019081   Ongus R W;Kemparaju T D (Library and Information Sci Dep, Bangalore Univ, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore-560 056, Email: raymondongus@yahoo.co.uk) : Opportunities and challenges of providing electronic information services through public libraries in India. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(2), 157-71.

Public demand for library services has not only grown enormously but is also becoming more diversified. This is due to the widespread acceptance of libraries as central to education and research, community development and nation building programmes. Libraries are expected to meet this critical challenge by providing adequate and effective services to the public. Examines the concept of public libraries in general, as well as the state of public libraries in India in the light of the new and emerging technological dispensation. It proceeds to give a detailed account of recommended steps for introducing and maintaining electronic information services for public use. Some fledgling real cases involving impressive attempts of delivering much needed information services in rural areas, using electronic or "digital" media, are mentioned. Conceivable suggestions for the' way forward affecting public libraries are given, wherever applicable.

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019080   Mini Devi B (Commerce Dep, Univ of Kerala, Univ (P.O)-695 034) : New derivation for Bradford's law of scatter. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(2), 125-38.

Highlights the significance of Bradford's law in today's information age. The classical law is applied to the toxicology literature collected from the international database, Toxicology Information Online, (TOXLINE), and its validity on that data was tested. The data was found unfit for the law. Hence a new formula is derived and applied which was found fit for the study.

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019079   Lohar M;Kumbar M (Sahyadri Sci Coll, , Shimoga-577 203) : Teachers' attitudes towards library facilities and information resources in first grade colleges in Shimoga district: a survey. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(2), 179-206.

Evaluates the use of library facilities and information resources in First Grade Colleges in Shimoga District (Karnatak). A survey of 400 faculty members from thirty-degree colleges in Shimoga district was conducted through a questionnaire. The collected data covers the use of library resources, services, viz, reference services, inter library loan, photocopying services etc., classification and cataloguing and physical facilities provided by the college authorities. Concludes that, the main intention for the use of libraries has been the academic interest of the faculty.

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019078   Kademani B S;Gaderao C R; Surwase G;Sanhotra A B;Anil Kumar;Vijay Kumar (Scientific Information Resource div, Knowledge Management Group, Bhabha Atomic Res Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085) : Scientometric profile and publication productivity of the radiochemistry division at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(2), 99-124.

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019077   Jena S;Sahoo S K (Computer Science Dep, Engineering KIIT-Univ, Bhubaneswar Orissa) : Decision support system model for disaster management through GIS and allied IT technologies a case study, a part of data Rajnagar block of Kendrapada district, Orissa (India). Ultra Scient phys Sci 2007, 19(3)M, 629-38.

Disaster risk in Orissa is apparent in the physical and socio-economic vulnerability profile of the State. The devastating Orissa super cyclone is still fresh in our memories. A holistic approach to disaster management would therefore include-growing environmental concerns and risk assessments towards a safer Orissa. Today Geospatial information is critical to virtually every sphere of socio economic activity. One of the uses of this tool in recent years has been in the field of disaster management. It is designed to support geographical enquiry and ultimately spatial decision-making. GIS and allied IT technologies can deliver not only data on hazards in the region, information on buildings, life lines and critical facilities but can also contain built in risk assessment programmes that allow the planner to simulate disaster scenarios and graphically view the potential damages and affected areas. It can help us in developing a decision support system to be prepared for the future disaster.

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019076   Butey P K;Singh M P (Computer Science Dep, Kamla Nehru Mahavidhyalaya, Nagpur, Maharastra, Email: buteypradeep@yahoo.co.in) : Backpropagation algorithm of fed forward neural network for the classification of fuzzified information. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2007, 19(3)M, 717-27.

Methodology has been presented for proper classification of fuzzy information. In this system, the fuzzy rules are used as input-output stimuli's. The system consists of layered architecture of fuzzy- feed forward neural network. In this architecture the first hidden layer generates the degree of membership (DOM) for all the input-output patterns pairs. This vector of degree of membership is now being trained into the neural network for generating the fiinal classification of rules using the Backpropagation algorithm of feed forward neural network. Thus, neural network as a whole performs two tasks. First it generates the degree of membership and later it classifies the rules in different classes on the basis of membership function. A simulation program in C has been deliberated and developed for analyzing the consequences. The overall process has been illustrated by applying to one real-world classification problems i.e. IRIS. Results show the accuracy of the classification and improvement in the epochs for learning the fuzzy rules.

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019075   Balasubramanian P (Infant Jesus Coll of Engng, , Keelavanadu-628 851, Email: bala_phd2000@yahoo.co.in) : Public library as a human resource development centre. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(2), 173-8.

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018053   Vinitha K;Kanthimathi S;Tharani K (National Engineering college, , K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu) : E-learning digital library for web based resources. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 7-13.

Learning with existing webbased resources has become popular and imperative. Especially, there are diverse learning resources with the same learning topic designed by different authors. The main aim is to help learners select some instructive hypermedia based learning resources according to their learning context from the web. Digital Libraries could healthier afford such services on the web. Digital library has been tried to provide for webbased learning called e-learning library, which includes learning resources repository, local indexing and navigation, modules of e-learning libraries which promotes learning with diverse learning resources involving a certain topic can be functionalized.

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018052   Verma N C (Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, , Saharanpur) : Digital library information resources and services in modern era. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 14-20.

Digital library has emerged as one of the most important applications in Information Technology in modern era of information revolution. The digital library information collection, resources and services further facilitates on-line searching of national and international library facilities. On-line digital libraries are also accessible to daily users and update continuously by different national and international libraries. A digital library is also known as a distributed text based computerized information system and services. In this system, computer or electronic equipments are used for acquiring, storing, organizing, searching, distributing and displaying materials for geographically distributed. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of digital library information resources and sevices in Indian libraries.

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018051   Upadhyay M P;Bajpai R P;Sharma S K (Deshbandhu (Eve) College, (University of Delhi), Delhi) : Intellectual property rights: knowledge based society an introduction. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 44-7.

Intellectual Property is an original idea which can be used to earn money. The Person or group who is recognized as having the idea can use the law to prevent other people from earning money by copying it. Intellectual property right referes to the creation of human intellect: it is the legal expression of privileges granted by the state for the use of creation Intellectual property is inherently intangible, it related to items of knowledge and to the information, which can eventually be incorporated or embodied in limitless number of tangeble things or goods all over the world. The property is indeed in the knowledge and information embodied in them or associated with their products. It can be said that any property moveable or immoveable has to be protected in order to prevent it from piracy, similarly the rights in the property resulting from the intellectual effort of an individual need also to be protected to prevent it from, infringement. The result of such effort is to be known as Intellectual Property Right (IPR). The right in the intellectual property is protected by the appropriate legislation of the country. Typically the right will be sold or licensed to other or will beused to safeguard investment in new ventures, so that the ideas they represent may be developed and exploited to the ultimate benefit of the inventor.

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018050   Sinha A K (Central Library, Visva-Bharati, , Santiniketan, West Bengal) : E-learning and digital libraries with reference to distance education. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 19-26.

Explains what is e-learning - spells out the significance features of e-learning environment - Provides the process or methods of e-learning which can be used effectively in distance education to meet the needs of distance learners - Re-examine the role of library - Discusses distance education library service.

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018049   Sharma C K;Gupta S (Dep of Lib. & Inf. Science, M.M. (PG) College, Modinagar) : Knowledge management; its application in research in social science. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 1-5.

Knowledge management is an important source which gives competitive benefit for organizations. Knowledge is embedded in every sphere of business and industrial porces. It is effective in customer's service and marketing the product and service. Expertise management and drawsout tacit knowledge making accessible for specific purposes. It improves the performance of the organization. There are agencies, Government, Non-Government and corporates which are expending the knowledge and transforming these institutions for future growth and advancement.

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018048   Sasireka G (Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College, , Perambalur-621 212, Tamil Nadu) : Knowledge management: a challenging role for librarians in the ICT era. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 2-5.

Knowledge is not important only for business but for the society as a whole. KM is newsly emerging, interdisciplinary business model that has knowledge within the framework of an organization as its focus. It is rooted in many disciplines, including business, economics, psychology, and information management.It is the ultimate competitive advantage for today's firm. KM is supposed to get "get the right information to the right person at the right time". This paper is stated about types of knowledge, need to knowledge management, Issues, KM in Libraries and Information Centers. It is also discussed changed role of Librarians in KM and Challenges.

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018047   Pandey A A (Technical Inf. resource Centre (Library), Nuclear Power Corpn. of Indi, , Mumbai) : Implementattion of systmes and tools for metadata applications. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 6-7.

018046   Natarajan M (NISCAIR, , 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 067) : Implication of web mining to digital libraries. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 30-43.

Deals with the definitional analysis of Web Mining (WM) along with the categories of it like Web content mining, Web Structure mining and Web Usage mining. The paper gives the WM taxonomy for the easy understanding in digital environment. The major components of WM like Information retrieval, Information Extraction, Generalisation and Analysis and discussed for automatic retrieval of relevant documents to satisfy th users need while searching from the digital library web sites. The content mining is the actual information on the web page, what the users are visiting the site to read/interact which is discussed with the organization of the content via HTML, and XML tags. Finally the web usage mining's categories which fall into four phase's viz. data collection, pre-processing, pattern discovery and pattern analysis and discussed. Some of the existing software's for web content mining is given with the identification of usage patterns, etc. Also the major benefits of WM like matching the available resources to the user's interests, predicting the information requirements of the user, improving he visitor's experience at the website, collecting information in new ways about the users.

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018045   Lawyed Stephen S;Saravanan P;Lawrence Mary A (Norrul Islam College of Engineering, , Kumaracoil, Email: lawyeds@yahoo.com) : E-mail usage among the academic librarians: a study. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 8-18.

Study is intended to study the e-mail usage among the academic library professionals. 96 academic librarians were considered and carried out this study to arrive important findings.

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018044   Lalwani S L (NO, Tolani Institute of Management Studies, Adipur-Kutch, Gujarat) : TQM in academic library. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(1), 21-9.

Total Quality Management (TQM) is the integration of all functions and processes within an organization in order to achieve continuous imporvement of the quality of goods and services. TQM focuses on the integration and coordination of all activities in a work process and aims at continuous improvement in quality. This paper focuses on how to implement TQM in an academic library so as to improve the quality of library service through the use of different elements of TQM, ultimately fulfilling the customer expectations, developing staff and customer commitment and surely generating value for a library.

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018043   Jain M (Central Library, Rani Durgavati Vishvavidyalya, Jabalpur(M.P.)) : Digital library: a rainbow in the sky of information environment. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 27-38.

Digital Libraries acting as knowledge depositories can be considered as complex information systems, development and use of which require solution of numerous scientific, technological, methodological, economic, legal and other issues. Digital Libraries technologies are rapidly developing. Challenges in semantics, integration of information, perception and presentation of various kinds of data call for significant innovations. Development of Digital Libraries technologies is becoming more and more essential for raising of the standards of health care, education, science and economy, as well as the quality of life on the whole. Projects devoted to generation of the digital form of the information concerning the Earth, Universe, Literature, Art, Environment and Humans, accumulated by the humanity, are examples of the intensive development of global information repositories.

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018042   Birdar B S;Sampath Kumar B T (Dept of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana, Sahyadri-577 451) : Impact of Web-based learning technology on distance education: with special reference to LIS education. J Libr Inf Technol 2007, 3(2), 39-46.

Focuses on components or channels of Web-based learning, which can be used effectively in distance education to meet the needs of distance learners. It also discuses the benefits and barriers of Web-based learning technology for LIS learners in Distance mode.

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017012   Satija M P;Singh A (Library and Information Sci Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar (Panjab), Email: satijamp@yahoo.com) : Are laws of Ranganathan valid in virtual library. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 27-34.

Defines an empirical law as discovered, defined and formulated by scientists and states their kinds. Explains how S R Ranganathan sensed a lack of normative laws to guide library services and methods and subsequently formulated by Five Laws of library Science in 1920s. Examines the question whether the laws, which worked well in the print on paper paradigm, are still valid in electronic information. Characteristics of virtual libraries and that of ultra modern documents facilitated by the IT are examined. Enumerates the implication of the Laws with respect to the ubiquitous Internet, Electronic publishing, Information Literacy, Virtual Reference Desks, Open Access Archives, Information Transfer, Knowledge Management, Information Marketing, OPACs and Hypermedia. Finds that all the new concepts and processes facilitate the implications of the Laws which square well with the IT enabled services and information society.

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017011   Marshakova Shaikevich I (Adam Mickiewicz Univ, , Poznan, Poland, Email: ishaikev@mail.ru) : Visualization of scientific collaboration of 15 `old `and 10 `new' EU coungtries in the field of social sciences. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 9-16.

Bibliometric analysis of scientific collaboration of 15 `old' and 10 `new' countries of EU in the field of social sciences has been presented. Material for this analysis was drawn from DB SSCI 2002. The states as wholes are considered here as participants of collaboration. Coefficients of collaboration relatedness between pairs of countries form a space reflected in two tables, one for 15 'old' EU member-states and in the other for 10 'new' ED member-states.

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017010   Levitt J M (CIBER. Open Univ, School of Library, Archiv and Information Studies U, , Gower Street, London WCIE6B, U.K., Email: J.Levitt@yck.ac.uk) : Developing and applying a metric for estimating trends in databases of articles. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 17-21.

Introduce the metric (called 'absolute document incidences'), to compare this metric with the metric used by Braun and Schubert and Gu (called 'document frequencies'), and to briefly present some potential uses and limitations of absolute document incidences. This paper builds on the feedback on the presentation at Coll net 2006. The research presented briefly in this paper aims to develop and apply a metric for estimating trends in databases of articles. The motivation for estimating trends in these databases is that these trends are possibly of interest in research and science policy. This research is part of Doctoral project on the use of bibliometric data in the field of research policy.

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017009   Kretschmer H;Kretschmer T (Library and Information Sci Dep, Humboldt Univ Berlin, Dorotheenstr, 26, D-10117 Berlin, Germany, Email: kretschmer.h@onlinehome.de) : New centrality measure for social network analysis applicable to bibliometric and webometric data. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 1-7.

Fairly large number of publications in sociology, in computer science or in information sciences, as well as in studies of collaboration in science deal with the studies of social networks with unweighted ties because measures involving unweighted ties are easier to calculate. A few studies on networks with weighted ties have been conducted. Such studies not only need more complex formulas but also a process of quantification specially when quantitative empirical data are not directly available. The later are, however, directly available under the condition of using bibliometric or webometric data. New complex measures of the degree centrality are introduced including weighted ties possible for use of the analysis of co-authorship or citation networks. Both co-authorship relations and citations are well-quantified data (weighted ties).

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017008   Gupta B M;Dhawan S M (National Inst of Sci, Technol and Development Studies, , Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta 1@yahoo.com) : Role and contribution of various performing sectors in Indian physics output during 1993-01. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 35-51.

Analyses the overall performance of four major performing sectors, namely universities & colleges, mission-oriented R&D, institutes of national importance, and industry, in physics research in India during 1993-01 in terms of publication growth and output and publication impact, using a number of quantitative indicators. The second part of the paper provides data on comparative analysis of the performance of various sectors participating in physics research in India.

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017007   Asnafi A R;Osareh F (Library and Information Sci Dep, Shahid Chamran Univ, Ahwaz, Iran, Email: aasnafi@yahoo.com) : Collaboration among Iranian news agencies websites using webometrics methods. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2007, 1(1), 23-6.

Collaboration among Iranian News Agencies Websites using Webometrics methods has been described. In this research, in-links and co-links to Iranian news agencies website were analyzed to determinate the visibility and collaboration among the web sites. Using Yahoo directory 21 Iranian news agencies websites were studied to extract in-links & Co-links. Clustering and multi dimensional scaling methods were applied to analyze data. Results showed that Iranian News Agencies Websites are grouped in five clusters and exchange information and news with each other. The data revealed that those news agencies that are more identical in terms of their subject areas collaborate more. The research also revealed that only ANA News Agency website (Islamic Azad University News Agency) had not been clustered to other Iranian news agencies websites. Also reveals increasing collaboration among Iranian news agencies websites. This can contribute to accuracy and comprehensiveness of the news broadcast)

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013860   Vasanth N;Mudhol M V (NO, Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Puttur 574 203, Email: vasanthasanjeev@yahoo.com) : Advanced approach in using e-resources of the INDEST-AICTE consortium. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 367-74.

Approach towards partnership, networking, consortia and resource sharing adopted by libraries need radical changes to evolve responsive partnerships in order to achieve best performance in service. Cooperation amongst institutions for sharing their library resources is being practiced for decades. The proliferation of electronic resources in the networked society has resulted "in the development of "shared subscription" or "consortia-based subscription" to journals everywhere in the world. Shared-subscription to electronic resources through consortia of libraries is a feasible strategy to meet the pressures such as diminishing"budget, increased user's demand and rising cost of journals.

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013859   Sharma A K (Library and Information Science Dep, M.L.B. Government College of Excellence, Gwalior-474 011, Email: arvindksharma22@rediffmail.com) : Information seeking behaviour of rural people. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 341-60.

Study is based on 667 rural respond~nts of Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. It defines the term information, information seeking, behaviour, rural people and describes the major studies conducted on the topic. It includes objectives, hypothesis, scope, limitations of the study. Major findings are: 566(84.85%) respondents seek information through television, which is the main source of information seeking in rural areas. Regarding familiarity with new technologies most of the respondents(98.50%) are familiar with telephone, while only 29(4.34%) people are familiar with Internet. Almanac is a main reference and information source for getting of information. Regarding Government schemes 76.46% people depend on radio/television to get information in rural area.

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013858   Sharada B A;Chetana M (NO, Central Institute of Indian Languages, , Email: sharada@ciil.stpmy.soft.net ) : Web page creation for eminent scholar's contributions and their citations: M B Emeneau. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 375-84.

Prof. M B Emeneau's (MBE) contribution to the discipline of linguistics is immense and immeasurable. Study is an attempt to desigrt. a webpage on his works and their citations and measure the impact of his works on linguistics.

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013857   Sangam S L;Gupta B M;Suresh Kumar (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003, Email: slsangam@yahoo.com) : Modeling the growth of Indian and Chinese social science literature. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 395-8.

Application of growth model as suggested by Egghe and Rao( 1992) has been discussed. The present study is aimed to study the growth and dynamics of growth and Indian and Chineese publications in three sub-disciplines of social sciences viz., Economics, Psychology and Sociology.

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013856   Pillai Sudhier K G (Communication and Journalism Dep, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram-695 581, Email: kgsudhier@gmail.com) : Obsolescence of physics literature cited in the doctoral dissertations of university of Kerala. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 399-410.

Obsolescence and aging studies are important areas of citation analysis in Library and Information science. Attempts to examine the obsolescence of literature in Physics by citation analysis and reviewed various studies already done in the field and outlined the results. The study is based on the 3,180 citations, cited in the 12 doctoral dissertations of Physics awarded from Department of Physics. University of Kerala, India during the period of 1999-2003. It is observed that journals and books are the most preferred bibliographic form of citations used by the Physicists. and they occupy 82.08% and 12.92% respectively. The findings show that the half-life of journal citations was 14 years and for books it was 25 years. The mean year of journals was calculated as 17.58 and 23.09 years for the books.

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013855   Parvathamma N;Gobbur D S (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585 106, Email: parvathi_gib@yahoo.co.in) : Mapping of plastics literature (1998-2002): a bibliometric. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 415-20.

Plastics is a product of Polymers, which finds a wide variety of applications. Bibliometric analysis of 6444 publications related to Plastics, as indexed in Biological Abstracts on CD, during 1998-2002 was undertaken. On an average, 1289 papers were published every year. Two and more authored papers constitute majority of the contributions and degree of collaboration amounts to 0.81. This shows that team research is prevalent in the area of Plastics. USA produces largest amount of literature related to Plastics and English is the most predominant language used for publishing the literature related to Plastics during the study period.

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013854   Panigrahi P (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street, Kolkata-700 073, Email: panigrahipk@yahoo.com) : Facet analysis techniques for automatic classification systems: a study for colon classification. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 309-32.

Method of identification of facets from the title of documents is discussed in this paper. States the technique of selecting respective category-name of facets to follow the facet formula in general. Also includes the scope of defining the specific facet formula for any specific subject. Illustrates steps followed in analyzing titles (i.e. in the form of natural language sentence) of documents for finding out noun phrases and picking up isolate numbers. symbols. basic subjects from the frame based knowledge base designed for this purpose. Emphasizes on integration of expert system and natural language processing components to proceed towards a successful automatic classification system.

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013853   Krishna K M (NO, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, Email: kmksn@gmail.com) : Concept of retail information management: vision 2020. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 421-4.

Vast global information are still controlled and managed by the libraries only and a lump sum amount of the budgets are also being spent on storage. management and delivery of information (books, Journals, e- documents etc.). But in spite of huge expenditure, each and every small libraries is not capable to meet out cent percent requirements of users searching relevant information .The globalization of marketing technology has drastically changed the minds of the people, lifestyle, economics etc. The study reflects that year 2020 would be a year of economic concept of global information management through retail concept which will directly empower the people to collect, select and utilize information strictly on users profile/need. Most of the small libraries have become tool/shelter for collecting, storing vast information from publishers. Retail information concept ciill, trigger proper delivery of information to right users only within limited financial constraints.

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013852   Dhar M (P.G. Department of Library Science, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir State-180 006, Email: dhar_meghna@rediffmail.com) : Libraries in the knowledge era. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 333-40.

With the advent of Industrial Revolution, the 19th century witnessed a sea- change taking place in all aspects of human society. Today millions of documentary and non-documentary sources are brought out in different countries of the world in .several languages. This spectacular growth of documents has led to 'Information Explosion'. Due to Information Explosion, the Universe of Knowledge is expanding at a faster rate than ever before and it is still accelerating and may reach to infinity. So to serve as a social agency, the libraries play an important role in assembling, organizing and preserving knowledge for its dissemination to all. This paper reviews various facets of knowledge like its growth, role in libraries, and its management.

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013851   Bhatia K;Rawal C N (NO, National Institute of Occupational Health, Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad-380 016, Email: kkbhatia@nioh.org) : Electronic publishing: costing model and copyright. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 361-6.

Due to rapid changes in communication technology, publications are also published in electronic form, but they have to face some problems out of which one is cost and secondly copyright act. Costing models are shown which inc1udeds the direct and indirect costs along with how to calculate the cost. Copyright law was originally formed to cope with the printing press. It has been partialiy modified to the take account of the electronic age. Some suggestions are given in this regard.

013850   Bandyopadhyay A K (Library and Inf Sc Dep, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal-713 104, Email: amitkrb@yahoo.com) : AB's coefficient of dispersion in some branches of physics. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 411-14.

Scatter of journal literature in physic. 4916 references from 38 PhD theses of Physics has been studied (Electronics, Nuclear Physics, Optiand Solitl State Physics) submitted to the University of Burdwan during 1981 to 1995 are studied. The number of journals required to fulfil 25%, 50%, 75%, 90% and 100% of demands in various subjects and periods are identified. To quantifY the scatter oflast 10% of references in large number of journal titles, a new scale named AB's Coefficient of Dispersion (ABDISC) is introduced as given below: d=(y-x)/y where, 'd'= AB's Coefficient of Dispersion (ABDISC), 'x' = number of journal titles required to satisfY 90% of the references and 'y' = number of journals titles required to cover 100% of the references in the subject. ABDISC will indicate the portion of the total journal titles required to satisfy the last 10% of need in a subject or the so-called residual need that can be fulfilled by inter library loan/document delivery service.

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013849   Amritpal Kaur (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Email: amrit_lisc@yahoo.co.in) : Preservation of digital heritage materials in the 21st century. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(4), 385-94.

Today, most of the cultural and heritage materials are being converted into digitized forms to provide immediate accessibility anywhere in the world. But due to obsolescence of formats, hardware, software and carriers, digital information will be lost unless we act. Hence preservation of digital materials for the benefit of present and future generations is an urgent issue to address. The present article explores various strategies and methodologies for preserving digital heritage materials; discusses issues concerning digital preservation (DP); enjoins upon the national libraries to take the responsibility for DP with the co-operation of several stakeholders - the Government, publishers and IT industry; gives an overview of initiatives taken by the national libraries world wide for preserving digital heritage materials; and discusses Indian scenario. It also focuses on the pressing need for the national library, state libraries, museums and libraries to work together more closely to successfully organize digital archiving in the 21st century.

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012929   Chawla H S (Genetics and Plant Breeding Dep, G.B. Pant University of Agiculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, Email: chawlahs_patent@yahoo.com) : Intellectual property rights. J Ecofriendly Agric 2007, 2(2), 103-12.

Intellectual property right (IPR) protection plays a key role in getting an advantageous position in the competitive world for achieving economic growth. This has become more pronounced in the globalized economy with the obligations in the field of IPR in the WTO regime. With the globalization of trade and commerce, it has become important to enrich our knowledge about IPR and their domain in agriculture. IPRs are important not only because India as a member is required to accede to the conditions of an international agreement but also because they offer possible mechanisms for stimulating research, enabling access to technology and promoting enterprise growth with an ultimate aim to benefit the farming community. The importance of IPRs can be gauged from the fact that most globally competitive corporations strategically protect their intellectual properties in all potential markets/countries by filling patents, geographical indications and other IP arrangements. Although each country implements intellectual property laws at the national level, the TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement imposes minimum standards on patents and other IPs. As a result of the commitments made under the TRIPS Agreement, India has undertaken a process to enact and amend their existing norms of IP protection to be TRIPS compliant. For protecting the rich cultural heritage of India and for the benefit of farmers, India has enacted the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. This should be considered as the most important legislation in context of agriculture. Thus, creating, obtaining, protecting and managing intellectual property must become a corporate activity in the same manner as the raising of resources and funds.

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011946   Vasudevan T M;Sajeesh P (Library and Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, ) : Bibliometric analysis of the manuscript collections in university of Calicut. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 40-4.

Descriptive catalogues of the manuscripts collection in the Departments of Sanskrit and Malayalam were analysed. The aim of the study was to find out subject wise break-up, competition wise break-up, authorship and anonymous works, Language wise break-up and to determine form and language in which more works have been delivered. Interviews with the users were also conducted to know more about the collection. Manuscripts handling a vide range of topics in Sanskrit literature in Sanskrit language are present in the collection. Majority of the manuscripts in the collection did not give any information about the period of recording. More than 50% of the manuscripts are complete. Works with known authorship and unknown authorship in the collection are almost equal in number.

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011945   Varghese R R (Library and Information Science Dep, Kerala Univ, , Email: rekha_tcr@yhoo.com) : How the science doctoral students are searching electronic information resources: a case study of university of Calicut. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 33-9.

Survey revealed that the science doctoral students in the University of Calicut are using various types of electronic information resources related to their research and Internet resources are the most widely used resources. Among the Internet tools/resources, e-mail is the most frequently used tool followed by online search. Majority of the science doctoral students are unaware of the major search engines and they lack proper knowledge regarding the various advanced search methods using in online search. Therefore, there is a need to provide proper guidance and training to the scientific community in the use of electronic information resources.

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011944   Nikam K;Chandrasekhara G S (Library and information Sciences Dep, Mysore Univ, Manasagangothri Mysore-570 006, Email: khaisernikam@yahoo.com) : Expectations and perceptions of the users of public library in Mysore city: a survey. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 45-56.

Effect has been made to assess the expectations and perspectives of the public library users in Mysore city in the changing library environment. A detailed survey has been conducted covering users' samples taken from the Mysore city Central Library and three of its branches located in different parts of the city namely Luxmipuram, Kevenpunagar, and Saraswati Nagar. All categories of users such as Children, Women, Young Adults and Old People are subjected to this survey. It was almed at finding out the level of user satisfaction in relation to the present day professional role of the Mysore City public librarians.

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011943   Mohan V;Ravi S (Library & Documenation Centre, Marine Fisheries Institute, P.B. No. 1603 Ernakulam North, PO Kochi-682 018, Email: mohanv1962@yahoo.com) : Mapping of seawed research: a global perspective. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 1-14.

Seaweed is an important crop, which contributes to the national economy and society at large. The seaweed research is studied by systematic analysis and the flow of literature productivity is mapped using CD-ROM version of ASFA database over the period of nine years, 1988-1996. The study is analyzed on the quantum of research output, most productive institutions globally as well as India in terms of publications. This paper also analyses the choice of the journals, authorship pattern, and their productivity. Source and subject wise distribution of seaweed research literature are explored.

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011942   Joshi George P (NO, St. Albert's College, Ernakulam) : Information needs and information seeking behaviour of ayurveda information users. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 26-32.

Compared to modern medicine in Ayurveda medicine information users have some peculiar features. There existed a general tendency to keep information sources used by them, and their research results very secretive. But there is a gradual change in this situation. The author has studied the information needs and the information seeking behaviour of Ayurveda information users. These users have been identified as falling in different groups, such as Scientists and Researchers, Practitioners, Teachers and Students. The survey has brought out the collected data and their analyses with respect to the different user groups, the types of information sources used, like books, perlodicals, seminar volumes, theses and dissertations and manuscripts, attendance in seminars and conferences, etc. The use of Ottamoolies in treatment and the general secretive attitude of the practitioners in sharing information about them is highlighted. The author advocates the establishement of a National Information System in Ayurveda which can help all categories of Ayurveda information users through proper collection, storage, processing and dissemination of information.

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011941   Hemachandran Nair G (NO, Kerala Univ Campus Library, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, Kerala, Email: ghnair@gmail.com) : Application of modern diagnosing tools in the ayurvedic treatment in the age of globalisation and information technolgy. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 15-25.

In the present era of competition and globalization, every branch of science is trying to retain its identity in the globe by reorienting and developing itself according to the needs by conducting various kinds of research. This study examines the relevance of Ayurveda as a global system of medicine and explores the level of application of modern diagnosing tools with the help of information technology in the treatment in Ayurveda.

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011940   Chelatayakkot V (NO, Cochin Univ of Science and Technology, , Email: veerankutty@cusat.ac.in.) : Current awareness service service using RSS in the web portal. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 57-9.

Describes the role and functioning of the RSS Application Software which has its expanded name as Really Simple Syndication /RDF Site Summary. This software will support the transfer of information content from one website to another without human intervention. The ultimate idea was to explain the relevance and use of the RSS for Current Awareness Services to be provided through one's own websites or protals.

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011939   Chandrashekara M;Talwar V G;Shilpa Sthuthy (Studies in Library and Information Science Dep, Mysore Univ, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, Email: chandran5@yahoo.com) : Designing a web page for online learning discussion forum. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(1), 60-8.

Online Discussion Forum is an electronic forum for staff or like-minded professional to exchange ideas, post questions, offer answers, and offer help on relevant subjects. Electronic forums also provide ways of archiving/storing and searching for previous exchanges. This article describes the technology involved in designing a web page for online learning discusslon forum and for organizing contents in an appropriate way for easy access.

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010875   Wijetunge P (NO, National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka, Email: director@nilis.cmb.ac.lk) : Financial sustenance of south asian library schools: a case study of national institute of library and information sciences of Sri Lanka in retrospect. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(2), 27-36.

Financial issues of the library schools residing in the public universities especially in the South Asian region are discussed. It specifies the particular issues faced by the library schools because of their small size, high proportion of women as staff and students, lack of research and their tendency to relate more to the professional world than the academic world. It provides a detailed SWOT analysis of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS). It also describes the Ansoff Matrix, which is a commonly used tool by the business organisations to develop market-product strategies. The paper analyses the education programmes commenced by the NILIS during 2003-2005 in the light of marketing-product strategy. It discusses the success of the endeavour using the Boston Matrix, which is a tool used to measure the success of the market-product strategy. The paper also highlights some threats posed by the environment, which hinder the successful implementation of the programmes and concludes that an authority to manage financial matters and qualified staff with a sound knowledge of financial regulations is essential for the success of the market-product strategies.

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010874   Vasishta S (Central Library, Punjab Engineering College (DU), , Chandigarh) : Library automation and networked services : a case study at the technical deemed university libraries in North India. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(2), 120-6.

This article attempts to discuss the status of library automation and networked services at six technical Deemed University libraries in North India. It presents the results of a questionnaire based survey to review on-going automation activities and implementation of networked services in these libraries. It describes various aspects like selection of library automation software, databases developed, computerized services and networking services etc. The survey findings conclude that most of the libraries are in transition stage.

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010873   Varalakshmi R S R (Library and Information Science Dep, Andhra Univ, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Email: rvsn 1234@hotmail.com) : Need for national consensus on library and information science education in India. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(2), 13-20.

Library and information science education in India is nearing to celebrate centenary celebrations. However, several issues need to be resolved to meet the demands of the contemporary information society. The paper reviews the growth of LIS education in India, foresees the future trends and suggest for national consensus on some of the basic issues.

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010872   Shama A K;Pawar B V;Waghulde R B;More M A (NO, , ) : E-learning and E-learning tools. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 145-51.

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