- By Nabi Hasan and Mukhtiar Singh
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Research Ccollaboration between India and Turkey: a Scientometric Study
The paper attempts to evaluate the research collaboration between India and Turkey on the basis of research articles published with author address from these countries during 2009-2013 and indexed in Web of Science-Science Citation Index Expanded online database. Out of a total of 330,071 records of both the countries for the period; 966 records were found to [...]
Read More- By Shamama Firdaus and Sudharma Haridasan
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Awareness and Use of Web Resources among the Post Graduate Engineering Students of ZHCET, Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U), Aligarh
The paper examines the awareness and use of web resources among the engineering students of Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology (ZHCET), Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U), Aligarh. It also highlights various other issues related to web resource usage such as the importance of various web resources in students’ academic tasks, impact of web resources [...]
Read More- By Nirmal Singh and Amarvir Singh Mann
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Information Seeking Behaviour of Lawyers of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana: A Case Study
The present study aims at an assessment of the information seeking behavior of lawyers of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. The questionnaire was used as data collection tool and was distributed randomly among 200 advocates. Total 86 lawyers responded to the questionnaire making response rate of 44%. The study revealed that under influence of Information and [...]
Read More- By Ariefa Basheer and K.Kaliyaperumal
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Roles of Public libraries for socio economic developments with special reference to Periyar E.V.R District central Library of Vellore
The contribution of public libraries for social and economic developments of the society are much appreciated. Their roles are to be organised by the society as they are known as temple of learning and part and parcel of the social system. This study is focusing on these roles played by the Periyar E.V.R district central library of Vellore. [...]
Read More- By Soumen Ghosh, Arindam Bagchi and Partha Sarathi Das
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
The awareness of Media literacy and Media education among the users of University library in India: a Case study
Information literacy is a combination of related concepts of which media literacy is an important one. It deals with the skill development required to understand and critically analyse the messages sent via different media, print and non-print with its constructive and destructive implications. Countries have developed and are developing on this. Media education aims at teaching and learning [...]
Read More- By Manisha B. Mane and B. M. Panage
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Use of Jayakar Library Portal: A Survey of Savitribai Phule Pune University
This paper aims to find out the level of awareness and use of library portal by the students of Savitribai Phule Pune University. The survey found that the majority of the students do not use library portal on regular basis. The study also found that the reasons for not using the library portal were lack of awareness, training [...]
Read More- By Nileshkumar M. Kantaria
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Mapping of an Aptitude of Library Science students in Relation to Some Variables
This study was undertaken to measure/mapping an Aptitude of library science students of Library Science Department Gujarat State. A total of 184 responses were collected in this study. In this study, researcher intended to find out the effect of variables i.e. Gender, Social Group and Faculty on Aptitude Test Score (ATS) of library science students. Librarian Aptitude test is [...]
Read More- By Manash Esh
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Development of Shodhganga Repository for e-theses in West Bengal: a Study
THESES is an important part of information resource in any University. In India access to theses are generally limited to the University community. The UGC notification dated 1st June-2009 provides mandate for submission of electronic version of theses and dissertation to the academic community on World Wide Web. Introduce a project called Shodhganga, initiated by the Information and [...]
Read More- By C. Krishnamurthy and Veeresh H. Awari
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Research productivity of Social Science departments as reflected in INDCAT: A study of Karnataka University, Dharwad
Bibliographic utility networks are providing access to bibliographic databases by pooling catalogue records from different libraries. INDCAT is an important bibliographic database of books, journals, and Doctoral Theses of Indian Universities and major Institutions of higher education, hosted by INFLIBNET. In this article an effort has been made to study the research contribution of the Departments of social science, [...]
Read More- By Amiya Kumar Das
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Human Resources Management Issues in the Technical College Libraries of West Bengal: a Study
The purposes of this paper are Human Resource Management (HRM) issues in the technical college libraries of West Bengal. For collection of data a survey was undertaken in 20 different engineering degree college libraries of West Bengal excluding the West Bengal University of Technology. Besides this personal visits were made to all the institutions for collection of the data. [...]
Read More- By Saba Nasreen Bano and Sudharma Haridasan
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Cost-benefit Analysis of Journal Collections at Maulana Azad Library, AMU
This paper measures the cost and benefits of the journal collections (print and e-journal) subscribed in the year 2014 in the Central Library i.e. Maulana Azad Library of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. This study quantified the benefits of journals getting by users (Research Scholars and Faculty Members) in to monetary terms (in Rupees) by the use of Contingent [...]
Read More- By G. Uvaraj and Mohan Kumar L
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Use of UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium Resources by Thiruvalluvar University Library Users: A Case Study
UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium is an innovative project launched by UGC to provide access of full text electronic resources and bibliographic databases to the research and academic community in India. The present paper is an attempt to study the usage of e-resources available through UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium by the Thiruvalluvar University Library users. 105 questionnaires were [...]
Read More- By B. Mini Devi and Chitra.V.R
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2015), Volume No.5
Information Behavior of Researchers of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
The article analyses the information behavior of researchers of the National Institute for interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. The population is made up of 160 researchers under various applied branches of Science. Census method of sampling is used to represent the entire population. Questionnaire method is used to collect the data. A total of 160 [...]
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