010982   Leydesdorff L (NO, Amsterdam Univ, Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCOR), Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Email: loet@leydesdorff.net) : Eugene garfield and algorithmic historiography: co-words, co-authours, and journal names. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 248-60.

Algorithmic historiography was proposed by Eugene Garfield in collaboration with Irving Sher in the 1960s, but further developed only recently into HistCiteT with Alexander Pudovkin. As in history writing, HistCiteT reconstructs by drawing intellectual lineages. In addition to cited references, however, documents can be attributed a multitude of other variables such as title words, keywords, journal names, author names, and even full texts. New developments in multidimensional scaling (MDS) enable us not only to visualize these patterns at each moment of time, but also to animate them over time. Using title words, coauthors, and journal names in Garfield's oeuvre, the method is demonstrated and further developed in this paper (and in the animation at http://www.leydesdorff.net/garfield/animation). The variety and substantive content of the animation enables us to write, visualize, and animate the author's intellectual history.

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010981   Kamba M A (Library and Information Science Dep, Bayero Univ, Kano, Nigeria, Email: menirung@yahoo.com) : Implication of ICT's in libraries of higher education institutes: a Panacea catapulting library development in Africa. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 65-71.

The Information Age transformed developed nations in the tale end of the 20th century, and now is poised to have an equally dramatic effect on developing nations. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has helped higher education libraries improve the provision of library and information resources and services. African libraries are also adopting ICT to improve and also give a positive impact to the development of research and information utilisation. The key success factor of this implementation is mainly of availability and the good quality of grade of services, adequate resources, and communication infrastructure. The paper has analysed the efforts made by the higher education libraries in Africa to recognise, restructure and re-oriented the library facilities and personnel with ICT adoption. In addition, the paper also highlights the various efforts to establish networking and consortia among the libraries, and the implications that could be derived by applying ICTs into higher education libraries. The paper also highlights the reasons why ICT application is taking a snail speed in library development in Nigeria and provides the solutions as a panacea for library development in Africa.

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010980   Jacso P (Information Computer Science Dep, Hawai'i at Manoa Univ, Honolulu, Email: jacso@hawaii.edu) : Impact of eugene garfield through the prism of web of science. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 222-47.

The paper attempts to quantify the impact of the scholarly publishing activity of Dr. Eugene Garfield, the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Institute for Scientific Information, the father of citation indexing of academic literature. In the project the most current version of the Web of Science system was used with five of its component databases. It provides the most comprehensive, but still not complete, set of cited reference enhanced bibliographic records for Garfield's journal articles, conference papers, reviews, essays, commentaries, letters to the editors, and for the 6,500 citations that his publications received, and could be credited to a matching record in the master file of Web of Science. The paper also analyzes the effect of the fact that his books, book chapters, technical reports are not considered in calculating the impact measures reported by the informative Citation Report module of Web of Science, and the consequences of the approximately 7,000 "stray" and "orphan" references received by all his works that would more than double Garfield's traditionally measured impact factor, the average rate of citations per publication, for his entire ouvre. There is a short discussion about improvements that should be made in the citation matching algorithm that -in his case- distorts the distribution of citations among his more than 1,000 essays and commentaries in Current Contents, Current Comments and The Scientist for reason of an exceptional bibliographic and chronological-numerical designation pattern. Suggestions are made to make the browsing, searching, sorting, and processing of the reference entries and cited reference counts in the separate index file of cited references of Web of Science, which in his case amount to a combination of more than 13,300 matching, orphan and stray references in the more than 3,300 reference entries to his publications that were cited at least once.

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010979   Gupta B M (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Comparative study of India, China and south Korea S&T publications output during 1999-2008. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 207-21.

The present paper compares overall S&T publications output of India, China and South Korea across twenty broad subjects as defined by Scopus bibliographical database in terms of annual growth rate, national publications share, h-index, share of international collaborative papers and high-cited papers. Indicates that China has a clear edge over South Korea and India in terms of global publication share and h-index, but lacks behind in terms of share of international collaborative papers and high-cited papers.

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010978   Garg K C;Kumar S;Dutt B;Chakraborty O (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (CS, Pusa Gate, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: garg_k_c@yahoo.co.in) : Scientometric profile of 'genetics and heredity' research in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 196-206.

An analysis of 2899 papers published by Indian scientists during 1991-2008 and indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) indicates that the growth of publication output was slow in the initial stages, which started increasing after 2000. The highest output was in the sub-field of molecular genetics. The organisms which received the maximum priority were humans, plants, and animals. A significant proportion of papers were published in journals that originated from the advanced countries of the West and in journals with impact factor <62>1. About 47% papers were cited more than 5 times. Academic institutions contributed the highest number of papers but had less impact as compared to other performing sectors. The papers published by Indian Council of Agriculture Research had the lowest impact. Among the institutions, Madras University had the highest impact, while Indian Veterinary Research Institute had the lowest impact.

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010977   Gangan Prathap;Nishy P (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi-110 012) : E = Pi²-the energy of ideas approach to bibliometric research assessment.. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 282-6.

The performance index (p-index) is a composite indicator which can effectively combine size and quality of scientific papers. It is able to complement the h-index and give it better resolving power and at the same time is free of the many limitations that the h-index has. The curious structure of the p-index allows it to be interpreted using an energy argument and here, borrowing from electrical analogy, the power/energy basis for bibliometric research assessment is proposed. The proxy for the energy of ideas turns out to be E = Pi² where P is measured in the unit in which ideas are conveyed (here, the number of papers) and i is a measure of the rate at which ideas are transmitted as citations (here, a proxy for quality). The energy assessment technique is demonstrated by applying it to the research assessment of the laboratories belonging to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

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010976   Egghe L (NO, Universiteit Hasselt (Uhasselt), Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium, Email: leo.egghe@uhasselt.be) : Some editorinchief decision schemes. Ann Libr Inf Stud 0000, 57(3), 184-95.

It is difficult for editors-in-chief (EIC) of journals to make a final decision on acceptance or rejection of submitted articles when referee reports arrive too late. This paper studies the probability that an EIC makes different decisions (on acceptance or rejection) of submitted papers, dependent on the order in which referee reports arrive and where the EIC makes a decision before a third (late) referee report arrives. Authors study two decision rules. One rule, which we define as the "50-50" rule, lets the EIC decide "accept" in 50% of the cases and decide "reject" in 50% of the cases when the first two referees disagree. The other rule, called by Bornmann and Daniel the "clear-cut" rule lets the EIC deqde "reject" in all cases where the first two referees disagree. Dependent on the order in which the referee reports arrivef-waprove that in the "50- 50" rule, the EIC makes different conclusions in 37.5% of the cases. In the "clear-cut" rule, the EIC makes different conclusions in 25% of the cases. Both models are based on an equal chance for acceptance or rejection advise of the referees. The model is then extended to one where the chance for agreement between two referees is higher than the chance  for disagreement. This paper is dedicated to Professor Eugene Garfield (Ph.D.) on the occasion of his 85th birthday. The paper focuses on some challenges of Editors-in-Chief. Professor Eugene Garfield is founding Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious journal "The Scientist" and he endorsed the foundation in 2007 of the new journal "Journal of Informetrics" (founded by this author).

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010975   Braun T;Glanzel W;Schubert A (NO, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary, Email: schuba@iif.hu) : Footmarks of eugene garfield in the journal scientometrics. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(3), 177-83.

The study attempts to survey the influence of Eugene Garfield on the journal Scientometrics. His contributions as editor, author, citing, cited and co-cited Author, as well as eponymized scholar are considered. In all measures, he turns to be a ubiquitous and imperative personality of the history of the journal - and, of course, also the research field it covers.

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010974   Archana S N;Padmakumar P K (Central Library, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022, Email: niharikamanakkil@gmail.com) : Use of online information resources for knowledge organisation in library and information centres: a case study of CUSAT. J Libr Inf Technol 2011, 31(1), 19-24.

Discusses the use of online information resources for organising knowledge in library and information centres in Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). Discusses the status and extent of automation in CUSAT library. The use of different online resources and the purposes for which these resources are being used, is explained in detail. Structured interview method was applied for collecting data. It was observed that 67 per cent users consult online resources for assisting knowledge organisation. Library of Congress catalogue is the widely used (100 per cent) online resource followed by OPAC of CUSAT and catalogue of British Library. The main purposes for using these resources are class number building and subject indexing.

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010017   Rohatgi P;Shrivastava N (NO, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Univ, Raipur Chhattishgarh-492 010) : Application of optimization techniques to library services. Vidarbha J Sci 2010, 5(3-4), 16-24.

In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss the application of Queuing Theory in Library Services. An application of M/M/co model in the field of Inventory control is used to optimize the number of items (books) "S" of a particular subject and author to be available in the shelf of library is discussed. Non-linear programming technique is used to optimize the value of S which minimizes total waiting time to get issued that particular book. Total waiting time is taken as total expected cost per unit time. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the above problem.

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008782   Verma M;Thakur K (Library & Informaition Science, Pt. Ravishankar Sukhla Univ, Raipur, Chhattishgarh) : Citation analyses of doctoral dissertations in botany submitted to Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 176-81.

Bibliometric study of 35 doctoral dissertations in the area of Botany awarded during 1966-2004 and available in Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Library has been carried out to determine the use pattern of literature in the area. A total of 7,916 references were analyzed for identifying their bibliographic form, authorship pattern, ranking of journals.

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008781   Tariang Bl;Lahkar N (Lib. & Inf. Sc. Dep, North Eastern Hill (NEHU) Univ, Shillong) : Evaluation of websites used by social scientists of North East India. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 43-9.

Social Science researchers including faculty members and resarch scholars in two universities of North East India were requested to provide a list of their most used websites for the purpose of this study. The websites were then evaluated to find out the quality of their design and content. It was found that websites produced from North East India and relating to the Social Sciences are well designed and contain relevant and up-to-date information.

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008780   Singh S P (Library and Informatioin Science Dep, Delhi Univ, Delhi) : Digital libraries : some vexing issues. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 67-74.

The world is in transition today due to technological invasion, creating a visible impact on Indian libraries, which too are undergoing dramatic transformation. Majority of libraries in metropolitan cities are involved in preparing themselves for the 21st century. They are getting converted into digital libraries which can more suitably help to fulfill their basic objectives of preserving the national heritage and culture and making it globally accessible by passing all constraints of time and space. Digitization has helped' to change the entire concept of R & D activities and the ways scholars, students, and a common user access and use scholarly information. This paper introduces the concept of digitization and emphasizes the need for digitization. It highlights the edge of digital material, need for digitization policy and criteria for selecting the documents for digitization, etc. The article has also provided the barriers being faced by libraries with possible solutions.

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008779   Singh K (Library and Information Science Dep, Research Scholar Univ, Punjabi Univ, Patiala-147 002, Email: khushpreet.singh@gmail.com) : Online public access catalogues in North Indian University Libraries. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 30-6.

OPAC in present scenario provides as a standard measure and insight into the working of the university libraries and their digitization. This paper deals with the credentials of OPAC's in working of North-Indian university libraries. The objectives of the paper is to discuss the searching options and the presentation of results along with various parameters. The advanced facilities provided by these universities are also discussed.

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008778   Singh J K;hakraborty H K (NO, , Aditya Nagar, Sundarpur, Varanasi) : Blog : an emerging dimension in LIS. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 35-42.

This paper is an attempt to describe the blog as a new added dimension in Library and Information Services. The historical perspectives, features, types and advantages of blog have been discussed in detail. This paper gives an outline of Library Weblogs and its benefits in LIS.

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008777   Shukla A K;Goswami P;Sharma U (NO, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi) : Bibliometric analysis of Ph D theses in Botany. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 88-102.

Presents a bibliometric analysis of Ph D theses in Botany. The conclusions drawn in this paper are based upon the said evidence of Vikram University Ujjain, M.P The study period has been selected sixteen years (1991-2006) covering 50 Ph D theses. Factors considered for the analysis are Illustrations, Bibliographical Form and Flanking of Journals, along with the analysis of Authorship patterns of total 9254 citations.

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008776   Satija M P (NO, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar-143 005) : Need for revamping the LIS education in India. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 3-11.

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008775   Sangam S L;Savanur K (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003, Email: slsangam@yahoo.com) : Eugene garfield: a scientometric portrait. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 41-51.

Scientometrics is an application of quantitative methods used in the history of science. It is also one of the techniques for documenting works of eminent scientists and researchers. In this paper an attempt has been made to identify the communication and collaborative research pattern of Eugene Garfield, stressing on his scientific achievements, his research has had a great impact in the fields of Citation Indexing.

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008774   Pramanik A (NO, Bagnan College, Howrah-711 303) : Total quality management in college library. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 103-8.

Total Quality Management (TQM) is the integration of a/I functions and processes with in an organization in order to achieve continuous improvement of the quality of goods and services. TQM shows how Total Quality Management can contribute to improved performance and, effectiveness. This paper focuses on how to implement TQM in College library so as to improve the quality of library services through the use of different elements of TQM, ultimately fulfilling the user expectations, developing staff and user commitment and surely generating value for a College library.

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008773   Paul D (Library and Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Kolkata) : INB and the bibliographic control of Bengali publications. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 131-42.

Discusses the role of Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 and the INB in bibliographic control of Bengali publications in India. It deals with the issues of comprehensiveness of coverage and currency of inclusion of titles and publishers' participation in terms of compliance with the provisions of the Act. The paper further conducts quantitative analysis of bibliographic records that appeared in the monthly issues of INB during a period of nearly five years. It reports the results of a survey of regional publishers exposing their perceptions about the Act and the INB. The paper finally concludes that the publishers' participation might be increased making INB more visible by regularizing its publications and widening its circulation so that it could be believed as a potential promotional tool in India and abroad.

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008772   Pant R (Radiodiagnosis and Imaging Dep, Armed Forces Medical College, Sholapur Road, Pune-411 040, Email: drrochan@gmail.com) : Computer networks in radiology: an introduction. Indian J Radiol Imag 2009, 19(4), 318-21.

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008771   Olechnica A;Ploszaj A (NO, Warsaw Univ, Centre for European Regional and Local Studies, EUROREG Krakowskie Przedmie cie 30,00-927 Warsaw, Poland, Email: a.olechnicke@uw.edu.pl) : Mapping the regional science performance: evidence from Poland. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 11-21.

The aim of the paper is to use some scientometric indicators in order to evaluate regional science performance in Poland. The analysis is based on overall publication output in international peer reviewed journals covered in the Web of Science database during the period 2001-2006. The value added to the paper is three-fold. Firstly, analysis is done on the subregional level. This gives the opportunity to conduct detailed analysis of the science potential of particular sciences in Poland. Secondly, the scientific specialization of Polish regions is described using the prepared database. Thirdly, the application of the network to examination of papers written in co-authorship makes it possible to depict different cooperation patterns.

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008770   Obermeier U;Brauckmann H (NO, University College, Dublin, Email: uwe.obermeier@ucd.ie) : Interdisciplinary patterns of a university: investigating collaboration using co-publication network analysis. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 29-40.

Investigate collaborative and interdisciplinary research features of University College Dublin, using methods from social network analysis to analyze and visualize (co-)publications coveredn by the Web of Science from 1998 through 2007. We account for the extent of interdisciplinarity in collaborations, distinguishing collaborations between schools within one College ("small interdisciplinarity") from collaborations between schools in different Colleges ("big interdisciplinarity"). Based on the interdisciplinary nature, we compare the types of collaboration to a model of random matching across units, observing several marked differences. During the period of consideration, collaborations within UC Dublin nearly doubled, almost entirely due to the increasing level of intra-school collaborations.

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008769   Nattar S (NO, Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur, Tamil Nadu) : Problems and suggestions to improve reading habits of college students in Tamil Nadu. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 109-18.

In the study an attempt has been made to examine the problems related to reading habits of the students in libraries and a few of the suggested remedial measures. A total of 1212 students from 32 Colleges were served as the sample for the present study. The data was collected by structured questionnaire which had components on various problems and suggestions to improve the reading habit. Some of the important aspects to improve the reading habit are reading more than newspapers (56.93), journals and magazines (17.33), reading more general books other than text books (15.84) and text books (9.90). Respondents expressed that they are improving their reading habit using the facilities in the library.

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008768   Mohana Kumar T (NO, Kerala Library Univ, Thiruvanathapuram-695 034, Email: mohanakumar_t@yahoo.co.in) : Impact of personal and prefessional characteristics of librarins on their knowledge towards information technology application in the college libraries in Kerala. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 10-21.

Discusses the impact of some of the selected personal and professional characteristics of librarians on their Knowledge towards Information Technology (IT) application in the College libraries in Kerala State. The author conducted a questionnaire survey of selected College libraries to carryout the work. A sample population of 269 professionally qualified College librarians were selected using stratified sampling method covering representation from all types of Colleges. An attempt was also made to measure the present level of knowledge of librarians towards IT application. The major findings of the study was that the mean score of knowledge of librarians is 3.29 and out of ten characteristics selected for test, eight characteristics show much impact on the Knowledge of librarians towards IT application. Suggestions are made for developing the knowledge of librarians towards IT application.

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008767   Mishra J (Tagore Library, Lucknow Univ, Uttar Pradesh) : Institutional repositories and libraries. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 126-8.

Institutional Repository is a new concept for collecting, managing, disseminating and preserving scholarly works created in digital form by faculty and students in individual universities and Colleges. The present paper focuses on the need of Institutional Repository, its characteristics, advantages, drawbacks alongwith the new role of library in implementing the concept of Institutional Repositories. It concludes that the concept of Institutional Repository is a powerful driving force to bring intellectual prosperity to higher education. Universities and Colleges should actively engage themselves in implementing rhis concept.

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008766   Manhas R (University Library & Informatics Div, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, GGS Hospital Complex, Sadiq Road, Faridkot, Punjab) : Bridging information divide among health science libraries in Punjab: a health science library network system. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 29-34.

Information is a vital pan of our society and an integral part of everybody's everyday life like food, air and shelter. We need information and its resources for minor and significant decision making. In this age of information society, there is huge amount of information and its resources available on each and every subject field. The new technologies like World Wide Web and Internet are playing major role in increasing the number of documents and easy accessibility to its users. Though, the open source movement is on full swing and some of the publishers of the world have started publishing free of cost and make the documents available on public domain, but the cost of most of the information resources is also hiking day-by-day specially the health science information resources. The organizations like health sciences institutions are mostly dependent on health science information resources for their educational and research oriented activities. The day-by-day increase in the prices of these resources by the publishers and deplete levels of financial resources of libraries has led to the problem of information divide especially in the developing countries. Only networking of group of libraries for the purposes of cooperative purchase and sharing of their resource can be the best solution to this problem. This present paper highlights the initiative taken by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot for the establishment of network of all affiliated College libraries i.e. Health Science Libraries Network (HSLIBNET).

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008765   Maity G (Library and Information Science Dep, Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata) : Census of communication flow of newspaper information in India and it's implications for newspaper information retrieval. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 143-57.

Measurement of the proportion of newspaper information generation in India to its consumption may help us to establish an indicator for newspaper communication flow in Indian context. This article tries to measure the quantity of both newspaper information generation and consumption, and thereby, to uncover the ratio between this two. The quantity of information generated and consumed has been assessed on the basis of a sample survey of newspapers and their users, respectively. Findings show that the ratio of information supplied to information consumed varies within the range of 2:1 to 35:1 in case of an individual newspaper information seeker. The article thus infers that the communication flow of newspaper information indicates a state of information explosion/overload. Finally, conclusions are drawn that newspaper information explosion forms/justifies the basis towards designing an effective newspaper and/or a newspaper information retrieval system.

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008764   Kundu S R (NO, NISCAIR, 14 S V Marg, New Delhi) : Information as a marketable commodity. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 82-7.

This paper shows the need and importance of information in today's context. Suggests that traditionally known documentary sources of information can be treated as a kind of information products. Also shows that how such information products can be marketed.

008763   Khare N (LIS Professional Research Scholar, S P Univ, Gujarat) : UHF based RFID and its phase wise deployment in libraries : a global trend, technology and practice. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 169-75.

This paper gives brief idea about the RFID, its growth and acceptance in library and information Centres worldwide and the working of the system bound with standard and specifications and explores the recent UHF(Ultra high frequency) enabled, universally accepted components of the RFID technology and its benefits over HF RFID system. It also briefs about the phase wise deployment of RFID systems and implementation in libraries to perform mainly circulation, inventory, shelving and theft detection.

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008762   Kaur A (Library & Information Science Dep, GNDU, Amritsar) : Bibliometric analysis of research publication of department of chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 20-8.

The paper brings out the results of a biblometric study of research publications of department of chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for the period 2002-2006. It analyses a/I the 269 research publications from 84 journals. It examines year wise distribution of papers, collaboration within the university and with foreign institutes, authorship pattern, journals in which authors publish, impact factor of journals etc. Inferences and findings are shown with relevant data analysis.

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008761   Kaliyaperumal K;Baskaran S (University Librarian, Madras Library Univ, Chennai-600 005) : Information seeking behavior of rural folk in Tamil Nadu: a case study of Paramakudi branch library. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 49-59.

The rural public libraries are the backbone for Information dissemination to the rural folks; they have the responsibilities to solve the Information needs of their clientele. This paper studies the Information seeking behavior of Paramakudi branch library, Tamil Nadu. Though this library is in the Paramakudi town it is mostly used by the rural folks who are living in the villages near the Paramakudi town. For the purpose of the study 100 samples are drawn from the user population of the library by employing purposive sampling method. The data has been analyzed with simple percentage method. The study revealed that the users of the library expect more to revamp the existing conditions of the Library.

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008760   Jalaja V (Library & Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Kerala, Email: jalajadlis@yahoo.com) : Information professionals on the blogsphere. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 1-9.

The social networking is the result of man's inevitable 'absentee socialization' in the busy state of life. Though blogs do not come under the strict definition of social networks, many regard it as part of social networking as they provide facilities to interact. Blogosphere refers to the collective community of all blogs. Creating a blog is extremely easy and discussing how to create a blog will be an over simplified discussion among the LIS professionals. What is important is that how well the possibility is made use of by the LIS professionals to contribute to the profession. The present paper explores the facilities provided in the blogs created and maintained by some of the information professionals to serve the community.

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008759   Jacob A;Sornam S A (NO, Sree Sankaracharya Univ of Sanskrit Kalady, Ernakulam District, Kerala, Email: ancy.jais@gmail.com) : Information resource sharing between fisheries institute libraries in Ernakulam district, Kerala: a proposal for filnet. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 37-48.

This paper aims to present a brief overview of resource sharing and give model for networking. It analyses the areas for resource sharing, conditions that are essential to the sharing of information, resources between libraries and present status of fishery institutes in Kerala.

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008758   Gupta B M (National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies, CSIR, New Delhi-110012, Email: bmgupta1@gmail.com) : Status of South Korea in science and technology as reflected in its publication output, 1997-2007. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 53-79.

The study examines South Korea's performance in S&T during 1997-2007, based on several parameters, including the country annual average growth rate, global publication share & rank, strong & weak subject areas (in terms of national priority, international collaborative share and global share), institutional profile of select top institutions, overall international collaboration profile and major collaborative partners, patterns of communication in national and international journals and characteristics of its top high cited papers. The study also compares similarities of South Korea's research profile with top other 19 top productive countries. The study uses 11 years (1997-2007) publications data in science and technology on South Korea and other top 19 productive countries, drawn from Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database.

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008757   Gnoli C (NO, Pavia Univ, Science and Technology Library Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy, EU) : Themes and citation order in free classification. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 13-9.

Free classification consists of combining notation for several concepts without specifying the relationships between them. Some properties of free classification are described and discussed. The citation order of concepts can either follow a conventional rule, or express the differential relevance of base theme, subordinate themes, and possibly rheme dealt with in the indexed Knowledge source. Citing base theme first allows for a more helpful collocation of the record close to others having a similar base theme. Examples are illustrated from the Mathematics Subject Classification, the Knowledge Organization Literature Classification, and the Integrative Levels Classification. Finally, the problem of identifying themes of fictional works is briefly discussed.

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008756   Gnanasekaran D;Gopalakrishnan S (NO, Anand Institute of Higher Technology, Kazhipattur, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai-603 103, Email: dsekarg@gmail.com) : Acts pertiaining to library and information science: an overview. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 22-9.

To-days library professionals must have a fair knowledge of certain acts. This paper provides a brief overview of certain acts such as Public Libraries Act, Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act, Intellectual Property Rights, Information Technology Act, Right To Information Act and Tamilnadu Transparency in Tenders Act. Further this paper also provides the information about the National Knowledge Commission.

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008755   Filho R D C P;Avila A F D (Secretaria de Gestao e Estrateia da empresa Brisileira de Pesquisa Agr, Asa Norte, CEP 70770-901-Brasilia, DP-Brasil, Email: penteado@embrapa.br) : Reflections on a scientometrical analysis of embrapa Brazil web of science articles from 1977 to 2006. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 9-20.

This article studies, using the technique of bibliometrical analysis, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Embrapa research centers participation in the journals that were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, from 1977 to 2006. First we analyze the performance of the research centers, followed by the journals which published these articles and finally the partnerships with the institutions that had carried out this scientific work with Embrapa. The results indicated that Embrapa is among the top ten Brazilian institutions to lead in the volume of scientific articles published in indexed WoS journals. They also indicate the relevance of the adoption of goals and results system by an institution of Science, Technology and Innovation and the need to select strategies to establish partnerships, select journals in accordance with the institutional stated mission and standardize theirs authors affiliations, in order to facilitate the identification and improve their scores.

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008754   Dutta B (Dipartimento Di Ingegneria e Scienza dell', Informazione (DISI) Universita di Trento, Trento, Italy) : E-Learning and its prospects. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 75-81.

E-Learning generally refers to the computer-enhanced learning where technology is used as a support to the learning process. The key characteristic of information and communication technology is its ability to provide flexible access to information and resources. Recent technological advancement mainly the semantic web technologies along with others brought evolution in eLeaming. In this paper we discuss the prospects of eLeaming while tracing landmarks in its evolution. In discussing the eLeaming prospects we highlighted how the advancement in technology in the present eLeaming systems and how it is going to impact eLeaming. We a/so discuss the roles of librarians in eLeaming.

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008753   Dutt B;Suresh Kumar;Garg K C (NO, National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NIST, Dr. K S Krishnan Marg, Pusa Gate, New Delhi-110012, Email: bharvi@nistads.res.in) : Scientometric profile of global dengue research. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 81-91.

An analysis of 2566 papers published during 1987 to 2008 and indexed by Science Citation Index - Expanded indicate a gradual rise in the quantum of output. About 80% of the papers appeared in journals originating from USA, the UK, the Netherlands, France and Germany. Total output came from 74 countries of which 17 countries contributed 87% of the total output. The highest number of publications came from USA, followed by India. However, in the later block (1998-2008) the proportion of output of both USA as well as India declined as compared to the first block (1987-1997). More than half of the scientific output is concentrated among four sub-disciplines of microbiology & virology, immunology & vaccine, epidemiology and entomology. Among the prolific institutions, the publication output of institutions from the US and Taiwan had higher impact. Of all the papers published 17% did not get any citations. Incidence of High Quality Papers, Citations per Paper (CPP) and Relative Quality Index (RQI) were more than average for USA. The proportion of co-authored papers increased significantly in the year 2008 as compared to 1987. The proportion of mega authored paper was high for the Netherlands, Taiwan, China, Cuba, Brazil, France and Japan.

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008752   Dixit S;Katare V V (Technical Officer (Library), Central Institute for Cotton Research, Shankarnagar, Nagpur) : Publication productivity of the scientists of the Central Institute of Cotton Research : a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 158-68.

An attempt is made in the present paper to analyse bibliometrically, the publication productivity of the scientists of Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR). For this purpose, 204 papers published during 2002-2006 were analysed and conclusions were drawn. The highest number of publications was made in the year 2006-07 with 47 publications. The multi-authorship trend is definitely indicative towards coilaboration within authors. Most preferred subject for publication of the scientists of CICR is Plant Genetics & Breeding (76) as it has the maximum number of publications (37.25%). CICR scientists prefer publishing their papers in Indian journals compared to foreign journals. The Journal of Cotton Research & Development takes the top position as the most preferred Indian journal for publication of papers, whereas Indus Cottons if most preferred in the foreign journals list. Most prolific authors from the CICR scientific community were identified as, S L Ahuja, O P Tuteja, D Monga and P Singh.

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008751   Dhar M (PG Dep of Library & Information Science, Jammmu Univ, Jammu-Tawi, Jammu-Kashmir) : Changing role of library professionals in the information technology era. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(2), 119-25.

Over the decades, there has been tremendous change in the information world. Everyone has to adapt to these changes. Changes in society and demands for information utilization have forced the information professionals to look for more effective and efficient methods for processing, storing and retrieving information. To cope up with these challenges, librarians and other information professionals have resorted to the application of modern information technology. This paper highlights the new and future role of library professionals, impact of IT on the job and work performance of library professionals, benefits of the Internet for library professionals, new and core skills required to be learned by information professionals and measures to cope up with the challenges. Suggestions for information professionals to adapt new electronic information environment for better and more convenient library and information services to users communities have also been discussed.

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008750   Chatterjee K (NO, Bengal Institute of Technology, Tech Town, Kolkata) : Bridging the rural digital divide in India: an emergence of E-agriculture. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(1), 51-7.

Information is crucial in put for Agriculture and Rural Development. ICT based services in Agriculture is now gaining importance day by day and capable of mitigating the gap between information haves and information have-nots (Digital Divide). The paper highlights the concept of Digital Divide in general, its application in Indian Agriculture, Precision Farming, and E Agriculture. It also indicates some very recent path breaking events rendered by various organizations like APSRAC, Chhattisgarh computerized paddy procurement & public distribution system, Kallara project 5 CDACs initiatives, IARIs recommendations in use of ICT in disseminating state of the art technology to end users etc. Barriers to digital opportunity are identified and recommendations have been made highlighting the role of information centre and information professionals in bridging the rural digital divide in India.

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008749   Balasubramonian P (NO, I J College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu) : University news : a bibliometric study. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 189-92.

This article is to identify the number of articles published in the "University News" from the year 2002 to 2006. The research method followed is Bibliometrics. The study covers the number of papers published, the number of references made, the authorship patterns, average length of papers published and their subject wise breakup.

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008748   Aversa E;Markusova V (NO, Alabama Univ, USA, Email: aversa@slis.ua.edu) : Bibliometric indicators and their impact on Russian university rankings. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2010, 4(1), 1-8.

Gives an overview of ranking of various global universities: British-QS-THES, Shanghai, Taiwan and Russian. Collected statistics of Russian universities (RU) research output and citation score demonstrated clearly why only few of them were included in global ranking. Statistics was downloaded from the Web of Science and the Essential Science Indicators for 1998-2008. Universities' ranking developed by Russian agency Reit OR was discussed as failure. RU are the strongest in the post-Soviet domain and can attract the most talented students from the New Independent States. Russian science policy in the higher education should encourage university authorities to participate in the global rankings. For this purpose it is necessary to monitor faculty teachers' research output and citation score, improve and strength webometrics' activity.

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008747   Alha R P (NO, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal) : Electronic information resources on agricultural engineering and its allied disciplines. IASLIC Bull 2010, 55(3), 182-8.

Electronic information sources play a vital role in the field of agricultural engineering and its allied disciplines. Librarians are facing many challenges posed by different electronic information services such as CD-ROM databases, online databases and web resources in these areas. Efforts have been made to identity and discuss some of the important databases in Agricultural Engineering research and management and allied disciplines.

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008746   Abrahan L T (University Library, Mahatma Gandhi Univ, Proyadarshini Hills P.O., Kottayam-686 560, Email: lailababu@gmail.com) : Role of public library in non-formal education in Kerala. Kelpro Bull 2010, 14(2), 60-7.

Deals with the role of public libraries in promoting non-formal education in Kerala. Describes the Importance of non-formal education with reference to Kerala and a brief history of public Library movement in Kerala. The Initiatives taken by governmental, non-governmental agencies and various other organizations in propagating non formal education among rural masses are briefly discussed. A study conducted shows the role of public libraries in promoting non-formal education.

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024536   Rajgoli I U;Birdie C;Karisiddappa C R (NO, Indian Inst of Astrophys, Koramangala, Bangalore-560 034, Email: iqbal_su@rediffmail.com) : Use of information resources through consortia mode in Indian library and information centres: a case study of Forsa consortium. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2006, 43(1), 37-49.

The concept of consortia, a mode of approach in sharing and using the information resources available in LIS Centers. It also attempts to give different types of consortia initiatives in India and abroad highlighting the advantages of consortia. Very dynamic and ever improving consortia called FORSA Consortium has been taken as a case study and its developments, services, salient features and future plans are described. The review of this consortium from the usage statistics is attempted for continuation.

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024535   Panda K C;Kanungo A (P.G. Dep of Lib and Inf Sci, Sambalpur Univ, Jyoti Vihar-768 019, Email: Krusna@yahoo.co.in) : E-journals in LIS: a case study of three websites. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2006, 43(1), 21-36.

Provides an insight in to the concept of e-journals and their growth. Vividly explains the taxonomy of e-journals along with the methodology employed in the study. Analyses and interprets data, pertaining to a total sample of 110 e-journals available in three websites using only three popular search engines (Google, Altavista, Yahoo), in regard to their subject coverage, country of publication, language of publication, year of publication, frequency and cost. Reveals that, 48.18% of the total e-joumals in LIS cover IT as their thrust area; 63.37% of them are published from USA; 97.21% e-journals are published in English; 44.95% are published quarterly; and 67.42 % of them are fee-based journals. Interestingly, the publication of e-journals in LIS witnessed an unexpected decline in the three websites from 11 in 1995 to only 1 in 2003, the study asserts.

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024534   Nikam K;Madhu K S (Dep of Stud in Lib and Inf Sci, Manasagangothri, Mysore, Email: khaisernikam@yahoo.com) : Expectations and perceptions of the users of the National Law School of India university library (NLSIU). SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2006, 43(1), 85-100.

The Law School is one of the unique autonomous bodies in the field. The perceptions of the library users towards the facilities and services offered are presented in an objective manner. The study reveals that majority of the users are male and students form the largest number of library visitors. Most of the users are under 21 - 25 years age group. Many of them visit the library to prepare for projects and seminars. They find the library ambience homely and tidy. Journals, which are used most by the users, are published mainly from India and U.S.A. "Economic and Political Weekly" (India) is the highest ranking journal. They find quality of the book collection in this library excellent. The NLSIU Library users 'Google' is the most preferred search engine for literature search.

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