017221   Dasgupta A (NO, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032, Email: abhijit_60@hotmail.com) : Review of library information services: its progressive metamorphosis from paper library to a new paradigm of knowleldge hub. Indian Sci Cruiser 2008, 22(4), 42-6.

Efforts has been made to enumerate the steady evolutionary trend of the Libraries and Information Centres in context of its modernization and progressive changes in relation to its qualitative and quantitative aspects. A short retrospective has been given depicting the development of various conventional standards and tools. There have been three very basic stages of progressive evolution of the library structures, i.e. the Paper Library, Automated Library, and Electronic Library. During the transition era Hybrid Library structure, where both the Electronic structure and the Conventional structure co-exits side by side comes into existences. But, the real metamorphosis has come in the LIS after the advent of powerful PCs and high end servers along with high speed internet connectivity and interoperable client-server programming in the later phases of 90s, where the information is no longer bound within the four walls of libraries, it can be accessed and retrieved from anywhere of the globe through internet connectivity. The focus of services has been shifted from so called Document Management to Information Management and finally to the value added Knowledge Management.

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016069   Modak J M;Madras G (Chemical Engineering Dep, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, Email: giridhar@chemeng.iisc.ernet.in) : Scientometric analysis of chemical engineeirng publications. Curr Sci 2008, 94(10), 1265-72.

Objective of the work was to analyse the scientometric parameters for chemical engineering publications. Compared the number of journal publications and citations by various countries and institutions. The publication record in terms of quantitative aspects of the number of publications from China has increased exponentially over the last decade and has overtaken USA. However, the citation analysis indicates that there is ample scope for improvement. Thus, USA continues to maintain its leadership position with regard to impact in the field. Analysis of the output of selected Indian universities/organizations against that of the top universities in the world, indicated that the records of top institutions from India are not comparable to the best universities in USA, but are comparable to the best in Asia and are significantly better than the best universities in China.

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015027   Sen B K (NO, , 80 Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019, Email: bksen@airtelbroadband.in) : UDC as it could be made. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 44-65.

It has been observed that during the last half a century, UDC has become more comprehensive on the one hand and more complex on the other; more class numbers have been vacated than filled up; verbal expressions (verbexes) of class numbers in large number of cases are riddled with superfluous words, sentence-like expressions, out-of-date headings, unnecessary clusters, inappropriate, confusing and misplaced headings. As a result many of them are not index-friendly, not even index-worthy. Suggestions have been put forth to ensure more simple class numbers, relocate some classes to more logical positions, reduction in the length of many class numbers, and index-friendly subject headings.

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015026   Panigrahi P;Prasad A R D (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street, Kolkata-700 073, Email: panigrabipk@yahoo.com) : Facet sequence in analytico synthetic scheme: a study for developing an Al based automatic classification system. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 37-43.

Aims to demonstrate the techniques of fixing the facet sequence in developing an automatic classification system to construct classification numbers for document titles, which appear in natural language. Describes the procedure of knowledge representation for basic subjects and their facets with regard to five fundamental categories, their respective notations, symbols etc. States the techniques of selecting their respective category name to follow the facet formula in general. Discusses the method of identification of facets from the title of the document. Also includes the scope of defining the specific facet formula for any specific subject. Facet formula for ACI of Colon Classification is also included to handle it successfully following postulates and principles.

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015025   Nikam K;Pramodini B (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Mysore, Mysore-570 006, Email: khaisernikam@yahoo.com) : Use of e-journals and databases by the academic community of university of Mysore : a survey. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 19-22.

Describes the use of e-journals and databases (subscribed by UOC-lnfoNet consortium) by the users of University of Mysore. Nearly 200 responses to a survey based on questionnaire have been analyzed and presented. Besides studying the use of e-journals and databases, the paper also examines the utilization and satisfaction levels of users with respect to the eªresources. The role of Information Communication Division (ICD) of the University of Mysore in informing the users about the availability of these resources is also discussed. Use of internet as an alternative to UOC lnfoNet consortium resources is presented.

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015024   Mohamed Haneefa K (NO, T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam-6i91 005, Email: hanee4u@gmail.com) : Use of ICT based resources and services in special libraries in Kerala. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 23-31.

Results of an investigation to study the contemporary use of lnformation and Communication Technology (ICT) based resources and services in special libraries in Kerala. The study was performed via a questionnaire survey of the library users and confined only to special libraries with ICT based resources and services. The study also investigated further areas, including: library professionals' help in the use of ICT based resources and services; any change in speed in academic/research work by using ICT; users' satisfaction with the application of ICT; reasons for their dissatisfaction; users' suggestions for training; and their opinion about the user education on ICT. The data collected were analysed and inferences made based on standard statistical methods. The results of the study revealed that the ICT based resource used by the largest percentage of users was the e-mail. The next most widely used resource was WWW, which was being used by nearly 60 per cent of the library userS/. A good number of the users were not satisfied with the application of ICT in their libraries and indicated 'inadequate ICT infrastructure' as their reason for dissatisfaction. Users proposed a variety of measures of formal orientation and training in ICT based resources and services to become more effective users.

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015023   Kanungo N T (Faculty of Library and Information Sceince, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Email: neenakanungo@hotmail.com) : Use of internet in the study of IGNOU. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 7-18.

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the use of Internet in the scholarly communication of the social scientists in IGNOU and analyse its impact on their research and working in the Open Distance Learning COOL) environment. In the category of scholarly communication, includes both research as well as course development work. Findings of this study highlight purposes and frequency of use of the Internet by the social scientists, their methods of locating, accessing and using information on the Internet.

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015022   Iyer A N;Ghosh A P (NO, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Anderi West, Mumbai, Email: anu.iyer2005@gmail.com) : Neural network model - a measuring tool for organizational intelligence. J Coop Univ Res Ind Enterpr 2009, 2(1), 28-37.

Comprised of the study of cognitive learning behavior and intelligence of human beings through ABM (Agent Based Modeling) techniques that is compared and contrasted with the intelligence of organizations, as the basic assumptions and pattern remains the same in both cases. An attempt is made to apply Neural network Model of cognitive learning science to understand the learning behavior of organizations which leads to the intelligence of organizations. This paper also presents a brief overview of existing models of organizational learning in particular and presents a study on the survey of research literature in various quantitative modeling techniques adopted to capture intelligence for problem solving and performance improvement at different circumstances. It covers the research methodology followed for data collection and analysis for similar learning behavior in the strategic business units of the sample organizations chosen for the study. Case studies were built to understand the pattern of behavior in learning and re-orienting the activities in a given set of climatic conditions in these samples internally and externally. The neural network model of cognitive learning has been applied to understand the intelligence that drives organizational learning and the results are analyzed and the propositions are made.

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015021   Gupta D K (V.M. Open University, , Kota-324 010, Email: dineshkg@sancharnet.in) : Literature on LIS marketing: growth and pattern. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(1), 32-6.

In the beginning of 1970s 'marketing' entered into library literature. Thereafter growth has been noted enhancing its applicability in libraries resulting into wider knowledge base on the subject. Traces the history and growth of LIS marketing literature. It classifies LIS marketing literature into review publications and bibliographies, books (including conference publications), journals and newsletters, and web-based literature. These four sources represent the principal outlets for disseminating knowledge of LIS marketing.

4 tables, 49 ref

013901   Dasgupta A (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), , Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032, Email: abhijit_60@hotmail.com) : Review of library information services : its progressive metamorphosis from paper library to a new paradigm of knowledge hub. Indian Sci Cruiser 2008, 22(4), 42-6.

An effort has been made to enumerate the steady evolutionary trend of the Libraries and Information Centres in context of its modernization and progressive changes in relation to its qualitative and quantitative aspects. A short retrospective has been given depicting the development of various conventional standards and tools. There have been three very basic stages of progressive evolution of the library structures, i.e. the Paper Library, Automated Library, and Electronic Library. During the transition era Hybrid Library structure, where both the Electronic structure and the Conventional structure co-exits side by side comes into existences. But, the real metamorphosis has come in the LIS after the advent of powerful PCs and high end servers along with high speed internet connectivity and interoperable client-server programming in the later phases of 90s, where the information is no longer bound within the four walls of libraries, it can be accessed and retrieved from anywhere of the globe through internet connectivity. The focus of services has been shifted from so called Document Management to Information Management and finally to the value added Knowledge Management.

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011854   Varma D R (Radiology Dep, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, 1-8-31/1, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500 003, Email: varmaji@rediffmail.com) : Free DICOM browsers. Indian J Radiol Imag 2008, 18(1), 12-16.

There is a large array of DICOM browsers that can be downloaded from the Net free of cost. These can prove to be effective alternatives to commercially available programs and radiologists can implement these solutions to augment their clinical practice, taking into consideration their individual requirements as well as the software's functional ' capabilities and limitations.

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010814   Singh R K J;Madhuri Devi Tn;Raychaudhury A (NO, Manipur University Library, Canchipur, Imphal-795 003, Email: joteenrk@yahoo.com ) : Use of internet based e-resources at Manipur University: a survey. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 52-7.

Describes a survey on the use of the electronic information focusing on the Internet services by the users of Manipur University Library. Also examines the utilization, purpose, difficulties and satisfaction level of users about Internet based e-resource services provided by the library. Finds that low speed internet access, erratic power supply and lack of required full text journals are problems with regard to the use of internet based e-resource.

010813   Sharma R M (NO, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171001, Email: librarycpri@yahoo.com) : Research publication trend among scientists of Central Potato Research Institute: A bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 29-34.

A total of 2603 research articles published by the scientists of Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) during 1991 to 2007 were collected by scanning of annual reports and Journal of the Indian Potato Association. Majority of the scientists preferred to publish research papers in joint authorship (82.67) having 0.82 degree of collaboration. Study further shows no uniform pattern of literature growth but factors like fund availability, scientists' recruitment and their availability, and years that had special occasions like conferences, seminars etc. have impact over scientific productivity of the scientists during the period under review.

010812   Senthil Raja G;Dandapat S (Electronics and Communication Engineering Dep, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati-781 039) : Performance of selective speech features for speaker identification. J Instn Engrs-Pt CP 2008, 88(May), 38-46.

Different types of speech features are used for speaker identification. Speech features such as Mel' frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC), log area ratios (LAR), arcsin reflection coefficients (ARC), cepstral coefficients (CC) and reflection coefficients (RC) are shown to produce promising results for speaker identification. The results produced are with various speaker databases and with different classifiers. In this work, the relative performance of these selective speech features has been evaluated with a single speaker database. A novel statistical measure, feature discriminant measure (FDM)has been proposed to evaluate the relative performance of these selective features. Different statistical properties, such as probability density characteristics, K-S test and F-ratio are also used to evaluate the performances of these speech features. For comparison, a vector quantization (VQ) classifier is used. The MFCC and LAR features show the best results with 100% speaker identification. The ARC features, the CC features and RC features show 99.5%, 99% and 97% speaker identification results respectively with the VQ classifier. These relative performances match with the values of the proposed feature discriminant in easures.

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010811   Sen B K (NO, , 80 Shivalik Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi - 110019, Email: bksen@airtelbroadband.in ) : Universe of Knowledge from a new angel. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 7-12.

Describes the characteristics of universe of knowledge composed of segments, space and time; and the characteristics of segments composed of objects, actions, space and time. Discusses the concept 'subject' and provides a definition of the same. As not much work has been done in this field, scholars are urged to explore the further.

010810   Patra S K;Prakash Chand (Center for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067, Email: skpatra@gmail.com) : Library and information science research in SAARC and ASEAN countries as reflected through LISA. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 41-51.

Member countries of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) have long history of LIS (Library and Information Science) education and research. This study compares LIS research output in member countries of these two associations, using LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) data. The study focuses on the pattern of literature growth, core journals, authorship pattern and research trends. Finds that SAARC countries are ahead of ASEAN members. India is leading in LIS among SAARC countries and Singapore among ASEAN countries. As per LISA, both groups have marginal contribution in international journals and therefore, core journals are of Asian origin only. The results of study call for more collaboration among the member countries of SAARC and ASEAN. It also identifies the need for formulation and implementation of information policy similar to that of Singapore among member nations of both the regional associations.

010809   Mohapatra P R;Mishra B (NO, , House No.4, Teachers Flat PGIMER Campus, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160 012, Email: promohapatra@hotmail.com) : Impact factor of the IJMR-what more we really need?. Indian J med Res 2008, 127(2), 198-9.

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010808   Mallaiah T Y (NO, Mangalore University Library, Mangalagangothri-574 199, Email: mallaiahty@yahoo.com) : Management of employee expectations, performance and satisfaction in university library: an empirical study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 13-21.

This study unfolds major implications for performance management systems and process in university libraries. The study is mainly based on the primary data collected from the professionals working in 15 university libraries (regular and deemed) of Karnataka State with the help of a pre-tested, structured, comprehensive, postal questionnaire. The respondents include professionals and semiprofessionals working in various university libraries in Karnataka. The total population considered for the current study was 218 library professionals and semi-professionals distributed across the 15 university libraries and 188 respondents submitted their filled-in questionnaire, which accounts for a response rate of 86.24. Hence, the information, opinions, perceptions and attitudes of these library professionals were collected and analyzed. The key issues addressed in this study include: perceived importance and perceived performance of workplace attributes, performance appraisal, issues considered during appraisal, knowledge and competence of employee performance by the appraiser, opinion on performance appraisal system, suggestions to improve, respondents' views about frequent disturbance at work, and overall satisfaction. This paper reports on the views and perceptions of university library professionals in Karnataka in respect of their job, job environment and organization in addition to identifying and analyzing the key individual, work and organizational characteristics influencing their performance expectations and job satisfaction. It is hoped that this paper will help library administrators in managing library personnel both effectively and efficiently.

010807   Maheswaran S;Sathish Kumar R D;Sridharan K R (Information Div, Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai -600113, Email: smahes@sercm.org) : Scientometric analysis of area-wise publications in the field of structural engineering: a case study of SERC, India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(1), 22-8.

The study is based on the research publications generated by Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) during the years 2002-2006. The data was collected from the Annual Reports of SERC and analyzed based on Impact factor. The Impact Factor (IF) was examined with the help of Science Citation Index provided by Journal Citation Report (JCR IF). This analysis highlights yearly output, publications in national and international journals, number of papers in SCI and non-SCI journals, Normalized Impact Factor (NIF) per paper, number of papers in the proceedings of national and international conferences / workshops / seminars / symposia etc., category-wise distribution of papers in different NIF ranges, the proportion of high NIF papers and papers above the average NIF. This study reveals the area-wise impact of the research conducted by the Centre in particular.

010806   Bhuvaneswari V S;Sukanesh R (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, Sethu Institute of Technology, Karapatti-626 106) : Pixel embedding technique for partitioned colour images in cryptographic applications. J Instn Engrs-Pt CP 2008, 88(May), 47-52.

Deals with the study of sending the secret imago to the receiver without being known by the intruders. The image is partitioned for further security and faster communication. Pixel embedding technique is applied to convert the secret image into modified form. This is similar to cryptography in which plain text is converted into cipher text. A group of images of different pattern have been used for this study. The processing time and mean absolute error are calculated for both full image pixel embedding technique and separated partitioned image pixel embedding technique. It has been found that separated partitioned image pixel embedding technique performs better.

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009792   IKOKOH;Joel J (NO, , ) : Newspaper articles on transition programme from military to democratic rule in Nigeria (June 1998-May 1999) a bibliography. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(2), 65-82.

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009791   Dalve Daya B (NO, , ) : Withdrawal policies in academic libraries. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(2), 57-64.

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009790   Chopra H S;Kulvir Kaur;Bhupesh Kumar (NO, , ) : Digitallibrary-need of the hour. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(2), 100-8.

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009789   Akanbi M L (NO, , ) : Staff user interaction in university libraries. Int Libr Movement 2008, 30(2), 90-9.

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008872   Vijaykumar K P (Library and Information Science Dep, Kerala Univ, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034) : Impact of information technology on human resource planning of university libraries. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 53-7.

Introduction of Information technology has brought in far-reaching changes in the functioning of academic libraries. This paper attempts a focused survey of literature dealing with the impact of IT in the organizational pattern of university libraries and the concomitant influence on manpower planning and development. The survey reveals that application of IT seriously affects the traditional organization of libraries on functional pattern and makes room for the integration across departmental boundaries. This definitely has its impact on staff structure, composition, skills and competencies of professionals. The biggest impact, perhaps, is the de-professionalization of jobs which were hitherto considered to be professional and the increased use of para-professionals in the library environment.

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008871   Shihab I (NO, Muslim Association College of Engineering, Venjaramoodu, Thiruvananthapuram) : Internet searching habits of library professionals in Kerala. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 35-41.

The traditional functions of libraries bad undergone various changes in present century and Internet has great importance in Libraries and among Library professionals. The study is an attempt to find out the internet searching habits of library professionals in Kerala. The result reveals that the use and utilization of internet and its resources should be increased considerably by library professionals.

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008870   Santhadevi Antharjanam S (Cochin Univ of Science and Technology, , ) : Quality management of university libraries in Kerala-university library, cusat. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 1-12.

Quality is dynamic and has to undergo changes to meet the newer needs of the customer and its management is a very important concern for every institution. There are different methods by which quality management can be assessed and improved. An attempt has been made to analyze the various methods adopted by CUSAT library in the last few years for improving the quality of management. Attempt has also been made in the quantification of some of the quality factors like physical facilities, adequacy of collection, library staff, technical processing and services, by distributing questionnaires and analyzing the responses received. Even though the responses show that readers are somewhat satisfied with the quality and management of the library, it is observed that certain areas do require improvement.

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008869   Mathew S;Sornam S A (Dep of Lib. & Inf. Science, Bishop Heber College, Thiruchirappally-620 017) : Use of E-resources among P.G.students of Kerala agricultural university. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 13-24.

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008868   Manohar R (NO, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala) : Investigation in to the use of the electronic resources by agricultural scientists in the college of agriculture, Vellayani. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 25-34.

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008867   Lohar M S;Malleshappa P R;Satish S H (NO, Sahyadri Science College, Autonomus, Shimoga, Karnataka-577 203) : Users opinion towards library resources and services in the city central library Davanagere: a survey. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 42-9.

Describes in brief, a survey conducted at City Central Library Davanagare (Karnataka) to find out the use of different type of reading materials and services available in the public library. To assess the users opinion, the investigator was designed a set of questionnaire to collect the required data for the present study. Hence, A survey of 90 users of different age group and occupation was conducted through questionnaire.

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008866   Kaliyaperumal K;Anandan T;Ramaiyan N (Deputy Librarian, Madras Univ Library, Chennai-600 005, Email: kkperumal3@gmail.com) : Intellectual property right and digital library environment. Kelpro Bull 2007, 11(2), 50-2.

The new emerging technologies provide fast access to the digital informations. In this situation many of the digital informations/information sources are exploited knowingly and unknowingly. This leads to violations of IPR and Copyright Acts, In this context, this article makes an attempt to focus on the existing IPR, Copyright Act, International Treaties and RROS related to information resources on Internet, Digital/Multimedia resources.

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007018   Singaraju J;Sandhya Rani K;Usha Rani K (Computer Science Dep, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati-517 502) : Optimization problems using neural networks: a survey. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 53-68.

Provides a survey of the literature on optimization problems using neural networks. Among the various frameworks in which optimization algorithm has been traditionally formulated, the neural network has been most intensively studied and used in practice. Recently, there has been an explosion of artificial neural network techniques for solving the optimization problems. The objective of this survey paper is to summarize and compare some of the well known neural network techniques used in various optimization which are at the forefront of this exciting and challenging field.

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007017   Sharma U C;Singh N;Mange Ram;Khanam S (Library & Inf Dep, Dr B.R. Ambedkar Univ, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) : Significance of five laws of Ranganthan in modern age. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 89-95.

Primary objectives and functions of libraries have been changed due to computerization and emergence of new technologies etc. The information sources and electronic information sources are rapidly growing and with a wide variety in form and content. In this paper efforts have been made to justify the significances of Ranganthan's five laws. Are these laws are relevant or not in present electronic era? Authors also discussed the basic philosophy and controlling power of five laws and appreciating of these laws in modern age.

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007016   Sharma S;Singh H;Mishra M K (Libr & Informaction Science Dep, Kurukshetra Univ, Kurukshetra, Haryana) : Use of internet by teachers and research scholars in Kurukshetra university. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 155-60.

Study aims at studying the use of Internet by teachers and research scholars in Kurukshetra University. Structured questionnaire was designed to collect the data. Out of 150 questionnaires, 120 were received back. The survey found that 100% respondents use Internet for e-mail followed by 83.33% for research purpose. 60% respondents use Google as their favourite search engine for accessing information.

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007015   Sharma C;Praveen Kumar (NO, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha Univ, Delhi) : Status of college libraries in Sonipat (Haryana): an analytical study. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 11-19.

Library is known as the heart of any academic institution. A college library plays a vital role in the achievement of the objectives of the college. It is an integral part of the teaching-learning process at the college level- A College library must have appropriate resources like information resources, staff, space etc so that it can serve its users effectively and efficiently. Unfortunately, not many libraries in India are able to perform their functions properly due to various reasons; the biggest one is resource crunch. This paper tries to assess the current situation of the college libraries in Sonipat. Study presents an analytical comparison of different aspects of these libraries.

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007014   Sbramanian K;Balasubramanian P (NO, Adakathullah Appa College, Tirunelveli-627 001) : Library as an information and knowledge management centre. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 31-6.

This paper is devoted to discuss theoretically the part played by libraries in the collection of information and dissemination of information and serve as a centre of Knowledge Management. The conventional function of academic libraries is to collect, process, disseminate, store and utilise information to provide service to the academic communities and common-public. The success of libraries depends on their ability to utilize information and knowledge of Us staff to better serve the needs of the community. Knowledge management is a viable means in which the academic libraries could improve their services in the present knowledge

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007013   Ravi S;Mohan Kumar L (Library and Information Science Wing DDE, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: mohanlib@yahoo.co.in) : Scientometric analysis of the literature on six sigma : the global perspetive. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 147-54.

Scientometric analysis of the literature output in the field of Six Sigma. The literature covered in Web of Science database for the period 1991 - '2008 There are total number of 479 records covered in the database in the field of Six Sigma during the study period. Integrating and cleaning data from Web of Science obtain the data. Our analysis considers different comparative metrics per publication venue, in Global Citation Score and Local Citation Score etc. We also determine the most cited Papers, authors, institutions etc.

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007012   Rajwant Kaur (Bhai Gurdas Library, GND Univ, Amritsar, Punjab) : Job satisfaction among women library professional: a study of university and college libraries of Punjab. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 37-52.

Studies the job satisfaction level of female library professionals in college and University libraries of Punjab. A population of 225 respondents was identified and served a pre-tested questionnaire. A combination of questionnaire and personal interview was adopted from each of the respondents. The data obtained was codified and subjected to statistical treatment in a computer. For the analysis of 200 returned questionnaires, frequency percentage and Mann Whitney Non-parametric U-test was applied. Various on-the-job and off-the-job factors leading to job satisfaction have been identified. This study proved that both the types of factors influence one another as these factors have reciprocal relationship to each other. Analysis of data identified in the context of on-the-job factors, the most satisfying factors were job security, cooperation among the staff members, fringe benefits, variation of job, supporting facilities, supervisor's attitude and security of female staff. The factors got middle rank were independence, suitable working conditions and treatment of authorities. The remaining other factors got lower ranks were the least satisfying factors. In the context of off-the-job factors, the most satisfying factors were pleasant domestic atmosphere, good living standard, economic independence, decision making power at home, coping social traditions, respect given by family and neighborhood. The remaining other factors got lower ranks were least satisfying. So, it was identified that no one was fully satisfied and or fully dissatisfied. These factors effect on individual in one form or the other.

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007011   Pandhey D (NO, Rajiv Gandhi University Libr, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh) : Building of university library collection : a case study of Rajiv Gandhi University. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 139-45.

Among the three important functions or librarian namely collection, storage and dissemination or reading material, the collection plays a vital role of the libraries. It is the library collection that gives the library a character more so than either the staff or building. Unless a library possesses adequate information with latest reference and bibliographical tools it can not save its clientele properly. In order to meet the user's requirements the staff of the library must keep in mind Five Laws of Library Science given by Dr.S.R.Ranganathan. Keeping in view these laws every library must build and develop its collections so that it can help in furtherance of education and help its users step into a world of adventure and learning.

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007010   Mohan Kumar;Ravi S;Baskaran C (Library and Information Science Dep, Annamalai Univ, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu) : Mapping of tuberculosis research in India: a scientometric approach. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 21-30.

India leads the world in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB), accounting for 23% of the global burden of the disease and holds the 15th positions in terms of incidence per 100,000 populations. India accounts for only about 5-6% of the world's research output in this area as seen from papers indexed in three international databases, viz. Pub Med, Science Citation Index and Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index over the ten-year period 1997-2006. Poor countries invest in research or should they depend on research performed elsewhere and invest their meagre resources predominantly in health-care measures? Argues that India should invest much more in research than they do. Mapped TB research identified institutions and cities active in research, journals used to publish the findings, use of high impact journals, impact of their research as seen from citations received and extent of international collaboration.

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007009   Lihitkar R S;Agashe A T;Lihitkar S R (Govt College of Education, Bhandara, Maharashtra, Email: princeagashe@gmail.com) : Library software developed in Nagpur city. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 97-112.

Some of the important library software packages such as LIBMAN. Liber-Admin, SOFTLIB and LibPro-Aims have been comparatively studied. Parameters of Library software packages, include facilities provided in the software packages, hardware requirements, operating systems, platforms, Language of software, modules included and search facility etc. Based on the facilities provided in the four local software developed in Nagpur city, were ranked by giving points.

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007008   Krishna K M;Sharma A K;Mishra M K (Rajasthan Agricultural Univ, SKNCOA, Jobner-303 329, Email: kmkskn@gmail.com) : Use of internet and its impact on agriculture users. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 69-76.

Internet is a group of computer nets, which by certain protocol enables the communication of a large number of computer systems all over the world. Man in his daily work tries to widen information useful for his improving and education. Internet, as a global world computer net, gives a new quality to communication possibilities and data exchange. A very valuable source of quickly accessible and accurate information are on-line databases, which can be very significant in research work in agriculture. Internet has become one of the most effective electronic media for selection, collection, storage management and dissemination of information in the gamut of knowledge, it has not only drastically changed the people to make use of information irrespective of its cost, time, space barriers but also triggers the minds of millions user to go beyond the world of information which can be useful for social economic scientific, industrial, academic, research development of the people or any country . No doubt it is wonderful services of information storage and retrieval, it has reached to the common people for some cause and fulfilling the dreams of people.

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007007   Kaliyaperumal K;Tharinni Mai T N M (Madras University Libr, Madras Univ, Chennai-600 005, Email: kkperumal3@gmail.com) : Application of cluster analysis for library and information research data reduction. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 77-87.

To illustrate how best the Mulhvanate Analysis "Cluster Analysis' can be used for the analysis and treatment of data generated out of research in the held of Librarianship. for the application of Cluster Analysis(CA), a questionnaire has been administered among the patrons/users of OP AC (Online Public Access Catalogue.) of the British Council Library, Chennai to elicit their experience with the OPAC features. But it is to remember that this study is focusing on the application of CA, thus, it is not studying the other aspects related to OPAC user study. Three Clusters regarding to the user experience with OPAC have been formed out of the analysis. Thus, this shows how best the large data can be reduced in to three clusters for easy inferences and draw conclusions. There are many types of Multivariate Analysis ranging from Factor Analysis to Multi Dimensional Scaling and so on. But among them this paper only made an attempt to illustrate the application of CA 'Complete Linkage Method (Farthest Neighbor)'. This attempt will be very useful to the Researchers in the filed of Librarianship to know how to analyze the large data generated irrespective of survey methods with the use different kinds of scaling techniques.

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007006   Dhiman A K;Goswami R (NO, Gurukul Kangri Univ, Haridwar, Uttranchal, Email: akvishvakarma@yahoo.com) : Conventional or traditional libraries in digital era. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 129-37.

Today, libraries are moving towards digital age. but the importance of traditional libraries can not be ignored. Some of the problems of digital libraries and usefulness of traditional libraries in digital environment.

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007005   Dhaka S S (Library and Information Services, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India, New Delhi) : Open access archive and intellectual property rights in digital era : an analysis. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 113-18.

Open Access means free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaming access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution is that these should be acknowledged and cited properly. The property created by intellect of a person is his intellectual property assuming several forms i.e. copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets etc. The copyright law, being prominent among intellectual property rights, has been in operation ever since the discovery of printing technology, but it has been changing from time to time to keep in tune with the needs of society. This law aims at prohibiting anybody from making profit and appropriating the labour and skill of others. It confers exclusive right to the author to exploit the work created by him/her for monetary gain in compensation for the product of labour, skill and capital involved. Therefore, The concepts of 'Open Access' and 'Intellectual Property Rights' are contradictory in nature, one advocates the free access to the scholarly literature by the researchers but other frames strict laws for those who want to use the available scholarly research material without payment. In simple words, first concepts is based on the notion that 'come and use me, don't pay anything' but contrary to earlier one the second concept says 'use only if you can pay other wise sorry. Effort to trace the evolution and analyze the 'merits and demerits' and 'common and 'uncommon' of both popular but contrary concepts available in digital world with special reference to the scholarly research collection.

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007004   Ashok Kumar N;Srivanan T;Balasubramani R (NO, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports Univ, Chennai-600 006) : User attitude measurement towards e-resources in Madras university library. Libr Prog 2008, 28(1), 1-9.

Higher Education in India is attaining a sea change in this electronic age. Due to the new communication policy most of the universities are networked and provided with broadband internet connectivity. Fast changing curricula and frequent introduction of new subjects impose a great demand on the education system. Providing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Internet in each university is the need of the hour, which develops e-learning environment among the faculties and students. Thus UGC-Infonet a national consortium is constituted to lay a qualitative change in higher education. Electronic resources offer today's users with many opportunities that were not available with print media. A study was undertaken to know the usage pattern among the research scholars in University of Madras. Their responses and attitudes towards the provided electronic resources is measured and presented in this study.

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006010   Vijayakumar K P (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, Email: kpvijayakumar@teacher.com) : University library manpower in Kerala: an analysis. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2008, 55(4), 300-7.

Analyses the size and structure of the professional and non-professional manpower in the five university libraries of Kerala. It examines the staff pattern, categorisation of manpower and their salary scales, qualifications prescribed for each category, general and professional qualifications possessed by them and present strength of professional and non-professional manpower. It also suggests urgent measures to be taken to rectify the anomalies in the present situation.

006009   Upadhyay A (Library & Information Sicence Dep, CSJM Univ, Kanpur) : Changing financial management of libraries in modern era. ILA Bull 2006, 42(4), 19-23.

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

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006008   Tamine Lechani L;Boughanem M;Zemirli N (NO, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse SIG-RI 118, Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France, Email: lechani@irit.fr) : Personalized document ranking: exploiting evidence from multiple user interests for profiling and retrieval. J Digital Inf Mgmt 2008, 6(5), 354-65.

Goal of personalization in information retrieval is to tailor the search engine results to the specific goals, preferences and general interests of the users. A novel model for both user profiling and document ranking that consider the user interests as sources of evidence in order to tune the accuracy of the documents returned in response to the user query has been proposed. User profiling is performed by managing the user search history using statistical based operators in order to highlight the user short-term interests seen as surrogates for building the long-term ones. The document ranking model's foundation comes from influence diagrams which are extension of Bayesian graphs, dedicated to decision-making problems. Hence, query evaluation is carried out as an inference process that aims at computing an aggregated utility of a document by considering its relevance to the query but also the corresponding utility with regard to the user's topics of interest. Experimental results using enhanced TREC collections indicate that our personalized retrieval model is effective.

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006007   Sudha S T;Harinarayana N S (Studies in Library Science and Information Dep, University of Mysore, Mysore-6) : Comparative study of reading habits of professional and non-professional students. Kelpro Bull 2008, 12(1), 1-14.

Study is an attempt made to examine the issues related to reading habits of professional and non professional students. The issues studied are their dependency on libraries, items that they read, problems encountered by them and so on. A total of 118 students (58 professionals and 80 non-professionals) served as the sample for the study. The data was collected by questionnaire. MANOVA were applied to find oat the difference between coarse type and gender on various issues. Results revealed that Professional students were more dependent on public libraries and non-professional students were more dependent on home libraries. Professional students had more interest in employment and value based, and non-professional students were more interested on entertainment, science and technology and International affairs. Professional students had more frequency of reading in business newspapers and subject Jourªnals; whereas non-professional students had more frequency of reading general magazines. Professional students had more problems related to reading like smoking and other habits, hetero sexual interests, family problems, part-time work, library oriented teaching, parental conflict, illiteracy of parents, emotional imbalance, and poverty and rural areas, than non-professional students. Gender-wise comparisons revealed that male students were more dependent on home libraries and female students were more dependent on public libraries. Male students were more interested in employment and value based items, whereas female students were more interested in political, international and agricultural and environment related items. Male students were more reading business and online readings whereas female students were more reading general newspapers. Problems encountered in reading habit for male students are smoking, part-time work, education system and emotional imbalance. Suggestions to improve reading habits are also discussed.

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