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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
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
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>
Trends in Women Studies, 2011-2020: A Computational Text Analysis
No full text<p>The interdisciplinary field of Women's Studies is manifested in diverse forms within the educational and research landscape of Indian universities and institutions. By scrutinizing trends and patterns in research, particularly focused in PhD theses, a comprehensive understanding of this field's evolution can be gleaned. In India, the discipline of Women's Studies is in a constant state of transformation, continually adapting its dimensions. In this study, we present our findings derived from an examination of the core theses produced over the last decade (2011-2020), exploring various facets of Women's Studies across multiple departments. Leveraging the Shodhganga digital theses repository, we meticulously selected 1389 theses as the basis of our analysis. The analysis reveals that the southern region of India has exhibited the highest publication output of these theses. To gain deeper insights into the breadth of research topics addressed by scholars, we employed computational text analysis techniques, specifically employing two prominent methods: Structural Topic Modelling (STM) and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). These methodologies enabled us to unravel the hierarchical arrangement of topics and the co-occurrence patterns within the documents. In conclusion, our study underscores the significance and utility of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) repositories, particularly in the context of Women's Studies in India. These repositories not only facilitate comprehensive analysis but also provide a valuable resource for researchers and scholars aiming to comprehend the trajectory. </p>
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
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
Strategic issues in training and development in the IT service industry at Kolkata Region : a study
Full text linkPresent study deals with training and development strategies in IT service industry in Kolkata region. This study highlighted present trends and common practices in training and development activities in specific and in human resources management in general.
InfoTech sector is a thrust area of economic development in developing economies, like in India. Government and private joint initiatives make this sector a sunshine industry sector. Potentials of human resources explore in the professionally managed IT service companies. The training and development activities strengthen capabilities of IT service companies and help them to achieve excellence. Present study evaluated the heart of this knowledge industry, which centered on knowledge workers. Present study briefly elaborated the training and development practices of two top-ranked companies in Kolkata and found some unique modes of delivery of training. This study also pointed out that companies placed in higher value-chain have long-term vision as compared to ones in lower in value-chain.
This report is a modest attempt to study a sunshine industry in India and particularly in Kolkata region, within a limited timeframe and resources. The findings and observations are based on my understanding on the industry profile in respect to the training and development practices.
The companies operating from Kolkata are placed in different levels in value-chain, where the top revenue earning companies are placed in highest value-chain and others are moving up the value-chain. Similarly, different companies are targeted to different market segments, like, domestic market and international market segments. Thus, their training and development practices and policies are significantly different.
The companies surveyed here sometimes could not share information, which are confidential in nature. Also there is limited statistics with the respondents, as most training programmes are organised for the requirements of particular projects.
The information technology (IT) service industry sometimes refers as IT industry or software industry or InfoTech sector. The term is used here interchangeably.
The study report is presented here in chapters. The chapter one introduces basic concepts and industry profile in India and in Kolkata region. Chapter two states the objectives and methodology of this study. Chapter three represents analytical general discussions on results and findings, and depth study of two cases. These two cases represent some unique features of their training and development practices. These companies are placed in higher value-chain and thus their training objectives are much focused for the growth of the companies. Chapter four concludes the study and suggests a future direction for further growth of the industry in Kolkata. At the end a list of references and two annexures are appended
Article and Author Level Measurements
Full text linkArticle and author level measurements have been discussed in this Unit. Author and researcher identifiers are absolutely essential for searching databases in the WWW because a name like D Singh can harbour a number of names such as Dan Singh, Dhan Singh, Dhyan Singh, Darbara Singh, Daulat Singh, Durlabh Singh and more. The ResearcherID.com, launched by Thomson Reuters, is a web-based global registry of authors and researchers that individualises each and every name. Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is also a registry that uniquely identifies an author or researcher. Both have been discussed in this Unit. Article Level Metrics (Altmetrics) has been treated in this Unit with the discussion as to how altmetrics can be measured with Altmetric.com and ImpactStory.org. Altmetrics for Online Journals has also been touched. There are a number of academic social networks of which ResearchGate.net, Academia.edu, GetCited.org, etc. have been discussed. Regional journal networks with bibliometric indicators are also in existence. Two networks of this type such as SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online, and Redalyc have been dealt with. This Unit discusses in details aspects such as Unique Identifiers for Authors and Researchers; Article Level Metrics (Altmetrics); Academic Social Networks; and Regional Journal Networks with Bibliometric Indicators
Information Literacy and Emerging Knowledge Economy in India
Full text linkThe process of liberalization and globalization of Indian economy started in 1990s that catalyzed the emergence of knowledge economy in India. Since then many Indian corporate organizations established their presence outside the country, forming an informal India Inc. in competing globally. The information infrastructure situation in India has also improved a lot since 1990s, not only in the corporate organizations that exploit knowledge resources for the profit making, but also in the public institutions that generate knowledge for the development of all aspects of society and humanity. Judicious use of information resources, available now mainly in the public institutions, especially in the higher educational and research institutions, should be measured in terms of information literacy of the stakeholders. Information literacy is required for effective use, consumption and assessment of information resources available in the institutions. Information literacy can also bridge the gap between digital divide that we observe in many grass-root level initiatives in India in the forms of 'common services centres', 'village knowledge centres', 'community information centres', 'e-choupals', 'gyandoot', etc. ushered in with the participation of NGOs, developmental agencies and corporate organizations. Present study explores various initiatives in India that address information literacy in maximizing utilization of knowledge resources. This study also focuses on the various initiatives undertaken by different institutions, starting from the elementary level to the higher educational level, professional societies and other organizations
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
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