PLANNER 2018 Tripura

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Academic Libraries as Social Hub with Special Reference to North Eastern Region
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Rath, Pravakar
Libraries in higher educational institutions have under gone a great transformation from an automated to virtual environment using Internet and social media with an objective to enhance the reach of library resources and services among the academic fraternity. The present paper emphasises on the importance of academic libraries as social hub with special reference to North Eastern region by using social media tools. The author presents an overview of higher education in NE region and the libraries of centrally funded institutions currently providing various resources and services through Internet and social media. It is concluded that more efforts and initiatives need to be undertaken by academic libraries of North Eastern region for which some of the issues need to be addressed by planners and policy makers, library authorities and professionals liken policy issues, develop ICT infrastructure on priority, promote modernization of libraries, participate in library networks and consortia, develop digital library and optimal use of e-resources, creation of indigenous knowledge and knowledge specific to the region, recognize the importance of “Libraries –As Gateways to Knowledge” and contribute to national development, recognize the importance of social media and its application in teaching , learning and research.
Application And Impact Of Social Media In Academic Libraries With Special Reference To Assam
(2018-11) Chayanika Sarma; Dipankar Das
The vast growth of knowledge and literature in every field of education along with the advancement of information technology has placed special responsibilities on all types of libraries. Nowadays, different types of social media tools are increasingly used in library works in academic libraries. So, this study is an investigational study to know about the use of social media tools in academic libraries and its impact on the library staffs, library users, library services etc and challenges as well as problems influencing in using such tools. Social media are mainly used to connect people in different communities and share, transfer information, and cooperate with each other information among different users of different communities. The main aim of this work is to make intensive and extensive study to find the application and effect of social media on the users, library works and services, staffs etc in the academic libraries with special reference to Assam and make awareness among users and staffs towards the use of social media in the libraries. Also, find out the factors they are facing for using social media in the academic libraries.
Capacity Building Of Human Resources: A Case Study Of Central And Private Universities Of Assam
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Rosy Chakraborty; Sangeeta Roy; Pankaj Brahma
Capacity building includes skill development, enhancement of efficiency etc. to achieve the desired organizational goals. With the advancement of technologies, it becomes very essential for the library professionals to be up to date in their field, so that they can provide best services to their users and can effectively cope up with the crisis and situations. Academic knowledge and competence development should go hand in hand. Technological inventions have made it clear that if an organization has to get success or reach its ultimate goal, it must develop or train its human resource. Nowadays, library needs multi-skilled professionals to work efficiently in order to meet its user’s needs. Universities are the largest academic organizations, where they have to cater a huge clientele with varied interests; therefore, capacity building programs are very essential to enhance theirabilities. The study mainly discusses the concept of capacity building, management level initiatives, barriers and various challenges etc., faced by the library professionals. The paper further gives light on capacity building initiatives taken by different central and private universities. As the research paper is mainly a survey based study, survey based methods have been used and therefore, both the primary and secondary data have been used to write this paper. Through the findings, it has been found that Central Universities promotes capacity development programs very well and the professionals are more or less satisfied, where as Private Universities have a long way to go.
Cloud infrastructure and services for Library Phase shift of Library for the next Decade: The Cloud Based Services
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Shiva Shankar Kimidi; Raja V
Most of the traditional libraries are still trying to induce themselves to get acquainted with the technological movement to envelope into the existing library setup for a changeover. Fortunately, the advent of automation of libraries could bring a change from traditional to digital library setup. The existing library system are quest to provide new services in much better way to the user community involving a greater access to the library resources and services. This article will brief about the infrastructure-based services which we saw during transformation from traditional to digital library age. The paper also intends to elaborate how the Cloud infrastructure and services can bring a change in the library system and its services for next few years from now.
Content Analysis Of Youtube Videos Related Drupal, Joomla And Wordpress
(2018-11) Lambodara Parabhoi; Sh. Prem Chand
YouTube is a popular video sharing site used by many people in world wide. The current study is to examine the YouTube videos related to Drupal, Joomla and WordPress which are content management systems (CMS). The data was exported using Webometrics analyst software from YouTube via application programming interface (API). Total 1785 videos were found related to three CMSs. The study found that most of videos were related to Joomla CMS 616 (34%) followed by Drupal 583 (33%) and WordPress 586 (33%). Furthermore, study informthat majority of videos found having YouTubelicence 93% and 7% videos found under creative common licence. About 959 of videos were shorter than 10 minutes duration. The study also informs top ten most liked, commented, and viewed videos.
Digital Conversion and Preservation of old Ph.D. Theses: A Study at Central Library, IIT Kharagpur
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) M.Manivannan; Dr. B.Sutradhar
The purpose of this paper is to describe how rare library materials and documents are being preserved for long-term usage and archived at the Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) and focused on the technical requirements, guidelines for digitization, and digital preservation of old library materials. The paper explains levels of the digitization process and levels of the digital preservation of old Ph.D. theses submitted at the library, also to discuss the digitization infrastructure and software used. The paper shows that the workflow and steps involved in the conducting digitization and digital preservation project at the library. The information contained in the library materials such as rare documents, theses, and other similar old documents can be lost forever unless there are alternative arrangements for digitally converting and or digitizing them. The technological advancement is providing suitable alternatives for digitization and its preservation for the library materials. Before starting up a digitization project, the library should have sufficient funds to acquire infrastructures such as a high-end scanner, computer hardware, other related software, and trained computer-human resources. It can also be noted that for the successful completion of this project, must train the administrator and staff involved in the project. Digital preservation of rare and old documents in an Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) can provide an immediate response to a search, getting information on time, and search enhances the researchers’ efficiencies. The IDR supports mechanisms to store, retrieve and manage the digital assets.
Disaster Management In University Libraries Of Assam: An Important Aspect
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Nilakshi Sharma; Banasri Deka; Jitu Das
Disaster can disturb the regular services of a library. Different kinds of disaster affect the libraries in several ways. Libraries have to be well prepared for different types of disasters like natural disaster, accidental failures, criminal damages etc. This study has been undertaken to investigate the disaster preparedness in the university libraries. The present study is done using a survey, through a welldesigned questionnaire. Personal observation, interactions with librarians through telephone was made. Both primary and secondary data has been collected. The result of the study reveals that majority of the university libraries have disaster preparedness such as written disaster plans, emergency exits, fire alarms, emergency power supply, prohibiting activities such as smoking, data backup, earthquake proof building etc. But some of the libraries under the study also indicated that they are less prepared to handle a situation coming out of the disasters. The study will help the LIS professionals to know about different disaster preparedness used in university libraries of Assam.
Education Through Dth In India: Initiatives Of State & Central Government
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Atul Patel; Dr. Yogesh Parekh
DTH (Direct To Home) technology is reception of television signals through communication satellite. This paper covers education through DTH initiatives like VANDE Gujarat and Swayam Prabha. Both initiatives cover content for school education to high quality higher education. The students of the schools from various board CBSE, SEB’s, ICSE and all lifelong learners can take free education from DTH. 2nd initiative, Swayam Prabha covering 32 channels of secondary & higher secondary, UG & PG non-technical, technical, open schooling and distance learning with teacher education under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. 40 million students from different institutions, colleges ranging from primary to higher education can be benefited of service.
Equipping Library Professionals for Imparting Information Literacy
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Laloo, Bikika
Information explosion or the proliferation in the amount of information and variety of information sources, has made it even more vital today for individuals to develop information literacy skills. Libraries play a major role in imparting information literacy skills to their clients. This paper addresses two aspects of the topic at hand. First - that the library staff need to be information literate themselves in order to ably impart information literacy skills to their clients. Second - that imparting information literacy is multi-dimensional and that libraries and their staff need to approach the issue accordingly.
Evaluating Online Visibility Of Library And Information Science Academia In Central Universities Of North-East India: A Scientometric Study Based On Google Scholar
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Sanjay Kumar Maurya; Akhandanand Shukla; R K Ngurtinkhuma
The study analyses online visibility of LIS Academia of central universities of North-East India based on Google Scholar. The study included all the LIS faculties of five central universities. The study found 559 research publications and 790 citations through Google Scholar. The study measured the online visibility in terms of university-wise and faculty-wise publications and citations, year-wise growth, authorship and collaboration pattern, co-authorship pattern and strength. The study found that AUS and MZU are leading among other central universities in terms of various scientometricaspects. Individual faculty performances have been instrumental to increase the growth of the institutions in terms of publications and citations. Further faculty members have been suggested to publish quality research for increasing online visibility at the individual level as well as institutional level.
Impact of Social Media Tools on Higher Education: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Amrita Devi; Trishna Barman; Mouchumi Das; Higher Education
The main use of Social media is being swiftly increasing during last few years.It works as a medium of communication with each other to create, edit and share new forms of textual, visual and audio contents withone to another for sharing their experiences and information regarding their interest, and also helps to build up longtime relationship between individuals and groups. In the field of LIS services, it may help to promote the services of LIC (Library and Information Centers). This study provides an efficient way of using Social media tools and how it affects theLibrary User Community.
Library And Information Science Research (Doctoral Theses) In India: A Bibliometric Study Through Inflibnet Shodhganga
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Manisha Gogoi
The present paper deals about the bibliometric analysis of 548 Ph.D theses in LIS of Indian Universities during the year 2013-2017.The study is based on “Shodhganga”, hosted by INFLIBNET. Factor considered for the study are Year wise, Universities wise, State wise, Subject wise and Guide wise contribution of PhD theses in LIS. This paper focuses on quantitative study of research contribution made by LIS researchers in the field of LIS. All the studies will be helpful for improving their quality researches in this field. It is concluded that majority of work has been done upon the area of Library survey/User studies/Library Use while a very little work had been done in the field of Library Legislation,Library-Finance, database and indexing during the span of time 2013-2017. Since the libraries of 21st century is shifting their focus to newer work areas according to the shift of user’s interest, more research works are needed in the field of LIS in these newer areas instead of confining to areas like surveys.
Measures Of Disasters In Libraries
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Sarita Verma; Shraddha Shahane
The paper discusses the meaning and different types of disaster situations which damage the library system and its services. Here main focus is given on the different phases of disaster management system in the libraries. In these phases, different measures described shows the salvage of material and human life. List of necessary equipment required in emergencies are given here which can be included in emergency kit. In case if libraries are unaffected then it plays a different role for the salvage of society. The paper also explains the contribution of international organizations.
Need of library services for students in Open Universities: A study of Assam
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Dr .Bibhuti Choudhury; Saurabh Kr Baruah
Education is a basic human right for every person. Library is the source of education as it is like two sides of coin. Learners who can’t afford to go to regular institutions for study due to time and space barrier prefers distance education system which doesn’t not require to attend classroom in a definite time, instead can learn from their home. The distance mode learners deprived off getting in touch with the instructor or faculty all the time and hence library can be a solution to this. That is why distance mode learners should be provided equal facilities if not more in comparison to regular mode of students.The main objective of this study is to know the library services offered to the distance mode learners across different study centres established in different places of Assam by IGNOU, IDOL and KKHSOU. This study is done to see whether the distance mode learners are privileged enough to enjoy the benefits using library services as well as scenario of library services of study centres of open universities in Assam
A Novel Study To Determine Fake News Quotient: Perception Based Study Among Lis Students
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Deepjyoti Kalita; Dipen Deka
Fake news can be an image, a video or an imitative news article often designed to misguide masses through wrong information. Fake news identification through normal observation is not an easy task. It needs thorough observation of facts and the process itself requires some factual steps. Public discussion forums are always empowering citizens by giving some identification properties which are often associated with fake news and also telling the follow up steps when they find some doubtful news items. The current study is an evaluative process to measure the ability of library and information science(LIS) students to identify fake news. Nine properties were identified and clubbed as Questions on Fake news Identification(QFI), based student’s awareness level to those points, a resultant QFI quotient was measured out through a systematically designed process for the study. Similarly, eight activities were noted out and clubbed as Questions on Fake news Tackling Activities (QFTA), a QFTA quotient was measured out following the similar process of QFI quotient. The average QFI quotient and QFTA quotient of LIS students were 0.67 and 0.73 respectively. A significant correlation of 0.570 between QFI quotient and QFTA quotient helped to conclude that LIS students have a strong ability to identify and stop the spreading of fake news.
Open Access Through Repository : Scenario In University Libraries Of North East India
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Rk Sofia Devi; Ch. Ibohal Singh
The purpose of the present study is to highlight the prevailing scenario of open access through institutional repository by the university libraries of North East India and to explore the place of institutional repositories in providing open access. The methodology adopted for the study include:personal visit to the libraries concerned, interviewing with the working LIS professionals and using a semi- structured questionnaire as tool for the data collection. Taking into account20 universities of the region, the study mainly emphasised upon the strategies of the universities towards building such repositories and making available the data resources to enhance accessibility in the open environment.As the major findings of the study show, many of the university libraries in the region are found to initiate strategies to build IRs using DSpace though they face dearth of skilled professionals and keeping archiving policy optional, while ETD and institutional publications are making available in the IRs. The study also suggests that universities in North East India should come forward to support OA movement.
Perception Of Open Access Publishing And Scholarly Communication Among The Faculties And Research Scholars Of Tripura University: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Jeshika Tripura; Mithu Anjali Gayan
This paper is an attempt to find perceptions of Open Access Publishing by faculties and research scholars of Tripura University through a survey using questionnaire method. The questionnaire was administered to 100 randomly selected faculty members and research scholars out of whom 78 have responded and the response rate is 78%. It is found that 69(88.46%) accepted that they are aware of Open Access; male (91.83%) faculties and research scholars are more aware of Open Access Publishing than that of female (82.75%) faculties and research scholars; 65 (83.33%) stated that they have used Open Access journal; (76%) respondents prefer and use both Open access journal; 29(38.16%) prefer OA journals because it is accessible from anywhere followed by 26 (34.21%) prefer it as it is freely available; 11 (14.47%) prefer it solely because they support OA publishing; maximum respondents also gave their view that they do not want submit their research to OA journals because they think OA journals are not always peer reviewed and not reliable; highest number of respondents agree (47%) to the fact that it ensure receiving of more citation; highest number of respondents (47%) agree to the statement; maximum respondents 43(55.13%) agree to the statement that OA ensures faster publication of their research. The results found from the study will help the university library in formulating policies regarding open access resources and institutional repositories.
Smart notice boards using IoT and Single Board Microcomputers
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Rupinder Singh
Most of the academic libraries in India have budget constraints due to which they lack IT infrastructure, and ultimately it becomes a hurdle in giving effective user services.The combination of limited funding and below-average technical knowledge of staff can be a devastating combination for any institution, but for someone who is not ready to compromise with limitations and happy in experimenting and exploring new possibilities, thereis no big worry. With right information at right time, everything can be achieved. Technology is such a savior for humanity and keeps on changing-. Raspberry Pi is one such constructive innovation which has transformed the landscape for programmers to gadget lovers. Because it is so powerful, flexible and adaptable, it became very popular worldwide.Librarians around the globe have also greeted this new tech tool enthusiastically, and are experimenting in different projects. With the emergence of ICT, libraries in future will be more content rich, more user-friendly, more interactive and digital in all aspects, but only having number of servers or collection of E-Books servers doesn’t make digitally future pro of unless a fully paperless and eco-friendly workspace is developed. This articleis aimed at library professionals who are new to Raspberry Pi and it attempts to elaborate the use of this miniature marvel in institutional and public libraries using a case study at IIAS Library.
Social Responsibility Of Academic Library: A Study On Role Of College Libraries In Assam
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2018-11) Dhrubajit Das
Academic libraries are rich in terms of resources and infrastructure in comparison to the public libraries in Assam. The resources and infrastructure of the college libraries in Assam can effectively use in providing community service in the locality. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in its assessment guidelines clearly mentioned about the social institutional responsibility of the colleges. The college libraries as a part of its social responsibility should engage in activities such as extension of reading facilities to the general public and allowing them to use existing physical infrastructure, Internet facility, e-resources access facility of the college library. Extension of these facilities of the college libraries will definitely benefit the needy peoples of the society. The paper intends to identify the availability of resources and other infrastructural facilities in some randomly selected college libraries in Assam and observes how these large quantities of resources be effectively make open to the other needy people living in the society.
Status Of Children Libraries In Assam: An Analytical Study
(2018-11) Kishore Kalita; Tilak Hazarika
An aim of the study is to visualize current scenario of children libraries in Assam. The study has been carried out on a sample of twelve full-fledged children libraries drawn from different parts of the state using judgmental sampling method. Number of staff strength in the libraries found ranges between 1-4. Books collection in the libraries is in the range of 12000 to 15000 in two, 6000-9000 in two, 3000-6000 in three, while five libraries having less than 3000 collection. Average number of magazines in the libraries is found to be four. Children encyclopaedias are available in 2 libraries with one title each. CDs and DVDs are available in four libraries with highest 38 in one. Video game playing facilities are available in 2 libraries, TV sets in 5, computers in 6 libraries of which four with Internet facility. The availability of other learning aids viz. the Kindle Reader, Globe, Maps and Charts and other materials are there in all the libraries but in very poor in numbers in comparison to the number of daily users. Only two libraries are found to be using Library Management Softwares viz. Koha and SOUL. Number of registered users varies from 75 to 590, while daily users in the range of 40 to nearly 300. It is observed that most of the relatively well-organized libraries are in the urban and semi-urban areas. A note of suggestions has been lined up for betterment of the status of the children libraries.

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