013114   Srivastava N;Ali A (NO, U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad, Email: nupur.srivastava@juit.ac.in) : Websites of agricultural university in India: a webometric study. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 41-51.

Indian economy largely depends upon the agriculture sector, It is an area which gets greater priority, The main emphasis is on 'human resource development and high productivity in which the agriculture universities playa vital role. In this paper a webometric study of the websites of 49 agricultural universities has been presented which include 44 state universities and 5 deemed to be universities. The study identifies the domain system of web sites analyzes the number of web pages and linking pages and calculates the simple Web Impact Factor (WIF), self link WIF and external WIF of agricultural universities India and ranks the websites as per the WIF.

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013113   Singh S;Singh G;Sekhon S (Lib and Inf Sc Dep, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab)-143 005) : Ernet: an overview. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 198-209.

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013112   Singh R (NO, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat-791 102) : Occupational stress management in academic libraries. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 82-5.

Librarians are predisposed to varying degree of stresses (light, moderate and extreme), because they attend to diversified type of hectic activities such as answering telephones, proliferating e-mails; patron reference questions; planning; conducting and evaluating library programs/services; and conducting bibliographic instruction to mention few. They also attend to reports, statistics, acquisitions, cataloguing, collection development and fund raising etc. All these lead to stressful situation. Irrespective of position and size of library everyone suffer from stress and stressful environment. The routine types of job of the library staff also leads to the occupational stress in everyday assigned duties. It is difficult to avoid stress from workplace, but it can be managed. In this article, attempts have been made to present types of library stresses, their causes and management techniques.

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013111   Singh J;Singh N;Kumar A (Univ of Technology, , Solan (H P)) : Digital preservation: strategies and standards. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 42-7.

In modem era most of the cultural and heritage materials are being converted into digitized forms to provide immediate accessibility. But due to obsolescence of formats, hardware, software, carriers, strategies and standards digital information will be lost unless we act. Hence digital preservation is essential for the benefit of present and future generation is most essential. The present article focuses the digital preservation, preservation of digital material, its various strategies standards for digital preservation, and initiatives taken by national libraries.

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013110   Shukla B K;Rawat P (Central Library, ABIT Group of Institutions, CDA, Sector-1, Cuttack-753 010) : International federation for information and documentation (FID): its activities on international information, information communication and information management. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 166-72.

Discussed on the group of techniques on Information for selection, collection, analysis, organisation, transfer, strorage, order presentation and communication to the users and the FID's role on international information, Information communication and Information Management. Also gives, the genesis of FID, objectives of FID, programmes and activities of FID, FID towards the development of Information, activities of the FID on the changed circumstances, activities of the FID on global issues, activities of the FID on survey of Information professionals, the organisation set up of FID, membership of FID, International Relations and finally on FID's role on global Information Infrastructure.

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013109   Shrivastava J (Library and Information Science Dep, Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt College of Excellence, Gwaliro (M.P.)-474 009, Email: jitendra_shrivastava@rediffmail.com) : Redefining library and information science education (LIS) in an IT (Information & Technology) environment. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 151-7.

Describes the present position of US education in India. Emphasizes in redefining Library and Information Science Education in an IT environment and impact of IT on US education. Finally the author strongly recommends that central accrediting body should be established for US education in India.

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013108   Sharma R M (NO, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171 001, Email: librarycpri@yahoo.com) : Potato digital library development and management: a roadmap. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 1-10.

This paper describes the roadmap for developing potato digital library at Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla. The existing library resources and services of CPRI upto 31-03-2009 have been examined and evaluated using SWOT analysis techniques. This library has its own webpage where library resources and services like Online Full text searching of journals, Databases, OPAC, RAP, CROP, and CD Search etc are integrated to provide online access and web enabled services. As of now it is a hybrid library having good combination of printed and digital resources and services. To convert this library into a fully digital library, besides digitizing some of its resources and services viz. submission and publication of potato research journal articles, photographs, institute publications, acquisition and circulation etc, all potato literature should be procured or captured digitally irrespective of their sources and format and must be integrated with institutional repository.

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013107   Sharma C K;Kumar R;Bakshi B (Subharti Univ, , Meerut) : Use of electronic resources in library and information activity and its impact on information services. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 34-41.

Libraries have witnessed a great metamorphosis in recent years both in their collection development and in their service structure. Print medium is increasingly giving way to the electronic form of materials. Libraries are the storehouses of information and knowledge. Information is stored in many forms: print, audio and video, motion picture, slide microfilm/microfiche, etc. The sheer volume of paper information generated has perforce brought the shift to electronic media. In today's world of science and technology, the need of information is extreme and to satisfy the needs of this information, society is quite puzzled and fulfillment of these information needs requires use of computer and network technology and automating one's jobs, with the high speed internet connectivity. Today library and information professionals are normally stressed with user demands regarding availability, storage and access of e-resources. Use of information technologies has marked a tremendous impact over the all functions and services catered by the traditional library and information professionals. E-resources are now emerging as a vital source of information for all recent and nascent thoughts and ideas coming into existence in whatever area of research. Whole books and periodicals have started appearing (in digitized forms) on CD ROM discs and others. Emergence of Internet and www has provided a platform to display these resources globally.

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013106   Sharma C K;Anupam Saigal;Sudesh Kumar (Subharti University, , Meerut) : Implication of cyber infrastructure in libraries of higher institutes. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 1-5.

Cyber Infrastructure is need of modem information age, Cyber Infrastructure technology is a new technology but still not clear about its shape and scope. Information professionals have defined it a cluster of four elements-hardware (Computation), Software (Network connectivity), Database (Data Storage) and the expertise(personal & Social Connectivity).

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013105   Saigal A;Prasad D;Harit D K (SITE Subharti University, , Meerut) : Quality in library education. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 12-17.

Librarians of the 21 st century have to prepare themselves for working in a networked environment and should acquire necessary skills such as leadership, exploiting information handling, communication, crisis management, team building and decision making, and so on. So, library professionals are in dire need to acquire relevant skills and expertise to track the world of information and become competent enough to serve in a digital culture. An attempt is made to project issues related to the LIS education in India and suggests some proposals in this respect based on routine features and experiences. The study proposes core elements of a curriculum and a vision of LIS education in India for the coming decade. Also stresses the need for revised course contents and allied challenges for readiness of Indian LIS education in the digital era.

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013104   Saigal A;Kumar A;Kumar R (SITE Subharti Univ, , Meerut) : Role of digital library in the knowledge society. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 18-24.

Digital libraries are large, organized collections of information objects. Well-designed digital library software has the potential to enable non-specialist people to conceive, assemble, build, and disseminate new information collections. This has great social import because, by democratizing information dissemination, it provides a counterbalance to disturbing commercialization initiatives in the information and entertainment industries. This article reviews trends in today's information environment, introduces digital library technology and explores the use of digital libraries for disseminating humanitarian information in knowledge society, a context that is both innovative and socially motivated.

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013103   Rokade S M (NO, Anand Niketan College of Agriculture, Anandwan, Warora Dist, Chandrapur, Email: rokadeshriram@yahoomail.com) : Krishiprabha - a powerful repository of agricultural doctoral dissertation to enrich library services and users. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 27-34.

The paper succinctly describes the concepts of institutional repositories, objectives, present status of agricultural education, research and extension education in India, users and their needs, need of agricultural repositories, and role of KrishiPrabha to enrich the services and users of library. A KrishiPrabha repository supports education, research, extension education, learning and administrative process. KrishiPrabha and other repositories are the way to enrich library services and users as they have changed the nature of functions and services of libraries and behavior of users in terms of enhanced information access and increased demands.

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013102   Rajput P S;Naidu GHS;Motiyani K (B M College of Technolgy, , Khandwa Road, Gokanya, Indore (M.P.), Email: prabhat.t82@mail.com) : Digital resources and libraries: creation and preservation. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 158-65.

Discusses on the definitions, advantages and technical issues of creating digital libraries. Digital preservation should be an integral consideration while creating digital resources for the library. Considering preservation needs, a digital preservation strategy ensuring the longevity and accessibility of the data produced which maximizes the investment made in data creation, and should be adheared to. Explains two different aspects of digital library; and creation of digital library and the other preservation of digital resources. Draws the flow chart and fish- bone diagrams for the better understanding of the digital library creation and preservation.

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013101   Prasad D;Kumar D;Nitu Singh (SGIT, , Ghaziabad) : Collection development in electronic era. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 6-11.

Collection Development is a vital process in creating and building a library collection, be it in an institution, college, school or public library. It is a will planned activity for which a well defined policy is essential. The development primarily includes acquisition, selection, Evaluation. Preservation and weeding out materials/books/journals Etc. after assessing user needs. With the advent of internet and the digital era there has been a shift from hard copy formats to digital formats. Accordingly the collection development policy has been modified to include the digital content in a collection. Costs ofthe collection have also to include the cost of technology and distribution of digital contents also has to be redevised. The Open Access Initiative is the new phenomena in this electronic era wherein digital material is available freely. Once again the entire process and policy of content development would have to be worked out and re-designed.

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013100   Padmavathi R (Alagappa College of Physical Education, Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi-630 003) : Development of information literacy in libraries. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(2), 14-24.

Libraries are the linkages for the development in the society. Life long learning is el the need of our in this information society. The role of library is to enough literacy to li1 read to use information and also to have a fairly good acquaintance with computer applications. The internet CD-ROM, DVDs, Graphical User, e-book, e-mail, etc. have warranted the librarians to face a new situation. The information society needs the librarians to acts as a key agent to deal with all age of people helping them to acquire new skill for employment, use information creativity and improve the quality in their lives. The author contributes view of information literacy in the developing countries referring the role of various academic associations and also discussed in the serious problem of lack of information literacy programmes in Indian universities.

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013099   Nattar S (Central Library, Sri S R N M College, Sattur, Tamilnadu) : Electronic books (e-books): current trends. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(2), 1-8.

Library users' expectation are changing as they become more wired and more dependent upon technology as wireless technologies have become more advanced and readily available. E-cars, high-tech automobiles with Internet access, allow individuals to check e-mail, monitor stocks, and keep up with sports scores without taking their hands off of the steering wheel because of Telematics, a wireless technology that transmits information to and from a vehicle. Telematics has been available since 2001 in automobiles from Mercedez-Benz and General Motors and includes voice-activated features. The popularity of Napster and MP3 has given users the capability to aggregate their electronic content into private digital libraries. The popularity of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, whichallow multiple users to share text, audio, and video, is enabling individuals to aggregate content. If individuals are aggregating content to create their own information stores, will libraries and librarians become obsolete? The literature indicates that librarians will be needed to assist individual users with the retrieval and evaluation of electronic information.

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013098   Nattar S (Central Library, Sri S R N M College, Sattur, Tamilnadu-626 203) : Electronic books (e-books): curent trends. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 182-6.

Library users' expectations are changing as they become more wired and more dependent upon technology as wireless technologies have become more advanced and readily available. E-cars, high-tech automobiles with internet access, allow individuals to check e-mail, monitor stocks, and keep up with sports scores without taking their hands off of the steering wheel because of Telematics, a wireless technology that transmits' information to and from a vehicle. Telematics has been available since 2001 in automobiles from Mercedes-Benz and General Motors and includes voice-activated features. The popularity of Napster and MP3 has given users the capability to aggregate their electronic content into private digital libraries. The popularity of peer-to-peer file sharing networks, which allow multiple users to share text, audio, and video, is enabling individuals to aggregate content. If individuals are' aggregating content to create their own information stores, will libraries and librarians become obsolete? The literature indicates that librarians will be needed to assist individual users with the retrieval and evaluation of electronic information.

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013097   Murali Prasad M R (NO, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad) : Agriculture information transfer system: a dire need. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 71-4.

The agricultural information will plays a vital role on the farmer in deciding his agricultural activity. Of the Indian people, more than 60% are depending on agriculture. Many isolated attempts were made to provide agriculture information to the farmers. This is article emphases that the consolidated agriculture information system is need to entire India to serve the farming community to increase their the agriculture Productivity.

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013096   Mishra L;Singh S;Verma S C (College of Architecture (UP Technical Univ), , Lucknow) : Preservation & conservation of library materials. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(2), 7-13.

Library is the store house of knowledtge which is stored in the form of documents. It represents the lifelong labors undertaken by philosophers and scientist. It is very difficult task for library staff to preserve the treasure of knowledge for the future generation. Preservation deals with the regular maintenance aspect whereas conservation deals with remedial treatment. Books, periodicals, pamphlets, newwpapers & non print materials are the collection of a library which is to be saved from the deterioration. Deterioration is the process by which library material is damaed, destroy or decay by means of various factors like environmental, biological, chemical etc. Repair and restoration is also a part of preservation & conservation that is basically concerned with the already damaged or affected library material. It is our responsibility to create user friendly environment and preserve library material for future generation.

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013095   Meena R;Rajpurohit C (NO, University College of Commerce and Management Studies, M.L.S.U., Udaipur) : Application of marketing in library and information services. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 100-6.

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013094   Lihitkar R S;Lihitkar S R (NO, Institute of Science, Nagpur, Email: rlihitkar1975@gmail.com) : Open access online journals on agriculture. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 11-26.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists open access 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. Total 88 free online journals were accessed through DOAJ and analyzed based on country, languages, subject headings, keywords, their accessibility and availability of archives of online journals in agriculture.

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013093   Kumar S;Kumar A;Harit D K (Research Scholar Mangalayatan Univ, , Aligarh) : Use of electronic media in library and information activity and impact on information services. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(1), 25-33.

Consequent open developments in information technology. Personal computers have become for more powerful. than ever before library automation is essential in this age of information. It enables us to implement Ranganathan's. Five Lows of Library Science, particularly the fourth Low:" Save the time of reader and of the, library staff." On this other hand, IT and electronic information have contributed significantly to paper pollution by way of bringing out more and more information about 'electronic information in paper from. The submission of computer and telecommunication technologies in Libraries and Informationú centers has advanced the aptitude of information acquisition, processing, storing and retrieval and more particularly the Electronic Document Delivery system. To face the coming challenges of the 21st century. Academic libraries will need to acquire more perspectives and new competencies. The paper generally discussed the use of electronic medal in the context of electronic/digital library for taking the challenges of modem information explosion.

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013092   Kuffalikar C R;Hirwade M A (Learning Resources Centre, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, 152 Nandanvan Layout, Nagpur-9, Email: crekhak(Q)yahoo.co.in) : Student assessment and evaluation: expectations and realities (with special reference to learning resources centre). Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 210-16.

The article attempts to give an overview of the assessment and evaluation of students, with special reference to the Learning Resources Centres. The article reports the findings of a feedback survey of the students being carried in the Mahila Mahavidyalaya for the last four years now. Library ILRC being one of the major component of this survey. The statistically analysed findings emphasing the expectations, of the students from LRC have been extremely helpful in streamlining the customer-oriented services of the LRC. It also highlights the fallow areas of such consolidated surveys, and suggests suitable measures to overcome them. The paper concludes with a plead to the Higher Education Institutes to visualize the potentialities of their LRC's and requests them understand to the key role of these centres in student centred learning.

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013091   Kherde M R;Chore N (Matoshree Vimalabai Deshmukh Mahavidyalaya, , Amravati(MS)) : Lotka's inverse square law and its new derivation. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 217-25.

Literature on Library and Information Science is increasing day by day. Library professionals are also interested to share their views in terms of documentary and non-documentary forms on variety of newly emerging concepts in this field. On this background it is interested to examine the author productivity in the subject Authors of the present study have tried to determine the most productive author in Library and Information Science and also verify the Lotka's inverse square law. Literature published during 1997 to 2006 in five research journals is considered for achieving the set objectives. As Lotka's law is not satisfied, a new model is proposed.

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013090   Khan K M;Pooja R (Library and Information Science Dep, Mangalore Univ, Mangalore) : Laws of library science in the present context. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(2), 40-6.

The five laws of Library Science are the main springs which stimulate all library activities. They constitute the basic philosophy of library activities, library services, library science and librarianship. But in the present context of information technology these five laws can be changed as follows: Web resources are for use. Every user his or her web resource. Every web resource its user. Save the time of the user. The Web is a growing organism . This paper attempts to tell how these five laws are applied in the present context of 21^st century library to make library organization, management and library services efficient to its users.

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013089   Kesavan G D (Raja College of Engineering and Technology, , Madurai-625 020, Email: gdkesav@yahoo.com) : Weblog mining:biopsy of the internet use of the scholars. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 144-50.

Defines the concept of Weblog Mining- Explains the need and purpose of Weblog Mining - Elucidates common log format and fields - Describes Weblog Mining Phases. Discusses Pre-processing of Weblog Mining - Highlights the applications of Weblog Mining.

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013088   Kaushik A;Haldua H;Arya C (NO, University Library, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technolog, Pantnagar-263 145, Email: anundhatikaushik@yahoo.com) : Information seeking behaviour of faculty members of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 35-40.

The paper is the outcome of the research conducted by the authors on information seeking behaviour of faculty members of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. This paper explores the methods used by faculty members of the University to get information from university library, the factors influencing library visits and the occasions for extensive library use. It was found that most faculty members visit university library personally for their research work and to borrow documents. It was also found that they used the library extensively while preparing research proposals and writing research articles. Faculty members covered includes professors, associate professors, assistant professors, senior research officers and junior research officers. Data has been collected through the structured questionnaire. Study discusses the various information sources and services used by the faculty members in meeting their information requirements. Faculty members have given suggestions for improvement and future plans.

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013087   Kandpal K N;Khan M F;Rawat S S (National Library of Veterinary Sciences, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122) : Resourcebit: a bioinformation library catalog database for agricultural scientist. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 58-63.

Developed the information catalog of Bioinformatics databases, software and tools which are freely available or paid. This library catalog may help those scientists who are working in the field of bioinformatics or animal science, plant science or agricultural sciences. As part of this multistep strategy, the specialist's initial efforts were spent observing and recording information needs in context in the bioresearch community to analyze the rapidly changing information needs in the life sciences research. Resources BIT include the information of collections of free software, services for collaborative development of new programs, software news media and catalogs of links to bioinformatics software and web tools which are very essential for agricultural scientists. Time to time updating in ResourceBIT also provide the support system for Scientist. It provides new technique or latest methods of Bioinformatics to researchers to speed up their research in agricultural sciences.

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013086   Jyothi V;Ananda Rao V;Vijay Abhinandana B (Agricultural College, , Naira, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh) : Use of information communication technologies by teachers and students of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 92-4.

Three fourth of the teachers in UG campuses, used ICT to a high (75.00%) extent, while in PG campuses equal 'Proportions of 35.42 per cent each of teachers were distributed in medium and low levels of ICT use. Majority of the UG students (97.50%) used ICTs to a low extent, while less than half of the PG students used ICT to a higher extent (45.84%).

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013085   Dhiman A K;Rani Y (Gurukul Kangri University, , Haridwar-249 404, Email: akvishvakarma@yahoo.com) : Open access initiatives and its impact on modern libraries. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 119-2.

Open access initiatives provide access to a variety of opinions and findings that may not be available from mainstream publications. They may also offer insight from different geographical areas and make research published in other languages readily accessible. Open access initiatives also help to meet out the needs of libraries suffering from decreasing budgets. This paper presents the overview of open access initiatives and its impact on library and information centres.

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013084   Balasubramanian P;Baladhandayutham A (Infant Jesus College of Engineering, , Tuticorin-628 851, Tamil Nadu) : Role of digital library in E-learning. J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 5(2), 25-39.

The paper discussed the objectives of Digital Library, functions of Digital Library, characteristics of Digital Library, Indian library networks for E-Learning, major components of E-Learning and Various Projects of digital libraries in India for promoting E-Iearning and role of digital library in E-Iearning.

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013083   Arya C (NO, University Library, G.B.P.U.A. & T., Pantnagar-263 145, Email: carya_arya@yahoo.com) : University library, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology - Pantnagar : an overview. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2010, 26(1-2), 64-70.

The present paper describes the profile of University Library of G.B.P.U.A. & T. -Pantnagar. Highlights the changing perspectives of library and information services in new technological environment. Examines the changing face of library with regard to the journals subscription from print to electronic format of Consortia, importance of Consortia, Consortia arrangements for databases which benefit libraries financially. Explains the implementation, responsibility of the library for electronic resources management along with facing problems for their acquisitions and management; depicts the concept of hybrid library in the transition period where tradition meets technology.

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013082   Abbas S M (South Study Centre Library, South Moti Bagh, School of Open Learning, Delhi Univ, New Delhi-110 021) : Conflict in University libraries: a review. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(3-4), 128-43.

This article of Dr. Abbas is a very good article, that exposes the inner theme behind conflict, conflicting attitude, behaviour, snyndromes on various issues & situations. Stresses and highlights on conflicting behaviour in University Libraries. Also states about the remedies there of, not only in University libraries but everywhere in the Social settings.

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012035   Mitra A;Banerjee K;Sengupta K;Gangopadyay A (Marine Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, 35, B.C. Road, Kolkata-700 019) : Pulse of climate change in Indian sundarbans: a mytyh or reality?. Natn Acad Sci Lett 2009, 32(1-2), 19-25.

Climate change is being experienced intensely in the mangrove dominated deltaic complex of Indian Sundarbans. Deglaciation of Gangotri glacier in the Himalayan range and several anthropogenic influences has accelerated the phenomenon since last two decades. Four indicators (surface water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and transparency) considered in the present study exhibited significant correlations with global warming and caused considerable alteration of hydrological parameters over a period of 27 years. Owing to varied geographical features in the western and eastern sectors of the deltaic complex, the foot prints of climate change were perceived in different pattern and scale. The surface water temperature showed increasing trend in both sectors (6.14% and 6.12% rise in western and eastern sectors respectively). The transparency reduced by 25% in both western and eastern sectors. This may be the effect of increased erosion, anthropogenic activities and silt contribution by the River Ganges. The salinity and dissolved oxygen exhibited contradictory trends in the western and eastern sectors, which may be attributed to deglaciation process in the Himalayan range. The blockage of the major rivers in the eastern Indian Sundarbans by heavy silt and solid wastes from the adjacent city of Kolkata posed serious problems to the island dwellers by way of increasing salinity and decreased dissolved oxygen. Documentation of steno-haline phytoplankton species in upstream regions of eastern Indian Sundarbans (secondary source) confirmed the intrusion of sea water from Bay of Bengal. Such intrusion has serious adverse effect on the livelihood of the local people.

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012034   Misra K (NO, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad-211 012) : Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer: a diagnostic tool in gene therapy. Natn Acad Sci Lett 2009, 32(1-2), 1-9.

Fluorescence being sensitive to environment of the chromophore has long been known as a biophysical tool for getting structural, stereochemical information regarding molecular dynamics, ligand binding, solvent interactions-, localization of ultrami-croscopic amounts of rare substances in vivo and differentiation of living and dead cells. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between donor and acceptor reporter groups, being distance dependent is a technique used for measuring structural changes of biomolecules, relative motion and interaction between two different molecules. Single molecule FRET (smFRET) can probe structural changes of biological molecules during biological events in real time. Single molecules can be detected by attaching a fluorescent dye at a well defined position in the molecule and cutting down the background light. During folding of RNA or proteins the two-state fluctuations (high & low) in FRET values can be seen as a function of time. Using three spectrally different fluorophores (three color smFRET) it is possible to study changes involving more than one distance in complex biological systems i.e. both, a conformational change within the RNA and the binding of the protein to the RNA can be followed simltanously. In future it may be possible to perform challenging single-molecule experiments within live cells.

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012033   John K;Patil T M (Indore-Ujjain Div, Office of Additional Director, Higher Education, Indore, Madhya Pradesh) : Bibliometric analysis of research in environmental science. Ind Res Commun 2010, 4(2), 196-202.

This paper presents the bibliometric analysis of the citations and bibliographies given by the research scholars in their Ph.D. theses in the field of Environmental Science in Babasaheb Aambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), Aurangabad, Maharashtra during the period 2000-2005. Total 13 Ph.D. theses have been considered for analyzing citations and bibliographies. The main objectives of this study ware to observe the Number of Citations, Forms of Document, Authorship Pattern, Ranking of Author, Rank List of Journal, Geographical Distribution of Journals, Chronological Distribution of Journals, Frequency of Journal Cited, Ranked List of Cited Books, Geographical Distribution of Books, Chronological Distribution of Books, Half of Literature: or Obsolesce study and Bradford's Law Scattering. A number of inferences have been drawn after observing and analyzing the data collected for the study.

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010996   Willinsky J (NO, School of Education, Stanford Univ, Stanford, Email: john.willinsky@stanford.edu) : Open access and academic reputation. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 296-302.

Open access aims to make knowledge freely available to those who would make use of it. High-profile open access journals, such as those published by PLoS (Public Library of Science), have been able to demonstrate the viability of this model for increasing an author's reach and reputation within scholarly communication through the use of such bibliographic tools as the Journal Impact Factor, conceived and developed by Eugene Garfield. This article considers the various approaches that authors, journals, and funding agencies are taking toward open access, as well as its effect on reputation for authors and, more widely, for journals and the research enterprise itself.

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010995   Vidyanathan S;Ramaiah C K (Centre for IT Services, Nanyang Technological Univ, Singapore-6790 4975, Email: Sridevi@ntu.edu.sg) : Animated and hypertext user interfaces: a comparative study. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 49-64.

The Web has evolved from mere HTML static pages to dynamic pages and providing information to users in interactive and engaging ways. One of the most revolutionary tools that has changed the online experience of Internet users is the Macromedia Flash. Nowadays, Web designers are providing both the HTML and Flash interfaces to users. However, the users are still not sure about which interface style, i.e., hypertext-based HTML interface or animation-based Flash interface, is better to use in terms of usability and effectiveness. This paper compares the strengths and weaknesses of both animated and hypertext Web interfaces in terms of their usability and also users' attitudes and perceptions about these interfaces. To conduct the comparative study, an animated user interface was developed using Flash for the Division of Information Studies website of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This interface was compared with the existing hypertext user interface of the same website. It was found that animated user interface was preferred for its text readability, appropriate use of colours and buttons, visual consistency and sequencing of screens, attractiveness of design, pleasantness and user-friendliness of interface, ease of use, content coverage, organisation of information, navigation, and usability. The hypertext user interface was preferred for its speed of downloading and its navigational capability that complemented the Web browser navigation.

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010994   Thulasi K;Arunachalam S (NO, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, Email: subbiah.arunchalam@gmail.com) : Mapping of cholera research in India using histcite. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 310-26.

Cholera research in India over the past six decades has been mapped using HistCite. The analysis based on data from Science Citation Index Expanded reveals not only the significant papers, key players, important institutions and core journals, but also provides a visual representation of evolution of knowledge in the field showing the cognitive links between key papers both from within India and elsewhere. The seminal nature of the early work of S N De is clearly seen.

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010993   Thanuskodi S;Ravi S (NO, Annamalai Univ, Aannamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: thanuskodi_s@yahoo.com) : Use of digital resources by faculty and research scholars of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 25-30.

Sources of information available via the Internet are increasing exponentially, leading to steady increase in the use of Internet for education and research. Since past few years, free online information sources like e-journals, e-books, e-databases have increased considerably. Earlier, information and knowledge were passed by word of mouth or through manuscripts, and communication was a slow process. Today, it is passed from one individual to an infinite number of other users through a number of media and formats which makes rapid and widespread dissemination of information possible. This paper discusses utilisation of digital resources by faculty and research scholars of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Results show that 67.14 per cent of the faculty is familiar with the use of digital resources, and majority of these members are using digital resources for research purpose. Study also reveals that majority of the faculty members are learning the required skills for the usage of digital resources through self-study.

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010992   Sujatha H R (NO, Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Bantwal-574 211, Email: hrujatha@yahoo.com) : Analysis of internet use in undergraduate colleges of Mangalore. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 35-40.

The advent of Internet and its resources have revolutionised the academic world. A significant transition can be seen in the academic communities approach and the way they seek information, and the methods they employ for teaching and learning activities. This paper is based on a research project, funded by the University Grants Commission, to analyse the patterns of use of Internet among the teachers and the students of the first grade colleges in Mangalore city. The study also investigated the level of academic community's access to the Internet, reasons for non-use of Internet, satisfaction with the Internet facilities provided in these institutions as well as the problems faced in the use of Internet. A well structured questionnaire was distributed among the 390 teachers and students of the five colleges in the Mangalore city. Out of which 335 questionnaires were received back duly filled in. The response rate was 85.9 per cent. The study revealed that the level of student's access to the Internet was low and the major reason was that at the time of the study, computers with Internet facilities were inadequate. The findings also revealed that the rate of Internet use was more among the teachers and students of Commerce and Science faculty as compared to the faculty of Arts. However, majority of the students expressed their interest in the use of Internet and its resources and were enthusiastic in improving their skills in the use of the Internet. The study recommends the provision of more computers with Internet facilities, better access speed, and providing more orientation/training programmes in the use of Internet in these institutions.

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010991   Sen B K (NO, , 80 Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019, Email: bksen@airtelmail.in) : Impact factor. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 291-5.

The paper highlights role of impact factor as Garfield's major contribution in the field of bibliometrics. Defies impact factor and discusses the criteria fixed for calculating impact factor. Informs the manner in which impact factor can be represented mathematically. Highlights features, uses and role of impact factor in evaluation of research output of CSIR scientists. Lastly, informs about Normalized Impact Factor, a variant of the impact factor.

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010990   Sagar A;Kademani B S (NO, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085, Email: anilsagarbarc@yahoo.com) : Growth and impact of S&T reseach in Madhya Pradesh during 2000-2009. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 3-18.

Discusses the scientific contribution from Madhya Pradesh (India) as per the Web of Science-expanded version during 2000-2009. The parameters studied include growth of publications and citations, international collaborations, national collaborations, subject-wise distribution of publications, citations, activity index and collaboration rate, ranking of research and academic institutions, authorship and collaboration patterns, channels of communications, and major journals preferred by scientists of Madhya Pradesh for publishing their research works.

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010989   Rousseau R;Hu X (KHBO (Association K.U.Leuven), Industrial Sciences and Technology, Zeedijk 101, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium, Email: ronald.rousseau@khbo.be) : Outgrow index. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 287-90.

Proposes a relative index measuring the amount by which an article outgrows, in terms of citations, the publications on which it is based. The study involves citations collected from Web of Science during the last week of April 2010 along with the number of citations received (also in WoS) by each of the references.

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010988   Rohatgi P;Shrivastava N (School of Studies in Statistics, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Univ, Raipur-492 010, Email: rohatgi.prabha@gmail.com) : Simultaneous decision problem in periodical section of a library. Int J agric statist Sci 2010, 6(2), 669-75.

A simultaneous decision problem is one having several decision variables that will be set at the same point in time. In this paper, we have discussed a problem related to Periodical-Section of a library of any educational institute which has very limited space and scared budget both together. In every financial year, a part of total fund is allocated to this section and a very limited space is available for research journals (current and back volumes both). Multi-item inventory control and dynamic Programming Technique have been used to solve this optimal resource allocation problem under limited budget and space constraint. Proposed method can be used by purchase-committee of any library during every financial year ending to invest the available budget within limited time. The proposed method will automatically optimize the gain of the library and its users both.

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010987   Prabhakar T V;Lavanya K N;Balaji V (Computer Sciences Dep, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208 016) : Agrotags: a contribution towards improved digital information management in agricultural research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 278-81.

Agricultural research generates highly locale-specific as well as abstract or location-neutral information. Because of this diversity and the need to build prescriptive practices out of such information, agricultural research information management on the web requires semantic enablement. Keyword assignment is an important step towards achieving this. In this paper we describe a taxonomy called Agrotags which is designed for tagging agriculture research documents. Agrotags is a broad subset of Agrovoc, the International thesaurus of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and is much smaller - about 2,100 as against 40,000 terms. Agrotags is manually created by carefully examining each of the Agrovoc terms for their utility in tagging. This selected subset is further refined and validated by looking at the manually assigned keywords from the FAO AGRIS databases. This is used in a new platform called OpenAgri that can be used to build institutional or network-based repositories of agricultural research documents.

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010986   Moed H F (NO, Elsevier Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Email: h.moed@elsevier.com) : New journal citation impact measure that compensates for disparities in citation potential among research areas. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 271-7.

Presents a new journal indicator of citation impact of a scientific-scholarly journal. It builds further upon Eugene Garfield's groundbreaking ideas presented in many of his early and later publications, by combining his concept of a journal impact factor with his notion that "evaluation studies using citation data must be very sensitive to all divisions, both subtle and gross, between areas of research; and when they are found, the study must properly compensate for disparities in citation potential". The proposed indicator is based on a tailor made delimitation of a journal's subject field, and takes into account the frequency and immediacy of citation and database coverage in a subject field.

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010985   Mccain K W (NO, The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science & Technology, Dr, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Email: maccainkw@drexel.edu) : View from garfield's shoulders: tricitation mapping of eugene garfield's citation image over three successive decades. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 261-70.

Tri-citation analysis mapping of Eugene Garfield's Citation Image authors (those frequently co-cited with him) is used to identify the major research networks and topics that are linked to his highly cited publications in three successive decades, 1978-87, 1988-97, and 1998-2007. Major research topics that build on Garfield's work- represented by Citation Image author "constellations"- include mapping of science, evaluative bibliometrics, scientometries, webometrics, and sociology of science. Twenty-three of Garfield's publications are highly cited by one or more constellations in at least one of the three decades. Five publications span all three decades and two - his monograph Citation Analysis and his Science article on journal evaluation - are highly cited by all constellations in all decades.

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010984   Mahesh G (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14-Satsang Vihar Marg. New Delhi-110 067, Email: gmahesh@niscair.res.in) : Garfield, the science writer: his writings on health and biomedical research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 303-9.

Garfield wrote on a wide variety of topics, especially in the areas of health and biomedical research. The paper reviews over eighty of Garfield's writings on health and biomedical research that have been published in Essays of an Information Scientist.

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010983   Lihitkar S R (R T M, Nagpur Univ, Nagpur-440 001, Email: shanwaghmare@yahoo.com) : Establishing a virtual reference service. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 31-4.

Describes the concepts of virtual reference service and instant messaging, it explains how real-time communication works in a library setting, and introduces one free, easy-to-use software, i.e., Meboo for establishing a virtual reference service in a library.

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