Browsing CALIBER 2005:Kochi by Title
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Rathinasabapathy, G (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Building of Digital Library largely depends on the nature of content and quality of digital resources. The digital library resources include electronic journals, electronic books, fulltext CD-ROM databases, etc. In research and academic institutions, theses, dissertations and research reports play a vital role as primary sources of information since they contain information of research value. Therefore, most of the research scholars refer to these documents regularly. To ensure easy and wider access to these documents, a digital library of theses and dissertations has been established in Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and connected with the Intranet of the university. The digital library provides access to the constituent units of the university including remote colleges. This paper discusses in brief about the establishment of the digital library of theses and dissertations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1563 Files in this item: 1
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Kuffalikar, Chitra Rekha; Rajyalakshmi, D. (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The paper stresses the importance of Area Studies by visualizing the digital technology as a strong effective tool for Digital mapping. It emphasis the importance of rare documentary sources related to Area studies with special emphasis on the ‘Area research on Nagpur’. The article highlights the Digital mapping projects at various levels and gives a bird’s eye view of the work being carried out at the local level. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1512 Files in this item: 1
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Kumar, S; Shah, Mukesh Kumar; Shah, Leena (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Digitization is also an outcome of development of technologies. The distinct form of art and culture requires preservation for the study of mankind and its progress. Paper stresses need to capture them in digitized form for future interest of the researchers. It will also give an account of art and architecture and sculpture of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh (India). It had one of the ancient civilizations in India and World. History of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh (India) dates to prehistoric period. The archeological excavation and heritage structures of Malwa are of no less importance than any other part of India. Much is being done on digitization of manuscripts but very little is thought of these valuable heritage structures lying unprotected and open. Digitization of cultural heritage will be best preservation for future generations’ .The paper suggest for 3 dimensional picturization of these heritages and preserve in digital form. It also suggests for hardware, software and human ware requirements for such work and gives a plan and provides few beautiful slides. A practical LCD projection of digitized heritage site is also prepared. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1548 Files in this item: 1
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Ramana, Y V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper presents a brief over view of Digital Preservation, Digitization of manuscripts and preservation techniques which are currently in use in India. The role of the National Library of India in Digital Preservation of Indian Manuscripts is highlighted. It also deals with the Manuscript Resource Centers and Manuscript Conservation Centers of India. The requirements of Digital Preservation are presented in this paper. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1550 Files in this item: 1
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Devi, B Mini (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The introduction of digital libraries is changing not only the face but whole body of the libraries around the world. In a global village the concept of digital library is of great importance. Hence the process of digitization. The author discusses the steps involved in the process of digitization, types of materials to be digitized and the problems that the libraries are facing on this respect. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1541 Files in this item: 1
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Singh, U N; Majumdar, Kamalendu (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: In present scenario publishers of freely available electronic journals have the potential for positively transforming the highly problematic economics of scholarly publishing. But actual use of electronic scholarly publications shows that they present serious utilization barriers to would-be readers. Practical awareness, indexing, and archiving in this new literature can overcome these barriers and is essential if such promising publications are to transform scholarly communication. DLIST (Digital Library for Information Science and Technology) can meet these needs by integrating electronic publications into existing information systems. Thus disintermediation of the scholarly publishing process will help the clientele of the low budget library in all respects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1521 Files in this item: 1
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Chaudhuri, Anirban Ray; Singh, Debnath; Nasipuri, Mita; Basu, Dipak Kumar (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The transformation of a scanned paper document into an editable form suitable for further processing such as desktop publishing or archiving in a digital library is a complex process. It requires solutions to several problems – document analysis by acquiring knowledge of document layout by a Page Layout Analyzer (PLA), followed by document recognition, which mainly comprises text recognition by Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Besides these two, another important problem is document reconstruction by transforming content into an electronically editable format by keeping the original layout intact. Core OCR modules exist on different Indian scripts, but no such document reconstruction system is available for Indian scripts. The document reconstruction system reported in this paper is the first of its kind on Indian scripts and it addresses document reconstruction for Bengali document images. The system makes use of the knowledge of both document layout extracted by a PLA in a graphical user interface (GUI) and the results of text recognition steps performed by OCR for transformation of paper documents into Rich Text Format. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/495 Files in this item: 1
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Chelatayakkot, Veerankutty; Jalaja, V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Since the advent of Unicode, electronic representation of regional language script is not as issue. However, transliteration is inevitable in a database designed to meet the needs of people who does not know that language. By transliteration, a unique name in one language or culture may have variant spelling in another language. The cataloguer maintainsname authority file to solve this problem. This article analyse the optionsfor retrieving transliterated Arabic names in major OPACs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1546 Files in this item: 1
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Gupta, Indranil Das; Nessa, Najmun (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This article looks into the unique nature of challenges and opportunities facing the Free and Opensource (F/OSS) based software localizers’ community when it comes to enabling support for Unicode-based Indic Scripts in the domain of Library and Information Science (LIS). It describes the early background of Indian language support in LIS domain in terms of technology used, and moves into the present-day scenario of Unicode and Open standard based method of universal archival and access to information repositories that modern libraries represent with their multi-media capabilities. Unicode addresses many of the problems that had plagued earlier systems which had little or no capabilities in terms of universal accessibility, it also brings its own set of problems that demand solutions – e.g. the issue of collation sequences which assume significance when looked at from the perspective of indexed search capabilities in library software. While Opensource provides an open, pro-active, collaborative platform for rapid development, it still has to answer for issues like availability of extensive Opentype fonts, collation sequences, less-than desired quality of rendering by Indic script layout engines, as well as varying levels of maturity of software components that make up the technology stack on which Indic Support enabled Library Information Systems can and are being developed. The authors will try to seek answers to these practical questions by looking into their localization experiences with Koha – the world’s first Opensource library software into Bengali (this work is being followed by Hindi localization). Inputs will also include the experiences of the team from ISI, Kolkata which is working on localizing Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) into Bengali. The article will draw upon the experiences of F/OSS Indic Localizers’ community to see whether cross-pollination of ideas can lead us towards the goal of bridging the Digital Divide. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/506 Files in this item: 1
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Bhaskaran, R (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper presents a Novel Scheme for improved Information Retrieval. The Proposed concept of this paper “FRIEND AGENT” is to enhance the need for Effective Information Retrieval. It helps in gathering the required information Independent of the location. Friend Agent offers Network Bandwidth Consumptions, Optimal routing, Security, Effective Data Transfer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1554 Files in this item: 1
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Jange, Suresh; Sherikar, Amruth; Gaddagimath, R B; Policegoudar, S B (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Information and communication technology is transforming the society, education, business and the economy. The Library managers must understand these changes in order to position their organizations to flourish in the networked environment to provide effective information services to the users. In the Local Area Network(LAN) world, an attempt has been made to describe the network establishment in Gulbarga University Library and their experiences to enhance the techno-based services to the users. Besides, network architecture with optical fiber, hardware and software requirements for the effective implementation of LAN in the library are explained in detail. Further explores steps taken to establish CD-ROM databases; Internet Lab in accessing electronic resources under UGC Infonet, status of DBMS, library web page and Institutional productivity. Future plan for establishment of Learning Resource Centre, Provision of video camera, retrospective bar coding of collections and touch screen in the library are highlighted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1559 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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Dube, Sonia; Patel, Yatrik; Murthy, T A V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Concept of Globalization of Software can be boom to advancement of projects related to Digital libraries and associated software. Much need is felt in the Indian context where support is to be provided for many languages to take care of diversified regional requirements and complexity of INDIC script. In this paper we have presented an approach and Implementation for creating Globalized software using UNICODE based Multilingual approach. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/505 Files in this item: 1
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Chopra, H S (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The potentialities of information technology, together with economic concerns, have been forcing various organizations to go for digitization. This has also happened to libraries, whose primary value lies not only in their collections but also in their contribution to education through providing information service, facilities for e-learning and management of collected information, which they make easily usable and accessible to users. The design and development of web-based educational systems for people is happening in India also. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1560 Files in this item: 1
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Kamalakkannan, V; Karthikeyani, V; Krishnan, A (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: A novel routing scheme for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), which combines the ondemand routing capability of Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol with a distributed topology discovery mechanism using ant-like mobile agents is proposed in this paper. The proposed hybrid protocol reduces route discovery latency and the end-toend delay by providing high connectivity without requiring much of the scarce network capacity. On the one side the proactive routing protocols in MANETs like Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) require to know, the topology of the entire network. Hence they are not suitable for highly dynamic networks such as MANETs, since the topology update information needs to be propagated frequently throughout the network. These frequent broadcasts limit the available network capacity for actual data communication. On the other hand, on-demand, reactive routing schemes like AODV and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), require the actual transmission of the data to be delayed until the route is discovered. Due to this long delay a pure reactive routing protocol may not be applicable for real-time data and multimedia communication. Through extensive simulations in this paper it is proved that the proposed Ant-AODV hybrid routing technique, is able to achieve reduced end-to-end delay compared to conventional ant-based and AODV routing protocols. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1576 Files in this item: 1
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Vijayakumar, J K; Khan, M T M; Murthy, T A V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The idea of E- Theses and Dissertations (ETD) is coming up in International scenario, which can be easily located, readily accessible and delivered over the web. This paper analyzing the opinions of selected Ph D Researchers and Guides from selected Indian Universities on Copyright and IPR issues related to ETDs. On the basis of the output, the paper suggests that Universities can start collecting e-format of theses, creating a digital archive for easy access. But in terms of access, still only a minimum majority is favoring online global access to Indian research. This may be because of Copy Right Issues, Chances of Plagiarism and Poor Quality in Research, which may be solved through policy frameworks and enhancing standards through national agencies like UGC at national level. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1584 Files in this item: 1
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Maharana, B; Choudhury, B K; Pradhan, D K; Pathy, S K (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Institutional e-print repositories offer a strategic response to systematic problems in the existing scholarly journal system and distribution of research output by making faster communication and transformation of scholarly information over the long run. This paper introduces e-print archives in general and institutional repositories in particular. The article also discusses the purpose, architecture, elements, and issues of institutional repositories. A guideline for the design of institutional archive has also been discussed. A detailed list of major institutional archives has been presented. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1570 Files in this item: 1
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Idicula, Sumam Mary; S, David Peter (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The goal of this work is to develop an Open Agent Architecture for Multilingual information retrieval from Relational Database. The query for information retrieval can be given in plain Hindi or Malayalam; two prominent regional languages of India. The system supports distributed processing of user requests through collaborating agents. Natural language processing techniques are used for meaning extraction from the plain query and information is given back to the user in his/ her native language. The system architecture is designed in a structured way so that it can be adapted to other regional languages of India. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/493 Files in this item: 1
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Singh, Yogendra; Murthy, T A V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Big deal or the consortia site licensing is the most preferred way of e-journal subscription for Indian Consortia be it INDEST or the UGC Infonet. In the big deal model all the journals published by a publisher or hosted by an aggregator on its web site are made available to the consortia members at a so called “highly reduced” price. It has been seen that the librarians throughout the world haves been raising objections to this mode since beginning. There are various concerns which have been identified such as monopoly of the publishers, use of a limited number of titles, effect of citation ranking of journals published by the small publishers and the fear of death of journals published by the developing countries. Though a number of articles have been published on this topic but most of them have been on the qualitative aspects of such deals. There are a few studies that have been conducted on quantitative aspects. In this paper a study of use of Elsevier’s ScienceDirect at IIT Roorkee has been presented which clearly shows that a very limited number of titles are frequently used in the Institute. This data clearly indicates that the Big Deal mode of subscription is not at all in the favour of the consortia. Supports an alternate model for subscription which should be based on the fixed fee access to the limited set of journals which are frequently used and pay for use for the journals which are less frequently used. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1578 Files in this item: 1
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