022691   Munnolli S S (NO, Asian Paints (I) Ltd, L.B.S. Road, Bhandup West, Mumbai-400 078, Email: satishmunnolli@yahoo.com ) : Organising digital information using open source software: an attempt for knowledge management in corporate sector. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(1), 22-7.

An attempt has been made to develop a database of R & D reports and trade literature using open source software - `Green Stone Digital Library' (GSDL). The reports in digital form are generated within the organisation and the data downloaded from INTERNET are also included in the database. Discusses the approach to have Knowledge Management system, which organises the digital documents in a library system and its effective utilisation in Intranet environment.

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022690   Kumaravel J P S (Inf Scientist, Dr T P M Lib Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Tamil Nadu) : Economic growth, population and research output : a scientometric analysis of genetic engineering, 1988-2000. IASLIC Bull 2005, 50(1), 52-9.

The paper analyses the data downloaded from Dialog's Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering abstracts datasbase for the period from 1988 and 2000. The population and the GNP are taken for a particular year and correlated with the research output. Results shows the collaborative authorship trend and that there is no significant relation between research and the total population or the GNP.

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022689   Kannappanavar B U;Swamy C;Vijay Kumar M (Univ Lib, Kuvempu Univ, Jnana Sahyadri-577 451, Email: kannappanavar@rediffmail.com) : Publishing trends of Indian chemical scientists: a bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(1), 39-41.

The study highlights the authorship trend and collaborative research in chemistry in India during 1996-2000. The study found that team research is preferred in the field of chemistry rather than solo research. The degree of collaboration is calculated and found to be 0.76. The degree of collaboration varies from year to year and is found to be 0.72 to 0.83. Average number of authors per paper has increased from 7.52 to 8.39.

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022688   Gupta B M;Jha A K;Mishra P K (NO, Natn Inst of Sci Technol and Dev Stud, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta@nistads.res.in) : Citation indexes and other products of ISI. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(1), 1-10.

Elaborates the philosophy behind citation indexing and lists the advantages of citation indexes over coventional subject indexes. Introduces the various citation indexes, the Web of Science and other related products developed by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, USA. Indicates the scope, coverage, different features, and advantages of these products. Besides Citation Indexes, Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators.

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022687   Gangan Prathap (Math Modelling and Computer Simulation, , Bangalore-560 037, Email: gp@cmmacs.ernet.in) : Who's afraid of research assessment. Curr Sci 2005, 88(1), 14-17.

Although the field of scientometrics now offers well-tested procedures for some measure of quantitative assessment of research performance, these are largely left unused in our country when attempt to exercises to assess the performance of individuals or institutions. This is baffling in a country that is so comfortable with its obsession with cricket and cricket statistics. The author analysis is based on data from the SCOPUS database, and this approach has the potential to offer interesting sociological insights into the scientific productivity of individuals, research institutes and research agencies.

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022686   Das B B;Mazumder R P (Chf Librarian, Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata) : Electronic books and its cataloguing. IASLIC Bull 2005, 50(1), 41-51.

The definitions of Electronic Books (e-books) with its various kinds are presented from various sources. The benefits, limitations and contents of e-books are delineated. How to catalogue and how to describe the e-books according to AACR2 (2002 revision 2003 update) is discussed. MARC21 MetaData tags for e-books (both direct and remote access) are highlighted with examples. The main points of Dublin core Meta Data and FRBR (IFLA) are stated in brief.

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021649   Singh P (CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, , Hisar-125 004) : Library databases: development and management. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 72-81.

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021648   Sen B K (NO, , 80, Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019, Email: bksen@ndb.vsnl.net.in) : Cataloguing needs new dimensions. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(4), 133-6.

While cataloguing a multi-authored publication according to AACR II, the names of second author onwards are dropped in case there are more than three authors (two authors in the case of CCC) responsible for the book. The same is the case with the collaborators. It is argued that in the changed context brought about by information technology, there is no need to drop any of the authors/collaborators responsible for the book. Inclusion of all the authors/collaborators in the catalogue will ensure giving credit to all of them. Moreover, this will help a great deal in the compilation of a personal bibliography based on library catalogues. Quite often need arises to search a catalogue with place of publication, publisher, year of publication, language of the document and so on. Sometimes, it also becomes necessary to search from a book, a portrait, an illustration of a famous building, a rare map not available in the general atlases, and so on. It is suggested that all these data available in a catalogue should be made searchable in a computerised catalogue.

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021647   Rao M K D;Gupta B M (Recruitment and Assessment Board, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012) : Indo-german collaboration in S&T: an analysis through co-authored publications, 1996-2000. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 64-71.

Looks into the Indo-German collaboration in S&T, through the co-authored publications during the period 1996-2000. The collaboration is under two broad stream, bilateral and multilateral. The study provides an analysis of co-authored papers by main fields and sub-fields and the impact of such collaboration in different fields of S&T.

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021646   Prakasan E R;Anil Kumar;Sagar A;Lalit Mohan; Singh S K;Kalyane V L;Vijai Kumar (Library and Information Services Div, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085, Email: park@magnum.barc.ernet.in) : Analytical study of contents of LANL physics and cross-listed Eprint archives, 1994-2002. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 43-51.

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021645   Manjunatha K;Shivalingaiah D (T A Pai Management Institute, , Manipal-576 104, Email: manjunath@mail.tapmi.org) : Customer's perception of service quality in libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(4), 145-51.

Service quality assesses performance of products and services from customers' perspective. A library has both tangible products and intangible services. Assessing Service quality as management technique is of recent origin and new to Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals. Today, the library customers are open to multiple sources of information and expect quality material within shortest possible time irrespective of the format of information. The web technologies and commercial information service providers have impelled libraries to be customer focussed for their survival. Proper understanding of customers' perceptions along service quality dimensions is essential for US professionals to recognize the customer expectations. Aligning the products/services to meet customer expectations would result in reduced gaps in perceptions of service quality . Briefly explains the concept of service quality; trace its development and highlight some of the results of an empirical study on service quality in academic libraries is presented.

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021644   Mahapatra R K;Sahoo J (Nabakrushna Chaudhury Centre for Development Studies, , Bhubaneswar-751 013, Email: rkm_02@yahoo.com) : Doctoral dissertations in library and information science in India 1997-2003: a study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 58-63.

Research programmes at the Ph.D.level in Library and information Science carried out in India during the seven years (1997-2003) have been analyzed to find out the trends and areas of research, growth pattern and productivity of universities along with broad and narrow subject areas in the discipline. Presents the analysis of the study with the primary goal of appraising the perspective LIS research community to make them aware of the direction of research.

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021643   Jeevan V K J;Nair S S (Indian Institute of Technology, , Kharagpur, West Bengal-721 302, Email: vkjj@rediffmail.com) : Information technology adoption in libraries of Kerala: a survey of selected libraries in Thiruvananthapuram. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(4), 137-44.

Presents the results of a questionnaire based survey conducted among the premeier libraries in the Thiruvananthapuram city of Kerala to assess the Information Technology adoption in these libraries. Results reveal that the libraries are very positive about the use of IT in libraries and many of the libraries are IT in libraries and many of the libraries are IT intensive.

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021642   Halijwale S S;Manjunath G K;Pujar S M (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, , Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (East), Mumbai-400 065, Email: sangeeta@igidr.ac.in) : Electronic journals: modalities for providing free access. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 82-5.

Many publishers have started giving free online access to electronic journals against print subscription. Institutions having a good computer network, in other vords Internet access, can benefit from the free offer. This paper attempts to describe the modalities involved in getting free access to such e-journals. The main focus is on the administrative procedures with due emphasis on the role of aggregators and access management.

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021641   Gupta B M;Munshi U M;Mishra P K (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr K S Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@yahoo.com) : Regional collaboration in S&T among south Asian Countries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(4), 121-32.

Science and technology is being practiced today in a collaborative manner with participation of scientists from different disciplines, institutions and countries. To combat the problems of pollution, environment, energy, biodiversity, health, nutrition, etc., many countries in the world, particularly the developing countries, need the cooperation and support of other countries. Thus, collaboration in S&T is fast emerging as the keyword in the scientific world. Most South Asian countries and India in particular had recognized the importance of international scientific collaboration quite early and consider it as an important instrument for their development of S&T. As a result, these countries have signed a number of collaboration agreements on S&T among themselves. A study on the outputs of S&T collaborations among South Asian countries is presented through the analysis of co-authored research papers published during the period 1992-1999 in the journals covered by the Science Citation Index. The study analyzes these collaborations from various angles, viz., nature, S&T areas, institutions involved and their impact on individual fields. It has been observed that out of the five South Asian countries - India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal - India had comparatively stronger collaborative linkages with all other South Asian countries. The collaborations among Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, however, are very small. India's linkages with Bangladesh cover the major broad areas in S&T, and the co-authored papers resulting out of these collaborations had high values of impact factor. India's collaboration with other fellow South Asian countries had been quiet narrow and restricted to few subject areas. Need for further cooperation is highlighted in newly emerging areas of S&T.

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021640   Abdul Azeez T A (T K M College of Engineering, , Kollam, Kerala-691 005) : TKM college of engineering library automation system. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2004, 51(2), 52-7.

017366   Thiyams S;Murthy T A V (INFLIBNET Centre, , Ahmedabad-380 009, Email: satyabati@inflibnet.ac.in) : Archiving of E-journal. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 9-11.

Electronic journals unfold their most valuable features when they are inter-linked with other documents, archives and databases. The electronic journals need an archiving system based on a global concept. Archiving ensures "continued access indefinitely into the future of records stored in digital electronic form ". It has to be flexible in order to adapt to the new technological generation. The technology makes archiving an extremely expensive undertaking. Librarians are concerned about the archiving of electronic journals themselves, or getting access to the archives established by the publishers or the aggregators. This paper focuses on the issues related to the archiving of electronic journals. Before the advent of electronic journals, Libraries subscribed to printed journals, provided access to, and preserved bibliographic resources in continual support of the research, teaching, and learning. The introduction of electronic journals has transformed scholarly communication in extraordinary ways- making it possible to disseminate research results more quickly, to provide hyperlinked access to cited publications, and to amplify text with images, audio and video files, datasets and software - but it has also created a dilemma for libraries which now license access to; rather than own the journals to which they subscribe. A collaboration involving scholars, publishers, and librarians is required to ensure the e-journal of today to be accessible to researchers of the future.

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017365   Sudha Kumari V S;Oak V P (National Informatics Centre, Karnataka State Unit, , 6th and 7th floor, Mini tower, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Bangalore- 560 076) : Special aspects of digitization for archiving and preservation. Inf Stud 2005, 11(1), 5-24.

Describes a pilot project done by the National Informatics Centre, Bangalore, under the guidance of the Secretary, Kannada and Culture Department, to digitize the collection of information source materials available with the State Archives, Gazetteer and Archaeology Departments. The Historical Records Section (HRS) in the Archives Department houses documents in various sizes, dating from the 18 century, in the form of files, folders, maps, manuscripts etc., in Kannada, English, Konkani and other languages. Many of the documents are hand written Karnataka Gazetteer Department publishes District Gazettes in Kannada and English. Single copies of some gazettes dating back to pre-Independence days have to be preserved for posterity. District gazettes contain authentic information are frequently referred to by the Government. Archaeology Department has many museums, archaeological sites, monuments etc. under its control, showcasing Karnataka's rich heritage of art and culture, as priceless treasures in stone, wood, metal etc. For the pilot project covering all Departments, the creation of catalogues with digitization using current technology is discussed. Issues and challenges faced are mentioned. Future projects and the impact of the digitization and creation of information systems are briefly discussed.

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017364   Singh Y (Information Superhighway Centre, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Email: yogi@iitr.ernet.in) : Guidelines for developing a digital library. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 29-35.

Development of a digital library is just like the development of a conventional library as it also involves the issues of collection, storage, organization, and dissemination of information to its prospective users. The main difference between the two types of libraries is the medium of information flow. While in the traditional libraries the information flows in the form of physical documents, in digital libraries it flows digitally. Gives a brief introduction of the issues, which are to be considered while developing a digital library. These are the issues concerning contents selection and acquisition, storage, organization and metadata creation, and finally dissemination and use.

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017363   Satyanarayana N R (Lib & Inf Science Dep, Univ of Lucknow, Lucknow-226 007) : User education in information age. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 17-20.

Deals with the various aspects of user education; such as need of user education, and methods involved. Need of user education in the age of Information Technology has been highlighted along with the network literacy for library users. Computer Assisted Instruction in user education has been discussed along with various advantage fo CAI. Concludes with the emphasis on the necessity of user education in the perspective of information technology.

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017362   Rout R K (Library & Information Science Dep, Sambhalpur Univ, Orrisa, Email: dlissu@sancharnet.in) : Management of change in libraries. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 21-7.

Highlights an emerging branch, supported by a model, stating implication, forces affecting change, identification of problems, organizational, planned and behavioural changes. Describes changes in traditional libraries, changing role of information specialist, future of information service and concludes forecasting significant changes in libraries in 21st century.

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017361   Rao AK (Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), , No. 68, Electronic City, Bangalore 560 100, Email: anitha@cdacb.ernet.in) : Technologies and tools for digital libraries: challenges for preservation, archiving, replication and dissemination. Inf Stud 2005, 11(1), 25-38.

Discusses the projects undertaken by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) which include Digital Library of Indian Heritage, Indian Art Preservation Research Project and Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library. The Objectives, the methodology and the challenges of the Digital Library of Indian Heritage are mentioned. Describes the tools and technologies developed for preservation, archiving, replication and dissemination of rare and rich artifacts. The tool, Digital library Application Suite conceives the digital contents and helps categorizing them. The Capture Model, Conversion Model and the Hosting Model are described. The Dynamic Data Entry Wizard preserves the contents by digitization, entering metadata and storing them in a database. Concludes listing the advantages of digitization to museums.

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017360   Prasad H N;Chaturvedi K (Lib & Inf Science Dep, Banaras Hindu Univ, Banaras, Varanasi-221 005) : Digital divide and role of health science libraries: Indian perspective. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 37-40.

Due to proliferation of electronic sources and networks, the amount of information and the complexities of information sources are more than most clinicians and students can cope with. Also the plethora of information on the Internet, much of it unorganized, unevaluated and potentially dangerous if improperly utilized, necessitates acquiring more sophisticated information handling skills and searching techniques for libraries. It is a challenge to which hospital librarians with their expertise in managing information and the awareness of their user's need, can and must rise. Therefore, technology will continue to change, and libraries and librarians will use the changing technology to provide the best access and service to their clientele.

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017359   Padmavathi T;Sanjai Lal K P;Mahakuteshwar H Y (National Information Center for Food Science and Technology (NICFOS), Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore- 570 020) : CFTRI digital library of theses and dissertations: an initiative. Inf Stud 2005, 11(1), 39-58.

In this information age, the role of information centres is rapidly changing. Especially a research organization is expected to provide fast access. To information to the end users efficiently using latest technologies. Discusses an initiative to develop a digital library of theses and dissertations using open source software - Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL). Mentions a few digital Library of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) projects in USA and India. Provides a brief background to the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), the objectives of digitization, and some statistics of the digital resources available at the Institute. The selection of collection, software and digitization process are described. Other aspects discussed include workflow, collection building, searching and browsing, advantages and disadvantages of GSDL.

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017358   Kretschmer H;Thelwall M (Nerdi, NIWI, The Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Free Univ Berlin) : From librametry to webometrics. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 1-7.

The development of information and library sciences together with science studies will, among other things, be fashioned by the development of quantitative studies conducted in this field.The terminology thus obtained shall be perceived as a reflection of the technical, social and political background of the researchers. The technical redevelopment of methods of communication through the Intrnet persent a challenge for information scientists to cultivate novel quantitative methods and techniques in order to measure rates of information exchange in this new medium.

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017357   Hussain K H;Vijayakumaran Nair P; Chitrajakumar R;Ravindran Asari K;Raman Nair R (NO, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Trichur, Kerala, Email: hussain@rtni.org) : Creation of digital archives in indian languages using CDS/ISIS: development of M-ISIS (Malayalam isis) and 'Nitya'. Inf Stud 2005, 11(1), 59-68.

The need for developing Information Systems in Indian vernacular languages is now felt more than ever. Use of local scripts becomes inevitable in the creation of Information systems for digitized palm leaves, manuscripts and local documents. M-ISIS is a localized version of CDS/ISIS for Malayalam language and script, which is programmed using ISIS32.DLL created by UNESCO. It is a bibliographic information system for Malayalam documents using Malayalam script. Together with the techniques of 'Nitya Digital Archives' it searches using Malayalam script and retrieves both references and full texts. A special font 'Meera.ttf is designed and a rendering engine to process conjunct formation is programmed, enabling both data entry and query formulation in Malayalam. This paper describes the creation of a digital archive of 'Mathrubhumi' weekly. A few issues of the weekly were scanned to PDF (Portable Document Format) using Adobe Acrobat. Catalogue data of each article was entered into a CDS/ISIS database through a data entry worksheet designed in M-ISIS. The prototype shows immense possibilities of localization of CDS/ISIS in Indian languages.

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017356   Amudhavalli A (Library and Information Science Dep, Madras Univ, Chennai, Email: amudha75@yahoo.com) : The contemporary changes and challenges of the information environment. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2004, 1(1), 13-5.

Reviews and summarizes the trends in the contemporary information environment and its changes and the challenges it has put forth to all those involved and engaged in information handling.

013117   Srivastava R (Information Science Dep, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK, Email: rochna1@rediffmail.com) : Digitisation of special collections: national and academic libraries' examples. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2004, 24(5), 3-9.

The paper describes a few major national and academic libraries of the world that have undertaken projects to exploit the potential of digital technology for displaying unique and fragile materials. It also highlights major goals of these digital projects. Selection criteria of special collections for digitisation, by these libraries, have also been discussed in the paper.

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013116   Mohanti B K;Bansal M;Sharma S N;Gairola M; Majhail N S (NO, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029) : Publications by radiation oncologists from India: a brief survery. Natn med J India 2004, 17(4), 197-9.

Twelve journals (5 Indian and 7 international) indexed in PubMed which publish radiation oncology-related papers were surveyed between January 1992 and June 1998 in terms of the content of the papers and institutional affiliation of the radiation oncologists from India. Of a total of 14 436 papers published during this period, 2562 were in Indian and 11 874 in international journals. Contents of the publications were also evaluated. The contribution of radiation oncologists from India accounted for 109 papers (0.75%)-64 (2.5%) and 45 (0.4%) in Indian and international journals, respectively. Three institutions from India contributed 52 of the 109 published papers (47.7%). Articles on radiation oncology from India constituted less than 1% of the surveyed publications. Also, publications with a `good' scientific content formed a small part of the Indian radiotherapy publications.

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013115   Bhattacharya P;Siddiqui A M (Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) Hauz Khas, New Delhi) : Developments in E-publishing : an overview. IASLIC Bull 2004, 49(4), 236-48.

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012119   Biswas B C;Ghosh B K (Library & Information Sci Dep, Kalyani Univ, Kalyani, Nadia, W.B.) : Managing of electronic publishing by library & information professionals: some problems and prospects in digital age. IASLIC Bull 2004, 49(3), 183-90.

Electronic Publishing (E-Publishing) is emerging rapidly due to the tremendous advancement of Electronics and Information Technologies (IT) specially during the last decade of 20th century. And traditional print publishing is gradually being replaced by e-publishing. The library and information professionals are facing the challenges in handling conventional and electronic resources as well as in selecting, collecting, organizing and ultimately disseminating information pin-pointedly and exhaustively to their clientele they hold. This paper discusses the concept of e-publishing, their types, sources of e-publishing and their various access modes. The authors show a comparison between e-publishing and traditional publishing and also attempts to highlight the future problems and prospects in connection with e-publishing and its implication by library and information professionals.

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011123   Biswas B C;Ghosh B K (Library & Information Sci Dep, Kalyani Univ, Kalyani, Nadia, W.B.) : Managing of electronic publishing by library & information professionals: some problems and prospects in digital age. IASLIC Bull 2004, 49(3), 183-90.

Electronic Publishing (E-Publishing) is emerging rapidly due to the tremendous advancement of Electronics and Information Technologies (IT) specially during the last decade of 20th century. And traditional print publishing is gradually being replaced by e-publishing. The library and information professionals are facing the challenges in handling conventional and electronic resources as well as in selecting, collecting, organizing and ultimately disseminating information pin-pointedly and exhaustively to their clientele they hold. This paper discusses the concept of e-publishing, their types, sources of e-publishing and their various access modes. The authors show a comparison between e-publishing and traditional publishing and also attempts to highlight the future problems and prospects in connection with e-publishing and its implication by library and information professionals.

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009067   Ramesh L S R C V;Naga Raju A V S S (Central Library, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030) : Publication pattern in international Journal of Animal Sciences from 1996-2000: a bibliometric study. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 31-6.

Analyses the papers published in the half yearly Journals `International Journal of Animal Sciences' from 1996-2000. Attempts to analyze the year wise distribution of papers, the authorship pattern, year wise distribution of degree of collaboration, the geographical location of contributors, the types of affiliation, average length of articles and study of references. Author affiliations emphasizes the dominance of Indian authors and the multiple authorship belonging to universities/Academic institutions.

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009066   Ramesh L S R C V (NO, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agril University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30) : SWOT analysis of impact of information technology on Indian libraries. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 37-9.

SWOT is an abbreviation which indicates Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats of an organization or a system. Information technology has its impact on almost all the disciplines including Library and information science. It is considered as an system and go for SWOT analysis so as to indicate its importance in the present community and to minimize the draw backs to achieve far better results in future. Thoughts, IT has brought several new things, created opportunities and more importantly time saving processors/systems to the user community, yet it is need of the hour to go for SWOT analysis and its impact on Indian libraries so that much better services could be expected in the years to come.

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009065   Hussain K H;Raveendran Asari K;Raman Nair R (NO, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala-680 563) : Nitya archives for conservation and utilization of ancient recorded knowledge. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 4-8.

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009064   Deivasigammani M;Jebaraj V F D (Library and Information Science Dep, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-21) : Online public access catalogue. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 12-15.

Describes the meaning and definition of OPAC - provides its characteristics, advantages and requirement Describes the different generation provided by the OPAC. Technology has generated more changes in libraries over the last twenty years than in all the previous decades of library history. The field of cataloguing is not an exception to this. The developments in IT has forced the librarians in the direction of adopting new physical forms of catalogue, one such being online public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The increasing deficienus and existing cost of maintaining card satalogues have forced the librarians to adopt this new form of actalogue.

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009063   Deivasigamani M;Mohan Kumar;Franklin L;David Jebaraj V (Library and Information Science Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univeristy, Madurai) : Hypertext markup language for libraries. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 16-18.

Rapid advances in the field of computers, communications have resulted in many applications. Hypertext Markup language which is standard language for creating the world wide web document. Deals with hypertext and how it can be utilized by the information centers for dissemination information.

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009062   Bhaskar Rao N;Ramesh L S R C;Naga Raju A V S S (Central Library, Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30) : Need for digitalisation of grey literature. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2002, 3(2), 9-11.

Grey literature is also one of the important sources of information in science and technology. These are not available through commerciala channels. Accessibility and bibliographical control has been a grave problem of this category of hidden literature. Digitalisation of the grey literature can make then widely accessible. The objective of the present study is to access towards digitalisation of the grey literature for making them widely accessible to one and all. These should be made public so that the findings may be applied in practical life.

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007141   Manjunatha K;Shivalingaiah D (T A Pai Management Institute, , Manipal 576 119) : Information access in libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2003, 50(2), 85-90.

The current information landscape is experiencing tremendous growth of information both in print and electronic media. Overlapping types and formats of information presents the ambiguity about the future of traditional text-based publishing. Open access for global information from a remote place is present day's necessity. The current technology not only empowers users with wider choices for seeking information but also necessitates them to possess technical skills to access information in electronic media. Developing countries are faced with many technological inadequacies. Libraries need to understand the dynamics of service delivery in IT driven world and need to strike a balance between print and electronic resources. In this article the authors discuss information formats and types, information access process and problems of information access in developing countries. An information Access Model integrating print and electronic resources is also proposed.

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007140   Kalyane V L;Sen B K (Library & Information Services Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085) : Research productivity of Tibor Braun: an analytical chemist-cum-scientometrician. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2003, 50(2), 47-61.

Researches on `eminent individual scientist' as a unit of information generation has opened up diversified vistas in understanding the process of R&D innovation communications. Quantitative documentation on Tibor Braun encompasses his papers (single-authored 40; and multi-authored 140) during 1954-1995.Productivity coefficient is 0.78. Tibor Braun had 80 collaborators of which Schubert, Glanzel, Zsindely and Farag were the most active. Author productivity in the research group of Tibor Braun follows the trend of Lotka's Law. He had used 40 channels of communication to disseminate the results of his research of which Scientometrics (33 papers) tops the list followed by Anal Chim Acta (21 papers). The publication concentration is 10.2 and publication density 3.7. His core areas of work among others related to: foam, analytical chemistry, citation analysis, bibliographic indicators, cold fusion, research impact, chromatography etc.

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006176   Hansen P;Jarvelin K (Swedish Inst of Computer Sci, , Box 1263, 164 29 Kista, Sweden, Email: preben@sics.se) : Collaborative information searching in an information-intensive work domain: preliminary results. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2004, 2(1), 26-9.

Empirically investigates collaborative activities within information seeking and retrieval processes made in a real-life setting of the patent domain, at The Swedish Patent Office (PRV), Sweden. Generally, an information seeking and retrieval activity is regarded as an individual and isolated process. The study shows that the patent task performance process actually involves highly collaborative activities and aspects throughout all the different stages of the information seeking and retrieval process. Specifically reports on collegical and group-related collaborative activities and external and internal collaborative activities.

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006175   David V F;Deivasigmani M (LIS Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai) : Digital library. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2001, 2(2), 9-11.

Library extension services are finding the worldwide web an increasingly useful tool in their efforts to fulfill outreach mission objectives. Documents aimed at off-campus users and previously published only in paper format are now being published in html or pdf and made available to end-users thro the web. The challenge for the digital library is to help organise and facilitate access to these online resources as it has for equivalant paper format resources in the past. This article describes the salient features of digital library and what are the projects going on worldwide.

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006174   Chopra M;Chopra Y L (Head of the Dept of LIS, KPGBB, Jabalpur) : Virtual libraries : Hi-tech reality. Indian J Libr Inf Sci 2001, 2(2), 22-4.

Describe briefly the meaning, definition, difference between digital, electronic and virtual libraries, characteristics, components and hurdles in way of virtual libraries. Suggest the possible configuration of Hardware and Software needed for virtual library. Suggest the possible configuration of Hardware and Software needed for virtual library. Highlights the usefulness of virtual library services. Conclusion is drawn keeping in view the challenges which lay ahead in this process during the 21st century.

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006173   Boldyreff C;Kyaw P;Nutter D;Rank S (Computing and Informatics Dep, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK, Email: cboldyref@lincoln.ac.uk) : Supporting collaborative grid application development within the e-science community. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2004, 2(1), 9-12.

Collaboration by use of common artifacts is at the core of e-science. A recent enabling technology is the Grid, which ties together heterogeneous computation and data resources through the use of middleware, linking the techniques and resources to infer higher-level knowledge. Present results from research and development of Grid technology for semantic interoperability between scientific artifacts on the web. The research employs the `industry-as-laboratory' approach to software development. This means development of theory and models through successive implementations, their deployment in pilot studies and subsequent evaluation studies. The research is exemplified through the c ase of the OSCAR project, which is directed to the domain of bioinformatics.

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006172   Beghtol C (Faculty of Inf Studies, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Email: Beghtol@fis.utoronto.ca) : The lter gateway to the middle ages and renaissance: collaboration between information specialists and subject specialists in the arts and humanities. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2004, 2(1), 4-8.

The arts and humanities have received less attention in discussions of the uses of electronic information because their particular characteristics do not appear to lend themselves readily to collabortion through technology. Describes some aspects of the Iter Project, which is a web-based project that utilizes extensive collaboration between scholars and students of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and scholars and students in Information Studies. Collaboration takes places at all levels of the Project between the project partners and between professional and student staff members. Examples of some of the collaboratory procedures for one aspects of the Iter Project, the Iter Bibliography, are described. Extensive collaboration ensures quality control for records in the Bibliography and for the management of the Bibliography database itself. The project is a model for cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration, negotiation across boundaries, and the creation of excellent records for humanities scholars and research project.

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005122   Srivastava R (NO, , ) : Managing intellectual property in digital environment through digital object identifier (DOI). DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2004, 24(2), 17-21.

Use of digital object identifier (DOI) for managing intellectual contants in a networked environment has been discussed. Components, features, aims, standards, and benefits of DOI has been highlighted. How DOI can be used in reference linking, citations and in print is discussed with examples. Need for building further features compatible with the existing implementation and emerging standard activities such as ISO, NISO, IETF, W3C, Dublin Core, Insect, etc.

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005121   Sivasubramanium V (Coffee Board, , Bangalore-560 001) : Journal of "planters' chronicle" : a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2003, 48(2), 119-23.

The Journal of "Planter's Chronicle" published by the (UPASI_COONOOR) United Planters Association of South India since 1904 (96-ninety six years) has played a key role in the dissemination of commodities (Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Spices and also other Plantation and Agriculture sectors) information to allover the world. Analyses the authorship pattern, the range and frequency of references cited and it examines year wise distribution of papers. It also shows subject wise (based on the plantation crops) break up of the articles. The results indicates that the trend is towards single authorship and a high degree of collaboration of plantation crops research.

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005120   Premlet B P;Abdul Azeez T A (Physics Dep, T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam) : e-Publishing : Need of the hour. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2004, 24(2), 3-7.

Electronic journals and electronic books play a crucial role in the changing scenario of libraries and information centres. Deals with the emerging technology of electronic publishing. The paper covers e-journals, e-books, advantages of e-journals and e-books, publishers of scholarly e-journals and important e-publishing initiatives.

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005119   Panigrahi P K (Lib and Inf Sci Dep, Univ of Calcutta, ) : Use of logic programming in developing an artificial intelligence based automatic classification system. IASLIC Bull 2003, 48(2), 83-98.

Gives an overview on computer programming languages mentioning the advantages of declarative language over the procedural language in respect of Artifical Intelligence (AL) based programming. Emphasizes on the usage of logic and its categories in the field of Library and Information Science. Discusses the role of logic programming for developing AI based library systems. Describes the procedure of logic programming mentioning the reason of choosing PROLOG (Programming in Logic) as programming language for developing inference engine and expert systems. The process of making inferences from facts is, braodly, logic; and the logic-based representation of facts is essential in AI research. Mentions the reason of using first order predicate logic (FOPL) for this purpose. Demonstrates with a small knowledge base and a few simple rules and the way of developing an automatic library classification system and its functioning techniques.

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005118   Naushad Ali P M;Hasan M E (Lib and inf Sci Dep, A M U, Aligarh) : Use of electronic services at IIT library Delhi: a study of users opinion. IASLIC Bull 2003, 48(2), 71-82.

Describes a survey of the use of the electronic information service by the users of IIT Library Delhi. The questionnaire supplemented with interview method has been used to solicit the opinions of the different level of user ground. Examines the utilization and satisfaction level of users about Internet, CD-ROM databases and other services provided by the library. Finally it highlights the suggestions made by th users for the further improvement of electronic services at IIT Library Delhi.

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