly selected of which 57 were male research scholars and 11 were female research scholars. A pre determined structured questionnaire on user adequacy and services of library collection was administered to the selected respondents. The data analysis was done using chi-square. Results revealed that in the case of library collections majority opined that only news papers and magazines are adequate. Reference books, text books, journals, thesis and dissertations were found to be moderately adequate as perceived by research scholars. Maps, atlases and charts, and electronic resources were found to be inadequate by the research scholars. In the case of library services, reference services, referral services, newspaper clippings, reprographic services and internet services were found to be good. Selective dissemination of information, current awareness service, indexing and abstracting services were found to be poor.

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001167   Neelameghan A;Lalitha S K (NO, SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Bangalore560 010, Email: anm2002@vsnl.net) : English-Tamil bilingual thesaurus hyperlinked to an online Tamil-English lexicon to support classical tamil studies- application of WINISIS and GSDL. Inf Stud 2011, 17(4), 225-42.

Describes the application of the open source software WINISIS of Unesco and Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) of the University of Waikato, New Zeeland in designing and developing an English-Tamil bilingual Thesaurus hyperlinked to the online Tamil Lexicon (TL) maintained by The University of Chicago. WINISIS has very good indexing and hyper-linking facilities but is not Unicode compliant to accept Indian Languages such as Tamil; however, GSDL is Unicode compliant and data entry and display in Tamil script is feasible. Exporting records from WINISIS to GSDL, data entry in Tamil script, searching using Tamil terms in Tamil script, the same transliterated into Roman script, and terms in (normal) English, hyper-linking within the thesaurus, and linking to and searching and retrieval from, the online TL and display are demonstrated with screen shots.

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001166   Natarajan N O;Ravichandran P;Ravi S (Library and Information Science Wing, Directorate of Distance Educati, Annamalai Univ, Annamalainagar-608 002, Email: natarajanno@ymail.com) : Online access to information in health care profession in India. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(1), 3-8.

The invention of computer as well as information and communication technology has brought in many changes all over the world in all the fields. It has not left the medical field; there is a big revolution in the health care profession. Many new concepts have evolved in health care profession like telemedicine, electronic health record, health management information system, open access system, new publishing models etc. The clinicians and the scientists are not well informed about this development in India and the infrastructure is also not fully equipped in India. The librarians also find it very difficult to cope up with this situation. This paper deals with the challenges faced by the medical librarians. It also gives few resources that provide health science information.

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001165   Momoh R L;Saka K A (NO, , ) : Serials' access and usage by undergraduate students: a case study of university of Abuja library. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(2), 72-82.

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001164   Manhas R (NO, , ) : DSpace: an overview to open source digital library package. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(3), 117-31.

The importance of an integrated approach to digital content management is becoming increasingly apparent to those in university environments. Institutions need to manage and preserve their own digital assets, provide open access and foster national and global research communities. Academic content, which may not be published by traditional means, represents a considerable institutional asset, but the ongoing challenge is the management, organisation and preservation of those resources, hence the need to establish digital repositories which perform this role. DSpace is an open source system that offers the basic features required to implement a digital repository service. The paper covers the main features of DSpace.

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001163   Madu E C (NO, , ) : Internet adoption for studies by student in Nigerian universities: a case study of federal university of technology, minna. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(4), 223-32.

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001162   Khode S;Khode A (NO, Mahakal Institute of Technology, Behind Air Strip, Datana, Dewas Road, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh) : Online electronic journals and the five laws of library science. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2011, 48(1), 9-13.

The advantages of online electronic journals are playing vital roles towards the fulfillment of the five laws of library science. This paper describes how online electronic journals are helpful in successful implementation of the five laws of library science.

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001161   Khaparde V (NO, , ) : Information usage by biological science researchers of dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(2), 64-71.

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001160   Khan K M;Shailarani B (NO, , ) : Library websites: an evaluative study. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(1), 22-35.

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001159   Joel-Ikokoh C E (NO, , ) : Library automation: the buying and maintenance of personal computer. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(1), 52-6.

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001158   Ikokoh;Joel J (NO, , ) : Catering for special needs education children in the school library. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(2), 57-64.

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001157   Hadagali G S;Kumbar B D (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003, Email: gururaj_hadagali@yahoo.co.in) : Use of electronic resources in university libraries of Karnataka state. Inf Stud 2011, 17(4), 211-24.

Examines the use of electronic resources by faculty members and research scholars of universities of Karnataka State, India, in order to determine the level of use and different purposes of using electronic resources, and its impact on the academic community. A total of 604 questionnaires were distributed and 479 (79.63%) completed questionnaires were retimed, Survey responses were coded and input into Excel for analysis. Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was also used for construct frequency tables, and calculate Mean, Standard Deviation and Co-efficient of Variation. The study emphasizes different aspects such as, the future of the library and information services in academic libraries depends upon major factors, like, availability of adequate manpower, which provision for continuous updating of IT skills and and allocation of adequate recurring grants to procure, update and maintain IT infrastructure and electronic resources.

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001156   Eguavoen O E L (NO, , ) : Attitudes of librarians to cataloguing and classification of library materials in Nigerian academic libraries. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(3), 132-8.

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001155   Dutta B;Majumder K;Sen B K (NO, , 73/20, Golf Club Road, Kolkata-700 033, Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com ) : Subject domain by keyword cluster analysis based on research articles: a case study from physics. Inf Stud 2011, 17(4), 195-210.

Reports on a study of keywords collected from 3330 journal articles on Brane Theory and 4456 journal articles on Fermi Liquid published during 1989 to 2003 and reported in the bibliographic databases INSPEC and COMPENDEX. Some parameters of a subject-domain have been defined, viz. Cluster-Rank (r) and Cluster-Potential (p). The variation pattern between r and p has been shown graphically and an empirical relationship has also been developed. This study might be useful in designing information retrieval thesaurus and subject-specific integrated information system.

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001154   Banerjee I;Biswas S;Biswas A;De M;Begum S A; Haldar S (Pharmacology Dep, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata-700 004) : Trends to access internet among medical students of a government medical college in West Bengal. J Indian Med Ass 2011, 109(7), 459-61.

The use of computer and information technology is on an escalation. The internet, one of the key developments in this field, provides instant access to latest medical information. The present study was conducted (i) to estimate the extent and purpose of internet usage among undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) medical students, (ii) to identify factors that encourage the students to use internet for medical information, (iii) to assess the need for incorporating computer education in medical curriculum. A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted on 150 students of Burdwan Medical College and Hospital between June 2009 and December 2009. Majority of the students accessed internet from their home PC (42% UGs and 52% PGs).Common search engines browsed commonly by both UGs and PGs include Google and yahoo. Regarding principles of telemedicine and evidence-based medicine, majority of the PGs are well versed while UGs are not (p-value 0.0001). Almost all students agreed to incorporate computer education in medical curriculum. Primary source of medical information was textbook for UGs (62%) and internet for the PGs (48%). Majority of UGs (48%) used internet as a ready source of information thus saving time while PGs (68%) primarily relied on internet for recent advances in their disciplines. The primary purposes of internet use are educational for both UGs and PGs. The data obtained indicates that majority of the medical students participating in the present study embrace and use internet to access medical information. It also justifies the need to incorporate internet and associated information technology into existing medical curriculum.

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001153   Amadasu;Ebahi M;Meggison J T (NO, , ) : Telecommunication and access to information in rural areas in Nigeria. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(4), 191-202.

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001152   Aliu I M (NO, , ) : Role of libraries of lifelong learning and education in an area of information communication technology. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(1), 36-42.

Lifelong learning is necessary, and the library is the logical locale for it. This is especially so as modern education cannot exist without recourse to libraries and recorded knowledge whether orthodox or newage-library now popularly referred to as library without walls, electronic, hybrid etc libraries.

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001151   Aldi K V;Tadasad P G (NO, , ) : Development of science serials in university environment with special reference to Karnataka state (2004-2008). Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(3), 155-68.

Scientific serials collection is to support the undergraduate and graduate programs of the University, to provide general and advanced materials for student's research scholars and faculty members in all fields, and to furnish a limited number of materials for leisure reading. Departments, using their Library allocations, select serials appropriate for their students and faculty. Because the cost of serial publications has risen, and continues to rise, at an alarming rate, each department is responsible for keeping its serial list within a budget limitation. In any library there are three important components that together make up a library are users, staff and collection development. Among these, the collection development of need based collection required serving the academic community and making the collection widely available and fostering intensive use of collection is one of the most important primary functions. Libraries most of the services depend upon the development of relevant, need based representative collection of documents, to meet the aims and objectives of the parent organization. Serials serve as a major source of current information in many academic disciplines. Subscription to a serial title involves a prospective long-term commitment of funds, and because of the increasing cost of serial subscriptions, acquisition of new serial titles requires careful consideration.

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001150   Alao I A;Folorunsho A L (NO, , ) : What nigerian library support staff consider important in judging their supervisors. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(3), 169-76.

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001149   Abraham J;Ramesh Babu B (NO, , ) : Design and development of industrial information system for small industries sector: an exploratory study. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(1), 1-11.

India is one of the largest industrial systems in the world the largest number of scientific personnel than of any developing country. Although the total number of scientists engaged in industrial research in India looks very impressive, it compares less favourably with many developed countries. The present industrial research system comprises essentially two main streams, the SIDO at the National level and at the State Directorate of Industries at the State level. Besides, there are several other agencies such as Scientific Organisations and various Ministries/Departments at the Central level. There are also private or voluntary organisations participating directly or indirectly in research activities related to industry. The main avenues of dissemination of industrial research information in India include research coordination meetings, reports, newsletters, handbooks, conference proceedings, industrial fairs and exhibitions, TV/radio programme.

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001148   Aba;Jane I (NO, , ) : Prospects of Nigerian virtual library. Int Libr Movement 2011, 33(1), 12-21.

The traditional function of the library as a place for the storage and preservation of materials has changed. The library now lays emphasis on information exchange and satisfaction of users. This has led to the threshold of the digital library with modern information technology transforming the library sector. It is the dream of many academic libraries to be part of the growing plethora of virtual libraries all over the world. They want to make their resources as well as those of other well-endowed libraries accessible to their patrons wherever they maybe.

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000001   John V (Ewing Christain College, An Autonomous Constituent College, Allahabad Univ, Uttar Pradesh) : Symbolisation with colour variables in thematic mapping: choice of a colour notation system. Indian J Landsc Syst ecol Stud 2012, 35(1), 57-80.

Colour has a long history of use in the maps. In ease of thematic maps the experiences of the Map Division of the OSS of U.S.A. (now CIA) during World War II; subsequent establishment and an increase in the number of the cartography courses in universities; developments in printing and computer technology has resulted in an increase of colour use in thematic cartography. Given this scenario of growing use of colour in thematie mapping there is a need of the choice of a system for the colour description and naming system with unequivocal colour descriptions and their precise specifications, in universally understood terms. This is necessary because everyday common terminology is often vague, impoverished and ambiguous. Often the terminology is culture specific and shows a lack of uniformity. The paper discusses a choice for such a system and the grounds for its selection. Towards this end the choice of colour notation system will be discussed in the background of the nature of colour and its visual processing together with the structuring of the semantic relations and the syntactical rules with the colour dimensions as graphic variables. Coupled with these semiology discussions the eonnotative implications of colour and its different dimensions and the effects of aesthetic use of colour on cognitive processing of the information from such maps will also be taken up.

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025594   Vishnupriya V;Shameema Parveen A;Rithra R; Shanmugasundaram M;Manimegalai R (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Email: mmegalai@yahoo.com) : Efficient data retrieval using corrugated search technique. Int J Adv Comput Inf Technol 2012, 1(2), 108-14.

Internet has a wide collection of information which encompasses both relevant and irrelevant data. In general, search engines provide abundant information for any search term which is keyed in. Some of the search results may be relevant and some others may be irrelevant. Therefore, it is tedious and time consuming for the knowledge seeker to filter out the relevant details from the huge pile of search results. Current web search engines are built to serve all users, independent of the special needs of any individual user. User profiling helps in filtering out the unwanted information and presents only the relevant results to the user. An efficient Information Retrieval System (IRS) is developed to extract the relevant and most appropriate information for any particular search term. An efficient database that covers important terms in engineering curriculum has been designed and personalization of search process is carried out based on the user interests. Corrugated Search (CS) is employed in which relevant search results are filtered and presented to the user based on user profile and search context.

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025593   Sandhu H K;Garg R (NO, UIET, Punjab University, Chandigarh, Email: harpreet_k_sandhu@yahoo.co.in) : Evaluation of routing protocols in the integrated MANET internet scenario. Int J Adv Comput Inf Technol 2012, 1(2), 210-18.

Authors had integrated wired and wireless network particularly MANET using stationary gateway through which mobile nodes can communicate with the wired nodes or we can say fixed nodes in internet. Gateways operate as a bridge between MANET and wired nodes. Due to the dynamic topology, routing in MANET becomes a challenging task. Authors had used modified AODV called AODV+ to support the communication of mobile devices with fixed devices. The key protocols AODV and DSDV have been simulated in this network scenario and their performance has been compared on the basis of three performance metrics : packet delivery ratio, average end-to-end delay and average throughput.

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025592   Sabarish B A;Guru Moorthy S M;Dhivya M A; Sakthi Naveen K;Vaishnavi S (Information Technology Dep, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Email: ba_sabarish@cb.amrita.edu) : Survey on clustering protocols in wireless sensor networks. Int J Adv Comput Inf Technol 2012, 1(2), 160-6.

Wireless sensor Networks has gained major attention from most of the recent research community. The crucial role of efficient energy management of sensor nodes is emphasized by lesser life time and capacity of the sensor nodes. Clustering is one of those ways of efficiently balancing the load on the sensor nodes. Of the many clustering protocols LEACH (Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy) is found to be the most well-known cluster-based protocol. Authors compare LEACH, a cluster-based protocol with its three modified version protocols that helps in prolonging the lifetime of the sensor networks. The modified versions taken into consideration are LEACH - C, ER-LEACH, LEACH - SM.

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025591   Chandrakar P K;Sanjay Kumar;Mukherjee D (SoS in Computer Science & IT, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Univ, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Email: premchandrakar@gmail.com) : Appling classification techniques in data mining in agricultural land soil. Int J Trop Agric 2011, 29(3-4), 169-75.

Data Mining Techniques have led over various methods to gain knowledge from vast amount of data. There are the various research tools available for the large amount of data. Data mining has more technique to analyze the large amount of data like various classification algorithms. We have studied various data mining research tools available for analyzing the large amount of data. We have studied the WEKA data mining tools and various data mining classification algorithms like Bayesian classification Algorithm, Rule based classification and classification by Decision tree. This dissertation aim to study various research tools available for the comparison for large amount of data. They are applied to soil science database and found out relationship between them. A large data set of soil database is extracted from the Department of Soil Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The database contains measurement of soil profile data from locations of Raipur districts. The data belongs to the Raipur area of Chhattisgarh region. Comparison was made between Naive Base Classification and most effective techniques. The database is the measurement of soil profile data from location of Raipur, Chhattisgarh in India. The outcome of the research may have many benefits, to agriculture, soil management and environmental. Data mining software application includes various methodologies that have been developed by both commercial and research centers. These techniques have been used for industrial, commercial and, scientific purpose. For example data mining has been used to analyze large datasets and established useful classification and patterns in the data sets. Agriculture and Biological research studied have been used for various techniques of data analysis including, natural trees, statistical machine learning in other analysis methods. This research aim to access data mining techniques and apply them to a soil science database to establish if meaningful relationship can be found. The overall aim of the research is to classify the soils using classification techniques based on texture of soil profile.

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025590   Bashir O;Singh D K;Neeraj Kumar;Varshney P K (Forestry Dep, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Univ, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) : Ecotourism: problems and possibilities in soor sarovar bird sanctuary on the basis of visitor management. Indian For 2011, 137(10), 1238-40.

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024442   Yin C Y (School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences, Murdoch Univ, Murdoch, 6150 WA, Australia, Email: c.yin@murdoch.edu.au) : Do impact factor, h-index and eigenfactor<. Curr Sci 2011, 100(5), 648-53.

This study aims to determine the correlation strength between impact factor (JIF), h-index and Eigenfactor^TM of chemical engineering (CE) journals and its subsequent relevance in indicating the influence and prestige of the journals. Five-year JIFs, Eigenfactor^TM and Article Influence score for the journals are extracted from the 2008 Journal Citation Reportsr whereas h-indices are determined from SCImago Journal & Country Rank and ISI Web of Knowledge. It is found that all the aforesaid metrics are highly correlated with one another (Spearman's rho <62> 0.8) and it is especially true for broad-based CE journals. The Eigenfactor^TM and h-index exhibit a power-law correlation and their combination is revealed to be the best indicator of prestige and impact of broad-based CE journals. Findings from this study shed some light on the suitability of the aforesaid metrics to complement each other when used as collective indicators to evaluate the influence or prestige of CE journals or journals of other categories.

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024441   Sunil M V (DOS Library and Information Science, Mysore Univ, Manasgangothri, Mysore-570 006) : Importance-performance analysis (IPA) of OSILS products. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 56-74.

Evaluation of Integrated Library System (ILS) requires a significant investment of time, energy, resources and the set of due diligence during the selection process. This paper proposes 'Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA)' approach to evaluate the Open Source Integrated Library Systems (OSLIS) products, which is a popular evaluation technique used by market researchers in satisfaction studies. This technique presents the perceptual and experiential expectations from the product/service category, and evaluate the existing brands' performance vis-a-vis the Importance of features. This is the first attempt in the area of software evaluation in libraries to apply IPA approach. OSILS products Evergreen, Koha, NewGenLib, and PMBILS have been evaluated for their performance using this approach. The performance is tested with the requirements of Indian College Libraries as a frame of reference. The result shows the strengths and weaknesses of each of these software(s) for college library environment.

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024440   Sun Y;Nisizawa M;Kakinuma S (NO, National Institute of Informatics (NII), 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan, Email: yuan@nii.ac.jp) : Competitive external research funding as an indicator in university research evaluation: fractional counting of number of funding applications. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 157-69.

Research activity of individual universities has conventionally been measured by a number of bibliometric indicators based on the number of papers published in top-ranked journals or the number of citations they have received. Research funding is typically considered just one of several important input indicators, about on par with the number of researchers, that affect the research activities of universities. However, when we consider that competitive research funding applicants need to pass a rigorous screening by peers, the number and amount of accepted research funding proposals could be used as an output indicator for universities' research activities as well. The Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, which are provided by the Japanese Government, are the largest competitive external research funding source in Japan, and they play an extremely important role in helping researchers, especially at universities, undertake their work. In this study, we focus not only on the principal investigators but also on the co-investigators of funding applications to examine the indicators in university evaluation and research collaborations among universities.

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024439   Singh K P;Gulati D (Library and Information Science Dep, Tutorial Building, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: singh_1972@yahoo.co.in) : Open source software: new avatars in pricing environment. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 5-16.

In the Information era, to avoid obsolescence of information, professionals are applying advanced technologies to enable the user community to get right information at the right time and open source software is one such solution through which users have the ability to run, copy, distribute, study, change, share and improve any program. This paper highlights the various types of open source software with their important feature. A tabular presentation has been made to give an idea of OSS with their platform, database, and license availability.

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024438   Shibu K M (Library and Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh-202 002, Email: shibukm123@gmail.com) : Awareness and use of open source software for digital libraries in India. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 18-24.

Information and Communication Technology is changing the world quite rapidly creating new challenges and opportunities. Open source movement has been one of the most significant developments of recent time and represent a turning point for the digital library system. This study intends to explore the awareness and use of open source software for digital library creation. The study also tries to unearth the operating systems that are being used, existing infrastructure facilities for digital library, technical qualification of the staff, reason for opting open source software etc. An attempt is also made to find out the familiarity of digital library policy in the country.

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024437   Sheeja N K (NO, Cochin Science and Technology Univ, Kochi-682 002, Email: sheeja@cusat.ac.in) : OSS use in the development of institutional repositories in India: an analytical study. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 25-31.

The purpose of this paper is to assess the use of open source software (OSS) in the growth and development of institutional repositories in Indian academic and research institutions. Data for the study was mainly collected from the Open DOAR. Literature search was performed to explore existing information on OSS adoption. The use of OSS is limited in India compared to developed and developing countries in the world. This study is limited to those institutions that were registered in Open DOAR.

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024436   Satish Babu (International Centre for Free and Open source Software (ICFOSS), Government of Kerala, Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581, Email: director@icfoss.in) : FOSS in library and information science. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 1-4.

Discusses Free and Open Source {FOSS) movement at large and its application in Library and Information Science field in particular. The paper describes the genesis and development of Free Software Movement and discusses its Impact in the domain of Library and Information Science with examples. The profound impact of FOSS on Open Access Archiving are narrated. The author reiterates that Library and Information Science transformed the growth of FOSS.

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024435   Ramasesha S;Sen D (Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, Email: diptiman@cts.iisc.ernet.in) : Misuse of scientometry for individual assessment. Curr Sci 2011, 100(4), 446.

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024434   Rajput P S (Library and Information Science, Jiwaji Univ, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Email: prabhat.t82@gmail.com) : Open source softwares: the freedom of code to change the world. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 75-89.

Open Source Software (OSS) came into existence with the development of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). The term "open source" refers to software that includes the original source code, used to create it to facilitate the users to modify it to cater their specific needs. The present study discusses the concept of Open Source Software. It portrays a comparative study of the three major widely used OSS. Attempts to discover the most effective OSS was made through the questionnaire analysis method. It presents a brief introduction of the short listed softwares, and their selection and evaluation criteria. It finally analyses and interprets the collected information and proposes suggestions for improvement and implementation of the open source softwares in libraries.

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024433   Parvathamma N;Gobbur D S (Library & Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga-585 106, Email: parvathi_glb@yahoo.co.in) : Scientific productivity and impact of Indian polymer scientists (1992-2006): an informetric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 205-15.

All scientific research end up as publications in open literature or as classified documents, in print or digital form. In India, scientific literature has increased as a result of increase in investments in Science and Technology, improvement in Research and Development infrastructure, and increase in research activities. The situation calls for monitoring and measuring the performance of the country in Science and Technology. Several informetric indicators such as scientific productivity and impact of individual scientists and institutions based on the quantity and quality of research publications, scattering of literature across Indian and foreign journals, and nature of collaboration have been developed to measure the performance of individuals and institutions in a country in various disciplines. In this context, an attempt is made to understand the status of Polymer Science research in India using Chemical Abstracts database on CD-ROM as the source for collecting the required data for the period of 1992 to 2006. 37 Keywords for representing Polymer Science were selected with the help of Polymer Indexing Thesaurus and the subject experts. A total of 22000 bibliographic entries were downloaded with the help of keywords and occurrence of the term 'India' in affiliation of the first author for the period $92 to 2006. After verification of these records for duplicates, homonyms and synonyms, a total of 21,918 bibliographic entries with abstracts and subject descriptors were subjected to further analysis. Major findings of the study are that 99.37% of the Polymer Science literature contributed by Indian scientists were published in the form of research articles in scientific periodicals and patents. Research Institutes are the major contributors of research publications. 11.92% of the research publications were authored by single authors and remaining 88.08% of the publications were authored by joint or multiple authors. Average number of authors per publications is 4.2. The percentage of single authored publications had decreased from 14% in 1992 to 11% in 2006. The degree of collaboration (g) is 0.878, indicating very high degree of collaboration or team work in the field. Twenty four Indian authors with more than thirty publications during 1992-2006 are identified as prolific authors. Data related to the total publications during their entire career, taken from Scopus database shows that Dr. Thomas Sabu has published highest number.

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024432   Osareh F;Mostafavi E (Library and Information Science Dep, Shahid Chamran Univ, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Email: Ahwaz-IranOsareh.f@gmail.com) : Lotka's law and authorship distribution in computer science using web of science (WoS) during 1986-2009. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 171-83.

Examine the conformity of Lotka's Law to authorship distribution in the field of computer science using Web of Science (WoS) during 1986-2009. Totally, 19,150 articles in Computer Science produced by 45,713 authors, was compiled for analysis. Lotka's Law was tested using both generalized and modified forms by using the formula: Xⁿ y = C, the values of the exponent n and the constant c were computed; and Kolmogorov-Smimov (K-S) goodness-of-fit test were applied. The results suggested that author productivity distribution predicted in "Lotka's generalized inverse square law" didn't conform to Computer Science. Outputs while, the modified Lotka's Law by Pao, was confirmed to the discipline. The main elements involved in fitting in a bibliometrics method have been identified: Lotka's original inverse square law or modified method, subject area, period of time, measurement of authors, testing a criterion for assessing goodness-of-fit.

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024431   Mehaboobullah K;Vijayan S S (Library & Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Calicut Univ, P.O., Kerala-673 635, Email: mehaboobullahkc@yahoo.co.in) : Open source digital library softwares: a comparative study. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 93-100.

Open source software is computer software for which the human-readable source code is made available free of charge for anyone to use and manipulate. Free access and good level of functionality, better communication system, decreasing cost of computing, community collaborative effort, and availability of source code etc. Increase the importance of open source software. In this paper a comparison of three most popular open source softwares, DSpace. Greenstone and E.prints are made. Even though there are a number of open source digital library softwares, DSpace, Greenstone and EPrints are becoming most popular in India and abroad. But often librarians are in a dilemma in the selection of appropriate software as to their requirements. It is to be noted that each software package has its own strengths and weaknesses and library can select the one which is most appropriate to fulfil their needs so as to bring out a clear idea to choose the appropriate software according to their requirements for developing a digital repository.

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024430   Maguipuinamei M (Library & Information Science Dep, Pondicherry Univ, Puducherry-605 014, Email: mosesrun@gmail.com) : Open source software: new opportunities and challenges before Indian school library. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 38-49.

Open Source Software (OSS) is of consummate interest to librarians in the light of minimizing the cost of school library automation in India. It promises better quality, higher reliability, flexibility and eliminates the monopoly of commercial software. It has incisive quality over proprietary software since it can be customized precisely to meet the unique requirements of a library. Further, open source communities and librarians share the same values of free and equal access to information. This study provides insight and informs librarians about various OSS tools available for instruction and library automation. It brings out the structural and institutional challenges faced by Indian school libraries in its effort to automate their library using OSS. To overcome the existing problems and capitalize the benefits offered by OSS, a collaborative Model of Government, University and School Libraries (GUS) has been proposed. This paper provides introductory Information that seeks to wean Indian school library off the traditional computing products and dive Into the pool of Open Source resources available today.

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024429   Madhan M;Arunachalam S (NO, ICRISAT, Patancheru-502 324, Email: subbiah.arunachalam@gmail.com) : Use made of open access journals by indian researchers to publish their findings. Curr Sci 2011, 100(9), 1297-1306.

Most of the papers published in the more than 360 Indian open access journals are by Indian researchers. But how many papers do they publish in high impact international open access journals? We have looked at India's contribution to all seven Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals, 10 BioMed Central (BMC) journals and Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports. Indian crystallographers have published more than 2,000 structure reports in Acta Crystallographica, second only to China in number of papers, but have a much better citations per paper average than USA, Britain, Germany and France, China and South Korea. India's contribution to BMC and PLoS journals, on the other hand, is modest at best. We suggest that the better option for India is institutional self-archiving.

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024428   Lavakare P J (NO, 19 Khagol Society, 38/1 Panchavati, Pashan Road, Pune-411 008, Email: lavakare@vsnl.com) : Can our national laboratories become research universities?. Curr Sci 2011, 100(1), 22-3.

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024427   Kanta Rani;Luthra R (NO, Human Resource Development Gropus, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012, Email: luthra57@rediffmail.com) : Are research grants free from gender bias: an overview of funding pattern of CSIR extramural research projects in life sciences. Curr Sci 2011, 100(1), 38-42.

Analysis of life sciences extramural research (EMR) projects, recommended during the period 2004-2008, indicates no apparent gender bias in awarding EMR grants. The success rate of women scientists from universities in getting EMR grants is higher compared to men scientists, unlike R&D institutions where it is relatively lower. Outreach of life sciences research funding to women scientists is limited to mainly Delhi, Karnataka and West Bengal. Relatively lower strength of women in most institutions, rather than gender discrimination, seems to be the reason of lower representation of women in life sciences research funding.

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024426   Jeyapragash B;Geetha V (Library Univ, Bharathidasan Univ, Trichy-620 24, Email: bjeyapragash@gmail.com) : Barriers in implementation of open source software in engineering college libraries in Trichy and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 50-5.

The study examines the barriers in implementing Open Source Software in libraries in the areas of Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Institutional Repositories, Content Management System (CMS), Weblog and Federated Search. The data were collected from 104 LIS professionals working in egineering colleges in Trichy and Coimbatore city, (Tamilnadu, India). The results showed that majority of respondents were strongly agreed that are the major barriers. "Lack of Training on OSS" and "Inadequate Publicity on OSS and Services". The study also recommended to organize conferences, workshops, seminars to train the LIS professionals on Open Source Software and the activities will helps the LIS professional to update their skills and promote motivation in order to implement Open Source Software (OSS) in libraries.

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024425   Har Kaur;Mahajan P;Gupta B M (NO, Government Medical College and Hospital, Central Library, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Email: harkaur@rediffmail.com) : Scientometric analysis of the research output: a study of government medical college & Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 217-26.

Attempts to analyze the research profile of the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, on several parame-ters including its status, growth rate, impact, international collaborative research patterns, media of communication, disease and organ related patterns of research output. The paper also evaluates the research char-acteristics under 8 broad subjects and of 15 productive authors. Scopus International multidisciplinary bibliographical database has been used to retrieve the 10 years data covering the years 2000-2009.

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024424   Gupta B M;Bala A;Kaur H (NO, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Mapping of AIDS/HIV research in India: a scientometrics analysis of publications output during 1999-2008. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 185-203.

Study analyses the research output of India in AIDS/HIV during 1999-2008 on several parameters including the growth, rank and global publications share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, contribution of major collaborative partner countries, contribution of various subject-fields and using co-word analysis various diseases/infections commonly associated with AIDS/HIV in India are identified. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (1999-2008) by searching the keywords (AIDS*; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV*; Human Immuno deficiency virus; Immunodeficiency virus, Human; Immunodeficiency syndrome, acquired; Immunologic deficiency syndrome, acquired; virus, Human immunodeficiency) in the combined Title, Abstract and keywords fields. To compare the profile of Indian research output with China, South Africa and Brazil, the study downloaded the data on these countries using the Affiliation field of this database. India ranks at 12th position among the top 20 countries and its global publication share (2.07%) is higher than Brazil (1.74%), but lower than China (2.24%) and South Africa (2.52%). Similarly its average annual publication growth rate of India is higher than that of Brazil, but lower than that of China and South Africa. But India's international collaborative publication share is lower than other developing countries in top 20. Citation quality as reflected in citations per paper for South Africa and Brazil is found to be higher than that of India.Concludes that India needs to increase its output and bring about improvement in the quality of its research efforts. This can be done by investing much more in R&D expenditure, increase in the deployment of more qualified manpower and in increasing international collaboration and by modernizing and strengthening its research infrastructure.

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024423   Gopakumar V;Anuradha V;Baradol A K (NO, Goa Univ, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, Email: gopan@unigoa.ac.in) : Mendeley: free reference manager and PDF organizer for researchers and librarians. Kelpro Bull 2011, 15(2), 32-7.

Mendeley is a free software tool for organizing pdf files in your desktop and to collaborate with peer researchers by exchanging information. It also helps us to create bibliographies and insert citations in the articles. This paper gives an overview on the use of the Mendeley and its features.

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024422   Gagan Prathap (NO, CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resou, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Correlation between h-index, eigenfactor<. Curr Sci 2011, 100(9), 1276.

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