Indian Journal of Library and Information Sciences

A study was conducted in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Universtiy Academic staff College, Aurangabad to know information and computer literacy of the participant teachers of 88th orientation course. Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The response rate was 88.46%. The study revealed that the purpose of information need, importance of formal and informal information sources to teaching and research capability to use computer; skills of multimedia, internet / web, email, etc.

Key Words: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University; Academic Staff College; Information literacy computer literacy; formal Information sources; Electronic Information sources; internet; web; UGC; libraries.  

The study presents the field of Cardiology literature records retrieved form MEDLINE database for the period 1991-2010. This research shows that maximum number of records 829 was during 2000, followed by 826 in 2003 and 789 in 2002. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt) was found to be an increasing and decreasing trend shown during the period of study. The paper reveals a study of the authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of Cardiology. The degree of collaboration mean score is 0.70 and highest score is 0.88 in 1991 exhibits during the period of study.  

Keywords/Descriptors: Cardiology; MEDLINE; Relative Growth Rate (RGR); Doubling time (Dt);Degree of collaboration 

Scientometric analysis of the 184 publications by Andre Geim published during 1981 – 2010 has been done in the present paper. The result of the study shows that Andre Geim had published 2 singleauthored and 182 multi-authored (publications) papers during 1981-2010. The multi-authored papers include: two-authored (11), three-authored (20), four-authored (24), five-authored (17), six-authored (22), seven-authored (36), eight- authored (23), nine-authored (10), ten-authored (4), eleven-authored (11), twelveauthored (2), and thirteen- authored (2). His highest productivity was in 1994 with the output of 19 publications (age 36), followed by 16 publications in 2008 (age 50). The 50 percentile productivity life was 15 at the age of 37 years. The total productivity life of the author spans 30 years from the age 23. Andre Geim has received 12189 citations for his 184 articles and his h-index 50.  

Keywords: Scientometric Portrait; Scientometrics; Publication Productivity; Research Collaboration. 

Softwares now-a-days have become the life line of modern day organizations. Organizations cannot think of doing their tasks effectively and efficiently without softwares. The extremely competitive environment, zero deficiency and enhanced productivity has made it mandatory for the organizations to carefully choose the appropriate software after comprehensive needs assessment. Softwares simply their  tasks and saves a lot of precious time which can be utilized in managing other important issues. Libraries also need softwares if they want to create a parallel digital library with features which we may not find in a traditional library. There are several open source softwares available to create a digital library. For this, firstly the library professionals should be aware of the advantages of open source software and should involve in their development. They should have basic knowledge about the selection, installation and maintenance. Open source software requires a greater degree of computing responsibility than commercial software. Digitization involves huge money to create and maintain and the OSS appears to be a means to reduce it. Among these, DSpace and Greenstone are becoming more popular in India and abroad. This paper deals with the comparison of these two popular OSS from various points of view. The comparative table may help the professionals who are planning to create a digital library.  

Keywords: Open Source Software; Digital Library; Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL); DSpace.

Government and public sector managers worldwide have, within the last decade, come to the realization that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a viable tool that can help them achieve their aims: to deliver efficient and cost effective services to its citizenry, clients and partners. To this end, governments in most developed and developing countries of the world are at different stages of adoption and implementation of their chosen e-government policies and initiatives in a bid to reform their public sector and improve on its services deliveries, as is the case with Nigeria. The present case will review literature on e-government services and applications available to the public in Nigeria. Adoption of egovernment applications and services for public to access government information, documents, resources and for archiving has transformed traditional government services’ delivery in countries in Europe and America and some developing countries in Africa with attendant implications for governments and citizens in developing countries. The methodology will be a review of related literature and will draw up conclusions from the literature to propose a plan for e-government services in Nigeria. The mission of the study is to jumpstart a national discourse on the phenomenon of use of ICT to transform internal and external relationships through operations and expectations about performance of government and to define related concepts and viewpoints. This will be achieved by giving a clear and better understanding of why and how Nigerian citizens use e-government services. By highlighting the contemporary issue of e- government services in Nigeria, this case will be focusing on the growing area of e-governance and ICT in service delivery in Nigeria.  

Keywords: E-government; Information and Communication Technology; Electronic government services; Nigeria.    

The study analyses 89 full-length Research Articles published during 2007-08 in the Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science. Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science is linked most closely with Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Instrumentation and Materials Science. Overall, 1662 citations were made during this period. The results indicate that 25.84% articles (citing articles) published in these issues were three authored. The authorship pattern of citation (cited articles) shows that 17.07% papers are single authored, 20.35% and 27.64% papers were double and triple authored respectively. The result reveals that journal articles were predominant with 80.35% of total citation. The ratio of Author Self Citation to Total Citations was 1:10.7. The ratio of Journal Self Citation to Total Citations was 1:17.Indian contributions comprise 19% of the total citations. The highest percentage of year-wise journal citation was found to be 39.22% in the period of 2001- 008. 

Key words: Authorship Pattern; Citation Analysis; Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials science; Bibliometrics.  

An attempt has been made to determine the present status of knowledge and use of electronic mail. It was observed that use of electronic mail is still inadequate among the students of B.Ed colleges of Gulbarga City . This paper presents the findings of a survey about the knowledge and use of e mail by students of B Ed colleges. For evaluating the study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 260 students.The result of this survey are presented and discussed in this paper. 

Keywords: E mail; Information resource; B Ed colleges. 

The study investigated the awareness of electronics resources by the research scholars of Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and its affiliated colleges. It examined the research scholar’s awareness of the resources available, the type of resources provided by the library. Findings reveal that the most of the researchers are satisfied with E-resources available in their institutions. Some of the research scholars felt that they need orientation to use them. 

Keywords: Digital Libraries/ E-resources, usage pattern; research scholars, awareness. 

This is an age of Information explosion. Institutional Repository is a new concept for collecting, Managing, disseminating and preserving scholarly works created in digital form by faculty and students in individual universities and colleges in India. Most higher education and research institutions are funded by the central and state governments. These institutions have made a significant contribution to the transmission of knowledge and to research in all fields and disciplines. The libraries of those institutions also play a vital role in acquiring and disseminating information for academic and research activities. Digital libraries are a way of making educational and research data and information available to faculty, researchers, students, and others at the institutions and worldwide. In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly recognized that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure of scholarly dissemination. An IR is a digital research archive consisting of accessible collections of scholarly work that represent the intellectual capital of an institution. This paper discusses about the Institutional repositories – contents, benefits, and challenges of the major Institutional repository projects in Karnataka. 

Keywords: Digital Library; developing countries; Institutional repository; Open source software; Open Archive Initiatives. 

This discusses the concept of digital black hole, citing the similarity between a digitization project and life cycle of the star. Electronic waste is an alarming ingredient of environmental pollution. The present study is an effort to discuss the elements and sources of electronic waste. Some measures are also enlisted to overcome this alarming situation.

Keywords: Electronic Waste; E-hazards; Digital Black Hole.