008125   Ikokoh;Joel J (NO, , ) : Role of Library in the education development. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(3), 145-54.

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008124   Hadagali G S;Kumbar B D;Sumana D (Studies in Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003, Email: gururaj-hadagali@yahoo.co.in) : Current science: a bibliometric study. Inf Stud 2009, 15(1), 51-60.

Analyses the citation pattern in Current Science, a premier periodical in science published in India, for the years 2005 and 2006. The study is based on the 16,404 citations given in the articles published in the 48 issues. Authorship pattern, types of publications, language-wise distribution, highly productive institutions, and periodicals preferred by cited scientists are examined. Two-authored papers constituted 26.4% with 4332 citations. Current Science ranked as the number one periodical among the citations with 508 citations.

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008123   Hadagali G S;Kumbar B D;Benahal A (Library and Information Science Dep, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003, Email: gururaj_hadagali@yahoo.co.in) : Citation analysis of Ph.D. theses submitted to Karnatak university, Dharwad in the field of physics. Inf Stud 2009, 15(2), 115-27.

An attempt has been made to identify the attributes of subject literature in Physics as reflected in theses subrrutted to Karnatak University, Dharwad during 1992-2006. The study is based on the 10, 057 citations given in the references in the 37 theses. Subject wise distribution, form wise distribution, authorship pattern, chronological distribution of journals and books, half-life period of journals are also examined. Journal of Chemical Physics ranked first among 548 journals. It is found from the study that Half-life period of journals is 33 years.

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008122   Gokhale P (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400 098, Email: pratibha_gokhale@yahoo.com) : E-learning and role of libraries. Inf Stud 2009, 15(2), 67-74.

Objective of any intellectual activity is to enhance the existing body of knowledge and facilitate communication of the contents for the benefit of mankind. The networked environment offers a dynamic and powerful medium to knowledge and information seekers with tools such as search engines, portals, subject gateways and so on, for enhancing accessibility to information on the Web. Yet much remains to be done to exploit its full potential. Addresses the issue of e-learning for library and information professionals and the role of libraries to take advantage of the opportunities to provide quality service to information seekers.

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008121   Gobbur D S (NO, , ) : Implications of electronic journals on academic libraries. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(3), 155-62.

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008120   Folorunsho;Abubakar L;Ibrahim H (NO, , ) : Survey of information needs and seeking behaviour of Kwara state house of assembly legislators. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(4), 209-18.

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008119   Dominic J;Nirmala P J (NO, Karunya Univ, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore-641 114) : Information searching through internet : a users survery of karunya university library. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2009, 22(1-2), 82-9.

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008118   Chaurasia S;Chaurasia A K;Dinesh Kumar (Library and Information Science Dep, Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed Univ, Allahabad-211 007) : Digital libraries : concept, issues and emerging challenges-an overview. Prog Res 2008, 3(2), 120-2.

Recent developments in Information Technology have changed the way information is stored, accessed, searched and retrieved, resulting in the discovery of digital libraries. In today's Internet era, the catchword among library and information professionals is Digital Library. A Digital Library is nothing but an extension of conventional library i.e. besides supporting the conventional end user function, the Digital Library is capable of also supporting networked access to printed and non-printed materials, including images as well as audio and video files. The survival of a conventional library will be in danger if it does not adopt the new technologies of today's information world. It will be necessary for the libraries of tomorrow to have all the information in digital format. An attempt has been made to discuss the Concept, Scope, Definition, and Characteristics of Digital Libraries. Various motivating factors and emerging challenges for digital library application have also been discussed.

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008117   Bilawar P B (NO, , ) : Shifting measures, from closed access system into open access system. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(3), 171-6.

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008116   Bhattacharya P;Choudhary P K (Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer(F.I.T.T.), , IIT Delhi, Email: arjun30@yahoo.com) : Digital library initiatives in IITs. ILA Bull 2008, 44(3-4), 3-17.

Deals with the digital library initiatives in seven IITs out of the fifteen IITs, which are existing today The study has revealed certain interesting facts in the IIT Systems with regard to digital library initiatives, such as ETD, Copyright Policy: Automation of the Library systems etc. The study is mainly based on the questionnaire surveys carried out in these institutes for both the user community of the Digital Library systems & the Library Professionals of these institutions which are providing the Digital Library Information.

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008115   Abubakar T (NO, , ) : Assessment of library and information science graduates. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(4), 177-93.

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006040   Sasisdhar P V K;Majumdar S;Garg D (NO, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 068, Email: pvksasidhar@yahoo.com) : Evaluation of backyard poultry radio farm school. Indian J Poult Sci 2008, 43(3), 347-50.

Data were collected from 74 participants and 60 non-participants of the sixth farm school programme conducted by Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar and All India Radio, Rampur. Key evaluation questions were on opinion, knowledge, attitude and adoption of changes in backyard poultry farming brought in by farm school programme. Overall, it was found that farm school on radio with registered participants can have a major impact by creating awareness, improving knowledge, change in attitude and involving end-users in extension.

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005033   Sangam S L;Meera (Lib. & Info. Science Dep, Karnataka Univ, Dharwad-580 003) : Research collaboratin pattern in Indian contributions to chemical sciences. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 39-45.

Discusses the year wise (2000-2005) growth of Indian research papers in the thirteen subfields of Chemical sciences. It investigates the pattern of authorship, type of collaborated research and the degree of collaboration linkages in 13 subfields. Attempts have been made to evaluate growth v/s collaboration. The paper concludes high degree of collaboration in the Indian Chemical Sciences.

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005032   Rafols I;Meyer M (SPRAU-Science and Technology Policy Research, Susex Univ, Brighton, BN1 9QE, England, Email: m.s.meyer@sussex.ac.uk) : Disciplinary diversity and topic coherence: the case of hybrid nanomaterials research. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 79-88.

It is often assumed that the most important scientific and technological breakthroughs are the result of interdisciplinary endeavours. As a consequence, there have been a variety of policy initiatives to foster interdisciplinary collaborations between a variety of academic and industrial actors. However, the fact that emergent fields do not fit with previous disciplinary classifications makes the design and evaluation of interdisciplinary policies particularly difficult. In this paper we present an example of mapping of the field of hybrid nanomaterials research, with a methodology aimed at capturing the different topics present in the field and the disciplinary diversity of each of them. To do so, we conducted a bibliometric analysis based on 113 review publications selected by the contributors of an edited book (Rurack and Martinez-Manez [1]). The main findings are that: (1) hybrid nanomaterials research is very fragmented among different materials-centred clusters (carbon nanotubes, silica supports or quantum dots), and applications-centred topics (e.g. biosensing or molecular motors); (2) each of these topics draws on disciplines from chemistry and materials sciences, and to a lesser extent the biological sciences. The results suggest that integration of different disciplines is first carried out on specific inorganic support materials, and second, around research on specific applications in sensing and molecular machines. The centrality of sensing applications and their pervasive presence in other clusters suggest that they constitute the key integrative driver in hybrid nanomaterials. The weak coherence of the bibliographic network may indicate that the field is in its early stages. Overall, the disciplinary diversity in hybrid nanomaterials is found to be higher than the norm in the main chemistry disciplines in which it is embedded.

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005031   Papavlasopoulos S;Poulos M;Bokos G (Information Technology Laboratory, Archives and Library Sciences Dep, Ionian Univ, 9 Ioannou, Theotoki, 49100, Corfu, Greece, Email: sozon@ionio.gr) : Towards constructing a bibliometric cited distance factor for an article using an Elman neural network. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 17-29.

Attempt to construct an ideal factor for the evaluation of an article has been constuted, which combines objectivity with the ability to bridge many different bibliometric factors. The aim of this study is to determine a standard threshold value with which an independent, self-organizing system can determine the correlation between the value and the citation score of an article. This factor is called Cited Distance and is extracted via a well-fitted recurrent neural network. Author use articles from the 10 cell biology journals in the Web of Science database with the highest impact factors for the years 1995-2007.

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005030   Markscheffel B;Thomas H (Chair of Information and Knowledge Management, Technische Universitat, Ilmenau, P.O. Box 100565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany, Email: bernd.markscheffel@tu-ilmenau.de) : Coldlib - a concept for a global knowledge space for the collnet community. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 11-16.

Main objective of the COLDLib project is the development of a global knowledge space for the interdisciplinary research network "Collaboration in Science and in Technology" - COLLNET. In particular this project will support the collection, combination and enrichment of the existing knowledge in the field of quantitative aspects of science of science, collaboration and communication in science and technology, science policy, combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches, issues in scientometrics/ informetrics/ webometrics. With the help of this Digital Library, it will be possible to search information, which is currently worldwide scattered in various silos, in different software applications, different languages, he-terogeneous data formats and different places in a semantically interconnected way.

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005029   Hou H;Liu Z;Kretschmer H;Qu T;Lu C (WISELAB, Dalian Univ of Technology, Dalian, China, Email: kretschmer.h@onlinehome.de) : International collaboration netrowks of Chinese scientometrics. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 61-70.

Identifies the structure of scientific collaboration networks in scientometrics by using bibliographic data of all papers published by Chinese scientometricians in the international journal Scientometrics retrieved from the Science Citation Index (SCI) of the years 1978-2007. The study is based on bibliographic data retrieved from the Web of Science. The data contains all types of documents published by Chinese scientometricians in Scientometrics during 1978 to 2007.Combined analysis of social network analysis (SNA) and cooccurrence analysis is explored to reveal: (1) The structure of the international collaboration network of Chinese scientometrics; (2) The major collaborative fields of the whole network and of different collaborative sub-networks; (3) The collaborative center of the collaboration network in Chinese scientometrics; (4) The difference of the structure of international collaborative networks between China and India.

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005028   Har Kaur;Gupta B M (NO, Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, Email: harkaur@rediffmail.com) : Indian contribution in pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics during 1998-2007: a scientometric analysis. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 1-9.

Study examines India's performance in pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics during 1998-2007, based on several parameters, including the country annual average growth rate, global publication share & rank, institutional profile of select top institutions, international collaboration profile and major collaborative partners, patterns of communication in national and international journals and characteristics of its top high productive authors. The study uses 10 years (1998-2007) publications data in pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics, drawn from Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database.

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005027   Haidari C;Zareh F;Osareh F (Library & Information Science Dep, Shahid Chamran Univ, School of Education & Psychology, Ahvaz, Iran, Email: ghhaidari@yahoo.com) : Collaboration among library and information science websites of associations and societies (LISAS), using wrbometric methods. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 47-59.

Study the websites of Library and Information Science Associations & Societies (LISAS) at both national and international levels applying webometric methods. The in-links and co-links to LISAS' Websites were analyzed, firstly, to study the visibility of these Associations & Societies on the web; secondly, the collaboration among these websites at national and international levels was identified, and finally, Web Impact Factor (WIF) of LISAS' websites was determined using link analysis method. According to the link count, this study found that out of 28 LISAS' websites, 4 were extremely popular or the most visible LISAS' websites, namely: ALA4, Special Libraries Associations, IFLA6, and Medical Library Association7. According to WIF, the LISAS' websites with high Impact Factor were: International Association of Law Libraries8, Tokyo Metropolitan Library9, Russian State LibrarylO and IFLA11. Based on co-link analysis, the structure underlying the 28 LISAS' websites was studied, as also the Collaboration among these Associations and Societies through their websites using cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling techniques. The results of the clustering analysis showed that there were 3 international clusters (one of which belongs to special libraries group) in the studied LISAS' websites. 2 LISAS' websites from Russia didn't cluster at all with other websites. Similarly, the multidimensional scaling map showed 3 clusters with a few differences in their order.

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005026   Burrell Q L (NO, , Isle of Man International, Business School, the Nunnery, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, Isle of Man IM2 1QB, via United K, Email: q.burrell@ibs.ac.im) : Publication/citation process at the micro level. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 71-7.

The definitions of h-type indexes, seeking to give a single-number measure of an author's impact, usually involve both the author's productivity in terms of the number of papers published and of the number of citations subsequently received. In studying the evolution of such indexes over time, one therefore needs to consider both the publication and citation processes. Considers the career (so far) of a single scientist so far as his publication and citation records are concerned using data gathered from the Web of Science (WoS). Interest is, in particular, focussed on individual citation patterns as well as the overall cumulation of publications and citations and the distribution of citation rates. Finds that the development of the citation process as a whole conforms well to the form speculated by Hirsch as well as Burrell's stochastic model. However, the citation process at the level of individual papers shows discrepancies from the model assumptions and suggests some possible reasons for this.

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005025   Artikis C T;Artikis P T (Informatics Dep, Piraeus Univ, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou Str. 18534 Piraeus, Greece, Email: ctartikis@gmail.com) : Learning processes and information management operations utilising a class of random sums. Nat Rubb Res 2009, 3(1), 31-8.

Concentrates on a geometric random sum of nonnegative, independent and identically distributed random variables. A stochastic derivation of such a random sum is established. Moreover, the paper provides an interpretation of the nonnegative geometric random sum as a constituent factor of learning processes in evaluating the performance of information risk control operations.

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002984   Varghese R R;Rajan J S (Library and Information Science Dep, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Email: rekha_tcr@yahoo.com) : Productivity of scientists of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB): an analysis. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 156-62.

Analysis of 632 publications of RGCB scientists during 1995-2006 show that the publications of RGCB scientists include journal articles, conference papers, patents, book chapters and PhD guided. The year 2005-2006 with 112 articles (25.87%) published is the most productive year in the case of journal articles. The productivity of the scientists of RGCB shows substantial growth both quantitatively and qualitatively with the development of the institution.

002983   Suresh Kumar;Garg K C;Dutt B (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Gate, New Delhi-110 012, Email: garg_k_c@yahoo.co.in) : Indian scientific output as seen through Indian Science Abstracts. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 163-8.

Analysis of 18,224 papers published by 3439 institutions in 445 Indian science journals and abstracted by Indian Science Abstracts (ISA) during 2006 indicates that major publication output came from academic institutions followed by state agriculture universities and medical colleges. Among the state agriculture universities, Punjab Agriculture University ranked first followed by CCS Haryana Agriculture University. The highest number of papers was published in the disciplines of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries followed by medical and veterinary sciences. The Indian publication output in 2006 has increased considerably as compared to a similar 1984 study.

002982   Pushpalatha K;Mallaiah T Y (NO, Mangalore University Library, Mangalagangothri-574 199, Email: pushpalathaas@yahoo.com) : Use of information resources in chemistry: a study of Mangalore University Library. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 175-83.

Through a questionnaire survey, data collected from 138 users from the Department of Chemistry, Mangalore University revealed that majority of the users visit the library to borrow books, to consult periodicals and browse UGC INFONET journals. OPAC and the assistance of the library staff are the primary means to locate information. The library resources in chemistry are current and useful but the periodicals both primary and secondary are inadequate. Concludes that various findings of the present study serve as guiding principles in developing need based collection and provide effective services to the users' community of the department of chemistry of the Mangalore University in particular and paves the way for conducting similar studies in other disciplines.

002981   Nandi A;Bandyopadhyay A K (NO, The University of Burdwan, Central Library, Golapbag, Burdwan-713 104, Email: anandi836@yahoo.com) : Research contributions in chemistry at the University of Burdwan: an analytical study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 141-9.

One hundred forty one theses submitted from Chemistry Department of the University of Burdwan during 1960-2000 and 979 articles produced based on them have been analysed for finding the trend of research, article productivity, choice of journals, authorship pattern and the position of the university in the state. Highest number of theses (30) was submitted during 1986-1990 and 1991-1995. Highest number of papers (283) was published during 1991-1995. Maximum number of theses (58) was submitted in inorganic chemistry followed by nuclear and analytical chemistry (34). Rabindra Lal Dutta supervised highest number of theses (17). The most prolific author was A.K. Das with 82 papers, followed by G.S. De (54 papers) and R.L. Dutta (53 papers). About fifty three percent of the papers (522) are published in Indian journals. Other countries of preference for publishing papers are Netherlands (15.32%), UK (11.64%) and USA(10.01%).

002980   Mukherjee B (Library & Information Science Dep, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Email: mukherjee.bhaskar@gmail.com) : Link analysis of Indian political parties web sites: a temporal comparison. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 201-12.

Applying webometric techniques to national political party's web sites, the present study is an attempt to judge the popularity of internet and to measure whether internet can be used as a tool in Indian political context. Using Google, Yahoo and Alexa as a tool of measurement, the study measures the popularity of political party's web sites by analyzing links and using Wayback machine. The study compares the party's present web site with its earlier view. The results indicate that political parties in India are using internet as one of the viable tools for campaign and internet can be used as a supplementary tool for measuring popularity.

002979   Krishnamoorthy G;Ramakrishnan J;Devi S (NO, Anna University Chennai, Chennai-600 025) : Bibliometric analysis of literature on diabetes (1995 - 2004). Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 150-5.

Bibliometric analysis of diabetes literature indexed the MEDLINE database for the period 1995-2004 shows that maximum number of records (13244) was during 2003, followed by 12690 in 2002 and 11061 in 2001. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) was found to be decreasing year wise. The Doubling Time (Dt) was found to increase every year. Ranking of the journals based on the quantum of research output on diabetes during 1995-2004 shows that USA in the largest contributor of literature on diabetes research. The research productivity of diabetes conforms to Bradford's Law of Scattering.

002978   Gowda V;Shivalingaiah D (NO, Besant Evening College, Mangalore, Karnakaka, Email: vasgowda@yahoo.co.in) : Attitude of research scholars towards usage of electronic information resources: a survey of university libraries in Karnataka. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 184-91.

Questionnaire method was employed to gather data from researchers of humanities, social science and science disciplines in six universities in Karnataka. Responses received from 845 research scholars shows that in general the research scholars prefer print resources and there exists significant differences in the preference of print and electronic resources among various disciplines. Identifies the gaps in the need and availability of electronic resources like online journals and databases in the university libraries. Reveals that the electronic resources have created a positive hope among the research community in searching the information.

002977   Biswas S C (NO, , 337 Hauz Khas Apartments, New Delhi 110016, Email: subhas.biswas@gmail.com) : The National Library of India must act fast. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 169-74.

Continuous downhill slide of the National Library [of India] over the last sixty years or so and the main causes of it are identified. This has to be stopped by initiating a few positive steps that are to be taken by the stakeholders immediately so as to allow it back on the rails. The two recently produced documents: NKC-WGL recommendations (2006) and NACONAL, 2006 on Indian library services, with proposals of its future role and growth pattern are critically examined. Some significant moves taken by the management of the British Library (national library of England) during this period to cater to the needs of its vast users are referred, as examples. Proposen some specific actions to be taken by the Government of India, National Library Advisory Board, senior management and the professional organizations of librarians, viz. implementing the National Library Act, 1976 (with some modification); make an immediate move to fill up the sanctioned posts of senior professionals and Director; conduct a comprehensive survey of the users and their present and future requirements; revise the Delivery of Books Act 1954,56; merger of CRL with the National Library and take initiative with full responsibility for creating the Digital Library of India.

002976   Bhanu Pratap;Joshi M K (NO, The ICFAI National College, Mohabbewala, Subhash Nagar, Dehradun-248 002) : Status of College of Education libraries in selected districts of Punjab: a survey. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(3), 192-200.

Questionnaire based survey on the status of twenty College of Education libraries in three selected districts of Punjab reveals that the staff strength in the libraries was insufficient and that only about 40% of the libraries had computers. Concludes that the College of Education studied need to strengthen their libraries so as to achieve the objectives and goals of the colleges.

001936   Hou R;Wang J;Lei J (College of Computer Science, South-Central Univ for Nationalities, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, People's Republic of China) : Performance analysis of delay issue in differential output-ports choosing probability scheme applied optical burst switching network. J Optics 2008, 37(4), 122-5.

Differential output-ports choosing probability (DOCP) scheme is a novel traffic oulputting model for core router in optical burst switching (OBS) network. In this paper, the performance of delay issue in DOCP scheme applied OBS network has been proposed and simulated. In optical buffer equipped OBS core router, the average waiting time for buffered traffic and the total traffic queueing length in core router have been given out and discussed. Several results indicate that, under the same load condition, the two parameters will change along with the changeable ports choosing probability and the ratio between different length bursts.

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000959   Zabed Ahmed S M;Anisur Rahman M (Information Science and Library Management Dep, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Email: smzahmed@yahoo.com) : Lotka's law and authorship distribution in nutrition research of Bangladesh. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 95-102.

Examines the validity of Lotka's law to authorship distribution in the field of nutrition research of Bangladesh. A list of periodical articles on various aspects of nutrition research of Bangladesh published during 1972-2006 was compiled for analysis. Using "full productivity" of authorship, a total of 998 personal author names was identified. Lotka's law was tested using both generalized and modified forms and Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit tests were applied. The results suggest that author productivity distribution predicted in Lotka's generalized inverse square law is not applicable to nutrition research of Bangladesh. Using least-squares excluding high productive authors and maximum likelihood methods, Lotka's law is found to be applicable to nutrition research of Bangladesh.

000958   Verma N C;Dominic J (Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar, Haryana State, Email: ncvermal14786@gmail.com) : Digital libraries: definitions, issues and challenges in modern era. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 44-5.

After a decade of research and development, digital libraries are becoming operational systems and services. This paper summarizes some of the challenges required for that transition. Digital libraries as systems are converging with digital libraries as institutions, particularly as we consider the service aspects. They are enabling technologies for applications such as classroom instruction, information retrieval, and electronic commerce. Because usability depends heavily upon context, research on uses and users of digital libraries needs to be conducted in a wide array of environments. Interoperability and scaling continue to be major issues, but the problems are better understood. While technical work on interoperability and scaling continues, institutional collaboration is an emerging focus. Concerns for an information infrastructure to support digital libraries are moving toward the concept of "cyber infrastructure," now that distributed networks are widely deployed and access is becoming ubiquitous. Appropriate evaluation methods and metrics are requirements for sustainable digital libraries that have received little attention until recently. We need to know what works and in what contexts. Evaluation has many aspects and can address a variety of goals, such as usability, maintainability, interoperability, scalability, and economic viability. Lastly, two areas that have received considerable discussion elsewhere are noted - digital preservation and the role of information institutions such as libraries and archives.

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000957   Venkata Kesavan R (Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, The Times of India Group, Mumbai-400 001, Email: venkata.kesavan@timesgroup.com) : Digital library services: a practical approach for collection development, organization and management. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 5-22.

An attempt has been made to provide step-by-step guidelines for planning, designing, developing and managing DL projects and offering digital library sendees. Also highlights some of the critical issues one has to deal with while handling DL projects. Besides the paper suggests a number of best practices which one can follow in developing and managing DL projects.

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000956   Rathinasabapathy G;Rajendran L (NO, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Chennai-600 007, Email: grspathy@gmail.com) : RFID technology and library secutiry: emerging challenges. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 34-43.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), the quintessential pervasive computing technology, has been around us for many years and used by various organizations including library and information centres. RFID started replacing the traditional barcodes as its wireless identification capabilities promise to revolutionize the inventory control task. RFID based automatic checkout systems might tally up and pay the bills from supermarkets to library and information centres. RFID offers a number of advantages including inventory efficiency, security to library collections and minimal vulnerability to damage. However, RFID is not free from problems and it has a number of shortcomings including virus threat. This paper attempts to report the emerging challenges associated with RFID technology as it will be very much useful for the LIS professionals who are planning to introduce-RFID in their library and information centres to take precautions measures.

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000955   Powdwal S (SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University Library, 1, Nathibai Thakersey Marg, Mumbai-400 020, Email: spowdwal@gmail.com) : College librarian as a manager. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 1-4.

Edward de Bono has applied and recommended colour theory for the best practice of management. In his book, 'Six Action Shoes', de Bono has explained six differently coloured action shoes, which represent six different character roles or different aspects of action after thinking. Presenting this framework as a creative model for problem solving, the paper presents author's insights as to how to apply this model while managing the college library.

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000954   Olatokun W M;Makinde O (Library and Information Studies Dep, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Email: woleabbeyolatokun@yahoo.co.uk) : Citation analysis of dissertations submitted to the Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 117-28.

Citations in master's degree dissertations submitted to the Department of Animal science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria during the period 2000-2007 were analysed for finding possible relationships between citing, cited articles and authors. Frequency and percentage distributions (presented in charts, tables, and graphs) and measures of central tendency were used to analyse data. Findings showed that journals were the most utilized reference materials in the dissertations. Also, poultry nutrition works had the highest number of dissertations followed by agricultural biochemistry and nutrition. The lowest number of dissertations was from forage production and management and monogastric nutrition with just two dissertations each. The findings from this study could serve as a user study with implications for both collection development and user services design in libraries. Future studies could focus on ascertaining the implications of collection of reference materials to project and article referencing, instruction in classes and outreach.

000953   Natarajan M (NO, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi-110 067, Email: m_natarajan@hotmail.com) : Development a scalable information architecture for managing the knowledge repositories. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 25-33.

Aims to address the concept of information architecture as a way of visualizing and describing the various information assets and the interaction of these assets within the library and information centre. The architecture would include the different types like information architecture, process architecture, product architecture and technical architecture. The technical architecture would include the hardware, software, networking, access mechanism, intranet and extranet and interoperability for knowledge sharing. Process architecture would include checking the copyright (digital rights), data validation for making the e-content to be available in the knowledge repositories, etc. The importance of library professional will be highlighted in the context of information architecture for the creation of knowledge repositories.

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000952   Kattimani P S;Kamble V T (NO, Gulbarga Univ Library, Gulbarga, Karnataka, Email: parashu_kattimani@rediffmail.com ) : Usage of E-resources among software engineers in tata consultancy services: a study. J Libr Inf Commun Technol 2009, 1(1), 56-64.

Major development seen in the library and information centres is using of various kinds of information resources, which has been produced by the help of computers and IT tools. The commonly used e-resources are CD-Roms, Internet, e-books, e-journals, online database etc. This paper studied the use of e-resources accessed by software engineers in TCS library.

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000951   Jeyshankar R;Ramesh Babu B (Library and Information Science Dep, Alagappa University, Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, Email: jeyshankar71@yahoo.com) : Websites of universities in Tamil Nadu: a webometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 69-79.

Examines and explores through a webometric study, the websites of 45 universities in Tamil Nadu comprising of 27 state and 18 private universities. Identifies the domain systems of the websites; analyses the number of web pages and link pages, and calculates the simple Web Impact Factor (WIF), self link Web Impact Factor and external Web Impact factor of the University websites in Tamil Nadu and ranks the websites as per the WIF. This study reflect that some universities in Tamil Nadu have higher number of web pages but correspondingly their link pages are very small in number and websites fall behind in their simple, self link and external link web impact factor.

000950   Garg K C;Suresh Kumar (NO, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NIS, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg (Pusa Gate), New Delhi-110 012, Email: gargkc@nistads.res.in) : Foreign authored contributions to Indian science periodicals. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 80-5.

Examination of 2450 papers published by foreign authors in 284 Indian science journals from 1311 institutions spread over 102 countries indicates that Asian countries are the largest contributors to these journals. Turkey, USA, Iran, China and Nigeria contributed to about 48% of the total foreign-authored publications. Most of the prolific institutions are situated in Turkey and Iran. The largest numbers of contributions are in the discipline of medicine followed by chemistry and material science. The proportion of foreign authored contributions to Indian science journals has witnessed a three-fold increase in 2006 as compared to July 1982 - June 1984.

000949   Biradar B S;Dharani Kumar P;Mahesh Y (Library and Information Science Dep, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta-577451, Shimoga, Email: bsbiradar53@rediffmail.com ) : Usage of information sources and services in library of Agriculture Science College of Shimoga: a case study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 63-8.

Survey of 101(84.16%) students Agriculture Science College, Shimoga to study the frequency, purpose of visit to the library and the usefulness of agriculture science periodicals reveal that 77.22% of respondents visit library everyday. About eighty eight percent students visit library to read journals and magazines followed by visits to borrow books (87.12%). It was found that large number of users use books followed by periodicals. As far as usefulness of periodicals is concerned users opined that The Indian Journal of Agriculture Science (62.92%) and Karnataka Journal of Agriculture Science (60.67%) are the most useful journals. Concludes that emphasis need to be given for subscribing online periodicals through e-consortia.

000948   Ahmad B;Bhat N A (Central Library, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of, Shalimar, Srinagar, Email: bashirahmad555@gmail.com) : Development of an information storage and retrieval system at a university library: a case study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 129-35.

Discuses the design and development of a database created for storage and retrieval of information about individual journal articles published in about 138 Indian and foreign current journals, 28455 journal issues existing in the back files section and full text of 356 theses available in electronic format at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUASTK). The database of books is managed through SOUL software and CD-ROM abstract databases running on WinSPIRS has been linked with this IS&RS. Entire IS&RS is being successfully run on LAN of the university. The IS&RS has been developed on MS Access platform with Visual Basic as front end. The IS&RS system consists of four modules viz: data entry, search, report, and administration-cum-monitoring. The database has been placed on the campus network and is running smoothly with encouraging operational results and interoperability with other databases.

000947   Adithya Kumari H;Talawar V G (Studies in Library & Information Science Dep, University of Mysore, , Email: adithyakumarih@rediffmail.com) : Use of reference sources in university libraries of Karnataka: a study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 103-16.

Investigates the use of reference sources i.e. bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, yearbooks & almanacs, geographical sources and handbooks through a questionnaire-based survey of use of reference sources in seven university libraries of Karnataka. Results show an upward interest in reference sources among the users in university libraries. Among them dictionaries and encyclopedias are the most used reference sources and geographical sources and directories are used less. Factors that may affect the use of reference sources are also discussed.

000946   Adarsh Bala;Gupta B M (Central Library, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Email: adarshsanjeev@yahoo.co.in) : Growth and impact of research output of Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh: a case study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(2), 86-94.

Analyses the research activities of the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, as reflected in its 16 years (1992-2007) of 754 publications output covered in Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database. Focuses on publication growth characteristics, format and media of communication, research impact and quality, patterns of research collaboration, broad and narrow areas of research focus and characteristics of its high productive authors and cited papers. Finds that GMCH stands at 9th rank in research output, 13th in average citation per paper and 12th in h-index among the top 15 medical colleges of the country. GMCH has recorded an annual publication growth rate of 19.79% and impact as measured by average citation per paper as 0.89. Out of its 27 departments, only 7 departments scored higher average impact factor than the average impact factor of papers of total medical college. Although 55.97% of its total papers received one or more citations, but only 14 of its papers received 16 and above citations. Only 2.3% of its total papers involve international collaboration.

000025   Sudha S T;Harinarayana N S (Library and information Science Dep, , Manasagangothri, Mysore-6) : Reading skills: prospects, issues and challenges. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2008, 45(1), 101-10.

Deals with the concepts, prospects, issues and challenges pertaining to reading skills. It also deals with the relevance of reading in the Internet era. It stresses the need for the role of libraries in promoting the reading skills of the youth, and issues pertaining to their reading behavior. The librarian plays an important role in developing the reading skills of the children and youngsters, along with the encouragement given by teachers and parents. It deals with educational, political, social, and economical issues. It is of utmost need to organize umpteen numbers of activities in promoting positive attitude towards reading which paves the way for intensive learning. This article deals with the concepts, prospects, issues and challenges pertaining to reading skills. It also deals with the relevance of reading in the Internet era. It stresses the need for the role of libraries in promoting the reading skills of the youth, and issues pertaining to their reading behavior. The librarian plays an important role in developing the reading skills of the children and youngsters, along with the encouragement given by teachers and parents. It deals with educational, political, social, and economical issues. It is of utmost need to organize umpteen numbers of activities in promoting positive attitude towards reading which paves the way for intensive learning.

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000024   Sharma S (Central Library, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Agriculture and Technology Univ, Modipuram, Meerut-250 110) : Information literacy and library education: exploring dimensions in librarian's role. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2008, 45(2), 169-80.

Deals with the understanding of information and information needs and status of users. How information literacy and library user education are changing and demanding in the age of World Wide Web and electronic collection has been explored. The article highlights current infofmation networking practices in education centers. Librarian and staffs role as intermediary and facilitator has been analyzed and presented in the perspectives of information literacy. Information literacy has distinct place in the context of online learning and libraries. Need of information literacy in the perspectives of Digital libraries and World Wide Web sites and page persistence and Electronic publishing have been discussed.

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000023   Sharma R;Mittal M M;Vaneeta (ECE Dep, Vaish College of Engineering, Rohtak Haryana) : Performance of SIC and PIC detectors on WCDMA using MATLAB. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2008, 20(1), 51-8.

The goal of Third Generation (3G) mobile communication systems is to provide users not only with the traditional circuit switched services, but also with high speed Internet access, video conferencing and multimedia applications. Universal Mobile Telecommunication System is the 3G mobile communication system specified by European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Wideband CDMA is the physical layer of UMTS Terrestrial Access Network. WCDMA employs direct-sequence code division multiple access Technology. The main limitation of this technology is multiple access interference. MAI is thus a major factor, which limits the capacity and the performance of a DSCDMA system. The conventional detector is a bank of correlators and it follows a single-user detection strategy The drawbacks of the single-user detector are that it is interference-limited and it also suffers from the near-far problem. A better detection strategy is Multi-User Detection. MUD reduces the MAI effect by jointly using information of multiple users to better detect each user. This increases the system performance as well as system capacity. Multi-user detection techniques are essential for achieving near optimal performance in communication systems. Therefore, the addition of multi-user detection capabilities to various network elements promises to be the key for enabling significant increase in capacity needed for 3G mobile systems.

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000022   Satija M P (NO, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar-143 005, Email: satija_mp@yahoo.com) : Reference librarians: humanists in action. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2008, 45(1), 3-6.

The importance of reference service can never be underestimated. Even when modern technologies take over most of the library work and service, reference service continues to remain in the realm of human beings. No machine or technology can give the personalized touch to the service than a reference librarians. This article explains reference service and the need for user education and finally reiterates necessity of reference librarian even in the Internet era.

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000021   Sami L K;Rabia Iffat;Shahida (Library and Information Science Dep, Gulbarga Univ, Gulbarga, Email: lalita_sami@rediffmail.com) : Rural development and ICT. SRELS J Inf Mgmt 2008, 45(1), 7-10.

Development of a country depends on the development of all its parts. Since major part of India comprises of rural areas, the development of the country is possible only with the development of the rural areas. With the conventional methods, it is difficult to develop the rural areas, since they are remote and scattered. Application of ICT could be the best method to improve the rural areas. The paper discusses some of the areas, where ICT could be applied and make the rural masses enlightened.

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