Browsing by Author "Deka, Dipen"

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    Access of E-resources By The Users Of LNB Library With Special Reference to UGC-Infonet: An Evaluative Survey
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2008-11-06) Majumder, Apurba Jyoti; Deka, Dipen; Bose, Sharmila; Sarma, Gautam kumar; Goswami, Kukila
    This paper is based on the survey of the users of the Laksminath Bezbaroa (LNB) Library of the Dibrugarh University about the access of the e-resources available in the library. The different types of available in the e-rosources under the UGC-INFONET in the Laksminath Bezbaroa (LNB) Library of the Dibrugarh University, the reasons behind the use of e-resources in the UGC-INFONET, the subjectwise use of the e-resources, and the problems in using the resources are discussed.
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    E- everything in Open and Distance Learning of Higher Educational Institutions in Assam : A Case Study
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2013-03-23) Mazumdar, Nirmal Ranjan; Deka, Dipen
    The application of electronic media in open and distance education has made significant impact in India in imparting education to the deprived. This paper highlights the applications of different electronic system in the open and distance learning higher educational institutions of Assam. The different services like e-learning portal, community radio, toll free helpline numbers etc. of these open and distance learning educational institutions of Assam have been discussed here.
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    Library & Information Science Education and Competency Management
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Deka, Dipen; Mazumdar, Nirmal Ranjan
    The Library & information science (LIS) curriculum that are followed in Indian Universities do not have all the facets to make the young LIS graduates a competent one in the present job market. Only inclusion of the ICT application in the syllabus cannot help them to encounter with challenges in the working environment in the library and information centres. Here two approaches i.e. interdisciplinary and inter-institutional have been put forwarded which can be considered to develop the skills of the LIS professionals. Also the efforts of some the organizations and institutes related to LIS in India are highlighted.
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    OAI-PMH: A Tool for Metadata Harvesting and Federated Search
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2007-12-07) Deka, Dipen
    This paper focuses on the importance of OAI-PMH in the aspect of accessibility to the digital repositories. The basic structure of OAI-PMH and its functional elements are given along with some existing metadata harvester services of India. The paper discusses about the PKP Harvester software and its users. Concludes that OAI-PMH is an effective solution of the problem of lack of interoperability.
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    Quality Assurance in Library and Information Science Education in India: Issues and Challenges
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2019-11) Deka, Dipen; Mazumdar, Nirmal Ranjan; Singh, Sanjay Kumar
    The objective of this study is to look into the process of quality assurance of Library and Information Science (LIS) Education in India. Review of literature is done on the library and information science education globally to collect information on LIS education and its quality assurance. The study finds that apart from of few agencies like ALA in USA and CILIP in UK there is no agency or body at national and international level for quality assurance of LIS education. The study is limited to quality assurance of LIS education in India only. This paper enlightens about the quality assurance in LIS education in India. The main issues of quality assurance and the challenges are highlighted in this paper.
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    Re-engineering of Library: A Study of Present Scenario of Library Computerization of Academic Libraries in Sikkim
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2010-02-18) Kalita, Khagen; Mazmudar, Nirmal Ranjan; Deka, Dipen
    As the traditional concept of library is changing towards digital library, the existing manual system should be re-engineered to cope with its changing environment Computerization of Library & Information is the primary step of re-engineering of Library and Information Services in Digital Era. Here, an effort is made to reflect the present scenario of Library Computerization of Academic Libraries of Sikkim, which includes both the University and college libraries of the State.
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    The Rrole of Open Source Software in Building Institutional Rrepository
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Deka, Dipen
    Advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) has created immense methods for creating, storing, maintaining, accessing and preserving the traditional printed documents in digital form. The different publishers have taken the full advantage of publishing the research outputs of the academicians and deprive the institutions and the community of the institution from the research outputs. This paper explores the importance of Institutional Repository (IR) and the role of the Open Source Software (OSS) in building the Institutional Repository of any institution. To publish and serve the community of an institution building institutional repositories is the most feasible solution. We have to take the help of some special software packages to build up an institutional repository and the role of open source software in this regard is very important. The institutions which are economically not strong enough can take the advantage of using open source software to build up their own institutional repository and can expose their knowledge stock to the world.
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    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.
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    A Topic Modeling Study on Contemporary Latent Topics and Current Trends in Open Access LIS Journals listed in DOAJ
    (INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar, 2024-09-19) Thakuria, Abhijit; Bezbaruah, Parimita; Deka, Dipen
    The study employed Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling to analyze bibliographic data (Titles, Abstracts, and Keywords) of 1640 articles published during 2019-2023 from Open Access LIS journals listed in the DOAJ platform and indexed in Scopus database. The study utilized R statistical platform and used coherence method to determine optimal number of topics k=8. This analysis unveiled eight latent topics, with Topic 8 'Library Management' emerging as the most prevalent topic with prevalence score of 23.291. Moreover, Topic 6 'Knowledge Management' and Topic 4 'Bibliometrics' were identified as stable and popular topics, with respective Annual Growth Rates (AAGR) of 15.99% and 12.39% in OA LIS literature.