Browsing by Author "Kumar, H Anil"

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    Managing Research Data in Academic Institutions:Role of Libraries
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2015-03-12) Dora, Mallikarjun; Kumar, H Anil
    One of the global emerging trends in academic libraries is to facilitate the management of research data for the benefit of researchers and institutions. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of a library in offering such research data management services. The paper discusses the importance of research data, its preservation, organization, dissemination and critical role in the scholarly research life cycle. The authors attempt to provide a vivid description of Research Data Management (RDM) as a service and in the process review the existing literature on the topic in addition to the indicating the tools and technologies that could be adopted in successful RDM service implementation. The paper also is an attempt to share the experience of creating the Vikram Sarabhai Library’s research data repository that was developed by adopting the open source software - CKAN.
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    Return on Investment (ROI) from Libraries
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2011-03-02) Kumar, H Anil
    The paper looks at the concept of ROI (Return On Investment) in the context of libraries. In light of the dynamic environment, challenging financial pressures and increasing need for accountability have in all forced libraries to prove their worth in terms of outcomes, impact and returns. The paper draws upon various studies and approaches in dealing with this relevant and important topical theme. The paper focuses on academic libraries and concludes that ROI of each library will be different depending on the settings in which it exists. It is important to study the settings and then clearly envisage the measures of returnes of each library.