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Digitization of documentary heritage collections in Indic language: Comparative study of five major digital library initiatives in India
Full text linkDocumentary heritage collections in Indic languages have been soul of indigenous digital libraries in South Asia. Some of the digital preservation initiatives in India received global acceptance are namely, Digital Library of India, Panjab Digital Library, Kalasampada Digital Library – Resource for Indian Cultural Heritage, National Databank on Indian Art and Culture, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, and National Mission for Manuscripts, due to uniqueness in their collections and approaches. These projects also help in preserving socio-linguistically diverse cultural contents and achieving a sense of unity while online accessing using common platforms. This paper evaluates enrichment of collections and effectiveness of online platforms of five major digital library initiatives in India
Bibliographic utility networks
Full text linkThis article describes the functions, features, and advantages of bibliographic utility networks. Some cases have also described in order to get in-depth knowledge on their core services. The services of a bibliographic utility network are centred on online union catalogue database. Some bibliographic utility networks derived a number of services from their exhaustive union catalogue database to be used by different segments of clienteles. The services are not only contributory from participating institutions but also accessible to non-participating customers for search-only services. Their products have intense reference value to the libraries worldwide. Their expansion beyond their origin also have described here, which reflected in phenomenon growth in their services and membership. Some successful bibliographic utility networks, i.e., Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), Western Library Network (WLN), UTLAS and Kinetica have described here, and these utility networks have wider impact on library and information services. These bibliographic utility networks transform the face of library and information services to equip with new technological tools and techniques
Open for Climate Justice: A Brief Overview of Digital Library on Green Mobility
No full textDepartment of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India organizes an invited lecture every year in relation to International Open Access Week. This year CUTN invited Dr. Anup Kumar Das to share his views on "Open for Climate Justice", the theme of International Open Access Week 2022. The webinar was scheduled for 26th October 2022.
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Lesser-Known Digital Libraries in India: Emerging Initiatives
No full textThe presentation titled "Lesser-Known Digital Libraries in India: Emerging Initiatives" was presented in the SALIS Webinar Series #39, organized by the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), India on 22nd August 2020. The event was organized to celebrate the International Open Access Week 2020.
Another version of this presentation was presented in the 2-Day Online International Library Conference “Research, Innovation & Knowledge: Changing Role of Libraries”, organized by Dr. Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India during 15-16 September 2020
Regulatory influence, board characteristics and climate change disclosures: evidence from environmentally sensitive firms in developing economy context
Full text linkPurposeThis study aims to examine the impact of board characteristics on climate change disclosures (CCDs) in the context of an emerging economy, with a unique focus on regulatory influences.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes longitudinal data (2014–2021) from environmentally sensitive firms listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, using a disclosure index developed within the Global Reporting Initiative framework. The authors use a neo-institutional theoretical lens to explore regulatory influences on CCD through board characteristics. This study uses hand-collected data from annual reports owing to the absence of an established database.FindingsThe results indicate that a larger board size, the presence of foreign directors and the existence of an audit committee correlate with higher levels of CCD disclosure. Conversely, a higher frequency of board meetings is associated with lower CCD disclosure levels. This study also observed an increase in CCD following the implementation of corporate governance guidelines by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, albeit with a relatively low number of firms making these disclosures.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the climate change reporting literature by providing empirical evidence of regulatory influences on CCD through board characteristics in an emerging economy. However, the findings may not be universally applicable, considering the study’s focus on Bangladeshi listed firms.Practical implicationsThis study suggests growing pressures for diverse stakeholders, including researchers and regulatory bodies, to integrate climate change disclosure into routine activities. This study offers a valuable framework and insights for various stakeholders.Social implicationsBy emphasizing the influence of good governance and sustainability practices, this study contributes to stakeholders’ understanding, aiming to contribute to a better world.Originality/valueThis study stands out by uniquely positioning itself in the climate change reporting literature, shedding light on regulatory influences on CCD through board characteristics in the context of an emerging economy
Genesis and Advancement of "Big Data" Research in the Context of Library Systems and Services: The Recent Trends
No full text<p>It is a well-known fact today that data in the 21st Century's knowledge society is just like oil or fossil fuel as it was in the 18th Century's industrial society. Data is the new oil or fuel of the digital economy as oil and coal was the main fuel of the industrial society. This paper has presented brief developmental stages about how data became data science. One of the important milestones of this journey is indeed marked by the launching of the Journal of Data Science by Columbia University in the year 2003. The study and research about data science gradually gave birth to the new discipline 'Big Data' in due course of time. This term primarily indicates a huge chunk of dataset usually generated from any research domain, or industry, business, entrepreneurship, Governmental Activities and many more. The Libraries are the most appropriate place and the librarians are the most appropriate executers for working with big data. Libraries always adopt new technologies and one day may perhaps come when libraries will be the major big data handler. This paper analysed the bibliographic details of 1136 research articles retrieved from the Web of Science database on the topic of application of big data analytics to library systems and presented the results. This subject area was started in the year 2012, as indicated by the Web of Science database. Though the concept of Big Data is much older, its interpretation in the context of library systems and services is comparatively new. This subject is, therefore, still in the growing stage, and the exponential growth phase is yet to come. It is interesting to note that the top three paper contributing countries in this subject area are USA, China and India. </p>
Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City
Full text linkThe Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in association with UNESCO, completed a research study to measure information literacy competency and reading habits amongst the urban and semi-urban habitats in a metropolitan city in India.
This study report seeks to identify and critically examine the information literary competency and reading habits of mixed habitats, having contrasting professions or vocations. The objectives of this field study were:
• To attempt a critical study of the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata metropolitan city;
• To attempt a study of the influence and to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s reading habit;
• To attempt an assessment of the probable causes behind the difference in pattern of the reading habits of people in different localities of Kolkata metropolitan city;
• To attempt an assessment of the role played by public libraries in promoting reading habits;
• To attempt a mapping of the information literacy competency level of people living in Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban areas of Kolkata metropolitan city;
• To attempt to reach a viable conclusion from the results of the study.
This report illustrates information seeking behaviour of diverse groups of habitats, including youths, women, industrial workers and elderly persons. This study concludes that
• Most of the respondents in the present sample are aged between 31 and 50 and are in service.
• The number of men who do not read regularly far exceeds the number of women in the same category.
• Older people have mostly managed to cling on to their habit of reading.
• Among the non-print media, television attracts most respondents.
• Women are more prone to use libraries for satisfaction of their reading needs.
• Reading still survives, despite the electronic media boom.
The public libraries in the city play wider role to inculcate reading habits amongst youths and neo-literates. This study suggests that information literacy competency and lifelong education can also be imparted to marginalized group through public library networks in the country
Metadata Harvesting Services in India
Full text linkToday more and more information is created in digital form. One of the key challenges faced by today’s information managers is the need to inter-relate different sources and types of information with different formats, data structures and description standards. Using metadata to record data about information sources allows an initial assessment of compatibility and provides an avenue for merging information or for exchanging information between systems. Another service has gained momentum nowadays is the Metadata Harvester. Metadata Harvester provides indexes or harvests metadata, from different open access archives and open access journals. This paper describes Metadata, Open Access Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and major Metadata Harvesting Services in India
Specifying mobile network using a wp-like formal approach
Full text linkThe paper aims at providing a formal system, motivated by Dijkstra’s weakest precondition logic, for specifying mobile network. The paper shows how mobility can be specified using a state and transition based approach, which allows mobile hosts to be treated as nodes in a traditional statically structured distributed system. Another goal is to reason formally about the possible behaviors of a system consisting of mobile components. The handover procedure serves as an illustration for the notation. The contribution of the paper is the development of a style of modeling and reasoning about the temporal properties that allows for a straightforward and thorough analysis of mobile systems.Keywords: weakest precondition, mobile computing, specification, verification, safety, handover
Open Access to Research Literature in India: Contemporary Scenario
No full textThis paper discusses how Indian open access journals get international visibility with increased outreach through primary and secondary open access journal gateways and aggregators. This paper proposes a model of self-sustainability for open access journals as well as for open access journal publishers
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