PLANNER-2012 Gangtok, Sikkim

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VuFind: An Emerging Open Source Discovery Tool
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-02-03) Mansuri, Imran; Patel, Swapnil; Vaghela, Divyakant
Since the early days of catalogues, the structure and interface of library tools used for accessing the resources are changing rapidly and dramatically to fulfil the changing user needs. In recent years, the behaviour of library users has been undergoing drastic changes due to increasingly use of web search engines and ICT based services. This paper describes the expectations of such users who are looking for information. It presents an optimized approach that enables academic libraries to provide its patrons with an up-to-date user experience while capitalizing on the unique advantages offered by libraries. Ways of integrating the new solution with the current library environment including features and functionalities of next generation catalogues are discussed
How Worthy is Cloud Computing for Libraries
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Ghosh, Saptarshi
This paper attempts to demystify the intricacies involved in cloud computing. Models of cloud computing and its effective implementation for mid-sized organization is emphasized. Lastly, it has been attempted to explore how cloud computing can extend Library services for better sustainability.
Activities and Reasons for Using Social Networking Sites by Research Scholars in NEHU: A Study on Facebook and ResearchGate
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Chakraborty, Nirmali
The paper has made an attempt to study the activities and reasons for using Social Networking Sites (SNS) by the research scholars of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU). For that the study has covered two social networking sites namely Facebook and ResearchGate based on popularity and widely used by research scholars. a self administered questionnaire was distributed among the research scholars of NEHU. And the primary data gathered through questionnaire were analyzed and discussed in accordance with the objective of the study. Here it is found that most of the scholars from social science background use SNS from education and research point of view; on the contrary scholars from pure science think that SNS has no role on research and education. They use SNS just for entertainment. The paper concludes with some suggestions given by the respondents for making SNS better research tool.
Participatory Librarianship and Social Networks: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Pradhan, Sarbada; Bose, Moumita
Now a day everyone is connected with each other by means of various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, etc. These networks are the means of social interaction where professional interaction lacks behind due to various barriers in their access and this leads to the origin of social network for profession. LIS Links has got a tremendous attention in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Here we have presented State wise and Designation wise contributions of people related to LIS profession. Analysis will help the LIS professionals to derive benefits from LIS Links.
Akash Tablet: A Scope for Virtual Service in College Libraries
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Das, Rajib Kumar; Singha, Anuradha
The library service is more technology based as times goes. In today’s context mobile based service is very demanding for the libraries. The use of Tablet PC’s application can fulfill the changing demand of the patron of the libraries. This service is already adopted by the some libraries of Western World. The Akash Tablet computer helps the Indian libraries for serving the patron in modern way. The Akash is very cheap and marketed by the Govt. of India gives the ample opportunity to the college libraries to adopt modern service of library. This article highlights the various features and function of Akash Tablet and its scope in the libraries. The e-resource and institutional repository can be handled very easy and cost effective way through Akash tablet.
Use of Online Resources Among the Students of Science & Technology Libraries of Guwahati: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Karmakar, Gouri Sankar; Choudhury, Nisangka; Goswami, Pallab
The online resources are the emerging information systems and services in every discipline and becoming more and more popular particularly in science & technology disciplines. This paper tries to evaluate the use of online resources among the science & technology students of selected libraries of Guwahati and examines the problems in accessing the online resources, student’s level of satisfaction, frequency of use and various aspects of online resources.
Transformation of Reference Service to Digital Reference Service: Scholars Review in Context of Present IT Environment
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Singha, Anuradha; Sabhapandit, Tonmay
Reference and Information services are the most important and indispensable component of modern library system. Internet has introduced new modes of communication and has extended the scope of reference service to Digital Reference services to the users across the world. The academic library reference service is undergoing a traditional to web based transition period. Modern reference service is committed to render a client focused service to end users. This paper highlights the emerging formats and models of modern reference service. Based on the literature review and practical experience of us, new research directions are suggested, in which user, paraprofessionals as well as librarians various interventions are integrated. An attempt has been made through this article to notify the significance of Digital reference Services as well as web based reference service in present IT environment and suggests the criteria for Planning and implementing Digital Reference Services in libraries. This article highlights various issues related to digital reference service and its application aspects, also examines the various needs before its implications.
ETD an Effective Research Tool: University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad (UASD) Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Maltesh, Motebennur
The present paper high lights the ETD initiatives in University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad (UASD). It also proves an effective and comprehensive scientific research tool. Around two hundred post graduates and research students were personally interviewed by using short structured questionnaire in the class PGS 501 Library and Information Services, and the result was positive. Many students agreed that the ETD in the University of Agriculture Sciences Dharwad, Karnataka is a very effective tool in their research and writing the theses.
Research Output by the Faculties of School of Human and Environmental Sciences, Manipur University: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Bobby, Phuritsabam; Memori, Sagolsem; Purnima, Devi; Devi, Naorem Mandakini
The present study identifies the various Research works, achievement and contributed of the faculty members of School of Human and Environmental Sciences. This work is to harvest the role of different faculties o the Human an Environmental sciences in bringing globalization by using different types of research in interdisciplinary with art, culture and social sciences. It also help to know that they are implementing new educational policing for enhancing the spirit of learning in which both efforts and imagination play a vital role. Department of Earth Science has highest numbers of Research activities and followed by Department of Geography, Department of Anthropology and Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
Tagging and Social Bookmarking: Tools of Library Services in Digital Era
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Deka, Naba Jyoti; Deka, Dipen
In the web 2.0 environments, Tagging and social bookmarking play a major role in knowledge organization and management in the field of library services. Bookmarking tools like delicious, twitter, flickr, connotea, etc are very popular and useful regarding the use of internet and web resources in a systematic and scientific way. It integrates and accurate the unlimited data and explosive information over internet and World Wide Web in a very controlled manner. This paper explains the various aspects of tagging and social bookmarking and the practical experiences in modern library services in the digital era.
Relevance of Open Access Journals in Library Services
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Lallaisangzuali, Sailo
This paper discusses the general background and basic concepts of open access, as well as its current developments. It also discusses the open access journal portals, platforms for open access journals, its management and the impact it had on libraries. Despite the challenges raised against open access, open access has become a significant movement that libraries cannot ignore. Libraries need to address both advocacy issues as well as objections in order to assess the contributions of open access to the institutions
Dynamic Library Organization: (Socializing with) Participatory Knowledge Sharing Tools
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Munshi, Usha Mujoo; Garg, Sanjay
The present paper endeavours to focus on the current structure of Library as a dynamic organization that transcended from the earlier unit culture to the present global culture. This transitional transformation is attributed to the splendid changes being brought about by the information and communication technology to the domain of the information management and dissemination. Further, the true culture of libraries as a social and participatory place has been buttressed in the electronic environment by the developments in the web technologies and tools. The paper in an attempt to showcase the application of web 2.0 tools as add-on technology for rendering participatory knowledge services by the libraries, focuses on some of these tools with special reference to virtual reference services. While concluding it is pointed out that the profession in general, claims a long history of effectively recognizing user’s needs and then applying that user knowledge towards service delivery schema which completely address those needs.
Google Sites for Academic Library: A Practical Approach in Pub Kamrup College Library
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Mazumdar, Nirmal Ranjan; Singh, Sanjay Kumar
With the application of information and communication technology, the library and information centers are now become more available as well as usable for all. IT based library and information center gives the maximum opportunity to the user- community to search their required information using different IT tools. The Google Sites is a service of Google where a webpage can be designed. The steps of designing a website using the Google are discussed in this paper among with the example of Pub Kamrup College Library website.
E-Resources in College Libraries of Guwahati with Reference to NLIST: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Karmakar, Gouri Sankar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Sarkar, Sankar
In the era of Information explosion e-resources are the only solution in the academic community for dissemination of knowledge in the present context. The paper mainly discusses on the use and application of e-resources in the college libraries of Guwahati, Assam. It highlights the present scenario of NLIST including access facility, user awareness and also discusses the security threats of digital era. The INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is providing e-resources to Colleges in India in general and NE Region in particular.
Academic Libraries in the Participatory Age
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Sahoo, Bibhuti Bhusan
Libraries are moving into a transitional state i.e. traditional library service and integration of current ICT to facilitate the services. Since the inception of libraries, libraries are trying to develop their collection in order to satisfy the need of their users. It is not possible for the librarians’ to provide all desired information to their users so they depend on other libraries for the information. The Library cooperation started with the participatory culture. The library professionals cooperate each other’s through various ways like inter library loan, consultancies etc. Online catalogs, hightech campus information networks, and accelerated resource sharing present opportunities for building comprehensive information centers. The present paper discusses the participative management, team work, ICT, Library building etc among library professionals as well as the user community. The library 2.0 technologies are helpful for collaborating in information creation, storage and retrieval. The library staff needs to be more dynamic in their approach to learn the current technology and leadership skills.
Digital Collection Development in Academic Libraries: An Overview
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Boruah, Gayatree; Dutta, Gunin Kr.
Digital Collection is a most important part of the Digital Library. The Digital Collections of information include various resources such as electronic journals,books,full text,CDROM,databases.etc. The main objectives of the paper is to know different digital collections and importance in Academic Libraries. The study is based on secondary data includes books, journals and published documents etc. The paper is an analytical and descriptive one.
Federated Search Engines: A Building Block for Participatory Library Service
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Upadhyay, Purnima
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.
Changing Dimension of KKHL With INFLIBNET in the Participatory ERA
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Pal, Birender; Singh, S K; Ahmed, Merina
Libraries and Knowledge are the two faces of a same coin. The University libraries act as an important medium of generating knowledge between the academic communities. The traditional process of organizing, retrieving and dissemination of information is out of fashion and time consuming. INFLIBNET through the application of IT is making great efforts to build up their information infrastructure in order to provide a fast and efficient information highway to help their users in sharing and utilizing the information all over the world. This paper deals about the different developments activities of Krishna Kanta Handiqui library of Gauhati University under INFLIBNET which includes digital collection development, HRD development, status of different databases created by KKHL. The article also discuss about the records contributed by KKHL in the Union Catalogue of Indian Universities and digitization aspects of Thesis and Dissertation collections.
Federated Search: An Information Retrieval Strategy for Scholarly Literature
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Kakoli, Gogoi; Jyotika, Borthakur; Mukut, Sarmah
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.
Social Bookmarking and Tagging in Library Science
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Kannikaparameshwari, G; Chandrashekara, M
This article explores the connotation of social bookmarking and tagging. Social bookmarking can help librarians, not only in providing the library patrons with better and faster access to information, but also with more reliable and well-organized information. Article shows the uses of social bookmarking in library science, what is bookmarking and tagging, advantages of these technological tools. And explain the social bookmarking and tagging with practical experience of my knowledge.

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