003100   Pal J K (Documentation & Information Science Div, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata-700 108) : Administering a cryptology centre by means of scientometric indicators. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 97-123.

Cryptology is basically the science of secret messages that underlies cryptography and more glamorous cryptanalysis; refers to the numerous ways of hiding or breaking information in storage and transit, thus enables users to transmit information securely over the insecure channel. This paper quantitatively analyzes the scholarly publications of cryptology research over a decade-long period from 2001 to 2010. It provides an insight to the cognitive structure and scientific behavior of cryptology research; thus suggests an innovative way of connecting various aspects for governing and administering a cryptology centre. The study examines the growth-trend of publications, extent of collaboration, focused areas of research based on scientometric techniques and related indices. The productive-authors, potential-collaborators, predominant-institutions, prolific-countries, and prevalent topics of cryptology research have been identified using fractional counting method. Critical analyzes have also been made to determine the activity-index (performance indicator), collaboration index, degree-of-collaboration, and collaboration density. Empirical validation of Lotka's law is tested and the value of a (productivity parameter) is carried out. It also derfi-onstrates on highly cited materials and identifies the core journals to be earmarked for library collection of a cryptology research centre. Therefore, the study reveals a lot of useful infcirmation to develop strategies for enabling better administration in this emerging field of research.

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003099   Mitra S;Shukla A;Sen B K (Library and Information Science Programme, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi-110 068, Email: sharmi.mitra2011@gmail.com) : Instructional services for the students of Ramakrishna Mission blind boys' academy -A case study. IASLIC Bull 2016, 61(1), 51-60.

Highlights the significant landmarks in the history of education of the visually handicapped in India. Traces the origin and development of Narendrapur Blind Boys' Academy, Kolkata. With the establishment of the Academy in 1957, the services for the blind stepped into the modern age. Till 1975, it was the only multipurpose school in West Bengal for blind boys which offered instructions in science, humanities, agriculture, technical education, commerce and fine arts. In 1976 it was converted into a secondary school, and in 2012 into a higher secondary school. The Academy imparts vocational training in light engineering, agriculture and animal husbandry, as we/I as computer science; and also looks after the placement of the students. The courses run by the Academy are all free of cost. Projects the role played by the library in serving the blind students which is quite different from the role of a general librarian. The findings have been enumerated and suggestions offered. In spite of its modest beginning, the Academy gradually channelled its services to other areas like teachers' training, light engineering. Braille press, sub-contract workship, agriculture and rural vocations, rehabilitation setvice, and community education.

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003098   Garg K C;Kumar S (NO, CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, Marg, Pusa, Email: gargkc@gmail.com) : Scientometric profile of an Indian state: the case study of Odisha. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 241-53.

An analysis of 5334 papers published by institutions located in the State of Odisha and indexed by Web of Science during 2010-2014 indicates a constant rise in the output of the state. The output was concentrated among 16 institutions which contributed about three-forth of the total output. Highest number of papers was published in the area of physical sciences followed by engineering sciences. Among all the institutions, the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar and Central Institute of Freshwater and Aquaculture made the highest impact in terms of citation per paper and relative citation impact. A significant number of papers are published in journals published from the advanced countries of the West. About 40% papers published by the scientists from Odisha remained uncited.

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003097   Elshawi R;Sakr S (Princess Nourah Bint, Abdulrahman Univ, Saudi Arabia, Email: rmelshawi@pnu.edu.sa) : On analyzing the impact of authors and their collaboration patterns in the major computer algorithms research conferences. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 155-73.

An algorithm represents the computer-based road map for accomplishing a given, well-defined task. In general, computer algorithms form one of the core practical technologies of computer science. In principle, research in theoretical computer science focuses on the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures, as well as the study of fundamental barriers to efficient computation. The research community of this field has been significantly growing in the last decade. In general, in the computer science field, disseminating research outcomes is an integral part of a scholar's professional career. The preference for conference publications is motivated by many arguments such as the high dynamism of the field requiring shorter turnaround time between submission; the prestige associated with publishing at highly-selective venues. We analyze the publications of three top-tier computer algo-rithms research conferences (SODA, ICALP and SOCG) over the last two decades (1995 - 2014). In particular, we report the list of the scholars who have the highest number of publications for each venue separately and when combined. We also analyze the co-authors relationships to understand their research collaborations. Finally, we study the increase in the number of publications and the size of the research community in the last two decades.

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003096   Elshawi R;Sakr E (Princes Nourah Bint, Abdulrahman Univ, Saudi Arabia, Email: rmelshawi@pau.edu.sa) : International conferences on computer system: analysis of EuroSys, SOSP, and OSDI during 2006-2014. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 175-95.

Computer Systems provide the foundation upon which all other software applications rely. The goal of systems research is to develop the key abstractions and services that enable software to be efficiently and portably run on hardware, as well as to elicit the principles underlying the development and use of complex, parallel and distributed software/ hardware systems. In this article, we study the com- munity of the computer systems research community by analyzing the research publications and the program committee memberships of three top-tier and prestigious computer systems conferences (EuroSys, SOSP and OSDI) over the period between 2006 and 2014. We study the growth in the size of research publications, research community and the program committees of the three studied conferences over the period between 2006 and 2014. We highlight the main scholars participating in the program committees of these venues. We also analyze the affiliation of program committee members to determine the main countries and institutions contributing to the computer systems area. Further, we show our results on the scholars with the highest number of participation on each of the studied conferences and when combined. Finally, we analyze the co-authorship network to highlight some of the important research collaboration patterns in this community.

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003095   Elango B;Bornmann L;Shankar S (NO, IFET College of Engineering Villupuram, Tamilnadu, Email: elangokb@yahoo.com) : Citation netowork in tribology research. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 71-96.

This study aims to study citation networks among publications on tribology using a new software tool called "CitNetExplorer". Bibliographic records related to tribology research were retrieved from Web of Science. Three data sets have been analyzed: (1) Core publications of tribology research, (2) publications on nanotribology (a sub-discipline of tribology) and (3) publications of Bharat Bhushan (a top-contributor to nanotribology research). The study provides insights into citation relations among tribology publications. It demonstrates the potential of the CitNetExplorer and suggests possible improvements. It also shows how the CitNetExplorer can be used to analyze networks of publications in a specific research field.

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003094   Devi K S (Library & Information Science Dep, Manipur Univ, Canchipur795 003, Email: sangeetakeisham@gmail.com) : Use of E-resources by the students of school of humanities, Manipur univ :A survey. IASLIC Bull 2016, 61(1), 41-50.

With the advent of Information Communication Technology in our society, there is a sea change in all sphere of our life especially in teaching and learning process. This has increased the global dissemination of information. Electronic resources are the backbone of many academic institutions. The present paper attempts to examine the importance and use of e-resources by the students of school of humanities, manipur University. Questionnaire method has been adopted for the survey. About 370 questionnaires were distributed to all the P.G. students both from second and fourth semester. Out of the total population about 300 respondents returned the questionnaire giving a response rate of 80%. The data are analysed, tabulated and presented herewith. It is observed that most of the students (81.4%) are aware of using e-resources and they are accessing from the University Library (40%). They generally use Google search engine for accessing e-resources. Interestingly, the students (30.6%) are using e-journals and e-articles for their academic purpose. Moreover they admitted that they face problem due to slow Internet speed in the library while accessing e-resources. And they need orientation and workshop programme from time to time in order to update their knowledge regarding e-resources.

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003093   Chatterjee A (Library & Information Science Dep, Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata, Email: sharmi.mitra2011@gmail.com) : LIS education in India -past, present and future an IASLIC concept paper. IASLIC Bull 2016, 61(1), 3-14.

LIS education in India, which began with an in-service training programme in 1901 at the then Imperial Library, Kolkata, has developed in three different periods - Pre-Ranganathan period Ranganathan period and post-Ftanganathan period. The structure of such education that emerged during Ranganathan period consisted of mainly three levels - Certificate, Bachelor's degree and Master's degree - which was mainly based on the need. But subsequently several varieties of courses have been started and the focus of training has shifted from quality to quantity with mushrooming of ill-equipped LIS schools and today LIS manpower development is going on in a haphazard manner. The paper discusses the shortcomings of LIS education in the country, tries to find out the reasons behind the same and stresses on setting up an accrediting body for quality control of the LIS schools / courses.

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003092   Chandra J;Majumder K P;Das B B (Librarian, Gurudas College, ) : Chronological development of LIS concepts in Bengali: A study. IASLIC Bull 2016, 61(1), 26-31.

Discussed in details the chronological development of Bengali LIS concepts in fifty years. An effort has been taken to study the development of LIS concepts in the course of time to find out their frequency of occurrence as well as if there are any social factors behind the occurrence of these concepts. For this, first fifty volumes of Bengali LIS periodical 'Granthagar' have been studied thoroughly from where different Bengali LIS terminologies have been recorded for consideration. These collected terms have been grouped under 67 broad categories and then studied under ten different sections where each section covers issues of 'Granthagar' published within every five year. After this indepth study it has been revealed that frequently occurred concepts have been chosen as the themes of following Bengal Library Conference under the social demand and the most striking feautre is that there has been a total paradigm shift of discussion of LIS concepts from traditional concepts such as library act, cataloguing, classification, etc. to information, information science and library modernization.

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003091   Bornmann L;Thor A;Marx W;Leydesdorff L (Science and Innovation Studies Div, , Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Hofgartenstr. 8, 80539 Munich, Germany, Email: bornmann@gv.mpg.de) : Identifying seminal works most important for research fields: software for the reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS). Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2016, 10(1), 125-40.

Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) was proposed by Marx, Bornmann, Barth, and Leydesdorff (2014, [18]) to identify seminal publications in a research field which are most important in a historical context. We refined our RPYS toolbox by adding some features to the existing programs and we developed two new routines. First, a direct comparison of the results of different RPYSs is now possible, because the software transforms the results of the RPYS into percen-tiles for standardization. Second, we added routines that facilitate the user with retrieving the most-cited publications in specific years indicated by peaks in the spectrograms. Cited references can be aggregated across misspellings and variants. For this paper, two examples from trfe humanities and natural sciences are provided to demonstrate the functionalities and results of the programs. A more technical description of the usage of the programs can be found at http://www.leydesdorff.net/ software/rpys/.

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003090   Adhikari S;Panigrahi P (S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Science and Technology Dep, Govt. of India, Block-JD, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 098, Email: sayneb1111@gmail.com) : Information filtering model for research library. IASLIC Bull 2016, 61(1), 32-40.

In the present era information filtering is a major challenge for Libraries and Information Centers. With the Hooding of Information in the web; searching to multiple journals and finding relevent papers from the heap of garbage papers is a major issue for researchers. A model is developed to provide information service based on artificial intelligence. This system would be capable to filter papers from multiple databases/ journals on the basis of relevancy priority. The model is based on neural network which is a part of Artificial Intelligence. The way human brain learns and stores information in several neurons, same method is adopted in this model. In this system key words with their corresponding document links and priority number would continuously be sorted in a logical table and stored to keep system uptodate. For this sorting process the model has been sharing the knowledge of human brains. First the Expert system is trained, after that the system has become smart enough to provide service to the user. It has been found that the model is providing better information filtering mechanism to the researcher of specific subject area. But learning of the system will be lifelong process. Experience will improve its intelligence gradually with time.

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002066   Shekoftech M;Mohseny M;Shahbodaghi A;Zayeri F;Rahimi F (Medical Library and Information Sciences Dep, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti Univ of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Email: shekofth_m@yahoo.com) : Correlation among Y-index and other scientometric indicators. Curr Sci 2016, 110(9), 1823-8.

Scientometric analysis of research outputs is important in universities for research evaluation as it provides necessary inputs for decision makers. Common scientometric indicators are the number of publications, average citation per document, A-index and the number of authors. F-index is also an indicator considering both the quantity and quality of scientific products, based on first author and corresponding author publications. This study aims at determining these indicators in first-grade universities of medical sciences in Iran and investigating the correlation among F-index and other mentioned indices, and comparison between F-index and A-index. The population under study comprised of all scientific productions of fourteen top universities of medical sciences in Iran, indexed in Web of Science in 2012 (7435 documents). The Tehran University of Medical Sciences is ranked first considering five indicators under investigation. A significant positive relationship was obtained among F-index with the number of publications, the number of authors, and /i-index. This indicates that F-index can be a potential proper index, for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of universities along with other scientific and research institutions.

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002065   Pani N (National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru-560 012, Email: narendar.pani@gmail.com) : Towards a socially consistent science and technology policy. Curr Sci 2016, 110(9), 1624-9.

The development of science and technology (S&T) in India is widely believed to have not quite lived up to the high expectations in the Scientific Policy Resolution of 1958. To paraphrase a major scientist, it has had tall peaks towering over some much more modest achievements. This article traces some of these shortcomings to the divergence between the direction which the S&T policies have advocated and the socio-economic road the country has taken. Based on an analysis of this divergence, the article argues for a new Science and Technology Policy based on a much broader conception of technology.

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002064   Iefremova O;Sas D;Kozak M (Social Sciences Dep, Univ of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszow, Poland, Email: oiefremova@wsiz.rzeszow.pl) : International collaboration among authors of current science. Curr Sci 2016, 110(8), 1414-18.

International collaboration is becoming more important for modern science. Among others, it is reflected in authorships of scholarly articles. We studied internationality of Current Science based on internationality of its authors. We analysed articles based on their authors, taking into account foreign authors, co-authorship between countries. We did it for various article types as -well as all articles taken together, with the help of Web of Science data as well as data from the journal's web page. Most articles (87%) were written by authors affiliated to Indian institutions. Citation analysis of most highly-cited articles based on citation counts and co-authorship patterns showed that only one article from top five articles was internationally co-authored. Word cloud of Current Science titles shows that the journal is focused on India.

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002063   Fiala D;Ho Y S (Computer Science and Engineering Dep, Univ of West Bohemia, 30614 Plzen, Czech Republc, Email: ysho@asia.edu.tw) : Comparison of Czech and Slovak independent research in the 21st century. Curr Sci 2016, 110(8), 1524-31.

Independent research of a country may be defined as research conducted solely by researchers affiliated with institutions of that specific country with no external collaborators. In fact, it represents the 'core' research a country is able to carry out without any foreign help. Therefore, studying a country's independent research may give a more genuine picture of the country's research capacities. In this study, we analyse and compare the independent research of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, two countries that emerged after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, based on journal articles published between 2001 and 2013, and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded. We concentrate on the production of scholarly publications, research topics and journals, institutions, and citations of Czech and Slovak 'articles. We conclude that although Czech and Slovak independent research have some common features, they differ largely in some aspects such as article topics and citation impact.

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002062   Dobriyal K;Dobriyal A K;Godiyal J K (Sanskrit Dep, H.N.B. Garhwal Univ Campus, Pauri Garhwal-246 001) : Manuscripts and their conservation: cultural and historical importance. J Mount Res 2015, 10(Dec), 67-71.

Manuscripts have cultural and historical importance. These are extensively studied and analyzed by the scholars round the world. Present communication deals with brief history and importance of manuscripts with particular reference to Indian history and culture. The importance of manuscripts and methods of their preservation are also discussed.

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002061   Bhattacharya S;Shilpa (CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, NISTADS Campus, K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012, Email: sujit_academic@yahoo.com) : Capturing the growth dynamics of science: a publication-based analysis. Curr Sci 2016, 110(8), 1419-25.

This article attempts to identify the dynamics of knowledge production. Conceptual framework is based on research publications taken as 'proxy' indicator of research process and outcome. Indicators are constructed from research publications to capture the dynamics of research. The rationality of this approach is discussed. The study also shows that publications are increasing exponentially underscoring the intensive research undertaken globally. Determinants of publication growth have changed significantly in comparison to earlier periods. The study argues that the above determinants are indicators of changing global research structure and dynamics, and should be considered in national research and innovation policy making.

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001042   Yuvaraj M (NO, Central Univ of Bihar, Camp Office : BIT Campus, P.O. BV College, Patna, Bihar-800 014, Email: mayank.yuvaraj@gmail.com) : Cloud computing in libraries : trends and future prospects. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(3), 131-42.

In the recent decades cloud computing has emerged as a front runner in the computing world which has underlined^, thin line in between the Internet and the cloud computing. The present paper presents a brief overview of cloud computing, its evolution and the various cloud computing initiatives across the globe with a slant towards libraries. An attempt has been made to shed light on the emergence and use of cloud computing in libraries, the areas where cloud computing can be better utilized to enhance the library services.

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001041   Vishnumaya R S;Nishy P;Mini S (NO, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram-695 019, Email: nishy@niist.res.in) : Scientometrics of rare earths research in India. Curr Sci 2016, 110(7), 1184-92.

The study attempts to analyse the growth and development of rare earths research in India based on the publication output as reflected in Web of Science (WoS) during 1987-2013. A total of 1,88,877 papers are seen as global research output on rare earths. India secures 7th position with 9457 papers. Indian rare earths papers are analysed bibliometrically to indicate the authorship, collaboration pattern, to identify the major institutions and most relevant journals; apart from identifying the research field or application area of research in rare earths. Recently developed three-dimensional performance indicators are used to rank the productivity of Indian institutions and authors in the field of rare earths research. These studies can help researchers to comprehend the magnitude of rare earths research in India and establish future research directions. The study found that papers having international collaborations are cited more often.

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001040   Veeranjaneyulu K;Pateria R K;Sreenivasa Rao T (NO, University Librarian & Professor, Professor Jayashankar Telangana Stat, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, Email: veeru_1963@rediffmail.com) : Resources available in Krishikosh : a study. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 185-94.

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001039   Tripathi A;Jana T;Wadia N;Bindal D;Dey S (NO, Centre for Health Informatics, National Institute of Health and Family, New Delhi-110 067, Email: tkj@niscair.res.in) : Mapping of computational biology research inventions through quantitative patent analysis. Curr Sci 2016, 110(7), 1307-14.

Computational biology is relatively a young branch of science, which has experienced tremendous growth in the last two decades. The seeds of this inter-discipline were sown at the end of the seventies, when computers became simpler to use, some biology laboratories de-cided to adopt them, mainly for storing and managing genomic data. As a result, there was quick completion of projects that would have otherwise taken several years. With a snowballing effect, genome sequencing projects generated large amounts of data whose man-agement required more powerful computers. The advent of the internet has allowed all the research laboratories to share their data, and make them available worldwide through some new genomic and pro-teomic data banks, such as Gene-Bank, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Data Library and many more. A patent portfolio shows the state of the art of research and development in a specific discipline. Patenting an invention is still tough in many countries, especially when the major part of the claim invention involves mathematical formulae, algorithms and computer programs. These per se are not pat-entable in many countries; however, they can be protected under copyrights as literary works or trade secrets. It is well known that mathematical formulae, algorithms and computer programs mainly form the core of computational biology. Till date, no study has been made to measure inventive progress in this new inter-discipline. The study shows the research and invention have occurred in a wide range of inter-disciplines, including functional genomics, molecular structure, sequence comparison, molecular simulations, machine learning, data visualization, database development and inventive activity confined to a handful of industrially developed and developing nations, of which majority are privately owned.

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001038   Singh N;Handa T S;Dhiraj Kumar;Singh G (NO, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences Univ, Ludhiana-141 004, Email: nirmal02@yahoo.co.in) : Mapping of breast cancer research in India: a bibliometric analysis. Curr Sci 2016, 110(7), 1178-83.

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the scholastic output on breast cancer in India. The purpose is to provide an oyerview of the research activities in the country on the subject during the last ten years, exploring different aspects of scientific literature. Data on 3529 items, including 2945 articles and 584 reviews published during 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2014 were collected using Scopus. An advanced search was conducted in the database. The search results were filtered for English language, journals, India and the period under study. Lotka 's law was applied to assess the author productivity and Bradford's law of scattering was used to ascertain the distribution pattern of articles in journals. Most (about 96%) contributions were found to be an outcome of collaborative authorship. Around 19.05% of the papers had collaboration of four authors and 16.53% appeared due to collective efforts of three authors each. Trend of an increasing number of articles published over the period has been observed. Author productivity did not fit the Lotka's law with a value of n - 2. The distribution of articles in journals was found acceptable to the Bradford's law of scattering.

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001037   Sharma A K;Mishra V K;Tripathi D P (NO, Assam Univ, Silchar-789 011, Email: arun2929@gmail.com) : Koha in action : a case study of implementing Koha in Assam Univ, silchar. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(3), 143-52.

Library automation is a critical area of professional activities from where future benefits will emerge. In a big multilingual country like India, scale fo implementation of library automation is a game changing factor in achieving the motto "automation for a/I libraries". This objective cannot be achieved by depending on commercial software and external expertise. Usage and implementation of Open source Library Management Software has proved to be a boon for the librarians who are willing to automate their libraries but facing financial constraints in this endeavor. Koha has gained popularity during the recent years and has been implemented in all sorts of libraries-academic, special and public libraries. This paper gives a systematic representation of experiences in implementing Koha in AUS including methodological details of data migration from SOUL 2.0 to Koha using various open source conversion tools.

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001036   Sharma A (NO, , CSIR-NPL Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi-110 012, Email: sharmaa@nplindia.org) : Design and development of a thesaurus in nanotechnology. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(3), 153-63.

Scholarly information generated as research output from interdisciplinary fields like Nanotechnology is so diverse and large that it becomes challenging to organize and retrieve the relevant information efficiently. In particular, thesauri that provide structured knowledge framework facilitate the explicit interpretation, and semantic integration of knowledge. The present study is an attempt to discuss broadly the work of design and, development of a thesaurus in Nanotechnology with its scope limited to physical sciences.

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001035   Saravanan T (NO, , ) : Does internet knowledge elevate the users' E-resources access skills?. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 217-39.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the users' Internet knowledge levels and their access skills of electronic resources. The study covers the higher education users to measure their access levels of the selected e-resources using appropriate statistical tools. Of the various e-resources some of the selected resources have been analyzed and explored here. Based on the observed data with the enough statistical evidences necessary findings have been brought out to get more about the e-resources and users' levels. Study helps any LIS researchers to capture the current status of the users' potential in the opted e-resources in the changing digital environment. The investigation included the major research questions; do the users' e-resources awareness levels differ?; does the users' Internet knowledge influence them to update their e-resources knowledge?

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001034   Ramesh L S R C V;Raju A V S S Naga;Hussain M V (Central Library, Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural Univ, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030) : Opinion survey of the readers of "EENADU" in Hyderabad city. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 293-300.

States the objectives and the methodology of collection of data conducted through a survey on use of the most circulated news paper in Andhra Pradesh "Eenadu ". Gives an analysis of the data and its findings under various heads. Based on these findings, the features of the newspaper like age groups, priority of news items, satisfaction regarding coverage of news, its physical get up and rating of people as a news paper is portrayed in this paper.

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001033   Ramesh L S R C V;Naga Raju A V S S (Central Library Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural Uni, , Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030) : Publication pattern in Indian journal of information, library and society 2007-2014 : a bibliometric study. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 269-80.

This article discusses the publication pattern of the most pretigious Indian Journal of Information, Library and Society from 2007-2014. This article includes feature wise analysis of the journal. The study on authours emphasizes the worthy encouragement given to new authors with systematic analysis, Overall it indicates an organized team work in keeping the National Journal in the fore front of Indian Journals with dynamic stewardship for the past 27years.

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001032   Ramesh L S R C V (Central Library, Jayashankar Telengana State Agricultural Univ, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030) : Activities of children's library at school; concepts of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 289-92.

School libraries have been involved in supporting teaching and learning process through information resources and repacked services. However, the changing dimensions in educational school, information and social environments compel them to revise their role from time to time. The article explores the changes that have taken place since years.

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001031   Padmaja M (NO, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad) : Biblometric analysis of the journal of rural development : 2009 2013. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 281-8.

The study is an evaluation regarding number of papers; citations therein appeared in the publication of the quarterly Journal of Rural Development. The paper has focused on 20 issues of 5 volumes during the period 2009-2013. The present study considers authorship pattern, estimation of citations, and volume wise spread of papers, strength of citations and subjectwise analysis of published papers. The bibliometric study of the journal is analyzed and findings are presented with the help of suitable statistical techniques. The study is limited to the Journal of Rural Development, the prime publication of the National Institute of Rural Development.

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001030   Mishra M (NO, Utkal Univ, C/o Shri K.N. Nanda, Sr. Advocated, Odisha High Court, Residence - Chhatia, P.O. - Chatia, Dist - Jajpur, Odisha) : Chronological events on a comprehensive public library sysem in Odisha based on legislation : a study of seminars/conferences and other efforts made for its promulgation. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 173-84.

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001029   Lal J (Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library (Central Library), Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi-221 005, Email: jlal0512@gmail.copm) : Role of UGC - INFONET digital library consortium in the study of geosciences. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 240-60.

Aims to present the role of UGC - Infonet Digital Librcuy Consortium in the Study ofGeosciences. The objectives of the study are to find out the subjects covered in discipline ofGeosciences, name of publishers/aggregators providing the access of journals relating to subjects in Geosciences discipline, number of journals available in each subject and numbers of journals available by each publisher/aggregator. It deals with INFLIBNET Centre, UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, objectives of the study, methodology, objectives of UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, data presentation and the number and name of journals in subject of Geosciences of various publishers/aggregator made available through UGC - Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The consortium is providing access of more than 60% journals in the subject of Geography. The access of more than 35% journals in the discipline of Geosciences is provided by Springer. A Tutor is open source web-based learning management software which has been designed for institutional e-learning management including content creation and learner's activity. The purpose of this study is exploring and creating course management system using A Tutor software in learning institution. This paper described about the installation process with administrator, instructor and learners management of A Tutor software.

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001028   Kuffalikar C;Uikey N (SSPM's MMV, , Nandanvan, Nagpur) : Achievements and contributions of Lis couples in R.T.M.N.U.. Indian J Inf Libr Soc 2015, 28(3-4), 195-216.

The present paper focuses on the achievements and contributions of LIS couples working in the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, departments and colleges affiliated to the university. The achievements and contributions of the respondent couples under study are based on the data provided by the respondents, and they have been ranked on the basis of the APIs of the Performance Based Assessment System (PBAS) standardized for the Assistant Professors/Associate Professors, College Librarians, and their counterparts. The cumulative ranking dearly indicates that working college librarians are also almost at par with the actual teaching faculty.

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001027   Hazra U K;Sengupta S (Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, P.O. - Sripally, Burdwan-713 143, Email: uttamlib@gmail.com) : Development of public libraries in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(3), 164-84.

This study reflects the Public Library scenario in the district of Burdwan along with its distribution according to the establishment year, sponsorship year. Sub-division wise, Block wise, Municipality wise and Panchayat wise distribution are also available here. Also focused 'on Public Library movement in Burdwan district and concludes that the set up of Public Libraries and necessary recruitments is very much necessary for the well being of the society in the present era.

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001026   Amit Kumar (Library & Information Science, Mizoram Univ, (A Cnentral Univ), Aizawal-796 004, Email: amit85kr@gmail.com) : Librarianship in 21st century in India : opportunities, challenges and role of LIS professionals. IASLIC Bull 2015, 60(3), 185-9.

Librarianship, a noble and dedicated profession practically concerns with societal development with commitment in providing qualitative information services. The paper discusses the challenges emerging in the librarianship with special reference to India. Further the paper suggests solutions to meet the challenges in the profession and rearrangement of sentences achieve success.

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000011   Vijendra Kumar;Gupta D K (Library and Information Science Dep, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open Univ, Kota-324 021, Email: vkumarls@vmou.ac.in) : Continuing professional education on digital library in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 203-14.

The paper examines development of continuing professional education on digital library in India based on the announcement of postings on LIS-Forum related to seminars, conferences, workshops and short-term training programs on digital libraries held in India during April 2003 to October 2015. The paper finds that 73 continuing professional development programs were held on digital library in India during the period. Due to the increasing amount of information available in digital format, education and training for digital libraries has become necessary. There is a need to hold more continuing professional development opportunities on digital libraries in India.

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000010   Tripathi H K;Garg K C (Indian Council of Agricultural Research Library, , Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012, Email: harish.icar@gmail.com) : Scientometrics of cereal crop science research in India as seen through SCOPUS database during 1965-2010. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 222-31.

The paper analyses publication output of India on cereal crops as reflected by its coverage in Scopus international database during 1965-2010 in gaps of five years. Analysis indicates that highest number of papers (40%) was published on rice, followed by wheat (29%). Agricultural universities and institutions under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) were most productive. A significant number of papers were published in journals originating from the advanced countries with low impact factor. The highest number of papers was published in Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, followed by Indian Journal of Agronomy. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi topped the list among the prolific institutions followed by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. The major research was focused on 'genetics and plant breeding' followed by 'agronomic aspects'. The authorship pattern reveals that co-authored papers accounted for 94% of total output. Citation analysis of the study reveals that 22% of the papers remained uncited. Most of the prolific authors were affiliated to Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

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000009   Shaker H;Farhadpoor M R;Nazari F (Expert of Scientometrics, Vice-Chancellor of Development of Research a, Ahvaz Jundishapur Univ of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, Email: Shakerh948@yahoo.com) : Investigating the relationship between perceived usefulness and satisfaction with query reformulation tools: the viewpoints of information sciences researchers. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2016, 13(1), 407-16.

This study aims to study the relationship between perceived usefulness and satisfaction with query reformulation tools in the Science Direct Database, A descriptive analytic method was used to study the relationship between variables; the data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The participants were selected among the students of Information Sciences in Islamic Azad University of Research and Science Center of Khuzestan (n = 28). The findings showed that users main reason for query reformulation was not having enough time to investigate all retrieved results (Mean = 4.66). They also showed that based on perceived satisfaction and usefulness, the users used the query tools which bounded them to the topic (Mean = 3.92 for usefulness and M = 3.83 for satisfaction). In addition, Pearson's correlation co-efficiency (r = 0.939) at (0.001) significance level showed that users perceived usefulness from query reformulation tools increased satisfaction. Perceiving the usefulness of query reformulation tools improves the use of results. However, the usefulness is not the same for all tools and needs to be reviewed.

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000008   Pal J K (Library Documentation and Information Science Div, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata-700 108, Email: jiban@isical.ac.in) : Organizing models of library consortia: forming sustainable participation among potential partners in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 194-202.

Libraries are constantly grappling with ever-escalating cost of scholarly resources. Price escalation in e-resource subscriptions coupled with budgetary constraints has serious impact on libraries across the globe. This paper critically examines the prevalent situations that have been leading to resource sharing; primarily emanated from library cooperatives, interlibrary loan, buying clubs; subsequently changed to utility services, site licensing, and ultimately the Consortium - an emerging toolkit for libraries to survive. The strategic alliances amongst libraries and growth of library consortia have been discussed. The implications of different consortia models to the Indian libraries are explained; which suggests for a sustainable consortia organization among potential partners. The paper also attempts to provide an insight into how consortia strategies can overcome an unending fiscal constraint, and to sustain the buying power in collection development for better access to greater resources.

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000007   Olu Adeyoyin S;Idowu T A;Sowole A O;Fasanu C I (NO, Federal Univ of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Email: samueladeyoyin@gmail.com) : Pattern of biography usage by the students of Nigerian tertiary institutions. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 215-21.

The role of the library has been to develop and maintain collections of materials in all formats in order to serve the information needs of its users. Biographies reveal scintillating story of great men and women who by determination, rose to a pride of place in their various endeavours. Most biographical accounts disclose exemplary acts of boldness and bravery, scholastic endeavours, exhibit considerate leadership qualities, gives firm authentic history of one's birth, growth, career and so on. Descriptive research design using survey method was adopted for this study. Questionnaire was used as the survey instrument. The study sample comprised 500 randomly selected students from three universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study finds that the students preferred reading autobiographies to biographies. In case of biographies, they preferred biographies of the living to the dead. The study concludes that the biographies of notable personalities impact positively on younger generations.

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000006   Mirzaeian R;Razavi N;Sharifi-Rad J (Health Information Management, Vice Chancellery for Research and Techn, Shahrekord Univ of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran, Email: javad.sharifirad@gmail.com) : Knowledge and use from national digital library among physicians hospitals affiliated to Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences in 2012. J advd scient Res 2015, 6(2), 26-8.

The importance of learning through electronic media in the majority of the scientific communities including the medical field is not hidden from anyone and based on the increasing spread of medical achievements, the need for specialized information databases is on the rise to inform the new findings. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine knowledge and use of physicians of hospitals affiliated with Shahrekord university of Medical Sciences from the National Digital Library. It is a descriptive study was carried out on the physicians of two teaching hospitals (Kashani and Hajar hospitals) and one clinical hospital (Vali Asr of Borujen).The population of this study was 60 physicians. Data collection was carried out by a researcher-designed questionnaire. Validity of the questionnaire confirmed by several professors and experts within Librarianship field and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha Coefficient of 0/89. The data were analyzed using SPSS software 18. Knowledge and use of physicians from comprehensive electronic journals and databases is very low. There was no significant difference between the knowledge and use of hospital physicians and their academic degree and also the type of the hospital. There was a correlation between the two variables of knowledge and use of electronic databases. The physician reported that their most way of obtaining knowledge from electronic database was through librarian guidance. Due to the increasing development of e-learning and international competition in this field, it is necessary to inform and increase the awareness of the physicians about their knowledge and use of electronic bank for learning and access to updated scientific information.

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000005   Mashroofa M M;Seneviratne W (NO, South Eastern Univ of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka, Email: mashroof@seu.ac.lk) : Open access initiatives and institutional repositories: Sri Lankan scenario. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 182-93.

The paper investigates the open access initiatives in terms of open access publishing and institutional repositories for scholarly communication in Sri Lanka. Relevant data from Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), OpenDOAR and Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL) were analyzed to study the status of open access in Sri Lanka. Further, websites of all established institutional repositories (IR) of Sri Lanka were explored to gather the relevant data. Semi-structured interviews with Librarian of National Science Foundation and the staff involved in the development of many IRs and digitization projects were also carried out. Findings show that many libraries in Sri Lanka have established institutional repositories. The recently created national open access policy is under review. Different universities and special libraries such as science and technology libraries were granted financial and technical support by the NSF for digitizing their rare contents. However, all digitized contents have not been uploaded yet. There are 60 locally published journals available online through SLJOL, but only 10 journals have been listed in DOAJ. Though there are 23 institutional repositories in Sri Lanka, only seven repositories are registered in OpenDOAR.

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000004   Kurdi M S (Anaesthesiology Dep, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka) : 'Scholarly peer reviewing;: the art, its joys and woes. Indian J Anaesth 2015, 59(8), 465-70.

Research and publications are an important part of academics. Nowadays, there is an increasing trend amongst professionals including anaesthesiologists to submit scientific articles to journals for publication. Most journals are peer-reviewed which means that the articles they publish go through the peer review process. Peer review is carried out for assessing the inadequacies of research and manuscript preparation so that the best papers are published in a journal. Although peer review is a key part of the process for the publishing of medical research, there are some limitations in the system. Keeping this in mind, all aspects of peer reviewing were searched from books and journals for full text from PubMed and Google search. The information so gathered is presented in this article which focuses on the general aspects of the peer review process.

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000003   Koley S;Sen B K (Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology & Management, , G.T. Road, Rajbandh, Durgapur, Burdwan, West Bengal, Email: shayanikoley.2013@gmail.com) : Biobibliometric portrait of V L Kalyane, a stellar biobibliometrician. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 161-75.

V L Kalyane is one of the pioneers of biobibliometric studies in India. This study presents scientometric analysis of 120 papers of Kalyane published during 1973-2009 with 338 co-authors. He has to his credit, 20 single-authored and 100 multi-authored papers. His studies covered 17 renowned scientists, 9 Nobel laureates and one philosopher. His highest productivity is about 7 papers per year during 1993-1997 when his age was between 39-43 years and second highest productivity is about 6 papers per year during 2003-2007 when his age was between 49-53 years. The highest productivity coefficient is 1.0 during 1978-81, 1996, 1999-2003 and 2005-2009. Kalyane had 50 collaborators of which Vijay Kumar, E R Prakasan, B S Kademani, Anil Sagar and Anil Kumar were the most active or core collaborators. He used 65 communication channels to disseminate the results of his research of which Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Sciences (11 papers) tops of the list followed by Annals of Library and Information Studies (7 papers), Scientometrics (6 papers), SRELS Journal of Information Management (6 papers) and http:/eprints.rclis.org/archive/(open access archives) (6 papers). The publication concentration is 30.77 and publication density 1.85. The most frequently used keywords are scientometric portrait (25) followed by Nobel laureates (10).

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000002   Kapil A;Jain N C (Microbiology (AK) Dep, AIIMS, Publication and Information Div (NCJ), Indian Council of Medic, New Delhi, Email: akapilmicro@gmail.com) : Impact factor: is it the ultimate parameter for the quality of publication?. Indian J med Microbiol 2016, 34(1), 1-2.

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000001   Bilawar P B;Pujar S M (Barr. Balasaheb Khardekar Library, Shivaji Univ, Kolhapur-416 004, Email: pbb_lib@unishivaji.ac.in) : Impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2016, 63(3), 176-81.

The study investigates the impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers in the state of Maharashtra. Questionnaire method was used to collect data on information-seeking behavior of teachers. The study confirms that teachers are able to evaluate information critically and can classify/compare the information better after undergoing the e-information literacy programme. The paper concludes that e-information literacy empowers the university teachers to enhance e-information search skills effectively and independently for taking informed decisions.

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023235   Yuec;Liwei Z;Zhiqi W;Shengbo L (WISE Lab, School of Public Admn. & Law, Dalian University of Tech., Dalian 116024 China, Email: chenyuedlut@163.com) : Influential bloggers and active bloggers on scienceNet: an analysis of popular blogs. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 121-30.

This paper examines the influential bloggers and active bloggers on ScienceNet through the analysis of popular blogs to reflect the informal academic communication. Firstly, the top 20 most influential bloggers on ScienceNet are picked out by ranking the amount of being posted, being visited, being commented and being recommended respectively; Secondly, the top 102 most active bloggers are chosen by the social network analysis on the recommend bloggers in 1000 popular blogs. The analysis of blogger's informal academic communication will benefit to make an overall recognition to a researcher.

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023234   Verma M;Panwar Y;Mahesh G (National Science Library, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resou, New Delhi-110 067) : Bharatiya vaigyanik evam audyogik Anusandhan patrika : bibliometric analysis. Bhartiya Vaigyanik Evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika 2016, 24(2), 153-8.

Bharatiya Vaigyanik Evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP), the biannual research journal published from CSIR-NISCAIR holds a leading position among a few Hindi Journals which publishes research papers from various fields of science. The main aim of the study is to analyze the research articles published in BVAAP and identify leading institutions, authors, journal self-citation and citations. Papers available on the NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository (NOPR) have been analyzed in depth for the study and WoS has been used to obtain the citation counts. Findings shows that institutes and universities have played an important role in writing research papers in Hindi languages. Research papers in Hindi have been written in almost all branches of science and diverse keywords have been used. The study also shows that BVAAP articles are being cited in the prominent WoS database but with respect to it's own articles published in the journal, the same has been referred very less by the authors.

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023233   Velmurugan C;Radhakrishnan N (Library and Information Science Dep, Periyar University, Salem-636 011, Email: murugan73gmail.com) : Scientometric observations of authorship trends and collaborative research on DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 193-203.

Present study has been made an attempt to measure the quantitative research out of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology journal during the period between 2007 and 2013. It is observed from the analysis that the maximum number of research output were written by a multiple authors. The highest author productivity is 130 in the year 2012 and the lowest author productivity is 58 in 2007. The majority of 181 contributions have been contributed by multi-authored and the remaining 121 contributions by solo authors. It shows that the highest number of contributions were multi authored papers. It is found that that the degree of collaboration ranges from 0.36 to 0.77 and the average degree of collaboration is 0.59.

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023232   Tripathi H K;Sharma J;Garg K C (NO, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Library, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012, Email: harish.icar@gmail.com) : Scientometrics of cereal crops research in India as reflected through Indian science abstracts and CAB abstracts during 1965 2010. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2015, 62(3), 145-56.

The paper analyses publication output of India on cereal crops as reflected by its coverage in Indian Science Abstracts (ISA) and CAB Abstracts during 1965-2010.The analysis indicates that highest number of papers (43.80%) was published on rice, followed by wheat (24.28%). Agricultural universities and institutions under aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) were most productive. Most of the papers were published in Indian journals with low impact factor. The highest number of papers was published in Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, followed by Indian Journal of Agronomy, Madras Agricultural Journaland Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural University. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoreand Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhianacontributed about 7% of papers each. The major research was focused on 'genetic and plant breeding' (28.2%) followed by 'agronomic aspects' (27.9%) and pest, diseases and pest control (19.7%). The authorship pattern reveals that co-authored papers accounted for 90% of total output. Citation analysis of the study using Google scholar reveals that 57% of the papers remained uncited and 36.8% papersreceived citations ranging from 1 to 10.Highest number of citations were received by papers published in Indian Journal of Agronomy(1446), followed by Indian Journal of Agricultural Science (1211), Euphytica (1109) and Theoretical and Applied Genetics (1000).

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023231   Singh M (Library and Information Science Dep, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007, Email: gillmalkeetsingh@gmail.com) : Literature published on web 2.0 technologies in libraries: a bibliometric study. Collnet J Scientomet Inf Mgmt 2015, 9(2), 251-62.

Main aims of the study is to identify the growth and pattern of periodical literature published on Web 2.0 technologies in library science journals of Taylor and Francis database during the period 2005-2013. It covers bibliographic data of the articles published in the 34 journals of Taylor and Francis database. The study found that 428 scholarly journal articles on the subject published in 34 leading Librarianship journals of Taylor and Francis database for the period 2005-2013. It also founds that 2008 is the most productive year having 79 articles. In the context of most productive journals, the study observed `Journal of Web Librarianship' has 50 articles, hence it is considered as the core journal on the topic. Steven Ovadia has been the most prolific author on the subject having 12 articles.

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