024421   Gadagkar R (Centre for Ecological Sciences and Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, Email: ragh@ces.iisc.ernet.in) : Science as a hobby: how and why I came to study the social life of an Indian primitively eusocial wasp. Curr Sci 2011, 100(6), 845-58.

For the most part, my research career has involved prying into the life of the locally abundant primitively eusocial paper wasp, Ropalidia marginata, with the aim of understanding the origin and evolution of social life in insects. My interest in this wasp species began as a hobby, but I was privileged to soon convert my hobby into my profession. Here I describe how this conversion came about, what it meant to pursue my hobby as a full-time activity, describe some examples from my research and end with some reflections about the process of doing modern science, especially in India.

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024420   Chen Y;Wang X;Lin D;liu Z (Dalian Technology Univ, Webometrics-Informetrics-Scientometrics-Econometrics Lab (WISE Lab), Dalian-116 085, China, Email: chenyuedlut@163.com) : Bibliometric analysis of science cooperation group size. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 227-35.

This paper analyzes the applicability of Weibull Density Distribution and Kernel Density Estimation in research of scientific productivity and collaboration group size. The datasets from five categories were retrieved and downloaded from ISI, and they are used to verify Kernel Density Estimation curve fits well with the Weibull Density Distribution curve. As a comparatively convenient function, Kernel Density Estimation can be used as a model to study the relationship between scientific productivity and group size. The best group size and reasonable group size are suggested through Kernel Density Estimation model. Assumed that the best group size in scientific cooperation is positive to discipline biology connotation, however, the result didn't show such correlation obviously.

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024419   Arunan E (Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Dep, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, Email: arunan@ips.iisc.ernet.in) : Indian Science: catch up with India, then worry about China. Curr Sci 2011, 100(1), 21.

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024418   Ali S M W (Development of Public Univ, Grants Univ, Commission of Bangladesh, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, Email: wazed@mail.com) : Strategic requirements of higher education management information system. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(2), 145-55.

Information management system in higher education both in institutional level and national level is a burgeoning issue around the world. Rapidly changing Information Technology (IT) shoves the in-formation manager for continuous updating the system. Among other factors, quality enhancement of Higher Education of a country sig-nificantly depends on the utilisation of IT in the design of an efficient Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) both at institution level and national level. The system needs development of a software and network within and outside the institute and the adaptation of enhanced technology. Utility of this system depends on information flow, information management and technology and also the stakeholder's attitude. This paper mainly deals with strategic requirement of the system.

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023352   Suresh Kumar K;Aruna;Tejswi S (Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, Vishwakarma Bhavan, A-Wing, Shaheed Jeat Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 016, Email: sureshkk@tifac.org.in) : Patent laws and research exemption imperatives- do scientists have enough freedom to operate?. Curr Sci 2010, 99(11), 1523-9.

The genesis and evolution of patent regime could largely be attributed to the felt need of providing sustained stimulus to the human mind to pursue intellectual and creative endeavours. A researcher's freedom on carrying out research on a patented invention, however, has certain limitations according to the patent laws. Experiments which do not have any commercial intent are usually exempt from the ambit of patent infringement. However, some courts of law differ from the defendants on viewing what is purely experimental and what is not. On the contrary, experiments that have some commercial connotation would attract infringement action by the patentee. A few patent litigations involving research and development carried out on drug molecules have resulted in the birth of 'Bolar provision' and its evolution. However, there are other court cases which have dwelled upon the nature of an experimental activity, the initial objectives of the invention, the purpose of preclinical studies carried out, and the likes. This article is an attempt to examine the current provisions concerning research exemption in the patent acts in Europe, India and the US, and a few critical court decisions on the subject matter, in order to gain some insights on the freedom of a researcher to conduct research and developmental studies on patented inventions.

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023351   Sheshrao J V;Khaparde V S (Library and Information Science Dep, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Email: vandisjadhav@gmail.com) : Citation analysis of Ph.D. theses on physics submitted to Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar marathwada University. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 115-27.

Citation analysis of Ph.D. theses submitted to Dr. Babasaheb Ambed-kar Marathwada University Library was performed as a way of determining the use of information sources made by the scholars of the university. In the present study, 30 Ph.D. theses of Physics were chosen as a sample from the year January 2004-December 2008. There are 5726 citations in 30 theses. The data were collected from the bibliographical entries listed at the end of the theses, which was used by the researchers for completing the theses. The citations were photocopied and the data was collected. Citation analysis is carried out to find the types of cited documents, the chronological distribution of cited documents, to find out the authorship pattern of cited documents. The ranked list of cited journals and books, to find out the language-wise distribution, geographical distribution of cited documents, the ranked list of cited web - sources and the cited authors were studied.

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023350   Rons N (NO, Vrije Brussel Univ (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium, Email: nadine.rons@vub.ac.be) : Interdiscilinary research collaborations: evaluation of a funding program. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 17-32.

Innovative ideas are often situated where disciplines meet, and socio-economic problems generally require contributions from several disciplines. Ways to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations are therefore an increasing point of attention for science policy. There is concern that 'regular' funding programs, involving advice from disciplinary experts and discipline-bound viewpoints, may not adequately stimulate, select or evaluate this kind of research. This has led to specific policies aimed at interdisciplinary research in many countries. There is however at this moment no generally accepted method to adequately select and evaluate interdisciplinary research. In the vast context of different forms of interdisciplinarity, this paper aims to contribute to the debate on best practices to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research collaborations. It describes the selection procedures and results of a university program supporting networks formed 'bottom up', integrating expertise from different disciplines. The program's recent evaluation indicates that it is successful in selecting and supporting the interdisciplinary synergies aimed for, responding to a need experienced in the field. The analysis further confirms that potential for interdisciplinary collaboration is present in all disciplines.

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023349   Must U (Archimedes Foundation, Vaike Turu 8, 51013, Tartu, Estonia, Email: ylle@archimedes.eeylle@irc.ee) : Implications on history research- does cooperation matter?. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 53-60.

Publication behaviour of humanities scholars (particularly historians and archaeologists) from different countries is studied. Investigated some aspects for citation analysis of the humanities discipline, and show its effect on the visibility of humanities performance.

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023348   Mukherjee B (Library & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Evaluation of Indian research performance in the emerging fields of environmental sciences. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 81-97.

Scientific discoveries, new techniques and improved approaches have rapidly expanded every field of science including environmental science. Like all other discipline, the field environmental science too has matured through number of major phases. The subject which earlier was largely discipline oriented are now changed to system-oriented phenomena. Issues like global warming, climate change are become common theme of research for every nation. The purpose of the present study is to assess the research performance on the emerging research fronts of environment sciences in India from both national and international perspectives, through application of bibliometric indicators and techniques. For comparative purpose, the results are benchmarked against the findings from three other major nations in the field of environmental sciences: USA, UK, & Japan. The results of the study indicate that the number of Indian papers in emerging research fronts in environmental science has been increasing during 2000-2009. Indian scientists closely follow the trend of the Japan, with a large proportion of papers appeared in international journals originated from the scientifically advanced Occident countries. Like most of the disciplines there is clear trend of joint authorship in emerging fronts of environmental science. However, the collaboration patterns according to institutional collaboration change from "local papers" via "domestic papers" to "international papers". Although, India scientists have been integrating into the mainstream science, the articles published by Indian authors suffer from a low international visibility as compared to other countries.

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023347   Madhan M;Chandrasekar G;Arunachalam S (NO, Library National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769 08, Email: subbiah.arunachalam@gmail.com) : Highly cited papers from India and China. Curr Sci 2010, 99(6), 738-49.

Research papers published by Chinese and Indian researchers during 1998-2007 and cited at least 100 times by end of 2009 are analysed. There were 776 papers with at least one author from India (amounting to 0.32% of all papers from India) and 2260 papers with at least one author from China (0.4% of all papers from China) that have gone on to be cited at least 100 times. We have identified prominent authors and institutions, journals used and fields of research. Although highly cited Chinese papers were cited on average less often than the highly cited papers from India, Chinese authors have been able to place their papers in high impact journals such as Nature and Science far more often than Indian authors. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore are the prominent Indian institutions, whereas universities in Hong Kong, Peking University, Tshing Hua University and several institutions under the Chinese Academy of Science dominate in China. In terms of citations, Chinese National Human Genome Centre Shanghai, Shanghai, tops the list.

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023346   Kuldeep Kumar;Mamta;Arun P;Singh J (Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, Khalsa College, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: arunp92@yahoo.co.in) : Whither pure science in India: a survey of graduate physics students of a representative university of Delhi college. Curr Sci 2010, 99(9), 1196-1207.

Over the past few years, a sudden drop in performance of science students is being noticed in the first year of their college compared to class 12. The issue is examined from the student's viewpoint. Responses from physics and electronics undergraduate students of our college indicate five key factors responsible for this decline in performance. A study of these factors and the ways to improve the performance of students form the focus of this article.

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023345   Karpagam R;Gopalakrishnan S;Ramesh Babu B (NO, Anna Univ, Chennai-25, Email: karpagam.au@gmail.com) : Publication trend on nanotechnology among G15 countries: a bibliometric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 61-80.

Nanotechnology, a convergent and enabling horizontal technology, cut across all types of vertical industrial sector such as aerospace, bio-tech, energy, physics, chemistry etc. These industrial sectors depend on materials and devices made up of atoms and molecules, by default can all be improved by application of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. During the past two decades implication of this technology can be seen widely. In this study attempt has been made to identify the publication trend on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology among G-15 countries using Scopus database. There are 7,55,656 bibliographic records in nanotech-nology on Scopus database over the period of 18 years (i.e.) 1992-2009. The publication progress on Nanotechnology is measured using sciento-metric tools such as Relative Growth Rate, Doubling Time, Activity Index, and Growth Rate. Further this study examines the Indian Institutional performance by ranking.

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023344   Holmberg K (Information Studies Dep, Abo Akademi Univ, Fanriksgatan 3, 20500 Abo, Finland, Email: kim.holmberg@abo.fi) : Linking to a bilingual web space. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 5-16.

The goal of this research is to study whether there is a significant correlation between how bilingual municipal Web sites receive links to their two domains in two languages and the extent of these languages among the population in the municipalities. It is shown that the domain in the majority language receive the majority of the links. Statistically significant correlations are found, suggesting that those creating the links are well aware of the language situation in the municipalities and use that knowledge when creating the links. Search engine Yahoo is found to give the most accurate results of link counts to the researched bilingual web space. Yahoo can therefore be recommended for webo-metric studies where language is a factor.

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023343   Gupta B M;Bala A (NO, National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Mapping of tuberculosis research in India: a scientometric analysis of publications output during 1998-2009. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 33-51.

This study analyses the tuberculosis (TB) research output carried out in India during 1998-2009 on different 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 by type of tuberculosis and patterns of research communication in most productive journals. SCOPUS Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (1998-2009) by searching the keywords (scroful* or mantou* or tubercul* or tubercle*) in its 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 3^rd position among the top 21 countries and its global publication share (7.73%) is higher than China (2.93%), South Africa (2.60%) and Brazil (2.47%). But its average annual publication growth rate and international collaborative publication share is lower than these countries. Citation quality as reflected in citations per paper for South Africa and Brazil is found to be higher than 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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023342   Glanzel W (Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM), MSI Dep, Katholieke Univ, Leuven, Belgium) : Brief communication: how to obtain erdos number 1 in the 21st century? some thoughts on posthumous co-authorship. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 1-4.

The paper presents some thoughts on posthumous co-authorship. This phenomenon is discussed using the example of co-authorship with Paul Erdos after his demise in 1996.

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023341   Gangan Pratap (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Scientometric comparison of Indian institutions with other international institutions: a iCX map representation. Curr Sci 2010, 99(9), 1161-62.

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023340   Choudhury N R;Sarkhel J K (NO, City College, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 009, Email: raychoudhuryn@gmail.com) : Mapping agricultural research in West Bengal-1993-207: a bibliometric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2011, 5(1), 99-113.

Agricultural research in West Bengal, as seen from CAB Abstracts for a 15-year period from 1993-2007is quantified and mapped. Researchers from 303 institutions located in 45 cities/towns have authored 10417 papers in 1178 journals published from 53 countries and other literary forms. The result shows that there has been a topsy-turvy growth in the research publication during the period. Top 50 journals with 30 or more papers have only 8 foreign journals. Institutions publishing large number of papers in different areas are identified. The authorship pattern shows the trends towards collaborative research. Potential areas of agriculture are also identified. This macroscopic analysis not only provides an insight in to the Bengal's publication scenario, but also gives an idea of indigenous research capacity.

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022204   Vinod Kumar C R;Srihari P;Jyotsna Rani T (IT Dep, GMR Institute of Technology, GMR Nagar, Rajan, Andhra Pradesh) : Data mining on frequent air traveller program. Biosphere 2011, 3(1), 95-100.

Most organizations have accumulated a great deal of data, but what they really want is information. What is the profitability of your customers? Which products are normally sold together? Which customers are likely to jump ship? These are common business questions, but the answers aren't easy to find. The newest, hottest technology to address these concerns is data mining. Data Mining is the process of automated extraction of predictive information from large databases. It predicts future trends and finds behavior that the experts may miss as it lies beyond their expectations. Data Mining is part of a larger process called knowledge discovery; specifically, the step in which advanced statistical analysis and modeling techniques are applied to the data to find useful patterns and relationships. This paper will present an overview of the different processes and techniques involved in Data Mining and will project the advantage of data mining with the help of a case study of an airline.

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022203   Sukla S K (Central Library, Ch. Charan Singh Univ, Meerat) : Open source library systems in knowledge management: a trend report. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(4), 248-56.

One might argue that the future of knowledge work is manifested in how open-source communities work. Knowledge work is comprised of specialists who collaborate via exchange of know-how and skills to develop products and services. This is exactly what an open-source community does. To this end, in this brief communication Author conduct an examination of open-source communities and generate insights on how to augment current knowledge management practices in organizations. The goal is to entice scholars to transform closed knowledge management agendas that exist in organizations to ones that are representative of the open-source revolution.

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022202   Sivasankari R (Librarian and Information Assistant, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai) : ICT coincidence in public libraries with the perceptive of library readers. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 33-8.

ICT has changed library and information services globally. Digital media has revolutionized the information source and advances in ICTs have dramatically changed the information provisions. The Internet has provided universal access to information. Technological innovation has changed the rate of conversion of knowledge, information and data into electronic format. Development in the software arena has generated powerful knowledge management software which has transformed the way knowledge is organized stored, accessed and retrieved. In this modern age of ICT the role of the public library has changed radically in developed countries. They are providing more sophisticated and user friendly services to their users. This paper explores how the ICT functionalities worked out in public libraries scenario.

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022201   Singh K P;Nagi N (Library and Information Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi) : Open access and scholarly communication: role of public funded research and development organizations in India. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(4), 211-33.

Killing technology of the 21st century i.e., ICT has shrink the physical boundaries of the World and ' brought many revolutionary changes in the process of access, acquiring, storing, retrieving, consolidation, communication, downloading, distributing of scholarly information accross the Globe. The Open Access (OA) is the ultimate convergence of an age old tradition making impossible to possible of an unprecedented public good and creating an information environment for scholars and researchers worldwide. The present study is an attempt to investigate the contribution of Indian premier research organization such as CSIR, DRDO, ICAR, ICMR, INSA, etc. in publishing and making available the scholarly information as open access. The study analyzed and presented data in many dimensions such as open access journals distributed subject-wise, institutions-wise, and in some other dimensions such as language, frequency, mode, formats and coverage.

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022200   Singh A P;Singh A (NO, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasta Univ, New Delhi, Email: apsingh95@yahoo.com) : Open access initiatives in digital age: with special reference to legal information. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 1-8.

This article presents an overview of international initiatives towards open access of legal across the world. It discusses various open access programmes such as those initiated by BOAI, ACRL, Berlin Declaration, U.N. World Summit of Information Society and UNESCO guidelines on the subject. The developmental aspects of computerized information networks for education and research have also been highlighted. The article also draws attention to various global efforts to provide legal information free of cost to citizens. In India, open access movement to law was introduced in 1990s through governmental as well as nongovernmental measures and the same is highlighted. Finally the article argues that the time is ripe for enabling the free movement of legal and law related information through open digital sources.

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022199   Shah P C (NO, , 4/A, Laxminarayan Society, Usmanpura, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380 013) : Hidden power of university libraries. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 131-9.

University Libraries (UL) in India are fast growing. In General, they are unable to meet the changing role and challenges. Quality education is a need of the day and trends is more towards independent study. Present situation of the UL and challenges have been expalined by author. Most of the UL have treasure of information and hidden power to meet challenges. One needs awakening of hidden power. Author has suggested various practical actions to awaken and utilize hidden power of UL, so that they become excellence Library and Information Service (LIS) provider to their customers. Users - focused LIS to industry will forced UL to change their prevailing software culture and generate revenue so that UL can continue to provide free services to students and real academicians. This is the collective responsibility of all those who are in challenging filed of LIS. We need somebody in our LIS profession like Jambuvan of Ramayan who can awaken the hidden power of Hanuman.

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022198   Sethi B B;Maharana B;Thaty R (B.B. Central Library, Sambalpur Univ, Jyotivihar, Burla, Sambalpur) : Ranganathan's laws in virtual library environment: are they still relevant?. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 169-80.

The paper states the virtual library - its concept, necessity, facility, merits, demerits and its impact on user community as well as the role of librarians at the virtual library environment are carefully examined. Moreover it is most interesting to find here in an interpretation of virtual library service relevance with Ranganathan's five laws that Ranganathan had dreamt for all time library and librarianship. The virtual library is the probe to be more relevant with five laws of library science even in 21st century at the age of information. Through this paper authors have made an attempt to argue for revisiting of the works of Ranganathan and a continued championing of them in the library world. This is a reflective piece examining Ranganathan's five laws of library science in their modern context also.

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022197   Sawant S;Singh R V;Dhole R (NO, SHPT School of Library Sciences, Mumbai) : Use of OPAC by the students of various universities of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai districts of India. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 45-52.

The present study investigated the use of Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) by the students of various universities of Mumbai & Navi Mumbai districts of Maharashtra state of India. The survey research method and questionnaire as a data collection tool was applied for the study. It was observed that almost all respondents were using the OPAC and it was mostly used to find out study material only. Most of the students preferred to search OPAC by author name. Nearly half of the respondents were confident in searching information in OPAC. Students recommended that a complete specification of the books should be provided. They also suggested that spell check and book review as a additional features should be added to the existing OPAC.

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022196   Sarkhel J K;Tripathi S (Library and Infrormation Science Dep, Kalyani Dep, Kalyani) : Search and retrieval issues among digital libraries of Indian languages. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(1), 11-17.

Recent advances in web representations techniques such as UNICODE and XML has added multilingual facet to the web. Many search engines are advanced enough to crawl through these multilingual web documents, index and store them in their database. However, search. technologies for Indian languages are not advanced enough in compare to European and other Languages. This paper discusses on various issues as possessed by Indic languages in the development of advanced search-retrieval systems.

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022195   Sarangthem B;Babita Devi;Ibohal Singh (Library and Information Science Dep, Manipur Univ, Canchipur, Imphal) : Developing ICT skills by social scientists to survive in digital information environment: an assessment. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(1), 18-22.

Social Scientists constitute a major group of users of the digital information resources. They are consumers and creators, of information. In this digital era, if they are to survive in the new information environment, they need to develop themselves with the emerging ICT skills. Information resources available in digital formats are increasing day by day. Social Scientists need to access such a vast resources to meet their varied purposes. In this backdrop, the present study has been taken up with an attempt to assess the skills possessed by them taking into account 468 Social Scientists who are engaged in various institutions and organisations in Manipur, India.

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022194   Rathinasabapathy G (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai-600 007, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : Strengthening of digital library and information management under national agricultural research system egranth: an overview. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 73-8.

AGRICAT is an Online Union Catalogue of Learning Resources available at 11 select Agricultural University Libraries in India which is available in public web like WorldCat. AGRICAT has been developed under the sub-project on 'Strengthening of Digital Libraries under NARS (e-Granth), funded under National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. Eleven State Agricultural Universities had been chosen for this project and the bibliographical data are compiled and uploaded to an Online Catalogue named as 'AGRICAT which is an acronym for 'Agriculture Catalogue' through Connexion software of OCLC and became a part of WorldCat.Org. This paper attempts to trace the evolution of AGRICAT and profile its features, a very useful tool for the students, research scholars, scientists, faculty and policy makers of Agricultural Education, Research and Extension.

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022193   Rath S (Library and Information Science Dep, Vidyasagar Univ, Medinipur-721 102) : Measuring conflicts among bibliographic data to facilitate automatic identification. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(4), 195-210.

Certain clues are essential for automatic identification of the bibliographic data from the scanned title page of books. There are words that appear mostly in a particular field, some others belong to different fields in different documents. That creates confusion in the identification. A model is developed that can measure any such conflict. Instead of scanned title pages, around 117000 (one lac seventeen thousand) records of OCLC database are used to analyse bibliographic data elements. Computer programs are used to prepare required list of words in different formats. The mathematical model is designed and described. Eleven lists of words appear in title, series, publisher, etc. are prepared. Then a probability chart is developed in a tabular form mentioning probability of appearance of a particular word in eleven such fields. Consulting the developed model three separate dictionaries are composed consisting of words with absolutely no conflict, a little conflict, and unmanageable conflict. These would be helpful in the automatic identification process. Working with words among cross sectional fields is quite common. This new model can be applied to bring out clarity among them and resolve conflict arises in such scenario.

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022192   Prabhavathi D (Librarian i/c Univ, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati-517 502, Email: prabhadoriginti@gmail.com) : Information seeking behaviour of post graduate students of Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): a study. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 9-18.

This paper attempts to provide the results of the study undertaken to find out the information seeking behavior of Postgraduate students of Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati, Andra Pradesh. The study reveals that (i) about 58.3% of respondents visit the library everyday; (ii) 34.1% of respondents' purpose of visiting the library is preparing for examinations; (Hi) 66.5% and 20.8% of respondents agreed and strongly agreed that they need instruction on how to use information sources in their subject areas for more effective use of the library; (iv) Internet is used mainly for research project (42.9%); and (v) reference service is very often used service as compared to other library services. The results of the study emphasize the need for better orientation about library resources and services and user-training workshops especially in using and searching skills for journals, abstracting sources (abstracting databases) and internet to support learning, teaching and research.

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022191   Panda J;Mohanty B;Sahoo J (Library & Information Assistant, All India Radio (AIR), Cuttack) : Mapping of the publication pattern in IASLIC bulletin: a decade's analysis (2000-2009). IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(4), 234-43.

This paper presents bibliometric analysis of all the contributions (205 articles) included in 10 volumes (vol. 45-54) of IASLIC Bulletin published during 2000 - 2009. The following findings are drawn from the analysis. The average number of articles published per volume is 20.5; average number of references per article is 10.41; the percentage of multi-authored papers is 51.71 and that of single authored papers is 48.29. All the articles have been categorized into 32 domains and the subject field Bibliometrics has topped the list with 13.17% of publications followed by Internet and Web resources with 8.29%. The analysis also reveals that majority of the contributors i.e., 19.4% are from the state of West Bengal whereas maximum number of contributors (13) are from Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.) followed by Jadavpur University (11).

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022190   Pal A K (NO, Indian Statistical Institute Library, Kolkata) : Design and development of Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis archives. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 154-60.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was a great statistician who applied statistics in diverse disciplines as anthropology, demography, psychology, Economics and in various disciplines. This Paper attempts to deposit almost all the scientific contributions of Prof. P C Mahalanobis into digital content, so that full text is searchable irrespective of geographical location. The steps taken for developing this repository are collecting, scanning, editing and re-touching of documents, introducing metadata and finally introduced the original scanned and compressed documents into the open source software, Dspace. Multi-lingual document has also been developed in this repository by using Avro2 software. Finally, an effort has been made to overcome different problems facing at the time of designing and developing the archive.

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022189   Ngurtinkhuma R K (Library & Information Science Dep, Mizoram Univ, Aizwal, Mizoram) : Automation of college libraries in Mizoram. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 140-4.

The developmental programmes of the state cover various corners of the departments and as such college libraries have also being one of the areas covered by this programme. The state functionaries have been running fast towards ICT enable administration and management. At this juncture, college libraries in Mizoram have taken steps to automate library for almost ten years. This paper discusses various issues related for the automation of college libraries and tries to find out its barriers and also to suggest some means for the development of college libraries through automation activity.

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022188   Natrajan M (NO, Education & Training, NISCAIR, 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi-110 067, Email: drnatrajanm@gmail.com) : Impact of E-learning in virtual university environment. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 65-72.

Deals with the developments in information communication technology and the applications of web and internet. It deals with the definitions of E-learning and Virtual University (VU). The aims and objectives of VU are elaborated extensively including the web based environment wherein students could practice their skills. The major components of virtual library like virtual lectures, virtual seminars, virtual tutorials, exams are discussed. The four major components of VU reference model has been mentioned as administrative services, student services, resource services and faculty services. The design considerations in VU environment has been greatly emphasized including by the American Association of Higher Education. The workload, syllabi, the emerging trends in relation to education and training are discussed. The utilization of VU as a delivery is outlined in detail with the advantages and disadvantages of it. Before concluding it has been stressed that the security aspects for accessing in VU environment are very much essential.

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022187   Nandi A;Bandyopadhyay A K (Zoology Dep, The Burdwan Univ, Golapbag, Burdwan) : Research productivity of the mathematics department, the University of Burdwan during 1960-2000: a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(1), 23-40.

Seventy three theses submitted in the Mathematics Department of the University of Burdwan during 1960-2000 and 269 articles produced based on them have been analysed for finding the trend of research, article productivity, choice of journals, authorship pattern and most prolific authors with their credit and Impact. The highest number of thesis submission was 15 during 1986-90 and 1996-2000. The highest number of article was 71 during the 1991-1995. The highest 12 number of theses were guided by S K Chakraborty. The Degree of Collaboration is 0.47. The most prolific authors were S K Roy Choudhuri and S N Mukhopadhyay who topped the list with 25 papers each during the period 1960-2000. The most credited author was S N Mukhopadhyay who topped the list with 26 points. S K Roy Choudhuri received highest number of citations (36). The leading journals preferred by the researchers of Mathematics department are Bull Cal Math Soc with 38 papers followed by Indian Journal of Pure Appl Math with 34 papers and Ind Jl Theo Phys with 11 papers. Among the top ranking journals publishing, the papers are from India with 175 (65.05 %) publications followed by U.S.A with 26 (09.66 %) publications, UK with 17 (06.32 %) publications, and Hungary with 14 (05.20%) publications.

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022186   Majumdar S (Library & Documentation Div, Academic Complex, IGNOU, New Delhi) : Journey from two to five: the making of CILIP. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(4), 244-7.

This article tries to explore the history of transition from the Library Association to the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The Library Association with more than hundred years of service to the Library and Information Profession found a new ally in Institute of Information Scientists only to form a new professional body namely CILIP. The milestones touched during this process of unification have been given special attention. The sphere of activity of CILIP and its contribution towards standardisation and spreading of Library and Information Science education in United Kingdom have been discussed at length.

022185   Mahawar K L (Library & Information Science Dep, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Univ, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) : User perception and use of library and information services in the higher research and academic institutions in Lucknow city. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(1), 41-58.

Explains the utilisation of the library services, frequency and purpose of the internet use, awareness and time spent on the search engines and web sites, overall rating of the library/documentation information/internet services, opinion for improvement the library services/functions of the users of research and academic institution libraries at Lucknow.

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022184   Kavitha M;Arumugam J (NO, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai-600 025) : Scientometric analysis of Indian contribution to chemical engineering research. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 53-8.

This paper attempts to analyze quantitatively the growth and development of Chemical Engineering Research in Indian in terms of publication output as reflected in Scopus Database. During 2007-2011 a total of 291 articles were published by the Chemical Engineering researchers to various journals. Year wise growth of publications and input of records to Scopus Database by India is analyzed. The most preferred Journals were Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (54) Chemical Engineering Science (19) and so on. There were 13 papers contributed by Single author, 86 by co-authors, 84 by three authors and 108 by more than three authors. In Year wise contribution 2009 higher production (73) than other years. The other major parameters such as Institution, Regional, and Year wise contribution are also analyzed.

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022183   Kasinathan J (NO, SCSVMV Kanchi Univ, Enathur, Kanchipuram-631 561, Email: jkasi1963@yahoo.co.in) : Improving the retrievability of electronic patent databases in prior-art search. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 59-64.

The Patent collection is a very dense network of citations creating a set of interrelations particularly interesting to exploit during a prior art search. Prior -Art search is is an important task in patent retrieval system. Patent retrieval is a recall-oriented search task where the objective is to find all possible relevant documents. Queries in patent retrieval are typically very long since they take the form of a patent claim or even a full patent application in the case of prior-art patent search. One such approach is the study of the various techniques used in different types of search systems by actual constructions and use of such system. Another line of study is the development of methods for evaluation of search systems and various aspects of systems to permit the selection and comparison of systems and methods as to effectivenss and cost. And finally the use of a digital computer as a search tool and as a tool in preparing search systems. Moreover, every one should knows the patents diverse complex technical structure pattern and presence of terms mismatch and vague terms, selecting relevant term for queries is a quire difficult task. This paper explores the techniques to improve the retrievability of electronic patent databases in prior to art search.

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022182   Kamatchi S;Arumugam J (NO, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai-600 025, Email: kamatchi.acl@gmail.com) : Open source software application in E-learning with reference to moodle. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 39-44.

In this digital era, e- learning plays a vital role in the pedagogical environment. This paper discusses the applications of open source software in e-learning environment. It mainly focuses on the content management software applications with specific reference to Moodle. In this study Information literacy training is delivered by using the content management software, Moodle. The efficiency of the training and the usage of the Moodle are analysed in this study. The extent of usefulness of e learning methods by using the open source software's are discussed.

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022181   Kacherki U;Kannur P V (NO, IISER, Pasuhan, Pune) : Impact of information communication technology on job satisfaction of engineering college librarians in Maharashtra. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 145-53.

Human resources in any organization are most expensive. The organization does prosper and achieve its goals, with the help of man resources. Information communication technology (ICT) and its greater role in information storage and retrieval have brought pressure on librarians to update their knowledge and skills in these areas and seek change from the traditional library technique to modern automated system along with the training and enhancement of knowledge. This paper discusses impact of ICT and job satisfaction of engineering college librarians in Maharashtra. Present study is based on the primary data collected from 132 respondents through a pre-tested structured and comprehensive questionnaire.

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022180   John S;Ramesh Gandhi R T D (NO, St.John's Medical College, Bangalore) : Use of search strategy and search tactics in online medical database. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 181-91.

The plan of this article is to give an over all brief review on information search strategy. The ten key points mentioned is to indicate procedure of doing Online Literature Search in a scientific methods. The concept of search tactics describes 29 tactics to be used in information searching. The search tactics are intended to be practically useful in information searching and the approach of searching is designed on online medical databases. It is a basic premise of this article that tactic can make information search more easy and readily applied. The phrase "search strategy" is probably found most often in the literature of on-line searching.

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022179   Jadhav Vandana S;Khaparde V S;Shelke Santosh M (Library and Information Science Dep, Dr. Babasahed Ambedkar Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad, Maharashtra) : Online journal of library HI-TECH: a citation study. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2012, 5(1-2), 19-32.

Citation analysis is a branch of Bibliometrics where the unit of analysis is a document that is being cited as a bibliographic reference. It is the study of the distribution or scattering of references. The present study has been conducted Citation analysis of the Journal of "Library Hi Tech" on the basis of ten objectives. Average number of references per articles; Form wise distribution of references; Authorship pattern of references; Year-wise Degree of Collaboration; Organizational contribution of articles; Country wise distribution of references; Ranking of the journals; Chronological distribution of citations; Obsolescence/ageing of literature in the library hi-tech; Web references and print references and Length of articles of this study.

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022178   Hatua S R (Library & Information Science Dep, Rabindra Bharati Univ, Kolkata) : Auto web browser: an alternative to google. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(1), 3-10.

As the Internet is expanding rapidly, the role of Internet search engines in retrieving information is becoming more important. Search engines vary in size and coverage of their database and functionality. Many users are aware of differences in functionality features like search options and presentation characteristics, but many do not know the way search engines index web documents, which elements of web documents are indexed? An end user is always looking for the appropriate search engines to get a result with the desired recall and precision. Inspite of its tremendous popularity Google may create irritation for its bulky recall, duplicity in retrieval and poor precision value of it's results. In this situation AutoWeb Browser may provide a fresh breath and best alternative.

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022177   Das P;Choudhury B K (Library and Information Science Dep, Sambalpur Univ, Sambalpur) : Digital library iniatives in engineering colleges of Bhubaneswar city: an evaluative study. IASLIC Bull 2011, 56(3), 161-8.

In recent years, digital library have become most popular sources of information for students, scholars and teachers. To gain insight, assess and understand the growth, development and current status of digital library initiatives in India, major studies on digital libraries has been reviewed. Universities and Institutes of higher learning support the needs and aspirations of students and scholars. The libraries of those institutions also play a vital role in acquiring and disseminating information for academic and research activities. Digital libraries are a way of making educational and research data and information available to faculty, researchers, students, and others at the institutions and worldwide. The present study was designed to find out how many engineering colleges in Bhubaneswar, Orissa have taken initiation to satisfy the users need. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 7 engineering colleges, (out of 57 engineering colleges), which were established more than ten years back.

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021048   Santosh D;Khaparde V (NO, Marathwada Agricultural Univ, Parbhani, Maharashtra) : Citation analysis of doctoral theses in horticulture science: a case study. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2012, 4(1-2), 1-12.

Citation analysis is becoming an important research tool for the understanding of science, scientists, scientific contribution and publication. Citation studies and other Bibliometrics techniques are being applied for the management of science, analyzing the structure and director of science measuring the utility of journals and relationship between journals and fields as well as measuring the performance of scientists. This paper attempts to report the citation analysis of Doctoral Theses in Horticulture Science submitted to Marathwada Agriculture University, Parbhani.

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021047   Rathinasabapathy G (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai-600 007, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : Role of open access tools in learning resource development in academic libraries. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2012, 4(1-2), 61-9.

Budget cut will not be a major problem for academic libraries since academic libraries can build their collections without huge investment, if they have access to the Internet. Since the Internet provides enormous electronic collections consisting of e-books, e-journals, e-theses and dissertations, e-conference proceedings through open access, academic libraries can make use of the Internet to build their electronic collections. This paper attempts to profile some of the important internet gateways which provide collection of open access resources useful for academic libraries to build their learning resources to ensure effective and efficient library and information services to the students, research scholars, faculty, scientists and other stakeholders of higher education system in the networked digital environment.

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021046   Prema C;Chinnasamy K (Library Univ, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univ, Coimbatore-641 003, Email: ponprema@yahoo.com) : Bibliometric analysis of the annals of library and information studies journal (2005-2009). Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2012, 4(1-2), 13-18.

Bibliometric analysis of five volumes 52- 56 from the year 2005-2009 of the Annals of Library and Information Studies journal has been carried out to observe the authorship pattern, number of references cited in each article, type of references, the contributing institutions, geographical location and the main subjects of the article. The findings are reported in this paper.

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021045   Prabhavathi D (NO, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati-517 502, Email: prabhadoriginti@gmail.com) : Internet browsing of faculty members in SPMVV, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2012, 4(1-2), 35-44.

The aim of this study was to analyze the use of the Internet and related issues among the teachers of SPMW, Tirupati. A well structured questionnaire was distributed among the 120 faculty members from 5 faculties. The response rate was around 80 per cent. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of Internet use such as, frequency of Internet use, purpose for which the Internet is used, time spent in Internet section, problems faced in Internet section, preferences of using search engines, satisfaction with Internet facilities provided in the SPMW library. It was found that Internet had become a vital instrument for teaching, research and learning process of these respondents. Some suggestions have been set forth to make the service more beneficial for the academic community of the institution under study.

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021044   Nagarkar S;Murari D (Library and Information Sciences Dep, Pune Univ, Pune, Maharashtra, Email: shubha@unipune.ac.in) : Usability testing of library web sites: methods and techniques. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2012, 4(1-2), 45-52.

Whenever any user in an academic environment requires information, the first place they look is Google. It is only when they find irrelevant information that they start looking at the library websites, databases and portals. Among other reasons (indexing methods, accessibility and visibility) for this could be the user-friendly interface of the system. Several usability testing methods have evolved during last 40 years in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) which have been adopted by other professionals to improve the usability and accessibility of information on the web sites. Librarians have adopted techniques developed by HCI community to evaluate their library web sites. The present paper discusses about the usability and usability testing methods. It lists few library web sites which are changed over the time with the help of usability tests. The paper concludes with the role of LIS professionals and the need to work in collaboration with domain experts, end users and software professionals.

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