019887   Kanadiya P K;Akbari A K (Library and Information Science Dep, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahamadbad-380 014, Email: Prayatkar_Kandiya@yahoo.com) : E-journal: a common guideline. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(2), 149-54.

Electronic journals have now been recognized as major link in scholarly communication. The timely publication, easy delivery, incorporation of multimedia contents, hyper linking and search facilities etc. are some of the features which have attracted interest of both library and scholarly communities. The article deals with importance, definition, evolutionary, trends and access of E-journals. It discusses along with advantages, the burning issues and challenges to the present and future library and information professionals.

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019886   Kanadiya P K (Libary and Information Science Dep, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad) : Marketing of library and information services. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(4), 459-66.

To market is to promote, to sell, to use your product, to convince others. If the library and information centre staff does not consider itself to be in marketing, it will do a disservice to the library and information centre. Marketing is necessary to introduce a new function, a new concept, and new services and product. Marketing should not be considered the job of 'huckster', but rather, the vehicle for offering a product that is going to make end user more effective and efficient in the use of computer resources.

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019885   John Meshok J D (NO, Central Reference Library, Belvedere, Kolkaata-27) : Marketing of Indian national bibliographic databases on CD-ROM to university and college libraries and district and state central libraries. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(4), 467-72.

The use of Indian National Bibliography by libraries, booksellers, publishers, readers and scholars increases day by day since it is an authoritative bibliographical record that keeps the users informed about the literary output of our nation. It is an essential reference tool for book selection. Marketing of INB database on CD-ROM, the only Electronic Information Product helps to enhance the quality of reference service with the use of modern computer technologies. INB is very much needed for the academic and public libraries since it is the only reliable book selection tool. There will be no competition in marketing the database because it is the only national bibliography published from Central Reference Library, Kolkata. The purpose of INB is to provide reference service to the librarians, publishing world, teaching professionals, scholars and research communities. The main objectives are to do the primary task of copying the database on CD-ROM and distribute the INB database to all universities and colleges libraries and all districts and state central libraries. And the authority should make sure to create security policies which bar downloading of the database and policies for enforcing the copyright act that prevent illegal copying. To promote the sale of product, giving advertisement about the institution with detailed web address and email address and collecting the addresses of all the abovementioned libraries and request them to subscribe to electronic database and its printed form through online subscription. There are some limitations in marketing INB database, since in electronic/digital library environment it makes the copyright production a difficult task. Production cost will increase when the work co copying the database on CD-ROM is given to private jobbers. Distribution of the product to all libraries is a very big task. It is suggested that this will be good if the CD-ROM database is prepared and sent half-yearly. The details of each new printed INB volume and its database on CD-ROM with price list should be regularly updated in the website. Marketing of the CD-ROM database, which will be available at a low price that can be affordable by any library, will be a successful one when the academic libraries and public libraries feel the values of INB and its need.

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019884   Jeyshankar R;Babu Ramesh B;Gopalakrishnan S (NO, DLIS Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi-630 003) : Conceptual frame work of webometrics: an analysis. Kelpro Bull 0000, 2009, 41-8.

Reports the basic frame work and development of webometrics from Librametrics, Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Cybermetrics. The fundamental methodologies, tools for the application of webometric studies and the most important steps to keep in mind during webometrics analysis are discussed. The five basic elements of webometrics such as Web page content analysis, Web link structure analysis. Web usage analysis, Web technology analysis and impact factor for websites are explained.

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019883   Jeevanagi S S;Tadasad G (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga, Email: sudhakrishna987@rediffmail.com) : Organization of information resources in Engineering College Libraries of Karnataka state: a study. Kelpro Bull 0000, 2009, 35-40.

Reports the results of a survey of 54 libraries of the colleges affiliated to Vishweshwarayya Technical University, Belgaum. The results indicate that establishment of college libraries, courses offered, location of college, total strength of students and teaching faculty, other colleges and engineering colleges, departmental libraries, library location, library head, qualification and designation of staff, etc. Cent percent of engineering college libraries maintain accession register, more than fifty percent of libraries follow DDC 21st edition, more than eighty five percent of the engineering college libraries have doing catalogues, ninety three percent of the college libraries follow AACR-2 code, more than eighty five percent of the college libraries use the computerized format, ninety two percent of the college libraries prepare main entry and more than ninety percent of the college libraries prepare author entry.

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019882   Jange S;Sami L K (NO, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga-585 106, Email: suresh_jange@rediffmail.com) : Challenges and oppertunities: a trend report of internet users at national institutes of technology in India. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(4), 391-402.

The main objective of the survey is to understand the optimum utilization of Internet facilities and services, search strategy adopted, level of satisfaction derived and the problems encountered while surfing the net from the netizens of National Institutes of Technology, India. 665 questionnaires were duly obtained with a response rate of 78.24% out of 850. The most popular perception of Internet technology is 'Wealth of huge useful current information' and E-mail service and World Wide Web (WWW) are the most frequently used Internet services among the engineering community and opined fairly better satisfaction with the current state of Internet to support in their academic and research activities. The results indicated valuable information about Internet users search strategies and their level of satisfaction in using the web. Further analysis suggests challenges to optimize the Internet services for academic librarians and opportunities in extending quality Internet services, with a note for Library managers to take a lead in providing Internet

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019881   Jange S;Hurija B B (Virtual Learning Resource Centre, Gulbarga Univ Library, Gulbarga-585 106) : Performance measurement of quality services in management institutions of Bangalore. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(3), 283-94.

The SERVQUAL scale was developed based on a marketing perspective with the support of the Marketing Science Institute with a purpose was to provide an instrument for measuring service quality that would apply across a broad range of services with minor modifications in the scale. SERVQUAL provides a foundation for a growing body of research that pertains to the creation of quality among service industries. The study evaluates the applicability of alternative measures of service quality in a developing economy based on the analysis of data gathered from users and library staff. The research study aims to go deeper into the realm of Quality Assessment and Use Techniques with a sincere effort to assess the performance of management libraries in rendering their quality services to the users both from librarians and users perceptions. The quality dimensions viz., Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, Access, Communication, Tangibles, Empathy and Security have been applied to management institute libraries and the results indicated that the service quality dimensions of reliability, responsiveness, assurance, access, communication and tangibles are found to be average satisfactory based on the scale techniques.

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019880   Jange S;Ghouse Pasha M G (Virtual Learning Resource Centre, Gulbarga Univ Library, Gulbarga-585 106, Email: Suresh_jange@rediffmail.com) : Information management and services at research universities in Dubai. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(2), 141-8.

Explore the developments of Research Universities in Dubai using structured questionnaire with an objective to study how information is effectively managed and the extent of information services extended to the users in the libraries of Dubai with respect to their technological infrastructure, status of automation, networking and information services. The results reveal that, the universities are of recent origin with strong ICT infrastructure and most of the libraries are automated. eSRM - a library software is quite popularly used by one fourth of the libraries in Dubai.

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019879   Haneefa M;Nellikka S (Library & Information Science, Univ of Calicut, Kerala-673 635, Email: hanee4u@gmail.com) : Content analysis of online English newspapers in India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2010, 30(4), 17-24.

This paper aims to provide an overview of the contents and design of the online English newspapers in India. Twelve online English newspapers published daily in India were selected for the study. The study used website content analysis to assess the contents and design of these newspapers. A checklist was developed as the main tool for data collection and Microsoft Excel was used as the tool for data analysis. The study shows that online English newspapers in India have a common pattern of contents, coverage, and design. Contents availability and access to the contents are the most prevalent options in these newspapers. Majority of the newspapers use Blog, RSS and Facebook to connect with their readers.

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019878   Gupta D K;Jain A K (Library and Information Science Dep, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open Univ, Kota, Rajasthan, Email: dineshkg@sancharnet.in) : Marketing library and information services: a study of periodical literature. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(4), 217-26.

Study covers 125 articles on marketing of library and information services during the period 1980-2008 mainly covering literature published in India, literature published by Indian authors in foreign publications, and literature published by foreign authors on India. Growth of literature year-wise has been shown; prominent authors, productive journals have been identified.

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019877   Gowda V;Shivalingaiah D (NO, Besant Evening College, Mangalore, Karnataka, Email: vasgowda@yahoo.co.in) : Information seeking pattern of researchers in the university libraries in Karnataka state. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2010, 47(1), 83-101.

Information is an essence of research. University libraries play an important role in providing information to the researchers. The researchers seek for information in different patlerns. In the present study the authors have made an attempt to know the information seeking patterns of the researchers of various disciplines in the university libraries in Kamataka State. The questionnaire method was adopted to collect data. 59.98% responses have been received. The study identified the preferences of the researchers over channels of information, various modes of literature search, purpose of visit, type of information gathered, frequency of library visit and time spent in the library. The chi-square test was applied to find out the significant relationships on the opinion of the researchers among the disciplines. The results show that there is significant difference among the research scholars of various disciplines in the preferences of various channels of information, modes of literature search, purpose of visit to the library time spent in the library and modes of communication.

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019876   Gowda V;Shivaligaiah D (NO, Besant Evening College, Mangalore, Karnataka, Email: vasgowda@yahoo.co.in) : Wareness and use of library facilities and services by the research scholars in the universities in Karnataka: an analytical study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(2), 163-78.

Information is an essential commodity for research. University libraries provide information to the research. In the present study an attempt was made to know the library facilities and services required by the research scholars in the traditional universities in Karnataka State. Survey method using questionnaire as an instrument was adopted to collect data. SPSS tool was used for data analysis. The research scholars-responses on awareness and satisfaction level on various library facilities and services were gathered using 5 point scale. The responses were analysed using two way ANOVA, Tukey HSD, Factor Analysis and Fisher's Exact Test. The analysis showed that for majority of the humanities and social science respondents, the facilities and services available in the university libraries were poor whereas the science respondents opined that the facilities and services were moderately good. The hypotheses formulated in this connection were partially proved by the study. Results showed that there were significant differences in the satisfaction level of facilities and services among the research scholars of various disciplines.

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019875   Gangadhar;Rathod M L (NO, Univ of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, Email: chavan2002@yahoo.com) : E-Learning in higher education. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(2), 103-14.

This paper is a consideration of the issues associated with the need to associate the usefulness of technology to enhance the learning experience. This technological path will potentially enhance the learning process, not replace the lecturer or tutor. For lecturers and students, the implications of e-Learning are extensive.Increasingly universities and other institutions must provide quality and flexibility to meet the diverse needs of students - this will inevitably involve tailoring courses to suit differing educational needs and aspirations. Lecturers will be forced to fundamentally change their approach to teaching to accommodate the shift in student learning styles. The associated implication of increased workload requires proactive and effective management. It is clear that universities must change to accommodate demand and in response to new competition from global, giant corporate and virtual universities. However the problems associated with the change must be fully understood and taken into account prior to the transition-taking place. Whilst the benefits of e-Learning are highly prophesised, the many implications of implementing an e-Learning programme require careful consideration. Most, if not all the university sector are utilising technology to develop what they consider to be e-Learning. Many of these implementations are costly and yet superficial, in terms of learner engagement and activity.

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019874   Gadagin B R;Kamble V T (NO, Veerashiva College, Bellary-583 104, Email: gadagin_raj@rediffmail.com) : Status-quo of community information services in Bellary district. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(1), 81-5.

Most communities are socially, economically and culturally heterogeneous though the degree of heterogeneity may vary from place to place and from time to time. To access various information resources. Community Information Centres (CICs) play significant role. An attempt has been made by investigator 10 explore the community information services offered by government and non-government agencies in Bellary district by surveying I56 organizations. The results are of course reveal the current status of community information activities and the libraries are yet to form integral part of CICs. Majority of the agencies do not have library at all and is managed by non-professionals. The ICT initiatives have just begun and all these call for serious note among policy makers to strengthen community information activities of the region.

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019873   Dutta B;Majumder K;Sen B K (NO, St. Xavier's College, 30, Park Street, Kolkata-700 016, Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com) : Analytical model for investigation of some characteristics of the keywords of the subject fermi liquid. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(4), 273-90.

Modes of occurrence of keywords devoted to the subject Fermi Liquid, which is a specific domain under the broad area of condensed matter physics was studied. Eight quantitative indicators have been defined and developed on the basis of some parameters associated with keywords and keyword clusters. At least three keywords with a common phrase have been defined as a keyword cluster in this study. The numerical values of the indicators have been calculated for 2562 keyword-clusters, 916 keyword-couples and 4329 single keywords in all, though only top 20 keywords/keyword clusters are selected in decreasing order of numerical values of each indicator for presenting in this paper. The keywords were extracted from titles and abstracts of 6371 research articles devoted to the subject Fermi Liquid, which were collected from the bibliographic database of INSPEC and COMPENDEX, over the time span of twenty years (1985-2004). In total, 67 keywords/keyword clusters are presented here, which appeared 160 times within top 20 ranks (8*20=160) against eight indicators. A keyword cluster consists of at least three keywords and 665 keywords as studied here. The keyword-couples consist of two keywords only. There is no question of forming any cluster by the single keywords. The variations of numerical values of all indicators with the rank of keyword/keyword clusters are shown graphically. The mathematical functions followed by each variational pattern are also discussed.

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019872   Chowdappa N;Chandrashekara M;Ramasesh C P (NO, B M S College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560 019) : Impact of electronic information sources on the academic users in Mysore: an analytical study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(2), 155-63.

Depicts the extent of dependency of users of educational and research institutions of Mysore city on the electronic/digital media. The responses of 1000 users and the critical evaluation of 24 subject experts under Delphi study have been gathered to render valid findings and suggestions. The attempt clearly shows the degree of the use of digital information resources vis-a-vis the conventional print media.

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019871   Chavan G R;Rathod M L (NO, Univ of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, Email: chavan2002@yahoo.com) : E-governance and its implementation. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(1), 17-24.

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are playing an increasingly vital role in the daily lives of people, revolutionizing work and leisure and changing the rules of doing business. In the realm of government, the ICT application of E-Governance is a powerful tool for bringing about change to government processes in the developing world. E-governance operates at the cross roads between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and government processes, and can be divided into three overlapping domains: e-administration, e-services and e-society. In order to be successful, e-governance must be firmly embedded in the existing government processes, must be supported, both politically and technically, by the governments, and must provide users with reasons to use these on-line domains. In order to maximize the impact, process change needs to be considered part and parcel of e-governance. E-Governance applications in the recent past have demonstrated the important role the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play in the realm of rural development. Several e-Governance projects have attempted to improve the reach, enhance the base, minimize the processing costs, increase transparency, and reduce the cycle times. This paper presents a brief review of the technologies of e-governance, its applications and the issues associated with rural e-Governance.

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019870   Bist R S (Gandhi Smriti Library, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Email: rabisht@lbsnaa.ernet.in) : Digitization initiatives of LBSNAA library: a case study. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(3), 267-75.

Digitization is an important aspect of developing digital libraries as it opens up new avenues of access, use, research and preservation of valued information resources. The Gandhi Smriti Library of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, has taken up the digitization of non-copyright rare and fragile documents for the Digital Library of India (DLI) project, which is being realized by C-DAC, Noida. The library is also planning to develop its own scanning facilities for digitizing the institutionally produced literature. This paper makes an attempt to describe the digitization initiatives and highlights the challenges and policy plans for developing a digital library at the Institute.

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019869   Biradar B S;Sampath Kumar B T (Library and Information Science Dep, Kuvempu Univ, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, Email: bsbiradar53@rediffmail.com) : Evaluation of web based information sources: an analytical study with particular reference to physics references sources. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(4), 435-48.

The objective of this study is to identify and to evaluate Physics reference sources available on web. Result of the study shows that 52% of Web based sources contain the author's name and remaining 48% of Web based sources have no author's name. Among 404 Web based sources, 27% of them belong to commercial domains (.com) followed by educational domain (19.6%) and organisational (8.4%). Study also reports that 86.9% of dictionary and glossary's content is arranged in alphabetical order followed by subjectwise arrangement (13.1%). In case of encyclopedia 71.4% of source's content is organised in alphabetical order and only 28.6% is subjectwise arrangement.

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019868   Balasubramanian P (NO, Infant Jesus College of Engineering, Keelavallanadu, Thoothukudi-628 851, Email: bala_phd2000@yahoo.co.in) : Reading habits of students of infant Jesus College of Engineering-Thoothukudi. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2010, 47(1), 113-19.

Attempts to investigate into the reading habits of college students by studying about their use of college library. In a library and information system, the essential components are documents, users and librarians. Users' attitudes are essential considerations in the design of the library system.

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019867   Amritpal Kaur (Library and Information Science Dep, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar, Email: amrit_lisc@yahoo.co.in ) : UGC model curriculum 2001: need for radical changes. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2009, 46(4), 355-64.

The pervasiveness of the emerging networking and communication technologies pushes the librarian into new roles and competencies. The quality of future professionals depends much on having an up-to-date curriculum. It needs to be so oriented that it is able to cope up with the rapidly changing needs. The present paper reviews the UGC Model Curriculum 2001. An attempt is made to compare the curriculum components with that offered in USA and Canada and identify the lacunae. Suggestions have been made for transformation of LIS curriculum in India.

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019866   Agashe A T;Lihitkar S R;Lihitkar R S (NO, R.T.M.N.U., Nagpur, Email: princeagashe@gmail.com) : Free online journals on business and management on directory of open access journals (DOAJ). SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2010, 47(1), 41-60.

Directory of Open Access Journals or DOAJ, lists open access journals, scientific and scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by exercising peer-review or editorial quality control and are free to all from the time of publication based on the Budapest Open Access Initiative. Totally 48 Business and Management E-journals were analyzed based on Country, Languages, Subject Headings and Accessibility of Archives of E-journals.

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014481   Sultana M S;Manivannan L (Guest Faculty, International Business Dep, Pondicherry Univ, Pandicherry-605 014, Email: sadika@ausi.com) : Knowledge management in phamaceutical marketing. Icfai Univ J Knowledge Mgmt 2009, 7(2), 62-76.

Knowledge is the most valuable asset of a pharmaceutical company. It is also seen through the ages that only those who make a systematic effort can acquire knowledge. Today, Knowledge management is a growing field of study. Several principles of management apply to knowledge management as well. One can go back to the time of the Hawthorne experiments to prove this point. It differs from other business processes, where only information handling is given much importance. On the other hand, knowledge management, particularly in the area of pharamaceuticals, requires expertise in several related fields. The context is quite complex and the task, enormous. Those firms which rely on knowledge management in the form of information sharing are sure to achieve competitive advantage. The area of knowledge management in the pharmaceutical industry raises more questions than one can give answers to. Is it about knowledge selling ? Is it about knowledge storage or inventorying? Is it about a central facility? Should it be decentralized and the important fragments preserved? Is it to be electronic or on paper? This paper is a preliminary step in the ongoing study on the same subject. The paper also presents three simple theoritical models for information sharing, building a knowledge pool and for knowledge audit. There is scope for future improvements in the area. It is not uncommon for pharmaceutical firms to get bogged down by the amount of information they generate at each stage of their operations. This paper attempts a review of handling and sharing of knowledge or electronic data that is available to pharmaceutical firms and the need for introducing Knowledge Audit (KA) in these firms. Methods to achieve the same have also been suggested.

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014480   Kaushal A;Srivastava S K (NO, , PCI Geomatics India, Ramnagar Colony, Pune-411 021, Email: sandeepk@cdac.in ) : Managing of GIS projects in infrastructure development. Curr Sci 2009, 96(2), 211-18.

Good project planning, at the initial stage, is a key to its successful implementation. Majority of the CIS-based projects are challenging as they need substantial efforts on building the capacity at both ends (user and implementing agencies) for suitably designing the application, considering the constraints in terms of quality and quantity of spatial data. The experience of executing projects involving implementation of GIS suggests that the spiral model of project management is more suited than the waterfall model. Data format and data interoperability are major concerns of the geomatics community. Project scheduling, time management and building a buffer to absorb unforeseen reasons for delays are important components of managing the GIS-based projects. This article discusses the project management approach for the implementation of GIS, with special reference to monitoring projects in infrastructure development.

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014481   Sultana M S;Manivannan L (Guest Faculty, International Business Dep, Pondicherry Univ, Pandicherry-605 014, Email: sadika@ausi.com) : Knowledge management in phamaceutical marketing. Icfai Univ J Knowledge Mgmt 2009, 7(2), 62-76.

Knowledge is the most valuable asset of a pharmaceutical company. It is also seen through the ages that only those who make a systematic effort can acquire knowledge. Today, Knowledge management is a growing field of study. Several principles of management apply to knowledge management as well. One can go back to the time of the Hawthorne experiments to prove this point. It differs from other business processes, where only information handling is given much importance. On the other hand, knowledge management, particularly in the area of pharamaceuticals, requires expertise in several related fields. The context is quite complex and the task, enormous. Those firms which rely on knowledge management in the form of information sharing are sure to achieve competitive advantage. The area of knowledge management in the pharmaceutical industry raises more questions than one can give answers to. Is it about knowledge selling ? Is it about knowledge storage or inventorying? Is it about a central facility? Should it be decentralized and the important fragments preserved? Is it to be electronic or on paper? This paper is a preliminary step in the ongoing study on the same subject. The paper also presents three simple theoritical models for information sharing, building a knowledge pool and for knowledge audit. There is scope for future improvements in the area. It is not uncommon for pharmaceutical firms to get bogged down by the amount of information they generate at each stage of their operations. This paper attempts a review of handling and sharing of knowledge or electronic data that is available to pharmaceutical firms and the need for introducing Knowledge Audit (KA) in these firms. Methods to achieve the same have also been suggested.

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014480   Kaushal A;Srivastava S K (NO, , PCI Geomatics India, Ramnagar Colony, Pune-411 021, Email: sandeepk@cdac.in ) : Managing of GIS projects in infrastructure development. Curr Sci 2009, 96(2), 211-18.

Good project planning, at the initial stage, is a key to its successful implementation. Majority of the CIS-based projects are challenging as they need substantial efforts on building the capacity at both ends (user and implementing agencies) for suitably designing the application, considering the constraints in terms of quality and quantity of spatial data. The experience of executing projects involving implementation of GIS suggests that the spiral model of project management is more suited than the waterfall model. Data format and data interoperability are major concerns of the geomatics community. Project scheduling, time management and building a buffer to absorb unforeseen reasons for delays are important components of managing the GIS-based projects. This article discusses the project management approach for the implementation of GIS, with special reference to monitoring projects in infrastructure development.

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024085   Siva S (NO, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States, Email: ssiva1@hfhs.org) : Optimal strategies for literature's search. Indian J Urol 2009, 25(2), 246-50.

With the large number of urological journals now indexed in online search engines, just reading a few journals will not keep urologists up to date on the latest developments. Proposes search strategies to quicken the search and retrieval of the required literature, so that the best evidence may be used to guide practice. This survey of optimal strategies begins with framing the inquiry so the search engine returns results within an accurate scope. The researcher must also isolate the type of evidence appropriate for the scenario and determine its validity. Finally, regardless of the extent of their institution's subscriptions, researchers should be able to attain the complete document. Besides search strategies, extensively reviews sources of information valuable to urologists, including databases and web links.

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024084   Singh S;Chaudhary R (NO, , C-9, New Medical Enclave, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi-221 005, Email: sanjaye2@gmail.com) : Accuracy of references cited in articles published in India Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology: a pilot study. Indian J Derm Vener Lepr 2009, 75(5), 488-91.

Progress in science takes place when investigators build on the work of others. Therefore, in scientific communications, it is very important that others' work is correctly noted and understood. Cited references have been found to be inaccurate in every journal in which they have been examined. To analyze references cited in articles published in Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology for their citation and quotation precision as an indicator of the quality of articles. Twelve citation and five quotation errors were identified and defined. Fifty cited references were selected randomly from the May-June 2008 issue of the journal. For these citations, we obtained 44 full texts of papers and two abstracts. In one case, only citation errors could be verified from the Internet. Three citations of books could not be verified. Thus, citation errors were examined in 47 and quotation errors in 46 citations. Thirteen cited references (28.3%; 95% confidence interval [Cl] 15.3-41.3%) were error-free. Twenty-eight citations (59.6%; 95% Cl 45.5-73.6%) contained citation errors and 20 (43.5%; 95% Cl 29.2-57.8%) quotation errors.Results of this pilot study suggest that improving accuracy of the references is important. Solutions to this problem are suggested.

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023033   Sen B K (NO, , 80 Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019, Email: bksen@aitelmail.in) : Lotka's law : a viewpoint. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 166-8.

Discusses the meaning of author productivity and research productivity and shows the difference between the two. Demonstrates how simply the value of c and a pertaining to the equation of Lotka's Law can be calculated. The value of a obtained according to the method described in the paper seems to be equally good, if not better than the value obtained through Pao's method. The method is much simpler compared to Pao's method. Both the data sets taken for the study by and large follow Lotka's Law.

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023032   Sarkhel J;Pal T K (Commerce Dep, The Burdwan Univ, Burdhaman) : Cottage and small scale industrial units in Bishnupur sub-division. Indian J Landsc Syst ecol Stud 2007, 30(2), 175-8.

Present paper concerns some of the important findings and observations on the problems of cottage and small scale industrial units in Bishnupur Subdivision, West Bengal being based on the data and information both from primary and secondary sources. The authors have also suggested some of the measures towards the development of the cottage and small scale industrial units of the area especially for the socio economic growth related to the rural development too.

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023031   Sampath Kumar B T;Pavithra S M (Libarary & Information Science Dep, Kuvempu Univ, Jnana Sahyadri, Shivamogga-577 451, Email: sampathbt_2001rediffmail.com) : Evaluating the searching capabilities of search engine and metasearch engines: a comparative study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 87-97.

Compares the searching capabilities of two search engines (Google and Yahoo) and two metasearch engines (Metacrawler and Dogpile) on the basis of the precision value and relative recall. Fifteen queries which represented a broad range of library and information science topics were selected and each query was submitted to the search engines and metasearch engines. The first 100 results in each scenario were evaluated and it was found that search engines did not achieve higher precision than the metasearch engines. It is also found that despite the theoretical advantage of searching the databases of several individual search engines, metasearch engines did not achieve higher recall. The results of the study offer guidance for internet surfers to choose appropriate search tools for information retrieval. It also provides some inputs to search engine designers to make search engines' search capabilities more efficient.

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023030   Salaam M O;Onifade F N (Nimbe Adedipe Library, Agriculture Univ, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Email: reachabdel@yahoo.com ) : Perceptions and attiude of students in relation to vandaslism in a university libarary. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 146-9.

Reports a study carried out at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria in November, 2009 to find out students' perceptions and attitudes to Vandalism in the library. To elicit the necessary information, a questionnaire was distributed to 500 randomly selected students of the University spread across the nine colleges out of which 386 responded. Analysis of their responses showed that vandalism of library materials in the form of theft, mutilation and hiding of books and journals, is largely regarded as a form of academic self-survival strategy that is hardly frowned at by majority of the respondents. Factors that predispose to vandalism include limited library collections; restrictions in the use of some materials; number and duration of loans; insufficient number of copies of recommended textbooks; unaffordable cost of personal textbooks; high cost of photocopying as well as peer-influence. Recommendations are made for liberalization of loans, intensification of user education, provision of multiple copies of standard textbooks, occasional mounting of conscience exhibitions' as well as tighter security measures.

4 tables, 10 ref

023029   Mohamed Haneefa K;Anjana Venugopal M K (Library & Information Science Dep, Calicut Univ, Kerala, Email: hanee4u@gmail.com) : Contents of national library website in Asia: an analysis. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 98-108.

Data using a checklist were collected from 28 national libraries' websites during November 2009. Analysis shows that the websites of national libraries of Asian countries have a common pattern of content and design. Only six national libraries' websites have deployed one or more Web 2.0 technologies.

5 tables, 9 ref

023028   Kaushik A (NO, Modi Institute of Technology, Nayagaon Rawatbhata Road, Email: annakaushik@rediffmail.com) : Podcasting in library environment. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 122-9.

Examines the uses of podcasting technology in libraries and identifies the various podcasting activities taking place in LIS sector. Reveals that podcasting is spreading rapidly in LIS field and that the technology can be used to promote library services and products, library instructions and contents to the uers.

7 illus, 23 ref

023027   Joshi K;Kshitij A;Garg K C (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Pusa Gate, Dr. K.S. Krishnnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012) : Scientometric profile of global forest fungal research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 130-9.

Examines the R&D efforts in the field of forest mycology (study of fungi) with a primary focus on the global trends of publication output and its citation impact for the papers published during 1987-2008. The results indicate that number of publications have increased significantly especially during 2004 -2008. A total of 3313 publications scattered over 619 journal titles originating from 50 countries and 839 institutions indicates that USA tops the list in the publication output, while Sweden does in the citation impact. China leads in terms of highest rate of annual growth of published papers.

2 illus, 4 tables, 28 ref

023026   Jalal S K;Biswas S C;Mukhopadyay P (Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Email: jalal_gtz@yahoo.co.in) : Web impact factor and link analysis of selected Indian University. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 109-21.

Investigates the effectiveness and relevance of web impact factors (WIFs) for Indian universities' websites. Reviews web impact factor as to how this link-based metrics is developed and is applied. Reports a case study on universities in West Bengal. SocSciBot 3.0 is used to generate link data in order to develop/form micro-link topology under study. Result shows that all the NITs are closely related in the topology framework/their activities whereas nodes are not linked significantly for the case of state universities and central universities.

4 illus, 8 tables, 49 ref

023025   Hadimaani M B;Rajgoli I U (NO, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur Campous, Raichur, Karnataka, Email: manjuhadimani@gmail.com) : Applied engineering in agriculture: a five-year (2004-2008) citation study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 140-5.

Analyses 10553 citations appended to 538 papers published during 2004-2008 in the journal Applied Engineering in Agriculture. On average, there were approximately 20 citations per paper. Out of 10553 citations appended, 2263 (21.44%) citations appeared in the year 2006 closely followed by 2231 (21.14%) citations in the year 2005. Out of 1775 authors who contributed a total of 538 papers, 1376 (77.52%) were affiliated to institutions located in USA. Also examines year-wise distribution of papers, authorship pattern, length of papers, degree of collaboration among authors, year-wise appearance of citations, form-wise distribution of resources used by the authors and ranked list of authors by geographical location.

9 tables, 16 ref

023024   Gupta B M (National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi-110 012, Email: bmgupta 1@gmail.com) : Mapping of science and technology output of Brazil during 1997-2007. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 37(2), 150-65.

Examines Brazil's performance in S&T during 1997-2007 based on several parameters including the country's annual average growth rate, global publication share and rank, strong and 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 highly cited papers. The Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database has been used for collecting the publication data of Brazil.

10 tables, 5 ref

021998   Lipton J D (Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, International Law Center, Case Western Reserve Univ School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA, Email: jacqueline.Lipton@case.edu) : Secondary liability and the fragmentation of digital copyright law. Icfai Univ J Intellect Prop Right 2009, 8(3-4), 105-16.

The digital age has brought many challenges for copyright law. While offering enticing new formats for the production and dissemination of copyright content, it also raised the specter of large scale digital piracy. Since the end of the 20th century, content industries have reeled to keep up with technological developments that offer significant promise as well as threats of large scale piracy. There has always been some tension between promoting innovation in content creation and promoting innovation in technologies that enable the enjoyment of copyright works, such as photocopiers, audio tape recorders, video tape recorders, and peer-to-peer file sharing systems. The manufacturers and distributors of these technologies have had to tread a fine line in their marketing and distribution efforts to avoid liability for secondary copyright infringement liability based on direct infringements by their customers. To this list of technologies, we may now add Internet search engines and online payment systems. This paper considers ways in which copyright law has addressed the secondary liability question in an increasingly digital marketplace. It suggests that the realities of this marketplace necessitate a new look at broader policy issues underlying digital copyright law more generally in order to meaningfully address questions of secondary liability online.

018811   Walmiki R H;Ramakrishnegowda K C;Prithviraj K R (NO, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta-577 541, Email: wrh@kuvempu.ac.in) : Awareness and use of UGC-Infonet digital library consortium by the faculty members of Karnataka state universities. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 33-43.

Questionnaire based survey found that 39.79 percent of the faculty members are aware of and use the UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium resources whereas 35.99 percent are aware but do not use and 24.22 percent are not at all aware of the availability of the consortium resources. Majority of the non-users belong to social sciences and humanities and those who have not undergone formal computer training. Comparatively the science faculty uses the consortium resources more frequently than those belonging to social sciences and humanities. Lack of knowledge to use, insufficient internet nodes, slow bandwidth and lack of relevant information sources are found to be the major problems faced. Only 5.22 percent of the faculty members have indicated that they have necessary expertise to use the digital resources. About 37 percent of the faculty members were aware of and participated in user education programmes conducted by their university libraries.

15 tables, 37 ref

018810   Verma N;Tamrakar R (NO, DLIS, MLB Government College of Excellence, Gwalior-474 009, Email: neerja_verma@rediffmail.com) : Analysis of contributions to Defence Science Journaal. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(6), 39-44.

Defence Science Journal has a prominent place in the dissemination of Defence Research & Development information all over the world. Bibliometric analysis of papers published in the Defence Science Journal during the years 1997 to 2006 has been presented in this paper. Attempt has been made to study the 10 volumes of this journal on the basis of different parameters, viz., year-wise distribution of the papers, authorship pattern, average number of references per paper in the journal, average length of the papers, institute-wise distribution of papers, major contributors, subject-wise distribution of the papers, and country-wise distribution of papers.

8 tables, 20 ref

018809   Singh K P;Sharma N;Negi N (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007, Email: singhkp_1972@yahoo.co.in) : Availability, use and barriers to ICT in the R&D institutions: a cse study of the librareis and information centres in Noida. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(6), 21-31.

NOIDA is emerging as an international hub of R&D institutions in all sectors. In past no such research study has been conducted on the use and applications of information communication technologies (ICT) in library and information centres (LICs) in the NOIDA city. Hence, the need was felt to undertake an in-depth study on the various aspects of the ICT use and applications. The study provides a current state-of-the-art report on use and applications of ICT in LICs. The study also identifies the causes and problems that hindered ICT applications in the LICs and their possible solutions. The study is an outcome of a research project jointly undertaken by the authors, explores and evaluates the use and availability of ICTs in the LICs of NOIDA. The study is based on 25 LICs from the different sectors such as public, government, corporate, public enterprises, and private. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire and distributed personally as well through mail/e-mail among the librarians of selected institutions. The study finds that majority of the LICs of NOIDA have the basic hardware facilities such as servers, computers, printers, photocopier, Internet connectivity, etc., except one library, i.e., Network Programs library. About half of the LICs have better hardware facilities including scanner, barcode printer, barcode scanner, etc., but the hardware facilities in the majority of LICs are not being properly utilized because majority of the library professionals are not properly aware of the use and operations of the hardware.

9 tables, 9 ref

018808   Shri Ram (NO, Jaypee University ofInformation Technology, Waknaghat, Solan-173 215, Email: shri_ram@yahoo.com) : Research practices in herbal medicinal plant: a case study of podophyllotoxin. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 65-71.

Medicinal Plants are the major source for the treatment of various diseases worldwide. The present interests of the people towards the use of herbal products are increasing. Podophyllotoxin has been used by many countries specially Indian and American natives since long back. Podophyllotoxin has been used as the precursor for the synthesis of anticancer and other therapeutic drugs, pertaining to scientific research in several dimensions. The study is undertaken to study the use of Podophyllotoxin as Anti-Cancer Research. There are 948 documents retrieved from Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), Web of Science Expanded Portal from the period of 1975-2007. Out of these, 86.6% documents are indexed as journals, remaining are other kinds of documents and more than 96.20% documents are published in English Language. Majority of the research on Podophyllum has been carried out in three major countries of the world, i.e., USA, China and India comprising of about 50% of research. The authorship patterns show that there are 92% and more documents written by two or more than two authors, and Langzhou University of Peoples Republic of China is the highest productive centre on Podophyllotoxin research, and the most frequently cited document got an average citation of 12.06% since its publication.

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018807   Rai P (NO, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 021, Email: raipardeep@gmail.com) : Learning resources for distance learners: a case study of BLIS learners of Indira Gandhi National Open University. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 72-8.

Print material has been a common and integral learning resource for distance learners. The recent years have seen other learning resources being made available to distance learners. IGNOU, one of the largest open universities in the world has made available a variety of learning resources for its distance learners. The study, through a survey attempts to study the use of learning resources by the Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) students of IGNOU. Findings reveal low use of non-print learning resources. Infrastructural and attitudinal changes are needed for optimal use of these resources.

8 tables, 20 ref

018806   Pal J K (Documentation and Information Science Div, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata-700 108, Email: jiban@isical.ac.in) : Metadata initiatives and emerging technologies to improve resource discovery. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 44-53.

Recognizes some emerging issues on metadata as a mechanism of resource discovery and its impact on precision of search results in a distributed network environment. It aims to present a brief account of the major metadata initiatives taken during the last couple of years, thus provide glimpses of recent activities on metadata across the globe. It also highlights a consistent growth of multiple metadata standards to meet the variety of needs in a hierarchy of complexity. Examines various metadata-harvesting tools and related technologies that fulfill the task implicit in a user's search. Discussion brings out some popular standards, useful protocols, and open-source harvesters along with their intrinsic capabilities for harvesting and presenting metadata. It also emphasizes on a variety of metadata services viz., OCLC's metalogue service, UKOLN metadata editor service, OAIster harvester service, DP9 gateway service, etc. that are predominantly used in different metadata communities. Attempt has been made to explore the underlying principles of metadata-harvesting in DSpace and web search engines. It also seems imperative to make a discussion on the use of multiple metadata formats in DSpace enabled archives for exposing domain-specific metadata; and subsequently evaluates the inherent mechanism for extensibility and interoperability functions. Thus it proposes various means of creating metadata in order to pursue high-precision document retrieval in dynamic collections. Finally it notices semantic web technologies that could bring a reasonable solution towards the integrated use of specialized metadata for long-term management and preservation of digital objects.

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018805   Natarajan K;Suresh B;Sivaraman P;Sevukan R (Annamalai University Library, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, Email: natannamalai1951@gmail.com) : Use and user perception of electronic resources in Annamalai University. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 59-64.

Survey of 117 faculty members and research scholars on use and user perception of electronic resources in AnnamalaiUniversity reveals that despite the availability of wide range of e-resources the frequency of their use was low. The reasons identified for this are lack of time, lack of awareness, lack of subject coverage; and slow downloading.

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018804   Narendra Kumar (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi-110 067, Email: narendrakumar@niscair.res.in) : Applicability to Lotka's Law to research productivity of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 7-11.

Examines the applicability of Lotka's Law as a general inverse power (α = ≠2) and as an inverse square power relationship (α = 2) to the distribution of the research productivity in Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Two datasets of the research papers (6076 and 17681) contributed by CSIR's scientists during the period of 1988-1992 and 2004-2008 were collected from SCI-CD-ROM and Web of Science respectively. A K-S Test was applied to measure the degree of agreement between the distribution of the observed set of data against the inverse general power relationship and the theoretical value of α=2. It was found that the inverse square law of Lotka did not conform as such.

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018803   Mashroofa M M;Jayasundara C C (NO, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, 32360, Sri Lanka, Email: mashroof@seu.ac.lk) : Journal based information services in Sri Lankan University libraries. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 54-8.

Evaluates the information services based on social science journals in university libraries of Sri Lanka. Questionnaire and interview techniques were used as research instruments. Results show that university library staff are prompt and helpful in delivering most of the services to their users. However, some services such as document delivery, SDI service, abstracting, indexing services and literature search service are either poorly carried out or not performed effectively.

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018802   Joteen Singh R K;Singh K A;Chandel A S (NO, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal-795 003, Email: joteenrk@yahoo.com) : UGC-INFONET usage in Manipur University: a statistical comparison of downloads from different publishers. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(6), 13-20.

Study attempts to find out the usage of e-resources of various publishers available under UGCINFONET by the academic community of Manipur University during 2007 and 2008. The study reveals that while there is an increase in the usage of the resources of most of the publishers in spite of certain problems of accessibility, resources of some of the publishers were underutilised. Though the study does not investigate the usage of individual journal covered by each publisher, yet an average of downloads of each publisher based upon the coverage has been worked out and presented. The study suggests that there is a need to find out usage of individual product of the publisher in view of the findings that the larger the coverage least is the use.

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018801   Jana L;Panigrahi P (NO, Narajole College, Narajole, Paschim Midnapur, West Bengal, Email: lakshmikantajana@gmail.com) : Motivating parameters for betterment of library services: an evaluative study among non-government college librarians in West Bengal. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2010, 57(1), 12-20.

Identifies the causes of poor motivation towards work and suggests motivating parameters for non-government college librarians in West Bengal. The study is carried out on the basis of a survey conducted among 200 non-government college librarians. Finds that many prevalent factors like status, salary, service conditions, recruitment and promotional policy and managerial relations, etc. are responsible for poor motivation. Suggests that authorities should have in place various motivating factors in order to have motivated non-government college librarians who can provide their best services.

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