004026   Pujar S M;Kamat R K (NO, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai-400 065, Email: pujar@igidr.ac.in) : Libraries - a key to harness E-learning: issues and perspective. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 23-30.

E-learning is a nebulous term; meaning teaching-learning facilitated through the modern media like web, satellite, cable networks, etc. Though it is successful in spreading its wings on today's higher education sector, it's linkages with the libraries are still feeble. The academic and other types of libraries, especially from the developing countries such as India, are struggling to cater to the increasingly heterogeneous requirements of the e-learners and associated community. Presents the key role of LIS professionals in the e-learning paradigm. After a thorough analysis of the e-learning scenario, authors have realized that libraries and librarians have an important role to play possibly through the digital libraries - a contemporary movement growing along-with the e-learning. The aspirations of e-learner community from the LIS professionals in this new era of e-learning are propagation of the movement itself, course content development, technical facilitation, technical trouble shooting, fuelling open-archives, improving user interfaces, identifying and training the usage of free and open source software tools to the user community to ensure maximum participation in teaching-learning process. Also discusses e-learning-library linkages and the innovations implemented in the top ranking off-shore public libraries that the Indian LIS community can follow. It reveals an emanating strongly bonded model of e-learning-library linkage required for the sustainance and mutual growth of the duo. This will also lend a hand in emerging an open knowledge culture and ultimately beneficial for the evolving knowledge society.

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004025   Patkar V (NO, , D-1, Anita C.H.S., Plot 612, Sector 6, Charkop, Kandivali (W), Mumbai-400 067, Email: vnpatkar2004@yahoo.co.in) : E-learning: liberation of education and training with evolving library and technology support. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 14-22.

Support of the library has always been traditionally considered imperative for the completeness of education. Even in the current electronic technology mediated e-learning, the evolving form of the library is considered necessary. It is remarkable that the same technology means are driving both the e-learning and library transformation process. A library professional having acquired such technological skills can therefore add value to the e-learning process. Discusses the impacts of e-learning on the learner, teacher, and library using the framework of the laws of media enunciated by Marshall McLuhan. It further discusses how e-learning and new form of the library fit well in the emerging concept of self-service society. To spread the modern education to the remote corners of India, a strategy of promoting the e-learning aided by the advanced library and technology is recommended.

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004024   NageswaraRao K N;Talwar V G (Defence Research & Development Laboratory, , Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad-500 058, Email: raokochi@hotmail.com) : Application domain and functional classification of recommender system - a survey. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(3), 17-35.

The amount of scientific and technical information is growing exponentially. As a result, the scientific community has been overwhelmed by the information published in number of new books, journal articles, and conference proceedings. In addition to increasing number of publications, advances in information technology have dramatically reduced the barriers in electronic publishing and distribution of information over networks virtually anywhere in the world. As a result, the scientific community is facing the problem of locating relevant or interesting information. To address the problem of information overload and to sift all available information sources for useful information, recommender systems or filtering systems have emerged. Generally, recommender systems are used online to suggest items that users find interesting, thereby, benefiting both the user and merchant. Recommender systems benefit the user by making him suggestions on items that he is likely to purchase and the business by increase of sales. Filtering information or generation of recommendations by the recommender systems mimic the process of information retrieval systems by incorporating advanced profile building techniques, item/user representation techniques, filtering and recommendation techniques, and profile adaptation techniques. This paper addresses the application domain analysis, functional classification, advantages and disadvantages of various filtering and recommender systems.

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004023   Moly T M (Library & Information Science Dep, St. Theresa's Autonomous College for Women, Eluru, Email: molly_tm@yahoo.com) : Career guidance through libraries in higher educational institutions. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(4), 185-9.

In the contemporary society a young person is in need of skills like the ability to communicate and get along with people and the ability to think ahead besides acquiring academic qualifications. The career life planning process empowers students to choose right career, as well as acquire skills and sharpen capabilities to acquire and manage the chosen career. Modern libraries should look out for new methods of serving the users in a better way. This paper highlights the role of libraries in providing career information services to college students. It discusses different methods to be used by the libraries to disseminate career information. The importance of providing Internet services to career seekers is also highlighted. An attempt has made to identify some of the problems faced by the libraries in providing qualitative career information services to its users and few suggestions are made to improve career information services in libraries.

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004022   Mani N S (NO, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001) : Digitisation: preservation and challenges. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 69-71.

Digitisation involves conversion from analog to digital. With the boom in the information technologies and also with the changes in the retrieval of information need arises to convert the heritage into digital form. Discusses Digitisation, its need and how to preserve the digitised documents.

004021   Mallaiah T Y (Mangalore University Library, , Mangalagangothri-574 199, Email: mallaiahty@yahoo.com) : Performance management and job satisfaction of university library professionals in Karnataka: a study. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(6), 39-44.

The relationship between job satisfaction and employe's performance has always been discussed in organisational behaviour and human resource management literature. A highly satisfied employee need not necessarily be a profound performer. However, an employee, who is dissatisfied, can cause irreparable damage to the orgnisational effectiveness. Performance management system should be based on ideological underpinnings and a holistic context by strengthening the linkages among the key components such as performance planning, performance execution, performance appraisal, recognition and reward, and performance improvement on a continuous basis. The paper discusses performance management and job satisfaction of university library professionals in Karnataka. Study is based on the primary data collected from 188 library professionals through a pre-tested, structured, comprehensive questionnaire. The key issues were identification and definition of key performance areas, role clarity and direction, performance feedback and potential appraisal, and job rotation as a powerful tool to develop and unleash employee's potential. Factor analysis highlighted the significance of three sub-systems of performance management system, i.e., performance planning and development, employee involvement and empowerment, and orgnisation-employee rapport. The paper concludes that the conducive and congenial physical, social, and psychological conditions present in the workplace have potential to enhance the job satisfaction of the library professionals. The bottom line is that library administration should pay proper, adequate, and timely attention to the interaction and reinforcing nature of 'motivation-performance-satisfaction (MRS)' cycle.

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004020   Kumbhar R (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Pune, , Email: Pune-411 007) : Use of E-learning in library and information science education. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 37-41.

Presents a review of e-learning initiatives in LIS. It defines e-learning and its characteristics, and describes the tools of e-learning. Also compares the traditional education with e-learning and states how both these methods complement each other.

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004019   Khare S K;Thapa N;Sahoo K C (Library and Information Science Dep, Dr. Harisingh Gour Univ, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh) : Internet as a source of information: a survey of Ph.D scholars. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(4), 201-6.

Atternpts to report the findings of a survey conducted to study the pattern of Internet use; satisfaction with the search results and the Internet services; and reasons of non-use of Internet by the Ph.D. scholars of Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar, M.P. The findings show that the rate of Internet use is more in research scholars of Science, Life Sciences, Engineering, Technology and Management faculties as compared to the faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, Law, Education and Commerce. Among the non-users of Internet, the number of female research scholars is more as compared to male. The research scholars use Internet for research purpose, entertainment as well as for job search.

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004018   Kanungo M T (Faculty of Library and Information Science, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open Univ (IGNOU), New Delhi-110 068, Email: neenakanungo@hotmail.com) : Retrospective conversion of nehru memorial museum and library: issues and perspective. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(3), 60-5.

Modern tool like computer has replaced traditional methods of storing and retrieving knowledge. Retrospective conversion of manual bibliographical records on online mode is considered to be the first step in the direction of computerisation process in the library. This paper attempts to analyse the retrospective conversion process undertaken by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi, a premier social science research library in India.

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004017   Jange S (Central Library, Gulbarga University, Gulbarg-585 106, Email: suresh_jange@rediffmail.com) : Essence of developing learning resource centre in the context of NAAC. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 65-8.

Information society has brought developments in the way information is created, consolidated, and accessed. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has produced larger volumes of information, new ways of packaging information, and new tools for managing information to meet the changing demands of the user community. In view of the complex information needs of the society and for better accreditation from National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), the library and information centre have to play a greater role in building, developing, and disseminating information products by establishing Virtual Learning Resource Centre (VLRC). Attempts have been made to notify the significance of this learning resource centre (LRC) in catering to the technology based information resources and services to support learning, teaching, and research activities for academics. The study emphasises the role of library managers in developing a strong ICT infrastructure in rendering Internet and E-communication services for optimisation of e-resources and tools and developing anticipatory needs of users like compiling web resource directory of interestetc. The VLRC has to facilitate development of databases, e-learning materials, academic software commons, indigenous e-resources, and library automation, a basic necessity. Concludes that for building 21st century libraries, librarians and libraries have to focus not only on their abilities but also to adopt the changes and act as last resort for information access in the VLRC.

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004016   Husain S;Ansari M A (Library & Information Science Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh-202 002, Email: shabahat12@rediffmail.com) : Online public access catalogue: a journey to alice for windows, LibSys, and virtua. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(6), 34-8.

The importance of knowing the various search facilities available on a range of software packages, on a comparative basis, cannot be overemphasised. This study concerns with laying the foundation for such exercise. With the application of information technology in libraries, selection of an appropriate library automation software package has become a challenge for the library administrators. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is an important module in all library packages. The present study evaluates three important library software packages, namely, Alice for Windows, Libsys, and Virtua in the context of OPAC module.

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004015   Gokhale P A;Chandra S (LIS Dep, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098, Email: pratibha_gokhale@yahoo.com) : Web 2.0 and E-learning: the Indian perspective. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 5-13.

As the World Wide Web moves from the Web 1.0 to its newer version of Web 2.0, it offers transformation of the nature of human interaction with information. This will have profound implications for education that has shifted according to time and technology in the way it is imparted. The Web 2.0 technologies have enabled higher order skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation resulting in new terms like e-learning 2.0 and Library 2.0. E-learning 2.0 has created a comprehensive suite of learning resource materials, which enable scientists and students of different fields, particularly those from the developing world, to develop lifelong learning skills. This has wide scale implications for the library and its services. Takes a look at the awareness of the various learning paradigms of the Web 2.0, e-learning 2.0, and the Library 2.0 environment with a focus on the geoscience education in India.

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004014   Dutta B (Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore-560 059, Email: bisu@drtc.isibang.ac.in) : Semantic web services: a study of existing technologies, tools and projects. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(3), 47-55.

Semantic web service (SWS) is an extension of the web service with an explicit representation of meanings. It promises to increase the level of automation and has ability to integrate and reuse diverse information resources relevant to a given situation in a cost-effective way. It has the potentiality to change the way knowledge and business services are consumed and provided on the web. Presents state-of-the-art of current enabling SWS technologies. Discusses about the exiting important initiatives for SWS approaches and gives a comparative study between two important SWS approaches. It also discusses about some of the established tools and projects on different facets of SWS.

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004013   Date D A;Walavalkar P (NO, Tata Consultancy Services, Gateway Park, Road No. 13, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai-400 093, Email: dhanashree.date@tcs.com) : Technology enhanced learning: a TCS library experience. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 49-55.

Organisational success is directly linked to its competent workforce. Technology has brought about immense dynamism in information and knowledge throughput. Coping with the rapidly changing information demands is increasingly difficult, but all the same crucial. The need to identify, build, utilise, and retain talent has never been so challenging. Global organistions are progressively focusing attention on maximising the value of their intellectual resources and deliverables. Obvious benefits of e-learning are prompting the organisations to adopt it into the corporate folds in many ways. Focuses on how the corporate library of Tata Consultancy Services has successfully leveraged the technology platforms in two ways - fistly, to build upon the competencies of their library team, and secondly to propagate library services effectively to its global user community. Also provides an understanding on the efforts taken by the library team of TCS to design and populate the backend content into their Learning Managaement System (LMS).

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004012   Das S (NO, Times Group, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002) : Preservation of newspapers. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 72-5.

Newspaper is the mirror of society. Newspaper captures day to day life of a community and its citizens. Under the headlines proclaiming great events are editorials, human interest stories, society news, sports reporting, advice columns, obituaries, and business reports that as a whole tell the life story of the communities in which those great events take place and the lives they affect. This is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers for future resources. If newspaper is not preserved then no one can access information in future. Gives procedures for preserving newspaper, and various tools and software that Times Group is using for preservation of their publications.

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004011   Chandra S (NO, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Plot No. 5, Sector 18, Kalamboli-Panvel Highway, New Panvel, New Mumbai-410 218, Email: smtcd79@gmail.com) : E-learning in the geoscience domain: the Indian perspective. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2009, 29(1), 42-8.

Web 2.0 and e-learning technologies of today have enabled digital learning resources that enhance the learning experience of scientists and students from different fields. Explores the ways e-learning is being used in the geoscience domain and how geoscience libraries are placing their systems and services around them. After studying the worldwide scenario in this regard, then reviews the Indian scenario. It proposes ways to enhance the role of the various institutions and agencies and the libraries affiliated to the Geoscience domain in India to gain from this technological development.

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004010   Bansode S;Pujar S M (Library and Information Science Dep, Pune Univ, Pune-411 007, Email: sadanand_bansode@yahoo.co.in) : Scholarly digital library intiatives: world versus India. DESIDOC J Libr Inf Technol 2008, 28(6), 21-6.

The emergence of digital technology and computer networking have provided means whereby information can be stored, retrieved, disseminated, and duplicated in a very fast manner. Digital libraries have made considerable advances, both in technology and its applications. The digital library initiatives at international level are many, but in developing counties like India they are still in a nascent stage. But with the initiative like Million Book Project, initiated by Carnegie Mellon University, the culture of digital library has also made a beginning in India.

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002990   Yohra R;Arora K (Library & Information Science Dep, Punjab University, Chandigarh) : Centralization and decentralization in university library system : a case study of departmental libraries of Panjab University, Chandigarh. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 11-22.

Discusses the development and current status of University Library System of Panjab University, Chandigarh. A survey based on descriptive method of research was designed and four different questionnaires were prepared and distributed to 450 respondents including Students, Faculty and Departmental Librarians of 56 departments of Panjab University and one detailed questionnaire to University Librarian, A.C. Joshi Library, Panjab University. The study analyses the organizational pattern of Central and Departmental libraries on variables like Space, Library basic facilities and Infrastructure, Collections, Staffing, Services, Library Co-ordination among different Departmental libraries and between Central and Departmental libraries, Library automation, Library budget, Users, surveys and User satisfaction etc. The paper concludes with suggestions for an improved University Library System.

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002989   Verma N;Tamrakar R;Sharma P (Library and Information Science Dep, M.L.B. Government College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Email: neerja_verma@rediffmail.com) : Analysis of contributions in `Annals of Library and Information Studies'. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 106-11.

Deals with the analysis of the 131 contributions of the journal entitled `Annals of Library & Information Studies' published during 1999-2005. It examines yearwise, instituionwise, statewise distribution of contributions, authorship pattern, citation analysis, length of the contributions etc. The study shows that most of the contributions of this journal are contributed by single author and statewise distribution shows the most of that most of the contributions are contributed from New Delhi. Citation analysis of 1456 citations includes to find out average number of citations per contribution, types of publications cited and preparing of ranked list of cited journals in contributions of this journal. The study reveals that journals are the most cited publication amongst the library and information scientists and the source journal i.e. Annals of Library and Information Studies is the most cited journal in the contributions of this journal.

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002988   Vasishta S (Central Library, Punjab Engineering College (DU), Chandigarh-160 002, Email: seema_pec@yahoo.co.in ) : Status of libraries in higher technical education institutions: with special reference to deemed universities of north India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 95-102.

Examines the present conditions in libraries in technical deemed universities of north India. This study is based on the analysis of physical facilities (building, open access and working hours), budget, professional staff, organisational structure, library holdings (print as well as non-print), users, technical processing etc. Questionnaire method was used to collect the data. Comparative data in tabular form of six technical deemed universities are drawn for showing the strengths and weaknesses of these libraries. Based on the result of the survey, few suggestions have been given. These suggestions will be useful for planning and policy making of libraries in technical deemed universities.

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002987   Sudhier Pillai K G (Communication and Journalism Dep, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram-695 581, Email: kgsudhier@gmail.com) : Authorship patterns in physics literature: an informetric study on citations in doctoral theses of the Indian Institute of Science. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 90-4.

Presents a case study of the trends in authorship pattern and collaborative research in physics with a sample of 11,412 journals and 1,328 book citations appended in the physics doctoral dissertations awarded by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 1999-2003. The study found that team research is preferred in the field of physics rather than solo research. The average number of authors per journal articles was 3 and for books it was 1.69. The degree of collaboration in different years was calculated and the average value of it for journals was 0.08 and 0.44 for books. The authorship collaboration is more in journal articles than in books. The study concluded that authorship pattern, the degree of collaboration and the average number of authors were different in journals and in books.

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002986   Stephen S L;Lawrence Mary A (NO, Noorul Islam College of Engineering, Kumaracoil-629 180, Email: lawyeds@yahoo.com ) : Quality awareness among the users towards internet information resources in nice central library. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 29-35.

Internet has created revolutions in the world of information, it has immense power to handle the information and satisfy the information needs of its clientele. Exponential growth of information through websites in internet has brought a challenging task among its users about its quality in general and its validity and reliability in particular. This paper gives the quality awareness among the users towards internet information resources in the NICE Central library.

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002985   Sharma A K (Library and Information Science Dep, M.L.B. Government College of Excellence, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh) : Inforamtion needs and sharing pattern among rural women. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 159-67.

Study is based on 145 rural women respondents of Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. It includes hypotheses, objectives, review of related literature and scope of study. Analysis of data reveals that majority of women are getting information through television (93.7%), 35.17% women are consulting religious leaders for their information needs. Study reveals that 81.37% respondents share information with their family members, field and well are the most common places for sharing information, all women are familiar with telephone while only 33.79% women used telephone facility, 2.75% rural women are familiar with Internet.

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002984   Sevukan R;Nagarajan M;Sharma J (Faculty of Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi) : Research performance in biochemistry and molecular biology of faculty in central universities of India, 1997-2006 : a bibliometric analysis. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 1-9.

Study analyses quantitatively the research performance of the faculties in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in central universities of India. The data, for 1997 - 2006, used in this study were obtained from the ISI Web of Science database - Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). A total of 786 publications of various types viz. articles, meeting abstracts, reviews, letters, editorial material, and corrections was collected for 9 central universities. Out of which, a total of 746 items comprising articles and reviews were considered for analysis. Bradford's Law of Scattering of Scientific Literature and Lotka's Law of Author Productivity have been applied and tested. Furthermore, some indicators such as Participative Index (Pal) and Productivity Index (PI) have also been calculated.

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002983   Sevukan R;Nagarajan M;Sharma J (Faculty of Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi-110 068, Email: sevukan2002@yahoo.com) : Research output of faculties of plant sciences in central universities of India: a bibliometric study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 129-39.

Research output in plant sciences of the faculties in central universities of India has been analysed bibliometrically. The study analyses a total of 348 bibliographic records of plant sciences retrieved from ISI Science Citation Index - Expanded (SCIE) for a period of 10 years from 1997 to 2006. The output of plant sciences literature has been analysed by year, document type, authorship pattern, and collaboration pattern at different levels viz., international, national, and local. The laws of Bradford and Lotka have also been tested. Results of the study reveal that: i) the plant sciences literature has grown steadily during the study period except for 1997 and 2002; ii) articles play a predominant source of publications of plant sciences literature; iii) the plant sciences research in central universities of India is fairly collaborative; and iv) the productivity of authors fits Lotka's distribution while scattering of journal articles does not fit into Bradford's distribution.

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002982   Senthilkumaran P;Amudhavalli A (NO, Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board, Myladumpara, Kailasanadu-685 553, Email: senthilicri@rediffmail.com) : Quantitative analysis of the spices literature in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 152-7.

Analyses the quantitative literature on spices for the period 1968 to 2002 with respect to Asia and India using HORT-CD database. Identifies the distribution of spices literature by categories of spices, forms of publications, core journals, prime authors and institutions. Reveals that India dominates research and development activities on spices in the Asian continent and Indian Institute of Spices Research is a significant contributor whose scientists top the list of prolific authors.

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002981   Saravanan P;Lawrence Mary A (NO, Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, Neyyoo-629 801, Email: sara-nps@yahoo.co.in) : Occupational stress among the librarians of arts and science colleges. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 51-7.

Deals with occupational stress among the Librarians of Arts and Science colleges in relation to selected personal and professional variables. The total sample consisted of 89 librarians. The occupational Stress Index (OSI) of Srivastav and Singh( 1984) was used to measure the experienced stress in the library work environment. This study revealed that 61.8% of librarians are experiencing stress at moderate level. Number of dependents in the family, salary and advisory committee influences the perceived stress level.

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002980   Saravanan P;Lawrence Mary A (NO, Lakshmipuram College of Arts and Science, Neyyoor-629 802) : Teachers approach to internet and online information resources. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 150-7.

Internet and on-line inforamtion resources provide seamless access to wide variety of information ranging from primary to tertiary source. But most of the time its quality remains doubtful, quality consciousness among the users are necessary for qualitative output. Moreover, format, style, arrangement etc. are entirely different from traditional one, users are expected to follow different approach to access and use on-line source. The study aims to know about the college teachers approach to internet and online information resources and their quality consciousness. Study revealed that quality consciousness among the college teachers are poor and users approach to internet and online information resources are similar to traditional print media. Also the most preferred search engine is Google. The study also suggests some remedial measures to improve quality consciousness among the teachers.

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002979   Saha R (NO, Bengal Library Association, Kolkata) : Designing of a classification scheme for Bengali books. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 133-6.

002978   Raman Nair R (NO, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686 560, Email: ramannair.r.@gmail.com) : Information resources on agricultural economics: a study with special reference to Kerala. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 158-67.

Opines that scientific planning for agricultural development to overcome backwardness is very important for India. Speedy and sustainable agricultural development is tied closely to effective planning which in turn rests heavily on information available for the process. Information specifically related to this area is classified under agricultural economics. This makes information systems on agricultural economics very crucial in the context of increasing requirements for food grains as well as globalization. Examines the coverage of agricultural economics, nature of information on the area, and the importance of technical and marketing information to managers, farmers and other stakeholders to take maximum advantage of the WTO Regime. Examines in detail the resources of information units of organizations dealing with agricultural economics in the region and the provisions for resource-sharing between them. Reveals that information resources available collectively are sufficient, but that at individual institutions are not adequate, full or reliable. Recommends a resource sharing programme for institutions concerned with agricultural economics.

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002977   Rajendiran P;Parihar Y S;Deshpande A U (Library Dep, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore-452 013, Email: praj@cat.ernet.in) : Automated bibliographic record capturing from web OPAC and online biblographic database for library cataloguing in Libsys. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 140-5.

Presents a method for capturing bibliographic information from collections of Web OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) and online bibliographic databases for library cataloguing. The bibliographic record for document(s) to be acquired or catalogued are searched in the Web OPAC or online bibliographic databases that provides machine-readable or tagged records. If an identical bibliographic record is found against the search query, those record(s) are downloaded in a file for local use. The records copied in the file are transferred to local machine's appropriate directory/path, as an input file for data import. The LibSys 5 (Release 5.0) - Library Automation Software, module for bibliographic data import was executed, and the cataloguing data for document(s) has been captured. By adopting this method, libraries can create error free, standardized catalogue also saves the time of cataloguer, and reduces the costs.

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002976   Rajendiran P;Parihar Y S (NO, Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore-452 013, Email: praj@cat.ernet.in) : Bibliometric study of laser literature in India, 1995-2005. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 112-18.

Identifies various bibliometric indicators of articles published by the Indian researchers in the field of laser science and technology during the period 1995-2005. The Scopus - the indexing/abstracting online database is the main source for this study. The bibliometric techniques, such as Bradford's law, Lotka's law, and the Subramanyam formula were employed respectively to measure quantitative distribution of literature in sources/journals, author productivity, and the degree of collaboration among authors. The study found that the literature growth has steadily increased and the growth rate over the period of time was 22.436 articles per year. Of the total literature 97.32 % appeared as research articles. Literature, were found to be published in eight different disciplines, and the percentage of multi-disciplinary articles was 18.93. The log-log plot drawn for distribution of literature in various sources/journals fits the typical Bradford S-shaped curve. The study identified 20 core sources and 23 core journals. It was found that majority of authors contributed only one article (65.04%), which is larger than the 60% of original Lotka's data. The degree of collaboration among authors is 0.94. The average length of an article is 7.09.

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002975   Rajan Pillai C V;Pillai Sudhier K G (Library and Information Science Dep, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala) : Citations in the physics doctoral dissertations : an obsolescence study. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 168-79.

Reports results of a study to examine the obsolescence of literature in Physics by citation analysis. The importance of obsolescence studies and half-life of literature in Library and Information Science and its definitions are discussed. Outlined the various studies already done in the area and reviewed the classical papers and the theoretical base of the topic. Citations from 71 doctoral theses in Physics awarded from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India during the period 1999-2003 forms the basis of the study. Half-life of citations is foud to be 10 years for journal citations and 15 years for book citations. The mean year of Physics journals is 14.19 years and for the books, it is found to be 17.79 years.

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002974   Mutalik V J (NO, Smt. Hansa Mehta Library, M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat) : E-print archives : a solution for scholarly communication. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 144-8.

Discusses the need of fastes scholarly communication of nascent inforamtion to overcome the time barrier. Mentions the importance of open Access to scientific information illustrating Budapest open Access Initiatives. Shows the revolutionary movement as felt through the emergence of E-print archives. Indicates the future direction towards, developing E-print respository by different institutes where scholars of respective institute can submit their research findings to share with peers.

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002973   Mini Devi B (Commerce Dep, University of Kerala, University P.O., Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, Email: minidevi_b@yahoo.co.in) : Bibliographic coupling in toxicology journals. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 103-5.

Explores the phenomena of bibliographic coupling in nine core journals in toxicology indexed in the Toxicology Information Online (TOXLINE), the international database. A total of 1218 articles were taken for analysis. For the analysis Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) is used. The journal Toxicology had highest percentage of bibliographically coupled articles i.e. 15.3%. There was no fixed trend in the development of number of bibliographically coupled articles. The number of coupled articles decreased as the coupling strength increased.

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002972   Mahaboob Basha S;Sathyanarayana B;Bhaskara Reddy T (Cmputer Science & Technology Dep, S.K. University, Anatapur, Andhra Pradesh) : Image compression using binary plane technique. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 59-64.

Image processing applications are drastically increasing over the years. In such a scenario, the fact that digital images need huge amounts of disk space seems to be a crippling disadvantage during transmission & storage. So there arises a need for data compression of images. The popular Image compression techniques such as JPEG (Wallace, 1992) cause loss of quality of data, which is not suitable for medical images. Here we proposed the novel technique called Binary Plane Technique for loss less compression of images which is followed by the popular Huffman Coding (Gersho and Gray, 1991) to increase the compress rate. This technique is simple in implementation and requires no additional memory requirements.

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002971   Lynall M E (Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge Univ, CB2 ITL, UK., Email: maryellenlynall@gmail.com) : C V Raman's work on scientific journals: legacy and lessons for Indican sciences. Curr Sci 2008, 94(3), 305-6.

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002970   Krishnan J (NO, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi) : Media resources collection organization and management - (CEC Media Library - as an exmaple). Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 168-70.

Provides an overview of the organization and management of Media Resources Collection in Media Libraries with example of how it is organized at Media Library of the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi. It informs the readers how the applications and convergence of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) helps in distribution and dissemination of knowledge resources in a converged environment. The advancements and developments in ICT have made possible information access and retrieval much faster in present times.

002969   Kapila P C;Bajaj I (NO, , ) : Libraries of future. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(2), 98-105.

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002968   Jauhari M;Saxena A;Gautam J N (NO, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh) : Zipf's law and number of hits on the world wide web. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 81-4.

Words of variable length are gathered together in a meaningful manner and make up a text. Web is probably the largest mass of words of various kinds. The distribution of words contained in a text itself is of great interest to scientists. Many scientists have attempted to examine the informetric properties of the web in the past. However, fewer attempts have been made to investigate relationships like the number of hits words of a text generate on a search engine, their word length and the frequency with which they appear in a text.

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002967   Husain S;Ansari M A (Library and Information Science Dep, AMU, Aligarh, Email: shabahat12@rediffmail.com) : Library automation software packages in India: a study of the cataloguing modules of Alice for Windows, Libsys and Virtua. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(3), 146-51.

Introduction of computers in libraries has immensely enhanced the effectiveness of library services including efficient organization and retrieval of information activities. Since the application of information technology in libraries, one of the greatest challenges before the library managers is the selection of a good library automation software package which can cater to the needs of a particular library. In India, library automation process started in the last decade of the previous century. Many Indian as well as foreign software companies had entered into the market. Nevertheless, only a couple of library automation software packages gained success in making their presence felt into Indian market. Discusses the salient features of cataloguing module of three such packages, namely, Alice for Windows, Libsys and Virtua and their acceptability in a developing nation.

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002966   Gupta S;Labkush (NO, NIHFW, Munirka, New Delhi) : Using knowledge mapping to support knowledge translation in health organizations. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 187-91.

Discusses knowledge translation and knowledge mapping. It focuses on the use of knowledge mapping as a technique to support knowledge translation in health organizations in order to bridge the gap between knowledge generated and action for health. Explores the possibility for integrating knowledge mapping with conceptual framework so that it can help understanding many complex processes, resources and people involved in heatlh system.

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002965   Fola Adio W (NO, , ) : Restructuring user services in university libraries in information technology era. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(2), 106-16.

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002964   Dixit S;Katare V V (NO, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra) : Investigations in collaborative research trends among Indian cotton scientists (1966 - 2005). IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 137-42.

Collaborative research trends are studied in the filed of Cotton Science. Observations are based on the ten year data (1996-2005) collected from the Journal of the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI Journal). Readings show that the numner of multi-authored papers (91.04%) surprassed the single authored papers (8.95%). The degree of collaboration in the field of Cotton Science is 0.91. The study reinforces the fact that scientific research is group oriented.

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002963   Dixit S;Katare V V (Library Dep, Central Institute for Cotton Research, P.B. No. 2, Shankarnagar Post Office, Nagpur-440 010, Email: dixitswati2002@yahoo.co.in) : Bibliometric analysis of the `Journal of the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement' (1995-2004). Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 119-23.

Highlights the research trend of cotton scientists by studying the patterns of articles published in the Journal of the Indian Society of Cotton Improvement for the period 1995-2004. Patters related to authorship, bibliographic forms, citations, contributing institutions, and subjects are analyzed. Based on these details, ranking of core journals (Indian & foreign) in the field of cotton science has also been done.

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002962   Dhiman A K;Sharma H (NO, Gurukul Kangri University Library, Haridwar-249 404, Email: akvishvakarma@yahoo.com) : Knowledge management: the concept and its applications in library & information centres. Libr Prog 2007, 27(1), 37-43.

Knowledge and Knowledge Management have emerged as a current 'hot issue' for many organizations including the library and information centres. Knowledge management is a sub-discipline of the knowledge economy that is relatively a new concept and method of management. Knowledge management requires linkage of information with information, information with activities, information with man and information with society. It is applied for converting intellectual assets of workers/professionals and staff members in the organization into higher productive forces- competition power and value. This paper defines knowledge management and its applications in managing library and information centers.

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002961   Das S;Surinder Kumar;Pandita N (Bibliographic Information Div, National Informatics Centre, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003) : Availability of biomedical serials in India: a case of malaria research. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2007, 54(2), 85-9.

Attempts to analyse the availability of biomedical serials in India and there accessibility. A search on malaria using the Pubmed database retrieved 386 journal articles in the last 180 days prior to April 2005. The availability of these journals in the country has been ascertained using the Union Catalogue of Biomedical Serials in India (UNcat). The participating medical libraries of UNcat have been divided into four zones (North, South, East and West) and the distribution of these serials has been tabulated. The findings shows that various valuable journals, in each zone, is available in duplicates, such as, the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine etc. The study further reveals that, though a large number of journals are available online; their download costs are very high. The study will help the policy makers and administrators to formulate policies to reduce duplication of valuable resources in the country. It is proposed that traditional services like the Union Catalogues may be upgraded with value added services such as document delivery, interlibrary lending, etc. for effective and efficient retrieval at a much lower cost.

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002960   Dahiru B Y;Ali B T (NO, , ) : Publication requirements of academic status on professional librarians in academic libraries. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(2), 88-97.

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002959   Choukhande V (NO, , ) : Information products and services & generation of resources. Int Libr Movement 2007, 29(2), 75-87.

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002958   Bhattacharya U (Library and Information Science Dep, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal) : Information architecture : as seen from LIS profession. IASLIC Bull 2007, 52(3), 180-6.

Shows the large overlapping areas of the two apparently distant fields: LIS and Information Architecture. Provides definition, characteristics and components of information architecture. Explains the term information organization as well as knowledge organization. Finally shows how LIS professionals can contribute in information architecture. Suggested inforamtion architecture should be an integral compnent of LIS curricula.

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