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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
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.
Social Media News as Disruptive Technology
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Donoghue, Karen L
The Internet with its many innovations has transformed how humans interact with their environment and with each other. It has had serious impact on much of our socio-cultural fabric and has restructured our relationship with technology. Within the broader framework of the Internet as a technology, there is the concept of social media, which is changing, how we access the news and our news consumption habits. With the number of people turning to the Internet for news are increasing substantially and steadily, understanding how Internet users access the news could be informative of whether social media news is or could potentially be disruptive to the established institutions of traditional news media. This paper seeks to investigate the idea of social media news as being disruptive for traditional news media by investigating various aspects through the theoretical framework of “disruptive technology”.
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.
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.
User Perception and Expectation from University Libraries: A Case Study among Student Community at Tripura
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Bhattacharjee, Sudip; Bhattacharjee, Sucheta; Sinha, Manoj Kumar
In the present era, library and information services can also be provided through online mode and thus libraries have become more user-friendly and more interactive. This makes library professionals capable enough to provide real-time services using ICT and Social media tools and services. Social Networking Sites (SNS) or Social Media have given us enormous capability to provide services in real-time. The present study was carried out for the purpose of knowing the awareness and preference of Social Media particularly to the Library Users belong to differentUniversities in Tripura. The sample of the study comprises of mainly graduate and post-graduate students.Survey method has been adopted for conducting this study. The paper highlights the important findings in respect of the awareness and preference of Social Networking Sites. It also highlights the usage pattern of Social Media by the student community. Further, the paper also described the changing pattern or changing expectation from library services by them; which leads to find out the possibilities for the usage of Social Mediaor Social Networking Site’s for library extension services.
Perception and Use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) by the Students of Mizoram University (MZU): A Survey
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Verma, Manoj Kumar; Devi, Ksh. Krishna
Social networking sites have become a part of life for almost everyone where people use to communicate their ideas and thoughts with one another. The present study is focused on the use of social networking sites by the students of Mizoram University (MZU), Aizawl, India. The survey method and random sampling technique has been used for the collection of data for the present study. 300 detailed questionnaires were distributed among the students of Under Graduate (UG), Post Graduate (PG), and Ph.D. Scholars of MZU where 262 duly filled-in questionnaires were received in total where 35% are UG, 38% are PG, and 27% is Ph.D. scholars. The analysis of the collected data is presented in tables and charts followed by the interpretation. The present study reveals that the majority of the students are aware of SNSs and using one or more than one social networking sites, where Facebook and YouTube are found as the most commonly used SNSs by the students of MZU.
Use of Internet by the Students of Social Sciences, Manipur University: A Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Sangeeta, Kiesham; Singh, Tongbram Shushilkanta
In today’s information society, Internet has emerged as a powerful and educational tool. It is very important and useful source to fulfill the requirements of the students. The main objective of the present study is to assess the use of Internet by the students of School of Social Sciences, Manipur University.Questionnaire method was adopted to collect data from the students.About 260 questionnaires were distributed to P.G students both from 2nd and 4th semester. A total of 197 students returned the questionnaire giving a response rate of 76%. The present study indicates that almost all the students use internet to access the sources of information need. The study also indicates that most of the students are satisfied with the information available on internet. To have access to the huge information resources, library have to provide intensive training in searching methods of various internet databases as for the effective utilization of global electronic products and services. Moreover,Library and information professionals should take initiative to prepare list of e-resources and their techniques for retrieving relevant information.
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.
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.
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.
Mapping Research Contributions of Assam University: A Scientometric Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Goswami, Rubi; Hazarika, Tilak
Metrics studies have an important role in understanding the growth of a discipline and assist in designing national policies for implementation and improving. This study is a scientometric study examining the research contribution of Assam University (A.U), Central University in Assam. In this study period, i.e. from 2000 to 2015 the numbers of bibliographic records found were 714. The average output of the organization was 45 publications per year; the peak was 143 items in 2014 and the minimum was 2 items in the year 2000. In the study period, a total of 3172 citations were found for the 714 records.
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.
Citation Concentration in ASLIB Proceedings Journal: A Comparative Study of 2005 and 2015 Volumes
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Ravikumar, S; Singh, Sangita K
The present study tries to throw light on how citation is concentrated and distributed in the different parts of articles in ALSIB Proceedings Journal. In this present study we are trying to identify which part of an article attracts more citation. From the data it was found that the citation counts between 2005 and 2015 is increased in multifold. Further it is concluded that during 2005 citation concentration was in body and introduction part of the articles while in 2015 the citation was distributed across the articles bust skewed in Introduction, Literature review and Methodology portion of the articles.
Bibliometric Analysis of Literature on Application of Mobile Technologies in Libraries (2006-2016) using LISTA
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Sahu, Archana; Jena, Puspanjali
The study presents a bibliometric analysis of 128 research publications in the subject area of application of mobile technology in libraries covered by the LISTA database during the year 2006-2016 (July). The study has focused to discover the authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, frequency of distribution, geographical distribution, co-occurrence of authors and co-word analysis. All the data were collected and analyzed in tabular format and on the basis of the analysis some inferences were made.
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.
Altmetrics: The Emerging Alternative Metrics for Web Research Analysis
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Kumar, Ashok; Shivarama, J; Angadi, Mallikarjun; Choukimath, Puttaraj A
The use of web 2.0 is becoming the essential part of present day life. People are spending time for many purposes and academic activities among these uses of web 2.0 social media services by users are prominent for searching, sharing, discussing, and messaging of scholarly content. The wider use of social media has given birth to various buzz words and ‘altmetrics’ is one of them. In simple words, altmetrics provides online measurement of scholars or scholarly content derived from the web 2.0 social media platforms. Altmetrics is diversified in nature and categorised in five categories i.e. (i) recommended (ii) cited (iii) saved (iv) discussed and (v) viewed. Altmetrics are becoming widely used by publishers (for showcasing research impact of authors over readers), librarians and repository managers (for adding value to their libraries and institutional repositories) and by the researchers (for complementing reading by instantly visualising papers online attention).
Analysis of the Citation Patterns, Keywords Clustering and Collaboration Networks in Presented Papers of PLANNER Conventions
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Pradhan, Pallab; Solanki, Hitesh; Patel, Swapnil
In this paper, we present analysis of the papers that were presented in the last nine PLANNER conventions held during the period 2003 to 2014 in North East Indian Universities. The data for this study i.e. number of papers, their bibliographical data along with the keywords were collected from “IR@INFLIBNET”repository as well as from the “Convention’s Proceedings” and the citation data was collected from “Google Scholar”. A total of 445 full papers were selected for this study excluding the abstract papers in which 172 papers have received a total of 481 citations with an average of 1.08 per paper and the remaining 273 papers had no citation. Further, this paper demonstrates yearwise citation patterns, most prominent topics presented, key-word clustering, authorship and collaboration networks of authors from different states from the presented papers in conventions.
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.
Use of Anti Plagiarism Software for Detection of Plagiarism in Research Work in the North East Region with Special Reference to Gauhati University
(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-11) Pathak, Nitya Nanda; Malakar, Konika
This paper discusses the uses of the anti plagiarism software and its impact on research work. This paper attempts to make an extensive study of its use in the NE region with special focus on Gauhati University. The study would show how Urkund has been highly used by the University of Gauhati and the Central University of Tezpur compared to other universities of the NE Region, where it is still in a preliminary stage. Importantly the use of Urkund, as our study shows, has been highly beneficial to almost 85% research scholars in Gauhati University for improving their research work.

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