- By Mohd Iqbal Bhat
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Development of Digital Libraries in India: a Survey of Digital Collection of National Digital Library of India
Digital preservation is ensuring the long term maintenance of a byte stream sufficient to reproduce the document and provide continued accessibility of the contents over time and through evolving computer technology. Digital Library of India (DLI) is a digital collection of freely accessible rare books and manuscripts collected from various libraries in India of different […]
Read More- By Wilson C. Mkumbo
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
The role of ICTs and indigenous knowledge in enhancing household food security in Tanzania
This paper focuses on how indigenous knowledge is used in food processing, preserving and storage to enhance food security in semi arid Tanzania. The article revealed that women use more indigenous knowledge in activities related to food processing, preserving and storage in Tanzania as compared to men. The paper found types of foods such as […]
Read More- By Santosh Chavan and Ramesh R. Naik
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Impact Of Information And Communication Technology Innovation On Library Service In The Engineering Colleges Of North Karnataka
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Impact of ICT innovations on library services in engineering colleges of North Karnataka by students. Data collected through the questionnaire method the population included students of BE and M. Tech of engineering colleges of North Karnataka. Study find out that majority of student are using of […]
Read More- By Bijan Kumar Roy, Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Subal Chandra Biswas and Rajesh Das
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Developing Open Access Institutional Digital Repository Using Open Source Software: A Step by Step Guide
Reports the designing and development of an open access (OA) institutional digital repository (IDR) model (BURA – Burdwan University Research Archive) using DSpace software (http://www.dspace.org/). Describes various steps involved in administering DSpace like creating and maintaining Communities, Sub-communities and Collections under community/sub-community etc. Also demonstrates different steps involved in submission process and proposes incorporation of […]
Read More- By Manisha B. Mane and M.N. Kuman
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Use of E-journals Among the Library Patrons: A Survey of Indira Group of Institutes, Pune
The advancement of e-journal during recent years has given librarians a powerful tool to support learning and research to academics. As electronic information and its access has grown, selection of information sources has become complex. Understanding user behavior with electronic services is now a major concern of journal publishers, librarians, and others. This research focuses […]
Read More- By J. Selvamani and Kotti Thavamani
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Use of ERMED Consortium facilities by Faculty of Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
The study focused on use of ERMED consortium facilities by faculty of Stanley Medical College (SMC) Chennai, Tamilnadu. A total number of 63 users are taken into account for the study through a questionnaire based survey method. The collected data were classified, analyzed, and tabulated by using simple statistical methods. This study covers the impact […]
Read More- By Murtala Aminu
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Use of Knowledge Organization Tools for Information Processing, in Library Complex of NIMS University, Jaipur, India
This article work titled “use of knowledge organization tools for information processing, in library complex of NIMS University Jaipur”. The study is to find out the use of knowledge organization tools in libraries. To achieve the objectives of the study, three (3) research questions were raised for the study. Survey research was adopted for the […]
Read More- By O Shivaraja and GP Suresha
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
A Study on the Employability of LIS Graduates in Karnataka: A survey
The changing needs of users’ and rapid development on technological fronts demands new competencies of LIS graduates to enhance employability. The study deals with Employability, Sustainability of course contents with current market needs and Satisfaction to what they have learnt in MLIS/ MLIB. Perception and expectations of library leaders/employers on existing LIS courses and the […]
Read More- By K.S.Sivakumaren
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Contributions of Publications of Indian Institute of Management in Ranking Institutions in National Institutional Ranking Framework: A Study
This paper examines the publications of Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), which have been indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and Indian Citation Index databases. The data for the study have been extracted from the website of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) under publications. A total of 939 publications have been indexed in these databases […]
Read More- By Karan Singh
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Bibliometric Analysis of Research Productivity of Top Ten Universities of Odisha in Indian Journals
The paper examines various pattern of the articles published in the Indian journals of top ten Universities of odisha for the period of 2004 to 2016 and expose the results for the publications through bibliometric analysis. The paper represents the bibliometric analysis of the journal in order to evaluate the growth pattern of research productivity […]
Read More- By Manoj Kumar Verma and Esther Lalnunpuii
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Perception and Attitudes of Teachers and Students towards Social Networking Sites: Case Study of NIT, Mizoram
This paper has aimed to explore the perception and attitudes towards social networking sites by students and teachers in Indian National Institutes of Technology (NIT), Mizoram. A structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to 25 teachers and 170 students. The result of the present study provides information about awareness, perception, time span of use, most […]
Read More- By Manoj Kumar Sa and Lambodara Parabhoi
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Research Productivity of Global Facebook Research during 2012-2015: A Bibliometric Appraisal
The paper highlights the research productivity on “Facebook” during the year 2012-2015 worldwide indexed in Scopus database. The study is based on secondary data collected from Scopus database. It has found that 3054 no of papers published from 2012-2015 year. The United States has contributed 1024 paper which is more than other country. This study […]
Read More- By Mohd Owais Farooqui, Babar Raees and Pragati
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Issues of Copyright Infringement with Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs): A Critical Analysis
Knowledge sharing is always good and noble; our rich Indian Tradition corroborates this fact too. Today, the best way of sharing this knowledge is making it freely accessible online. Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) is one way of sharing the knowledge amongst the Indian academia. It is a kind of an electronic version of thesis […]
Read More- By Vimlesh Patel
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
A Scientometrics Analysis of Research Productivity: A Case Study
The paper presents a Scientometric analysis of publications of National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NIT Kurukshetra) during 2012 to 2016 as reflected in Web of Science database. It attempts to analyze the growth and development of research activity of NIT Kurukshetra as reflected in publications output. Data for a total of 352 have been downloaded […]
Read More- By D. Venkata Rao and V. Pullareddy
- Issue No. 2 (Jun. 2017), Volume No.7
Reading Habits among Children in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh: A Study
The main purpose of the present study is to know the reading habits of school going children in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Survey method of research is used in the present study. The population of this study consists of children studying from 7th class to 10th class in the high schools of Nellore […]
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