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Rokade, S.M; Rajyalakshmi, D. (INFLIBNET Center, February 2, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: In the state of Maharashtra there are four agricultural university libraries which are rendering electronic information services to the users to fulfill the aims and objects of the agricultural university. The present paper succinctly describes the evaluation of electronic information services in the light of current status of electronic information services and INFLIBNET services in agricultural university libraries in Maharashtra. The survey of information needs of the users and electronic information services available in Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth library, Akola has been conducted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1332 Files in this item: 1
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Das, Kshirod; Jeevan, V K J (INFLIBNET Center, February 2, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: This study aims to present the evaluation of the following e-portals providing access to ebooks: Elsevier ScienceDirect, Project Gutenberg, Digital Library of India, University of Virginia Library (E-Text Center) and Bartleby.com, using twenty selected parameters. Many differences as well as some similarities were found and these are analyzed in detail and presented in tabular form. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1209 Files in this item: 1
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Sangeeta, Keisham; Sarika, L (Inflibnet center, February 28, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Abstract With the advent of Information Communication Technology in our society, there is a sea change in all spheres of our life. Libraries globally have undergone a significant change due to the application of ICT in automated catalogue, online retrieval etc. The present paper highlights the present status of academic libraries of Manipur particularly of college libraries of valley areas on varied aspects like-ICT based services, automation status and others including problem in ICT application. It also disclosed some suggestions to improve the service conditions of the college libraries. URI: 978-81-902079-6-6 Files in this item: 1
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Ramesha; Kumbar, B D; Kanamadi, Satish (INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, February NaN, 2004)[more][less]
Abstract: An attempt has been made in the present study to evaluate the attitudes of faculty members, research scholars and PG students towards the adequacy of infrastructure, resources and quality of IT based services rendered in the university libraries of Karnataka State. In this study, the mode of collection of data, its presentation, analysis, and interpretation is also presented. The data for this study has been collected through two different sets of questionnaires. To make an evaluation of IT based services, it is important to know the views of both the receivers(users) and the providers(facilitators) of services – namely the users and the librarians. Often the providers’/facilitators’ views and opinions are conspicuous, and attempts are made to bring their view points to the surface, hence, this study has distinctly attempted to involve the university librarians as facilitators of information services. The other questionnaire is obviously administered to users who are at the receivers’ end. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/316 Files in this item: 1
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Sharma, Desh Bandhu; Jange, Suresh; Sherikar, Amruth (INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, February NaN, 2004)[more][less]
Abstract: Academic and Research libraries have harnessed the potential of the World Wide Web to the delivery of automated bibliographical and full text information on their web pages to reach the every nook and corner of the user community. The literature offers considerable guidance on creating and evaluating library Web sites. Development of new methods for evaluation of library Web sites on the World Wide Web’ including a brief examination and discussion of quality applied to Web sites with criteria for the evaluation of the content and design of academic library Web sites. Further, paper attempts to review the relevant literature and concludes with future research. Description: This is only an Abstract URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/400 Files in this item: 1
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Sunny, Sanjeev K (Inflibnet center, February 28, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: There are many web-authoring software like FrontPage, Dreamweaver, etc which have been used to develop and maintain the websites. But gradually, it became difficult to maintain and update the websites because of their very dynamic nature and a variety of file formats. Content Management Systems(CMS) evolved as an alternative to such web-authoring tools. A content management system offers a way to manage large amounts of web-based information that escapes the burden of coding all of the information into each page in HTML by hand. Although the rapid proliferation of commercially available content management systems makes it easier to find a vendor that might have right solution, the cost to purchase a commercial CMS application is very high. As an alternative to commercial CMS, open source solutions are a tantalizing option. Though, there are a huge number of open source CMS available in public domain, it is difficult to decide what solution will work best for a particular organization (or library). The author explain on this paper the functional requirements, for novice users, of a CMS and to evaluate a few most popular open source CMSs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1281 Files in this item: 1
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Vikas, C H; Devi, Th.Purnima (INFLIBNET Center, February 2, 2006)[more][less]
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Sasikala, C (INFLIBNET Centre, February NaN, 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: While searching for information the researcher will encounter many types of resources-books, articles and websites.But all of them may not be suitable for his purpose.The researcher needs to identify only relevant and authentic information which suits his purpose. The information source has to be evaluated in terms of coverage, scope ,intended users, timeliness, authority, objectivity, documentation etc. Though most of the strategies stated above for evaluating the information can be applied to any type of resource,the unfiltered, free-from nature of the web provides unique challenges in determining a website'appropriateness as an information source.Many guidelines and checklists are available on Net for evaluating Internet sources.This paper presents the findings of such a study made to evaluate selected websites to check the validity of information, coverage,currency,appropriateness, links and structure of the website keeping in view certain evaluation criteria.Findings reveal that variations exist among the websites in terms of their structure and content and it is also possible to find out validity of information available on Web by evaluating the resource we want to use. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/221 Files in this item: 1
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Rao, K. Tata; Sastry, M. S. V. Rama; Reddy, S. Chenna (INFLIBNET Centre, November 10, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: In an era of exploding information library professionals in Academic Libraries have a key role to play. They have to identify the shift in the paradigm and gear up to meet the new challenges by adopting Super Highway Technology Like the ‘Internet’. This Paper Discuss the advantages of the ‘Internet’ and its impact upon Academic Libraries. The Practical application of e-mail, Internet and Other Electronic Media has been dealt in brief. Need of the use of Computers in Libraries has been stressed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1374 Files in this item: 1
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Sur, Subrata; Mukherjee, Arup; Sur, Sujata; Dutta, Bratati; Shome, Soumita (INFLIBNET Center, December 7, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Information Communication Technologies (ICT) are undergoing rapid changes. Librarian needs to redesign the structure of their library to meet the changing needs by learning and implementing new practices and technologies. How does one provide excellent library service through digital technologies? What are the expectations of digital library patrons? How do we make library patrons satisfied in this digital era? What are the skills librarians need to possess? These questions are addressed in this articles. The digital librarian acts as guardian of the information superhighway and acts as a symbiotic human-machine guru. Article also highlights the roles and functions of a digital library information retrieval, navigation and browsing. This paper outlines professional skills and technological competencies for the development of library professional staff in order to meet the current and future need of users as well as to survive in a rapidly changing technological environment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1353 Files in this item: 1
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Mishra, R N (INFLIBNET Centre, November 9, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: The features of e-book like model, market collections, developing operating guidelines and enhancing potential strategies, hardware, softwares, and standards need strong strategies, approaches and procedures to support and exchange of scholarly information for research potentiality. The development of e-books and e-publishing has challenged the traditional balance among publishers, authors, book sellers, libraries and information centers in a number of fundamental ways. The spiraling cost of publications including the non-availability of latest printed book, exploration of web technology, networks necessitated the cause of generating the ideas of e-books and more prominently when the publishers and authors found the web as the viable platform for business point of view including academic exploration to promulgate the e-books services through web. This paper throws light on the how the impact of e-books has geared to activate the research potentiality among researchers in the wake of advanced information and communication technology. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1195 Files in this item: 1
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Keisham, Sangeeta; Chakrabarty, T K (INFLIBNET Center, November NaN, 2004)[more][less]
Abstract: Local dailies play an important role in disseminating information pertaining to the various communities of the society at the regional or state level. The present paper aims at examining the contents and coverage of news items in some selected local dailies published in the state of Manipur. With the help of ‘ statistical tools’ an attempt has been made to explore and identify the pattern of the contents selected for the accommodation in some of the columns like Headline, Article and Letter to Editor. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/438 Files in this item: 1
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Unknown author (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: An attempt has been made to determine the present status of familiarity and use of Digital resources. It was felt that use of digital resources is still poor among the medical students of the Universities in the developing countries. This paper presents survey to investigate the familiarity and use of Digital resources by students through online and offline Information Databases of the Central Library, “Central Library Books & Journals Database (CLBJD), and the CD-ROMs databases available in the academic libraries (MUI). The subjects of this study were the students of the Isfahan Medical University. For evaluating study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 250 students. The result of this survey are presented and discussed in the paper. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1579 Files in this item: 1
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Deepak P; Parameswaran, Sandeep (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: With web search getting to be more and more popular, and predictions that they would be even more popular in the coming years, given the exorbitant growth of the web in recent years, search engines, in their quest to be branded the best, have regularly been providing additional features. The users of web search interfaces are typically diverse and have wide ranging interests. This is in contrast to other application interfaces which cater to a specialized group of people. In this study, we examine the influence the interface manifestation of such features has, in their usability and effectiveness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1542 Files in this item: 1
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Chang, Naicheng (INFLIBNET Center., February 25, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: Currently, in Taiwan there is no demonstrable solution for access management to the many heterogeneous electronic resources that academic and university libraries provide for users, such as the full texts of electronic journals and books, electronic databases, among many others. Shibboleth has been developed in U.S.A. and the United Kingdom and has become an emerging solution to the access management of electronic resources in a growing number of developed countries. Our experience in starting a virtual federation by setting up an Identity Provider (IdP) at Academia Sinica and a Service Provider (SP) at the Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Taipei, a society which publishes a SCI journal entitled “Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences”, as well as request Shibbolethbased service from some participating Shibboleth publishers like Elsevier, Springer and Thomson ISI, can provide valuable experiences to any library or organization wanting to start a Shibboleth federated access management for reference. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1062 Files in this item: 1
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Vastrad, Gayatri; Bharathy, Jaya; Kumar, P Dharani (Inflibnet Center, March 2, 2011)[more][less]
Abstract: The article describes how federated search helps the users to find resources across library collections. Federated search is essen-tially an umbrella search often utilizing, as far as possible, the search facilities already offered by each library resource. Federated searching, also known as meta searching, broadcast searching, cross searching, and a variety of other names, is the ability to search multiple information resources from a single interface and return an integrated set of results. These targets include the library’s collection of books, software, databases and online public access catalogs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1599 Files in this item: 1
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Kakoli, Gogoi; Jyotika, Borthakur; Mukut, Sarmah (INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article describes the concept of federated search and different federated search engines, features of the search engines and search strategies of some of the federated search engines. It also highlights the advantages of federated search along with its drawbacks. Various technologies used for federated searching have been also discussed. This paper also tries to give the difference between popular search engines and federated search engines. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1697 Files in this item: 1
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Upadhyay, Purnima (INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: This article provides a brief background on the current state of information search in this highly connected and pervasive internet age. It is followed by an introduction to the federated search engine and its definition. While this article assumes that the role played by federated search engine in searching disparate information has been now quite justified and established, it lays the emphasis on the capabilities of the federated search engines. It does so by listing the functionalities expected from a federated search engine, and higher level explanation of inner workings of the federated search engine. It also lists the advantages and shortcomings of federated search engines. This is followed by the selection criteria of a federated search engine and lastly a list of some of the popular federated search engines available today. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1695 Files in this item: 1
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Verma, Shilpi; Mahawar, K L; Verma, Rekha (INFLIBNET CENTER, December 7, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: In today’s information explosion age the needs of users’ becoming complex day by day. The task of information professionals is also very complicated and difficult to meet out the needs of the different users. This paper deals with concept of Federated searching that provide facility to search over different databases in one interface. The challenges of today’s searching and need of federated searching is also dealt. The paper also describes the process and hub as well as local database relationship along with point to point model and broker model architecture. The factors affecting the federated searching are also covered. The myths of the federated searching are also dealt in this paper in detail. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1089 Files in this item: 1
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Verma, Shilpi; Mahawar, K L; Verma, Rekha (INFLIBNET Center., December 7, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: In today’s information explosion age the needs of users’ becoming complex day by day. The task of information professionals is also very complicated and difficult to meet out the needs of the different users. This paper deals with concept of Federated searching that provide facility to search over different databases in one interface. The challenges of today’s searching and need of federated searching is also dealt. The paper also describes the process and hub as well as local database relationship along with point to point model and broker model architecture. The factors affecting the federated searching are also covered. The myths of the federated searching are also dealt in this paper in detail. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1344 Files in this item: 1
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