020751   Chauhan C J;Shah D N;Patel R (NO, Ahmedabad Dental College & Hospital, Bhadaj-Ranchhodpura Road, TA:- Kalol Dist:- Gandhinagar) : Evolution of biomaterials in dental implants part-2. J Ahmedabad Dent Coll Hosp 2011, 2(1), 1-5.

Although the biologic principles underlying successful clinical implant are still not completely understood, it is clear that both physical and chemical attributes of the material may influence the clinical outcome. Knowledge of the stresses and strains in an implant system and superstructure is still incomplete, but micromotion at the interface must be avoided for bone fixation. The composition and topography of the implant surface influence the cellular events at the bone-biomaterial interface. These surface parameters require definition to interpret the tissue response to a particular material. The most critical aspect of bio-compatibility is of course, dependent on the basic bulk and surface properties of the bio-materials. Thus clinician should consider all the available information on material and design before embarking on extensive clinical trial. These article summarizes the properties of different implant biomaterials available in the market.

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020750   Barman B (NO, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open Univ, Dispur, Guwahati-781 006, Email: badanbarman@gmail.com) : Classification of library documents by using the web. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 50-5.

The automatic classification of library document by using the computer is still far away from being implementation. But, the emergence of web and merging of different databases of different libraries paved anew way for classification of library document. The study only includes the web tools that can be used freelyor does not required user to "Sign Up" or "Log in". Sometime, some search in such database or tools willproduce null results. In such cases, the classifier should turn his hand to the next option available. In case ofdoubt of the validity of the classification number obtained from the online tools, the classifier should verifythe number by using the original DDC scheme. This paper will depicts such online tools that can be used forclassification of the library document with efficiency.

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020749   Balasubramanian S S;Sadik Batcha M (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: bala.sivam@rediffmail.com) : Users preception and stisfaction on the services of academic libraries in Puducherry region: a study. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 66-70.

The primary focus of a library is service, and the quality of service is the most studied topic in marketingresearch during the past decade. Service quality contributes to value experienced by customers. Value becomesan outcome of excellent service. This paper aims at evaluating and analyzing the level of various servicesprovided in academic libraries of Puducherry region and also analyzed their satisfaction and perceptionlevel. The appropriate data were collected through the questionnaire method of data collections. There wereabout 900 respondents analyzed. This study is useful for further development in applying recent technologyand improvement in providing the services to attain the maximum satisfaction of library users in the academiclibraries of Puducherry region.

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020748   Balasubramanian S S;Sadik Batcha M (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: bala.sivam@rediffmail.com) : Analysis of academic library services available to the users: with special reference to Puducherry region. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 32-5.

In every academic institution, libraries are the central nerve system which enables the effective functioning of all academic related programs. In fact the trend in providing the services to the user community in most of the academic libraries has changed radically. The expectations from the users have also increased at an enormous level. Consequently the libraries in academic institutions are expected to equip it with the adequate infrastructure facilities, and latest technology devices, well trained staff structure and so on. This paper envisages the fact that the services provided in academic libraries and effectiveness among its users of Puducherry region.

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020747   Balasubramanian P;Vasanthakumar N (NO, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-627 012, Email: nvasanth74@gmail.com) : Job statisfaction of library professionals with reference to colleges imparting management education. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 26-30.

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

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020746   Ashwani Kumar;Pravish Prakash (Library and Information Science Dep, B.B. Ambedkar Univ, Lucknow-226 025, Email: ashbds.amb@gmail.com) : Information retrieving habits of arts faculty members at University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: a survey. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 26-31.

This study identifies the information retrieving habits of art faculty members in University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Utter Pradesh including preferred information sources, type of information sources and methods of information access. In this study, questionnaire method was used to collect the information from art faculties of Ambedkar University, Allahabad. The findings of this study show that most of the respondents i.e. 85% stated their method of retrieving information by consulting a knowledgeable person in the concern field. 75% of faculty members retrieve information for preparing lectures. It is revealed that 87 % of the art faculty members used text book. On the basis of survey it is find out that Internet has been almost universally adopted and google.com was mostly used as the search engine for retrieving information by respondents. It is observed that the majority, 81% of the faculty members faced common problem i.e. unavailability of information.

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020745   Anyira I E (NO, Western Delta Univ, Oghara, Eelta State, Nigeria, Email: anyiraisaac@yahoo.com) : Higher education libaries and Nigeria goverment's vision 20-2020 project. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 51-5.

This study explored the role of higher education and libraries in attaining the vision 20:2020 of the Nigerian Government. The study utilized the purposive sampling method to select 300 educationists and librarians in Niger Delta Region of the country. It was found that Nigerian libraries are greatly under stocked, and internet services are lacking in the library. It was moreover discovered that librarians lack adequate skills to render effective services to support the human capital target of vision 20:2020 of the federal government, and Nigerian libraries are grossly under funded. It was recommended that Nigerian Government should prioritize the development of internet services in all higher institution and public libraries to enable them support the vision; librarians should engage in ICT training; higher institutions in Nigeria should come up with an ICT/library development policy which must include how the library should be funded; and the public and the private sector should come together in partnership to ensure that libraries are adequately funded.

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020744   Amudha M;Muthusamy C (NO, AJ College of Pharmacy, Solinganalur, Chennai-600 119, Email: sailkheshh2005@yahoo.com) : Scientometric evaluation of research output on computer communication. Indian J Inf Source Serv 2011, 1(1), 1-7.

This study discusses the scientific productivity in the field of Computer Communication during the period1971-2010, taken from Web of Science (SCI, SSCI, and ACH) through Scientometrics analysis. This study investigates the growth pattern of computer communication literature, collaboration pattern of authors, and tested Bradford's law of scattering the journal. The study will help the library professionals in developingand implement of strategic plan for management of science and technology libraries.

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020743   Amudha M;Muthusamy C (NO, AJ Pharmacy College, Solinganalur, Chennai-600 119, Email: sailokheshh2005@yahoo.com) : Mapping of computer communication research output among Indian scientists (1976-2009): a scientometric study. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 13-18.

This study has analyzed the findings of a scientometric analysis of Computer Communication research publications in India during the period 1976-2009. The sample data was downloaded from the database of SCI, SSCI and AHCI from Web of Science. The search key term used for getting data is computer communication; the total number of records is 176. The methodology chosen for this paper is the scientometric method by way of growth rate, areas of research concentration, author productivity and authorship pattern. The study shows the growth rate has been varied during the selected periods. It is showed from this analyses that majority of papers are multi-authored. The ranking of authors based on their publications shows that 'Aggarwal KK' in first place with 12 records with 157 Global Citation Scores. The journals articles occupied the predominant place among the other sources of publication.

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020742   Adetoro N (Library and Information Science Dep, Tai Solarin Univ of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, Email: niranadetoro@yahoo.com) : Alternative formats availability and its utilisation by visually impaired students in Nigerian secondary schools. Asian J Inf Sci Technol 2011, 1(1), 63-8.

Visually impaired students need alternative format in braille, talking books and large prints to function like sighted students. Because few materials get converted into these formats, the availability and consequent use of alternative format for study and leisure by visually impaired students has been of concern. This study reveals the availability and use of alternative formats by visually impaired students in Nigerian Secondary Schools. The study is a survery and it purposively focused on southwestern, Nigeria. Using total enumeration technique, data were collected 123 students from six purposively selected secondary schools in southwestern Nigeria. A questionnaire having two rating scales on availability and utilisation of alternative format with reliability scores of a = 0.77 and a = 0.73 respectively were used. 104 (84.5%) of the instrument was correctly admistered. The study found, that braille (77%), talking books/tape recordings( 65.4%) are not readily availabile while large prints (96.2%) are not available. Braille is the most frequently used on dailly basis (91.3%) followed by talking books (34. 6%) while large prints are not used. There was no significant positive relationships between alternative formats availability and its utilisation in the selected libraries. The study recommends increased transcription of information materials into alternative formats for the students, adequate funding from government and donors and the building of a balanced collection of alternative formats in the school libraries.

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019708   Ye F Y (Information Resource Management Dep, Zhejiang Univ, China, Email: yye@zju.edu.cn) : Top universities lead scientific innovation. Curr Sci 2009, 97(6), 744-5.

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019707   Wazed Ali S M (Development of Public Universities, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Email: wazed@mail.com) : Concept of planning: higher education management information system. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 13-19.

Management system is becoming systematic and simpler day by day with the application of computer aided software and internet. In this scenario, Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) around the world are developing Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS). In some countries, it is developing both at institute and national level. In spite of this, some projects could not reach their desired target due to poor project planning. Failure rate of such projects is high particularly in developing countries. This is perhaps the planning of such projects which requires combination of management and IT knowledge and also the knowledge of prevailing education management system of the institution or the country. This article aims to provide concise and key considerations in planning a HEMIS project. Keeping the management issue during implementation and operation phase under eye, planning considerations of HEMIS is depicted in this article. Hopefully, this article will add some additional information to the project planners.

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019706   Wadhwa N K;Kretschmer H;Kretschmer T (Library, National Physical Laboratory, , Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: nkwadhwa@gmail.com) : Co-author pairs' frequencies of the National Physical Laboratory India. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 49-55.

Special collaboration structures (Gestalts) are studied on the basis of the publications data on papers published by the National Physical Laboratory, India, during 1997-2008. The corresponding three-dimensional distribution of the co-author pairs' frequencies is compared with the distribution of the National Physical Laboratory, UK, as well as with distributions of two journals. The regularities for these four three-dimensional distributions are described by the same mathematical model (Social Gestalts). The varying shapes of these distributions are probably caused by the different research conditions. These new empirical results should initiate future research about the corresponding theoretical background followed by further empirical studies.

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019705   Sudhier K G (Library & Information Science Dep, Kerala Univ, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 034, Email: kgsudhier@gmail.com) : Bradford's law of scattering revisited: a study based on the references in doctoral theses in the area of physics. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 35-47.

A study of the five years data of journals cited by the physicists at the University of Kerala (UoK), India has been carried out to examine the applicability of Bradford's law of scattering on a sample of 303 journals containing 2655 citations collected from 12 doctoral theses during the period 2004-08. Ranked list of journals are prepared, and the most preferred journal is Journal of Geophysical Research with the highest of 345 (12.97%) citations. The paper provides summary and review of the scholarly contribution on the various facets of Bradford's law. In addition to the theoretical aspects of the law, the review covers papers dealing with the application of the law in the various subject fields. Applicability of Bradford's law on various methods has been tested. The journal distribution pattern of the doctoral theses does not confirm the Bradford's distribution pattern. The Bradford multipliers are calculated, and the law was found to be applicable with the value of k as 2.66. The distribution of the journals in three zones done and the number of references in each zone is then calculated. The applicability of Leim-kuhler model is also tested with the present data. The Bradford's law of scattering doesn't follow the journal distribution pattern.

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019704   Singh Y;Gupta B M (NO, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, Email: yogi@iitr.ernet.in ) : Mapping of Indian engineering research using quantitative Indicators, 1999-2008. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 1-12.

Presents an analysis of India's emerging research during 1999-2008 on several parameters like research output, growth, rank and global publication share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, major collaborative countries and pattern of research communication in most productive journals. It also analyses the characteristics of most productive institutions, authors and highly-cited papers. The publications output of India is also compared with China and South Korea.

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019703   Prathap Gangan;Gupta B M (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi-110 012, Email: gp@niscair.res.in) : Ranking of Indian universities for their research output and quality using a new performance index. Curr Sci 2009, 97(6), 751-2.

In this commentary authors have proposed a mote rational procedure for ranking the research performance of universities by identifying the indicators that are best correlated with each other and then using a composite indicator emerging as a product of these.

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019702   Khaparde V;Sutar R (Library & Information Science Dep, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Email: Vaishali_khaparde@rediffmail.com) : Evaluation of the film library of films division in digital era. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 69-80.

In the era of Information Technology, electronics resources are replacing traditional library resources with a fast pace. Librarians have no option out to adopt these e-resources to meet the requirements of information seekers. The article deals with the library of Films Division, Government of India. This library is a treasure of an archival material; it preserves the historical account of the whole evolution of contemporary India since independence. After the evolution of Doordarshan and various other T.V channels, Films Division productions have decreased. Many posts have been surrendered by the authority after the retirement of old library professionals. There is a need to pay attention towards the implementation of new technologies in digital era. The article suggests various measures to develop the condition of the moving image library during the digital environment.

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019701   Jalal S K;Biswas S C;Mukhopadhyay P (Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Email: jalal_gtz@yahoo.co.in) : Web presence of selected Asian countries: a webometric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 57-68.

The paper focuses on the Web presence and visibility of websites of Asian countries. It tries to highlight the Web presence using some webometric indicators like Internet access, webpages, number of Internet users, and link counts. The study analyzes the web presence using popular search engines like Altavista, Google, Yahoo and MSN. An attempt has also been made to find out the Web Impact Factor (WIF) for selected Asian countries. The result shows that China (43.7%), Japan (16.2%) and India (10.4%) occupy highest web presence amongst Asian countries based on the total number of effective Internet users. China being the second highest number of Internet users having 11.8% after USA (19.7%) followed by India with 4.9% of world Internet Users and Japan is having the highest number of webpages followed by China and South Korea.

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019700   Husain S;Mushtaq M (M.A. Library, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) : Academic ranking of Indian central universities in science and technology as represented in science citation index - expanded: scientometric study (2005-2009). Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 81-90.

There are a number of parameters to evaluate an academic institution and one of them being the publication output of the institutions. Keeping this parameter under eye, the present paper was compiled which focuses on the various publication output patterns of Indian Central Universities, depicting their picture with the different Scientometric constructs. The Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) via Web of Science was used as a data source for the study. The Universities were searched individually and the data was recorded using the distinct limiting options of the database in separate sheets and in separate searches. The data so obtained were worked out and interpreted in accordance with the Scientometric methods and thus deduced the results. It was revealed from the study that the University of Delhi occupies the first rank in the country; there was a normal linear growth trend of output with least publications in 2005 and highest in 2009; the article form was the most widely used document type; English language as a frequent medium of communication; The Biochemistry & Molecular Biology followed by Materials Science, Multidisciplinary were with highest publications; and the Current Science evolved as the first ranked journal title in the country.

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019699   Bhattacharya S;Patra S K (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110 019, Email: sujit.personal@gmail.com) : Assessing competency of a developing country in high technology?: a case study based on Indian patenting activity in the biotechnology sector. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(2), 21-34.

Technological capability at the national/firm level provides competitive advantage and is intrinsic to the 'catch up' process. However, it is difficult to capture 'properly' technological capability attained by a country in a particular industry/sector and gauge future trends; particularly so for a country in transition. Present paper addresses this issue. We argue that in high technology sectors, patents can provide relevant indications. Based on this argument, we analyse India's patenting activity in biotechnology (a country epitomising developing economies). Global patenting trends shows core activity areas and changing dynamics. In addition comparison with BRIC countries assess India's activity in proper perspective. Analysis was undertaken for 'biotechnology domain' and individual technology classes that constitute this domain. To assess role of different organisational categories in technology creation; patenting activity was delineated under Indian organisations, foreign R&D centres and resident individuals. Along with trend, types of actors involved, collaboration, linkages with other industries, etc were investigated. The Study shows that India is developing technological capability both in terms of depth and breadth. However, in comparison to global landscape, it is still in infancy. We conclude that in spite of limitations, novel indications derived from patent statistics is a good indication of measuring a country's technological capability.

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019698   Beteille A (NO, Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: andrebeteille@yahoo.co.in) : Institutions and networks. Curr Sci 2009, 97(2), 148-56.

The article compares and contrasts two types of social arrangement, the institution and the network, for the pursuit of science and scholarship. An institution is defined as a corporate group with a distinct boundary that exists or is presumed to exist in perpetuity, whereas a network is seen as an ego-focused or ego-centred arrangement that ceases to exist with the decease of the individual at its centre. As the institutions of science and scholarship, most notably the universities, come under various kinds of social and political pressure, more and more scholars and scientists begin to use networks in the pursuit of their objectives.

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018539   Tikam M V (NO, H R College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai, Email: hrlib@rediffmail.com) : Measuring value of academic library. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 30-4.

Academic libraries support curricula, teach information literacy and foster critical thinking skills and to do this, they offer a range of services like lending of books, periodicals and non book materials, answering reference queries, arranging book displays, exhibitions, book talks and other such value added services and events. However, measuring the impact of academic libraries on its users is a difficult task. This paper attempts to propose a range of factors such as information resource base, quantum of reference queries answered, usage of facilities, relations between library usage and other criteria, etc. and tried to measure the value of a college library with respect to library fees paid. It had taken into account only first two measurable factors mentioned in the above list. The in depth statistics maintained by the library was at the base of this study.

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018538   Sinha M K (Library and Information Science Dep, Assam Univ (A Central Univ), Silchar-788 011, Email: mksinha1965@gmail.com) : Empowering library users in academic libraries in the networked digital ERA: a case study of Assam university library. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 41-54.

The impact of ICT has been evident in the every walk of the society and library and information centres (LICs) or Learning Resource Centres (IRQ) are not exception to this. In this context, this paper attempts to to give an overview of the modernisation of academic libraries in ICT era, changing format of the library resources and types of computer based services being offered by the academic libraries and discusses about the recent development in the areas of application of ICT in academic libraries, availability and usage of electronic resources by the library users, new services provided by the academic libraries to their end users. Further, highlights the need of Empowering End Users in Electronic / Digital Era, enumerate the role of various agencies which are engaged in making library users aware about the usage of the printed as well as e-resources and explains the role of Web 2.0/ Library 2.0 in making library users more interactive and well informed about the resources, products and services of the academic libraries to their clienteles. It also discusses about the User Education Programme / User Awareness Programme being organised and offered to the students and research scholars by the Assam University Library as a case study.

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018537   Sinha M K (Library and Information Science Dep, Assam Univ (A Central Univ), Silchar-788 011, Email: mksinha1965@gmail.com) : Status of collection development and information technology infrastructure for library automation in college libraries: a case study of college libraries of Barak valley, South Assam. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2011, 3(1-2), 1-28.

The paper is based on the preliminary survey of selected college libraries of Barak Valley of South Assam which have been Affiliated/Permitted to Assam University (A Central University), Silchar. The first part of the paper describes about a brief account of Concept of Collection Development, Components of Collection Developments, Collection Development Policies/Acquisition Policies including issues and challenges for procuring printed and electronic resources for the college libraries for developing a good collection of books, journals and electronic resources. In brief the Criteria for selection and evaluation of library collections have also been described in brief. The second part of the paper highlights the survey results pertaining to the status of college libraries affiliated -with Assam University, Silchar pertaining to the college library background, initiative taken by the college libraries for developing information infrastructure for ICT application in library and information activities, Internet facilities, collection development of printed as well as electronic resources, on-line databases and access to the e-journals available under UGC-INFONET Digital Library consortium and DELCON Programme by the library end users.

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018536   Rathinasabapathy G;Rajendran L;Radhakrishnan V;Prem Raj M S (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai-600 007) : New generation online tools for library and information centres. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 55-60.

The Internet environment provides very effective and efficient online reference tools to the libraries. These tools which are also known as Web 2.0 tools are really very cheap, popular and easy to set up. Though there are a variety of such tools available for libraries, this paper attempts to profile five popular online reference tools viz., Facebook, YouTube, Podcasting, Blog and Twitter.

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018535   Rathinasabapathy G (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai-600 007, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : Public knowledge projects (PKP) and its role in open access initiatives. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2011, 3(1-2), 43-50.

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) initiated in 1998 by John Willinsky of University of British Columbia is playing a vital role in the development of open access movement is vital. The PKP is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research for which it has developed open source software for publishing open access journals (Open Journal Systems), conference management system (Open Conference Systems) and harvesting metadata from OAI-compliant databases (Open Harvester Systems). The Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals. The Open Conference System (OCS) is a free web publishing tool that will create a complete web presence for scholarly conferences. These software tools increase access to knowledge, improve management, and reduce publishing costs. The Open Harvester System (OHS) allows the creation of centralized search services on metadata from OAI-compliant databases. All PKP software tools are available under the GNU Public License. These software tools are playing a vital role in the development of OA across the globe. The number of OA journals published using the OJS is increasing steadily and at present about OA journals are published through the OJS. At present, South America is leading with 1537 titles followed by North America with 1343 titles, Europe with 961 titles, Asia with 678 titles, Africa with 429 titles and Oceania with 96 titles. The OCS is also widely used by academicians and researchers who are conducting professionals events for global communication. In this context, this paper attempts to profile the role of PKP in the development of OAI.

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018534   Naganna N;Kumbar M;Kiran Kumar G (College of Agriculture, V.C. Farm, Mandya Karnataka) : Open source software for building digital library: an evaluative study. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 19-29.

Digitization needs huge amount of money for creation and maintain. Open Source Software are a solution to reduce that cost. DSpace has developed a model that allows users to use the system submit and use content, and administrators can organize and configure the system. In order to be more usable to different types of users for Scholarly Communication, This paper describes the basic concept of Institutional Repositories, its genesis, its Developments and its implementation Scholarly Communication.

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018533   Kavitha M;Arumugam J (NO, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai-600 025) : Scientometric analysis of Indian contribution to mathematical research. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 61-70.

This paper attempts to analyse quantitatively the growth and development of Mathematical Research in India in terms of publication output as reflected in Web of Knowledge Database. During 2000-2009 a total of 170 papers were published by the Mathematical researchers to various domains: Multidisciplinary (43) and Applied Mathematics (29), Mathematics (23), Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications (12), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (10), History and Philosophy of Science (10), Computer Science, Theory and Methods (9), Operations Research and Management (8), Multidisciplinary Physics (8), Statistics and probability (8). Year-wise growth of publications and input of records to Web of Knowledge Database by India is analyzed. More than 76 percent of publications were published in journals. The most preferred journals were Current Science (39), Historia Mathematica (8), Applied Mathematics and Computation (6), Scientometrics (4), Computers and Mathematics with applications (3), Fuzzy Sets and Systems (3), Sadhana-Acamedy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences (3), Algorithms and Computations (2), Archive for History of Exact Sciences (2), Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (2). There were 75 (44.11%) papers contributed by single author, 61(35.88%) by two authors, 22(12.94%) by three authors and 12 (07.05%) by more than 3 authors.

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018532   Kanmani S;Radhakrishnan P (Information Technology Dep, Pondicherry Engineering College Campus, Puducherry-605 014) : Hybrid approach to assess the students' program automatically. J Instn Engrs-Pt CP 2010, 91(May), 3-9.

Computer programming is one of the basic subjects for all the first year B Tech courses and practice is the most Important aspects in learning the computer programming. With the substantiaiincrease in the number of students intake leading to large class sizes, it is fortunate that the human grading of programming assignments in the laboratory sessions, are tedious and error prone task. The only potential solution to this inevitable problem is to automate the assessment process. So far, several tools have been developed both in the field of academy and commercial. As on date, dynamic, static and program matching are the specific approaches available and the existing tools adopt either one or a combination of two approaches with a feasible solution to assess simple and straightforward programs. This paper discusses the implementation of a hybrid method using all three approaches for assessing the students'program automatically. It includes all the vital strategies needed to assess the students' program and assign marks with different credence.

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018531   Garg B (NO, PGIMES, Rohtak, Haryana, Email: babita.garg1@gmail.com) : Digital preservation strategies. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2011, 3(1-2), 39-42.

The Digital age creates new delivery and access alternatives for libraries as well as new preservation strategies. Digital preservation involves the use of well defined techniques to prevent the original artifact from deteriorating further need to perhaps even improve it to the point where it can be used again. This paper presents the need, objectives infrastructure required for digital preservation, preservation strategies.

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018530   Clara Jeyaseeli P;Rathinasabapathy G (Library & Information Science Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai, Email: loyolaclara@gmail.com) : Literature growth analysis on information literacy: a scientometric study (1988 to 2009). J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 35-40.

Information Literacy has become the basic need for every human irrespective of their field, age, geographical locations, behaviorisms, etc. The aim of this study is to evaluate the growth pattern involving trend of growth, nature of actual growth through Relative Growth Rate, Doubling Time, and the respective growth model. The expected approximate growth is also forecasted. Data was collected from the ISI Web of Science bibliographic database for the period 1998 to 2009 and retrieved 2100 hits. The study reveals that the Relative Growth Rate R(P) is inversely proportional to Doubling Time Dt(P). There exists steady growth from 1998 to 2008, but declined in the year 2009. This slight decline leads to logistic growth model. The approximate expected growth has also been calculated using mathematical formula.

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018529   Clara Jeyaseeli P (Library and Information Science Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Email: loyolaclara@gmail.com) : Bioethics research in China: a scientometric analysis from 1999 TO 2008. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2011, 3(1-2), 29-38.

The research on bioethics by developing countries shows a significant growth. The objective of this study is to explore the scientometric analysis on bioethics literature from People's Republic of China, since bioethics began to emerge in the late 1980s in China, which was borrowed and introduced from western countries. This study analyzes the PubMed database from 1999 to 2008. The literature growth analysis results in exponential growth and the yearly growth is about 38.3%. The Relative Growth Rate increases with the decrease in Doubling Time and there exists no evidence for saturation in the growth. The additional publication type designations are also analyzed. The Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't (37.18%), stands first and this predicts that, the research is being supported and conducted by several cooperating institutions from various other countries. It is found that English is the most predominant language used which shares to the maximum of 82%. Chinese language is made use of by 17% articles. In the subject analysis the Chinese concentrate first on human bioethics. Citespace visualization mapping network on institutions' contribution confirms that National Research Institute for Family Planning and School of Nursing from China occupies first position. It is concluded that China may concentrate more on bioethics research since the literature output is 0.13% out of World's total bioethics productivity which is very less.

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018528   Chikate A N (Deputy Librarian, Central Library, North Maharashtra Univ, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, Email: anchikate@nmu.ac.in) : Open access online journals in sports science available at directory of open access journals (DOAJ). J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 1-12.

The Directory of Open Access Journals lists open access journals, scientific and scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by exercising peer-review or editorial quality control and are free to all from the time of publication based on the Budapest Open Access Initiative. This paper attempts to analyze sports Science e-journals included in the DOAJ based on certain criteria viz., Country, Languages and Accessibility of Archives of e-joumals.

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018527   Cherukuri M;Nagaraju C;Cherukuri P (Information Technology Dep, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram-521 230) : Proposed method for classification of digitized mammogram images for tumor analysis present in the breast. J Instn Engrs-Pt CP 2010, 91(Nov), 3-6.

As per the international survey on literature of the mammograms image database the mammograms have been grouped under only three categories like, fatty, glandular and dense. In our proposed method these have been further classified based on some statistical features into the five classes as uncompressed fatty, fatty, high density, dense, and low dense. This classification would help a radiologist to determine the breast anatomy affected due to Estrogen secretion. In this method the specified statistical features extracted are significantly the important texture features of breast tissue. Based on these features of a digital mammogram, an attempt has been made to classify the breast tissue in to five basic categories like uncompressed fatty, fatty, high density, dense, and low dense. This categorization would help a radiologist to detect a normal breast from a cancer-affected breast so as to proceed with further investigation. The proposed method has two steps one is preprocessing where the boundary errors will be removed successfully using new morphological operations. The second is by evaluating the statistical parameters to classify and to find abnormality in breast Images. The database of mammograms of different categories, have been selected for the testing of performance of the proposed algorithm. The proposed method would help a radiologist in detection of changes in breast tissues.

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018526   Babita Devi K;Bembem S;Vaiphei L;Ibohal Singh C (Library and Information Science Dep, Manipur Univ, Canchipur, Imphal-795 003, Email: ibohal68@gmail.com) : Information users in multimedia environment: a comparative study. Asian J Libr Inf Sci 2011, 3(1-2), 51-8.

The influence of multimedia technology on the general reading habit has been assessed in the present study taking into account 169 PG Students of three Schools of Studies of Manipur University namely Science (77), Social Science (50) and Humanities (42). Their ICT literacy rate, purposes of information needs, preference on the use of information resources, influencing factors behind the use of the multimedia technology have been ascertained. The findings of the study have shown many indications on the information behaviour and use of the technology by the students under study.

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018525   Arumugam J;Rathinasabapathy G (NO, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai-600 025, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : Web based information retrieval system in the new information age. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2011, 3(1-2), 13-18.

In this digital era, web based products occur more, the usage of those products is not up to the mark. Effective utilization of web based information retrieval tool has to be enhanced in the user community. Though search engines are often used for information retrieval (IR) from the World Wide Web (WWW), current search engine technology seems obsolete. The quality of query results from today's search engines is unacceptable, creating a demand for new information search and retrieval techniques. The conventional IR methods often lack the flexibility to adapt to changes in the content of the WWW. This paper aims to explain the web based information retrieval system to build new and effective research tools for the users to access, explore and use information on the web, which may lead to improved research productivity and quality.

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016349   Shah C (Physiology Dep, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, Email: cjshah79@yahoo.co.in) : Journal impact factor. Natn J Integrat Res Med 2010, 1(1), 1-3.

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016348   Adarsh Bala;Gupta B M (Central Library, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Email: asarshbindu@rediffmail.com) : Mapping of neuroscience research: a quantitative analysis of publications output of China, 1999-2008. Ann Neurosci 2010, 17(2), 63-73.

Neuroscience is one of the most active research fields in many countries including China since 1970. The Chinese neuroscientists are playing an ever growing and important role in IBRO activities for the development of worldwide cooperation in Brain research. The main objective of this study is to analyze the research performance of China in neurosciencesin national and global context, as reflected in its publication output during 1999-2008. This study is based on the Chinese publication data in neurosciences retrieved from the Scopus Citation database for the 10 years (1999-2008). Several parameters including total research output, its growth, rank and global publication share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers and major collaborative partner countries and patterns of research communication in most productive journals were studied. China's world ranking improved to 8th position in 2008. The cumulative publication output of China accounts for 39.69% share of international collaborative papers during 1999-2008. Chinese authors in neuroscience field together contributed 794 papers, with an average of 49.63 papers per author. The top 49 highly cited papers in neurosciences from China had scored higher impact with 126.73 citations per paper. These 49 high-cited papers have appeared in 25 journals and are affiliated to 32 Chinese institutions.

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015294   Patel M C;Chauhan N B (Polytechnic in Food Science & Home Economics, Anand Agricultural Univ, Anand-388 110, Email: drminacpatel@yahoo.com) : Model to measure internet exposure. Agric Sci Dig 2010, 30(2), 110-14.

To measure Internet exposure methodical model was decided to be developed by selecting the indicators. The relevancy of indicator was judged by 60 judges and finally 10 indicators were selected to measure Internet exposure. The split-half technique was used to measure the reliability of the indicators, which was 0.72. Mean weightage score of ten Indicators was worked out. For this, 20 experts were requested to give their opinion by assigning score value, based on importance of each indicator in a way that total score for all indicators become 100. Based on finally selected 10 indicators, prolific Internet exposure of post graduates of Anand Agriculture University, Anand, Gujarat was measured.

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015293   Kausadikar P A;Hiremath U S;Badiger C (Extension and Communication Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005) : Content analysis of home science areas in news papers. Karnataka J agric Sci 2009, 22(2), 420-5.

Research investigation was carried out for the period of five months i.e. from 1st April to 31st August, 2007 in Parabhani district of Maharashtra state to know the coverage of some specific home science areas in selected dailies. On high circulation basis, two national English (Times of India and Indian Express) and two regional Marathi (Sakal and Lokmat) dailies were selected. The findings revealed that out of total 1166 home science articles on selected areas from all four newspapers, maximum articles belonged to human development (56.78%) followed by home science extension education (28.47%) and family resource management (14.75%). Most oftenly covered sub areas were paediatrics and child related concerns, eco-friendly measures and consumerism.

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024753   Sharada B A (Bhasha Bharathi and Lib Automn, Centeral Inst of Indian Languages, Mysore, Email: sharada@ciil.stpmy.soft.net) : Digitising documents in linguistics and indian languages: experiences at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. Inf Stud 2005, 11(2), 127-38.

Discusses some of the important issues that arise in digitizing documents in Indian languages and linguistics. Suggests a few possible solutions to the problems. Recommends the need of digitized documents in related areas of research in the development of corpora, NLP applications, language teaching, etc., in addition to reading the documents.

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024752   Neelameghan A;Ravichandra Rao I K (Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Lib, , 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560 010, Email: srels@vsnl.com) : Bibliometric support to medical historiography: a case study of the incidence of communicable diseases in 19th century India. Inf Stud 2005, 11(2), 79-92.

A general model for analysing the pattern(s) of incidence of events(s), using, as a case study the incidence of certain communicable diseases in India in the 19th century. Applies bibliometrics in data analysis and interprets the findings in relation to the health environment and preventive measures. Unlike in the usual bibliometric studies in which one would particularly look for the peaks, the high incidence rate of the object under study, in the case of communicable disease. the 'trough' part of the graph showing the low or no incidence of the disease. It has been emphasized that such informetric studies by information professionals can assist and support medical historiography.

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024751   Murthy S S (NO, Natn Tuberculosis Inst, No. 8 Bellary Road, Bangalore-560 003, Email: ntiindia@blr.vsnl.net.in) : Digitization: a practical experience at the National Tuberculosis Institute Bangalore. Inf Stud 2005, 11(2), 109-25.

The objective of digitization is principally to create content of databases to facilitate access to, preservation and dissemination of information resources. The experience of digitization at the National Tuberculosis Institute, (NTI) Bangalore, a WHO-sponsored collaborative project: "Health InterNetwork India" Tuberculosis - India have been narrated. The various aspects of conceptualization of the digitization project, measurement criteria for inputs and outputs, the ability to access and retrieve information are discussed in detail. An important dimension of digitization process is co-ordination between information technology expert and library professionals. The standards and guidelines followed and problems encountered are mentioned. The importance of securing consent for archiving and sharing resources globally from the concerned parties is pointed out. Efforts made use digital library software operable in a network environment and the importance of metadata and vocabulary management tools in accessing, searching and retrieving; digitized documents are highlighted.

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024750   Malathy S (Lib and Documn Div, ISRO Satellite Cent, Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017, Email: malathy@isac.ernet.in) : A satellite technology digital library: experiences with greenstone digital library software. Inf Stud 2005, 11(2), 93-108.

Enormous information in the form of minutes of meetings, reports, newspaper clippings, articles in the in-house publication (Journal of Spacecraft Technology), papers for publication and for presentation in conferences, drawings, photographs etc., are regularly generated at ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore. Gleaning these contents for there effective management and delivery of services, and developing a comprehensive archive has become very important. These contents are in a variety of form and formats like text, still images, audio and video records etc. They are already catalogued using library management software (Libsys). However the contents as such dealing with satellite technology need to be further organized with categorization and metadata with appropriate digital library software. This paper describes some practical experiences in building a digital library using Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) have ben described and issues that arise in the process have been highlighted. Selection and installation of digital library software, steps involved in content gleaning using Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI), metadata, handling, of different document types, customization, administrative functions and few advantages and limitations of GSDL have been discussed.

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024749   Gupta B M;Dhawan S M (NO, Natn Inst of Sci Technol and Dev Stud, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012) : Computer science research in India: a scientometric analysis of research output during the period 1994-2001. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2005, 25(1), 3-11.

Computer science is of central importance to India for its impact on the national economy and society at large, and its role in shaping India as a technology superpower. Analyses the status of computer science research in India in terms of publication output, its areas of strength and weakness, and the leading institutions and individual scholars involved in computer science research in the country.

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022696   Surendra Kumar;Kumar S (NO, Natn Res Cent for Soybean (ICAR), Indore-454 017) : Productometric study of scientists of ICAR's National Research Centre for Soybean (NRCS). Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(1), 11-21.

Information personnel conduct studies on citation and bibliometric analysis for knowing the extent of utility of journals, conference proceedings and other literature. Productometric analysis of contributions of National Research Centre for Soybean, Indore, has been carried out for the period 1987 - 2001 in terms of number of research articles produced by its scientists. The study is based on a chronological documentation list prepared for the purpose along with author and subject indexes. Also analyses average number of papers per year, types of documents publishing the papers along with names of the journals, subject and language distribution. Authorship pattern is also studied. It also gives method of calculating score of individuals authors, calculates their scores and rank orders. Concludes with strengths and weakness of soybean research in India.

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022695   Singh B;Dhanavanthan P;Mani T (Inf Technol Dep, Vellore Inst of Technol, Vellore-632114) : SESYS: Statistical expert systems for information management. IETE Tech Rev 2004, 21(2), 137-48.

Powerful tools for statistical data analysis are now widespread and are in use by non-statisticians. Current statistical software provides the user with the mechanics of doing data analysis. Describes SESYS, a statistical expert system for information management prototype, for assisting non-statisticians and statisticians alike in the statistical information management process. SESYS (Statistical Expert System for information management) is a computer expert system program in Prolog aimed at providing methodological feedback and advice at each step of information management, and making available a recording approach focussed not only on statistical data but also on management problems and management decisions. The actual utility of SESYS is threefold. First, used online as a decision aid, it may improve a statistician's performance in the real statistical context. Second, it can be used as an educational tool to train students in statistical methodology. Third, on the basis of its recording facilities, it can provide well-assessed, objective decision-making statistical databases, which might be very useful in evaluating.

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022694   Sharma S;Ashok Kumar;Mohinder Singh (NO, Defence Scientific Inf and Documn Cent (DESIDOC), Metcalfe House, Delhi-110 054) : Digitial reference service. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2004, 24(6), 11-18.

Digital reference is an emerging trend of traditional reference service. Paper highlights how the raw face of service is evolving as a natural solution to keep pace with multifaceted technological environment. It discusses about the basic concepts and essential elements of reference service and gives in detail the advantages, limitations and the technology base about the various established and emerging forms of digital reference.

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022693   Narang A (Bhai Gurdas Lib, G.N.D. Univ, Amritsar-143 005) : Indian journal of pure and applied mathematics: a bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(1), 28-38.

Bibliometric analysis of 8396 citations appended to 737 articles published in the Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Mathematics, volumes 29 to 33 during the years 1998-2002 and 470 citations appended to 70 articles published in the maiden volume 1 published in 1970 has been carried out to observe the distribution of contributions, authorship pattern, citation analysis, geogrphical distribution of contributions and number of pages used in each volume. A comparative study of articles published in five volumes vis-a-vis those in volume 1 has been made. Results indicate that the number of contributions is increasing in successive volumes. Highest number of papers have been witten by joint authors. The most cited documents are articles from the research journals. The contributions in this journal from India and other countries are almost equal. Among the Indian states, Uttar Pradesh is the top contributor whereas among the Indian universities/institutes, University of Delhi is at the top. At the International level, India is the top contributor followed by China. The growth and popularity of this journal is found to be showing an upward trend.

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022692   Murthy S G K;Biswas R N (NO, Defence Res & Dev Laboratory (DRDL), Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500 058, Email: sgk_murthy@rediffmail.com) : A fuzzy logic based search technique for digital libraries. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2004, 24(6), 3-9.

Conventional search techniques for searching a database follow Boolean logic. When a database search is made with a given set of keywords, a minor variation in the keyword due to difference in spelling standard, typographical error or difference in inflection of the same stem, results in failure in getting records from the database. This situation demands a special kind of search technique, which should take into account approximation along with exactness. Fuzzy sets are more appropriate to represent imprecise information and matching based on it is better suited to process it. As fuzzy logic is an extension of conventional logic; it handles the concept of partial truth along with true and false. Fuzzy logic more closely follows the way humans think and helps to handle real world complelxities more efficiently. Paper a new information retrieval support technique used for database search, using fuzzy based matching and is expected to significantly enhance searching benefits over conventional approaches.

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