022750   Mukherjee B;Nazim M (Library and Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi-221 005, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Open access institutional archives: a quantitative study (2006-2010). DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 317-24.

Open access publishing is growing in importance, and, in parallel, the role of institutional archives has come to the forefront of discussion within the library community. The present study is an attempt to analyse the present trend of institutional archives worldwide. The factual data of each individual repository was collected from various Directories of Institutional Repositories by using survey method. Data was analysed in terms of quantity of institutional archives increased during last six years, country-wise contents of institutional archives, types of materials archived, subject coverage, software used, language of interface of institutional archives, host domains, and policy of institutional archives. The results of the study suggest healthy growth in terms of quantity of institutional archives' increase worldwide, however, the development is more prevalent in developed countries than developing countries. The subject analysis of the institutional archives indicates that the contributors in the field of health and medicine are more interested to submit their materials in repositories. Currently the institutional archives mostly house traditional (print-oriented) scholarly publications and grey literature, using DSpace software and most of these materials were of English language. However, the policy of content inclusion, submission and preservation is yet to be well defined in institutional archives.

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022749   Mohanta G C;Thooyamani K P (NO, Defence Research and Development Laboratory DRDO, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad-500 058, Email: mohantag@yahoo.com) : Use of IT-related technologies in hyderabad-based DRDO laboratories: an evaluative study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(1), 15-19.

Improving productivity of knowledge workers is one of the major challenges in today's global environment. Information technology-related technologies have given a new fillip to increase the productivity of those who are working in a knowledge-intensive organisation. This paper discusses the perspective of scientists of Hyderabad-based Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories on usefulness of IT-related technologies on their performance.

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022748   Mohamed Haneefa K;Sumitha E (Library & Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Kerala, Email: hanee4u@gmail.com) : Perception and use of social networking sites by the students of calicut university. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 295-301.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception and use of social networking sites by the students of Calicut University, Kerala. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from a representative sample of 150 students. The study found that a majority of the students were aware of social networking sites and use these sites for friendly communication. Orkut was the most popular and used social networking site than Facebook and MySpace. A number of students visited social networking sites twice a week and always send scraps and meet new friends. Though the students indicated that lack of security and privacy are the main concerns of social networking sites, a majority of them used their real names and photoes in their profiles.

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022747   Mehra M;Nishant Kumar (Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, , Delhi-110 054, Email: misha@desidoc.drdo.in) : Semantic web applications. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 217-25.

With changing technology, the Internet has taken a pivotal role in all kinds of applications in our daily lives. To handle flood of information on the Internet, smarter Web technology is also required. This requirement has led to the advent of newer, smarter and better Web technology called 'Semantic Web'. Semantic Web is the next step in Web evolution. High usability of Semantic Web has found significant applications in the field of life sciences, crime investigation, scientific research, literary analysis, social networking, electronic commerce, knowledge management, digital libraries, defence, e-government, energy sector, financial services, healthcare, oil and gas industry, publishing, website back-ends, multimedia, etc. This paper discusses the most prominent areas for application of Semantic Web technology.

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022746   Maharana R K;Panda K C (NO, C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar-752 054, Email: maharana.rabindra@gmail.com) : Usage of information and communications technology products and services at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 311-16.

The revolution of information technology has forced the world to depend more and more on information and communication technology products and services. Due to this rapid growth, the ICT products and services are being overwhelmingly used in all spheres of life. This paper studied the usage of different ICT products and services by the students and faculty members of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology for fulfilling their information needs.

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022745   Lalit Mohan;Prakasan E R;Kademani B S; Surwase G;Anil Kumar;Vijai Kumar (Scientific Information Resource Div, Knowledge Management Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, Email: bskademani@yahoo.co.in) : Research trends in nanoscience and nanotechnology in India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(2), 40-58.

This paper attempts to highlight quantitatively the growth and development of Indian research in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in terms of publication output as per Science Citation Index (1982-2008). The whole database contains 296072 records on the subject and among them USA topped the list with 84561 (28.56 per cent) followed by, China with 43393 (14.66 per cent) publications, Japan with 32431 (10.95 per cent) publications, Germany with 28065 (9.48 per cent) publications, France with 18141 (6.13 per cent) publications, and England with 13850 (4.68 percent) publications. During 1982-2008, a total of 8326 (2.81 per cent) papers were published by the Indian scientists in the field. The yearly average number of documents published was 308.37. The highest numbers of publications (1890) were published in 2008. The premier Indian institutes engaged in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology research were: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru with 723 publications followed by IIT Kharagpur with 606 publications; National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune with 589 publications; Indian Association for the Cultivation of science (IACS), Kolkata with 563 publications; and BARC, Mumbai with 434 publications. Major portion of the publications (96.36 per cent) were written in collaboration with more than one authors. India had collaboration with 67 other countries in the field. C.N.R. Rao, M. Sastry and S. Chaudhuri were the three leading researchers in the field. Researchers from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore had most number of collaborative publications. When collaboration among institutes situated in different Indian cities was taken into consideration, Bangaluru and Kolkata were found to have the highest number of collaborative publications. Karnataka and West Bengal, the parent states of these cities were the states with the most collaborative publications in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology research. USA, Germany, and Japan had more number of collaborative publications with India. The most preferred journals for publishing the articles by the scientists were: Journal of Applied Physics (293), Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (285), Applied Physics Letters (243), Materials Letters (232), Physical Review B (232), Nanotechnology (194), and Langmuir(182). The highly occurred keywords in SCI records were: Nanoparticles (1244); Particles (756); Films (589); Growth (513); Nanocrystals (501); Thin-Films (484); Nanostructures (427); Optical-Properties (410); Nanocomposites (401); etc.

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022744   Kshitig A;Gupta B M (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Semantic web: a quantitative analysis of world publications output (2001-2010). DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 253-61.

This study analyses the world research output on Semantic Web during 2001-2010, using Scopus database. It describes the overall growth pattern, publications share and citation impact of different countries. It analyses the characteristics of most productive institutions, authors and highly-cited papers. The patterns of research communication in most productive journals are also indicated.

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022743   Koganuramath M M;Angadi M (NO, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088, Email: koganuramath@rediffmail.com) : Digitisation in an academic library: a success story at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(1), 38-43.

Digital libraries were viewed as systems providing a community of users with coherent access to a large, organised repository of information and knowledge. The ability of the user to access, reorganise, and utilise this repository is enriched by the capabilities of digital technology. Digitisation has become important in worldwide efforts to preserve, manage, and provide access to scholarly information. However, digitisation efforts require significant financial investments in infrastructure and technology as well as in human resources for project management. This paper discusses the practical experience of digitisation of two major projects carried out in the library. First one is that of digitisation of 55 volumes (1952-2006) of Sociological Bulletin published by the Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi and digitisation of 67 volumes (1940-2006) of Indian Journal of Social Work published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The paper highlights the objectives of the project proposals, justification and anticipated impact, plan for the digitisation, process methodologies for digitisation, volume of work, etc. The paper also describes various steps involved in the digitisation process, OCR software used and its advantages over other OCRs, search interface used, browsing and searching facilities, navigation facilities provided in the CD, etc. Some of the past and present digitisation projects that have been carried out in the library are also mentioned.

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022742   Khongtim J (Library & Information Science Dep, , Nehu, Shillong-22, Email: jiarlikhongtim@yahoo.co.in) : Role of academic librarians in motivating information literacy skills in students of higher education: a literature review. ILA Bull 2010, 4(1-2), 5-11.

Information Literacy is very important for the students especially in higher education. It helps to develop critical thinking and research skills in them. Through literature review, this paper highlights the role played by the librarians in motivating such skills in their students.

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022741   Khan J (NO, Swami Vivekanand Shubharti Univ, Meerut) : Digital reference services : an overview. ILA Bull 2010, 4(1-2), 12-16.

Reference and information services have always been the main component of library services. They provide personalized assistance to library users in accessing suitable information resources to meet their needs. This paper attempts to describe the paradigm of reference and information services in the digital library environment. This paper highlights the emerging formats and models of digital reference services, including email and web forms, AskA services, online chat reference, video conferencing, digital robots, and collaborative digital reference.

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022740   Kacherki U;Thombare M J (NO, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pashan, Pune-411 021, Email: ureddy@iiserpune.ac.in) : Print vs E-journal and information seeking patterns of users: a case study of SP JIMR. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(1), 22-5.

The developments in information technology have made drastic changes in the way the information is collected, stored, retrieved, and distributed. Electronic journal is one of the products of information and communication technologies. The advancement of e-journal during recent years has given librarians a powerful new resource to support learning and research. With availability of both forms of journals in the library, it has become necessary to compare and evaluate effectiveness of e-journals and print journals from users' and librarys' point of view. The paper discusses a case study done at SP Jain Institute of Management and Research to find out the information-seeking patterns of the library users. The paper also discusses advantages and disadvantages of e-journals and suggests that printed and e-journals are complimentary to each other.

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022739   Joshi N (Amity Univ, , Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 010, Email: nikitajoshi502@gmail.com) : Semantic web-driven E-learning system. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 213-16.

E-learning is an important domain which can be benefitted from the Semantic Web technology. The aim of Semantic Web is to provide distributed information with well-defined meaning, understandable for humans as well as machines. Semantic Web applications should be able to satisfy the individual needs and requirements of the users by providing them optimised access to information. This paper focuses on the uses of Semantic Web technology in e-learning. A conceptual architecture of semantic e-learning is proposed which offers various semantic-based services to the students and the instructors.

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022738   Jena P;Pradhan S (Library & Information Science Dep, Utkal Univ, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar) : Spectacular look on organizational climate for stress management in libraries : a study. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(4), 217-27.

This study deals with the evaluation of different dimensions of organizational climate, aspects of organizational role, stress among the library professionals and their inter a relationship. This study is unique in the sense that hardly has any such study been undertaken on the library organizations. The findings of the study suggest that the dimensions of the organizational climate are mostly inversely (negatively) related to the aspects of the organizational role stress/job stress. This study is of importance to the library organizations for their management i.e., designs of organizational policies, practices and procedures has been done in such a manner that the library professionals would be encouraged to perform better with experiencing little role/job stress.

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022737   Jeevan V K J (NO, Indira Gandhi National Open Univ, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi) : Critique on stock verification in libraries. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(4), 228-37.

The paper analyses the relevant provisions of the General Financial Rules of Government of India and suggests some measures for curtailing mutilation or theft of library materials. The paper also stresses that stock verification is secondary in comparison to the larger interests of providing effective services in a modern library. The increasing emphasis put on electronic access made it possible for bocks and journals to be accessed in electronic form may leave mutilation/theft of resources a non-issue. It is time for Government and Institutional heads to make suitable amends in the stock verification rules without jeopardizing the service ideals of a library. There must be concerted efforts from library professionals and professional associations to get the punitive clauses amended at the earliest for improving the collection access and information services in libraries.

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022736   Hadimani M B;Rajgoli I U (NO, Agricultural Sciences Raichur Campus Univ, Raichur-584 101, Email: manjunath_ro@rediffmail.com) : Assessing information literacy competence among the undergraduate students of college of agriculture, Raichur: a case study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(2), 70-8.

With the increasing complexity in agriculture education due to the technological developments, developing information literacy competency in students for life-long learning should be the vital element of agriculture education. In this study, an attempt has been made to know the information literacy competency among the undergraduate students of College of Agriculture, Raichur (Karnataka, India). Questionnaire method was used for data collection and results are tabulated and analysed. Outcome of the study has been discussed and necessary suggestions have been made on the basis of the results for implementing proper information literacy competency programmes in the College.

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022735   Goswami S;Mukherjee A;Kharbanda M;Gupta A; Soni P (NO, DESIDOC, Defence R&D Organisation, Metcalfe House, Delhi-110 054, Email: sumit_goswami@desidoc.drdo.in) : Visualisation of relationships among library users based on library circulation data. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(2), 26-39.

A library has a large number of databases from which information can be extracted. But data retrieved is superficial and indicates only about the transactions of library. To predict and anticipate the future issue patterns such as what kind of books might be in demand more or what is the taste of majority of users, can only be found by mining the information from the data of library. The library circulation data does not indicate much about the relationship between the users based on the books got issued by them. The aim of this paper is to develop communities based on the issue patterns and find how many similar users are there and which type of books a particular group of users prefer to read. So, the idea is to form a community-based on relationships among the library users and books and visualise the generated relationship through a graph to present the extracted information from the database more effectively. This is possible by finding the hidden relationships in data through community mining process, which has been done by identifying the relationship of users from library circulation data.

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022734   Goswami S (NO, , DMIST, DRDO HQ New Delhi-110 105) : Semantic web: present and future. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(4), 211-12.

022733   Deswal A R (NO, Librarian Aryavart College of Education, Muana, Jind (Haryana)) : Public libraries in Haryana : an analytical study. ILA Bull 2010, 4(1-2), 17-22.

Attempts to examine the status of public libraries in Haryana in terms of physical facilities, manpower, finance, collection development, collection organization, computerization, networking/ internet, services offered, etc. Based on the result of the survey and major findings, few suggestions have been given. This paper tries to assess the current situation of Public Libraries in Haryana.

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022732   Biswas S C (NO, , 337 Haus Khas SFS Apartment, New Delhi-110 016) : Library and information science research landscape in India. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(4), 204-16.

Teaching of library and information science at university level in India started in 1937 in the "University of Madras by Dr Ranganathan. The first doctorate degree in US education was awarded at the University of Delhi under Dr Ranganathan in 1957. During the last two decades number of LIS schools increased to nearly two hundred now; as a result there has been a corresponding high increase in Ph D degree holders within the discipline. According to data (incomplete) available with INFLIBNET 595 doctorate degrees were awarded by different Indian universities till 2008 in LIS. Qualitative analysis of the dissertations has not been attempted. In addition, presented an over all view on the trends of research activities by individual LIS professionals, as reflected in LISA; and expressed a significant gap in any coordinated project based research policy at the national level.

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022731   Banerjee S B (NO, , ) : Emotional intelligence for value delivery through marketing process - embedded propulsion - for execution of Ranganathan's five laws of library science. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(4), 195-203.

022730   Arora J;Trivedi K (NO, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad-380 009, Email: jarora@inflibnet.ac.in) : INDEST-AICTE consortium: present services and future endeavours. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(2), 79-91.

The INDEST-AICTE Consortium, launched in 2003, provides differential access to 12,000 electronic journals and six bibliographic databases from a number of publishers and aggregators to 48 centrally-funded technical institutions, 60 government and government-aided engineering colleges and 820 private engineering colleges, and other organisations. The article describes major functions, activities and services of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium. It briefly touches upon resources subscribed, terms of licenses, policies and practices for archival back-ups, membership programmes including core members, AlCTE-supported institutions, and self-supported category of membership. The article outlines governing structures of the Consortium and their roles. It elaborates on strategies used for effective implementation of Consortia amongst member institutions. It briefly touches upon the economics of the Consortium and spells out it future endeavours.

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022729   Arora J;Trivedi K (NO, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad-380 009, Email: jarora@inflibnet.ac.in) : UGC-INFONET digital library consortium: present services and future endeavours. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(2), 15-25.

The higher education system in India is very large and complex. India has the third largest higher education system in the world behind China and the United States, comprising more than 471 universities, 22,064 affiliated colleges, and 5.21 lakhs faculty. The UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered under 12B Act of the UGC. The article describes major activities, operations, and services of UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. It briefly describes resources subscribed, major items of negotiation and terms of license, core member universities and associate members, access management technologies, etc. The article outlines governing structure, committees, participating universities/institutions and their roles. It elaborates on methods used for promotion of e-resources amongst member universities. The article briefly touches upon the economics of the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium and outlines model for implementation of college consortium. Lastly, the article elaborates on future endeavours of the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium.

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022728   Adarsh Bala;Gupta B M (NO, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Email: adarshbindu@rediffmail.com) : Research activities in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology during 1998-2007 in India: a scientometric analysis. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(1), 3-14.

This study attempts to analyse the research profile of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology research in India during 1998-2007, country's performance based on its research output, its publication share and rank in global context, and annual publication growth rate. It also analyses the share of international collaborative papers in India's research output, the characteristics of research output of major Indian institutions, authors, and highly-cited papers. The patterns of research communication by Indian scientists in most productive journals in this discipline have also been evaluated.

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021784   Ye F Y (Information Resource Management Dep, Zhejiang Univ, China, Email: yye@zju.edu.cn) : National academy contributions to national science: a data reflection. Curr Sci 2010, 98(4), 469.

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021783   Prathap G (NO, National Institute of Science Communication Information Resources, New Delhi-11002, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Ranking of Indian engineering and technological institutes for their research performance during 1999-2008. Curr Sci 2009, 97(3), 304-6.

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020776   Tyagi S (Library & Information Centre, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Minnistry of Health & Family Welfare, India Govt, Ghazibad-201 002, Email: suniltyagi1979@gmail.com) : Use of E-resources by engineering faculties in selected universities of western Uttar Pradesh India: a survey. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 56-62.

The study sought to identifies trends among engineering faculties at Selected Universities of Western Uttar Pradesh in utilizing conventional/electronic information resources and services to develop their teaching, research and personal knowledge. The problem has been studied based on the information available in the open literature and a survey conducted on the use, awareness and utilization of collections and services in higher education. The study is based on questionnaire method. A questionnaire was distributed among the faculties to collect desired data. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to the selected sample for the session 2010-11; 191 valid samples were collected. The result showed a growing interest in electronic information resources among the engineering faculties at Universities of Western Uttar Pradesh. All the faculties belonging to the concern Universities use of e-journals, e-articles, databases, e-books, downloading services and online search facilities available in the university. All the faculties belonging to the concern Universities used Science Direct, IEEE/IEE IEL online, Springer, INSIGHT and EBSCO online. The result showed that all the respondents got better informed, get current, comprehensive information and save time by using Electronic Information Resources. All the respondents preferred online version of journals and all the respondents stated that by using e-resources the quality of research improved highly.

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020775   Thanuskodi S (Library and Information Science Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: thanuskodi_yahoo.com) : Use of electronic resources by users in the faculty of dentistry, Annamalai University: a study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 36-41.

The coming of the World Wide Web has propelled vigorous growth of the electronic forms of communication which simply does not fit into the traditional publishing format. With the coming age of e-journals, there has been total transformation in the way scholarly communication is disseminated throughout the world. Sources of information available via the Internet are increasing exponentially. This comes with a steady increase in Internet use for education and for research. The Internet is also making substantial inroads in patient care and dissemination of health care information. It is changing the way health sciences professionals obtain information. They use the Internet and electronic resources to do things like accessing medical records, providing remote patient care through telemedicine facilities, and accessing health care literature. Dentists also depend more and more on the Internet. Dental product information, continuing education resources, online supply catalogs, and reference information have made Internet increasingly popular in dentistr. The present study is an attempt to examine the role of the Internet and electronic resources in Faculty of Dentistry, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.

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020774   Soni D;shah D (Prosthodontics Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Interocclusal records for fixed prosthodontics a review of various techniques. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 12-16.

The precise relation of maxillary and mandibular casts is an essential step in developing accurate occlusion in fixed prosthodontics. When an adequate number of opposing teeth and stable intercuspation exist, direct occlusion of the casts is the most accurate method of articulation. In the absence of definitive occlusal contacts for direct relation of the casts, an interocclusal record is required. This becomes even more important when the distal tooth in the arch is also an abutment in the fixed partial denture. This article reviews various techniques for recording interocclusal relationship in fixed prosthodontic procedures.

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020773   Senthamilselvi A;Srinivasaragavan S; Surulinathi M;Amudha G (NO, Bharathiyar Univ, Coimbatore-641 046, Email: assenthamil@gmail.com) : Mapping of IEEE transaction on power electronics: a scientometric analysis. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 6-12.

Scientometrics is the science of measuring and analyzing science. In practice, scientometrics is often done using bibliometrics which is a measurement of the impact of scientific publications. Identifies the number of articles published in the Journal, "IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics" from the year 1999-2010. Analyses the Growth of literature, Document types, and Authorship pattern and Country-wise contribution of articles.

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020772   Senthamilselvi A;Srinivasa Ragavan R (Library and Information Science Dep, Bharathidasan Univ, Tiruchirappali-620 024, Email: assenthamil@gmail.com) : Growth and trends of power electronics research literature (2001-2010). Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 14-19.

Deals with the scientometric analysis on Power Electronics. The data is taken from the IELdatabase by using the keyword "Power Electronics" for search. The data were extracted from the IEL databasefor the period of 10 years from 2001 to 2010. This study was based of 109661 articles. The paper illustratesauthorship pattern, growth of publications, source-wise distribution, authorship affiliation, title-wise distribution etc.

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020771   Sasireka G;Gopalakrishnan S;Karpagam R (NO, Engineering and Technology College CK, Cuddalore-613 025, Email: sasireka_mlis@yahoo.co.in) : Availability and use of E-journals among self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu: a select study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 39-43.

Attempts to deal with librarians' opinion regarding the usage of electronic journals by the usersof selected engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. This study attempts to find out the familiarity, preference andutility of e-journals by the users of engineering colleges. Analysis and interpretation are mainly from theinformation collected through questionnaire cum interview method. This paper provides few suggestions forthe effective use of e-journals among engineering college libraries.

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020770   Sanghvi Z;Mistry K (Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist: Gandhinagar) : Design features of rotary instruments in endodontics. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 6-11.

The last decade has been witness to phenomenal growth in endodontic technology. The introduction of these new technologies has resulted in endodontics becoming easier, faster and most importantly, better. Principal among these is Nickel Titanium (NiTi) rotary instrumentation that results in consistent, predictable, and reproducible shaping. The purpose of this article is to review the design features of different rotary instruments used for pulp space preparation. Individual design features affect the performance of NiTi rotary instruments. Important mechanical features include the variability of taper, rake angle, cross-sectional geometry, tip configuration, design of blades, helical angle and pitch. These design features influence flexibility, cutting efficiency and safety. In this review design features of commonly used NiTi rotary systems are summarized.

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020769   Revathi R;Ravi S (Library and Information Science Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: osravee@yahoo.co.in) : Biodiversity research in India: a bibliometric analysis. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 44-9.

The study examines India's performance based on its publication output in Biodiversity during 1992-2009, based on several parameters, including the country annual average growth rate, global publicationshare, rank among ten countries of the world, national publication output, authorship pattern, high productiveIndian Institutes etc. The study uses 18 years (1992-2009) publications data in Biodiversity of India andother countries drawn from Scopus International Multidisciplinary Bibliographical Database.

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020768   Prakash B;Patil D B (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga, Karnataka, Email: vagmare@gmail.com) : Homepages of Indian central universities websites: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 31-8.

Information and Communication Technology has made it very easy to access information through variouschannels of communication. Such one channel is homepage. University plays very important role by providinghigher education. Websites are mirrors of the university, thus it should contain all kind of information whichmay be, courses offered, university achievement, administration and contact address etc. with these pointsresearcher felt that a systematic study of homepages required for more than one reason. Firstly, such a studywould give an idea about the contact, scope, coverage and depth of information provided in the homepagesof Indian Central Universities. Secondly, a study of the nature would help the prospective design of university website regarding the kind of information that should be made available in websites.

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020767   Patel D R;Parkar S M (Prosthodontics & Oral Implantology Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Assessment of gingival and dental caries status among 12 and 15 years old school going children of Ahmedabad city- a pilot study. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 17-21.

The purpose of the study is to assess the gingival status and dental caries status among 12 and 15 years old children of Vishwa Vidhyalaya school of Ahmedabad city. Across sectional study was conducted among 200 school going children of 12 and 15 years. Out of 200 children 90 were belonged to 12 years and remaining 110 children were of 15 years age group. The general information and the information regarding oral hygiene practice and dental visits were obtained. The gingival status of the subjects was assessed by using Loe and Silness Gingival Index. The dental caries status was assessed by using WHO methodology 1997. All the results were analyzed statistically at 5% level of significance. The prevalence of gingivitis among 12 years was 12.23% while that of 15 years was 42.73% showing highly significant difference (p<60>0.01) among two age groups. Among 12 years age group the mean DMFT score was 1.11 ± 1.37 while that of 15 years old children was 2.28 ± 2.40 having prevalence rate of 53.3% and 70.9% respectively showing highly significant difference (p<60>0.01). 135 (67.5%) subjects need one surface filling. The findings of this study demonstrate that there is a high prevalence of gingivitis and dental caries among school children. Trying to improve the health of the oral cavity among school children, it is necessary to form efficient habits of oral hygiene, combining the efforts of dentists, oral hygienists, teachers, parents and school children themselves.

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020766   Patel A;Chaudhary A R;Dudhia B;Soni N;Barot A (Oral Medicine & Radiology Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Amelogenesis imperfectra. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 39-44.

Amelogenesis Imperfecta (Al) is a diverse collection of inherited diseases that exhibit quantitative or qualitative tooth enamel defects in the absence of systemic manifestations. The Al trait can be transmitted by either autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked modes of inheritance. Mutations in the amelogenin, enamelin, and kallikrein-4 genes have been demonstrated to result in different types of Al and a number of other genes critical to enamel formation have also been identified and proposed as candidates for Al. Variants of Al generally are classified as hypoplastic, hypocalcified, or hypomaturation types based on the primary enamel defect and teeth affected may be discoloured, sensitive or prone to disintegration. This defect is entirely ectodermal, since mesodermal components of the teeth are normal. It is necessary to diagnose the case and provide durable functional and esthetic management of these patients, as the unaesthetic appearance has a definite negative psychological impact. This article presents a case report of 26 years female patient with Amelogenesis imperfecta.

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020765   Mehta S;Kohli D;Solanki K;Makwana P (Dental Science and Research Centre College, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Prosthodontic rehabilitation of hemimaxillectomy patient with permanent silicon based obturator. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 55-8.

One of the most rapidly growing areas of dentistry from the standpoint of both interest and need is maxillofacial prosthetics. The research on cancer has made understanding and treatment of this dreadful disease a possibility, still the rehabilitation of these patients is a daunting job, and is more so in post-surgical cases. The factors which determine the prognosis of prosthetic reconstruction are size of defect, availability of hard and soft tissues in defect area, proximity of vital structures, systemic condition and the most important of all patients' attitude and temperament. This article describes the step by step clinical and laboratory procedure involved in the rehabilitation of a hemimaxillectoy patients using obturator lined with permanent silicons based liner to restore the functions such as esthetics, mastication, deglutition and speech.

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020764   Maharana B;Das S;Majhi S (Library and Information Science P.G. Dep, Sabalpur Univ, Joyti Vihar-768 019, Email: balumaharana@gmail.com) : Research productivity of agricultural scientists of central rice research institute (CRRI), Cuttack: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 60-5.

Describes results of research productivity study of agricultural scientists at Central Rice ResearchInstitute (CRRI), Cuttack. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the research performance of CRRI Scientists.The study includes citations of 586 papers collected from the Annual Reports of CRRI, Cuttack for a periodof 14 years from 1996-2009. This paper has identified publication trends with regard to subject area, journals,authorship pattern, collaboration, etc. Findings of the study indicate that journal article (72.69%) is thepredominant type of publication. The authorship collaboration at CRRI was identified to be very low i.e. 0.15.The individual productivity reveals that 96.68% of the authors have published only ten or less number ofarticles during the period. Dr. T. K. Adhya was the highest productive author with 55 articles. Oryza has thehighest frequency of publication of CRRI articles.

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020763   Mahalakshmi K;AllySornam S (Engineering Faculty, Avinashilingam Deemed Univ for Women, Coimbatore-641 108, Email: nilamaha@gmail.com) : Human aspect of technology with special reference to library professionals of Anna university of technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: a study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 1-5.

The technological revolution of this decade has certainly brought many changes in the functioning of libraries today. Although it has allowed work to be carried out faster and more efficiently and still many library professionals are not comfortable with the implementation of technology as it involves change and uncertainty. As a result, they develop additional stress known as techno stress which may have negative impact in the activities of library professionals.This study intends to find out the relationship between the departments where greatest technological advancement has been made and the cause of techno stress at work place among the library professionals of Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore. A questionnaire which comprises of demographic factors, departments where greatest technological advancement has been made, and the causes of techno stress at work place was distributed to the respondents and the relevant information were gathered and analysed. The results of the study are elucidated with relevant interpretation.

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020762   Kinya H D (NO, Africa Nazarene Univ, Nairobi, Kenya, Email: hhkinya5@gmail.com) : Glance on manpower in public library system in Kenya. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 47-50.

Every public library in the community is unique and different in one way or the other by the community needs and services required by those it services, it should be reflected in distribution of manpower, also posting of the staff of the same job description and qualification is duplication of services and resources. Without diversifying and prioritizing services, duplication can deny users fundamental professional library information services like provision of subject analysis, statistical information and users' guidance. In assisting information users to access and use not only online information services but also access other websites services the role of public libraries within the information age context is changing from that of information provider to that of service provider and so is the roles of librarians; changing its old-age manual operations of print to print service to that of library networking to facilitate information sharing services and activities fundamentally requires the new dimension of trained manpower in ICT. In this paper manpower development, distribution and qualification in public libraries in Kenya has been discussed.

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020761   Kavitha T;Mohamed Esmail S;Nagarajan M (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: kavithavelkumar@gmail.com) : Access and use electronic health services by the professional of medical college in Puducherry: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 8-13.

Aims at evaluating and analyzing of use of Electronic Health Services by the Professional ofPuducherry Medical College. The relevant data were analyzed and assessed by employing interview schedule method from total number of 735 respondents. The aim of the study is to find out in what extent the medicalprofessional uses the latest electronic health service equipment in their profession. This study will be given a clear idea of the health professional in use of electronic equipment.

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020760   Kaushik A;Haldua H;Chandaarya (University Library, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145) : Pantnagar Journal of Research: a bibliometric study. Pantnagar J Res 2010, 8(1), 123-30.

Examines 369 articles published in the Journal, "Pantnagar Journal of Research" from the year 2003-2008. Analyses the year-wise distribution of articles, physical growth of volumes, references cited total, national and international, average length of papers, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, illustrations and tables included, articles with/without abstracts, college & department-wise contributions of the university, and other states and countries.

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020759   Joshua Kirubaharan A;Surianarayanan S (NO, Jayaraj Annapackiam CSI College of Engineering, Nazareth-628 617, Email: ajoshuakirubaharan@yahoo.com) : Information seeking behaviour of the users of internet browsing centres in Tiruchendure Taluk, Tamil Nadu: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 71-6.

Discusses about the Information Seeking Behaviour of the users of Internet browsingcentres in Tiruchendure Taluk of Thoothukudi District. A sample of eight Internet browsing centres has beenchosen for the study. About 60 respondents covering 34 males and 26 females were chosen on the basis ofpurposive sampling method. The required information has been collected both from primary and secondarysources. A structured, close ended questionnaire was used for the collection of data. The study recalled thatmajority of the respondents use Internet browsing for academic purposes. They mainly use direct URL Methodand Yahoo e-mail ID.

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020758   Jayaraman R;Srinivasaragavan S;Duraisamy M R (NO, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai-625 104, Email: acrilib@rediffmail.com) : Information seeking behaviour pattern among the students and faculty in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University libraries. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 56-9.

Information is an essence of research. Agricultural University Libraries play an important role in providinginformation to the users. The users seek for information in different patterns. In the present study, the authorshave made an attempt to know the information seeking patterns of the Under Graduate Students, Post GraduateStudents and Ph.D. Scholars in Agriculture and Faculty Members of various Agricultural College Librariesof Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in Tamil Nadu. The questionnaire method was adopted tocollect data. About 80% responses have been received. The study identified various modes of literature search,purpose of visit, type of information gathered, frequency of library visit and time spent in the library. The chi-square test was applied to find out the significant relationship on the opinion of the users among the colleges.The result shows that there is significant difference among the users of different colleges of TNAU in thepreference of various channels of Agricultural information, modes of literature search, purpose of visit to thelibrary and time spent in the library.

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020757   Jayaraman R;Srinivasaragavan S;Duraisamy M R (NO, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai-625 104, Email: jayaraman@gmail.com) : Awareness on information literacy of the respondents in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India: a discriminant function analysis approach. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 42-6.

The study relates to the importance of different library information services and information literacy variables in determining the information seeking behaviour of the sample respondents of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The contributing variables towards the awareness on information literacy are overall rating Library resources (X), Information literacy satisfaction (X), Number of e-resources (X),Opinion about circulation (X), 1234Opinion about user education (X),Usefulness of current literature (X) and Use of browsing internet (X). The results 567of discriminate function analysis have showed that out of 450 respondents, the percentage of correctly classified respondents was 70.7 % towards the awareness on information literacy. The percentage of wrongly classified respondents under awareness on information literacy groups is 28%. The percentage of wrongly classified respondents under unawareness on information literacy groups is 39%.

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020756   Jadhav U S (Karnatka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences Univ, Bidar-585 401, Email: usjadhav71@rediffmail.com) : Automation of veterinary college libraries in India: problem and prospectus. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 20-25.

Attempts to discuss the concept of automation, automation status of Veterinary College Librariesin India. The study has also discussed about the veterinary colleges, its objectives, and status of automation,problems and prospectus. Attempt has been made to analyze the various factors that directly or indirectlyaffect the progress of library automation such as management issues, ICT infrastructure, skills of staff.Concludes that in this competitive environment and to meet the various needs of users, there is a need foradoption of library automation and extend ICT based services to the users in Veterinary College Libraries.

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020755   Jadhav U S (Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences Univ, Bidar-585 401, Email: usjadhav71@rediffmail.com) : Consortia of electronic journals among veterinary college libraries in India. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 19-25.

The present approach towards partnership, networking, consortia and resource sharing adopted by Indian libraries need radical changes to evolve responsive partnerships in order to achieve best performance in service. The current practices of journal acquisition in most of the veterinary college libraries in India are print based; in which each library is an island with regard to access of information. Moreover, there is wide disparity in the availability and use of information among different universities and colleges. But, consortia based acquisition and electronic desktop delivery of information can eliminate this gulf and increase the access and use considerably. This paper depicts the benefits of library consortia, analyses the present trend in the formation of consortia in India and suggests a new model of library consortia in which all veterinary college libraries could participate. The formation of such an unique consortia under the direction and full support by the ICAR, New Delhi is stressed. This paper proposes to form consortia of veterinary college libraries in India. Also discusses major consortia initiatives of India, elements of resource consortia and proposed model of consortia. To develop these libraries and to put in to more use at maximum extent there is a need of resources consortia of e-journals for the academic benefit.

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020754   Italia S;Bhatia A F (Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Palatal plane and their comparision with "Angle anb" and "Wits appraisal": a cephalometric study. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 22-6.

The most popular and currently used cephalometric diagnostic methods to assess sagittal jaw relationship are "Angle ANB" and "Wits Appraisal". Accuracy and reliability of both these have been questioned due to many factors that influence both "SN" and "Occlusal" planes. Lateral Cephalogram of 75 subjects from age group of 18 to 23 years were studied for their sagittal relationship according to parameters located on palatal plane, namely "App-Bpp", "App-Pogpp", "Mpp-Dpp" and "Mpp-Pogpp" and to compare the relative effectiveness and accuracy of the parameter App-Bpp with that of Angle ANB and Wits Appraisal for assessing sagittal jaw relationship. ANOVA was applied for determining the accuracy and sensitivity of new parameters and Correlation coefficient "r" was found between the parameters Angle ANB, Wits Appraisal and App-Bpp. P value (<60> 0.01) was significant for all parameters thus indicating they are efficient enough to identify and differentiate different types of skeletal pattern with great accuracy. High correlation coefficient value between parameter Angle ANB and App-Bpp suggested that whenever there is a doubt, one can confirm the underlying skeletal pattern by the parameter App-Bpp.

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020753   Ganesh M;Shah S;Parikh D;Choudhary P;Bhaskar V (Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Relative effectiveness of musical toothbrush and manual toothbrush for dental plaque removal: a comparative study. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 27-34.

The purpose of the present study was to clinically evaluate and compare the efficacy of Colgate Smile for 2-6 tooth brush and "BRUSH BUDDIES" Musical tooth brush in the reduction of established plaque & gingivitis. For this study, 40 healthy kids (27 boys, 13 Girls) were selected from the same institution. The subjects were randomly assigned into 2 groups by a second examiner; one group used Colgate Smile for 2-6 tooth brush and the other group used "BRUSH BUDDIES" Musical tooth brush. Plaque Index (Quigley and Hein), Modified Gingival Index (Lobene and Associates) & Gingival Bleeding Index (Ainamo and Bay) were assessed at baseline, 30- day, 60- day and 90-day. All the baseline indices appeared to be well balanced. At the end of the study, reduction in plaque index, modified gingival index and gingival bleeding index were statistically highly significant during each interval for both the toothbrushes. For "BRUSH BUDDIES" musical tooth brush the reduction in all clinical parameters were statistically significant for 30 days & 60 days interval, while non significant at 90days interval. Both the tooth brushes used in this study were clinically effective in removing plaque, improving gingival health. Musical tooth brush is more effective initially but as the time period increases both tooth brushes give almost similar results.

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020752   Dalal S;Raval P;Jain S;Vyas N (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dep, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Use of platelet rich plasma in bone regeneration after cyst enucleation. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 35-8.

Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a wonderful tissue engineering product and has gained much popularity due its promising results in wound healing. PRP being a rich source of autologous growth factors can be used in many areas of oral and maxillofacial surgery. In the last 5 years, many studies about autogenous platelet-rich plasma have been undertaken pointing out its regenerative and reparative properties on tissues. The features of this product are an attribute of platelet cells, which, after cellular interactions, release growth factors. These molecules promote tissue healing and also induce cellular regeneration. Autologous platelet gel or concentrate (PRP) can be used alone or in association with bone graft for the treatment of bony defect, cystic lesions, alveolar bone defects, and periodontal pockets and particularly in patients with coagulation diseases. We present a case illustrating the use of PRP in bony regeneration after enucleation of dentigerous cyst in anterior maxilla.

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