PLANNER 2016 Shillong, Meghalaya

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Contribution of ROAR and OpenDOAR in Open Access Movement and Universal Access to Scholarly Information
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Chakravorty, Jayanti; Datta, Saumen; Sinha, Manoj Kumar
Open Access initiative (OAI) is the wide discussed subject in the world of information and communication technology. The open access philosophy rapidly became popular and a number of universities and research institutions spontaneously came forward to provide open access to their scholarly communications, research outcomes and electronic journals. In the present paper, the meaning, definition and the present scenario of the Open Access initiative, as well as the problems and improvement of the Open Access initiative has been discussed. Contribution of ROAR and OpenDOAR in the field of Open Access initiative has been discussed in detail. The data collected from the secondary sources of information and presented in a tabular form for easy understanding of the LIS professionals and masses to know the importance of the Open Access initiative for giving access to scholarly communications for wider audience.
Emerging Web-based Learning for LIS Professionals: An Innovative, Informative and Interactive Tool
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Thakur, Pragnya; Shivarama, J
This article explores the different e-learning modes especially the web-based e-learning and how it is suitable for LIS professionals depending on the subject content and its scope. It also focuses how web-based learning can complement current situation of library and library professionals. New technology leaves librarians with ample of options to choose from for upgrading their desired knowledge and skills. Knowledge of different web-based learning methods and available resources will help librarians to leverage the opportunity to the fullest and stay relevant.
The Role of University Libraries in Assam to Enhance E-learning among the User Community
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Das, Phool Rani; Mazumdar, Sangita
The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of university libraries for enhancing the mode of elearning. The paper focuses on the e-resources and services provided to the users. This paper points how these modern university libraries apply appropriate communication technologies in support of e-learning to users. It also discusses about the role played by library consortia for learning, and various problems faced by the university libraries in context of e-learning or access to online resources.
Technological Skill and Competency of College Librarians in Rural Kamrup District (Northern Part), Assam
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Barman, Mitali
The changing trend of Information Communication Technology (ICT) development has created an environment of skill development and competency among the college library professionals. This paper highlights the need and importance of ICT skill development among the college library professionals. The main objective of this paper is to identify the knowledge and awareness of ICT skill development and competency among the surveyed library professionals. The data for the study are collected from both primary and secondary sources and analysed accordingly. From the study it is found that, all the surveyed library professionals give importance in Continuing Education Programme (CEP) for ICT skill and competency development. Moreover, almost all of them are facing the common problem i.e. lack of trained man power.
Television as a Medium of Information for Rural Development in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Dinajpur District
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Akter, Rowshon; Mezbah-ul-Islam, Muhammad
The scarcity of information on communication channels is a great threat for rural development where majority of the people are illiterate thus, do not know how to access information themselves. This study was undertaken to identify the use of television among rural communities of Bangladesh which was conducted in three villages of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. The questionnaire included information on various information needs of the people under study, different sources of information and peoples’ awareness regarding informative TV shows. The study block included 150 households where more than 50% of the respondents had TV with cable connections. The main source of information as per data analysis was radio (83.33%), cell phone(66%); newspaper (64%) and personal contact (68%) followed by television (62%). Only 19% and 18% dwellers in the study area were aware about different health and agricultural programmes on television respectively. People were found unable to access information through TV due to the inconvenient schedule of the programmes having messages for rural development. So authors recommended that there should be dedicated TV channels to broadcast more and more programmes specifically for rural people at their convenient time.
Automation Status in the Provincialized College Libraries of Nalbari District: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Sharma, Mina; Das, Mridul
The use of computer in library and information Centres has become a general practice today. This paper discusses the automation status in the college libraries of Nalbari district. The paper provides a report of extent of development of automation in the colleges of Nalbari district along with the impact of automation on the colleges and the obstacles found in the way of automation.
ETDs and Its Uses: A Case Study of Gauhati University
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Malakar, Konika; Pathak, Nitya Nanda
This paper explores the use of ETDs among research scholars of various departments of Gauhati University, from Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering, Medicine and Law. For data collection, questionnaire method and random sample survey have been used. Further, for clear reflection the collected data have been analyzed by simple tabulations and figures with percentage method. This paper points out the significance of ETDs for research purpose, where it has been found that about 87% of research scholars were satisfied by using the ETDS and they admitted the fact that Shodhganga which plays a vital role for research and development in India is also playing an important role in Gauhati University. Finally at the end of the paper some suggestions have been highlighted which we have gathered at the time of the collection of data as well as interview with the research scholars and faculty members of Gauhati University.
Usage of Electronic- Resources in Academic Libraries and Role of Information Literacy
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Imsong, Lendina; Kharbudon, Ibajanaishisha M
In today’s world electronic resources (e- resources) have become very popular, and libraries are no exception. Today, the academic libraries are procuring more and more e-resources for their libraries. This paper is a literature review on usage of e-resources in academic libraries. It gives an overview of the relationship of e-resources with information literacy. It also gives a brief overview of the importance of information literacy on e-resources in academic libraries.
Trends in Research Productivity: A Bibliometric Analysis of Dibrugarh University Publications using Web of Science
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Gogoi, Manisha; Borua, Reema Mozinder; Kalita, Kabita Bora
The present study contains a Bibliometric analysis of bibliographic records published from 2006 to 2015. 533 items retrieved from Web of Science were studied. It shows increasing publication trend of the Dibrugarh University. The study includes year wise distribution of publications, domain wise distribution of publications, collaborating countries of the institute, authorship pattern and collaboration trend of publications, institutional collaboration of publications, preferred channels of research communications, citation impact of publication,etc. The average output of the organization was 53 publications per year; the peak was 88 items in 2014 and the minimum was 15 items in the year 2006. Single authorship publication accounted for 5%, while multi authorship publication of articles accounted for 95 %. The top 30 institutions which collaborated with Dibrugarh University accounted for about 50.28% share. It was seen that the publications of Dibrugarh University received a total of 2581 citations during the period of 10 years. The average citation per item was 4.84.
Digitization of Monographs, Rare Books at Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Parabhoi, Lambodara; Singh, Rupinder
This paper highlights and discuss about digitization process, digital preservation which is an ongoing process at Indian Institute of Advanced Study Library, Shimla. The IIAS Library has been digitizing IIAS Monographs, Rare books and Images and also it is discussed the methods and equipment’sare being used in digitization process. The details volumes of woks and the tools and techniques has used. The paper also discussed objectives of digitization, technical issues, faults have found in digitization process.
Use of E-Resources by the Post Graduate Science Students in the Tezpur University Central Library in Assam: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Thakuria, Juli
Electronic resources are those that are made available to the users by the producers either free of cost or on payment basis in different devices including through online or offline like in CDs. Now almost all the university libraries are procured/ subscribed e-resources for their user community. Here an attempt has been made to study the use of e-resources by the Post Graduate Science Students in the Tezpur University Central Library.
Correlation between Article Level Views, Google Citations and Scopus
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Singson, Mangkhollen; Kumar, Ranjit
The paper is an attempt to highlight the importance of adopting various metric to evaluate scholarship. Article level views and citations metric (Scopus & Google Citation) of Annals of Library and Information Studies were extracted from 2011 to 2015 to establish the relationship between them using Pearson correlation. Findings of the study indicate that there was a positive correlation between the number of views and Google Scholar (r = 0.22, p < 0.01) (1% significant), however, no correlation between views and Scopus (r=0.06, p< 0.01). However, the study shows that positive correlation in cumulative article views and citation, the top 10 viewed articles and citations do not complement each other, articles that have receives maximum views do not necessary result to citation except for one article.
Software Migration from LibSys 4.0 to Koha: Post Migration Scenario in a University Library of North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Oinam, A C; Nongbri, J P
Choice of library management software is an important step during the planning phase of library automation especially in a large academic library system viz. university library. The choice thus made inevitably will have an impact when the performance of the modern library system is evaluated. Lately, most of the modern library software have the different features integrated in the workflow of the software which appear to be absent to a first-time user. It is the inherent designed in the workflow that characterized the operation of Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). The key objective of any library i.e. to manage its collection, users and provide the right information to the right user at the right time. This requirement should be exhibited flawlessly by the Integrated Library Management System under operation. The rapid development of the Internet and new ICT applications especially in the social media network have strongly influence the characteristics of potential library users. This is evident based on their preference for the types of documents, mode to access or retrieve information and searching strategies. With a focus on these vital aspects, and to stay relevant with time, policy of migration from one software to another is recommended for an automated library system. However, this procedure should be adopted using proven methodology based on best practices to ensure minimal errors. This will facilitate ease in future adaptation, reduce the time spent on the extraction and transferring of data at a lower cost.
Scholarly Use of Print and Online Journals in Rajiv Gandhi University: A Comparative Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Sarma, Rahul; Tonsing, Langmuanjohn
The purpose of this paper is to compare the scholarly use of print and online journals at Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The analysis and results of this paper is based on the data collected from questionnaire distributed to all research scholars of the University. The main findings are that the respondents are more attracted towards e-journals than print journals. However, they depend more on open-source materials than those available via E-Sodhsindhu INFLIBNET. Respondents also identified the need for training in using e-resources and retrieving information from them from time-to-time. The use of e-resources, particularly e-journals, is increasing in the developing countries. Studies such as this one are required to understand the problems faced by the users and to increase the use of e-resources.
Perceptions and Level of Service Quality in Central University Libraries in India: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Eqbal, Monawwer
The main objectives of the study is to investigate the level service quality in central university libraries of India and to measures the perception of users as they relate to quality of information products and services. Survey among library users was administered and data was collected with the help of questionnaire.The questionnaire designed for the investigation of service quality in central university libraries among research scholars and faculty members were administered. The questionnaire comprises the modified SERVQUAL instrument developed by Parasuraman, et.at, (1998).It contains six dimensions of quality services, i.e., reliability, responsiveness, assurance, access, communications and tangibles. The scope of the research is limited to only seven central university libraries of India.The mean score of each dimension shows that the perception of users about the service quality dimensions in Central Reference Library of DU was highest as compare with other libraries. It shows that research scholars and faculty member are very much satisfied with the services quality dimensions
Application of Innovative Services in the Library
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Hangsing, P
This paper attempts to look at innovative services within the framework of disruptive innovation. Innovative services are further contextualised to the library services. Key points of disruptive innovations found to be very apt to the library services are analysed and questions of whether to adapt, adopt or disrupt were raised. Non disruptive innovations services are distinguished from the disruptive innovative services. The risks of the disruption of individual library as oppose to the collective libraries are elaborated. Simple and affordable innovative services and conversion of non-users to users are suggested for sustaining the existence of the libraries.
Issues and Challenges of Automation in the College Libraries of Guwahati
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Borkakoti, Rituraj; Singh, Sanjay Kumar
The study has been carried out in the provincialised college libraries of Guwahati which are using LMS. Out of the 16 automated libraries, 15 libraries are using SOUL2.0 while one library is using KOHA. The use of the different modules of the library management software in the college libraries are analysed and the challenges confronted by the library professionals towards effective use of LMS are highlighted through the study.
Challenging Role of Librarians in Digital Data Curation
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Devarasaiah, Devaraj; Kumar, Stanley Madan
Digital curation involves maintaining, preserving and adding value to digital research data throughout its life cycle. It emphasizes on long term preservation and persistent access. Care should be taken for data security, integrity and fair use. Digital data degrades more quickly than paper documents. As such, curation is not a one-time preservation process but a perpetual one. The paper discusses the role of library professionals and the challenges they are to confront in digital data preservation process.
Glimpse of Semantic Web and its Application Across Industries
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Jha, Ravi Shankar; Roy, Amartya
The most used tools to access data existing in web are the search engines. Traditional search engines are inefficient in the sense that it produces results that are mostly left for humans to interpret and consume and mostly not specific to the user’s search context. Semantic web creates machine/application readable data. Semantic web extends the traditional search engines and helps them produce context specific and meaningful search results by reading and assimilating the data before producing the search results. Also, Semantic web has been helping in externalizing data for sharing and reusability across users and applications. This paper explains some of the concepts of semantic web, and touches upon some of its industry applications with focus on knowledge/information management and sharing.
Bibliometric Study of Textiles Research Literature of IJFTR
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Lokhande, Amogh S; Sawant, Priti P
This bibliometric study of ‘Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Technology’ (IJFTR) was undertaken to understand the year-wise distribution of articles, authorship pattern of articles and geographical distribution of affiliations of the authors of articles, to calculate the average number of authors per article and to identify the top authors in terms of articles contributed. Based on the data collected for the study, it has been found that the number of articles published every year increased, that multiauthored articles outnumbered single-authored articles indicating a collaborative research and publishing pattern, that share of authors affiliated in India was about two-third of all authors with authors from as many as 23 countries contributing an article. The average number of authors per article was 2.94, and, Das, A. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India) was the top author with as many as 14 article contributions.

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