010871   Seth M K;Parida B (Library & Documentation Div, Regional Research Laboratory, , Bhubaneswar) : Information needs of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities in educational system of Orissa. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(4), 242-55.

This article examines the information needs information-seeking behavior and the impact of information use on scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities in Orissa. The findings reveal that the SC/ST requie ready-made/ up-to-date information within them./ They are not properly conscions about governmental provisions and facilities and not aware about leatest information technology. Some are complaining against bureaucratic attitude of upper caste people and not finacially/mentally sound to save them. The various methods for their overall development and NGO's in the state are highlighted. The study also recommends what could be done for them to provide them information on various governmental facilities etc.

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010870   Raghavan K S (Documentation Reseach and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore-560 059, Email: raghavan@drtc.isibang.ac.in) : Education for the information management profession: challenges and opportunities. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(2), 21-6.

Addresses the implications of a few major emerging trends in the design of educational programmes for the information profession. It describes the emergence of the knowledge society, the phenomenon of the globalisation, and convergence of the technologies. It also describes the direct bearing these phenomena have on education for the information management profession.

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010869   Prasad A R D (Documentation Res and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institution, Bangalore) : Semantic web technologies for meaningful information mapping and retrieval. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(1), 25-34.

There is a tremendous amount of information and resources on the Web. Yet useful information is quite evasive. Internet search engines cannot promise any precision in search as they only index in a broad based manner with no clue to the context in which the terms occur. Semantic web refers to 'Meaningful' Web which aims at making meaning explicit so that information becomes machine interpretable thus giving rise to more meaningful services. The ultimate solution would lie in the meaning representation so inferencing can done, based upon the context. This paper explains the various semantic web technologies invalved in making meaning representation including RDF. RDFS and Ontologies. Paper also deals with the relation between semantic representation systems and traditional library knowledge organization system like library classification system, subject indexing and subject thesauri and argues that faceted model of library classification systems would be best amenable systems for building ontologies that can in turn be used as a basis for semantic inferencing.

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010868   Mukherjee B;Biswas S C (Library & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) : Knowing file formats for digitzation. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(3), 143-62.

Digitization of all kinds media is not only seen as means of enhancing access to and preservation of our cultural heritage, but a more effective way of creation of new knowledge as well. Elaborates concept like 'digitization', 'digital file' and its 'file formrat'. Among many disadvantages of digitization work, the use of heterogeneous coding formats for textual, graphic, audio, and video files has become a staggering issue for both creator and users of these files. Provides all overview of the features of various digital file format that are presently available as well as comparative studies among them. Opines that familiarity with various formats will be beneficial for all concerned.

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010867   Kumbar B D;Hadagali G S;Seema P (Studies in Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak Univ, Dharwad-580 003, Email: bdkumbar@yahho.com) : Use of periodical literature in the university of agricultural sciences, Dharwad. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(2), 37-43.

Periodicals are the most vital source to disseminate nascent information as the latest developments, achievements and advancements in any field are first reported in journals, reports, etc. The paper examines the extent of use of periodicals by the agricultural scientists working in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The study shows that majority of the respondents were consulting journals to update their knowledge and preferred the printed version of the articles. The scientists also considered the name and standing of the journal to publish their articles.

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010866   Kanungo N T (Faculty of Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU), New Delhi) : Information use pattern of social scientists: an analysis of citations of journal of asian studies. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(2), 69-81.

This article analyses the citation pattern of the citations appended in the articles covered in volume numbers 59-63 of Journal of Asian Studies to determine the information use pattern of the social scientists. The study has covered 108 articles with total of 9111 citations contributed by 114 authors. The results indicate that books are highly cited followed by periodical literature, government publications, newspapers and conference proceedings, etc. The less number of electronic citations suggest that print literature is still the most preferred source of information for the social scientists. This study has also covered book reviews which have outnumbered the articles many times.

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010865   Jena P;Rautaray B (P.G. Library & Information Science Dep, Utkal Univ Venivihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa) : Leadership as a challenge in library management : a pragmatic view. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(4), 205-13.

In recent years library professionals in many libraries have struggled to adjust with an accelerating rate of change. In view of transformation that is taking place in libraries and library services, it has become essential that library managers must assist staff in coping with the resultant stress as well as conflict and to understand the importance of change and transition. In the field of library services, the present study has been carried on four medical college libraries of Orissa. This study provides an important diagnostic assessment of leadership attributes both in transactional and transformational characteristics. The comparative study highlights the differences in perceptions of leadership quality, and implications of the results are discussed in terms of appropriateness of the dimensional measure of effort.

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010864   Jeevan V K J (NO, Indira Gandhi National Open Univ, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi) : Verifying prices of books purchased in a library. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(4), 215-41.

Price verification is a major activity in the acquisition section as all the bills submitted must be genuinely verified for correct prices to comply with the financial and audit rules. Like allocating available budget to different disciplines of interest, carefully verifying the prices of books quoted by suppliers would form another area of concern in efficiently managing the acquisition finances. The higher the cost of books purchased, the more is the need for stricter norms to verify and check the prices charged. The correct price of the book can be decided only from the publishers' sources. Suppliers on the one hand certify that the prices charged as genuine and attach a plethora of documents to justify the prices quoted making the job of acquisition staff more confused and complex. This study presents the results of some interesting cases where the suppliers charged prices more or less than the publishers' price based on data for the financial years 2003-2004 to 2005-2006 from the Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. The study stresses the significance of price certification in the changing scenario of publishing and book selling with probable challenges and possible opportunities.

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010863   Hussain A (Library & Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh) : RFID in libraries. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(1), 49-56.

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFIO) systems have been in use in libraries for five years for book identification, for self checkout, and for sorting and conveying of library books and AV materials. These applications can lead to significant savings in labour costs, enhance customer service, and lower book theft and can provide a constant record update of media collections. In this paper the components and technical features of a modern RFID library system are desired to provide a guideline for the evaluation of different system. There are still many issues that must be addressed before RFID hits the big time like bar codes have some of those issues include: new technology for efficiency in operations, looking back at bar codes, electromagnetic security systems, IT infrastructure to handle large amounts of data etc. finally, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of RFIO system in libraries and this technology has been introduced in few Indian libraries too.

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010862   Haruna I;Mabawonku I (NO, , ) : Professional effectiveness attributes of legal practitioners as correlates of information utilization in Lagos, Nigeria. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 127-38.

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010861   Giri B;Jeevan V K (Establishment Section, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) : Eradicating untested preconceptions in rural society through scientific information support system. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(3), 178-87.

This paper has produced a model of integrated information support system for rural society, which not only eradicates the primitive barbaric practices but also build a science conscious society, which is bound to improve the standard of living and level of thinking of rural mass, especially the vulnerable sections of rural population like women and those treated as inferior in caste and creed with the overall growth of scientific temperament. Unless and until we become free from the clutches of superstition we cannot even think of a liberated rural society and scientifically advanced state in the future.

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010860   Egwurube C E (NO, , ) : Library education programme for pupils and students: challenges. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 139-44.

Library eduction in schools is an ineviatable issue that cannot be overlooked. If he pupils and students are not taught on how to use the library, then the whole essence of education will be narrowed down the drain. The primary purpose of any school is the eduction of the student. The teacher has the responsibility of giving instruction to the pupils andstudents, and this is usually done through teaching. Where does the materials for teaching come from? It is from no where other than the library. Every teacher bases his teaching on what he learned, either through colleague or friends, but most of it comes from reading and studying and this materials are from the library. According to Metzeger {1992}. "Today the emphasis is very much on learning than on teaching and on pupils discovering ideas and information for themselves." The emphasis is that the pupil should no longer be taught how to master facts, but should be taught to learn. They should be provided with skills that will enable them to access, analyse, select and communicate information, that they will be able to use in problem solving and discission making situation.

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010859   Ebahi A M;Aliu I M (NO, , ) : School library services for effective implementation of universal basic education and the nation's educational progress. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 164-72.

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010858   Devi M (Commerce Dep, Univ of Kerala, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram) : Self citation intoxicology journals. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(4), 242-51.

Pinpoints the self-citation characteristics of Toxicology Scientists. The data is taken from 1218 articles and 3411 citations of nine core journals in Toxicology literature indexed in Toxicology Information Online (TOXLlNE). For the analysis Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used. The maximum number of self - cited articles was published in journals. The rate of self-citation is 7.87% in Toxicology, the growth in the number of self-citations showed a steady increase. When the age of self-citation increase, the number of self-citation decrease. Recent articles had more chances to be self-cited than the older ones. Indian toxicologists had more self-citations than foreign authors. Co-author works contained more number of self-citations than single author.

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010857   Dash J N (NO, National Institute of Immunology (NII), Aruna-Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi) : Discipline studies of scientific journals in Journal citation report (JCR). IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(3), 163-8.

JCR is the compiled statistical citation data of multidisciplinary scientific journals. As the citation data varies from discipline to discipline, the IF range o{ journals varies from discipline to discipline. Here it is observed high impact factor (HIF) scholarly communication journals are not available in all disciplines. HIF journals concentrated in new biology and medicine .fields such as Neuroscience. Molecular biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry Cell biology, Endocrinology, Immunology, Biotechnology, Medicine, Pharmacy, Oncology etc.

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010856   Dasgupta A (Library & Information Sci Dep, Univ of Calcutta, Calcutta) : `Library staff' and Ranganathan's five laws. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(4), 195-204.

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010855   Chatterjee A (Library & Information Science Dep, Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata) : Ranganathan and LIS education in India. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(3), 131-42.

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010854   Bhowal I (Mississippi Library Commission, , USA) : Role of missisippi library commission in public library systems of the state. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(1), 43-8.

Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) is one of the 47 state library agencies in the United States of America. A state library is the official agency that is responsible for developing and promoting public library services throughout the state and it has adequate authority under state law to administer state plans in accordance with the provision of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) of 2003. This article sheds light on how the state library provides different types of specialized services to public libraries in Mississippi. With advanced information technology it is not difficult to find out about these services on state library web site. just by typing Mississippi Library Commission in Google search engine or just by typing the library's web address www.mlc.lib.ms.us on the Internet.

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010853   Bhardwaj R (NO, , ) : Satisfying historians' information needs at Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 117-26.

Information play a vital role on walks of life and historians are no exception. Historians have different types of information needs; so libraries should be able to develop effective information dissemination mechhanisms that are best suited to the needs of Historians but question raise, Are the human and material resources available in libraries adequate to meet the needs of their clienteles? Libraries are facing problems of lack of staff and financial crnch, however they're trying to improve their services. In this research work we try to explore the information needs of Historians at Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra so that libraries could provide better services to Historians.

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010852   Asundi A Y;Karisiddappa C R (Siddaganga Institute of Technolog, , Tumkur-572 101) : Libray and information science education in India: international perspectives with special reference to developing countries. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(2), 5-11.

Contributions of Indian LIS education since its inception is presented. It also attempts to bring to the fore how this profile presents its international potentiaility and perspective scenario in context to developing countries.

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010851   Aruna Prasad Reddy C (Sri Venkateswara University Library, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, , ) : Open access to university academic and research assets: Sri Venkateswara University ETD repository. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(1), 35-42.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) are valuabe resources for the academic and research communities. Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) library has a large Theses and Dissertation (TD) collection that are much in demand by user community. To cater to the growing demand and also to provide open access to the TDs of SVU, the SVU ETD repository is launched. The repository uses open source software DSpace and is hosted on ERNET internet service. The repository is online and open access and at present hosts SVU theses and Dissertations in three languages.

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010850   Amritpal Kaur;Sarita Rani (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar) : Marketing of information services and products in university libraries of Punjab and Chandigarh. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(2), 83-104.

The present study has been undertaken to assess the attitude of the users towards the marketing of information services and products of university libraries. A well structured questionnaire was distributed among the library users of four universities of Punjab and Chandigarh viz Punjab University, Punjabi University, Punjab Agricultural University and Guru Nanak Dev University. The responses were gathered from 1237 users (241 teachers, 271 research scholars and 725 postgraduate students). The findings of the survey reveal useful facts about marketing of information products and services. 61% of the respondents are willing to pay for the developed information services and 57% for developed information products. On the basis of the findings, some suggestions have been made to improve information services and products of the libraries.

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010849   Akparobore D (NO, , ) : Library science and information science structural analysis and splits of a two-fold discipline. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(3), 152-63.

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009853   Vasanth N;Mudhol M V (NO, Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Puttur-574 203, Email: vasanthsanjeev@yahoo.com) : Consortia purchasing: subscription for the electronic journals in Indian scenario. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 261-70.

Approach towards partnership, networking consortia and resource sharing. adopted by Indian libraries need radical changes to evolve responsive partnership in order to achive best performance in service. Due to the increase in cost of e journals, the library professionals have initiated the sharing resources in cooperative acquisitions, document delivery and inter library loans. Highlights the importance of consortia purchasing in this digital era stating its salient features and pricing models. This paper also discusses about the FORSA and INDEST Consortium.

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009852   Sutar D B (NO, Smt. C.B. Shah Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Ratanshingar, Wakharbhag, PO. 161, Sangli (MS)) : Role of information in social development. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 301-8.

Dissusses the role of information in the various sectors of socio-economic development of a country.

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009851   Sukula S K (Raja Mahendra Pratap Library (Central Library), Ch. Charan Singh Univ, Meerut-250 004, Email: shivairf@yahoo.co.in) : Indexing in electronic environment. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 249-54.

Responding to user needs is changing in current fast information scenario. When we, come to indexing of documents/information sources, it is found out that in this electronic-' environment the indexing function/services have been more sophisticated and complicated. Deals with indexing in electronic environment: It discusses the indexing of electronic documents and electronic information sources/resources and indexing of conventional documents with the help of electronic methods and tools. Database indexing, Internet and web indexing have been highlighted. E-methods and tools for indexing are given. Highlights few companies working in this field. While discussing software for indexing, it suggests many important aspects and points to keep in mind. Concludes with the idea of better indexing services for the staff and the user.

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009850   Shafi S M;Rather R A;Jan R;Shah G J (Library and Information Science Dep, Kashmir Univ, (J&K)-190 006, Email: shafi_sm@rediffmail.com) : D-lib magazine: a bibliometric study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 271-8.

Examines the articles published in on-line D-Lib magazine for authorship trend, contribution of teaching and professionals, country-wise contribution, degree of collaboration and productivity within different facets of digital /electronic libraries. The,-study carried out found that collaborative research is given priority over solo research. The degree of collaboration is found to be 0.66.The study further reveals more contribution from teaching community compared to professionals. Country-wise distribution reveals that most of the contribution comes from the USA and Germany while facet-wise distribution of articles depicts that most of the articles cover digital libraries and preservation followed by metadata /cataloguing.

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009849   Satija M P (NO, G.N.D. Univ, Amritsar-143 005, Email: satija_mp@yahoo.com) : Library education in India at the critical cross roads. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 217-24.

Traces the development of Library education in India. Identifies the reasons for the tardy growth of library education. Discusses the problems with the recruitment of librarians and LIS teachers. Suggests that syllabi should be according to the needs of the market.

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009848   Panigrahi P (Library and Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Kolkata-700 073, Email: panigrahipk@yahoo.com ) : Implementation of the anteriorising common isolates in automatic classification system. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 225-36.

Discusses briefly the need of form divisions in library classification. Mentions the nomenclature of form divisions in different schemes, for instance it is called Anteriorising Common Isolates (ACI) in Colon Classification. Describes the procedure of knowledge representation for ACI and their respective notations, symbols etc. States the technique of selecting their respective category names to follow the facet formula. Also includes the scope of defining the specific facet formula for ACI. Illustrates steps followed in analysing 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. Includes the treatment of three types of ACI to prepare a suitable knowledge base in the automated environment. Facet formula for ACI of Colon Classification is also included to handle it successfully following postulates and principles.

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009847   Hasan N;Singh S (NO, Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Univ, Palampur, (Himachal Pradesh), Email: nabihasan@rediffmail.com) : Agricultural research in Himachal Pradesh: a profile based on Agricola, Agris, Cab and FSTA Cd-Rom data bases. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 279-300.

Presents an assessment of contributions on Himachal Pradesh to agriculture and allied fields based on publications indexed in AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB Abstracts and FSTA CD-ROM databases during 1990-1994. Attempts to provide detailed analysis of 2,451 contributions on Himachal Pradesh covered by the databases of the study period. This macroscopic study tries to answer questions such as which institutions are carrying out the research, in which journals, contributions on Himachal Pradesh get published, in what sub-fields the contributors are strong, and so on. Maps the field under the following heads; quantum of production, form-wise distribution, authorship pattern, institutions, ranking of periodicals, subject dispersion, citation study, length of publications, languages of publications, languages of summaries, country-wise productivity, slate-wise productivity and classification by journal impact factor.

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009846   Gangatharan M (NO, Sardar Vallabhhai Patel Institute of Textile Management, (Under Ministry of Textiles, Government of India) 1483, Avanashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Email: gangaiim@yahoo.com) : Application of E-commerce in knowledge management centres. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 255-60.

E-Commerce is now being used by governments, libraries and other organizations around the world. Many of them use e-commerce for everything from distributing documents to selling images online and to collecting fees for educational courses. Deals with how e-commerce can be implemented in libraries. The main goal of any library is improvement of information services. Explores how the library may use e-commerce to achieve this goal.

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009845   Dinesh K S;Nikam K (Studies in Library and Information Scienc Dep, , Mysore, Karnataka, Email: khaisernikam@yahoo.com) : Strategies for effective library and information centre management. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2007, 44(3), 237-48.

'Strategies for effective library and information centre management' is a survey of the librarians of"engineering colleges in Karnataka. It reports the results of the opinions of the librarians regarding the strategies for location of libraries, factors influencing their use, effective management of library and information centre, to meet the goals and objectives, to integrate and coordinate the diverse activities of libraries, to become a part of engineering college library network. The results of the study are reported using statistical technique.

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008842   Radha S;Ravindran N (ECE Dep, SSN College of Engineering, SSN Nagar, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Kalavakkam-603 110, Email: radha@ssnce.ac.in) : A new solution to improve the link failure tolerance in mobile ad hoc networks. IETE J Res 2007, 53(4), 315-27.

An ad hoc network is a mobile wireless network that has no fixed access pointor centralized infrastructure. Each node in the network also functions as a mobile router of data packets for other nodes. However, due to node mobility, link failures in such networks are very frequent and render certain standard protocols inefficient resulting in wastage of power and loss in throughput. Two solutions were proposed based on two different approaches to alleviate the problems caused by link failures. The first solution, the Network-Link scheme, deals with preventing 'false' link failures and in avoiding actual link failures. The scheme involves predicting a failure in advance by monitoring the power levels of all nodes in communication. On the other hand, the Transport-Link scheme deals with the inability of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to distinguish between link failures and congestion. TCP, as such, assumes that a packet loss is due to network congestion and invokes congestion control measures. However, in ad hoc networks, packet loss is most often due to link failures, and the congestion control methods invoked only reduce the throughput. Second solution informs TCP of a link failure thus allowing it to treat such cases differently. In both cases, we observed an improvement in throughput and power utilization efficiency when compared to standard cases: the Network-Link scheme resulted in an average throughput increase of 1.74 times and the Transport-Network scheme, an average increase of 1.71 times. Both schemes also resulted in a reduction in the percentage of Network layer control packets transmitted, thereby improving power utilization.

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008841   Chandrasekaran M;Wahida Banu R S D (ECE Dep, Government College of Engineering, Salem-636 011, Email: mcs123@rediffmail.com) : Performance evaluation of polynomial congestion control algorithms in mobile ad hoc TCP networks. IETE J Res 2007, 53(4), 329-37.

Introduces and analyses a class of non-linear congestion control algorithms called polynomial congestion control algorithms. These algorithms generalize the AIMD algorithms used for the TCP connections. These algorithms provide additive increase using a polynomial of the inverse of the current window size and provide multiplicative decrease using the polynomial of the current window size. They are further parameterized by α and β. There are infinite numbers of TCP-compatible polynomial algorithms by assuming polynomial of different order. This paper analyses the performance of two models of these generalized algorithms for Mobile Ad hoc TCP networks. TCP compatibility of these algorithms are evaluated using the simulations of the implementations of the proposed two models. Simulations are done using ns2, a discrete event simulator. One such model is also proved to be TCP-compatible. The results of simulation are compared with that of TCP and TCP/Reno.

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007018   Zeinolabedinio M H;Maktabifard L M;Sareh F O (School of Education and Psychology, Library and Information Science De, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran, Email: zabedini@yahoo.com) : Collaboration analysis of world national libraries' websites via webometric methods. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2006, 3(2), 19-26.

Aimed to study Nationa1 Library Websites (NLW) using webometric methods. The in-links and co-links to national library websites were analysed to study firstly, the visibility of these National libraries on the web. Secondly, the collaboration on national and international level amongst the studied national libraries websites. This study found that according to the in-link count of 38 national library websites, 3 were extremely popular and can call them ostvisible national library websites as they come below: 1 United States of America (http://www.loc.gov); 2. Australia (http://www.nla.eov.au); 3. United Kingdom (http://www.bl.uk). The results of the study also showed that, there were 5 clusters (2 cross continental and 3 international) in the studied national library websites. On the other hand, the multidimensional scaling map showed 4 major collaboration clusters: 2 cross national (both European) and 2 international (European, Asian, American, Australian). African national library websites were not seen in these clusters. It means that, African national libraries have a little collaboration with others through their web sites. However, due to the problems of search engines which are used for data collection in webometric studies, this method needs to be used with caution.

007017   Veeranjaneyulu K (NO, College of Fishery Science, ANGR Agricultural University, Muthukur-524 344) : Agricultural college library, Naira, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh: a case study. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(3-4), 190-4.

007016   Upadhyay A (Library & Information Science Dep, CSJM Univ, Kanpur) : Changing financial management of libraries in modern era. ILA Bull 2006, 42(4), 19-23.

Deals with the financial problems faced by the libraries and also suggests their probable solutions. It presents the changing face of financial management in libraries. The article not only throws light on the concept of Outsourcing and Resource Mobilization but also about their usefulness in libraries.

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007015   Sridhar M S (Library and Documentation Div, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore-560 017, Email: sridhar@isac.gov.in) : Information management in digital environment: a Librarian's perspectives. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(4), 45-50.

Digital invasion of recent years has shaken librarianship. Tries to look at some important issues of information management in libraries in the light of such invasion. The issues discussed are digital decay as against paper decay, accessibility interpretation in digital world, utility of e-journals, gray content boom, problems of access to excess, human dependence of information sharing and collaboration, disintermediation and identity crises problems of librarianship, drawbacks of OPACs, etc. as a consequence of digitisation in libraries.

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007014   Singh S;Saroja G (School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Vikram University, Ujjain-456 010) : Information technology and rural library. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(3-4), 186-9.

007013   Singh N;Dominic J (NO, G B Pant University of Agril & Technology, Garhwal) : Analysis of citation pattern of allelopathy journal. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(1), 37-41.

Study covers 687 citation appended to the 30 research articles published in four issues of Allelopathy Journal. From the citation count it appears that sole research in Allelopathy is quite substantial only 35.52%. About 64.48% of the research work/contribution is result of team research the team size is small ranging from two to five. Of The citation count 89.69% relale to journal article. 6.11% to Thesis and 71 3.79 to conference papers. Indian citation have found to be more with 65.65% and foreign citation 34.35% of the total citation. The study reveal. That 30.57 of total citation are author self citation and 16.16% are journal self citation. The highest percentage of year wise journal citation was found to be 33.18% in the period of 1981-1990.

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007012   Siddiqua A;Khan A (NO, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad-32) : Human resource management in libraries. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(3-4), 159-62.

Presents a brief account of Human Resource Management, its definitions, highlights some of the factors of HRM, which can also be applied in libraries and concludes with a few suggestions.

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007011   Saxena A;Jauhari M;Gupta B M (NO, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 068, Email: anurags@ignou.ac.in) : Zipf's law in random text from English with a new ranking method. DESIDOC Bull Inf Technol 2007, 27(4), 51-8.

Zipf's law has attracted infometricians time and again. There have been many studies, which hae explored the application of zipf's law to various areas. However, there are a few parameters, which largely affect a study. These parameters are the power law embedded in Zipf's law, the ranking method, the type of text taken for the study and the behaviour of extreme regions in the Zipf's curve. Tries to address all these points by taking a random text in English language from computer science literature. The selected text is called random because of its highly specific nature of technical words. Studies the properties of this text and compares the product of rank and frequency for three ranking procedures. It also analyses the performance of data in the extreme regions of the Zipf's curve. It is observed that ranking procedure and type of text have definite bearings on the performance of Zipf's curve.

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007010   Sangam S L;Savanur K (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak University, Pawate Nagar, Dharwad-580 003, Email: slsangam@yahoo.com) : S. Chandrasekhar: a bio-bibliometric study. J Inf Mgmt Scientometrics 2006, 3(2), 37-45.

Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar is best known for his discovery of. a new class of liquid crystals known as discotic liquid crystals. His discovery opened an entirely new area of research and which led to a number of important applications ranging from legibility films for giant Liquid Crystal Devices (LCDs). His research covered various problems in liquid crystals. In his 54 years of productive life, he has collaborated with 75 colleagues and students and has published 171 papers during 1951 - 2004. The highest collaboration coefficient is 0.86. He has the highest collaborator in S. Krishna Prasad with 39 papers, 2nd in R. Shashidhar with 26 papers. The core journals publishing his papers are: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Pramana, Acta Crystolographica, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences-A, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Letters, Liquid Crystals and Current Science.

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007009   Rajwant Kaur (Bhai Gurdas Lib, G.N.D. Univ, Amritsar) : Librarians' job satisfaction : nature, determinants and theories. ILA Bull 2006, 42(4), 5-12.

In recent years, the significant correlation between job satisfaction, motivation, productivity among librarians has come under intensive discussion. Attempt has been made to highlight the importance and conceptual definitions of jobs satisfaction. Points out the need for contented and well satisfie librarians to make libraries more serviceable to their clientele. Reveal the correlation between motivation and job satisfaction by mentioning the motivational theories. Main/specific organizational determinants influencing worker s satisfaction with job are also described.

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007008   Raina R L (NO, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow) : Continuing professional development programmes (CPDPs) for professionals in the area of information technology : an approach at IIML. IASLIC Bull 2006, 51(1), 49-55.

Giving a brief about the need of launching CPDPs from the Library of a national level management school, provides an overview of the programs conducted in the area Information Technology'. The overview includes a brief about theProgramme objectives, contents, schedule, delivery, participant profile and feedback.

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007007   Patil S S (NO, S.S.P.U. College, Loni, Bijapur-586 204) : Unique research library on Lingayatism. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(3-4), 163-6.

007006   Obaidat M T;Al Kheder S A (Jordan Univ of Sci and Technol (JUST), , Irbid, P.O. Box 3030, Jordan) : GIS and GPS as a tool for roadway accident analysis. Indian Highw 2006, 34(6), 65-78.

Attempt is made to investigate the potential of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in identification, analysis, manipulation, display, classification and interpretation of roadway accidents' data on arterial roads of Irbid, Jordan. Classification process of accidents included identification of different parameters such as accident type, accident location, accident date, human involvement, etc. An automated accident classification scheme was developed. It utilized GPS data and traffic police department accidents records in a GIS environment. The developed scheme provided high potential of query building techniques through utilizing Arcview GIS software potential of analysis. It could identify location of high accident rates over involved drivers' age groups or vehicles types. The flexibility to update the data-base of the developed scheme gave it a high potential to generate the evaluation techniques for road safety adapted programs. Query results indicated that higher accident rates were exhibited in summer season. It was due to sharp increase in the traffic congestion levels experienced in this period compared to other periods in the same- year. Moreover, through complex logical operations on road accident data-base, it was concluded that age group of 20-30 years was the most involved in the road accidents of Irbid's arterials.

007005   Malik S;Swain N K (Central Lib, M D Univ, Rohtak, Haryana, Email: s_malik123@rediffmail.com) : Paradigm shift in journal publishing. ILA Bull 2006, 42(4), 13-18.

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007004   Kostoff R N et al (NO, Naval Research, 875 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA-22217, USA, , Email: kostofr@onr.navy.mil) : Assessment of science and technology literature of China and India as reflected in the SCI/SSCI. Curr Sci 2007, 93(8), 1088-92.

Science and technology (S&T) literature of India and China was analysed individually and then compared. Records having at least one author with an India or China address were retrieved from the Science Citation Index/Social Science Citation Index databases. Bibliometrics and computational linguistics analyses were performed on these retrieved records to generate the technical infrastructure (key authors, centres of excellence, etc.) and technical structure (pervasive technical thrusts, relationships among thrusts, etc.) of the Chinese and Indian S&T literature, and to compare them. A variety of analytical techniques were used to examine the infrastructure and technical structure from multiple perspectives, including factor analysis, correlation mapping, and document clustering (both traditional and fuzzy). The summary results and conclusions from these studies are described. The first section of the article presents an assessment of S&T literature of China. The second section presents an assessment of S&T literature of India, and the third section compares research outputs of India and China from multiple perspectives.

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007003   Kherde M R (NO, Matoshree Vimalabai Deshmukh Mahavidyalaya, Amravati-444 603) : Literature on Library and Inforamtion Science in Vidarbha. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2006, 19(3-4), 151-8.

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